whip wmpi Qfggi Biorwp
"7 ny wn attempts to haul down the Jlmcrican Fhtg, shoot him on the spot.
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maxwell Sc Chapman,
ATTORNEYS A T LAW,
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Solicitors in Chancery.
J LATTSMOUTII, - A'EUHASK
OtSce over iilack, But ti-ry A Co'e Drug lor
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It. R LIVINGSTON, M. TijJ"
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I s" county.
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ik and Sixth struts; othce on Main s-.reei, I'P-
,e Court House, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
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WILLITT POTTENGER
ATTOKNEY AT LAW,
I LATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
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J. N. WISE,
tneral Life, Acc'uJcnf,
Fire, Imamd and
iil take ri.ks at reasonable rat''8 in the inert reliable
t i. fauns in the United States.
rj-Office at the book store, Pla urouft, Nebras
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P. M. DOHRINGTCS.
HtAL ESTATE AGENT,
PLATTSMOUTIf, NB.,
?r -rapt Btfntion paid to the purchairfand sal cf
' "-al rotate, and payment of Taxes, anjpll butiness
rertaining to a general Land Agency, f titles inves
ated. T. n F. s D.inHi. Jniio-a 2d Judicial Trrsv. JJV
vMty, Nebraska; Ma'ur Kirw'd Burbnk, J'urmaster
O. -. A.. Leavenwuith, Kansa; Hon. J. H. Burbank,
I it Ast uor Nebraska, Kails Oty, Kt-h ; Hon. T. M.
U s-"ni.-t-, Plattrfmouth, Neb., Col. B. R. Livingston,
SVC . i-bra-ka 1st Vet. Vols., Platfniouth, Neb.;
Uitr i. H. Wheel'T, L'. . Indian Agent, Pawnee
A enev; Clia's Ncitleton, No. Ill Broadway, New
f oik; iarvey, Deilrich A Brown, Wathinnton, D. C ;
y, JJacnire & Co., Chicago, Ills.; tt. O. Fitch,
3 19 -ter, N. Y.. Prof. Hemy Arling tale, "Hartford
tverailjr,"N. Y. oc25
C". WHIILEB, E. C. LEWIS
I. II. Wheeler & Co.,
ieal Estate Agents,
Commissioners of Deeds
AND
lire, and X.ife Ins, Ag'tS,
PL A TTSMO U TH, N. T.
ollections prorartly attended to, and proceeds re
ar ted at current rates of FxrhanRe. Taxes paid In
ttiera Iowa and Nebraska lor non-residents. Titles
t : ad investigated. Money loaned on Keal Ettate
l r.ties. Land Warrants located.
CLAIM AGENTS.
rents for collection of claims acainst Governmen
Soldiers, their widows and minor heirs. Agent
! i ihe parchae and Fale of Lands and City propsf-
tj, tasking of Tentuienus.
REFERENCES:
Con. S. II. Elbert, Denver City. C. T.
3srs. Konntie Bros., Omaha, Neb.
i!c'ann S. Metcatf, Nebraska City.
" O. F. Filley, St. Lcuip, Missouri,
Dr. Dlo Lewis, Boston, MassachnsetU.
H W I)limar. Chicago, Illinois.
U M JlaKill, Cincinnati. Ohio.
Tootle A llanna. I'lattmoiith, Nebraska,
1 B Rich, Three Rivers. Michigan.
Hon F Fellows, KtoomflVld, Wisconsin.
Uon T M M.,vitt, fiattumouth, Nebrapk.
fc Lewi. Attorney v lw, Buffalo, New Yolk,
Carter, Husscy A. Cur!,i.. Uoines, law.
1 dfcwlf
CLARKE, PORTER. & ERWIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And C:l:.2itOTs in Chancery,
jfAUr sr., orrosiTB tue covrt-uol'SS,
PLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
91TL0ED J. CLARKK, DB FOREST POBTSB,
WK. w. ERWIN.
