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THE ADVEETISlR. U. FURXAS, EDITOR. THCKSDAV MORMMJ, JAN. 6, 1859. TLiTcoiuem . A Convention cf ihe citizens cf Bouth Platto for the purposo cf con tidering the question ct Annexing laid portion cf Nebraska to Kansas, was held in this city yesterday. The conven tion wa well attended, being represented by every county South of the Platte Riv cr, except Cars; and we arc pleased to say the result y&s a very decided feeling in farcr cf annexation; as will be seen by -. reference to the proceedings in another column-. The best .of feeling prevailed. The question ras ably discussed on both" tides, and the people arrived at their ecu elusions after thorough, clm, and deli cate rejections. e have not-rocm to comment, and only add, we hope Congress will coiiiply with the expressed will cf the people in passing the act asked for, and irc to then the opportunity to ratify or reject by a direct vote, that none need complain they havo not had a fair oppor tunity to express their wishes. ' Popular Sovereignty. ' .This great American" exemplified prin . ciple, and which is inherent ia the hu man heart, is giant like, continuing to ' raise its head in spite cf demagogues and tchemers, above the smoke cf political ; tattles to where the masses can view it in ail its grandeure. Vv'hen Mr. Doug- las cut loose the stron cords which Lound it down for the time beinsr. he was denounced as a trailer, burned in effigy. and almost denied a hearing, by the oPpo- ; sition. What a change a few years have ' trrotrght. To-day, ertn the Republican rrartr is about to udont the -'clank as a new enc in their political platform. ,v " i , V. We zee, by a late Washington paper, that the leaders of the Republican parly, 'are about forming a new, cr rather, re- V-cddlin their dd Platform, and hav dffcided.tv iccorpcrale as follows: 1. That all Territorial officers should le elected by the people. " ' . . 2. That each actual settler is entitled to one quarter section of public land upon settlement and improvement for a stated period of tins. 3. That Territorial Governments should le self, supporting, and, therefore, that henceforward no salaries nor other ex- fenditur'es belonging cr incidental to the ccal Territorial organization, shall be -.paid cut cf the Federal Treasury. 4. That whenever any Territory shal have n population uqual to the then ex- isting representative ratio it shall be au- ihorized to form a Constitution, which hav . iag been cc;iSrmed by the votes of a -majority cf the people, may be presented to Congress with an application for admis sion as a State. He Faces the Hnslc. The enemies of Senator Douglas are pleased to brand him as a "Northern man with Southern principles. W e are pleas- ed to know that he is not sectional in his political principles or views, but National in the fullest sense of the term. What he says in Illinois he says in Tennessee Mississippi. Since the close cf the Illinois- campaign, he has been on a visit to New Orleans, where h' met with an enthusiastic reception, and, of courre, made a speech, as also at Memphis, Tennessee.- - His political principles and positions cannot fail to commend themselves to the sound judgment and common sense of the ... t , . people of the whole country. . "Upon the Slavery question, the J udge adcercs tenaciously to the doctrine ct popular eovereigniy. ne proclaims taste, or a proper combination of colors, the right of every State to proclaim for The immense expanse of ceiling, un theniselves, without control or interfer- sunnorted bv a single column, has a threat- ence-of any sort, whether they will have ela'ery or not, and he furthermore as- ierts the right of every territorial legis- lature to make such lav3 on the subject cf slavery, as they may see fit. In regard to the extension of our ter- rucry, we do not see tnat juuge uougias is either very ultra or very rash. Me be lieves that .Cuba imust eventually belong needs some supervision and effective con- trol-. and that it is not rood policy for us to enter into any ctipulations with Great Britain which shall excluded us from ac quiring pcniou3 cf Central America, whenever the proper lime shall come. In this he undoubtedly reflects the senti ment of the great majority cf the people of the-United States. But he protests auist any premature attempts to ac quire it by any other than peaceful means and agaiast the whole system of filibus- teriLT. wnica has brougLt the . country into- such disgrace. His views upon this object are certainly characterized by J J . 1 I Ecrcnuc Law. Next week we shall commence the rullicaticn of the new Revenue Law, and after that the new License Law, and such others, .cf a general nature, as we cay be able to get hold of. The Legislature, ought to have passed a law tenuiring the publication of all nprnl 1.