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THE: ADVERTISER, U. Wvi'UHN AS.EDITOIl. fltCRSDAY MORNINO, JAN. 5, 1SC0. j - ....... -J FOR TRESIDCNT IN 1SC0, STEPHEN. A: DOUGLAS. i - -Of the United States, f -FOR VICE-PRESIDENT, ANDREW JOHNSON. r. i; . . . . Qf -Tennessee. v 5 Tlic President's 3Iessac. . .The Message cf.ihe. President. v.-as transmitted to Congress on the 27th day of December.. It was read in the Senate; but was laid on the table in the House u'ililTnVrjanizauon shall bo effected, y The Jlessage oper.3 withan expression " bf gratitute to the Almighty for blessings Lestowed upon us throughout the year; with a referrence to the bloody occur rences at Harper' Ferry; and an exhor tation to the North and South "to culti vate the ancient feelings of mutual for bearance and good-will towards each oth er, and strive to allay the demon spirit of sectional hatred and strife now alive in the land. This advice," continues the President, "proceeds from the. heart cf an old public functionary , whose service commenced in the last generation, among the wise and conservative statesmen of .that day.'" ' . " , Then follows an argument on theTer- ritcries, the most remarkable and extra ordinary passage we quote entire, reserv inn our comments to another time. Here . it. is :: . .' , . cordially congratulate you upon the final settlement by the Supreme Court of the United States, of the question of sla very in the Territories, which had pres ented an aspect so truly formidable at the commencement of my administration. . The. right has been established of every citizen to take his property of any kind, including slaves, into the common Terri tories belonging equally to all the States ' fit the Confederacy, and to have it pro tected there und:r the Federal Constitu- tioa.; Neither Congress, nor a Territorial ; Legislature, nor any human power has any authority to annul or impair this ves ted right; The supreme judicial tribunal of .the country, which, is a co-ordinate ' branch of the government, has sanctioned and affirmed these principles of consti tutional law, so manifestly just in them selves and so well calculated to promote . peace and harmony among the States. Had it been decided that either Congress or the ' territorial legislature possess the power to annul or impair the right to property in slaves, the evil would be intolerable. . In the latter event, there would be a struggle for a majority of the members of the Legislature at each suc . cessive election, and the sacred rights of property held under the Federal Consti tution would depend for the time being on the result. The agitation would thus be . rendered incessant whilst the territorial condition remained, and its baneful influ 'ence would keep alive a dangerous exci tement among the people of the several States. . Thus has the status cf a Terri tory, during the intermediate period fron its first settlement until it shall become a State, been irrevocably fixed by the final decision of the Supreme . Court." . The President next proceeds to argue at length against , the re-opening of the African slave-trade, and says that all lawful means at his command have been employed against it.. He Las 'not been able to discover that any slaves, besides the cargo of the Wanderer, numbering between three and four hundred, have been imported into the United States. . . The wisdom of the course pursued to wards China, has, in the President's opi nion, been ' amply vindicated by recent events. We have preserved cur ncutra-' lityi got bur treaty signed and . ratified, , avoided the ko-ictv, and are cow reposing on our diplomatic laurels. ' The difficulties - with Paraguay have been satisfactorily adjusted ; and our re ilatiohs with France, Russia,, and all the Continental-, Governments of Europe, ex cept perhaps Spain whose tardiness in sa tisfying American claims is censured, are of the most friendly character. After recommending the acquiiiilon'of Cuba,'-the President -lulls at length the .- story of the San Juan dispute, the mission of Gen. Scott, and the successful accom plishment of its objects. " .ext comes Mexico, whose condition end relations with this government, form da Important part of- the Message. Af ter reviewing the course of recent events in that He public, -and-tie continued and repeated outrages' upon American citiz ens, the President closes "with the recom mendation that Congress pass a law auth orizing him "to employ a sufficient mili tary force to enter Mexico for the pur- . pose of obtaining indemnity for the past and security for the future." He also recommends the passage of a law author izing the employment of a naval force for the purpose of protecting Americans passing by the Panama, Nicaragua and '5'ehuantepec routes. . The deficiencies' in the resources of the . Tost Office Department prompt the sug gestion of an immediate appropriation to pay the arrears due contractors. " " A tec?poral government for Anzonia; the construction of a railway to the Paci c; and the establishment of military posts across the Mexican lines in Sonora and Chihuahua for the protection of Ameri cans against the Indians, are also meas ures urged by the President ca the at tention of Congress. -'In- conclusion, the President rccon trends tblhe attention of Congress '.jh? lord interests of the Dirict of Colura- TIic Reports. The Secretary of War reports that while the authorized strength of the Ar my is lS.lG-j, the number in July last was only 17.4CS, and ! 