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. 9 i - ft V V' ! ... s y 1 1 '.V NEBRASKA ADVERTISER.' ' PUBLISHED EVERY TIICRSDAT BT T. R. FISHER, Aeond Story Strickier'e Block, Main Street, ' BnowmriLLE, n. tp. " "" , . ,TERM8i: Ons Copy, coeyea'r, in advance, - ? Three C pie to one eaUxe, - - Clob Fire. - - - XX Club ol Ten, - 1600 ; w"be mot paid is Advance, but paid within the year, It per eent will be added to the aboTe terms. ' IX delayed om year, or more. 26 per cent will be added.- - . . : - e . , CJ- Book Work", .and Plain and Taney Job Work, done In tee best tjtle.-sl on tboit nouce BUSINESS -CARDS. ISIIA31 nnAVis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FALLS CITY. NEBBAEKA. J Will practle e in all the Courts of Nebracka. vS-n-ly C. F. STEWART; , EGLICTIC PHYSICAIH SURGEON, imOWICTlLLE, NEBRASKA. Office oTer B. C. Lett'a Prog Store, Bolladay'i Bloct, Main street. ' TS-naa-ly BREITIIEYER & R0BIS0N, MANUFACTURERS OT fTBOOTS ANDSHOES, MAIM ItTWttH riXIT AKD SECOXD ITS., BltOYYM VILLE. N. T. Bavins, recently purchased tbe Shoe Sbop formerly owned by I'm. T. Den. we pot offer our work at great ty i educed pricea. We manufacture all tbat we offer lor aale. J"All work warranted. BrownvlUo, Sept. z7, 186. nll-ly JACOB MARIIOX, MERCHANT TAILOR, BROWNVILLE, ail 'be attention of Gentlemen detlrlng new, neat, errlcable and fashionable WERAING APPAREL, TO BIS HewStock of Goods JUST RECEIVED, BROAD CLOTHS. CASSIMERS, VEST1KGS. ac.kc, OFTIIC TCRYLATCTT STYLES, Which be will veil or make op, to order, at unprece dented low price. Tbjse wUbtug any thins in bla line will do well to call and examine bit atock before inventing, as be pledge himself to bold out peculiarly favorable In ducement. February nth. 1862. E. MOODY & SON. NIAGARY NURSERIES, LOCKPORT, N. Y.. Whole80le and Retail Dealers in Fruit, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, AND SHBUBS AND STOCK FOR XURSERY9IEX. EDWARD W. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AMD SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY. Office ernr of Main and First Street. BROWNVILLE. NEBRASKA. NOTICE. : GLEIT ItOCH LIILL3 . - ARE NOW GRIN'OINO IK? -I T tiAT 3JID CORN , . m.STY OF WATER TO RUN 'DAY AND TnTTOHT 1 A1.LXAM)CU HALL.;: i'lwiitiwr. sSPmy?i n- sum m er MILLINER Y GOODS ! 3IRS.JIARY IIEWETT, QAnnnance to tbe ladies of Brownville and vi cinity, tbat b baa Jnt received from tbe Eat a magnificent atock of SPRING AND SUMMER MILLINERY GOODS, Consisting of -Ladies and JHissrO JJonnets and Tlat. ItihhonK. Flower, &.C., To wblcb she Invites tbe attention of tbe ladles, feel ing Mured i bey cannot be better salted in style, qual ity or price. nl-ly FAIRBAITKS' STANDARD SCALES OF ALL KIMDI. Also, Warehouse Tracks, Letter -3 Presses. 4o. FAlRSAf JKS, GREEIiLEAF & CO. U2 LAKE ST., CHICAGO, atJ-Be carefnl. asd bay only tbe genuine. 3 Jane 12tb, ISaS ni-lm D. C. HARE, . AMB ROTYPJST, . Is prepared to Uke AMBROTYPES and MELAIN OTYPES in the bet style of tbe art; and at Lower Pricea than Ever Be fore Offered in Brownville. He h sat reeentlj rmrt haaed tbe romi heretofore ooevpird by Henry tl. Sill, oft Main Street, opposite tbe City Drug Store, where he may be found during besineas Boers.--"" " Pictures Warranted to Gire Satisfaction The publio treinrited to call at the room sad ex amine the specimens. Hoars of operation, from 0 A. M. to 4 r. X. BrowTills. May 21t 1883. s6-3m . - . TO TUX AFFLICTED. .'DR. A.' GODFREY, PHYSICIAN, SURGEON OBSTETRICIAN, Zdncated i France, barlrit twenty-five year' expe rience in tbe Medical science, and one of tbe correspon dent of tbe "American Journal of tbe Medical Scien ce." ba located permanently la Brownville, and re spectfully tender bi professional service to tbe cit lxeo of tbi city and vicinity. He wiir no oonOnebi services to common practice, bat extend tiem to cbrboic laeAes-aiieaea of Ions sundinr MaliKnant Tamur and Sores Abcses and r leera. Cancers and Sure Eyes, even partial Elindness, Epilepsy, commonly called Falling Sickness, Palsy, Xeuraijcla, Dvspepoy,- Oonsemptien in tbe first and second aiage. Insanity In vme forms, and diseasea of every kl ad. Partlcnlar attention paid to Afue. He will. If rea.eted, give reference to taoee pre- onnced incurable in the Cnited State, and afterward eared by bim. He may be fonnd at all boors, either at H. C. Lett'a Druf Store, or A bH dweinas boose, wbea not encased a professional nnsineaa. noo-iy LIOLINE PLOWS, ' CORN SHELLERS, &C. A