&VC in tit Jpast f?nf npvrsnanpr in iach county. We introduced a BiU to v. : ' At ukk iat.i iruk ntt; uiiauic lu vuu'iULC our fellow laborers cf the benefits it would conferand so it failed to pass. Had this been done, the people .would now have . been in .ros?ession 'cf all: laws nassed a the lait ssiion cf the General Assembly. Bit, .as it is, those desiring light, are1 groping thtir way in the dark. ' The Washington corrcspendent cf .the . . New Ycrk Express says Se wjird has kill cd hirrelf by his Rochester speech. On r-tif Uic nuUicaa member "cf Con trrvr-TIitv t!.it tpeecK' Govcrnnieat of Territories- The followng is a copy of the bill in troduced in the,House of .Representatives by the Hon. Isaac N. Morris for the bet ter government of the Territories by the people thereof. The effect cf the bill is to remove the control of the affairs cf the Territories altogether from Congressional and Executive interference: s A BILL granting to the people of the several organized Territories of the U. S., the right to provide, throught their respective Legislatures, for the appoint ment or election of . their-, Governors, and otherTeiritoricl officers in. such mode or manner scch legislature Unay by law determine. " Sec. 1. Bo it enacted by the Senate and Hous3, of. Representatives cf the United States of America, That the peo ple of the several organized territories cf the United States be, and they are here by authorized and empowered to appoint or elect iheir own governors, judges, and ii all other territorial officers, m such raode or manner as their respective legisla tures may by law determine, and to de fine their powers and prescribe their du ties ; provided that nothing herein con tained shall be so construed as to inter fere with the right of the existing officers in said territories, or those that may be hereafter appointed by the President, to hold their respective offices until their sue- cessors are appointed or elected and qual- ied, in pursuance to the laws or said territories. Sec. 2. The people of the territories hereafter organized' by acts of Congress shall be vested with the. same right and power of appointing or electing their Gov ernors, judges and other territorial officers and definining their powers and prescrib- ing their duties, which bythe provision of the foreoiner section are conferred on hePeoP ie of lhe Per ntone now organ UCUi s;c 3; That aU and C3U3,S cf tion in the said, territories, arisln"- under the Constitution and laws of the United States, shall be tried at such and in such manner as Congress may by law provide. Sec. 4.' 1 hat the . people of any tern tory cf the Uniled SSt now oranized cr . which may hereafter be organized, are hereby authorized and empowered to call a convention and frame a constitution preparatory to admission into, the Union as a State, in such manner as their legis lature may by law prescribe ; . r ' . - Provided, that application for such ad mission into the Union shall not be made until the population of such territory shall be sufficiently numerous to entitle it to one representative in the House of Rep resentatives, on the basis of the appor tionment of representation established by Congress for the several States; And provided further, that no such ap plication shall be received or entertained by Congress, until the Constitution fram- ed for said territory shall be submitted to the neoDle thereof, bv a direct vote, for their annroval or rejection, and shall havR been approved by a majority of the lsgaL voters of said Territory. And provided further, that nothing nerem contained snail operate against tne : j:-. -zf tr j r- lanucuiuic uuuuisiuu VL ivaiibiis UL1U ur- egon into the Union. Sec. 5. All acts and parts of acts com ing in conflict with this act be and the Ithe same are hereby repealed." : fhc Eoasc of BeprCSentatiTCS Tho Washington - States speaks of the IIouse- of Representatives as follows, The description does not say much for the taste of the decorator. The adncc of the old courtierj "fine but not gaudy," seems to have been forgotten. "The Representatives have taken their seats in their red morocco chairs and'gin ger-bread hall,' resonant with many voi ces. 'This hall is a curious concern ; . it re- sembles a gilder's shop, and red morocco leather manufactury combined, and, in its gewgaw arrangements, puts us in mind K - suDlfed suner. abundance of finery, and trying to pile it Uli on together, without any regard to ening look, and seems as , if it would break. in two at any moment, and come slap down on the crania of ,"the collected wisdom." .With such a contrivance right over his caput, a nervous member must, Uve fancy, be in anything but a condition rfcr caim reilectjon. Appropriations for tbc District of tuiuwuia. -In compliance with a resolution, a re port was submitted to the United States Senate recently, from which it appears that the entire amount of money appro- priated for public and private purposes in the District of Columbia, from the time the seat of the General Government was established, to the 13th nf Int Juno , . . exclusive ot the salanes of public officers. The Capitol cost over buildings, including furniture, stationery and paintincr. is SU.709.33ft- Th I O' 1 1 ..ww un, uui&iiuucui icsciva tions, exclusive of the reservau'ons form ea Dy e intersection of streets and ave- nues is 813,412,293. The private prop- 1111.'