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f f r,r?i 'attempt to haul flown the Jlmrriran rir., hot,t him on the spot 55 V OL. 3 I'LATTSMOUl'H, NHBUASKA, WKDAtDAY, JULY 3, 1807. AO 13 THE HERALD IS I-CBLISUE3 DAILY AND WEEKLY - WEZKLV EVE3V. WLDXE.-iDAT BY . ff. D- HATHAWAY,! EDITOFl AND PROPPJETOP. STOIce cc: ner Ma:a strret and Levee, fcron.l " tv. , T" .-"": Weekly, !?2.50 per annum; 1 ailr, l per month. Hates of 1lrcrlhhur. tiei:ar rf tea li:;-) oi? i 21 -r i n. Earn Mii"-int-r. t inrii.ni k 1 1 f u i 'J -tl tMt evC'M'J:i:g aix Urni 'HKICSft-JT coinniu or!e-, pi-r ann :tn " fiK l!lMl!t!n ' " iUr e n jii'hj t r.i 1 atf Column twolro mirths " " 1 b' x iiMS'.hs " three n"'iEih " ftecvlnmti two! vp mntli - - t . nix mouth - ttiree month AM tri:r-' adverti-emcnta wast I s paid Jt'i" We are r pared tid-'' k in nf J. h mhnrt initioe, ;ui dm it atyle !!i;t wi.J Hive jlion. 51 ..v 1.' (1 1U li :tr. '"i J() CO ih f,.i.(M 2:1 im IM! Ill (;:.') 35.0.) fur ill Wcirk atis- S MAX.WT.Lt.. SAM. M. CIIAT'IAN Maxwell1. A; Chapman, ATTORN K YS A T LAW, AND Solicitors in Chancery. ' lATTSVOVTH, - yfliHASKA. OiSce uTtr Iilnrlr, But t' tj Co'm Iru Store. . rl It. H 3LTVINOSTON", M. D. ?hysician and Surgeon, 1 :ri!.r his rf1"!il service to the ii,:z a f 17" Hf-i.li-nc ia Fran'i Whit' '- h !, cr::. r nf tk'ao'l .Vixlh r-; Ofl'.cc on Min Hit .1, i..i i ,e CjU-I llous, I'l itt'tni ii h, Xel n.-'i.. 7ILLITT P0TTEITGErk ATTOKNEY AT LAW, rLMTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA. J. N. WiSE, 'l'ni'i -it 1,1 nk r.-k-:.t r .f ;;.!!,? m- -ii-!' iV' , in rr. Ci fed . !'' rt- !.:. : iue .-tuie.l'ln r. it. Donr.iiTdTO?:, -LAL ESTATE AGENT, VI, A TTiiMO 'J Til, A :'.. t n'f'i tiin r.ii ' l ' ! "r ' ' ' ' ui r.a-e, nd p.ivn .-it ; f.xr. Mid ""; r-:. id :t k-niT,i! L iu I A'-ia j". fi'.'iS 1 r- -?- JJ.i 1. I'.i-f 'rs liv vi""!1-1'"'1 t-i D. P. S. Dundv. J i.y d J .d.ri-i! Pi t., F.i'.'s . . , t ,..! it ... V... 1- l ..1 . r .MirH-ha; li-or r i n i-ui.u.., . I -It 11 u. ., !,:a:t-m-uth.Neb..O.. H. K. 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JI W PUr.iaric Chu-aito, Illuion. 11 M Mamil, Cin' iiiiiitti. Uliin. Tootle A it:tnna, PUttmnv.th. Kebrnoka. L it Kicb, 'i tre Rivrr,. MichiKun. Tlon K Kt'l'j?, I.lo.uu'i I'i, v'i-tninin. Hon T M M iria'U, i'uttMiiouth, Nbr.ik. I. l.fwi. A'tuiin v lit Law, I'mTiln, Naw Yurh. Car:r, Ha4'-y S Cari, Ucs Moiueii, luwa. Dr. J. S. McADOW, HAVIKO RKTCItXl.D TO ROCK. BliLTF T prscl.ee riiysc. f-n h's pr.Vii-u)ua'. -t-rTict to lua rid patrous nd putlii-. K-ner.tl y. I'Artiui.ir Ueniion pa In ili(?ai- uf th KYK. A cirp ;.ir DHw4 JD nl VurAblu cut). C';urgi oioiJ rata- me as cnjr.R. J 12 Gin EIERCHAMT TAILQIt, DOOX WF.ST OF NT,7 BAKERY, Plattsmout', JTebraelca. BOOKSELLERS. STATiONERS, ZJindera iSiPapcrclonlerrs, SARYT JOSEPH, .VO., fCLARZE, PORTER & ERT7IN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, SfAlV ST., OPX'STJt TilS C-JCSi UOViR rLATTSMOUTII, NEC. iT-.eD j. rum, Vh ,ct poutih. . t37 rr.iL EST A 2M A' ;iatiwtf TO LIXtOLX CIX'Y We n-pu!d cnll at'mtinn to what ?enn to ns the rno.-t feasible cud prac iica!!t route to tlia now capital of Ne braska. ... Looking over the map, v.e believe that tht bet course to pursue in this matter wouM le for Omaha and I'ltitt .mouth to combine in the construction of n railroad itarting from Mud creek, in fee. 27, town 14, range 13, ii Sarpy county, where the Union Pacific crosses that creek, thence down it to its mouth and acrofs the.Pappillon, down it to the bTid in sec. 23, town 13,rane 13, and !ienca down the bottom in a south wardly direction to some point on this ide of the Platte river near the mouth uf Four-Mile creek. From this point the H. & M. P.. R. Co. have a lin survpyfd through tho lest country up the Piatte and Salt Creek, which could be used. This would require the unit rd effort of Dr-uglas. Sarpj', Cass and Saunders counties! It would reuTre only about six and one-half miles of construction nonh of Platte. The Bridge will hare to be built wherever the Platte is crossed, and hold it for .the best interests of all that it ba on the true and main line of traffic north and sotuh, near the mouth cf Four-Mil a. The