Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882, July 11, 1866, Image 1
St LB A "V 7y w.'n attempts to haul doicn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot." John A. Dix, vol. 2. PLATTSMOUTII, X. T., WEDNESDAY, JULY II. LSGO. AO. 11 THE HERALD is ruitusnEo DAILY AND WEEKLY WEEKLY KYF.P.Y V"tDNE;IAT BY II. 1 HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. ,n;,,-e cri nor Ma'ii stri'Pt iinil Levee, Pe'-onJ Tern: VTeekly, 2.50 por annurn; Di'.Iy, 1 f or month. Hates of l!ccrtisin.'f. j flr. tr -.Ttrc nf t.-n I in1') 010 in t'I" ! Kir.. i" -''i i-ti t ia-.r'.i'ri I'n. f --: r-l caris u-t ix lines a, 1 "' ! i.tn VI'.- ( intin ori-. p- r annum s;-: in .'.On " ti.r- l.l'Ii' In On' lV-f eolu'na t we've rnoil'it " si iii .n:1. li.r-'..: in- ii'.lii Cnee, I-jt.p tvn'.re rr,'i'f k: ruiuOi- - - thr- m'lltflif em j jam il f-r iii A'.l !rtr.-nt aitverli-'-ir.-r 4 M'r pre p-i p'r i t') it 'e 1 fit' kin U i f .T. .'.) V.,.!c mi minrt notice In 1 1 ; i . and iu ii !e ilia-, w ':. 1 t-'ive. k.u;- n. II liTVIITOSTOIT, IJ. 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I' i .1 ' t-in .'Ul 1 1 , N.-t..; il.i.-r I), li. V.' ii. vi.-r, L', Iii .nan A4t-:it, laiviuu .1; My; (I.r. Nu.il. t..:.. No. ill I .1 li-v.iv. N-w Im k: i .i.r-. -v, I'-.tricli i l. own .Wolunutiin, 1'. C ; i ii'. y. Al ir N. Co., t'liu-iiF-i, I.t- ; K. i Hi -h !'. lic-Tt i , V.. I'n.f. li.iuv Ailug 'ilarif ml I in.. r.-ity ," ;. Y. ci'Jo 11- Lesiskc, EIERCHM3T TAILOR, ;ONT. DOOrw HAST OF POSTOFFICK, Plattsmorit'v Ncbr.islca. i i" lbii") tf KcsiiilcsU'C fop s-tIc Ve ivil, cry i.w for cu. h a ijoo 1 Trunin 112 ry if-iiiiTri-, Kli f pine, imatcl in PI t:.mou.ii . Li ixirc ..f 51 u-!i.ili, i.t tlie l..-t-. lli.-', i r u 1. II. W HKLLKi: S. CJ- l-UtT.-in. u-.'.i, X. T, January 1 l-U tr HENRY BOECK, Pi.attsmoi th, N. T., A vi.t f r JOS. CUTZERIM &. CO.,i'J fniM.U i r ini.tiy all i "inl ii.iin . n iiiinm.il. and m' kiii l nf Marli-j RiiiWi, ou sLort .it.o- an. I rean vi.1.. :e prices. mavll), wHm. 3ST E TV .TEWELliY STOKE The subscriber having purchased the r.ei Storo on 21 street, lately occupied Sarpv and others, would respectfully inform the citizens of I'latuniouth nno" Vic'.cilv tlirvt ho has r. fitted the store and Cp -ned a large nrel full stock of Jewelry an 1 I'.....-... 3 vt I r.a f.n Ti.linj (.-Tta I fhildren.'and the rest of mankind, and n prepared to do nil kinds of u ateti, (T.ick and Jwclrv Repairing in the best l nr.ner, and would be barnv to serve his old and as many new customers as m iy cive him their patronage, assuring them of their work well done a moderate pri ces, and on short time. The stock, cm bracing every variety of goods usually k?pt at a first class Jewelry S'.ore, will be sold at low prices and warranted cf the bst workmanship and material. He has a'sj a small stocl: cf Family Groce ries, which will bo replenished from time t'i time, and sold at tlie lowest figures. H iving prrmanently located in this city, I respectfully solicit a share of patron se, und cordially invite all to call and examine the stock on hand, a? we would be pleased to serve you, and do not ask you to buy unless we can make it for yoar interest to patronize us. F. II. EATON. Plattsmouth, Dec. 27th, loo. tf 0:t(;AMZAT!O.V OK STATE leoi-heati'iie. We have nothing authentic from Omaha, farther than that the LegUla turd had organized with Union major, i'ies of four in the House, and two ia the Senate, on the morning of the 5th. The following are the officers elect: Senate. President, Frank Welsh, of Burt county ; Chief Clerk, C. E. Yost, of Dowlas; Ass't Clerk, E. K. Valentinf, of Douglas; Sergeanl-at-Arm, V. E. Majors, of Nemaha; D jorkeeper, P. Judson, cf Douglas; Clin lain, W. A. Presson, of Johnson. H ;i'$n. Speaker, W. A. Pollock. i'!" of Nemaha county; Chief Clerk, J. II. B:own, of Cass ; Ass't Clerk, J. J.;'; T. Davii, of Washington; Sergeant sj.oo j at-Arui?, F. M. Dorrintrton, of