. - erly ,n v ashmgtcn recently assessed, is put down at 834,720,424. Scliool Las. Onjour.fint page will be found the Completion of the NeV School Law. . .. . . . . Having had. the honor of .introducing the Bill: -we desiVned sneaking pditoriallv of o . a j il in lhis issue tut have been prevented olher diks ' We shall take- occasion, however, 10 co so at tne nrst, tavoraoie i opportunity " Tli3 Legislature of Jlinnesota has passed a law exemptiDg a homestead of SO acres from levy for debt incurred. It also exempts SoQQ I worthrof household - f urrctcre S330- ct-v st6ck: of' utensils S400 1 worth of tools the library cf ' a professional man,, and provisions--encugh to lait the family one year." SoutH Platte Convention. ThG PeOplG haVG SpOKeil. The Yote' Unanimous FOR J PrOCCCGlngS Of the SOlltll riaite ConTentlOn lielu at lirOTCnTMC, JailHarv 5. . - - Pursuant to call the citizens of South Platte Nebraska this day convened at the Presbyterian Church in the city of Brown ville. The meeting was called to order by Hon. W. II. Taylor of Otoe county, on whose motion Hon. J. D. Ramsey of Richardson county was called to the chair - - - . jt .tv c i j and Jacob Dawson of Otoe county elected Secretary.- ' On motion of Jude Holly, : Messrs. Holly of Otoe, Marquette of Cass, and Loan of Richardson, were ,ap- poiated a Committee on Credentials. Mr, V ,. , . j , t Marquette declined serving, and R. Brown of Nemaha was appointed to fill the vacancy.' ; " ' On motion of Mr. Furnas, , Messrs. Furnas of Nemaha, Tucker of Clay an.d. Taylor of 0loe were aPPoiated a Committee to report permanent officers for the Convention. On motion of Mr. Holly, The first named Committee were in structe(1 10 report immediately a basis of representation in this Convention. The Committee reported as follow: Otoe county . 9 votes. Cass 4"..;; 7 " Nemaha - . 6 . Richardson" .4 " Clay. , " 1 Johnson 11 ' 1 ' Gage, " 1 , Lancaster 1 " Saline " . , - 1 " Pawnee 1 44 . On motion, The Convention adjourned until one o' clock in the afternoon. AFTERNOON SESSION. Convention convened pursuant to ad journment. Mr. Holly, from Committee on Cre- dentials. renorted the following deWates , . as enuuea 10 sealS in m,s tion. 0T0E C0UKTr- S. F. Nuckolls, W. H.Taylor, C. F. Holly, M. S. Reeves, B. T. WTise, Jacob Dawson TVT W iipmnl T a avu ' ' ' ' J -- and T. J. Mackey. - EICnARDSOS1 COTjXTT. H. R. Price, Houston Nuckolls, J. P. Martin, S. Story, W. P. Loan, J. Ham ilton, J. McManus, J. Venard, A. D. Brown, Heath Nuckolls, J. Reavis, E. S. Dundy, II. J. Vandall, J. Miller,. I. L. Hamby, J. T. Dunn, N. Myers, aiid J- E. Smith. nemaha county. Dr. W. W. Keeling, C. E. L. Holmes, o. tr. uaiiy, a. A. Uhamoers, M. btowell, G. H. Nixon, R. Bro;vn, R.W.Furnas, D. C. Sanders and J. Cole. J0HITS0N COUNTY. C A Goshen and W. B. Walker. PAWNEE COUNTY. C W Giddings, C Bobst, and G D Shannon. CASS COUNTY. . . T M Marquette. CLAY COUNTY. G D Hard and N W Tucker. CAGE COUNTY. Bennett Pike and O BHewett. W'hich report was adopted. 1 On motion it was Resolved, That S. M. Marquette be vL'ffctntv. ,0 CaSt Air. Furnas, from Committee on per manent officers, reported as follows : President S F Nuckolls of Otoe co'ty. Vice Presidents J D Ramsey of Rich- ardson, S A Chambers of Nemaha, N W Tucker of Clay, and B Pike of Gage, ' .Secretaries Jaccb Dawson of Otoe, and Houston Nuckolls of Richardson. Portt a .; ivr. tt-u "1?. - j t t a xiuay.xuriimrua mcaaroson were appointed a . Committee to wait on the officers elect arid escort them to their Mr. Nuckolls on taking the chair brief- y''A .. .v. , I1W LU LilC UU 1UI WillLU LliC Convention had assembled, and after re- turning thanks for the honor conferred, 1 1 entered upon the duties of his position, Mr. Marquette declined acting as dele gate, as he had not, he said, been com missioned by the people of Cass. On motion of Mr. Taylor of Otoe, it was licsoivca, inat tne rules laid down m Jefferson's Manual be adopted for the 7WW. That thP. mips rlnn-n Jw I c .u: r b" u T ' On motion of Mr. Furnas, it was Resolved, That no one speaker be al- lawed to speak oftener than twice, nor longer than twenty minutes on the same suDject, unless by unanimous consent of the Convection. nn ,f tvO rr t : u.,,,,.