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Pt-ATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA.
DAKOTA fCT-Orr.
A bill to annex that portion of Dakota
Territory, lately thrown on the Nebraska
aide of the Missouri River, to this State,
was introduced by Mr. Dyer, of Missou
ri, in the House of Representatives, and
under a suspension of the rules was
pasrved.
This territory occupies fractional sec.
SO t. n. r. Ai w. and fractional pecs.
1 and 12 t. 88 n. r. 4 w. of the Dakota
surveys.
The accretions consequent on the
abandonment of the old channel of the
Missouri will prortably coiitaia the euiv
alent of four sections or something be
tween 2,500 and 3,(XJOacresof uncovered
bottom lands, which we are informed are
being equally divided between the sur
veys of this State and of Dakota, the
surveys not according, as they originated
from different bases and meridian?. ...
' ' The propriety of this measure wa.
urged by Hon. J no. Taffe, our represen
tative in Congress.
PROTECTION.
Not high tariff protection, but protec
tion to our frontier settlements is iiu
perativcly demanded. Every spring we
hear of settlers being murdered and
driven in, off the Little Blue. Hardy
pieoeers nevertheless keep pushing west
rard Along that stream, and homesteads
liave been taken as far west as Kiowa
station. We call on the press of the
State to urge immediate protection to
these brave families. If this matter Ls
put off too long, another Indian raid will
drive them in; and discouraged in their
attempts to keep a foothold in the rich
A-alley of Little Blue River, thcic hardy
net tiers will abandon that country to the
.aborigines who travel under the Quaker
flag; while if the military authorities
will send troops down there before these
raids occur, and not after them, as is usu
ally the case, a few years will see such an
increase of settlements in that locality as
will insure security without military pro
tection. Gen. Augur has placed the
people of Nebraska under repeated obli
gations to him, for prompt aid, and while
we knew that he has very few troops to
spare for outposts of this character, we
nevertheless entertain the hope that he
will see the importance of establishing a
umall post in the neighborhood indicated,
before the Imlians make their appearance.
I.ARKA!
We have, in a pretty long experience,
frequently seen our pointers and setters
nuke a mistake in the field when hunt
ing prairie chickens. We have seen a
goodly crowd of excellent shootLU
holding their shooting irons in readiness,
each one expecting the first thot, and all
advancing stealthily toward the supposed
game, when with a "spiert" whin
away flew not a prairie chicken but
an insigaiScant uieadow-hvk; then there
would be a universal shout of ' 'larks."
'Pont !" and angry thouts of disappoint,
rrcnt at being led on the wrong scent by
e. rjoor nosed canine. We incline to the
btl'ef that some of our scions, at Lin
coln, arc playing this part, and that some
poor "smellers" will be shouted at ari l
colled when the birds flush. We look
nporr the action there as entirely uncalled
for, while, at the same time, as there is a
cry of "wolf raised, it might perhaps
c better for all concerned to see who is
right and who wrng. It is a maxim
made holy by acquiescence, through long
ages, ''that a man shall be held innocent
till proven guilty," and therefore, we
hope that the action of our legislators
will be calm, dignified and impartial. It
-"would b wrong to enter njn so momen
tous an investigation as that proposed
in any other spirit. After the slander
ous reports which have boon so exten
wvely circulated by the enemies of the
Commissioners, we deem it the duty of
these last to demand an investigation and
clear their Fkirts of the shameful stories
which have so long been circulated
against them. If they arc innocent,
they will put to shame the instigators of
the smelling business, and if there are
no 'larks," but real "birds" before the
smellers, why we expect they'll get
winged. From all wc can learn we ex
pect that the Commissioners will be able
to make a satisfactory exhibit of their
management, and will be enabled to ex
plain anything the smellers cannot dis
tinguish between '"'larks' or "birds."
Redaction of the Taxe.
When we say that the ercat mass o
the American people have made up their
minds that taxes must be reduced by
Congress, we tee! convinced that we ex-
1sess the deliberate conviction of a very
arjrc preponderating majority of the na
tion. Y e are now paying at the rate of
between $ 80,000,000 and 5100,000,000
. . .!. 11- . 1
ci tne principal oi tne punnc iebt, an
nually. This fact shows that there is a
wide mare in for the reduction of taxes.
There is now the most conclusive proof
that, under present statutes, revenue is
produced much in excess of what is re
quired fir the current expenses of Gov
ernrucnt, and for the payment of interest
upoa the National debt The present
generation expects to pay a reasonable
portion of the principal of the general
indebtedness ; but it i too much to ask
that generation to discharge the debt
within twenty-lour or twentv-five years.
Should the present pay the principal of
the public debt at the rate ot $2a,OO0,00o
annually, that is ail that can be expected
reasonably. Taking this rate as a basis,
it is clear that wc can dispense with all
taxes requisite to pay off a larger portion
of the principal. It is plain, then, that
National taxes are at present imposed,
not only to meet the ordinary cost of gov
ernment, but to assist largely in discharg
ing an accumulation of debt, contracted
in preserving the Union. Is it just to ask
the present generation, or even the pres
ent and the following generation, to foot
the entire cos-t of preserving civil fran
chies and political liberty intact?
The proposition of the Committee on
W.-.-ysand Means, to cutoff taxation to
the extent of $30,000,000 ycr year, will
not begin to satisfy the demands of the
people for, if we can reduce the public
debt to the extent of $W),0OO.tioO or
$90,000,000 per yec.r, it is clear that we
can 'reduce taxation to a siniiar extent,
should it be so clio n. This, how.evcr
. -HrMt. wc can reduce the aggregate of
National taxes some $55,000,000 to $05,
dOO.OOO, yet leave CJionsrh to bring dowu
the princip;d of the public debt by a very
larre figure.
