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lowing is the platform adopt-
e Republican State Conven-
EAS, TXie repUDiicau purty
course for the past tmrieen
s the dominant political organ-
N$of the United states, has al-
TUrf
gSSlftotbe liberty-loving niass-
, -'41... rnriil find Mrs made a rec
!Zteoh irvites the sentiment and .
m all historv for a parellel in
humanitv aud esUbli-nmg
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Sgfcrm basis a government 01 tne
piTfor the people, and,
.
5EA3, Its several acts in pre
the Felon, in promoting and
ening a common ally to tne
& coverinenL 01 luib icjuu.c;
BftSseJ into History "" buchcu
Of
'oval 01 tne reupuumiu eeun
iha mio : therefore as the rep-
ives of the republican party of
a assembled, we do resolve
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fit-That all honest labor should
fijected and receive its just re-
id That we earnestly desire
ftfce credit of the government
firmly maintained in oruer
;-? commercial ana lnauatriai
i nlitaof the country may uot suffer
iafaMfTor fluctuation in values, or by
.... :Tgl-- tn anv decree that conti-
hich now prevails in regard
irculatm': medium, wuicn we
.innt no "irreat distant dav be i
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pon metalic ourreuci', the reo-J
monejT or tne worm. 1
-That we believe banking I
well guarded national system
be free, and we counsel reform ;
mmy in all depnrtments 01
ic service, auu reuiiuLiou "i
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Ho debt In such a way and as
as it may be done without
E burdens upon the industries
"country.
h That we demand a ngin
aQfetnt)UUY in tnedisciiarKeoi om-
ciMrSfatv nu the
pnrt; oi uii ouice-
whether State or National,
h delegates speaking for our
n?nf. we disfavor anv ;ympa-
Uh dishonoot public offlcials, m
rer capacity they may be
red
1 That while we recognize and
ite the advantages derived by
le from a well rejrulated ays-
railwavs. wo demand that
niblic hishwaj should be ren-
ibacrvient to tlie public good :
thatSFhlle we disavow any hostility
ttwfe railway corporations, we pro-
iMmi our determination to resist tj
3wil means all efforts to impose op-yiaM-Q
oreshorbitanttraaaportatlon
m rnnr rn-srni.nci no trv lunt.
be equally imptsed vpnn Il
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of nronertv : w terwre e-
such national and State leirisla-
will compel railroads and all
sc-.rnorations to pay tlie same
rt.n of tax as is imposeu on in-
ials
ntn That ws favor the proper
c' the powers conferred upon j
la'.-'nal iroveriiiueiit ""-
(tuti jn,to regulxte commence be-
t..e states, anu to inis eiiu we
r in 1 11 1 that the government es
teMNh and operate a double track
3-aUgiy from the Missouri river to the
AtlS:-' seaboard.
Bjiht-That we earnestly request
ttHtfflp'j- senators secure the passase
QfittM Crounae railroad land tax bill.
30ilN-Tnat we favor the ainend
mtiPtj .. -onstiution of the United
Sli&B " iiing for the election of
TjSSic-.t Vice-President, United
Sinfe - .iBtors. and nil other federal
&9ks l the direct vote of the peo-
TwSt'j That the unwritten law en
aMitv the example of the father of
TriiBbuMry. declining a re-election to
tfehird presidential term, is as con
triu as though it was incorporated
lajiftie nati'-nal constitution, and
qrfjit nsver to be violated.
iSKvfiith That the president's so
90MS& -nkor Indian policy has fail
eifie Jml either benefits 10 the
Iiu- or protection to the frontier
oofctiSr.-. and we therefore leinHm!
ttwjtrar.s'er of the manaeementof the
IiHMino to tlie war denartmeut.
Ugfilf'.h That we favor the re-ap-ptanirtit
of -tate representation
thrtrh the enactment of a new con-
&tiiAioi.
i at the earliest practical mo-
oiHistent with fundamental
CO
lawTand that we recommend the sub-,
mmtmu to the direct vote of the people .
iatfaJaeparato article, at tho time the
pMgMeed new constitution i voted up-1
BjIM) questions Ol ptumutuuu, lutui 1
f3EJij&tes n th We approve the acts
"nress which puts the rightb of
alliltizen'' under the protection of
tfcejpMd.nnal authorities whni they
arefagsailed by hostile legislation or
by i Hie violence of armed associations,
rkiMaxr open or secret, and in view of
th5cent outrage in the Southern
Btaiag we demand the enforcement of
thsfliw that these rights may be
BQgitJgly and amply protected when
afac2aud wherever assailed; we do
mh, una uceuso
featwrer disapprove of all unconsti-1
tatSal legislation for the cure of
aay"3the disorders of society, or the
THelyhich prevails in our landB.
Parteenth That we are iu favor
of mH most cordially invite immlgra-
ti le our State. .Nebraska needs 1m-!