- Resolved,' That a Committee" cf one from each county be appointed .to report resolutions expressive cf the sense of this Convention. ; Messrs. Holly cf Oto, Daily of Ne maha, Loan of Richardson, Hard of Clay, Pike of Gage. Shannon of Pawnee!: and Go?hen of Johnson, said Committee. On motion of Mr. Brown of Nemaha, it wa3 Resolved, That the Committee on reso lutions have leave to sit during the ses Uioa of the Convetitipn While the Committee were preparing resolutions, the Co'nventioiiwas addressed by Hon. W H Taylor of Otoe county and Hon. S G Daily of Nemaha' county.. 0 The Committee on resolutions reported the following - REPORT. .Whereas,, The proposition , -4o incorpo rate South Platte ..Nebraska within Jthe proposed State of Kansas when .admitted intn trip TTninn. hat Vippn thorouffhlv can- vassed by the people of Nebraska residing South of the Platte RiveTvanl Whereas: The said people have sent their delegates to,a. -South Platte, Con- venoa "s "ay assemuicuai 4i.uuuC, to declare and 'embody their views' UilU tviehae ir t nramKOC '.Ann' . i . Whereas; It is thus made apparent that the people South ot the Platte are' in' fa- vor of the incoporation of the Territory So of: said; rive' .wi.th that of Kansas, and its .speedy admission as an inaepen dent Stole of 'Union..'.. , -,Y Therefore, In pursuance of the authori- tv vested in us by our respective constit- uents, and in order to make, known their wisnes anu wm, we, uieucicgaica iu eral Convention assembled do hereby Resolved,- 1st. That the Congress of the United Stales be memorialized to pass an act at its present, Session to enable that part of Nebraska south of the : Platte River to join with the people -of Kansas in formins: a State Constitution, and be- ins- admitted into the Union as soon as may be Resolved 2d. That in order to give en tire satisfaction, and meet the views of all, a provision , should be incorporated providing for taking a vote of the people of Kansas and South Platte Nebraska, be fore the taking effect of said annexation act. Resolved 3d. That a Memorial be pre pared embodvinj? the wishes cf this Con vention, to be , signed by its officers, and all its members, dndthat copies of the same be sent -; to Washington to be laid before Congress and the President of the United States. ..' Resolved, 4th. That a delegation o. three be elected by this Convention, and sent to Washington immediately, with a conv of its memorial, and instructed to j , represent the wishes .and will of the peo pie of South Platte, in urging , upon Con gress the exercise- of the reserve power in the Organic Act, to change tne boun dary between the two Territories, so tha South Platte can become an integral par of the State of. Kansas. Resolved 5th. That, a Committee thirty-two be appointed by the Convention " 11 ... 1 r t0 prepare an address to the people o South Platte Nebraska and-Kansas. Resolved, btn. lnat a: Committee o one f rom each couuly be selected, to cir culate for signatures petitions to each House of Congress, urging the passage o an act at lts present session, as memo naiizeu uy ima wuvcmwu. The following was the vote by counties on the adoption of the above resolutions Otoe ' county 9 votes, Nemaha 44 " 6 " Richardson "" A " Clay ' " 1 44 Gage 44 1 " Pawnee 44 1 44 Johnson ' 44 1 44 'Total :': 23 ( Cass county not voting. ) On motion; Messrs. , Mackey. of Otoe, Loan of Richardson, Brown and Furnas cf Ne- mnlin. nnd Shannon nf Pawnii.o' wpro appointed a Committee-on Memorial to Congress. ...... On motion, . Messrs. C F Holly, J B Bennett, and T J Mackey were elected by the Con vention Delegates to Washington. . Un motion, -- ' - . : . The Convention adjourned until 7 o'clock this evening. EVENING SESSION. Convention met pursuant to adjourn ment. Hon. M S Reeves, C F Holly, and Cap.-Mackey. being calW upon, addres sed the Convention ably upon the subject, and in favor of annexation. Capt. Mackey, from Committee on Me morial to Congress, reported, which re port was unanimously adopted. . The memorial will appear in our next paper. Ed. 4 - On" motion of Judge Holly, it was Resolved, That the Cass County Senti nel, Wyoming nel, Wyoming Post, Nebraska City News, Nebraska Advertiser. Nemaha Journal. Rulo Guide and Falls City Broad Axe, constituting the entire press South of Platte, (with the exception of the Press f ecenll7 established at Nebraska City,) have correctly reflected .the views of the people South of Platte, and we heartily commend them worthy of the prestige of the past, and as faithful sentinels on the watchtower of the public weal. Mr. btoweli introduced the .following resolution, which was adopted : Resolve Jt That the thanks of this Con vention are hereby tendered to the Presi ucu. aiiu uiuei unite 1 a ui mis convention iur l"e ef aDie auu -""pariiai manner e .1 1.1. 