Nebraska Newspapers

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THE ADVERTISER.
It. W. FUKXAS, EDITOR.
THURSDAY MOUMSG, AUtil'ST 19, l&ia.
We have cot felt at all like writing f cr
cur paper this week ; have been quite
"uder the weather ;" and beside have
been busy- posting oar book and endeav
oring to collect a few dollars with which
to satisfy thecravings of paper and type
manufacturers, jour printers, and pur
wife and little ones. They all inform us
that cash is indispensable, no matter if
times are hard.
'While upon this subject, allow us to say
that we do hcpe those who know them
selves indebted to us will pay up at least
a portion without farther delay. We
wwld rather do almost anything else than
dsn a man; it is the most unpleasant act
to us that we can perform. We are not
jeppressive, have not been, ner do v.e in
tend to be. We are willing to 4 live and
let live,' especially these hard times;
but it is impossible to get along without
some money. Our hands have been vei
indulgent, so have our paper, ink cud
type men ; but they say they must have
come QfJ the needful -now, and we are
lound they shall. To accommodate them",
vc dca't relish the idea of paying jive
per cent' per month for money, when we
have tea dollars owing us to where we owe
one dollar.
Settlers .Meetin?.
The settlers meeting of Nemaha Land
District, held in this city cn Saturday last,
was well attended, and none other than a
pirit of heartfelt interest in behalf of the
oppressed settlers manifested. The pro
ceedings of the meeting will be found in
f u!l in to-day's paper.
Judge Holly, Col. Martin and R.
Brown, left this city on Monday afternoon
for Washington. They will be joined by
lion. Jas. Craig at St. Joseph. All that
can possibly be done will be by these
gentlemen to effect a postponement of
Land Sales. We acknowledge that we
have our doubts as to their success; and
yet we are not sure but the late moment,
as it were, is a propitious one. Of one
thing we are sure, the men who have
gone are thoroughly posted as to the true
state of affairs in this Territory: and their
representations cannot fail to secure the
serious attention of the Department.
They are fully prepared to convince if
sound reasenmer and argument amount to
anythmg-the powers that be, ot ine di -
Mctrmi! fffris f,f I n-J sV5 rMn thi
sastrous enecta Oi. landaics upon tnt
:ott1(rc- tTip futnrp rf thp T-rri'nrv fir,.
settlers, me iuture ci me ierr'.or, nn-
nnrinllv nl nnlUimlht' There rin bp
anciawy, ana poiiucauy. mere can ot
no plea hereafter that proper light has;4 auu y'-
not been thrown upon the matter by those
directly and most deeply interested in the
welfare of Nebraska.
An adjourned meeting of the settlers
of this District will be held in this city on
Saturday August 25th, at whith time we
will most likely have received intelligence
from the Delegates who have gone to
Washington.
Extra session.
Since the election, we s" that our
Territorial papers are talking cf an extra
session of the Legislature. We were in
formed before the election by what we
considered reliable authority that Gov.
Richardson had so decided. We, with
those of our cutemperaries who have
spoken upon this subject, nrj decidedly
in favor of the extra session I -'ing called
at as early a day after the land sales as
practicable. There are many reasons,
we think, why this should be done. The
simple fact that we are much iu need of
a criminal code and revenue law, which
thould go into immediate operation, is
sufficient reason cf. itself, we think.
Since the above was in type, we recei
ved from Secretary Morton the following:
X PROCLAMATION.
Executivt Drpartmrnt. Seb-Ttr.
A'Jtut 1 1th. I5S.
TThereas. fteat confusion and utictrtamty characterize
tbe exii-ting Ia s of this Territory, and bereas they are
ocoutictiiigwitbeach oilier ttiai reasonable lears are
entertained that there is not tLat ample security to hre
aud properly tba. shu id be guarantied to every citizen
the uuie nse-Jby law. Now, therefore. I, William
A. Rich aiiisox, tioveruor of tbe Territory t Net ras
aa. y virtue oi the pver ves'ed in me ty law, issue
this, my pr lamat;oii. cuivenm "be Left.slative As-m-bly
onTuelay. the t etity-nrt day oj feer.tember nest,
at Iheatol li-jveruuieiit of tbe fcaid Territory.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereunto set oiyband,
and caud to be artixed ttic great seal of tbe Torntory,
luiie at Omaha this Uib day of August. 1.
W. A. RICHARDSON",
. the Governor, Ooreraor vl Nebraska.
J. S. MOBTOS,
Bevxetary tbe Territory
"Visiting Editors."
