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" ny mrm attempts to haul doicn the ltncrican Flag, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 3. PLATT.SMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 18G3. SO. 42. TIl"HERALD 19 PUBLISHED M. Z. HATHAWAY, CDITOrl AND PROPRIETOR. ty)Se,tnt Mai tff. treat ad Lcrea, :ccj Term:- $2.50 per annum. Ilatrs of 1lccritsinr t e t ;sar of tea linn) oue insertion, ' Ktcj lalmpenl insertion - - Prcfevl ml cirds noteaceedirir ix lines 0.e-qaarier column or less p-r annnm 44 month " thrmonllia (i cat" olua twelve months " six months ( three months sae-jlaran twelve months ' in months - three month. lot) 00 ' (r, n0 I All tiaieUnt adverti eroenta m'. be raidfrin 14 (ance. 4- ye are prepared t. do all kinds of Job Tori: ihort.notice, anil in a style that vri.l giro latis- faeti- WILLTT P0TTE1IGER ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLATT3M0UTII rBRASKA. T. n IflAKQUKTT, mrrnnvrv 'P I AW ! ATTORiNEY Al 1,AYV , Axr Solicitor in Cliaiicery. rLATrSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA C H. KING Carpenter and Joiner CONTRACTOR and Bo. T TJER, TUl dJ wrk h lio with n ta" aB di'pate, pot !j'rt notice. Dr. J- S McADOW, TTAV1SG KETl-RSKD TO KOCK I'LCFFS T 1 AVINU Ktltii-M t - prsetice Physic, olleis his .r.)fe.-iiinal fcrvirs iiidl pitroDS ai.d i-uhiicni-afraliy. I'art-.cuUr niioni.aiJ totiKe3a-rf the KVK. A cure p iar LI lr hi n:eed in all ciraiile cIt. Charges wod. rt inn ...till til tiieaH' kin as une jear ?. 11. II LIVINGSTON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, t.v.iors hit prort.ot.al scrvioti to tte citia'-ca of r-Ilc-.'i.inte Mu h-Mit nmerofi'i)5il Sixth ir-elt; OlTier on Main a:rct, opp-,. Court IKuae, riattimouth, Ne raaa. Platte Valley House En. B. Mcrphy, Troprietor. Cormr of JUiiji and Fourth s''1's Kiatl8uionlIi, eo TTlll'aie having lm re fi'f.l ami ritJ.-r fl't (in aei-ni"ii ditiocs. ak49 j or wi-ea. . -- -1 a wax. well. saw. m. ciiAPMAN JIaXWCll CliapilsaiJa 'TOR IYS A T IjAW, AFC Solicitors in Chancery .hattswjctu, - r.e bier Diack, Bottc xjtskaskj. it l Co" Drug St.rc. 1 ' I CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIK, ATTORNEYS AT LXXV, And Solicitors in Chanccrj', MAIS ST.,OPrOSlTE TUT. COCXTIioCzE rLATTSMOLTIf, NEIJ. 4.IUU 1 CUIEI, I'E rOEE5T POBTER, W. EKWIK. tV RK.lL ESTATE A'JZ.VCT.-t EEPn SCHLATER, "WATC5TMAKER and JEWELER, MAIN STKEKT, PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA A ood asJrtmentcf Watcbes C!. s :old Pens, Jewelry. ilrer Waro, Fane Violins and Vi- lla Triuiminns always on r.anu. a.i-au:. tuui allted lo his rare wiil be war-autcJ. April 10. IC4i5. O. tl. IRI-lfr CtlFiirj icsomos, Lai iiup't Indian Afairs. A 'Atlornryt at Law IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON. Th aboe ntm'd centmen have associated 4bemel? n business f .- the pn: pnee or pnxwnt Jag and collecting all claims a-Mn-t the Uenerat OJemiuent, or a? iint any tribe if Indians, and are prrpsreii to tiro-pcct'' urh claims, cithtr lKfore Congress, or anT of the Pnartine-its of t-vrnnient or lfpre the"oart of Claim. ihr business at Washington. r-J-ome at Sebraski C:tj,cornt-r of Main anJ ( Ma. Irish will levot: ma personal uruiu.u iu Rational Claim Agency. WASHINGTON D- C F. fo DORRINGTON, 6UB AGENT: - A rTSMOUTLI, - - NEBRASKA, sr -opared to present and proseeale claims before Co. ,re. Court of Claims iad the Depa'.'iment. Pa t its. Penions, Bount es, and Bounty Lands s"- -red. HrCharxes moderate. and in proprrtioii to thaainiuut of the claim, H. DO&MSGTQX. April 10. '65 J. N. WISE, General Life, Accident, I'irc, Inland and Transit INSURANCE AGENT Will taka rislsat reasonable rat .sia the mot rcliabl insnies in the United States rJ flice at the book store, Pia f ir cath, Nel'ras . niay21dtf Hillinery fc lrcsmakinsr, BT MISS A. M. CEtPAI.f Mh. R. T. KlNKEDT Opposite the City Bukcry. WE would respectful 'y announce to the Laities of Plattsmouth and vicinity, that we havejust received a large and well selected stock of Winter Goods, consisting cf Flowers, Ribbons, velvets, dress trimming, Ac, Ac. We will sc!l the cheap- st j-iuJs ever sold in this city. We can accomnio.!ate all our old customer and as many new ones as wi! favor us with a call. All kinds of wo. 1c in our line done to order. Perfect satisfaction given or no charges, myftf BOOKS STATIONERY. Books, School Bootes, Newspaper?, Magazines, Periodicals, and all kinds of Stationery, at MURPHY'S BOOK-STORE, Prli-oPce BuUdlEf, Sfsl'i ft:.. v H - OLIt WASIII.CTO.Y LLTTKH. Washington, D. C , Jan. 9, '63. Mn. Editoh: The wheels of na tional legislation Lave again begun to revolve, as the members have relumed after the holidays Yet there ere so many "nuge questions touching the currency, finance, taxes. &.c, theses eion must be long, laborious