1 : 1 . r'tl V V "V, ja hich they have presided over the de- liberations of this Convention, The President appointed the following gentlemen a Committee to prepare the address to the people cf - Kansas and South Platted T r . xr o w T J Mackey M S Reeves, M W Rey. nolds B S Wise. W.H Taylor, C F Hoi lv. and Jacob Dawson, cf Otoe. Dr. J McPherson. Cant. I T Whvte. R Brown. C E L Holmes, R W Furnas, J Cole, and G H.Nixon, of Nemaha, W C Flem- ing, J D Ramsey, A D Kirk, J E Bur bank; W P Loan,:.:and E S Dundyof Richardson, C. W Giddings, C Bobst, and P M Rogers 'of Pau-nee. :II.W PnrW C E Austin; and.W Tucker of: Claw B i Pike, and J B Weston cf Gpe. The following gentlemen were appoint ed a Committee to circulate petitions: Y H Spratleof Cass county, J G Abbe of Ckoe, R VY Furnas of Nemaha, S Story of. Richardson, 13 Pike' of Gage, U A Goshen of JohnSon, G Hard of Clay, and C Bobst of Pawnee. ' ; ' ; On motion of C F Holly, it was. Resolved That the; proceedings of this Convention be signed by the officers, and publication requested in the papers of South Platte and Kansas, and also in tne Union. Star. States, Globe, and National Intelligencer, Washington ; Gazette, St. JosephrMo.- Republican, Str Louis, Mo.; Heraldf Times, and Trjbime, iew Yorj; Press, and ; Pennsylvahlan, Philadelphia ; Plaindealer, Cleveland O.; Statesman, Columbus, O.; Enquirer, and Gazette, Cincinnati. 0.: Gazette; and Press, Pius- burgh; arid iair&theV-papers throughout the -United States. . - . - , f -S F rNUCKOLLS, President ; j J D Ramsev, I - S A Chambers, B Pike, Vice Prcs'is. Jacob Dawson; A" Secretaries. Houston Nuckolls.. cj2tli Platte llass ConTentlcn. , t Held jat Jfebi:ashd , City, .:- : On Saturday the'lstday of January, 1859, the people of South Platte Nebras ka,- without distinction of party, tir ref erence to their views on the subject of annexations assembled in be Court H$use at Nebraska City, .and organized by ap pointing D. B. rRobb, . -Esq.,' ' temporary Chairman, and M. W. Roynolds Secre tary. On motion ot Charles F. Holley, Esq., a committee of three were appointed by the Chair to recommend permanent offi cers for the Convention. Committee consisted of . Chas. F. Holly,; W: H. Tay lor, and W. S. Reevs, who reported the following names : . . , ' Geo. W. Baiey, President. D. B. Rotjb, , ) John B. Benwett, ' Vice Pres'ts. W. B. Hail, l ' ) L M. W. Reynolds, ) Jaceb Dawsox, Secretaries. S. E. M'Cracken, ) The report of 4he Committee was re ceived, and- the persons recommended were selected as the permanent officers of the convention, who.took their places ac cordingly.'" "r". On ' motion of Charles F. Holley, a committee cf thirty-two ' persons were appointed to draft resolutions for the con sideration of the convention. The fol lowing named persons were appointed on said committe : Charles F Holly, W II Bro'adhead, J B Hail, Mills S Reeves, W H Taylor, Da vid Lindley,MW Reynolds, S F Nuckolls, H II Harding, H C Blackman, W E Par dee? W J Moore, J II Gregg, W E Hill, W Anderson, D E Robb, John Croxton, W Bickerstaff, D C Welch, J H Maxon, Stiles Wooley, Apdre w ' Nuckolls, A G Abbe, G H Hughes, A II Scott Fleming, Robb, Samuel Jones, M Mahan, A A Bradford. During the abseuce of the Committee, the Convention was addressed by Hon. W. II. Taylor. Hon. Miles S. Reeves, and Samuel E. McCracken. The committee returned, and reported the following preamble and resolutions, which were read and adopted. WnEKEAs, It i3 made manifest from from unerring indications of public senti ment, that the people residing South of the Platte5 River, in Nebraska Territory, are nearly unanimously in favor of the incorporation of the proposed part of said Territory, within the boundaries of the proposed State of Kansas and its speedy admission into the Union, lhererore. Resolved, That this mass Convention- called without distinction of party, or re stnction as to . opposing views upon this subject, or any other, do now solemnly ratify the action of the Otoe county meet ing of the ISth ult., and hereby re-adopt the Report and Resolutions of that meet ing, as correctly reflecting the sentiments and wishes of. the people South or the Platte River. Resolved, That the entire Press South of the Platte, (with one weak, solitary exception) to-wit: the 'Cass County ben tinel,' 'Wyoming Post,' 'Nebraska City News,' Brownville 'Advertiser, 'Nemaha Journal,' 'Rulo Guide,' and the 'Falls City Broad Axe,' have proven themselves correct exponents of the sentiments of the people, and we commend them as faithful sentinels on the watch-tower of the public weal ! . Resolved, That Congress should imme diately exerciselj the power reserved in the Organic Act of carrying out the wishes of the people residing South of the Piatte, by providing for a change, of the boundary line between the two Territo ries as prayed for by this Convention, au thorizing the people, before such a change shall take effect, to ratify