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attorneys.
. JOB A. DILLON, . .
Attorney and Cntmselor at Latr aJt
Tecamseh, jiUnon County, Nfcbrafka.
J. N. TtTTYNOLDS,
JLlierney pntl C onuitlor at Lw
OrricK lteyooids Hou-L.
porter a brown.
Attorney at lw ant Lund Affents,
Office la Court Houaft, with Probate Jndgc
TIPTON AlirrWKTT,
ltmeTS and Counselors at saw,
OSiceNo. 10 McPherson' Lkck, op stairs.
TTtriM a s Jt nnrAiiY.
AtfTf Lw fc Solicitors In Chancery
h. m. men,
' t Law And Lmd A Ctllt
la tXurt IIourc, first door, west side.
Wit. IT. McLENNAN,
Attorney nti Conlr at Latr
NphiwfcaClty. Nebrwika.
- Ji. r. pi :n kins,
lUamey aia Comntelor at Law,
Txumsfth, Johnson Co., Neb.
NYK irVMPIITlEY,
1TTAKNKYN AT L A VT,
ywpee City, Co., NH.
" N. K. GRIOC:
ttrmy at L.ar A. Ileal 1. state Agetttj
UntrW. (in1 Onnitv, " ,'hr.-Vfi.
n. v. iironcs,
Kl A gmt ndJntlt fPct(
Offlce In Coart House, first door, west ldc
BARRET LETT,
r nd ArBti A Land "Warrant Eroltera.
fc o. at Main Street.
' Will Otimd to paying 1 tore w Xon-rcsiJ enLt.
fmrmal aOentwn ffiven to making Location.
Land, improved and unimproved, or tale on
"" VM. IL TIOOVER. "
n.al Etat and Tax Payiao; A pent.
Offlee In District Court Room.
WUl aivr prompt aUentum. to the tola of lisal
SHaU a?Kl ituTvTi of Taxct througlMvt the
Hemah lxuui butrict.
JONAS IIACKTRR,
LAITD AKD TAX PAV1AQ AGEJfT.
fc a aUrurf tA 1'aimrrU of rare Jar A'm
tUnaeiU Land. Owner in Xemaha GturCy.
Cbrmpondme tiuliritva.
uncra IT RVTlFTfTI A Tif.
KOTJLRY PLBLIC liAKi AGE3TT,
fert Kearney, Xcbratka
WU1 locate lands for Intending settle, and
elve. any Information required concerns
&o lan lK of Koutti-WosUrn Nebraska. 12-4
PHYSICIAKS.
8. OOWLKS, D-llA-tcopatale
Phyklelan and Surrcoil,
VUl be in UrownvlUe on or uboiit the UAh vf May.
W. IL KIM BERLIN, M. D.
PIITfTCIAN ASUM'KGKOUT TOITEB.
EVE AND KAU lXFIttMAllY.
1 Orru-E-No. 1 -Beynoldn' House."
i Omen HrR 7 a.m. to ( p.m. ,
H. CTnURMAN,
rTnsuiANAMiMKr.ro,
OS o. hi M iud street, oue tloor wet or eo
W Tib Shop. Oiiioe hours Cruui 7 to 11 a m. ana
1 to 4 p. m. M-H-y
II. L. MATHEWS,
PHYSICIAN AMD SURGEON.
Ortioe No.l Main StreeU
A. B. H0LI.ADAY. M. D.,
Physician, Snrgcon and ObatctrUlan,
Offlca Jioiladay A Go's Drug fctore.
' . in-, i . Tsttvtlrxi in. Urowrwiue in
'KA ioj on KoTut complete teU u! Anqrulalmff,
p. m. fnx-ial attention giwnto Obttetrict an
Ihe dirOMC Of M OWgra om nurcn.
C F. STEWART, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SVKtiEON,
Ctfw-N o. 2 1 Main Street.
""V Ur 7 to - At, nd 1 lo 2 mi f to
WM. T. DEN.
Whelenal and Retail Ienler in
General Hcrc-anHtse, and Cans mission
and Farwardln Hcrchsat,
; No. X6 Main Street.
Cam riariicrt, J1oh-$, A'tone. Furniture, &c,
alvayt on hand. Jihet tmnrk et price paid fur
Hde, ll-U, Fur and Om tUry I'ruducc
G.IL HENDERSON,
Jenlrr in Foreirm and lKrmertiet
DRY GOODS AND UUOCKIUES,
No. 8 3 Main Street.
J. L. McGEE C0.
Dealers In General Merchandise,
No. 78 Mrriierwon'Hr.lw k, Main HU
' DRUG STORES.
UOLLADAY A CO.,
Wh'desnle and Metail Dealer in
3r4js, Aledlelnes, Paints, Oils, ete
No. 41 Main Street.
! McCREERY A NICKELL,
- Choleale nnd Retail Dealer in
raf s, Books, Wallpaper Si. fctatlanery
No. 34 M:tln Street.
hoots Airo shoes.
rHART ITELMERj
BOOT AND MIOE HIAIUIR,
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I7a on hand a virwr ttoc.k of Boot and.
Shoe. Custom Work done wilh nealneu and
dupatea.
BOOT AND SHOE JIAI-EH,
, . - . on main oireeu
s lieu Sand a pood astortment of Ontl,
LasUe't, AUsee and Children' Boot and Shoe.
Cutiom Work dome with nealne and dispatch.
HARDWARE.
' SIIELLENEERGER BRO'S
Xaar-rtrrs. Dealers In Tinware.
5 a.lMalnSU, McPlierson's Llock.
' '',,r Hardware, (XirpenJer Tool. Liack
Fumuluno, t c, constantly on hand.
n.i . J0K3 C. DEUSER,
a-ler ImStores, Tinware, Pumps, st
SADDLERY.
-ESS. liRiDLUS, COLIAJR-SEte.
' 'fkt No. Main Streft.-
m S.pi tni Lattye of eery uceription, and
jaZZ' ncUr-kri on tui: c:tu P
I . J. IL BAUER,
T . ifTn.v'ytyrrr find DiIt In.
iAJrEfe, LiUOLLs., t O-LAXLS, Ete.
v No. ilain Street.
SALOONS.
? j t . R. C. RERUER.
ALnAMRttA UILL1AUD gALOON,
ss best Uiit Lwjuors cnttuinUy oa Ji4.