KT KEAL ESTA TH AGEXCT. -
Jsa24 wtf
Wm. Stadtli'inmi fc Co.,
One door west of Dondan's Drug-store,
Dealers In
Ready-made Clotliiiig,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
BATS. CATS. BOOTS, SHOES,
TliCSKS, VALISES,
and a general stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the Plain; also, a large lot of
R ULBF.R CL O TIILVG, JiE VOL -
ers dxn a'otiojYS.
C bonrM 1r,n- .n1 ull rkn Tnr .., r?t
"Z1 '""'iiicourblf.ck before joo b'iy an y where elei
JJ v ' W HI. a 1'AliLL.llAA.l M. t:il.
Tf joo wsnt Tst'-nt M-tiirlpcs at nlj prices co to
-' r ,-'.:; : v : j t p. i d- '?'
COUNCIL lMlOLCLUlGS.
Council met May 2d, 1SG7, in reg
ular session.
Roll called, present Mayor Potten
ger. Aldermen Black, Duke, Tarnilee,
and Laxenly and Recorder Dorring'
Un. Absent, Winterstein.
Minutes rr.ad and approved.
Finante CormniUce asked for fur
ther time upon report of ex-Treasurers
Marshall and Ruffner, and upon nio
tion was granted time until xt meet
ing.
Bond and petition of C. G Herold
as Liijuor dealer, read and approved,
and license granted upon the payment
of S50 into the City Treasury for use
of school-fund.
Bond and petition of Jno. Hess read
and upon motion of Mr. Black that he
be granted a license as a saloon keep
er upon the payment cf two hundred
dollars into the City Treasury, tie
vote His Honor, the Mayor, voting
nay, the motion was lost and laid over
until nert meeting.
On motion cf Mr. Black, that no li
r.cnse be granted for a Ioa period than
one year carried.
Petition of citizens asking for change
of course of "stream ia thowest part of
towo, read and uocn motion, was re
ferred to committee on Highways and
Bridges with instructions to report.
G. H. Black presented an ordinance
fixing the time of holding regular
meetings read 1st time
G. H. Black presented an Ordinance
restraining swine from running at large
read 1st time.
Upon motion, the rules were sus
pended and Ordinance fixing time of
regular meetings of this body was rend
2J nod 3d time and put upon its final
passage. Passed and made an ordin
i .. .i i . t. .i
ance oi nausinouiu anu nuiuwrtu
sixty-four.
Ordinance restraining swine frcm
running at large read 2d and 3d time
and made an ordinance of Plattsmouth,
and numbered sixty-five.
Acct. of R. L. Reeves read and re
ferred to Finance Committee.
Acct. of Jacob Vallery read and re
ferred to Finance Committee,
Upon motion the City Treasurer be
instructed to deliver City tax -books to
the County Collector carried.
Jacob Vallery, member of the re
tired Council presented orders as col
lected by ex-Treasurers Marchah and
Ruffner and upon motion they were
delivered to the Mayor until next meet
ing of the Council.
Upon motion, Council adjourned un
til Tuesday evening, the 9:h inst.
V. POTTENGER.
Attest. Mayor.
F. M. DORRINGTON.
ORDLVASCE. 53.
Believing that many of the inhabit
of this city are ignorant of the etrin
gent law in force relative to the peace
and quiet of the city, we herewith pub
lish sections two and three of Ordin
ance No. fifty-three. (We presume it
to be 53, although it is given as No. 3.
in the printed p.miphlet):
Sec. 2. That if any person or per
sona cheer, huzza, or halloh for, or
drink to the health of Jefferson Davis,
the Southern Confederacy, or any of
the generals or leaders of the rebellion
now existing in the United States, such
person or persons shill be demd
guilty of disturbing the peace of said
city of Plittsmouth, and thai! upon con
viction thereof before the Mayor, cr
any justice of the peaco in the said
city, be fined in any sum not exceed
ing one hundred dollars nor less than
five dollars, and suffer imprisonment
until said fine be paid.