Cu-s; I .hnn am. V . A. I'r(i-n. of .1 nnr.oi It is reported that oing to a tag a! tniitnka tho Cass eount5' contest cannot le brought up in the House. The tes timony taken before Messrs. Moore and Chapm.in. nt this place, applying only to the Senators and not to the Represenativo. It is reported th;U the Dcinocracy ''ession once mere, and that, in the I event cf thir not obtaining spats for their defeated candidates from this county, t'iey intend to 'socssh.' This does not sui prUe us one particle their procliriiies have l;3 n that way all rtlori. We wonder wlio the puny im itators of Jefferson Dtvis, Floyd nnd others of that ilk are? Poor fellow?, they'll find it hard to immortalize them selves that way. AXOTIlsTlt "t'OICK." T!ie following, fro;n the Columbus Golden 'igr., is from the pen of Dr. Adonis. Nebraska mut cortain'y feed proud ;f ti;e poetic inihiences of the "Valley where the Cottcnwood grows." Another g'-ni'-M. is being li'ted from j this miserable rmxidane ephere al j though his confession that he got pretty ! near hVi! would h-ad u to imagine he ! v.-as what the chivalry rn 'he o(hr f-ide iff Mason n:.d Dixon's line call "low j .vn.' We nro proud to learn tL:U Va!lry where tho Cotton wocd i irrowshas thvatvl him so near paradise. I Ltt r, atid don't fa;it : j ' Ati 1 t'.R r' vrrs o f t;. I linit criir.-n li.e p ut, j Ai.J ll.'e c.i3 or l.'i V.i-.ii i:';1.' itirjoi'ii I As n i.-in- I fiit Willi in v yuji. j !'l w -I il iim n..! -iirit '; ) .-it w.tli '. ni": '. .y", I l'f th l u 1 tli-r v.- .i-.i-n tliey currie'i to h ll, i As m u.-i i-i; I -at w.ili my ui.l. 4 i -Th" .ti!irf "i.l t!n! -entif-il, the Foml nnt tlic Iruo. Lh- iiuuxi- 'l nUil ll'V liui so ii .ii: lo VifW, A miKiiii I ;; wild i.iy soul. Tint I sliu'l lrii! and M.irM at tbc ifliastly hipht. While ill ieinoiiM I.iujIihiI in uiy fdci; i.t liiihl, As inuii.f; 1 s.i Willi my tiuul " Those ill-bred demons muU be kin t.-i niir nwn fi r lit. Ion. IniinJiPfl. n rid , ..." wiieii we tumeu our inuignant eyes upon h:m we heard nun mutter tome- , . , , , T thing about Loiuiiilus L.ager. ' Then -atm, the .irch (lenil, from tho furnace ci me oar, Ami faiil, Sc -anirer, Oh strsngtr, liy will you lilllllll ? (As ni'j-ii .g I .it with my sua,) '! not Oil-, my go."! lri u.l, your oi:tiol.ix lniiins Is ui.l iliis. uiv jioo.l frii ui, your ortlioilox prtacii in,f ?' As uiiisi.-.if I sut wi-.U ! y soul " Old Nick se'-ms to have been on re markal.'y intimate terms with this "orthodox Poick." We advise tho gifted gf r.iusto cut his acquaintance, or he may find that he dreamed n dream which may prove not all a dream. Fortunately, however, the Toick re ceives an invitation from a kind-hearted angel, couched in the following, touch ing words : 'Oh, rbilil r.f the firsii ! Oil, ciiiU of the pirit. I'elicve not that (lot wnulil iiiusii'ti.you to ll.i'.t. l!ut com 1 up to n.-aven, aud th re you'll iuherit Ul.o life ti nt we leu, ami lif iciV-4 oe te ll " NYhether the company of His Majfs ty of the Inferno, or that of the polite angel was accepted, the ajthor does net inform us, and we are consequandy left in that tragic state of uneasiness, which all qreat geniuses delight in placing their readers. Truly, the nectar of the Gods is no where, now a-days, alongride of in spiring Cottonwood. HEUTHOl'D IASS. The Gazecile and AkJ of Denver, j C. T., are having a dog in the manger qtiarrtl over the prospects of the Pa cific R. R. passing thereaways. Each papr claiming the result as an achieve ment cf il3 peculiar party. They had better shake hands over their good luck and let quarrelling alone, or old "mas ter of the situation" Trill crawl in and run ofT with the bone of contention be fore it gets within four hundred mile; of them. See if he don't. BCT Mr. 1 Gaffney has thown its a specimen of what appears to be a fine quality of marble. It is found in large quantities some fifty miles from here, and if it