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, ! - T- '.'C'V! " ' T f . r ' ' ' , :.'.:! .. . tk.i I. I ...j..'.. , . . . ' ' : . t I ..-.. . ' . ' '' " " - I . I f i .- r , " 1 r -!,'.. . . 1 i - I- DEVOTED TO ART, SCIENCE, AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE, NEWS, POLITICS; .GENERA L INTELLIGENCE . ; AND THE ' INTERESTS OF NEBRASKA. VOL. II. CITY OF BEOWNVILLE, NEMAHA COUNTY, N! T., THUKSD AY, AUGUST 6, 1857. NO. 8. . v . y . . . . . ... i EDITED AND PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY. R. W . FURNAS, Second Street, bet. Hiia. ittd "Water, r UkeV Uiock,) BIJOWNYILLE, X. T. 2,4'J 3,00 at the cud of fi months, CUl it'f 1- "r niore will Lc furniuhed at $ 1.50 jer aiiunin. j.r'vrlt;d the i-h.-u cctuiimu;cs uie oracr, U.VTCS OF AUVEIITISLVG: ;, s turo, (12 lines or le?.-,) one insertion, .Evli ull'.tianal iu-ivrJicn, . . ... one year, f 1,00 O.iO 2,50 4,00 f.,00 10.00 5,00 60,00 35,00 18,00 10,00 35.00 20.0(1 10.00 S,00 20.00 13.00 10,0(1 6,00 5.00 i. A.BUADFOKD,. , v . L. Mc'O ARY, tm. mclenxas ' Brownville, X. T. I Nebraska City, X.T. - ' BKADF0RD, McLE-iS AiN & McuAKY, 1TT0MIYS AT UW AND SOLICITORS IN CILVNCERY. Brownville and Nebraskn City, - - Nebraska territory. BEING yenflanc111' lotatcd in the Territory, wo will give our entire time and attention to tho practice of our profession, in all its branches. Slat tors la LitiiTrttion'. Collections of Debts, Sales and Purchases of Real Estate, Selections of Lands, Lca tinz of Land Warrants, and all other business en trusted to our inanagament, will receive prompt and faithful attention. ,KEFRENCES. nth . ' r ?IX lllfDlli, . ' one year, IU-iiiPM C:irJs of .-is li - or I 0.)a'.'la'i. one your, j.i viia-'i.Cnuiii, one year, fourth " " Oue-uisbth ' L'.f C 'iniun, -ii months, f.,u.-th " " - .-irh " " ' I'-iiw.'in. flirec in iiillis, " fj.A:f '..iuiu.i, ihroc months, f..U.-Til " a -i-t .mi In ' ?a? lidnte for office, Tin advance,) (Vi-li i.i :ilk HDoe will be required fr all advertUe-iu-nts ex:-j.t whre actual rtioni'ibility is known. Ttfii f - r coat fur each change be added to the ;i!"Vi- rilfs. S: iaK.i' business CarJs of f.ve lines or less, for ;.e ve;ir, tr.0'1. N.i x l.-..rtisiM:jents will be cunidered by the year, u iL-. itxifil ou tha manuscript, or previously r ". 1 iiif.n between tho parlies. uv iT:i"e.Ments not marked on the copy fora speci fi" 1 num j?r of insertions, will be continued until or l..red out, and t harp.-d a-frTdingly. All ndvorticmcuis from strangers or transient pcr- -urn. to b" paM in adsice. Tii : rriv:l ""0 ..f vcuriv advertiser will be confined i i 'M.v t t tin ir own ItuVme-" : nnd nil alvcrtiscnicnts ,i,.t TH"r!:.inin? :ln reto, to be paid fr extra. Yeariv-aJvcrlisersLavu the privilege of changing ti(-ir a.li-erri'tnent. Quarterly. x; ! -.il dalvtrtis-'ui-ntsihurzeddonbletheabove dv--vti '"inents "n EOOK AND FANCY JOB PMNTIKG! the inside exclusively will be S. P: NucTtcdis. Kiclinrd Urywn, Wm. UoWitiell & Co., 1I. J:mes Craig, lion. James M. Hughes, , lion. John li. Shepley, Messrs. Crow, McCreary A Co. Mesar.. S. G. Hubbard A Co.j Hon. J. 51. Love, vl-nl Nebraska City, Brownville, a - St. Josej.h, Mo., St. Louis, Mo., Cincinnati O. Keokuk, Iowa. June 7, 1856. JAMES M. CHAPEL, cai Estate Agent LAWS' OF THE UNITED STATES. : Pdblic 116. .' ' . . An act to eotfirm . to the several States the Swamp and overflow Lands selected under ecutive mansion tbe act ot beptember twenty-eight, eighteeen Approved, January 13, 1837.; uuuureu auu uny, ana me act oi tuesecuuu llarch, eighteen hundred and forty-nine. ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho Cnited States of Amer ica muongress assembled, That the selection John IlampdeD, presented to Congress by Bty it enacted by the Senate and House of Boit enacted by the ! Senate r and House of ica in Consnss5 assembled That where any Representatives of the United States of Arner- settlements, .by the erection of a dwelling ica in . Congress assembled,.. That the portrait house, or the cultivation of any portion of the of John Hampden,- presented to Congress by land shall "have been or shall be made upon John McGregor, be accepted J and the Joint the sixteenth or, thirty -sixth sections (which Committee on the Library of, Congress bo and sections have been reserved by few , for the they are hereby directed to "cause the same purpose of ;being applied to! the support of to oe properly, irameu, anapiacca in tnc iiiX- scuools m .the. Territories of Jdinnesota, Kan sas, and Isebraska, and in the States and Ter n: ritones hereafter to be' erected out of the ame) before the said sections shall have been or shall bb surveyed; or when such sections have been or may be selected or occupied as town sites, under and byvirtue of the act of r "; Public Xo. o.r A. RESOLUTION respecting the distribution 'of certain 'Public Document..