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CHUBCH, COLHAPP & CO.,
PROPRIETORS,
Mcrherson'g Block, 2d Floor, Hall Entrance,
BroM'uville, Icl.
TERMS:
One copy one year - -8 2 00
Five copies one year 8 75
Ten copies one year - 16 00
Twenty copies one ycar. 30 00
BOOK WORK,
Ana viairs axd Fancy job w ORK, aone in
food style and at reasonable rates.
Pggrr . i man-',,,. v.n!m ;ry.,,, ,r-
general Qnsintss gjjarfcs.
Cards of five lines or less, - a year. Each
additional line Jl.
j&TTORNEYS
PORTER &. BROWN,
Attorney at Law and Land Agents,
Offlce In Court House, with Probate Judge.
TIPTON, IIEWETT & CIIURCII,
Attorneys and Counselors at Lw,
Office No. 30 McPhenwm's lilock, up stairs.
THOMAS UliOADY,
Att'ys at Law Jfc Solicitors In Chancery,
Office In District Court Room.
S. M. RICH,
Attorney at Law and Land Agent.
Office In Court House, nrst door, west side.
WM. II. McLENNAN,
Attorney and Counnclor at Law,
Nebraska City, Nebraska.
' B. F. PEHKIN.S,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
Tecumseli, Johnson Co., Neb.
CHESTER F. NYE,
Attorney at Law and War Claim Agent,
Pawnee City, Pawnee Co., Neb.
N. K. GRIGGS,
Attorney at Law Ileal Estate Agent,
IWat rle, G.nre County, Nebraska.
LAND AGENTS.
u. v7 hughes.
Real Estate Agent and Justice of Peace,
Office in Court House, tlrsi tkor, wei side.
BARRET & LETT,
Land Agents A. Land Warrant Brokers.
No. ill Main Street.
Will attend to paying 'I axe jor Son-residents.
JPrrtonal atteufjn given to making Locations.
Lands, improved and unimproved, jor tjue on
reasonable terms.
WM. 11. HOOVER,
Boai Estate and Tax Paying Agent.
Office in District joui i ilooui.
Will give prompt attention to the tale of Real
Estate and Faytiwnt oj Taxes throughout Uie
Semaha Land District.
JONAS HACK Kit.
Collector for the City of Brownllle,
Will attend to Vie 1'ayiiuiU of Taxe$ Jor Ao
JtesideiU Land Ownvr in Sematia County.
Correspondence isoltcUed.
DORSEY, HOADLEY & CO.,
Real Estate Agents,andlealers In Land
Warrants and College Scrip,
No. a Main struct.
Buy and tell improved and unimproved lands.
Buy, tell and locale Lund Warrants, and Agri
cultural etcrip. Curejul selections of Govern
ment Land jor Location, Jlomexteads, and Pre
emption tnade. Attend to Contested Homesteads
and I're-emplioH case in the Land Vltice. let
ters of inquiry promptly and curejuliy answered.
Correspondence solicited,
MOSES 1L SYDENHAM,
ROTARY PlItLIC LAa'U ACEST,
Fort Kearney, ScorasiO.
Will locate lands tor intending settlers, and
give any lmuruialiuu reimea concerning
Uie luiiiJs ol Souiii-W'esleiii coruslia.
PHYSICIANS.
H. L. MATHEWS,
PHYSICIAN A .Si II SIIIGEOX.
tulice No. 1 Aiain furwt.
A. S. HOLEAlAY. M. D.,
Physician, Surgeon and Obstetrician,
Oinoo lloiiuuuy - iJi'Uji teiui e.
Grmduattd in in.il ; Jjocated m it row m tile in
1SXL Has on nand compile sets oj Aiiipututtny,
Treptaiuiiy and Ooslelral Jiuitruiuenm.
F. &tpectat aiUiuwn ytceti to OOxtetrics ami
the diseases oj Ho men una C nuarcn.
C. F. STEWART, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AXU SCltoKON,
Ojju-c .so. 51 lain oii-eel.
OJlce Hours 1 to .4. Jl., and I to A and Ik j to
t'2 I', id.
"w. H. KIMUERLIN,
, ' OCCLIST AJ1 AtlllST,
Itooms at the Star Hotel.
Will Tred a'l dixcasrx of the Lye and Ear.
MERCHANDISE.
GEORGE MARION,
JJcaUr in
Dry Goods, Groceries, llooU, Shoes, &c,
No. V .Mum SlieeU
WM. T. DEN,
Wtiolisaie and Jieiail JHnler in
General MercitandUe, and t'ommlulon
and ornsraiuK Merchant,
No. 546 Alain street. '
Com Planters, Flows, Motes, furniture, dc,
always on hand. Jliymst mtu-net price paid jor
Jlldes, J"elts, furs and IXjuiury J'roaucc.
G. M. HENDERSON,
Itealcr in foreiyn una Jjomeslic .
DHY bUODs ASH OKOCtltlKS,
o. 5 i .viiii -.iiefu
J, L. MeObJi. & CO.
Dealers In General AlercttandUe,
No. Mcl'litTtsoii's itiock. Main St.
liKOtur feTOxlLS.
HOLEADA1 fc CO.,
Wholesale atut Ji. tatt JJcuiers in
Drugs, Medicine, Palms, Oil, tit.,
JSo. 41 Alain oucct. .
. MctKtLUl 4: MCkhLL,
Whou-sutc and JivlaU Lioicrs in
Drugs, liook, WallpajM-r 6i. Stationery
No. 3 .vlaiu biuret.
r. .... . - ...
BOOS AiiU SHOLS.
CHARLES H ELMER,
BOOT AND SHOE MAIMER,
. . . No. 6 Maiu 'street.
JIa on hand a superior stock of Boots and
Shoe. Custom Wvrtc done witn neatness and
xtispatch. '
A. ROBINSON,
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Jjo. 5 8 Main Street.