proves to be what it is thought to be, it is a good thing. Denver .VtK'J. THE I3IM.ICXL.ATE PARTY. The convolutions of the genu cop perhead having surpassed anything of the kind heretofore known to natural ists, on the occasion of the Omaha Re publican nsirjg his snake weed s.witch upon the specimen of that order at Omaha, called the Herald, lately, that very unfortunate reptile hissed out ihe following piece of philosophic, giandi loquent and superlative nonsense : "It is said a large numbtr of votes in Cass were proved to be illegal. Convenient witnesses may have awori to this. The parlies to such an infamy may be glad to have. Mem at hand. We do not envy them their ignoble oo cupation." How very funny, to be sure. No honest men anywhere except copper heads. Every man in Cass who didn't swear to suit "the reptile family is a convenient witness and a party to an infamy.' We shouldn't wonder if Enoch and Ehsha should loose their traditional Uurels and the tdiurs of the Omaha Herald and Nebraska City Ar should bft translated for their spotless purity. There are some citizens in Nebraska who think that if they had their deseits they would at leat imitate Mahomed, and be somewhere between here and there. JIOHE AUOt'T itlOCM. ISI.CFI The Omaha Herald is out again nliout what it calls, for the "seventeenth lime," "ibis high handed outrage.' The pertinacious clinging of the de funct Democracy to ihe fraudulent prac tices of their party, in this instance, reminds us a good deal of the manner in ihv I-.nr.nr rn In Arilv .Tririn- , . . ,r . t sons coat tans .:, hopes- Mscawber ; nke that something may turn up. ; Hear lii.u : ' "TIim ifivesliga'ijn is not fnd.'d. We ar-k honorable men of all parties to second our demand for a full, fair aad completj investigation of these wrong. The iuv ir'.igatiju will yet be ha J, and we promisM that the proof wiH ho t!ear!u the minds t f all candid men that democrats from Cass county are the fairly elected representatives c th? people." Wait till Sambo votes, friei d Iltral i ; p?rhap, as you have labi red long to prove It: is not intelligent, you may be abb; to bam boozle him, but you can't rinLT any l.-ns. whacker vo.es on Cass. J.1T"" The minute cf the Nebraska Annual Conference show that there are in ihe Territory twen'.y-ihn e Meth odist ministers, occupying the towns and settlements along the Missouri river from the Kansas line to Decatur, and westward to Wood river. The mem berships gathered by these apostolic laborers now number 1429, besides oG7 probationers, fcix cuurcnes and cignt i ' , . . . , , i churches and eia:ht i parsonages have been buil", w.e total I value of which is S-33,3'jr. Thirty one Sunday-Schools are reported, bav in 226 officers and teachers and K3S3 scholars. Hon. P. W. Hitchcock. Perhaps we Lave never had a delegate iii Cou gress that labored less lo malte a polit ical reputation for himself at home cr more for the good of tho people he represents, than Hon. P. W. Hitch -ck. From persons who have recently re turned from WaiLinmoa, we hear that he inactively engaged in urging through j measures for our bene.it, and like a prudent man, has abstained from par lyi.iii as much as possible, and pre served ihe best of feeling with all the members cf Congress with whom he has come in contact. This gives him more the character of a business man than a politician, and he is consequently free from the antipathies that operate so strongly ajainn a political delegate, and secures him the respect and confi dence of all rarties. With this inudi in his favor he wields an enviath; in fluence iu Congressional circles, which influence he uses judiciously in favor of his constituents. The benefits and favors already secured by Mr Hitch cock have been considerable, and reilect credit upon him at home, and he has a number of other measures now untie r way that will work greatly to the ad vantage of Nebraska. He is active