-' . , ' "' "l ot swamp and avertiowed lands granted to tne T?-nr4H,,intjVP ne th TTnitprl Stat t rf . A mur. I eighteen hundred-and fnrtv.fnnr. nr rftsprvftd several State by the'act of, Congress, ajiprov. , . Conrrress BSSemWed." That the ten conies for public Uibs before the survey, then other of the journals and other documents of Con- lands shall be selected by the proper authori- gress, autnonzea oy law to pe deposited in tne nes, m ueu sncreor, agreeaoiy to tne provisions d September twent'-eight, eighteen hundred and fil'ty, entitled "Ap act to enable "the State of Arkansas and other States to reclaim the swamp lands within their limits," and the act ef the second of March, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, entitled "an act to aid the State of Louisana in draining the swamp lands there in," heretofore made and reported Uthe Com- -0nxs and - documents of the S mussionerof the General Land-Office, so far iIous6 of Representatives ordered tc as tne same snail re mam vacant and unappro- jn tne Lmniry of pmutru, auu not uuenereu wiiu uy an autnai settlement under anv existing law of the Uni- Library of Congress, by section r three of the of the act cf Congress approved twentieth joint resolution of May 'twenty-fourth, eigh tay,- eignteen uundred and twenty-six, entitl- teen hundred aim tweuty-eight, shall hereafter e& An act to appropnatc lands for the support be deposited with the Secretary of State for ot schools in certain townships and fractional AND Agent for West Division of BroicnviUc, Urownville, N. T. PARTICULAR attention paid to the pnrehaso and sale of Real Estate on commission in Town or elsewhere. EEFEBEKCE, A. Kountr-e, Omaha City, N. T, - A. Chapel. " " . " A.J. Benedict, Brownville, N. T. Rrowiivil.c, June 4th, '57. 51-ly Notice to Pre-Emptors! ' G. S. IIORBACII & CO. ATTORNEYS AT LAW A.ND REAL ESTATE BROKERS. 03IA1IA CITY, IS'. T. -XT7-ILIJ give particular attention to preparing all Y the nece:ry papers for Pre-emptions, and rendering any assistance which maybe required by Pre-rmptors in proving up their Pro-emption rights at the U. S. Lai,d OQoe. 45-6m aQj R. PEERY, M. D., PHYSICIAN, SURGEON And ELDORADO, ST..T. RESPECTFULLY tenders bis professional ser vices to thecitueus of Nemaha county and ad- . . . . i i i . l I : : loiiun counties, oom in eLrusaa aua .uissoun ted States, be and the Eame are hereby con firmed, and shall Iks approved and patented to the said several States, in codformity with the provisions of the act aforesaid, as soon as may bo practicable after the passage of this law; Provided, however, That nothing in this act contained shall iuterfere with tho provision of the act of Congress entrtled "An act for the re lief of purchasers and locators of swamp and overflowed lands," approved March the second, eighteen hundred and fiftyrfive, which shall be and 13 hereby continued, in force, and ex tend to all entries and locations of lands claim ed as swamp lands made since its passage. . Approved, March 3, 1857. foreign exchanges; and the fifty copies of the Senate and to be placed Congress for foreign ex changes, by joint resolution of July twentie th, eighteen hundred and forty; and tho fifty copies . of the journals and documents of the Senate and House of Representatives author ized . to "be deposited with the Secretary of State, by the joint resolution of April thirtieth eighteen hundred and forty-four, shall here after be deposited with tho Secretary of the Interior. Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That instead of one hundred copies of the journals and documents of tho House of Keprosentativs authorized to bo printed by the joint resolu tiou'of April thirtieth, eighteen hundred nil townships not before provided for." And if snch settler can bring himself, or herself, with in the provisions of the act of fourth of Sep tember, eighteen hundred and . forty-one, or the occupants of the town site be enabled to show a compliance with the provisions of the law of twenty-third of may, eighteen hundred and furty-four, then the right of preference granted by the said acts, in the purchase of such portion or the sixteenth or thirty-sixth sections, so settled and occupied, shall be in them respectively, as if such sections had not been previously reserved for school purposes. Approved,' March 3, 1857. ; t Public no. 18. Resolved by the Senato and House of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the .Treasury shall settle and adjust .with all the' parties respectively interested therein, on principles of justice and equity, all damages, losses, and liabilities incurred cr susjainedby sail parties respectively . on account of their contract for mannfacturicg brick for the Wash ington Aquaduct; and he is hereby "directed to pay the amount duo by such settlement and adjustment out of the appropriation made for paying the liabilities for the said aquaduct, by tho act ."making appropriations for certain civil expenses of tho government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,' approved the eighteenth of Au gust, eighteen hundred and fifty-six: Provid ed, That the said parties first surrender to tho unuea . states - all tne brick made, together with all the machiderv and other personal property prepared for executing ina said contract, bnd that the said contract be cancelled. r . . Approved, March 3, 1857. ftJiscdI;mc0us. Public 117. An act to csnstruct a building "for a Custom- Iloiife and Post-Oflice at Perth Amboy, N. J ersey. Lcit enacted by the Senato and House of 0f State as are now distributed bv thatdeoait- Representatir?s of tho United States of Amer- ment to colleges and other literary institutions, Public No. 13.1 A RESOLUTION concerning Wolf Island. Resdted' hi Vie ' Senate and House cf Hep- forty-four,' there shall hereafter be printed fifty resentatives of Vie Umt&l States of America copies only. . ' ;;;. . '' I in Congress .assembled,. That the United States Sec. 5.. And he tt further enacted, 1 hat hereby disclaims all title to any and all lands the jonrnalsand Congressional documents here- on "Wolf Island" in' 'the 'Mississippi river : tofo.e deposited in the Library of Congress Provided, That nothing heroin contained shall by authority of tho above -cited resolutions, be construed as in any manner affecting the and so many of the four hundred copie3 of question of jurisdiction over "said Island as If. m t if T a . . ww i r tne puunc documents seni to me lejanraeni between tne states oi JventucKy and Missouri. Approved, March 3 1857. i ' ' ; ; ' Jrnf 1 1th. 18.'j7. ftt-om A. J. l'OPFLETON'. Vtf. N. BYEU3. POrPXETON BYKRS, DTTORNEYS AT .LAW And General Land Agents, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. Having added to the Advertiser OCice Card and Job Prvs. New Tvu s of the latest styles, Inks of vibirs. Uroiitr. Fii.e Paper, Enrelojs, Ac.; we arc now prepared to cseeute Job Virk f every de- s vij'tiou in a Stylo unsur-u.-sed by auy other oSce in the Unitoii St.ti:.J. Purticu'jr attentiou will be given to orlors from a diUne in hiiviog thc:u promptly attended to. Tim Proprietor, who, having had an extensive ex p 'rieme, wiil give his pers mal attention to this branch jt husiii"s, and hope's, in his endeavors to please,; '.h in th'j ex"L'!!eiice of his work, and reasonable .mr.p?,to receive a share of the public pat ronage. BUSINESS CARDS. Land Warrants Bought and Sold. LAND ENTERED ON TIME. SPECIAL nttcntion given to the selection and en try of Lauds for Settlers, and all otters desiring choice locations. Land Claim s, Town Lt-t and all kinds of Real Es tate, bought and sold and investments made for dis tant Healer. ica in Congress assembled, T hat tue sum of twenty thousand dollars, with ten per cent. thereon to cover contingencies, and so much as may hi required to purchase a suitable site, be and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in tho treasury not otherwise ap propriated, for the construction, in the city of Perth Am boy, in the. State of -Sew Jersey, for the accommodation of a custom-house and post-ofliee, of a brick building perfectly fire proof, with floors constructed of iron beams shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Interior, for distribution to such colleges, pub lic libraries, athenaeums, literary and scientific institutions, boards of trade, or public associa tions as may be designated by him. -, r Sec, 4. And be it further enacted; ihat twocobiesof the journals. and. documents in dicated in the above-cited resolutions, so lar as they have been saved from the late