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.
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BcceviixatFlocx, & Sac
Con llAi,buahl
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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
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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,.
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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'-
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Nebraska 3Ioncy
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