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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1859)
THE ADVERTISER. It. W. I-'UHNAS, KDITOIt. ' TUUIjAY IICIG, XAU 5, 1859. Later from the nines. ARRIVAL AT BROWN VILLE OF BER GERJIIORXE AND HARDIN. FORMER REPORTS CONFIRMED. Gold Exists In Abundance, but cannot be bud ultUout Labor. ADDITION AL TESTIMONY IKTAVOH OP SCUT II PLATTE 320UTE3. OurTriTAl Opinion Publicly Expressed." all its mid-day splendor, and all things move along as pleasantly and prosperous ly as heretofore. To 'the farmer, the merchant, the mechanic, no better open ing can be found anywhere than the now settled portion of Nebraska. The overcrowded portions of the eld States can well spare a large portion of. their inhabitants to people the country still west of us, or swell that now settled partially. There is room for them on our prairies; they are useless where they are; living; from hand to mouth;' Here arc openings for them, -where by a few years labor, even the" poorest, may be surrounded by luxuries, comforts, and conveniences, to which they will forever be aliens while ' they remain where they arc. ' " '' ' . " On Monday last Messrs. C. BrBcra, J. S. Hibdix. and Wm. Thobse. arrived .t thirty direct from the Fold mines Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. Wc can cire their tdorv in a few words Tne New School Law. Some time ago we e published, entire, the New School Law, passed at the . last session of the General Alsembly of -Nebraska." Our readers we presuine,' there fore are familiar vith its provisions. Sec tion 2 of the law provides that on the first Monday in' March, lS59r the quali fied voters of School Districts already formed, or to bo formed, shall meet .at the usual place of holding elections, and after organizing the meeting by the ap pointment cf a Chairman and Secretary, proceed to elect Three School Directors; the person receiving the highest vote to serve for 3 years, the next highest for 2 years, ani "the lowest for 1 year, and an nually thereafter in the same manner, and on the same'day, one Director shall be elected tt serve for 3 years. We intended to have written an article in answer to a communication which ap- law; but the paper containing it has been mislaid, and our time has been otherwise occupied. The article referred to, is the only complaint we have heard of, and suppose that came from a want of under standing1 or knowledge of the law. It umns of their local paper, who otherwise would never think of devoting the time to lake up and peruse a Law Book. And besides, the books are only within the reach of officers. v lVe think it an uncon trovertible position that the more familiar the masses are with the laws under which they live, the easier are they governed, and litigation " decreases. But, we are wandering from the text, and will only say we hope the passage of a bill as above referred to yet may pass the Legislature of Nebraska?" If there is any 'fears of imposing a burthen not' desirable, leave the matter optionary with the county au ready to ptart the moment they dare trust the -blasgn. Those who do not propose going are busy as bees, in various ways The farmer1 is arranrin!T to cultivate eve rr inch of -round porsibb ; the merchant PerhaI no fixed point or locality in view .4 V " i determined every want shall be sup plied,- and hotel-keepers making prepara tions for. a heavy run of custom. The Nebraska City News, on the 22d stood law. requires to be understood before it works This road is now in running order. - Its by saving that they fully confirm the ac- completion was celebrated at St. Joseph peare(i some time ago in the Omaha Rep- rountswehave heretofore published. on tne on a &na scale, cnaractens- ublican making objections to the new They bring the best cf evidences, the lic oi t!ie enterprising and go-a-neaa citi- fioU itself; ' zens of that place. They came the new and direct route to Uhlle w8 W an additional impetus Brownville.and pronounce it unsurpassed, has thus been given this very promising Great preparations are being made by young city; an enterprise, to her, of in- many of our citizens for an early start to calculable benefit completed, we may the mines. Numbers are-here already safely apply the latter expression when from ,the States-one company from contemplating or speaking of the advan- IW,. smr! nnother from M ch ran u i,tWttSM auu -.- I O I -rr . . . ..II Kansas are to derive trom tne completion perfectly sm00th t0 those unacquainted oi mis roau. iiimerio ine mass oi emi- whh it A School L as gration has come up the Missouri river. porlant t0 a State or Territory as . the Thev have started for the "West" with r;r. r,;m,vt nA u viiu ut ji nu iiiu.1 uuuci aim ouuuiu u. studied with eauallv as much care. .1. .t.. I uniueirway, at ine various points in If we racbllMt. the RpmiHican'rorrps r , yr t i i .nl Doumem ivansas, -a inousana ana one" pondent objected to what is termed the inducements have been held out to them, Township Board of Education, and the and the consequence has been the greater Sub-Districts, or local Directors, that tilt., issued an extra, being the account of rorilon uave "ppeu ouuui w us. iue one or the other was useless in this new a returned townsman, who went out a ru llcuoa 1 11113 ruau iaMJ a sur" country. This may be true in a measure, South Platte route and returned bv the Prim amount of emigration off the n- vet thev are both essenlial portions of the North Tlatie route. He is very decided ver' wmcn wm De Pourea 0Ul opposite machinery that are to be more useful, as J C...1 1 3 XT 1 tr I in favor of the South Platte routes, as jn eouwera ieuraska acu ionnern ivan- we become dder, and are in nowise ob- An Item Tor our Business Men.