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CHUECH, COLHAPP & CO., rsblbd-er Prtfrittm. 3fIf. 79 Mcrfcf r Bltk, Htalr. j ADVERTISING RATES, ' Mnre. (8 line or le0 Bret Insertion-. vt suhoequent inr-TUon-. (W of rj v hues or l f Xx-h ddluonl lm nrr notice. ch hed I 1 00 so , 5 00 , 1 00 . J 00 . 21 oo ;;'S,hSiun.n:.l .omh.,iS; three months 10 00 -$SS SoluSE Kntii7fiTthr m-onih. 15 no 1 . - sin Vlr . WJ W iUU0 "" ' ' tntntl jpushtcss (faros, 6 i ATTORNEYS. W. T. BOO KUS. ?.fnilFYS V t'Ol ASEMIIW AT UW. i will five dillpent attention to any legal business I 1 V t M I M I T 1 I I Ml n. I uiw) IiUlUIIIH Ltnwi'jto Uieir care. 3i-:tm JOB A. DILIIN. and Counselor at Lavr, ttr yGerl Land Agent, TwilTrx-h, Johnson Comity. Nebraska. I V REYNOLI)S. titorner and Counselor t XaTf A nrri No. gOjlte.vnolda Hotel. THOMAS- BROADY, ...t i.wfc Solicitor In Cfeanerrf Offlre In District Court Room. VM. H. McLENNAN, i nt.rrr and Counselor at Law, -(Tinw.k Oty, Nebraska. PORTER A BROWN. - ,.n..ri at liw d Land Agent, ( Ao. 4'.', JTtn greW, Ip&air. O. B. 1IEWETT, ... m1 Counselor tt L' nfflna-No. 10 McPhTBon' Block, tip cUtlrm. 8. M. RICH, ... . I. aw and Land A tent. 1 (v,rt Houne. first door, west Bid. ftJiilCI aaa -v - " ' B. F. PERKINS, .ftaraey and Counselor at Law, TwurnM-h, Johnson Co., Neb. " " NYE 4 lIUitrnHEY, ITTOHNKYS AT i.AW, un City, l'awnee Co., Neb. N. K. GRIGOR, ittoraty at Law A. Keal Kstato Agent, UmtrW. (Vnntr, Nebrswka. im PIITSICIANS. S. IVtWLES, L D., naatsapatklc Physician, Surgeon and Obstetrician. A enwlnateof tnerHand Collere. Offlo en Main wrert. first doorewl ot Marble V orks. JJScTal atientwn Klven to diseanes of omen and OiUdrrn. W. H. KIMBERLIN.L P. PHT'lCIAN AXU dlHGKOJT TO NEB. KVK AND EAH INKIUMAUY. OrrK K oyer Tort OfSce, Orri( t Hormt-7 a.m. to t r.x. H. C. THUItMAN, PHYI( IAN AMI SI RGEON. v .. 9.t tui Mrwl niM d(Mr flvl OIlK-O- , Tin iliwiv OUice hours from J to 11 a m. and lto 4 p. m. l-ll-y n. I MATHEWS. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. USIuNo. 51 Main Street. A. K HOLLADAY. M. P., FhysJrlan, Surgeon and Obstetrician, - offli Hollitday A Co's Drug Store. OrtHtHrted in lSrl ; Located in JirownvilU in I. Hu on hand complete rU vf Amputating, -rwr,.,.,,i nml t UiMletrieal Instrument. P. & Axrwi attention ffivmto Obstetric and (Ac dMra of H outm ana L nuaren. K F. STEWART, M. D., .PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, fimvwNo. Ml Main Stre-t. Ofice Hours! to 8 A. M., ami I to 2 and to 7 '4 M. LAND AGENTS. R V. HUGHES. RralEtt ate Agent and Justice of Peace, Ct n Court iloiine.nrKi ooor, west siae. BARRET A I.irTT, -it Agents 4t Land Varrat Brokers. No. SI Main Street. . a'.iend to Txivina Taxes for J'cn-rcidcnts. jvrroxa! attentum infi to making lxsations. Lsmat. -.mirrored and unimproved, for sale on Tf.K)rt'-le terms. '" WM. II. HOOVER, XUal KMate and Tax Paying Agent. tViiv n District lourt iiooia. V. ! ite trronujt attention to Vie sale of Itcal line sd J"njitxent of Taxes throughout the t lxitul lMstricL JONAS HACKER. I . V AND TAX PAYING AGENT. Urnd to the I'ayment of Tares for Aon- I t ljand i henrrs in Jtenialia Countt. I wJrnce ?i(irttcd. MOSES H. SYDENHAM. ROTARY P111L1C &. LAND AGENT, I-hrt Keiimm. Xeltraska. "U1 locate lands for intending settlers, and rivr nv information rtiiuired concerning Otslft'. is of South-Western Ne)raka. 12-t"i MERCHANDISE. WM. T. DEN. Wholesale and Hot ail ttrnler in ral Merchandise, and Commission xnd Perwardlng Merchant, No. 6 Main Street. !-. T I . T...... -l..m.sm 3'tn ittir .f'tf on haft. JJighest mark et price ftaidfor J l", lYlts, tirs and Vountrp l"roauce. F. E. JOHNSON A CO. Dealer In t.encral Merchandise, No. 7 .McPlierKon's Block. Main St. HOTELS, PHELPS HOUSE. W. JL STEVEN'S. l'Ropmrma. nniii th iienut. Pheliw City. MiwmrL An md accommodations and good lat ding are oner 1 as can be had in the v esK I-' J AMERICAN HOUSE. L. I. ROUISON, Proprietor. t7,ir. hntiriwn iuin &nd Water. A good J-eeil and Livery tstabte in. connection U the Honjie. DRUG STORES. HOLLA DAY A CO., ir Jrmnln it rut Urtail Dealers in Driri. Medicines. Paint. Oils, et. No. 41 Main Street. McCREERY A NICKELL, rw,M; nnd Retail Dealers in Drags, Book, AVallpaper fe Stationery j 7,o. a Main Mnvi. BOOTS AND SHOES. . CHARLES II ELMER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, ?Cr is Muin fitreet. " Has on hand a superior stock of Boots and " -.' Custom Work done with neatness nnd tkspatch. ' . A. ROBINSON, BOOT AND SHOE MAILER, Vn AH Main Street. Has on hand a oood assortment of GenCs, Ijodie M MiM'- n.wl (Children's Boots and Shoes. CMston, V ork done with neatness and dispatch. s'Wirini rlimermvhnrt n'ttwe. HARDWARE. 8HF.LLEXBF.RGEB BRO'S MMmfMtsrrri dt Dealer in Tinwar. No. 7 Min St. Mcl'herson's Block. SUnes. Hardware. Curncnter'S Tools, Jilack- 4A irnihingx, Ac, constantly on hand. JOHN fV DEUSER. ealer In St ares, Tinware, Pumps, V- . No. 78 Main Street. SADDLERY. jottv v MinDT.rrrov. UARNE&S, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc. No. 64 Main Street. 4 Whip and Lashes of every description, and J'Uulrrxng Hair, kept on hand. Cash paid for HuXex. 3. IL BAUER, fnn fn4 sr-i nn1 tinier in HARNESS, BRIDLES, COLLARS, Etc, Vn U Main S'rrcL JJrnriinrjrf.mrtocrrclcr. ,it'farfinn annrantred. SALOONS. CHARLES BRIEGEIfc BEER HALL AND LUNCH ROOM, No. 85 Main Street. JOSEPH HUDDARD 4 CO .. SALOON, . No. 4T Main Street. The lat Wines and Liquors kept on hand. ? R. C BEEGER, . ALIIAMBUA BILLIARD SALOON, The bmt, Winn and Liquor con.stantly on hand. No. 4-. hunfr'i i:ivk. BARBERS. . J. L. ROY, BARBER AND HAIR DRESSER. No. 6 5 Main Street, "at a splendid suit J Bath Jlnmns. Also a 'wcetlrnk ttf Gentleman's Stations. WM. McNEAK , BARBER AND II AIR DRESSER, T. No. b'-Z Winn Nrwl.. cJryl?ti to rto kinds of Hidr DressinR for l.t.Vr Idiev tld lties renovated: boots i.T " a.i n itirs; M-abhiug and Ironing done on Tim M i: BLACKSMITHS. J. W. A J. C. IRS0N, HS BLCICSMITllS, 4 """P on First, txtween Main and Atlantic rn,,t on 10 order, and satisfaction guar' JEWELRY. J. V, i nnvu C1.l Manrfaeturer and Iealer In atehea, Jewelry, eteM etc w rNo- 3:1 Maln strcet. UT - Klrr-J1ated Ware, and all varie U , 7 U comlatdly on hand. Untiring oW, W', at shm-i noltcc Charges U orl--ura7iX(f. f5V ' :s?!." v 'i ,:'a; ESTABLISHED 1856.' gcutral lmsinc3 Ctrrcs. . 