Sec. 3 That if any person shall te
guilty of disturbing the peaca of the
said city of Plattsmouth, by the uj-9 of
loud, obscene language, or Lyloud pro
fane swearing or hallohicg in the
streets, or any house cf public report
in said city, or breaking up any saloon,
or any of the furniture thereof, or by
breaking' the windows, or in any other
wise injuring an' building in the said
city, or by dischirging any fire arms
inside the corporation of said ci y, cr
by fast riding cr driving in the said
city, or being drunk on the streets, or
at any public place in said city, or by
any other way disturbing the peace
and quiet of said city, s-Lall, upon on
viciion thereof, before the Mayor, or
any justice of the peace in said city, be
fined in anv sum not exceeding one
hundred dollars nor less than five dol
lars, and to suffer imprisonment until
the fine bo paid.
1555"' Charles B.. youngest sen of
Frederick Douglass, has been 8ppaiul
cd a clerk ct the Frrfrfaiiis Diirt aj.
ASOTIIEK LETTEIl.
We are pleased to see another letter
from Plattsmouth ia the Cincinnati
Times, and understand they are to be
continued regularly. .We know of no
method by which the facts relative to
Nebraska can be placed before the
reading people of the east to better a3
varnarze than through a series of cor-
repondnce to leading journals
throughout the east and wu must con
gratulate our correspondent of the
Times upon his excellent judgment in
selecting tfiat sterling and widely cir
culated paper as a medium through
which to reach a large portion of the
intelligent people of Ohio and o;her
Siate. We are pleased wi h the style
of this correspondent, al.io. lie deals
in facts relative to Nebraska, and his
letters can be relied upon by all who
desire to ob ain correct information in
regard to this country. We make the
following extracts from the one before
us :
"Nature, :n providing us with such
magnificent navigible f.re::m, m the
Missouri, Mississippi, and Ohio, Midi
cates with unerring certainly, the nat
ural channel of trude. A vessel can
loid at Pittsburgh, or other Points on
the Ohio, ana proceed a ditanc of
near three thousand mile upon the
Ohib7 Mississippi- ocdM.i-souri. Oi
the immense value of this trade, yonr
readers can form some idea, when they
learn, that the Missouri river drains
an area of 520,000 square miles, the
greater portion, if not all of which, if
capable of sustaining a large popula
tion "
In the fall of 1859. in company
with a friend, I visited the Salt B.inns
of Lancaster county; for forty miles no
sign of human habitation, the monotony
on v broken by in whirring of the
prairie hens, or the startling of a cay
ote, or prairie wolf at the basins. Tc
rank vegetation ha'f only been disturbed
by the wolf nr.i the equally Healthy
Indian, whose tracks were plainly to
be seen in the soft mud.
Last fall I travelled on the cam?
read and vratniU out of siK: of a hi. una
and other evidences of civilization.
Arrived at the Basins (for there are
many in a few miles), I found a thriv
ing village, a seminary building of
stone, two stories, at least 40 by 70,
completed except a few rooms inside,
steam mills stores, &c. The etreams
which 1 had such difficulty in crossing
before, I found spanned by good
bridges. A traveler will find the same
progress everywhere
1 "Our
ur jrrtat want Jstrejs capital,
vrople are generally po7nsrtiTrr
Our p
our niear.s art invested in lane's, Mock,
&c. As fast as we maks mone'y it is
laid out in improving our land, pur
chase of stock, &.c.
We have no surplus capital. There
are many opportunities for good invest
ment here. Money commands 10 to
40 per cent, per annum; 10 per cent, is
our legal rate of interest, and a large
amount of money could be used at that
rate, for which the best security could
be obtained. A friena of mine borrow
ed, last fall, S1.000 at 10 per cent., to
invest in ca tie. A few days since we
were counting his gams, and he had
cleared 8950. I feel assured ihat if
some of your Cincinnati capitalists were
here, they would be able to do well;
but I woul l $urgest that they should
reside hero."
XI E L. A X C 1 1 0 X, Y A CCICI il EN T.
We learn with sadness, that just at
sunset yesterday, when the Mou .tain
eteamer Gallatin, having on board, Col.