We can ulpen9 with twothirds of a
hundred million dollars taxation, yet an
nually reduce tlvs public debt $i.0oo,
000. TLL is all that should bo required
of the present. The inquisitorial, un
popular income tax can bo remitted en
tirely, with various vexatious taxes of a
minor character.
The policy of St!retary Boutwell, in
advocaccy of a continuous reduction of
the National debt, on the general scale
of past transaction-, is not endorsed by
the masf-es of the jeople. The Union
has been saved for the benefit of future
generations, as well as for the benefit ot
the present. It is not right that the
present should !c charged with the cost
of preserving libertv for the future.
Coming generations have a stake in the
achievement, and should pay their jut
share of the expense. Chicago 7?tpu
licin. From the Xtrth Platte Independent.
Stork KaUiaz Ira the Platte Valley.
Before introducimr the subject of
Stock-Raising, we will say a few words
about the great river of. these, western
plains the I'latte." It was named by
tne early French vovnjmurs, who called
all the vast Country thriiuj.'h v. hich it
now flows, the Pint, or (feminine) Plate,
which in a geographical sense means
'plain.' The second t in the English
word Platte was probably added to make
the pronunciation unlike that of our
word .'plate,' a dHi.
The general character of the Pktte,
together with its branches, in unchanged
throughout its coun, until it enters the
mountains. Its banks are usually well
defined, and from two to six feet above
high-water raark. An overflow seldom
occurs only when the channel becomes
gorged with ice. The river spreads over
a great surface, is not deep, excepting in
certain places, but has a bottom of shift
ing quicksand. It is interspersed with
many islands, sonic of them -several miles
in extent, wooded and productive.
More than three hundred miles from
its mouth, and only a short distance east
of this place, the river forks into the
North and South branches, and the val
ley widens. The two rivers arc only
from four to eight miles apart, for a dis
tance of about ixty utile, when they
begin to diverge to the northeast and to
the southwest. At Julcsburg, eighty
five miles west of this town, ttie railroad
leaves the South I'latte fork, which it has
hitherto followed, and winds up the val
ley of the Lodge Role. The plain be
tween the two rivers at North Platte is
unobstructed for eighteen miles, or as far
as O'Fallon station, where a ride or
bluff commences which makes a perma
nent separation of the Plattes. .
We have thus given a general outline
of the character of the Platte and its
branches, and shall now speak of that
portion of the valley which we can rec
ommend above all other portions as the
best for stock-raising.
We think, and not without reason
that North Platte is the center notof,
the globe, like Jerusalem, nor of the
United States, bke Ft. Kearnev. which
wants to get the National Capitol, but of
a .mm earner uistnct, wnosc eastern
limit is at, we may 'say, the one hund
reth degree of longitude, where it crosses
the railroad between Willow Island and
I'lum Creek and its western extremity
near the one hundred and second decree
of longitude, near Ogallala station. "We
cannot, of course, draw fixed boundary
lines. A certain variability may extend
the eastern limit, at times ; as far as Elm
Creek, or the western to Julcaburg, or
more rarely to Sidney.
No persona h ive a better knowledge
of the mild temperature existing between
these parallels than th j employees of th
railroad company. They arc daily pass
ing along this warm belt, and their testi
mony confirms all we have stated. Old
ranchmen residing here, who are thor
oughly acquaint! with the whole coun
try l-etwcen the Missouri and the mount
ains, say they have seen the Eikhorn
frozt-n solid and the Mreets of Omaha
covered with snow, which extended west
beyond Kearney, while the Platte River
in this vicinity was open, no snow to be
seen, and the temperature like that of a
fall month.
In the warm tract described, the mer
cury seldom falls below zero. There are
at times, some very cold days, like that
of the 6th cf Jonuary last fult all over
the country where the thermometer
marked early in the morninrt 10 degrees
below zero, but such a day is of raro oc
currence. Last winter, at Ft. Mel'hcr
son, seventeen miles east of this place,
the meieury did not once sink to zero.
Very littie mow falls never enough for
good j-Ieisrhing; consequently the dried
grass of the prairie does not rot and be
come worthless, but continues to te quite
nurturitious throughout the winter.
Cattle and sheep like it. They even re
jct the cut hay of the stack, when
they can have free access to the natural
grass. Resides, during the niild weather,
aueh as we have had for a few weeks
past, the old roots put out new shoots
which ure eaten by the stock with much
relish.
No shelter Ls ordinarily needed to pro
tect animals from the cold. When storms
set in, the cattle are driven to the neigh
loriiig canyons or to the thickets on the
river islands, where the force of the wind
is greatly broken.
The Platte River and its numerous
tribut&rietj always wipply an abundance
of pure water, one of the first requisites
to successful stork raising.
Without the facilities of a irood mar
ket, the raising of stock, like every other
Drancn ot business, would fail to thrive.
Here, along the Pacific Railroad, are the
nest arrangements tor shipping animals.
i rooaoiy at every smion ot any import
ance stocK-yarcis win, m time, be con
structed by the Railroad Company. At
thus place, there is already every coave
nience for shipment of cattle.