and very important in its vast remits Senator Tipton returned from his 'rapid flight fl a $t.co:ijome in.uue sear-on; and no so.ner jo'oo : had he reached the Capital, than he aii'i-o j was impressed in'o the service of the 6o oo 'Industrial 'Home School of the Dis- trict of Columbia" on the th, when he t.l:..J 1. .u.t. v.:l:... UCII17ICU O rCCLlI V.ilJLU iwi uuiiity, 9 V f Q ! r n a a n ,1 ul.irtiiaAn milI 1 honor, not to a conscript, but lo a val i Hani volunteer. His plea for the home less, vagra&t and dia'itu'.e children was strong and impressive. He was fol fowed by Dr. Sunderland, a former Chaplain, and by Dr. Boynton, the present Chaplain of the House of Rep resentatives, in behalf of the interests of an Industrial and Educational enter . . r.. ..ich 80 uh prise at the Capital, j needed to protect ar refona homeless I wanderers arid other chila'ren, who do not attend the Public Sthools. I have cn'y Fpace and ti:n to add that our Nebraska Senators are exert iDg much influence in the National Legislature; anJ that their constituents may well claim them "as their own." In haste your?, D. M. K. a: i: a it x kst k n v i n e ie . LETTER r RCM GEORGIA. Gi January lG.t. 1SGS to the Ediier of any abattshen paper in .Yeivlr tskay, i rits you fur to no, if thar 3 sf h a man as J Sterlin lUour ton iu Yore State, and if 50, is he a tru dimocrat, was he fcr Yankees or the Sutherners in our war which we -.ya, fi jn for our rites. I dress my let- ,,.r f tur to you, for if you are a black aba 't j henia", Yoj will not deseeve u?, we had inienJid to go to Irayzeel, as it is i t0 nJucn niger votin hero for us, but we IhaveJist got a big lot of big printed ' papers sayin com to nevbraskay as wj enn uo Oli'ur luar tuan we uin in urny zeel. he siize we kin vot in newbras- kay, a tliiiig we cant dv heer, and saize ..... " ., , many th;n s which u trew, vvil no dout bee to our intrust lo cum, the piper i sinde J. Sterlin Mourron cheerman of t!;e Southern emi?rashen Sosiety, endj dated at Newbraskay Sittey. Now ilr Ekiter I will be frank and acnolige You Yankees got the best of us and have rooined the Suthern Staits and maid fich laws that we cant live under urn. but i hope you will tell if Mr. Mourton i3 sou.id can we voat if we com, is Newbraskay a gould plais to raze Shooger and cotin and sore sourth, duz nlgers voat, is thar a ma Jor rite of Sutherners dunicrats in New braskay, we have bin foa'd So much bi men in the Yankee Staits sayin iha war tru dimicrats, that we ar Gitten tired uf them, acJ d -pend on our ene mys for I wont say truith A Cuzen of mine who was with Gineral Quantreh at the burnin of law reccs Canzas, and afterwords went to Newbraskay Sitty saize this Gitin of iii tin thar. ia n skeem of J Sterlin ' , . fortoa S 10 git CUT V031S, for Dim to go to Conariss, do you think it i3 so, cr do you think he is in urnest, in our case i nope you wit rue me a leter, duu donl senc me your paper fur ef i was seen with a alalishen paper, mi frend wood suspect mi fa nth to the party derict Your ancer lo shooger tree Grove Post Offis State of Georgy Joseph Williams. Land Withdraws. All the land north of the line running on (he north side cf Oioe county and west through this land district has feein withdrawn for the ienefit of the Union Pacific Railroad. This will greatly retard the settlement of that section of Nebraska, and thus inflict a serious injury upon the State. We hope that our delega tion in Congress will look after the matter and have it restored to market at the earliest possible day. All the land in this vast section is now out of market. Not one fool can be obtained by the actual settler under any law of Congress, and thus one of the richest sections of Nebraska is condemned, to all practical purposes, and turned over to railroads.' Press. Aft' A IS .MY STOUT. From the Peoria (Id ) Tranncript "Lem" Wiley the wel1 known cor net player of this city, tells the follow ing capital army etory: The 77ih Illinois to which he be longed lay a: one time opposite Mobile, and, times being dull, the boys in the fleet used to go out and gather oysters. Tkey would get a skiff, take otT their shoes and stockings, paddle out to the flats, and after filling their boAts re turn home. One day two boys were out, when a gale sprang up. Row as bard rs they could, they.could make no headway, and were driven on shcre among the rebeN, captured, marched through tSe streets of Mobile, and sent to Andersonville. Hre ons of them died, but the other fellow, from Kickapoo, in this county, managed to escape one .night, but was shot la the fool, and recaptured. Though lamed for life; he managed to escape a sec ond time, and successfully made his a way to the coast. He wardered on un til he came lo a fort guarded by gun boats, and tearing his shut in