. Kaw. WLU ury's tlock. 12-38
.... .fTTARLES RRIEOETt,
Ea hall and luncii xtoosx,
No. Main StreeL
1 JOSEPn HFPP.ARD fc CO,
i SALOON,
TJ W tt'jnl n.1 Lin nor kert on hnrxt
WMtHMHBrsaMIMM
ZIILLirfERY.
j U.LlXr.Il AND UIlS MAKER,
ii... isi 1U M Kin snd Water.
"tor.
UlllV
Hirin ii.e ot Jirowovr ana
. u. h. mi iuu tirsl t.iiHB MuLlurrv hhnii
in I ' ""t'' lut- eKstwn plyit-t. liiaehiiift
lJZ. . " ,r' very latest si v Ih. aiul on hirt notiOB.
fcs vot LaiH' aad C'lMi'lrwi'ti iiHUtand
JT"" w-rts. Cloaks, and CLiitiren'sCteUiiRg
BARDERS.
"ABJIER AND HAIli ERESSEJl.
TJom - o.5 Main sijtwX,
JZ Patul surf y Xk.'i iiMna, JtZaj a
8lt.o WM Mel IF. All,
ARBEK AND HA.1II IJHXSSrrt,
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ana l...i.b on
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HOTELS.
STATl HOTEL.
rrirsi KTKVKNSON . lrtDrletors.
Tux vmmoflatifn8in tbedty. I'owins!"ird
toniakefH-Nicon.forujl!e. AtPiita W lHy bia-
f-st fur al points west. Omnibuwsi to ftJ tra-init.
REYNOLDS HOUSE.
GF.ORG K POUGHEUTY, Pbof-siftojI.
JsH 6Z VO Main fc-tpppt, isrownviue,
Has tx-en thortutily iitu.'Jnd fornlj-iiwl.and now
oftT tr't-cin acROtmrioaniions U Uie traveling
public Board ty the aay orww-n.
AHCU1CA5 HOUSE.
L. I. IUJP.ISON. l'ropriotTr.
m . . . . . I . . 4 X ' . rtV
Afjood Feed and Livery 2 -Jslc in connection
wan me jkauc. -
coirixcTioii'rnixs.
CITY BAKERY & CONFECTXOXElXY
ALLEN A .NALiu, mopK iKiuKRi
r. n.in rirwit IMrr 1 tmr Store.
Ti, Ok ha, Frlii iirwd. xn(wtifTy, IJgnt
and i nrr t.rocffis consmntly on tmrKt.
GEO RGB YA UNITY,'
Bskrrl Con fret tonery,
No. JT7 slain Str t.
OfTers to the rnLl! at reduced rate n choice
utock or tiroccritiS, itoyisiods, oiiiccionw
les, eto., etc
HAaery, Confeetlonerjr and Ty Store.
Freak Breox, dike, Oistrrt, Fruit, ete., on hand
No. 4U Main KtreeL.
J. P. DEUSER,
Dealer In Confectioneries, Toys, etc
No. 4 Main StreeU
NOTARIES.
JAS. C. McNAUG IITON,
Tnarv ltlln anil CniiTtrsnctr.
Omcx In Carso' Bank, Brownvllle, Neb.
F Y.. EBRIGirr,
Notary Public and ConrvrUneer,
s TiH Brant fnr tha TYinltnhlfl and American
Tontine "Life Insnranoe Companies, 6-tf
FAIRRROTnEn A HACKER,
Notary Public and Conveyancer -
omoe la County Clerk's Oflitse.
O. W. FAIKHKOTHKR, iiKW M. HOCSS,
Notary Public. couniy.ier.
GRALTI DEALERS.
DEALERS IN GRAIN, PRODUCE, cVc.
The hiebeot market rricepaid for anything
the Farmer can raise. We will bay and sea
everything known to the raarKet.
wrT?TTTTVfl WIT'flX.
Storage, Fonrardlnir and Ceaunltslon
A rwi)ri n 7 l-inil of drain- for which
they pay the llighett Market Price in (Xuh.
TAILORING.
TTAUP.OI.DT A ZECTT,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
Ao. 6!4 Main Street,
ondlil sfnr'lc of Goods.
and will make them up In the lattsit styles.
on snore notice auu rcusuuauic
WAGON MAKERS.
FRANZ II ELMER,
Waeon JlaKer and Repairer.
Shop West of Court House.
Vaoon, Bupaict, Flows, Cultivator, &c, re
paired on short notice, at lot rate, and war
ranted to give satisfaction.
BOTJirrY CLAIM AGENTS.
ED. D. SMITH,
U. S. WAR CfiAm AGENT,
Washington City, D. G
"VTlll attend to the prosecution of claims be
fore the Departmentln person, for Additional
t r- riulr Vuxr a ri1 l'pndinnfi. and all
claims accruing againat the Government da
ring tne iate war. wu
SMITH. P. TUTTLE,
v. s. assistant assessor.
Office In District Court ltooro.
Notary Public and United State War Claim
A acnt. Will attend to the vroseeution of claim
before the Department, for Additional Bounty,
Back Ffu and I'ensions. Also the collection of
Semi-Annual Due on 1'ension.
STATIONERY.
A. D. MARSH,
Bookseller and News Dealer.
City Book Store,
No. 50 Main Strtn-t, Postoinco Riiildintr.
ARTISTIC.
A. STAFFORD,
PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST,
No. 4T Main Street, up stAira.
Perton wishing Pictures executed in the latest
style of the Art, will call at my Art Gallery.
MRS. T. M. GRAHAM,
TEACHER O V MUSIC.
Rooms, Main, bet 4th & 5th St.
Lessons civen on tho Piano. Organ, Melodton,
Guitar and Vocalization. Having had eight years
experience as ttacher of Music in New York is
conMent cf pivint satUfaciion.
G. P. BERKLEY,
House, Carriage and Sign Fainter.
No. 66 Alain St up btalrt .
Ut1hlm9Pi CfOtaXAJ yayt t liliwtff cyaa- i uti-'-if
ing done on short notice, favorable terms, and
C. W. WHEELER,
BRIDOE BUILDER,
Sole arent for R. W. Smith's Patent Trues
Bridge The strongest and best wooden
bridge now In use.
KEISWETTER A EIRSMAN,
Brvwsrrllle City Bleat Market.
No. 60 Main Street.
VTUl nfiv the hinhest market vricefor aood Beet
Cattle, Cti, o!, Sheep and Hogs.
BLISS A HUGHES,
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS.
mil attend to the sale of Real and Personal
Property in Ihe Nemaha Land District, Term
reasonable.
J, v, jy. patch,
Manufacturer and Peeler fn
Clocks, "Watches, Jevrelry,tc, etc.
No. 33 Main Street.
