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BELLEVUE GAZETTE. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1S-36. jF W would respectfully request our Correspondents to hand In ttieir coiiiiiiunira tiuna on, or before, Tuesday morning. Neg lect to ito no may cause ttieir postponement till tlie following week. Claim Association Meeting;. At a iue-tiiig of the Bellevue ami I'latte Valley Chim Association, it was UroLvr.r. That the members be requested to make a plat of ttieir several claims, show ing as near as possible, the.ir connection with the Government Surveys, and also the streams and roads that pass through or bound them, so that a map may be made for the use of the Association, and that such plats be handed to the Secretary as soon as possible. JOSEIMI DYSON', President. W. H. Cook, Secretary. IltO.V IX OIK A SKA. The principal objection urged in oppo sition to the future prosperity of the Up per Missouri country, hns been the scar city of Inox and Coal. Recent discov eries prove that there is an abundant sup ply of both articles. At the mouth of How river, fifty miles west of Sioux city, large deposits of Coal and Iron have been found, of a Hupcrior quality. A Company have recently located there (styled the How City Company), who intend ma king a manufacturing town. If their ef forts are as successful as they anticipate, it will become one of the be&t points on the Missouri, and a great benefit to the Far West. frSThe Hon. A. J. Upson, of Michi gan, is now slopping at the Bellevue House. The Honorable gentleman seems much pleased with this locality, and we are glad to learn that he intends to make his home amongst us. He is a gentleman of decided ability, and has the good opinion of allvhohas made his acquaintance. He will be a valuable acquisition to our young and flourishing city. First Dall of the Season. Our friend Mr. Marcus Shaw, lately finished his fine large two-story stone building, and it was resolved by all hands to have a lillk dance before it received its occupants. Arrangements were accord ingly made with the proprietor of the Benton House, to serve a supper, and on Thursday evening last, the sturdy sons of toil, and the fair daughters of Eve, joined in the merry dance. All enjoyed them selves, and at eleven o'clock sat down to an excellent repast, served up on " correct principles'4 and commenced an onslaught on the oysters, venison, chickens, peuehes, plums, cakes, apples, &c, &c, that fore told, if continued long, the production of a small famine. The party afterwards continued the dancing until the tinall hours, when they all retired to their homes, highly pleased with everybody, and them selves in particular. Hand 'em round. The following, i? the names of the jury who found a verdict of " guilty of murder in the second degree," against a fiend named Walter Hayt, at a late term of the Court held in Erie City, Pa. It appeared iu the evidence, that on tho 7th day of July last, this villain perpetrated one of the most cold blooded and attrocious mur ders, that has ever been committed in that stale, on the person of Calista J. Allen, a girl aged 13 years, residing in McKean County. He acknowledged the deed, and the evidence was of the most concluMve character, and still in the face of facts, this rascally and perjured jury found the above verdict. Such an act cannot be censured to much, and the men should be marked, and receive that condemnation from public action, that there perfidity entitles them to: Alanson Burr, George Kellog, P. C Ferguson, Philander Newton, Albert Bliss, J. H. BarnHt, Wm. Aldrich, Jeremiah Davis, Harley Sherman, Allen Mead, S. Carr and S. E. Goodwin. QLENWOOD HOTEL. Glenwood, Iowa. HAVING recently leased this well-known Hotel for a number of years, and fitted it up in a superior style, the Proprietor flat ters himself that the patronage he heretofore received from his friends and the public in general will now be extended. My table is furnished with the choicest delicacies of the season. Adjoining the house are extensive stables, and good hostlers will always be in attendance. Come on, ye that hunger and thirst for the good of this world, and you will always find Jesse on hand to minister to vour wants. JESSE A. PAINTER. no 5-3m. Tootlo & Greene, WHOLESALE ft RETAIL DEALERS, Glenwood, Iow.i. We beg leave to call the attention of the Good People of Mills, l'ottawattamie, Montgomery ami I ass conn ties, Iowa; also, Douglas and Cass counties, Nt-br.iska, io our nrzr and late supply of every kind of MERCHANDISE, usually kept in Western Iowa. Our stock of Groceries is larjre and complete, having been bought and shipped a little lower than our neighbors.