and industrious and free from section alism, so far. .YebrasJia Cify Press The above well merited complimsnt has our hearty indorsement. Mr. Hitch cock has been indefatigable ii his efforts to secure permanent and valu able aid from Congress for our Terri tory, nnd Las, in truth, accomplished more for us than all the delegate we ever had in Washington, together. It is said that Republics are ungrateful ; but we hope the hold Mr. Hitchcock has secured upon ihe hearts of the people of Nebraka may wax stronger and deeper until he meets that reward at their hands which he so richly merits. Unobtrusive, honest, and energetic, his steady, go-ahead, business habits have won for him golden opinions among the representative men cf the nation, as well as amorcr his neighbors and fel low citizens of Nebraska. Tensions. The additional pension act parsed ly Congress, approved on the Gill inst , makes some important chr.nges in the laws. The more mark d of thesri is tutbudied in the full ow ing from the f-rs-t section : "That from and after the passage of this act, ail persons by I;tw tntith d to a less pension lhat hereinafter speci fied, who while in the military or nav.il service, and in the line of duty, shall have lost sij;ht of both eyes, or who ah-tll have lot both hands, or been permanently arid totaliy disabled in the fame, or otherwise so permanently and totally disabled as to render them ut terly helpless, or sa nearly so as to require the constant personal aid and attendance o'f another per.on, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty five do! urs per nmtidi ; .an.i a i persons wao, under like tirctimiaueeg, shall have lost both fec-t or ene hahtl and out' foot, or been to Lilly and pesmanrntly dis ai led in the sarn-.1, or oiherwis- so dis abled as to b-- i::capacit it'd for per forming any manual labor, but not so niiieh as to require personal aid or atten tion, shall be entitled to a pension of twenty dollars ptr month; arid ;;1I per sons who, under like cirtuimt.inces, s'l.ili have lost o.ie tand or one foot, or been totally and permanently dis abled in the sain, or otherwise to dis abled as to render tht ir inability to per form manual labor tquivuh nt to a hand or foot, shill be entitled to a pension of fifteen dollars p-r month. i i t i Section 1.3 provides that inralid np- p'icants n.av apply anv lime within year3 di'H.harsre or Jtf. ct.ase of thft party on ivhose account tlie cla'm is made, and if a'hm-t d, still draw pay from the date of di?charsre; if fild after thre yeaas, then from the date of filing the la'. piper in ca;e of the party pro-vcuiing the game. Suicide o? "on Ja:n; a ;i. "Lane. Our di; '. t'"i (!ay nn-ioii'.ce t.he startling fact thai Serator Lane of Kansas shot hims -lf thro'.i:rh the head on Sunday las', at.d thai he died yes terday. Il will b'? remembered that it w;b announced a few days since that Mr. Lane was sick at St. Louis, and his physicians did not think that he would Le able to resume Lis seat in the Senate during the present session. It seems, however, that he recovered sufficiently to vi.-it his State and put an end lo his life in this sad manner. We are not sure of Mr. Lane's imtivi ty, but he resided a long time in Southern Indiana; was a prominent politician and did himself crec'it as an ollicer in the Mexican war. What ever weaknesses orfauhshe may have had. ho was not a coward. He was elected Lieutenant-Governor of In diana on the Democratic ticket in i . i i . i t.Ti i r ni'iirivn.. in iit in i linn i i. " ' " 1........ OA riflll ,...,1 "ill Tlflli j n r.ri.i. . rpmpiii inr He was an earnest advocate of the "Nebraska Biii." which claimed to ex tend to ihe people of the Territories the privib.