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i .1 1 I I rr, i . , A Family Newspaper Devoted to Democracy, Litoraturo, Agriculturo, Mechanics, Education, Amusomonta and Gonoral Intelligence. . . .... .1 ' ' ' ' ' ! ' ! : ! ' ! 1 : . . : I I VOL. 2. BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1858. NO. 17. 11 2 J 3 ' rVUItHtD XVtXT THDBSDAY AT BELLETIE CITY, N. T. Henry M, Burt & Co. . ( Terms of Subscription. TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM IN AD .,...'). ' VANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Square (12 linei or less) lit insertion- Etch subsequent insertion Om square, one month ' . " tliret months $1 00 50 2 50 4 00 6 00 10 00 5 00 CO 00 33 00 20 00 10 90 35 00 20 00 10 00 8 00 20 00 13 ADO 10 00 fl 00 . 6 00 " " six -" " on rear. Business cards (6 Unas or leas) 1 year una column, on year-.- One-half column, on year " rourtn " " eighth " " " ' column, aik months . half column, six months fourlh " " " 4( " eighth " " 44 iV. ... . " i half column, thrcs months " . fowl a " " ' airhtH 'I' ' ' Aanneing candidates for office JOB WORK. For eighth abeet bills, per 100 $2 00 4 00 8 00 1 00 5 00 1 2 00 Tot quarter " " Ffcrhalf K '"' for whole ". " " Fer ealortd pfr,blf sheet, per 100 , For Manks, per quire, rim qoire ' Kch subsequent quire Cards, per pack F.ach subsequent pack For Ball Tickets, fancy paper per hun'd 1 00 1 50 1 00 00 4 00 r.aco subsequent nuudred Bowen & Strickland, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Ral Edtate, Citr Lots and Claims bought and sold. Purchasers will do wrll to call at our office and examine our list of Citvots, &c, before rurchasinc; elsewhere.' OAiee in Cook's new (Hiding, corner of Fifll:and Main streets. .,! ( ,i r-.-. : I L. Bowcn. .' . ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf Si A. Strickland, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Belle vac, N. T, - 1-tf T. B. L6mon, ATTORNEY -AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Office, Fontenelle Bank, Belle. yue, Nebraska Territory. , lySl ) c. T. Holloway, . I ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT XL LAW, Belleue, N. T. 1-tf ! 'W. H.Cook. ' - - GENERAL LAND AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. Bellwue City, Nebraska. 1-tf -s "W. if. Longsdorf, M. D., ' ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office on Maia, between Twenty-Fifth and Twenty. Sixth streets, Bel lev City. , , .. 33tf r.. n i W. W. Harrey, COUNTY SURVEYOR OF SARPY CO., will attend to all buainesa of Surveying, laying out .and dividing lands, surveying and platting towns and roads. Office on Main street, Tlellevue, N.T. ' 2fl-tf ' B. P. Rankin, A TTORNEY AND COUNiNLLOR AT LAW, La PI ttte, N. T. - 1-tf ' ' V; J. P. Feck. M. D. , (BURGEON k. PHYSICIAN, Omaha.' Ne- 0 brska Office and residence on Dodge lltfwi;.' -i -J-'-' u (Iy6) , 'Peter A. Sarpy, F6RWARDINO at COMMISSION' MER CHANT, ; Bellevne, N. T., Wholesale dealer- in Indian Goods,. Horses, Mules, and Cattls. 1-tf 1 :r., D. j. Sulliran. M. D.. ' 1 PHYSICIAN and ' 8URGEON. ft Office-, . Head of Broadway, Council Bluffs, iowa. , nov. 13 . . r I -A WM. B. SMITH. i , ), H. SMITH .'Vi .. Smith is Brother,' ATTORNEYS. COUNSELLORS at LAW and Dealers in Real Kutate, Bellevue, Nebraska Territory,. wjll attend faithfully and pro mpt I v to buying and selling Real Estate, Citr Lots. Claims, and Land Warrants. Office at the Benton House. ' : . . . i , 21-0m Thoi. xirow. 'aco; macov. 1 ''Macon' & Brother, " ATarORNEYS ATLAW k. LAND AGTS.; Omaha City, Nebraska. Office on eor Iter of Faroham aad Fourteenth SUeeU. Hit D. Qr Solomon. ... ATTORNEY t.aad "COUNSELLOR AT LA Oleowaal, Mills Co., lawa, prac. tioas in all the Courts of wmtera Iowa aad Nebraska, and the Supreme Court af Iowa. Laid Agency not in the Programme, no 4-4f t. i.;..-., ff..LCEl ' F ASHIONABLE Hatr Cutting. Shaving, 'j "m waviiiiE sssf iaiti wws west of the F.xehange Bank, Omaha. N. T. ; Omaha, Oct. 1, 1847, . 