lJjrl.'ngton II. R. would tins gain connection with the Union Pacific, arid its - western bound freight's (.hipped through, while the eaitern bound trade and trave' cnolJ at Mud creek direrge to the Northwestern R. R. or the Cur-lii.al-ja li- Th1 grants which could be obtnined by parties moving in this interest, ar.d h s'ror.if inducements of increaed trairiir. we bare no doubt wou'd lead to tli" Union ra-ific and B. M. roadi readily er.tering upon th fpeedy crn :riutiv:) of euch a road. We throw out ths hint to rar bus iness rnpn at Omaha and Iiirc. Let thern hole at the mops and the tcpora- phy will bear us out in the assculon that th cennectiens indicated will eub PTve th i:.tprets of all concertjed. tr-siih's forming a link in th-? iron chain which will cuntiect our river towns be fore many" y"ir elapse. rcncsicsiiT" ash SICJJ1T." The Republican asserls that our "fore sight" loo limited to take part in discusf i-jg public r.:atier. What ever our "foresight" may bo now we know that it was extended enough to lake poitii;. in favor cf tupporting Congres as against Ai;dy Johnon iv:o months iff ore the Republican dared to risk it and we know that we received r.loui the same timaunt of abuse for that act that we are getting new for standing by the Republican members of Lgii'.a'tire under similar ci r cumstances. Ve do not boast of our ability t.i pinetrate lha future, and ad vise other to "eUnd back and look on" like the Remibfican does; but vre uro positive on one point, and that is ihit our "hmdij;ht" is perfectly clear. We can look back upon the course of the Herald with pleasue, and sea a clear record so far as we have coma We do not see any assertion of ours that the pariy would "be'buried by the tax payers" "and justly, too" rising up to obstruct our "hindsight". We do nut arrogate to ourself all the abili ty and knowledge in the State, and doubt not the Republican would be wise in imitating even the Herald in that particu'ar. Mr Summer has publirdied a long pamphlet coucerning the Russian Pos session, lha climate, soil, productions. inhabitants, early history, history of the purchase, fee. It appears that negotiations for the purchase of this country vra Wgtuj ".during Jnutes Buchanan's administration. Thtiy came to nothing, and were brought to an end ly th breaking out of the re bellon. The poptdaiion is fixtd by Sum mr as follows: Russians and Creoles, ,-00; aborgines under the Gsem men: of the f nr compmy, S.OUO; Us 15 000; Aleutions, 3,000; Keunians.25,000; Kalachians, .4.000; total o9.000. Treese are the princi pal Tcgitalle production. Barley grows well; cats partially: wheat and rye and corn very slightly. lal is chif of the mineral product; but gtdd and copper liav betfn founa' in small j quantities, and iron and silver and lead ; are reported. Mr. Summ?r proposes Alaska as the name for our new country. 1DIAX 1K1CIA1 IO.VH. A letter from th? Hon H. M. Roi, dotcd at Riff Sandy, JeflVrten couhty, June IS, 1SG7, addressed to Governor Butler, gives the particulars of Indian depredations committed in that section of the 'J-'tate. recently, and calling on the Kxecutire head of the State to fur nifh the settlers th'jre with arms to prelect ihemselres if possible. - Mr. Rof states th:tt on tho 9 h in-t., a band of Sioux or Cheyennes came down tho Liitie ..Blue river and took everything in the shape of horses and mules to wnhm eight miles of B'g Sandy, in:. all about forty head. Th?y made a tleaneweep, leaving not a sin gle nnimnl as far as they came. They feemed to be only intent on stealing, but if opposed in this do not hesitate to kill, and did kill one very old man named Ilaney. , - As soon as the news c-f this was re ceived at Big Sandy, nbout a dozn 'men volunteered and went up the Blue to pet the families away. All the pel tiers, have left the Blue, leaving Bi Sandy the outpost now, and exposed to great dan?er. The situation of affairs on the Blue calls for every assistance which con be rendered by the Executive of the State, which, we believe, will be pro:tiptly rendered. 