Messrs. Keith & Barton have com
menced, and will continue for the present
to ship one car load of stock weekly to
Urnaha. W hen the bridge across the
South Platte is completed, increased
means will be afforded for bringing safjy
to a good market the cattle which are
raised on the south side of that river.
Mr. M. II. Brown is, we belitjve, the
first person who brought to this place a
neru oi aexas catue. ihe terd consisted
ot 800 head, and were driven rrom the
Washita Mountains, in northern Texas.
and arrived here in the fall of
Laat fall ho drove another herd number
ing 1, 700a large portion of which he sold
to Messrs. Keith Si Barton, who have
h?m feeding on the prairie near O'Fal
lon station. This firm, and various indi
viduals in the neighborhood cf North
PUtte have about 2,000 head of cattle,
and 200 sheep. Ia the vicinity of Ft.
Mcfherson there are l.SOO: at MePher-
son station, say 1130; at Plum Creek, Mr.
Daniel Freeman has nearlr .vtrt- nt
Ogallala, the ex-telegraph operator and
hii partner have 200 mosflv vnilllir
caxtle; Mtfure & Bro. at &idiT hive
2,000 head of cattle a.ia sbeeti motJy
the latter.
To sum un: there i- lwiwv.n Tl,.
Creek and Sidney stations, an aggregate
of nearly 7,000 cattle aud sheep," which
a" ; or nearly all herded on the
plains, without shelter excepting that
which nature affords. -
luis is a cood betrinnimr. when we
consider that the U. P. R. R. has not
;cn completed to Promontory one
.cfir, aui to jvcrth Platte scarcely three
yours. .
Ml': tC'II Or HEMATOK TIKfO.V
Drllverevl Feb. lltk, 1970.
Mr. Tipton. Mr. President, I expect j
to vote for the bill for the admission of
Mississippi ; b it I do not understand
that it is necessary in doing so that I
should investigate the past legislation of
the country for the purpose of settling
any question of consistency. 1 have
never understood that the Republican
party of this country was pledged to any
system on that question. They have
never been pledged to the details of any
system on that question.
When the new State of Nevada came
to be admitted she came in here with a
constitution that knew nothing whatever
in regard to this question of impartial or
universal mffrage. When the State of
Nebraska came here we had taken one
step forward; the fourteenth amend
ment to the Constitution had been
adopted; and then as a party, having no
established policy on this subject except
that within the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, intended to protect the loy
alty of the country, you required of Ne
braska what you said had become neces
sary in our onward progress toward the
consummation of our reconstruction.
Then, when another State from the
South presents herself, and the question
L is how shall she be admitted, shall she be.
f admitted as Nevada? Perhaps so; that
will depend upon the circumstances.
Shall she come in as Nebraska? Per
haps so. Who kuows? You do not
know, sir: I do not know; no man in
this Chamber knows until he investigates
the circumstances under which she makes
her application ; and then, without any
precedent to bind u on the subject, we
within the pale of the Constitution de
sire to do what is necessary to accomplish
the grand object of final and triumphant
reconstruction.
No man, therefore, in this Senate
Chamber can talk to any of us with re
gard to preserving our consistency ia
cht hnll vote for Mississippi. I
vote in recard to Mississippi to-day as
my judgment dictates, and I would apply
no part of that principle to Texas to
morrow unless I thought it absolutely
necessary ; but when Texas comes here
if her case is peculiar, standing on its
own individuality, I will vote for some
thin!? so unheard of as perhaps to as
tound you if I believe it is that which is
neocssarv to bring her in, tic up the inte
rests of her peopfe; and guarauty to them
a republican form of government
So much on.the point of consistency.
You ask me to impose upon the mem
bers of the Legislature of Mississippi to
day an oath which is set forth in this
document before us. I will not attempt
to do that, but if it is put upon the bill
I will take the bill as thus amended. I
will not vote upon that proposition, arid
then when it is carried abandon the bilk
I will not stand here in my place and ad
vocate amendments to a bill, and after
the bill is consummated with those
amendmcn s then turn upon the amend
ment and the bill, abandon them en
tirely, and leave them to whatever fate
may overtake them. I shall under all
circumstances vote for the bill for the ad
mission of Mississippi when the hour
comes. I protest against imposing this
oath upon her Legislature, because al
ready an oath as strong has been im
posed on the members of that Legisla
ture. They have swam in the presence
of the Almighty God that they were not
disqualified as members of the Missis
sippi Legislature by virtue of anything
in their State Constitution or tho Con
stitution of the United States; and the
Constitution of the United States, by
reason of the fourteenth amendment
adopted, rules them even one out if
they have been guilty of the crimes speci
fied in that fourteenth amendment
When, therefore, a member of th leg
islature of Mississippi takes that oath
prescribed by the State, he takes an
oath, a searching one, which will admit
of no evasion on his part. I say, there
fore, that the oath 1 hold in my hand as
being the oath administered to the mem
bers of the Legislature has already
purged that Legislature of a few men, or
rather perhaps, more properiy speaking,
there were some men offering themselves
as members who could not take their
places under that oath of their own. so
broad, so comprehensive, so practical.
I am willing, then, to leave the interests
of Mississippi and the loyal people of
Mississippi to that oath which they
themselves have incorporated into their
Constitution.
Now, Mr. President, in regard to the
question of voting, it is proposed to put
in this bill a restriction upon them pro
viding that they shall never hereafter
in all cominjr timechanjre their Constitu
tion from'the basis on which it rests to-day
on the question ot tne rnziit to exercise
the elective franchise. What have they
done on that subject.' 1 hey have declar
ed, in the spirit of the fourteenth amend
ment, that every man born in the State
of Mississippi and living there, and
every citizen of the United States resid
ing there a crtain time, shall have th(
right of exercising the elective franchise.