two, he mounted half cf it on a stick and com menced waving it. He waved in from seven o'clock in the morning until four in the afternoon, when the railors on the gunboats saw him, and putting out a boat took him on board. From there they liail. d the first passing ship, which proved to be northward tound, and 6ent hi in to New York. Here tbe autocrine?," plying his emxcia'.ed con dition and wounded foot, offered him a sixty days furlough, but he refused it declaring tliot he wanted to go right tack to his regiment. Finally they ac ceeded to hia request and sent him to New Orleans where his regiment was. When he reached lhat place he found the ?7th just on the point of departure for Mobile, and though he was in no condition for service, he insisted to Mrongly on poing that they took him with them. He was with them during the linal attack and ( ap'ure of the city. He wanted to go in the night of the surrender, and was deeply chagrined to find the order givon to halt two miles away, spend the night, and prepare for a grand entree on the next cay. Early in the morn'ng he got up with his "chum" and two other boys and hurri ed oflTto the city as soon as it was day. Thise whom he went with declared that he led them all over the place, up one street and down another. Dinner lime came and pasred, still he showed no signs of giving up, all of the t me acting as though he was looking for something. Finally at one o'clock his comrades told him ihey were tired and hungry and were going back to camp. He responded, "come across the street a minute and we'il go to camp. They hurried across the street when the boy west up to a well-dressed man stand ing on the side walk, and fronting him struck him a full blow in the face, knocking him flat, and then jumping on him with his feet, mashed his nose, broke his teeth, I utned on eye, and would have killed him if the others hadeu't pulled him ofT. The by-slanders picked up the fallen man. washed the blood ofT. while hi assailant stood by perfectly unmoved. When the man came ta, he asked the soldier why he struck him? "Look at me carefully" was the answer "and see.' The man looked. -Did you never see me be- fnrpj said the soldier. "Never Leok again," said he. "I don't think I ever saw you before, was the reply. "Don't you remember about ei?ht months ajro. how two fellows braefooted and prisoners, were led through these streets, and how you came up to one of them, spit in his face and tramped on his toes. I was the fellow and watched you and studied your face and turned around and look ed at you as long- as I could see you, so that I could remember how you looked, and I swore then that I would come back to this city, hunt you up, and pay you back for it, and I've done it." This is the kind of "grit" that Illinois soldiers showed in ihe war. The story is a true one, and the soldier is now living in this county. He belonged to Company K. gST"A letter was received a few days ago at the Centerville Pest office from "way out west." on the back of which was penciled this inscription: "There is a ten dollar bill folded in this letter, and if you want it worse than my mother does, take it."- Nobody tsok it. . , ;c.. iraciDE. There ii something unusually signifi cant in the action of Gea. Made. He is sent iato the South as a Conservative to carry out what the National Intelli gencer calls Prer-idem Johnson's great work of constitutional freedom. Pope, according to the President, was only the agent of the Radical party, and la boring1 for the success of the Republi can organization. Meade is a Gen of Conservative instincts, and popular ly supposed to be a Democrat. Yet, before he is fully warm in his com mnnd, he removes the Governor of Georgia, the State 'Treasurer, and a Clerk of the Court, besides giving the support of the military power to an act of the Convention. This does not surprise us. General Meade is an honest, ttraightforward man, and knows his duty. He fin is certain laws, and he executes them, not as President Johnson desire?, bul in accordance with the will of Con gress. He miijht imi.ate Hancock th Preside1-' 3 second edition of Wash ington and j;:ve us a Tammany Hall administration. IU might r.'nand ihe whole region under hij command to the control of Rebel Courts and treasona ble executive officers. He might very speedily induce anarchy in his com mand, and secure a Democratic nomination for some ofiiesi, by reducing the South to a condition of ruin. He could hope for little from Congress. He saw Sickles degraded because he sfood by reconstruction. He saw Stan ton Driven from the Cabinet. He saw promotions attend the Rousseaus and Grangers promotions that the S?naie were willing to confirm; so thai his professional interests, as well as the tendencies of his mind, led us 10 ex pect a