'UPAfO AT Til EM." The bill locating publio buildings precrit es certain. limits ; and definite location anywhero within these limits cannot fail cf being a great benefit to this city and surrounding country, if our p.'opie .cr.Iy l.tbor to make it bo. ;We cannot,, and must not, stand idle ; but must lay hold of tho advantages placed wi-hin our reach. While n one is abla to designate, at present, the t-xact section upon which the? !uca- tion wi.I b9 made, yet intra u not n i roaspnatile doubt that it will bo in tho immrdi-tte vicmi'y of the line of the J3. & M. R. R. ' exten-ion frcm this cilv wi'fL S'.ilIi li.' lug 0 i.tv.tl .. vV. fact, th?n it is cler.riy cur interest to ?curo the early conipl-tioii of the road, and this .vo cm do if ws will. I: tho road cannot be built i;i a::y other manner Caa County i ablo to do it within herself. Ve have a trea-ury with, more money in it than any o'her poun'y in the State, we have the wealth iest farming comrnuuity in the Sute, wi have monied men in cur mid.t whoso c-ntireinterests are those of this locality, and we have the best line up on which to build a road waet of ar.y city on the Missouri river. Our Suc cess depends entirely upon cur own action, and now is the time to strike. 'We have laiu idle whila others were working, and have depended loo much upon our natural advantages. There are. various interests besides the build ing of the 0. M. R. R extc-nvon that need looking after, and they de mand the united and prompt aciiou of every man. - Will we attend to thern? . Casf county can well afford to 'invest two or thraa hundred thousand dollars in a successful Railroad enterprise, and we believe her citizens etar,d; ready to say do it. There is not a farmer a'uiig ' tho lino of the road but is able nod willing to take stock if they can only have the assurance . that the work will be done and done, speedly. T2IE COL'XCIL. BLUFFS FIRE. We hare received a Yonp'areil Ex tra, issued from the Ei'-gJe office, in which we find -tha following estimate of loses by the recent fire: It. P. Snow, Dry Goods, $33,003 insured one-half; Brewster & Co.,40, 000 partly insured; W. H. Pussoy, SlO.000 on his part of the buildthg iimired S-5,000 : G. A. Robisoa, -SI,-000 insured Sl',0Q0; DcHrvmi,' Sl. OUO; Young Mu'i Library, 2.000 Meyer, SlO.OO, insured eue third ; Nonpareil Printing - Eibli3hment. So.000: E 1. Woodbury &. Co., Dnt isis, 62,000 uo insurance: Dr. P. B. McKay, SoOO ni insurar.cs; balance on clfice, books, stock, at d. apparel, at lea-i tB.J.000. C. P. Smith's warehouse had in store over 0,000 worth of corn and nearly a much other pro duce. Stewart &, Haas had n eds stored in Empire Block nearly Sll, 000. C. J. Fox lost his wareo tms and over S2.C0O worth of machinery. The en'ire amount of buildings de stroyed; damitred, and injured will "not fall short of 300,000 at leat lhat amount will not maka the "su!ftrers good. The vYondareil efiise was . ! a lotal ! loss, as will be en abovo there- was no insurance. Oue of the proprittors I Uft for Chiccgo yesterday to pruchas j a new office, nd they purport? har- I inff thft paper rnnnitiff piin in the course of a wetit'or' ten cay?. REI'OIIT OF GUAIVI;JUI!Y Upon examination of 'the 'Cbvr.fy J nil in Cass Couniif. 2cbraaTt,Ji'.nt2lh, 1SG7: ...-- To Hoy. Gro. E.Lake: Jhdge Vi'e, tho Grand Jury, by and through cur foreman, after mi- kiajr a minute investigation of lha house now ocupi-'d as a J;iil for this County would respectfully roport, that so far as the food, and general comfort of the Prisoner, furnished by the Jailer has been and now is good. From the . examination made and the . state meiit of. the Prifon&r we euach to blame io the Jt'.iler, " Yet we would say thai the building: is unfit and insecure as a county Ja on account of its warn Moors ana ot.i er arrangements. We found it damp and unrenttlated. and a placs fit enly to . piomote diseases and perchance death. We therefore recommend, that the County build a new Ja I building. W. D. Gage Foreman GZLU'D LODGG l! O.' G. T. Op.ce of ih District Deputy Riht Worthy Grand Temjlar, I. O. G.T. rLATTS.MorTii Neb June 2o, 1SG7. To all Lodges in Good Standing in fic Siafe of vVtbras'ca: Know yo that incompliance wi'h yiur Prayer and Petition, tho Right worthy Grand Lodge of Nprth America