That they have guaranteed. hat else
have they done? They have adopted the
fifteenth amendment to the Constitution
of the L inted States, and by that they
have declared that neither the constitu
tion of the State, nor the Constitution of
the United States shall ever be amended
so as to abridge t lie right ot exercising
the elective franchise. Could they have
rmna r....V,..V Tlini, nn... V. -..
been compelled to go further, and reach
ing to eternity, stretch their limitation
beyond the confines of time. They have
not only said that in regard to the exer
cise of the elective franchise, but they
have thrown the door open, and in the
State Legislature at home have perhaps
thirty colonsd men as representatives of
that iieoplc in the Legislature of the State
oi .'iiasissippu nut you ue sausnea
with that?
Are they honest on that subject? They
have adopted tho fifteenth amendment
to the Constitution of the United States;
and if that to-day is a fundamental law.
if twenty -eight States of the Union have
voted for it and within ten days the 2y
will be registered, for Nebraska will set
her seal to the principle within ten days
troni this hour the state oi Mississippi
is Douna Dy it until it is etnexen iy a
constitutional amendment out of the
Constitution of the Unite.! States. Is
there any strength in that ? Suppose
that is not the fundamental law, then
what ? Then it is the deliberate expres
sion of the people of Miesissppi as a pledge
to you. It was a condition, precedent
that you required of them before they
should come here and occupy their place
in the sisterhood of States. They com
plied with it; and if it is not yet a con
stitutional amendment by a sufficient
number of States voting for it, it is still
a condition-precedent on the State of
Mississippi to-day, and you cannot make
it more binding by saying that it shall be
considered a condition-precedent two,
three or four times over.
You ask me to .epeat it on Mississippi
I am satisfied that she has h rself made
it condition-precedent, and that is wha?
am concerned to know. It you want a
condition precedent, you have got it. If
3'ou want her under the power of the
Confutation of the United States, you
have it, if the Constitution is reallv
amended in that behalf.
Ls she honest? She aeems to act very
much so. . .What else do you want her to
pledge herself to?. She has ehown not
only her desire to gratify the extreme of
radicalism on th'squestion, but she sends
her; what Ms5achu.fett- cannot do aad
what Ohio cannot do; she sends here a
representative of the colored race as a
Senator. Is that mark enough for
you: van you siana mat, or u
do you desire sometnimg eise
and after she has done all that? She has
lifted up the race, placed them in her
legislative halls, sent them here and in
stalled them in the Capitol of the nation;
and vet you say to her. 4 'Are you in earn
est? We doubt vou. You seem to act
rather plausibly on the subject ; but really
we think we will pile up some fundamen
tal conditions on you to hold you. " ou
are afraid to trust thirty thousand colored
majority in the State of Mississippi, for
fear hereafter they will refuse to send you
ntlipr rpnresentatives of their race, for
sooth! What would you not distrust jf
you are not already satisfied on the basis
of what the State has already done for
you?
Then yon say that in some future time,
some time intervening between now and
the sounding of Gabriel's trump, you
are afraid Mississippi will undertake to
change her law on the subject of educa
tion. Is that any of your basiness?
Can you say to my little State of Ne
braska that she shall never change her
laws on the ubject of education? She
may change them when she pleases, and
she will ask nothing of you or this Con
gress, and after she has changed them
she will be amendable only to the Consti
tution of the United States. And if
thirty thousand majority ot colored men
if a colored party in Mississippi liuhjd
band in hand with a large white vote as
Republicans if they with thirty thous
and colored majority are not able to take
care of their educational interests, then
appoint an administrator for them, and
leave the State out until she can take care
of herself.
No, sir ; it is a magnificent farce ; it is
a consumation of radicalism run mad to
say that j'ou will not trust a people who
have done everything and a little more
than some of you desired them to do. I
welcome here on the basis of her radical
ism ; I welcome here her representatives
of both races. I claim that it is an insult
to her to talk to her in regard to the
probabilities of her going back upon her
self, of these men there going back upon
themselves. Therefore I would leave in
her hands to-day the interests of the
State and the destiny of her people, and
take her as an ally in the future march
fur the consumation of all that we have
-politically desired in this matter, rather
than doubt her for one moment when she
has done everything you required her to
do, and when in your law you pledged
j-ourselves to her that when she present
ed herself here, having done that, she
should be admitted.
You claimed no control over her further
than that, and simply desired to look
into her action to sec whether she had
acted in accordance with the law. The
law said "Adopt the Fourteenth Amend
ment" She has done it. Thclawsaid
"Adopt the Fifteenth Amendment"
She has done it The law did not ask
her to go so far as she hai gone in show
ing that she is in earnest and honest in
regard to this matter by sending here the
'oint representatives of the two races,
ut she has done that ; and now, for
sooth, because 3-ou thought Georgia had
gone back upon j-ou, therefore you
thought it nece-5saiy to put a certain bill
with its conditions upon Virginia, and
now to be consistent the truly loj-al State
of Mississippi is to be put throigh the
same process.
I vote first against the conditions pro
posed, believing them to be unncyessary,
but if they shaTl be adopted by the Sen
ate I 6ha.ll 3-ield to them, and rote for the
bill for the admission of the State of Mis
sissippi. "not-lloiioc IndiMtrleii."
m The free-trade wit against "hot-hou
industries" liaa frrown dull with
rri - . .
inrust at inters in the conimercia
treaties debate in the Corps Legislatif,
that statesman thus panned the idiotic
pleasantry: "A hot-house industry!