fire, shall be reserved lor the .Library of Uongress; Sec. 5. And.be tt fartier enacted, lhat und brick arches, jjid an iron roof of forty-five in future two copies chlv' of the journals' at.d oy mirry-iwo ieet, ana tmrty-two leei mgn: documents, .or any boot printed by cither Provided, I hat no money hereby appropriated Houre of Congress,- well bound in calf, shall shall be used or applied for the purpose men- be depo'sited in the Library, and not to be nonea umu a vaua line to tne iana ior me sue taken therelnrm. - - of said building shall be vested in the United States, and until the Slate of New Jersey shall and until the State cf New Jersey shall also d uly relinquish and release to the United States the right to tax or m anv way assess said s:te, or the property of ths United States that may be thereon during the time that the United States shall be or remain the owner thereof. Approved, March 3, 1857. Approved, January 28, 1857. ' r , Public no. . 14. . . . : - A RESOLUTION relating to the compensa- ; tion of the chaplains of Congress.' '' 1 :- . Be it enacted by . tho Senate and Hotise of Representatives of the United States ef America in Congress assembled,' That the chaplains of j the two Houses of Congress,' be paid on the last day of each mouth during the regular sessions of Congress, at the, rate of seven hun dred and fifty dollaw per annam, ; beginning with the present Congress, and at the end of each regular session, S they shall Tjo paid the residue of said anuaal salary. : . : i Approve!, March, 3, 1857. , . ( 1 - : :! Public no. 15. i JOINT Resolution for. the presentation of Medals to Dr. Kane, his officers and men, Resdved b'i Vie Senate and " House rf If you ' want to please an Editor gather up his exchanges before he has a chance to look at them, and carry them out of the office. This is polite. If he has no. late papers, go to the "hock," take off the clippings and read them all over. Tins is politer. After you get through with that, go and stand behind the compositor, look oyer, his shoulder and read the copy he is putting up; or "when the press is running, stand in the way of the press man, and read the matter in the paper especially if he is just printing off the first side. THIS IS POLITEST, or printing office politeness in the su perlative degree. - . ' Then, m order to please all,. .come into the composing room and whistle yankec-doodle at concert pitch with all the variations.' ' , i All this done you may retire with the assurance that you have the thanks of the whole office in a horn. Tia strange, muttered, a young; man, as he staggered home froia a sup-. per party, "how. evil communications corrupt good manners. I've ben rur- rounded by tumblers. all the e vening," and now I'm a tumbler myself." . ' i .- . mm mm . Children Seeking Homes' in. thb" West. A company of children from the ages of four and six vcara to'fou'r-. ttcn, left the oGeo of the Children's Aid Society, for the West, on Thurs day afternoon, under the guardianship " of Mcssr3. C. C. Tracy and J. Macy.' t j..i.r 'i aii iiiLurt'siing scene was witnosscu oa the boat, after the children had walked in procession from tho office, neatly dressed, and . with happy, animated countenances. Every one felt an in. tercst in the party. ;The extreme youth of some of the childrenf and their artless manner of telling their histories, excited much sympathy. Ono little girl, with full, dark eyes, whilo a single tear trembled'on her cheek, in reply to a question put to her by a lady, said that "fader, moder, and little bruder were all .dead, but sho. hoped she would soon have a fader and ' moder again." They sang their songs : of the West with much force and spirit. Public No. 6. A RESOLUTION for the appointment of Revresetdatives of the VAited States of America in Congress assembled, ihattlw Secretary; of the Navy shall cause to be struck and present ed to Dr. Kane, bis ofScdri" and men, respec- mm J. HART 6c SON n a Mil H1U)VX villi-:. A. S. HO LL AD AY, M. D. SURGEON, PHYSICIAN -a.xx.ci O lo3totx-ioio,xi. P.ROWNVILLK, X. T.; tTaeh-s .,f hi, prcssi.jii, from the citizens of Hrown- o;e an l viv-initj W. H03LIT2ELL & CO., , WlIOLKSiLE D RETAIL DEALERS IS DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. ueensware, Hanhvare, Stovoo, U'lirriitTiT-r.. COUNTRY PRODUCE. BUOWNTILLE, N. T. USS :M AliYTURNEU, W C f vif First Street, between Kaia aad "Water, BROWNVILLE, N. T. Bonnets and Zrimminjs always on hand. C. W. WHEELER, ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. Xi'J. EAI! L.rD Urown-eillo, 3J". Orciroa, llolt Couuty, Jlissouri. Kecpeonstantly on hand all description of Harness, Saddler, Hridle.s, Ac., Ae. 2v li. E very artkle in our shop is manufactured by ourselve?,and warranted to give satisfaction. W. P. LOAN, 1TT0HIIY AT LAW. LAND AND LOT AGENT. ARCHER, RICHARDSON COUNTY, N. T. IS. K. TEJKAM. S. H. KI1)M.E. B. R. PEGRAM & CO., mlEml&LlJLl&lL? AN!) GENERAL LAND A GENTS, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. F. DINGS & CO., Importer of, aud Tllok-We Denlert ia Fancy Goods. Manufacturers of all kinds of Brushes. 