Nebraska Newspapers

    PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY, JUNE, 4, 1868.
tOHKESPO.VDEXCE
Wa r J-.-!roi i it reielvi a correspondency froin-
all part, of toe State, relative to th material inter.
tu of th.coontr,. together with iih other mt
Republican Ticket.
Fjr PresIJont,
ULYSSES S, GRANT.
Fr Vlca President,
SCHUYLER COLFAX.
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Presidential Electors
T. M. MAKQUKTT. of Cass.
LOU Id ALLOKWAHK. of Kicbardsoti.
J. F. WArLN'fcR, of IK)kota.
Member of Congress
joust TAete, otiyoasUs.
Governor
DAVID BCTLEIt, of Pawnee.
Secretary of Stats
TliOJJAS P. KENARD, of Washington.
Treasurer
J AM S3 SWEET, ot Oto.
Auditor of FtaV
JOHN GlLLESriE, of Xemaka.
VU.rict Attorneys
1st District :. B- HEWETT, ofNeinaba,
2d J. C. COWIN, or Douglas.
gl " E. F. GKAV. ofDodtfe.
NATIONAL. KI.l'LBLICAX
PL1TFOM.
iSLr COJJ ' aiu hid vuun j u f vu -
success oriheieconsirntiioB i policy orcongress,
idencedbv theadobtion in tha majority of the
States lately tn rebellion, or constitutions aecunni
ron.i ami nnlixicul rights to all. and reuard It
as the iaty of the Korernment to sustain those
uftMiaiiis and. nrvrent the ueonle of such Males
from being remitted to a Stale of anarchy or military
. l
J. The guaranty by Congress of equal sutrrage
to all loyai men in the b mth was demanaea by eyerv
eonmaerauon 01 duuiic saieir n Brmmum oi jusi-
ice mid mart be maintained, wmi the question 01
suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to
3d v denounoa all forms of repudiation as a na
tional crime, and the national honor requires the
payment of the public indebtedness in the utmost
good faith to our creditors at home and abroad
Not only according to he letter, but the spirit of
the laws under which it was contisc-ed.
4th. It is due to the labor of the nation that the
taxation of the nation should be equalize I and re
duced as rapidly as the natioual faith w ill permit.
Oth. The national debt.eontraced as it has tx-en,
for the preservation of the Union, 'or all time to
come, should be extended over a fair period for re
demption; and it is the duty of Congress to reduce
the interest thereon whenever it can honestly be
done.
tb. That the best pot icy t diminish onr burden
of debt Is to so improve our credit that capitalists
will seek to loan us money at lower rates or interest
than, we bow pay, and must continue to pay so long
as repudiation, partial or total, ep.n or oorcrt is
threatened or suspected.
be administered with the strictest economy; ard the
corruptions which have been so shamefully nurjeJ
and fostered by Andrew Johnson call loudly for rad-
7th. The government of the Unite a states- enouiu
ical reform.- I
tth.-a roMaW'jrdeplor the nntlmsly aad
tragic Oeala or Abraham iiaearta, aao resjees a -
acceasioa of Andrew Johnson to the Presidency, who that does not know that tO ISSU6 green
has acted treacherously to the people who elected ' , , ,
biro asv the causa he was pledged to support; has backs for the entire indebtedness ef
nanrped high legUlatle and judicial fa clioos and
bu Kfuied la xeeuM) lbs IswK hu ased hta high the U. fch WOUid be tO reduce the- ValDe
olfiee to induce other officers to ignore and violate!.
the lawi; baa emptoyad his caecntive pewera to
render Insecure the property, peace, liberty audi
lib of the cit sen: baa aba ed tb pardoning power:
has denounced the national legislatore as uncon
stitutional; baa pen-bite d tly and corruptly resisted,
by every means in his power, every pioper attempt
at the recoastrnetioa of the States lately to rebellion;
has perverted the public patronage into an engine
of wholesale corruption; and has been justly im
peached for high crimes ana misdemeanors, aaa
properly pronounced guilty thereof by the vote of
83 Senators;
Ptn. The aoctnne or ureal uniain ana oiner
European powers, that because a man U oncea.ub- I
JaM b, th TunK.?"