31 75 -tT ; " coxrECTioNrr.irs. CITY BAKEItY AND CONFECTIOXEttY. AACh A JIArsst,, i'KOrjtlKTUKS. No. Kl Wtn ntnot. optkwHp City Drn Stor. Pi. ( Jiki-s. KnssU Bread. Conlcptlonery. LJht and Kanry (irowi k;, cuntsuictly wu hmid. G?:onGE YAT'NEY, Bakery and Confeet loxitrj', ' No. S7 Main Htreet. - Offers to the publldat reilucedratesacbolc stock of Groceries, Provisions, Coufectiouer le, 'tc., etc. WILLIAM ItOSSELT. Bakery, Confectionery and Toy Store. Ho. 40 Main Street. Fresh Bread, Vakes, (hster; Fruit, fie., on hand J. P. I) E USER. Dealer in Confectioneries, Toys, etc.. No. 4 Mntn Strot. KOTARXES. -r JAK. C. M. NAT . HON, Notary Public and Conreyanerr " Office In Carson's Bank, Browuvills, Neb, E. E. EBRIGHT, Notarr Public and Conrcyaftcer, And acent for the Equitable and American Tontine IJfe Insurance Companies. 5-tf FAIRBROTHER & HACKER, Notary Public and Conveyancer, Office In County Clerk1 Ofiic. 0. W. FAIKBROTHKA, JAM K M. HfXIK, Niitarr I'nblif. Omntvl irjt. GRAIN DEAIXRS. GEO. G. START BKO., ) DEALERS IN CRAIN,PUOUlCE,e. Apinwall, Aebrcuka. The highest market price paid for anything tbo Earmer can raise, we will buy ana seu everything known to the market. WOUTHINfl A WILCOX. Storage, Forvardlng and Commission And Dealer in ail kind of Grain, for which thru tvtv the JTixhsst Market li tre tn i.nn. TAILORING. tTai:iu)lit a zech, ' merchant tailors, - A'o. 6 Main Street, TIav on hand a splendid stock of floods. and will make them up in the latest styles, on short notice nnd reu-xonaHe terms. BOUNTY CLAIil AGENTS. ED. D. SMITH, V. S. WAR CLAIM AGENT, Wnhinaton tti. D. C wm atfrni tn the nrosAL'utlon of claims be fore the Department in person, for Additional Rnnntr. liak Pav and Pensions, and all claims accruing against the Government du ring the late war. SMITH. P. TUTTLE, AHMIMTANT ASSESSOR. U. S. ifflee In District Court Room. Notary Public and United States War Claim A nml Win attend to the nrmecuiwn tciaxms before the Dtparlment, for Additional lioynty, Back l'ap and I'enswx. Also wc coueuwn vj STATIONERY. A. D. MARSn, PIONEER BOOH. AND NEWS UliALLll, Cifv B"ok More, - N. 50 M win Street. ARTISTIC. . A. STAFFORD, PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST, No. 47 Main Street, up Riaira. Persons wixhing Picture executed in the latest tnr nf the A rt. t 7f mil 'it tV Art iintferil. MUSIC. MRS. J. M. GRAHAM, TEACHER OP MUSIC. . Rooms, Main, bet 4th A 5th Sts. . Iknm trivtn on the Piano, Organ, Melodton, Guitar end Vocalization. Having had tight years experience as teacher of Music tn at sent confident af trlvinw tatisfaeiion. ' JUSTICES. A. W. MORGAN. Probate Judge and Justice of the Peace Oflicf In Court House itnlldincr. EXPRESS. J. K. BEAR. Agrui stvr i lie i Ajirr v. u., a a . n c . . Co., and W . V,. l elegrapn, Co. No. 5 Main Street. AUCTIONEERS. BLISS A HUGHES. GENERAL AUCTIONEERS. Will attend to Uw sale of Beiti and PerxnnaX Pnnx-rtu in the Xemaha Latui District. Terms retiMimnttl. BRIDGE BUILDING. V. W. WHEELER, BRIDGE BUILDER, Bole agent for R. W. Smith's Patent Truss Bridge The strongest and best wooden bridge now in use. DR. J. BLAKE, DENTIST, V:,. . - Wonld respectfully an nou nee t h at he has V 1 I I llD- and 'bfr - V -HT vK- toperfoi f . located in Brownville now prepared 'orm.in the best "jr. manner, ALL oper ations pertaining to the science of Den- tistry. Orricie Over City Drug Store, iroat room. 16t PH1XI.IPS Iz. BARIJES' lireij, Feed, Sale and Exchange Dnrner Main and Levee St BROWNVILLE. TTAVING rjurcliaped this Stable O. x P. Cogswell, I am prepared to furnish the best TEA MS, BUtHil I-X and CARRIAGES tn lAiWl-isT CAKU KATES. vfi.rViflTlln-i. Corral for btock. Particu lar attention paid to Feeflins; r Boarding Ilorses. (JVlyJ fiULUM A BARNES. K tn h tn S3 ui 33 w. n o Q o -I PS pfai 5 C 2 c uS. r. u1 o 'cw 5 n 03 JACOB MAROHN, HERCHAIIT TAILOR, SN i-v 1 0 W A 1 3 5 2 0 i 3 I g Hi i 3 2 V;a: :a:,v'-v' U 6 j.,:',: C ".Ml vV.)0 ! For the Advertiser. . , RETUOSPKCT. For tjs no more the years renew Those social joys the Rono-tlme wore; When blessed with youth we talked oar plans. By hearth of home and cottage door. , But, as the widening circles spread On lakes where dips the wild bird's wing; So we reoeed as days, as years. Go down the future's hazy rim. Far down that future's long dim shore. Our life's frail barks their canvass spread; And hurrying winds wide drift ns far . From youth's loved skyes of gold and red. And only through Its mist and clond, -And stretch of shore line dull and gray, We catch at times the purple gleam ur memory's uplands, tax away. . Or hear at time those soring we loved. W hen all were met In that gone day. When every heart beat high with hope, Ana brows were fair as heaven of may. Not less our Jovb. our hopes as high. ' Our alms as noble In the strife. Should puild the banner which we bear. in ail uie years oi arter uie. - . - And thus well gather from the past v nat ere is pood and noble born ; And strew aaln life's devious path. un crimsoning lignt and gold ox morn. - M. For the Advertiser. SPIRITUALISE!. ANSWER TO A DISCOURSE UrON THE SUBJECT OF ANCIENT AND MODERN SPIRITUALISM. Mr. Editor : rermit me to Dotlce through your esteemed paper A. L. It.'s communication on spiritualism which I read in tho Advertiser of last week. A. L. It. says that the Rev. Mr. Baird has been doing a remark able thing that he positively preach ed a remarkable sermon. The sermon under consideration may have sounded remarkably well in the ears of those who believe in the old nearly-played-out superstitions which Mr. B. teach es : and knowing that