PLATTS MOUTH, NEBRASKA.
WEDNESDAY,
JCXE 2o, IS .7
FOLKTII OF JULY.
At a meeting of the citizens of Piatts
mouth and vicinity, on the 22d, to ar
range for celtlratirg the coming Fourth
of July, the following proceedings were
bad:
On motion, Geo. Livingston was
chosen Chairman, and Sam. M. Chap
man, Secretary.
On mction, it was resolred to hM
the celebration of the 4:a day of July,
1S67, at Plattsmouth.
On motion, tne following conun t'.ee
were appointed to select suitable
grouds D II Wheeler, W It Davis
and S M Chapman.
On motion, a committee of seven
were appointed on arrangement, as
follows:
W D Gage, J W Mar.ha'l, JacoL
Vnllery, Dr Wintersiine, Dr G II
Black, II K Montgomery aud John
Shannon.
On motion, a committee of three wag
appointed to arrange a programme and
invit9 speakers II D Hathaway, T K
Hacna and V II Anderson
On motion, T M Marquett, Crawford
and W W Erwin were appointed n
committee on toas's.
On motion, Messrs. J. N.
Samuel Maxwell snJ J O. S
imp ten
were appelated
Finances.
co mm: tie 9 on
It was moved and carried that every
person provide their own dinner
un motion, tneiiunnee committee
was authorized to procure printed hand
bills tidvertiiing the proposed c tie bra
tion.
R. R. Livingston, Ch'm
Sam. M. Chapman, Sec'y
We notice in the Omaha pipers
series 01 resuiuuuns wnicn were r,uo
aucea oeiore a meeting 01 citizens o
Washington County called for the pur
i.?i.f t '
puse ot taking mto consideration thf
aeticn cf the representatives from tha
county in relation to the location of th
public buildings. The resolutions cen
sure the members for their actions, an'
denounce them in bitter teuna: bi
they were net adopted by the meeting
Why, thn should they be incorporated
in the prccedings, and published as a
prt there of, without the published
record showing that they were toted
down by an overwhelming majority
es we are assured they were. W
know but 1 it: l3 about the members froir
Washington couiity, or their constitu
a 1
ents ; out we uo know tnat waen a set
of resolutions denouncing any person
are voted down it is a contemptible trick
to give them publicity in a .-nape thai
leaves the disposition made of them
in the dark. The fact that the resolu
tions could not be passed is evidence
the majority of thoe assembled ir.dors
ed the action cf their representatives
notwithstanding ihe meeting was railed
for the purpose cf denouncing them
We think thtj opponents of the location
bill are prety hsid pu:hd wh'-n they
have to resort to such deceptive mean
te create public opinion A casual
reading of the procedings ar published
would leave the impression that th
resolutions were acceptable to tL pea
1 a - 1 II f
pie oi mat county, vtmie tne tact i?
that a very large majority of them en
dcrse their representatives.
SUSTAIN Til EM.
As the Omaha Republican has seen
fit to denounce the Republican members
of the Legislature for their action in
locating the public buildings, and ha
denounced them a 'cormorants" and
Blunderers of the Stale, we ask, thai
the people of Cass county endorse our
representatives on their return home
We are eonliaem mat every man in
the county, whether Republican or
Democrat, is satisfied with the action
of our representatives in the matter
and we hope they will not be backward
in acknowledging the services render
ed. Our representatives have with
stood one mob in Omaha, and have
been compelled to suffer the denuncia
tions of the Omaha press for the past
forty days; and we think it is but jus
lice to them that their constituents take
some steps to show our appreciation of
the manner in which they have stood
by our rights
CSOTERXOItOF IOWA.
The Republican Stat Convention f
Iowfi held on the lOih inst., nominated
'Samuel Merrell, of McGregor, for
Governor. The rjo:nim ioa on the
Republican ticket in Io.va is equiva
lent to tin eluciion.
IiL5.iA.aJ.;
Under the above caption 'lli. Re-
. t .i
v tiican conies an arncie irom ice
Herald, wherein we assert that 'it 'ls
no'.hing more than justise to the party
and the representatives there&f in the
Lpi!ature that every true Republican
boldly denounce the course pursued by
St. A. D. Edlcorr.be, editor of tne
Omaha Jlepullicau, "during the pres
ent session of the Legislature," and
then enters into a defense by adenine
he ancient Radicalism of Mr. Bal-
i i. -i.v
cnino3 ana nrid:ni: rau.t witri inarnrtv.