J fas on hand a good astortmcnt of Gents,
Ladte,t, Misses' und Children' Boots and iShoes.
Custom Work done with neatness and dispatch.
RcjMitrinn lnc on short nutice.
HARDWARE
JOHN C. DEUSER,
Dealer In Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, A-e.,
No. 7 8 Main Street.
SH ELLEN BERG ER BRO'S.,
Manufacturers ds. Dealers In Tinware.
1 4 Main St., McPherson's Block.
Stoves, Hardware, Carpenter' Tools, Black'
smith's Furnishings, Ac., conxtantl.if on hand.
SADDLERY.
JOHN W. MIDDLETON,
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. 64 Main Street.
Whip and Lashes o every descrijition, and
Plastering Hair, kept on hand. Casn paid jor
Jltdes. ,
J. IL BAUER,
.- Manufacturer and Dealer In
HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc.
No. 60 Main Street.
Mending done to order. Satisact Urn guaranteed.
SALOONS.
CHARLES BRIEGEL,
BEER HALL AND LCNCH ROOM,
No. 5 Main Street.
: G VR BISON & ROBERTS,
BILLIARD HALL AND SAOON,
48 tain Street.
The best Wine and Liquor, kept
on naiut.
JOSEPH HUDDARD &. CO.,
No. 47 Mal-n Street. '
The bt AVlnes and Llqnors kept on hand.
PAINTING..
Hous. CrH.g - Sign Painter.
No. r ---
. r-uildina Glazing ana jttpcr iio-w-
at roW tcnM' and
Vol. 13.
general usxntss
Cards of five lines or less, S5 a year. Each
. additional line, tl.
lOTELS
STAR HOTEL.
' CROSS &. WHITE,- Proprietors.
On Leyee Street, bttw'een Main and Atlantic.
Thi Houxe is convenient to the Steam Boat
Landing, and the business ptirt of the City. The
best accommodations in the City. 2fo pain will
be sjtared in making guests comfortaltle. Good
bt'ible and Corrall convenient to the House.
AMERICAN UOCSE.
L. D. ROBISON, Proprietor.
Front St., between Main and Water.
A good Feed and Livery Slable in connection
with tfie House.
CONFECTIONERIES.
WILLIAM ROSSELL,
Bakery, Confectionery and Toy Store.
No. 40 Main Street.
Fresh Bread, Cakts, Oysters, Fruit, etc., onhand
J. P. DEUSER,
Dealer In Confectioneries, Toys, etc.
. No. 4 iliiin Street.
NOTARIES.
J. a McNAUGlITON,
Kotary Public and Conveyancer.
Office in J. E. Carson's lmnk.
Agent for " .at.onal Life" and "Hartford
Livestock" Insurance COmjianiis.
FAIRBROTHER & HACKER,
Kotary Public and Conveyancer,
Office in County Court Room.
O. W. FAIRBROTHER,
Notary lniblic.
JAMES M. HACKER,
County Clerk.
BLACKSMITHS.
J. II. REASON,"
Blacksmltlilng and Horse Shoeing,
Shop No. 80 Main Street, '
Will do BUicksmithing of all kinds. Make
Horse shoeing. Ironing of Wagons and bU-ighs,
and Machine Work a tSpecialtty.
J. W. & J. C. GIBSON,
BLCK.SM1TI1S,
Shop on First, between Main and Atlantic.
All work done to order, and satisfaction guar
rantecd. JOHN FLORA,
BLACKSMITH,
Shop on Water St., South of American House.
Custom Work of all kind tolicited.
NEWS DEALERS.
A. D. MARSH,
Bookseller and News Dealer.
City Book Utore,
No. 50 Main Street, Postoffice Building.
BARBERS.
J. I ROY,
BARBER AND II AIR DRESSER.
No. 5 5 Main Street,
Has a splendid suit of Bath Booms. Also a
choice stock of ( ientlcman's Xotions.
RAINDEAEERSV
GEO. G. START & BRO.,
DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, &.C.
Asptnwall, Sebraska.
The highest market price paid for anything
the Farmer can raise. We will buy and sell
everything known to the market.
WORTHING & WILCOX,
Storage, Forwarding and Commission
Htrcuuuu,
And Dealers in all kinds of Grain, for which
they jay the Hiylust Market Frice in Cash.
. TAILORING.
. ; "hauboldt & ZEOIL' . :
MERCHANT TAILORS,
So. 5 Bj-i Main istrevt.
Have on hand a splendid stock of Goods,
and M ill make them up in the latest styles,
on short notice and reasonable terms.
AUCTIONEERS.
BLISS & HUGHES,
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
Will attend to Cue sale of Real and Fcrsoiuil
Property in the Scmalta Land JJistrict. Terms
reasonable.
WAGON MAKERS.
FRANZ HELMEK,
Wagon Maker and Repairer.
Kliop West of Colirl' ito'use.
Wagons, Bugjias, J'lous.CiUvutvrt, tfr5,Te
patrtd on siioit n'uln-c, ttl low rates, aiul war'
ranted to give sai.sjaclion.
mmi 'i rri' - " s diijaaB w mi
PHOTOGilAPHERS.
A. Si Al l ORD,
PHOTOuRAPIliC ARTIST,
Jso. 4, uu.ii Mini, up stalls.
J'crsons Wisii.ity J'u-turc eucvutea in tile latest
style oj tne ii t, u ut m.i at tity uiei y
fcMafcfaifclM m r, i i rin .mi
GARDENERS.
E. H. BURCHES,
Landscape Gardener Ac Horticulturist.
H tU i-iuiU crojts in Outrdens, and cultivate
same oy coiuraci.
-: nii-.iwrigTi-i-r1 J" "'' "
BOUNTY CltiJiM AGENTS.
