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II. L--in- 'imtP ian ( ' w wily rv t n n n i.i v I . i. . V 17 if ttRiJkV 1 T m wizi attempts to haul tlotcu the ,'lmrriran .Flag, shoot hint on ftc sj)ot." VOL. 2. PL TTMOU I'll, N T.M:i)AI li.iV, r'PJiuUAY iy, iS07. "U AO 4-3 i y i I I ft THE HERALD IS PUBLISHED . y OAILY AND WEEKLY WEEKLY LVKRY UrDNE.-DAY BY (II. 1 HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. 53"0(lice ci'tner Mam dli'ct arid Levee, second t'.iry. Terms:-"''':!v. S2.50 per annum; a)aily, $1 pr month llotrs of . 2 ilcertisins. f)r l-yif-e l ire trg 'i-ien) o'ie iner'iin, 1 .50 t- i mi !- 'i -1 1 1 ioertun . - 1. 0 I-ii lt-v- i ml c ii.I- i. .t e't- ,!ir..- 10(10 Ore quaitercoleiiiu oi It-, pt-r ,vn .in) :15 IMt sr. in .n'hi 2U I'O " tlir e ni'imba '.' HO Or" l.aif cIu'-m tw.-Ivc mni.Mn ; mi m- 8.- IM " thc-e itv!ith '2'i i" flc-olnran tc!vc m-.n'ln - lno no ' i X t !'!;t'x - - . 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DORniNCTON, RbAL ESTATE MtWi, J' LA TTSMU I ',; XEB., "- -:; t n't nt mi I'.iiillit.ie .a l ate and of r..t;ivt ati'i p. 1 :i.-!i ' ut I :txej Bud nil buines liii i,,' tit 1 -i 11 1 . L m l Agen jr. TllleS iatre- witod. i K.-r- h- l ermi-lol l it o. y ?. i i" Ci r, .Ntl'iHk.i; f. A. 1.H..VI. I -t- At t -r N ' .t - 11. ' . I''.;:: e . 1 .-: -M . - II. Wt v. Jii l.-r 21 JndiCUl Pi?t., F!l l.'..r rilw'i Btm-'iifci fjtuerf-y nth. !! n J. Bttrb.li, n-k:i. I .ll ''iy, S- U; Hull. T. M. rtj. r.th N.lt , t'.il K K. Liv ii krtfi'. . l-i V t. V. ! . IVrf't-umu-li. N' I r. I . ."v 1 Aa .it, I'awn e tfiur; ( I.h's N. ' I'l-t ni. No 111 l:u.!Mv.y. New V 01 k; VJnr e , IJ. i ru-li iS; I n V'Hhiiii;i'!i, 1. C ; Tiary, .Makiu" c ." . . :ik 1 .1 ; K. U H'ii. i: tie.ier, N". V.. I'l.if. ll-my Ailii't! ale. ' Har f.nd I' nveri-ny," N . Y. .c2." . 11. wnni.FIt, E. c. lew in I. II. CTIecrlrr & o., Beal Estate Agents, Commisoicnors of Deeds AND Fire and Life Ins, Ag'ts, pi. WTSMor ru, .V. T. Collection pron rtl.v nttcntlod t. und (rcfe Is re- tt til nt current r;U ..f rxl jf p'. Iaxnj d in .(.f n Imw- ami Meb'-i-tt tint i.o . r-i'i;.!-.. iii- d itlVtI, tf.it d - .Mouey n(iTI ;l u'.i KCil Estjic H.CMr.tici. Lunl W-ir'.iri:.- 1 cEc. CLAIM AGENTS. t Keut forcollett 0:1 if e! ma' a.iimt Gov err, men I SoWl ern. tbeir idi.w- au-l mi -oi bei-s. Airet t f r the putch.i-e mI -le cl Lu Ij aud Ciiy pn per Ijr , Le-iini; of Teticu:eiits. ni;ii:ui:ci:s: Hon. S. II. Kll ert. l nve Ci y. C. T. ft!er Ki untxe Ittn. . H;; h!ii, Nel. " Mt'"aiia at M' tc:f. Net"' a. a C'itr. " U.K. Ki:le.v. Si lui-. Wi-ouii. lr. Iio Lewis. Ho-tou. .M u--rhueits. H W Dnmai Clucaffo, li nu.. II M Maftill. OitKitinati. tliin Toot't A ilaima. 1'ltt-iuuinU Ne'inuka. L li li;. Ii, Three Kiver. lUic-htpan. rti.n K Kellov. l: .ii iiiti-I'l, M i-nnmii. Hon T M M inueit. Piattmoaili, Nebr iVa. I. I.ewi, A't i i e at Ijiw, Buffalo, New York. ' arter, Hus' i. Cm I, Oca Moines, lo a. tbli d&ntf :iOS. X. TCK'TLE, 'ooile, Hanna & Cark, BANKERS, Dealers ij Gold Dnt (ioUl and Silver Coin, Kxehatiye, L S and oIIioa Stocks. DEPOSITS KliCElVIiD, nd special attention given to Collections PL ATTS MOUTH, N. T. jSdrwt If J -u kui 1 al 1.1 ... 1 ilhr at old price go BLAi. lilTTkRY aft COS Ssell's Ranch,' near Cottonwodd Nb., F h. 3J. 1867. Editor Plattsmoutii Herald. Dar ir. IJfnre this reache you, you will probably heard rumors of a liorsp thiff being taken in hand by Judrre Ln h." and dealt with after th usual fi h'on. nt thia place. Tliat ! the readers of your paper and our citi zens jenprally may hav a ime siule- mrnt of tiie anmr and in hopes u.at u may &erve more efTeriually us a warn ing; to te 'fraternity," vhoever ihey mny be-, I will give you the' particulars as ihey occured under ii.y own observa tion, and if yon ihink proper to publish hem, you will oblige all who reside here at thii Iianche. On Friday last, two nirii