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About Nebraska advertiser. (Brownville, Nemaha County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1856-1882 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1867)
t i 0-' r c ? : - - - ? ! A sr - - 7 4S. i-;rt;"r? I--" ' v aro- Sa'csrj; ir.ust invar: ij, b ; v !j Aa t2" B-x.S 7cr5, r.J r:.i.ri fxr.fr ., Vcr'i .- ti? iet s:ji3, o3 s:ri e. LIBERTY AND UNION, ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FORLVER." BROWNYILLE, NEBEASKA, : THUBSDAY, MAY' .23, 1867, VOL. XL. ' -; .'v .. r (3 v CHARLES G. HORSEY LTTORiTET AT LAW Jul Door fo Carson's Bank. . KlS STREET J.W.BLACEBURIT.II.D. TENSION EXAjIIXLXu SUCGEO S, Itnltn tif rr 'ff3ioml service to the citiztns ot flrriCE 4T CITT DRUG STORE. yipbtrll it hi liosidenre in Mr llsjori lloaf livitet itrcct, bcfwfen 5th and 6ihr ' "JACOB MAROIIN' mer:o H'A. 1ST T STKET, BSOWSVILLE, SESRASKi f 9 .CITY BREWERY. SHRINER&BRIEGEL, En jrt got Jheir Drerrrry nier full inrning; wder, thj are tow mukin ng go-il i'ter as cu te tnde in tho Uiiited Mates. "With iLeirlRcil lliei for mkicg Hecr, tbey ere rep-ircd tu Jurnihb rj quactivt on fho ix noiice. Ail orders fillt-d as soon ns received NOTICE TO FARMERS. The . uudcrslgncd foving rcnlcJ 4tbe Drowaville ; Julits iliis vtod of informing ik pub- uc llicl nt xidtnJs doing CUSTOM WORK ! for the ircommcdauon of fiirairrp and -oMier thf tomin ea)n . The mi!l is noxr in eperation hq I ho bkf e hest to g;u?. are roj rci Tally invited to giTe me trial, as 1 am confident of giving gen- . fltifiirti;n. Tht fughtil cash price given for uhtat. 26if F. W. MORRIS. GATES &BOUSFIELD, BUI C K LAY EES PL A S T4EDR E R S . Brovnvi:ic, XcbrasLa, Uka rnntracu tor Un. ki.tym, l'lA'terin. : tnildinif Cietcrn?, and do acj tl ir in tlietr line j in the tcont PtfitTuctory and KcrkaiiUibke inanLcr. Auj.rOjUGP. x-47-ly i teilt.ill.emclt, Millinery & FGney. Goods Htla Street one door west ol the Tost OHlce nnouAvi le, xe:iirasua. A tnnerinr atri.k Cull , n U'i.r ; jt received. Everything in tb Millinery line WtfnWta0tly on hand. Drm-Making , Lonnet " f-vtlneand Triramir t df:r. tr rr:'ir. V;t.berK25 ItCi. v?-u--XSly .Evan Worthing, 'Holcsilc a Kctalljealer b Choice iquors, Wines, Ale, Bear, PITTS RlFFAtO THRASHING XACIIIXE, XCw lORIi sELr R i MG RCAPLR. qUAItCRSIOW '"TORUd.X,SCIL 1:112 tftTVA- - Main Street, Brownville 2DWARD T7. THOMAS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SOLICITOR INJJIIAICCERr, NVILLE, NEBRASKA. JOSEPH SIIUTZ it;Vu't.refeired.,',Kl,rin corstant'jeep on w Dcor vest of JG rents Shre, Lrov ril'c, .Vdraxl:c. Of ct v -oioix-ixifj ."iKoiuj;5 5rlt'e' knJ Jewelrj uU on tte tbori- 'n''::f'-'rt- "ET-i IV.i, j;s?. 13-SMy 5' rV :vr -;) C. P. STEWET. 1.1. D. or':prcr: J-cnth - East corner of Main and Fir?t Ftrect? i2RGv;VILI.E, r.ERRlSIIA. ;rnci Horns 7 to & a. M.r.nd 1 to 2 and t t- Ti p. u. Drownvii:e,N'cbrafk8,'.!ay 5?b, IS" 5 No 34, ly. A. S. HCLLADAY, LI. D GracZuatril In ISSS.' Located in Iliuwnvillc ia . mmm. mm AS D OBgTETRIC EA-IST Dr. II. bes cn band complete etg cf Anputat Trejihinic and Obstetrical instruments. OScc: IloIIaday k Co's Bn:g Store Tiro Dcors East of Post OJlce: P. S. Special attentitin pjrrn to Obstetrics and ibe diseases oC women aDd children. x-44-!y CHARLES HELLMER, " "iain St f 2 doors below EroT.vr.TiUe House, TIOWKVIIjLE XT. T. ITaaon hand a eopericr Etnrk of Coot and Sbres r.d tbe best material and ability for doing CUSTOM WORK Repairing done icifh rvalues s and dispatch r231y Terri: si Cnisli. fn.nn FRANZ HELMER, OPPOSITE DEUSER'S TIN-SHOP, DROITXTZLLI TiEBRASIIA. WAGONS, JVTJGGIE3, PI,0"W3,CULTI VITORS, 6.e.,KepHit.e loii fi-ort notUe, at low rales, nd -arrantefl to giv