has issued a Charter fcr the Grand Lodge of.. Ne braska, and has .duly invested our worthy Erothr, W. S. Peterson, of Iowa, with full power and authority to institute said Lodge you are therefore reqnosted t3 elect Dslegatus (3 treach Lodge) to meet in convention at Ne braska City nt 9 o'clock A. M. on the ninth day of July next, f. r the purpose of orgaaizirtjfeid State Grar d Lodire. i. i. ..,y rp,iiifHi inai eaeii Lodge be fully repre-ented. T W. SiniYOCK. D. D. R. W. G. T. rl?All papers in. the S'ato friendly to the cau-e wi'l please copy. fj-ZT0 Thft steamer Lexington, fy the Krpullican, came down from Fort Randall i:n Wednesday, and brings another report in regard to the Indians up the river. They are assembling along tho river in large numbers, and rnanifrst a decidedly hottile disposition, declaring positively that no more beats shall go up. If this report be correct, wo may look for trouble above very soon. Confidence in Future. There is evidently much more confi dence among business' at present in ihe future than has existed for many months before. In every part of th country in newspapers are filled with the reports of the excellence of the growing and in s' mt cases of the al ready matured crops; and in every prad-j of the mercantile scile from Wail strert to the retail country store the eubject is diacus'-M-d, whh kopejand anticipations almost as ardent as those wiih which a promising cloud is regar ded in time of drought. The ohange of sentiment within a few months has been very remarkable. So short a time ago as the .month of February, the gloomy, doubtful feelirjg was rery marked failure were predicted in every branch of trade, and many went so far as to predict a general "crash," rivaling that of 1857, while some'still more extravagant were een influenced be a species cf superstition and b lieved that the fact lhat this yar of our Lord hid the number seven in it, was sufficient in itself to secure disas ter to our finances. The feeling of doubt and depression has happily given away to cne of great er confidence in the future. Wo say happily because thre can be no ereat er impediment to a healthy business than the perpetual expectation of fail ures .nd the loss of alb confidence in the stability of values. The prospects of abundant harvest are certainly very cheering, and their realization oannot fail lo have on im mjee effect upon the prosperity of the country, but we believe that thera are other reasons almost equally as forci ble lor expecting a better busines du ring the coming year. A". Y. Bulletin. New York, June 20. It is intended by the Masonic Fra ternity of this city to honor ' President Johnson on his visit to-morrow with an escort of Knight Templars. It is reported from Cuba thsta Roy- al decree has been received from Spain freeing all ccl ired children born of slave parents in the Inland on and j after July first iEEStAr, LAWS. T!'p folhi"ing i a list of the Gene ral Acts pr..-sed at the 3d session of .the tiata, .Legislature: . To amend an Act to incorporate Ne braska City. . Tc provide for the election of Road Supervisors. To amend sec. 7.5 chap. 2J, on In corporation. (Grauling R. R. Co'. fcxcisivH right of way for five, miles ea the I'ijp. i Relating to Tardons. .,'!', regtil.-te ihe prosecution of cases of origijMl jtiriidictiosi in ih Supreme Cmirt. (The Supramfc Court has only concurrent jurisdiction.) 'JV provide for the election of Dis trict Attorneys and to define their du ;iieit i i To provide for a special term of Conn m U9 county. (June 26.) For the dismissal of certain actions in vacation. io amenu sec. OS in. 4,5, U. : r3., on KeAtj J.'atn, (Ooi'Vtlor to -, appoiLt l.oimnisrioner of Deedn.) To provide for the location of the ea) ;f govcMnment and for tho erection of public buildings thereat Todcfino the boundaries of Judicial Districts. To declare the cases in which offices sh.vl be deemed vacant, and to provide for the filling of the vacancies therein. To; provide for procuring a Seal for the State of Nebraska. . To' provid i for the selection and en try cf th- public lands in the State of Nebraska. (One agent in each Land District.) To transfer suits at Law