Wc really endeavor to act friendly,
neighborly, kindly, and '-unbiased' to;
ward our brethren of the quill. If any
oue has visited our city and we have fail
ed to let our readers know of it, we have
failed to do so inadvertently. In the fu
ture we shall be very particular and chro
nicle every arrival "with all the extrava
gant fuins,' and try to "make one feel
as "if he re re somebody though he live
iu a benirhted reeion and upon the hard
est tinies.' Far be it from us to com nel
of the Territory; and wliereas. utuer tins coiinici 01 , u. uau vi lauuuui ,ti v-imtu 01 jiiiuuv, suiijjuiiiimy aHU Conjugality Severed, and
law diu a unnecessary litigti"n mu-t tranpire; and , , , , ... . , , ,. ,
"bereas coiuii but sijy. -uhciou, and eitic.eiit le- frale, but owing to hi.i inability to prove j having but little feeling or sympathy in
Seral and Pa5' (no ma,ter fro,n what cai,se) i common with the human family in .rene-
or be the means in the least, of any co-1 y'"ieiii, nem out tne muueemem Mjiwotae lauees, ami iie)eunes, inj Resoivrdf That a copv of these procee
Hmprary going "30, 40 or 50 miles, or ! 'ou if T"" here, we vwld ensure which a large number were killed on loth dings be sent each the President of the
a Vtlll greater distance, before he could - ou a homestead, but lo! and behold ! the . sides, the Pawnees proving victorious af- j United States and the Secretary of the
find an editor from whom he might sah'S are at hand, and though rou have ; ter the loss of their celebrated chief New j Interior.
assured of a hearty unbiased reception." ! ried the vae and suffered ihe pri-; York. On motion of J. P. N. Thompson,
What say you, Mr. Banner j)o vaJ rations incident fo new countries, we need The health on the plains is unusually ! Richard Brown, of Nemaha Land Dis
join us in our etforts to mske amends for j lnoney ? youhave held this land for two good. Grass abundant until we cross 1 trict, and" J. Sterling Morton and Judge
past delinquencies ? ! years, or two month, or two days, and j North Platte. On Sweet Water we de-; Holly of Souih Platte Land Pistrict, be
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- Kansas Constitution.
From the best information w e can gath-
er, the lecompton Constitution has been
drfc&ledby al loat 10.000 majority.
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Nebraska Legislature
The following is a list of the Members
elected to the Legislature :
COUNCIL.
Douglas Wnn. E- Moore,
Geo. L. Miller,
" John R. Porter,
Dakd ah W. G. Crawford,
Burt et als Geo. W. Doan,
Washington Geo. E. Scott,
Sarpy L. L. Bowen,
Cass E. A. Donelan,
Otoe W . H. Taylor,
" M. S. Reeves,
" et als. W. S. Boydston,
.Ycmaha R. W. Furnas,
Richardson C. McDonald,
HOUSE.
Dakotah D. T. Bramble,
" JohnTufs,
Burt T. L. Collier,
Washington P. G. Cooper,
L. M. Kline,
" C. D. Davis,
Douglas W. A. Gwyer,
" Geo. Ctayes,
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R. W. Steele,
J. A. Steinberger,
C. Ikiggs,
James Stewart,
J. II. Seymour,
A. Roeder,
Dodge Da Puy
Sarpy B. P. Rankin,
31. J. bhields,
C. C. Norwood,
Wattles, f
Cass Marquette,
" Davis,
" Young.
Otoe II. P. Bennett,
1,
O. P. Mason,
John Cassel,
J. B. Watson,
" Geo. F. Lee,
" W. B. Hall,
Y(maha S. G. Dailey,
' Jesse Noel,
M. F. Clark,
Richardson J. D. Ramsey, J
W. M. Fleming,
A. C. Dean.
E. S. Dundy will contest the seat of
Mr. McDonald.
f Wattles' seat is contested by S. A.
Strickland.
X We are informed by a gentleman
from Richardson county, that most likely
the seat of Mr. Ramsey will be contested
by Mr. Sharp.
Between now and the Sth of Novem
ber next the free States will elect 127 of
the 236 members of the next United Sta
tes House of Representatives, leaving
nine to be elected in March and April
next three in New Hampshire, four in
Connecticut, and two in Rhode Island.
! Vermont will commence the election for
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I Maine will follow six days later m the
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! same month. The middle and western
1 S5tates eiect tneir US members in
,
The official election returns from 70
j counties in Kentucky are received. In
these, Revill gets 4S,S00, and McKee
43,792 vutes, and Revills loss in the same
j counties is 9 16, as compared with the race
of Garrard and Jones in 15o7. In the
j 31 ccunties to hear from the vote for
Garrard was 16.-233 and for Jones 9,566.
Should Revill lose ncthing in these coun-j pression from more than "One of lhe!lanon as.nuchas poss.He the extinc
, i, v ii -a- n i!. r. ... , i tion of the Indian title and the extension
ties, his maturity would be 11, tuo. lie- Suuatter Sovereigns "Blessed Pre-m- t ur u. i
' juauci.utiitijjiis xttAtu trrt emu- 0f ne public survevs ouht nn v in k-tpn
vill's majority wiil certainly exceed
10,000 and may reach 12,000.
r irtf ai SI. JUHpn,
A fire occurred in St. Joseph on Tues-
day morning last, which resulted in the
destruction of five buildings probable
I:ss :50,000. The sutl'erers are dimming
Co., L W.Welch, C. Hyatt, Mr.
Cran, D. J, Heaton, P. L. McLaughlin,
Smith $c Withers, Van Lear, and Brit
tain c Hardy.
"Vncle S.im has land eniigli to Jive
us ail a farm." Old Song.
Ma. Editor :
Two years ago a prominent citizen of
this place hazarded the unpopular opinion
that ''the Pre-emption Law was a hum
bug, and that it was solely intended for
the benefit of the speculator." Few, in-
deed, coincided with the gentleman then,
but who wiil doubt it any longer if it be
true that a Land Agent in this town has
written Mr. Hendricks, for his construe -
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, tion ot the la w where a settler has hied
before the land sales, he loses his right
of pre-emption, r, in other words, if filing
on a piece of land constitutes a pre-emption.