their old theol- gy Is wonderfully crippled and is be ing borne down by the giant called piritualism, anything said or done for their sinking cause, by any one, is generally, j greatly magnified. The effort on A. L. B. must have been ex ceedingly shocking, for he says "there could be bxxt little, if anything, added to the discourse alluded to, V that is. if facts and reasons "are sufficient to convict a man of error and convince him of truth." Xow the fact is that Mr. B. knows scarcely anything about piritualism, theoretically or practic- lly. I venture the opinion that he never studied any standard works in favor of spiritualism ; that he never even read one v. their books ; that he never heard a lecture delivered advo cating spiritualism ; that he never at tended a meeting of spiritualists. hen how could he be qualified -to give reasons and facts sufficient to convict of error, &c. He did not state one fact nor give one good reason why any person should not be a spiritual ist, nor can he do so. He, like A. L. R., may make false assertions and reason to false conclusions. Mr. B. did that in the sermon alluded to, and so does A. L. R. i3 his "thoughts con cerning modern spiritualism." As to the meaning of the following sentence taken from A. L. R.'s piece, I am not fully satisfied in fact, I acknowledge my inability to understand it. It reads thus: "The discourse was. in the first place, a resume of the exten sive literature both sacred and proper concerning the question, from the earliest down." A. L. R. seems to be considerably muddled on the subject of spiritualism, for atone time he will treat It as hardly worthy of consider ation because of its insignificance and absurdity as all abarefaced fraud, then again he epe'aks of the extensive litera ture concerning the subject both sac red and proper' that there was spir itualism in ancient times, and that it was "identical with the spiritualism of to-day." It is singular to me that a thing which is "mere twaddle" should have entensive literature con cerning it both ancient and proper, I will just here remark that spiritual ists do not make the distinction or be lieve that there is a distinction in lit erature further than some is better than, others that all books are more or less inspired, and that the more good there Is in a book or a man, the more God there Is in it or him, and would earnestly recommend to A. I. R. and Mr. B. that if they have a de sire to acquaint themselves with truth, to procure the both sacred and proper works of A. J. Davis and other inspired men and women of these times, and study them honestly with a sincere desire to have tne trutn re vealed to them, and then probably they may be made to understand the beauties and goodness of the Harmo- nial Thilosophy, which i3 now dispel ling from the minds of millions of in dependent, thinking men and women the darkness, gloom and doubt, which result from adhering to the teachings of popular theology, and letting in the pure bright rays of God's eternal truth. And if it did no other good for them, they would learn something o which they now are very ignorant and qualify themselves to write or talk on tho subject understandingly, I will now proceed to notice ana correct some of A. L. R.'s assertions He asserts "it does not suit the pur pose of the believer in spiritualism to renounce his faith therein. He im agincs he sees in this direction the method by which he can altogether avoid human accountability to a Su prcme Ruler." There Is no person who understands the doctrine of spir itualism but what knows that this un qualified statement of A. L. R.'s is, in every respect, utterly false, bplntual ists believe and teach that man is ac countable to a Supreme Ruler that he cannot avoid jest punishment for vio lation of the laws governing the body and the spirit; "that punishment is not confined" to this world, and tha transgressions of the laws are not and cannot be forgiven. Spiritualism con tinually teaches that to avoid punish BROWNVILLE, NEBRASKA, ment or suffering, and to attain a high degree of-happiness now and in he next life, men must bo good. Then A. L. R. takes another tack. He says : When a medium by the aid of dark ness can execute these tricks of leger demain, (he does not say what tricks of legerdemain, (which a more accom plished trickster can perform in the ight without detection, it is altogeth er astonishingAnd convincing." If he means anything by this assertion, It 3 that spiritual manifestations are all very cheap performances ; that they are all legerdemain tricks ; that spir- tualists are sqch bunglers that, all their tricks; have to be done in the dark and that tho frauds there prac- icedreso transparent that anyone can account -lor and explain . them : but mark how completely A. L. R. upsets his own theory and arguments the very next paragraph of his crushing essay. I quote: "It is no doubt true enough that there are man- festations and phenomena connected with 8piritualiim which may not be explained or accounted for." I think A. L. R. handles his subject poorly, and that" if 'he makes many points they are rather obscure. . But he says there are manifestations and phenom ena connected . with spiritualism which may not be accounted for. A. . R.,with his present limited knowl edge of spiritualism, may not account for them.but I assure him that theieare thousands of men and women witness es who testify that they can account for and. explain these manifestations and phenomena, and there are but few persons so egotistical as to declare that because they cannot, or do not, or will not understand, explain or ac count for a thing, others may not do so. After mentioning several, things that ho cannot comprehend and he undoubtedly could have named many more A. L. R. says : "How absurd to give credit to a doctrine because of the incomprehensibility of some phe nomena." There he shows again his ignorance of the subject he endeavors to