iS'Xv
rneTrdrt,
tive trorn; ana ocu.ieni "a;""
or natat allied, mass be bable to arrest and lmprit- I
onment by any foreign power for acta done or words
prisoned. It is the duty of tbe government to inter- I
r.Mln kla Kakalf I
rMJKtrU IB imiB VWUHNJJ WW, ( av sHavn.
lOthi Of all who were faithful In the trials of the
hsuor than ibe brave soldi. rs an 1 teamen who en I
Ik., a vam mama mmtltlmA tA fflATA MDMill I
urea iae narasaip vi vuiiu u.n., uu i
imperiUed their lives in the service of the country. I
brave aerenders ef the nation are obligations never I
to Be ronrouon. me vnvvi su orpoam i mc i
rallant dead are the ward of the people a sacred I
legacy beaneatnea to me nation protewioa i.
ntb, Foreign emigration, wtiica ia tb past has
sdded so m-ch to the wealth, develop a eat of re-
sources, and increase of pow; to thii nation the
SeVncT
- Mth. This eoovenuon declares iu sympamy wun t
all theoppreseed peoples which are struggling for l
toeir ngi.ta. . " " ' 1 - . ,
13th, Thai we recognlae lb great principle laid
down in the Declaration of Independence as the trne
loundatisn oiaemocraiic government, w we uan i
with ghtdnesv every effort toward making those
principles a living reality on every root oi American
oil
Mth, That we highly commend the spirit of mag
naaimity and forgiveness with which m-n who nave
served in the rebellion have cow frankly and hon.
estly co-operpted with na In restoring the peace of
the country, and are reconsti ueted. They are re
eeived back into the Union of th loyal people. We
favor the removal of the restriction imposed upon
the late rebels as soon. a ibe spirit of rebellion kas
died out, .
CiCN. SCIIOFlEEtU
Was formally installed in the war of
fice last Monday morning. The oath
of office was administered by Chief
Justice Chase, after which he called up
ou the President and received his coca-
mission.
TIX& COItKUPTIO
Which brought about the verdict of
acquittal for the President are being
sifted by the House. The witness
Woolley who refused to answer fiues
lions put to bim in regard to what use
was made of certain monies, resentenced-
to close confinement until such time
as be will answer. A room- is being
fitted up in the basement of the capitol
for his accommodaticn (?).
niN UII 1U AND BUTLER ,
The two master minds of the impeach
ment trial, are talked of as prosecutors
of Jeff Davis- A bl has been intro
duced in the House instructing the Sec
retary of war to procure the if services.
If they make as good a case against
Davis as they did against Johnson it
will take several "scacV' to clear him.
Probably more than it did to clear
Johnson.
The editor of the Agusta (Ga).
Chronicle, gets largely mad because Ex.
Gov, Brawn, of thai State, took a prom
iaent part in the Chicago convention.
He says: "A tar and feather reception
ubl his arrival home would teach him
a little decency." Hold on, good se
cesh friend. The days of tar and
feathers as poriwoal arguments- are past.
It seems to us that Chronicle man needs
a, little mor -"'reconstrucirg''
BLCIIAXAN DEAD.
A telegram from Lancaster Penn
slyvannia, dated June 1st, tays: "Ex
President James Buchanan died a
Wheatland ibis morning in the 77ib
year of his age " Just this, and nothing
more. By his imbecility and his truck
ling ta the slave power, James Bu
cnanao earned the condemnation of a
good .American citizens, anu wun me
above brief notice he passes from the
minds of the people
MOW LOXO
Has it been since the copperhead
press of the country saw no particular
objection to Gen. Gram as a Presiden
tial candidate, provided they could man
aje to get him to run on their ticket?
and how long will it be before they
will be heaving dirt (their native ele
ment) at Chief Justice Ciase, whom
they are now anxious to drag down to
their level and place upon a platform
got up by such men as Brick Pomeroy
& Co.?
DOWt WITH RELIGION
Is the watchword of the democratic
press of the land, and they never al
low on opportunity to pass unimproved
te give a slap at religion or at religious
fpeaks of the Methodist Conference III
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fjQCanr0 a3 a meetm" Of "bible-ban
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I jyers and darken-eaters,' and the Ne-
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brask CitV JVetCS denominates the
prayer Of iiishop Simpson at the open-
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i intr o i iiih t,iiicTHiro innvHnnrtn n
'thimble-rig prayer. It IS Very nalUT
al for men of this ttamp to be demo
crats, and to oppose the republican doc
trine of equal and exact justice to all
men.