1,000 of that (number were only available for service , in the field. Small as it is,; the force has been required to man JC ) permanent garri sons, posts and camps, scattered over '-an area of three millions of square miles. The whole cost of the Army is put down at S13,09S,725,.which he. thinks may be considerably reduced. rOa, the condition of affairs in Utah, he says: . ...... - f Affairs in the 'Territory' of ! Utah re main very much as at the date cf my last annual report. The army u Inactive and stands in the altitude of a menacing force towards.a-con'pjere'J-'rrnd' sullen "people." I am satisfied that the preservation - of right and justice, through; the,-means of any jurisprudence known or recognized by the people, of the United States, is im possible in that Territory. ; It is govern ed, practical!)', by a. system which is in totaldisregard of the laws or Constitution of the land. - The laws, of the Mormon Church, and the will of the hierarchy are alone potential there. . Beyond a mere outward show of acquiescence in federal authority, they are as irresponsible to it as any fcreigu nation. There is,; in the present attitude of affairs, scarcely, any necessity for the -presence of troops in Utah, and they will be otherwise -disposed of in the coming season. - . Murders and robberies of the most atro cious character have been perpetrated in the Territory upon emigrants .from the States journeying towards the . Pacific, and in some, of the most shocking instan ces by white men disguised as Indians. The . general impression amongst , those having opportunity to know, is that these murders are the work of, the Mormon people themselves, sanctioned, i: not din ecte'd, by the authority of . the Mcrnjori church.".. : . . .;' The Report of the Secretary of the Navy enters largely into the achievements of the Paraguay expedition and the new arrangements for suppressing the African slave-trade. , Since the commencement of the present administration, twenty steam vessels have 'been added "to the navy. . By the Report of the Secretary of the Interior, we see that -during the five quarters ending September 30, 1S59, 1S,C18,1S3 acres of the public lands were disposed cf 4,070,500 acres were sold for cash, yielding 82,107,470 ; 3,617,440 acres were located with bounty land war rants. The Secretary recommends that a law be passed allowing settlers on unof fered lands, two years, from the date of the filing of the declaratory statement, within which to pay for their land ; ' and that lands be offered at public sale within two years after the plats cf survey have been approved. Within the past year an area of 3,014,907 acres have been sur veyed in Nebraska, at a cost of $58,000. The Indian Bureau states taat there are 350,000 Aborigenes within the. limits, of the Union. v -' ' ; ' The Report of the Postmaster-General dwells largely upon the financial embar rassments cf the year, attributable to the failure of the usual appropriations. The amount cf liabilities is $1,21)6,000. The gross revenues of the year were S7.903,. 4S4j the expenditures amount to 811, 553,139. The number of post-offices is 2S,o39, an aggregate increase of 562 for the year. Divers xeform.5 are urged, especially the abolition of the franking privilege. ' Slate Prohibitory Bill. We are glad to learn that a Bill pro hibiting Slavery in Nebraska, passed the Council after a somewhat stormy debate. The Bill will probably pass the House, and so tho negro question will be set at rest, in this Territory, we hope, forever. The Kews. . Among the passengers of the steam ship Arago, which arrived at New York from Europe on Dec. 2Sih, was Senator Seward, who received a grand reception with firing of guns. The Southern medical students, who were attending lectures in the Colleges of Philadelphia, held a meeting and de icrmined.to secede from their schools and go to college ia. Southern cities. They left on the following day to the number of 300. . A similar meeting took place in New York, but resulted differently. But four teen out of more than three hundjed stu dents present,' natives cf the South, pro nounced in favor of shaking off the dust cf their shoes against the North. The Viceroy of Egypt has sent. Mr. Rarey an offer of twenty-five 1 blooded horses as -good as can - be bought in Egypt and Arabia, if he will go to Cairo and give instructions hi his art of horse taming. That Scapegrace of the ocean, the yacht Wanderer, has once more come to light, this time in the waters of Boston harbor. She reached that port on the 24th ult., in charge cf the male, who tells a story of Wandering and adventures upon the high seas, that must add a new and more fas cinating chapter to. the history of pirates and buccaneers. The Wanderer, it will remembered, was eloped with from a Southern port about the middle of Octo ber, the circumstances and the thief be ing unascertained. It now seems that one L. P. ratten, of Bath, Me., was the skip per who effected this sta riling coup; and