large lot on hand jznd for sale at FACTORY PRICES! D. A. Constable, Ast., : Iron and Steel Warehouse, : Third Street, ' ' ' ' Between Felix end Edmvnd-- Sr. JosEra, Mo. DS7-3m T .THOMAS DAVIS, ECLECTICPHYS1CIAH AKD ' STJRGJEON,, TABLE ROCK, NEBRASKA , Referenee, Dr. D. 0 win, Brownrille. CVtV'' 1 6 U VOL. VIII. Manufacturer and Dealer in SADDLES, HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, WHIPS, LASHES, 5ET3, CURRY" COMBS, CARDS, BRUSHES, CARRIAGE TRIMMINGS, PLASTERING HAIR, AlfD A VARIETY OF EVERY THING PERTAINING TO rXM IT! T11--SZ2 2 137" Mr ' Prices Shall be in Accordance with the TIMES Br Strict Attention, to Business I Expect a Continuation of the Liberal Patronage Heretofore Bestowed by a Generous Public. Repairing of all Kinds Executed PROMPTLY. CAST! PAID FOR HIDES. j. yr. iciDBLKTosr. August 29, 1S6S. n7-ly HEW GEOCEEY STOEE. McLAlCnLI.V & SWAN, HAVE Of EN ED OUT IN TEE BRICK BUILDING FORMKRLT OCCUPIED BT THE X EM AH A. VALLEY BAKE, A N"EW 1KB WELL SELECTED STOCK 07 FAMILY GROCERIES, CONSISTING OP SCGAE, COFFEE, TEA, , SPICES OF ALL KINDS, , DRIED r BJJ1T8. , PROVISIOITS: . SUCH AS DXIED BKZF, WESTERN RR8CRVB CHEESS, CRACK EES, kc., ex., ALSO FISH OF ALL KINDS, NAILS, GLASS AND FCTTT, TUBS, BEOONS, AND WASHING BOARDS. ROAPS, COAL OIL, LAMP CHIMNETS AND WICKS, 1 DESIRE TO CALL PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO OCR, FINR STOCK OF Tobacco, Cigars, & Confectionary. KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FINE ASSORTMENT OF THE VIET BEST OF FOREIGN & DOMESTIC LIQUORS, - ' . SUCH AS BRANDIES, GINS, WHISKIES, Jus., OF THS MOST AF PROVED BRANDS. r THE HIGHEST PRICE PAID FOR COUNTRY PRODUCE. Brownville, May 38, 186S-47-ly. J. WILSON BOLLINGER, COUNSELLOR.1 AT LAW General and CoIIectlncr Agent, BEATRICE, GAGE CO., JEBRASKA. WILL rmvir In ihm ira 1 pAnara adjoining counties, and wilt give prompt attention to all business entrusted to him. Collections prompt ly made. S3fi articular attention riven to locat ing Land arranU on lands carefully selected by .September 2a. '61. nll-yly FLtSIIIAG, IV. Win tend to applicants who enclese sUmps, tbeli Kw rataloena of Small Frnits. inrlnrlln. 91m Tarieties of Strawberries. Also Catalogue of Bwlb-jns Flowers and Pseonles, Frutt and Ornamental Tree, Kotes ana w ice'ioi rimnx; aeeas, m. niO-Sw OH AHA AXD CHICAGO B.4E, OMAHA, JfEBRXSZA. Tbe Circalatinf Note eftbis Bank are redeemed at par at the Baaxinj House of A. BEATTIE k Co. in St. Joseph Mo. H. B. lACKETT. fcol-Sm President. - New Remedies for SPERMATORRHEA HOWARD. ASSOCIATION, . - PHIXADELPHIA. A Benevolent IntSitntUm f lib Inked bw rreeial Xa iowwkent. for tm Relief of the Sic aarf bufrnscd. afflicted with Viruifntmnd Chronic Diteet. ni rpocxil) or the Curt of Duen (At Sejutti Ore 114 . MiiDICAT, ADVTCE given rrati, by tbe Aenlns; Suraeon. . Valuable Reporta on SpermatorTbaa, and otber dia- easetoi tee bxnal Orraat. and ea tbe NEW REME DIES employed in tbe Dispeatary, sent in sealed leltei envelopes, tree of cbargt. Tweor three Sump accept. Address DR. J. SKILLIN HOUGHTON, Howard: As aotMUon, No. t, Souta Nintb Street, PSa lade lpbia, Pa Dtember IS, 1861. n23-ly J. ,W. MIDDLETON, If Ay Ay "LIBERTY AND UNION", BROWN VILLE, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1863. REVOLUTIONARY HEROISM. BY ZMERSON BENNETT. Men have been immortalized for dying on the battle-field in some desperate ac tion where their personal valor became conspicuous and . changed an apparent defeat into an important victory, and though their courage was deserving of all the praise it received, yet the glorious meed of lasting fame was not more their due than that of thousands who have gone down lo an unhonorei grave without a record of a single one of their many he roic deeds and uebl self-sacrifices. It takes more true courage for a fond and loving husband, father, son, or brother, actuated only by a high sense of duty to his country, to tear himself from the em brace of a weeping wife, child, mother, or sister, and go forth to the tented field. than it does to charge a belching battery amid the exciting roar and carnage of battle. And what of the courage and sacrifice of the loving wife and mother, who, with the same high senst of duty, bids him he idolizes, who is all the world to her, go forth to peril his precious life, and leave her to weep and mourn for him as one she may never look upon again to pass long, weary days of agonizing suspense, and nights of starting, feverish