topped here while on their way to Jack Morrow'.i, (a tliey slid.) after some cattle, of Pat. Murphy. They nppeared to have been indulging prtitiy freely. The smaller one of the two (the man who wa shot) bem the most noiy. After Mopping a while an t drinking mure liquor, they went on up in Cottonvvoud. During the evening some of those who had noticed them in the afternoon, and rocognued the taller man of the two as one who had been in the liuard Hotie ottfytrituY days since on charge of stealing mul-s. ,Scc.. and who cave lin name a Joe Poland, told ins suspicions to the military; in cone ijueiice of which, a guard was sent to arrest hun. He was found at the John son Ranche, one half mile above the fort, and on his being taken in charge and hearing that soin? horses had beei. stolen, remnrked that he was glad and hoped every d d government horse wi.u'd be stolen. He was locked up and the guard darted on the hunt for the horses that had been taken from Johnson's stab.e four in number, very finu animal,. C'ortsidtrrablc: time wn. loit in prep.rationijso that the thief had an hour's start. The owner cfihe team, Mr. Luellan, being at Jack Morrow's, was telegraphed to be on ihe look out, then four men, two sol diers and two citizens, put off down the readjust before getting to this Ranche the thief was discovered on a rise only a little ways ahead, he seemed to feel easy and to think those after him, if hi saw ibfcH a I all-were trie nils, . Co; iliac. up near Iiini. the pursuers commanded him to halt, several times. At that the ihief turned the horse.-(one of liiuivn and the four stolen ones) toward the sock yard, and throwing himself from the horse lay fl u on the ground Lu ellan's teamster being one of ihe pur suers, rod over him without beting him. The man u-ed up as the horse passed over him, either to surrender or locrawl away, but said not a word from firto last. The teamster seein? hi 11 rise, and not knowing but be might be armed and mean mischief, fired his re volver at hun. The bill struck him in he upper portion of the breast, phsi.ng through the breast bone ranging do n ward. Ve soon went out with lights, three more shots beins fired before we got there, but none taking .effect on him. Upon examination, he was found to be still alive' but going fast. He was carried into the the Ranche, but died before the- got him there. At th" re quest of the company. I then examined him again, and finding hirn dead, pro ceeded 10 look for arms, fcxeept a small knife, the contents of his pockets were, one knife, one monte card, a few maw he?, a pipe and some thread. Those who captured him returned to thXPi st, promis-ing to come ors-end for him the next morning, but they did not come. During Saturday P. M. word was sent to Col. John Mistier, Com maiider of the Post, to have a detail made 'to bury the corpse, lie returned word that it being out cf the limits, he had nothing to do wiih it. ll seems very orange that he could send men here to kill men, but could not send Ithem to bury him. Ihe corpse. 10 be kept from heat, wa laid out amor g the hay until this Sabbath eve, and he has just now been buried. E. S. CHILD. There is a hopeful popular de iusiou that there is nlvfr in the new three and five cent co;n. Perhaps there is. The doctors tell us there is iron in the human blood, but we never heard of any fellow creature being suc cessfully worked as an iron mine. Si. Joe Union. io4l;i:;v soLii.ociuir. A Kentucky correspondr ! jendsthe foIlowniLr to th Ciiicinnat i Commer cial concerniiiir Pomerov. of the L.a Crosse Deiin rai: Lexington, Ky..July 16, 1660. Tiie rebel papers of Kentucky are publicum: riuus soliloquiirs written by Hrick" Ponieroy. who edits a duly tir-wnrtaner in the Nonhwest. Here follows a soliloquy ppoktn by Pumeroy himself : . -Bhick." Pi meroy's Soliloquy - W'ha'l a iiaf I hiii ! I know it; ihe peo ple know ii; God knows it. Great God, what a Miob ! I, a Northern man; yea, a Connecti cut man. constamly reviling Yankee..; constantly reviling my parents, my kin loiks, ai.d everybody of whoe bread I have eaten; everybody who nursed me in helpless infancy ! 