that only a portion of the crew were privy to, or could be brought to approve his plan's: that. he had no. stores or nautical instruments, and that, with the aid of the British Consul at tho Western Islands, where he putin, he had laid ia $' 15,000 of provisions, for which, having again run away, he had paid nothing. To . recruit these stores when they were nearly ex hausted, h6 had" pursued several mer chantman, with a design of plundering them; and it was while Fatten was board ing a passing vessel with this piratical design; that his crew had stolen the stolen yacht, and made sail for America. The vessel is in the custody of the U. S. Mar shal; - and the poor fellows who brought her backhand were in a , state of great suffering and destitution, have been pro vided for. " From Texas'we learn, that a company of over 300 troops" and rangers marched up "lhfi Rio Grande, and on'the 14ih,'met a parcel cf . Continas' band. After a can nonade on both sides, the Americans charged upon. them, but fell into . an am buscade thus allowing, the Mexicans to save their, artillery. ; ' ; Centime, on the 20th, concentrated his whole force at a point above Brownsville. The Americans went to meet him, and after a severe fight, defeated his party. Col. Ford's 'Rangers, and Lockridge's party from New Orleans had arrived previously. The Americans were pur suing Cortinas, who was retreating rapidly.:.-. , . : - ' . ' A tremendous fire raged ia New York on the 29th of December. About ' thirty warehouses are in ruins. , No organization has yet been effected in; the House of Representatives. On Friday, December 30ih, the House, with out taking any acticn, adjourned until Tuesday, Jan. 3d. The last ballot taken xvz3, 'b believe, the U4th, and was simi lar to the preceding ones Sherman wanting four votes to be elected. Senator Brown of Mississippi, intimat ed his intention to attack that part of the President's Message which suggests the judiciary as the'proper tribunal to afford adequate remedy in case of interference with the right of the master to his slaves in the; Territories, instead of recommend ing Congressional aclien for 'their pro tection. - - ' 1 A large number of the mail contractors have informed and continue to inform the department, that unless Congress make appropriations early in January for the payment of what is due them they can not continue the service, which' has been maintained by them in a manner altogeth er satisfactory to the department, but at great sacrifices. Their credit is now ex hausted, and should they surrender their contracts, the extraordinary expenses of restoring the service will amount to not less than a million of dollars, probably more. Their expectations that Congfess would promptly pass a bill for their relief have been disastrously disappointed. The department has the money to pay all the sums' now due, for the quarter ending with September, but not the legal author ity for that purpose. . , The Pike's Peak express, with seven days later news from Jefferson Territory arrived at Leavenworth, on the 30th ult., bringing: ten thousand dollars in dust. The miners at Russel's and Gregory's dijririnjrs had resisted the collection of the taxes levied for the support of the pro visional government, ' which . created a temporary excitement. The amount of dust exported from the gold region since May last is estimated at from one and a half to .vo millions of dollars. expressed the popular will of t!o.e party for the Presidency, have expressed their preference for Mr. Douglas. Do Sjih ern' Senators s oppose j they are going to scare or still ; public-opinion in favor of Popular Sovereignty by persecuting " its acknowledge d representative ? As well might they attempt to dam up Niagara with bull rushes. ; ... , r . At present the South have the Presi dent, Vice President, and Cabinet. Does any one doubt that ?. The South have a majority of the" Supreme Court. Does anyone deny this?. By. their late action in the Senate they, have control of .our Foreign Relations bur Commerce;" the Post. Office. Department, Territories, Na val Affairs, Judiciary, &c. And stiil, this same South are threatening to disolve die Union' because they are a persecuted people And yet it is the. South .who. are continually-ranting against sectionalism. " It is in vain to look to Congress for the correction of' this most 'glaring'' and most daring evil. The Press and the People must apply'the correction :' The Charles ton - Convention is. theMribunnl., before which such questions must come and be tried. There, the people who make Presidents, Cabinets and Congressmen, speak' 'directly through their Delegates. Let the country press, too,' throughout the North-west and .throughout . the: free States, be heard oa this subject, audithe sooner the better. Unless this sectional ism is done away, with the,' Democratic party might &s well disband at once. The people cf the ; North will ; stand no such vassalage as this. Cleveland Plaindealer. LooK to the Senate. The full organization of the Commit tees in the. Senate has reached us, and it will be seen that, the South has got .all the important ones, and the Control of the entire legislation of the. country. So far as the organization of