Mr. Hendricks, in reply, stated
when a person filed on a tract of land, he
has had the full benefit of the pre-emption
right, and never could again, under
any circumstances, enjoy that privilege.
Now, this being the case, (if report
is true,) what is the settler to do whocan-
ii n ri ,i rr Ivnn n,il l'Al -.nAroH t nnl.liA . ." . I '1. i
not pre-empt ? W hy, simply to pull up j command of the gallant Capt. Hunter,
stakes and make tracks where he best ' who has proven himself the Aubry of this
may. Consoling, is it not, O Popular So-1 route in conducting a train. I will ad
vereigns ! You who have come here ere i vise you bv every opportunity of any cir
the red man's hearth was cool, and have cumstances of note occurring on our route,
expended your ALL in making the Ter- Three deserters from the army at Fort
ruoryui Nebraska what it is, are now
told : Awav with von iiir.Lf rrw.m f.r
7 m. wmm ave-
tne speculator; let him have the benefit
uf 'our labor and tu;1" though we, the
t - t ii i
enjoyed the fat thereof; but now depart
! frcoa hence, and give it u that gentleman
j in broad. cloth and kid gloves ; as for you,
move & little further west, we don t need
.
; you here any longer.'
What say you, settlers, are you ready
for the judgment not to come but al
ready at hand ? . No use for 44 Protecting
Associations." Your only resource now
is to go to some accommodating land agent
and procure of him a land warrant at the
reasonable sumcf two hundred and eighty
dollars, and the same accommodating
agent will give you one year to pay it in,
and, in consideration of his kindness, will
only ask you to give him a deed in trust
for your land, and make him an assign
ment of your certificate of entry, and by
this piece of slight of hand you can enjoy
the benefit of the pre-emption right fcr
one year longer !
Happy Squatter ! Accommodating
Land Agent ! Glorious Administration!
Blessed Pre-emption Law !
Ome or the Squatter Sovereigns.
Letter from Jlr. Hendricks.
General Land Office.
August 2d, 1S53.
B. F. LtsiiBAUGu, Brownville, V. T.
Sir: In reply to yours of 19th July
ult., I have to inform you that the im
pression which you say prevails in your
community, that settlers who have here
tofore filed for lands, under the pre-emption
law of 1S41, may neglect to make
proof and payment before the day of pub
lic sale, and afterwards secure the same
lands under that law, as offered lands, is
erroneous. The 12th section of the Act
of 1S54, subjecting the public lands in
Kansas and Nebraska to the operations of
the act cf 1S11, expressly provides that
persons claiming lands under said act,
failing to file the legal notice "or to pay
for the tracts claimed before the day fixed
for the public sale of the lands by the
proclamation of the President of the
United States"' shall forfeit all right
tnereto.
Besides this, if any person have filed a
declaratory statement for a tract of land.
and by his own laches shall suffer his
right thereto to lapse to the government,
and such notice was failed subsequent to
the date of the enclosed circular, viz: 3d
December 1S-56, he cannot acrain here
after file for that or any other public land
Very respectfully, &c.
T. II. HENDRICKS,
Commissioner.
In regard to the decision of Mr. Hend
ricks, we have only to say that we regard
it, in fact, no more than the decision of
anybody else; and yet his decision makes
law for our Land Officers, who are, of
course, bound thereby in their official
acts. They have no other alternative.
Therefore, no blame can properly attach
to the Register and Receiver fcr the out
rageous wrongs inflicted by the enforce
ment of this decision. We don't believe.
j however, that any legal tribunal, or 'any
j ,, , " ,
really learned legal man, will risk their
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reputation fcr lejral knowledge by placing
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such construction on the law. It is presumed
that good laws are susceptible of but one
: construction, and that arrived at, as much
! ly a knowledge of the spirit and intent of
j the instrument as from its letter. There
j can be but one opinion as to the spirit or
j intent of the Pre-emption law, and there
should -be but one as to its operations. A
! knowledge of the workings of our boast-
1 ed Pre-emption Law has drawn the ex-!
lion Lair.
i
Unless those who have gone on to!
Washington in behalf of the settlers, ac-1
j -
j compiisn sornetning tor tneir benetit, we
have onl' patiently to bow to the yoke,
and wait for that '-better time coming"
of which we read.
From (he Plains.
Crossing of Salt Creek, Aug. 10.
Friend Furnas:
After a prosperous and pleasant jour
ney of five days from Nebraska City, we
are safely encamped on t'other side of
this, the Jordan of our route, with no
impediment to retard our progress, and
with the broad and expansive prairie op
ening before us ; which, to the eye of the
writer, is a more pleasing and interesting
sight than the crowded haunts of civiliza
j tion. Here we can study the beauty of
nature and read in nature, lature's
1 God. And an agreeable retreat it is to
i .
one, who having all ties of afh
mty, con-
;i
ral, has become like the deep water ma
riner of the Pacific and Indian Ocean, a
citizen of the world, without friends,
home, calling, or profession, and a voca-
j tion as varied as the hues of the dying
dolphin.