J. M. Chivington, and the family cf
the late Thos Chivington, was opposite
the lower landing, a mile from our le
vee Little Lulu, aged two years and
ei'ht months only daughier of Mr?.
Chivington. accidentally fell overboard
and was swept away The steamer
was standing still at the tinii. Lulu,
under the protection of her brother
Walter, had started from the state room
to empty a Lasinof water, but unfortu
nately attempting o empty the contents
over the side of the vessel, lost her bal
ance and there being no guards to the
eleamer, fell over. Walter immedi
Mtly informed his moiher end inaino
Tinnt all on board were alarmed with
the cry. -My little girl is overboard."
The sweet little girl had t,y hpr win
ning manner, endeared herself to ev
ery one on board Almost fiprrhuman
efforts were mnde by the. Oinifiin to
recover her. The steamer falling back
two rr three miles but to no Bvail, a
skiff also plied o er the pot. But she
was never seen again.
This ii a severe affliction to the be
reaved moiher, m; re fo, as her husband
lont his life in like manner less than a
year ago, and every humane heart will
deeply ytnpa'hizo with her.
Col Chivington to day at the head of
a party, is making vigorous search for
the body. Press of the 11.
ffgg The sun is always shininp, the
flowers are always blooming, the birds We, as does every loyal citizen of Ne
are always singing, tne golden grain braska, congratulate the Judge on his
is always waring somewhere in this i appointment and confirmation. Repib'
wicked world. lican. ;
Tilt: c.isiiMKSiE ;oat
The Omaha Kepubican says, we
have referred in our local column to
ihe Cashmere Goat in connection with
the aJveriisem'riit of Col. Furnas (i)ieh
appeared in our columns. Easter;-i pa
pers nnnnrtice another large importa
tion into this country of this valuable
weol growing animal. One i.f our ag
ricultural exchanges says that imnur
tatii ns have been regularly innd. f : r a
numter of years, and have 'ii"vn! in
creasing in favor and price, until they
are selling for from three hundred dol
lars to one thousand doiiars per head
tor nure and imported stock, and i.ieir
m a .....
breeding and successful racing in ;this
country is quite a success, boih i i r'oiut
of numbers, quality, fineness and quan
tity of wool, shearing from three to
seven pound of fine lleece per head,
which is Felling for high prices for
family articles, in the form of tassels,
trimming," fringing, &c, for ladies
cloaks, cpera cloaks, opera capes,
drtses, etc.
It is really almost as fine, fleecy and
glossy as any silk, and can b rea lily
applied to the various articles of menu
fkcture and tancv ut-nvmds. It is be-
ii)T manufactured into a.vanety of hn"
ariicles in the New EugJ nd States, in
Scutiand, England, France and w?ia.
These goafs cross and breed rea lily
with the common g''at, producing a very
fine though short lleece the fmt year,
and steadily iflcren-ing each year with
each cross, until the third, fourth nnd
fif'h crosses are very nearly equal to
the jmpprtffLsni.fiiie-bred stock, pro
ducing an accIimatedThrtIieF,.sofer,
better goal than te original, thus ilit
terally turning the common gat into
a fine, valuable wool-bearing one.
The Cure of mormon ism.
The "peculiar institution" of Mor
momsm, and the best and most feasible
way of getting rid of this fiis-rracp, are
discussed in a particularly snicy u.ari
ner in a recent isue f Flake's Gal
veston Bulletin. Th following is ;he
proposed remedy : '':
Open Utah to Gentile dtyh'ht rind
the heathenish religion will fads? away.
Let goed looking and. robust young
men go there sparking, ntid no wou an
worth shut:!:s will ha ccntec. with ihe
vutjsr fraction of in old dried up sa'nl.