Silver and SUver-Plaled Ware, and all varie
ties of Spectacles constant 'y on hand. Repairing
done in the neatest style, at short notice. Charges
moderate. Work warranted.
J. KL. BEAU.
Agent for the U. S. Express Co., and
w. u.'i'cietrrapn o :
No. 64 Maui Sireet.
A. W. MORGAN.
Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace
umcein court iiouse Liuiiamg.
CHASLXS a. ixiasiT.
OBCK W. TOKSXT
Att'y at Law.
CO.&O, 7. DORSET,
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
AKD -
Bcolci3 in Land YZfirrantc.
Csyand Sell Real Estate and
. Land Warrants.
Select Cz Locate Goremnsnt Lands,
ATTEND TO CONTESTED CASE3 IN THE
U.S. LAND OFFICE, AND
PAY TAXES.
A large Quantity of First Class Lands for
sale In Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, John
son and Gage Counties, Nebraska, to which
the attention of purchasers Is specially Invi
ted,
OfSco-BEOWimLLE, 1IE3.
Crane. Ofice EEATRICE, I,TX
U-6-tf
ALL ABOAKD I
TL3 EroTTEville Transfer
Ucdtr the taanement of
Line,
Is now Jlnnnlng Kegalsr 0mnibnsfls from
ErotrETilla to the Railroad Terriino-S
ct U.S Couccll E",u.T snd St. Joepa K.t,Urosl,
. ' At ircrtZi Gtar, IIo
Two Klles from Browcviiis snd Korta itsr Ferry
LanUlnfe.
Good CmnlLnsses. Close Connectioiir
CiarrcsIIotlcrat 50-tf
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Canadian tIcvys cf rir. gr-ra-
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,Tha Canadian papers ere very freo
la taeir conun:nw on bcnr.tor bum
ners'speccn. . lmiceu, -mucii .more
than complimentary. The Toronto
Globe, the most libera! Journal cf the
Lwmimon, Kays:
It U ret risible to'guairb moral ' of
fences by a money standard. What
then?.' Why, if this talk amounts to
anything, it means, as Mr. Thorton
said, Wail I.Ir. Sumner gays Eng
land enouid be expected to admit that
the recognition w3 unlawful. Ko-
body knows better than Mr.- Sumner
that that is the very thirftr Encland
will not do. The talk which Sumner
indulges in shows very clearly that
the American, government does not
wish the cuot.t.on settled forthwith.
It is useful in the business of home
politics, and It is regarded as a conve
nient Bcrew for pressing a good, bar
gain with BriUan in ether ways.
Very few ia-the Status, - except
among the more ignorant Fenians and
more rabid and reckless politicians,
dream at this moment of making the
Alabama dispute the occasion for war.
Notwithstanding all their swagger,
the Americans have clear- ideas , of
what is involved in such an eventual
ity, and they have no inclination ' to
run the risk. Whenever a hard -bargain
has had to be driven; this, how
ever, has been their cue, and they are
now reckoning upon the iguoraoce
and squeezability of British statesmen
as in former times, for securing a good
deal, at any rate, of what they want.
In this we believe they are mistaken.
Formerly they, were contented with
large slices cf , territory, . more than
were justly due. The ignorance : of
Diplomatists made this easy. .'Now,
perhaps, crown bold by success, they
drelm of taking all North America as
a peace cfToring, and imagine that all
that Is necessary to this is to kick and
swegger, as in the case of the Maine
boundary and the thing will be done.
Like the soldier that drew his sword
and threatened dreadful things if he
did not get a pair of boots at his own
price, tney would be ine readiest, after
getting what they wished, to reply to
tne inquiry about what they would
have done, supposing they would have
been refused, "Done! Whyl what
could we have done ! Done without,
to be sure!" Exactly, and that will
be found to be the. upshot of the whole
ofl'air. "When the Americans have
discovered that they cannot secure
anything by bullying, they will eith
er forget the Alabama altogether, or
will agree to some equitable method
of settling the claims.
The Montreal Gazette, the Crown
organ, thus defends British recogni
tion of the belligerency of the rebels:
If this be "the head and foot of the
(English) offending," the United
States Government was just as great
a sinner. And why? Let us suppose
that England had not conceded bel
ligerent rights to the South, what
would have been the consequence ac
cording to all the writers on interna
tional law? Only this, that as soon
as the Sumpter, the Nashville and the
other earlier Confederate cruisers ar
rived in England after burning, the
Brilliant and other Northern mer
chant vessels, their officers and crew
having no recognized status, would
have been subject to the law and
amenable to trial and execution as
pirates, although, too, they were . ex
ercising their recognized belligerent
right to make reprisals. England
very properly refused to act as hang
man for the American Government,
and when the same question came up
lor trial ana disposal m tne united
States covrta. in the memorable case
of the Confederate crew seized, almost
reduanded.ou Charleston harbor, that
Government abated its previous pre
tensions, and ended by adopting a
similar course. In other words, the
crew in question was tried and sen
tenced to death for piracy ; but a little
reflection showed Government that it
would be unwise and unnatural to
carry out the sentence, and, in the
end, the "pirates" were exchanged as
regular prisoners of war. What dif
ference was there, after all, in the po
sition assumed by both Governments?
England called and treated the South
erners as belligerents. The North
went still further, and by exchanging
prisoners, gave them the legal status
and the recognized position of what
England all along refused to give, not
withstanding the representations of
Franc an independent Power.
' Referring to Mr. Sumner's elabora
tion of .the fact that British policy
protracted and greatly Increased the
cost of the war, the Gazette says : . ':. 1
It is now rather late in the day to,
cry and whine about it, especially
when the reparation eoarragantly in
sisted upon, will probably have to be
purchased, if England only possesses
a portion of her former spirit, at a cost
of life and treasures far greater than
that poured out in the last American
war.
r . - Good Rye t-y
i A squad of men passed down; oh
Tuesday, taking down the old tele
graph line, and; White Cloud la now
left out in the coldj and will remain
so until she gets a railroad, which will
be when? " a - "
If those old wires .could have re
tained all that passed over them, and
could talk over the past, when, stored
away in gome dark warehouse, what
tales they could tell ! They were put
up in the summe r of JSCO, and carried
news of the Lincoln campaign and
triumph;. the rise and progress of se
cession; -all the great battles, skirm
mishes, and movements of the war;
the murder of Lincoln r.the treason of
Johnson ; the election and inaugura
tion of Grant; the doings of politi
cians; private matters relating to
every phase of business and family
affairs ; and the social chat of opera
tors who are scattered throughout the
lengt h and breadth of the land. Those
old, rusty wires, and rotten, tottering
poles, have borne through space many
ponderous volumes of the" history of
war, politics, business, rascality, mis
ery, sorrow, fun, aud compliment.