sleep perhaps, too, to struggle with poverty, and suffer with sickness and privation, or see those suffer, because of his absence, whose lives are dearer to her than her own? What of her courage and self sacrifice, we say? He has gone to the stirring life of the camp, the foray and the battle-field, where the daily excite ments of a soldier't life may give some relief to his aching heart, by diverting his thoughts from what he has left be hind ; but she is left alone with her sor row, to suffer in secret, and struggle on in an almost unsympathizing, pitiless world. Vho notes and praise her cour age ? What reward has she for her great sacrifice, save tbat her'conscience tells her she has nobly done her duty ? He may fall, and the awful intellegence reach her that he sleeps in a soldier's grave, never to be seen and greeted by her again this side the dark Valley of Death; and what has she to recompense her for this loving life gone out, except the reflection that he gave his all to his country and she sanctioned the noble deed? no glory, no fame, no surround ing applause, to lighten the darkness of dessolation nothing but the secret con viction that the sacrifice was needful and Heaven approves. , . This was the heroism of-the men and women of the Revolution ; this is the heroism of the men and women of to-day ; and those who still live and suffer, should console themselves" with the certainty tbat Eternal Justice does not sleep, and that the revejd of virtue will be meeted out to them 14 eternity if not in'time. , But the heroism of the women of the Revolution was not always exhibited in a passive manner. Besides having lo bear the loss of their, supporters to struggle on in grief and poverty, thank ful if they could keep a roof over their heads and starvation from their doors-7-they were tometimes compelled to act in a manner for which they were pot fitted by either nature or education to handle the deadly weapons of the sterner sex, and defend themselves against midnight robbers and murderers. Whenever an invading army is en camped in the country of an enemy, the inhabitants for miles around are never secure in either property or life. Vi dettes, reconnoitenng and foraging par ties, re more or less abroad in every direction, to say nothing of a prowling set of thieves and murders, who follow an army as wolves do the hunter, or jackals the lion, to pounce upon whatever they can with impunity. During the war of the Revolution, these villainous ma rauders became very troublesome in some sections of the country, and the unpro tected citizens, between the lines of the two armies, often strffered terribly in life and property. In many cases thehead of the family being away with the army, the only inmates of the dwelling being one or more women, with perhaps a few children too young to afford their mother any assistance in the event of an attack; and such defenceless places the cowardly marauders delighted to assail, plunder and burn in the dead of night, not unfre quently murdering in cold blood the en tire household, or adding such foul deeds to their black list of crimes as we care not to relate. In a rather lonely part of the country, a few miles northward from Philadelphia, at the time the British look possession of the city, there stood a solitary dwelling, occupied by a Mrs. Parker, a maiden sister older than herself, and two chil dren of tender years, the husband and father being in the army under General Washington. The small farm, owned by her husband was all Mrs. Parker had to depend on for a living; and this, during his absence, was carried on by herself and sister, both working in the fields at plowing, planting and hoeing, and only getting a man's help for a few days in haying. Neither Mrs. Parker nor her sister, Miss Price,' was at all delicate in person or strength but, on the contrary, quite strong and robust and their out door labors, of course, increased their masculineness in some degree. Nor were they as timid as the greater por tion ol their sex ; but when thev found the enemy near them, and heard of the depredations and barbarities of here and there a roving band of villains, they clinched their hands, set their teeth hard, and said it was well the scoundrels did not have too such persons as themselves to deal with. It, might naturally have been asked what two women av., or for that matter, two men either could do to ONE AND INSEPARABLE, NOW AND FOREVER." protect themselves