discuss. He seems to imagine that spiritualists are such because of the incomprehensibility of the phenome na, when exactly the reverse i3 the fact in the case. The doctrine of spir itualism is to its believers the most reasonable of all religious doctrines, and the most easily comprehended, and the phenomena and manifesta tions are explained and accounted for by the philosophy or spiritualism, which to spiritualists is perfectly plain and simple, and entirely satis- iaclbry, In connection with our last question from A. L. R., he goes on to say "es pecially absurd when we remember with what profanity the manifesta tions are characterized, and when we take into account the questionable motives by which some are said to be governed who patronize the circle." As to what profanity is, is a mere matter of opinion, and A. L. R. has a right to his ; and if he ia the generous youne: man I take him to be, he will accord this right to others. What one man believes to be riht another be lieves to be wrong ; so it is, especially with the different religious sects. tch one 13 continually accusing some of the others of doing wrong. A. L. R. may believe that it is very profane for decent, well- meaning, honest, men and women, to gather themselves together to attend to their own business in their own way, and to worship God according to the dictates 01 their own consciences. or to investigate "some incomprehen- slbre phenomena" of such people are spiritual circles made. "But when we tae Into account the questionable motives," &c. That certainly is fine logic. 1 am afraid tne advocacy of A. L. R.'s very hard cause is too much for his small head. But he meant it for an argument, let us make a deduc tion and see what It amounts to "It 13 no doubt true enough that there are manifestations and phenom ena connected witn spiritualism which may not ba explained or accounted for;" "but when we take into account the questionable motives by which some are said to be governed who pat- rnnl70 tbo pi rcAi " tbia niiflvnlnlnnl unaccounted ior, and incomprehensl ble phenomena must necessarily be bad, and should not be investigated, but should remain a mystery forever, all because somebody is mid to attend tne -circie" witn questionable mo tives. Those who think A. L. R reasoning good shouldstay away from churcn and all Kind3 01 gatherings. and especially camp meetings, lest some one should be there with ques tionable motives. In the next sentence A. L. R. speaks of "the spirits of departed friends being subject to the calls of mediums Agaiu he gets the cart before the horse, and manifests hi3 culpable ignorance of his subject. Spiritualism teaches that spirits are not subject to the me dium, or the caus or the medium, but that " the medium 13 . subject to the spirit, and communicates or does not. just. as it maysee' fit." Spiritualism teaches that "the spirits of the beloved dead being free to communicate-- through mediums, or their own proper spirit lower with us in unsafe," do, if we desire-it, watch over-our wel fare, and cause "their gentle and heal ing -presence to be felt;" and many spiritualists, and other, know these things to be so.. It is possible for all to know it, if they seek arigrht. and for themselves; instead of listening to and giving pretended credence to what unreliable enemies of spiritualism re port. A man who stand before the people as a preacher, or a teacher of things pertaining to their eternal wel fare, should know well his subject and be very sure he is right ; and if he teaches falsely through ignorance, and pretends to know what he does not, 4ie should not be held as guiltless, for I believe him to be as culpable as If he wilfully misrepresented. A man can not know a book by merely reading a page here and there in it; neither can he know of the doctrines and teach Ing3 of a party or sect by merely read ing sketches put forth by their biased unfair and uncharitable enemies. A principle should not be condemned because some baa person or persons advocate it. fcpintuausm teache3 tha no doctrine should be believed or con demned merely because It may be ad vocated or denounced by any book or man; and that that which will not stand the test of reason is false. It challenges investigation, and believes In investigating ail thing, and hold ing fast to that which Is good. Harmonia. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1869. "JfOTE THE BRIGHT HOURS OICLY." r t ' ; A lejson In Itself sublime, . A lesson worth enshrining. Is tils "I take no heed of time, Sore when the snn Is shining." These motto words a dial bore, Atid wisdom never preaches, To haman hearts a better lore Titan this short sentence teaches. ' As life la sometimes bright and fair, And sometimes dark and lonely, Let ts forget the toil and care. And note the bright hours only. 1 ' ' . There is no grove on earth's broad chart Bnt has some bird to cheer it, So hope sings on in every heart. Although we may not hear it; And If to-day the heavy wing Of gorrow is omressine. . Perchance to-morrow's sun may bring in weary neart a blessing, For Ufa is sometimes, etc. . We bid the Joyos moments haste. And then forget their glitter : .X'.i take t he cup of life, and tarfte ".'Kotortidtt4nit the bitter; " t But we should teach our hearts to deem Its sweetest drops the strongest ; And pleasant hours should ever seem " To linger round us longest. As life is sometimes, etc . . " ' The darkest Rhadows of the night - - Are Just before the morning; Then let ns wait the coming light. All boding phantoms scorning ; And while we're passing on the tide Of time's fast ebbing river. Let's pluck the blossoms by its side, And bless the gracious Giver. Trials of a Country Clergyman. A young parson thus feelingly, des cribes his batchelor experience in the first village in which he settled after entering the ministry : Old Ladies gave tracts and tormented me in everv possible way. One gave me cough ozenges because a fly got