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i i " an man attempts to haul doicn the American Flag, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 3. PLATTSMOUril, NHBKASKA, WEDS 12DA Y, JULY 31, 18G7. AO 17 111 THE HERALD 13 PUBLISHED Daily and weekly - WEEKLY EVERT WEDNESDAY BY II. ID- HATHAWAY,! EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR ffOfKe corner Mail street and Levee, second r. Terms: Weekly, $2.50 per annum; 2 aily, $1 per month. Hates of A l vert is ins rt f-ii:r ltifirf of ten line) cue Insert ion, Kc.i f-ul seqn -nt inrti'm - ri.fes i-iriai tard not exreediriK six lines .' or quiilcr co nmn or lcr,?, per annum " 41 six Mouths " " thr'e montlij tmi half column twelvemonths " si month " thrre months ' S column twelve month " six mouths - three months 1 ..',0 1 .1.0 10 00 3T 00 20 CO 69.0V" 85.no 20 ih Kill 00 CO. 00 85 00 All transient advertisements mast be paid for ia I -Vance. We are prtpared to do all k inds of Job Work f i short notice, and in a style that wi.l givo ealie k stion. f MAXWELL, BAM. M. CHAPMAN JIuri I'll A: rhaii.iai3, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AKU - Solicitors in Chancery. f lATTSVOVTU, - AKBHASKA. OiBcs over ttlack, But fry A Co Drug Store. R. R LIVINGSTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, 1 iriders bis prof''ei-nal servict s to th; citizens of ,ss co'ioty. ST Residence in Frank White's h ne, corner of k no t xih i-trivn: :hcion M.:in btlet-t, upp.i I ,e Court House, I'iutumouth, 2etraska. WILLITT P0TTENGER ATTO 1 1 NEY AT L A W , PLATTSMOUTII . - NEBRASKA. N. WISE, :'mtril Lif; Acciain!, Transit I Iff, INSURANCES AGENT III lili r'-t'n! ra-n le r.it s in th ino.-l reliable i. i.H''- in th XU ii-l Wf tt'S-Ctlics fct the boii ttore, Tla tsr .o:h, NVhraa . Diaj21J'.f F. II. DOIlIiINGTON ifcAL ESTATE AGENT, PL A TTSMOV TH, Mil!., Pr -tir-t attention paid to the purchase and sal of al r.va'e, ami payuifn t of 1 ax-, and all b j' inos tir.mg to a jjrn" ra Laud Agency. Titles inves J. K-rforp by permission to B.E S. Puudy. Juiifre !id Judicial Hist , Fa. Is 'J r, Nebra-ka; Maior fcdw'd lturbauk, l'a master v.. . A. L'avenwoith. Kanas; lln J. II. Burbai.k, t At r-r Nolva-ka, falls Oty, N. b ; Hun. T. il. a- .u ' , r att-m.nuli. Ni b , Cul. R. K. IrtVintfHon, . cbiaka ll Vet. Vols. , I'laifuiouib, N-b.; fc,-- J. H. WtrtH, 1". S. Indian Aavnt, Pawnee irei ey; t'ha's Ne tlt ion, No. Ill Broadway. N ( s ; 1 1 mi ey, P-ii nth Si Bro n. W a whin a top, D. C ; .Watit''- & Co , Chii-Jiffo, Ills ; K. i fifth, tar, N. V.. l'tuf. llemy Ailms aie, '-Hartford iTrrsiiT," N . V. oc'25 U.naitiia, b. c. lewis I. SI. Whcclrr & o,, eal Estate Agents, cnimisaionsrs of Deeds AND Tire and Life Ins, Ag'ts, n.XTTSMOUTir, X. T. Tlrot:ons jromptly attt n.i. d to, ai d procee in ra - 4ed at current rates of Kxrhanze. 1axs paid in rr-!i Iowa and ebrtKa (or iioii resident!. 1 ili-j id iBVt:(:mttd. Kouy Iojii' a on l.eal L3ta; sri,tis. Land Warrants locato.'. CLAIM AGENTS. t a-ents for collection of claim jajfaini'tOoverr. men t auid r. tLeir widows and nu nut heus. A(nt tthe puiehaa and sale of Lands and City profae- au:a( of Tentmenu. REFElinSCES: H"B. 8. II. Kll ert, I) .nver City. C. T. AieKsra Kountie Bro.. Omaha, Neb. Mct'ann M'tcaif, Nebraska City. " ii. K. Killry. St. I.cais, Missouri, lrr. pin Lewis. Boston, Masacuuetui. H V Pttmars. Chicatro, Illinois. U M MaKill. Cinrmnati. Ulilo. Tootle Hanna. VI itlsuioMtb. Nebraska. L II Rich, Three Kivi Michigan. Rob f Fellows Bloomfl'ld, Wi'rolilln. Hon T M Mrqnett, Piat'.smouth, Nobraka. I. Lewis, Attoi ney at Law, Buffalo, New York. Carter, Hiusy & Curl, bes Atoioes, Iowa. SataVaUwur CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN, ATTOULNEYS AT LAW, And Solicitors in Chancery, MS IX ST., OP POSITS THE CuCRT-UOUoB FLATTSMOUTU, NEB. SJtTLORD J. CLACKS, SI. bS rOKE-T rOBTKR, w. kstrix. REAL ESTATE AGEXCT.-C. )sa24 wif 'Win. Stutlelniann & Co Oris Joor west of Donelan's Drug-store, Dealers la Ready-made Clothing, CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS HATS, CAPS. LOOTS. SHOES, TECSXS, VALISES, sb4 a ceneral stock of OUTFITTING OOOD3 Par the Plains; also, a larpa lot of RUBBER CLOTH KYG. REVO LI ERS Jl.VD JTOTIO.YS. wl bought low and will sell cheap for cx-h. Cat. SBd examius ear stock before tou buy any where ei.el JtI Wm. 81 ADtLMANS A CO. Dr. J. S. McADOW, B AVISO RETCEKF.D TO ROCK Bl.CTFS TT practice rhysic. otfeis his professions! -ervices to his old patroas and public fnral y. Part.caiar attention paid to Ureases of Ihv EYE. A cure t iar anierd in ail cnrabie cases. Chnrgfs mrxlerot- tisin rasjtiiii'). jilllci OHITIAKI Ri:OIai;TIO!V9. Good Templars Hall. July 20ih, 1S67. 