Miction that its vast agricultural,
mtoofal, and manufacturing resour
non,My'be developed. With an area
sagwicnt to make ten States as large
MulSaesachusettsand a soil unsurpass
aifficlfertility. we give a hearty wel
oonn to the do wn trodden masses of the
oWrwfld, and assure them that they
BfesJtlfce secure in their lives, liberty,
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FWteenth That, relyinc upon the
'ntflllLirpnce of the nonle of ou
of the people of our
nd properous commonwealth,
.T is soon to take hish rank in
tWKreat farailv of States, we
renew our aiieniuui:e iu un
hich we represent, and call
classes and conditions ofmen
with us in a perpetuating the
3 of free Government in accord-
Ith the cherished principles
actuate and control the great
of our people.
George D. Miller, the jackal of
ska, whose meat is the good
r.tRT of our best citizens, and
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-rstLBXJSHED 1856.
Oldest Paper in the State.
PRAIRIE
Tfao autumn frost begins to blight,
Bat here and there late blossoms linger;
The maple leaves are glowing bright.
Red-painted all by Autumn's finger,
The birds are gone ; the chill wind grieves
Among the dry and withered grasses.
And showers of gold or scarlet leaves
It flings from every tree it passes.
But see, a spark has fallen there
Among the grasses of the prairie;
And high and higher in the air
The flames are leaping light and airy.
Now, farmers guard yonr hoarded grain;
The flames are wider, fiercer growing,
And, urging on the ; fiery -tram
The raging wind is wildly blowing.
The sun sinks low, the waning light
Is fading fast :rom hills and meadows ;
The night so strangely, grandly bright,
Mantles the earth in fitful shadows.
Now fiercer stU! the wild winds blow
Ttoe sky the fiery color catches ;
And brighter ret ihe red flames glow
And wide the blackened prairie stretches.
Endora Zlay Stone, in St. Nicholas.
BELLA DORAX.
It was at the close of a sultry day
about the 1st of May, 1S54, that as ingle
horseman might have been seen rid
ing along the turn-pike a few miles
west of Chanoillorsville.
He was apparently about forty or
fT venra nf nfe. larire nowerful
. . ,. nna r.fQnanr.a nnd
.
possessed of a daring, restless eye.
irMIIIK. UlflU WULX wAbouMuw, uuv.
His attire being semi-millitary and
gemi - citizen, it would oe nara to ae-
hi h of the opposillg par.
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ues ne ueiuucu.
He wore tne oiue cap 01 ma iau-
kees,
the grev blouse of the Gonfeder-
ates. and the remiander of his apparel
was that of an ordinary citizen.
His horse, a large powerful bay,
swept along with an easy rapid
pace.
By making an abrupt turn he left
the main road, and entering a bridle
path was soon in a dense forest.
The sun had already gone down,
when he emerged from the forest, and
riding up to a large farm house, asked
j lodgiug for the night.
The farmer, who was a perfect
"southern fire-eater," eyed him a mo
ment, suspiciously, and then in mul
tifarious tones said :
"Well, yes, I reckin stranger, as
you might stay ; though the country
be so torn up that one can't tell who
to take in. Who are you anyway?"
'"Simply a weary 'and benighted'
traveler, who will leave with the
morning's dawn."
Tlie traitorous looking farmer call
ed a negro, who was near, and bade
him put the traveler's hore in the
barn. The strauceraccomuanied him.
amj hdi
the horse nut in the stall
nearest the door, with tiie saddle on.
"Deblish strange," muttered the
negro. "Must be afeared some one's
comin' to gobble 'em up."
As soon as the negro had a chance
to apeak privily to his master, he in
formed him of how he had left the
horse at the stable.
"I'll watch him Jake, and you re
main handy for I suspect he is
'Mead's Scout," Glorcus. If he
should be, I want you to go to the for
est after Hawkers."
The negroe's eyes sparkled greedily
as he replied :
"Golly, massa, only find dat out
and I'm off to the woods in no
time.
During this short conversation the
subject of it was in the siting room,
quietly smoking a short black pipe,
while he seemed buried in thought.
He had unbuckled his sabre and lean
ed it against the wall, but his pistols
were still in his belt, around hia
waist.
His blue can was nlaced uron his
, kneei aud h9 r0I1.grev hair fell aboufc
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"3 " ' prolusion, wune ma
keen, restless eyes kept constantly in
motion. As he sat there he looked
what he really was a desperate char-
aCfer
His revery was at length broken by
the entrance of a very pretty black
eyed girl who announced supper.
"Very glad," said the stranger.
"In fact, I am very hungry, Miss.
What may I call.you ?"
"Delia."
"Delia?" A very pretty
You are the gentleman's
tor 9"
name,
daugh-
"Iso, sir!"
"His nieoe, then?"
"No, sir!"
"A a relative, then, anyway?"
T tK:v. ,.. " . ,, t-
a iumh uu relation at an. 1 am
simply an orphan girl Delia Doran
Whom Mr. Biswick has taken to
raise; but supper waits."