1 have lied on nil sons of occasions, in all soils of ways 1 - i e uiifi in an sorts or ivpe. From my own depraved mind I have picured my opponents. Y iih the slime which exude from my foul tongue, have I bepa!tefd my betters. I have befouled my own ne.t to obtain a grin fro n ihe slave drivers. What n diny bird I am. When my country was in penl, I reviled her de tenders, nnd applauded her as?a.-sin. 100 cowardly to become an active trait or, I discouraged enlistments in the Union army. I traduced our Generals and maligned our solJiers. I rejoiced when the great ai.d cood men tt the nation died, and I blasphemed God s hoiy name 10 win respect trout rebels. Did I wiif 1;? ho"!' A thonsnntx-tiroe no! Every instinct of my nature an swers in thunder tones, no! They des pite me as a dir y brick." Eery de Cent man, woman and child in the Uni ted States must despi-e me. I despise myself. Give me some whiskey; it drowns the whisperings of conscience and deaden3 the stings of remorse. Ain't 1 a brick ? Of course 1 am. Everybody calls me "Brick Pomproy." j m a brave man 1 do .ne amy work which others shrink from aghast. I am the volunteer scavenger of the Demo cratic p irty. I do 11s Ij ing, its dirt eat ing and il pimping. But 1 am braver than common bagniu pimp-, for they dare not publish iheir own hame 1 1x1 tl 1-tv, mine every day. in. iho Demo crat, and people l.iojrn aj it.. 0! ! 1 111 a "brirk I wonder what a W-X ta - mane rrennce call me a "DricK. 11a : ha! Abrirk! How pe ple are hum tuffged. Th-y take mv paper. What for? I know; ihey take it. for its moustro-iiy and indecency. They take it on the same principle that they go to see five-Iegped calves and iwo headed babies. Thev want to see how deep a Connecticut Yankee can dive into the cespo.l of politics, and bring jjp wi; h h ii 1 thyvha ta decent man would not touch with a pole. i ney want to read ihe blasphemous remarks about the dea'h of the late Prei-iJeut of the LTni'ed States. They like to see me crouch and crawl between the legs of Southern men, and lick the dut from Southern feet. They like to read my articles about Northern men; they know I write from copy indrllibly stamped upon my own black heart. Bth ! what a great sneak I am! A "brick forsooth ! Yes, I am a biick that ought to be laid in a pavement, so that all upright beings could trend upon me, and spit in my face. 1 ought to be placed 111 a tlue of a soap factory, or broken into bats to throw at mad dogs. Oh ! wh t a de testable pimp I am ! I am a libel upon mankind. 1 am a living reproach to ihe mother thai bore me. I am a stand ing shame to the fa'her who begoi me. I am a chronic disgu.-lto th-t communi iy in which I live. A pimple on its nose. A louse on its head. An ulcer in its ear. A rotten tooth in its mouth. A sty in 11s eye. A polypus in its nse. I am is itch, its pile. Its leprosy, and it fistula in ano. In short, I am Brick Pi.meroy." AXOTHEIl POLICY. A Washington special li the New York Times says the following is the amendment to the Constitution proposed by ihe President. We would like lo know how he will reconcile ihe last proposition with the boasted doctrine of State Rights, or the right to control the elective franchise belonging exclusively to the States. Article 14, section 1, No Slate has the right to secede nor has the Feder al Government a right to eject a State or deprive it of representation in Con gress The United States debt shall b- held sacred and inviolate, but rebel debt shall never be paid by the nation nor by any Mate. Sec 3, All per-on born or nrtiural ited ifi ihe United Slates, and sutjeci to i's