against a party of ten or twenty armed desperadoes ; but, as we could answer the question to-day by telling what they did do under just such circumstances, we will- proceed to state the facts that we wish to make known. As one means of protection, and also to destroy any game, troublesome or otherwise, that might chance in their way, a loaded rifle was always kept in the house, and this weapon both of the sisters had learned to haudle with nearly as much skill as the master of the dwell ing himself. In order, too. that there might never be any lack of ammunition, Parker, before enlisting for the war, had purchased a keg of pjwder in the city, and stored it in the cellar, in a little cell prepared expressly for it, where it was kept perfectly dry, and with little or no danger to the inmates. ' Now, one dark night at a late hour, the sisters were aroused from their sleep by a rapid succession of thundering blows upon one of the outer doors of their dwelling, and th?y also heard several gruff voices ripping out the most blasphe mous oaths and demanding instant admit tance. "Sally," said Mrs. Parker, starting up in bed, "it's them cutthroats and robbers, come to try their hand on us' "Justso, Nancy," replied Miss Price, springing out of bed and hurrying on some of her clothes, "and you know what ,we always said we'd do in case they did come. "It's awful though, aint it?" returned the other, in a tone of considerable alarm and dismay, as she hastened to follow the example of fer sister. "Oh. my poor dear children ! if we should fail, what will become of them ?" "Die, I s?pose, like we will," said the maiden aunt. "But it won't doo to fool away any time in tajkmg we've got to act and that, too, before, the scoundrels get in. I'll go and speak 'em fair, and keep 'em from breaking in if I can, whilst you run and get the powder." "Will we need a light?" asked Mrs. Parker. "Yes, but I'll lend to that ; you won't want any to get the powder with, 'cause it aint ourselves we want to blow up." With this both hurried out of their bed room into a large apartment, which occupied nearly the whole of the front side of the dwelling, and was used, as is customary in farm houses, as a sitting room, dining-room and kitchen. From this apartment a door led outside, another into the cellar, and a third into a wing of small dimensions, which was much newer than the main building, and was princi pally used as n kind of . work-shop and store room. 1 Who's there, and what do you want ?" screamed out Miss Price, as soon as she reached the kitchen, while her sister hurried down the cellar stairs to get the' powder. . Open the door, you angel, and we'll tell .you," was answered from the but- side, accompanied with a laugh that was neither merry nor musical. "Well, you ought to' tell. us who you j are and what you want before we open the door, 'cau.e we're only two lone women, that don't like - to let everybody in at this time of night," rejoined Miss Price, as she busied herself in lighting a caudle. "Oh, we're real gentlemen, we is just the kind to suit two seen ladies as yoJr said the same voice. "Come, be quick now. will you? 'cause we're git- ting tired of waiting, and some on us might take a notion to stave the door in, d'ye see ?" By this time Mrs, Parker had reap peared, with the keg of powder in her arms, and, lighted and directed by her sister, whose sharp features expre.-sed a desperate determination, she hastened to place it in the shop-room, about half way between the door opening from the main building into it and another that led to the party outside. Miss Price then took down the loaded rifle from the hooks on which it rested, and, having1 reprimed it from a horn, hastened to set the candle- on the floor, a little beyond the keg of powder, so that the light shone full upon it. "Oh, my poor children ? God help us all !" said Mrs. Parker, in a low, agita ted tone. "It will all depend upon one single shot, Nancy," returned her sister, with compressed lips and an unquailing eye, as she placed a chair in the doorway, between the larger and smaller buildings, for her rifle to rest on while-she sighted it. "I dont hardly 'sped I'll live through it, whether our plan succeeds or not," she added, solemnly ; "so just kiss me good-bye. Nancy." The sisters now embraced, Mrs. Par ker giving way to tears and sobs, but Miss Price remaining firm and outwardly composed. "There, Nancy," pursued the maiden sister, as if she were