39 North Slain Street, (Up Stairs,) ST. LOUIS, Mo. 32-ly Public 117. An act to increase the pay of the Cadets of the YA est. Point Academy. Be it ena edacted by the Senate and House f Representatives of the United Stales of America in Congress assembled, 1 bat' the ca dets at the Milittry Academy at West Point shall hereafter be thirty dollars per month. Sec. 2. And be ;t further enacted, I hat this act shall take effect from and after the passage thereof. Approved, March 3, 1S57. R. E. HARU1XG. O. C. KIUBOCGII &. F. TOOilF.R. HARDING, K1MB0UGH &. CO., Jlumiftcturtri attd WkoUtale Dottier in HATS, CArS & STRAW GOODS, ao 43 nam street, tet. Olive and Pine, - ST. LOUIS, MO. 1 articular attention mid to inannfapfnrino- rmr nness .Mole lists. A. D. KIRK, 'XX T v n Tr c vr T TT ATTORNEY at law, DLAuliO iI X JL XJL Land Agent and Notary Public, Second Street, between Main and Nebraska, BROWNVILLE, N. T.! G. W. II CRN. DEPUTY COUUTY SURVEYOR. NEMAHA CITY, N. T. ILL attend promptly to all business in his yro ' feic.n when called cm: such as rnbdivinz 'i'slayin; out Town Ixt?, Hraftinj City Flat- c.ert,.. 37tf Archer, Richardson county. N. T. IT'll ..... ' u. praruve m the Conrt of Nebraska, assisted uy ii;iruins ana Hennttt, Nebraska City. ""1-EK BENNKt. J" T. F1WKE. WM. B. GARRIT. AfGrsnrs kxickt. OLIVEPw BENNETT &' CO., iTniinfaeturers and Whslrsn'o Tslprs ? n BOOTS AND SHOES, ; u. 87 Ji AI N STItKET, 0!ixklt,No.I(i1,Coknkof Maix andLoctst.) ST. LOUIS. MO. WM. OSBOItN. DEALER IX CLOCKS, WATCHES, hraca CUy, N. T. . p aSrV1 n l KEPAiarxu" done on fdiort JACOII SAFFOHD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law. GENERAL INSURANCE AND LAND AGENT. r.' And Notary Public Xebruska City, Nebraska Territory. TT7ILL attend rrorcrtly to all buu-ccss cntmf,l V to hUcare, ia Nebraska Territoiy and West ern lowa. Sejitembar lS.lS.'il. vlnI5-ly. r Public 120. An act providing for the construction of a Mil itary Road between rort bteilacoom ana Bellingham Bay, in the Territory of Wash ington. regents in the Smithsonian institution. Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of tho United S ates of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the vacan cies in the Board of recent of the Smith sonian Institution, of -the class ."other: than members of Congross,"- be filled by tho reap pointment of the late incumbents, "viz: Rich ard i Rush, of Philadelphia, and Joseph O. lotten, of V aShmgfon. ; Approved, "January 28, 1857. . ": ' "'i .' Public No. 7.1 , ; JOINT resolution providing for the furnishing of a complete Set of .Weights and Measures to the State of Vermont. , Be it enacted bv the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled. That tho Secretary of the Treasury be and he hereby is. directed to cause a complete set of all the weights and measures adopted as standards, such as are made for the use of the several custom-house?, to be delivered to tho jroverner of the State tivelj, such appropriato medals iu the judg ment uf the said Secretary shulJ express the high estimation in' which Congress hold their respective merits and services: Approved, March" 3, 1857' - .i. Public no. 16. . -. A RESOLUTION alio wing Commander Henry J. Hartsteua, of the iuitcd States Navy, lieutensint S. D. Trenchard, mastei Morri- son, and the petty officers and crew of the steamer "Vixen,',' to accept certain tokens of acknowledgment from the- jrovernment cf Great Britain. , : Resolved bv the Senate and House, of Rep resentatives of tho United States of America in Congress assembled, That Congress con sents that Commander Henry J.