Well, gentleman, what nations are those
which seek to develop labor within them
1 a rm
selves f ihey are the intelligent and
the free nations. The nature of a free
and intelligent people is such, that when
any product for example, a woven stuff
i '1. .
1 trougnt among tiiciu xrom another
country, aiiei using 11 lor a time anu prov
ing it, the3' endeavor to imitate it, to pro
duce it among themselves. What nations
are they which never feel this desire?
Thej- are the barbarous and indolent na
110ns 01 me uast xia any one ever
hear of Turkey or Persia creatine tnanu
factures to rival the product? of France
and England ( Jo, never ! Un the con
trarj-, it is the first instict of intelligent
nations to endeavor to make lor them
selves that which comes to them from
abroad, and not to buy from strangers
what the nature of their climate does not
prevent them from making for them
selves.
Pai
nee County ltfTlnc: 8IOO.OCO
nifl to 11. A H. W. It. It.
Notwithstanding the sudden change in
the weather on the 10th mst, there wa
quite a large attendance of citizens met
to consider propositions from the B. &
S. W. R. R. Company, which was well
represented by J. K. llornish, Supt of
tonsrniction, v . v. iSeott, Uen. Agent
Mr. Sherrer, Treas., and M. Gerry, En
ginecr.
Great interest was manifested by pco
pie from every part of the Country,
almost every one expressing his senti-
iuc-iis lrc-vij, anu wnen trie vote was
taken there was not a disscntin? voice
iiui. me o v x li, jo. mean
business there is no longer any doubt
The Superintendent assured us that it
was very probable that the road would
. li 1. .1 a
u completed to mis place in less than one
year.
Our railroad prospects are now clearly
defined, for there is scarcely a doubt but
that the people of Pawnee county will
accept the proposition.
As will be seen in another column, a
. . : 1 , . . .
luvemi m me vouniy vximmissioners is
called tor the purpose of submitting the
proposition to the peoplo. J'aicnce
1 rtoune.
A New Jersey girl asked her friends
to help her make a rag carpet; and when
at the end of a busy day, the carpet was
completed, she sent every body off with
out supper, because the hired girl had
lame back. A New York paper is i
clined to carp at this generous proceed
ing, and says: 'If such a thing had oc
curred in the United States, how the.
Jersey papers would have blowed about
It
The following "floater" may be relied
on as a correct statement :
3 right smarts make a heap.
4 heaps make a pile.
3 piles make a lot
4 lots make one gob.
8 gobs make one scad.
3 cads make one oodle.
5 oodles make a dead load.
2 dead loads make more'n a mule can
carry.
The semi-annual Davment of iensinna
is to be made next monlh. for whir-h
Secretary Boutwell must provide $15,
000,0J0 in greenbacks. The Treasury
now holds about $13,900,000.
Bankers, brokers and insurance com
panies appear to have arrived at a com
mon understanding that they shall tut
take advantage of the recent decision of
the Supreme Court relative to contract
and mcrt trace j.
-6th
8INATK.
Wednespay, Feb. 23. 1870.
Mr. Goodwin presented the petition of
J. T. Davis and three others of Wash
ington county for extension of the J uris
diction of Probate Judge. Refered to
Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Stephens reported back substitute
to II. 11, an act regulating the jurisdic
tion of Probate Courts in civil cases re
commending that the bill and its substi
tute be considered in Committee of the
Vhole.
BILLS OH FIRST BEADING.
II. R. 14 (Substitute) correcting eleris
cal error in an at to establish a system
of public instruction for the State of Ne
braska. Read second time and referred
to Committee of the Whole.
" Mr. Frost by consent introduced S. B.
9, an act to provide means for the sup
port of the State government and to re
deem the outstanding matured bonds of
the Territory of Nebraska. Rules sus
ponded, bill read 2d time by its title aad
leferred to Committee of the Whole and
made special order of this afternoon at
two o'clock.
Mr. Hathaway, by consent introduced
II. B. 10, to provide for the election of
an additional Congressman. Rules were
uspended, bill read 2d time by it title
and refered to Committee of the Whole.
S. R. 3 was taken up and the House
amendment thereto was disagreed to.
Mr. Gere, from Committee on Engross
ed and Enrolled Bills, reported that the
act granting jurisdiction to the United
Statesover lands for a military post at
Omaha had been presented to the Gov
ernor lor his signature.
Senate took a recess until two o'clock
p. m.
HOUSE.
House assembled at 10 o'clock. Mr.
Rathman presented the memorial of Ger
man citizens of Omaha praying for an
appropriation for the encouragement of
German immigration.
Mr. Church from commmittee on en
rolled bill reported II. R. 12. Correctly
reported.
Mr. Stewart introduced a resolution
declaring it Ls an instlt to the people of
the State that "death and damnation"
shouid Ire dealt out in the Capitol Build
ing in the shape of intoxicating liquors
and demanding the immediate removal
of the nuisance. Considerable debate
ensued over the wording of the resolution
which was finally amended so as to read
'death and destruction" and passed by a
unanimous vote.
Mr. Shook introduced a resolution that
the House adjourn at midnight Friday
sine die which was indefinitely postponed
Mr. Rhodes introduced a bill to pro
vide for the organization of the State
militia. Referred.