-ge of regulating their "do mestic institutions" in their "own way, subject only tJ ihe Constitution of the United States." General Lane went to Kansas in an early day to make his hume there, and to assist in carrying out the provisions of this Act. But he was for ' free State, which was suffi cient to have him excluded from the Democratic communion of that day, as it would be now. From .that time forth Mr. Lane was found battling against Border Ruffianism, and in favor of the freedom of Kansas, until the fact was accomplished. Since that time his career is rather familiar to the people of the West His life was as eventful as his end has been melan choly. He seemed rather erratic and violent at limes, and as a consequence had bi'ter enemies ps well as many warm friends. Omaha Republican, 3rd inst. Under ihe amendment affect ing representaiion.the iiumb?r of South ern representatives will decline from 73 to 50, reckoning from the cen-us of ISoO. The. number of colored males over 21 years of age, to be excluded fro.n the' basis of representation is more than GOO.OOO. Tii voting pop ulation of the South in 180 was sonif thing more than one million and a third. In two States. Mississippi and South Carolina, (he blacks of proper ase outnumber tho white voters by about 13,000. . m n t 3" The following is the amount of land entered in tlie Land Office of the Nt-maha Land District in" Brownville for the inbiith of May : Homesteads, Ag. Col. Script, Land Wan ants, Cash, Total, 12.361 51 acres. 9,530 13 1,509 42 411 09 " 11,211 IS I'kipos ai.. The Omiih i RrpuLliran says. "We !arn that Hon. John W. Chapman, of this city, h'as contracted a p irmeri-hip with one of the large.-t mercantile establishments in Council I3tuf f, and will remove to that city this week to enter upon its duties. Mr. C. has made a disinguihed mark in our Terri'ory a? a man cf ability and sound views, and as a citizen and gentleman He ;s one among the men whom we can ill afford to fpar arid his do-pirt-twre will be deeply regretted amon? us. As a r.ian for whom we entertain deep esteem nod more than ur-ually warm personal r ttachment, we feel his. departure tiic?i keenly, ami shall ever regret thnt in pursuance of his own best in'eres'.s he has deemed it advis aide to leave us. And while we shall regret his absence as that of u much esteemed fiiend, we shall be glad in ihe assurance that our loss is his gain ; and wish him the utiqost prosperity in his new sphere of usefu'ness. Mr. C. has an tnviabls reputation, wiuthily earned, as an excellent busi ness man, and we commend him to the citizens of Council BluiTs as an honor able tradesman, a iiv.lemaii whom thev will learn to esteem and be proud of." To all the above we say, Amen. Jail Druvtny. A startling evi- dtmue of ii..? total inefficiency of our I jail for tlie safe keeping of prisoners ivri- given last Tuesday night in the esctpe of eight of ihem who were con.ined in the cell on tins we.-t eide of ihe biiildm. It was discovered be tween J) and 10 o'clock of that night this cell was emptied of all its inmates. A dose inspection revealed the fact thai they had removed a short plank in theflooiing, and from this had "tun nel d'.' under the foundation of the cc-i.'.re walls of the building out into the hail to which the doors of the rri-s-oner's cells open, and which. Laving ord a few loose boards laid down for ik;t rs, from thence their escape to the ou: r world was easy enough. Tlie name of the prisoners who thus escaped from this ct 11 are Joe. Donh erty, (who shot policeman Welch,) Kellog. Ward, Do!.