It matters not what any man has been
it is what he is that we have to deal
with. While we admit that it is favor-
as w w i .
able to .ur. jjaioomoa mat na was an
nnti-slavery man in early days, yet that
is no shield for denouncing the party
without just ause now. He did de
nounce it through his caper, and for
that we said, and still say, Lis course
should be denounced by every true Re
publican in Nebraska, and we believe
it is. We have no deire to make war
upon Mr. Ba'combe, or the Republican;
but when the representatives of the
1U publican party are unjustly charged
with venality, and our principal men
denounced as "cormorants" without the
shadow of an excuse except mere per
sonal or local feeling, we conceive it to
be our duty to defend them, whether
the attack comes from an apparent
friend or an open enemy. And it may
not be amiss to state, right here, that
the Republican has gone further in de
nouncinir the tarty for the location ef
the public buildings than any opposi
tion, copperhead journal of the State
dare go for fear cf the consequence
pjlitically. Tim fact is that there was
no party question in the location, and
.Mr. Uiicomue knew it as welt as any
one. Yet, for the purpose of trying to
manipulate the Republican members so
as to serve the local iiteiets of Omaha
and staking all unn the success of tL
endeavor, he boldly look the ground
that it was a party measure, and that
the party "should justly be held re
tpsnsible," and at the same timedeclar
iuz that it would "sink the party be
neath a mountain of indignation." W
do not find any fault with Mr. Balcombe
for fighting against the location bill
iim he had u perfect right to do. 13 j
v8 dt;y his right, as a Republican, to
i -reclaim it as a any measure and as
2crt that if it curried it would "bury the
party beneath a mountain cf indigna
tion." We look upon it as a big game
in which Mr. Balcombe endeavored
to
stake that which be did not own th
Republican party of Nebraska again--
the defeat of a msur wbicL ht can
sidered inimical to the welfare of Oma
ha. He lost; and then the question to
be decided was whether the Republican
party would submit, and allow itself to
be handed over, bound hand and foot
to be "buried beneath the mountain.
Again we say in behalf of the party
(and we think we speak for the entire
party in Nebraska.) we object. We
are not yet ready to be "buried, and
we propose to give battle to any and
all who would thus summarily dispose
or tae party, uoes Mr. ijaicomoe pr
siM in pivinff tne wafers it so, we
will proceed to a trial of the "rights o
property. ' It not, he can withdraw
t ie suit by paying costs.
DEFEATED.
the bin tor tne sale or tne present
capital building to the city of Omaha
for the sum of S3, 200, was defeated
in tt.s House by a decided majority
Why did not the Omaha papers de
nounce nat bill and its supporters 1
The bill proposed to give to the city of
Omaha, for the small sum of 3,200,
that whith the Republican claims wil
involve the Slate in debt and burthen
the people wun taxes, to replace at
Lincoln City. ' We think the House
done right in defeating the bill. If it
will oe such an immense thing to erect
another capital building, they certaiuly
ou-rht not to a-l 1 the old building1 for
3,200 when they can get more. We
think it shou'd be placed in the hands
of the Commissioners, and be sold to
the highest bidder, aad the money
u;ed for the erection of public build
ings at Lincoln City. The editor of
tha Republican is too self-sacrificing
and think to much of the "dear people
to permit such a swindle as the selling
of that bu:lding to Omaha for the nom
inal sum of S3.200, when the people
re ti be taxed to dieth" ta build an
other; and we presume (in a horn) the
only reason that the paper did not de
nounce Omaha men for supporting the
bill, and trying to trade with others to
do so, was because it was too busy just
then in pitching into Governor Butler,
Gen. HiichcockjSecrt tiry KennarJ.and
hose members of the legislature who
were opposing the bill.
JgvSOur dispatches announce the
? - 1 l T T 1
manage ot ui;am nyde, eauor or
the St. Louis Republican, to a distin
guished Southern lady, in St. James'
Cathedral, Toronto, C. W. Jttf Dans,
JubaJ Early and other prcminect ex-
rebels were present.
Tiliu St OH - t:.EIt.4E'S
CI'FtCL
For Nebraska, is-now an institution of
this city, and -one of no mean import
ance to the city and surrounding coun
try. We visited the cilice this morn-
ing, and tnrougu; tne Kincness oi air.