jurisdiction, shall be ci'izens and shall have the rights and immuuitie in ail States, and life, liberty and proper ty guaranted. Sec. 4," Representation shall be based t-n numbers, counting all persons except Indians not taxed; but when a S;ate excludes any of us population on account of race or color from voting, hen those excluded shall not be count ed in the basis of representation. Also ihe following, lo be a part of the constitution cf each State: "Kv. iy llioie JZ' ll Wlin Hits rrtli'.i u a year in the State and mx in .inlis in the County mniiedi tiely preceding an election, and who can read the Dela tion of Independence of the Uni'ed Stales and the Constitution in the Eug lish language, and who is ihe owner of S2o0. taxable propny. shall be enih ihed to a vole. Provided, That nn per son who has heretofore voted oe t.x eluded from voting." A FT Kit UUUI An official iiLMHti iniiation from the Secretary of War to Congress cuiicrn ing Comiiii-Moii-r Bogy's ord-r to Bji tertield nnd o tiers, Indian agents, con firming their right to self the Indians arms and ammunition, includes leii-Ts from Sherman. Grant, etc, protesting ill strong language against such sale. Sheriu in says in a letter to Haucu'.k: We, ihe military, are held responsive for the peace tt the frontier, and 11 i ub-urd to attempt n if liniiaii Mieuts and traders can legalize and encourage so dangerous a irallic I reg trd ihe inclos d paper, adtlres-ed t D A. Bat leifi-ld and signed bv Ghaile oogy. W. R. Irwin, J. II. Leavenworth and oiheri. an no outrage upon our rights Hid supervision of matti-r.-, and I iinv authorize, you to disregard that paper and slop the practice. It Indian agents may without li nil supply Indians wnh arms 1 would not expose our troops ano trains to them at all, but w iuld with draw our tro'ips, who have already a herculean iask on their backs. Grant says ihat B gy's action shows ttreiirgetirnces-sry for h- iiinm-di He transfer of the Indian Bureau to the War Department, and the abnlrion of civil Indian agetts nnd licensed traders If, he says, the practice be conlinuel I do not see any course left open to us but to withdraw our troop to ttie settle ments, and call upon Congress to pr vide meat s and iroops to tarry on for midable hostilities again-t the Iudis'ns ur ill ihe Indians or whites of ihe grem plains and between the settlements' on the Missouri and Pacific slopes are ex terminated. The c iurse Sherman has followed in disregarding the permit? of Bogy and others is justified. I will instruct hun to enforce his order until it is countermanded by the Presidn'. or yourt-eif. ' ". 1 would rrMrilly awU that im matter b placed lefore ihe President and bis disapproval of selling arms to Indians be aked If inn rule is to be followed lhai all tribes with which we have treaties and pay annuities can procure such articles without stint or limit, it will not be long before they avail iht-msv-lves of il to equip perfectly for-war. They will get i.rms either by making treaties themselve or through tribes who have such treaties f Fr0nUJ,e NebCitr New. I Horrible late I A Man Smoth ered lo Deatli. Big Blue. Jan. 30 h. 1S67. Dear News: Some persons living on ttie west folk of the Big Blue, re siding in a temporary dug-out, for the purpose uf trapping, were caught in the snow storm of the 25 h ult. '1 heir dug out being 011 the souih &i 1 e of u high bank, the snow drifted on it very fast; when one of them by the name of G. J. Parish proposed 10 leave it and go to a neighbors house, the other said that if they left they would freeze to death, and he would sooner stay where lie wa-; Parish said he would run the ri-k. as ihe umber ovtr their heads was bending under the Wright of snow, and he thought il certain dea'h to remain, the other, LeAis Warren by name, said he had been in the service of the U. S. for three years, and in some hard