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THE ADVERTISER
TilURSDAY, APRIL 20, 187G.
CALL FOR A R.T5Pimi.TCA?
COSVESTIO.V.
TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES rOK BTATn OrFICCH.
Tho Itepnblican elector or the Stale of Nebraska
r.re hereby called to send delegate from the several
counties to meet In .State Con vention at Lincoln, on
aih day o! September. ITS. for the purpose of p!ac
Irc In nomination a candidate for Member of Con
KTm, and caudWatM for (Jovernor, Lieutenant
GeYeroor.fc?ecretarj- of State. Auditor, Treasurer,
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Attorney
(cner&l and Land Ooramlwoner.and to traitvnct
Mvcn otberibussinesslas may properly conic before
It.
The several counties are ontltSod to thesame rep
resentation as in the State Convention called this
day to meet at Fremont on'theSM day of May.lSTO
By order of the State Central Committee.
C. E. Yost. Sec. C. JI. Gr.uu, Ch'n.
X(nMn, March ?. 155.
A fire at Milford, Iiid., on Sundn3
last destroyed $S0,000 worth of prop
erty. Charles E. Whitnpy, a printer of
IJeatrico was recently drowned while
out duck hnnting.
. Don Pedro, Emperor of Brazil, is
in the U. B. and left New York for
San Francisco on the 17th.
The Centennial buildings were clos
ed to visitors on the J7lh and so until
the formal opening on the 10th of
May.
. .Regulations commenced being pre
pared i;i the treasury department on
Jtfomlay the 17th inst., for thoissuo of
" silver currency.
(,'McKee of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
implicated in tho whisky frauds,
has been sentenced to five months
linprisoment in tho county jail and to
pay a fine of $5,000.
If-Church Howe should get to he
Governor, would the Brownville An
VEirnSEii get any state notices to
print? Globe-Journal.
.Certainly if the Governor could
see any inonej in it.
Belknap's impeachment was begun
In the Senate on Monday, but was
brought to a sudden stand by Mr.
Carpenter, of the defendants attorne
'denying the jurisdiction of the Sen
nate .in the case and moving a dis-
' missal, Further, proceedings were
.postponed till Wednesday.
the
You'll perceive there's grit in
. whole family.
9
The Globe-Journal calls our atten
tion to the above as a boast of the
JTowe family. Wo suggest that in
applying it to himself our cotempor
. "ary should have said whisky instead
'of grit. And there would have been
. a general uprising to second tho motion.
General Cunningham has a very
"strong letter in tho Lincoln Journal,
in which heshowsjusthowsurveyscan
ho let, by law, how they were let, and
that his affairs and expenditures were
ail approved in Washington, when he
left tho office of Surveyor General,
after th'o closest inspection. He
makes a very good showing 1'lalls
mouth Herald.
"We never did have mnch confiden
ce in the truth of tho Bee's charges
against Gen. Cunningham, and since
reading his letter, we have none at nil I
, -and believe they were concooted be
cause Cunningham is supposed by
"tho Bee to be a Hitchcock man.
W. A. Polock, our Brownville
postmaster, publishes a communica
tion this week, in the Omaha
Bee, over a column in length
the most of which is devoted
state I to defending and apologizing for the
political misdeeds of Church Howe,
and censuring The Advektiser. for
opposing Church Howe. The first
statement in Polock's letter which we
will notice is the following:
Two 3ears ago Church Howe, as
leader of the Grange element of this
county, was a candidate for and vas
elected to the legislature. The Ad
vektjskr, as in duty bound, opposed
him, but it overdid its duty in charg
ing that ho was a rascal. Among oth
er things he was accused of being a
defuiilter as Marshal of Wyoming,
and it was said that The Advertiser
had letters that if published would
ruin him. About this time I gave
IIowo a letter from Washington,
which ho opened in tho pndtoilice,
and calling to me said : "I want yoti
to read this letter." I took the letter
and read in substance as follows : "En
closed find draft for dollars cents
(I do not recolloct the amount), hal
anco duo you (Howe) for servlcps a
Marshal of Wyoming territory." I
told of this letter, and heard no more
of Howe being a defaulter.