Wrilts, the Chie; Clerk, were shown
through the vari jus apartments. The
office is situated cn the bill in the
northern part of ihe city, in a beautiful,
retired place, wheru the archives are
safe from fire aiid the employees are
not embarrassed in their labors by noise
or unnecessary . intrusion. No better
place could hae been selected. The
building is a twostcry brick, with two
rooms and a b&ll on the first tlocr, and.
three rooms oa the second. As you
enter the buildic.g you will discover a
sign upon the door at the left, which
tells you that this is the apartment oc
cupied by tha Surveyor-General. The
room is nicely aad tastiiy furnished (as
indeed they all are) with a desk, sofa,
chairs, and a cabinet containing the
laws, reports, et:., for tha use of the
office. Immediately in front of you as
you enter the hall, is the door which
leads to the Chief Clerk's office. This
room is the principal business office, aa
the Chief CletU is the principal busi
ness man of the concern. It is supplied
with a desk, a large table, and several
cabinets containing the field notes,
maps, plats, blaiiks, etc., of the office
On the second floor in front is the
Draftsman's rcjm, which is supplied
with all the necessary implements for
prosecuting hts labors with dispatch,
correctness and comfort, Upon him
devolves the duty of delineatir.2 on
paper the work performed in the field
In ihe rtar is tha Iranscribers' ouice,
where a duplicate oi all writing con
nected with the cftice is made out and
forwarded to Washington, and there
deposited in tht General Land Office
This room has i desks for three Tran
scribers or clerks, and several cabinets
for their use. This completes the list,
with the exception of a commodious
closet. The furniture throughout the
entire suite of rooms is ef good quality,
and arranged in tho best possible man
ner for convenience and comfort. Mr
Wi'tse is the cnly occupant of the es
tablishment hi present, (the Surveyor
General bein temporarily absent, )and
to him belongs 'he credit of the general
arrangement cf 'he office. He is a
thorough business man, a practical sur
veyor, and has been connected with the
office for several years at Dubuque.
We congratulate Mr. Hitchcock and
the Govrrnmect upon having secured
iha services of one so eminently qual
ifijl for tho poeuion of Chief Clerk.
A t iiic iua oi';:y..
The following, from the Chicago
Republican, may serve to amuse some
of our readers, at least we copy it wi:h
that expectation :
"The South Platte party, controlling
the Nebraska Legislature, are making
indecent haste; to pluck tho Omaha
goose, because they know their time it
short. Ever i:ice Nebraska was or
ganized as a Territory, two parties
representing south of the Plane aud
north of the Platte have warred
against each other for the possession of
spoils and prestige, with sometimes
malignant bitterness. If such were
the elements when the spoils were
scant and the prestige unimportant, what j
must be the situation now, when the
first fruits of the State are to be ap
propriated. The South Platte party
find themselves in the majority, but
they tee the tide of immigration en
tering the State at Omaha, and filling
up the counties ;north of the Platte with
surprising rapidity. 1 he present is
their only chance. They have there
fore decided to abandon Omaha, and
locate the city of Lincoln as iho capita);
somewhere in t?ie wild country south of
me i-iaue: imvious oi umina in lis
possession of h Pacific railroad, which
the South Plane eonipirators cannot
remove, they huve, for personal spoils.
and in the interests of their beggarly
localities, seized upon the emir land
grant or tn Mato, and eut it up to
construct railroads (themselves the cor
porators) in any other direction thsn
toward either Umaha or the equally
hiltfcu Pacific trunk line. v ar glad
and congratulate umaMi tnat tne con
spirators are si rap'Cly running out
their rope. They will hang themselves
before the year is vast. I heir presen
madness knows no bounds, and has
rarely had a parallel. Thsy hate
Omaha so i&tefcsely that (unless they
have been forced to pay in advance")
we shall not be surprised to learn that
they have chea'ed their landlords for
board.
We hope hQRepvblican will pardon
for intimating that it is our belief
tnat the autnor or tne above knows
about as much in regard to Nebraska
as the Prince of Evil does of the 'hap
py hunting griiunds." He speaks of
the ''wild country" eou h of Platte.
Well, we consiJer that as a first-class
goak,"and wonder if th writer would
not be afraid to come among the heatb-
eu of this -'wild co-Jntry'' south of the
latte without a military escert ? Per
haps he is ignorant of the fact that this
"wild country" has tbree-founhs the
opulation and - wealth of the entire
State !
SF""Six hundred cords of white
Birch wood hava been used for spools
for thread at gee town in Maine.
FIISE AT COl'M'l 1. ULl'M-'S.
The slagt driver from Glenwood
brines the nevs that a destructive fire
occurred at Council Bluffs lat night,
consuming' om en'iri; Block, in whieh
was ljcated the Yonpareil office.