fought bailies; but he never fell himself in so much danger; with that Parish and his w ife siaried off and left Waireu there alone, preparing for a smoke; they started in a souh east course and by keeping on the ice they managed to get lo the house of Samuel Englehuuft. this was about ten o'clock in the morning of the 2-jih of January, on ihe 26th Parish went back to tee about his horses which he had left in the woods, he went lo the house and 11 was entirely covered with snow; he called several li nes and got no answer, he had n 'ihir.g to dg wnh, he then went t i the house of J. R Johnson, a distance of four miles, for shovej . (id help; ihey go" back to the dog-out abnut one o'clock p. m. and dug down sever al feet when they came to the rouf, when ihey mde a hole large enough to admit a man's body, and two of ih -tn crowded in ihey found Warren lyiig on ihe bed apparently asleep; but on speaking to him he. did not move, they then picked him up and carried him to the hol and passed hun through to .he man 011 the outside, where they a-cer mined that he was dead; there was two young dogs in wiih him, -one of lht-111 was dead and the other not able to stend up when taken nut. There was an inquest held over his body the jury returned verdict of mother d to death. Hi remiins were interred in '.he burial grounds near Thos. West't mill, in Seward county, N. T. St. Louis, Feb 4 Another prop osition is now pending to releae the Siate lien on the Pacific Railroad, ink ing stock instead. Itcaui.l! M.s . v. il.. UMO.Y JVATIO.Vtl, tOtniiTTEIi WTe published, a few days since, the resolution of the Union National Com mi.tee relative to Nebraska and Colo rado, we now give the resolutions full, passed ut ihe meeting: in Whereas, The desertion bv the Pre.. iden: of ihose whose gererous con fidence placed him in high trut ha tuought the National Union Pany into a new and untried position at a time of great trial to the Government, thereby calling for the exercise of the greatest vigilaiic- nrmuess and patriotism on the part of those who would uphold the the principles nnd sustain ihe mea-ure; which have carried ihe nation througl ihe war; iherelore. Resolved. Thai the Executve Commit lee be direct d and authorized to make a thorough organization lor tho future to confirm the success of the past, and to secure the fruits of our fairly won triumphs, and for thai purpose they ' stahhsh their headquarters 111 the city of New York, appoint a Secretary and take such steps as they may deem Droner. and take such other meaures as may b necessary to give etf--ct to this resoliiti in. Resolved. That members of the Uni on party in every part ot the country be reouesled to correspond with tins Committee by addre-sing the Chair man at thi? headquarters of said Com nniiee. giving information as - to Ihe State of affairs in their several locali ties with the general requirements of ilm .Uiuna-r.if user " - """ " The following resolutions were "alsTTu unanimously adopted: Resolved. That ihe Union National Committee congratulates 'he people of Nebraska and Colorado on their admis sion by Congress into ihe Union as States, and they would respeotfully ex press to the Legislatures ot those States iheir confident hope and earnest desire that the acts of admission by Congress may be promptly accepted by them, placing themselves thereby on the true ground of equal right to all men as proclaimed in the Declaration of Inde pendence. Kaolced, That this Committee con gratulate the country on the steady growth and progress of National and ftntrttKte - trniimauit.. throughout - ihe Union, evidenced in our last Slate elec tion, and look with confidence to the Union party, and especially in the so called secedea States. Resolved, That anxiously desirous that the States lately in revolt shall be re-toreJ to their forleited positi m in the Union and to lepresentatiou in Con gress at the earliest day consistent with national integrity and na iio-al security, and disclaiming all im ml.