aii.sta;ti 'ii. x-13-fu nn . AMERICAN HOUSE. I God Feed and Livery StaI)Ic In conncctio'n n iih tbe House. L D. ROBKISQH. PROPRIETOB. Front Street, between Main and Water, cro v. iLir:, xrbrasiia. May, SOth 1SCG. 10 3G ly t . T.W.Tipton O.ILIIewett J:S.Cburcb TIPTOE ilEVETT & CHURCH SUtornqis'at fiu), BROWNVILLE, KEBRASKA. March 1st. '56. Ij. " A. ROBINSON, BOOT MIS ' li ilil ifaia Between 1ft & Od Ftrfet Tke8 tliio uieibiiil i.l infotn.id tbo pul lic that he ba? on hand a ?pl-.ndid HJ!?.;rtnant of tieat'a ajd Ladie'a Mines' and Cblldrens'a BOOTS AND SHOKS. f3"Cottou v.ork clucc itli neutuet- nd UistatcliJ5 iiepaiiing done on short notice. 10-JU tiiun TO THE FARMERS OF NF21AIIA CO., AM) YIlLMTi' would respectfully say that I. hare and ntn now receiving a larpe stock of Winter end Eprir V7car. I keep constantly en 1 Ld a full csfsortment cf GEHT'S CLOTH 111 G .Of ell Kindt. Rcvcr CSolIi Ccats, ranis i. Tests. French Cloth Clothing in Latest tiytcs. Casshncre Gccds til ficEciipticns. ALSO: . ; urnismng Goods, TO SUIT Till: TRADE. All cf tvhich I propose to s?II as Cheap or Cheaper Tlian any cf Tny Competitors. ' All I ask is for the .citizens of Nernaha and adjoining counties TO GIVE HE A CALL . $nd fad cd for ihnnsclvcs REMEMEE1 THE lililiLbii brJlJlLjMlliUj M.IiSr STREET, S. SEE." IAN. It. V. FrUXAS. .0 , c CO., Livcrv, Feed.and Sale Stable. ' ml l 4 -I isrown villi: lUAIvA- Deakrsin all khii s cf Fir-'1. Hc: I-oct,SoU trd EjcUr.r.rci. St -ok Icarded by tb day cr A L-.r-c COi.'UALL tttached to S'.tVur.- ' a: j C!.W . COESEV. LUTIII3 IiC ATLEY. CnA3.C.D0aSHV DOKSEY, HOADLET &C0., REAL ESTATE AGENTS, and Dealers in Land tvarrants.rjid ricultuzal Colic o L czir:. Office, m Land Office Building, ' XSx-OTTcrxx-o-AlIo.rTo'ti. P-uy and fell improved find unimrrcved Lands. May Sell, and locate Land Warrants, and egri- cjiinral crl''Q Scrip. ' ;!t.V i! careful fdections .of govern mcnt Lcudf for li:cti;n, Homes tesdi, and pre-e.ninor.3. Attend to contested Homestead an j pre -emptioc ci.-'cs , in tbe Land ii.;e. Ieturs of isulry, rtcptly and cbeerfullj an swered. . Ccrresponden ce Sol iciiedjZ 2otf imvm Iioucs-S'lsri & Ornamental Glazier, Gilder, Giaiaer, PApER HANGER etc. All work done in a workman like manner, and on Etrickly O -L 3 2zl TERMS. exi DOOBirrsTOf aaowsTiiis noss ry -1 jSTEW fiem . AND R. T. RAINET S: V7. D. LEWIS " succrssoits to raisey c co. Respectfully inform the Citizens cf the City end Covnty that they are in receipt oj a large and complete assortment cf Ladie's Dress Goods, WHITE GOO lis, OSSslHLir Wilh an endless variety "of NO T I O N 8, Together with the Largest Stock of Custom Made ' BOOTS' AND SHOES' Ever brought to this City all of which was purchased prior to the late advance in gold, which enables us to offer supe- nr enducements to those desircus cf pur chasing. We also, keep onliand a frssb Slock of ' . Groceri.es Anda good assortment of QUEUE SWAB. E . Kemenier tne Place, Main Street, On Door above the Postoftoc, Urownville, Nebraska. tMO-JIy in.cn Philip Philips & Co. TVboIcsale and retail dealers ia FIANHS, ORGAS, , . AND MELODEONS. WctcrB A-onts for Decker Brothers, Patent plataji-no-rourte. - The?e Pianoa r the odIv irUuuj,nts ia:vde in thia country or Europe, with the fu'l iron franae, in which - - ' Hl the Strings rest vpon IVooJen Bsar- ings and in which norc of the Tuning rinj po t'nrongh ihelren Plate. This arranjroiiot prod ucb3 a More" Refined Tone, with combined Sweetness and great Power, and more perfect quality thorgh the entire "eslet and the capacity of Stiindinij Longor in tcne mil retaining its fupcior qnantity cf tone, than any oJher instrument. Ccncrat Agents for L. D. A II. W. SnaitU'l AMERICAN ORGANS. r f Tbe American Oraas,aro the enly real reel Or cns tow befo.