47 Onatar Seeger, ' ' ' ' v' TOPOGRAPHIC . AND CIVIL TVGI , NEER, Executes Dxawinr and Palntlm In every style and. description. Alsa, all nnsinesa in Its line. Office on Greeory ctrH. Bt. Miirv, Mills Coun leV'a .tf BELLEVUE HOUSE. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ABOVE LARGE AND POPULAR H O T E L . tw OFFERS EVERY To the Public, and will render ASSIDUOUS ATTENTION To Iht want$;oj ' HIS GUESTS. ' ' '"' ' J.T.ALLAN. Bellevue, Oct. 23, 1336. 1-tf r J. II BROWN, ATTORNEY AND C0UNCEL0R AT LAW GENERAL LAND AGENT, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Platismouih, Can Co. JV. T. i . ATTENDS to business in any of the Courts of this .Territory. Particular' attention paid to obtaining and locating Land Warrants, col lection of debts, ane taxes paid. Letters of Inquiry relative to any parts of the Territory anawered, if accompanied with a fee. REFERENCES s Hon. Lyman Trumbull, V. 8. S. from Ills.; Hon. James Knox, M. C. . '." . Hon. O. H. Browning,- Quincy, ". Hon. James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa1. Hon. H. P. Bennett, Del t C. from N. T Green, Weare 4b Benton, Council Binds. I. Nuckolls fe Co., Glenwood, Iowa. 23tf. Tra'A.vW. Buck, ' I" AND and General Agent Pre-Emptlon J Papers prepared. Land Warrnnts bought and sold. Office in the Old Stat House, aver the U.:8. Land. Office. ;-. .. . .. . f ( ' REFER TQ . - Hon. A. R. Gillmoxc, Receiver, Omaha. , . Hon. Euos Lowe," . " Hon. 8. A, Strickland, Bellevtie. Hon. John Finney, . Ku ' Hon. J. Sterling Morion. Nebraska CP v. Omaha, June 20, 1857. , 3a T. CtAXfc. 1 ' Ai x. ttiltl, CLARKE & B R 0 ., FORWARDING akd COMMISSION MERCHANTS, STEM BOAT , AND COLLECTING AGENTS, BELLEVUE. NEBRASKA. Dealers in Pne Lumber, Doors, 1 Sash, .Flour, meal, Bacon, &c, &c. ZiT Direct Goods care Clarke & Dro. l-tf BOYES & CO'S WESTERN LITHOGRAPHIC ESTAHMSIinENT, Florence, Nebraska, in Main St. Town Plats, Maps, . Sketches, Business Cards, Checks &. Bills, Certificates, and every description of plain' and f aner en- gravlne, executed promptly in eastern style. Greene, Weare & Benton, BANKERS AND LAW AGENTS, Council Blulfs, Potowaltamie eonnty, Iowa. Greene It Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Greene, Weaie &. Rice, Fort Des Moines. II.. Collections made Taxes paid; and Lands'! purchased and sold, in any part or iowa. l-rr OBO- SHYPEB. ' JOHX II.. SHCXMAH. ! - Snyder ie Sherman, A'.TTORNEYS und COUNSELLORS AT 2. LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Coun. cil Blurts, Iowa, will practice their profession in all the Courts of Iowa and Nebraska. All collections, entrusted to their care, aU tended to nromntlv. FspecJai .attention given to buying and selPj Ing real estate, apd making pre-emptions in Nebraska. Deeds, Mortages, and other'lnstrnments of writing drawn with dispatch; acknowledg ments taken, fcc, fcc. , : CV Office west' side of Madison street, just above. Broadway. , - nov 13 1 ' ' - 1-tf.''- IV A.; SAJtPy. FORWARDING & COMMISSION : MERCHANT,' 1 Still continues the above bnslness at" - ' ST. MABYS, IOWA, & BELLEVUE, I ' ! 1 N. T.. ' - Merchants and Emigrants' will find their goods promptlr and earefiillr attended to. . P. S. I havthstnly WAREHOUSE if or storage at the above named Und oes. - - St. Marys, Feb. 20th, 1857. . , i 21-ti-l J f ; Toetle ti Jaokaon. ' - FORWARDING k. COMMISSION MER CHANTS, Council Bl.itTs cil v. Iowa. Having a Large and Cnwamdiana Warehause ou the Levee at the Council Bluff's laadlug, are oow prepared to receive and atore, all kinds of merchandise and produce, will receive and pay charges an all tcind of freigths so that Steam Boats will nat be detained as Ihev have been heretofore, ia getting some one to receive rreigitt,wnen the eonilgtie are absent. Rirtar-KCEs, Livermoota a. Cooler, 8. C. Hx-Il A Pa BtJ U.ttnHh.H D..II . Tw- CaS TiiJ!t ft.fSft:1 W, T, t'oulha.ih, B iflinon, 1 POETRY. Pointed and PcrUnfnt. Tell me, ye gentle winds, ' That