Nebraska Newspapers

    i
V v " . ev
H
"Jf any man attempts to haul doict the Jlmrrican Flag, shoot him on the spot.
VOL. 3.
PLATTMOUl'll, NliBliASKA, WEDIN 1DAY, MAY 15, 1867.
xNO. 6
TJIE 11 KIlAJLi D
2.IS FUBLISHLD
DAILY AND WEEKLY
-WEEKLY EVERT. WEDNESDAY
BY
If. I HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
HOnGce corner Main street
ir.
and Levee, second
Terms: Weekly,
Vaily, $1 per month.
$2.50 per annum;
Jlatcs of 1lccrtising.
7 n ,qi:ar (space of ten lines) out insertion, t-1 .SO
E40.1 nib-e.jnvnt insertion - - l.'O
1 ti fe. i ral c;n!s notexceedinR six lines 10 HO
C Br quarter culumD or let, per annum 35 "
nix mouth 2H '0
' " tlin e months 'R 0
(4tuir column twelvemonth f.o.oi
" six months 8" 00
litre mouths 2o in
s'-olumn twelve months - !' 00
six months - 6O.00
three month! - - 8o.0
AN transient advertisements mast be paid for in
Via
W V? re p-ipared to d all kind of Job Work
I short n-)tice, and in a tyle that wi.l ivo salU-
C MAXWELL. BAM. M. CHAPMAN
Maxwell & Ci.apma.i,
ATTORNEY'S A T LAW,
A x r
Solicitors in Chancery.
T.ATTSJfnUTH, - X KB RAM? A.
OflL-e oer Iilack, Butttry 4 CVs Dru Store.
rl
It. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
1 rders bi professional servient to the citi'-n of
t county. . , ,
trr- He-i.Ience in Frank Whites h me, corner of
I lk and .Sixth streets; Otlice on Main Iet, oppo-
. Court liouse, FUttmuUih, Nebraska.
WILLITT POTTENGER
ATTOUNEY AT LAW,
LATTSM0UTII - NEBRASKA.
J. N- WJSET,
ttr': Life, Accident, l ire, Inland and
Transit
INSURANCE AGENT
V l:i t.ik nk t reis.T-RMer.it' s in tn iuom reuaun-
Jjj"l thee at the book store, I
r ooth, Nehrat-
P. M. DORHIITGTON,
EEAL ESTATE AGENT
I'LATTSMOVTIT,
rn-npt ntfntion riaid to tne van hae arid al cf
au. paviix-nt of Tax. ., and all bu.ines
Uii.iog to a gmrjl Laud Astwy. Titles iuves-
R.fr. hy (rmi-Mnn to
3 o. t .5. Puluty. Juiliie Sd Judiri i! Pit., Fnlls
,'l , S-braka; Mumr K.i .1 Kurbauk, r.iyminer
''. -. A. L-ivenwoith. K;in.i: II J. II. Btirbai.k,
t! A-t r-or N-ioa-ka. t-tl: '!.v, N- l) ; Hon. T. M.
u ' u- ' r'arf-mourh. N r-li , I'ol H K Livmton,
.' ,- . il n-ki l-i Vt. Vol., I'iatt'iiioutb, N-l).;
ti a t ' J. H. Wh.fl-r, L". S. In.iia.i A:.-st, I'awrire
t" T! rba's V-'tleion, No 111 Kroadwav, New
S ik; irv-y, Ilfirnch i U-orna Wr-hiUfciton, D. C ;
y, a'ni'e Sl Co , hi :ipo, I. Is ; K. U Kitch.
'6 'er. N- Y.. Hrt,f. Heuiy Arling ''Hariford
lTer.t'," N- Y. oc25
IT. wriEILKtt, I. C. UWH
I. II. TCherler & 'o.,
ieal Estate Agents,
Commissioners of Deeds
AND
Tire and Life Ins, Ag'ts,
PLATTSMOUTH, A. T.