Tho first and second paragraphs of
the above are calculated to mislead
those who do not know the facts, be
cause they do not embrace the whole
truth. We did not oppose Mr. Howe
as "leader of the Grange element;"
but did oppose him, as Mr. Polock
pretended to do, because he withdrew
from the Republican party, resigning
a place on the Republican Central
Committee, with the purpose of de
feating tho Republican party. We
want our readers to understand now
that Mr. Howe did not merely bolt
the Republican party for the purpose
of securing his election, but alto al
lied himsel with the Democratic-Independent
element with the avowed
and expressed understanding that
they would divide the offices, work
together and break down the domi
nant (Republican) party of this coun-
t3'. This we know to bo the fact upon
the authorit3' of some of the most re
liable Democrats engaged in the ring
with Mr. Howe, but who since have
become Howe's enemies on account
of lils bad faith and treachery.
And, says the P. M., "The Adver
tiser, as in duf3T bound, opposed him,
but over did its dut3' in charging that
he was a rascal. Among other things
he was charged with being a default
er as Marshal of Wyoming," &c.
Now, Mr. Polick, permit us to say
to you that you have over done your
duty to the person you enter the field
for ; 3'ou have even transcended the
truth in 3'our bold effort to champiou
the greatest enemy of tbe'Re publican
parly In Nemaha county. We never
made the charge you say we did.
Never, from the first issue of The
Advertiser under our editorial
charch to the present moment, have
wo said, or hinted, that Mr. Howe
was a defaulter, either as Marshal of
Wyoming, or in any other capacity.
And in the campaign referred to b3T
you, we did noton any occasion speak
of Mr. Howe as a rascal, except in n
political sense; and never did so until
we had good reason for believing he
was bribed in. the legislature of 1874-q'
There Is a ' record of these, things,
friend Polock; W have.oompletefiIes
of our papew, and wo invite you "Id
oomo ttYei? and examine them ; and
I ns tbere is a question of veracity be
tween us, the matter, as to who tells
us, however potent it ma3 be for the
P. M. But again says Mr. Polock :
He has desired to act with the Re
publican party, but it is not 'n hu
man nature for any man to act with a
part3 whose papers are abusing him.
If this is true, how long has it been
so, and upon what conditions does he
desire to eo act? Since the hour Mr.
Howe resigned his place on the cen
tral committee, accompanied with the
declaration that he could not act with
the Republican party longer on ac
count of its corruptions, to tho pres
ent time, he has been doing his best
for tho opposition to the Republican
party. He fought it bitterly during
tho campaign of his election to the
legislature; in tho contest for U. S.
Senator he supported and voted for a
Democrat up to the last minute of the I
fight. In our count3' election last fall
he canvassed the county in opposition
to the Republican nominees; and all
this time, "as in duty bound, we op
posed him!" So, as "he has desired
to act," &c, the question recurs how
long has he had such a burning de
sire? It has not been longer, Mr. P.
M., has it, than he has had the idea
of trading his Independent party for
a place on tho State ticket? His de
sire, that we are aware of, was made
known a month or so ago, only on
condition, and is therefore so selfish
and devoid of principle that no decent
reform part3' or person could think of
"his desire" without disgust.
If Mr. Howe wants to act with tho
Republican part', hocan do so in spito
of all newspapers. He can vote for it,
talk for it, give his mone3' for it, nnd
we could not prevent him, nor should
we try to prevent him. As a true Re
publican we want all the votes we
can get for tho party; but we would
not submit to the dastardly, coward
ly proposition of making terms with
Howe, or nny other man. When we
are forced to the alternative of accept
ing an unprincipled demagogue,
whoso motto Is, "I will rule you or I
0UE MW YOKE LETTEE.
The Centennial Poem TIio Centenni
al Business Postal Tronbles
The Defalcation of Judge
Barrett The Fashions
Qri "tho 14th inst., Jno. L. Bitten-
sger, Adler & Furst, and Henry and
''Earnest Hartwig, conricted of de-
fraudlng the government in tho wins
y'busraess, received their sentences.
Mr. Bittengcr was sentenced to pay
fines amounting to $2,300 and two
.years in the penitentiary.
Adler & Furst were each sentenced
to pay fine of $10,000 and one 3ear in
the county jail.
Henry Hartwig was sentenced to
- -pay n fine of $0,500 and three months
ln the jail, and Ernest was
sentenced to pay a fine of $2,500 and
to three months in the jail.
On the 11th inst, tho grand jury In
"Washington city indicted Babcock,
Harrington, Whitly, Benton, Miles,
ettleshlp and Somervillo for com
plicity in the safe burglary conspir--ncy.
Warrants were issued for the
arrest of all but Gen. Babcock, who
appeared and gave bail in the buiq of
.$10,000, with ex-Gov. A. R. Shepherd
as security.