- Our stock of Hardware, Queensware, Wood enware. Roots anil Shoes, Hata and Caps and Ready-Made Clothing, have all been purchased in the Eastern rities, at the lowest cash prices. Give ut a call before you purchase, and if we do not sell you cheap goods, we will make our neighbors ilo so. JV" Remember the rhcApet house in town. TOOTLE ft GREENE. fi'lenw if.. J i.vi, 0.'. 1, IVSti.. l-f NEWS ITEMS. Parties in the New York Assembly stand thus: 80 Republicans, 30 Demo crats, and 5 Americans. At the latest date from Salt Lake city smnll-pox was prevailing to a considera ble extent. George Peabody, Esq., of London, has been elected an honorary member of the Mercantile Literary Association of Bos ton. The Fremont Guard is the name of a new military company just organized in Cinciimati, composed exclusively of Ger mans. Accounts from different Dortiona of Wisconsin Main that the winter wheat looks as promising as the most farmer could desire. grouty Solomon Juneau, the founder of Mil waukee, died at the Menomeinee pay ground, on Woif River, on the 14th of last month, aged G6 years. An EnoHT is to be made at the next session ot the Missouri Legislature, to secure the location of a branch of the State Bank of Missouri at BIoominrton. Colonel Fouts, of Buchanan countv. Missouri, has a calf nine months old which weighs 700 pounds, and wants to know who can beat it. N. P. Willis excuses himself from lec turing, on the ground that his "otherwise defeated consumptive symptoms have left him with little or no voice, and nist now. he says, "a recent hemorrage has re duced him to a whisper." Gone to nis Rest. Tho religious community will be pained to learn of the death of Rev. Geo. W. Perkins, at his residence in Chicago. He was Pastor of the First Concrecational Church. West Division, and was greatly beloved and esteemed. The time for the funeral obsequies is not yet announced. Settled. Private letters have been received at Philadelphia from Mr. Dallas, our Minister at the Court of St. James, announcing the formal ratification of the arrangements between the two govern ments touching the cession of the Bay Is lands, the renunciation of the Mosquito protectorate, and the constitution of San Juan as a free port. During the month of October, 15,440 emigrants landed at Castle Garden, New York, bringing with them $1,276,516 in money being an average of $77,54 per head. Over $15,000,000 come to this country through emigrants that is scarcely noticed by business men. I he total emi gration so far this year, has been 122,511 being 429 less than to the same period ast year. Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. The Managers of this road expect to have it finished and the cars running through to Cincinnati by the first day of February next. The tunnel on that part of the road between Mitchell and Seymour is cut through, and is being trimmed up, There are three or four gangs of track-layers putting down the iron. Twenty-three or four miles of iron are laid from Vincennes eastward, and cars are making regular trips between V incennes and V ashington. NOBTIIEKW RoCTE TO CALIFORNIA. The St. Paul (Min. Ter.) Pioneer, says: "The party recently formed in this city, under the direction of Col. Win. H. No- nles, for the purpose ot surveying an Emigrant route to California, left yester day afternoon. The company consists of seventeen men, all thoroughly equipped for the expedition, and they have taken along with them ten horses and five bag- cage wagons, heavily laden with supplies and camping utensils. A Suspension Bridge is to be built across the Mississippi, at St. Louis, Mis souri, to be eighty-four feet above high