'Tlection promptly attended to. and proceels re-
? ted at current rates of Kxchanpe. Taxes paid in
.rn Iowa and Nebraiit lor ioii reMuer.ts. I itI-.-
I. jd inve-.tigHid- Mouey iwni'd ou Ueal Estate
r rc.Ue. Land Warrju:.- . cate4.
CLAIM AGENTS.
nt furcolIc:un of clnun" nunirt (love rnmen
M ho id cts. their idw- and inu.of A ent
i t .he iiutch.tt and hale of Lauds aud CUy protr-.-ing
uf leocaient,'.
ni:ii:iti:xcns:
Bon. S. II. Elbert, D-imr Ci:y. C. T.
f4rs. Koiinlze Brn., Oniah.i, Neb.
Jld jno it M-U-lif, Nebraaa City.
U. V. Filiey. ft. L ui-. Missouri.
tr. Plo Lewis. Boston, Sla-wirhu-ietia.
H W Intrr.ars. Chicago, Il'U'oii.
U M M.-ii:i!l. Cinini.ati. Ohio.
Tootle tiuntia, Platt-inoKih Nebraska,
X- U lii. h, 1 Lne Ri,r-i Michigan.
Hon V Fello, I'.loonifiia, u iMionnin.
lion T 51 M rqueit, i'latl.-nioutii, Npbri'kL
V. I.ewif. A'to. nev at liw, bufTlo, N.w York.
Car'er. Haaej i Curl. Uei Atoiuea, low.
W I dJtwtf
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN,
ATTOKiNEYS AT LAW,
nd Solicitors in Chancery,
Jf-i.v st., orrosTK the cwrt-uocse,
PLATTSMOUTII, NFD.
wiTLOBD J. CLARKE, tB F08E5T POBTItt,
W W. ERWIN.
Wm. Stndi-Imnim & Co.,
Oris door uesi of Donelans Drug-slore,
Dealers la
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
BATS. rATS. BOOTS. SHOES.
TlilWKS, VA
Mi general stock of
OUTFITTING GOOD3
'or the Plains; a!ao, a large lot rf
RUBBER CLOTIILYG. REVOLV
ERS Jl.YD A'OTIOjYS.
W bought low and will sell che.in for cash. Cal
,'"""ue our ock before t ou b.iT r. where el.el
m ' Wm. BtADELMdXX a CO.
II.tltD 0 Till: ' U ELL JIE1X-
We find an editorial from the Chica
go Times, published without comment
in the Nebraska City ' News, which
i i - .i t
Dears oown ramer neavy upon mose
men woo claimed to be conscientious
in thPir support ot toe conservative
movement last trammer, weinaice a
few extracts for iho benefit of those
wha are not fully posted a to how they
arw viewed by the great lights cf con
servatism :
"The attempt to form n new politi
cal and conservative orgamxation m
ppoiuon to the radical party was, as
it .should have been. s-hort-liYed arid
futile. Anything opposed to rocres
sion in this country i a failure perse."
We agree with that sentiment, es
pecially the latter clause. The Re
publican party is the party of progres
sion, and it has been fairly demon
strated that any opposition to its prin
ciples is a failure jei se; and the state
ment of the Times to that elfVct, and
its endorse nent by the iYeirs, only
shows the necessity of the leaders of
such opposition, no matter under what
name or in what direction it is made.
Then the Times strikes the "well mean
ing" supporters of the conservative
movement, and the iYieirs endorses the
blow, as follows:
"The mitake of these well meaning,
but imbecile, conservatives is now ap
parent to themselves."
This is adding "inult to injury."