the same by a vote of a majority, to be polled at an elec lion to be taken for that purpose. Resolved, That Platte River is a nat ural and almost impassable boundary, while the .country south in Kansas and Nebraska (now divided by an imaginary line,) is perfectly similarin climate, soil, and productions, and the interests of the people are as identical as the country is naturally indivisable. Resolved, That Kansas, bounded on the North by the Platte River, extending West to the 100th degree of longitude, or so as to include a suitable amount o of Territory would socn become one of the most important States in the great West. W ith araild and genial and heal thy climate, and exubrantly fertile soil, valuable rock and minerals, sylvian groves anq sparkling streams, - situated on the great National Highway between Europe and Asia, and if her enterprising popula tion were 'protected by the . iEgis of a Constitutional government of their own choice, her march to greatness and pow er would steadily, but speedily onward and upwards Resolved, That the foundation -of State government will encourage emigra tion, invite capital stimulate' agricultura and manufacturing " industry, render our school lands available for the purposes o education, secure us grants of land for erection of public buildings and the con struction of railroads, and place us upon an , "equal, footing" not only with -the "original states, but with the balance or the, "world and the rest of. mankind.' , Resolved, That copies of the proceed ings of this Convention with the resolu tions' be signed by its officers and for warded the Hon. Fenner Jt erguson, the Hon. M. P. Parrott, Hon. James Craig and the President of the United States. After the report of the Committee on resolutions was disposed of the conven tion was addressed by Hon. C. F. Holly, Hon. W. H. Taylor, . Hon. Miles b. Reeves, M. W. Reynolds, J. II. Decker, J; H. Croxton and P. K. Riley. ; On motion' the' thanks cf the Conven tion were tendered to its Presiding offi cers for the acceptable manner in which discharge their duties. ... I . After an enthusiastic session . of five hours the convention then adjourned sine die, with three hearty cheers for annex ation. - - ; ' ' ' ' ' GEO. W. BAILEY, President, M. W. Reynolds, Secretary. ' Nebraska Gold 3Iincs. The following letter we copy from the Nebraska Citv News of the 25th. It is from a banker, of Leavenworth to Gen Burnett:' ' "DrcEitfcEn, 13, 18-58. "Dear Sik: We have the honor to present you with a specimen cf gold ob tained from the newly discovered ',1 Uo rado,' in western Kansas. This speci men i3 a part of several ounces purchas ed by us from two miners by the name of Russel, natives of Georgia, by whose adventures in search of gold, the gold mines of Kansas : have been developed They left this city about the first of April last, in company with nine or ten others, and prospected .the whole cf that ccun try lying on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, in the vicinity of "Pike's Peak, finding gold in greater or less abundance at almost every step From them we have obtained the follow ing information, which has been abun dantly corroborated : "1. The gold is found on the surface and at various distances to the depth of eight feet. 2. The ''bed reck has not yet been searched. 3. With the rudest implements they were able to obtain from two to five dol ars per day. 4. With improved means, such as sluic es, and 'Toms,' there are millions cf acres that will produce S20 per day : and many places as much as 40. 5. That the new gold region differs rom California m this the gold is scat tered broad-cast over a vast extent, and not found in "pockets," gulches, and ra vines, as in California ; thus insuring a support at least for every man lhatisdis posed to labor. 6. The specimen accompanying this constitutes a part of the labors of Messrs. Russell, in "more than five hundred dif- erent places." . 7. The last place they labored was at "Cherry Creek," sixty miles northeast rom Pikes Peak; this Creek empties into the South Fork of the Piatte on the j south side cf 'that river. At this point Cherry Creek they found the richest diviners. Very respectfully," J. C. HEMINGRAY, & Co. The following is an extract from a let ter written by Mr. G. Preston, Esq. to Dr. E. Lowe of Omaha, under date of Nov 19, 1S53: "I have visited the Mines on the Platte about four miles above the mouth of Cher ry Creek, where they are worked quite extensively, one man professes to have taken out in three days 665 and in one day $35. Most of them were not very communicative, which was good evidence that they were ' doing very well. As near as I could learn they were making from 82 50 to 810, and some as high as 815 per day; - They, are now opening mines for several miles above, but how they are doing I have not