-o tha public The only Oran bav- Bcvcderatlng Ssur.d Box, or JVind Chest. VTbic'i baa tbe jama iirportant part to perform as the S )uniin P..ard bi'-a ia llie Piano-Forte, (to f.ive l-cdj and resoiiioce of tone)and wit'acut which .tte 9' tola tomo3 tierely a ildodeoa in s.a Oran Tbe Anseriin Orpma n oly , Kave the wind client or Foard bos, but here tbe lare prrfaa bl-UiTi-, giving rxnrer and gTe6 iUadinesi of tone. 'Ibeje with tbeir enreuia Cve voicir.,; of t'aa rtedi aiid pctfeetingof ' tu tone, ciak taea it: mTuost Perfect Organ Known. Tho inprovernents. witl: snperioriy of tone anl TTork:aahip,lce th Azneriesn Organs in the frostrnckaj tbe boit.icd they conciaand birnfr r;ce thin ary other rt.w icstrament in the n:iktt lh;e Crgsni reoeived the First Treiiian at tie rat S-t. Louis Fair in Ccto!-er. 1 uiluhcra cf ir.o 'Sia?;af Pilmai for tatiaT Pr-Vrt 1 Sin- f.r w f'irv.n)ir i i .jiLiio L; 10., . 111 COTEBSOR'JS IILSSAGE. . Gentlemen cj the S.nale end House of Re present at ive s : Fvt the second time have you been called together by proclamation for spe-cif-c purpose?, during he thort period that has elapsed siuce your term com menced by tbe provisions cf the Consti tution. Bat you are not th: tirae a body cf doubtful p wars and cf precarious ex istence, dependent upun a future contin ge ncy for a dcfiuiiiou of your statui.and a recognition of your acts. On the 1st day of March last, six day subsequent to your la e adjournment, the President of the United States, ty proclamation, communicated the admission of cur new State, and by breathing life into the Con a'liuiiou submitted by the Territorial Legislature, and ratified by the popular vote, conferred upon you the legislative authority of a soereign people. The tramers of the Constitution evi den ly did not expect so long a lapse of time between the date of its ratification by the people, and its acceptance by the . torraal txJciission of Nebraska into the Union by act cf Congress, would ensue, as to preclude an early regular session of the State Legislature. In cmsequence of this delay, it became tha imperative duty of the Executive to convene you for a special session. . As the pijBvisicn3 of the Constitution make it necessary that the- subjects of legislation to be considertd duriagr such a sessioa, shall be stated in the- Gover nor's proclamation, and repeated in his message to both houses when assembled, and as the exigences of the State require that mis session shalltj as far as prac ticable, take the plu.ee of a regular aes on, 1 have etdtavored to cover, ia my proclamation. all the ground necessary , to enable you to set the machinery of State m motion, 'and to render the cnange of a Territorial to a State government as free front iLConvemence as may be. It is needless for me to enlarge upon the duties that the peculiar situation of ihe'Siate requires of you. " As, at the time ot youi selection by the people it was well understood that upon you would devolve these grave respousioilities, I doubt not that you will prove equal to ihe task, and will justify the coufiwence that has Leen reposed in your wisdom aud paixoiisia 1 trust that no clashing of local inter ests, no pertinaci'y ot adherence to mi nor details and unimportant measures, may be allowed to obstruct or.dehy, the transaction of the large amount of busi ness urgently required .to ensure the uuembarrassed working of the Stai Gov ernment, and the prosperity of your con stituents. ":.''".''". jNo state Las' ever entered the Union under mure favorable auspices thaa ..our -"11 r f . li own. rraciicayy iree iroru Gent, our credit is sound,aud our resources entirely available for