giving directions about some of the ordinary affairs of life, "we're as ready now as we can be, I 'spose so just run and shove back the bolts of the shop door, but don't make any noise about it, and then hurry into the bedroom, to your children, and pray for all of ns. If God is pleased to smile I upon ail our hopes, ,you and they most likely will be saved, and my poor life aint much matter one way or t'other." "Oh, Sally," sobbed Mrs. Parker, "how can I see you give yourself up to die for me and my children?", . "Oh, that's nothing, -Nancy.: I've got to die some time, and I don't much care about living, except for you and the little dears, and you can often kiss 'era for me and tell 'em about aunty. . William, that should have been mine, he's in Heaven, you know,' and may be when I die I shall meet hinv again. But, come! come! there aint no more time to talk for al- Ay Ay Ay Ay ax ready them scoundrels is trying to break down the door. This was literally true. The party outside becoming madly impatient at the delay of those inside to throw open the door to . them, were now in the act of battering it down, and loudly cursing and swearing at the occupants of the dwell ing. Mrs. Parker then hastened to undo the bolts of1 the -wing door, which for some reason the assailants had not touched, and when she got back to her sister, the latter was kneeling before the chair in the doorway. hir rifle rested and pointed at the keg. "Go, Nancy go and may God bless you!" "And you, Sally !" sobbed the other, as she again kissed her and hurried away to the room in which her innocent children were still sleeping, undisturbed by the noise, and unconscious of their danger. "Hallo, outside there!" now called out Miss Price, in a loud tone ; "what are you trying to do?" "Break in, you she witch !" cried one of the robbers. , "Well, can't you wait for me to open the door ?v "Not unless you quick about it !" "Well, I can't get that ere door open ; but t'other one's all right ; come in that way, will you ?" The pounding ceased, and a moment after a voice exclaimed, "Ah ! here we are !" and as the door swung back a dozen men came crowding into the room. The foremost had just barely got a glimpse of our heroine, sighting her rifle, and was in tne act of springing aside to escape being shof, when she fired the whole charge directly into the keg of powder, which instantly exploded with a tremendous report, tearing the wing all to pieces, considerably shattering the main building, and killing ten of the fif teen midnight marauders blowing heads and legs and arms and bodies in every direction. Of the five that now remained alive two were wounded, and all so ter ribly frightened as to think nothing of so much importance as a hurried flight from the scene of the disaster. The noble-minded heroine herself was blown back across the kitchen, but for tunately was not killed, though seriously injured. Her sister found her in the darkness and confusion, by her groans, and cared for her so tenderly afterward that she finally recovered. The explosion was heard for miles around; and the next day the news flew so rapidly, that before night at least fifty people were gathered vat the farm, be sides a small body of American troopers ; all of whom assisted in collecting and burying the dead villains, clearing away the rubbish, and putting things into as comfortable a shape as possible for the sisters, who had resolved to remain where they were. On being questioned as to why she did not fire the powder by a train, instead of shooting into it, Miss Prise replied, that she had feared it might fail, and she preferred, risking her life to make the thing sure and thus save her sister aud the children. Such noble heroism had many parallels during the war of the Revolution. Married by Chancte. The Count de M lived in a state of single and independent blessedness. fie was yet young, very rich, and was sur rounded by everything that could give enjoyment to life except a wife. He had frequently thought of becoming a husband, but always declared off before the knot was tied. Once, however, he found himself very nearly committing the folly of matrimony. . A young per son, the daughter of one of his friends, pleased him her fortune pleased him not less, perhaps, than he'r beauty and accomplishments, and there were other reasons of convenience, etc., to justify the union. The Count, who so frequently made the first step towards matrimony, but as frequently