After having been on a crusade against
the party which they acknowledge all
opposition to is a "failure per se," and
"should have been bhort-hvtd and fu
tile," then to turn in and declare thai
the "well meaning" aupporters of their
opposition are ' imbeciles," is certainly
great ingrt-titude, at least. What do
the "well-meaning" supporters of Mor
ton's conservatism think of it? Do they
believe him or his party friends to be
honest in their political ruurf' Thy
make a distinction between the "well
meaning" and those who knew they
were in the wrong. They appear to
admire those who supported the con
servative measures knowing that il was
wror.g and ''should be short-lived and
futile," but an utter detestation of those
who were "well-moaning" in their sup
port. But the "heftyeat" thing in the
whole article is io the following para
graph :
Slavery can no longer be a hinge
upon which political organizations can
turn; hut the negro being free, and a
citizen under the Constitution, it Is
merely an old democratic, principle tbm
he shall exercise all the immunities of
citizenship, and this includes the right
of suffrage."
The only way we can account for
this brazen a;srtion that suffrage to
the negro is "an old Democratic prin
ciple," is that the Times and .Acti'S take
the same view of the case as the Dem
ocrat of this city to whom we referred a
few days since; that is, that they have a
large element in their party that never
goes to rLurch or reads newfpnperi-;
hence they presume to say to them tnnt
this idea of negro suffrage is "an old
Democratic principle," knowing that
the "sharp"' ones in the party do not
care a fig for principle of any kind and
trusting that the "well-meaning" ones
are of the class who da not know the
difference.
Admiral Semmes, in his lec
ture on the cruise of the Alabama, tells
how the pirates knew their game bs
follows:
"When we were afloat in the Ala
bama, if we were in doubt as to the
nationality ef any ship we were puru
ing, we bad on'y to take a look at her,
at whatever'disiance she might bp,
through our telescope, to determine at
once whether the wa a Yankee or
not. If he excelled the chips of all
other nation in symmetry of her hull,
the length, the grace, and the taper of
her epar.-; if her canvass was whiter,
her ails larger, more beau'ifully set
and 'sheeted home,' and hoisted in a
more sramanlik manner; if, in short,
like a bfauti.ul woman, she ravished
the beholder as well by the swelling
and gracef il outlines of her drapery,
we were always sure she was a Yan
kee."
RGFTJenver papers of the 2d, state
that there is a great scarcity cf sugar
in that market. At that date there
was only one store in the city which
had any for sale. The mountain folks
are said to be quite as destitute; their
supply of suirar was exhausted a week
before our Denver date.
rSiEighi thousand emigrants hare
arrived at New York since the first of
this month.
the apfohtionhext. .
We referred briefly, in ypMerdny's
issue to a communication it. i.'ie Omaha
Republican on this question of appor
tionment, signed "T." He says all
Nerth Platte and South Platte feelings
should be done away with, and the
good of the whole State sought in our
legislation. In this we agree with him
but there are t. few points we would
have had a little more explicit. He
says, "Nebraska is Republican to-day
in every department of her Siate Gov
eminent, executive, legislative and ju
dicial. How Ion? this state of things
is to continue depends very much upon
the manner in which the Legislature
thah deal with this vexed question of
apportionment.
i ne apportionment question is tne
Pandora's box out of which all of our
apprehended troubles are to isue.
Surmount this wisely and the career of
ttie Republican party of Nebraska is
full of promise tor the future. Repeat
the follies of the closing hours of the
ast session of the Territorial Legisla
ture, and the political power of Nebras
ka will pass in'.o the hands of the oppo
sition.
There are many people in this part
of Nebraska who would like to know
who "T." is driving at in the nbovo;
whether it is the Republican party of
Nebraska minus a few individuals
about Omaha or whether it is the few
individual Republicans. We should
ike to know who "T." thinks it was
that committed the "follies of the clos
ing hours of the lust tension of the Ter
ritorial Legislature." Somebody wa?
to blame in tho?e "follies," and there
appears to have been some difference
of opinion as to wha it was. We have
not hesitated, neither do we now, in
eiidjrmg the action of the Republican
members, minus the few Omaha men.
and we sve no reason why "T." should
be so vague ia reraru to the matter.