We regret the departure, as that of a
friend to whose familiar voice we have
listened for many and many a day and
long nighU Even, the humming of
wires, as tiiey vibrated in the wind,
"was music
May the day speedily eclrre When
we shall have another like it; for a
town without a telegraph is behind
the times. Kansas Chief. :
The Secretary of the Treasury will
receive sealed prono2l3 lor tne pur-
chai of gold until noon of Thursday
next, in sums cf not k-s than $5,000
Payment may be- made either in XT. S.
notes or 3 nor coat, certificates. -The
Buccessful bicldcrs will be required to
deposit 5 per cent. of. the amount of
the pureha.se on, the day of eu! Like
proposals will be received every
Thursday until otherwise ordered. .-
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BPiOWNYILLE, :NEBIUSKA, THURSDAY, AEPJL. 29rl8G9.T: 7TT'
. IULic's i3 in a singular condition.
Her r ceple are expected to obey, and
her courts and officers, to enforce
series cf laws neither officers, courts
nor people,- can possibly know
anvtbinir - about. They nnct
be of.leiojly printed for at least
a month, and then only in volumes for
the use of lawyers and courts. A till
rsquiring their publication In the
newspapers was voted down. As the
Springfield Journal remarks:
Of the general laws, many ore ex I ugly
Important, changing the present in
most radical particulars; and asthoy have
"taken eliect from and after their p , -we
have the singular anomaly of tUtip" 3
bcinj? under the operation of laws vn ' i
neither they nor the courts know anythi :
a!xut, nnd which cannot be officially prixued
for at It ,t another month. .)
: Proceedings such as this tend to cast
all law into contempt. Who can help
feclincr that the Legislature was unfit
fc rita duties when he finds himself
eirpecfM to- obey or enforce general
laws cl which, he can get no informa
tion whatever? How c&u' anybody
regard suchjaw-making as anything
but a f.;rce ? - the Legislature probably
considered,' and with gooa reason,
that its peculiar performances In mat
ters involving great Decun iary interests
realy formed the only serious business
of the session. The real work to. be
done was to take care of the railroads
and the rings, and other legislation
was looked upon as merely a con
It will be said that this is no new
thing that other Legislatures have
done the same. But does that fact
make it in any degree a less" absured
thing to do? In fact,- may we not
justly trace much of the decline in
respect lor ana ooeaience 10 law 10
the custom of publishing the laws in
form only accessible to those few per
sons who study thej laws officially or
professionally ? We do not see how peo-
a X II 1 fll
13 can oe expecrea to rearawitu pecu-
iar respect a coue oi iav s - wnica . its
makers ao not consiaer important
enough to publish."
venient disguise. "" '
It will be said that the laws areso nu
merons, so intricate and volumnlous,
that the people will not read and cannot
understand them. If that is true and
we judge that it may be in Illinois,
when about two thousand bills were
passed at the last session alone I is it
not .the more clear that the people
must look upon this business. as a
gigantic farce ? What i3 the sense of
getting up laws so numerous, and in
tricate that nobody, can keep track of
them except by devoting his whole
lifetime to that task ? If the whole
people were lawyers by profession If
a Legislature of lawyers were making
laws for the government of a cammu
nity of lawyers then there might be
some reason for giving them a plenty
to do. But a community of lawyers
would starve. Somebody must raise
food for 'these legal gentlemen to eat,
and make money to pay the sums
necessary to support the aforesaid
legal gentlemen in the making and the
study of the laws. And as for the
farmer, who is expected to- obey the
laws and to pay all the taxes which
they may require, even when he can
never get at the acts themselves and
can find out what they are only by
consulting some lawyer he raises
the food, makes the money, pays the
bulk of taxes, and that is his share in
the operation ! If his representative
goes to Springfield and votes away
taxes enough to enrich a dozen rail
road corporations, the farmer must
pay all the same, and if he wants to
know how it was done must consult a
lawyer to see the law.
Of course, this is lauerhaoie out nas
It not a serious side ? The plain truth
Is that we have unworthy and incom
petent legislators, in part because the
people who elect them have no means
of judzeing whteher they do well or
not. The crying necessity oi the age
Is to have fewer laws, and to have
these' publahed so - that all men can
read them and know who voted for
them. "The world is governed too
much," and that part of the world
known as the State of Illinois, with
its two thousand new laws at a session,
Is so much governed that its govern
ment is little better than robbery. Mis
souri is not by any means perfect, but
we can boast that our government has
not become proficient in the art of legis
lating money out of the pockets of the
people into privnts purses. We have
too many laws, and they are not pub
lished, but our Legislature has never
risen to the indignity of two thousand
enactments a year. But with differ
ences In degree, there is the same great
want in almost all th? States ; we need
more direct responsibility of legislators
to constituents, and publication of all
laws, and we may then hope to have
very fewer laws to publish. St. Louis
Democrat. ... . ' . .
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t Drowned. On the evening of the
17th inst. about dark, James Cameron,
Esq., of Humboldt, this County, was
accidently drowned while attempting
to bathe In the Nemaha, a short dis
tance from his house.
J Mr Cameron had been unwell for
some time previous, and had manifes
ted a desire to take a bathe, and in the
evening went to the Nemaha for the
purpose, and being very weak and the
water having risen, it is supposed that
he lost his balance while in the deep
water. He had left the house unknown
to his friends and when missing a dili
gent search wa3 made, but he was not
fund until morning. Mr. Cameron
was about 58 years of age and father of
James Cameron of this place. He
wasa good and influential citizen, and
leaves a large number of friends and
relatives to mourn his loss. Falls city
Journal.
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Boston April 22. At a meeting of
stockholders of the Union -Pacific
Railroad resolutions adopted establish
ing in conformity with an act of Con
gress, its general office in Boston, ap
proving sale of its first mortgage and
land grant bonds, and authorizing pro
curement of a new seal for the com
pany's use.
Hon. Jas. Brooks, as one of the Gov
ernment directors,- made a speech
showing in some detail the operations
since the commencement of the road,
to its present substantial completion,
and saying that the work and its ex
cellence too considering the obstacles
which it has surmounted was the most
wonderful work of civilization, and
despite a few unjust attacts at home,
it chalenges the admiration of man
kind. , ... - - - :. . -
i The stockholders of the U. P. Rail
road held a meeting in this city this
a. m., and after adopting-diflerent
amendments to the charter authorized
by Congress adjourned until to-mor-roXT.
