Nebraska Newspapers

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-THE ADVERTISER.
v 11. Vr. FURNAS, EDITOR.
THURSDAY MORNING, JAN. 25, 1SC0.
. FOR PRESIDENT IN I860,
STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.
' Of the United Sidles.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JOHNSON,
: Of Tennessee.
GoTcrnor Black's Veto Message
. That is Popular Soierclgntj?
. '"Who arc the Tcople? And what
Illslits have tliey while In a Ter
ritorial Existence?
.Last week tve brought our article up to
-the adoption cf the Missouri Compromise.
- . We propose notv, first to show what was
the recognized power of Congress over the
: Territories at that time, and up to the
dduplion.of the Compromise measures of
,1850 and 1SJ1 -'the Kansas-Nebraska
Act. We concede that all parties, North,
South, East and West, admitted that Con
gress possessed, or rather exercised the
.potfer to legislate upon the subject of
blavery in the Territories at that time.
- The consequence was that ultra southern
men and ultra northern men were alike
. clamorous for slave protect ing and slave
. prohibiting codes ; and a still additional
conseque'nee was that, a dark and porlen-
tous cloud, pregnant with disunion, as at
the present, hung over the countrj'. It be
, came patriots of whatever political creed,
ox hailing from what section of the coun
try they might, to devise some means by
which the threatening storm might be
'averted, and peace and harmony restor
ed.' So far as the principle involved was
concerned, there was no difference then,
. as now, between the ultra northern and
" 'the ultra southern men; both claiming
'for Congress the exclusive right and pow
er to control the affairs of the Territo
ries, especially on the slavery question.
'As being better authority than any opi
nions we might express, and as expres
sive of our oxen views in the fullest sense,
we here extract liberally from a recent
article from the pen of Hon. Reverdy
- Johksoh, U. S. Attorney-General under
President' Taylor, a southern man,
and acknowledged by all parties to be
one cf the ablest lawyers in the Union.
. In fpeaking of the consideration of the
Kansas-Nebraska Bill by Congress, he
. says:
. . "The consultations in both branches of
Congress were warm and exciting. The
. advocates cf restriction and its opponeuts
alike displayed great ability. From day
to day, in the Senate particularly, propo
sitions were offered, presenting in various
forms the views of each. The friends of
State equality, from the States where sla
very did not exist, as well as Southern
" Senators, and who were equally desirous
cf freeing Southern States from this
badge of degrading authority, implying
disgrace, because imputing injustice and
wrong, zealously labored to effect their
object ; and this, in the opinion of almost
every .southern member, would be effect
ed by the last amendments suggested by
the Committee on Territories, of which
- Judge Douglas was chairman, in their re
port of the 4th of January; 1S54. After
stating what they supposed were the
'principles established by tli2 measures of
.ISjGY and how these had served to allay
agitation, and restore peace and harmony
to an 'irritated and distracted people,'
they said : 'In the judgment of your ccm-
" mittce, those measures were intended to
have a far more comprehensive and en
during effect than the mere adjustment of
. the difficulties arising out of the recent
. acquisition of Mexican territory. They
" were designed to establish certain great
' principles, which would nut only furnish
adequate remedies for existing evils, but,
it
man time to come, avoid tne perils of a
timilar" agitati.n, by withdrawing the
question of slavery from the halls of Con
gress and the political arena, and com
mitting it to the arbitrament of those who
were immediately interested in, and
alone responsible for, its consequences.
a With u view of conforming their action to
the settled policy of the government,
sanctioned by the approving voice of the
American people, your committee have
deemed it their duty Xo incorporate and
perpetuate in their territorial bill, the
' principle and spirit of those measures,'
and the amendment which was recom-
mended and adopted to accomplish this
object, with a proviso offered by Mr. Bad-
. gcr, wa in these worJs: 'That the
. . Constitution and all laws of the United
. Stales, which are not locally inapplicable,
thall have the same force and effect with
in the said Territory as elsewhere within
the United States, except the eighth sec
tion of the act preparatory to the admis
sion of Missouri into the Union, approved
. March 6th, 1820, which being inconsis
. tent with the principle or non-intervention
ty Congress, with slavery in the States
and Territories, as recognized by the le
gislation of 1550, commonly called the
Compromise measures, is hereby declar
ed inoperatlre and void, it being the true
intent and meaning cf this act, not to
legislate slavery into any Territory, nor
to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and
regulate their domestic institutions in their
own way, subject only to the Constitution
of the .United States, provided that noih-
inghereia contained shall be construed to
revive or put in force any law or regula
tion which may have existed prior to the
ActcftheGih cf March, 1S20, either
protecting, establishing, or abolishing
klavery.1 Tbe prohibitory section of the
Missouri Act f the 6th cf March, 1820,
was for the reason allered, repealed, and
the principle and motive stated to be, to
effect- the true intent and meaning of
Congress, and which was declared to be
twofold ; first, 'not themselves to legis
late slavery into any Territory cr State,
nor to exclude it therefrom ;' second, to
leave the people thereof perfectly free to
regulate their own domestic institutions,
in thcir'own way, subject only to the Con
stitutba cf the United it-s.-- Tfca LIU
as thus arr.en.ici v:zs j used by the Sen
ate by a rote cf thirty-seven to fourteen,
the majority including every Southern
Senator present, except Mr. Bell, of Ten
nessee, and Mr. Houston, of Texas, and
twelve Senators from the other States;
and on the 22 J cf May, after a long and
able discussion, it was passed by the
House, by a vote of one; hundred and
thirteen to one hundred, there being in
the majority every Southern member but
seven, and most, if not all of these were
opposed to it, not because of the princi
ples contained in the particular amend
ment quoted, but on other grounds. Un
less words be used, as dicers oaths, to
deceive, and Congress intended by false
pretences to delude, is it not clear that
this amendment declared, and sanctions
the doctrine of popular sovereignty as
maintained by Judge Douglas? That
doctrine is, that a territorial government
has a right to legislate in relation to their
local concerns and internal polity, subject
only to the Constitution of the United
Stales. The amendment declares its
very purpose to be, 'to leave the people
thereof (a territory) perfectly free to
form and regulate their domestic institu
tions ia their own way, subject only to
the Constitution of the United Stales;'
and this purpose was especially avowed
in regard to slate property. Such pro
perty indeed gave rise to the very agita
tion which it was the object of Congress
to terminate. That alone constituted the
danger in which the country was suppos
ed to be, and consequently the principle
was the more particularly prepared to
meet that danger. It was decided to
leave the people perfectly free to regu
late it as a domestic institution of their
own, in their own wa) It declares, first,
what is not the intent and meaning of the
act: 'It is not to legislate slavery into
any state or Territory, nor to exclude it;'
secondly, what was its intent: To leave
it as a domestic institution to the people,
to be settled in their own way, with no
other restriction than the Constitution of
the United States may impose.