Our train has left Nebraska City under
most flattering auspices; with the largest
and best outfit of men, wagons, and
teams, that has left this season, under
j Kearney passing here a lew days emce,
rr. f,f thein was drowned while crossing
, UI1V - Ct
, the creek. They report a desperate and
j bloody engagement near Kearney be
'.. .1-- i 1 r ! :
sign prospecting for gold. The Mormons
! coming in report having found gold, but
J their destitute situation prevented them
i storoiiif. From all the information tbp
j writer ha? been enabled to g-nin, no doubt
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i
we will find the great city evacuated, al
though they plead ignorance of the move
ments or intentions of the leading char
acters. More anon. r- WYREKA.
Settlers Meeting.
Pursuant to call, a large meeting of
the settlers of Nemaha Land District,
assembled at Brownville, August 15th,
for the purpose of taking into considera
tion the best me ins to procure, if possible,
the postponement of the Land Sales, and
the means of securing the best interest
of the settlers in the event of the non
postponement of the sales.
On motion of R. W. Furnas, John P.
Baker was called to the chair, and E. D.
Allen appointed Secretary.
On motion, a Committee of five was
appointed to draft resolutions expressive
of the sense of the meeting on the sub
ject of the approaching land sales.
R. W. Furnas, S. A. Chambers, F. A.
West and A. L. Coate were appointed
said committee.
During the absence of the committee,
the meeting was addressed by several
distinguished gentlemen, some from
abroad, among whom was Hon. Jas.
Craig, sympathising with the settlers in
the peculiar position in which they were
placed.
The committee, after a short absence,
reported, through their chairman, R. W.
urnas, the following preamble and reso-
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luuons wmcn were unanimously auopie u : i
Whereas, The President of the United
States has by proclamation ordered a
portion of the lands in this Territory to
public sale on the 6th of September next;
and
Whereas. Owing principally to the fin
ancial crisis, which has swept the entire
country the past twelve mcnths, there are
very many actual settlers now unable to
procure the means whereby to pay for
their lands before the sales, and
Whereas, The result will further be,
that all vacant lands after the sales will
pass into the hands of non-resident opera
tors, which event cannot fail to result in
evil; in fact almost utter ruin to our coun
try, and
Whereas, Entertaining the opinions of
President Buchanan, as by himself ex
pressed in his last Annual Message to
Congress, viz:
"Our system for the disposal of the
public lands, origii ating with the fathers
of the republic, has been improved as
experience pointed the way, and gradu
ally adapted to the growth and settlement
of our western States and Territories. It
has worked well in practice, and whilst
the public lands, as a source of revenue,
are of great importance, their importance
is far greater in furnishing homfjl for a
hardy and independent race of honest
and industrious citizens, who desire to
subdue and cultivate the soil. They
ought to be administered mainly with a
view of premoting this wise and benevol
ent policy.
Speculation has of late years prevail
ed to a great extent in the public lands.
The consequence has been that large por-
0f indh idls and TonZni and thtw
the price is reatlv enhanced to thoe
! .a?.l.l 1 .!
i who desire to purchase for actual settle-
ment. In order to limit the area of spe-
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j pace with the tide of emio-ratinn. It
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ought ever to be our cardinal policy to
,r?se.rve the l?l,llic landsas much aspo'ssi-
, Ue for actual settlers, and this at modpr-
; atc rate We shaU thus ,
j promote the prosperity of the new States !
and Territories, and the power of the
i Union, but shall secure homes for our
posterity for many generations."
Therefore.be it
Resolved, That even at as late a day as
the present, we entertain a hope that
something may yet be done by the proper
authorities to avert what we are sure will
result in greatly retarding the progress
and developement of this country.
Resolved, That it is the sense of this
meeting, founded upon personal knowl
edge, that no event could occur tending
more seriously to prevent tbe future set
tlement of Nebraska, or act more oppres
sively upon the present settltrs than the
public sales of lands.
Resolved, That-we humbly, yet earn
estly ask a postponement of the sales of
lands in Nebraska, more especially in the j served it, &.c; yet it was the great prin
Nemaha Land District, for a space of at ' ciple of popular sovereignty, which is so
least two years.
Resolved, That to our certain knowledge
no petition has ever been publicly circul
ated in this Land District, asking for a
public sale of government lands.
Resolved, That the Hon. Jas. Craig,
now in this city, be requested to make an
effort in behalf of the settlers of this
Land District, by using his influence to
secure a postponement of Land Sales.
Resolved, That we recommend that set
tlers in this District, who are unable to
pre-empt their claims, form themselves
into associations, embracing whatever
amount of Territory to them may seem
best; that they choose one of their num
ber as President, to whom all shall report
their names and description of their
lands at as early a day before the sales
as practicable ; that it shall be the duty : those personal qualities which adorn and
of said President to attend the land sales, commend the true statesman. These
and when any tract of land cf which he ! things fully explain how it is that the en
has the description and name of occupant ! thusiasm of the people of Chicago, for
is offered for sale, he shall announce or ! Douglas and his cause has not abated in
cause to be announced the fact that such ! any degree or particular. The popular
tract is occupied by an actual settler who !
is unable to Dav for thp samp, and nL- in !