learned. I have met and conversed with several men who have spent the greater part of last sum mer prospecting, and they give favora ble accounts of the country's resources. Where gold is as generally distributed over the country as it is here, there must be some very rich head quarters. By sinking to the bed rock almost anywhere in this vicinity gold is found. All the gold found on this side of the mountains, is scale gold, but those who have pros pected over in the parks about the head waters of the Platte and Arkansas, say that they find the shot gold there. I have not the least idea but that this will prove to be a very rich mining re gion. I hardly know what to advise in regard to bringing a stock of goods out in the spring. Quite a supply is needed now, and a very large one will be needed in the spring. I suppose that one third of the masses are now out of sugar, and a great many out of coffee and a thousand little things that almost everybody forgets. The only objection to bringing out a stock of goods is, that the market will proba bly be over-stocked. Selling goods and saw-milling will probably be the two kinds of business over done. Flour can be brought from New Mex ico cheaper than it can be transported from the States. Bacon will be in good demand. Whisky is at present in the greatest demand. Williams, of Cres cent city, I understand has been offered S17 per gallon for his whisky, (common 17 cent whisky at that.) An old moun taineer, by the name of Smith, sold over S500 worth out of one barrel. Should)0" o:,io- " you conclude to send out a stock, we will stand an equal chance with others, the loss cannot be great. There is no doubt cf the richness of the mining region, and the emigration in the spring will be tremendous. Information has been brought by some whalers, recently arrived, that Captain McCIintock, commander of Lady Frak lin's Arctic Expedition, was seen early in August within Pond's Bay, into which ho had succeeded in navigating the Fox, and that he was holding communications with numerous parties of Esquimaux. . The Governor of Iowa has published a card wherein he declines to convene the Legislature of. that State . in Advance of the Urn prescribed hy law. Common Schools. The several Clerk of School.. Dmtrirt. -. .. County are hereby required to report to me in u ' first Monday in November last; the hnmte'r ! district; nuuiT?ercf children between flvetnd. tw ; ' one yean of se; number of children who b. ueu ciiom ue pasi year, uuuiuer 01 leaccern' am of money driwn from the treasury; amount exneMl"1 what bchool books uted. These reports are necev ' cuauie me 10 mane my nn-ii u. s. TllOHpj ; Snirtrintendent r otai v v TAXES Last Call" Onert of property iu theeity of Brown Hi , v by notified to pay up wothout further delay. Brownviue, uec. it, 'wj. t. j. xtx Tiie Markets. CQUnECTEp r WEE.KI.Tr. BT Crane!; 'Hill, - Bkowsvills, Jar (5, 13-9 Flock, " sock $3.75(2 BrcKWHK at Flour, & Sack.-.-.. Corn ilsAi., y bushel.- Cor.N, 1 bushel T..... r Oats, ) bu.-uiel, ...... ..... Sugar, $ To . CoFrES, ...,.,."...'... . Tea, vi CmcsENsj 5 dcs., Egg3, ' do, Fees a B esf," ft rone, r to es. Potatoes, "ft liuhel,. Salt, LcilBZR, Cottonwood, per 100 ft., . iYcIlow Pine,...- BCTTEU, CnsEss, &,... .. ... .... Laed, - 3,33 - - iO 1) - - hi 2.00 Ii ' 1(52,30 : ' 8.03- 'AIL9, per ke-r,-- WnKAT, none in market Whisky, per gallon, Salt, $ sack, M0LA88H8, Bhans, $ bush. Drv ilu23, iib, ,0 :j 2,50 8 31. 13. 50 70o St Locis, Doc. "Wheat, ? bush, Cokx, $ bash, Oats, V bush, Flock, bbl, jjcckwheat, r loi. k, per ciri, -lZJf324J Bkans, per bush, jj Potatoes, per bushel, lOOyijQ Molasses ' 2523, Whisket, 2:? (,525c Dry Hides, : lov Q jjv Fork, "' KOdlxl St. Joseph, Jan. 3 1853. Wheat, bush, CoifN', t? bush, Flour, $ cwt, .... .... .... BucKwnKAT Fli'R, ) cwt, Fresh Pors, "Q lb, Potatoes, bush, White Beans, $ bush,.--. Butter, IL, Egc3, l dos CHICKEN'S, ) doz, Dry Hides pr... .... ... COKFEE.fi ft,'.... ........ . Sugar, lb, Tea, lb, RlCEj Dried Apples bushel,.... Greex, do. Beef Cattle Hogs Oats S3.0P(ui- 3,50((i4.jir ' iido i.50 lj2Jtf $2,(!Cff.Vi.S0 121S SHtl), . 5G3l? 7c ' ' 2,50 4,0 $-V)Ot3l.C0 8,50551,00 6u 70 Brownville Mail Arrangements. EASTERN MAIL. Arrive Daily (Sundays excepted) at fire r.V Depart Daily (Sundays excepted) at. half jut eight, A. IX. . . SOUTHERN MAIL." Arrivet Tfi-weekly, on Monday?, WednesdajssLd Fridays. Departt On Tuesdays, Thursday? unci Saturdiji NORTHERN MAIL. ArritCt On Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturday Depart On Mondays, Wcdneyd.iys and Fridajj. FORT KEARNEY MAIL. Leave Browpviilo on th first of erery ncntk . reaching Ft. Kearney in scren dajs; leaving- Ft. Kearney on tho 10th vlrrtre At Brownrille in 7 days. TARKIO MAIL. Leave Brownviile. on Mondays. WednpniiTi nl Fridays at S o'clock, a. m. Arrive At Krownriileon TuesduysThursdajjmd Saturdays at 8 o'clock, x. li. OFFICE HOURS. From 7, o'clock, a.m.. to 12. a : nni frrm'l. r.l. to 6, p. a. CO. DORSE Y P.M. Masonic Lodge Meeting ANercnh Valley Lk!rc J.'o. 4, meets at Hh & sonic Hall over il'AHisier & Putin's Stort m ;k i the Wrst and third Saturday evenings of mc4 r month. G. W. BRATTON, 1T.U. T. W. Bedford, Sec'y. . . ODD FELLOWS LODGE MEETING. T'o, Brownville Lodge, Xo, 5, meets ftf : :''i Thursday evening, at the Hall- over M'al -5 lister &, Ponn's store. s. H. BEKNETT, X.