Messrs Mayiard Chapman, the
proprietor-, lave our sympathies in
this loss and ve only hope they were
fully insured. We learn it was with
difficulty that the Pacific House was
saved. Sino writin? the above we
learn the nane of the block burned
wjis the "Enpire" and thnt there were
some three r four large stores, two
billiard roous, wi;h from eight to ten
fiue billiard tab's besides various oth
er kinds of offices within the block
The fire originated in a frame build
ing at the rear cf the block, and is be
liered to have beea the work ot an
incendiary. Km i-rv lilt!' property
of any kind was saved. The Jonpa
reil office was insured we are told,
for S4.000
3I3HE .tnSL'T THE L.Y5C1S
IXIJ. The followingletter from the Mayor
of Glenwood to the Mayor of
Council Bluffs will throw more light
upon the eecra hanging alfiir, a ..I
shows that thoe engaged in it had
less cause for their summary action
than was genenlly supposed :
Gli.nwooj, Iowa June 16, 1SG7.
To the Mayor cf Council Bluffs City.
Dear Sir. Tiere is considerable ex
eitement here (as there is also, I un
derstand, at your city,) in regard to
summary maumr in which two men
said to be desp-rate characters were
disposed of in yiur county a few days
ago. My beng almost a stranger
here, I know bit very little of the men
or the cause thu led to such a desper
ate course. I was absent from the
city on the 13ih inst., on which day
these two men aid one other man nam
ed Donuelley, fall upon a man, named
Smith, of Facile City, in this county
and beat him vry severely. On the
next day a counlaint, with the proper
affidavit, was fled in my office, upon
which I issued i warrant, for the arreat
of Wm. Dtne!ey, Win. Lawn, and Pat
F. Lawn, for assault and battery.
Donnelley wasfound by the Marshal,
at his house inthis city, and brought
before me. Ife plead guilty of all ihe
Vharges in the ifiidavii, acd of course
asked for no trnl wa3 fined ten dol
lars and cost. The Marshal said h&
could not find .ha other two at tha
time. During the afternoon there
were several recitin? reports, that the
Lawn boys hal 6hot two or three per
sons in the iighborhood; however,
there was no cmplaint entered before
me by any onf, for th-s shooting. In
tha evening a'out dark, the Marsha
came to me and said that he ha
learned that the Lawn boys had
gone to Council B'utTs, and asked if he
i,.-ja h .r.vr lum. i icia mm h
had the warrant andhe could act his
pleasure, but that he could not brin
them back here on that warrant, but if
he went after them he must take
s T r
mem ktiore fcome justice oi tne 1'eace
at the Bluils, and remarked, that if
was trie that they had been shooting at
any body, they were leaving the coun
try, aad perhaps it would be as well
to let ihm go. I did not then know
the exientef the excitement, or that
there whs any thought of lynching
ihem. So far as this city is concerned,
have heard but one expression, and
that was condemnation of such a' pro
cedure, in to-to! At the same time all
who know the Lawn boys, (as they
are cal.ed ) unanimously say they
were very bad atd dangerous men,
but condemn any other course but civ
il law. I think there were very few.
if any, who live in this city, concerned
in it, and if any. I have no knowledge
who they might be.
The Marshal made a return that he
made the arrest, but that ihe prisoners
were taken from him by force bow
it was done he has not explained to me
I have written a longer letter than I
in'endd at the start and is not intended
for publication, but you can make use
of it as you see proper, as it contains
all tho facts that I am in posession of
at this date. Wrhi!e hundreds of ru
mors and ezcring reports are afloat,
and many threats made against the
City of Glenwood at large, when ninety
nine out of every hundred ar as inno
cent of any knowledge or participaion
in the affair as though they had been
a a hundred miles away.
Your most obedient servant,
J. J. JACKSON,
Mayor of the City of Glenwood.
Tlio 'Seei"at tlie Hub.
The Republican boastingly claims
far-sightedness in fightirg the Repub
lican party of th's State. Doolittle,
Randall, Johnson Sc. Co. claimed the
same thing as against the party in the
Union about this time last summer.
The people did not see it then, and we
prophesy the Republicans of Nebraska
will not give the Republican ne-ar as
much credit for its far-seeing now as it
assumes to itself. There may be ex
tensive political vision in the Repvlh
can joining the pack of yelpers which
bite at the heels of a dominant party,
but we don't see it.
E2rThe Council Bluffs Jonpareil
states that thirteen of the men engaged
in the ljnching of the two men near
that place the other day have been ar
rested and are undergoing examina
tion. There are said to be eight
more of the lynchers, whom the
ofTi-
cers are after with every prospact
capturing.
LilGiSLATlUL-
Wednesday, Juno I9ih
House.
S i 5G donating to sections
to sections oi
'.h public
Northern
road Co.
Keiley
a rids of the btate to the
Nebraska Air Line. Rail
Reud Third time,
moved u call of the Houfe.
Agreed to.
Call made, all members
present.
Harvey moved ull further prcce
dings under the call to be dispensed
with. Agreed to.