present and tuture needs. Our facilities for communication witfx tne East and the South have been greatly increastd during the present year, aud toe Rocky Mouutams and the shorss of tlitj Pacific are rapidly drawing near to us, as the construction train of the 'Union Pacific" makes its daily progress west ward. Tae tide of emigrations that at; the close ot ihe rebellion commenced to pour over cur .borders., has experienced no abatement, but has continued, with ac celerated speed, to people our fwrttle prairies with hardy pioneers, and to con tribute the necessary labor and capital lor the development of our latent wealth. , The ample reports of the .condition of our fmances and the general prosperity of cur people, contained in the late mes sage ot Acting Governor Paddock to the Tentorial Legi-lature, renderta it un necessary for me io enter into any. de- ia.is at present, xiud Jl thai! confine .my: sell , therefore, to tbe statement or ; such subjects of legislation as you are fnecial- ly called upon to consider. In . 'their enumeration I shall foiL'w the order in which they appear ia my proclamation, rather thini attempt to indicate their rel ative inipoe'ianceby any rule of precedence 1. The revision or amendment of the i Election Law, the provision of penalties for the violation thereof, .and the enact ment of a law for the Registering of vo ters. That a change is needed ia the elec tion law, seems manifest frcm the num ber of contested, cses that have annual ly come up for decision in the Termor; al Legislature. Serious chargea are be ing continually ofthe election of parties' Jioldirg the proper certificates. The law rtpulating contests beitg necessarily somewhat complex, and productive of expense, it is found burdensome to com ply with its details, and Letce 'must arise abuses cf the popular franchise. wcud seem the part cf wisdom to provide suc'i sateuards at the ballot-box itself, as would obviate the necessity of a frequent resort to the tedious course, prescribed in thi law regulating contents. A law requiring the ballots q be curabered.was formerly ia force, and doubtless served as afccheck upon illegal voting. ;2?ut the Legislature, deciding perhaps, that' its violation of the secrecy cf ballet mors thau counterbalanced its .advantage as a wholesoma restrcint'upen fraud, at a late session saw fit "to repeal it Et the most effectual safeguard hzs, ia my opin ion, teen found m the systesa requinrg all electors to be registered, Especially h this called for ia cities and 'large towns, whzre the pilars throned with men, f erscpally unknown to the judges and no adequate means csci ULdr ibe ! present siem, t;$vi p te.u tLi legal I uy cf r.arsy cf the laibts cr.ered. - I therefore respectfully recoenmsed the Legislature to provide for the. elec tion or appointment cf Registers cf Elec tion in each county and incorporated city in the State, whose duty it shall ba to keep books wherein the names ofaSl the uualified voters shall be duly enrolled clotbidg them with the necessary au.bor ity totn'orcg such rules ad regulations as may be prescribed for their introduc tion, and to provide that all citizens cf the State whose names have been thus enrolled prior to certain specified times, and none others, .shall be legally, en titled to the franchis-2. 