drawn back, had not yet de cided upon the course he should adopt in this case he had promised the friends of the lady repeatedly, but had made no outward sign of performance. His future mother, however, knowing his weakness in this respect, resolved to bring matters to a termination, and therefore demanded of the Count whether he would not many her daughter, and requested an immedi ate reply. The Count found himself in great embarrassment. At this moment his fears and hesitation returned with more force than ever he trembled at the consequences. To give up his cherished habits of bachelorhood, he found, was hard it was almost impossible to abandon them. In this emergency he resolved to appeal 1 to chance. He wrote two letters in one he accepted the hand of the young lady, in the other refused it. He tten put them into a hat, and called his servant, "Take one of these letters," said he, "and carry it to the Chatteau de ." "Which sir?" " "Which you please." The servant chose t. letter. The Count burnt the other without opening it. A distance of ten leagues separated the two chateaus. The domestic must be absent twenty-four hours ; twenty four hours must elapse tefore the Count knew his fate. His situaf ion is anything but sgreeable he knows not during twenty-four hours whether he is a mar ried man or a single one whether he has still tha power to dispose of himself, or whether he is alread y disposed of. The domestic returned he had carried the letter of acceptation, and M. de M is, even at this time, the happiest hust and in that part of the country. , Slight or Hani. Refusing an offer of marriage. Ay 4r NO. 10. Dollars In Dixie. When we hear of a pair of boots being sold for S100 in the South, it is not so much an evidence that boots are enor mously high there, as the rebel shinplas ters are almost valueless. The exchange brokers of Richmond are now. it is said, buying all the United States currency they can lay their hands on, at the rate of from ten to twelve Dixie dollars for every one dollar greenback. Union pris oners are importuned by rebel specula tors to part with their funds on these terms, as it is rumored that several lead ing "Seceders" are endeavoring (under the rose) to provide for a rainy day by exchanging the "legal tenders" of Trea son for Union bills. The Richmond pa pers denounce all such transactions, and recommend that parties engaged in them be dealt in as public enemies ; but the fact that the authorities do not interfere, renders it highly probable that members of the rebel government aud probably the arch-traitor himself are implicated in the business. The light value placed by the rebels themselves upon their government car rency, and their anxiety to barter it on almost any terms for our paper, indicate as clearly as the defeat of their armies and the capture of their stronghold, that the end of the great revolt approaches. When four hundred dollars, currency, are given for a double eagle, as was the case not long ago in South Carolina, it is a tolerably significant sign that the "sin ews of war" are snapping. One may believe, therefore, that the great con spiracy against the Union is now totter ing to it-j fall. New York Ruffiawism. Among the 'institutions" that have made most head way in the city of New York during the l.tst five-and-twenty years, may be classed we think the Noble Order of Ready handed Ruffians. The palmy days of the N. O. of R. R. commenced some twenty odd years ago with the hiring of pugil ists and bullies, by opposing political fac tions. These men were engaged by silk stocking politicians to do the knock-down and drag-out business at sharply-contested elections, for so much in money down, and a chance at the spoils in case their backers triumphed. The conse quence was just what might have been expected. The rowdies appreciated their own value. They formed terrorist asso ciations, and offered their services to the highest bidder in open market. Little cared they for the police. Their friends were the very men who at that time controlled the police department. We cannot be too thankful that it is not so now. After a time these bandit rowdies came to be recognized by the different party "organizations as matter-of-course auxiliaries an'! retainers, and received wages from their employers as regularly as if they had been journeymen mechan ics. The rowdyism with which our city has ever since been infested sprang from a political root, and was