One or the other of these two conclu
sions is inevitable. That if Congress be
lieved they had the power themselves to
legislate upon the subject, they thought it
wiser to surrender it to the people of the
Territory, or that they believed that they
had not the power, and declared it to be
in the people, so as to settle all doubts as
to the right cf the latter to exercise it.
The power which; uponeither hypothesis,
they refused to exert, was to legislite
slavery into any Territory or State, or to
exclude it therefrom; and that which they
declared to be in the people, was the pow
er 'to legislate slavery into or exclude it
from such Territory cr State.' It wil be
seen, too, that ia this regard, the people
of a Territory are placed in the same
condition with the people of & State, nd
that the power in question is not more
disclaimed as to the latter, than as to the
former, and that the power left to each,
is left in the same terras and to the same
extent. Whatever, therefore, under this
act, the people of a State can do, the
people of a Territory can do, the sole
limitation upon the authority of either is
declared to be in the Constitution of the
United States." :
The length of our quotation from Mr.
Johnson prevents us getting as far along
with our own argument as we designed
this week. As we have the matter now
laid out, our articles will run through
some half dozen or more numbers of the
Advertiser.
Some Things the Legislature done,
and some things It did not do.
An act was passed providing for a
Convention to frame a Constitution for
the State of Nebraska, a synopsis of which
we gave our readers two weeks ago.
While a zealous advocate for a Slate form
of government, we are very far from be
ing pleased with the details of the act
passed; in fact was strongly tempted as
were many other friends of the measure
to vote against it ! but thought it per
haps better than none at all. We don't
like the apportionment; the place cf
meeting ; the amount of the appropriation,
or the time earliest possible time, too
that our constitution can be submitted to
Congress. But considering the circum
stances surrounding us in the Territory,
call for an effort to get rid of a Territo
rial form of government, we shall, un
less hereafter convinced of the inexpedi
ency of the movement, vote for and sup
port a Convention. We don't like to rest
under the "soft delusion''' that we are not
people in Nebraska.
A "Homestead exemption" was passed
on the evening of the last day of the ses
sion; and we are quite sure not a single
member of either branch of the Legisla
ture know what are the details of the
bill. A number of Homestead bills were
introduced in both the Council and House,
each passing a bill, and sending it to the
other House. The bill passed was a
Council bill, and when it came back from
the House had attached a string cf amend
ments longer than the original bill, and
as the session was within a fev? hours cf
its close, there was but two actions to be
had, viz: concur, or not; to refuse to con
cur was, at that stage, the death of the
bill This being the third session of the
Legislature at which a Homestead was
considered one cf the important matters
for consideration, and there having always
before been a falling out on details cf
bills, members came to the conclusion to
go this one somewhat bliad. ' We hope
it may be found to answer the purpo.se for
which it was intended; but we fear it
will appear very ridiculous in print. It
provides, as best we could learn, for an
exemption, in . the country, cf twenty
acres with all the improvements thereon,
and 500 in rczl estate in addition; or, in
towns, two adjoining town lots -with all
the improvements thereon, TvithoatTegrrd
to valuation.
The School law was so amended as to
make what are now known as precincts in
the "scrczzl organized counties, townships
for school purposes ; and clothing each
sub-district, until there are sufficient num
ber ia each township to form a Township
Board cf education, with all the powers,
privileges and duties of a Township
Board of Education ; also allowing those
sub-districts, which have for any reason
whatever failed to report according
to the provisions of the law, until the first
of March to do so, then making their re
port direct to the County Clerk. The
minimum number of scholars required in
a district to become entitled to school
funds was reduced from sixty to ten.
The Territorial school tax was reduced
from two mills to one mill. Sections 65,
56, 57, 58 and 59, relating to school lib
raries, were repealed.