We verily believe, from all ihat we
can learn, that an ug'ier or in '-.re hate
ful set of women than the spiritual
wives of the Mormon elders cannot be
found. Unless travelers lie ar.d we
know they neyer do the ladies select
ihir husbands on the principle that
half a loaf- is better than n'i bread
Th y canrr-t gei in old Suies, a hus
band apipca, so they go u Utah and
take a fraction Let in the Gent'le
lovers and they will solve the polygamy
qiVcsTio'rrin a-jiifoy;, Old Brirham'i
b ju would b a Meoca lor tparkcrr,
and every nook and corner would be
full of amorous cassinet, looking for
congenial calico. Build ihe Pati'ic
Railroad and let ihe Gentiles in tljis
is th only solution for the Utah ques
tion.
T!ie Earthquake.
The Pre-s of the 30th ult. uo'.it:;;s
the shock of a second earthquake as fal
lows: '
On yesterday morning shortly after
three o'clock, another earthquake was
experienced in this vicinity. In ihe
former case, (Wednesday lust.) the
iih tion appeared lobe that of u heavinc,
and was accompanied by a hoaria rum
bling noise and a sharp trembling of
the earth, such as travelers have ex
perienced in ihe vicinity rf a herd of
ftampeded bu(f;loes. In yesterdays
qunke the vibrations lasted about tvn
seconds, and ihe growling or thunder
from eiht to ten seconds before uir.il
five or six seconds after.
fJST" Robert Toombs, who is called
ihe Danton of the late rebellion, is nc;w
in quiet at his home in Washington,
Wilkes county, Georgia. He writes
in a private letter that he prefers the
political advantages of America to liv
ing anywhere f Ise in the world; a;:d
that no true patriot of the South will
forsake his native land. "Let us re
main here," he sayn, "and endeavor
by the favor of God to build up our
waste placps, made so by our own in
discretion, and continued so by aheat
less and unchristian majority in t!ie
North." The smouldering meekness
of this observation will surprise Mr.
Toorubi' fireier sort cf acquaintance.
c-
Pawnee Indian Agent. Among
the list of confirmations by ihe Senrtte
on the 20t!i inst., we find that of Judge
C. II. Whaley. of Columbus, as Agf-ct
of the Pawnee Indians. This is an ex
cellent appointment. The Jude is
one of the leading citizens of ihe Pla te
Valley, and is well known throughout
Nebraska. He is a prominent Repub
lican, and was u candidate on the Re
publican ticket for the State Senae.
rhere is no doutt but that on a stric ly
lfgal poll ho was elected by a large
mnioritr; but illegal votes overwhelmsd
him. and his competitor t09k the sent.
EISACTICE
l.V CALL
FOIS.M.4.
News came to San Francisco of the
i failure of a large banking and com
; mis. ion house in the Sandwich Llands,
I l.avinrr t'.T. tensive relations in Califor-
i .
j nia. Two rival parlies were eager in
i staijtly to get to Hcnlulu to save the
i rieces and recot; truct on the ruins.
j The only regular modes of conveyance
j were slow and uncertain sailiug ves
i si'ls. Iijt the United States steamer
! Vancerbilt was yoing in a day or two
1 to carry Queen Emma home, and a
representative of one f ihe parties
had coutrired to secure permission to
go out in her. But the ottier side made
such representations of thu impropriety
of a United Sutes Steamer taking
mercantile passengers as induced the
Admiral to recall ihe permission, and
forbid anybody going ia the Vanderbilt.
So far, good, but now the lawyer of the
seccnJ party, representing the creditors,
wanted to go farther and get carried
on the steamer himself; it was a deli
cate mutter, but diplomacy succeeded,
and lie shipped finally as captain's clerk,
got promptly to Honolulu, and was gob
bling up ihe remains of the fallen house
on shore, when the agent of the o'.her
parties having taken a fast sailing ves
sel, appeared on the arena. Baffled
on shore, the latter went aboard the
Vandetlilt, and revealed the whole
story. 1 he old admiral was irate at
ihe way he and bis ship had b?en used,
and peremtorially ordered his captain's
clrk aboard ilia vessel, and served
notice on him that he could not rerign
hi place, but must accompany the ves-
el Lack to Aspinwall and V aiparasio
whither he woulcTOeedilvSi.iL The
story breaks off here; tut the lawyer
may be safely trusted, having cared for
his clients, to take care of himself.