A DEMOCItATIC W.ftll
Against the government of the United
States caused a national debt which
democrats themselves say is enormous;
and now they desire to further depre
ciate the value of the circulating medi
um by issuing greenbacks instead- of
lng bonded indebtedness of the C0UDt?V.
Tg there a Sshool boV in the COUDtrV who
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Idas larneti t IDOltipllCf-.tlon tabHe
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ui tue tirvumiiug incuiuin just 1U tuu
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same (iiuouiuuu iuii tue auiu'jui oi
greenbacks now in circulation bear to
the bonded indebtedness?
DEATH Or HIT CARSON. '
A correspondent of , the Denver
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jYfirj, writing from t OTl Lyons, 8D-
nounces the de-th of Gen. Chri.toPbr
Careon. at that post, on the 23d of
May. of heart disease. Gen. Carson
was sixty-five years old, and leaves
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fQUr gon3 ana a daUghter, all Under
fifteen VeafS of
Kit Carson was
ih famniu Irnnnpr. crnut nnrl aaiSe
O
his Dame 6gUTeS in almost every book
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0f exploration Of the Kocky AlOUn
tains, and in many Of tne leading
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American novels. tie COriimanaed a
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regiment of Mexicans during the late
j i i- j i
War Wi 8 good Soldier, and leaves
to his children the heritage of a proud
j ' .
rccvru, at least.
GROITLIAQ
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About hard times and high taxes IS
the order of the day with copperheads.
Li t us ask the poor man himself how
about this unendurable state of affairs.
Is there a man in Nebraska who would
exchange the financial co-edition in this
State of today for what it was from
1856 to 1563? In 1SJ& ws had a
Democratic administration, ani" from
that time until greenbacks were issued
under Mr. Lincoln's administration we
were blessed (?) with such money as
the bank of Tekama, and with
Omaha City script. We heard a busi
ness man of that day say that in what
was termed caeh receipts of SlO.GOO
he did not receive $10 in gold or silver.
The money was all "wifd'-cai" issue.
The poor man of that day was ground
to the earth, because he touJctoekhei
get money nor the necessaries of life
without money. How is it now in Ne
braska? Do we hear the people
grumbling about either high taxes or
the character of the currency? It is
only the copperhead press of the coun
try that is grumbling, and it seeks the
tax qnestion as a hobby merely be
cause of the known, fact that people
are-always ready t make more money,
nn matter how well they are doing.
Thalia all right; but when copper
heads in Nebraska attempt to institute
comparisons in the financial condition
of the present and past they should not
forge', that there- ace now laaoy
wealthy farmers in this State who
were competed to live on corn-bread
and were glad to get that at the
time they make you believe everybody
was blessed with democratic good
times. We do not know how up cop
perish friends may feel, but so far as
we are concerned we are not anxious
for a return of the days of '55 to '63.
If any one else is, wo advise them to
"colonize" in some country where
greenbacks are net known.
Democratic Consistency
Is being manifested at the present time
in the endeavor to nominate Chief Jus
tice Chase as the Copperhead cendidate
for President. All the vile excrescense
which copperhead hate could manufac
ture has been heaped upon Mr. Chase,
and all men who thought as he did on
the slavery question, for the last ten
years, and yet we find the copperhead
cartv on tne point cr savins we win
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take Mr. Chase as our Presidentia
candidate if he will only be the rxeans
of leading us to the flesh pots we so
much covet. Just think of it. What
kind of arguments would be used by
copperhead orators to secure votes for
Mr. Chase. They would get up and
tell you he had always been in favor of
negro suffrage, had always been op
posed to secession, and was one of the
principle actors in carrying on' the ab
olilion crusaofe against the democratic
war ; and that their only object in
nominating him was that he might be
their teppinrr stone to plunder. It
would be rather an uphill business for
Brick Pomero5' and J. Sterling Morton
to advocate the election of Chase,' but
they might do it for the sake of spoils
We imagine now that we see Morton
on the stump reekii:g the grea.t beauties
of Mr. Chase's former course, and
telling his copperhead hearers how it
all had been done for the good of the
copperhead party. Yes.it would be real
fun to hear such argument; and then it
would be so consistent just about as
consistent as anything the party has
done for the last eight years.