the Senate is concerned, there is "no North, no East, no West " It is all South, SoxJtii, SOUTH ! It is South all over. Seclioa-alized,-,the Chairmanships of the Com mittees stand thus: Foreign Affairs Mason, of Va., South Territories Green, cf Missouri, South Finance Hunter, of Virginia, . Soutu Commercc--Clay, of Alabama, South Military Davis, of Mississippi, South Naval Affairs Mallory.of Flor., South Judiciary Ba5Tard, of Delaware, South Post Offices Yulee, of Florida, South Public Lands Johnson, of Ark-, South Land Claims Benjar-iin. of La., Sooth Indian AfFrs Sebastian, of Ark., South Rev'y Claims Toombs, of Ga,, South Claims Iverson, of Georgia. South Dist't of Col'a Brown, of Miss., South Expenses of Sen Johnson, Tennl South Library Pearce, of Maryland, South - There they are sixteen out of twenty two Committees,epresented by Southern Senators.- The ix-Committees given to the North and West are the most unim poriant in that bedy. They "all do not amount to either of the two Committees given Virginia, or either of the two giv en little Florida. New England has not a tingle Chairmanship; the reason for which it may be said, is, she has not a single Democratic Senator. But this ob jection does not apply to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa and Minnesota, where there are still five Democratic Senators. The great North-West, the only grow ing part of the Union, with her extended commerce, her vast agricultural interests and her millions of population, is not al lowed a single representative position on any of those committees. Illinois, the only State north of Mason and Dixon's line that has never cast a sectional vote for the Presidency, is proscribed. Sen ator Douglas, who has fought throughfire and faggot, the battles of the Constitu tion in defence of Southern as well as Northern rights, has been degraded from the chairmanship of the only committee of any importance jto the West. And this too -in face cf the fact that the Dem ocracy in every Northern State, in the East and ia the West, so far as they have Slare Insurrection In JtllssonrI , ..;....,; WARSAWjiMo.iDec. 28.' i The Southwest Democrat of ' this mor ning, contains the following telegraphic dispatch: : J ' - At aboat"reIeven 1 o'clock on Monday night last, the citizens of Bolivar were aroused by a - shouting and throwing 'of rocks on the public square. :- .... A large crowd congregated" in a. few moments, and it was found that a gang of negroes ;had attacked a 'few white men with rocks and clubsv - ' " V When a sufficient number of whites were collected together, they.attacked the negroes, driving them into the woods.- While in pursuit, guns and pistols were freely used on both sides.- '." ' ' The blacks threatened to burn the town before morning. ::; ' A vigilant watch was kept,' however, and all attempts were foiled. One negro vas dangerously wounded from a pistol shot. Several were captur ed and confined iii jail. . The citizens called .a- meeting at the Court House this morning, and appointed a vigilance committee, who are taking active measures to discover those engag ed in the riot. A mounted company is now engaged ranging the woods in search of .the blacks. The owner of some of the rebellious slaves was badly wounded to-day, and only saved himself by. flight. , Several cf the blacks have been severe ly punished. - . Great excitement prevails. . Every one is armed and prepared for a more serious outbreak. At the .very latest advices, however,, the excitement" had somewhat subsided. ! ' : ' " Indications of Southern Feeling- A. workman on the hew State House in Columbus, S. C, was escorted out of the city by the Marshals, for expressing in cendiary language on the subject of slave ry.' Upon his reaching the Charlotte junction of the city he was met by the Vigilance Committee, who stripped ,him to the waist, and inflicted twenty-nine lashes and a coat of tar and , feathers. ; An abolitionist in Clayton, Ala., was brought before a meeting of the citizens, whose sentence was to array him in tar and feathers, and then ride him on a rail around the town. The resolution was carried into effect, and the abolitionist was ordered to leave the State within two days. . : : . -; ; ' The Grand Jury of Willsoa 'County, N. C.have presented Edwin D. Morgan, Governor of New York, and others, for recommending Helper's , bopk,f ' and re commendecf to the Governor to demand said Morgan of the ' Governor of New York for trial in North Carolina. The legislature of Alabama have un der consideration a : resolution that any white man who shall be suspected of pro moting sedition among the negroes shall be liable to conviction upon ; negro testi mony, except where such evidence is in direct opposition to the testimony of white persons whom the jury, may deem credi ble. . , . , A book agent, who was preaching to slaves in Waynesboro, Georgia, was by order of their master, hung and burned on the spot Two, in Sylvanta, Georgia, were treated to thirty-nine leshes apiece. Still another is now m jail at Cahaba, in Virginia, awaiting the decision of the authorities as to what shall be dene with him. ' ' : ' ... i . , : The Senate of -Alabama have unani mously adopted, resolutions authorizing the Governor to call a convention in the event of the elertioa - of . a , Republican President. . John Brown was hung in effigy in the town: -of Scottville, Va., by negroes, on Friday, Dec. 2d.