and in Chancery in the Courts o. tho Territory of Nfebra:dta to the Courts of the Stat To appropriate a nortion of tha mor.e.y teftu ded by the General Gov ernment i tho payment of contingent exp"?nes. ilatification of - the Constitutional Amendment. Providing for times and places of hoidiiig term- of the Supreme Courl. (Uue term in Omaha and one term ia Nebraska City.) lo; apportion mtmbersof the Senate land House c-f Represen ativcs. To proid- for Statt priijiiiir. Tu itmend toJe of Civil proeerdure by nltplniiin-T distinstion between ac tions it UW and suits in equay 111; '.I.eOl tLOUK. IIU1U diseases. contagious To amend chip ter 40, R S, entitled Revt-nue. To, dosiate 7T sections of land to the Noriirn Air Line R It Co. from D-'S. to, in Washington county, to Fre mori, in Dotlga county. Tu appropriate S3. 000 and 20 sec ,tion of land to Slate Normal School, nt P.rn: Giying Comml5gioncrs further time to lo;;atrt seat of Government until September 1st. .. To amend act to prescribe forms for Jiutice of the Peace allows printing to be dono at any place in the county. TiS amend sec. 2, chapter 3G. mills and ijiill dams provides for talesmen on jury. Filing ntmiber of officers and em ployees of the Legislature, to define their duties ;tnd establish their pay. Authorize the Governor to employ counsel in ac'ions by or against the Sts'ej. .T amend an act to incorporate Platte River Bridge Company. Tol provide f r r tho Registration of the oirs of the State. : To amend the code of Ciril rroceed-ure.-HoiTie!teads. ; For the organization of csunties. To amend Sec. 8 Chapter 5, Bonds Treasurei's Bond 875,000. ' . To amend sec. 36, chapter ' 17, Elec tionsIndian Reserves. Appropriation for current expanses of ls-67 and '68, and for othsr expenses.- i ' Registry of School Lands. " -. Memorial and joint resolution asking Congress for 5 per cent, on , sales of Public lands. . , - ' .' . . . -S"Tria New York, lhrald states that the United .States vessel which carriad twotity tons of provisions for the; benefit of the alleged sufferers from starvation in Mississippi could dispose of but of two ton, the people refusing to receive anything from the Government. This may relieve our association in the North from tha ne cessity of gathering in any more dona tio'lsifar that quarter. There arepeo pie who will tejoicoin the spirit man ife'tod by thin general refusal to ac cept Government aid. So should we if it were, the true spirit of the individ ual Pidependense; but we fear it is the lipirit of treasonable hatred to lha Unit'ii, the continuation cf which is fraught with disturbance and danger ia the country Lawrixce, Kansas, June 26. The grading pn tiBs on the Pacific Railroad, 75 miles, west of Bunker Hill, were ar.acked by tne Kiowas on Saturday nnd three kiiled, a number vrounded, and the rsmainder driven off. Work on t!te road is entirely supeuded. The hrpsi and prcpny.of the people on the binder are wholly unprotected. Gov. Crawford is endeavoring to obtain arms frore! the military for the railroad la I borers and citizens. AAOTIIEIt DISCLAIMEH. When the Republican sought to con trol the patty for local purposes . and denounced the Governor and our rep reserjatives because they would not be controlled, predicted tho total destructian of the party unless tha members done as it said, tha Hervld immediately defended the party, and has coutinued so to do, without personal feeling in the matter other than that justice bedone. Tha Press hasoome to our support, and we iwake the following extract .from a lengthy editoriaT in lhat paper of the 25th : " If the measure is fraught with so much mischief, why noi charge it to its individual authors, and not to tho party you' profess to sustain and thai has nothing to do with it ? And if you must charge it to the party why not hold tho democracy responsible, for by a majority thuy supported it, advised asssieted and voted for it to the end. We are at a loss to conceive why the Republican should have so persistent- ly sought to make ra party question of what was only one of a local char acter for lha State, and why a measure that mewls with approval of a large majority of the people