'At a regular meeting of Excelsior Lodge No, 9, Ashland the following resolution were pasted upon learning the ad inteliganee ef the Death of Hro. E. C. Lewis of Olive Branch Lodge No 2. Platumouth: RisolvcJ, Thai by the death of Bro, Louis the Temperance cause has lot-t one of iti most useful members, and society one of its brightest ornaments: that as a temperance man he wi strict in his life, earnest in his conviction and firm in his advocacy of the princi pies be loved. Resolved, That while we deeply mourn bis loss, to the Temperance cause we extend the heart-felt sympathy of our Lodge to his bereaved widow in her deep nllliciion; that a copy of these resolutions be mailed to her address. Resolved, That a copy of these reso lutions be sent to the Plattsmouth Herald. Omaha Herald and Nebras ka City JVVirs for publication. Hob art Brush. V. C. T. Henry- Reaboner, W. S. JfST"At a Lodge of Sorrow held by Platigsmouth Lodge No 6, A. F. &. A. M., it was moved and carried: That a commites be appointed to prepare "Resolutions of regret" for th death of Bro. Edgar C Lewis who departed this life Frtdaj the 19th of July, 15G7; and that copies wf the ssmo feliould be forwarded to the Plattsmodth Herald for publication, mid one to b'j laid up ia the archives of the Lodge; and further, that the LoJge be draped in mourning, and the brethren be instructed to wear the Usual badge for thirty days. The following are the resolutions referred to in the foregoing: Whereas. It has pleased the Great Architect of the univere te take out of litis world the soul of our deceased brother, Edgar C. Lewis, late a mem ber of Plaitemouth Lodge No. G, A.F. and A. M , therefore, be it Resolved, That in the death of E. C. Lewis this lodge mourns a just and upright Mason, a good man, and an estee iiitd and much loved brother; and that whi!e we bow in humble submis sion to the will of God, we regret the sudden severance of ties which were each day made stronger from our ap preciation of the manly virtues and the correct deportment cf cur departed brother; and We most heartily sympathize with and tdTrr this expression of our sorrow to hi atlliued wife and mother, at the same time fervently praying that they may receive consolation and btreng.h to bear meekly and patiently this sad bereavuintiit, and that the infant son of our deceased brother may grow up to imitate the excellencies of his deceas ed father. Signed on behalf of the Lodge, G. Chas. Betts, J J. N. Wise, Com. J. W. Marshall E5S"The German Emigrant Aid Society of Chicago for the purpose of idi.ig j nor and siek emigrants arri ving in the city, finding employment for them, furnishing them transporta tion to other places; and protecting them as far as possible against cruel lies, frauds and maltreatment having exhausted its funds, will give a fair a: Chicago, on the 2lst.22d,23d, and 24 h days of October, the proceeds of which abaU flow into the treasury of the So ciety. Contributions are solicited from all part of the North-west, to be sent ta Charles Ivnoblesdorf, No. 156 Randolph Street, Chicago. r$ll is estimated that 260 acres of rafpberries are under cultivation in Southern Illinois. gSF"The case of the murder of the Lawn boys is now before the Grand Jury of the District Court for the coun ty of Potowattamie. Iowa. Westward Bockd. The JVeivs says: we noticed the arrival on Wed nsaday of some ten or twelve gentle men from Indiana, who -are on their way to Lancaster county, in quest of homesteads. They propose ereclinz houses aud sending for their familie immediately. Wo predict that Lan caster county, in fire years will be ihe most densely populated county in the State. Tilt: U. &i. .11. U. Il.4IL.ItO.tD. The following circular printed cop ies of which are being sent to the prominent men along the line of the road will explain itself. We publish il in order tLat nil interested in the road may understand the situation, and know exaotly what the company desires to do: Dear Sir: Our road is now under contract and being built ta Af ton in Un ion County. I am desirous to push it forwaid but our stock holders at the eatit. noon whom we mainly depend to tae our bonds desire some expression upon the subject from the counties west or Union before deciding upon auothor movoment. So