- - AVe printed on Saturday last-an extra edition of 3,000 copies of the Weekly Times. By Saturday afternoon, every copy was sold, and the demand not half supplied. We propose to print un ifious and copies when we get off another gold edition. Leavenworth Times. We publish the above that our citizens may cut it out and paste it in their hats, to ponder over next season, after emigra tion is oyer, and other points have receiv ed the oenefits.;, This is the way St. Jo seph, Leavenworth, : Nebraska City and through our town on his way to the Platte river gold fields, drawing a. sled on the snow, laden with the requisite equippage for the trip.. He was apparently in good spirits, and went on his way rejoicing up the Platte river. Two men are here now who have walk ed the whole distance from Wisconsin, and made good time. It is their determi nation to foot it through if no better op portunity offers. They possess the ener gy and power, and are gentlemen of con siderable intelligence. '- r ' i CAPITOLIUM. is certainly a plain and easy to be under-1 . ,, . , , , , . 3 a i v the gold reports nave been known to be J J J 'I rplJ?Kln tcp tin nnr iritlimul'Hril nrrnnnf have sent away hundreds of extra copies of the "Advertiser" to Hotels, Reading- Rooms, and individuals in the East. But the fact is we are not able as an individ ual to compete with cities or communities in this manner of adveriising the - advan tages of -our city, nor do we intend to undertake the job. Will pur citizens as sist in advancing their own interests ? Omaha, Feb. 23, '59. Hon. R. W. FrnxAS,; 1 - Dear Sir: It is presumed your city authority was invited to attend the cele bration of the completion of the Hannibal and St.-joseph Railroad, as well as those of the Upper Missouri cities," at St. Jo seph, on the 22d inst. None of our officials or citizens being disposed to endure the inclemency of the cold and disagreeable' weather, it was deemed appropriate for our citizens to give expression to their sentiments, res pecting that interesting "event, at home. A meeting was therefore called yester day evening, and the Mayor presided. t I send you the substance 'of a speech made by Hon. A. D. Jones. AMERICA. Letter from California. San Francisco, Jan. 11, 1S59. Fhiekd Fcbxas: As I have not leisure to write, I refer fact are all, without . exception, who have sas' .and sPeediIy work its waY into these stacles for the present. The provisions you to accompanying papers for the news traveled both. We have heretofore given news from the Nebraska gold mines, as we received it by letters or f rorii those who had been there and returned, without particularly portions ox me iwo xerruories. of the new law are sufficientiv primary of the dav. After mv last from the Mor i.: r r:i J ... . " i J J ,,uuC caiuug ui nauruau maiiere, and sirapIe t0 be adanted to anv Staffe of mon settlements. I sawthfi ftlnhant"ih we are reminded of the St. Joseph and Cwof;-.! nrrocc h.- Qm ti,0 Lu ; r ii ?. Ar. Council Bluffs road. We have not heard ,nA ih;n io; . ..... t i: wuuu j , uuu uuu lut jnjJUMHuu , nunc ik yUU X jJUbSCU UirUUgU SOinC 1131X1 a word about it for some time. Perhaps at the same time makes ample prorisions Mormon communities, where ignorance, briefly give our own notions, or ideas of that portion and vicinity of country dvancmrr the imnressions unon. cr con- now that the Hannibal road is completed, for the hieher and more advanced trades snnfirstitinn. nn nntiVkm nrPvaJIPrl fictions cf our own mind in regard to the mtereste(1 capitalists will wake up to this su;ted t0 densely populated portions of the and manv UDon. annarentlv. the verrre of matter. - We therefore at present very iraPorla enterprise ; important not only counlry. We are sure the law only wants starvation ; where I beheld tall lank to be put in operation to become popular young men in buckskin trowsers too short with every true friend of education. for smike, with thief looking countenances, We think the present School Com mis- and good judges of whisky, but otherwise sioner, J. II. Kellom, Esq., amply qua- ignorant; and among men and women it lifted to fill his position. He is a man anneared that the' maxim was -steal' rip. can, and Brigham will approve the pi the netv El Dorado. We have been perfectly satisfied since the first season we came to Nebraska, by information received from a reliable fcourcc through which it must pass, but important to the capitalist, because when completed, it will prove a paying road, without doubt. It will not only tap