-es of vengeance or resentment, we wouTui espectruliy suTMiriTlirConrei3T and ihe country ttiis avowal of our ear nesl conviction that no reconstruction can be safe or ju-t which does not ?e cure iinparliil suffrage lo all loyal peo pie of those S ales. 1 he Committee adjourned sine die. DOIXCiS AT OMAHA. Omaha. Feb.' 6. Council Freeman gave notice of a oiil to dt-hue ihe boundaries ot Ale geaihand Cheyenne counties and attach them to Buffalo couniy. Spcial oider was taken up, to strike ihe word "white" uiii of school laws. Wardell moved ihe indefinite, post ponement. L.O t. Bates moved to strike out the word white" and insert ' black." Uteres offered 10 amend by "provid ing. That nothing contained therein .-hail authorize the compulsory educa tion of white children in the same room wiih the h acks Presson moved by adding where there are two rooms in the school house. Lort. Bill ordered engrossed for a third reading to morrow Fuller gave noli e of a bill to repeal the laws attaching baun.lers to Cass county, for judicial and revenue pur: pilSrf. House Bill for a ferry at Rock Bluff- pas-ed. W ites resolution was unanimously passed : "ivesoiveu, mat tin House fully recognize the Congress of tiie United States as beir.g the supreme law making power of our common country. The bill to regulate ni'eresi came up and passed. This bill fixes the interest where no agreement is made relative to it. at 10 per cent , and limit. interest by specie! contract to 12 per cent. The bill for a general herd law came up. It had been reported by commit tee adversely. The bill contemplates sul uniting the question lo ttie people of the Territory, and they to vote for or against it, and in accordance wi ll ilie res u"t of the election is the question 10 be decided- Ni. however, by a ma jority vote, for it requires two thirds of the coun'ies 10 vote for ihe mea-ure be fore it shall become a law. Bill post poLed till Saturday next at p. m. Religion We know, and what i beiter. we feel inwardly, ihat rthgion is the basis of civil seciety, the source f all good, and of all comfort. Burk$. Tilt: ut- r iai.it. The State Convention of the Grand Army of the Republic niei at Coluln bus. Ohio, Jan. 30, nnd .adopttd the following resolutions: ' ' Resolved, That we endorse the reso lution expressive of the principles and purposes of lheGrnnd Army of the Republic adopted by its recent Nation al Convention at Indianapolis. Resolved, That the G. A- R. is rot organized to make npm nations for of fice, nor a a f,,-re sectional combina tion 10 further the ambition of political aspirants, but lis purj ose is to promote :he cause f active loyalty and to ad vance by all legi iinaie and proper in fluences he general welfare and inter ests of soldiers lately in the UnittQ States Army, nnd to secure ihe attain ment of iliese ends invite the co-opern-lio'n and support of all patriotic and lib eral minded citizens. Resolved, Thai 10 refute calumny and prevent misapprehension, we hereby declare while the ii. A. R has its se cret ceremonies anJ means of recog nition, such as are wisely and properly adopted by all similar societies to in crease their usefulness and efficiency. it attempts no concealment as 10 its ex istence or membership, and has no ob jects that it is not ready on all proper occasions to own, and that, coucious of the ju mess of our principles, we w ill inscribe them upon our oanners o plainly thai all may know and under lain! thm. Jlesolved, That the benevolent oh 'crtti' rh TndVr.i.5L.of iiia-- Repub lic is to care particularly tor the inter est of ihe widows and orphans of our fellow comrades and to a id in securing employment to the disabled heroes of the war, and to secure by every means in its power, ihe interest