round my pathway play, Is there no place on earth, Wrier printers get their pay? The whispering breex went by, With accent filled with woe, A vole born on the sorrowing air, In sadness answsrd " No." Tell me, y murky clouds, Now rising In the west, . Is there no hope upon the globe, One spot where printers rest? ' The flashing clouds outspoke, With an Indignant glow A voice that filled the earth with awe, In thundor answered " Nol" ' Tell me angelic hosts, Y messenger of love, . . ( .; Shall suffering printers her below, Have no redress above? The angel bands replied "To us Is knowledge given ' DrttNQCtNT oti rut raiNTr.a's o, Cam NBvta rwrts Ht vvsi." For the Bellcvu Ca.ett. ., . .Solution of (he Enigma. Those that the lines did not discern, . For a few moment we will turn, -To solve the query, and the question, We soon will give a brief digestion. A man did live, was killed, no heir, To produce one, lady was there. But now another leaf's in the dream, Money has saved her; ahs's sloped from the scene i . , Question in full, now I will toll, , All in words, Cunningham, Burdell. - MISCELLANEOUS. Scraps from the journal of t'n cle Fuller. Io. a. "Oft docs my heart Indulge the rising tho't, Which still recurs, imtooked for and ahso't, My soul to Fancy 'a fond suggestion yields, And roams romantic o'er her airy fields." The winter months of 1854-5 present ed to my view a delightful picture of the enterprise and indomitable eneigy of the American character in erery phase of its development.' We then saw the rugged and hardy pioneer bearing in his features the impress of a resolute will to hazard the thorny path of a frontier life, regard leas of difficulties and opposition, and aid ing to plant the standard of civilization in the midst of a Territory inhabited by hostile Indians and out-casts from the pale of a moral and virtuo is community.' All honor to the devoted squatter who helped to )ay the foundation of ibis glorious prin ciple. ; We are daily realizing, its bene fits in the rigorous growth and prosperity of our young and virgin Terr jtory. The season was peculiarly favorable, in. many respects to those prospecting for a future home for themselves and the objects of their affectionate solicitude in the . East and reminded me forcibly of the climate of California, without its exeessive rains. Ia December and January the air . was cold and genial, the aun shone with .re splendent brilliancy, and all animated na ture was quickened by . these . wise and beneficent provision: of a kiud Providence. My old and decaying energies were sensi bly recuperated. ' I discarded my cane and. was able U walk firm and erect, and felt cheerful and happy in catching the wiid chant of the Indian, and in listening to the sweet cadence of a thousand echoes reverberating thro hill and vale haunt ing me in my reregrinations and , in ihe solitude of my sequestered home. ' . I made the ?.IcKinney House my head quarter and was frequently waited upon Vy some swaruiy represenmuve pi uv Omaha tribe begrimed with paint and carrying in his bosom a paper certifying to the good trails in his character, his friendship for the whites and . his noble and warlike propensities ; the latter of of which I had sufficient proof when d positing sundry viands before his gastro nomic vision. They annoyed me nnirh, as I found it impossible to satisfy their in- satiable appetites for jonnandizinjr An- , .