A message from the Senate an
nouncing the passage cf sundry bills.
The question recurring on the "pass-
L'f of & i' t3(i, txheu Mr. ouhoit!.
nised the point of order that two mem
bers of this House frcm Washington
tmtv bave a pecuniary interest in
th3 bill, and are therefore incompetent
to vote there on.
The chair. ruled that the point was
cot well taken, whereupon Mr. Woal
worth appealed from the decision
iih chair to the who! House, up u
which the yeas and naya were deman
ded, and the decision of tha chair sus
tained by a vote of 23 to 13.
Tire bill passed by the following
vote:
Yeas Anderson, Beeba, Bennet,
Butler, Cadman, Cole, Crow, Daily,
Deweese, Fuller, Harvey Haywood,
Hicklin, Morton, SludiT, Sroat, Town--r-nd.
Tucker, Unthank, Waldttr,
Will's, .Mr. Speaker
Nays Biki-r, Baluley, Crawford.
Dierfeldt, Dunham, Froat, Griffen,
H )ile. Kt-lley, Parmelee, Preston.
Rockwell, Trumbull, Woolworth 1-1.
Wahington, June 17.
Surralt's trial is continued, Judge
Fisher presiding. Surralt has submit
ted uu affidavit that his means were ex
hausted, and prayed that the court
procure the attendance of witnesses at
ihe Government's expense.
Sergant Joseph N. Dyer of the reg
ular army has identified Surrp.n as
the niun who was in company with
Booth outside of Ford's Theatre on the
night of the assassination, who called
the time from ih theatre vetibule.
at three different intervals jut befor.
the murder. Dyer recognized Booth,
aud he thought t'lat Spanler, now ai
Toitugas was the third one of the par
ty which were together that night.
He suspected something was wrong
from the peculiar actions of Surratt
and Booth.
It is expected to morrow to prove
the fl.ght of Surratt to Ehuira,
thence to Canada, the day following
the assassination.
It is announced that all the witnes
ses for the defense are to be paid by
the Government.
The Cabinet has convened an ex:ra
ordiuary session to-day, ro-sidering the
subject of the removal or civil otucers
by the military. The result ut the
consultation is the execution cf aa order
to be issued next week, restraining
commanders from making removals,
and as a cansequence restoring tl
civil officers heretofore removed.
Washington, June 1:0.
A pardon was to day issued in the
case of Gen. Longsireet, it having
been granted cn tha written and per
sonal application of numerous promi
nent individuals, includes: Gen. Grant
and maDj prominent officers of the
army, a:.d several of the senators and
representatives.
In the Surratt trial to-day further ev
idence was brought forward by the
Government to show that the accused
was in Wrashington-the day of the as
sassination. William A. Oliver,
keeper of the livery stable, testified
that Surratt, in a conversation with
him said that he and Booth had Moody
work to do; they were agoing to kill
lhaldambd old Yankee scoundrel Lin
coln, Surralt at the time pulling out a
pistol and laying it on the table. Wit
ness also saw Surratt on the ufternoon
of the 1-lth of April, previous to the
assassination. Jioota ana surratt
transacted their livery business with
him.
John Lee a former detective testified
that he saw a man on Pennsylvania Av
enue on tha afternoon of the assassina
tion who, according to the best of his
knowledge, was the prisoner at the bar.
At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day
the President announced his concur
rence iu the opinion of the Attorney
General, and dec'ared that it was his
purpose without further delay to em
body the same in a general military
order.
There was a meeting of Cabinet on
the ISih, when the opinion was con
sidered and gonerally sustained by the
united voices of the members, except
the Secretary of War, who dissented
from neerly all the positions assumed
by the Attorney General.
New York June 10.
The Herald's special of the 12th
says 'hat it is reported that Miximil
lian has asked for a private interview
with Juarez for the purpose cf disclo
sing some important state secrets.
Maximiilian was convicted on the
night cf the 3rd and sentenced to be
shot on the 14th with Mejia and Mi
ramon. Gen. Marquez, commanding the
City of Mexico, has beon executed.
Gen. O.Harron commander of the
post ha been executed for treasonable
correspondence with the Liberals.
He has also arrested 160 Liberal
sympathizers in the c'tv and threatens
to execute them and burn the city if
Maximilliauaor any of his generals are
harmed.
The Tribune's special says that
Cainpbfcll, Minister to Mexico has re
signed. He was not inclined to follow
the recent instruction of the State de-
artment. His resignation was ac
cepted.
iTTwo chilJren, a girk of seven
and a boy cf twelve tears, were killed
by lightning near Des Mcines on Wed
nesaay alternoon, the oih.