into- my throat in Church, and another sent me her late husbands, goloshes to wear when I went out on wet even ings, (tne late husband's ieet were about five inches long.) A third sent a wonderful kind of Jndiarubber bag, which she said tjould be applied wherever a chill was felt. Not till my sister came to stay with me, did I know that hot water ought to be put nto the creature before using ; I had thought it a sort of a mat to lay over my feet, and very useless of its kind A Miss Thompson was the most disa. creeable of old maids. She actually one day ran her fingera under my col- ar to see If I wore rlannei. During the year I was at Littleback, I had thirteen-pairs of slippers, twenty -five sermon cases And three smoking caps, worked for me. One young lady cm broidered my initials on a handker chief in shiny looking black thread My sister says it .was done in hair; and perhaps that accounts for Miss Uudge being so onended when 1 said I.thought Lester's red marking cotton as good as any other, 'inree young adies declared I had trifled.with their affections, two on the contrary, affirm that they had rejected me, while the village school mistress assured the rector that I tried to ; press her hand. I certainly never had such hard work as while at LattieDacK. piayeu ai east three hundred games ot croquet went to an archery meeting .xvery weekrad at any spare moment I was lable -to be sent iot by iis Anna Phelps to practice an Italian duet. I bore my trials with Christian fortitude till one morning the rector sent for me and said kv conduct disgraced my profession.- I took the hint and at the end of one year and three months my career at Littleback was over The young ladies cried when I went ; thev said 1 was "such a aarnng Now I ask my impartial reader wheth er it was not bard that I should be blamed for the ladies of Littleback ? My life Is blighted, and all that is left of me is thirteen pairs 01 suppers, twenty-five sermon cases, three smoking caps, one handkerchief marked "T. G." and a bad character from my late employer. Atchison KANSAS.Aug. 19. The directors of the Atchison and Nebras ka Railroad, were in session nearly all dav Tuesday, and held another meeting yesterday. The grading of the road can be completed in less than two months, and the construction of bridges is already commenced. We understand that the special purpose of the late meetings of the directors was to complete arrangements for iron and rolling stock of. the road. Over two miles of the iron have been already laid on the Atchisnon and Leaven worth Railroad, at this end and the laving down of the track Is progress ing very fast. . Connections have been made by this road with . the. Central Branch of the Union Pacific. -1 Cars run from one track to the other with out change or delay. Ten car loads of lumber and seven of other freight went out west this morning on the Central Branch road ' ' ."' A large meeting Was held in Clay Center, Clay County- Kansas, last week, to consider the project for buil ding a railroad up Blue V alley. Philadelphia. Aug. 19. In the labor Convention at Philadelphia yes terday, Mr. Myers t.oIored shipwright of Baltimore, read an address from the colored -delegates, returning their thanks for the recognition . accorded them, and declaring they would sus tain every movement in defense of la bor, referring to ' the personal antago nism between the races," and stating also that colored men opposed repudi ation declaring that in their opinion it would be more danger forthe la borer than, for the capitalists. The address refered in complimentary terms to the President declaring that his action on the eight hour law was sufficient proof of hia sincere friend ship for the laboring class. The first portion of the address was well receiv ed and the latter with coldness and dissent. At Trenton yesterday the national Teachers' Association held its ninth annual session, with a thousand male and female delegates present. Judge Fielc. of New Jersy. welcomed the members. A temporary educational bureau. was ,-reccommeuded for the purpose of furnishing and receiving situation for teachers. Officers were appointed for the. Amni Normal School Association for the ensuing year. Several papers were read, in cluding one by Judge Field, on the obligations of Christianity to leraning. St. Louis Aug. 19. Reports from different parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois say the weather is generally fine since the eclipse, been very warm with occasional showers in some places. . The corn crop I3 estimated at one half to two thirds, of an average crop, according to location, .but in some regions it is abandoned altogether. In the recent refusal of Gen. Rose crans to lead the Democratic party in Ohio, the Illinois Staais ZeiUtng be- leives the last hope of the success of the Democratic party in that State is gone. The general has not declined too soon for his own honor. A Union soldier would have been strangely out of place as an ally of Pendelton and v n.i 1.1 1 1 1 j 1 " ill. " " . li . ,7 W6 Chief Engineer Sloulton and the Land s of Western Nebras ka. J. & Church, Editor Nebraska Advertiser : . Dear Sir: In your paper of the 12th of August, the following language is used : "We had hoped this week: to give our readers some definite information as to the commencement of work on the road .west from Brownville. It now seems that the capitalists who were expected to take hold of the mat ter are now stumbling over the report of Chief .Engineer Moulton of the North Missouri and Trunk Railroads. The said engineer passed up along the west bank of the Missouri liiver last winter on horseback,' and from obser vations then taken report- the survey of the Trunk, railroad, and adds that the only arable land3 in Nebraska are within .fifty miles of the river, and consequently the State lands which are all west of this line, are compara tively worthless, being '.within that bug bear of years