-Uartstene, of the ZJuited States navy, may vecept from the government of Great Britain a sword, which has been forwarded to the navy department t ..j vu c i rr,.,,. r.t l -it i -i ' wc . ie in enacieu uy ine o. hub uu . oi erinom, ur &ucu ,rsou as 1.0 majr . the said government, for Iresentation to 1,1 mi .1 f 1 . .. . ... . i r I OiWU LU cain Congress assembled, That tho sum of to replace the set recently destroyed by fire in thirty-five thousand dollars be ana the same the capitoi of said State. is hereby appropriated, out of any moneys in the trcasurynot otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of constructing a military road be tween Fort Steilacoon and Bellingham Bay, in theTenitory of Washington; the said road to bo construced under the direction of the Secretary of War. rsnrsuant to contracts to be j ---li . made by him. Approved, March o, lbo7. . Approved, February 1G, 1857. Public No. 8. . A RESOLUTION to provide lor ascertaining tho relative Value of the coinage ot the United States and Great Britnin, and the fixing the relative value of the unitary coins of the two countries ' - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Public 121. AN ACT for the construction of a road in the Territory of Nebraska. Be it enacted by 'the Senate and House of commander Hartstene. with the expres sion of a hopo that he may be permitted to receive it as a memorial of the gratification which her mojesty the Queen of Griat Britain has received from the return of the "barque Resolute" of which said Hartsteno was com mander. ' ' ' - .Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That Congress hereby also consents that Lieuteuant S. Trenchard, and Master G. F. Morrison, of the tnited States steamer "Vixen" may each ac pt from the government of Great Britain : kword, which has been forwarded to the Navy Department by said government, for Representatives f the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembleJ. That the Secretary of the Secretary of tho Treasury be and he is presentation to the said Trenchard and Morri hereby authorized and directed to appoint some son, as an acknowledgment by said . govern- suitable person as agent or commissioner to ment oi ureal iniain ui lue generuus aim P.i.nrf:pntntivpR nf tho ITnitwl States of Amer- .rmfor wth flip nrnner functionaries in Great efTectivo service rendered by said 1 renchard ica in Congress assembled. That the sum of Rritain in relation to some plan or plans of so and Morrison in rescuing tbo lives and proper O I " r . . . I . . -m. m m . . - . t thirty th. usaud dollars bo and the same is mutually arranging on the decimal basis, the ty of certain of her -Majesty's suijects iroui hereby appropriated out of any money in the coinage of the-two countries as that the re- destruction; and, also, that the consent of Con- treasnry, for the construction of a road from snective units shall be the Platte River, via the Omah-Reservo and exactly commensurable. n.vi.-i rr. t : tit- T5: - I , . r c nn Aauauuiuuy, w iiie lvuumiig iuer unci, iu result oi SUCn .coiuuieuwo , thereafter easily and rre.--s is hereby given1 for rhe acceptance by the , and. to employ the petty officers andrew of th teamer "V lxen," in a statement and nf a sum of money, contributed by the ulas- the Territory of Nebraska; said road to bo constructed under the direction of the Secre tary of the Interior. Approved, March 3, 1857. report, to be laid before Congress as early as r0w underwriters on the British b i'rque "Adieu" RESOLUTIONS. nracticablo: and that the compensation of sa.d aent or commissioner shall uot-exceed five thousand dollars in full for his services and expenses. 1 1 - . . 1 Approved Feb. 26, 1857. ; f,, . j as a mark of their 'gratitude fo? the services rendered by said officers and crew in rescuin Le said barque from disrructioa. . ; .i ; Approved March 3, 1857. , - .'. f . , Th ere is a place in Pennsylvania known aa' Treverton Manor, which has been ideacribed as being "covered with stones, atd. undar. each stone there waro 'fifteen ratlesnakes; and nothing but hemlock knots and bnckelbcrrW- were produced in addition to stones and rittl snakes." ; ... . The girls of the Granite State are suppotcd to be gritty, and some of thorn decidedly cute. A woman in a town of New Hampsliro was recently abused by her husband. . That night she quietly sewed him up in the bed clothes, while ho was asleep, and then thrtsbod him 1 within an inch of his life. ' ' : A corset maker out of work, thus vetted her' complaint, sbamo that I iihodld bo 'without brcitd I havo stayed the stomachs of tLeu-' sands, ' - - i . ' ' v ; ' T Why is a pawnbroker liku a drunl-.