the rich Missouri val i .i i l v :u i ii i I -i-r that thorr was mild" in. and aW iey uuruuyu wtuwu u m y uuiauiue thoroughly devoted to the subiect of Edu- fmnd d nnnV if the Lase of the mountains immediately avy settled portion of Nebraska, in rea- cation and we are confident will use eve- Brigham will approve the plan. Weil of this region cf country. The in formation was received from one who had . rpent twenty years in that country, and who expressed great confidence that it would be soon prospected and developed. We -were therefore prepared to place con fidence hi all reasonable reports that have been of late published. We never belie ved thct gold eii-ited there, or any where else on God's earth, in such abundance lity. Congress. ry effort to secure to the Territory the advantages to be derived from the work- It is safe perhaps to say that no Con ines of the new Law. gress has ever done so little as the one When Will the Laws be Printed ? 1 3 T .1 .,T I now neany expireu. j usi now me "lie- We are daily asked the above question; presemauves or tne reopie" are Dusiiy and nearlv eTerv mail brimrs us letters engaged m doing up the genteel to Lord containing similar enquiries, or asking for and Lady Napier, and President making. copies by those who were aware that we A Washington writer, in speaking cf the hadbeen elected Public Printer by the siaie anairs. covers me wnoie erouna m i... t i.. j j that men could stood it un with a shovel, .v. 7 iasi giaw, anu supposeu, as a max- . - iue luiiuwimr aeuieuce ; "Xv ervmiLlfr is I . c v.ji e tj -.v in the slomrh in which the Presid-Lt.'.. j i i had. anJ thus realize a fortune in a dav. , we "copy anu were executing roe wont, A.' ,r month, with no more labor than ought to have, at least, the laws rea tnrninrr the hand over. And the return . - ... . ... woni uouoie. 11 is simpiy "contusion .l,,,, , irnA, nc ,ro, TOro;r0(i " ' "' or,ditistaction of any, or a 1 who xvorse confounded, and "jocund day" op es o aws Trom wWc From San Bernardino to Los Angelos, a Lave gone to the mines with such inflated wont break. Everv bodv ; at loJer. cop of Ian s from which to print, distance of milef I lraVersed .sonie ideas, does not in the least weaken our and yxsdom is iu a fo The inte. ,u u;c uiU uuu ui of clashlh jmerests c" :. - a. r a. . .11 i i looturacicmiy eeure io pay wen, nam o gouth an(J benefits tQ QnQ arg In leaving these settlements, which were at first designed to extend to the coast for the purpose of accommodating the emigrant saints, we had to traverse a desert of about 300 miles, some places 50 miles distant between watering places. After crossing the" last range, we came suddenly in the most beautiful valley in Southern California, in which was situat ed San Bernardino, from which the Mor il l i mons wrere canea nome aDout a year since, but are now returning. Here I found great excitement in re wm. naa iormer usages, 10 say me least, been conformed to, justice to the Public Printer observed, and the interests I minriDs tn tho mhar It 10 iitlorlTf imrrt3 I 1 rr-l J 1 J I way eipenur inere are many ana un- iU t f t u MA j d in thou-ht of hardfehios connected with the k,... . .. degree consulted, the laws passed at the B. s uiow. vu are oeioirfrea. ana nice me im . i-i .1 . j ,...r 0I me people or Nebraska in tne siigntest late session of the General Assembly, Lj , T e . . e i4 vv ..j y and wagons, I found every variety of tro Over the level plain is seen quietly graz ing, in the latter part of December, thou sands of cattle and horses. In Los An gelos, where I spent a week having come on in advance to find a market for cattle adrentures of gold seekers, that unfortun ately too many attacked, with the gold fe ver never think of. The man who goes to Pike's Peak, Cherry Creek, or even mortal Micawber, waiting for thing to turn up." some , 0 . pical fruit, and some delightful promena ueneieu. iiuluiiiv lu inn ocieiai v ui uik 1 1 1 .1 . . . The bill annronriatinff 6.000.000 acrpsl ' !t. , Gers tnrougn tne orange, lemon and other ' ' lerriiorv. dui 10 mR several counups. .... oflandtobft divided amnncr tbe SttPc ' groves, also tnrougn tne extensive vine California or Australia, with expectations and Territories, according to representa- The maUer f PrmtlD waf sutmitted yards, from which large quantities of other than that he is to endure hardships, privations, hard labor, and in many in tiances almost starvation, is doomed to disappointment, certain. Fortunes in any country, and in any pursuits, are made in no other way. At present,', and for the present season, tract cf land is secured, but too far North there are many discouraging and disad- t0 become soon settled. vantageous . circumstances surrounding The Arizona Bill has been tabled in gcjd seekers in the Nebraska mines. the House, and it is thought the Home Country there is new, and in the rough, stead Bill will meet the same fate in the .and. remote from any natural thorough- Senate. lion, for the establishment and .rnmr.ti.n lu " "MUiUSwu I wine is annually exported. Here I had I of tor t no oiMirriro- rf Ha T AiYiclnfuvA I of agriculture and mechanics