ago known as the Great American Desert. , - The capitalists aforesaid will first send a man to inspect the State lands before they proceed further. We hope he will come without delay, .as the more they see of our country the moro anxious they, will be to invest their means In N ebraska." . At'the request of the Directors of the Trunk Railroad Company in Feb ruary, 1S69, I rode along the right bank . of the Missouri from Rulo, in Richardson county, to platt3mouth in Sarpy county, and made a short report to their Pres., Dr. Graff, of Omaha. Also submitted a map of a route for their road,' which I thought the best for the interests of the country in giving a southern outlet to the pro ductions of Nebraska." In making this reconoisance, which occupied a few days, I did not go ten miles from the river, and could not have known, from observation, the character of the lands 'fifty miles off.' I fail now, to remember that I made any mention of the soil in an agricul tural point of view in the report, and believe I did not, unless it was com mendatory, for I saw nothing but good soil. My personal regret was, that I was not the owner of a portion of your vast domain of rich land3. ' I will thank you, therefore, to cor rect the error your article of the 12th has produced on the minds of your many readers. . Respectfully, , J. B. Moulton. ' . From the Nebraska dty Chronicle. From tne Capital. Lincoln, August 15, 1SC9. While we have the pleasure of re porting "everything lovely" at the Capital, yet there is a dearth of items of news which will interest the "dear people." A correspondent has dry picking just now, and work however faithful he may, it is impossible to get up excitement enough for a "stun ning" item. e. g. I have earnestly endeavored during the past week to negotiate a duel between one of our village fathers and a New York man It couldn't be done, although the Is raelite announced himself ready for a row, and in fact assumed a belligerent attitude on several occasions. In looking around town a few days since I dropped into the different Drug Stores, and was much astonished and amused at the novel manner in which the excise law i3 evaded. From the number of "half pints" called for, to cure "snake bites," within a few moments, I judge that harvesting in Nebraska Is attended with much dan ger. ........ we are led to hope tnat the reign 01 wooden houses Is near its end In Lin coln, from the extensive preparations going on for the manufacture of stone and brick. The celebrated Feer Artificial Stone ia now being made here, and I under stand at3 manufacture 13 attended with great success. I had the pleasure of examining the working of the instl tution a day or two since. Mr. Feer kindly., showed ' us around and ex plained the process, which appears very simple. The principal ingredi ents are common sand and cement. Thev are mixed (much, the same a3 sand In a foundry) with a hardening liquid, (which is patented,) and firm ly packed in moulds of the desired Dattern. In a few momenta they are taken from the mould ana iaia asiae to dry. They then have the appear ance of elegantly carved stone, and in about thirty day3 are stone indeed, and ready for use in building. The factory has been in operation less than a. week, and has already turned out work that would have required month? of hard labor If cut from nat ural stone by hand. Their work thus far has been confined to the manufac ture of ornamental window caps and trimming3, to be used on the residen ces of the State officers. The importance of thi.s invention to sections of our country, where gooa builing stone is not easily obtained, cannot be estimated. Mr. Silvers with his new machine is turning out brick at the lively rate of 13.000 per day. and says he will in crease the yield by a few thousaud when he gets fairly at work. The machine for sinking the salt mill is expected to-day, and I am in formed that work will be pushed rap idly to a completion. Many strangera are in town, and lots are in good demand especially gooa business locations. There Is now a fine prospect for a rain, and I fear our stages will again meet with bad roads, and make poor time. Let us hope the Midland Pa cific will hurry up their work and give us more reliable connections Friend Uere or tne journal naving failed to see the eclipse even with the assistance of Aiax. Ayer's IU3 and the Almanac have gone to Omaha to inouire into the matter. We trust he wont me made to "see stars" at that place. Yours v y A lady in New Bedford having sev eral times recently appeared in church neatly dressed in calico, the Standard printed in that place, says it would be eptirely safe to lend money to the husband of such a woman. It so hap pens, however, that the fortunate husband of a woman like that Is never reduced to the humiliating necessity " "wi; uorruw. Gen. Breckenridge has already re sumed the practice of hi3 profession at 1iifr.x111iMtiTi.rvv- I " - ..p w . J . ! iVn rv N- II 1 1 Y0L. 13. NO. 45. From the Nebraska City Chronicle. Crop Prospect", Etc. Glen Rock, August 15. The wheat all cut and stacking nearly completed ; the average will be two-thirns of a crop, rotatoes nne; Oats, the yield never greater In Ne braska, in some places oats nave yiei ded 70 to 80 bushels per acre, we paid a visit the other day to neighbor Sam, (Mr. Watkins,) and found stalks of corn with four, and in some cases, six ears of well formed grains of corn. Mr. wm. Watkins has this lastsprlng planted 700 peach trees, besides other fruit and forest trees. Let us hear who. can beat Rock Creek in corn raising. Would it not be well for our State Agricultural Society to offer a premium in this direction. A heavy rain fell in thi3 neighbor bood on Friday evening,-jvhich will be the means of adding thousands or bushels of corn to the immense crop anticipated. Rock Creek still hold3 its own as regards the yield of corn to the stalk. On the field of O. Hoa land can be seen one stalk