The Election law was so amended as to
provide for the election of- Delegate to
Congress next fall, and every two years
thereafter. By this arrangement, which
we think a good one, the Delegate is el
ected a year in advance of the time of
taking his seat. In case of contest and
that has become a fixed or natural conse
quence in Nebraska the parties can
give the matter attention in person.
An act was passed appropriating three
hundred dollars annually, to the Territo
rial Board of Agriculture, for the purpo
se of awarding as premiums at the Ter
ritorial Fairs.
An act was passed supplementary to
the Criminal Code, relative to the custo
dy of convicts, and providing that, until
we have a penitentiary of our own, the
Governor have power to negotiate with
the Governor of any State for the trans
portation and safe keeping of prisoners.
A new Justice of the Peace Cede en
tire was passed. It is quite lengthy, and
of its details we cannot here speak. It
is thought to be a good one; at all events
a great improvement on the old one.' !
The above are among the important
general laws passed. There were others
of which we do not now recollect, or at
least their details. 1
There were several very important
matters left undone by the Legislature,
which we much regret, and think were
demanded by the people throughout the
Territory, viz : An amendment to the
Reyenue law providing for the reduction
of taxes, and extending the time for pay
ment of the same. Our taxes at present
are almost, if not quite, burdensome be
yond endurance. They are much heavier
than there is any necessity for, and, what
is equally grievous, they become' delin
quent and draw usurious rates of interest
at a season of year when every class of
cittzens are poorest prepared to pay them.
They ought not to become delinquent un
til in the spring, when the farmer has an
opportunity to dispose cf 'his products
to an advantage, and business generally is
brisk; and again .usurious rates of interest
should not attach until after the proper
ty is sold at tax sale.
The wants of the Territory demanded
the passage of an act to encourage the
growth cf timber. We introduced a bill
for this purpose, and secured Its passage
through the Council; but it was lost
among the large accumulation of bills in
the House. It provided that 40 acres
should be exempt from taxation for the
term of ten years for five acres planted
in timber; and so on, in like proportion,
for any additional number of acres plant
ed. -
The Liquor law needs amending. It
is in some respects too severe to answer
the purposes designed.
While personally we are of the opinion
that usury laws, as a general rule, oper
ate directly to the contrary for what they
are designed- oppress the needy instead
of relieve we are quite sure such a law
is demanded by the people of Nebraska,
and ought therefore to have been passed.
Last, and by no' means least, there
should have been a new apportionment of
both branches of the Legislature. There
is no sense, fairness, equity or honesty,
in the most populous and wealthy portion
of the Territory being unequally repres
ented in the Legislature, and consequent
ly imposed upon from year to year. South
Platte is entitled by her last vote, to 7 and
a fraction members in the Council, when
she now has but 5 and a fraction out of
the 13 members. In the House she is
entitled to nearly 23 members out of 39,
while we have but 20. V e say to those
who are unwilling to de.al fairly with us
in apportionment, and who continue to
monopolize appropriations by virtue of the
power they secured in the Legislature at
the beginning, that a day of reckoning
approaches; such a state of affairs cannot
always exist. Stick a pin there !
The BteclaMrd Appropriation.
As a substitute for an editorial upon
the subject, we present the following,
made by ourself, as the .minority report
cf the select committee of the Council
to whom was referred the bill appropri
ating S1000 to erect a Bridge on a small
creek in the Northern portion of this territory:
"The minority of your select commit
tee to whom was referred H. F. No. 75,
a bill for an act appropriating one thou
sand dollars to , erect a bridge across
Blackbird creek, on the Omaha Reserva
tion, respectfully report, that,
"Having'carefully considered the sub
ject, 1 am rompelLed-to .dissent from the
voice of the majority. Appropriations of
money for the advancement of works of
internal improvements, cither by general,
State, cr Territorial Gcvercmeati, has
always been considered of very doubtful
policy, and wherever a different senti
ment has obtains J, and even works cf ap
parent public necessity have been con
structed from the Treasury of a Slate,
the wisdom cf this policy has been clear
ly vindicated. There is scarcely one of
the north-western States but affords evi
dence cf the' felly of departing from this
doctrine. It is unnecessary in the limits
of a brief report to specify particulars.
Too many are within the reach of the
intelligence of every member of this body,
and although the amount asked for in this
instance is small, yet the principle is the
same, and the precedent sought to be es
tablished is far more to be dreaded than
the mere appropriation of the thousand
dollars. It would be the opening of a
flood-gate through which the very life
blood of the Territory might be poured.
If this appropriation be granted, it will
proove but the beginning of the end.
Your cemmitte is knowing to the fact that
similar favors to the immense amount of
thirty-nine thousand dollars will be asked
of this legislature the moment this ap
propriation i3 granted. From every por
tion of the Territory would they pour in
rapidly, and be sustained by arguments
equally as strojig as are used to secure
the success of -this measure ; for we muit
confess there is nothing in the peculiar
nature of this case to make it an excep
tion to the general rule. The money is
proposed to be appropriated - upon a road
upon which the general government has
already expended thirty thousand dollars,
and upon an Indian Reservation. I am
credibly informed that there is no road in
the Territory better improved, and that
the stream to be bridged is no larger than
many others which have been bridged in
other portions of the Territory by the pri
vate enterprise of those directly interest
ed. .