WILDCAT O-V THE RAM
PAGE.
A correspondent of the Columbia
Herald and Gaztilc, writing from
Waynesloreugh, Tenn., relates the
following ;
A rather strange circumstance oc
curred a few miles from this place a
week or two ago. The family of Mr.
Jacob McMillen were aroused by the
bawling of a calf in the yard near the
house. Mr. McMilen went out with
his gun, accompanied by his wife with
a light. On arriving at tho place of
action. they saw a huge wildcat attempt
ing to kill the calf. Mr. JUcMillen
leveled his rifle and fired. The thot
missed, and the cat sprang upon Mr.
M. and his wife ; they retreated into
the house followed by the furious ani
mal It sprang upon Mrs M", tear
ing and biting her dreadfully. It
then jumped upon a child, and at last
after a gun and several chairs were
broken in the skirmish, the animal was
killed in the house. It had wounded two
calves and had killed several chickens,
and the night previous a-cow was bad
ly hurt near McMillen' s house, tup
posed to have been done by the same
cat.
Red Cloud (lie Iudian Leader
Speaking of the forthcoming war on
the Plain-), the Reese River Reveille
says:
"The great leader of the Indians is
Red Cloud, or Mahpilatan, who is rep
resented as one cf the best Indian war
riors of any time. He is about
thirty-five years of age, tall, handsome,
athletic, and perfect in his horseman
ship as in his physical appearance.
He has commanded in several battles
previous to the massacre of Col. Ftt
terman's command, and hs never been
whipped He was at Laramie last
spring, at the treaty making, enjoying
the farce and treating it as such with
disgust, yet accepting all th-3 presents
offered, but left wish the declaration,
that his country should never be occu
pied by the whites, nor garrisoned Ly
ihem, nor should their roads cross it
Then he was at the head of but three
hundred warriors of the Ogalallah
Sioux, but his marshaling three thous
and at Fort Philip Kearney shows the
influence he has ever others, and ihe
determination to make his threat good.
He is an aeiive, energetic, and abla
warrior, and he who conquers Red
Cloud will do more than he who con
quered Tecumseh, or Black Hawk, or
Osceola.'
2rThere are thousands of people
who believe that the execution of Mrs.
Surratt was entirely a willful murder
of innocence ; that she was not in any
manner a party to, or cognizant of
Booth's and his associate villain' in
tention to assassinate the President,
and a great many tears have been
shed and flowers wasted over her
grave by rebels both North and South
General B.iker who acted as head de-
toctive for the var uspartnuiu cu
ring the rebellion, has recently pub
lihf d a statement that Mrs. Surratt
rnvfew.l to film that sho wns gui'ty ;
but that she yielded to the plan of ns.
sassination only after a good denl of
urging and many threats made by
Booth. The "reluctance" exhibited
bv this lady, instf ad of being an cx
lenuation in her behalf,
vates the enormity of
really aggra
her crime, as
was fiendish
it plainly shows she
enongh to stifle her own
stings of con-
science at the command
sEssin. Register.
oi tne arcn-as-
Evidence of Bad Characteii.
The Chicago Post, in giving an ac
count of the Groendycke divorce case,
now in progress in that city, (applica
tion having been made by the wife)
says that Mrs. Groendycke gave teoti-
mony in her own behalf on Saturday.
She complained "that Mr. Groendycke
was too intimate with ihe servant girls,
kept company with Hnry Clay De.im,
and did o'.her disreputable things."
The lady is surely entitled to a divorce.
Exactly. A rabid rebel sheet,
(the Richmond Enquire ) in one of its
paroxysms about loyally says, that
every son of the South who voles with
the Black Republican party endorses
the murder of Mrs Surratt." Tha
Journal should have had te frankness
to also have slated that every man who
voted against that party endorses ihe
assassination of Abraham Lincoln
One is just as true as
little mora so
the other, and a
A writer in the Sidney Union propo
ses that ail law books, coues, writs,
and aforesaids, be cicked out of exist
ence; and that the world be governed
by n9 other laws than those of tne Hi
bie. j his is rather a singular prepo
sition to be brought out by a rabid
Copperhead sheet bold heterodoxy,
J r - l , .t
ami a principle at war wun tne lmpi
oua mottoes eo generally flaunted by
uemocratio journals and lugs.
E2rA wealihy admirer of Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher has offerd to
furnish that versatile clergyman witL
all the capital he may need to start a
new Independent of his own.
A duel was fought in Texas lately,
by Alexander Shot and John S. Nott.