2. The revision or amendment cf the Statute relating to ProsecuOngAnorndys. In accordance with the present law. each county, elects, at the same time with ether county ofScers, a Prosecuting Attorney, whose compensation, within certain limits, is fixed by the court, and allowed by the commissioners. In co instance. is the compensation suilicient to I make the office a remuuvrative one to a lawyer of experience and ability. Nur are the duties of this office sufficient to employ but a small portion of the time of the incumbent. In order to obviate these difficulties, the proprietor oit amending the law is worthy ot your consideration By abolishing the ofijee of County Pros ecuting Attorney, and creating that of District Prosecutor, we should have but three suih officers ia the State, vrho would be fully occupied by their duties, and iully remunerated for their iime and semces, without at all increasing, the expenses of the several counties. ' This would doubtless secure the services cf competent officers, and tend to the ma terial increase of county school funds,and render the conviction and punishment cf criminals and occurrence less rare than at present. 3. The revision cr amendment cf the general incorporation law. As the Constitution prohibits the pas sage of special acts, confer ring corporate powers, the interests of the State imperatively demand a thorough and. extensive general law under whicn corporations may be formed. The sub ject ihereiore requires your earnest ton sideraiion, aud it is to be hoped that jou well exercise your best judgment, in framing such a law as will fully meet the exigencies of the case, that there may be no impediment left in the way ot commercial enterprise, and if push ing on to completion such internal im provements as are required for the pros perity of cur people, at the same time caretuliy guardiug against monopolies and o'xher abuses. 4. The revision or amendment of the Statute regulating interest. There seems to be a growing feeling of autagonistn to the long cherished idea of regulating by law the price or hire of money. Lis held by many businessmen, as well as by the majority,: perhaps, of political economists, that, lite all other commodities that make up the subject matter of commercial transactions', mon ey should bring whatever its value is ra ted at in the market. . ' That the law of demand and supply" should govern the rate of interest, as well as the price ot labor and merchandise, and that all at tempts to legislate in a matter already regulated by natural laws are necessari ly futile. From time immemorial usury laws have been successfully evaded by the ingenuity of business men, and. the question naturally arises as to their ex pediency. Without expressing any opin ion upon the matter, 1 simply-mention it as a subject of legislation ihat it may be open to your consideration. 5. The revision or amendment cf the Revenue law. " A bill, making some judicious changes in this law, was passed just before the adjournment cf the late Territorial Leg i&lature, but through a formal error,fail ed to obtain the signature of tha Execu tive. J3elievu:g that the objects it was intended to accomplish, were for the public good I submit the subject for your action. Your attention is also called to the fact that, by recent deeesions, the power cf States to tax the shares cf the National Eanks.has been established, and it would be proper to amend the 'lay so as to include this species of property in the tax list. 6. The amendment cf section thirty eight of chapter forty-three, of the Re vised Statute, regulating the appoint ment of Commissioners of Deeds. A clause cf this section copfines the number of Commissioners of deeds ia any city or county ol the United States to one. It seems apparent that this clause found its way into the Revision through: au inadverdency. A law simi lar in its provisions had .been formerly ia for.ee, but previously to . the revision had been amended, and in constq lence of such amendment, appointments had been bade isi many places, and commis sions issued to several .persons ia .the same city or