water mark, ana more than a mile in length. The greatest distance between the towers will be 1,300 feet, and the foundation of some of the towers will be sixty feet below the surface of low water Mr. J. W. Bissell, of Rochester, N. Y. has received the appointment of engineer The bridge is expected not to cost L-ss titan two millions of dollars. A terrible conflagration took place at Syracuse, New York, November bth lwelve acres of the Urst ward were burned over. More than one hundred buildings were consumed, stores, dwell ings, post-office, banks, &c. Over an hundred families were made houseless by this calamity. There was a hih wind and no water to be obtained, and nothing was done to stop the conflagration. The letters in the post-office, and the papers and books of the banks were saved. I he loss is estimated at a million of dollars Among tho principal sufferers are L. G Avery, one hundred thousand, and Lynch is. Brothers twenty thousand dollars. Valuable Coal Mine on the Pacific. By recent dispatches to the Navy De partment from Commander Swartwout, of the I lilted Mates steamer Massachusetts the important fact is communicated of discovery of valuable coal on the Straits of ban Juan de luca. 1 he height of the mountain is from ten to twelve hundred teet; me formation is u ud stone ; six leads of coal ranging in thickness from one to three feet, dip ten degrees. Dis tance between eoal leads range trom twelv to one hundred feet. From high water mark thirty feet ; to low water mark one hundred and fifty feet, r rom coal lead to five fathoms water about sis hundred fe-t. St. Marts, Mills Co., Iowa, ) December 1. 1826. I Ed. Br.Li.rvvt Gaxette: Dear Sir Be kind enouch to insert in your valuable paper, an answer to a letter signed "Burlington," which I happened to read in tho "Glenwood Times." The gentleman who writes under this name, seems to think that the Burlington nauroau is bound to go to riattunouth. duly respect Ins opinion, but still firmly jelieve that he knows very little about the country he represents so favorably for the ocntion ot tho Kailrond terminus. In the first place, he says a great deal about Plattsmouth; but he is careful not to mention a single word about tho low and lying on the East side of the Mis souri river opposite Plattsmouth ; or, per haps, he supposes that the Railroad will go in one jump from Glenwood to Platts mouth. Mr. B. continues to speak almost ex usively aliout the places on the west side of the river, and states that Nebraska City. Bellevue and Omaha, are all situ ated from one mile to a mile and a half from the river. As to your side of the river, and the situation of Bellevue in particular, you will answer for yourself. Jut at the best, this appears to me to be uite a one-sided argument in the hternl sense of the word, because the question which, for the tune being, is the most im portant, remains unsolved. This ques- ion is where the terminus of the Burling ton Railroad, which must be on the East or Iowa side of the Missouri, shall be lo cated. Now there is a point (within ight miles from (jtenwood, whence Mr. dated his letter), which combines all the advantages required. This is St. Mary. Here is a splendid site for a arge town, which has been proven secure against all floods. As it is laid out at present, it lays within half a mile of the Missouri; but I believe that every one ho investigates the fine, high banks of the river, will admit that the town could be extended almost to th water-side. At the same time, the fundamental condi tion of the Act of Congress, that the ter minus must lay "n.ar the mouth of the Platte," is fulfilled bv St. Mary. It of- fers the best opportunity for the ultimate continuation of the Burlington Railroad to the Pacific, because it has the beautiful town site of Bellevue, and the fine valley of the I'latte, opposite. Again, I must tell Mr. B. that I be- ieve he never was on the south side of the Platte, because a person who is ac quainted with that country side, would not be able to write such a falsehood, when everybody knows that on the south side of the Platte, the land is all hilly and bluffs, whereas, on the north side, there is