"But there is another consideration the
minority of your committee would urge,
in no sectional spirit, however, upon the
attention of "tnis Council. It is too well
known that, hitherto, Ircal jealousies and
strifes have done much to mar the peace
and social relations of our citizens indif
ferent portions of the Territory. It has
been charged that the northern portion of
the Territory has received much more
than its share cf ;the patronage bestowed
by the general government; that thou
sands of dollars have been expended in
the construction-' of public highways and
bridges and in the furtherance of other
enterprises which have added much to the
wealth and comfort of North- Platte,
while the less favored but equally meri
torious regions South of the Platte have
had to depend entirely upon their own
resources, . without even a smile frcra
abroad to cheer them in their efforts.
Absolutely nothing has been done in the
way of appropriations for South Platte
enterprises, either by the general gov
ernment or by the Territory. At the
last session of the Legislature an appro
priation of $500 was made out of the
Territorial treasury for the purpose of
repairing a bridge North of the Platte,
on a government "road, and which there
is abundant reason to believe was in no
wise advantageously spent, to say the
least. If the present appropriation be
granted, North Platte will have drawn
nearly every dollar she has ever paid
into the Territorial treasury, and expen
ded it upon works of internal improve
ments, beneficial only to that section of
the Territory, ' while South' Platte ne
glected as before mentioned is neces
sarily paying an- undue proportion of
Territorial expenses. It is needless to
disguise the fact that an intense jealousy
has been the result in times past ; but we
are happy to know and state that this
feeling is rapidly dying away ; a better
feeling is beginning to pervade the ranks
of our people a feeling of brotherhood
which embraces the residents of all por
tions of the Territory. Let nothing be
done by this Legislature to check the
growth of this new and better feeling
Fearing this may be done, the minority
cf your committee urge upon the Coun
cil to consider well all of the effects of
the passage of this bill. Its passage
should be deprecated as a violation of
sound policy; as the establishment of a
precedent which may engulf us in ruin
and bankruptcy in the future ; .and as ad
ding fuel to the dying flames of a section
al fire whose baneful light has revealed
the mournful spectacle of a people divid
ed in the best and purest relations of life,
Respectfully submitted."
R. W. FURNAS.
Second Annaallleetlns of tfccTer
rltorlal Board of Agriculture.
Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the
Territorial Board of Agriculture was held
at the Herndon House in Omaha, Janua
ry 9, 1660. - .
On motion said Board proceeded to the
election of officers for the ensuing year,
which resulted1 as follows
For President, Hon. R. W. Furnas; for
Secretary A. DJones; for treasurer L
H. Chaplain.
Board of Managers: A. D. Jones, E.
A. Chaplain, J. T. Griffin, A. F. 3Iun
ger, and Dr. T. J. Boykin.
The old members of the Board who
hold over, are Harrison Johnson, A. D.
Jones, J. T. Griffin, and E. H. Chap
Iain of Douglas county, and R. W. Fur
nas, J. Cole and S. A. Chambers of Ne
maha county.
The following new members were se
lected to serve two years in place of those
whose terms have expired.
Jesse Wiglc of Dakota, W. D. Mc
Ccrd and Thcrzas Maxwell cf C-:3, J.
H. Masters and T. L. Armstrong cf Otae,
Dr. T. J. Boykin of Sarpy, A. F. Hun
ger cf Dodge, J. S. Eowen, of Wash
ington, and W. B. Porter of Richardson.
On motion: It was ordered that the
next Annual Fair shall be held at or as
near the city cf Omaha as convenient.
On motion, it was made the duty of the
Board of Managers to take control of and
manage all the affairs of the association
pertaining to the next Fair as to them
may seem bt st for the advancement and
interest of the society.
On motion, the next Fair was ordered
to he held on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, 19th, 20th and 21st of Septem
ber I860.
On motion, it was ordered that all the
papers in the Territory be requested to
publish these proceedings.-
R. W. FURNAS, Pres.
A. D. Jokes Sec'y.
A Democratic Handbill.
"A Sx.lt Illusion."
Soon after the nomination of General
Estabrook, the Democratic Central Com
niittee for this County called upon our
citizens in the following manner.
"All who believe ia the sovereignty cf
the people Who deny that the acts of
the Territorial Legislature are subject to
the regulations of Congress vvho are
in favor of dedicating the free soil of
Nebraska to free white men," &.c, "are
invited to be present at a meeting to rat
ify the nomination."
The committee, in alluding to the Dem
ocratic orators who would be present,
among whom they mentioned his Excel
lency, Gov. Black, say of them:
"Chosen champions of the rights of
squatter sovereignty, and haters of Con
gressional dictation, will be present to
plead the right of every people to frame
their domestic institutions in their own
way."
Well does the Governor characterize
"Popular Sovereignty," (as practiced by
the Democracy) as a "soft delusion." But
did they do so then ? People's Press.
UT2 f c th 2 ccrr.rr.cn l3r.ef.t, you may
know that he has been reading wiih af
fectionate attention the doctrine cf the
Tories cf the Revolution.
dedicaiion.
The Presbyterian cfcurch cf tlis City will be dedicat
ed to the worship of God. oa text Sttbath week Jan.
23th. Services to commence at balf last 10, A. if
Eev. H. II. GiLTE3,cf Nebraska City, has promised
to be with us, and will preach oa Friday and Saturday
evenings previous. All are cordially invited to attend.