'The Cmaha Bee has an editorial up
on tire neoessityof sending good and
true 'Republicans to the Fremont con
vention That Is all well enough and
is not an original suggestion of the
Bet's, by any means, several other
papers having in some way got hold
of the Idea before. But the following,
which wo clip from the article, is
without doubt ever3' word false:
Federal officials have received their
Instructions from our out-going Sena
tor to spare no effort in securing a del
egation from Nebraska that will co
oporate and consult him at the Nation
al Convention. Cunningham, his
-tjhief tool, has already, in his eager
ness to exhibit power, pledged the
Nebraska delegation to go as he and
his master shall dictate.
Everybody who knows Rose3T will
at once understand b3' such talk that
he is getting reads' to "squeal" and
cry "rings, rings," provided things
don't go according to the pins Rose3
himself will have set up.
In Omaha there are two factions In
the Republican party bitterly opposed
to each other. One Is headed by the
editor of tho Bee and the other by of
fllclals in self defense against the
Bee's bitter warefare. Wo suggest
therefore, if these opposing elements
cannot adjust their difficulties, or at
least enter the conventions with the
VDderstanding that the losing party
ball qujetly and gentlemanly acqui
esce to the will of the majority, that
the conventions may see safety in Ig
noring, altogether, tho factions aud
ring of Omaha. These quarrels
Bhould not be permitted to jeopardize
we success ot the party.
tho truth can be easily decided.
Why, bless your soul, Mr, Polock,
your story about that letter from
Washington is a very old one, indeed,
to us, for Mr. Howe showed it to us
Imraediatel3' on its receipt. There
fore, knowing Mr. Howe was not a
defaulter wo, of course, could not say
he was.
So Mr. Polock's witness that we
"overdid our dutj'" in fighting the
arch enemy of the Republican party
Hcr fiat on its back. Ho can find not
a single editorial in the columns of
The Advertiser to sustain his broad,
unqualified assertion.
"And it was said that The Adver
tiser had letters that if published
would ruin him." The Advertiser
never made an3' such assertion or
threat. Wo never make charges
wUhoutgood and reasonable grounds
for so doing. When we speak posi
tive, we speak from authentic evi
dence, at least prima facie, and have
no taste for ambiguities.
"J," says the P. M.. "told of this
letter, and heard no more of Howe
being n defaulter!" Remember, dear
reader, that "J" did it. Mr. Howe,
we presume, showed that letter to ev
ery man, woman and child in the
county and read it in ever' school
house.
Wli3 Mr. Polock misrepresents us
In a widely circulated paper Is more
than we can conceive of at present.
He admits that it was our duty to op
pose Mr. Howe, but thinks wo "over
did" our duty ; but in his reference to
our labors, as how and in what we
transcended our duly, his assertion
has tho marked misfortune of being
untrue or we say it is untrue and
now, unless he avails himself of our
oiler to search our files, and make
some quotations from our editorials
wherein we charge Mr. Howe with
being a defaulter, his reasons for say
Ing we overdid our duty will seem fal
lacious and rather malicious, and wo
will stand acquitted of. the great er
ror of doing more than our duty.
There has hn scarcely an issue of
the Brownville Advertiser for the
last two yeacs but what has had some
thing against Church Howe.
Mr. Polock, upon reflection, will re
member that Mr. Howe, until he took
the field against the Republican par
ts', was verj' frlendl' with us, and our
personals of the .hypocrite that we
soon found him to be, were alwas of
a friendly and conciliator' nature.
After ho undertook to break down the
part' in this county, we, "as in dut3'
bound, opposed him." So the P. M.
again stray3 from tho truth.
But, 6a's Mr. Polock, "ho is the
most popular man In Nemaha coun
ty." This is not true, either. But
suppose ho is, is that a reason why
any honest man should support him,
or throw clubs for him, or roll over in
1 the dirt for him? It Is no reason for
will ruin you!" we will take the
chances every time in opposition, and
with all our might try to avert the
ruin.
But Mr. Polock is going to force
matters. He would scare the people,
liko sheep, Into Howe's tender fold.
Here is tho way he says it will be :
It is said that he aspires to be a can
didate for lieutenant-governor on the
Republican ticket.
Then, after this, signifying how the
great bribe taker cduld be moliiied,
the P. M. adds :
I know one thing. The people of
Nemaha county will elect him to the
State Senate, if he is not put on the
State tieket, and my advico to all as
pirants to the ipffMattirp is, to cease
their abuse of Church Howe.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York, April 15, 1576.