- The organ cf South Carolina nullifica tion treats tLe Union Savers of New York, and their efforts as follows : '. "But, let the jugglery go on it will amuse somebody, we ' suppose. Jack, stand to . one side and let the monkey sneeze. It is a furfny beast." m m . . Republican Convention. The following is the call issued by the Republican Central Committee for the Chicago Convention : 'A National Republican Convention will meet at Chicago, on Wednesday, the 13th day of June next, at 12 o'clock, for the nomination of candidates to be sup ported for President and Vice-President cf the United States, at the next election. 'The Republican electors of the seve ral States, the memhers of the People's party of Pennsylvania, and the Opposi tion party of New Jersey, and all others who are willing to co-operate w ith them ia support of the candidates which shall there be nominated, and are opposed to the policy of tho present administration, ! to federal corruption and usurpation, to the extension of slavery into the Territo ries to the new and dangerous political doctrine, that the Constitution, of its own force, carries slavery into all the Terri tories of tho United States to the re opening of the African slave-trade, to any inequality of fights among citizens, and who are in fator cf the immediate admission of Kansas under the constitu tion recently adopted by its people of restoriug the federal administration to a system of rigid economy, and the princi ples of Washington and Jefferson cf maintaining inviolate, .the rights cf fthe States, and defending the' soil of - every Slate and Territory, from lawless inva sion; and of preserving the integrity of the Union, and the supremacy of the Constitution and laws passed in pursuance thereof, against the conspiracy cf the leaders of a sectional party to resist' the majority principle as established by this government, even' at the expense of ex istence, are invited to send from each State two delegates from each Congres sional district, and four delegates at large, to the Convention. 51 A Scene In Congress. -', Qn Monday the 2Gth cf December the following scene1 took place in the House of Representatives; ';: : During the speech of Mr. Smith, some one sent 'him -a tumbler of egg-nogg, which he drank, saying "Merry Christ mas to you all." - Laughter. ' Mr. Kilgore , inquired whether it was in order for. the gentleman to monopolize the driuking' of egg-nogg while the rest were doing without it. Mr. Smith said that was one of the Constitutional privileges of his side of the House.- Laughter. A Voice I'd like to have some, I'm dry as thunder." " ' Loud laughler all over the House. After further remarks Mr. Smith re ceived another tumbler of egg-nogg, which he drank, bowing to the ladies in the gallery, creating much merriment. Mr. Burnett, cf Kentucky, (D-?m.,) rose lo inquire. whether this was a private treat. Renewed laughter. The Clerk said he would not undertake tc decide that point, but would, if desired, put the question to the House. Laugh ter. Mr. Moore, of Keutncky I move we adjourn, so that all of us may take some of the same kind. - - ' " . Cries of "No, no," "Go on, go on." Mr. Smith of Virginia I was willing to adjourn this morning myself, out of reverence for the day, but the party that regards the Sabbath a3 an innovation on popular liberty, and repudiates it as a so cial arrangement, was not willing to man ifest their. respect for the Saviour of the world,' and hence refused to adjourn. I then, ia a Christian, and reverential spirit, laughter, engaged in a labor ol leve. endeavoring to to enlighten the dark ened, understandings of that side of the House but yet, sir, I am wiililling to give way for an adjournment. Mr. Hill, of Georgia. (Dem.) remark; ed that some distinguished man had said that all things must have an end, and he presumed Mr. Smith's speech would also. Laughter. He would move that BIr. Smith be permitted to continue his re marks until they were finished, and that the house stand adjourned until their con clusion. Excessive hughter. Mr! Briggs, of New York, (AmeK) desired BIr. Smith to give some reasona ble' guarantee of how much more time he proposed to occupy. If he would con tinue to entertain the House during the holliday week, it would save the necessi ty of adjourning over. Laughter. The vote on adjournment was then an nounced Yeas, 7o, Nays 124. So the House refused to adjourn. Nebraska Legislature. Wekntsda y, Dec. 21. COUNCIL. . The following bills were passed : - Bill to authorize Stephen Story and others to keep a ferry on. the Missouri river at St.: Stephens. ' ; Bill to organize Dawson county. . Bill to organize Kearney county. - Bill to locate a Territorial road in the counties of Nemaha and Richardson. Bill requiring suits on written instru ments to be brought in the name of the executors. House bill for an appropriation for a bridge across Blackbird Creek, on the Omaha Reservation. BIr. Reeves moved to lay the bill on the table until all the members of the coun cil should be present. BIr. Doane opposed