far the road has paid nothing upon the SI.o00.t300 stock which has been paid up. It is an er pensive road to build ; and. as you know the county through which it passes is but thinly populated west of thn Valley of the Des Moines river. These facts render it difficult to make out a case fa vorable to extension. I must have the assistance and co operation of the peo ple along the line, individually and collectively, to their utmost ability, to enable me to carry the road along. I wish to obtain -such fat ts as 1 may re lating to the number of people in your county, number of acres of land in cul tivation and number of acres uncultiva ted, also the amount of limbered land. I deeire al.-e an expresiou from your best men as to what your county can do in the way of subscription to the capital slock, also as to whether or not your people will undertake to procure the riL'tit of way without expense to the company. I atu informed that a num ber of lite uouuties in which tha com-, patiy owns laud granted by Congress, have taxsd and suM suoh land. I re gret tnis, inasmuch as it is esentiai to our succuss that our land grant should remain unimpaired in value. The fnoi thai a disposition to tax exists, aside from the actual expense to us, will iu- terferu seriously with the sale of our securities, as exhibiting a houle atti tude to the road. Whether the lands are legally taxed or not, those Counties which deire the extrusion and comple tion of ihe road cannot afford to exer cise the powers. Oar only mau- -f oxtendutg, beytnd what aid we may get locally, is through bonds secured by a mortgage on the land grant. It will strike you ut once that if the laud- may be abstracted by taxation, the s rity is of hula value 1 would like iheta matters to be presented to your oard of supervisors, calling it you think best, a special meeting for the purpose. I would like soms formal action of your Board ; something tangi ble, with which I may go baton our directors and stockholders to eonvince hem of it friendly and encouraging disposition upon the part of the peopl- of the Western Slope. Iowa like nil new countries, however rioh unluraliy cds railroads for develupement ar.d and progress. Bui m-m of mean. who live many hundred miles awuy. will place ihis wa!th here on'y upon condtiou that they wi'l receive a certain and gocd return. I do not say. there fore, taat with all you c.in uo immedi ate extension is certain, loo tnuca as pends upon the condition of the money market, the success cf the road this year, and the action of our next legis- sture, whether Ineudly or hostile to Railroad interests in the State to prom ise anvihine. But I do say ibrnt. other things being the ?ariie. what your peo ple may do will have much weight, and cannot but express the hope and beliet that your people will feel this anu go to work. Let your aiJ, in what ever way it may be determined te give it, be unconditional, except that ihe roaa shall be built. The more hearty your encouragement, the better chance of extension. Every man cannot have the ruad convenient te his farm or store In loeatinrr we shall select the best line on which to build a road from an enoineere point of view. The promist- of and on condition that we shall run here or there is no promie at all. Signed J. r . JOY. Pres't. B. &. M R R. R. GltEAT lYOIlIi.. The great Summit tunnel through the crest of the Sierra iNevada mountain chain has generally been looked upoa as a three or four years job. But the Califoruians.ui their impatience, to push forward ihe Central Pacific Rai way have put ia practice the underground tactics which thir quartz mining had taught them. They attacked the tun nel at both ends, aud then tuna a ?. in the middle down to the level c. grades, and worked bo:a ways iae tunnel will be 1.660 feet long through the solid rock. It was commenced last September, and on the first of June on ly 411 teet remained to be taen out Ihe progress made is sixty teet per week, at which rate the job will be completes by the first of August eleven mouths from the time the ground was broken! 