THE CENTENNIAL POE5I.
It is finally settled who will write
the poem for the Centennial opening.
The compliment of being requested
to write it I103 been passed' round
among the elder poets of the country,
and declined, by each with thanks in
return. Mr. Bryant considered that
his years ought to exempt him from
the task. Mr. Whlttier never writes
odes for occasions, and it would
be contrary to the habit of his life to
do such a thing. Mr. Longfellow
hates writing to order. Mr. Lowell
declined, and the laureate's duty has
at last been assumed by the man who,
of American writers, is most capable
of turning out the highest work, as
one may say, under compulsion Mr.
Bayard Taylor. There is one poet
who would hpve written up to the
stylo of the occassion not Bayard
Taylor, but B. F. Taylor who has
tho finest flow of florid English in
verse, adapted to the general contour
of the performance, who would have
burned red lights and blue in numbers
that would have soared and swelled
and streamed like a holiday banner.
I dare say that all the other poets
would have been glad to relinquish
the task to him, nnd he would not
have done the time and audience dis
credit. THE CENTENNIAL.
to the emergency ; the gas compan
ies authorized Mr. James to go on,
they taking their chances of getting
their pay from the Government, the
water board did likewise, and the mer
chants pledged money enough to pay
other expenses till tho government
could turn itself. So we get our let
ters as usual.
NOTES OF TEAYEL.
ABBOTSFORD AND MELROSE.
Now, gentlemen, you know v.'hp.'t's
the matter. Mr. Polock Is no doubt
in earnest about this thing, r.nd Howe
must have a place on t'ae Republican
State ticket or tb.p 'fhe jtcoplc" not
the Republican party "will elect him
to the Senate." He is willing to fight
for the Republican party if he spakl
for so doing by a nomination ; If not,
be vlll try to get an office elsewhere
by fighting against the party. This
is the most glaring, cheeky piece of
effrontery that ever' cams under our
observation. ' l
Now in conclusion, wo desire to
say that wo have answered Mr. Po
lock's attack on us in a fair, candid
and truthful roomier. If Mr. Polock
has chosen to become our enemy, wo
can truly say we are sorry for it. We
do not want any war with him, or any
other man in tho Republican party,
and shall havenoneonly as Itis forced
upon us. Our desire is to work in
harmony with tho Republican party,
and with over' member thereof. Mr.
Polock has misrepresented us, aud we
have had either to be silent or show
up tho falsehoods in self-defense.
Now Mr. P. can do us justice by ac
knowledging his error as broadly ns
ho has circulated It, or he may do
otherwise, and we will be compelled
to place our own definition, as to mo
tives, for his attack upon The Ad
vertiser. e -o-
Wo glean from tho Omaha Bee's
latest news tho followin; regarding
Custar City -md the gold country :
Custer is now a thriving place of
of from 1,500 to 1,800 inhabitants,
mostly men, there being not over 150
women there as yet. A few gamblers
have put in an appearance, and are
plying their vocation, and also a few
loose characters of the opposite sex.
At least one thousand houses have
now been erected, mostly log struc
tures. Two saw mills are now in op
eration night and day, turning out
lumber, which is being UBed in the
construction of buildings. Tho gov
ernment or custer City is provisional,
created by the miners, and consists of
two justices of the peace, a city mar
shal, and twelve councilmen ; there
is no police. A city hall has been
built. In which all city business is
transocted.
The City Is admirably situated and
is surrounded by heavy pine timber
from one to three feet In diameter.
There is a thick belt of timber from
Custer to Karnev's Peak, distant
eight mile3 to tho north. The timber
is free from underbrush, so that a
wogon can go anywhere.
It is expected that 75,000 or 100,000
people will locate there within a year.
Price of provisions flour $10 per
hundred, sugar 25 ceuts, bacon 25 cts.
per pound, whisky 25 cents a drink.
Tho Black Hills is a poor man's
mining country, all reports to tho
contrary notwithstanding. Every
body has confidence that there is
plenty of gold to pay for working.
No destitution or suffering in the
Hills all reports different are false.
Plenty of game deer, elk, moun
tain sheep, antelope.
The soil is very rich and productive
and thejpeople will devote consider
able attention to agriculture, and al
ready agricultural Implements and
seeds are arriving.