Public Opinion has declared '.hat Curtis' Compound
Syrup of Sassafras stand unequalled among the rem
eOies offered forspcedily curing diseases of the lungs
chest and throat.
Ilia Mamaluke Liniment hat become one of the ta
pies articles of trade. Merchants laijht as well be
without sugar andcoffee. Every family should keep
constant supply of these medicines unhand. n23
Death of Mrs. Julia A. Bofcertson.
We are pained to learn of the death of
Mrs. Julia A. Robeetsoit, consort of
T. H. Robertson, Esq., Editor of the
Omaha J ebraskian. In his sad bereave
ment, Mr. Robertson has our heartfelt
sympathies. The following from his own
pen, evinces the outgushings of a crush
ed spirit :
"With an aching head, eyes blinded
with tears, and a heart crushed and over
laden with grief, we attempt to pen a
few lines respecting the sad event an
nounced in another column. Thoughts
refuse to come at oar bidding, the pen
drops nerveless from our grasp, while
the hot, scalding tears force themselves
from cur eyes, despite the stern resolu
tion of hi rn who would fain hide his sor
row from an observing world. We can
not write. . Our heart sinks beneath its
great load of grief. A prattling child of
five years sits on our knee and in piteous
tones asks for her mother, and that mo
ther, the partner of our bosom, lying
cold and still. From her youth up, -had
she lavished upon us her great wealth of
affection ; she had shared our joys, and
solaced us in our afflictions, and the read
ers of this paper will now respect the
excess of grief which incapacitates us
for Editorial duties. One week ago, she
was by our side in good health, and with
high hopes for the future. Five short
days of untold anguish, and she breathed
her last; in six days is in the tomb.
Republican Comentlon.
The citizens of Nemaha County, "who
are opposed to the policy of the present
Administration; to Federal Corruption
and usurpation; to the extension of slav
ery into the Territories; to the new and
dangerous political doctrine that the Con
stitution of its own force, carries slavery
into all the Territories of the United
States," and to the doctrine fulminated
by the Go-ernor in his message, that sla
very exists in Nebraska by virtue of the
treaty which ceded it to the United
States; "to the reopening of the African
slave trade ; to any inequality of rights
among citizen?; and who are in favor of"
free labor and free homes to actual set
tlers ; "of restoring the Federal Admin
istration to a system of rigid economy and
to the principles of Washington and Jef-
ferson; of maintaining inviolate the
rights of tne btates, and defending the
soil of every State and Territory," and
the rights of their citizens, "against law
less invasion ; and of preserving the in
tegrity of the Union and the supremacy
of the Constitution and laws passed in
pursuance thereof, against the conspiracy
of the leaders of a sectional party to re
sist the majority principle as established
in the government at the expense of its
existence" are invited to meet in mass
convention in Brownville, on Saturday
February 4th, 1SG0, at 1 o'clock P. M.t
for the purpose of organizing the Repub
lican party, at which time candidates to
the Constitutional Convention will be pre
sented to be supported at the election
which takes place on the first Monday of
March next, and such further action as
will be for the better organization of the
party.
John P. Baker, J. P. Crother,
R. W. Frame, D. C. Sanders,
M. Springer, S. McConig3,
TL Peery, G. W. Fairbrcther,
J. B. Wells, Jonas Hacker,
G. W. Likens, Jerome Hoover,
S. H. Benr.et, ; William Hughs.
W. A. Polock, J. D. N. Thompson,
C. W. Wheeler, R. G. Gonde.
M. Reeder, Win. R. Leach,
John McPherson, Henry Beane.
Attention.
"All territory is acquired to become a
State, but it is likewise acquired for the
common benefit, of-the existing States.
It is theirs, and the Federal Government
holds it as their trustee. Consequently
every citizen of every State has a share
in it." Gov. .Message.
As there are supposed to be some
Douglas Democrats about, we submit the
following extract from one of his speech
es, ia which he refer to the same argu
ment as above : People's Press.
'Wherever you find a man talking
about the Territories being the common
property of the United States, acquired
by the common blood arid common trcas-
NEW ADVERTISE II E NTS.
Probate Notice.
Whereas application has been made to the Pro
bate Court of JNeuaaiaLounf j, ebra!ka Tcmtorj,
by Jeurjiie Claire widow of the late ISeDiziie Clairo
deceased, for an a-SBinjent ot clower from the real
estate of the said Beuigno Clflire, nutice i hereby
prea that raturda the 3d Uar ot JIarch, A. P,
ISC J, at 1 o'cliK.k, 1. Mn U the day iippointed for
the ne.inngsaid application, at my ctace in L'rown-
ville ia saidfounty, w'.en and wbrro a. 1 persons miy
attend, and show cause why the prayer of said ap
plication should not bo allowed.
In testimony whereof 1 have hereant j ?et my hand
and seal this ZV'.h day of January a t IS0.
29-Gt $7fee.
Probate J ude.
Probate Notice.
Whereas application bas been made to tbe Probate
Court of Nemaha County, Nebraska Territory, by Heath
Nuckolls, adniirmtrtor of the real property of the estate
of Charles M. Greever, late of aaid county, deceased, for
tbe sale of the real property of id estate, fur the pur
pose of obtaining means to discharge the debts charste-
ahle againft the same. Notice is is berpty given that
Monday the 5th day of Xarch, A. D. 1S0O, is the time
set for tbe bearing or said application, at 10 o'clock A
M., at my office In Brownville In said county, when and
where any and all persons interested may appear and
show cause wby an order should not be made authorix
inx tbe said administrator to sell said property.