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On 'Wednesday morning last, the
ends of the two railroad tracks were
only thirty miles apart. The Union
Pacific Company has twelve miles yet
to lay ; and the Central eighteen.
. Sr. Catherines, April 1. The
Welland Canal was opened for naviga
tion to-day. , ... .
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THE EEPUBLIGPJI Y ALLEY.
Climate A grf cultural.? t oek "tt
tlements Indians and llallrosxils.
. Cloud County, Kansas, V j
April 10, 1S69. f I
Editor Advertiser: 'Through your
paper I wish to inform the many
friends in Nemaha county who were
anxious to hear fromm'e, of my v, JLere-
a tt .
aoours ana surroundings. t
On my road here I passed through
Marysville, Kansas, situated on the
Big Blue, eighty miles west of White
Cloui and twelve miles south o Ne-
bra :':a : thence west to the Little Blue:
thenco up that river to the" mouth of
Jay cn c!r; thence up to the head of
this ere : thence north to Rose creek.
up fhich we traveled until we reach
ed ': the- sixth - principal meredhn :
thence to the headof the South Brand
of the Little Blue; thence on to Salt
creek and Elk creek, down which we
went until we reached the Republi
can; thence up the Republican- to
Lake Sibley, where we rested from
our travels, in Cloud county; Kansas.
Thi3 county 13 situated directly west
of Atchison 120 mile3, and the sixth
principal meridian bounds the county,
on the east, and 2i miies south of the
Kansas and Nebraska line brings you
to the north line of tho county.
The Republican river runs through
it from east to west, about 1 miles,
when it turns north and runs across
the north line, within six miles of the
western line, and among its many
tributaries are Elk creek, Pony creek,
Salt creek, Camp ereek, - Cheyenne
creek, Buffalo creek, Dry creek, Oak
creek. Plumb creek and Elm creek.
All these ' tributaries . aubrd3. tunple
drainage to the country, and nourish
ing along their shores, forests of oak,
walnut, f sbr, elm, locust, mulberry,
hickory and other varieties of useful
and ornamental wood, which are an
nually increasing as the fires are sup
pressed. Coal of an excellent quality. Is also
in abundance. Veins from the crop
pings show two and three feet,
and doubtless gradually become thick
er as they extend mto the the bluffs.
When I came out here I thought
that I would secure a coal bank, but I
found it so plentiful that I changed
my mind to that of a piece-of farming
land without a riding switch, when at
the same time I could have had tim
bered land, but not without getting
more or less waste land.
It is my opinion that there is strat
ums of coal underlying this whole
country, save the river valiies, and
that too of a good quality. There is
five or six different places where the
coal crops out and shows for Itself, and
these are all the discoveries that have
yet been made. No attempt has been
made to make further discoveries, as
there Is now plenty found to furnish
fuel for tho next two generations. The
State Geologist is of the opinion that
there Is Bevefl'stratas of coal under
thi3 whole country.
"Water is In abundance, and that of
the best quality. Salt springs and salt
marshes are numerous, affording salt
for the millions of cattle that will in
the future graze on these beautiful
and rich prairies.
Timber is of ordinary quality, such
as is found on the tributaries of the
Missouri river, and can be taken up
or bought at from ten to twenty-five
dollars per acre; posts can be bought
for three cents, rails three and a half,
and there is no sale for fire-wood ;
coal can be had for the trouble of dig
ging, and hauling. .
Thi3, as a farming country, -.is equal
to any in the west, save that of corn
raising, when the drouth occasionly
comes, andthen it Is very scarce.
The last year was the greatest
drouth that ever visited this country,
and from the most reliable in formation
that I can gather, crops yielded as well
here as any where west of the Mis
souri river,, when properly tended,
save the Missouri bottom.
rThe average crop of wheat was 17
bushels to the acre ; corn varied from
nothing to 30 busihels ; oat3, and in
fact all small grain does well here,
much better than many other places ;
and in cander, my opinion is about
this,- give this country an equal chance
in proper cultivation, and taking all
crops together, it will produce more
than the Missouri river vallics, taking
any one county. ; '
You will at once ak the question:
Why did I hear that the people out
west were suffering for food? Well I
will tell you : :.Take Nemaha countv
for an example : first deprive one-half
of the fanners from farming, and the
other half, allow them ten or fifteen
acres only to tend, and then imagine
how much of a surplus you would
have, having nothing of old crops left.
' ;Would you believe me, should I tell
you that farmers have raised corn to
sell,andeven sold corn last year.- It is
a fact, and my honest cpinion i5, that
those who are industrious will always
raise enough any year to support
them'. But the worst cause of the
drowth'wsi this: Tho majority of
the settlers here i3 of a class that will
not work, and to make a living they
take claims and 6e!l them. . They
probably "have & little garden spot
which, they half tend, and then cry
for aid. , God forbid that I should do
anyone injuitice, but this aid is the
greatest curse of the two, the Jrowth
or aid. Friends, I know you thought
that you were doing a christain act,
and I hope you will be rewarded for it,
but it only works a cures to the people
whom you aimed to '-assist. And
now Tam confident that if they whi
use proper industry they can obtain
all the aid necessary to support life:' '
I will cite you to a farmer of this
county, a Mr. Coplen, who raised seed
corn to sell, and sold it to a new com
er, whoso house . I am now winter
ing in.
Give us enterprising farmers and I
will assure you that aid would be an
insult to them.' And good Lord tie
liver us from settlers who come here
loookiner for aid from abroad. And
just here Ut me say in honor to indus
try, tnat only pare or the sctuers re
ceived aid, and somecf them, I was
told by good authority, sold the same.
But before another call will ber made
for aid, I hope to see this country set
tled up by settlers of enterprise. , - - :
Fruit will do well here, Judging
from what I have been told of wild
fruit, grapes especially. . But the par
ticulars I Will wait until fall for,
when I will be an eye Avitness to the
farts. '
: There is no better stock country in
connection with good fanning lands.
Notwithstanding the slurs of B
drowtht I will cive you a fow facts I I
have been lold by honorable men that
they only know of one cow-brute that
died last winter or this spring, and
that got drowned. Oie man had thirty-five
head of cattle, and wintered
i
i
ed them on. twelve taaof hay; no
corn or auy other substance save v.'hzt
they. got themselves on tho prairi:..
Can you believe .that; and. I will
venture to say there ia not a-bette
looking lot of stoei cattle in the west;
this to without sheds. , . .... s '; . .