PLATTSMOUTH & PACIFIC
II. It.
Election of officers.
The stock-holders of the road met in
the Court House last Saturday and
elected the following gentlemen as di
rectorsr R. R. Livingston, John R
Clark. J, R. Porter, D. 11. Wheeler,
James O'Neill, W. M.ckelwait and E.
G. Dovey:
The directors elect met at the office
v J3. -ILCWheeler last Monday- and
elected the following officersr
President J. R Porter.
Vice-President R. R. Livingston.
Secretary D. H. Wheeler.
Treasurer J. R. Clark
.These are all gentleman of known
ability and energy, and under their
management we expect to see the
PlaitMitouih & Pacific R. R. assume
form and thape in a very short time
The people have acted promptly when
ever called opon, and Lave aided the
enterprise in every way they could.
The success of the measure now rests,
to a certain extent, with the directors
of the company. This company takes
the place of the committee of ci'izens
appointed by the people last winter,
and if the officers of the company only
manifest the same indomitable energy
that was manifested by the committee
we shall soon have a ro&d. While
upon this point, it seems proper to say
a word in regard to the leading spirit
of this Railrcad enterprise. The idea
of building a short line to connect I
nattsmoutn ana me a. :u. it. tx
with the Union Pacific in Sarpy county
was first saggested by Gen. Livingston
and, so far as we know, every imrcr
tanl move in the matter has either been
suggested by him or received his hear
ty co operation. As chairman of the
committee of citizens, he was untiring
in ha efforts, and devoted neatly all
bis spare time to the advancement of
ihe enterprise; and ibis, too, without
the prospect of pecuniary benefit that
some of our citizent had. If Plans
mouth ever gets a Railroad (and we
think she will soon have at least two of
thera) she will be largely indebted to
Gen Livingston for it.
Muzzxx your dogs The dog
ordinance goes into- ef?ct to-day; and
live Mayor has issued his proclamation
requiring all owners of dogs to be col
lated, registered and muzzled till the
first of October or they will be killed
Omaha Republican, June 2s.
The above bellicose "item" will, in
our opinion, need District Court disi-
pline unless the "City Dadef Omaha
grow merciful towards the "owners of
dogs." and, reflecting that the above
described harness- will look better on
the-ca-nine then oa the cotters, prompt
ly agree to reconsider this "Sanguina
ry Ordinance and, in the language of
a distinguished legislator in our terri
torial days, take a vote on it vice rets a;
and thereby avoid the unnecessary
shedding of innocent human blood be
tween now and the 1st of October.
President Johnson, no friend of
Gen. Grant, in his message of De
cember last, to the Senate, says tha
"salutary reforms have been introduced
by the Secretary ad interim, and great
reductions of expenses have ben ef
fected under his administration of the
War Department, to the saving of mil
lions to the Treasury.
lias not the sulphur surrounding the
"seven, miscreants" quite effectually
cured: Mr. Chase and bis friends of
the Presidential itch ?
LATEST NEWS
D TELEGRAPH.
CHASE AND THE DEMOCRA
CY HARMONIZE.
Davis? Trial Postponed!
OREGOJV DEMOCRATIC !
HURRICANE IN ILLINOIS.
reeial to the Plattsinoutb Herald.
Washihgto-v, June 2. Gen. Scho
field to.day assumed the duties of Sec
retary of War. Yesterday General
Adams in testimony before the Man
agers denied everything said by Thur
low Weed in relation to Adams part
in the alleged bargaining for voles of
Senators.
A New-York Herald special says
that Judge Chase recently expressed
himself in unison with the Democratic
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party on every point except universal
suffrage, and if he was elected by that
party would carry out their policy
faithfully, and labor to make it oue of
permanent usefulness, but he don't
want and is sot a candidate for the
Presidency.
Richmokd, June 2. Chief Justice
Chase arrived to-day. and will preside
to-morrow, and will probably remain
until after the trial of important cases,
lne trial ot Jet! Davis will be post
poned until nexa October.