" " ED. b. SMITH,
V. S. "WAR CLAIM AGENT,
Wasfuiiylon C.ty, D. C
Will attend to the prosecution of claims be
fore ihe Department in person, lor Additional
lkunty. Back 1'ay and Pensions, and all
claims accruing against the CO.erument du
ring ihe late war. 4-lt
SMITH. P. TUTTLE,
V. S. ASSISTANT ASSESSOR.
Office In District turt Room.
Kotary Public and United states War Claim
Agent. Will attend to the prosecution of claims
before the Department, for Additional Jtounty,
JSack 1'ay and Pensions. Also Uie collection of
Scmi-Annital Due on l'tcwsions. .
EWELERS
.... -J. V.D.PATCH,
Manufacturer an J Dealer in
Clocks, Watcltcs, Jewelry, etc., etc.
No. 3a Main Street.
Silver and Silver- 1'lated H 'are, and all varie
ties of iSirct(tcU;s constantly on hand. Repairing
done in the netuest style, at short notice. C liar yes
tnoderate. Work warranted.
BUTCHERS.
KEIS WETTER & EIRSMAN,
Brownvllle City Meat Market.
No. 60 Main Street.
Will pay the highest market price for good BecJ
Cattle, Ctdves, Shetp and llvjx.
BBVBsnMMMII3',WS
MUSIC.
METROPOLITAN BRASS, BAND.
liliO . V ll.l.r., hlJKASKA.
Is at all times prepared to play for the pub
lic at any point within 1.50 miles of this city,
on reasonable terms. Address,
41-3m D. C. smith. Leader.
MRS. J. M. GRAHAM,
TEACHER OP MUSIC.
Rooms, Main, bet li & 5th Sts.
Lrttoiti oiven on the Pian. Organ, Mrlodton
Guitar and Vocalisation Having had eight pears
experience as teacher of Music in Aeic I'ork is
confident af giving satisfaction.
A. W. MORGAN, .
Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace
Office in Court House Building.
J. K. BEAR,
Agent for the M. V. Express Co., and
No. 7 McPherson's Block.
v C W. WHEELER,
BRIDGE BUILDER,
Sole agent for R. W. Smith's Patent Trtiss
Brldee. The strongest and best wooden
Km .
Ulysses S. Grant,
THiE PLATFORM
Of the Xational IZepublican Party. Adopted at Chicago, May 21, 1SG3.
The following platform, reported by
the Committee on Resolutions, was
unanimously adopted by the National
Republican Convention in session at
Chicago :
The National Republican party of
the United tjtates, assembled in Nat
ional Convention in the city of Chicago
on the 3th day of May, lbbs, make
the following declaration of princi
ples :
First. "NVe congratulate the country
on' the'-assured success of the recon
struction projectsof Congress, as evinc
ed by the adoption; in a majority of
the Stattjs lately in rebellion, of con
stitutions securing equal civil and
political rights to all, and regard it as
the duty of the government to sustain
these institutions and to prevent the
people of te-uch States from being re
mitted to a state of anarchy.
Second. The guarantee of Congress
of equal sull'rage to all loyal men of
the South was demanded by every
consideration of public safety, of grat
itude, and of justice, and must be
maintained, while the question of
suffrage in all the loyal States proper
ly lelong3 to the people of those States.
Third. We denounce all forms of
repudiation as a national crime, and
honor requires the payment of the na
tinoal indebtedness in the utmost good
faith to all creditors, at home and
abroad, not only according to the letter
but the spirit ol the laws under which
it was contracted.
Fourth. It is due to the labor of the
nation that taxation should be equal
ized and reduced as rapidly as the
national faith will permit.
Fifth. The national debt, contracted
as it has been for the preservation of
the Union for all time to come, should
be extended over a fair period for re
demption, and it is the duty of Con
gress to reduce the rate of interest
thereon whenever it can possible be
done.
Sixth. That the best policy to dim
inish our burden of debt is to so im
prove ourcredit that capitalists will
seek to loan us money at lower rates of
interest than we now pay, and must
continue to pay so Ion gas repudiation,
partial or total, open or covert, is threat
ened or suspected.
Seventh. The government of the
United-States should be administered
with the strictest economy, and the
corruptions which have been so shame
fully nursed and fostered by Andrew
Johnson call loudly for radical re
form. Eighth. We profoundly deplore
the , untimely and tragic death of
Abraham Lincoln, and regret the ac
cession -of Andrew Johnson- to the
presidency, who has acted treacher
ously to the people who elected him
and the cause he was pledged to suj
port; has usurped legislative and jud
icial functions ; has refused to execute
the laws ; lists used his high offlce to
induce other ollicers to ignore and vio
late the laws ; ' has employed his ex
ecutive power to render insecure the
prosperity, peace, liberty, and life . of
the citizens ; has abused the pardon
ing iower; has denounced the Nation
al Legislature as unconstitutional;
haspeisistently and corruptly resisted,
by every means in his power, every
proper attempt at the reconstruction
of the States lately in rebellion ; has
pvivetted the public patronage into
an engine ot wholesale corruption, and
has been justly impeached for high
crimes and misdemeanors, and prop
erly pronounced guilty by the votes
of thirty-five Senators.
.Ninth. Ihe doctrine of Great Brit
ain and other Lurojeju powers, that
because a man is once a subject he is
always wj, must be resisted at every
hazard' by the United States as a relic
of the leduai times, not authorized by
the law ol uationsand at war with our
national honor and independence.
Naturalized citizens are entitled to be
protected in aii their rights oi citizen
ship as though they were native born,
and no citizen of the United States,
native or naturalized, , must be liable
to arrest and imprisonment by any
foreign power for acts done or words
spoken In Uii3 country; And if so ar
rested and imprisoned, it is the duty of
the Government to interfere in his
behalf. -
Tenth. Of all who were faithful in
the trials of the late war there are none
entitled to more especial honor than
the brave soldiers and seamen who
endured the hardships of campaign
and cruiseand imperiled their lives in
the service of their country. The
bounties aud pensions provided by
law for these brave defenders of the
nation are obligations never to be for
gotten. The widows and orphans of
the gallant dead are the wards of the
people, a sacred legacy bequeathed to
the nation's protecting care.