county, who are still ia pos session of such' commissions, and trans acting business under them. Ia ether respects ihe law as it cow stands is a hardship, for but a single com nissfener for this State ia many cf ihe large cities would seem entirely inadequate to aa3 trer the ejects for which commissioners are appointed. And there can hardly be any objection to aa increase' of the number, for' facilitating business, asd ininisterinj to the ecavenifxee ci reai deits cf the:3 localities. I reccmn.ed, thersfcre, that the clause "cot exceeding ens, ia any ess city cr county" strik en o;2t, 7m Jb.o i3vl:."ca cr a-iuent c; lbs C- o e ,a nosv t: it tht z ;rcu3 endowment c: Lands, ret apart fcr school pur p.; 523, comes under our ccatcal, that a liberal enlightened school system be inaugura ted as soon as practicable. For th3 at lainmsnt of this, we havs rnioy advan tages n:t possessed at the ou'set by the svs'.em ci Free Schools is no longer an experiment with the American people. It3 ccveiprneat has ben gradual but contiaj,.I, sines its early adoption upon thi .At:anti: sh'.res, and' now it is the chief gloix oi" Re public. Perfected as it has been by ex perience and study.it will not be difficult a : 10 cull from the legislation cr :er States the best material with which to construct a board and ampls coie. suited to the peculiarities cf our country and population. Your most earnest attention is therefore invoked, that no pains may be spired to render Nebraska second to no other State in the facilities offered to ail ner children, irrespective cf sex or condition, to acquire, not only the rudi ments of education, but to erect upon a board foundation, a superstructure of solid attainments in art, literature and science. Upon no nobler object. can the public funds be more profitably b jctowed and to no higher end can your most en ergetic efforts be directed. Economy of time, labor, or expenditure caa be exer cised in any ether direction with le?s danger to the public weal thaa ia this.--: I doubt not that you will be fully equal to the emergency, and that by your wise measures we may take the front rank among cur sister States ia our free school system. 8. The revision or amendment c? the Code cf Civil Procedure to abolish the distinction between actions at law and suits in Equity. Our Code cf Civil Procedure is al most id-entical ia its provisions to the code of Ohio, and other Western Sutes. Doing away with much of "the cumbrous machinery,1 accumulated by centuries of precedent, found ia the various courts cf England, and si ill partially adheted to iu several of the older State?,, it renders much more simple the administration of justice, and by noiishing many of the te dious details that have proved .so har rasing to the litigant iuth ia coihrnoa law and chancery proceedings, affords, deubtlessly, much greater facilities fcr securing ia the most expeditious manner a final adjudication of causes. Bat though adhering very closely to the letter of the Ohio statutes, we find iu Section Two, Title Ohio.'Coda of Civil Procedure," a meterial deviation or omission. ' The Ohio co'dsj under tbe Corresponding title,' rends thus: 4Tbe distmcticn between actions at l;iw and suits m equity, and the forms of all such actians and suns heretofore existing, is abolished." la cur coda the clause 'aad suits ia equity " is omitted. Therefore, ia accordance with the de sire ot many members of the legal pro fession iu the State, I commend to your consideration thi proposed amendment, inserting this clause ia the section quoted , 9. The revision or amendment cf the sections cf tba Revised Statutes, com mencing at section five hundred and twenty-one, page four hundred and