It he intends his remarks to apply to
the few, we see. no cause for leaving it
in doubt; but if he intend them as a
censure upon a majority of the party
in the "last session of the Territorial
Legislature,'' then we can understand
why he is not more explicit. The peo
ple of Nebraska are determined that
they will not Lave the "wool pulled
over their eyes" any more; and do not
see the necessity of niinciug matters or
having "scft words" uttered a part of.
the time and revolvers flourished at
others. There was no disposition on
the part of the Republican majority
last winter to raise the issue of North
Platte and South Piatte; but a ddsire
to have right and justice prevail, as the
party always does. If our Omaha
friends, "T." included, desire the
"state of things" to which he refers, to
continue, it will be no trouble to insure
such continuance by allowing just and
equitable legislation. But if they will
consent to such continuance on the con
dition that the party must succumb to
the d-sires of a few, then well, we
are unable to tell the result We can
only h'pe tnt the remarks of the cor
respondent "T." were not intended to
reproach the great Republican party of
Nebraska, but as a reproof to the few
factious ones who sought to rule tho
party by a combined effort with the
Copperheads.
B A writer in the New Orleans
Republican, furnishes the following apt
extracts from fpeeches by colored men
at Jacksonville, Fla.. on warning his
hearers against bribery :
"lie d man nebah so pooh, if him
hab no cont, no shoes, no bread, he
mus not sell his vote not for five dol
lah. nor for five hundred dollah, nor
fifty tou-iatid. If he do we will spurn
him from us foreber, for wid a great
price obtained we dis freedom."
Another young, smart, but rather
unpruned speaker at the same meeting
also in a warning voice, said :
"Beware of General Whifkey and
Captain Greenback, Twr weeks dis
day yoiivdepu ite your voies for de fu?t
time. Dtm'i go to de corner shop.
You goes in colored and you comes out
black. (Great laughter.) You ca'ls
for one, one calls for two, two calls for
tree, and tree toe much and four am
more dan most ob you can stand.
Votin should make usketp sober not
get drunk."
A prty of men numbering 30
marched one Thos. Gepnart out of the
Taylor county, Ky , jail on the 8 h
inst., and hung him to a tree. The
parties gave as a reason for hanging
Gephart, thathe was a murderer and a
pest to society, and would propably es
cape the law if tried.
FLV4MIAL..
The New loik Shipping List ob
serves: Weiiavt- but to reiterate rie
old t-tory of dill limes in commercial
circles the vdume of trade, for the
most part, guaed by the dictates of
mt niMa ecoiomy. in view o tne
uncertainties .euchin? the future o'
prices, nienhmts ani capitalists a
not diipoed toencourage ventures of a
hazarduous character. Our markets do
not repond lothe panicky feeling r-.
ported in Lonton. The decline in cot
ton at home aid abroad contiuaes, and
cotton fabric sympathize to some ex
tent. Nolwiilsta;.ding the decline
the shipment ti Liverpool continue n
a liberal t-cale. The big prices of flour
serve to materiilly curtail ihe consump
tion, and the turn of the market for
breadftufT t-ince our last has been in
favor of the buier. The money mar
ket remains ea-y, the raie on call bt;
inrr 5 to 6 per ji'nt., while discounts
range from 6 to 8 per cent, on firm
class Mgna'ures. The notes of parties
whose credit is tot fully assured, how-
.
ever, are sunjstea to cun.purativefy
nich huures. foreign exchange is
higher nnd rates still tend upward.
TO HUSIXESS 31 CX.
The advice of such a veteran editor
as he who presides over ihe Louisville
Journal is certiinly worthy of con id
t ration. Hear a hut he fays, aud thos.;
e-king the patronage of the pu hi n:
.hnuld poniler it well: "We hav?
been carrying on the L iu'iville Jour
nal between thipy-ix and thir y-seven
yenrs. JJunog all this lime we havr
know i no man of Inij-inets in the city 1
fail who advenued liberally. And we
have known no one to succeed in my
considerable, if even in a re?pectablr-
egree, who dida'l advertise liberally J
Do not tell us. oh candidate for the cus
tom of th 'ommanity. that you canno;
afford if! advertise because your bui
ness is dull? Ah! why is it duil? Li
tei,! and we will tell you. It is dm!
