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THE ADVERTISER. R. W. FURNAS, EDITOR. THURSDAr MORXLVG, MARCH 13, 1658. .. Apology. ' Really the weather the past week has been so delightful that we could not bear the idea of being" cooped op in an Editor's Sanctum, poring over a pile of exchanges in which little else but Kansas," "Minnesota," "Armyj Bill," "Duels at Wahington," &.c, is to be found; or inditing matter for newspaper columns. , We feel like being out among the trees,1 shrubs, and vines, with pruning knife in hand, trimming them up for a spring start ; or clearing away the rubbish f rona inegarden,ar.d at some risk true putting; in a few seed of early, hardy vegetables. Right here we' will purposely digress. It 13 perfectly surprising to see so little attention, both in city and country, paid to decorating residences by transplanting shade and fruit . trees, shrullery, &c. Hdvr many farm houses on our praries have not a shade tree to shelter them' from the winter's blast or the summer's sun, or relieve them from the sterility of taste, which bare buildings present. How ma ny have no shade trees, or vines or shrub bery about them to give any appearance of taste, or comfort, or refinement. How nucha few days labor every spring, would add .to the beauty and real comfort of res idences. Now, reader, if you have a claim, an entered farm, or c town lot, upon which you have made no such im provement, go to work this spring. If you plead "hard times, not able to purchase fruit trees, shrubbery and such like," we answer go to a neighboring grove, wliere an abundance of young and thrifty elra bass wood, hickory, oak, ash, &c, for shade ; various kinds of wild plum, bird cherry, goosebery, raspberry, &c, to serve as fruit; and as to wild flowers, and flowering shrubs of unsurpassed beau ty, variety and fragrance, the list is too extensive even to attempt to enumerate. These are within, the reach of the poor est'as well as the wealthy. Dig them up carefully, and . transplant about your resi dences, and our word for it, a few years will repay an hundredfold, the few hours, or days labor thus spent. The Army Bill Defeated. ' ' The Army bill, we learn, was defeat ed in the Senate by a vote of 35 to 16. Here are the Yeas and Nays : . Yr as Messrs. Bell,Briggs, Eroderick, Cameron, Crittenden, Douglas, Green, Gwin, " Houston, Johnson, of . Tennessee, Malory, Pvgh, Seward, Stuart, Thompson of Kentucky, and Toombs 16. . Nat Messrs.' Allen, Bayard, Benja min, Bigler, Brown, Chandler, Clark, Clay, Dixon, Doolittle, Durkee, Evans, Fessenden, Fitch, Foot, Foster, Hale, Hamlin, Hammond, Harlan, Hunter, Iver son, Johnson of Arkansas, King, Polk; Pearce, Sabastian, Simmons, Sliddell, Sumner, Thompson of New Jersey, Trumbull,' "Wilson, Wright; aiid Yulee 35. , ' ' ' . This Bill was for an increase of the standing army of five regiments. , We know not the exact form in which the bill went to a vote, nor the particular motives which governed Senators in voting. But we are firmly of the opinion that an increase of the standing army is not call ed for. "We can but think that the proper policy of government should be to have as small standing army as circumstances will possibly admit of, relying .in .case of emer gency on volunteer forces. ' ' ' : We do not, however, agree with those who argue that Col. Johnson does not re quire increased .force in settling Mormon difficulties. He does need additional forc es, and should have them speedily. But give him volunteers. , A . sufficient num ber can be had in half the time Congress has been dicussing the question ; and all past experience has proved their superior ity over regulars. The following extract from remarks of Senator Toombs, is, we may safely say, strong and truthful in ref erence to all standing armies, our own not excepted : Talk to me about the officers of the army being friends of liberty and shoot ing down oppressors ! Go and unlearn their history for twenty centuries. The Army is no more open to American sol ders than is the French, even to officers. There you can take the son of a beggar or of a duke, send him to the military schools,' and he may reach a marshal's ba ton; but except an occasional fraterniza tion or a baricade in the street, he is nev er anything- else, and never has been, but the engine of oppression- and despotism. The American soldier will be the same. He looses his character cf ' American citi zen. "Their -duty is obedience. They are taught it;-They know nothing else. They loose their interest in society. They are no friends of liberty. An army in it's essence is a despotism.'; They always have been and always will be the ready instru ment of him that is bold and brave enough to seize the baton, and trample public lib erty in the dust. ' ' - Proposed -Tmexstien cf South ; Platte Yalley to Kansas. - " The Legislature of "Kansas, at its late sessionresponded tdthe wish of the in habitants of the South Valley " of" the Platte in Nebraska; for be annexed to Kan sas. That body adopted a series of res olutions declaring the Platte rirer to be the natural boundary between the two ter ritories, and memoralizing Congress to make