2S"Tribune special says they have tolerable goos authority that the Pres idem will shortly assign Gen. Sher idan's to a new command; his success or has not been named. Plows and Hail Itwatls. We find the following in ih- Ne braska City Jews, sb! conclude Mor ton has found a bunch of "sour grape:" People pray for a rail road, but overlook toe pioneer plow which nat urally precedes the locomotive. Ne braska needs plows more than rail road.; fifty thousand more p'ows at work to the West of us would produce enough to attract the rail and the en gines amjhe cars. The products cf the land would make a carrying trade for the rail roads aiH until such prod uctai are raised iu such abundauce it is useless and idle to talk of interior Rail Road in Nebraska except those which, like the Union Paciffic, are going across the continent and ara the gifts of the people er the Government of the United States. The scheme of a Rail Road, for iu stance, as far west as the Blue from this or any other point on the Missouri river, is entirely childish at this time. Not the produc e of the country nor the manufasiure nor the commerce of the country will support a Rail Road. f such a road were completed and supplied with roiimsr stocu to aav it would be entirely useless. It would not pay for the fuel to run il nor the wages of the train-boys and breaks men. We want plows to the west of us, plows to the North of us plows in the South of us, and plows all around us. They will prepare the way for Rail roaes and produce something for them to transport. We wjuIq prefer to-day to issue, as a loan, to Two Hundred emigrants who have been taught faiming. Two Hun dred 'Ihuusaud Dollar ol Otoe Coun ty Bunds, in considera ion of their pur chasing and improving, with the Plow, vghty acres each t f wild land, in this unty, rather than to issue ihn same amount for s'.ock in a Kail u.au to Salt Creek or Blue. The Plow is greater than the Rail itoua in aemonstratin me wtmun :i Nebraska, and to aid tke introJuc ion of more Plow is the best business that either individuals or communities can er.gagt in. Whatever of pr;s perity hall ever com to this pple v Soil. Whatever of .ill i e iorn or tne the beautiful or he useful shall ever rlietinguish this S ate from othr States the Soil shall semi up. Plow and produce prosperity Rail Ruad. run in dLt, and ruin will reach relentlessly for every inter est in the comunity. Plow and make farms in Nebraska and let dreamers build uninhabited cities and airy rail roads elsewhere, iu some Utopia. JtSThe Seulinel says there ore two oheese factories in operation in Delaware county. One of these, lo cated at Deleware Center.'uses. 4.600 barrels of iniU per day It is OAiiud and worked by a company, and the milk is brought in for a distance of fuur mile-1 by the farmers. The above paragraph has been go ing the rounds of ih; Iowa papers for some time. Iu 4,600 barrels there is con.-iderable milk. Just think ef il. If we remem'ssras well ao we used to iu our s hool days, there are 31 gal lons in a Larrel of bwer, milk or ale therefore, in these 4.500 barrels, w: ich are used up daily iu the Delaware county dairy, there are 139.500 gal lons. Cheese making authority says that a gailon of milk will make a n und of ch se consequ n ly, that dai ry makes every day Id'J.oUO pounds ot chee?e. Let each the se weigh thirty pounds. thy would then have 4,650 cheeses to pile up on the t-helves each main. .Look at the number ot cows that dairy company owns. Three gal- on a day good a vei age for a cow, and it will therefore take 4b,oUU to give the 139,500 gallons. Think of the milk maids they have thereabouts. One swift-finsrered girl does pretty well when she '-pails" ten cows two time a day. To milk the 46.500 cows would only lake 4.650 persons. We think Deleware County "takes the raff on the bush" and leads the United States on dairies, and will soon be able to cheese ihe whole world. Iowa liegis ier. A great struggle is now agitating the Slate church in Fiu-ia. in con'se quence of the acquisition of new coun tries, thus enlarging ihe boundaries. The Prussian National church was a so called United rhurch, combining in one the Lutheran and the Reformed. But the Lutheran portion entered into this union very reluctantly. An effort is now being made by Lutherans, bulb within and without the State church, to explode the union utterly; and inas much as in Hanover and Hess, Lu theran and Reformed churches are separate, the.enr.mies of the union are makiu? great effort to entirely dis solve the State church as a united body. SgThe Santa Fe Gazette says that Governor Miiehel will in a few days make a call for a battalion of mounted volunteers in New Mexico, to serve against the Indians ef the plaint. A LLOQILIVT PASSAGE. The finest thing George D. Prentice ever wrote, is this inimitable passage: It cannot be that earth is man's