The stranger started up at the
sound of the name, beutakeen glance
on the lovely girl ; but said not a
word.
The landlord, his foster daughter,
aud the stranger were the only occu
pants 01 tne supper table
Mr. Biswick beinjr somewhat tnlk-
;ative, intimated thnt tua fs- :i
not his chiId b t d
. . . , ,,., , ufautr OI a scamp
; "- ' " caCrteU ner at Her mother's
- &- " iiurma, ana ne nad
1 kept her merely out of frr&tittirfo
The stranger seemed almost to
strangle as the farmer still continued
to degrade the girl.
He raised his hand to brush a cold
sweat from his brow, and as he did so,
a small slip of paper fell from his
blouse pocket to the floor.
It was unnoticed by any save Mr.
Biswick.
! J,'"i luc luul. aau me planter pass-
,iug around adroitly, slipped the note
in his pocket.
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Conducting the stranger to the sit
ting room he left him, and went and
going into a private room lit a candle,
and glanced at the note. It was brief,
and as follows :
"Forward to the front, Glorcus.
"Gen. Mead"
"Ho, ho! I know him now,"
chuckled the farmer. "He is GlorcuB,
the famous scont. There's a reward
for him, and I'm a'fool if I don't get
it."
At a signal the negro entered.
"It is as I expected, Jake, he is
Mead's scout. Go at onoe for Hawk
ers. The reward is curs."
"I'll go, Mass", I'll gc," said
negro, and pulling on his cap he
ths j
ran
out into tho night air.
Once he mut-
tered to himself.
"Golly if It am Glocus,
to pay when dey cotch
debbil be
'urn. Dis
chile he skeerce den."
Having dispatched the negro for
the confederates, the wicked traitor
ous farmer returned to the room In
which the object of his betrayal cat,
and entered into conversation with
him.
The eyes of Glorcus rolled suspic
iously about, but he otherwise evinced
no apprehension of danger.
Complaining of ennui from the ef
fect of his day's travel, he proposed to
retire. This is what Biswick desir
ed, and he cheerfully led the way to
the bed chamber.
As soon as the confederate left the
room, the scout buckled on his sabre,
instead of retiring to bed, and re
mained at the window in a listening
attitude.
He had not long been in this posi
tion when a tap at the door aroused
him. With revolver in hand he
opened the door cautiously.
Pale and trembling the girl Delia
Doran, entered, making frantic ges
tures for him to keep silence. Seiz
ing the freighteued maiden by the
hand, the brave old scout said:
"What is it my dear that frelghtens
you?"
Seeming to gain strength from his
kind words, she replied :
Oh ! sir, fly from here ; you are in
deadly peril! Each moment you re
main increases your danger 1"
The scout received this startling an
nouncement as coolly If it had been
an order from his General andJmereJy
said:
"You have to give me some infor
mation. as to the nature of my danger
Jf youwish meitoj avert it."
'Mr Biswick thinks you
are the
great scout Glorcus, and has sent for
guerillas to arrest you."
"ForMosby?"
"No, worse. Mosby has some hu
manity aud honor; but he has sent
for the wretch Steve Hawkers."
"Never fear," said the scout.
"But you will go nevertheless?"
"I will not be taken ; but you must
answer me some questions first."
"Ask them quick."
"Is your name really Delia Do
ran?" "It is"
"Do you remember anything of
your parents?"
Not a great deal. My mother died
when I was quite young, and I can
jnst remember my father leaving me
with Mr. Biswick and going to Cali
fornia." "Do you love your foster father?"
No, sir, I cannot. He is very cruel
aud swears I shall marry Captain
Hawkers."
"That is sufficient, I Bhall go now,
but I will return soon an tell you
something."
Arising he glided out ofthe room,
and Delia having accomplished her
errand of mercy retired. .
The famouB scout managed to reach
the stable unperceived, and securing
his horse, led him to the back of the
house and hitched him to a tree.
Then holding revolvers in each hand
ho crept over the wall and walked up
the garden path.
Flashing light3 and confused voices
told him that the confederates had
come. A heavy tread of feet was
heard coming down the garden walk
aud he distinguished the voice of the
negro saying :
"Let 'urn kill Mm ; but golly don't
cotch me near ; might get a stray bul
let!" In an instant the scout leveled
a poBtol at the head of the
treacherous black aud fired. With
out a groan the negro fell dead in the
garden walk.
With yells of vengeance the guerill
as rushed towards the scout who nim
bly leaped the garden fence, vaulted
into his saddle, and amid flashing
swords and whizzing ahots he dashed
off into the forest.
"To horse; after him," shouted
Captain Hawkers. "Five thousand
to the man that brings him down."
Then there was mounting in hot
haste, and the confederates thundered
on after hfm.,
The scout, having reached an open
spot about three miles from the farm
house, paused on the opposite Bide in
a thick growth of underbrush, with a
cocked pistol in each hand, the rein
in his teeth, and thus waited for his
pursuers to come up.