Given under my hand and official seal this 16th day
or January A O 1360. CTECS W. WJIEELKR,
7t-3$3 Probate Judge"
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3XTo w HEotel
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
P. J. HENDGEN
nereby notifies the public that be has purchased tbe
Xebra.-ka Ilouse in Brownville. N. T., formerly kept by
T. J. Edwards, and has remodeled, renovated and enti
rely chansed the whole house, from cellar to garret,
with an especial view to neatness, comfort and conve
nience. Having had many years experience as hotel
keeper, be feels safe in warranting tbe boarding patron
age or Brownville, and tbe traveling public, that, while
at tbe American, they will have no reas.m t coniolain
of the fare in any respect.
The Hotel is situated immediately at the Steamboat
Landing, foot of Main street, and consequently affords
peculiar advantages to tbe traveling commtatity. The
proprietor asks but to be triad, and U not found worthy.
discarded.
January, 19 I860. 28-tf
A Good Farm for Sale. -
The subscriber will sell at a great bargain a very
choice quarter of section of land in Johns. n county, Ne
braska. There are forty acre of fine timber land.
60 acres nnder cultivation, a good log house and other
improvemeiits. It is two end a half mile from Tecuai-
seh, on the road from thence to Pawnee City.
Any person wishing to purchase a good tract cf land on
very reasonable terms, will apply to Cvrus Wright at
Tecumceh, or John L. Carson. Banker, iu Brownville,
or to uco. w . snroat,rerrasia u:ty.
P.OBERT WRIGTIT.
P.eslditig at Worralllon, in Nemaha Co,
January 18, 1860 23-tf
VORRALLTCJ! PUBLIC HOUSE.
The subscriber informs the traveling public that be
keeps a bouse of entertainment at Wor rail ton in Ne
maha county, Nebraska, on the Territorial road leading
from Nemaha City to Tecumseo.
The comfort and convenience of travelers will be con
sulted and charges moderate.
ROBERT WP.1GHT.
January P3, 1860 28-3 m
Legal Notice.
Russell Peery 1 Attachment before Wm. ifnnson.
vs a Justice of the Peace in and fur Nenia-
Luke Laveader ) ha county, Nebraska Territory.
To Luke Lavender, def. : You are hereby notified
that a writ of attachment has been issued from the of
fice of Esq. Munson, iu favor of Russell Peery for the
sum of twenty-five dollars and twenty-five cpnts and
against the said L'Jke Lavender mdthe returns being
made not found as to the detemlant, you will therefore
take notice that unless you appear at the office of the
said Justiceof thcPeace atPcru in said county on tlie
tenth day of February IS60, and answer, the said claim
will be taken as contested and judgment rendered
against you fur tbe same.
RI SSELL PKERT.
Ordered that the aliove notice be published in the Ne
braska Advertiser.
Wif. MCNSON, Justice of the Peace.
January 19, 1360 u28-3t-$4 50 f
little and ar, e,
reope to orier, .JJ0 i
reecentr.,,
ItaveaCtemkalDroc)... ... 6-4 i
use of which they can be w., '.'-h. 1
al time, without being fcrfled, Wt.h 'f W T
bin?; tins saving bim Ubor; ai-J ih. rtTrJ'
white and clean, ar-1 ty. JhM:!"!u
washed in tie cU ji or rnhfa v. 'vC l"it u, '
In? Machine, by which th clotie, are.!f " Jf
- ------ w vt vv la t
mail this very useful re
receipt of 60 cents. Th
nmney.
u jou ir.i ;.-u wrne'.ljir.g nice .
IToncT or Washing
them, aud sajuld be in every family
B-reC:,. j
DR. CHEAGEH is sole a,va' f ""iT""'" i
rclebratMi Xatrimonial Series, 3 bo..k 1
for Toung Men, designed to prepare thea, ;
of Ladies No. 2, -Errors in Courtsbiu' s ' ',b !
ductive Control;' any one of which wui u m, j
der, postage paid, npon receipt or 23 cea s tC4 '
postage ttan ps aa good as money. "f, a !
Fine HoneyT
Dr. R. C. Smith, of this county, "
beautiful article of honey, e,,Dai, if B t Bl ! ,
thing we evet saw. This honey w wbT? u t
Mrs. Smith' according to the directions . t8 4
which she purtfcaaed of Dr. J. r. Cni, '
City, ltd. Any person can get this receiot t
honey, and bo independent of the uoaT-ta J
to Dr. Crescr r. No. 6M. Wt Balumara Vil niu
more City. M l , enclosing SucecU Uau t ' !'
Pvlatky Tme$. ,7l4vtC)
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Territory of Nebraska,
County o. N euiaba.
i-rocatc I.otice.
I Prcbare Coi-t
Whereas aDDllcstion bas hpnn
OlimriUrif .1,.,..,;......: ' 11 Mj Cotll l
Jacob Drilliaticr, di-ce.-rd, late or slidi,,?-?. U,( "
X. Waters, i.ot:ce istertly given Ua 1 w'h lf c
concern, that Saturday IU Ibrii Jy a i-,hr, w
1S60. at 10 o'ciuk A.M. of sai.1 ,i ' " :i bruirT. i. b.