Eleventh. Foreign emigration,
which in the past has added so much
to the wealth and development of the
resources and the increase of power of
this nation, "the asylum of the op
pressed of all nations," should be fost
ervd and encouraged by a liberal and
just policy.
Twelfth. This convention declares
its sympathy with all the oppressed
people who are struggling lor their
rights. .;
On motion of Gen. Carl Schurz, the
following additional resolutions we
unanimously adopted as part of the
platform: .
licsolvcd, Thatwchighly commend
the spirit of magnanimity and forbear
ance with - which the men who have
serv ed in the rebellion, but now frankly
and honestly co-operate, with us in
restoring the peace of the country and
reconstructing the Southern State gov
ernments upon the basis of impartial
justice and equal rights, are received
ha k intn the communion of the loyal
neoDle: and we favor the removal of
the disqualifications and restrictions
imposed upon the late rebels in the
same measure as their spirit of loyalty
will direct, as may be consistent with
the safety of the loyal people.
BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA,
7
Schuyler CoKax.
Resolved, That we recognize the
great principles laid down in the
immortal Declaration of Independence
as the true foundation of democratic
government, and we hail with glad
ness every effort toward making these
principles a living reality on every
inch of American soil.
Seymour as a. Statesman.
A queer basis, the claim of Horatio
Seymourtostatesmanship has, " when
you come to look at it."
He opjx)sed the Wilmot Proviso.
He supported the Fugitive Slave
Law.
He sustained the Nebraska bill re
pealing the restriction on slavery ex
tension. He apologized for or defended the
border ruffian outrages in Kansas.
He sustained Breckinridge against
Douglas m 18(50.
He threw the blame of the begin ing
of secession upon the Republicans
while Mr. Lincoln was only President
elect.
He asserted that to call out troops to
suppress the rebellion was more " rev
olutionary" than the rebellion itself.
He declared the Montgomery con
stitution better than ours, and ex
pressed the opinion that the war
ought to be avoided by the North
adopting it, thus giving the highest
Iossible sanction to treason.
lie never in the last eight years once
delivered any argument, appeal,
denunciation or censure against the
rebel cause ; and never failed to charge
revolution, usurpation, outraged op
pression, tyranny and all the political
crimes in the calander upon the Re
publcans. July 4, 18G3, while Lee's army -was
in Pennsylvania, on its way to Phi
adelphia and New York, and he had
heard only of its success, he delivered
an oration in New York, imploring
the North to compromise, warning it
against civil war at home, and de
nouncing the Republicans for " in
fringing upon our rights,, insulting
our homes, and depriving us of those
cherished principles for which our
fathers fought, and to which we have
sworn allegiance.
In oration aforesaid he warned the
Republicans thus : " Remember this ;
that the bloody, treasonable, and
revolutionary, doctrine of public nec
essity can be proclaimed by a mob as
well as by a Government."
When Lee had been defeated, and
nevertheless the mob arose, which
his language had invited, he address
ed them as his " friends," was receiv
ed as their friend," and promised to
get what they were fighting for, the
suspension of the draft. .
He told Mr. Lincoln that the draft
act was unconstitutional, and warned
him that if it wasenforcedhis'friends'
might resist it.
He presided at the Chicago Conven
tion, and, with it, declared the war a
failure, and called for an immediate
pcact; that is for disunion.
He opposed, and now opposes the
Fourteenth amendment, and all mea
sures marking treason as a crime.
Finally during the last eight years,
he has been admired and honored by
every rebel in the country, and dis
trusted and hated by ninety-nine out
of a hundred of those, who .demanded
the suppression of treason.
What a strange record of "states
manship !"-'
Patriotic Hi ms from the Next
I're.vdcnl.
"I care nothing for promotion, so
long as our arms are successful."
Gi ant to Sherman Feb. 1SG2.
"If my course is not satisfactory re
move meat once. I do not wish in
anyway to impede the success of our
arms." Grant to llulleck, Ftbruaru
6, 1808.
"No theory of my own will ever
stand in the way of my executing in
good faith any order that 1 may re
cieve from those' in authority ovef
me." Grant to Secretary Chaise. Alav
i,-1863. ' ' ' y
"This is a Republic, where the will
of the people is the law of the land."
Grant's Letter to President Johnson
Aug. 18(37. '
"I shall have no policy of my own
to interfere against the will of the
lsSFle"" ranVs Letir May 29,
"Human -Liberty the only true
foundation of human government
Grant's Letter to the citizens of Mem
phis. s "Lfr mJve peace." Grants Let
ter, May 29, 1808.
The Iberville (La.) Pioneer has the
fol owing: "Last Sunday, as the Re
publican club were marching throuirh
the streets in Plaq'uemine, to attend a
mass meeting of their party at the
court-house, several white Democrats
were standing on the corners of the
street, and as the procession marched
by one of them said: 'Look at that
there are all the niggeis in the d d
Radical procession that were at our
barbecue yesterday at Bayou Goula,
and ate our beef, and drank all our
Democratic whisky, &c. I tell you
what it is, there is no use in spending
nVr min,?y in trinS to deceive the
T
curing ine war, the residence of
f; rrsyth, near Ogdensburgh, was
destroyed by fire with all its inmates.
Ihe son of Mr. Forsyth, who was in
the army when the distressing news
reached him, made application for a
furlough to return home, but the boon
wasdeuied him by both his regimental
and corps officers. At last he had re
course to General Grant, who learning
the facts, directed that a furlough le
granted. Mr. Forsyth says that though
a Democrat, he will vote for General
Grant, who never denied the private
poldier any of his right.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
The Las,t Fight or the War.