San Francisco, June 2. The elec
tion in Oregon yesterday resulted in a
Democratic triumph. The Democrat
ic Congressman was elected by 100
m-jorny ; all the county tickets are
democratic except one.
Rock Island, June 3
A violent
hurricane passed over this place yes
terday, unroofing two large blocks, and
dangerously injuring one man.
THE aLOCl'STS.
Ed Herald. The large number of
Locu&ts that cover almost the entire
surface of the cjumry threaten to in
ure or nearly destroy the wheat crop,
and they no doubt will destroy many
pieces. Still, as injuries of this kind
are apt to be over estimated, we still
hope that the wheat crop will not be an
entire failure. The probability is that
the locusts r will, not . materially injure
corn and pbtatbeafid"n-vnnild bwweil
for every farmer to put in every acre
of corn and potatoes that he possibly
can. The spring east has been rainy,
cold and backward, and the prospect
for crops not very encouraging, while
considerable tracts of Illinois and Iowa
are flooded with water. We will find
a good market for every bushel of grain
that we on raise. - I think there is lit
tle doubt but that tha Joouts wil) leave
us during the month of June. They
scarcely extend tu the western limits
of our conuty, and the wings of thos
t.rtt uatcucu n,C tt.rcauy uan grown.
C . I . l I l J. L I I
Heretofore we have been exempt from
evil, of this k.nd.while Minnesota Col-
orado and Utah have each suffered
irtm, tuese pest? ior a snori ume ana
then haveescap,.d those ravages for a
long series of years. I think, reason
ing from their experience, we need
expect no recurrence of the locusts
for a long time to come. .
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EDUCATIONAL, INTEREST OF
TXE1XIi&9K.&r-mm
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Ed. Neb. Herald : Atihis time,
when there are political events of so
great importance to be discussed ; mat-
ters of vital import to the national life
to be pondered and agitated ; and such
grave questions of political economy
to be decided and practiced ; yet the
Educational Jnrerests of our State are
so important now and prospectively, to
the present age and future generation
that they deserve more than an occa
sional notice in our public press. A
liberal provision has been made for
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me maintenance or our puouc scnoois.
Two sections in each township, besides I
special gifts for State purpose?; being
set apart for that purpose. The ques-
tion now arises, how shall these re -
sources be so managed and economized
as to bring the greatest good to the
greatest number? This we all should
strive after and labor for.regardless of
private, special and selfish interests.
1 believe the present law declares
that no school lands shall' be sold for
less than S7 per acre. While this is
an economical provision for the future;
and while it may be best only roseH a
portion of the lands for that price ; yet
it may be worth considering whether
this law is just or unjust. The pio-1
neer and his family are the sufferers
by th.s law. Future immigrants and I
gecerations are to receive the benefit f
of these reservation clauses-. The
question then arises, "Will the benefit
in the future to a greater number, with j
such a thoroughly perfected education I
al system as we then hope to have, sol
overbalance the injury now m to sanc
tion the present course T'r Or can the
total neglect and extreme injury to the
family of the pioneer be wholly atoned
for by prospective pojd ?' The pioneer
has done much toward taming' the nt-
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ural wilderness. Hejhas had; in a great
y .
measure, to endur Others will come
in and ejry. His children are fait
passing the limit of school influence.
Himself will have taken up his abode
in the Silent Land and the future of
his children, fixed irrevocably, before
any benefit will be received from the
sale of school lands, except in favored
localities. There are two weighty
reasons against selling any school lands
for less than the present fixed value, or
a very large proportion even at that;
. e. 1st. The fewness of the number
reached. 2J. The incomplete, unsys
tematic manner in which even these
must be reached. This then is one
point which needs attention.
A second subject or object of inter
est is the occupation more or less of
school lands, which will probably be
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turtner copied soon. .Yittiout im
Pugning the motives of such persons
as a class; not doubling but that many
0f them intend to be strictly hanestanJ
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upright; yet it is not unreasonable to
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"appose that some of them would take
a deed to such property tor the consid
eration of S7 per acre if it were worth
ten dollars. Nor is it at til unlikely
that a few would be willing ta bring
about such a result by a little combina
tion of friends and neighbors if
could be quietly and conscientiously
managed in that way.