-od, Perkins, Bar ton i-uiiivan and Fiinn. We could see no traces of the dirt wl jell has been taken from the tunnel, an l it seemed to us rather strange that thi- was to. They must have found t a j vety easy mailer to ilis-pose of all this diit so thai no trace of it is left. As soon a the escape of these par ties was discovered, Sheriff Dclnne started in pursuit, anil as we write, (Thursday morning,) is stiil absent on th-e hunt. No intelligence has yet been re-.'rivc-d from him, and nothing is known of his prospects of capturing th : runaways, or any of them. Lynching at Golden City. We are informed by Hon. . A. H. Love land, that on Monday evening last, v I i ! e Mr. Kenney and a lady frit-no w -re coinc lo their home from a meet ing of the Good Templars at Golden Cay, they were brutally assaulted by a Mexican, knocked down, and otherwise m ilireated. It is supposed that failing in his h -Hish design he intended to commit murder to cover his crime. Mrs. Kei.ney struck him several blows w.th a hfavy glass lantern, and finally diove him oil" and escaped lo her home, wiiiuh is about a quarter of a mile from town. The Mexican was shortly ufier ai rested by the Sheriff and placed in the cu.-indy of Mr. Williams for safe keeping until morning. During the night some parties came to the room where he was confined, took Mr. Wil liams away by force, nnd in the morn ing ihe Mexican was found Landing to an umbrageous cottonwood on the banks of Cleat Creek. From tho in dications it is supposed that he was first killed at some distance from the tr e, and afterwards dragged there and hong up. Both Mrs. Kenney and her fiiend. Miss Ward were considerably iriured but not dangerously. Denver Aeir, 27A. A Cluster of Beautiful Wohds. Tbo-i following beautiful reflection is guir2 the rounds cf the press: "It enn not be that earth cast up by the ocean of eternity lo float a moment upon its waves and sink to nothingness. L'se why is it that the high and glo rious aspirations which leap from the tt mpies of our hearts are forever wan dering libout unsatisfied? Why is it thai the rainbow and cloud come over us with a beauty not of earth, and then piss off ana leave us to mu-e upou their faded lovliness ? Why is it that the stars, who hold their 'festival eround the midnight throne,' are set hbove the grasp of our lnnited facul ties, forever mocking us with their un approachable glory? And. finally. why is it that brighter tornis of human beau'y are presented to our view, then 'iken from us leaving the thousand streams cf our affections to flow back in Alpine torren'.s upon our hearts? We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth ; there is a realm where the rainbow never fades, where the star wiil be spread out before us like islands lhat slumber on the ocean, and where the beautiful which begins here, and passes before us like shadows, will stay in our possession forever." Suicide of Senator I.aue. The telegraph gives the fohotving additional particulars of Senator Lane's suicide, on the 'Jd inst.: Senator James Lane, of Kansas, shot himself last evening with a re volver, inflicting a severe wound which resulted in his death at U o'clock this morning. The bali entered his mouth and came out through the top of his skull. lie was stopping with his broth tr :ii law, Mr. MtCail. at the Govern ment farm, near Fort Leavenworth. Gen. Lane i ad been ill for some lime, and was confin d to his bed at the L;n deil hotel in St. Louis tor some time, while on his way to this place He arrived in this place on Friday last, accompanied by a physician from St Louis. He had been acting strangely for several days, so much so iliat cai el ui wauh was kept ever him. Last evening he stalled for a ride accompanied by his brother-in-law and Captain Adams, a brother of his on-in iaw, Colonel Adams. Coming lo a gale which opens to the farm, ?.Ir. McCail got out lo ...pen it and Geo. Lane also got out on some pretence, and stepping lo the rear ot the wasou, drew a smail pi-tol from his coat pocket and exclaiming: "Good-bye, Mac," instantly shot him self as before described. Ha was at uiT.