J . T ,
oenait or sum settler mat tne land be
not oiu upon, out lie allowed to be return
ed as offered land.
requested to proceed with Hon. James !
1
Craig to Washington, to procure, if pos- j Ior useu- ana 11 emnoaies jut sucn uem,
,ho ns.n.,h0 ownh.iy as aI1 must advocate North,
vavi s '.: . 7-' AA V IUV U VA, aVA, ' ' A VIA . AA
injr land sales.
On motion, D. L. McGary, and S. G.
Daily was appointed a committee to con
fer with the settlers of South Platte Land
District in furtherance of the object of
this meeting.
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Nebraska
Advertiser, Nemaha Valley Journal, and
Rulo Guide.
On motion, the meeting adjourned to
meet at Brownville on Saturday, Augdst
2Sth, at 12 M.
J. P. BAKER, Ch'an.
E. D. Allen, Sec'y. "
- Land Office Item.
There has been entered at the Land
Office in this city from its re-opening on
the 23d of February last, to the 31st of
July, inclusive, as follows:
Amount located with B.
L. Warrants, 709.S-59 acres.
Am't entered with Cash, 20,009
Total, 729.86S "
The total amount received therefor, es
timating warrants at $1,25 per acre, is
919,244,64.
There remains yet vacant in the dis
trict, subject to private entry :
360,000 acres at SI, 25 per acre
300,000 44 2,50 . 44
Total, 660,000 acres.
The SI ,25 land is mostly in the north
ern portion of the district, in the counties
of Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Audubon,
Shelby and Harrison. The 82,50 land is
within the six mile limits of the three
f towest.CW,7fi.i& Busrle.
The Current of Popular Opinion.
It is now a week since that the people
of this city turned out en masse to meet the
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, and welcom
him again to his home. The public sent
iment has had time to settle, to abate
something of its warmth for our distin
guished fellow-citizen, if that public senti
ment was to settle or abate. The great
speech delivered on that occasion has been
answered, (so the friends of Lincoln affect
to think,) and both productions have been
read. A Republican convention has been
held, also, in this city, since the reception,
and Republican managers from all parts
of the state have been here. Every thing
has been done that it has lain in the pow
or of the opposite to do, to break the erlect
upon the public mind of the grand de
monstration given in honor of Senator
Douglas on the 9th inst.; and, we repeat,
if the sentiment of our people was to
change from enthusiastic admiration of
Senaior Douglas to indifference towards
him it is time that change was wrought.
But how is it ?
We assert that from the moment the
first gun thundered the announcement of
"Douglas is come !" the enthusiasm for
him among the people of Chicago has in
creased in intensity down to the time of
the present writing. It would be of no
use to attempt to say anything with regard
to the demonstration which met the eyes
and ears of the Senator as he came into
the city. We have twice frankly ac
knowledged cur inability to do justice on
paper to that indescribable scene. But it
was a generous and splendid tribute of es-!
teem and nraise. on the mrt nf tht nponlp t
which they will never forget and a tn-1
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i .i r c- t-v i
umph on the part of Senator Douglas,
"mu' c Ui er ueen
permitted to enjoy We must not over-
J: v A -, , ,
Of naiut AJOU'rjls Ilimseil UeSireS mat It oe
not overlooked; and he so expressed it in
his speech: In his noble exordium he
says :
"Thi vast sea of human faces indicates
how deep an interest is felt by our people
in the great questions which agitate the j
public mind and which underlie the foun-!
cations of our free institutions XrZlZ
tion like this, so "Teat in numbers thnt
.
no human voice can be heard to its count
less thousands so enthusiastic that no
one individual can be the object of such
enthusiasm clearly shows that there is
some great principle which sinks deep in
the heart of the masses, and involves the !
ngnts and tne liberties of a whole peo-
pie, that has brought you together with j
a unanimity and a cordiality never before J
exteiieu, u, inueea, equally on any occa
sion. I have not the vanity to believe
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11, -1 L. I I 11 i
tuat.ti.au) personal compiunem m me
inai as as eloquently spoK-en as noDiy
, , . ' . b r t
broke from that "vast sea of human
faces." declaring that one man was the ,
sole object of that demonstration, and
that that man was Douglas, that he de
intimately connected with his name, and
which has given dignity and honor to his
efforts in the public service, that, together
with his personal worth and popularity,
called that multitude out. Had it been
otherwise, the enthusiasm must have sub
sided gradually, before this; for no man
was ever able, it is not likely that any
man ever will be able to awaken enthu
siasm in the masses, to the degree and
height we witnessed in ChicagD on the
evening on the 9th, and keep it thus
warm and high without the aid of a great
principle or memorable exploits in behalf
of the people. Both these aids Senator
Douglas eminently possesses. There is
no principle more deeply imbedded in the
popular heart than that of popular sover-
eifirnty; and no man combines more of
judgment is converted to the principle no
Ucc thor, tK r,,.. a rwi rrA
aVwO LJ 1 liCl. la. . & LA I1V L'a WUil-kf
with the utmost confidence, that before
the day of election shall have been reach
ed, a decided majority of the citizens of
wucago win ne nearly in support ot Me- j
Mill a- a f
purii aougias ior ine u.nnea states
Stares. Chicago Times.