arts, has , f818"" e pleasure ot dining, on one occasion nassed. It is rumored, the President will uul lu ims uaiC uu UBeu with Col. Ware, the oldest inhabitant of rpm it Wp dnnM U m know 0T h'e he:iTd oL Rocheport. Mo., Jim Beckwith. the eel- The Senate has ratified the Dacotah V 6 are.tolf tne. &ccreJ" y ebrated mountaineer, Major Lyons, the tne worK aone in iiioany. new i ork pionneer civil engineer of California, and now true mis may be ; or it true, now .soon we may expect copies, we are unable to say. This much we do know however ; and that is, the Territory is in a deplora Indian Treaty, by which an extensive Major Arnold of Salt Lake Mail celebri ty. From this place I proceeded to San Pedro on the arrival of my party. Here we'took the steamer for this port. There ble condition on account of the delay. bgjDgr over 200 teamsters on board, fare by which the thousand and one much . needed and essential conveniences can be supplied." Although timber of a good quality abounds, there are no milte yet in ' operation. . Everything to be eaten ex cept wild game drank or worn, must be '' .wagoned froth the various points on the 'Missouri River, or from New Mexico. A A bill regulating postage on newspa pers and periodicals nas passed the House. Mr. English, the author of this bill, in calling it up, said that it had been 'extensively reported through the press that the bill proposed to tax newspapers passing in exchange. Justices, lawyers and litigants are unable to move a peg ; or if they do, grope their way in darkness and uncertainty. Com plaints are universal. you may imagine there was some slight indis position among them when she began to roll and pitcn. ss umbers.. are returning here from Frazer river, who report fav orably of the mines for summer diggings This dilemma we hope may have a sa lutary enect upon our next Assembly, in but everything is now frozen up. I have prompting them to the passage of a law U large party here that I shall start with I rs in mrv nil vam i In 1a Vis nnhli r V ftsil.l I t . This wis not the lcliullui t;cuuond9 iu uc yuunaucu lQls aiternoonior Shasta uity or vicinity, that periodical m al ieast one newsPaPer ia each county As they are all new chums I give them a fnrf. The desitm was lf thus: surrounded, is not by any means dealers shall receive mail matter on the in which a PaPer may be Published; Had day's run in the city before starting. , t t"ts Deen aone ai me iasi session, as Not having been in this ritv fnr s.imfi terms as rpmi'ar suhspriners. An- I uui ininug.ueeu m iuia tiiy ior 0 other section authorized maps and litho graphs to be earned at one cent per ounce. Heretofore such matter had been excluded from the mail ; and the third p!easaut, and cannot fail to take the wire td je off the timid. For those who. will go to the Nebraska mines with the deter mination to dig the gold out of the ground - ly hard licks, and endure hardships, there cny ior. six ought to have been, the great difficulty years I couid scarcely realize the change. under which the Territory is now labor- itj3 now equal in many respects to New ing, would have been obviated. York. are, in our opinion, not only good wages section proposed to punish persons taking We introduced a bill of that nature, and labored as best we could to secure its pas- WYREKA." ia More for them, but fortunes. The gold iellers out 0f me post-office by mistake, saSp- But a portion of the members be- itftcrt, but it requires later to get it. These are ct;r priae opinions, formed from all the information we have been able to obtain, and we give them for what they may be worth. but willfully and fraudulently omitting to S "penny wise and pound tooiisn, and return them, and also persons who, in a others assuming it to be atncK ot news like manner, fail to apply raonev handed PaPer publishers and we "the chief of sinners ' to enable them to pocket a tew dollars, the bill failed. In the event of them for the prepayment of postage, &.c. At present there is no adequatfi law to To these now in this part of the coun- punish such offences." The bill proposes try, aud who have passed through the a fine of S100, or one year's imprison- roughest of the vicissitudes incident to nent, or both. afrcntier country, and are beginning to -. csjcy tha comforts and conveniences by which they were ence surrounded in the ocr cdvics U, stay where you are. Thcra ere fortunes here fcr you; enly 'hw'M a, io the willow?," and be not dis- 'heart cd-be ca?