-ml ? Because he takes tho pledge and can not keep it. i ;:;.; m -i 1 Trees 'with double flowers, aro' too often tho cmhlcm. of friendship there is plenty of .blossom, but no fruit; "Thcrc'sno use of your referring to any books, .'exclaimed the Lourt, angrily, "I have decided the p int. . . A sick man, slightly convalesing; re cently imagined himself engaged in conversation irith a pious friend, con gratulating him upon vho his physi cian vas. ' He replied, uDr. ; ; Drought me through. , ."No, no" said his friend, . "God brought you out of your illness, not the doctor. , . ; "Well," replied he, "maybe he did but I am certain the doctor will charge me for it. ' - Annie Laurie. A shorttime since, a laboring man was drinking, and sing- ing at a public house near Reading, England.. J he song vras "Annie Laurie;" and when he came to the words "I'll lay me down and die," he threw I113 head back. The . persons present, thought he did it for effect. After waiting a short time, they en- deavored to rouso him, but found him quite dead.' ' . ' " At an inn in Sweden there was the following inscription, in English, on the wall: "You will Cnd at Trolbathe excellent bread, meat, and wine, pro- tiding you oring them. Rcade, the author of 'Peg WofiTng ton describes a great actress (Mrs. Oldfield) as 4a creature with the tongue of an angel, the principle of a weasel, and the passion of a fish. , ' A sailor, looking serious in a ctanel in Bos.: ton; was asked, by a minister if ho felt any change? "Not a cent." sa il Jack.-" " ' ; ' Why are potatoes and corn like certain sin- ncrsof old? Because, having ears, they hear ' not. .. '- 7 - Kiss me, Kate. 'Nosir-ce' Why not Kate? Do I uot love' you better; than anything else?' . . r My gooducs, gracious! I should think so what a fool you are James.' ! Why so, Kate?' . . ..... .. Why no ir-ce means yes. , ... '. ' -, - Abarrister entered one of . the' FW Cbzirts, Dublin, with his wig so much awry as to cuusru ' a general twitter. Seeing Curraa; tmila iia r said: ' ; , , , . . t-V m A ' , . Y l do you see anything rediculotis ia m v wLr? . hand.' replied Curran, notiiing but vour A youcg gentleman the other day asked . young lady what she thought of the marriagu state in general. - ' "Not knowing, I can't tell," vas tha rcpl v; 'but if you and I would put our Leads logether I could give you a definite answer." The young man took the hint an-1 ir?cttTcd." license immediately.. t . OCT The Chicago Tribuna i tels a 'good' story of an ignorant Doctor in that dty. H purchased some vaccine matter of a drugst, which was put np in a beeswax biirto preserve it. He vacciuated his patients, waited for it'', to 'take,' and a few days afterwards came biick. " to the drug store, bdid the matter" was no :ic , count, and offered-it back. Tfio druggist ! looked at it, and fouid he- liail bwn vaccix.a ting with tho beeswax, ard that the matter ' was all sound yet in the middlo tT thd kdl. , "Did you ever know snch 'a mectamVal , genius as my smi ?' bail au old UJy. has made a fiddle out of LU own head', and Lo has wood enough foe another." , . - SPRIGMAN & BROWN, RAILROAD AMD STEAMBOAT - AGENTS. And CJeneral Commissiou Merchants. - No. 46, Public Landing. CINCINNATI, OHIO. S. V7. C02ZENS, Attorney ami " Counsellor at .Law, General Land Agent OMAHA CITY. N."T. KEFEREyCK. T Public No. 1.1 - A RES0LUT1N granting further time to the creditors of Te xas : to present their claims, and for other purposes. . Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amer ica in Congress assembled, That the time fixed by law within which the creditors of the late Republic of Texas may file their claims at the Treasury Department, bo and the same is here by exteuded to the first day of January, eigh teen hundred and fifty-eight; and that so much of a "joint resolution extending the time for the creditors'of Texa3to present their claims," approved August eighteen, eighteen hundred and fifty-six, as authorizes and requires the Secretary of the Treasury to distribute and pay the residue of the seven million 'seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars, pro rota, amongst thosecreditors who have filed their releases, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, December 26, 1856. (Public No. 9, . , A RESOLUTION to prevent counterfeiting of the Suited States. : ' " ' ' Bo it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of thf Znited States of Amer-. ica in Congress assembled, That the" Secretarr of the Treasury; be authored to' cause inquiry to be made by-two competent