. Oncemore rings oat the bngle call!
Once more the banner files !
Once more the boys are gathering
Beneath the autumn skies ;
For treason makes Its final fight
Against the Rights of Man !
Bat the flag we raise, as In other days.
And Grant is In the van t
We've heard that rebel yell before, .
We've heard the traitor whine
When riot roared In the Bowery
And Lee had crossed the line.
But victory came In a blaze of flame,
That schorched the rebel clan,
For the boys In blue were stout and true-
And Grant was in the van t
Still raged the war; and the grass grew
O'er many a soldier form, green
'Till peace came, fair as a morning star,
". After a night of storm.
- ""And shall "we now the fruits of peace
To treason tamely yield?
Not while a soldier wields a vote,.
And Grant Is In the field !
So close up ranks and forward march !
'Till the crowning fight Is won !
While thesweetoldmnslc fills our hearts
With the soul of battles gone.
Out cause is blest ; we cannot fall
Vho strive for the Rights of Man f
Tht stars in their course fight for us
And Grant is in the van !
Chicago Tribune.
PL.AKCIIETTE.
BY E. STUART PHELPS.
Fifteen years ago somebody in Ger
many happened to hold a pencil at
arm's length in a pair of scissors, and
observed that owing either to the trem
ulousness of the hand, or to the vivid
ness of the imagination, or to cause
unknown intelligent words traced
themselves upon paper. .
This was a crude Planchette. In
18 0 or '61, a novel was published in
England with the title of "Who
.Breaks Pays." On searching this vol-
nme the curious reader will meet
with a young lady who beguiles her
'weary hours" with a very well de
scribed Planchette. ' ;
I lithe winter of '67-8 uncanny-looking
word sprang into very black adver
tisements in our American cities; and
to-day a counter without Planchette
is a fossil. They trundle in the win
dows of the tract-houses and tobacco
houses, dance among opera scores and
Sunday-school books heart-shaped
Planchettes, square Pianchettes, Plan
chettes for eight dollars, and Plan
chet'es for fifty cents, Planchettes of
walnut, ash, mahogany, gutta percha,
tin, glass Planchettes on pegs, coils,
and pentagraph wheels. Planchette
confronts you at the dancing-parties
and in the minister's study, in the
drawing-room and the 'sitting-room,'
is a substitute tor the weather and
Charles Dickens in the "social circle"
ami the end thereof who can fore
tell.? Like most discoveries, it is eminent
ly simple. Why did nobody ever
think to stick a pencil through a little
board before ?
it is said that the patentee, whose
claim dates back to 1S01, has not dared
hitherto to bring the thing to light;
fearing that the public would label it
spiritualism and run away from it.
A word for the benefit of the unini
tiated as to the use of the toy. Old
"mediums" may skip to the next par
agraph. The tips of your fingers are placed
very Jightly upon it, the elbows raised
from the table. Two pairs of hands
are better than one. Few people can
operate fluently alone. It has been
noticed that when the hands are very
heavy, either from natural weight or
from weariness, each operator may use
one with better effect. About live
persons in eight are able to control
Planchette. It may move for you at
once, or it may stand like Atlas be
fore your patient eyes for half an
hour. When the board is thoroughly
charged it trembles, clicks a little,
slides away under, your hands, hesi
tates, stops, tries again, warms with
the subject, darts to and fro across the
paper rapidly, traces embroidery pat
terns and crowfeet, and whirls about
in great circles which seriously threat
en the equilibrium of your elbow
joints. In this mood ply Planchette
with questions. Your experience will
not be unlike this?
"Will it rain to-morrow?"
Planchette -4Yes." (Distinctly
written with no muscular action of
your own.)
To-morrow dawns without a cloud,
but you do not know that yet, and
trustfully proceed.
4,Of whom am I thinking ?"
Planchette "Revelina Rangs."
You are thinking of Miss Rangs,
and you know it, and so does everybody-
else, when, blushing up to your
hair and down to your neck-tie, you
hastily resign your position, and con
tent yourself with interrogating Plan
chette through another operator.
You ask in silence, "Who will
preach in King's Chapel the first Sab
bath in next December?"
Planchette scribbles over hal fa sheet
of paper with copy-book ms, has fits
of reflection, has spasms of hope,
struggles to write, but writes nothing.
Aloud "Who will preach iu King's
Chapel next winter?
Planchette ( promptly) 'Beelzebub.'
In view of this novel prospect, ques
tion the operators closely. The chan
ces are that one or both of them had
the word in mind.
Try once more. "What is the num
ber of my watch ?" (silently.)
Planchette falls to dancing a polka,
but deigns no reply.
"Planchette," aloud, "what is the
number of my watch?"
Planchette "17,861."
The number of your watch is 4,580,
but across the room, in the corner,
sits a lady whose wateh numbess 17,
861." Again. "Planchette, draw a picture
of the next President of the United
States."
Planchette immediately draws a
man with a cigar in his mouth iut
so'artistical as might be, but still it is
a man with a cigar.
A pretty young author in the com
ijanv ventures tiiaidily
"llow many copies of my book,
The Creaking Hinge,' will sell this
autumn?"
Yancetfc-"Twcnty."
"Planchette," this from the incred
ulous man of a philosophic- turn of
mind," how long shall I live?"
Plan cltcttc ( confidently)' 4 Yes. ' '
Incredulous PhiJosopher, with decis-ion-"
When shall I die ?"
Planchette "Sever."
Four Planchette parties out of live
would not accomplish anything more
important or more mysterious than
this. The fifth will make prophecies,
some of which will verify themselves,
write the signatures of absent men in
their own hand, tell the most secret
thoughts of persons whose touch is not
upon the board, write in any language
known to the operator, and witness
the board dancing to a whistled tune.
15, 1868.