Mr. llathman introduced a bill pro
viding for the encouragement of Foreign
Lmmigration. Referred.
'BILLS OX SECOND REAVING.
The bill authorizing the Auditor to re
ouire the contractor to furnish new desks
for the use of the members of the House
was taken an and passed.
r Mr. Gardner from Judiciary Commit
tee reported H. R. 9 an act authorizing
the Secretary of State to remove from
his files an act declaring section lines
public roads in certain Counties, with
amendments. Also S. B. 5, providing
for the punishment of offenders against
morality and chastity, without amend
ment. Both bills taken up and passed.
A communication was received from
the Senate announcing that it refuses to
concur in the House amendiuet to S. R.
No 3.
House then went into Committee of!
WhoU to consider the resolution with
reserrence to the Commissioners of Pub-
he Lands and Buildings.
UIon motion the resolution was
amended, and the Commissioners were
invited to speck to the Committee upon
the charges.
uov. Amuer appeared ana made a
length' speech, when the Committee
rose and asked leave to sit this afternoon
which was granted.
House took recess until 2 o'clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
8EXATE.
By consent II. R. 17, instructing the
Auditor to require the contractor to ful
fill his contract by furnishing desks be
fore the next session of the Legisla
ture was read 1st ami 2d times by its
title and referred to Committee on Ex
penditure.
Mr. Stevenson by unanimous consent
reported from Committee on Immigra
tion, fe. II, a bill lor an act to encour
age immigration, read 1st and 2d time,
and ordered printed and referred to
Committee of the V hole and made spe
cial order tor two o clock to-morrow.
Mr. Hathaway by unanimous consent
introduced S. R. 4, a resolution relative 1
to a postal telceraph. Passed.
On motion of Mr. Porter the Senate
went into Committee of the Whole on
the Penitentiary bill. Committee rose
and reported progress, and asked leave
to sit again.
Mr. Gere, from Committee on En
grossed and Enrolled Bills, reported
S. It. No. 8 and S. R. 1, correctly en
rolled
Senate took a recess till four o'clock.
AVTER RECESS.
Senate met, and on motion, went into
Committee of the V hole, with Mr,
Fulton in the chair, to consider the Pen
itentiary BilL After some time spent
in consideration, the Committee arose
and reported progress am
sit again.
Mr. i- rost introduced a
instructing the Committee
Means to include in the
Bill, the sum of thirty
Chauncy Wiltse for certain
tcrnal improvement lands.
On motion of 3Ir. Dailey,
reolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole, with Mr. rul ton in the chair.
After some time spent in consideration of
the bills on the third reading, the Com
mittee arose and reported.
iir. Stevenson, irom committee on
Jndiciary, reported II. R. 11, to pro
vide for the election of two Congress
men.
Bill read second and third time by its
title and passed.
Ad-ourned.
House called to order at two o'clock.
Mr. Church from Committee on Enrolled
bills reported II. R. 6, correctly enrolled
The House resolved itself into a com
mittee of the whole to consider the Peni-
tentiary bill. Ine consideration of the
first section relating to the location of
the prison was postponed until the other
' j: .i
geciiuus arc uuinroci ui. 1
ported progress and asked leave to Pit
again at 1 1 o'clock to-morrow. Granted.
The hour tor tne special oraer navmg
arrived, the House went into a commit
tee of the whole, to consider the case of
the Commissioners. Mr. eybo!t in the
chair.
Messrs. Hagood and Urifien were ap
pointed a committee to wait upon the
Secretary of btate and Auditor and in
form them that the House was ready to
hear them. Secretary Kcnnard an-
carei and made wme lengthy remarks
endorsing Gov. Butler's Fjeech and de
nying the authority of the Houc to ap
point an investisatins: committee. Aud-
ior i!!e.p:c made a very brier speech
u '.vhk-L he said he feared nothing from
Legislative Proceedings-Session.
an investigation of all his official acts.
The clause in the resolution providing
for the appointment of Hon. J. F. Gard
ner, Hon. Dan. S. Parmelee and Hon.
C. A. tfpeiee, as managers on the part
of the House was then stricken out.
The Committee then rose, reported
back to the House and recommended
that the consideration of the resolution
be immediately postponed. Adopted by
a vote of 23 to 13.
Mr. Griffen rose to a question of
privilege, and offered a resolution that
as Gov. Butler in his speech this morn
ing assailed the character of Hon. Dan.
S. Panaelee, a committee of three be
appointed to investigate the charges so
made and report at this Bession.
Adopted, and Messrs. Gardner, Speice
and Hagood were appointed as such
Committee, and House adjourned until
ten o'clock to-morrow.
Henry Eoeck,
FURNITU R E
COaalrs,
Lounges, Tables, Safes,
BEDSTEADS
Of all dfcrirtioci and at all prices.
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Metalic Burial Cases,
Ot all fixe.
WOODEN COFFINS,
Remdy made, and old cheap for eaa.
With many thanks for past patronise. 1 invite
all to call ana examine my large (10011 of t nrni-
ture ana loth as. laaJsu.
o."a.'derbv.
OTTCMWA 31F Q CO.
0. A. DERBY & CO.,
MANUFACTURERS
AND
Wholesale and Retail
DEALERS 15
FURNITURE,
BEDDING,
CHAIRS,
LOUNGES,
TABLKS,
&c, 'oy
Our motto Is quick talet and email profits.
IVirrth Side ITIaiii Street,
(Between Second and Third)
I'lattsnionth, Nebraska.