on ly e biding place. It cannot be that our lifo is but a bundle, cast up by the ocean of eternity, to float a moment on its waves and sink into nothingness. Else why is it, the high and glorious aspirations which leap like anlgesfrom the temple of our hearts, are forever wandering, unsatisfied ? Why is it that the rainbow aud cloud come over us with a beauty that is not of earth, and then pass off to leave us to muse on their loveliness? Why is it that the stars, which 'hold, their festival around the midnight! throne,' are set above the grasp of our limited faculties, forever mocking us with their unapproaehable glory? And, finally, why is it that the bright forms of human beauty are pre sented to cur view and taken from us leaving the thousand streams of affec tion to flow tack in an Alpine current upon our hearts? We are born for a higher destiny than on earth. There is a realm wheie the rainbow never fad-s where stars will spread out be fore us like islands that slumber on 'he ocean, and where the beautiful beings which pass before us stay forever in our mids.t" Josli Billiuge ou tlie tiooi. I he goos is a grass animal, but don't chaw her cud. They are : good livers, about one aker to the goose is enuff, aliho ther jz some folks who thinks one goose tew 176 akers is nearer right. These two calculations are ao fur apart'it iz difficult to tell now which will liuoily win. ; But i dont think if i had a farm .f 175 akers, awl paid for, that l would, sell it Ier hail what it wo.t worth, just bekase it didn't hav but one goose on it. ueese stay well, r-ome of our best biographers sez 70 years, and grow tun to the last. Tha la one eg at onco, about the ne; of a gouses eg in which the gos- leu lies hid J. The gojlen is the goose's baby. The goose djn'i suckle hiz young, but turns him out to grass on some body's vakant lot. That seems to lack wisdom, but are generally considered sound on the t;oci. Tha ar god eating but not good chawing ; the reason ov ,this remains a pofouud sdkret tew the present da' it hen the femail goos iz at work hatchen, she iz hurd to pleze, she riles cleur up from ihe bottom in a minet, nl will rite a yoke of oxen if tha sho her the least bu ot sass; the goose iz excellent for feathers, which she sheds B S IS t every year by tne nanuiui. Tha are also amfibicus, besides sev eral other kind ov cuss. But thar ar mostly curious about oue thing, the kan haul one leg up into their body, ;and stand on tuther , awl da, aud not tuch enyihing with their hafid. I take notis, thair ain't but fw men kan dew this. Love Seduction awd Murder. A Hi tle child was found va the Nishna- borany river, in Montgomery county, Iowa. last Thursday, with a strap around its ueck to which was attached a flat iron. This child bora a very similar resemblance to one that but a few hours before was in the arms of a woman who resides in Omaha, and wso became its mother through her illrcii iove.of a certain hotel keeper in that city, i This woman, in company with her physician. Dr Hitchcock, of Montgom ery county, were on their way toOma h. They crossed this river near where the child was found, and so strong is the suspicion against them that the physician Dr. Hitchcock been arrested, and is now in the Srdney jail awaiting trial. Our in formant does not know whether the woman has been arrested yet or not. Jonjar,eil 27A SrSome one who pen wrote these words used a sensible "The poor pit mnce of seventy years is not worth be ing a vjllian for. What matter is it if your neighbor lay in a splendid tomb ? S eep you; with innocence. Look be bud through the tracks of time ; avast dsrrt lies open in retrospect; through this deseri your fathers have journeyed; Wearied with tears and sorrows they sink from the walks of man. You ii ust leave them where they fall, and you are to go a utile tanner, wnere tou will tternal rest. s . i l ' r-The New Orleans Crescent t . - i states that a magnincenioeuiury piani i in full bloom at the Lake House, .ike end of the new shell road. Par- t.es who hod u inconvenient to visit (his natural curiosity now, will have another opportunity of seeing it affor tied them in the summer of 1967. EGwn. Smith telegraphs that the report of the massacre of the Catholic priest and party is unfounded. jKFGen. Sickles announces the names of registers of North and South Carolina, but fixes no time to begin registration. Eaeh board conissls of 9ne colored and two white persona, of the respective precincts for