cause you don't advertise and you
don't ad vertise because it is dull. Si
tae vacant circle is coinpleio. We tell
you, it you are doing ill, to adverti-e
thit you may do butter. Srt youi
mark of business success, and ndvtrtist-
up- I. V,.u caa (III if y. .'1
even in hard tims. A little nerve it
needed in advertising as well as uning
any other tfl ctive means of succe4
Your men who have no more nerve
than a wet rag advertise little or not a;
a 1 1. You may suppose we are givinc
advice that wo think would benefit our
selves. Yes, we do think it would ben;
efii us. but benefit you immesely more
Think of this and you will agree with
us, be wise enough t act accordingly."
ESTRev. John Wesley, in his jotir
nal gives the following account of i;
ulkuig clock :
"On Monday. April 27, 17G2. being
at Lurgan, I embraced the opportunity
which 1 had desired, of talking to Mr.
Miller the contriver of the statue whictt
was in Lurgan when I was there be
fre. it was tli e figure of an old man
standing in a case vi h a cuitain drawn
before him. over againt a clock, vhicl?
Ktoud on the oppu-ite side of the room
Every time the clock struck he opened
tha door with one hand, drew back the
curtain with the other, turned bis head
as if looking rouud on the company,
and then said with a clear, loud, ar
ticulate voice, 'past one, or 'two,' or
'three, and soon. But so many came
to see this (the like of which all allow-!
ed was not to be seen in Europe) that
Mr. Miller was in danger of being ru
ni ed. not having lime to attend to hi.-bur-iness.
So, as none offered to pur
chase it. or reward him for his pains,
he took the whole machine to pieces."
"I love to laok upon a young
man. There is a hidden potency con
cealed within his breast which charm'
and pains mt."
The daughter of a clergyman hap
pening to find the above sentence at
the close of her father's manuscirpt a
he had left it in his study, sat down aDd
added :
Them'a my sentiments exactly,
papa, excrfjiling the 'pains."
A lady ays the first time she
was kised she fell like a tub of rose
swimming in honey, cologne, nutmeg
and cranberries. She felt as if some
thing was running through her nerves
on feet of diamonds, escorted by sev
eral little cupids in chariots drawn by
angels, shaded by honey suckles, and;
the whole spread by melted rainbows.
CSf" Sol. Mi.lerha ascertained the
cause of the recent earthquake. The
"Confederate dead' had just learned,
the result of the Connecticut election;
and their shouts raised the roof of their
present habitation.
E55The Idaho Siahsman has an
account of an attack upon the Mage a;
Fruit's Ferry, on the 26th ult., by In';
dians. There were sir men in the
stnge, of whom three were killed:
Younger, the driver, and Ullmaii ana
Buohee, passengers. The other three
passengers escapud. The Indiaa
numbered eight, armed with rifles;
and bows and arrows. They ambush
ed the stage and mortally wounded the
driver at the first fire.
The Fort Uuforcl 3Iasacre.
We have before expressed the opin
ion that the reported massacre at Fort
Buford, at the mouth of the Yellow
stone, was a canard, manufactured for
some mercernary object. We are now
confirmed in our opinion. Although
mure than a month has passed since
the reported murder, and the report
has been telegraphed and confirmed
all over the eastern country we have
na knewledge of the matter, except as
we get it from our eastern exchanges.
We have acquaintances throughout mat
who! country, who are in communica
tion with friends here, who would cer
tainly have furnished some of our cit
izens with information if (here had
Wtti any trouble. Mails from Forts
Rice and Sully have recently come
through, and ihey bring no news of
trouble at Fort Buford. One thing is
certain if a correspondent of the Chi
cago and St. Louis papers, at Fort Rice,
wa? nblft to obtain all the particulars a
nmi.th ago, some other person at these
posts o ight, by this time te have been
able to learn that there had been a
iiiaisarre. and the news ought to reach
Sioux City at least within a month after
it does those cities.