In the course of half an hour the
guerillas, seven in number, rode up
into the open spot and paused for con
sultation. "Various conjectures were made as to
the whereabouts of the scout, and the
rebel captain vowed he would give a
good round sum to know just where
he was.
His speech was cut Bhort by the
Crack of n nisfcnl And f JAnrnln TTaw-
kers fell from his horse.
BROWtfYlLLE, NEBRASKA,
Two guerillas drew holstere and re
turned the fire, but now pistol shot
after pistol shot came from an unseen
quarter, and the confederates fell.
The remainder, terror stricken, fled.
The scout rode out on the plain to
examine his fallen foe. Three were
quite dead and the fourth was dying.
Ijeaving the field of carnage he made
his way back to the farm house. Fas
tening his horse near the gate he en
tered it. As ho was passing across
the hall he heard a voice in a room on
the right, begging for mercy.
"Don't plead for mercy," said the
harsh voice of Biswick. "You know
you told ib.3 Union scout that Haw
kers was coming. 27ow take that."
A blow and a scream followed.
"Hold!" thundered the scout,
bursting into the room.
"What right havo you to command
me to hold?" cried the astounded reb
el. "The right of a fathef !"
"A father?"
"Yes, James Biswick. I am Albert
Doran, who years ago trusted my in
fant daughter With ycu while I went
to California to amass a fortune. I
made it in an obscure mine, and con
cealed it in a oache, but was at that
time captured by the savages and
kept a prisoner for years. I made my
escape, secured the hidden treasure,
and returned to the States just as the
war broke out. I joined Mead's corps
under the assumed name of Glorcus.
My experience in Indian warfare has
made me the great scout I am. I am
now here to claim my child."
With the beautiful Delia behind
him on his powerful horse, he rode
into Mead's camp the next morning
at sunrise.
It was in the midst of the terrible
battle of tho Wilderness, that Doran
met and struck Biswick dead with
his vengeful sword.
"This," Baid he, "is for your cruel
ty to mv child."
OUB KEW TOEE LETTER,
Tlie Lnst Praud-Keal Estate tieer
Fnnstrals Cremation Beeclier-Tll-ton
Tlie Graphic Business Tho
"VVeatlier.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
.New York, September 19, 1874.
ANEWmUD. .
If the dishonest menrwouldgive toi
honest employment halftheshrewd-j;
ness they do to their swindling!
'schemes, they would be the richest
men in the world. For certainly the
genius wasted in roguery, that always
ends badly, could not but pay largely
in anv lesitimate business. The last
I dodge in thieverv has just been un
earthed, and a most ingenuous dodge
it is. A scoundrel sailing under the
alias of Walker, a few monthB ago
went to work and deliberately forged
conveyances of real estate belonging
to the estate of a man who has been
dead five years. He mad9 deeds from
Isaac Young, the aforesaid deceased,
to himself, of laud worth $50,000, and
went with them to the Register's of
fice and had them recorded. Of course
this was all regular, for the registry
clerks have no means of knowing
whether Isaac Young is a live or a
dead man. The conveyances put up
on record, Walker takes them and
goes into the street to negotiate a loan
upon them. He finds a man who has
monev- to loan upon real estate. The
Register's books are examined, the
conveyances are all clear, the money
is loaned. Walker disappears. Of
course tlie fraud is discovered after
the lapse of a week or two, and Walk
er is arrested and will go to Sing Sing.
Fow, It strikes me that a mind capa
ble of conceiving and executing so
magnificent a piece of villniny ought
to know that legitimate business is its
proper field. What combinations
could not such a genius effect in dry
goods?
If that man had to be a rogue, why
did he not go to Wall street, or get in
to politics in this city ?
These are safe fields for such geni
uses, where there is ample scope for
scoundrelism without risk. But they
never do It. When Walker gets out
of Sing Sing he will get into a simil
ar transaction in a week, and go up
again. Such men only keep out of
prison a few weeks at a time. When
In quod, they devise Echemes that in-
vuxiuuiy iaKe tnem Dace again.
Speaking of
KEAL ESTATE,
some of it in New York has a value
despite the terrible depression. Mr.
B. A. Witthaus has sold to the Un
ion Dime Savings Bank, for $275,000,
the plot of laud on the southerly side
of Thirtv-second Rtrpp hntwoon
Broadway and Sixth avenue. The
buildings are of but little consequence
and formed no part of the value. The
lots front on the triangular public
place at the intersection of Broadway
and Sixth avenue, 42 feet on Broad
way, 40 feet on Sixth avenue, and
about 100 feet on Thirty-second street.
The price is at the rate of $175,000 for
a lot of the usual size. Mr. WitthauB
paid $45,000 for the property about
twenty years ago. Isn't that rather a
steep price for so small a piece of
earth ? At this rate, what is New
York worth ?
BEER.