fostered, encour aged and rendered formidable by men in high places. - ' Job's Patience as Viewed bt a Lady. "if there is a proverb that needs revamping, it is 'the patience of Job ' Now, in the first place, Job wasn't pa tient. Like all the rest of his sex, from that day to the present, he could be he roic only for a little while at a time. He began bravely, but ended, as most of them do under annoyance, by cursing and swearing.. Patience of Job ! Did Job ever try, when he was hungry, to eat shad with a frisky baby in his lap ? Did Job ever tiy, after nursing one all night, and upon taking his seat at the breakfast table the morning after, to pour out coffee for six people, and second cups at that, before he had a chance to take a mouth ful himself ? . Pshaw ! I've no patience with Job's patience. It is of. no use to multiply instances ; but there's not a faithful house-mother in the land who does not out-distance him in the sight of men and angels every hour in the twenty four." The lady who writes the above, would probably admit, however, that Job was rery patient for a man. British Superstition. The other day a laboring man from Worplesdon called upon a chemist in Guildford, and gravely informed him that his wife had been bewitched two years ago, and that she had remained in that state ever since, much to the grief of her husband and family, and the anTopyae of her neigh bors. He said that heTid been informed that if he got a quarter ot a pourjfl of mercury and mixed it up with the yolk of two eggs, and gave a dose to his wife night and morning in water, "over which the living and dead had been carried," she would recover.. Of course the chem ist tried to ridicule him out of his silly notion, but the foolish man went away as fully pursuaded as before that his wife was bewitched, and avowing his inten tion of getting the mercury and the water before he quitted Guildford. Long Range. It is said of the Ferris gun that it throws shell nine miles, or nearly twice the distance the big gun at tained with which Gilmore stilled Char leston. Such a range as this seems in credible, but so would a distance of fire miles have beea considered a few months ago. An Excellent Baboain. -It is re ported that the Princess Alexandra, when asked by the Prince cf Wales for her hand in marriage, prcpss? J to grant it for twenty-five shillings, which, said she, archly, is equal, you know, to one sov ereign and one crown in England. When a thing does not suit you, think of some pleasant quality in it. There is nothing so bad as it might le. W hen ever you catch yourself in a fault-finding remark, say something approving in the same breath, and you will soon be cured. NEBRASKA ADVERTISER. RATES OF ADVUHTISING. One square (ten lines or lis)one insertion, $1 M Each addilivoal insertion - - - M Each additional inserti Boaines CarUa, sis line or less, one year One column oneyear -One half colnmn ne year - - -Ode fonrth colomn on year - - -One eighth column one year One column six months -One half column ij rroriths One fonrtb column sta month Oneeisbtbaf a column six months - . One column three months - " - -One half wJumB three numtb . -One fourth colomn three months - One eUhth col nmn three months Annonncinc Candidates for Office, CO 9 00 40 09 36 60 IS M 40 S 60 IS 00 11 CO 2 aO 13 SO 13 00 0 00 S 00 Transient advertisement m out be paid for le advance. Tearly advertisements, o.narterly in advance. In Transcient Advertisements, fractions over one sanare will be charted for by the line, at tbe rate of lets i enlstba first week, anl S cents each subsequent week General Bnrnslde's Operations. The dispatch of General Bumside, an nouncing the capture of a rebel brigade and fourteen pieces of artilery, at Cum berland Gap, will be read through the country with gratification and surprise. The General's plan of operations for the occupation of East Tennessee, seems to have been well laid and admirably exe cuted. While every body not posted (and the beauty of it was, few were posted,) though his movement into East Tennessee would be timed by the march of his infantry, he divided his forces, mov ing his infantry, under General Hartsuff, direct upon Cumberland Gap. He then put himself al the head of his cavalry, and moved with the utmost celerity to the right of Cumberland Gap, and crossed the mountains, was soon deep in East Tennessee, and was joined, near Kings ton, as is supposed, by a division of General. Ro.ecrans's army. Turning