A Mr. C. Lavb wintered nincty
, three head of cattle. ' Las.t fall ho put
up twenty tuns of prairie hay, 'and
now the feeding season has been over
some two or three weeks, and he has
hay left. r He lost one cow-bruta' by
getting drowned. '''.. 1
. Horses and mules run at lar-e "all
lart winter and got their own living,
and when I arrived here they looked
as welljis my horses .did stablad all
winter with plenty of corn and hay. '
Now,' the above are not isolated ca
ses, but a general thing; all over this
country.!; The cost cf wintering a
brute here one year is about one tun
of hay and the necessary trouble of
seeing to it, and probably you "will
not feed one-half cr that. Is this not
good enough a country.. .
Now, I have only one objection to
thl3 country, that is, it is not settled
up with enterprising farmers, though
I expect to see it settled up with iust
such men, and that very soon, when
I will be perfectly satisfied, knowing
or no better iocahty lor health, farm
ing, mild and pleasant winters, varie
ties of fruits, and a country that never
has nor never will aliortl a muddy
road ; mud is a perfect stranger here
. Thi.s countv is now about fortv-five
miles from the terminus of the Cen
tral Branch of the Union Pacific Rail
road, destined to run through thi3
county, and junction "city is about
fifty miles distance, situated on the
Southern Pacific Railroad. A road is
also surveyed from the junction up
the Republican river, through, this
eniintv.
In short this i3 destined tomake a
rich country."
There i3 a Sweed colony sottled
west of this county, and I believe a
portion of their tract of land extend3
I A. . A A.t 11
into vnis county xour or live mixes.
They, are now putting up a. flouring
mill and other public improvements.
With reference to soliciting emigra
tion to this county. I only have this
to say : I advise all to come and loo:-
at the country first, and look a3 I did.
at other portions of the country, and
then judge for yourselves. You need
not come here expecting to find large
churches in small towns, nor the la
test fashions or dress, isut 11 you
come, come expecting to find a coun
try about as-nature formed it, with
some improvements, occasionally a
farm of one hundred acres and geaer
ally less. When you come, stop and
look around and vou will probably
find men who are trying to hold four
or five claims to sell you, but dout be
in a hurry, go to some man who is
trying to make a living by industry,
and council with him. But these
claim suckers, let them, alone, they
are a curse to any country, and we are
too well supplied ; remove them and
in their stead put home seekers, and
we will then have as fine a country as
is west of the Missouri river.
Now my friends you have my opin
ion or tnis country, partially, ana 1
would be happy to have as many
come out and settle here as would be
satisfied to do so ; but hope none will
come and settle without first coming
to look. . L know that people are
strange beings, and : have various
ideas, mostly governed more by prej
udices than judgment.. .Should you
come out and like our country we
will welcome you ; should you not
like, we can only hope you may-be
suited elsewhere. We are not afraid
of this country not settling, but want
to see it settle as fast as possible with
permanent settlers. ( '
Well, settlers, tell me that there has
not been any savage Indians east of
Lake Sibley for seven years, though
above there they occasionally run in
a scouting party of Indians, and have
killed and stolen more or less, but I
am honest in the expression,, that that
day is over. If General Sheridan re
dians bothering-any one; but should
tains command 1 have no fears of in
we be cursed with post holders, I do
not know but what the Indians might
bothersome, such as running off stock
and occasionally killing a settler. But
the settlements are becoming too
strong here to admit of Indian depre
dations In the future. -;
The State intends to station three
companies out beyond the fronties.to
protect . the Indians from stealing.
They are to be stationed at the follow
ing places: One company at White
Rock ; one company on Solomon;
one company on the Saline.that being
done, and Pail. Sheridan in command
bf the Indian Department, I will feel
perfectly safe hero. -I
.... Yours truly, , '
i i . . W. M. Burns.
' A schoolmaster after giving ons . of
hispupil3 asound drubbing forspeakr
ing bad grammar, sent him to the
other end of the room to inform
another boy that he wished to speak
to him, and at the same time promised
to repeat the dose if he spoke to him
ungrammatically. " The youngster
being quite satisfied with what he got
determined to be exact, and thus ad
dressed hi3 fellow pupil; "A common
Substance of , the masculine gender,
singular number, nomative case and
in a verry angry mocd, that f'U perch
ed upon the eminence at the other
end of the room, wishes to articulate a
few sentences ' to you In the present
tense." : , ' . . 1 X; " :
I State Sabbath School Conven
tion. The Second AnnualS. S. Con
vention, will 'convene at Nebraska
City, May I2oth,l8;9 and remain in ses
sion three days. It I., hoped that all
th Sabbath Schools in the Htate will
be -represented by -delegates. .Each
School should send from cue to two
delegates. . Our citizens may look for
fi rich intellectual as. well as a religious
treaj. The . Sabbath School cause is
becoming a mighty engine for good,
andwe bid it God sj:ed. Chronicle.
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Enterprising. Andrew -Kerr,
Esq., has just purchased a !?.-;; gen
eral merchandise establishment at St.
Deroin,J Nebraska. : He intends to
run it on first clasj principles. St.
Jo. 'Herald. ;
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1 Favorable accounts f the peach crop
reach ys from New Jersy, Dclaw ire,
and the eastern shore of Maryland.
mts on 1 '
j The Bank of the Stale of New York,
was on Monaayswin-Jied out or 23,000
by forged checks on Jay Cooke
It ia said that the damage of the
Hudson River .Railroad bv the rewnt
freshet Avill amount to $200,000.
' Light scotch suits and -White
feH
Oxford hats will be the styh
tlemen this summer... . -
for
- Colorado-has imprrted sixty -Ca"r?a-mere
goats for breeding purpoics.
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Me." Xditop.: Odn r to " the lr.d
rendition cf th a Normal School Bail
ding' it was U ought r. ivi.---i! !;, at the
last mcetin g c f the Board of Education,
not to continue the school with " its
full quott of !cr.cher3 this term, but
let Prof. Margin havechartre of it and
intru',t sll w no might v.-Wt to attend
aud at the sar vj time save the expense
bf teachers to the fi rate. - - - ;
: In view of thl I rudga my position
as Principal . far; the present. term,
leaving the board free to make such
preparations lr the eouilng year as
niay be deemed best. .