The Germans ars up in arms. On
lost Wednesday three thousand sa
loon keepers met in council, and re
solved that the license laws must be
repealed, and that the traffic in beer
xnuBt be treated the same as auy other
business, and also that this question
must go-into politics, and be made an
issue. The beer interest in New York
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1874.
Is one that has positive power, and of
course politicians will be found who
will recognize it. The German ele
ment is immensely strong here, and
on the question of free beer and the
right to drink it Sundays as well as
other days it is almost an unit. They
do not like to be driven out of the
city for their Sunday recreations, and
they will mako a vigorous fight for
what to them ia a vital matter. This
question is one of the disturbers that
come up every little while to vex the
souls of politicians. The American
religious element is inflexibly oppos
ed to the violation of the Sabbath,
the German ia as inflexibly determin
ed to spend it as he pleases. Imagine
the perplexity of the ambitious poli
tician in whose district these elements
are about even. Won't he have a
splendid opportunity for dodging !
EXPENSIVE FUNERALS.
Under the present system it costs
from $50 to $150 to bury a corpse in
the mo3t modest way. The most ex
horbitant pricea are charged for coffins
and the accompaniments, all of which
are paid without a question, for no
man can ask prices over the dead
body of one loved and lo3t. Then
come carriages, price of lot, etc., all
of which makes a sum that is op
pressive to a poor man or one in even
moderate circumstances. The Ger
mans have a society for doing away
with all this. They have taken up
the idea of cremation, and propose to
bring it into vogue. They are build
ing a hall 60x40 feet, fitted with an
altar at which religious ceremonies
may be had. Back of this altar is to
be a furnace oapabie of being heated
to 1,000, which melts soft plates in
the metal coffin encolsing the re
mains, which heat will reduce the re
mains to ashes in an hour and a half,
aud all this cad be done for $8, which
is bringing burial expenses within
the reach of the poorest. The Ger
mans will take this idea and act upon
it, for this people have not the rever
ence for ancient forms that the Amer
icans possess, and the form of dispos
ing of remains is in entire consonance
with their ideas of the fitness of
things. And who knows but after it
has become a common practice among
the Germans it may be adopted by
the rest of mankind.
. ,. -JBEECHER-TIIrON.
- Tilton'slast statement, which ap
peared Friday has stirred up this
mesa once jnore. Public-opinion1 'in
this city has once more veered to Til
ton, and it will probably stay there
till Beecher makes a statement, when
it may shift to him. Tilton gives the
world nothing new in the matter, but
he explains the why of very much of
it. For instance, in answer to the
question why, after permitting hi3
wife's infidelity to remain a secret
with him four years, he gave it to the
world, he say3 that had Elizabeth re
mained with him, and the church
had let her alone he never should
have divulged it. But she left him
for the purpose of testifying against
him, and in sheer self defense he was
compelled to give the terrible truth to
the world. Moulton's statement is a
crusher, and has produced a profound
impression. He fastens his former
statements and makes his case very
cleverly. Now what will Beecher do?
Are we to have more statements? He
has said that he will not open his
mouth or put pen to paper on the sub
ject again, but will trust to the courts
to clear his Bkirts. Thank heaven,
for no matter who is in fault the peo
ple are tired of the whole matter. Let
us hope it will be settled one way or
another, and that quickly.
Speaking of this affair, it is gratify
ing to notice the frankness and fair
ness with which the Daily Graphic
has treated this matter. Without dis
guising its own conclusions, from the
reports of both sides, presented in itB
columns with an enterprise which
made some of the slow-coach papers,
in self-defense, profess old Queen An
ne's horror of gossip, ithas comment
ed on the sad affair in a tone befitting
gentlemen, nn example which some
of its unsuccessful contemporaries
might have followed with much cred
it and more grace.
The way in which zealots on both
sides have carried on the skirmish
renders it a sure thing that nobody
comes out of the scrimmage with a
clean coat. That the Graphic has
shown more wit and less temper in its
share of the sport may be charged to
the fact that its editorial columns are
in the handsof gentlemen, madesuch
by virtue of breeding and sympathies
as well as position ; who know how to
hold liberal views and express them
fully, while keeping them out of the
mire. And I may say that it Is the
controlling force of this quiet gentle
manhood which makes the Graphic
such a favorite family paper both in
and out of ths city. The rare ability
of D. G. Croly, its managing editor,
and the enterprise and tact of the
Brothers Goodsell, have made the
Graphic a great success.
BUSINESS
Does not pick up as I, and everybody
else, hoped. The city is full of mer
chants ; the hotels are not only crowd
ed'but over-crowded, but they do not
buy. The South is buying small
6tooks, very small, but the West, so
far is only sorting up. The merchants
all say they intend to buy largely,
but they are waiting to see what the
condition of things is to be. In short,
with wheat at the price it is, they are
afraid to venture. Possibly they are
right; but the importers and jobbers,
who have stocks on hand, don'tseeit.