eighty-four, entitled "Homesteads and other exemptions." The phraseology cf the Exemption Law is sj obscure that it is liable to mis lead, and ailbrds too , much ground for misunderstanding as to the amount of property actually exempt from execution and attachment. Section 021 exempts personal property to the amount ol S-j'J'J from forced sale on execution, belonging to'-heads cf families" who have neith er lands, town lots, cr houses subject to exemption cr homestead uud ir the laws ofthe State." And Section 530 enu merates apparently in addition to -this S'500 exemption certain classes of per sonal prcperiy that "shall not bo liable to attachment, execution' cr sale ca any final profess issued from any court iu this State against any person, being a resident of this Stale or a Head cf a Family." ' But it :caa hardly ba ths intention to permit a debtor to avail hii:clf cf the provisions of both sections, incongruous as they apparently are. I "come; end, therelure, that these sections ba so re vised cr amended es to be rendered con sistent and intelligible 10 the ma;:?s. . 10. The amendment cf Charters cf cities, towns and other incorporations. . 11. The amendment. tif statutes rs quirinj fee3 of juors and witnesses'. As rlx-1 by the law now ca our stat ute books, the per ditm c: jurors and witnesses i3 far below tho pay cf un skilled labor, and consequently it is in fi.cung a serious bjrde'n to compel a maa of limited means to attend our courts ia either capacity. I. commend, therefore, thai the tees be increased to correspond with such increase ia the vales of labor as may bare taken plies siaci the adop tion cf the present rates. 12. The amendner-t cf Laws rsgulat ing iloais ar.d tha election: cf Supervis ors. 13. Th? crnerdaent cf.s?:tion Hftyone page fifty-five, cf tho Re'viied Statutes-, so that jts previsions may to the Judges cf tho first and itecond Judicial D;s:ricfec As this section e,ott stands, the J-u 2?z cf the Taird Judicial District c.y, :s cu thcrized to appoint cne special terrn ia any year in the counties within his 3. -trie,:. ;'' ' . X L Ther:vtiio:i cr.ita -uc-li 0: ir.yi Ceral cr spi oiai h-vncv in ft::?, ih-.t 1 It is cf vital importance to may be deemed ncce-cary. 15. An enactment nut: t:es to ve'e taxes fcr in'.::: i ' ' ' 1 4- O ii In crier to avoid the n:;:;:hy cf i e cial legislation, it u rtco.:;:nenJe J tr.it a general lav; be pa?i J, g:v:rg to c ; ca ties the privilege cf raic;:; ; funis 1 ta autn.Icr the proeeuiioa c: vjch as thf rati- - 1, their electors shall vote :n favor fcr "such par; oses. It b-;in;!!:e general pohcy adept-, d ia moot Siv.-.s, to encour age seeh pubi:o improvements 1 per mittirg either counties cr i:iun.e;'al au thormes to levy taxes tf this k::. :, by consent ciT tax payers, it perhep s'.u; ly remains for us to decide, whether a special set shili be require! fcr each county cr -city, cr tho more expeiit; .-us method te adopted cf prcvid.ng for all centingencieo by a general hv.'. 1G. Apprcpriaticns for Legislative and ether expenses. Under this heal I deem it proper to call your atientiou to the subject cf tho prosecution of the. claims ct' the b::ato against the General Government fcr ex penses incurred ia raising and er .siev ing a mihtia fcrc-a for service, a izi hostile Indians daring the year lbii Aa apprcpnatioa was made by the Ter ritorial Legislature for the prosecutici Ci theso claims, which amount ia th? aggregate to soma S10.C00. Of thee? Governor Saunders succeeded in collec ting a part, amounting to SJS.'JCO, leav ing abilanco of about S12.UU still due'. It is believed that by proper eh'ort ca the part cf tho State authorities the) whole amount,or the greater part threree ct, will be eventually