New York will be more of a point
of attroction this year than Philadel
phia. Everybody will, of course, go
to Philadelphia and see the Exposi
tionthen they will come to New
York and see the metropolis. I want to
notify visitors that they may come to
New York and stay hero long enough
to see tho city thoroughly, at not very
large expense. Avoid tho large ho
tels, avoid tho small ones, and, above
all, avoid the European hotels. In
brief, dodge the hotels altogether.
Go to boarding-houses, where you
can live for from live to six dollar a
week, and be tolerably well.. taken
care of. At least you can get all you
can eat and a good, clean, comfortable
beds. These houses can be fouud
any where below Fourteenth street,
either east or west of Broadway, and
the visitor whose ability to pay is lim
ited cau be accommodated at any price
desirable. Thoso who have money
will, of course, go to the first-class
hotels nnd be bleu for tho style of the
t.h'ing, but it is unnecessary. Stylish
boarding-houses can bo found at from
$10 to $12 per week, in tho vicinity of
Lafayette Place and Tenth street : or,
for tho matter of that, on all the
streets in that vicinit. And let mo
say right here, that when you come
to New York next summer come pre
pared to stay long enough to see what
a great city really is. Walking down
Broadway nnd going up to Central
Park is not seeing Isaw York. You
want to get down amongi.thevjppr ;
you want to see the shipping.;, Wall
Sreet ought to take up two days".; and
then you ought to penetrate the inte
rior of the great business warehouses
in tho lower part of the city, and see
something of tho magnitude of their
operations. By all means go inside
of such an establishment as Harpers',
and go over to Staten Island aud up
tho East River, that you may enjoy
the finest water view in the world
and the liuest suburban residences.
It wouldn't hurt you to spend a day
or two at Long Branch to see the friv
olty of a summer watering place. All
this can be done for a very little mon
ey, if you only know how. Your
wives and daughters will want to see
Stewart's and the great je weir' stores;
and if you have any taste for art, the
picture galleries ore open all the time.
To do this cheaply, go to boarding-
houses to live, use tho street cars and
stages, nnd by no means allow your
self to be seduced into a carriage or
cab. Street cars run everywhere in
tho city indeed on some of the lines
3'ou m 13' ride seven miles for five
cents. And ou Sunday of course you
will want to hear Beecher, Tyug,
Frothlugham and a dozen moro of the
great lights with which the city
abounds, and in all the churches you
will find plenty of free pews and
good, Christian courtesy and consider
ation. In all the metrpolitan church
es especial pains aro taken to make
strangers entirely welcome and at
their ease. By the way, don't fail to
attend services once, at least, In old
Trlnlt', where 'ou will hear the best
church music in tho city. Come by
all means and have a good time.
THE DEFALCATION OF JUDGE ItARRETT
Is worse than was supposed when he
got away. Ho has swindled his old
stepmother out of every dollar she
had In the world, and the daughter of
Miles O'Riley loses everything, as he
was the trustee of her deceased father's
estate. This villain ran away owing
quite $200,000, and tho terrible feature
of it is, that this mouey was almost
entirely trust-funds, placed in his
contr.ol because of his reputation for
integrity. Ho sold mortgages and
bond3 belonging to estates and squan
dered the money in a most reckless
manner. As he was reputed to be
rich no one objected to his high liv
ing, aud no one thought it singular;
but since his departuro it has been
discovered that ho never had any
thingthat his whole life was an im
posture. He was a judge, and had
held many positions of honor ond
profit, and up to the very day of his
flight could have been elected to any
position iu tho gift of the people.
There seems to be nn epidemic of
scoundrelism just now.
THE FASHIONS.
The spring openings are rather late
after all, but the new bonnets are out,
aud for the benefit of my lady readers
I hasten to tell them not to buy scoop
bounets, unless they are more becom
ing than any other,) for the newest
style is a snug little Parisian shape
with high square crown, and close
brim, sloping very narrow toward
the back, crown and brim being an
inch smaller than last year's shape,
and ever so much moro becoming,
having a peculiar neat and modest ap
pearancj on the head, as I, though a
mere male mortal, can testify from
inspection. The ladies say that the'
can tell the shape as far as they
can see it, for it is so much prettier
than the spreading, flaring bonnets of
home design, It seems that no sooner
does a peculiarly happy French de
sign get over here, than our designers,
as they say, begin to adapt it to Amer
ican tastes, in which it loses all its
distinctive grace and ellect.