And the Bumnier has slipped away,
we are fairly into the fall, and the
goods are all in the "original packag
es." I am Bpeaking now of the whole
sale trade. The retail trade in the
city looks Bomewhat hopeful this
month, and will keep its cheerful
face, for the people have money, if
the trade only have sense to adopt
the rule of the leading house in
America, namely, to do away with
fancy prices for any clos3 of goods,
however new or fashionable, and
bring the most tempting articles at
onoe within the reach of ordinary
buyers. The novel and nice impor
tations of dress goods, camel hair
cloth3, quilted silks, and fancy fabrics
of the latest Parisian fancy are ac
cordingly put on the counters at pri
ces which compare with those of the
old-fashioned standards, merino, and
British cloths, in the eye of careful
purchasers. This idea of selling stock
but once, as merchants express it,
will result In clean "counters and
equally clean balances next spring.
Even India shawlB are no exception
to this rule, for the largest importers
in this line have determined to put
them on the same footing with other
goods, and estimate their value ac
cording to their worth, without pay
ing 200 or 300 per cent, tribute to fash
ionable caprice. One hears of such
comfortable .orders in the trade as
$10,000 worth of American shawls for
one customer, and $3,000 worth of
printB Bold at retail at a Bingle coun
ter in one day. Stewart's house sold
off all its first stock of fall goods be
fore the first of September, and was
obliged to order afresh by ocean tele
graph to supply at that date.
Nevertheless, tho city will see a
great deal of distress this winter.
There has been no building or labor
of any kind this summer, and the
working-men have not been able to
keep anything ahead, and when the
frost puts its embargo on out-door
work there is going to be an amount
of destitution and actual suffering
that the city never saw before. Heav
en help the poor this winter. And
let me put in a warning here" to young
men keep out of New York this fall
and winter. There are thousands up
on thousands of unemployed men in
every possible department of labor.
There are one hundred applicants for
every vacancy Except upon TjfcWnf
thing fitay where you are, -ifyecan
earn bread and clothes.
the weather'
is extremely hot and sultry, and in
the poor quarters of the city there ia
suffering to a terrible degree. How
they long for the cool breath of au-
tumn.
Pietro.
APPLE-TIME.
Shower-time, fiower-tlrno";
Earth Is new and fair ;
May-time, hay-time.
Blossoms everywhere ;
Nest-time, best time,
Days have longer grown ;
Leaf-time, brief time,
Make it all yonr own ;
Berry-time and cherry-tim,
Songs of bird and bee;
But of all the gay times,
Apple-tlmd for me!
Wheat- time, sweet time
In the closing year;
Sheaf-time, leaf-time,
Now will disappear ;
Ice-time, nlc time
For a merry lad ;
Snow-time, blow-time.
Earth Is lone and sjmI.
Yellow ones and mellow ones
Dropping from the tree
Rusty coats and pippins;
Apple-time for me 1
George Cooper, inKursery.
THE BOYS OF COMPACT "C."
the Battle op shiloh.
NUMBER II.
The 1st Nebraska formed part of
Gen. Lew. Wallace's Division, which
was camped at and near Crump's
landing, some four or five miles north
of Pittsburg Landing. Col. Thay
er's brigade was pushed out some two
miles from the landing on the road to
AdamBville.
On that memorable Sunday, the 6th
day of April, 1862, the brigade had
been roused, as usual, an hour before
daylight, and the men had stood to
their arms until daylight, to prevent
surprise. They were then dismissed,
and in a short time it was told that a
battle was raging to the south of us.
I listened, but hearing nothing, was
told to go away from the noise of the
camp and I could hear. I looked
around, the men, singly and in
groups, were standing off a short dis
tance from the tents. I went out and
listened. There was a low moan,
broken every few seconds by reports
of artillery, faint yet full of meaning
to those who had beard it before.
We all returned to camp. Break
fast was eaten in silence. No neces
sity now to leave the camp to hear
the roar of battle. Plainerand plain
er came the noise; tho moan had
changed to a roar, and the artillery
reports were as close together as the
beats of an ordinary clock. Anxious
glances were cast towards headquar
ters, but all was quiet there. About
nine o'clock orders were given to
strike tents and load the wagons,
which was done quicker and with less
noise than usual. Still no orders to
move.
Ten regiments of infantry and three
full batteries (18 guns) standing there
idle, while the noise of battle told us,
in language not to be mistaken, that
our brothers were being driven back
and slaughtered. Fully eight thou-
sand men, all of whom had been bap-
tized with fire at Donelson and etee -
whew, standing thr chil fii
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YOL. 19 NO. 13.
for life and country, were under fire
for the first time. The suspense was
terrible. About noon orders came,
and after marching about four miles
we came to a creek which, on account
of high water, was impassible. This
creek, a very small one ordinarily,
had now overflowed its banks, and
the bridge was either submerged or
carried away. There we were, stop
ped by the water, while less than two
miles distant fifty thousand men were
fighting with terrible energy. Had
it been a prairie country like Nebras
ka we could have been spectators of
the fight, and the artillery could have
participated in it. The land there
was clothed with a magnificent
growth of forest treesj which effectu
ally Bhut out the view of all that was
being done on the other side of the
creek, but the forest did not shut out
the noise of the battle.