We are forced to the conclusion that
ihe'city papers have been victimized by
sonif bcoundrel, who desired to create
a nensation. and secure tor himself a
little notoriety. We shail not believe
that our friends at Fort Buford are
murdered until we receive information
to that effec through some other source.
Sioux City Journal.
A Maw Who Had a Right to
Talk Among the prominent mem
bers of the Republican Convention re
cently held in Richmond, Va., was a
colored man named Joseph T. Wilson.
He was a resident of Norfolk, had
been a Sergeant in the 2 J Louisiana
Native Guard, and of the Fifty Fourth
Massachusetts. In the course of a
spirited debate on the subjeci of confis
cation of Kebel property, bergeant
Wilson spoke with withering effect of
cettain whites who now for the first
time professed to be Unionists. He
said: "I am an Ameiican citizen.
Perhaps I have a better right to the
title than some who call tl emselves,
p.. .,i!r eives so, tor i have
on my body the marks of eight bullets,
giim-d in defense of ihe flan. 1 have
stood in the flames of Pert Hudson;
fought in the storm at O'ustee. en
have camped at James lland, while
they were making money out of both
armies, or were in safety in the North
ern cities.'" A man bearing such me
mentoes of his service in behalf of the
flig, no matter what might be the color
of his skin, had the right to talk and it
is no wonder that he could talk with
effect.
Worth Knowing.
cultural paper says tnat
planting orchards or
An ngri
people when
any other
should have
kinds of shrubbery, they
the- north sides of the trees and shrub
marked iri some legible manner before
they are taken up, and when they set
them out, have them put into the ground
with the marked side to the north in
their natural position, so that a larger
portion of them will live. Ignoring
this law of nature is the cause of so
many transplanted trees dying. If the
north side is exposed to iutj south, the
heal of the suti is too great for that
aide of the tree to bear, and, therefore,
it dries up and decays. As this is the
shfdri-tree planting season, we throw
out this hint for the benefit of those in
tt rented.
Hi'MArr Weakness. We heard a
man once a noble specimen of true
manliness and physical strength, but
now a shattered wreck, nearly in the
relentless grasp of the "delicious trian
gles" of delirium tremens say yester
day: "I would give a year of my life
to be endowed with the moral strength
to keep a temperance pledge!" EviU
can sometimes be relieved only by
kneeling down by them; aud the flip
pant bid to Divinity for strength to
keep out the cumbrous coils of a sin
whose fetters its victims will not at
tempt to bieak, is as irreverent and
nnpicus as the mimic prayers that go
to Heaven from knees crookeu in mock
ery before the foot-light of the thea
tre Ex
J5FThe Registry in Washington is
completed, shoeing 15,500 voters, out
of which there are only 069 majority
of wLitea.
tJr2fA delegation of Tennesseeans,
head r-id by Sam Tate, had an interview
with the President on the 8th, urging
him to send regular troops to overawe
Hrownlow's niggers, and to enable
them to hold a good Conservative elec
lion. The President declined.
SFJudge Sharkey, at present a
petitioner before the Supreme Court, is
charged with being the author of an
infamous decisiou consigning a widow
and her children into slavery. The
formsr had been the wife of a Missis
sippi plaater, who had legalized his
marriage with her in the Northern
States. The latter had been educated
in Olno. Returning South, they were
seized upen by relatives of tne deceased
planter, acd oa application to Sharkey
were doomed to slavery.
Across the Ocean on a Raft.
The nautical tame ot young Br-nne. rf
the New York Herald, ha crazed half
the spnonies ef that city, and three men
have just announced their intention to
attempt the pasage of the ocean on a
raft. The following is their description
of the craft: "It is neither boat, nor
yacht, nor schooner, ano yet it com
bines the principle features of each
and all. It fluats as a raft, and cannot
be swamped nor submerged; il carries
canvass when needed, or two masts.
with a jib and spanker, and other tog
gery whirh a landsman knows not of
Lverv shiD can carrv the ratt. It can
be packed imo a box of twentj -five feet
lontr bv three feet deep, and in five
minutes can be inflated and pitched
overboard, like a wool pack, and fall
ing on the mot tempestuous sea, it can
not be upset, overturned or swamped.'