Nott was shot, and Shot was not. In
this case it was better to be Shot than
Nott. There was a rumor that Nott
was not shot, but Shot swears that he
shot Nott, which proves either that the
thot Shet shot at Nott was not shot, or
that Nott is shot, notwithstanding.
fSSThe Racine Journal, whose ed
itor was a Union soldier, says": "A
splendid speculation our Government
has mada in traitor's flesh. It paid
on9 hundred thousand dollars for the
carcass of Jeff Davis, as lean and de
void cf fat as his soul is of humanity,
and after kepicg him two years and
fattening him upon all the extravagant
luxuries ef the land, it has sold him for
the same price it gave and took pay
in straw. Hail Columbia!"
A
Junction City, Kansas, Jun lb:
It is rumored that at Pound Creek
General Custar
b' ilia Indians,
has been n-pul-td
win cam) down in
force from the l'lattj
Valley.
Charleston. Juie 1(J :
General Sickles has requested to I
relieved from hi command ami l.a de
manded a court of inquiry on his B( ti .u
to vindicate himself.
JTrfHie Iloi'cn Journal says,
in that city &a fi'iT vvas recently j.lac j
in a vessel which was revolving l':2
times a minute, and in six minutes a
was cooked by tho heal of friction.
h-uj man named Jell. Lite,
der sentence of death for murder in
South Carolina, liis informed General
Sickles that the killing was done whiie
he was aiding Unien prisoners to ( g.
cape, and if he had not killed the de
ceased he would Lave lost his life him
self. The General his crdsrcJ an in
vestigation. TBishop Asbury disliked the fair
sex to a degree that was not creditable"
There wan one circuit in Virgin:
where the ladies wero so fascinating
that all the young preachers sent there
were soon taken captive. The Bi.-hp
thought to stop this by ser.dmg thiihir
two decrepit old men, but to his grsr.t
surprise both wero married the snn;e
year. He exclaimed iu disgust:
am afraid the wjmen and the dt-v,l
will get all my trenchers!"
PLATTSMOUTH MARELTS.
Corrected by Simpson, Mickelwaitcv Co
Wl-eal Xone ccmlnp In Frico ileHnd t
Loa.'ito$I 504l C9 fjr choice Nebraska.
Corn Dull, no i.'iajo I, roum'quall.T ii"n. t'.'. E
ing hndi Uuyeri arc o.Tfe:ing quoted jrieft.
lnp V2-i
Va-ke;!,U'-t. 2 0 i to
Nailt l'U'"i
l:ur-er !j
K..V li
Potato- 1 5 ?2 I j
Wheat tl :o:
Corn in far 6
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Oat
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Flour ?1 100 Hi
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GitOCERIES F.rtiii
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l.nri Oil
Tot'aco
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75 ,i. 1
1 '
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To n O0j
Jcw Mm1i$cmcnt.L
G n. McCALLUM,
ar;if i. .u. c r cf l1 1 iirr in
ildlCN and Iliirnt'.,
Of every d- cii lioti, v !;!;! an-1 r.
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C.ty.
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rut
To Loll ll.irr:. mr 1 wh in ir i.i.it c ti. .--i.:
art- here' y tititioV I !, ull -!.:u yin-.t t!,e
of Ge- I. CiU'.t tl. w'trC'I, W.i! v l.-ui d kuJ .'K.
determined On 1 1.0
tt. i'.ij j:i.y, a
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KOTZCE.
All famon are li rel y f.:-wa'ied n t to p in V
rerl,illl Ir'mni-.jrjr no:- n'-'n fur o "owi ' f I ''
dated i' e 3,1 d.ir cf J iui-, l--.'. by V illtam eu w -mann
t- John H'. S-- la j :r. a v a certain M-ir:it
de-J, ii ven e.-itiie dft t -, a 4 a a i J lDtullirlt w-r . i
tairitd tbioufh f.aui.
WM. FTAIif.L'ii VN'J
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Fairbanks. Grectleaf
& Co-
2j0 A 2-' lAtkt St.
, .sr.
f"Ke careful to 1 jy :.Iy the iJeLuiti .
Jonathan K. Wi-e, Adai Li-tianr)
of Peie A. Surnv. dtceated. f
Char;.-aF. He:,.l ie Rn1 Cr..-'.
ll.'iidiie, a lint. ii"i.-)K bisiua.. uu- I
il'r th name m.il iyle of C F.
llt udrie be Co.,
To Char!' sF Herd 'i? and C'liSrlea IIan,lria : i
are ben by notifi d U.t tb 4 ll d;y of M ay A J.