-e removed to the houe, where ev ery attention was paid hurt. This fatal act was undoubtedly the result of a temporary mental aberution. It is understood that he is ihe third member uf his family who has destroy ed himself. S3T Sam C- - was always un.cr lunate with ihe girls. He had receiv ed a number of "miitens," but still he was not bashful. One evening he wras at a pany. nnd ihe ladies began to den their bonnets and cloaks, he was around quite lively. He had asked three or four girls for '..be pleasure of acting as their escort, and been refused, when he saw oii3 descending the steps alone. Darting up to her side, he exclaimed : ' I'm going home with you, Lizzie; for I'm bound to go home with some body, if it's a rugger The remaik must have been partic ularly cutting, as the lady was a bru nettee. VZT" Col. E. B. Taylor reached h"me last nicht in good health and spirits atier lwsV.rdtioti labors iu treating with the large number of Indians assembled at Fort Laramie. We understand the Commission of which Mr. Tylor was President, ucceeded in making satis factory treaties with the various Indians whom it met at Fort Laramie, and that a much better understanding now exists between them and the Government than ha? prevailed at any lime hereto fore. The remaining members of the Com mission and ihe party which accompa nied ii to Fort Laramie w i,l reach our city in a day or two more. Omaha Republican Accidental Shooting. The Kear ney Herald says, that on the 2d inst.. at Plum Creek, as a Mr. Bradford, a wagon master, was in the act of taking apart a pistol for the purpose of clean in? it, a load he had fniled to ob serve was in some way thscharged, tha ball entering hia foot, lie was imme diately brought to that city and Doctor Keshoar called to his relief. On ex amination it was discovered that the ball had divided, one portion lodging in the instep, and the remainder pass ing forward under the toe, fracturing several small bones in its course. The former was so firmly impacted in the bone that it was not until the sufferer was quieted by chloroform that the sur geon succeeded in exiracn'ns it. As it would have required a difficult opera tion to get at the other, nnd its presence would not necessarily give the man any uneasiness, it was allowed to remain. EST" Hon-. Bartiwell Rtett, a dis tinguishhed citizen of South Carolina, was shot on the 3d inst., while going to his plantation near Charleston. He received two loads from a double barrel shot gun. In about 20 minutes after receiving the wound he fell from his horse and expired. It is not known definiuly who ihe murderer was, but it is supposed to be a negro who had expressed strong ai.imosity against the faintly. Bad Accident. At the residence cf Mr. Madison, near labor, the votiai: folks, thinking they would have ;a -lth of July explosion, bored a large j hole in a log in which a quantity of powder was placed, followed by a quan tity of sand. A young man by the name of W. W. Madison, who was a soldier in the l-5ih Iowa, then took a smail auger and commenced boring a small hole through which ihe powder was to be ignited. From some reason supposed lo b". the heated metal, or the striking of fire from con'act with sand, there was an explosion. A por tion of the tool struck Mr. Madison in one eye. putting it entirely out. The lorr bunted in pieces, but there were noother injuries. Ghnvcood Opinion. g5A lady in Pike county. Mo., has called her last baby "Veto," in compliment to the President. OltEf.OV. A dispatch from ban Francisco irr this morning's paper removps all doubt as to tho flection of the Union ticket in Oregon. Official returns from all counties, except Coose, Grant and Umatilla, give Wocd. the Union candi date for Governor, 203 majority. Of the three couniies yet to be heard from, Coose and Umatilia gave in 166-1, to gether, a Democratic majority of 49, nnd Grant is a new county. The rest of the Union ticket is elected by a ina jority of from 350 to 500. The Union ists also elect a majority of the Legis lature. iV. 1. Tiilujie. f"-"iT""A newspaper moralist thinks it a shame that French women of low caste should set ihe fashion in dress for American women. Scarcely. French fashions as worn by French ladies, are commonly boih decent aud tasteful; but