a alley of over 160 miles long, and from 3 to 15 miles wide, smooth as a table, so that a person hardly notices any rise or descent. Lastly, let me tell the gentleman, that with regard to bridging the Missouri river (if it ever be accomplished), it will not be done at Plattsmouth, because the East side of the river there would not permit it, it being so low and apt to over flow whenever there is high water, as .in 1853, at V inter-Quarters, when all the crossing was done between St. Marys and Bellevue, because it could not be done at Plattsmouth or Kanesville (Council Bluffs ci,y ) In conclusion, I will remark that, ac cording lo my humble opinion, the Bur- ington and Missouri Railroad will locate its terminus at such a point where there is a landing at each side of the river, so that the Railroad may be able to transport its freight, by steam ferry-boats, from one shore to the other, without being obliged to run up or down the river. And such a point is only at St. Marys, in conjunc tion with Bellevue. I am, sir, yours respectfully, JOHN RECK. LIFE ILLUSTRATED. 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Club of twenty copies, oue year, $20. Club of thirty copies, one year, $2U. Club of forty copies, on year, $3M. Club ot fifty copies, one year, $40. Club of aeventy eoplea, one year, $55. Club of one hundred copies, one year, $90. The posts ee on the Weekly American to any part or Maryland, ia i- cents per quar ter. and to any office In the United States, out of Maryland, 6 1-4 cenla per quarter, payable in advance at the office where the paper is delivered lo the suDicnuer. TO .TOSTM ASTERS AND OTHERS. Postmasters and other raising Club of eight or more, will be entitled to one copy free of charge. rr raymeut must oe maue in advance, and the subscription is promptly discontinued at the end of the time paid for, unless re newed. DOBBIN ft FULTON, American Building, ' Baltimore, Md. BELLEVUE HOUSE. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ABOVE LARGE AND POPULAR HOTEL OFFERS EVERY To tho Public, and will render a ASSIDUOUS ATTEXTIOS To th W f HIS GUESTS. J. T. ALLEN. Til',!er-i, Oe, ST. MART ADVERTISEMENTS. P. A. SARPY, Wholesale it Retail Merchant, cosNta or main and orcoort strut, ST. MARY, IOWA. HAS just received and now hs for sale, a large assortment of selected merchandise adapted to th want of all in this new and thrivlngcommunlty, which bejean sell asc heap as can be offered elsewhere so high upon the Missouri river. Hi goods have been selected by an experienced purchaser, with special reference to the circumstances and want of all classes of settler In new country. La d.ea and gentlemen, children and youth, all can be supplied. Call and aee for yourselve. Ill stock consist of the following, among a great many other article he cannot now snu msrate i Among hi Dry Good, May be found Woolen and Satinet Cloth, Casslnets, Tweeds, Cashmeres, Llnsey, Flannel, Red, White, Gray and Blue, Caspian Plaids, Cotton Goods, Sheetings and Shirtings, Rleached and Unbleached. Blue and White, Drillings, Osnaburg, Bed-Ticking, Hickory Checks, ftc, ft. Fancy Good. A beautiful assortment of fancy print of every variety of style and pattern. Gingham, Lawns, Figured Alpacca, Bombazines, Bom bayetts, Shawls, Scarfs Handkerchiefs, Neck erchiefs, Crape, Muslin, Edgings, Ribbon, ftc, ftc. Clothing. A well selected stock of Bummer, Fall and Winter Clothing, consisting in part of fine Dress Coats, Pants and Vests (also, good Summer Clothing of all descriptions, and heavy Clothing for Fall and Winter use. Also, Shirt. Knit Hannel Drawer and Underhirt, Sock. . - ft . . M . .... ' ' ox. mens- suu jioi rious fsshions, quail Mens and Boys' Hats and Caps, of va- s. Qualities and prices. Boots ft Shoes, thick and thin, polished and unpolished, of every description, for Men, Women, and Children' us. Groceries. Crushed, Clarified, Loaf and Brown Sugar, Molasses, Syrup Molasses, Golden 8yrup, Superior Tea, Rio and Java Codes, Sassafras, Ginger, Pepper, Cloves, Spice, Cinnamon, ground Ginger, Nutmegs, Snuffs, Tobaceo, Cigars, Pipes, 8oap,Candlss, Vinegar, Pickle Pepper-Sauce, ftc, ftc. Provisions. A large assortment