Terms CtetsOfcL.
oet21wtf
PLATTSMOUTH
9
ITALIAN AND AMERICAN
MARBLE
MONUMENT S,
TOSMSTOSUSA
JILADSIOyEfi.
TABLE-TOPS. A C.
Furnished promptly nnd neatly at the very
lowest prices possible.
We Warrant Satisfaction.
MERGES k BR0-,
Main street near 6th St.. Plattsmonth Neb.
Chancery Sale.
Posey, vi Imle Colson and Artemas
wit : the south east quarter of section no twenty
in townsuip twelve, norm 01 ranee twelve, eajrt
oitifM 1 o De sola as tne property or aaid de
fendants above named, to satisfy said decree, tho
amount of which is PfJ2 99 and interest on tha
fame from tha date of said decree at tho rate of
loper oont, toitetner witn costs of snit and sale,
Master in Chancery
If tzvBLL A CHarMAV. Attorneys for Pl'ff
feb3w6t
FOR OR RENT
Tho undivided half or tho whole if iasirod
of the
HOCK RLUFrS GRIST Ay u SA W MILL .'
24-horse power engine and boiler. 2 pair of 3 foot
i'xoO feet; every thins in good running order.
Alto a
GOOD DWELLING HOUSE.
of four rooms and collar. For particulars en
mire of. C. SCliLUNTZ.
a nXJtL j mc pinas. vaits eoaaiy. r eo
C on 000 wnrth nf
O
Property
www ..w. ...
TG-r-XI rat T?
Consitinr of farms.with Umber adioininr.nM
PlMUmuuth. property in I'lattsmouta Citv.
borses, cauie, wagons, etc
For further particular enquire of or address
GEO. W. OOLVIIf.
SEWING MACHlTfES.
F. P. TODD. AGENT,
PL-1 TTSMO UTH. JVEBR.1SKA
A rood assortment of Machines on hand.
als keep Thread. Oil. Needle?, Ac.
Sfachines to rent bv tha month.
CoOffice North aide Mainstreet, with Hamburger
PLATTSMOCTII JXILLS. ,
C. IIEISKL. Proprietor. Hnrinp recently been
rera;rci aa-i riin-fi inorouen runniuc oraer.
103Xl Iiujihe'.s of Wheat wanted immwtately
for which tho ishc;t market price will be paid.
auiswt
ITl-- .
A. P.
1 asked leave to fn prance of and by virteo of a decree of UfcKlll'IUAl. Ul AUlHOllllx TO DO BUSINESS
trict. within and for Casa county, Nebraska, TT IS HEREBY t EHriUKI . That the Munouri Valley Lite Iroranc" tSi mZv L Kf. V
; nlw.ir ntiilpd nn ...j ....;.. I 1 unnui'i! CouiDinr. ontaniiil under the nw.4 of Ihi- Si.ii. ,r w.n.... i
on Ways and 1 date on the 3d day of November 1S69, I the sub- I eated at tho city of Leavenworth, has complied with the rennircinent of the thirtii-r I,'1, .Cr '.'
Appropriation lff.!VZJS Si:?;?!; ""J Ww'o
dollars due to auction to thelhiahest bidder for eaah mt tb I nies." apuroved March 10th. a. d. lfOH. eo far as the kiluI rmnirrni.T.i. JV-- . . ,ce t-oinr-
maps of in- I fra,n dMrofthe courthouse in the city of Piatt- I pursuant to the thirty -sixth section cf s;iid Act. the said Mi.juri VulU-y LiVe Iijurunl--r , ' , !!
I Ui'niU, .rM is. 7 , .-.vsBcmaw,vn lUVIIVaJ U. U I " oii-avi tmwrn wujiiij o, XJIIC U I aL( VtJIIl UUI1V WllDiin lllf fin 111 rlul, o 1 .
I -oU W.,U Ansa- D U I mtxi A Ih. sssaa,UMl -nasnv s.ns. nA .. : r.AM &..o t . I. 1 W,C.al'1 ClHIiJf)! 3.fiur;.
the Sonatf? said dav the followinr discribed real !ett - I ruarr. in the vear of our Lord ei-rhten Lundrml and i.h.. ,um" "e Crst day of rb-
BDDSSOURD VALLEY
INSURANCE
CAPITAL, - -
No. 70 DELAYARE STREET, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
brAitch:
St Louis, Mo.,
Chicago, 111.,
Memphis,
ALL POLICIES
IMvicleiiris on the
Securing the Greatest Pecuniary
REASONS FOR INSURING IN THIS COMPANY :
lt. Th'u is a Western Company, managed by Western men. whose known finanarx-jgl r,tu,y
tcr, ability and position, afford ample guaranty fur iti careful and succetfui mauagfiuieat.
2d. lu Police ore all iion-forrelliujc.
3d. Premium all eh. It receives no notes and fives none. Policy holders have 00 iuinrt.i
to pay, and no outstanding notes a liens upon their policies.
4th. Dividends an losses are paid in cash.
6th. It insures at lower rates than any Eastern company.
6th. It risk are in tho Went, where the rate of mortality is lower and the rats of imami
higher than in the East; hence the accumulation cf dividends to tho policy holder iigraatsr lLu
in any Eastern Company.
7th. It has no restriction upon travel.
6th.
6th.
Its dividends arc made upon tho contribution plan.
Its business is exclusively life insurance.
Are the accumulations of interest upon premiuus paid, h-ncet!ie Company that Ionni iu
at tho highest rate of interest can give you the Urges: dividends. Eastern com panies inrcit their
moneys at 6 percent., while this makes its investments at twelve per cent, or more.