EAST'S. E. Mc Cracken E-q. return
ed to the city I uesday evening niter a
short visit to Cass county. He informs
us that the farmers in that county have
sown an unusually large number of
acres in wheat and oats which are now
up and promising, Great preparations
are being made for corn. Perhaos
cne third more grain will be raised in
that section this year than any previous
one. This is the first time he has vis
ited that county for two years, and he
informs us that in that time the num
ber of acres in cultivation has been ful
ly doubled. Such reports we receive
almost daily fro'm all parts of Southern
Nebrar-ka. Pt ess.
Cowan Rewarded. Senator Cow
an, of Pennsylvania, as a reward for
selling himself to Johnsonir-m, received
a nomination as Minis'er to Austria,
but the Senate very properly refused
te confirm him. A a partial comfort
to the ex Senator, however, his son
has been appointed Special Secretary
of the President. So the Cowan fam-
ly ought nt to be wholly inconsolable.
M
CSS" Tho Richmond Enquirer say:
Some of the Sou'hwesl Virginia Red-
strings are advocating annexation to
West Virginia to escape negro votes.
It wou'd be a good idea to annex ihe
whole State to West irginia. We
would mus get into trie union, and ac
cording to some cf the legal doctors.
get rid of the State debt at the tame
tune.
f.f3r C. A. Sherman has obtained a
verdict of S9 000 damages against the
estern Stage Company, for loss of
his wif. child and mother, who were
drowned by the upsetting of one of the
Company's coaches while crossing
Boon river, in Iowa. The trial took
place at Lincoln, III. An appeal has
been taken to ihe Supreme Court.
J5gThe Superintendent of a Sun
day School, in Hartford. Connecticut.
recently made his annual report, in
which he reccommended that tfce adult
members should go to work and do all
in their power to incase the infant
class during the coming year.
tS" A correspondent in the Iowa
Homettead, writing from Florence,
Iowa, says there is a disease prevailing
among the hogs of that region which is
called "thumps," and says it is accom
panied by very hard breathing and pal
pitation of the heart, and that co cure
for it has yet been found.
-5" A letter bearing the following
inscription was dropped into the New
ark post office without any stsmp:
"Bummer's letter; shove it ahead; dead
broke and nary a red. Postmaster.
shjve tni through; when I get paid I'll
pay you."
Cty A plainer gentleman than Gov.
Mui phy. ef Arkansas, is not to be
found. He wears ordinarily a pair of
common soldier's blue pants, and looks
like a discharged soldier seeking em
ployment. JPSfCol. Conger, who took the diary
from J. Wilkes Booth's bodv. is in
War-hington to testify to the alleged
spoilation. It is intimated that the
missing pages were cut at Dr. Mudd's.
t&Vm. Lloyd Garrison has sailed
for Europe. He was presented wiih
S30.000 by his friends before starting,
and the amount is to be raised to
$50,000.
15FA large meeting of negroes
was addressed at Richmond, Va., on
the 7th, by Haywood of Massachusetts,
and Marsh of Virginia, favoring con
fiscation. ESfSenator Wilson addressed the
convention from thh court-house in Au
gusta. Ga., on the afternoon of iheSih
The freedmen gave him a torchlight
procession in the evening,
2?" Letter received in Denver
from Boulder City state that indications
are positive of an enormous crop of
grbsshoppers in that section of Colora
do this season.
CSFThe State Republican Conven
lion of South Carolina held en the 8 h.
was attended almo-t exclusively by
colored men. The negroes elected a
president, and there was only one white
man among the Vice Presidents.