the desired" "change". "A late letter from Nebraska states that petitions are in circulation in that portion of ti e territory lying south of the Platte river for its an nexation to Kansas, and that they have been generally signed by the residents of that portion of the Territory.. Fully two third of the people are said to be in fa vor of" being added to Kansas. -'On the other hani the people north of the Kan- j S3 8 river in Kansas, are almost unani mously in favcr of the proposed annexa tion, wbil; those south of it will not ob ject to iL The Lecompton question, how ever, will' have to be settled before Con gress 'can be induced to move upon the subject. v . ; c ; .! .; The above, which. we clip from the Cleveland ' Plain Jcqler, in substance we have found in quite a number of cur Eas tern exchanges of late. In regard to the petitions spoken of, we have the first one to see, or the man who has seen one. As to the project of annexing ; South Platte"" to KaasaSp Werdo't"ibelievje;the "people, or any respectable number of them are in favor of it. If it is ever done, it will not be by die voice of - the pe6ple of South Platte,' Nebraska. .' They understand their interests too well." "Wt it would they gain by the operation ? ( Nothing ! Bat on the contrary loose- everything. " We have " Kansas shriekers "- j in j Nebraska as well as elsewhere, who would, tie us to Kansas in order to. settle without doubt, the, " Slavery question" in that Territory. There is; the secret of this talked of annexation. We i do hope Nebraskians will - not suffer themselves to be entrapped by nibbling at the bait thrown out; but'1 together ' vrhh their friends in the, States, raise their unit edvoice against such a suicidal pro ject. Of course all our feelings and sym pathies are averse to the extension of sla. very, especially in this latitude. Yet we are not so magnanimous or philanthropic as to desire, to see Nebraska mixed up with the distracted affairs of Kansas. -' We venture the assertion, that ithere cannot be found south of Platte or in Ne braska one hundred voters who will advo cate the annexation of any portion of our Territory to Kansas. ' - Hall Routes. ' ' In the House of Representatives,' on the 23d, Mr. Craig of Missouri, present ed the petition of Solomon Miller, and others, asking a mail route from Nebras ka City to Leavenworth City. SI. Louis for-' m , .-. .J . J . ' . . .. We in Nebraska . complain, and -not without cause, of the insufficiency of our maii arrangements. The Department think, from the numler of routes j we cer taluly ought to be faithfully served. The difficulty is this There has been too much "scullduggery ; in high places," in con structing mail routes. We have now two routes on almost the same ground contem plated in the above; and by an examina tion of the Nebraska . mail routes, those familiar with the geography of the coun try, will find numerous instances where there are , more than one; and sometimes four different routes running over the same ground. The object sought in the above announcement can be' as well secured by extending the present route from Nema ha Agency to Leavenworth, and save at least one fourth the cost to Government. : We are anxious to have every mail fa cility possible, and know that there should be a route extending from Leavenworth, or even f arther down the river, up through the country on this side the river, and do not wish to be considered as throwing ob stacles in the way at any time. But these abuses' of favors cannot fail have not al ready failed to work to our disadvantage greatly. . . . ... , We see it 6tated without contradiction that every person, except one, who acted as delegate to the convention which fram ed the Lecompton Constitution, has left the Territory 0 Kansas Exchange. We suppose,' like some of the leading spirits who have heretofore governed tp a great degree, the affairs of Nebraska, they were "non-resident operators" . who have greatly at heart the "interests and welfare of the country." The people in Nebras ka are beginicg to wake up and take their own matters into their own hands and settle them in their oirn. way. We have without doubt gotten rid of one of the "Highcockalorums" of the tribe the pseudo Delegate' Chapman. Others will follow: jloney a Dreg. It is thought by many that money will in the States be so . abundant by May, as to be a drug in the market. The N- Y. Journal, of Commerce, also the Herald, seems to "be of the same opinion, ; ' The former paper says that money in that city was, on last week, freely offered at four to seven per ceut. on call, . and six to eight on choice paper. The Herald on the same subject remarks: "Our banking in stitutions will natmake somuch money for years to ccme as for some years past, and their dividends will, without a doubt, rule at lower rates. The ' probability , now is, that:money will becom very cheap and very plenty. The outside rates are like ly to rule considerably below the "-legal standardand the banks' will" find it diffi cult' 16 actively employ their funds at an interest high enough( to enable them to pay more than" three per cent,' semi-annual dividends on