10T, the piniut.ir, JiuiUd X. WUc, Admiiiiotta'' r
of 1'eter A.Sarpy. dt-ea.-d, bat filed in tb I,i '
tl.p Cleric cf the iii,tr.i l Court of the ii 1 Jjl'o.;
li-'ri( t of the State of Nebraska, within and I i
county: the i b e,-t an I piay.T if n.nd f.t t. n i- hat
the 4itid plaintiff oLiaiu jnd-u ent m'.iii.M t'.e -. i
deft-nduQta for tV- mm : Pur huinln.-d ' ta-uty
five d.j! irs with intere t from Urt. .her 2 1 1 -m I at 1 '
per eeii'-. per annum, ai tnou'-y dj.- for ?'i li i. l 1
chi.tf Is sold aud iire ed by the I'-'rr A. .-r-py,
dect'it 1 to a ii 1 .1 nd.in'a. Th - ..id : I liv -T
i-i-.M.fd .ti orlr id att.ic! raetit ti ff n-i". d i.u; : "
i flice ol the aid C.erk cl aaid Court, and cau-el t:.e
fo'IowinK re il -Mate t httarhel, to wit:
Lots four (4) hud eiKtit ( iu l,l,ick No i hirt y-'!.- '!
(:'!) iu the citjr of l'lat-ta-:tb, Ca- countjr ru-k-i.
The Kiid ( 'harlei F. II e mine ai.d L hariei I i'r.
drie rue hertly u ' t tlid thit ui,le-s ti.ey appear li
id curt and u:iw r ai I p.t.tioa on or b-: t'
third Monday alter toe 12.bfiay cf June A. r. 1-0".
ttie said p-.t tiua wiil be ukeu a trje and j jdj.i.e-'
teno red actvrdinglT.
'i'X ATfl AX X. WI-E.
Admir.i- trap r t.f I'Mate of I'et-r A. frj y
f.y T. M. Mall v'ETTK, Atl'y tut 1
Tate I Jl .y 21 l-ti7. v. 4
laCffaB Soticc
Chri-tian G. Iieroid i
MsJiT Wy and j
Mayer May aud laas Wei.
will take no'lce th.t ChriMun O. He oil did on tv
1(;b day of Vay, A 1 1-07. file l.ia petnir.n jn t
Iietr:ct Court i-f the 2d Jtidi-.a! lliatrtrt ef theM
o f N ebi ''i, wntiio e.n i fer Cas county, the elj '
at.d prayer o' which :a to obtain J-jd i t;. - t
Kainat ihe said (UdVndat.U t-jt the uia f 1.!4T .
with itit-r'-at on tbe an. from Uarcb 27, IC-.', f-r
m-)ay Lad at.d reCciv 1 by derendauts for H.e ; ia.ii-
t.ff ' uk. and w hi h ti.er arreed on d.-man J !o I .v
to plaiutitf arid for c raia taiieti fK.tn th" p. -i
of piainf.iT, and whieb BeT . p niiani.a. wer ' r-
turn on demand; 1 hat roaintirl hat a.d an o-: '
of atUcl.m-iit to he ii-urd from tha o:fic- e; t'-'
Clerk of Hid Ceurt. and caued tae fvliownij.-1 ' i
erty of d'fL laiita to he attached, to it: feu'i c.o
quarter of eoutteast eijarter, and Ihe n;iV
quarter of ctiou nui. ter taen'y-ei.-ht, auJ '
northeast quarter of n rlheast barter of ' '' -number
thi. ty-thrte acd K)t.th h ilf of th-? ' "'-
ea-t Q-m-ter if m-c!:o.i !r.ii-tv-ttoree(S:J. all ir t--
rhip tit.uiber tw!va (li.). Bo th of rant" ''
! veu f li ), eait of ux:-i fC; 7. n, to t.'t.i' '. I
Xeb'aaka. And t'iea! i Mar May ard Iae v' -aie
bent y i.otilj.: i that uu less th-y t ; ;'r u'.i "'
H-er eaid peii'i r. n or be ere the Ml) uy ci J
l?o7 iha petition w ll Va taken as true.
Uatii May i; 13' 7.
CilEITIAM HEBO-r
T. M. Mar.i i eU Att y fer 1 laiutill.
SALE OF AN ESTHAY.
Thi're will re c'.T- i d 1 r aa'.e on i-atuioa E "
of June, 1-G., i.t 2 oe.o. . win- I' d at r t aa t u:
C. 3. Wo til. in a-i '.-n.iy, in Sofa IS.- it P
Ca- Cr unty, X-h.. p;o uA-d .T Win. Iaur-1
II . J . Mya-n, at thii iy-1 v doi' j 1 a. i1 '
dvnee ft tl.e tiU r 'i .z. .u'h It -ml ' r. 'i-tct.
niy22 J J Ke'iiEKi, 3-