conservative, retrogressive ad ministration. . Gc-n. Meade has certainly no such purpose. He will dojiis duty, whether it plerses the President or not. And the country will honor him for his boldness. Tribune gThe Connecticut Emigration company, who purchased ihe Cherokee neutral lands, comprising eight hun dred thousand acres, the sale being set aside-by Secretary Browning and re sold to the Chicago Burlington &. Quio cy railroad, are contesting the validity of the latterjSale.and maintaining their ownership of the lands. The Connec ticut company have sent circulars, which ere being distributed among the settlers throughout ihe district, saying that they will allow the settlers on the lands to have iheir homes, . and will give long time and low rates of interest; that they onty wish to make six per cent, on, their investment, and desire to settle up ihe country. As the con test involves the title to 800,000 acres of ihe choicest lands of this continent, ihe suit will be one of the most impor tant ever brought before ihe courts of this country. ft55ln ihe course of a trial at West minster, England, the other day, a wit necs was asktd whether he had not as sisted at a funeral where ihere wa no body to bury. Oa cross-examination he admitted lhat l had helped a friend in the funeral trade, who, being anxious to impress his neighborhood a suburban one with the ability with which he could conduct funerals, and also to convey ihe idea lhat he had re cei7ed a good order, had a hears9 and mourning coaches, with twenty men, leave his shop, and after an absence of some hours return as if from the ceme tery. . EgThe La Crosse Democrat states the following: "It may not be general ly known, but it is a fact nevertheless, that in lSt54 the same pen lhat wrote the Chicago platform on which McClel lan refused to stand, also wrote McClel lan's letter accepting '.he nomination and kicking ihe platform to pieces, in order lo catch the war and anti war Democrats." Cheap Land. There are hundreds of thousands of acres of land in Ne braska lhat will raise twenty-five bu shels of wheat, or seventy bushels of corn or three hundred bushels of pota toes, that can be had at from one to two dollars per acre; why will not industri ous renters of high priced farms at the east, come out to settle upon these lands j and get farm of their own? Trees The Name of Andrew Jackson .IHsliouored. The battle of New Orleans was fought on the 8ih of January 1S15. It was a great event a', the time, and for some years later. There -have Lbeen greater battles sir.ee. however, and even more important ones. There are, however a few po'i.icians who ap parently remember nothing since the 8ih of Janunry, lSlo, to celebrate which anniversary some of these fos sils dined together in Washington yes terday. "Among the distinguished men present," we read was Mr. Jere miah S. Ulack, of Pennsylvania, At torney GeneraT to James Buchanan; an I letters were read from Franklin Pierce, George fl. Pendleton, Thomas H. fceymonr, William . Bicler aua' James Buchanan. We say these per sons apparently remembered nothing since the battle of New Orleans. Jackson was a man of impetuous tem per; if lie had been President of the United States from 1S61 to 1SG4, in stead of the mild Lincoln, we fear some of the persons who look part in this S.h of January dinuer would have attained, by his command a very uncomfortable eminence some years ago. We should not omit to re cord that i,I r. J. nomas IS. 1 lorence wrote no letter. On ihe contrary, he came for hia dinner. It seems hard that the President of the United States should have to o'ine with such a person; and it is one of ihe inconveniences of dying, lhat it subjects the deceased to the laudations of persons whom, were he al;ve, he woold not tolerate within the samo house with himself. That the person who edited the Washington Constitutionalist during ihe la'e war should presume to oiler a public .oast to Gen. Jackson is sufficient evidence that the olJ General is dead. Post. "IIAXUMAX" IIAXCOCK. The State Register says: "There seems to be a grave doubt whether Johnson's special message to Congress instituting a comparison between Gen. W. S. Hancock and Gen. George Washington was quite the friendly thing lhat it professed to be. There is a suspicion that it was intended to kill otT this military hero before he should arise to ihe importance of a lead ing candidate for the Copperhead Rebel nomination for President. If this was really Presidential strategy, it is proving successful, for the Copper head press is r ouocing on him without mercy. Here is what the New York Day Book says of him: "Hancock was the hangman of Mrs. Surrait. He was one of Holt's bright and shining t.iols in lhat illegal and murderous business. If he were fair ly and justly tried by