Our legislature this winter may au
thorize the sale of some of these lands
The proceeds ought to be wisely and
safely invested. Whose business is i
I to care for these funds and wisely cause
them to accumulate so as to be an in
creased blesring to our children ? Who
is to look after the general interests of
education? The State Secretary and
County Clerks of the respective coun
ties 7 Doubtless thty ure all men of
ability and integrity, but it is outside o
their proper business, and they find
enough to do in their respective de
partments without the further educa
tional interests of the country upon
their shoulders. The laws I believe
make no provision for an Assistant or
Deputy to bear a share of the respon
sibilit'es of this enlarged field. Nor
are there many County Clerks who
would not be glad to be relieved of the
perplexing - machinery-trl - school - in
terests.
We need then an Educational Corp
or Bureau, at least a State Superinten
dent, and also one for each county
There is need of a man of known
ability and tried integrity to fill the
office of State Superintendent a man
whom ike people can trust with inter
est o dear to them. The offices of
State and C'y Super intenrlBice
ought to be created and filled with hon
est and efficient men as soon as possi
ble ; at least before an cre of School
Land ;3 80,d Qf cour.e ft guperin
lendenl j3 not DOW necessary for each
county ef lhe State Why not base
our Educational System on the plat-'
for tbe p0illicill ia lhis refcDect
- foint Suaerintandsncv to two
or more counties, at may fully meet
their necessities and be, on tbe whole,
most economical.
I need hardly urge upon the good
peop'e of Cass county the importance
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of education. Intelligence is tbe basis
T.if'mentaf t)rtnarai r-TtnM -whsthr
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of the individual or the Stale. A
great mechanic must be intelligent, so
must a great physician, or lawyer, or
statesman, or . warrior, or theologian
Even to be a great infidel intelligence
is necessary. So that greatness, wheth
er good or bad, in the human family
Imust have intelligence combined with
can active will-power as a center from
which to radiate. There may be good
ness in littleness, but greatness mus
have the broad basis of iotell-gence
Erasmus was great chiefly in the keen
II w
ness oi nis intellect. iuiner was
great in knowledge and noble energy
Napoleon Bonaparte was great in hi
knowledge of men and militaiy tactics
combined with an unbounded ambition
and indomitable energy. Greece was
great in scientific a taininenls and
the fine arts. Rome was great in ju
risprudence any general knowledge
Our own country is great in her free
school system, her general intelligence
and the piety which sanctifies it. In
telJigence and Ptely, are the two pillars
,on which the noble individual charac-
Iter may be built; or the ma-gnificient
State Structure erected. They are the
two pillars on which the true greatness
and prosperity of thii Republic, cr of
our own State, ra-jH rests. Will not
'be intelligence and Educational Inter-
est of Cass county be fully represent
d in the State Teachers Association.
in Nebrrska City, July 29l1i, in which
topics of general interest will be ds
cussed i
Alpha.
The Washington Chronicle gets off
the follow ing, which is not very bad:
V A N T F r A n V Imnangrnni-liii rr
other devices bearing the name of U.
S. Grant, now or recently in the pos
fess,on or ,ne emocrat-w orgaoiza
a . ...111 la-. . I - I
, Vh. F,.P r 7 a l""'
cost y ,n8 wraot. Colfax, and Victory
Committee.: Apply at any respectable
home ith land.
fTEEPINO WATER LETTER
Weepinq Water, June 2-, 18G3.
Ed: Herald. Dear Sir ; The un
usual amount of rain, this spring, has
had the double effect in this vicinity
of killing the grasshoppers and push
ing forward the growth of grain
Present indications point to a remark
ably heavy crop. Business is brisk
and a general confidence is felt iu lhe
success of this year's labor.
A general dissatisfaction is felt wi h
the result of the Impeachment Trial;
and the opinion is prevalent that either
in "rings or brooches," or some other
form, those Senators must have made
a "valuable addition to- their portable
property,'' who voted for the acquittal
of the President.