of those who. during the past contest for ihe suprem ncy of the Government, united in pleaging their lives and means for its defense. ESS Of King James the Second, of England, whose despotism terminated the lug struggle between British Par laments and British Sovengns, Ma cauley says: "His mode of arguing. if 11 is to be so called, was not uncom uiun among dull and stubborn persons. who are. accustomed to be surrounded by iheir inferiors. He asserted a prop osition; and as often as wiser people ventured to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by do ing so, he at once disposed of all oh ectioLs. Andrew Johnson, in his opposition to the Congress of the Unit ed Stales, displays similar obluseness. 3" The Yankton Dakotian say- hai B. M. Smith, Esq., of ihat place. p rtrpof 1 o-JNii an- m pi orMtffex ptjtli- 4- tion to the JJ.ack Hills of Dakota, the coming spring. 3lr. Smith proposes to raise a company of one hundred men. to be armed and equipped wiih Henry rules, revolver and knife, which will make twenty-one shots to ihe man. anr. ii me requisite numner ot men can Ce found, and of the right ort, they would be a bad crowd for a party of Indians to molest. We hope the enterprise may succeed, and that the rich mineral regions of that country may be redeem d from the Indians. Letters of in quiry are solicited, and will receive prompt replies. This is a god oppor lunity for adventurers lo make a for tuue. The phraseology of Congres sional reporters has undergone a change. Formerly, on the passage of a. bill, ii was said l,it only requires the signa ture of the President to become a law." Lately, in ihronicling the passage of a bill, a reporter says It now only awaits the veto of the President to be come a law." Habit will accustom us to anything. rSFSome of the Temperance folk of Culumbji oro rnn-iilering the agi tation, of the temperance question in that place, and tin appeal from one of them appears in the last Journal, for the !a !i s of the place to take bold of the mailer nnd organize a Good Templar's Lodge. fKrThe Legislature havp, we learn, decided on establishing a Deaf and Dumb Institute in this Territory. A day or two since under the supervi sior. of Prof. L. H. Jenkins of ihe In stitute of Jacksonville, III., Prof, Ma thews Clark, hi nself a Deaf mute in structed a pupil from Bellevue, named. Thomas McMicheal, at Omaha. The exhibition was curious and interesting, and the boy a deaf mute of 14 years, fihows vast aptitude. Disputing If thou cominuest to take delight in iale argumentations thou maye-t be qualified lo combat with the Sopbi-it. but will never know how to live with men. Socrates. 3 Gen. Sully and Col. Parker, the latter of Grant's staiT, will investi gate the Ft. Phil Kearney massacre. EST The Senate has appropriated S40.000 to facilitate telegraphic com munication with the Pacific. AIOIY OF sTKVts' lUXOASTa.UcTiOiY, The following is Stevens' reconstruc tion bill : -V Whereas, The" pretended govern ments of the late so called Confederate States, Virginia, Nordi Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Ala bama Luuisiaua, Florida, Texas, and Arkansas were set up without ihe au thority of Congresst and without the sanction uf the people, and whereas the pretended governments have offered no adequate protection lo life p.nd properly, and encourage Idwh ssiiess r, ml crime, and whereas, a nec'nn ry . fi-rc. kihI good order should t;i mrii- uied in thi so-ca'led States, until t loyal State gov ernment be established; ihtrefcre, be it enacted that the so-called Slates be divided into military districts nnd made a subject of military Authority of the United S'a'.es n hereinafter prescribed, and that for that purpose Virginia will constitute ihe first district. North Car ilin and South Carolina the second, the third wili be Mississippi and Ar Kansas, the fourth will bj Louisiana