Considering the great inconvenien
ces under which we have labored-in
the pa?t and the great number of hear
ty friends Wo 'have gained for the
school nctwit': - t.:- I!:-:; we predict a
bright future far It l-. .matter who
may be the Principal to he t efficient,
for we think rar t of t!:a hard knocks
have fUlea on our i-ho.., 'or?, r u iwith
judicious mamcmciit tho next, in
cumbent will find comparatively au
easy task. And now with our State
and County Superintendents and our
Normal Scnocl ia'fuli blast, ignorance
must find a more ccr.rcni.al soli than
Nebraska can olfer. We havo aimed
to make the school a fountain of true
education, hence we have net asked
any person whether it pleased thi3 or
that one, but have endeavored to
teach thoroughly and correctly.- Our
object has not been to plea?e but to
make a good thorough school, and
how far we have succeeded in this we
leave the public to judge. We aro
aware that all are not pleased, we ex
pected that, thu3 it has ever been and
ever will be, teachers have their faults
and are liable to err; we would not
plead perfection for any one, but to
please every one and conduct a good
school is simply impossible, and th'3
we apprehend is not tho question, but
is the school subserving it3 end and
design that is the question, not wheth
er this scholar or that patron is pleas
ed or displeased.' We have no right
to look at men in any of our , public
offices or institutions, wo are not to
do thi3or that to pleaso any particu
lar person (although there are those
who honestly think the whole machi
nery of society would go to rack, and
ruin did they not have a hand In it,)
but our aim must ever bo for the best,
independent of men.
We therefore earnestly hope the
Board of Education will so conduct
the Normol School that it will mal
good, thorough, self-reliant teachers,
whether it pleases or di5pleas.es. A3
we have said we believe a bright . f;
ture is In store for it if all fearlessly
do their duty,, but we must still re
member that It is only In the bud and
a wrong move at this time will blast
all the future. . r -
J. M. McKenzie.
A lady, who writes from Washing
ton to the miiaueipnia frcss, says
that governor renton, of Xsew York,
is one of the. most noticable men - in
the Senate, not handsome, but distin
guished looking; shows his blooded
origin as" hiuch as the English aristoc
racy.' Tall and slender in figure, his
face wears none of the furrows of age,
but his abundant hair looks as "If th
hand of Time had seized hold of it
with the intention of blanching It in a
single nlgnt, but there was unbecom
ing hesitation on the part of the "old
man of the sickle", then a compromise,
and a neutral tint of iron-gray was the
result. This crown of iron-gray glo
ry surmounts bis temples as tho sol
emu clouds touch the mountain peak;
and those who are attracted by a maj
esty of mein are advised to seek the
presence of Senator Fenton.
Large bells are now being hung in
England upon a plan by which the
friction is so reduced that they' can
be rung without the exertion of much
force. The system consists ia mak-
inrr Ihn criiileranna tirnn wKinh t
is hung V-shaped, like the bearing of
a scaie-oeam, ana applying the power ,
rXLYf - d l 1 16 fck' 4e
Wheel being dispensed with. The
gudgeons must not be lower than the
top of the bell, in a recent experi
ment with this new method, a bell
with a diameter at its mouth of 761
Inches and weighing 10,000 pounds or
4$ tons, was rung, it 13 stated, by the
use of one arm. This plan, it is asser
ted. 13 ejisier than pullinar the cla-nner
by a rope; and doea not involve so
great a risk of cracking the bell. The
tone is also said to be much grander.
'St. Joseph Scared. At a called
meeting-of the city council of St.
Joseph the following important state
ment was made, and attioa t&ken
thereon :
' '"Mr Pinter called the attenticnof
the council to the fact that there i3
great danger of the Missouri cutting
through above Wathena, and that by
such calamity the city of Stv Joseph
would be left high and dry, about four
miles east of the bed of the river. On his
motion Messera Pinger, Keeler, and
Fitzgerald were appelated a committee
in conjunction vith the city engineer,
to see what had best be done under
the circumstancc3 ; also, to ascertain
the most practical way for building a
break-water below, Belmont, so ns to
maintain a permanent channel along
side of out city"'-
-Washington, April 21. It I3 elated
this afternoon in a well authenticated
mannerthat. Secretary Fish will, at
no Very distant day, retiro from the
State, Departsi'-'iit; ha having until
the present time remained only at tht?
personal request ; of tho President.
Congre-s havin; adjourned, rnd mot
of the foreign appoint incuts r.i. ho
now. .desires to retire t3 private life
again. .'
It transpires that a 11 t, prepared for
foreign appointment by K-. B. W?.h
burn, whilo Secretary of Ktr.to, carried
4Siost-oificcs.-.- -
f Washington, April 23. Secretary
Boric of -the-Naw department inti
mated to the rrcsident btUy his in
tention , to resign on account of ill
health. Since his appointment ho has
performed but little- oilicir.l duty, the
department being fully under the con
trol of Admirable Porter, -
' The aggregate cf civil nominations
during the session, was about 7iX, of
which there-were 10 rejected, 17 ta
bled, and -13 withdrawn. . . ;
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A Leavenworth, Kansas, paper says
one cf the evidences of the mighty
march of Western tivilivatiou is ex
hibited .in the action of the Leo i.-da-
ture, at Irs l&Ui i?cssioa, in apt .ropria-
1,4X fortobneco for the peniten-
prisoners, andCOJ for pru.ehing
tiary
theia the Gogpch;
, x li ViLLE, Art Li 2 j. I .X-
'Pr."i-
ba:ua, to-day, received ic tellicnco of
. - i .iwa, a; ta
tiie death of his son, Col. Robert John
son, and left for home at on.ee.-
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t ...C:i' , Arr'ip. II J. .
biis lalrsry ticsnt ci cur &occ y
to:? arrival cf a h;r2 number cf ill
r' Editor,-tcan.i f--r tho annual
meetin't ?nd thy trip South. Th"-3
annual cacur-io;. - ecru, a:: :i ay.
a oj, iro LvGiii'r., Ia37.1i: .y j . t 1
Iar. It is expected ih.-.2 VJ) Villi ioava
here for Cairo to-mcrrow, and from
tiers excur to Mobile, Alahama.
: In tro;v4 contract to th ? dry win !y
"'""- t'.xr rf th? pat v;i r; ji 0: r
t y tsv . riv a. v. J. tho t.iNt . t.a'ji; ry
stwim ci the K-ason. .Th varra r :
doeendoi Li torrtn! V-nd tho teri.l i
ilosLs cf lightning were like a con
tinuous sheet cf C.uae. The dust Lt
successfully "laid," ai least fjr a thr.?,
and the balmy . ntmo.-pkero imparts
hew life for a week's toll, -
Our Sprinikld advances inform uj
that the biirf.r tho disposal cf tho
lake front i3 finally pa.--id, notwith
standing the Governor's veto. The
Park 'Ccrnmljs-loners, for the South
Division havo been appointed, and
there If? a good prosj ect that the vrerli
will ooon commence. ' "
Our river tunnel has been cleared ff
ice and theunrdoriSanti?rik3 stopped.