their capital. It will take years' to bring about another such inflation oa.credits, or such a ; ravenous set of, cus tomers for money,', at the most exhorbi tarit rates'of interest; our banks found in the swarrn of Railroad ' companies up to the financial collapse." , , . .. . , t The Cleveland Plaindealer of last week says : "Three months ago money could on ly be had at the rate of ' two per cent per mcnthiand even highe? in some cases. It is hoi, said that brokers, in New York re fuse it at five per' cent- per annum for a specified time. 1 -There appears to be a glut of the article, which will,' however, soon find an avenue for its useful employ ment in the revival cf business which is in progress over the whols country. There is certainly 'a good time coming ' Wait a little lenger.'" " Although money may be a drrg in the States, it will be some time yet before it will work its way this far Wast Eastern bankers and money lenders have learned by experience to be exceedingly careful, and will in the future be more stringent as to securities. We learn they are in New York requiring pledges of unincum bered city real estate. This being the case money must necessarily find jtjsjway west through a secondary channel, which will require time. " ' " . i. ' t . r f; ' The Chicago Fress of the 20th, says the Chicago, Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, rail road reduced its freight tariff as follows Fourth class freight to New York, from 84 to 68 cents per 100 pounds ; ,to Boston from 90 to 96 cents, and to Philadelphia and Baltimore' from 80 to 75 cents per 100 pounds. . ; To Easiness Men. We hope our business men all will read the article on the first page, entitled "A Parable for Business Men," and tiien "go and do likewise," that "it may be well with them and their, children ; even their children's children." . . , National Magazine. The "March number ' of this superb monthly is before us. . The illustrated ar tides are excellent, viz : The 'Cordilleras and the Andes,' 'Hungary,' and 'Revolu tionary Heroes.' The elevated litterary and moral character of this magazine is worthy of all commendation. Purchase of Sonora. From a private letter, the St. Louis Democrat makes the following' extract, The writer is a Calif ornian, and doubtless speaks by the card: '' V ' - There . are parties of influence from California and Arizonia now at Washing ton, urging the purchase by our govern ment of the State of Sonora, Mexico; and there is no doubt but that the administra tion will buy it. Negotiations are now progressing with that view. ' I know that Mexico has proposed to sell, for .that country is of no use to her, it being over run by the Apache and other Indians, who are a terror to the inhabitants; and, how ever the troubles now existing in thaf de stracted republic may terminate,, the gov ernment, if any be established at all, will need and must have money. The par ties urging this matter want Guymas for a port of entry, for without it Arizonia and the adjacent country will be of com parative little value. They expect to get as far down as the 28th parallel, taking in a part of Sinolia." Home Correspondence Falls City, Richardson Co, 1 ... ( March 12, '58. R. W. Fcricas: " It is almost as common to hear the fol lowing inquiry, 'Have you any late news?' a& to hear the welfare of your family or friends enquired after. At present we are not favored with any particular excite ment, jret perhaps a few lines from our place will be acceptable. The winter has been so pleasant, and amid all the hard times, improvements have still gone on rapidly. Never has there been . so much done in ' one winter in southern Ne braska. People are making ; extensive preparations for breaking and fencing, and preparing largely for crops the : next season. . This is certainly a great country, as the settlement extends, it only seems to open up new beauties. ' Falls ' City, you will recollect, is only nine miles from the Mis souri,' on the great Nemaha river; only eight months old; in the midst of excel lent water power, and surrounded by the best prairie in Nebraska. Timber, of the best quality, in' large quantities along, on streams and branches, also ' stonecoal and limestone in abundance,' only a short dis tance from our town. . An act was passed at the last Legisla ture granting the privilege of turning the Nemaha, or so much as is neceary, for the use of machinery, within our corpora tion. By cutting an artificial channel a distance of three miles, we can procure a fall of thirty feet,' at a very little ex pense. The falls of this river attracted the attention of travelers at an early date, as being a desirable locality. Mr. D, Vanderslice our Indian agent was charm ed with this delightful water power more than fifteen years ago, and undoubtedly would have improved the land had he not been in the employment of Government. Any of your friends wishing to locate in this section, will do well to call and ex amine for themselves before locating else where,, and particularly those wishing to engage im milling or other machinery. We have a steam saw-mill in full opera tion, manufacturing a superior quality of lumber, and log3; in. the yard, sufficient for 75,000 to 100,000 feet of lumber; con sisting chiefly of oak and black walnut; also two stores, which will supply the sur rounding country with goods! at reasona ble prices, their motto being i 'Live and let live.' Yours, truly, .' l-.'