Chicago, May 7. All disturbances
i;i the city are quelled and everything
is quiet. Most of the manufacturing
establishments are ruming again, but
in some cases with a short complement
of hands. Ouly very few of the em
ployers concede to the eight-hour sys
tem, aud in every case pay only for the
werk done. There is no difficulty to
procure hands, as many came to the
city from the east; but several of the
manufacturers prefer giving the old
hands a little more time to consider
their action and return to work. The
upshot of th whole matter may be
stated, that the eight-hour law has ac
complished nothing. Many workmen
still hold out, but no increase of wages
or shortening tif time is likely to result
from it.
Chicago, May 7. The Tribuno's
special from Lawrence says that six
settlers were murdered near Fort Riley
by the Sioux who were recently burned
out by Hancock.
Saturday morning, a despatch from
Hancock to Sherman passed through
Lawrence. It is understood to be a
call for 20,000 troops.
Grasshoppers are appearing in some
parts of Kansas; and threaten great
mischief.
Colorado papers complain of the
scarcity ot articles usually imported
from the east, on account of the late
railroad blockade,
now.
Trains run all right
Chicago, May 8. There is little
change reported in the condition of the
eight hour revolution. Many men are
resuming work, but the strikers still
hold meetings, and assert a determina
tion to hold out to the last. Most ot
the estblihments are running with a
reduced force, with the probability of
obtaining all the men necessary in a
few days. The strikers have organized
committees who endeavor to intercept
and turn back workmen that are com
ing from other cities.
Indianapolis, May 7. The muni
cipal election yesterday resulted in the
success ot t;e Republicans Ly a redo-
d niiijouty over the Democrats and
light h iur men.
The other municipal elsctions ia In-
Chicago, May 7. The Kentucky
rf turns uiJicMe the election of all Dem
ocratic Coiij: ressmen.
There was a large meeting of the
workitigmen at St. Louis last night.
The addresses and resolutions made
in:si d on the strict enforcement of the
eight hour system. Most of the work
inginen have avowed a willingness to
ate pt reduced wages for eight hours
work.
'I he riotous demonstration in Illinois
oppsitt- Si. Loui, was preventtd only
by the zealous efforts of the more in
telligent mechanics.
There was quite a fall of snow to
day, which will damage the fruit.
New Orleans, May 7. The chief
of the police has forbid any interference
with the negroes in the street cars.
The hurricane on Sunday burst the
ban!:s tf the river below the city.
Damage not known. The steamer
Young America was wrecked aud her
cargo lost.
Washington, May 8. A letter
from Colonel Wyncoop, Indian agent
at the Upper Arkansas Agency, says
that on the 3 l h ult., it was rumored
that considerable stock had been driv
en eff tho Smoky Hill route by the
Sioux who are flying to the northwest.
Hanc :ck is still at Fort Dodge.
The Indians at my Agency have not
retaliated for the wrongs inflicted upon
tht in.
Tne writer fears trouble from the
depredations on the innocent tribes.
A special from 'Lawrence reports
that Hancock is falling back temporar
ily. The defeat of Hancock is expect
ed, and horrible massacres of the de
tainments. The Indians seem to bs
combining for the last struggle of su
premacy along the Smoky Hill route.
The council with the Arrapahoe
chiefs resulted io (he declaration for
peace ly the Indians.
New York, May 10. Marshal Un
derwood proceeded on Friday to Fort
Monroe to set va the writ, and returned
on Saturday with Davis, who will bs
lodged at the Spottswood House until
afttr a hearing. Owing to limi.ed
space in the court-room tickets of ad
rnision will be is.ued only to the bar
and press. -The statement that Chase
will take part in the trial is denied.
He sees no reason for changing his
opinion on the impropriety of holding
the court in Virginia under military
rule.
The Tribune says bail will be offer
ed for Davis, but probably be refused,
as speedy trial is determined on. Tho
23J iut. is f pule en cf as the day fixed
for the trial.
The World says Davis counsel and
friends are anxious to have Chase pre
side When brought to Court they
will state (hey are not ready for trial,
and move to admit Daris to bail.
Jl-llsburg. May 10. Delegate
Hooper telegraphed tnat 600 Sioux urn
der Spotted Tail, crossed the Platte 2
miles above here, gring north.