of Flour, of various qualitiea and prices t Corn Meal and all the various products of the Farm and Garden Bacon, Fish. Kiln dried Apple, Peach, Currants, Raisins, ftc. Hardware. Stove of various patterns, for Cooking and Heating rooms, Stove-pine and Elbows, large and small Iron Kettles, Frying Pans, Skillets Hand-Irons, Shovels and Tongues, Manure and Hay Forks, Scythes, Shovels and Spades, Log and Trace Chains. Axes, .Hammers, Pincers Iron and Steel, Nails, Horse-Rasps, Filet Saws, Knives and Forks, Pocket Knives, Ra zors, Butt and Screw, Door Handle, Knob. Lock, ftc, ftc. Tinware. A general assortment kept for houaehoV purpose. Woodware. Wash-tubs, Shaker Pails, Wood and Zln Washboarda. Leather. Sole Leather, Harness Leather. Cowhide, Ktp Skins, Calf Skin, Linings and Morocco, Saddles, Bridles, Haltera, Lariats, Clrclngles, Belly-bands, Driving-lines, Collar, Back trap, Girth, Blind-bridle, ftc, ftc. Medicines. A general assortment of Medicine, for Fevers, Fever and Ague, and the common complaint of the country. Cook's, Lee', Sappenyton'a, Bragg' and Jaynee' Pills. Qui nine, Tonics, and various kind of Stimulant, Anouynes, Liniments, ana otner article nsce sary for th sick and the invalid. 1-tf Guatar Seegor, mOPOGRAPHIC AND CIVIL ENGI X NEER, Execute Drawing and Palntinr of every atyl and description. Alao, all ousiness in nis line, umce on uregory street. St. Mary, Mill county, Iowa. 1-tf C0l( IL BLUFFS ADVERTISEMENTS. Greene, Weare St Benton, BANKERS, DEALERS IN EXCHANGE, and Land Agents, Council Bluffs. Iowa. Note and Bill collected and remitted to anr part of the United States. Money received en deposit, and interest allowed. Eastern or southern Draft furnished in auma to suit pur chasers. Land Office funds paid for Currency or bille of Exchange, Loan effected on good seenrity. Taxes paid, titles examined, and Real Eetate bought and sold on Commission. Land entered for settlers and time given for payment. Oillce opposite the Pacific House, in west lower room of Land Office. References: F. S. Jesnp ft Co. W. J. Barney ft Co., Banker. Dubuque, Iowa Cook ft Sargent, Bankers, Davenport, Iowa t Cul berton ft Reno, Bankers, Iowa City, Iowa People's Bank, New York Cityt Ketchem, Rogers ft Benoet, Bankers, New York City) Selkon, Withers ft Co., Washington, D. C. Hon. Chas. Mason, Com. of Patents, Wash ington, D. C. Hon. A. C. Dodge. S. U. 8. Burlington, Iowa Hon. G. W. Jones. 8. U. S , Dubuque, Iowa Hon. Joseph Williams, Chief Justice, Muscatine, Iowa. Council Bluffs, Oct 23, ISM 1-tf Tootlo & Jackson, FORWARDING ft COMMISSION MUR CHAM'it, Council Bluffs eity, Iowa. Having a Large and Commodious Warehouse on Uis Levee at the Council Bluff s landing, are now prepared to receive and store, all kinds of merchandise and produce, will receive and pay charges on ail kinds or rreigths so that Steam Boats will not be detained aa they have been heretofore, in getting some one to receive freight, when the consignees are absent. References t Livrrmoore ft Looley, s. C. Davie ft Co. and Humphrey, Putt ft. Tory, St. Lotus, Mo. t Tootle ft rairielgn, bt. Joseph, Mo. i J. S. Cheneworth ft Co., Cincinnati Oh lot W. F. Coulbough, Burlington, Iowa. 1-tf Johnson, Casady it Test, GENERAL LAND AGENTS, ATTOR NEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW. Council Bluff, Iowa, will promptly attend to Land Agenciea, Collections, Investing Money. Locating and Selling Land Warrants, and all other business pertaining to their profession. in western lowa ana .eorasxa. i-u ROBINSON nOUSE. rilHE undersigned having recently take X and refitted the above well-known end jvvmlsr Public House, he trusts bv the strict studious attention to tne wante m nis guests, to merit a liberal share of public favor, eoan deiice and patrouage. His table will be spread with the best the market affords, and no pains will be spared to snake his guests agreeably at home and comfortable. G. A. ROBINSON. ' Council Bluffs, Iowa. nov 13-tf. TAMIL! FLOTJB. THE Subscriber has on hand a fine lot of EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR, from Wavorly Mills, Mo. H. T. CLARKE. ; Forwarding ft. Commission Merchant . Bellevue, Oct. SS, H. 1-K