the motion. He said the gentleman from " Otoe doubtless wished to postpone the passage cf the bill until the return of BIr. Furnas, who, he supposed would vote against it. He saw no good reason for thus trying to defeat the bill. ' ; : . ' , Mr. Reeves acknowledged that he did wish to defeat the bill.' : It was establish ing a precedent that would involve the Territory in hopeless debt. He did not wish to see such a system inaugurated. There were other bridges needed ia the Territory, but he did not wish to see the country brought in debt by appropriations for such purposes. , Mr. Scott advocated the merits of the bill. The stream was 'a very bad one to cross, and the road leading across it, at the point where it is proposed to build a bridge, was the only outlet or thorough fare for all the counties above this Reser vation. Its present condition seriously interfered with their interests; and the construction of the bridge would boa benefit which should be awarded in jus tice and necessity, to all the people cf the Upper Country. BIr. Cheever said he wished to see a full expression .of the members of the Council upon the' bill before it was finally acted upon, and he therefore supported the motion to lay on the table. 1 ' BIr. Doane spoke upon the motion to lay on the table, lie said there was a necessity for this work. It was removed some distance.it was true, from the con stituency represented bv the gentleman front Oloc: but if BIr. ' Reeves, or anv other member were to originate a till for a similar work of necessity, equal in im portance to this, in any other part of the Territory, he would give it his ready sup port without waiting for a full houe. BIr. Reeves said he had lived cri-tho frontiers for over twenty vears, and had enuurcu ait manner ot inconvenience and even su:nng mere. r i r nr.fi VOX., irom pnuti r.t, lnuiiu iglers creeks could not be tO lUVOive luj::uj( in uclu. i, , frr ?nch r bill ri .this. -lany cnnroDriationa" had teen r. fo for v.mU r.nrt'-i nf fr o PlatlL'. but E. ...O SCUtil Of liUi Vfc ----- that stream, where there was equal ne cessity for such 3:aprpvn.e:.:.5. Blue River and "other streams needed bridg ing very ltdly, but.be wc:;!l not ask an appropriation to help them; it was the principle he opposed. Most cf the taxes cf the Territory were paid by the people south of the, Piatte, and is it just to ex pend this money for the exclusive bene fit of the remote" North part of the Ter ritory. BIr. Boykin said ho 'should support the bill when it came up for passage, but he was in favor of laying it over now, in or der to allow all members to express their views upon it, and especially BIr. Fur nas, who would return in a day or two, and we v6uld not then be taking an un fair 'advantage of any opponent cf the bill- ; .' ' BIr. Dundy, said he should also vote for the bill on its passage, but .he wished. to see it lay over now, and he would, amend the motion by having the bill laid over un til Friday next. ' The amendment was accepted, and the question occurring on laying the bill up on the table until Friday; the vote. was, Ayes, 4, Nays, 3. Bill to authorize 'the transfer of cer tain taxes paid previous to the year 18-59, to the counties therein named. Bill pas sed. '. .v:, . . HOUSE. . Bfri Keeling presented a petition from citizens cf Nemaha County, praying for an act to locate' a Territorial road in said county. Referred to committee on roads BIr. Latla, from the special committee to inquire into the expediency uf reduc ing the Territorial Tax, submitted a co pious report, showing the number of acres of land entered in each couniy the - av erage value of land per acre the amount of town lots in each county, and the to tal assessment of each county, fee, of which the following is an abstract: Total nnmber of arrej entered ia the Territo ry, as far as reported,. - 753. 431 Average value per acre of ail tbe lands asses sed, , r - - : - - .... - $3,92 Total value .of Town Lots ascbscd in tLe tcr rirorr, - - - - - - . - $2,688,533 Total amount of csjiit-'itures for ILe curi er.t j year, lf69. including salaries and fi'.a of of- j fit-era, and expenses for p. iutin, Ac., 9,180,00 Which deduct from tho amount assessed, leavC3 a surplus of - - . - - 10 227 57 Taking this into consideration,' and the fact that the alove tot il of expenditures is over 1,000 more than thai shown by the Auditor's report, the committee inti rnatcsjthat the assessment made for the current .year, of three. mills on the dollar, is more than double the amount requisite to defray the expenses of this Territory, and ought to be reduced at least one half. The committee further recommended that the fees of the District Attorney's be reduced so as not to exceed $1,500 each, per annum; and also recommended that the olhce of Territorial School Com missioner be abolished, and' the duties of that office be vested ia the Territorial Librarian, and that said Librarian be paid a reasonable compensation therefor, ia additioa to his present salary. On motion, 500 copies of the report were ordered printed. . , , , , ... V. ADVEnnsE3lF'?i,' i i STOLEN from tho upde-sinnM it i. iie S.,u'i.we4t of Nebraska City, tr. 5,. miie day of S seven re. ;r.'i,-,ry, !.