Darin,? -the winter It was used very
little, but now, being, re.-ilh ccmp! -ted,
it is perfectly thronged". Tlie cof
fer dam is removed, and tho river ij
cow open to water craft of ail descrip
tion; Airelio of 'Chicago thirty years r"
was-recently found in excavating f . r
the Court House. It was a h How !
belonging to the wuUr works cf that
day. - Considerable of a contract is ex
hititedbctweea lha 1 --g con J -act a 73 cf
that day and and the pro-cut convert
iences for supplying wrier to the city.
Another instance of the un ..d
use of chloriform ha.? just co:a to th j
knowledge of the pohee. ' It was r.aV
ministered in the presence rf .v nnr1
ber of doctors in the County Hepit.d
previous to a surgical cpo ration ba:
the-patient died after a fo .v rtsrir.
tions. It is evident tJ all tae.iicr.l
men that something should bo sutsti
tnted for thi3 substance. .
The cases of swindling are so nu
merous in this city that it is no novel
ty to hear of them, but a decided nov
elty to hear of the rascals being caught.
A worthless rascal circulated a num
ber of letters, requesting the parties ta
send small amounts for express pack
ages detained for charges.' He re
ceived a. notice that a money package
awaited his order, at the Americaa
Express Company,' and upon present
ing himself, watakea into custody.'
Chicago has a club, net a restaurs 5
or: saloon, but a genuine club Lou?;
"just like New Yofk or paris." Th
organization of such au institution is
sure proof that the ties of home aro
week, and some weaning resort i3 do
sired. 'Nevertheless, we have a club,
and in the list of members I, find
many of our prominent citizens. The
association is purely social I believe,:
and one that allows full license to its
members to do as they please. In tho
introduction of such institutions, we
see the progress of-this city towaid
metropolitanisni" and its attendant
characteristics. "
The velocipede appears to be grow
Ing in favor not only.with the young,
but wl tli all classes of our citizens..
The spacious building known .3 tho
Wabash Avenue Rink, has been floor
ed and opened as a riding school. r Tho
rush of scholars attests tho excellence;
of the mania fortius means of locomo-'
tion. The exhibitions Wednesdays
and Saturdays : rank with our first
class amu-ements: It Is flattering ta
our Chicago manufacturers, Messrs.,
Veane, that all who learn immediate-,
ly deal with this firm, believing their
machines the best in market.
. Tuo Otoe Itcscrvatioa. ,
Editors yttrasTia Gazttte: In tiler '
Nebraska City Morning Chronicle of
AprilSth,! notice an article asking
of me an explanation in relation to
the late treaty made with the Otoe In-
dians. In reply to which I would beir
leave to state, that the Government is
wholly responsible for the stipula
tions of said treaty, the provisions of
which were as follows:
The railroad company were to take
these iand3 of the Indians by paying;
the Government one dollar ana twenty-five
cents per acre; cue sixth of
said sum to be pain In cash, on confir
mation of the treaty, and the balance '
to be paid in five years, in annual in--stailmentr'f
in government liouds, witht -
live percent, interest frorti date, which ,
was to be a permanent loan for the'
Otoes. In addition to this, the railroad '
company was to pay for the surveyin;? .
of said lands, and pay one thousand ?
dollars for traveling expenses to and .
from Washington. -.
They were further obliirated to build
40 miles of railroad within five years,
and to pay the Indians for all the 1m-
firovements they had made. And ths ,
irovernment agreed to ell to the In
dians lands in tho Cherokee nation at
SO Cents per aero if they took choico
lands, and lo ccnt3 per acre if they -went
further west. The Indians also
reserved ten miles square of their
present possessions, until they moved
south, and they were not to move un
less they found a home to suit them.
At the time this treaty was made.
five of the six chiefs were present
tvruquito aione lacing absent, lie was
sent for twice, in order to havo him
present, and the entire tribe was fairly
represented.
Col. Dcnman and Col. Murrhv ex
plained everything in relation to tho
conditions of this treaty, and represen
ted each preposition in a fair and im
partial manner, and to the entire sat
isfaction of the whole tribe. Nor is It
true that the Indiana are dissatisfied
with the treaty, but. on the contrary.
they are very much displeased to kar-
that the treaty Was not confirmed.
1 will say, in conclusion, that If
there Is any "swindle" in thb matter, !
it uoes not fail "upon the Indians.
They Were disposlhguf their lands at
Sl,2 per cere, tnd purchasing better .
land at SO and 13 tvnts t or acre; they,
were getting-pay for all of their 1m- '
provernents. and hot incurring one .
cent expense in cot of treaty, cr sur
veying their laud, and I consider it tho !
beat treaty ever made west of the Mis-
souri river, and sd far as my steward-"
ship is concerned ia this matter, I :
rhall bo p!?ped to invite the strictest
scrutiny cf the whole subject from fir--1 '
toloat. ' t -' J.H. S:iiTir,"
. .w, :-.t j,t. otoe Indiana
i ,
; Commissioner - Delano has Co-cried.
With regard to afiixing and canceling
internal revenue stamps that iu ail
casc3 where an adhesive stamp shail
hereafter be used, except as ntay Lo
otherwise provided, the pvrsva ma
kirr? and delivering or giving instru
me'it,inatterorthinttobe taxed shaht
allix tho stamp so that the entire sur- 1
face of each stamp shall be expis,ed ta
veiw, and shall cancel the same by wri-
ting with ink upon each stamp, cr by
some mechanical means as the Com
missioner may hereafter require, in or-
dor that such canceled stamps can not bo
again used. 1 ,The eaneUtl.'.n of stamps
for spirits .and tobacco, will renuia as
heretofore' - - 1 - -
MADRID, April 22. Tn a debate c
ihe Constitution; in the Cortes ytsto:
day, Senor Figura iterubliean b-c
th only alternative 1-ft the majjii;
of the Cortes was to 'rctnre t;
I-iurU'ins or Inaugurate a U, p-ubh
Sencr Srrilla; of the. majority r;
plied that the "restoration of ii lh a
to?s. was an ii'up.;-..-ibili(y aud a lb
public would boii.-ttionai ea!. unify, li
saiJ tho majority would certaialy su
cced in obi uuing a King.