which pointed.; Pi ;ov mtoiF p.L,ofy. The following card f Gov. Brown low appear-, in the Knoxviile IVtig: "TO whom it may CONCEBK. "The viudicitive Rebels and their apo tte Union coworkers are asser ting from one end of the State to the other that I am dying, or will die telling the truth, but intending te make the false impression, that I am now in the act of departing this world. With those who are trumpeting this news abroad, the wish is father to the thought. Like roy political enemies, and my friends, and all other human beings. I am dying, and will certaiuly sooner or later. With us all, il is only a question of time. My health al though indifferent, through God's mer cy, is now as good as it has been at any time in the last twelve months. I eat three hearty meals each day, I sleep well at night, and, asleep or awake, I have a good conscience, and the picas ing prospect before me of obtaining the largest majority in the race for Governor that any man has obtained in the State for the last 30 years. Wm. G. Bro ww low. July 10. 1S6T. . Thaddeus Stevens Grave. Several years ago when the Lanca-ster Cem etery was incorporated, Mr Stevens purchased two lots, for which a deed was duly executed. Some years later, in looking over his papers, he noticed, for the first time the clause prohibiting the interment ef colored people in the cemetery. He at once recenveyed the lots to the company, with his reasons, and that they be put upon the record, not long ago he purchased a couple of lots in Woodward Hill Cemetera, and when the deed was handed him he no ticed a similar clause excluding the burial of people of color. The brave o'd man said he could not consent to have his bones laid in a cemetery where any of God's children were excluded for no fait of their own, and he prompt ly returned the deeds. He then, only a few days ago, selected a lot in "Shreiuer's Cemetery," where no such distinction is made among the dead, and there will the dust of the Old Commoner repose not, we trust, how ever, until he has seen the great work of reconstructing the nation on an en u-.J-ej i..:. .n.t.,1, rt on i in 1 rirr)H which he has so long and so consist ently labored for triumphantiy consum mated. Hn.ory records no instance of sublimer devotion to principle than is exhibited in this incident in the pri vate life of Mr Stevens. Lancaster Express. Prof. Agassiz and the Neorq. Prof. Agassiz pointedly and emphatic ally denies the authorship of aletter attributed to him by the . Copperhead pre.s, asserting that the negro had been for thousands of years patholog ically and physiologically an essen tially inferior race to any other a dif ferent and lower animal, and not prop erly belonging to the human species. In his letter on the subject, after repu diating the "vile sentiments" and "vul gar language" of the aforesaid Cop perhead forgery, which pretends to set forth the language used by him, ha proceeds to say that the statements of the newspaper paragraph aforemen tioned in regard to the bones and blood of negroes are absolutely false, and that "no a,natoniit or chemist ever ut tered such absurdities." S3rGov. Andrew is strongly urged by taenaral Urant as tne n.test man for the Mexican mission. The Gener al ihinka Mr. Andrew one of tne strongest men of intellect in the coun try. 2TThe Tribune says the nomina- tion of Greeley for Minister to Austria was a complete surprise to him, and that he was obliged for the compli ment, but could. not be induced to leave the country at present. CgiyEx-Gov. Beriah Magoffin, a rebel, has been nominated by the Mer cer county Demosrats for the Ken tucky legislature. Certainly. Who else but Democrats should nominate a rebel, and they would be false to their sympathies if they did not nominate rebels. CggfLouis Kossuth is announced as a candidate for Hungarian Parliament from the town of aitzan, in the coun ty of Pesth. grSA call has been issued for i conservative convention in Alabama, to meet nt . Montgomery September Cd. The colored people are invited to participate. f5-3Mr. Frederick Douglas has written a letter to the editor of the American Bactist, in whieh h an nounces the arrival at . Rochester of bis lost brother. Perry, and family The letter concludes as follows: "The meeting of my brother after nearley 40 years separation is an event altogether too affecting for wcras to describe. How unutterably accursed is Slavery, and how unspeakably ioyfu are the results of its overthrow? The search