Your readers have all Been and
heard those terrible thunder storms
which sometimes rush across our prai
ries. First there is a low murmur of
the wind, with occasional flashes of
lightning then the storm increases,
the low murmur becomes a rush, and
the thunder becomes an incessant
deafening roar, and you are unable to j
tell the different claps, for it seems as
though it was thundering all the
time. So It was there. The constant
rattle of the musketry, with the deaf
ening roar of the artillery, seemed to
shake the earth.
There we were, unable to proceed,
yet anxious to participate in the bat
tle. A partly retrograde march was
taken and towards evening we came
to the creek again, near the Tennes
see river, and where there waB a
bridge above water. We passed over
the bridge, and, as it was getting
dark came to the outposts of the army.
The storm of battle which had lasted
all day ceased as darkness closed
around, and was only interrupted by
an occasional shot during the night.
We found the Federal army driven
back to the river bank, and occupy
ing a narrow ridge, somewhat similar
to the river hill at this place. As the
division .marched up the hill, and
placed itself in the space between the
contending" armies, the Feds were
anxious to know who we were and
what was our etrenirth. and whenin-
'forenSl'tliat we had ten regiments of
infantry, and three' full batteries of
artillery, thev ware rrofose in their
expressions of joypand confidently'
predicted that we would give the
Johnnies "HaiP'Oolumbia" in the
morning. I asked, "How far is it to j were sick, and under ordinary cir
the river?" and was informed that it1 cumstances would have been on the
was about two hundred yards. I then j sick list, but soldiers do not liae to be
asked, "How far off are the Itebs?"
At that moment a shot was fired, ap
parently about one hundred yards
distant, and I was told that a Reb fir
ed that gun. So small. was the space
occupied by our army on that teriible
night.
The men were ordered to lie down
and rest and did so, as well as they
could, but between the rain, and the
excitement, aud.tho"occasional shots
there was not much sleep. Towards
daylight the men were quietly roused
and placed in line, and as soon aB the
gunners could see to sight their guns
the ball was opened. In a few sec
onds the Rebs replied, their battery
being about three hundred yards dis
tant, and the flushes from their guns
being plainly visible through the for
est. In a short timetthe rebel battery
was silenced, one of the guns being
dismounted.
We then advanced and continued to
advance. In a short time while we j ment on the left retired, or had fh-ey
were marching by tho right flank a done anythingjonly the critical ma
cannon ball struck one of the color neuver they did do, the towns autijthe
guard, tearing a piece out of his thigh ! settlementajof Nebraskawould have
and barely missing Lorenz Winkol-jbeen fulMmourners.g'The remaind
man, of Peru, who was marching er of the regiment had ell it could at
alongside of him. Capt. Major! tend to in front, 'and if Co. D had
caught the poor fellow as he fell, and j failed the regiment would have been
placed him out of the way of the reg- j surrounded and cut U ptecea.
iment. A few minutes later Curtis, ! ..
of Nemaha City, was severely wound- Tbe Ne.y york RVW, the leading
ed, and as be sunk to the ground was Demoeratio newalmper of theemmirv,
caught by Charlie McPherson and does aot enterteliu a veryhlh opin
myself, who assisted him to the shel- jon of M,BaourI Den.oer.ey, appeaw
terofa large tree. A few minutes I from tbe followiIlg .
later Smith Tuttle was severely, Tbe Demiicrats of Mteeourf. bides
wounded, his right breast being torn distinguishing themselves by their
by a bullet. Still later in the day
Harrison Tucker, of Nemaha, and J.
C. Miller, of Brownville, were both
severely wounded. The battle con
tinued until about two o'clock, when
the Reb3 retired to Corinth.
At this battle Thayer's brigade was
opposed, among others, by the New
Orleans Guard, a set of splendid look-
ing men from that city, quite a num-'T ce ne wnu. anu "ueisafiaed'
, . , , , .. 1 the repeal of the "revenue tax on dts
ber of whom wera wounded on Mon-i tmed aud fermented spirits," and 'or
day aud fell into our hand3. tobucco." They also declared ttat
Towards the close of the battle theithe"onlr neeeisnry step to the re-
.. . . , . , . moval of the caSbo of 1r evils neees-
brigade had to cros a swampy, bushy , Barily uttendantnpon an irredimaoie
piece of ground that was impassible j currency" i. that "the legal tender
for the artillery, which had to rm ! notes be made reeeivnble for duties on
1. ,
uroiiDu a consiueranie ditane. anri,""i""-
before it rejoined the Infantry we had
the hardest fight that we had that
day. llie Kebs opened on ub with
both artillery and musketry. Tucker
was knocked senseless with a grape
shot, and was carried to the rear ap
parently dead. The regiment on our
left gave way Tor about two hundred
yards. The Rebs rushed into the gap
with a yell that could be heard above
, the roar of battle, and things- looked
deBperate. Our left company D,
from Nebraska City fell back at
ngnt angles witn the main line and
iacea tne retiels. giving them Hail
Columbia; the Rebs gave us a cross'
fire while in the gap, but the men of I
the regiment which had" retirfd. kp- i
i ing that our regiment "stood like a
, stoae wall." came back, firings fthe?