( of the excessive op-prt-iivc'iitss cf the times; day is breafc- . ir'.ciid.x'n the sunv.il! shiueagaiii in the passage of the bill, we might, or might not as there was then, and is yet, two papers published in this county have been a recipient of the meagre financial We notice that quite a number of our benefits conferred. Like almost every exchanges along the river have made free use of our Extra issued on the arrival of Messrs. Lawrence, Kunkle, Hall and Wimer, without giving-credit- All right, gentlemen ndjournst by expiration of tjme, to-morrow. Ccngrefes body else, we like "smooth pieces;" yet we think in such matters we can consult the public good, and we know such an act would result bcnificially to the people at large. Hundreds will read the laws by which they are to be governed,' given them in broken doses, through the col- Corrcspondence from the Capital. Omaha, Nebraska, ) ' 'Feb. 27, 1859. TIMES LOOKING CP. All countenances begin to wear their former usual and accustomed smiles at the fair prospects before them. Business is reviving, the weather becoming more pleasant, the river is beginning to open, capitalists and settlers appearing, lands are being sold, and emigrants for the Jefferson gold regions coming among us by every imaginable mode of conveyance having in view the only one idea, and that to get to the mines in safety. THE SLED MAN. Substance of Remarks Made ly A. D. JuJVhS, Respecting the Completion of ft - T TT T " T T" 1 T ine cf, jo. ana uannioai jiauroaa. Ho said wo hare been called together this even ng through the medium of TmMio posters for the interesting purpose of giving expression to our sen timents respecting the ccmpletion of tne first great iron thoroughfare connecting together the two great est watercourses ia the United States, lieing no other than the noble father of waters and our own adopted channel of commerce, the lengthy, turbid ilisouri. This union has been affected between tho citie3 St. Joseph on the Missouri & Hannibal, a prominent town on the Mississippi, ibis connection unites the "important and rapidly growing and accumu- ating interests of several of the sisterhood cf the great northwest whose grancries are now groaning under tne butthen ot the results of the fruitful ex ertions of the energetic husbandman. The prairie wilds of the several States anl Tern tones of the West, have already been robbed of their natural and charming beauty, by the active and industrious pioneer, who has deemed it expe dient and profitable to turn the sod of nature's green for the more useful purpose of procuring- the benefits to be denved from the thick black mould which lies beneath, from which to obtain the neces sarif s of life by tho sweat of his face Among the most noted and prominent cf the states and Territories to be benefitted by this result is more immediately the State of Missouri, with all her commercial connections in every direction, lying a3 she does as great and important western center of trade, being divided by the most promi nent leading water course on tue wes'. which has been already of incalculable advantage to the fron tier settlements. Already that State has several important and wealthy cities within her boundaries which are rapidly growing into extensive notoriety. for enlarged mercantile business and enterprise. Then come Kansas tnd Nebraska, and the future Mountain States on their wt stern frontier, as pre dieted by Colonel Denton, and also New Mexico and Utah. A line of States rich in productive soil, susoepti ble of a high state of cultivation, and from which must result abundant and valuable harvests of ce reals and with excellent wild fruits which so much abound in the Mountain regions of Jefferson Terri tory. All this accumulation must no cssarily flow to the Missouri river at Omaha and other points of note along its western bank and eventually find its way in part to the ilanmbal and St. Joseph Rail road . In this calculation I have not taken into consid eration the great and all absorbing subject of the day, the results of the Jefferson or Nebraska Gold Mines. It is supposed by many that a hundred thousand or more of active energetic persons will assemoie mere during me approacning summer, whose explorations and operations will bnng avast immediate trade to the eastern borders along our adoptedriver, the "Big Muddy," through the Gov ernmental thoroughfare by way of the Platte Val ley to Omaha and other cities. Then, again, is the eastern portion of the renown ed Missouri Valley, consisting of the western slope of the young and nourishing state of Iowa, which now seeks an outlet in common with other States and Territories through the Missouri From what I have said, it necessarily will follow to a considerable extent that much of tnis vast trade must, of course, pass over the Hannibal & St. Jo Railroad, until others are completed through the State of Iowa, and place themselves in competition for the trade of this vast region. This brings me to consider another subject of equal importance to the country at large, but of much greater or more immediate benefit to our own section of the prolific west. I mean tho construction of the St. Joseph and Council Bluffs railroad. Under the name of the Platte country railroad, the State Legislature of Missouri was induced to loan a corporation formed to bnild a road from St. Jo. to Council Bluffs the sum of eleven hundred and fifty thousand dollars which; together with a large subscription from the capitalL-ts and citizens imme diately along the line, insures the construction of the road to the Iowa line without much- doubt. From the south line of Iowa to Council Bluffs, the distance as ascertained by an actual survey with instruments in the bands cf a competent engineer, is forty-eight miles. The estimates made