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Occasionally, after becoming aufait
at Planchette, an operator will find
that a simple pencil answers his pur
pose as well. He holds it out with
upraised arm it writes easily, and at
once. He may rest his entire arm and
hand heavily upon the table, to con
vince himself he is not cheating but
the arm slides, the hand moves, the
pencil intelligently follows his spoken
or unspoken thought. Nervous or su
perstitious people, however, are here
by advised to let this experiment
alone. It is not in all respects desira
ble to be in the condition of the young
lady whose needle-book deliberately
walked out of her work-basket one
evening after she had been devotin
herself to Planchette. That story, by
the way, comes on "very good author
ity." I did not see that needle-book:
I never saw King Theodore. Do I
believe it? Ask Planchette.
What is this mysterious plaything?
Ask it. It will tell you, Lucifer. But,
waving the pleasant hypothesis for
the present ; what is the power which
makes a piece of wood fly under your
passive hands, and carry on intelli
gent conversations without your vol
untary influence?
."Animal magnetism," says the gen
tleman who knows. ; "Electricity,"
pronounces the professor in spectacles.
"Humbug!" sneers the D. D., who is
too busy to test the matter. "Spirits,"
falters the young lady with the needle
book. Magnetism it may be, but who is the
wiser for that? What do we know of
magnetism that should explain a lead
at room's width ? Electricity it may
be, but hoy can electricity move a
solid and very heavy glass machine?
wnat has electricity to do with the
insulated Planchette or non-conducting
glass pegs ? Humbug it may be,
but what then of the "value of testi
mony," reverend sir? Spirits itmay
be, but we lack "the evidence on it."
Theories fall before this simple toy,
opinions baulk, experience denes
Itselr. One expert never controls
Planchette till he i3 wearv. Another
loses his power with his freshness.
An amature likes wet weather for
Planchette. The next is powerless in
a storm. "Children operate most suc
cessfully," says one dealer; "the pow
er does not lie in the soul or nerve."
"The best mediums." vou hear across
the street, "are hitrhlv nervous Deo-
ple." Watch the next party which
you see around Planchette. A man
without a fancy, stout, strong, well.
calm, and his sick, nervous, emacia
ted, morbid wife, are equally suc
cessful. One thing, however, seems to be
certain. The power which possesses
Planchette is identical with the power
of table-tipping. Another thing is
probable, that it is aikin to the power
of the spiritualistic medium.
Mrs. Smith, clairvoyant, anywhere
on Washington street an absolute
stranger to you, and yours will, for
ine sum or one dollar, write lor you
with the finger of one hand upon the
palm of another, your own name,
business, age, past history and future
prospects, the names of your dead
friends, the diseases of which they
died, together with as many aimless,
uncharacteristic messages from them
as you choose to sit and listen to.
Does she, under a law of physicial
condition which we have not fathom
ed, read your mind? Does Planchette,
under the same law, interpret your
thought or your neighbor's? Have
we not here the hints of a problem
which belongs not to superstition, but
to science? Is not the time coming,
and now at hand, when this whole
series of phenomena will awaken no
more surprise than the transmission
of this sentence from my brain to the
Watchman and Reflector?
Then the devil has nothing to do
with it? He would be a bold theori
zer who should assert that. The devil
has to do with most things in this
world. How far he is allowed to
wrench any simple law Irom its sys
tem we cannot tell. Wrhether Plan
chette and Mrs. Smith are peculiarly
open to his influence remains to be
proved. Watchman and Reflector.
Immigration to the In I ted
States up to June 30, 1S8S.
The Director of the Bureau of Sta
tistics furnishes the following infor
mation relative to the immigration to
the United States during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1868 :
Total number of passengers arrived,
323,749, of which 44,96G were citizens
of the United States, and 5,12-5 were
foreigners not intending to remain in
the United States, leaving the actual
immigrants, 283,657. These immigra
tion returns compared with those of
1866 and 1867 show a heavy falling off
during the fiscal year iust closed.
Fiscal year 1866 Total number ar
rived, 37, 230; actual immigrants,
33J,705. Fiscal year 1867 Total num
ber arrived, 352.6U7 ; actual immi
grants, 311,966. Fiscal year 1868
Number arrived, 323749; actual immi
grants, 273,651.-
That news from Maine was a settler
boys. Hear them :
OIOIOIO!
Said Horatio!
Do swear,
Mr. Blair,
It will ease off the edge of our pain.
Of course you have heard,
And curse every word
Of that terrible storv from Maine,
Mr. Blair,
That terrible story from Maine.
I sha'n't swear,
Said Frank Blair.
I tell you
I can't do
The subject justice, that's plain.
It isn't any use,
For they've just cooked our goose;
That's what's the matter in Maine,
Mr. Seymour,
That's what's the matter in Maine.
"Texas Cattlk." We clip the fol
lowing from theOswego (Kansas) Reg
ister. Not long since a paragraph went
the rounds of the papers throughout
the State, that the law in regard to
driving Texas cattle into the State,
was pronounced by the Supreme
Court unconstitutional. The result
was that men who were in the buis
ness, herding their cattle just over
the State line, and from all appear
ances, waiting for something of the
kind, to apjear, rushed into our midst
with a lot of the unclean animals, and
now our herds of native cattle are be
ing thinned out by that fatal disease,
known as the Spanish fever, by the
hundreds, every day. Soon we will
be left without a hoof, if there is not
a stop put to the nefarious Texa3 cat
tle traffic.
THE UKEATEST UROAX IX TIIE
World. The organ of Bpeech in wo
men ; an organ, too, without a stop !
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No. 1.
Come, Doys in Clue.
Come, Boys in Blue, ye brave and true
In Freedom's periled hour.
To vote or fight for truth and right.
Let traitors feel your power I
Five years ago, to meet the foe
A mighty host ye trod,
On tented plain, and atoimy main.