(,.). a i -ht hit h,... cars i::t!e swar t.iri 3'Uj'! ,, . r ... 2 1 forehe.id, two hind feet white. .. P, SiTr tn icbscril-er, ot t, to bis recovery. . A Kiven f.ir ;rf ' -5 dOvrAli n.. 9 J AlS S2?7 SHERIFF'S SALp" NOTICE ii. hereby given thatij vi'', -ckr cf sale id-me-1 frcm the oSk-e ,f the c' 'V Di.trict C.n:rt for Necnhi cot.v-r 'y ? N ritorj, f.n ths 23. h d.iy r,f DccMnbe-' ' n I,J. ii. Well. Sherif tf sa:Jctua-T,v-' ' d.iy,the Iflihtlaj cf Jjnuirr, x j. i'-3"'.' mj ufTioe on First street ia Lruw ifi h I 1 tr, at one o'clock 1 M., sell t t,,;, I j -1 . i.ri, oxen and one ox won : smi i prYtrt j under atiacbwent at the suit ,f fj,., V? j raiaisij-a.cr t: ie etrtte of JoTb 3,... 1 I eras 01 s.ue : one iuun n in h.un, ( , r 1 r .1. .1 r . .1 - . '".! ij u;ts ijuui i.uo u.7 ui s;n. one lourth frota the ct.ajr cf 3a! auil oas fourth in irota ice uay 01 ?uie aw a7 Lj, BroflrcTi .uitiu of -.i-m.i!ia count V Scientific Artisan. This Journ.il is devoted t. the ai'ima-r nj g4!ion of all iiif.rrua'.i. n wtik-h w rvr vart ?6r'- scientitio characler, a:id euibrace ii',in ,.. cusi.n ujti Art. Science, I.-iventi , D:miv.- 1"" ".I f actare-j, Ajrieuiture, and purit;. It I publi.-Led rrert.'y. in the m 4? ,r, vt,. . LimliRK- and is iI!ofrsted f rpfuvely wi:a i-,, ?7' ciigravii:s. It icniiir.s a week.y I ,t (.f t'.V1 Claims, cjf.ciaily reported fro: the U p. r,; and reviews of Patent operation in v,,,. ' 'ptl"' other fureitrr. matter may be in-t-nv bt 'u , tt-tr It U specially devoted to the ii turs, Mc hai!ics, Manuf.utnre.-s, A-t n. i'L isti', Sic., and is in erary reject er; ,;iut, . for faniiiies and Koi.eral reader. ' urtuf TERMS SI fure.sUtnwiitli.-f 4IJ) 11 00 for H nion tli.. -.r.a. Subscribe early that you mjj rjit tkebsck mav - JMERICJ.Y r AT EXT CO., Cm3ianati, Ohio. L. LI Jonirsoi7,iTD7" PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOI Onu-e at r. C.J-jbam' LjrCfS -e, FirEt Street, tetweea Uaia and Wiftr, BilO.WlLLE, ar-nRissi, 3Irs. Ilcntlgcn & Miss Lest, 3IILLLXERS AND DBESS IIAXE First Street, let. Main and Water, biiownvilu;, Ni:nnA?KA, Bonnets, llead-Drtaet 0.1 J T i i;nm,njt a'. jtjt o-ili i TiicESDAy, Dec. 29. CQUjNCJL. A joint resolution for the prohihition of slavery in Nebraska came vp on its third reading. - Mr. Doane moved its indefinite post ponement. Lost. Ayes Messrs. Lit tle, Doane and Scott. Nays Messrs. Boykin, Cheever, Dundy, Furnas, Por ter and Reeves. Mr. Little moved to amend by strik ing out the words ''he it resolved," and inserting the words "be it enacted." lie said if members were going to pass a nig ger bill to give it the tlltd of a law, he wanted to see thetn make it a law at once, and not try to arcid direct legisla tion by sneaking around it under cover of a resolution. He was in favor cf coining out squarely on the ni2?c-r, and facing it boldlv. Ayes Messrs. Boy kin, Cheever, Dun dy, Furnas, Little, Porter and Reeves 8. Noes Messrs. Doane and Scott 2. The question occurring on the final pas sage of the bill, the vote stood : Ayes Messrs. Boykin, Cheever, Fur nas. Dundy, Porter and Reeves 6.' Noes Messrs. Collier, Doane, Little, Scott and the President 5. . So the till passed. v COUNCIL. Fridat, Dec. 30. Bill for an appropriation to build a bridge across Blackbird Creek, on the Omaha Reservation was recommitted to a committee of three. The Chair ap pointed 'Messrs. Boykin, Furnas and Doane such committee. Mr. Doane refused to act upon 'said committee, but the Chair appointed no other. Bill to organize and define the bounda ries of Shorter county passed. Bill to encourage agricultural pursuits in Nebraska, by appropriating S300, to be distributed ty the Territorial Board of Agriculture in premiums, passed. Bill to allow Pf ter A. Sarpy to keep a Ferry oa Loud Fork in Monroe county. - - . v . J pasaeu. HOUSE. Bill to incorporate Kearney City pas sed. -. . ... - i Bill to, erect a mill dam. ou Popilion Vreek passed. , . The bill for a State organization was taken up. Mr. Hanscom moved to insert in the blank place cf holding the conven tion, "the Capital of the Territory.!' Carried. The House spent the whole afternoon in discussing anl amending the till, sec tion by section. On motion of Mr. Collier, 100 copies of the bill as amended, were ordered to be printed. Taxes! Taxes!! Taxes!!! To Delinquent Tax 'Payers of Sun ah , County ; " ,. ,TOU are rcnuested traite:nj at my jfiVe(iniJf jfff. caiUile ll.nie of Thelo Hiii, Bionvll.c; a.-jj py ynr Taxes. TUse nCi-Mecti:-.;; to t u si nntii ift-r ihg 20 b lay .f January, 1SSO. are hereby n !';(! c! :t.it J tball proceet! as by Law iUrecte'1, (Sec. 33, P ill, tn eral Law of Xet raska.) anj collect tbcttiircbtuvvi anil sale it porwjiinl pre perty. JACOB trii.'CKLEjt. Tre.inrjr"i Dee. 20:!i. 25-4 1 I.'cniatia C: toT SHERIFF SALE, NOT ICS U herel.ygiren that I, (lie tiu.K'Niri J.li. Wtl'.3, heriH'in and f rthe County Y.emv ha, Nebraska Territory, tvi';l ( IT-r for a!., ar.J at public auction, at t!u J r i.f ti e h use in mVA he last t;rni"t tne .xeniai cunty Distnet Loar. of tho 2i JkJ'cuI district N T washed ttL'jji? of Crownville in etnah county afareiiil, cn the twenty-eighth day of January, A, l. liG'J, at utt oMock, P.M. of said day, tho I'vllowlii' raii-tats h wit.: lot nnrr.her three of the northwest fra-t.i.nal quarter of a jrtiun nuiiiber thirty-one and luti jinr.u seven cf the south west fraetimia! quarter of !i".:;.'iin munher thirty, containing in ail c.ne huwhci ml thirty ae res more or c?, together W't'i l,t cumber four and iivo of the north west anl nir:hi.W quarter of section, number thirty-one, contaiLin in J t-on'y-ontj acre?: also the following de nUd real w tate, t wit : commencing at the nT' h e.t e n-')f lot number four in section number thirty, tnhlp number six, range number sixteen, in 'mahl:.! ty aforesaid, then-:e west ire rodsthc-iee ni;rt!ic;s'V rods, therce tatto the Missouri ririT, thenct 3 ;b Miouri rircr ta the place ot bjjrjnrur eottaiaiat ten r.eres m?)re (r les., all of whieh !