Grant and Colfax will get every
Republican note in this Precmot ; and
there are undoubtedly many Democrats
who would vote for them in prefer
ence to Mr. Chase, who is only noted
on record, for his successful elabora
tion of our present system of paper
currency, and his championship of the
doctrine of negro equality, neither of
which measures, however good they
may be, can be considered as strictly
Democratic, and neither of them have
endeared him to that soine.vhat anom
alous organization known and describ
ed as the 'Dimocralic party" alias the
copperhead party, alias Fernando
Wood, alias the Ku Klux Klan.
I am fearful that Mr. Chase's politi
cal antecedents will hardly Le a tufli
cient recommendation to secure him the
position of nurse in a party whose
platform is repudiation, whse battle
cry is a "white mans government'' and
whose Deity is Brick Pomeroy. But if
they can stand it and if Mr. Chase can
stand it, why then, in Gods name, let
them depart in peace; and let all the
people hold their noes and cry amen.
The citizens of our good town held a
preliminary meeting on the first inst.,
to concert measures for celebrating in
a proper manner tne approacuing
fourth of July. Thejusual committees
were appointed, and among other bus
iness transacted, a resolution was unan
imously adopted, inviting , the whwle
county to unite with us in our celebra-
lion. Uood accommodations, gooa
speaking, and a good time generally,
may be expected. We hope to have a
full attendance from all parts of the
coujiy. r
More anon. J.
RATIFICATION AT C. D. i
A grand ratification of the Chicago
nomination " iU oayni mflV
ast Thursday evening. Several noted
speakers were present, among them
Hon. T. M. Marquett of this city. The.
Ronpariel eays; v . ; .
The meeting was opened by the:n-
troduction to the audience of Hon T.
M Marquett, ef .Nebraska, who very
eloquently reveweJ the military ca
reer of General urant and truthful!
claimed that he stood upon the bighes
eminence or ine age in wmcn be lives.?
His review of the war and its cause
was most able, and he showed conclu
ively thai the cause of the war diduot
rest upon the Republican party, but
hat it was organized, carried on, and
perfected by the democratic party
lhe SouihernJuoefederacy was organ
ized by the Democrats and every man
who held office under that pretended
government was also a democrat. He
ppealed to the war democrats and
'urged them to fight under the same
: leader now that led them through the
war,
He said that the democrats bad only
one oii hobby to work upon ihemi'ndp
of the people of the iSorth, and tha
was negro equality, and they had work
ed that to deaih. He alluded to Scbuy
ler Colfax as a purely western man
and devoted to the interests of the west
He is one of the great supporters and
projectors of that great Nationa
thoroughfare, the Union Pacific Rail
road, and was an energetic man and
Mfitesman, just the raan for the peo
pie.
He cJaimed for Republicanism rhat it
was not only an in ascendency in Amen
ca, but was spreading all orer the Old
World. His speech was often inter
upted by thundering applause, and at iu
conclusion three cheers were given for
Grant and Colfax, an.id the booming of
cannon and" music by the bana.
s
TTII NOT f "
Under the above caption a copper
head paper ?ays :
'We have seen a white congrega
tion in this town, many of whom were
Democrats, bow iheir beads devoutly,
while a 'colored brother was down on
his knees pFaying for them. Now, if
a 'nigger is good enougn to kneel as
an intercessor between a Democratic
sinner and the Almighty, why inthun
der is he not god enough to vote a
privilege not denied to the lowest black
eg and drunkard' in the coantry. '
That is j'ust the question that has
been agitating thousands of people in
this country for the last two or three
years, and we are glad to see demo
crats asking it to themselves. Just as
soon as the prejudice of the American
mind is overcome tlie question will be
solved'.
The best strawberry plants are said
to come from the third" and fourth set
of runners. The first and second are
to Be cut off.
A noted nnd practical pngili?t i,
in the city. He proposes to u iuli, Mt
low compensaton, the manly an of , jf.
defence to our young men. Xeir.
Could not the .Yek-s advise some let
ter recreation for its ''young men"
than learning the most scientific meth
od of bruising each others face?. L'',
then it must be reme mlered that tlie
Vio is a democratic theet, at;d favo
I I n rv a I ti n I h f. t
cratic tastes.
MAGINLEY & CARROLL'S
Q IS13 AT LEG ITIM ATM
CDIRCOSE
Thoroughly Organized
and Equipped for the
Season of 1868,
K D PRESESTIXa N tW FEaTUREi A N DKi.W
. Vacps: a multifar loin, di vrriflJ an ' euuK-n
succession of novettn's, ly a cartf :l'y tcltct sl Iruuj
from the
Paragons of Equestrian Art.