Sjiringfield Repvblican.
AXoriiKu'swixo.
"A. J. proposes to swing around the
southern segment of the magic circle
ot the Union during the flowerful month
of May. Whether Seward and Grant
ar.d Custar and Nasby are again to
swing with the Presidential pendulum,
io not announced. Mr. Jonnson has
not, we believe, visited the South since
he dropped ih role of Moses to appear
in the rolevf Vice President at Wash
ington. When like Norval, he shall
stand upon Lis native hills once more,
will ihe prejudices of the past overcome
hii conservatism and tempt him to re
new his offer to hud the millions of
Mucks, who lifted implorimg hands to
the Military Governor of Tennessee,
out of the land of bondage into the light
and freedom of ihe promised land?
Will the sight of those who persecuted
him in th? house of his fathers inflame
the old hatred of rebels and rebellion.
Will he denounce traitors with the an
cient vigor, and insist that they shall
jic5.upv back sea's and have no voice in
tne reconstiuc;ion-fr u.ayejnmenij
This progress of the President through"
ihe South will be curiously watched.
Those who ara apprehensive that the
spirit of the Tennessee patriot willcome
upon him and set him to prophesying
af!erthe manner of the man three
years ago, should see to it that a com
mi tee of safety cccompanies him on
his journeyings. Cin. Comma cial
KECOWSTUIJfJTIOSr.
The Hon. lie verdy Johnson publishes
the following letter in a Southern pa
per :
Senate Ciiamdeii,
March 22, 1SG7.
Dear Sik: Your letter of ihe 18th
is received. My vote for the bill you
refer to was given, not because 1 ap
proved of it, but because I knew that if
defeated, or not carried out by the
Scuth, other measures ruinous to them
in every way, would follow.
I wishod by my vote (hoping the South
would not doubt my desire to serve
them and the whole country) to place
myself in a condition to advise them
more effectually to acceptance than I
would if I had voted against it.
My advice therefore is, and I give it
most anxiously, that the proper course
10 be pursued by you is to organize
under the act at once and in good faith.
Very respectfully your obedient ser
vant, Reverdy Johnsox.
B. T. Castellaw, Esq.
Lauds for the State of Tie
hrasha. Our Land Officers are in receipt of
letters from the U. S. General L.nnd
Oihce containing the following infor
mation and instructions giving to the
Si:ite of Nebraska five hundred thous
and acres of land more than wes pro
vided for in the act of admission:
The Secretary of the Interior under
dcteofihe 1st inst., decided that the
landa granted to the State of Nebraska
in virtue of the enabling act of the 19:h
of April, 1S64, are not to be deducted
from the Internal improvement, grant
ed by the act of the 4th of Sept. 1S1 1 ,
which applied to said Slate.
Therefore you will allow feltciions
to be made under the one grant with
out reference to what may have been
or may be selected under tha other
Press.
ESS No man who loves his family
fails to take a newspaper; and no man
who loves his character fails to pav
fcr st.
SZIAEtl
J&3 The war has spared us two
very dirty specimens of Democracy;
Brick Pomeroy, whose politics are as
dirty as H. Clay Dean's shirt collar.
Pomeroy is in the South, and Dean's
face is in the, same direction. If the
Southern people will consent to take
them tffour hands and keep them, we
should be inclined to advocate recon
ciliation upon any terms the Southern
people micrht demand. As rpecim.n8
of political depravity and perverse hu
man nature, the South cannot match
then. , though raked with a fine tooth
ccmb from the Potomac to tha R.io
Grande Cin. Commercial.
JPsThe Charles City Intelligencer
says tnal Mr. Josephus Welch, of Lloyd
courjty has recently lost four cows by
"horn disease." The nature of ihe
disease is: the cattle are affected with
a lameness, rendering thein unable to
stand, then with a festering in the
head, which, in some instances, has
produced nearly a pailful! of matter.
The disease seems to be spreading.