Ye fought for Man and God I
Ye who have bled, think of the dead.
Erst fallen by your side !
, One victory more we now implore.
Else all lu vain they've died r
. Now, by the blood that, like a Cood,
From patriot heart and vein, birth.
Then drenched the earth that gave them
Their sacred cause maintain !
Though shot, nor shell nor battle yell.
Proclaim the contest rife,
' The same fell will, as vengeful still.
Maintains the stubborn strife 1 '
The Reconstruction of Spain.
Now that the Government of Queen
Isabella has been overthrown by revo
lution, and that this Burbon princess
has been driven from the kingdom in
disgrace, and her dynasty deposed by
the popular voice, the future of Spain
becomes a subject of the deepest inter
est. Speculation as to the form of
government likely to be substituted
for the Constitution, which has by the
expulsion of the Queen just fallen to
pieces, will be, we presume, soon set
at rest ; but a splendid opportunity is
now presented the patriots and states
men of Spain to repair the national
disasters and humiliations of their
country for generations past, and to
. A A . 1 . . m
restore ner to somei ning use tne proud
position she once occupied among the
nations of the earth.
PAST HISTORY OF THE SPANISH KING
DOM. The annals of Spain for nearly four
hundred years past present one of the
most striking chapters in the history
of nations. In the earlier part of the
sixteenth century she stood on the
very pinnical ot national greatness
and renown. The feuds of the old
Spanish Kingdoms had been effectual
ly healed by the union of the King
doms as a single monarchy, under the
joint scepter of Ferdinand and Isabel
la. The discoveries of Columbus had
given Spain a new world; the con
quest of Cortez and Pizarro had made
her the mistress of immense regions
teeming with the precious metals, and
other valuable products : . and she
might at that period have justly ap
propriated the proud boast of England
in latter days, that the sun never sets
upon her dominions. But she did not
long retain the power and glory whic h
then belonged to her. The very vast
ness of the advantages which she en
joyed, the very overflowing abundance
of the resources which she had at
command, the very greatness of the
natural wealth of her extensive colo
nial possessions, instead of enlarging
and consolidating her prosperity and
nerstrengtn, mmtateuagamst her wet
fare by enervating her people and
corrupting her government; and the
baneful rule of an almost unbroken
succession ot ieeble ana vicious sover
eigns at length dragged her down into
the dust, and made her name a by-
wora to tne otner nations or liurope.
At the beginning of the present centu
ry, her fortunes were at an extremely
low ebb. After more than a century
of decline, under the enlightened rule
of Charles III., who was an exception,
as regards ability and character, to
the sovereigns of Spain since the pe
riod of Ferdinand and Isabella, tiie
prosperity of the country began to re
vive ; but the good fruits of his wise
administration were completely de
stroyed during the reign of his imme
diate successor. Charles IV., who
ascended the throne in 1638; and the
annihilation of her navy by Nelson at
the battle of Trafalgar in 1805 left
Spain completely prostrate. For the
last 60 years she has never known
repose. What with the invasion of the
countrv by the French in 1808, follow
ed by the Peninsular war, which lasted
for more than five years; what with
the perfidy of Ferdinand VII., after
his restoration to the throne in abro
gating the liberal constitution of 1812.
and seeking to fasten the yoke of
J X" Jl 1 X m
uespousm upon tne necK or nis sub
jects, together with the popular dis
turbances which his unprincipled
attempts provoked; what -with the
war of independence in the South and
Central American Provinces ; what
with the Carlist war, which desolated
the Kingdom for seven long years ;
and what with the numerous insur
rections which have taken place
during the reign of Queen Isabella,
arising from the reactionary policy
which she has fatuously pursued
during the whole of her inglorious
reign, the history of Spain during the
whole of theperied named presents a
chapter of trouble 'and suffering from
the beginning to the end. It is true
that within the last quarterof a centu
ry the country has made some prog
ress in material prosperity; but the
revolution which has just driven Isa
bella from the throne proves that that
progress has taken place in spite of
radically vicious government and in
stitutions thoroughly corrupt.
RESOURCES OF SPAIN.
The Spanish people have it now in
their power to apply effectual reme
dies to the evils with which the coun
try has been so long afflicted, and
their movements, under present cir
cumstances, will be watched with the
deepest anxiety by the friends of
progress and popular government all
over the world. Spain still possesses
all the elements of national gieatness.
If we look at her geographically, we
find that in point of situation, area,
climate, soil, and variety of produc
tions, she occupies a foremost place
among the countries of Europe. Oc
cupying the largest portion of the
splendid peniusual which forms the
south-west corner of the Euroreau
continent, the kingdom is no less than
560 miles in length, with an average
breadth of about 3 0 miles, and covers
an area, including the Balearic and
Canary Isles, of 166,031 square miles.
The climate of the greater part of it is
of the most delightful and salubrious
character. The soil is in general re
markably fertile, and among the pro
ducts of the country are many of the
most precious articles of commerce.
Spain has a coast line 1,317 miles long,
of which 712 miles are formed by the
Mediterranean, and 00 miles by the
Atlantic Ocean, and the country is
well watered. The total population,
according to the last census, taken in
1804, is 16,286,675, showing an increase
of nearly one hundred per cent in t!:e
space of a century. In spite of all the
drawbacks from which it has suffered,
the manufacturing industry of the
country has materially advanced of
late years, and there has also been a
marked improvement in all agricultu
ral processes. During the last twenty
years over three thousand miles of
! railway have been opened for traffic.
and an equal number of miles of pub
lic road have been constructed. In
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short, all that Spain needs now to in
sure for her a highly prosperous and
brilliant future, is a liberal and staple
government a government that shall
encourage and aid the people to shake
off the yoke of ecclesiastical tyranny
which has so long pressed upon them,
impairing their energies and weaken
ing their aspirations after better
things ; a government that shall seek
its strength and find its safety in ths
intelligence and public virtues of tha
people, and that will devot9 Itself
heartily to promoting the cause of
popular education on sound and ea
lightened principles.