-. , ... ; L-- 0,hcr m,,cr WM laU ,t,l'ol,, I !.... HAa4 fam ua,a..tiA.iMl VlA In- dul2ed in the ' indiscriminate mastication ,,r ,,,1. , B!cr t Vucco and who kern np(mnn probably thirtr-fire yr ari o!f, wl.'jee a perpetual stream of talk and saliva when drawing largely from his exuberant rein of fancy and humor and enliling my whole sympathies in le!alf of bleeding Kansas by detailing in pathetic strains, her unmitigated wrongs. His amusements were confined almost exclu sively to whittling bed posts with a dull jack-knife, and speaking disparagingly of (he fair sex, by whom he had been jilted in some lovo sick adventure ; his whole soul was wrapped up in passionate fond, ncss.for domesticating the canine species, and producing a harmony between them and the feline race, and in which he prov ed remarkably successful until his slock was diminished by the nefarious practice of the Indians in selecting his choice sub jects to give additional flavor, to their "Carlo soup." My next worthy wns fifty years old, and occupied a berth in my sanctum santorum. He had just migrated from Ohio, whero he had gained laurels in hit official capacity as Justice of the Pence. Ho was familiarly called "Old Grif," and was entrusted with the full control of this establishment, subject only to th" dictation of an old maid, 'who acted as housekeeper and provided the inmates with meals. The cellar with a good as sortment of liquors was under his charge, and it is needless to say it received his undivided attention; and, under the in fluence of "the spirit" he indulged in racy anecdotes, often reverting to his for mer dignified position, and finishing with his legal and rapient address, ') If the court understands herself and nhe thinks she do," which excited the risibility of those jifesent who were highly amused at his eccentricity. Nature had pot "been lavish in bestowing her favors, and 'hi personal beauty was in striking contrast with his menial acquirements. Ills chief forle was in mixing whisky toddy in which science he displayed excellent loMe and judgment and was only excelled in thai respect by his extreme 'gallantry in personifying a lover before the affection ate gaze of. the wiry housekeeper. ' ' . i i i . .. ' - : : . . ; ' .1 1 Not having seen the Trading Post, I strolled one afternoon in that direction, and after purchasing a pair of moccasins at a log house on the ruad, the residence of Louia Sonsosee, I found about 15 rods from the river, the venerable Tra ding Post built by the American Fur Co. It was a capacious two story frame, with a wide parch and two Jog houses attached to it,: a large storehouse arid a few huta at the foot of the bluffs, occupied, by the red ladies of the Post. I tvent into the interior of the building and . was made acquainted with a noble specimen, of the Indian aquaw, Mrs. Ne-ko-me. I saw an astute, red whiskered Yankee, a black looking half-breed,a gaunt visageaFrencb man. wkh a- prodigbu beard and mous tache, an immense pile of furs, robes, and Indian' ornaments, and to finish a truo description, was greeted with a combina tion of disagreeable odors, offensive -to my nasal organs and a terror to ail en sitive organizations.. I vamosed the, rant rie with extraordinary rapidity, and dis covered on- the outside a few semi-nude Indians, driving cattle, others lounging in the door yard, soma squaws bent double with their oppressive burdens, and some of their- oifrpring practicing with flint lock guns at a Cottonwood stump. - I .got back in time for supper and was surpris ed to see Old Grif and the Yankee in a perfect state cf . somnolency from the c-fj fecuof toddy".. The old lady was, angry and in little better condition and -out of I patience with Ltheir conduct, ,1 placed a , log upon the embers, wrapped wyas'l: in i the folds ofa wnn blanket and wfis mxm tuggin? in the tweet embrace , of. Mpr pheos. My dreauia were truly romantic. la a close uonflicl, will) a band of biuux, I sras pumpelled 10 surrender, and became an uuwilling spectator of several scalping operations, and expectingt every moment to undergo the torture of beniji dif-iomted ? i l - , and tnrn ititp the smallest fragments, as I awoke to find iq my room' the 'confJJant of ' the "Old Ilorie on the sand baVr a i . rough exterior reminded me of a deck hand on a steamboat. From his volubili ty of speech I learnt his errand and the business in which he was engaged. He had been employed 8 years of the most valuable portion of his life trading1 