during the Summer of 185S, by Mr. ,Nutt, the engineer employed, show the cost per mile to bo twenty thousand dollars, including the running stock, and indeed the entire expendi tures for the construction cf the road, and its full equipment ready fcr use. The terminus on the Missouri line 13 about a mile north of Linden landing, or tho narrows between the Nishnabottocy and tie Missouri rivers, and the averago grade one and a-balf feet to the mile, but in no section more than three feet. It is very nearly a straight road, approximating within five hundredths, with curves scarcely notice able. Between sixty and a hundred thousand dollars has been subscribed by individuals interested in the road, whilst the counties of Fremont, Mills and Tot tawattomie' havo given much encouragement in the way of proffering the swamp lands of their re spective counties, which, by the way, I believe has not been entirely consumated, nor surely obtained for the road. . This road would not only b of great convenience, in giving us a connection with the St Joseph and Hannibal road, which would give us a direct outlet to the Mississippi on our Eastern course, but also place us in immediate connction with the St. Louis and Pacific road, which would provide us with south ern connection at Kansas City. Besides the advantage it would give to tho sur rounding States and Territories in a commercial view, it would add largely to the value of the prop erty, not only of land in the immediate vicinity,but make a ready market for miles on either side of the river, both in Iowa and Nebraska. This portion of the road is destined eventually to become one of tho great litks of the chain, which in time will be under construction from St. Louis to the fertile vtlleys and i'inc forests Of the Saint Pe ters, in tho Suite of Minnesota; by way of Sioux City, and Big Sioux, or tho beautiful and exten sive valley of the Boyer river, the latter of which would become the main artery of trade for nii wes tern Iowa. Companies already Lave contemplated the advan tages to be derived from such a road, and have uni ted their energies and capital ia corporations for the Sioux City and Council Bluff road. HhiUt another company have nnit-d in a corporate capacity, nndcr tne namo oi iae council Uluffs and lfcycr Valley railroad company. Both are regularly organized and ready for opera tion in any manner to adrance thecenditien of their respective roads, and may ere long expect to glean much from what now only appears as is generally termed the wind work or first gas of the company's CUUl 13. There must alw;iys be considerable talk before any thing can be permanently accomplished. In tho commencement of Jia:ir,ad construction, they t;rt nu mnuanu enu wiia steam. The Hannibal and St Joseph road mn?t cventn THa extension of railroads towards the Rocky Mountains should produce rejoicings from every por tion of the frontier settlement-", whether directly benefitted or cot with reference to their location or terminus. ... Every completion of tnese roaaa aaas vasuy to tne convenient du coimuri w w vuimiu, ucamcs producing a desirable completion ior wiose carrymg trade. . . . ....... , Every depot gained cuts on tne taray ana un pleasant staging, WhlCU 13 now necessary ia urnjoin some point where we may be more favored with the morerapil and usually saina'cicj.mo .m, pon the roads wnicn are now juau yucuuo mo " . . - r Al. - ?L..-nr Intra eastern portion oi iuocwwm -- From present appearances, however, we are, De foro the laps' of many more year3, destined to wit ness the welcome sight of the flying locomotivo rap idly approaching our own beloved shores from the states towards the rising sun. Already the workmen are upon the tracE, wunm a few miles from our own dwellings, ana miles ana piles of obtrusive bills are giving way before the pick and shoveljand the enterprise of the conrrsctors, and tha activity of their employees. It is to bo hoped mat me time is noi iur uibiuu when we will be able to return the compliment of an invitation to attend the celebration of the com pletion of not only the connecting link between St. Joseph and the Upper Missouri towns, but also the probable starting point of the great Platte Valley and PaciSn road across the Rocky Mountains. If the auriferous regions of the eastern slope or the Rocky Mountains shall prove productive in the accumulation of wealth to the extent now anticipa ted by even the most doubting believers, then we mar calculate certainly on a railroad being fully constructed up the Platte Valley and amply equip ped within five years Ior tne traae mat. must ne cessarily find an inlet to that new golden Territory of Jefferson, to support and supply its energetic inhabitants who must also necessarily seek a mar ket for their dusty accumulation on the bank of the turbid Missouri. For five hundred and thirty miles a better natural track with suitable gradients, cannot be found in the United States. A track can be laid into the very heart and center of the gold regions, with but a small cost comparatively. Along its borders is to be obtained a large quantity of rjh and arable land suited