The advantage of Western investments to tho policy holder appears in the folio ing sUrt!iti
figures: Tho amount of $1,000, invested for fifty
6 per cent, compcund interest, is t 18,120.14
. " " 46,901.61
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12 " - " S13.0CJ.08
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H. D. Mackay, President,
E. Henseley, Vice-President,
Geo. A. Moore, Secretary,
E. V. Eaves, Treasurer,
D. M. Swan, General Agwrt
J. L. Wever, M. D., Consulting Physician.
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H. D. Mackav. Georoe
. Edgerton,
This Coiiimiuy Insures nl In t -
any Eastern Company.
KNOW ALL MEX BY THESE PRESENCE
Kansas, do hereby certify that the
Missouri Valley Life
In witness where 1 have hereunto subscribed my
! real ot Ami- I am iea, uie uay and ye:ir aixve
litor of State. J
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In testimony whereof.
I seal of Insurance 1J
i pnrtment of istate
CERTIFICATE
(To expire on tho 31st
IKHCEASCB
W 11 lit as. AbramB.
CovalU State Aent for the
cated at Leavenworth, Kansas, has file.
..rj"T.7L l" T
A in thi. ,.W,
in tnts
law of tbeState of Nebraska, entitled "An Act ir-
organized and doinir ln-ine! titider the lawg of the State of Kansai an. I v;.....: 1 r
the nn.lcn.igho.1 aii;t.-tory evidence that it hm invented One Hundred and I Km. flTi
lar; of its capital in United .State Government Dondf.of the tn,""uf V' J"-,.',;!-and
are posseted of the same. And I do further certify that said C omw, "h. we"' .'.-''
dred Thousand Dollars of said United Suite, iiond fi the bnefiTL.,L-,"t'r, n l ',
Company: and that I bold in tru.t and oi, depot-it for the fn-nfit f t tt4icXTl,u'J:,t'f R
above mentioned, and I am fatisSed that mi. h .ecuritiesare worth Oni lfDdr.,5 1 vlVX ,'7'. "
lawful money of the United States of Ameri.-a. ' Hundred 1 hootand Jiim
I, VVriirs Kin;. nnderiirnod. i Superintendent of th r., t
- I ment ot said Mate of Misouri. have hereto -t mv 1 . 1 ' "
vfV my seal of ofiiee, at the city of Sf L?ui. N " I .VI .i"' i1?!
', JuIy.a.D.l- ISi!medL VULVSK V? '
.xupenntendent of the Ins-j.raace iepartuient of the State oOWuri.
OF
ndersuned .Hfactorv evidence th,a ft i- ,v,..;ur """ "-Pany has furni-Urd iLe
-nriia-iory evi'iencc tnat it u H8--e-i of
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
estate worth double the amoont for which the sawe is inorrfTaiod and where.. "Yht
filed in this office a written instrument, under the of the Sin? nv .iJ '"J,""", ;
and Secrcury thereof. authorU.n, the. aid Abra.n JlcoVaUtK ' r...i IT
in behalf of said Company, eonsentin that service of sVun him .till V
held to be as v.Ud m if .erved the Cotapanr. c.v,rdiu?oThe laws of "hU " nte
ba- furnished satisfactory evidence that he if tbe
Therefore be it known by these presents, that in
Auditor of the State of ebi-ruka. d- hcrely certify that AbrliT. It i- . V.C- l' 'L, V.
ity to act as State Aaent for the said MissourCValiev Life' lnsu ('l ,LYv"k Vl- hns fulJ
ka. and to do and perform 11 -i for nH i , K..V.-W ' .V","' ""Pany, m t!, mi.. f -
w uarw IIUUM.- IUt4 IU J D IXUiC.
fL.a.1 affixed this 1st dav of Anrit a n '
..r..., .
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GOOD TRAVELING SOLICITORS WANTED.
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State Acent for Nebraska and .0rtI1crn liansa.
J.W. MARSHALL. Agent.
R. R. LIVINGSTON, Med. Exam.Ser.
COMPANY
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- - $500,000.00
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offices-;
Tenn.,
Indianapolis, fnd.,
San Francisco, Ca.
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NON-FORFEITING.
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Contribution lI:ui,
Advantage to the Policy Holders
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years at
R. Hi
d. W. Eaves,
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Tl 1 "OR OP STATK fiFKfC'B.
XjlPHKA. KaXHI. Febrn.r. Mi.U ' I
That
I. A. THORAX, .Auiil-.r r.r .1,-"....
Insurance Company,
name, and
caused the seal of my office t b.
written.
A.
TU OMAN, AnvrEtorof Statoof Kaniiu.
AUTHORITY.
day of January, 1S70.)
UKPABTMEST. OrrlCK OF StATB AcOITOB.
Missouri Valley Life i.Z?Vr.U. ....
.ivrfu w X I. 1. , ...
onice a copy of the Act of Incom
' n i incorporation or sa.-i
- . . t . 1. - . r, . .
Relation U ,Inr.Vl Y,. r.",.,V" ."fJ
be taken anl
:e or nnv nUiT
authorCJd A., ?r "f.f Abr"m - ttf"
Mmn. ..r ..t 7.T, ,.r."l'
anil Ca.Ulf'1 ihs Si.-.l si a 1 . Jr-
1 Ml"lt 'f!?,', '.l1 A'lil"r' o to U
u
iILLtsPlK, Mate Auditor.
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