Senator Douglas' Speech Com
ments ora Southern Journal
We publish upon the first page, this
morning, :he speech of benator Doughs,
made to the reception meeting called to
welcome him home to Chicago. It speaks
: le j i ! . i -v
peaks
I i- t
South, East, and West who hope to ;
. i- i '
maintain our nationality, and preserve
the republican simplicity of our govern-
meet. Mr. Douglas has turned neither
to the right nor to the left, but has march
ed straight forward in the path of duty,
defending and preserving the doctrine of
popular sovereignty against its enemies
without and within the Democratic organ
ization. The great principle it avows is
incorporated into the very spirit of rep
ublicanism, and is, and must continue to
be, the basis of our Democratic creed.
Preserve pure the doctrine that the
people shall govern themselves shall
make their own laws, and that a majority
clearly and fairly expressed, shall rule,
and the enemies of the Democratic party
can achieve nothing to harm our cause or
the union of the States.
If those who have applied all manner
of hari epithets to the distinguished
Senator, for his course last winter, will
read his speech through, they will "find in
it a higher and nobler purpose a patri
otic sentiment, that reaches far above the
shafts of malice, and the petty jealousies
of those that beset him in the Senate and
elsewhere. If they would school them
selves again in Democracy, they would
do well to ponder over this speech ; for
it is abounding with the very essence of
Democracy, and it would be well for
them to quaff again of its pure fountain,
and slake their factious thirst. Such
speeches go home to the hearts of the
people go home to their hearts and
heads, and will live in the memory of the
pure Democracy, when all mere questions
of difference of opinion shall have been
buried in the dead past ! Louisville
(Ay.) Democrat.
Sen. Douglas Position Sustained-
Relieved from the quicksands of Kan
sas and Lecompton, and turning out upon
the broad blue waters Of the federal !
constitution, Mr. Douglas rides the waves !
as gallantly as a new war steamer on a
cruise for pirates. In other words, taking
up the glove thrown by Mr. Lincoln, his
Republican competitor for the Senate,
Mr. Douglas assumes an attitude upon
State institutions, State rights, and con
stitutional obligations, which is impregn
able, because it is perfectly consistent
throughout, and absolutely indispensable
to the harmony of this great confederacy,
and to the best interest of the several
human races here thrown together. Mr.
Douglas is right in assuming that the
American constitution was framed upon
the free white basis; that it contemplated
a government of white men, the predo
minance of the white race, and the sub
mission of the black and aboriginal races.
He is right in defending the Dred Scott
decision upon the broad and general in
terpretation of the constitution; and his
arguments against the equalizing of the
blacks with the whites, as drawn from the
deplorable results of the experiments
made in Mexico, Central, and South
America, are conclusive in every view
against this most false and atrocious phi
lanthropy of negro equality.
In relation to State rights, Mr. Dou
glas has equally the whip hand over his
nigger worshipping competitor, Mr. Lin
coln. The latter assumes that there can
c i u i ii i ii
the States shall be slave States or free
States; while the former maintains that j
these diversities of State institutions are !
the very life of the Union, ar.l that, un-:
der the constitutional law of State sover-
:nVOTt. A-" ,:L i
" s.vij uimuun cai.il ciaic audLi iii"
:ftI.if ' i . i
climate anJ rro,hjtlions? anJ aI1 MuhoiU
imerferin , wilh each other inovil), on !
i their glorious career around the constitu- ;
! . .. , .L . . . i j .l .
m-ii. t3 iii j'iaiiri3 iiuic ait'uim liic sun.
etveen tnese two men, upon the great ;
federal system, there can be but one op in-
ion.
Douglas is ri-ht, and Lincoln is on
the hifrh r.ini! uitfi I.l.ivil l.-irriiin n rut nil
I
is ungodly abolitiun crew, to bloody re-
I llu'i0 djsuniun' Y d all the ;
iiuiiui j jl u I Uliuirj
War OI Sections,
factions, races and religions. V. York '
' 3 ,
IlCraia.
The Atlantic Telegraph,
Philadelphia, Aug. 5.
The President, who is at Bedford, re-
rpivMft Ka fir.t nit imn t inn nf tfii si i i'p c
fui aviljg 0f the Atlantic Telegraph
Cable 'through the Associated Press The
following is a copy of Mr. Field's mes-
-
sage to the President of the United States
! at Washington :
Dear Sir : The Atlantic Telecranh
CaUe on board the U. S. steam frigate j
-Niagara and ner lintisn Jla esty s era-
mei )0IK was ;oined in mi l-ocean, July
,29lh , hnAPf.n Slirrpssflli;v l.tid: nnd
i j j
as soon as the t.vo ends are connected with
the land lines, Queen Victoria will send I
a message to you, and the cable will be j
kept free until your reply has been trans-
l " I
milted. !
With great respect I remain .
Your obd't serv't
CvKIS Vs. J'lELD.
ttr York, Aug. 6.
ThroUfrh the COUrtesV Of President Bu- ,
chanan, the agent of the associated press !
is enabled tO furnish the press of the I
country with the following dispatch :
To C. W. Field, Trinity Bay, .V. F.:
My dear Sir-I conJratuUte you with
all my heart on the success of the great !
enterprise with which your name is so '
i i , V , , i
sing of Divine Providence, I trust it may
prove instrumental in promoting perpetu
al peace and friendship between the kin
dred nations.