" "'b i;a
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iu ijiuwumj, i'n asu wuereail per-), n i.
are requeued to appear and sh..w et
should not b granted to said G. w Walters Ltler
witness a.y baud and the sel of sij ,-oqm ,v
day of January. A. 1. If-uo
Petition for DivorcP
Francis C. Butler la the District Curt ajZ
ts. Kounty.NebraUT,?
Nathan Butler jTermlW rtotaIery. Apm
To Nathan Butler, tho above earned dfernt.
Ton are hereby notified that Franci, c. But'sr .v
above nam! plaintiff in this cause. ha fl'n,.'!I lU
flee of the clerk of the District Cou t cf flslt'
dlci.l District of Nebraska Terri tory,
county of Johnson, a petition praying the court
c.ase therein sot foru t gr.nt the .ij .Kf.
cree of divorce from you the said defend.it a
praying the said court to decree that the ,ta?-f
child, the issue of marriage tetween rou S.sddt b
dant and the said pfaintiff. shall danng IU mln t
be and remain in said plaintiffan'l for 1 1, liaur; T
farther relief a. Justice Zlrm, m f'ff
you are further hereby notitied that Bn-est .
before the said court on or before h. Sg TZ
second day of the next tern, ih.... . 01 ,:
held at the court houe In j
Territory; on the first Monday irtue sd I UyVf Ami
lbOO, aud answer all ar d singular the allrewi.in. f . i
petition the same will be ..ken aa true al 1 Z
prayed for will be granted by tl,e curt. ua,lerr
T, , . . , J- B- WiTO.V, Solicitor for P'fr
It is hereby ordered that t tf, a
ed in the Nebraska a dvi:. T" M, '
weeks as tbe law requires. t
2- ,Pf, ALLEN Clerk. -
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AH XLctls cf agiicu-tnral' Bocks
Published and for sale by
C. 31. SAXTOA, BARKER &, CO
l.ro. 25. Park Row, New York. .
INDLCDIN'O THE FOLLOW ISO WORIS:
Bird Fanciers, Rabbit Fanciers, Flh Calturs, Btt
leeper's Manual, Domestic Fowls. Domes' cja,m.i.
Cattle Doctor, Hore Doctor, Barn Book, Stib'.t BV'
Farm Implements, Treatises on Grasses, Grunt, w,
and useful Plants; Manures, Mock Manuals, Hhu4
Evergreens. Farm Drainaee, Letters to Fanert. Atrw
culfural. Chemistry, Rural Handbooks, Landscaps u.
deniog. Rural Dwellings, Rural Essays, Gar ieaer's it.
eistant, Flower-Garden Directory, Culture of tbe Hat,
Grape Culture, Strawberry Culture. Cranberry Cul
ture, Pear Culture. Fruit Books. Receipt Bocks arA
Cok Books, Ac, lie, Ac.
Books sent by mall to any part of the croafrr on re
ceipt of price. Catalogues furnished on application ts
CM. SAXTON, BARKER & CO.
Agricultural Booksellers and Publisheri of
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STRATED from the Nebraska City bottom, on Wed
nesday, January 4th, I860, one bay horse, glazed face.
narness mariea. Also a large Day mare mule, about
eighteen hands high, ox yoke brand supposed to be on
left fore shoulder. A liberal reward will be given for
their delivery to the ownen, Majors ft Russell, or for
Information leading to their recovery.
Jan. 10th MAJORS & RCSvSELL.
Adm in istraf jt's Sale.
NOTICE is hereby riven taat by virtue of an
order of the Probate Court of Nemaha county, N. T.,
granted on the 5th day of January, a. D. 13G, I,
Conrad F. Harms, as Administrator of the Estate of
Joshua Randall, late of said county, deceased, will,
on Saturday the 25th day of tebruary, A. D. I860,
between tne nours oiy o clock, A. M.and the setting
of sun of that day, before the office of the lVobate
Judeo of said county, ia Drownril'e, offer for salo to
the highest bidder, the following described real es
tate, to-wit: the east half ) of the south-west
quarter and the west half ( i) of the southeast
quarter of section number thirty-lwor32), in
township number six (6), north or range tu ruber
fourteen 14), east of the 6th principal meridian in
Nebraska and county of Nemaha, together with the
improvements and appurtenances thereto belonging,
consisting of a log house about fourteen feet square
and twelve acres of breaking inclosed by a lawful
tence.
Terms of sala : one third cash in hand. one third to
be paid in six months from the time of side, aud one
tnira in one year from day of ssle.
COXRAD F. IIAR1IS, Administrator.
Urownville, Jan. 12th, 1830. 27 ot $ 10.50
"Good ITev73 for iho Ladies."
ANT LADT that will send her address to Mrs. X.
Car ACER, Baltimore City, Maryland, with three cent
postage stamps enclosed, shall receive by return mail
ometMng of importance to her. "Woman know thy
self and be happy."
Th3 Great Fcrsala Pilla
DR. J. P. CRZAGER is the General Agent, Vfcole-
sale and retail, for Dr. Wheating's celsbrate Female
Fills. TKttt PilU rt truly valuahlt for leutiet : For
they villrttt ore tKtxxontKly reitrtee vhen tej msy
ttop from any cause wAi$ver. They never have fail
ed ia any case where the directions around the box con
taining the Pi'.Is have been strictly followed ; Indeed,
there is no cane of failure ever jome to our knowledge,
Being purely vegetable they are perfectly safe.