-G. Theo IIill, Sec'y. Opinions of Dlstlnsulslied Advertise your business. Dor.othido yourlig under a bu.-hel. Whatever your catling or occnp tion may be, if it needs support from the publte, w vcrtise it thoroughly and effectually in some sbap or other, that will arrest public attention. I free!? confess that what success I have bad ia life may fairly be attributed moro to the public press thaa to nearly all other causes combined. There maj p tibly be occupations that do not require adTertiitnf. but I cannot well conceive what they are.F. 1' Barnuh. n I havo always considered advertising libera" and long to be the great medium of success in bn ness, and the prelude to wealth. And t havo nd it an invariable rule, too, to advertise in tbo dulled times, a long experience hiying tanht me tbat nw noy thu3 spent is well laid out; and by keeping's business cont nually befcro th3 public, has secnrA ma many sales that I other juli bavo lost.-. Stephen Oibaed. . Whatever racccss I may have had in Ib-'&i" owe mainly to continuous Advertising, and I dee it good policy to adverti.-w long in the same' paper.' From a close observation, I am fully convinced th '-f it is impossible to make much head way in any bra-sck of commerce, without the facilities which the I'rc'i alone can give. Jacob RiBGEvAr. My motto through life has been work and Aitf tise. In business, Advertising is th" true l'biloso rher'3 stone, that turns whatever it touches to g" I bac advertised much, both in tho weekly aed daily papers ; tor havo I found that those of In' largest cieculation of either class benefitted m the moit. Joux J. AbToa. Advertise! advertise! advertise! Tbii is the lif of tradc,and standing advertisements, you will fi will prove the most : remu erativo, at lcat I hTr found it so, during my business career thus far;fof should you withdraw but a single week from tb paper in which you are accustomed to advertise, tea chauccs to ono that would bo tho time when soe' would-be-cu3tomcr3 will look into the paper for jour business, and not fir.di&g it you will loose seTrl profitable Ixles. Willi am Git at. Ourreaders are well awre that we have never1' vertned patent medicines but we now publish an vtov tUcment of Arcr's Pills, not becaure we are nairt fr il J. alone, b'ut bccaue we honestly believe that Dr. Ayr" one or tue bet ptjysitiant anu caetnists of the age, cu because we know from experience that hit Cherrj toral is the be! medicine for a Cougb, that was ever i' vented. We have been caod by it of a severe Broochit' is, and have given it to oar family with unfailirf nC cess for Colds, Coush?, Vhooningonh, Croup, A6-" Our neighbor who have tried these HI Is represent in01 as an extraordinarv e'xyJ inrriirin n,nt. vintcS We wouM particularly call the attention of currM" era to a remedy kuuwa McLean'3 Strcosthe"'1'? Co!" dial and Blood Puriaer. It Wcertaiuly a valuable reiof 5v. We therefore say to all,, call at the agent's. a test for yunrsclvcs its Intrinsic merits. It is del, to take. We ask our lady realcrs to try it. See the " veriisement in another column. Beautiful HAiB.ThUia-one of the jreater namcnts which man or woman could boast of. A fPeK did head of hair, a luxuriance or hair, if it be Inab' P state of health, glossy and thiclf; no matter what it or ne so that it is natural, is an attraction that wilt v escape tho envy oftbose wuo are bald; and gray 'fj! unnatural till one U in the neighborhood of four and ten; short of that it is a iineane. Flow cooM restore cry hair tj its ori?ioat health? Use ?rofe"i Wocd'n Hair Hestorative, Tor sale at all the drug trr it restores the hair, it re-dores its health, nJ.w that is re-produced, its beauty, Its original color. itJ xurianre and Blows i sure to follow. Wood's Bwr tivo is tlie only valuablehair preraration. We invite the attention cf thesickand afflicted, W advertisements ia our co!nnnof Dr Easterly' J, tot Ointment. Dr Carter's Cositrii Balsam. Dr Baker' -r ,f ft". Dr II Koer'a Poinale Cofdial. r.il Dr Easterly ler Killer. Tt-ei-a nedi"ines are prepared by aib' y educated rnyftfian, tuemiat anl FDrni;rr- - iS thatallcsn rely upon theniaAbeius fend ttet urirts th diseae for whuh they are re."""0" Tticy are standard remeuiesacd con be found io rsxy Drag and Ajrfwry s;t in tie TJoirfd srv .3 y iv i ew rid, om n the In L ;.-jit t fro re