of all parties and which was supported by the repre sentatives of a majority of the people because they demanded and lnt-iited upon it why its supporters should be denounced in the terms we havo quo ted. The Omaha Republican claims to b? the organ of the State. Yet it is not the Governor nor the Legislative As sembly. We do not know that it ha3 any right to control or usurp the pow ers and functions of either the Execu tive, Legislative or Judicial Depart men'. of the Stale Government and when either one or the other of those several branches of ihe Government, shall by the combined wisdom of the people represented in them by thoss whom they have elected to serve them thsre differs with the self styled Sut3 paper upon soma questions, we do not understand that the Constitution of the S.'ate, the laws enacted in persuanco thereof' or the. p opt ulies cftke case re quire that they should be deprived of all independence of action and wita uuiui.iu, t-u mutt to tn demands or r.ic S ate Paper" however ably it rany be cotducted, or great its pretensions. "It is human lo err," and is it not possible that upon a question of pclioy that tha comsiued councils of the whole representatives of the peop-lo may not be right and the one man, notwi'h slandin? his eminent ability, his great foresight and long experience, ba in the wrong? At 1-ast may we not be charitable and conclude that the rep resentatives of the peop in the Exec utive and Legislative Departments are as honest and as free from ccrrujit mo tives as the organ of ihe State kself, aud lhat we ail know is above suspi cion. My we not conclude, witLeut hav ing our motives questioned, .thai the nv-n selected by the people themselves with a view of representing ihem, and who came together from all parts of tho Stale, and whose patriotism and ability has been recognizud and ap proved by the people in similar posi tions for years past, hflvo a right at least to an "honest difference of opin ion'' with ihe very able and astute ed itor and proprietor of tho Omaha Re publican ..This is no party question. N po litical triumph is involved. No party caucus or conv?ntion has decided thai it should be mantained. Tne Omiha Republican is as free lo oppose as we are to support it, and we are both ttill Rt liberty when genera' political ques tions are np for consideration to act and work together as heretofore. Still if the Republican will make it a question for the party, will insist that wo shauld be held responsible, to be it. Within tha limited sphere of its influence a may weaken us, but through out (he Slate, as a whole, the Republi can party will grow in numbers, in vi tality and power, because what she does is right. This wa will mantain against open enemies or covert foes, and believe it notwithstanding the ill timd prophecies of the Omaha Re publican, Baltimore, Juce i6. Tha State Constitutional Convention yesterday adopted a resolution appointing a com mittee of twenty-four to receive ihs Prebidsnt on h.is return from Boston. Hisarrival at Annapolis will be the oc casion of an enthusiastic demonstration New York, Juno 26. The Trib une's special says lhat Gen. Grant has replied to Sherdian's last letter, but refused to give his reply for publication until the return of tho President, when his definite order will be given. The Timei special says Attorney General Stanberry'e recent opinion on the reconstruction law was duly con sidered in. a Cabinet meeting, and ap proved section by section, Stanton alone voting against it. A request was made by Stanton to give publicity lo the action cf the Cabinet meeting, j which was refused bv a unamunous j 1 i vot DEATH OF MO.V ISAAC JiUf.' TO. The Hon Isaac Newton, Commis sioner of the Depanmeni of Agricul ture, died in Washington, recently. He was born in Burliugtcn county, New Jersey, on the 31st'of March, 1S0O. He was engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life, and nt the lime of his death was the owner of a fine farm in Delaware county, Pennsylvania. In August, 1SC1, Mr. Newton was ap pointed chief clerk in the Bureau of Agriculture, then under the prelection of the Pntent Otiice. In 1SG2 he was appointed