to the cultivation of the usual produc tions of many of the western States and Territories. Some Doctor. The Postmaster at this place received, a few days ago, the following letter which we are permitted to publish, witholding the names of parties. Wonder if School Masters are in demand at Plum Hollow, Iowa ? We hope the Doctor may be com pelled to "come down," that he may get the "hole Bill." Plum hollow Iowa January tha 3 1859 Dear Sir I am unqainted with you But I want you to Let me know if you please wheather thare i3 Such a man in you Neighberhood as for this spring 2 vears asro his wife was up in this The JIarkets. Neighhood and I Docterd her sent medi son to her after after bhe went home to the amount of fourty Dollars and I have Sent 2 or 3 letters Sense he qit Sending for medison and Cant set No answer if he is thare Please tell him if he will send me 25 dollars I will for give Him the Balance But If I have to come down and Be put to trouble I must have the hole Bill Please Send me a few lines to Let me know wheather he is thare or not 9 yours with Respect Dr II C Direct your letter to Plum hollow free mont County Iowa The Great West. Caleb Cushing in a recent speech made in Boston, and in which he took occasion to severely rebuke the spirit of sectionalism prevalent in that region, in doing so, paid the following compliment to the Great West: "Jealous of the South ! Such would not be my theme if the demon of section alism had so far possessed itself of me. I should not strive to draw the attention of Massachusetts away from the only real danger of a sectional nature which threat ens, and to fasten her attention upon an imaginary one. Not by the comparative ly small section of the Union lying be tween Mason and Dixon's line and the Gulf of Mexico is the sceptre of the pow er in this Lnion to be held hereafter, but by those vast regions of the West, State after State stretched out like star beyond star m the blue depths of the firmament. far away to the shores of the Pacific. What is the power of the Old Thirteen, North or South, compared with that of the mighty West ? There is the seat of em pire, and there is the hand of imperial power, l en me not of the perils of the slave power and the encroachment of the South. Massachusetts and South Caroli na will together be as clay in the fino-ers of the potter, when the great West shall stretch forth its arm of power, as ere , .... . - long it will, to command the destiny of the Union." ally find a connection with the riatto Valley and South P Railroads at Fort Kearney, which, ap parently, can be easily accomtlihed hi trarp!!in.- the alleys of the Miseouri, Btg Nemaha, and Blue Rivers, which lead very favorably in that direc tion. This line of connection would also aeeommrvlntn lalnrrre number of the intcllicrmt rA crin .;: A. few days since a gentleman from the j citiicns of Kansas and Nebraska by extending rail- i . roau ctmniwoi)! tome aoor ot tn Azricu turi-ti i4.ni, j ci muca. mv ucji pcrlivnf of tliosc Territvric. State cf - Minnesota I Chess Problem Xo. 4. BY T. R. r. White. K at Q 5 ; Q at K's Kt 4 : B at K' R 9 . vtl. 3 u jttu ; ft 5,snu ( ays It d hlack. n ? ?t,'8 81 5 Kt3at Kt 5'1 A Q 3 ; Ps at K's B 4 & K's Kt 3. White to move and mate in three moves. inis.is pcrnaps, more properly termed a Puzzle mail a prooicin. it can be solved. Held for Postage. A letter directed to "G.Augustine, Edward P. O. Wis." n tne poage be not paid it will be sent to the Atiiu ijiver voice. J. II. MAUN, P. M. Xcmaha County Bible Society. Koung oi iae citizens or Nemaha county will be held at the First Presbyterian Church inBrown- luo.on next iuesday evening, for the purpose of .vnuuj v,oumy liioio ccicty, auxilia ry to the American Dible Society. A ceneralat- Xeniaha County Agricultural So ciety. uUiUi;enioi mo cmana Uounty Agricultural Society will meet at tho r.Pfi.-o ,.r l.aJ' ni:. in Urownvjlle, on the last Saturda in Marct. at 10, o clock, for tie Furr.oe of deeding where the Fair Will K Vin'.l - .l f .1 aim iur i;merpurpo3C3. R. W. FURNAS, Scc'y. CORRECTED 0 r a ii e WEEKLY, at & Hill ErovnYille, Mar. 3 i9, rrtEAT Flour, , Sack ' Ftors lircKwnEAT Flour, Coun Meal, y bushel Cobx, ' V bushel Oats, y bushel, Sugar, f) lb Coffee, t Tea, . ClIICKEX3,i) doi., Eggs, do, Fresh Beef, iRE PorK, per 10 lbs. Potatoes, 1? bushel, Salt, Lumber, Cottonwood, per 100 ft., Yellow Pine, Butter, Cheese, y 5, Lard, Nails, per keg, ........ "Wheat, none in market "Whisky, per gallon,-. Salt, y sack, . Molasses, " Beax3, $ bush. DHY IIlIlES, ............ 5-44 4 i,H Ii ... H a Wheat, bush, Corx, $ bush, Oats, $1 bush, Flocr. 5? bbl. Buckwheat, Flour, per cwt, Beans, per bush, Potatoes, per bushel, Molasses WHISKEY. Dry IIidks, Pork. St Louis, Feb'.:! ify -23' J1V aiOfg;;J St. Josrrn, Feb. a i$;i 3,504 u UiiS, 2f0 ' 9lJk . 12.U, ; 9(jieii 50(3151 k ' . 'Ii) 4.1 Wheat, y bush, CoRXti? bush, . Flour, "ewt, Buckwheat Flour, y cwt, Fresh Pork, "p lb, Potatoes, y bush, White Beans, y bash,-.-. Butter, y lb, .... .... Eggs, 1$ dot Chickens, "p doz, Dry Hides y lb, .