with the Indians, and hnd accompanied a train of California emigrants to this point. Ho was posted in the situation of every inch of land from Bellevue to Ft. Kearney, and made a proposition to ride out into the country, and, as my escort, select a valuable claim for me. I thankfully avail ed mys ilf of the opportunity presented, and in a few minutes our mules wore steering in a southwesterly direction, and, crossing the ford at the Pappillion, wo soon came to the timber on the Platte river. The undulating praries and rich belt of timber skirting along the valley, and all the lux uriant charms of this Vicinity, arrested our progress, and wo halted and secured our restive animals to a tree. There were but few cabins in sight, and no im provements I here I suggested to my com panion the propriety of slaking off 320 acres of land, timber and prairie, under the cupohonious cognomen of Undo Ful ler, and politely requested his assistance in pacing oflf tho rcqusite quantity as near as possible, with the aid of a pocket com pass but he assured roe . oo the true faith of a Christian that we were yet w iihin the boundaries of, the laud claimod by the Town Company and their agents, and begged of me to desist in any such attempt, as' it would lead to disastrous consequences, and blood would' Inevitably ensue ; that the supervision of these broad acres was defending on his charge, and by extending our journey ' 8 jniles west, there was abundance of" excellent land yet unoccupied. I, laughed heartily at his impudence end effrontery and was cogitating in my mind the assumption of my friend andithe imfamous frauds prac ticed on the actual settler by foreign spec ulators when our mules betrayed consid erable agitation at a rustling noise in the woods', anil we were suddenly startled at the sight ;of a number of deer, debouching from a grove of young timber and bound ing and frisking with remarkable agility. Fortunately we were provided w ith rifles and ammunition and, in order 'to get within shooting ' range, crept -cautiously thro( the unaVbush, keeping .a steady gaze on the objects of our chase, and by dint of extraordinary care and watchful nessreached unobserved within 60 rods of tbevfiole herd. ' Simultaneously Wh pieces werp discharged, producing a pan ic in theis midst, and leaving two of their number victims to the fatal ball. : Their movements were "much retarded and both were easily tracked rom. thet' copious ef fusion of blood jthat .had streamed (.from their1 wounds ; -'and, at a short distance onr faithful dog; Bruno, was heard growl ing with .savage forocitv,';and evidently engaged in a fierce contest with, the , en eiay We hurried to the scene, and found one in the : last agonies, of death. rid the other strngglmg with' Bruno for the mastery. For some minutes they1 were about eoualir matched, when Bruno siezed hi victim by the n'ecV, and with , his iron-like jaws held pn with the utmost teaacity.lsbaking him furiously, speedily, terminating his sufferings. We dragged our prizes thro the timber, strapped them on the backs, of our mules, and wended thro ibi labyrinth of treea to, ,lhe I'lalte river, which oo viewing a wakened, all my latenj speculations, and convinced mc oi uie impossiDiiiix or rendering h capa ble of navigation f,ai boaisof any ordin ary dimenions.( .The.riftite.Jivtr waide and. sliallow, and eonataoUv chaniine it channel. W fpund ho 'difTirnlty n Vadin? acroaa ' Se.l and jiVequlred, no yxtraordinarT'.'geniusI to discover the faikcy, of ' argumentsl used by hair-brained spccuUvors. tot prove its (trviitnViy ' for ' floating s'teamboata wun any ucgre oi cennimy vr sminj. The banks are studJlevl with couonw'ood, oak, walnut, and other varieties of limber. and the valjey has rich and pioductrve. soil. Bciri level fr hundred? of miles' i o ... , from its mouth, H Is conceded enallhandi : to be the most feasible rout for th Pa cifla Railroad.' The sand oh tha bara'ia of a coarse, silvery