Single boes, mailed to order postpaid upon receipt
of one dollar, by J. P. CRE AGER,
Baltimore City, Maryland.
A liberal discount to druggists. 3 cent postage ttatnp
as good as mone y.
Honey the test of Honey.
I have a valuable receipefor liiakiu? honey that ; will
send to any person upon receipt of 60 cents We make
and use it ia our family at half th cast, aud consider
it as good as the best article of Knuine Bee made Coney
" from tehich it cmnnot be told." Any person who wlli
make and sell it, ran easily rler from $2 to i a dty; it
only requires four article to make it, aud they ou be
had at any store for fifty cents.
Every family may have this delightful luxury, for
any ladv can make it In IS minutes at any time.
If you really want something nice, da Uo miss the
Honey orW aching reci;es, for they are all 1 claim for
them, and should be in every family Addresa
tr. J. P. C&ZAGE3,
Baltimore City, Jdd.
Carpentry Iar2e Easy.
Thirty. Urht plates, two hundred figures. The most
pract.es! and valuable book for farmers extant. Tells
how to build Barn, and Houies, BrUpes, fee. ic.
Price $3; sample ropy $2 by mail, postpaid b JAMES
CUALLEN SON. Philadelphia. Ajcntj irjnN.
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DEVOTED TO
Devoted to Agriculture, Slock liaising,
Horticulture, ucchamsm, Lducalion.
Pullished at Broionvilkj N. T.
On the first of every month at $1 a year for sin
gle copies; Six copies, ?5; Thirteen copice,
j wen cy copies,
she volume hcirm Oct. 1st, 13j9. Specimen nam
bcrs furnished gratis on application. Back namjr
can be furnished.
Will every friend of Agriculture and Education
n Nebraska, Northern Kansas, SouthernIowa.ini
Northern Missouri, lend a helping hand, to esiabliili
and maintain a journal devoted eiclusivtly to the
nterests above named, a here is not a post oEcs
rithin the region named but can and ought to,
furnish a club of at least 10 subscriber. Send
along without delay.
AdJre
FURNAS A LVAX.VA.
Lrownvi'ile, X. T.
A. R IIOLLAMKD & CO.j- '
Machinists, Founders and .
Engine Builders,
I'i-cnt street. West of Smith,
CINCINNATI, O.
Would most respectfully inform theirfrleodsan4
the public generally, that they are r.ow pre
pared to execute all orders in theirline, with prompt-
ness Having lately enlarged their shop and with
the increased f acili ties tb ey now possess, they hope t
merit a continuation of the liberal patronage which
has heretofore been extended to them.
Saw Mill Ecgnies of every Description .
Constantly oa han-l: consisting of the ?' ash, Cireu
lar and Weley. Mill Gears and every description ot
Jastings, warranted to be well made ia every particn-.
lar.
They hare also a Boiler Yard attached to taetr
fablishment, which enables them to eversee a'.r
work in that line furnished by them, and are pre
pared t work on as reasonable terms ai any otflf
bop ir the country.
Those In want of anything in onrline, would d.
well to give ns acall and examine our new pAttorn .
The Prairio Farmer
The twenty-flrst volume of this old and p- paUr ArrU
cultural paper will commence on the first tf Janaarx
1SC0.
v It will be the aim of tbe publMiM in the future
in the past to make a paper ibat shall bo a favorite
with the Parmer, tbe Horticulturist, and at their
kill. In each department we shall endeavor to bmi
in improvement and Instruction, and make it a favorite
with the younger portion of the home circle, by treat
ing of subjects that a deire to more thorocsNy nixlef"'
stand the true science of farming shall prevail, to
the calling may b? looked upin as it really is, tie nwst
healthful and lnderenJent one known.
Tbe list of practical contributors will be much, en
larged another year, and no expense necepary tainaka
it Ike Agricultural Pperof the West will be pared.
Thepaper will ever be found the workingmaa'sfmod
and advocate.
m0 mu af Aft
One copy, one year Z
Three copies, ene year ' ?T 1
8ix errpies, one year, and one to agent w
One additional copy to the club agent for every tta
copies ever six.
Address EMARY L CO.,
204, Lake street, Chicago, III.
IicnoliztiorL.
Tiib Aiercanti.e firm of Crane k lliil as ftrreto- .
fore existing is this day dissolved by tauUaleoi
ent. Theodore Ili'l having purchased the ent.re
interest of Merchandise, 5otos and Aecount of Jona
Crane, the books and amount of the Crm remain at,
the old stand. No. 17 a Street, ia charge of r,
Theodore Hill who will aJjut all unsettled la.-iai 'a
of said Urui.
JONAS CRANE,
THIJOL'OUi: IlliX.t :
Brownville, June 13th, ISo'J.
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Look Out Debtors.
All thewe indebted either ty noteorboookieeauct
to the firm of Seigel 1 lireenbaum, will ple
come forward aad settle. W inteo.l elosirg cr
busiuesi ia Brownville by the first of i ebruary, aaa
account that aro unpaid at that time will I W
in thehand of oEcers for collection.
SEIGEL liiL.-.At-u.
Brownville, Dee. 2 3t
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Mrs. Ilendgen & Miss Lusk,
3HLLINEE3 AND DBESS IIASiu
First Street, bet. Main and Water,
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