, came- The Rebs retired, our battery
came up and opened fire, and the bat -
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When the Itebs gave us that cross
fire Miller was in the act , of firing to
the front. A rebel bullet struck him
in the back passing insido at and
partly shattering his right shoulder
blade, then passed - along his right
arm to near the elbow, where it stop
ped. It was a terrible wound, ho
passed a few yards to the rear, sat
down by a stream of water, and hours
afterwards was found by his com
rades trying to allay his thirst by
scooping up water with his left hand.
We all supposed Miller's wound to be
fatal, and several of us started the"
next morning to find him. We found
him at a rude hospital, he was alive,
and several months afterwards he
and Tucker came hack to the compa
ny apparehtlyf cured.Thougb they
I were not so healthy ob they were be2
fore.
At this same hospital we founfi F.
L. Prouty, of Peru. Prouty never
was a large man, and, being siok a
good deal that spring, was reduced
almost to a skeleton, but like tho
brave soldier that he was, fought all
1 through the battle, and then wrent ia
j the rear to hunt the doctors and get
some medicine. Atthissams hospi'
tal were several of the New Orleans
Guards, some of them wounded and
others waiting on the wounded.
These men claimed that we (Nebras
kans) were not Yankees, and they
wanted to see a Yankee, one of the
terrible Abolitionists from Yankee-1
dom. Prouty was trying to get a lit
tlo warmth b lying on the sunny
side of a pile of rails, but hearing"
their badinage about Yankees, and
being a Yankee, got up, looking more
like a ghost than a warrior, and strik
ing an attitude exclaimed, "Here's a
Yankee! Look at me ! I am right
straight from the mountains of Yer
myount." The effect was ludicrourf.
Those tall splendid looking fellows
asking to see tho terrible foe that had
beaten them, and being confronted
by a man that would not weigh eigh
ty pounds, and who was sk thin ae
hardly to cast a shadow, and have
him claim that he was one of the ter
rible fellows who had beaten them in
fair battle. Our boys burst into a
laugh, '.the Itebs joined and ProiiSy
retired to his pile of rails.
The spring ojQ62 was very vret, and
the men were exposed a great deal
from the time we left Georgetown,
igarly in February, until after the re
ftreat of the rebels from Corinth, about
the first of June. Fully: hclf ttte
men who fought the battle of Shiloh
away from their company when it
goes into battle. I have mentioned
the case of Prouty, and -.will tell of
Frank Medley. Frank had been sick
withjlung fever an djwas barely abfe
to walk when the company was para
ded to go into battle, but he shoulder
ed his musket and fell into line. The
Captain told him to go'to his tent as
he was not able to go into battle. The
reply was, "I am going with the
company. It shall never be said that
I staid away from battle." The poor
fellow went and fought noblyoll thro'
the battle, and next day wa3 unable to
rise and had to be carried to hospital.
Itight here let me add that there was
two places where our regiment alwrsys
mustered strong: one was the field of
battle, the other was the pay table.
I cannot close this sketch without
writing, all 'honor 7to"-galIant;Jfirck
Potts and the brave Nebraska.? City
boys. Had they failed, when the reg-
declaration in faTor of repudiation.
have made a very lonjr aud cumbrous
platform. They Wcsndt-d"' legisla
tion on the railway question such "as
I will effectually secure the industrial
J and proiuchig ner-:-N of the coun
try against all forms of oorKrate mo
I nopoly and exnrtion" a jrreat desid
jeratura.as every one will aunait, f
only the platform had mentioned
what legislation was referred tor "de-
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.limnnrf
This reads likeidotic i.ou-
, language of the Democratic politieiasa
! of Missouri.
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Something, nobody knows what
has killed the fish in Washoe&akc.
Tlie shore is piled with the bodies,
and the surface of the water is covered-
with them. The LakelJsdestrribtu?
! as looking clear and no milte yorm
; it. The pelicans, eulte. and other
I fish-eating fowls which have aboun J-
' ed thereabout have left. Th only
explanation advanced by the settler
is that there has been an eruption of
deleterious ?as from the bo it o hi o th.
Lake.
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pnKoro u. u,,,,. t,. ..,--.
tn0 ..i 1 r
I tho ragged edges of auxie y and
' "morse, '. and Ebttv swears he dit
1 nothing to have remorse abem. Whal
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