Irishmen Aroused.
The Irish PeopU, of New York, on
of the most prominent of the Celtic
American newspapers, and hitherto
strongly Democratic, decH.-e3 for
Granrand Cc!f-- TV ti a trilllar.t
article, deiYntii . . - Jv. cf frost. "
we excerpt the conclusive summary of
the reasons why Irishmen should not
vote the Democratic ticket : "
As a very great mauy of ua vote fbr .
this or that party for very slight rea
sons, or for no reason tl ail, I venturo
to offer some cogent reasons for not
voting the Democratic ticket. If one
or all of these ftrgnmects has weight
with any undecided or unprejudiced
Irishmen, the effect will bo the saluta
ry division of the Irish vote. I for
bear to cfler anv reason arivprsa tn
the Radicals, because there are enough
ana too many or our people at present
opposed to them.
First The Democratic party is al
lied to the Anglo-Confederato party la
the South, which carried on the war
for the destruction of the Union. Had
England and the Confederates been
successful, this republic would hav
been ruined; and with its disinteg
tion the hopes of all successor for the
Irish exile, and all aid for his cause,
would have been lost forever. The
success of the secession vrnnt.l
been a great calamity for Ireland, and
as sucn uie xnsn citizens oi America
resisted it! and in resistini? it thev re
sisted the policy tfnd the manifest
nanuiwori or iuigianu. Miiereiore it
is unreasonable for them now to allay
themselves with England and "Fn-r
land's devoted friends, for this is what
they would do if they connect them
selves with theSutbM-n 'Democracy.
ecouu ine - oouinern planters
formed a real aristocracy, with pecu
liar and unjust political privileges juat
as flagrant an those of any European
aristocracy, i ne war na3 leveled them
down and leveled the negroes up. But;
the planter party are now trying, un
der the pseudonym of Democrats, to
recover I heir former aristocratic posi
tion and privileges. Now, aristocracy
and true democracy cannot coexist;
therefore every genuine friend of
American democracy must resist th
planters' policy.
Third : Ileverdy Johnson has taken
occasion to assure the English In ad
vance that whoever may be elected
President ho will be a friend to Eng
land. Doubtless it Tvas Mr. Seward,
the ninety tiny prophet, who aiJriscU
him to venture on ihis agreeable pre
diction, and impose on the John Bulla
by a reckless disregard for veracity. If
this statement was as true as it i3 false,
we should be justified in voting for
neither Seymour nor Grant. But we
suspect that Johnson has a better right
to know the opinions of the former
than those of the latter, and thereforo
the declaration made at Sheffield
should prejudice us against the Demo
cratic candidate. We should be tho
most egregious fools in the world if
we voted for a true friend of England.
Fourth: The Democratic party art
now obstructionists, conservatives, to
nes, reactionists, while the Republi
cans are progressive, liberal and
aggressive. It is with the party which
moves forward, and that loves liberty
for liberty's sake, that the Irish should
advance'; for it is only from theao
that we can hope for any help.
Fifth The Radicals passed the bill
for the protection of naturalized Irish
men', as we asked them to do; and bo
it remembered that only the Democrat
voted for the reprisal clause ia the
original bill, while -seven Republican
votes were given to sustain it.
Sixth We hold the Democratic par
ty mainly responsible for theanti-Irish
and pro-English policy of President
Johnson, lie has shown himself In--dilferent
to the fate of our comrades,
and we should visit his sins upon hU
political supppotcrs.
Seventh Partly through devotion'
to England and partly in accordance
with the old rxjficv of thA it
aristocracy, the .Democratic, party are
opposed to the annexion of Canada
and in favor of the ab-nrr.tlnn of fo-r-
ico. As republicans, anti-monarchlst3.
and anti-English citizensof the United
States, the Fenians should
party whose policy is exactly the re-
vers oi iuai wnicu lavors tneir inter
ests and wishes. . :
Eighth Aucu.st rlrnnnt tlioTTo.,i
Center of the New York Democracy
.v. wuivi uiijiuici ui me i am ma
ny Hall convention, has been openly
charged in the public press with awia-
unng me r eman lirothernood and
making himself " an accomplice of
England, in a most treach proiiQ man
ner, in a purely commercial and con
fidential transaction. Are Irishmen
made of such sorry stuff as to support a
party which is guided by their mean- .
est foe ?
The New York IPrnld. relate thm
following: The Second Adventista are
now nokiing a meeting In Janesville,
Wis., and haveconcluded that tho t.rA
of all things earthly will take place
tm ine ist or next uciooer. Tne other
day the preacher was very much an
noyed by a Republican and Democrat
on the outskirts of the meeting dis
cussing as to who would be the next
President. The preacher approached
them and said: "Mv doar fHnrf
j-ou are exciting yourselves unneces
sarily and wasting precious time in
sjeculating as to the future President
il . fT -i ... - . "
oi uie umceti states, for before an
earthly election takes place our blesse4
Lord will be President everywhere."
I'll bet you 2o, ' said the Demo
crat, "he can't carry Kentucky."
Among the T)assentpr in n cti!M.
coach wa3 a little gentlemen who hd
possibly seen five summers. Tb.6
uving quite mil, nesat in tha
lap of another passenger; While oh.
tho way, something wa3 said about
pk-k-pockets, and soon the conversa
tion became general on thntinaniin.
subject. The gentleman xehn
then holding our young friend re
marked: 'My fine fellow, how easy I could
pick your pocket."
"Noyou could'nt," replied he, "Pre
been looking out for you all the time !"
A lady whoso family were very
much in the habit of making conun
drums was one evoning asked by her
husband in an excited tone : "Why
are all these dooraleftonen ?' T ma
j it up!" instantly replied the lady. "