to the left he appeared at Knoxville, doubt less as much to the astonishment of ths rebels as to the gratification of the Union people. The enemy appeard to havo been confounded by his evasion of the mountain passes, where they had looked for him, and the almost unexampled ra pidity of his movements. John Morgan : never made better time. Grant's swoop through Mis-issippi was not more star tling to rebeldom. After the capture of Knoxville, General Barnsidf disap--peared for a time. Some corjectured that he would effect a junction with Gen eral Rosecrans, but they probably were not infoiraed that he had not his infant ry with' him. Now, we can see plainly what he"was about. - The prize of two thousand prisoners and fourteen pieces of artillery at Cumberland Gap tells the story. This appears to be one of iht? most interesting and brilliant episodes of the war. Cincinnati Commercial. One of the most curious instances of eccentricity occured iu England so lately ? as 1833 in which a will, where the testa tor had left his money, away from his relatives, to his housekeeper, was dispu ted on the ground of intrinsic evidence of insanity in the document itself. Therein the testator had directed his ex ecutor "that they should cause some part of his bowels to be converted into fiddle strings ; that others should be submitted into smelling salts; anl that the remain der of his body should be vitrified into lenses for optical purposes." Sir H. Jener, however, held that insanity was not " proved, although the deceased had certainly exhibited a most uncomen de sire of making himself generally useful. . A man near Cleveland, Ohio, applied for exemption from the draft because an ' old mother needed his cherishing care. To showhow much feeling this affectionate son has for his old mother, the neighbor say he haj had her coffin in the house for over two years. Ho came to town with a load of wood one day, and being unable to sell it, he contrived to trado ; it uff with an undertaker for a coffin, his . mother being old, might die suddenly, and then, a3 Mrs. Toodles says, "how handy it would be to .have it in the house." Being of a frugal as well as an ingenious turn of mind, he put the coffin in the cellar to keep turnips, against such time as the old lady might drop off. ' Reorganization or Florida. Mr. L. J. Stickney, Tax Cornmi-soricr of Florida, arrived in Washington a few days since. He came for the purpose ' of representing to he President the de- -sire of the people of Florida that a force should be sent to that State to relieve ' them, from rebel rule of which he says they are heartily tired that they may be enable to reorganize the Staty Gov ernment and elect members of Congress. He says that if such a force is sent im- . mediately their Senators and Repre sentaves can bo elected in time to' tako their seats in Congress at the commence- raent of the next session. A little chivalry was minifest among the rebels at Charleston, in their treat ment of those who died in their hospi tals? Quite a number of small articles and money, belonging to deceased mem bers of the New Hampshire Reg., were sent to the regiment under a flag of truce. This is one of the best indications that the Union will soon be itself again, as such acts on the part of the rebels un doubtedly betray that their reason is re turning. . We do not die wholly at our death ; wo have mouldered away long before. Fa culty after faculty, interest after interest, attachment after attachment disappear ; we are torn from ourselves while liing year after year stes os no longer th-i same, and deatn only consigns the lat fragments of what we were so the grave." It was John Armstrong of Jersey City who ate a plate of ice cream at a fair for the benefit of sick an dwouuded sol diers, laid down a frvehundered dctlar treasury note and cooiTy declined tho change. The circumstance was indorst d on the back of the note by a lady atten dant, and came to light in Washington". Coal Oil. To illustrate how one dij- covenr or invention onens the way for others, we hive seen it stated that the discovery of coal oil has given rbe to more than a thousana inventions: over three hundred of which have laen paten ted for lamps to burn it in. ' Fanny Kemble says in. her recently published Journal, "I have always thought that the death I would prefer to all others, would be to break my neck off the back of a horse at a full gaihp on a fine day." . Thisistheendofthecolumn. ; -