James Bccha5av.
Trinity Bay, V. F., Aurr. 7.
The complete success of the Atlantic
Cable is placed beyond all doubt. Signals
are now being made through the whole
extent of the cable, but it is unlikely that
the cable will be opened for business for
several days or perhaps a week, as the
electricians will require time for a series
of experiments w ith their recording ins
truments. Due notice w til be mven for
me opening of the line for business.
Ex-President Tierce.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia
Press, writing from Boston, says:
"The friends of Ex-President Pierce
! will be glad to learn that, by a late arrival
by ship from Madeira, tidings have been
received from him. His own health was
perfect. The health of his excellent wife
: ijad been improved ty her sojourn in the ,
Uland, but the causes of her sickness!
t , . . ...
were not removed. They w ere to leave !
r i i- . - .... i
Madeira on the first of June, for Lisbon,
thence, avoiding the larger European ci-
ties.for Vevay, in Switzerland, bere he
will spend the summer. Mr. Kthan;
Hawthorne and Mr. Johnlloward Marca
will be with him in Switzerland, I heir
The period of his stay in Europe will be
controlled by the health of Mrs. Piere.
IlELJGIOLS NOTICES.
Ant. 1. Preaching in the St b sol Boo at bair
' o'clock a M by Rt. K WokI. And at ta K.,.
10
JebDon'a Hall Vr Rf. K. Gaylvrd U the CuBr.
ttonal Chtjrch of Oruaba.
Aug. 9. At balf past 10 o'clock A by Ker f r
ton. And t ni(Dt by Rev. T. W. Tipton.
Aug. 15. At balf paat 10 o'clock A M, by lT T
Tipton. '
Au.22. Atba!f p. IOVclock A M by Err. r. Q,
And at nisbt by Rer. T. W. Tiptuo. """fct.
Aug, 23. At Lalf pat 10 o'clock A St. by Rev T w
Tipton. w-
BroHnfle3IfAiieiaSf"
EASTrRX MAIL.
Arrirt Daily (Sunday except! at 6r y. M
isejpunt iany caodays excepted; at balf
eight, A. .
SOCTI1I1S
MAIL.
J.rrVc T.i-weekly, ou Mondays, WiiaMdaTiafj
Friday. '
Depart Ou Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satardayt.
WORTH tR MAIL.
Arr.'r On Tuesdays. Thursdays and ?it;rda
LeyiHt- Oa Mondays, yedneadays and f rUay.
FORT KIAR5EY MAIL.
Icare. BrowDTiHe on the flr-t of every month
reaching Ft. Kearney in aeren days Ira
Ting r t. Kearney on th 13ih '
Arrive At Brownrille in 7 days.
TARKIO MAIL.
.-Brownvni,, on Mondays. Wednaaday. and
t ndays at 8 o'clock, a. .
ArWrc.-At HrwDTilleon Tueiay,TbBrsdaTs anj
Saturdays at S o'clock, a. m.
orrict hours.
From 7, o'clock, a. n.,to 12. m : and from I. p
t'-. CO.DOkSEV.l'.JI,
We invite tbe attention of Uieick atxl miJteJ.T,
..rM.!Cu.nu.iu co:uninor ir Easterly' i..i
nJ Saraapanlla, amlGnd!ey,Sat Rheoca and Ttt
'"n,",e"1- 'C.rtervcBginuia. irB.ker', w
. . iriMn lurmai, anl lr Killer!?", ftT.
er killer. Tbee me.lic.nen are prepared by a thor..nft.
ly educated Ibyicin. Cbeimot and Fbarniarecti,t,
tbit all can re:y upon tbem as being safe and effect-,,;
curing tbe dieaes for bcb tuey are retonin
Tbey are standard remr dies, awl can be found ia nev'y
every Drng and Apothecary store in tbe foiled State,.
We wouM particularly call tbe atteution or our read
er to a remedy known as Melee's Streogaerii;: i jr
dial and Blo.,1 Puriiier. It is certainly a valnableret
dr. We tberofore say to all, call at the agent's. i
test for yourselves its intrinsic merits. It lt.x.
10 use we ak our lady readers to try a.
vertis-emcnt in another column.
See tilt .
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
-A-t Auction.
PM. 1 will sell at auction in front of uiy ,fP..e m
Brownvuie, Nebraska, the followmg de,crlbei .T'J!
taie in said city, to wit:
ing described" ral
Let o. 3 in Bl.:k So 11
" 15 ,3
" " 14
" 1 " 17
" " IS
" 3 " 25
9
" 11 " 6H
" 6 V
Lot Xo.