now being made and the happy re-unions naw taking place allever the South, after years of separation and sorrow, furnish a subject ofjihe deep pest patbos- Tllia Ia AST IIi:CtO UF Till RETOLUTIOX A correspondent of Cincinnati Com mercial recen'iy raid a visit to the last living soldier of ihe American Revolu tion. We condense from his article the following statements : John Grey, of Hiramsburg, Ohio, who is in his 101 h year, and for whom (he honor of being ihe lat surviving soldier of the Revolution is claimed, it is said nns born at Fairfax Court House, Va., Jan. 6, 1761. Du ring the Revolution he worked on the Mt. Vernon estate for Washington, along with the slaves of the General. Mr. Grey's father fell at White Plains in 17S0, and aoon after ihe tou enlisted at the early age of sixteen. He served till the close of the war, and was mustered out at Richmond, Va. He say he was engaged in several battles, and was present at the surren der of Comwnllis at Yorktown. He says he was 'mighty tough' when a boy, and outmarched big, heavy men. Congress lat-t year gave him a pension of five hundred dollars per anum. II is a zealous Republican, and hopes to live to vote oice more." We might state as an additional item not men tioned in the above, that we have often heard Mr. Grey spoken of in Ohio. being the oldest Methodist in the Uni ted Stales, as he has been a faithful and consistent member of that religious body far seventy-eight years. We know not how much truth there is in the assertion that he is the oldest American Methodist, but if be has car rind the knapsack of prayer in the Methodist army for seventy-eight years he is surely a hero of Christaniiy of which that noble church may well be proud, and over whose grave it should place a monument whose marble shall tell of one faithful "soldier of the crcs." More Coal Discovered. We learn from Mr. W. C. Jolly, that the firm of Ceady & Ward, who are having a well dug on ihe.ito of Tecurn- eeh, struck a vt-in of coal over tlires feet in thickness at a depth of forty fire feel below the surface of the earth. The eoal is said to be of an excellent quality. The above fact is substan tiated by Mr Loomis of Johnsea coun- CirThe Committee appointed by the Hous; cf Representatives to in vestigate the trea'ment of prisoners of war and the union citizens by the Confederate authorities, have pub- ished a circular inviting all persons in possession of important information on the subject to send them full pariicu- ars, together with their names and addresses We hope the returned prisoners will comply with this request. Lei the vexed question of the reponsi bi.ity for the Andersouville and Salis bury barbarities be set at rest now forever. g""An agent for ihe Pacific Rail road, California side,- has arrived in Washington te obtain, through the Freedmen'a Bureau, the services of from one thouand to five thousand colorod laborers on that road, offering them steady employment and high wa ges. EeZSThe Chicago Republican counts on a wheat crop this year of 226.000, 000 bushels, of which Illinois will pro duce one-tenth. 60" A Denver correspondent re ports that General Hancock in one of his councils with Safanti, Chief of the Kiowas, made the latter a present of a Major-General's coat, buttons.straps, etc. A few days later Safanti, with a few braves, rode up in plain sight of Fort Dodge, and. presuming on his official rank, gobblsd the Government herd of cattle and decamped. McClellab. The Quaker gun hero of Yorktown, is expected back to this country this fall.'prepsratory te a training for ike Copperhead-Rebel nomination for the Presidency. JA train was captured by In dians near Fort Larnard, on the 14-h inst. A Catholio Bishop and six priests, who were with the train en route to Santa Fe, were killed and scalped,and six Sisters of Charity were carried away captives. E"Herald'e Nashville special say the Republicans estimate the majority for Governor over Etbridge at twenty thousand. 3Hsrald's Washington special says President Johnson is anxious to remove Mr. Staaton, Secretary of war. There's a faction in Washington, of southern secessionists and northern copperheads who are endeavoring to gtt Stanton out. JJfSSThe President is preparing a proclamation warning all persons of the United States from gettiog up any unlawful expedition against Mexico. An immense deposit cf tin has been discovered in Madison county Missouri, near Pilot Knob. It is the largest known in the world. I