-- Coffee, y lb, - Sugar, y K, Tea, lb, Rice, Dried Apples rf bushel,--.. Greex. do. Beef Cattle- - -- - $3,00.? j'o JIOGS---. - -4A?i, Oats tv :o Brownville 3IaII Arranged eati EASTERN MAIL. . A rrc Daily (Sundays excepteditt tre r. jr Departi Daily (Sundays excepted) u if put eight, a.m. t SOUTHER5 MAIL. -4m'--Tn-weekly, on Mondays, Wednssdajnaj Fridays. Depart-' Oa Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satariiji ; NORTHERN MAIL. krrictt On Tuesdays. Thursday and Fatnrdin ; Drpartt.i)n Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridijt.' FORT KEARNEY MAIL. Leate$ Brownvillo on the first of every montk reaching Ft. Kearney in seven dajr; lo ving Ft. Kearney on 'the 10th lrrcf At Brownville in 7 days. . TARKIO MAIL. Leave Brownville, on Mondays, Wednesday tai Fridays at 8 o'clock, a. Jf. Arrive At Hrfcwnvilleon Tuesday?, Tbarjdrmi Saturdays at 8 o'clock. A. M. OFFICE HOURS. From 7, o'clock, a.m., to 12, M : and from 1,M to C, p. m. C. O. DORSEY P. M. For Pikes Peak: Da Pont's Celebrated Powder, Ii Patent Metalic Kegs,- , . And Canister?, just the thing for Camp use. ft sale by the Agent., ' . RANDALLS, GOULET A C: Corner of Vine and Commercial Street, and'54, AOTia ievec, daint louis, Mo. lhese Kegare air and water tight.nJaei.a iz and one-fourth rounds, and 5 rwundi TKf,. per contain Du Pont's best brandi ,- the Utter b'ut- ing l owaer. send on your, orders to . KA.NDALLS GOLLY 4 CO. March 3,'59-3m. Masonic Lodge Meeting A T. W iemna t n.-y ixxize No. 4. meets at Ma sonic Hall over M'AlIister &. Pnn's Store cn the flrst and third Haturdar evenings of each n,ODln- R. W. FURXAS, W. M Bedford, Sec'y. Full Blood Devon Cattle, (1 K-ICJ M Vfr'ti ii A pair, malo and female, of full blooded Devon v-aitie, pedigree turn:shed, will bo parted with on iavoraoie terms, ir application be made oon. yoke rl wak cattle, a cow and Prairie breaking wju oe laitcn in xayment. Apply at the "Advertiser" Office. Mareh 3d, 1839. Office to Rent! "E?nTnUn.0n ?a,?.Strret' r!"rly ocrupied hy Brown ..-... ..,.l..ii,s ir.MHr, ior rent. Apply to .., , CRANK HILL. RANDALS, G0ULEY & C(K COMMISSION MERC HANTS, i CORNER OF VINE AND COMMERCIAL ITJ. ' AKD Number 54, North Levee;- J St. Louis, Missouri Cash advances mal on nn;mmont " Orders for Merchandise nolle :fA.lnl nromnt! filled. Corn, Oats, Hides and Produce gtatnllj sold on Commission. March 3, IS08. . lj Cash for Produce. We are nownavinr caaK fnr inm'.iul m'.Luti ' on the return of Mr. Hill,, now east, we will pJ v CASH for all kinds of country produce. , CliAK iliLL.- . Brownville, March 3d, 1859. . Seeds! Seeds!' y The Subscriber Would roTl nnrti.nUr ffenticflto the following : Br om Corn Seed of rr inwnnp nnniifr. Chi nese Sugar Cane and Black Locust. Also Union, Beet, Cabbag-, Radish, TurnipJ.W' tuee seeds, 4c, by the quantity. A limited surnlv of rinf Varth Almnndfc at 50 cents per 100 tubers. Currant Secdj by tbs packago or ounce. . k. Our Seeds are all Warranted. We bare a fin Int. of f r..m.n Corn which is positively the best earden eora is i.u.uiioa. Auq amith s tarly White Uotb. iw sons defirieg anything in the above line should of der immediately. Acuresa ii. A. TERRY, Crescent City. Iowa. March 2 1,18 SJ. A. S.iHOLLADAY, it P. lteBpectinlly informs his friends In Bro0Ti!i is immediate vicinity that be hai reuumed the prctir ol Medicine, Surgery, &. Obstetric; and hopes, by strict attention to his profeMon, to nrt? that generous patronage heretofore extended to birn. Ia . all cases where it it noMibieor PTt,.ii.nt nrtxiwt business will be done. Office at Citv Drim Stufi. Feb. 21, '63. 35. ly D. LANDRETH & SONS, Agricultural Warehouse n n crrn crz-inr A'o. IS, Suitth Main Street, opp. Xea Exchange St. Louis, .Missouri. Constantly on hand. Garden Gras. and other. the Garden seeda are, with siit exception, the prul Of grounds CUltiVited Under th utrict norsmnal in.'P tlon of the enior partner of the toue. Also IrI variety of Agricultural implements. part:yot onr o manufacture. S3"Catalopiiesfurniifced gratis. Feb. 24, '53 33 3ai HO LIE ! . To all Whom It Mar Concern; la as few words as powible, I with friend and to understand that I am dnintt CASH II US I ESS. And hope henceforward no one win dare to rm " article from my counter, unless the CASH IS PAID DOTYS. From this rule I will not dpvLitn fur anvone. or der any circumstance iloney mubt come with l'of ouro ana an pccnptions, or they will le nent ' unfilled, i am thus plara. that all, -'Lifib and 1' rich and poor," may know that anything for sale tw City XJanxs Otoro, 31 ust command CbU, or no trade. A. S. nOIXAPAV Brownville, Febuary 17, 1S9. 'Valley Viewirursery Depot Corner'of Chestnut & Beaumont Streets. ST. LOUIS, MO.' CI. Aim & BAH.VARD, Fropr'rj On hand and for sale' a large and complete asturtm cf Apple, Pear, Plum, Nectarine, Gooseber ries, Raspberries, Grapes, Peach. Cherry, Apricot, Blackberries, Currant, Strawberries, Evergreens, &c. . . Strict attention paid to the selection otvirietie ,Bil io tnis c:imaie. . v. Til' Olflc at Ptant'a Sred Store. 5f. 14 Jfain itrte'- ders addressed to B.x 144, St. lui. Mo., or ViwXuriieries," F!wsfd!Tii!e, Madison O , rr rrire prompt ttntinn. ftb. H, 'M n? CM-.: X . ... ir i ll s