Tbt f rrsl alas of tLa Man s-cis Is
Originality and Excellence,
And with this vlsw tj coujrn-uatoij aoJ ' iu -blage
of artists from the mos celebrated scbuuls ot
Equsilrlan anJ timaaelic Ait.
Both im Ettropo and America.
The facllitiss fur spesqv transit ars uosijual ;J.
NO JADED HORSES
AX1
WEARY TRAVEL
WORN PERFORMERS.
Everything Novel and Brilliant !
Tils n plus ultra ExUihtlou will bs at
PLATTSMOUTH
Saturday. June 13. 1S08
Where they will give
TWO GRAND 'EXHIBITIONS!
At 2 and G 1-9 O'clock p. ni.
Admission,
Half Tickets,
75 cts.,.
- 50
A. w. H ORGAN,
(.eueral Agent.
LEGAL NOTICE.
la Bixtrlct Court id Judical District iu aaj Cr Can
Cottar- In the Stae of Nebraska.
LsvmiAosJ. Holland, k
rt VNuti'cB'.
Cfi irles Wilson. )
The Derenilatit, Charles U'llmm will tako nstica
that on the 15th day of May, A. I. MOS tlie I'lain
lT, Leoniilas Holland, fll.-l nis prtitira ia sini
DiKtryct Court to the above fntitl' d cause. Tli oli
et aa I p ayer oflwid petition t-einjr to c.btai a pay
mem of a ct-rtaisr promissory not ex cnte'1 and de
livered y )i to luesaid plaiiuiir on the Mth day
of AueiiHC, ISoS, for the sum of one heudrrcj and
seventy-live ( 176) d , liars vrllh inieiet tlieresn from
d itc (August IS, IS5S) nt lhe rate of S per cent. pr
niontb until paid, as per said Dole, and in default
of the pym nt of the money due oa raid note tt
have a certain tract of lai.d li:nrt.-ait. d by you to fe
cure the pay nient oi naid piomiiry ontt-, sold sc
cording to law, and the pr. cee la of t-aid tale applied
to 'he payment of said note and interim and to have
youresjuity of redemption, and any interest you or
any penons claiming; nlider yon and ulseie'it tj
said MortirnK, forever f.irec'wed and barred, wMtb
aid Kel Etae is dvncriiwd1 a follow., to wit:
The aouih east quarter ( ) of 8-rfinn No. uli.e (9
in TnwnMiip So. 'en (10) Imrtn cr lUtitte No. eleveu
(11). east of the 6th P. M , lyiniraid belnu; in Cat
county, Nebraska, and you are required to appear
Id the above "an ed Biti let Com t, on the Kid iUy
.if June, A. D . m8. to an-wer she ue itinu hurin
or stie lame will be taken as true and udenjeiil
rendered accordingly.
LKO.flDAS J. HOLLAND.
Maxwell & Chapman,
Att'ys for riaintifTv
Ordered" Biibliahea- la the '-Neara.ks n.r.l l"
four consecutive weeks.
WILLIAM L. WELL",
M?1 Cieii" iJift. Cou r-
DR. ITI. II IfrciXSKY
f avn
DENTIST
Will do all wDri iti h'.n line on short notice.
Bf-umca with nr. WvinMton.
July 6.
IOTICE
Ta hereby" (riTea, that my sob, Benj. floorer, aged?
IS y arc, was peraav4ed to and did leave t in Louie.
with me, en Thateday. May 21st. liGH, w l'bout ray
consent; at d all person are hereby notified that I
wil I pay no debts of hi ejiitracti tiy, and tbat I shall
claim wages ruin any person wbo employs or har-
nors nioj.
J.T. A. HOOVER,
Hay 21st, ISCS w3
Plattsmouth Mills.
C. HEI&EL, Proprietor,
Have recerHly been repaired and nlae.d inili.r.
ueh running-order. Custom work done ou short
oti.-e.
100,000 Iltislie. of Wheat
Wanted Immediately, for Whlch.the .highest mirksr
Trlca wlii te pitd. sue?" tf
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