This particular fashion, I am told,
Is only to be found ati the importers,
so I udviso ladles to insist on their
milliners selecting it for them when
they go on to bu' goods. Rough and
ready straws, in close forms, small
and becoming will be a stylish bon
net this season, and there is a
satin-finished French rough straw, of
beautiful design, that istho prettl
est thing out iu bonnets in a mascu
line eye, it is so unpretending with
all its style. As usual, this choice
simplicity is no economical ; an un
trimmed hat of this sort costing $5,
and the wreath of wheat or oats
which trims it as much more. Rath
er coarse unfinished chip of a light
ecru color, aro the stylish dres3 -hats
either injhe scoop or the other shape
aud pearls" 67 yellow, ut, or with
cropeliko silk ribbon, with wreaths
and masses of fine flowers on or about
the crown aro the favorite trimming.
PlETRO.
.The teacher of the German Roman
Catholic school, at Norwalk, Ohio, re
cently was detected in having de
bauched twelve of the little girls of
his school, from ten to twelve years
of ago ; and had he not fled tho coun
try would have been lynched by tho
enraged parents of the children. His
name was J. B. Iveuntze.
A wolf has been found in the fold
at Chesaulng, Michigan. An eccles
iastcal committee has recently been
investigating the pastor of the Meth
odist church, Rev. F. W. May, aud
have found him guilty of adultry
with and Immoral advances to ladles
of his church.
.J Ci 1
Since the ministerial performances
of Moody andSanky hove been going
ou in New York city no less than
eight persons have become insane un
der their influence.
BUSINESS.
Is slowly improving, butit is.nothing
to speak of; tho country merchants
are hear in some force, but they aro
b'lng very closely, as all of them be
lieve that prices have not 3'et struck
bottom. The failures for the week
aggregate 123,noneof them very large.
As an evidence of the closeness In
business mutters, there are 164 empty
stores between the Post Office" and
14th street, aud the'arelikel3' to sta3
empty for some time to come. The3'
cannot be rented, for there is no
business to do In them. Thero will
bo no building of any consequence
this season, for there aro thousands of
empty houses.
POST All TROUBLES.
Somebody has started the story that
Pomeroy intends being a candidate
for Senator from Kansas. This is
not such bad news as might bo sup
posed. It was not a fortunate da' for
Kansas when he was defeated. It is
true, he did many things which he
ought not to have done ; but he was a
man of brains, and had a warm heart.
These qualities are much better than
brains with cold-hearted selfishness,
or no brains and a poor quality of giz
zard, which Kansas now has on ex
hibition in the Senate JCansas Chief.
Let it be settled that when a news
paper says a publio officer is a thief,
It has some proof of the fact, or that
when it acouses a private citizen of a
felony it has staked the good name,
the property aud the liberty of the
writer of the accusation upon tho
probable truth of the charge, aud
there would be a respect felt for the
urofession, that would work a whole
some reform in politics and in society
Ex.
It is said that Jem Mace and an
other English pugilist by the nameof
Goss are expected soon to arrive in
this country. Gosa comes, it is un
derstood among the sports, to fight
Tom Allen, and it Is confidently
thought b' many that if Mace's pro
tege gets at Allen he will give him
Goss.
The city had a scare this week.
Tho appropriation for the expenses of
publio buildings being all exhusted,
and Congress having made no provis
for such emergency, the postmaster
here was notified to cut off the gas,
water and fuel. This of course meant
cessation of business in the post office,
and a yirtuaV closing of It. The city
took alarm, Postmaster Jamea was
helpless, and for a day It seemed very
like tha'tNw York would be without
postal facilities. Imagine the conse
quences of closing the New York
post-office! The business of the
whole country passes through it, and
the effect would be felt from Maine
to Texas. But New York was equal J
The last hop to be given by Prof.
Pryor's dancing class, will "come off"
next Friday evening in the Academy
of Music. An additional entertain
ment, in the form of a musical con
cert, will will be given. Mr. D. C.
Smith, tho leader of the Peak Family
band, will play a cornet solo, "The
Bert Shot Polka," with an accompan
iment by the orchestra. Lincoln
Globe.
--
Silver coin will on and after Mon
day, gradually drive out of public use,
the illustrated frctional currency, and
the merry jingle of the white metal
will sing the cheerful song that was
so well known in the old days of the
nimble sixpence and quick shilling
days when a dime could make no
quarter. St. Joe Herald.
The Kearney Tress and Brown
ville Advertiser do not seem inclin
ed to obey the party lash. If the var
ious journals would denounce corrup
tion wherever found, purity in poll
tics would soon betheruleratbertnan
the exception. The trouble is too
many papers fear to print the truth.