-id prnj'rtTi; tho ct uTy uf Nemaha af.ircsaid, a ii in t wsk Dumbrrsii, range Rcmber:iteen, ea.'t cf t!. principal meridian. Nebraska Territory. Ala-l'o". nine and eleven in block no. sixty-one ia thf !oa I'cru, in Nein i ha county foresaid, iu is cvidn"l by the original recorded plat f the J j'last. re curJcd irt tho recorder ofTi-.-o ofaid :r)UDty. Itfltr with the imjin-vement therc'yn.a;i cf wau-h pr;f ty is tnxeu ai the pro;. city of l)'i"iam EdV)''. J nines Emmons, and Juhn KdTiirJs. on aa exeea'a in favor of Josorh Tcasrue, i-uod f n ru the 'io'" eounty District Court of the ,S-:-.p. I .ludki ii dis'r-' Nebraska Territory, and tome d'r.-ctid i .b" therl of the said county of Nemaha, , Given iiuder my hand this t'.Ter.tj-Tcnih d.iju December x. D. ISj'J. , J. H.WF.US, SheriT of Nciaaha C-nntr. Erownvi'Ie. D;c. 19. ISj'J, 4F't,' Look Out Debtors. All tho-.oindel.tcl either by note orb-wki tj the firm .f Scigil i. (!re?nhauin, will ': coins forward and settle. Wu int.-nd chy ! lmsines in Hruwnvi'.Iu b the iirst of Feruin. f ait-onntj tiiat a.-c r.npai-1 at that tim will in thhnd of ouWr for e.i:ccti' a. SEIGELA OBEENDAll Brownvillo, Dec. 21. Zl . Sheriff's Sale: ... Cbarleg F. lloliev.) ! Mcore & Urowri'ee.) NOTICG is hereby given that by virtii ' "r eention issued fr;m the oirie- . t' The C erk District Court of Nemaha county. NbruA ."'. Ury, against Georgo Drown'.ee, 'flifimas Mt-J J" W. W.-AJoore, and in favor of Gl.arlw S.u! for tho sum of five hundred hr.d jeven 7-t ',,.'!, lari and feventynine cent.and twenty '!. "'' 1 C. . .. T 1 1 H'V . hr'tfr,.e t'B1' ha cour.i and wi! hoUJO c ay cf January, D. A. tsCO, bt on r . to the highest bidder, for ea.-h in biiu.wr erty of V'i;llani .Moore, tho follovirg -r??r1'' ty. Nt-lraka Territory, hare le?;eu yy- d Hell at public s-Ao, I'mm the dovf l" w'atro the last term of Cotrt rs y'. PuMic Opinion has declared '.bat Cartis' Conipoun4 Syrup of Sassafras ttaud uneualle-1 aoiocj the rem edies oficredfor speedily curinsi.-eajes of the inugs, chest aoj throat. Ilia JliUialnke Liniment has become one of tbe xta ples artielos of trade, llerehauu nighl as well be without su;ar aud ci.lTee. Every faauly should keep a constant snjp!y of these me!icines on Land. rC3 Tlicsc Loots ana Slices At Jiss, are Hill rrnoimced by ivs, to be the bes.t and cheapest ecr before opeaedin this market. Tte people are cmyiug them rff fcr ici;s. i ,re c.,,. !rg'hwcvr. , wit: the tha southwest quarter ol sccl; "t , r'a i town four, north of Kjcge fifteen, ta.t of ''V.'j principal meridian, coutaining o.'ia LunJr.- ; sixty a.Tca, nl.o lot four, in Y.lxk V', io.. City, Nebrai Territory, in iatijfstior. ecution. Drown ' J.U. WELLS. SberiiT of N.-miLa IVn' by R. V.. DKU'iEU, Deputy iii!-;, D.c. 22, lil'i. do24 4:-j, Legal Notice. .. ,-,.kt N'emaaa cnr."'r -, ' TS Territory, befute t ., lMattn,K.-..aJ-tl'-,:,j a rimtt.r S l.an 'tU.n and the rirm of M F Clark Jt Co. f Feee tor cnvjy wi t 31. F. Clark j suiJ Terrilo')' and J.,bn It. Paris. J . Tk. miA H.fsr.ll Jtrm ii P C'jr cotupoi-ed cf ii r. CUtt aud Mi it. l"- ' 'i5,J ! by notifled tJiat Kvan Worttu ?, it 've , ii. I pUintin. has thu c!y tiicd bi 1 eii'i-"T Lcl-1 J . iljun. t.-q.. i Ja.-:iee :f the I'e ice in and for I J fy of Xcm.tLa, t I a.-ka Territory. at'Jiitf i-lf' .'. I Lan;d.-n and Ibe firuitf il. Y. fiark & C-J.. c B' j of M. V. Clark aud John It. Vii. cla r-fir f ''f.-L i-ail defe: d.u;i tte uia .f il-irly-t: lie & - ' -ifr. 1 fevemy cents i!U interest ttcrer. at Il,er4'c''p S ty rer cent per aiiD-jr.i, from tbe SWbyav-' Jja u.i lb&J. money d ; to the ni l plaiatiH rr"',,I-.,r j. f defendant, on a p.-. i.ii.-s.ry doic tlrwa t-f J"i''.ty. t Lani,Min in fuvu.- or il. . c;.rk A 0-.-ilrl,J', ! i l li 1 A 11 ISivi. .iml t.ir:i:Ii (:i. ii iv at rerditF. ...lit .ml KKxi7i.i il L er.i'.,.i . tTK'nt I1 e H"! I an-ltbat i;.i:c yu tl.e iaid it. Y. t .'aik' u'' ll'i vii fni.r.t M'0 i fl!r rll!i0 .aid Jill 11'"? and nwer mid pt"i:n.-ii, tne ime 'viU b t-'' mM.'l judzmerit renierc l f r te liuiic Cuats Ot i 'Jit. , t P!''f :a:s.-l ,fIu..;. f i O-'iercd Ibit Ibe at-t va uotice be ?uil rllCd brai-ka Adv eriner for f jiirecii.-ei iif " e eii ,lt !J s. provides. lirnlrnt : ll. TJ.vmiher 12 .-. . . ,-.-7T i . MOSEY ADWiSiCluu v J-U.IUTOI lbj& 2. ISiJ --ZJ- PIKES'S PEAK GOLl;, V,'ei l! receive Piko' reat l: .''J j! rnjiiey v.o- t:ie :.r.c. a-;: p.'. ' u "' Jlir.t remrii are na-.. 1 a. i r j.-, . exhilit the printed reiuir.i ol tbe Im: or JLsdY i-Clee. . . ca'.' i - .i mult V ivJ BULLION AM) i;AUllA:iUL huv