and Texas. Sec. 2. That it shn!l be the duty of iho General of the a ray to assign to ttie command of each of the said dis tricts an officer of the regular army not below the rank of Brigadier Gen eral, and to detail sufficient miiary force 10 enab'e such officer to perform his duties and enforce author t;; nnl. that it sha;l b" the duty of each ofhet r assigned as afor said to protect all per. sons in their lights of person and prop erty, to suppress insurrection, violence, and punish or cause to be punished, all distntherso nals; and to this end he may ailow cm tribunals to take jurisdiction and try of fenders, and when in his judgement, it is necessary for the trial of offenders, he shall have power to organize mili tary commissions or tribunals for that purpose, anything in the courts and laws of the'so-called States to the con trary, notwithstanding; end all. legisla tive or judiciary pioceedings or proces ses to thi contrary of said military tri bunal and all interference by said pretended S:a:e governments with the exercise of military authority under this act shall be void and of no effect. Sec. 4. That the courts and judicial officers of the United Ships shall not issue writs of habeas corpus in beiialf of persons iu military cu-t"dy un'ess -cme commissioner or ofTcer on duty in a district wherein the person is de lainod shall indorse upon said petition a s ntement certifying upon honor that he has no knowledge or confirmation as to the causes or circumstances of the alleged detention, and that he believes he same to be wrongful, and forther, ihat he believes the indorsed petition is prosecuted In good faith, io furtherance of justice, and not to hinder or delay me J?unjishrnent of crime- and, all per-'v..-n. ,.'...1TTT1'T"' ': . - i.i a " uv uajuTi uiiiitctuy i resi nv vr tun of thai act, shall be tried wiihout delay, and no cruel and unusual pun ishment shall be inflic ed. Sec. 5. No sen ence of any military commis.-ion or tribunal, hereby author ized, nflecu'og (he life or liberty nf any person, shall be executed until approved riy the superi-r officer commanding the district and the laws and regulations governing ihe army shall not be affect ed by this act, except in so far as they conflict with its provi-i;nj. H'ST' Park Benjamin acknowledged before his death, that he was the orig inator of the story so often circulated, to the effect ihat Humboldt once re marked of Bayard Taylor : "He had traveled more and seen less than any oilier man." It appears, a litile previ ous to thi publication, ParTt Benjamin wrote to Taylor, requesting a complete set of his worksTof travel. Having no part. cular acquaintance with Benjamin, anu hardiy tetling able to put himself to such exppnse, he responded, respect- runy declining Jseijarnin immediately penned tharngraph alluded to, ar.d sent it over the country, attributed to Humboldt. Reform He who reform himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impudent patriots. Lavater. Nashville, r eb. 4 The Tennes see Legislature passed a resolution re questing Senator Patterson to resign. Also 10 investigate the rumors of thft rebel conspiracy to cause the assassina tion of the radical leaders. Washington. Feb 7 Th Presi dent signed a bill to punish dealing in counterfeit public securities and cur rency. Also a bill which prohibits printing professional rard on notes or currency Also a bill giving power to the U. S. courts to pram habeas corpus in cases of imprisonment for the violation of the cmiitution or treaties. The sama is ncto apply to persons held in custody by fbe military authorities charged with military offenses. Cuicaco. Feb. o. The Kansas Legislature passed a resolution request ing Congress to establish more military posts on the frontier. j The Illinois Legislature passed res 1 olutbns affirming the Monroe doc-tric. mm li ii I 4 . i) 1 r ir