.n - ' I. L. HAMBY. ; . Patting In the Crops. . . The pleasant weather we have been fa vored with for the last fortnight has been improved by our; farmers in -preparing ground and putting in crops. The farmers in this country have done well for the last two seasons, which furnishes some encouragement to embark in the business more extensively; and this appears to be the case, judging from the preparations this winter or rather spring; for it re sembles that season at this time. ; : The wheat crop has proven to be the most re liable as far as market is concerned, and, with proper .care, it is also) a very sure crop in this country, not being : so subject to drought as many other parts of the state, There will therefore, be considerably more wheat sown this year than at any former season Humboldt , ( California) Times, Jan. z. Mrs. Catharine1 Sinclair Forest has purchased an estate in Scotland, forS50,-' 000, the savings of her theatrical career. The Thirti-nlnc Coiernors. The follow'ng is saidto be a correct list of the Governors of the United States : Alabama. Arkansas California- Andrew B. Moore. Efias NtCcnway. A John B. Weller.- Alexander H. HoEey. Peter F. Clausey. M. L, Perry. v Joseph E. Brown. 5 William H. Bissel. A. P. Willard. R. P. Lowe. . C. S. Morehead. " R. C. Wickliffe. "' , Joseph Hj Williams.' ' : -Thomas H. Hicks.- ' Nathaniel P. Banks. - K. S. Bingham. J William McWiUie. ' " R. M. Stewart.' - 'L- Connecticut ; Delaware Florida v ,' Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Louisiana ;r Maine- 5 Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Mississippi' " Missouri New Hampshire -William Hale. New Jersey William A. N Newell. John. A. Kin?. North. Carolina , Thomas Bragg. ' " Salmon P Chase.,' . . William F. Packer. . Elisha Dyer. ' ' . , .R. F. W.' Alston. Isham G Harris 7 . Hardin R. ' Runnels. '. Ryland Fletcher. , Henry A- Wise. Alex. W. Randall , Ohio V '. Pennsylvania . Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas r r Vermont - f Virginia Wisconsin' .The following the Territories: are tne Governors of Oregon-' ' George L. Curry. Minnessota - V : Samuel Medary. New Mexica .. Abraham Rencher. ; Utah .1 : Washington Nebraska, ; Kansas . rAlfred Cummings. Fayette McMullen. William A. Richardson James W. Denver, Sec . retary and Acting, Governor. ; X Tne Kansas Frauds. 1.; .Washington, March 2, Mr.; Douglas, in the course of his re marks in the Senate to-day on his reso lution calling for information relative to Kansas, said Calhoun is in the city en deavoring to force the Lecompton Consti tution, by .withholding v the facts in the case. He was making contradictory state raents in ; newspapers, but had not been near the Committee, nor made any com munication to them. , It was trifling with the dignity of the Senate, when Govern ment officials can thus baffle their deliber ations, r.- The returns should have been opened eightdays after the election, and the result transmitted to Congress Yet Calhoun still ..keeps them shut up in his pocket. Unless we are to be cheated, the facts should be known. How can Sen tors vote understanding when the whole matter is in doubt? Every day frauds ac cumulate, and forgery mounts on forgery. He then alluded to .the frauds in Kicka poo, j Saawnee and . Delaware Crossing, and was proceeding to denounce Calhoun, when one o'clock arrived, cutting short his speech. News from the Mountains. Mr. -Decato, Agent of . the American Fur Company, left Fort Pierre on the first day of -February, and arrived in this city on Wednesday lest having made the trip in thirty-four days. lie travelled a foot and alone to Council Bluffs. , The Indians during the past winter have been towards the whites more than usually peaceable, owing no doubt to the fact that four Companies of troops have been stationed at Fort RandalL Last No vember j the Minicony . Indians attacked and killed ten lodges, numbering about three hundred souls, . of the , Corceaux, sparing neither men,- women nor chil dren. Buffalo were more plentiful than they have been for a number of years, and the quantity of robes .purchased is unusually large. , In their traffic with Indians the traders have been generally successful and the winter's operations will yield the Com pany a handsome return. . The Snow . was about two and a half feet deep at Fort Pierre when Mr. De cato left there, but the falling weather du ring the month of February has no doubt increased the snow to a depth it has not attained for a number of years. A mild winter. is a sure indication of deep snow in the Mountains, and should it be carried off this . season by warm May and June rains, the Missouri may again inundate the bottom lands contiguous to it, as it did in 1843 and in 1844. Saint Joseph Ga zette, '.j , , r J Tne Leviathan. ' ' .The steamship Leviathan was success fully floated in the Thames on Sunday, January 