73 A purse of $20 nas been made
op in Chnton, for the best essay on the
tubjpct: "WThy should a person aban
don the use of tobacco? A committee
consisting of hvo has been selected,
consigning of Adjutant General Baker,
Kev. Mr. Marsh, Dr. Farnsworth,
Col. Mila Smith and F. Sutton, who
are to decide on th merits ef the es
says presented. The essay is not to
be less than "fifteen "minutes long, nor
over twenty five minutes."
fify Wi-consin is a reading State
It supports one hundred and thirty-three
vVvi-. iup.ii.uen, e.guiy-nve oi
T - - L r- e
r4je republican and forty-hve
Democratic. f hfcrw-i not. county in
the State which has not at least one
local pnper.
rfiyCincinnaii had a free drink of
whhkey the other day. The vast
amount of that article liberated by the
burning of a large distilery, a few days
ago, ran down and mingled with the
pure waters of Deer Creek, and from
there found it3 way to the water-works,
and thence to the pipes that supply the
city. It wasof course sucked in by
the Cinciunatians with (heir usual bev
erage, ta the infinite disgust of the
temperate portion of the citizens, and
a general consternation was the result.
Measures were soon taken to turn John 1
Barleycorn out, and put the pipes on
their good behavior.
EST" Mark Twain, the California
humorist, gets off the following :
I once knew a great, tall, gawky
country editor, near Sacremento, to
whom I sent an ode on the tea, starling
it with 'The long green swell of the
Pacific' The country editor sent back
a letter and stated, I couldn't fool him,
and he didn't want any base insinua
tions from me. He knew who I meant
when I wrote the 'long green swell of
the Pacific. 'i
Jt-s5 Twenty years ago ATfrTdVrifd
was a rlerk for the Harmony compa
ny, at Cohoes. New York, at sixty
dollars per month. He recently sold
his interest in the company for &050.
000, and is worth about 82,000,000.
Go thou and do likewise if thou cant
come it.
JEKS5 The Iowa City Republican, in
speaking of the recent sale cf the Ce
dar Falls Gazette, says: "A man who
knows no better than to attempt to run
a paper and advertise at one fourth the
usual rates, as the late publisher of
that sheet has done, will of course be
obliged to sell.
JSrST'A writer in the New England
Farmer says that when tof.iAtoes are
growing near an apple tree ihe borers
will not trouble the tn e. He plants
tomatoes by the trees to prevent them.
2r "I have lost flosh,"said a to
per to his companijn. "No great loss,"
said the oilier "since you have made
it up in r-piritf."
C2fJohn H. Surratt is promised as
speedy a trial as possible by the Ju
dicial authorities at Washington, and
his case will probably come up about
the 27th of next month.
JSSF Mr. Nasby writes that the
nows of tho Ohio Legislature's refut
ing to strike the word "white" out of
the State constitution filled the Ken
tucky Democracy in his section wiih
tho greatest delight. He fays :
"Our thrill uv joy at this trooly un
expected triumph uv the proud Cau
eashun uv Oh:o over the inferior sons
ur IIa:n, went jest ez fur in the direck
shun uv ckstasy ez did our p.ujga uv
wee on hearin uv Vaallandighnm's de
feat in 1SG3 in the direckshen uv utter
misery. In short, we thrill now pre
cisely as much as we panged thin."
tr At a fpirknal meeting a short
time ngn, in this vicinity, the prophet
Bilaam was called tip and a'iked if
there were any jackasses in his sphere.
"No,': he replied, indignantly, "they
are ill on earth."
As Editor's Advice. An Indian!
papor gets olf the following: "A love
sick Sucker sends us come doggerel to
print. Respectfully declined. Go ar.d
tell the gal that vou ara a fool, with-
j out letting everybody else know it."
New York, May 1. The Times'
special says that every District Com
mander has applied to Grat to inter
pret the construction on the disfranchis
ing clause, they judging that it meant
to disfranchise all Sheriffs, Constables
and Justices of the Peace. The opin
ion of the Attorney Central will bo
given on tho subject l'" morrow.
Two negroes were taktn from the
jail at Nicholasviile, Xy , by a mob and
hung. They were raurderers.