nature, and well i adsptcd for building purposes. Wtpur I sued our course along its banks, and heard nothing but th nppl of th water at our -i side, and th faint sound of th pioneer t t ax in the distance ; all nature appeared. i absorbed in sleep and silenc reigned iu ; preme, Er long th cloud ; gathered I blackness th wind blew a hurricane 1 and as we emerged from Cedar Island, ! and entered on the broad expanse of bot torn land, the rain pattered in thick drop in our face. The two monuments of archi tectural skill which marked th ruin of th i old Otoe mission were plainly discernabl . i and curling wreath of amok ascending n in the vapory atmosphere near th atoo I chimneys was evidence of a settlement h It buoyed up our spiriu In this diseouTe . aging aspect of affairs, and spurring up w our mules while crushing under th tall h weeds that impeded our progress and snapped . like a cane break.-. We tdrw, l up at I the i entrance of - a small cor ; cred font on tha margin of a stream, a , j few 'rods from the Mission chimneys.! ) The inmates were at much surprised at-- our appearance as w were pleased jkVa our escape from tho impending" storm, 'j They were too young men, whoa uuitfd , aged would not amount to forty-flv years a and who had taken, a: section - of .lend ,i which had been selected - a a town-kit by a company of astern speculators, and on which there was 00 seres of breakiogr ! which had i previously belonged to lb - Otoe Mission. , In one corner, of th tent was a quantity of damp straw, serf- j ing asa bed, a small cooking-stov in th u center of th room, and a number of Pd , ladiumi, Police Gazdtti, and other litr-J ary productions scattered over th ground floor, proving them to b men of aoro ia. telligence. The storm now raged .-with ,s all its fury; and our cloth covered roof was of small service in protecting U from the . watery : element. It . however soon -j abated and th youngest Loyd proceeded. le disclose to our almost famished gas a d fine fat turkey, which we assisted in pick j ing and dismembering for. pot-pie, and M , two o'clock; we foaned a table from as io .. verted wagon-box and wer eoontb f,t cipients of their kind .hospitality..!. Each,., on declared ku delicious, and required a a account of the means employed to pro, cure iui It. was not long before xxir plat cid features poke of .contentment and aa,j inward peace with the whole world Vnd the rest of mankind.".. After. dianer,w had recourse to our pipes, and each of ua , deuiled som awful adventures, finiahinf up with a .lively song , They, informed us that they wer only staying her for.lt purchaser of their land, in order tocroa, the plains in th spring for 'California.,; And after exhausting a vast amount of logic on trivial subjects, we . exchanged , our deer for beaver-skins, and retraced our ateps for BelUvue, which w reached p be for sunset, t tt L.--.5i io. n i.Ji -.About this time th Benton House tim-a bers were - hewn and hauled upon, tha ground, and the first impetus given, to-, building on the town-site of Bellevua, , "The Town Company complained of thw t niggardly spirit of the Mission in eonfia j ing. them within the narrow limits of ana 80 acre lot, cornering oa theis1 property i and a petty aainxwhy existed betwees)! both parties for a long period previxwa 104 their amalgamation. Up and down towa was theo merged into one common interest 'Th Nebraska 'Potfattw, th first pa per' in' ihe Territory advocating Demo-1 cratic principles, was receivinr a larjr 'share of" tiiitronage 'froui EMrii'i,uWri-" W nI txeited a powerful Influent to formn publics opinion; and ' wat a' faiir1 exponent bf those' principles cooneeted'' with' the interest "and 'general pro6perity', of the Territory.' It was edited Vy D. E.1 Reed, and published at the' McKlnney' Housed " '-: A. ;Vr U Previous to the desth of h)s kfcelleac'y1 Gov! Burt at the Miioq house s Oct 18,' IS-)!, he loeaHoo of th Capitol at Bell.' lit I I I!