31. Arrangements had been perfected to complete the launch on the da' previous, but the prevalence of a heavy gale rendered a postponement im perative, and, as Sunday proved most aus picious, it was determined to procede with the operatiohsj rather than encounter the risks which a further lengthened delay would have entailed. The final floating of the great ship was effecied with perfect ease,' and no accident of any kind occur red,' although the river was literally cov ered with boats full of people, and the tim bers forming the cradles which had been kept down by the weight of the vessel, ascended with great force some twenty or thirty feet above the surface of the water. The scene was a brilliani one,' and the enthusiasm of the multitudes who witnes sed the launch was manifested in loud and continued cheering. ' The Leviathan was towed by four pow erful tug-boats" to her moorings opposite Deptfrod, where she will rewain until her interarl arangements are completed. .. : The Atlantic Telegraph, campany had issued a call for the ordinary meeting of the stockholders on the 18th of Februa ry, and in anticipation of . this meeting had published a full report'1 of the position of the Company. ,-The report states that;it is proposed to raise a certain amount of new "capital, by an issue of twenty-pound shares, with which to meet the charges for 700 miles of additional cable now in course of manufacture, and to provide for contin gencies. Great confidence is expressed in the success of the attempt to lay the cable next summer j 1 i.:,. ! ' The report of "the Board of Public Works of Ohio, for the year 1857, shows that the Canal did not pay there by over nine thousand dollars. The decline of in comer from these canaTs for the last three years, has been gradualy increasing. But there is now a large crop on hand to go off and good prospects for another which will give the Canals plenty to do. Colt's Arms, with Breech Aitacn- inent, ana fisioi tarome. Pursuant to orders issued by the Secre tary of War, under date of the 16th icst., a board of officers, consisting cf Brevet Brigadier General W. S. Harney, Col. 2nd Dragoons; Lieutenant Col.; J. L.. Johnston, 1st Cavalry; Major V. II. Bell, Ordnanc Department; Brevet Col. C. A. May, Major 2d Dragoons ; and Brevet Lieut. Col. J. v. J. iiaraee, 3iajor Cavalry, met at the Arsenal on the 17th inst., and proceeded to examine Colt's new nre-arms, witn creeca auacumei, and pistol-carbine. ; The Board examined three specimens of the - pistol-carbine, .of the, .following lensrth of barrel respectively , twelve, fit teen, and eighteen inches, and the pistol with a barrel seven inches long, with breech attachment": t T I ' To attest the accuracyof fire, several shots were fired at, the following. ranges; at one hundred yards, and at three hun dred yards; at five' hundred yards, from the three specimens of the pistol-carbine, and at two hundred yards from the pistol with breech attachment. The result of these experiments as to the accuracy of the fire, was entirely sat isfactory to. the Board. To test the penetration, of the arms, 1 target of white pine boards, seasoned, one inch thick,' with an. interval of one inch and a '. quarter between the boards, and two feet by two . in size, was used. The shot3 were fired at 30 yards from the target.-' ' -.'..-.. - The carbine with one twelfth inch bar rel penetrated nine boards ; that with the fifteen-inch barrel, eight and a half boards; and that with the eighteen-inch barrel, nine boards. ' The pistol with the breech- attachment penetrated seven and a half boards. '.';. The Board report the pistol-carbine and the pistol with breech attachment supen or for cavalry service to any arms now in use, and recommend the adoption of the latter for the service, and also that each trooper be furnished with two pistols, ad justed to the same breech, the barrel of each to be twelve inches long, and of the caliber of the army revolver. The Board also recommend that one pistol be worn on the right side of the soldier, in a pouch attached to the sabre belt, and the other in the holster on the right side of the saddle, and that the breech attachment be carried in a suit able pouch attachment to the left side of the rear of the saddle; and also that, as Colt's pistols, with barrels ' eight inches, cannot be. procured in time for the oper ations of the approaching campaign, pis tes, with seven-ipch barrels and the breech attachment, be . furnished for immediate use. Wash. States. . We recognize the. Nebraska Adverti ser, R. W Furnas, editor, as one of the best of our local exchanges. The la number, March 4, is replete with local news. The editorials bear marks of that candid, impartial and dignified character which should characterize a public jour nal. While , Robertson is making such heavy drafts upon his demented brain, to retail slanderous and libelous scurrillity against Furnas, he would do well to look over the editorial of the Advertiser, and take due notice thereof, and govern him self accordingly. Bcllevue Gaz. . ' - - His Honor Judge Black, passed sentence upon Messrs. Hargtis and Kinnison, con victed of manslaughter, on