Sickles Las ordered the election to
be suspended, and has appointed John
Washington, Mayor. The colored
voters of South Carolina are sixty
thousand.
New York, May 1. A Washing
ton special to the World lays that the
Supreme Court will only grant Friday
for the argument of the Georgia and
Mississippi cases.
Preparations are being made for
Surratt's trial.
A Candia letter dated March 21th,
to the Tribune, says that the Turks ut
terly refused to allow the Commander
of tV.e frigate Canandagua to do any
thing for the suffering Cretans.
Tribune special says that the Presi
dent yesterday stated that he should do
his duty relative to Davis, aud referred
to h i3 proclamation of two years ago,
regarding pardons
Chicago, May 1. The working
men's demonstrations, to-day, in honor
of the commencement of operations un
der the eight hour law, was the largest
display ever witnessed in Chicago. The
number in the procession was estimat
ed at twenty or thirty thousand, repre
senting nearly every department of la
bor. A great many workmen hold
aloufs apprehensive that the working of
tho law will not be advaniagous-iolh?
laboring classes More than half the
shops of all kinds in tha city are closed,
the employers refusing to accede to ihe
demands of the workmen. Whatever
ultimate result seems probable, the im
mediate effect of tho law will be mis
chievoos and cause trouble to the em
ployers nnd laborers.
Similar demonstrations have occurred
in most of the principal cities through
out the State workmen marching wi'h
banners and Sevices expressing a de
termination that the law be observed.
Lomdon. April 2D. It is understood
that the fallowing is agreed upon as a
basis of ihe deliberations of the confer
ence of tho great powers on the Lux
emburg question: France not to enlarge
ber present boundaries; the fortifica
tions of Luxemburg to be dismantled:
ha future status of Luxmibur? to be
determined by a conference; a decision
of the conference guatanteed by all
the powers participating.
Chicago, May 2. Great excite
ment has prevailed in this city to day
on account of a mob of five hundred
eight hour men endeavoring to ute vio-
feneelopwvenL tJie jivorkmen of the
lumber yards and RailroaoTsiiopvr' smd-.,
othei manufacturing establishments
from going to work under the ten hour
system.
Tho mob paraded throughout the
west division of the city early this
mot ring, summarily closing the shops
of Wells Si. Cj. , and ejecting the men
about going to work. The police
encountered the mob but were too weak
to disperse them; but finally prevented
the demolition of the Fort Wayne
Railroad freight house, and ihe mob
went elsewhere. The police cancen
trated in force in various parts of the
city to-night, ready for action in a mo
ment in case of an emergency. It is
not probable that any violent demon
stration will be attempted to-night, al
though the rioters went off threatening
further violence.
It is reported that there is great des
titution among the settlers of to'ith
west Minnesota ou account of the fail
ure of the crops and the severity of the
winter.
a. numDer ot mitis in the town
of Neenah, Wis., one day last week,
were stopped by the fish in countless
numbers filling the races. Says a local
paper: "All the races in Neenah and
Menasha, and loth branches of the
Fox River were literally filled with
fish, to the exclusion of t
which was fcrced back by ihe great
fish dams, till the banks were in dan
ger of overflowing. As soon as the
news spread thousands of people flock
ed in from the villages ai.d couutry to
see the strange sight "
Lee and Beauregnrd are iu
favor or Reconstruction on the Con
gressional plan when Jeff. Davis al
so gives in his adhesion to the meas
uie, the Ccpperheads will cease their
opposiiioa. They like Lee, they ad
mire Beauregard, but, when looking
for political counsel and leadership,
Jelf. Daviiis the man ihey "tie to.'
The Southern press have at last dis
covered that President Johnson and
the Copperheads have been their worst
advisers, and taair worst euetuie in
the policy adopted and urgad upan the
South. A Macon piper says eo, in so
r..ar.y .ords, aud mauy others in:ia.aio
it ;o-i Lroauiy to kave c.t.y rc-osu he
J :,i.coiii.piivn.
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