having eight silks and nine shoots. Who can beat it? Let us hear, gentlemen. - S. M. St. Louis, August 17 Tom 'Kelly' and Ned O'Baldwin were seconds fori Gallagher, and Coj-ne and Bud Rally for ' Allen. . Larry Wessels.was ref- eree. ' The ring vas formed in a grove but the sun poured in fiercely.' ' Jim Kear noy 1 was ; ring-master, and twenty ring keepers were appointed to keep order. - The fiht began at 2:40, and after considerable sparring, Allen received a heavy blow on the mug, which knocked hlra down and made him bleed freely. . - In. the second round Allen went down from a stinger under the lug. In the third round both received and irave heavy diows, terminating in a clinch in whicu-Aiien went aown. At this iKint a club waa thrown at Allen from the outside whicn struck him on the cheek causing the blood to flow. ' In the fourth round there were more terrific blows on both sides, terminat ing in Alien's iavor. The fifth round was favorable to Al len, although he was knocked over the ropes. In the sixth round Gala- gher was a little slow in coming up, 0 n . a a and received two heavy mows, one on the nose and the other on the bread basket, and although Allen went down at the close, Gallagher got the worst of the round. In the seventh round there were close and very severe fighting on both sides ending in favor of Allen In the eighth ninth and tenth rounds all on one side, Oallagher being badly punished. In the eleventh rounu uanagner was very weak and unable to do much going aown easily oeiore iviieivs 1 1 . A blow At the end of this rounu Tom Kelly, one of Gallagher's seconds threw ut the sponge, ana while hun dreds of the spectators declare that Kelley did it, the Referee says he did not see him, and has decided the fight a draw. This i3 regarded as a most villainous outrage, and 13 looked upon as a deter mination that Allen shall not wrin a fight here under any circumstances. Kelly also after seeing that his silence would save but principle iroin a teen nical defeat, refused to acknowledge that he threw up the sponge. The utmost indignation is expressed, but the decision will probably stand. Alien came out of the light with but rtight Iniurles. while ailagher wa3 severely pu nished . There were about SOU spectators, and more than usual good order wa3 pre served. AMlsctnccptlou. "Knox," the correspondent of the Sunday School Timet, tells the follow ing Incident, which occurred in a Sunday School in Brandenburg, Ger many. .A speaker, dwelling upon Adam and Eve, asked : "Where did God place them?" The answer was: - "In the Garden of Eden." "And what did they do there ?" "They tilled it?" "Why were they turned out?". After a significant silence, a little fellow cried out: "Sir they could not pay the rent " The novelty of the answer induced the teacher to inquire of his pupil why he had given it, when he was told that his father and mother had been turned out of their house because they could not pay the rent, and he thought it must be so with Adam and Eve. Tho teachers made up a purse for the boy's father. 1 ' A writer of the Indianapolis Jfirror states that among the parishioners of Dr. Bellows, at one time wa3 a family by the name of Spear. They brought a son to to front to be christened, and when, as is customary, Dr. Bellows leaned over and asked : 1 "What name," j The answer was : "Shake." The Doctor was startled, but upon the name being repeated, lifted the baptismal water in his hand, and sprinkled it on theinfant to the sound of shake. "Whatever," he asked the parents afterwards, "possessed you to give your child such a name ?" "bhakspeare. Don't you see wun Spear add Shake it make3 the Christ ian name of Shakspeare V, After Stonewall Jackson's death at Chanccllorsville, a story became cur rent among the confederate legions which the soldiers loved to repeat over the fires of their bivouac that on ac count of his extreme piety, when the famous chieftain fell, a detachment of angels left the heavenly gates to visit the battle field and escort the heroe's soul to heaven. The celestial squad ron searched the close strewn plain, but without effect. He whom they sought could not be found, and they returned mournfully to heaven to re port their want of success. Butlo! behold! on. arriving they found the spirit of the Immortal warrior there already. Stonetoall Jackson had made a flank march and got to heaven before them. A Methodist preacher named Bur ton residing at Chautauqua, N. Y. baa been arraigned and tried before the church authorities on the serious charge that he has repeatedly declared hi3 belief that many Universalists will be saved. On the trial it turned out in evidence that ha didn't say it, and he was acquitted : "Do you believe everybody will be saved ?" asked an anxious old lady of one wlioso orthodoxy waa suspected. "Well it is possible that a few will be lost."-. "Ah. well." said the old lady, drawing a sigh of relief, "that's ripirpr rnin nnitnntf " I w.Vll. . UM OUE OHIO AGO LETTEB. - From our Special Corre.'iondt'nt. Chicago, August 23, 1SC3. This morning, a I sit down-to tell your readers of what we have be?a . doing in this city, I cannot" helpc; thinking of the amount that has been, written in reference to Chicago, and ? the almost numberless writers that chant her praise. I wish, however, t . give a few figures that show what we have really accomplished. There are in this city 18 banks, 5 saving institu tion3, 23 insurance companies, 17 rail roads, 5 omnibus and city railway lines, 39 transportation lines and aj- ?i cies, and 5 telegraph companies. ,"e- have 181 churches, li-secret ana loa- efit societies, including literary, tmile, etc. We have also, 35 public schools, . 61 private, 27 colleges, etc. ; 8 public" libraries. 