Wednesday of tne present week. Mr. liargus was sen tencea, to nine nunaTed dollars hne to gether, with cost of prosecution and five years and three months imprisonment. The sentence of Mr. Kinnison was one hun dred, and fifty dollars fine, cost of prosecu tion, and two years and three months im prisomen. Js'ebraska City Jfews. Thlrty-Flfth Congress. irasingon, March, 3. J HOUSE. The Speaker announced the first busi ness to be Hoard's resolution, asking for a select committee to examine the charge relative to Executive influence upon the action of members, the question pending, being, shall the resolution be entered as a question or privilege s Mr. HoarcLproposed an amendment, chargingf-on his own authority and com mon tame, the rreswenl with endeavor ing to control the action of the House, on the Lecompton Constitution, by Executive patronage. , .'; . Humphrey Marshall suggested a post ponement for a month. ; : ; . Mr. Burnett objected to postponement, and said it was due to Mr. Burns, the member implicated, that he should have a hearing now.. The charge wa3 baseless, contemptible, and intended to injure the Democratic party as well as Burns. Mr. Hoard said he had twice disclaim ed personal hostility. Mr. Burns sent up a written statement charging that Mr. Hoard1 .intended to make a false and slanderous record against him, and that he should hereaf ter treat Hoard and his elansT- with the contempt they merit in the estimation of all honorable men. - He. further denied Collusion with the President or Cabinet as to his vote. . Nothing ;of the kind had oc curred. . .j--. . ' SEKATE. ' Mr. Stuart reported adversely on the bill ; amending act of March 3, 1S-53, granting bounty lands to certain soldiers, HOUSE MARCH 4. I . Mr. Hoard again disclaimed any par ty spirit or intention to wound the feeling of any man. When he introduced his proposition, he did hot suppose that there would be any opposition. He contended that it was a legitimate subject of inqui ry, 'that'' common fame was sufficient ground for investigation. There is a com' mon rumor; that the Executive is now en deavoring to control the action: of the House, and' that he has heretofore en deavored toi do so. It was common ru mor that led to investigation in the Wol cott case; Inquiry was not in' pursuit of a victim: but the offender. Mr. Hoard was informed that Mr. Morris had twice en deavored to get the floor to make some af firmation of the truth of the statement; which Burns denied, relative to-his vote in reference to the Lecompton Message to the' Committee on Territories. Mr. Smith of Illinois, and Mr. Moore of I1L, both informed him (Hoard) that Burns was previously relied on as an ante-Le-comptonite. : . Mr. Blair repeated a conversation with Mr. Morris, corroborating the statement cf Mr. Hoard. Mr. Nichols said when common fame was- presented a3 a ground for investiga- tion, it was teneata tne aignity or tne House to entertain the subject. . 1 he alle gation against his collleague was false. He never expected, as charged, the ap pointment to a Marshaiship of Ohio. Mem bers all knew without investigation, tne power of patronage was brought to bear in favor of Administration measures. This had been the practice of all Admin istrations. Mr. Giddinsrs asked Mr. Nichols to make an exception in favor of John Quin cy Adams, who once declared on this floor that while President he never but on one occasion asked for an appointment and that was for a deputy postmaster in whose favor he wrote a ncte to Mr. McLean, who declared thev applicant unfit, j and there the matter ended. Mr. Nichols replied, there were hemor able exceptions. ' As to Burn's tote, jio member had stated on his own responsi bility any reason or motivo for the charge. He moved to lay the subject on the table, including the resolution of Burns which Hoard had accepted as a substitute. , This substitute provided for the appoint merit of a committee to inquire whether there was any collusion between Burns and the President, or whether improper attempts had been made, directly or mdi rectly, to influence the action of any mem ber of the House on any measure on which the House has acted or has under consid eration, with the power to send for per sons and papers. 1 ' The subject was, "then tabled by a vote of 92 against 80. . . i Mr. Quitman called up his volunteer bill. He was opposed to a permanent in crease of the standing army. He believ ed that volunteers, were better adapted to the present emergency. Combatting the charge that volunteers are inferior to reg ulars, he contended that the former are governed by higher considerations than the latter. He also referred with jride to the hundreds of thousands who. at the first sound of the bugle, offered their ser vices in the Mexican War. He mention ed the act.that volunteers do not desert, while five thousand' of the regular army deserted in one year. Pending consideration-, the House ad journed, i SESATC :The Kansas bill was taken up. Mr. Hammond contended that the Le compton Constitution embodied the will of the people, for the Ccnventien was an as semblage of the people in their highest capacity. He said that he understood