Lincoln Globe,
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
Rising, a few mornings ago, ot six
o'clock, and bidding farewell to Edin
burg all wrapped in slumber so that
the city might not be too much affect
edat eight o'clock, still very early
in Scotland, I was at Melrose, stop
ping for a visit to the old Abbey and
to Abbotsford house, the residence of
Sir Walter Seott. I had but three
hours to stop, and three miles to walk
to reach tho Scott mansion, the object
of greatest interest to me, so I set out
with as long and rapid strides a3 pos
sible. The tortuous turnpike leads
through Melrose village, by a large
hydropathic establishment beautiful
ly located upon a mound beyond, and
on through farms a very pleasant
walk or drive for one not in a hurry.
Entering a little wood, or "jplantin,"
as the Scotch call it, I came suddenly
upon a gato leading in to the house
which is situated below tho road and
out of sight. I made my way to the
house and knocked on the visitor's
gate, but got no admittance. Pres
ently I was advised by the gardener
that tho house was not open to visit
ors till eleven, and there was no pos
sibility of getting admittance till that
hour, as the rules were very strict.
Hoping to find a more encouraging
person to speak to I rung the bell at
another entrance and inquired for
the butler. The respondent to the
door bell went to find him, but never
returned. But when I had dispaired
of seeing anything but the outside,
and was about to retire discomfited, a
man approached with q gun under
hisarm and a smile on his counten
ance, and asked to know ray wishes.
After hearing my case from Ameri
ca, great admirer of Scott, rose at six
to visit his house, didn't know the
rules, dec he blandly replied that he
was "the person," and that he would
show me the house.
The first room was Sir Walter's
study just us ho left it. A small
square room, In the centre of which
are his chair and desk, and on the
desk his small traveling desk. The
chair is a large, thickly padded one,
much worn by use. All around the
room are shelves of books, and a little
gallery to reach the higher shelves.
By this he could reach his bedroom.
It is well known that it was his hab
it to rise at two or three o'clock in
tho morning, and do his day's work
of writing before breakfast. The
room is regularly cleaned, the books
taken down and dusted, and every
thing replaced as ho left it. His man
uscripts, and his pipes, are kept in a
case at one end of the room, aud thero
is a relic of some interest presented to
him a chair made from the wood cf
William Wallace's house. Adjoining
the study is the library, a largo room,
containing a va3t collection of books,
many rare and valuable ones, and
many other highly valuable things.
There is a splendid ebony table, pre
sented by George IV; a vase by Lord
Byron ; some articles belonging to
Napoleon Bonapart, found on the
field of Waterloo and presented by
the Duke of Wellington ; and at ono
end n fine bust of Sir Walter iu marble.
The armory contains weapons and
armor enough to equip a regiment,
and each piece has some special inter
est connected with it. The most in
teresting pieces are the armor, helmet
and breastplate of James IV, from
Flodden field. They were overlaid
with gold, but tho gold has olmost
disappeared. Among the numberless
weapons aro a gun, a pistol, and a
dirk which belonged to Scott's high
laud hero, Rob Roy.
In another room containing relics
of a general kind, aro the last suit of
clothes ho wore, and an ax presented
by Washington Irving.
Tho houso is gothio in architecture,
with pointed turrets, ond In the pre
tentious stylo of gentlemen's resi
dences in this country, with u proper
extent of high stone wall, and an im
mense iron gate. One of tho most
prominent features of Britain is
stoue walks. The grounds and gar
den are very beautiful, and there is
an abundance of shads. The prem
ises are now the property of a grand
daughter, whoso husband is a gentle
man from London.
At the distance of a quarter of a
mile flows the Tweed, here a swift
stream, which drains the eastern low
lands, and flows Into the German
Ocean at Berwick. The scenery of
tho region is not Imposing, being
moderately hilly ; but it is a wealthy
agricultural district. By that it is not
meant that it is like a great extent of
rolling prairie lands turned into corn
fields. They ruise a little of what
they call corn, but we call tho same
kind of thing oats or wheat. Pota
toes, turnips, beets and vegetables,
however, form a very large portion of
the farm products in Scotland. There
Is hardly to be found any place in
Scotland corresponding to our "in the
country." 'I here is no open country
owned by independent farmers. It Is
substantially all held by "lairds,"
who form.the lorded aristocracy, aud
the land is every bit enolosed by stone
walls. Some of these lords own im
mense tracts. TheDukeofBuccleuch,
for instance, owns several counties
not only that much land, but all the
lordly mansions with their attach
ments, and the villages and farm ten
ents upon it.