by President Lincoln to the position of Commissioner of Agricul ture, which he held at the time of his death. His remains were taken to Pennsylvania for interment. A Curious Question of Law. An action was rtcently brought in Cbarleetoo. South Carolina, Court of Common Pleas to recover rent for the Charleston Hotel from January, 1865 to February, 1665. During this time the hotel was within the range tind under the fire of the Federal batteries from Morris Island. It was struck: several times during the bombardment and the proprietor was compelled to. abandon it. It was claimed thai tho bombardment to which the hotel was exposed was a dispossession or ejection of the tenant by tiio vis major, and. for the time tho bombardment la.-ted, it was a suspension of the rent. It was ;lno contended that such, disposition produced by the casualties of ' war. terminated the lease and discharged the tenant. Theo views were sua. taiued by the court. Novel Cause tor Divorce. It is said that in Indiana "cold feet" are regarded as a pood cause for divorce. If ihe petition cf a dissatisfied wife for divorce in one of the St. Louis courts, is allowed, we shall believe the Indi. ana utory. This distressed complaiLt re port that ihe fir&t chill her . affec tions received was on h r wedding tour when khe raught cold and was not al lowed to hnvH n fire at th hotel, on account of ih expend. H-.t next ihock was from a to-.igh berfstako seasoned, with lard. The deadly stab was the husband's refusal tj furnish her with a feather bed. A kt'ling blow was hit unkindnesa lo her ri.-tTs; but tho 'un-hsiUG-i u,- ui liu vvis tin i tuiceiii;! at the dinner table, he did rot help her to mutton chps; failed to pass ihe potatoes, neglected to furnish her pKte" with vegetables, and lefi hr lo help herself. These unsulferable iivligna,-. ties pr-yed upon her health and wreck. ed her peace of mind, and she now appeals to ihe courts for redress. OL,I ITi THE PLATTI3. Within lha llil few d.tyj a citizen of Denver, J. , C Colvert, Esq , has been prospecting about two miles from, the Platte river which has always been known to yield, the fineit quality of which is scale gold, and ha always commanded in tho gold market i.vj dollars per ounce more thun any other of ihe Colorado mountains. From' a work of thirty-six hours only, Mr. O.,' from the bed rock in ihe Platte river, on the old Bayard farm, two miles fronr town, has obtained a pieco of bullion, which, assayed at the mint at Duhver, yielded as follows: ; i Weight before melting 6 oz. 63 100 Weight after mel ing 6 oz. 93 102 Assaying: Gold ' 196 100. 'or 96 1-2 per cent. Silver 32-100 Value in gret nbacks SI 23 94 This is no myth no sensation story the facis are here, and all tha parties close at hand. It is easy for any of our citizens ta examine for himself the facts of the case. Denver JYncs. gvgTribune'a special- says Gen. Wager Swayne commanding the dis triot of Alabama issued an order sus pending ihe la w of the State imposing heavy stamp duties on official docu ments relative to the collection of pen sions, bounties, back pay of Union sol d.ers. Also repealed the law imposing discriminating license on the sale of illustrated periodicals publis-hed out side of the limits of Alabama. This was inteuad ta apply particularly to Harper's Weekly. There is a young law student ia Boston whose deceased father left him a fortune of S60.000, and who, in or der to save the expense of paying his board, wai.ts on the guests at his em ploycr's establishment from twelve to three p. m., each day, in consideration of his breakfast, dinner and supper. 3r"The Old Southern political lea ders die hard nevertheless die they must, nr.d politically. It is according to ihe testimony of many witnesses capa ble if speaking on the subject, that the Republican cause is making rapid pro gress in the South, and is certain to triumph there in the election of a ma jority of Republican Congressmen. This state cf things is not likely to be changed before the election takes place. ' ' ' f.T'TlxQ Secretary of War has been confined to his houss by a three days uiness but s far recovered as lo be able to resume his duties. ; .