as exaggerated Ly Amer ican and English women, they are fcomeiimes neither the one or the other. The "shame," therefore, does not be long to France. fs3 We recently saw the following written notice posted : "Lost or strade from the subscriber, a sheepe all over white, one leg was black and half his body. All persons shall leseive five dol'a to bring him. He was a she gote." The Breast-plate Revived. A letter from Italy to an Englidi paper says that breast plates are being re vived as in the glorious limes of the Knighis of ihe Round Table and the Plantagenets. M. Muratori, thi di rector of the Genoa Penitentiar', has succneded in devising a breast-plate for soldiers, which scarcely weighs three English pounds. After repeated ex periments, practiced on it with heavy cavalry pistols at five paces, and lacee, bayonets and swords, il has been dis covered to ,be utterly impenetrable both to bullets and thrust. The most striking peculiarity of this breast-plate, which can in no way impede the more inenis of a soldier, is lhat not the slight est atom of metallic matter enters into its composition. The Minister for War, and several superior officers, be ing present during the experiments, were high'y satisfied with its practical usefulness. New York, June; 2'J. The Herald' Rio Janeii o correspondent gives details of the battle of Estaufalio. betweeu the Paraguayians and the allied army. It appears that the Paraguayians, in stead of falling back as the allies con fidently expected, awaited the approach of the latter and by a bold and sudden dash gave ihem a severe blow, but re inforcements arriving the Brazilians! gained the day, not however without receiving a terrible puni-hment. More than a thousand wounded Brazilians had arrived at Corrento. The Para guayians rtill resolutely hold their fort, and a severe battle was anticipated. ' - Washington. July 3. The Senate debated the Indian appropriation bill, and rejected the amendment placingthe Indian Bureau under the War Depart ment. The Freedmen's Bureau Bill passed both Houses, and is now in the haudi of the President. New YortK, July 3. Transactions in Wall street are very limited and without important changes in gold, slocks, &c. Bagdad was abandoned by the Im perialists on the night of the 18th. The city of Matamoras capitulated on the 23d, Gen. Mejia. with the Im perial troops, embarking between the hours of three and four o'clock in the afternoon, under the protection of the United States flag. Escobedo, with forces said to num ber 3,000, entered Matamoras a boo I o::e o'clock, on the 2 lth ult. Washington, July 5. The House debated the bill explanatory of th Pa caific Railroad act, and adopted en amendment that the act should in no way interfere with the Central Pacific road of California. Portlakd, July 5. A fire origina ted in J. B. Brown Sc Son's sugar-house, on Commercial ttreet, and swept in a nonherniy direction along lhat fctreet, destroying every thing in its paih a distance of a mile and a half. Half the city is burned down, anil that half comprises nearly all of the business part of the city. Every bank, printing office, jewelry and wholesale dry goods store, tele giaph office, and nearly all tha busi ness places in the city are destroyed. Many buildings, perhaps fifty, were Mown up to arrest the progress of ibe flames, but, was of no effect. The persons living in that part of th city were unable to save much of their furniture, and household goods, so rapid was the progress of flames. The splendid building belong to the county, and suppoed to be fire-proof, was completely filled with furniture, but it was, with all its contents, swept away. The fire is still raging on Cumher l.md street, and is working back to the westward, the wind having changed. Capi. Henry Inman has telegraphed for 1,500 tents lo accommodate the homeless of the city. i ; f. - i i (.-.'. t il t '. i i f f ' I c i : i ; ! l