"? In Block N
1 "
7
15
8 "
It "
8
11
3 "
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tn
4
U
me as-.re are some of the mr.t desiraMe lots U
residences in tbe city, and will le sold positive'r
TERMS:
One third rafh in hand) one tbiM in tb-ee moottt
and one third in u mouths from date of ale
cuari.es ; iHjBsrr
AnjustI9.lb5S.8 3t Rf,t E.le Aat
E. MATHIETJ, 7
Cabinet & Wagon-Haker
Jttain Street. bet. Sixth and Serenta.
i , -V1 k""l!"'f tjl"uet w"rk ne,1"
- J Hepainngof woods' pluw, etc., proniMlT '
CLAIM notice:
ToGfv.rce Vanlew and all other, wboni It snay roii.
torn; ?ou are hereby ii..tided that I will afar at tb
Lan Hi!i.ein Browaviile u Kndar, the J7th day u(
Aurfit. lNin, t.. proe up niy riht of Pr-int'i.n tu
the n. rtbwert .jiiarter . f sectii.n uunier flftera t. a
sb.p number one rai;e .utet-n, ea-t . f tf, p.,n iai
merid an j L IUJBT.
AbKU-t IS. IS&.-2t.
CLAIM NOTICE.
To Samuel Muu.U,. J nti . )t All thtTt mk.,m tl
may o n.-ern
Land r?;ce in B
l .u are Le.-eby n..tirtrrl to appear at tLe
Ifowuvilie. . n f-r.K .i.. . . . .
, " ' ""'" iToveup my nht ..r Pre-emption to
A"'""t 19-
k a u xor
CLAIM NOTICE.
i . iinrv t , uuri n :J a.l others nUm it may con
cern; t.ih are biebv n. titled that Imiii (.r .t .,.
T'J iUXT,-.!';
riL.ry. on ILe
J .
up my n.ht of rre-emin. n. n tbe south-ea.t uriH.t
lu'' v' ''''T1 "T"'
"' spu'n. ana trie .u:be-t nuarier of northwest
rr.er or i-eciioti Ao, in to n-bip 6. raune 15. east
: a ......- a
Auiii:t 19.
Claim Notice.
To Garret Wirk! ami all whom it may concern. T
are hereby notified that I will apt-ear at tbe LetMl Office,
iu Brownville, onFiiday. Aiuu.-t JTib. 1354, at 10 o'clock
A M , tn prove up my rik-ht of pre en.ction to tbe south
we-t quarter of - imu li. townaip a. t, north of
range 15 et ..r Smh principal Jleri.nan.
Auu,t 19, 1-vW a-t J1AKCIS COO PI
1858. 1858:
S CAR n ITT 4' MASON,
Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers of
Furniture and Upholstery.
C0R5EH WASHI.XGTOX AT. & 2l ST.,
St. Louis, 3Ilssoorf.
'
To our I,n,rn a the Public
. eneral
"ra Pleasure in bein able to as.tira Ton
tl.at n.,twhstand.ri, .,ur be.vy , b. J.
'Z V:?;;"?" Arenue,
, ,i..,t.. . " in'Tii.ut
of tbe 25:b in-t.
e a. ready abie l. All
may be deire! in our line.
Itann? a iare amount -if t, k
mat are not o ni.erte-1 wub ,
in onr ware hootM
contant ree;Lt it .la rr..rr. v. . 7 .
our sales tut, mi ivi uin. m
w're '"" enabled to till orders at ..ur a.a.l low
VT' ""d inour,'jrm" fr"n'
,1T ,ac,l"iM 'orprncorin and keep.. p a 4eu.bl
Iw" ZllVuX Si w
um'VT''
L ?MT-RE A1ND LPIIOLSTERY,
ZtX?:. SST.S.l'r
r'ltl'V"a''u"T h'"u" iati'w'tt-
Tbar.kirit you for tbe very l.teral patronae ,l,.ar
I ISfle. It. H.fTI. fr. h. r r t A , v. m. W.-..W
- - . i w . vl. u .-fwiawm cor -I
ner. .f Wabinzlon Annus iad U.rwi r a ...
be
our old stand.
.... wwtw
Very Hesiertf'illy.
St. Iiii.s. Au-ut I. l-5rl.
SCARRITT k. MASON'.
Do7
NOTICE.
Tbe Mayor and City Conncil w,n m on -Wefn,T
i.eit. (:be lb.mst ) to view tb a.esment roll All
wboare so dirp. e-i can meet with them.
,. . H. JOHNSON' Marshal.
BrownTil. Acg'iat 12th, 1-M.
coGEO.W.BLISS,
Collecting Agent,
TERU, NEMAHA COUNTY,
NEBRASKA TERR1TORT.
Particular attention paid to makiDg colleclioea fvr
notwesiueutv tbarite reasonable.
Itcfcrenccs.
R. W. Frame. Phm matter. Tern
Wni T. Pardee, Pr.,bte Judire. Neb. City
I j lord Si Horn
r i nai t lerlt. Imim i.
S.mjca, JU.
Two Houses and Lots for Sale!
The ,nb.-riNer ha two bone and lota in BrnwnTiIlt.
X. T . win, b be prpn.e to ell on xree-tinnly favara
t ie terms, via : lt 12 m block a. and lot 7 in block 39.
AI-o one vacant lot, no. 6 in block 20. wbnh frnmta U
Tif! '".' ;!
B. B. STOITJr.
ai,.ui.ie, aiiiii-i i. -an.
:
To fill Whom It 3Iaj Concern
1 hPrf5T if.f-wm the pnMie and n.y friecds bat uim
thi. day p,ace1 tl.e Cit Druic store in tbe hand f J.iAa
h. Maun. hw,i; tie future a-ve eaci.v. cciroi
and inanaaetnent 't tbe fame
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