commissioners into processes and means claimed to have been discovered by J." T. Barclay for preventing the poucterfeitin'i. ana - ueten oration oi - -' Public cb. 17. : -A RESOLUTION to return to-the Lan4-03ce at Vincennesj Indiana, certain deeds tnms mitted to the General Land-Office by the Board of Commissioners appointed under the rtAct to ascertain and'adjust the Titles to certain Lands in the State of-Indiana," approved July tweiity-jeventb,one thousand eight hundred and fifty-fonr.: - - '. Resolved by the Senate and Honse.of Rep resentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembleT hat in all cases where the deed'and 'evidences or titles nave been abrasion. L. ..e TTn'.taA RtatPij 'and to rprn-irt the' results of the said enquiry to Congress' at tiansmitKnl to tho Commissioner of the Oene- its' next aession,- with his opinion as to : the ml land umco unoer ius iu autu..r.iu probable value of the alleged discoveries; and adjust the titles to certain lands in the Stata c .innV fivA hnrwlrprt ollM of 'Indiana" approved uuly twenty-seventh: out of any- money in the . treasury, not other- ono thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, as wise appropriated, b hereby appropriated for is provided for in section six of said act, that that purpose. . . . Public No. 2.1 ..r. ls:ard, Oanha : U. i Bcnu ot, Nel raki Citv A RESOLUTION accepting the portrait 'of " sola, Kansas, aad Ncbraik x' - '" Approved, February 26, 1857 . : f , ; e'' ' Public No: ; 12. ; :' A RESOLUTION relative to Sections sixteen and thirty-six, in the Territories of Minne.- such deeds and evidences of titles in all cases where thero has been an action on the same, whether confirmed or rejected by the Board of Commissioners constituted under said act, shall bo returned by the Commissioner of the General Land "offite to' the original claimants. Approved, March 3, 1857, ! ' Wants to get Dated Rack. One beautiful Sunday afternoon, last fall, a young couple from an adjoining town came to our village, stopped at one of our hotels, sent out for a clergyman and were married. The young man paid him the fee, took a marriage cer tificate, and they left the hotel a happy couple. ,A few days since the' young man called upon the clergyman with his certificate,'."and wished to get it dated back.": r ' . . ' J";". "How far back do you wish it dated," inquired the clergyman. " "Why, as near as we can calculate, about a couple of monlJix" replied the young man.'' "This the clergyman de clined doing, but the voung man'wished he would. t4as he had rather give five dollars than not to have it dated back." The clergyman regretted the necessity of dating back the crtificafe, and was very sorry he could not comply with his wishes; so the voung man left with his 5 and marriage certificate, the latter being "as near as they could calculate about a couple of months j too short."-i?r7;t'a (X J") Jcvrnal. n fpITt a iuls irt- ouues, wiiwo recently engagec. in ing green wood at Mornher. itn:cU a blow, causing the stick tu .fly up,,. It staick- ntin on me jdw and Knocketl cut a front tooth. "Ah." said Bill (meeting him soon after) "you had a dental oirsition rfina ed I sec." "Yes,- replU4 thu nutTerer axe idental. r IU.Z'", . Siunp Pbactice. An elderly gentleman-' living three or four miles frjra town ws slight- ly "taken in" last week by a burioin widow.- The old getiulercun held a mortgage for a small amount upon a piece of land owned br the wid-i ow, who aiso ownd him fifteen doL'ufs on bock; account The old gentltmaa feeling matrimoi,-' ially intlned made a propiJsalto tie lady, wha1 agreed to him if he would eanctlthomorrgngo. held by him and forgive her the ether db!s! He accordingly came town cancel Tod ths mort-' gao on the record and destroyed 1.11 evidence ' of his ccuDiary claims upon" htT.' ?Whe: ha returned home she refused to mary him denyir any agreement to that elect between "tliviu... aud declared thai she had mid hint in cash, all claims agnir.st her. The las. heard- of tho matter the disappointtl man 'at in ton,, in search of legal advice as to whether he could she out a writ oi attachment and take her nolens volens. WajteUa Int.' ' '. ' : . : . " Ax UnGEXT Apeal.-t-Au i.Ueiit wifd is called upon, in an English pper, 'tc' return to "bed and board." "Jane, your lsei;co will ruiua'.L Think of your husbanI, jour parents your children. Return; 'alt m.y wrl', Lap' y. At any rate, inclose tho key c f the cup board 'where the gin is.'J .. , ,