The Tweed and its tributaries af
ford good water power, and along
them are numerous manufactories of
cotton, woolen and linen cloths, es
pecially Scotch tweed whence the
name of that kind of cloth.
This region of country Is full of his
toric interest. It was "the border"
of the times of the English and
Scotch wars, over which the two na
tions fought so long. In tho days of
chivalry It was the scene of many a
wild, and daring, and fool-hardy ad
venture. And long before those days
it was the ground over which the Celt
and the Roman contended the one
for existence and freedom, tho other
for mastery of the Island. Tunnels
many implements and weapons have
been found known to be Roman.
These bold and silent hills have seen
desperate sights, if they would speak
out and tell us of them. I think Sir
Walter must have got them to whis
per in his ear. How elso could he
kuow so precisely what men did and
said here so long ago ?
Melrose Abbey Is a great, gloomy
pile of stones, placed where they ore
some five or six centuries ago. Aside
from its antiquity, beiug founded by
David I, of Scotland, and the rude
style of its architecture, itis not worth
going half a mile- to see. Over the
center was o very high end massive
tower, which has partly tumbled
down, and about the ruined top crows
build, and fly about amongst the sur
rounding tree tops, and caw weirdly
when 0 stranger approaches. The
first Earl of Douglas, and one or two
early Scotch kings, are buried in the
Abbey, and nlso the heart of Roberc
Bruce. The devoted old hero became
possessed by the mania of the time to
have a share in the war of the cru-
A GRAND EXCURSION
One In which every aiiistcniiv i..
person that wishes lo learn ATJiLlcre8te 1
rauslcshoultl Join. w,ru the enCe cf
SXS.SSKS 2IVC lr ". ia ,,ly
Piano, Voice $P Harmoa?
Special attention Is cnlted to tho 1a
Harmony. It 1ms morculrrttnnnii... 1
correctness In rending music at sieM aV
full appreciation of the same, than any of
er deportment thnt can be pursued "
A deduction from tho regular rn"tfrcv
mnde to thoso wishing instructions in mr-!
than one hrnnch. Bj-'!
The following is a letter of recommeruv
Hon recently recelvetl from Mr. F.W t ,
under whose Instruction he has been for n
post two summers: tu"ri-0
Chicago, AhkusI 2h. is
I take pleasure In Elvln? an oplnron of.Tr
E. M. LiDDlttaS a musielnn nn.l h v
what is said may assist him to a pW . "
where his ability may be made of the r at
ost use. srtai-
The statement is briefly this: t h,..,
known Mr. Llpplttfor three or ibnryears
nnd have come to regard him as poshc
excellent talent and storltnp; pwseveranft"
He has. under our direction, been made ni
qualnted with those methodsor voice o'lr i
and harmony, which we bev to 'be t I
best, nnd has eone far towrtf mastering t i.
principles of them in his own perform V,,'
Bellevlne that Mr. L. will neveVbe sum--cinl
In Imrwirtlnir what li Vnnw t J ' "r
..... .. . . . . hesitate to recommend him as teacLirV?
sade, but the perils of his country at; mnslc In any community. "-ror
home never permitted him to leave
her to bathe his sword In Saracen
blood. But with his dying breath he !
charged his young friend Douglas to ,
take from his body his heart, and
taking it with him, go aud join tho
crusading army, and if possible, bury
his heart in Jerusalem. The knight
obeyed, and when in battle with the
Saracens in Spain, he was being beat
en back by overwhelming numbers,
he threw the heart of Bruce into the
midst of tho enemy, exclaiming, MGo
on, brave heart, as thou wert ever
want to do; Dougiaa will follow
thee!'' The body of thoyoung.knight
was found on tho battle field, ond
near it tho silver casket containing
the heart of tho Bruce. Tho latter
was brought back to Scotland and
burried in Melrose Abbey, and a tab
let marks the spot.
Paris, March 35, 187G.
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It. It. Depot In Brow n ville.
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I
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WARD PliOTTS, Washington, S. J.
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Juitlubli3hni,ln a .ifc, nv(;, -
A tcctn re on the Xattjre, Treatment, and
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r
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Also Agents for all tno leading
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Agents for Howe's Scales, Mewton "Wagons and Bug
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Alfalfa Clover, Honey Locust and Osage
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We get goods by the oar load, and will make liberal discounts to the trade or
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- ?
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