allowed by tho the War Department. Thera are also a few outstanding claim 3 cf ciiizcaa againet thd State, tor services reuderel aud supplies furnished, during the Ind ian campaign, which should bo aciei upon without further delay. Your attention is also called; to th-3 ccnditiog cf the Capitol building. A moderate sum, judiciously expended ia its repair, will conduce to the safety cf us occupants, and is apparently required by the principles of true economy. ' 17. Enactments tor tho iuccurogemer. cf immigration. ' , - - : The last Territorial Legislature fa'.! cd to continue by. apjropriations, th? measures adopted by its predecessors for drawing the attention cf lmmvjran'.s to the advantages cllered by the agricul tural and mineral resource; cf Nebraska That joudicicus but liberal appropria tions, guided throughproper channel, would bring to cur p,; Ie, a tea-fold re turn ia population and capital, mcut be apparent to any one giving the matter the least attention. Our neighboring States have not neglected their ' interest in this respect, and have sent their agcnt3 ia every direction to 'divert a share cf the westward tending hrciia of emigration from over populous coun tries to their own soil. I have been in formed by one cf cur most reliille G er man citizens, that at the beginning cf the present year, r.o 'le3 thaa 70,C'J'J sculshad engaged their passago to our shores in advance, at the singlo port c! Bremen, ia order 16 loso no time whea the seasoa fcr travel should opea. Anl it is profitable that the present year v.li witness an influx cf immigrants to tho United States rarely, if ever, equalled ia cur past history. Had v;e no ether in dications . than tho large ccnocripiicns about to be mado fcr the increase of the; European armies, the rumors tf impen ding war upnon the continent, ad tho crowing symptoms cf discontent in Ire land, we could afely prtJict an increas ed cceeision cf foreigner, seeking ia our midst the immunities cf a free gov ernment, and homeMeadi ready to yield . them a competence with aa cutliy cf la bor and capital comparatively triihag. It behcova U3 then, thu we be not der elict, ia competing for settlers, but that every rnearcjbe used to pulli'h abrcal cur natural advantages cf so:!, climate, and ea-y comr?rhuieat!cn with commercial centers. I therefore carcestlf com mend thi3 subject to your ccnsiderat;',h. " IS. -Tfc location and disposition cf such lands as are cr may be hereafter do nated to the State by tha General Gov ernment fcr any purpose. In aa act cf Ccngrecs, nrrrovel era the 10ih day cf April, 15"1, ent;t!:i 'Aa net to enable the pecpie tf IJelrus ka to form a Ccnstitutioa and State G'er ernmerst, and for the td;r.ieio.a cf State into the -Union on aa ctual footing with the original States," is found tha following provision : "Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, that sections numbered sixteen. n::l thirty-six. in every township, end .:!::-a, such secticr.3 have been cr are otherwise: disposed, by any act cf Congress, cthsr lands, equivalent thereto, ia legal sub divisions cf not iee3 then cne quartar section, end as contiguous z.3 may be, be and ara hereby granted to said Stale for th? support cf common schools." -. The school landi hive ail been local:! and reserved in r.ccordincei with tho above prcvisica. except upon the terri tory lately known' as tho Half Tee-id Reserve," lying between the' Great a: i Little Nen-.aha rivers in the count: :j cf Richardsca and Nemaha. According to the eitjozu.snr.en: c: .no e to suea tracts ci tnena upon ino same rooting v.-,tn. criginaliy forming a part c: th: p.. ilo do ma:a with respect to th? r;t c 1 . - c rw;i on I? sc.cocl p a r ; t c j . II 0