the Senator from Illinois had declared he op posed the Lecompton Constitution only on one point; namely, because he was not sat isfied that it embodied the4 will of the peo ple. Mr. Douglass replied that that was not exactly his position. He thought there were other irregularities, but he would waive these if he could be assured that the Constitution embodied the will of the people. . '- ' Mr. Hammond had understood that Mr Douglas maintained all the other irregu larities could be cured by Congress, and that was the same ground of difference between them. JJut the question is, how can the will of Kansas be ascertained ? He thought Mr. Douglas in error in say ing that the Lecompton Constitution was the creature of territorial Legislature, and thought that from that error had probably arisen all his subsequent errors upon that subject.. How was it possible, that this Convention could be the creature of the Territorial Legislature? The Conven tion wa3 an assemblage of the people in in their highest sovereign capacity, about to perform the highest possible act of dov ereignty. The Territorial Legislature was a mere provisional government; a pet ty corporation appointed and paid by Con gress, without a particle of sovereign power, and, therefore, could not interfere with its sovereignty, although that sover eignty was still lncohate.' ongress could not interfere with the Convention--could not confer upon the Legislature power. to interfere with it. It has no power to act outside of the limitations of the Constitu tion no right to carry into effect the su preme will of the people, if it has not been expressed in that Constitution; there fore, Congress is not sovereign, neither doe3 it hold the sovereignty of Kansas. That soverignty resides in thirty-one sov ereign States. - ,. - He then proceeded to argue that the Lecompton Constitution was a legal in strument, and even if it embodied but the will of a minority of the people of Kan sas. Constitutions are often made by mi norities. The Constitution of this Union was made by a minority and in 1840 a mi nority had in their" hands the power to al ter or abolish it ; for at the time six out of twenty-six States had the numerical majority. He alluded to the charge of. frauds in Kansas. He presumed there had been frauds on both sides, and thought the least saia aoout it the better. lJut the true ob ject of the opponents of the Lecompton Constitution, was the agitation of the Sil very question. They wanted to intro duce an element of discord into the Dom ocratic party. It is singular that while claiming a majority in Kansaa. they should ha beaten at every. election. ' '. Discussing the question of slavery, he spoke of the propriety of the South, and said that the condition of the slave was better than that of the poor white laborer of the Worth. There were- more beg gars in a single day in New York, than during a lifetime in the South- He clos ed by saying, if the South were obliged to surrender the1 Government ' after sixty years, they would surrender it with; a country abundant in prosperity, incalcula ble in strength, and the wonder and -admiration of the world.,-,, . . Mr.,Doolittle alluded to threats made in certain quarters, that unless Kansas be ad mitted under the lecompton Constitution, the Union would be dissolved. He did not believe that such a great national ca lamity could follow or that it was at all likely, yet he confessed that its consider ation would be entitled to great weight. He did not believe that all the politicians in Washington could dissolve the Union. Referrinsr to the boasts made that if Fremont had been" elected he neve'r would have beea -iaaugurated, he said 'that the Kepulljcans would stand bv the Union whoever was elected President. He then passed a glowing eulogy on the Union, and, without concluding, the Senate ad journed till Monday. The Markets." COHBECTED WItlLT. Ftor, l itck BcceviixatFlocx, & Sac Con llAi,buahl 4.3-1 n ii lOf J.OJ 5) ;i'?i.n :s 1.00 S,? 1,19 1 I ion., y buihel- Oats, y bbel,. Corrir, Tia, Pair. va J l99, - do, Fz.Hczr, iJR.... - Porr, prl0!bj Potatoes, "Q bnnhel, Dried Arrua libuihel, Cmn, do. Salt, Lcxcix, Cottonwood, pr 100 ft. Yellow fine. .. Brmsa. Chkksx, ? 2,.i. .... .... .. ,j Lard, Rice, Nails, pr keg.. r mat, none in market Whisit, perUonr.-.. 1 1 dalt, bosh, da ' V -vs ...... MOLASSEJ, , ., Bhans, V bish, . Drv IIidks, j)lb .m. ' St. Joseph, Muck 11 it. -Wheat. W, r ,1- Fresh F0re,V ..'..I White Beaes, VZ Bctter, V lb, Eggs, 2 doi- ' U)s''3'.5e Chik.s, dor,. '". ?2,o'a: ,? ; v . I:;, f - Hiitisv w2"i St Locis.Mareb a. jsj n$ioi I ARTUIDIS CorrrE, $ ... SCGAR, V 2, TA,-Jf lb, TVhkat, bwb, Corn, bush, .. Oats, V basb, .. Flocr, a bbl. .. Bccewheat, Floi r, per ewt, Beans, perbneh, Potatoes, per bushel, Molasses , Whiseet Dbt Hides, .... lift " 17 .S t 1 I !.' lev, any uiifi 16,000 YOKE GOOD I WORKING CATTLE From four to seven yesis of ao 1 WAXTED AT ' NEBRASKA. CITY, X. T. For hauling freight from lht point t rth, kit Whi SEVE.YTY-FlVEL0LL.iRS ' per joke will be pi4. Tby re to be deliTtrtd m ui Place when cal let fur, rn good .wder. bi-twtrn lb l&oi . i April nd the 15th of 3tT, M&i. ?iie Utiiriaj eml tracts had better apply soca. S EffioAn Ilt.n J.aJ rr . i Also wantel, to commeixe April lltt, isjh. Thn wi-.r be piid twenty-nvo dollars per m ain U-nre mi tul.l nnlesa otherwise agreed, for eith tmin, u tL,tt i - about. None but men of gocd bcalth neetlaiiplr The v 90 of intoxicating liquor a a b-'vera.