8 daily newspapers, j otner. publications, 19 hospitals and asylums, and 11 cemeteries. ' ' " I One of the first distinguishing fo.i-, tures which a resident of a town or small city observes when coming into a large city, are the numerous restrie-- tions on personal liberty, ihe ponce regulations are of necessity, more se-1 vere. What would be perfectly al-. lowable in Ies9 thickly settled locali ties, might be a first class nulsanco where so many thousands are crowd-: ing the same thorough nrt'3 - - . One of our solid okl millionaires ii:-.i had some rough experience In the:u-' rical managing, About one year r. 1 he rented one of the theatres, hlrM a business and stie manager, and t.;.i.r- ted full sail. He hru since found It did not pay,, and sold out the iMt? to: an experienced man. . In the racan-. time, however, he had verbally em ployed his company for a year.- lie i' now called upon, by the members of the compauy, to "come down" with a season'3 pay, and will psobablyiiavo- to do it. , ' : Judging from the early indications. thus far manifested, we are going tii have a good run of. bu.-incis thi lull. The wholesale men and jobbers rro securing immense stocks ; commission. men are hopeful,- and the knowing- one3 of all cises are lookin iorwanl- to a prosperoua season. An immeno. immigration has arrived since My.' The Pacific railroad is opened andi now doing a fair business. Altogc-th-4 er we have reason to hope for increas ed prosperity. , The various railway lines to iew. York have got into a ruinou. compe tition on freight. It has already gone so far that all rail freight -ta New, York only costs IS cents per hundred, pounds. A passage as freight would now be remarkably cheap. - A question that appears to be perti nent just now is, why do so many young gins come to this city, wiux their lovers, get married, etc., etc.? It appears to me it would be bettor to secure them as husbands first. Permanence In any business is only' attained by undaunted energy and tha application of honest purpose. Thio ls eminently the. case in tne great trust of life, insurance, where tho competition is keen and tho highest. order of talent is employed., m- tho face of these obstacles, the unparal leled success of the "Globe" Mutual Life of New York, which has justly, earned from the New York Inilepen-' dent the title of "Solid Globe," show a prudence of management that de-- serves investigation. Only five years old, it has over two millions of assets. This result is due to a variety of caus-; es. The company is liberal and mod-, em in its regulations. Its President.. Pliny Freeman, Lsq., is one or tho best Life Insurance men in the Union,' and its western manager, J. G. Mc-; Kindley, Esq., at 121 La Salle street, Chicago, Is known as combining th rare qualities necessary for a success ful pursuit of this business. t The excitement which was created, by the result of the late fight between Tom Allen and Charley Gallagher, la rapidly subsiding, and the people aro becoming more and more disgusted. Gallagher who made a most gallant fight, declares he was not" whipped.' and did not know the sponge- wa3 thrown up. He is but slightly disfig ured, and was walking about yester as lively ns usual.. He docs not wish to draw the money he had staked on the fight, but wants to add a thousand; or so to it, and fight the battle over after Allen aud McCoole have settled their little dispute. . He thinks he is a," match for Allen and is willing to' stake hi3 all upon the result of another encounter. . Allen-wa3 on the street yesterday In company with Coyne, his trainer. Tom's eyes are in mourning, and the left side of . his face ia swollen,' and, there is a scar under his left eye, which he savs was made by a cfuli which was thrown into the ring dur ing the progress of the fight. Alien said to us that there would be no moro fighting until the stakes of the last" fight were given up' no says.ther final decision of the referee has not been made, and claims that no dec is-' Ion ia required, because Gallagher'a second threw up the sponge as a signal of defeat. - -.Wendel Phillips says he will glvo Grant six months' trial, then he will scalp him. . 4 John Bell, of Tennessee, ii in fail ing health, and there is. no hope of his permanent recovery". ' ' . ' Mra. Stowe intends publishing, It Is said, what Lady Byron committed to her of the separation between tho po et and his wife. ..'.-.: John C. Heenan, who ia looking better than he has for some months, is an enthusiastic turfman. Jacob Lew, Esq., has been appoin ted Superintendent of the Fire Depart ment of this city.. The appointment i3 a good one. ' Rev. Samuel B. Wilson, D. LX, for many year3 President of the Union Theological Seminary at Petersburg, Va., died on Sunday at .the age of eighty-six. - - - ;. - , . Every member of Buchanan's orig inal administration, with the except ion of Jacob Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, and Jeremiah ri. Black, Attorney General, are now in tho grave. A lady at Congress Hall, Saratoga, appears at breakfast with her flhgers so covered with rings that she finds it extremly difficult to close her hands over the handelsof her knife aud fork. A letter from Fort Kearney says that Gen. Wifgrcn has just selected a lage section of valuable land on the liepublican river forty miles south-ea-t of Fort Kearney, where three hundred familiessoon intend settling. A stock ade ia being built for their protection and two pieces of artillery aro already in position. A saw nih and black-, smith shop are in process, of erection. Washington, Au. 10, rerson who arrive here from" Virgin ia, giva distressing accounts of the effects cf the drought in that State, and assert that unless they have rain, some; of thecorn and tobacco crops will certain ly be destroyed. Letters from Georgia also represent apprehenslous of great danger to tha cotton crop are felt in that State, be cause of the long dry season. London, Aug. 19. It appeares'that the time on the Thames on Saturday was witnin five seconds of the fast time ever made bv Cambridge 21:5 in li Oxfords fastest tinio was 21:2:$ in ISoo when they beat Cambridge 13 seconds.