-c. rM-' playing, and profane language ire proh httf i. K-h nu,,', will be presented with a bible and h.ann iuy application had better be m.iilo. Richard Brown, Emj., tit BrwnTiIli, w.ll rccivjp- plicaUons, and famish all aereary in( )rmiiinu. 1 RIS5ELL, MAJORS kWADHKLL, BvKisxet MIOLLxr, Agents, Xetraski City. NT i llarch 18, 1J8. . ... i VIMS lVATEt!r A Attbe Boarding House of William Koitell, BmwiTiil I X. T.' Two good, indnitrijr.girla t not and do hr housework; for which good wauea will be giren. Stoo need apply unleii well retMmmended. ; f WILLIAX B05SELL ' ! Brownrille, X. T. Jtan-Ji 18. 1S. . atf f CLAIM NOTICE. ; Te Peter Blly, and all theri whoa It nay concern.! Tou are hereby nutind tliac I wrf a per st-lfc Land Office la tfrowavilie, Kmmtut oir, Hrrwt. Territory, on the 26th day of March, JH5d. U print t and Pre-etnpttt, autti-wi qiuter it Hifcin n j Township Xo. four, north I ftaoge ltent f with P i, N". T. UK.VBf LKSI.IK J March 13, 186. . . .. tuM Notice. Xotice Ii hereby giren laat tti mirilnz & Tlnnsit Laad and Ferry Company held at Wlttneago Citrr- I T.tn the 12th day of March. that a lax of tenfei- ' lara was levied on each cert incite of stock to pay outlari I of said company- it was further ordered that ssid ui . should be paid os) or before U SSlh lnt. All barn j that the tax is not paid opus before that da will be ivlii I for said assessment. LKW73 PHItXIPS, PresiUcnt pr tern. Bruho C0!t5ocrR. Secretary. X w mnebago City, N. T., March 13, 18-58. Farm for Rent. , I hare a splendid and well Improved Firm bicb I wish to rent to a responsible person, on farorsbletntu. Tot particulars inquire at this office, or of i J. G. MKLTl.V. March 13, 1SS8L -r2n38tf Kenaha City, X. T. A. .' nOLLADAT, M. I -wm simL. m. HOLLADAY & ARNOLD, Physicians, Surgeons, A.icl Ooatotnolnnti. ' BROWNVILLE, N. T.; , Kwpcctfully tender their prt fessional servires to lh j citizens of Nemaha and sdjuming coooues, bota tat- ' braska and MiMouri, ' March 4. 1868 i 1858. 1858. i SCARIIITT ?l MASON, j Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of j Furniture and - Upholster; I Washington ATenni, bciweea SECOND A7TD THIRD ST9, ST. L0CIS, MO. In oar Wareroom will be found the latsotsnd bet style, msde by the best workman aol of superior aute r.sl nd flnUh. . BEDSTEADS Tins) iosewood and XaVgjnr, wilnut, Oak aod Cherry, with high pouts and Canopy . . S1UEBOARU3 Rosewood, Mnhoa(r, Oak nut with Shelve and Msrble Trx. " " . ' WARDROBES and SKCRtTAJllES ttwoou, w hoeany, oak and Walnut. SOI AS Mahogany and w"alaV ftnered UiirC:'n. Laatina and Brncateile. - BLREAl S fine Rewoad. XahogaDy, 0R aDdWSl nnt, with side eaiws. Marble Tp and tirl G )!. Bw.rewovd, Mbgany. Oak and WH'Ut ).tn'l Conter sod Side Tables with Ma.'Me Tvps.' HATR-CliS Eosewood, Mahiganr, tR aod Wa'af. of many style s. ' Also: Fine Rosewood, Mahoginy,' On k ted Tinn'. Parlor, Kay asl nurking Chairs; ev-y f ariny of Cia ion, Ruh and Cane Seat Rereptwn aiwt Cottasr Chair: Recnmbent CTiairs, Piano Stools, Ot'oormn. foltl. Ctncr and Side Whatnots, J5.itetfi Tabies, Sho Batb, l.-e Bci, Wire and Tin Sfn, carri!t' Patdit Lounge Bedteai; - - t - ?-, i . CILT J.M'KIXk OLAS.SKS elen.Ud- Pir CiaCi. Oval. Mamie aod Square Wooil miM It Urge rtmH)t. ' '-'. i -' ' ' ' ' P.r.DDIN'G Spring. Hair,- M, Ksc!.i- ani Hn-k .M.ttras-c; Kesthcr Bel, Pillows, Ejlitn. tnmurM, Shoctn. Kc.. all of the best raitaiialj ! s arranted to be fre?h, swpet and new. JCvery article warrattted a rfft eer!tl and at piice aa low as any otLer tiuu.-o in the city for correpnliiig quality. : . ' Orders solicited and failhfaily &llef. ,- . We cordially Invite every one ha wl tetto el! an'1 examine and price our g'KKts, aa we are ile;d o tbu,r ' our gods. aixl givevoa all the infomMtita is enf P"wf, All article sold by n earetaliy psckel sad deuvercd. on Bt or at toe hos VeryRespsxtfmlly, ' SCABJUTT k MASON'- no37 .' ,. Nebraska 3Ioncy Take otlee: v will tm Uka any 'r- Prom and after tbia data braska paper exceat te Ptat:e TUey, Baok axd. Art i ebraaka, oarj- at a diseoux of ten po cr. . . I ' i . tv. i .. . . , ru t sit vr. fit. 1. T. 'DTTB tt t'- BrowsviHe. March SU, 1S68. - j-" v r" aJ8. The Country Gentleman,, A Journal for the Farm, th (7rtrrfi, ' eadT Tlrttidtt Is published at Allany,K. V-tyj. LtTUER TCCKEU AliD SOX, . EtiKXlLS 'vst rfcaraiETeii). X Associate EL,J. J. JlIOiLAS,t"aioB..Spria,y- TEBais RJ OO a rear il paxl la adirajce, .if" H 'f . Z .L r The postaze on this naser is but six and oseni"" per quarter, payable U advasc, tsany pari at ths iw States. . . . . .- -..' .v- The same rubllsher Issue tt CtXTTTATO. " " first of each mooth. n fc.rm an aaaoal lsa.e 400 pages, made up from U Ceooxry Caailama. rrww M cents yea. III- SwXi V . ft ! f pl ,rBJ ts1 tier rfiwi0 ptaiel f jut y if r. ftankl' wa 4 S.ym I IfSlli lie, h; grswa s. W. . 5ep BB1 15-H t