the law, he woulJ be hanged for that deed. It was n re vengeful, malicious murder. Nor did the torm of military trial render it less a mufder, according lo law. Gen.Han cock cannot execute the order of a band of assassins, and then excue himself by saying lhat he, individually, had no malice. The law knows no such excuse as that." THE IlEASOX. A well 'nformed writer says that the most of the destitution which prevails in the South has been caused by the wholesale discharging of workmen and cheating them out of their wages by the planters, as a punishment for their having voted the Republican ticket. So far then as these planters are suf fering from the destitution they can claim but little sympathy for this result of their own act. But the same writer says that ihe majortiy of the sufferers are the workmen whom the planters discharged. Then these rebels have added one of the worst of crimes to the already long list which was scored against them. And we may inquire if it is any won der that there should be disorder man ifested by those who, having worked hard, find themselves at the end of a year without a dollar in money or a Train? Whatever of trouble the rebel planters experience from this source they can also charge to iheir own ac count. PSfDan Webter likened the word "irouZif in Rufus Choace's handwri ting to a small gridiron struck by light ning. J6Sr"The town of Sardis, Miss, was destroyed by fire on Sunday. It is supposed to be the work of incendiaries. Los, 880,000: Insurance, $26T,000. WlIAT!VEDIsASUA OFFERS. There is probably no State in the West that Isolds out such large and fa vorable inducements to ihe farmers ns the State of Nebraska. Its soil is of a rich loam reaching a depth that will retain for ages its wealth of productive rower and prolific crowth. The clim ate is the finest in the world, for agricul tural purpose', and its people are in dustrious, intelligent and enterprising. The choicest lands of ihis State may yet be entered under ihe Homestead Law, whilst many partially improved farms can be bought at very low fig ures. Throughout the Valley of the Missouri and the Valley of the Platte in the State cf Nebraska, the farm lands for depth of soil, supply of water, and easy culture are not equaled by any other State either East or West; and these facts now becoming more exten sively known in ihe East are great incentives for the immense emmigra tion that will direct its course to our section in the approaching spring. Another very important feature in our farming interest, and one that is seldom discussed, is the fact that all farm productions in Nebraska find a western market at the highest figures throughout the entire reason. The mining districts west of us always cre ating a demand at the highest prices equal to our greatest supply, and these facts alone make the vocation of fann ing one of the most prolific sources of wealth of any other now followed in the State. Omaha Herald. Sf A dispatch from Galveston states that a Union meeting at Marshall, Texas, a few days ago, was broken up b a Democratic mob, and lhat the per petrators of ihe outrage, having been arrested by the military authorities, were immediately turned over to the civil power by order of Gen. Han-'ock. The civil power, of course, set them free, and Hancock knew perfectly well ilicj vvuulct d a on irulapH lip lnnw if he knows anything of his district, that there is scarcely a county in Texas where the civil authorities would not instantly acquit any ruffian who had killed a negro or a Union man, even though he-had done the act without provocation, and in sheer wantonness, as did ihe villain Lusk, whom ihe Johnsonites are now trying to get into the hands of the civil power, so lhat he may escape the doom pronounced upon him by the military court. ggg"The relations between Prussia and France appear to be at present of an entirely pacific nature. The official declaration of the French G jvernment on ihe German question have for some months been uniform. y amicable. Though the usual equivocation which characterizes the diplomatic .utterances of the French Government was not entirely wanting, it was evident that for ihe present an understanding wilh Prussia had been arrived at, and that all causes of quarrel would be studi ously avoided This opinion his been greatly strengthened, by the recent speech of Bismarck, who in the most positive manner assured the Prussians that this yar they need not fear any war w ith France. The good under standing between the two rival Power probably rests on a positive assurance from France that she definitely and forever abandons her opposition to ihe consummation of German unity. JAn Illinois volunteer, whom Quantrell ouptured and tied to a tree, J pouring into his body the contents of eighteen muskeis, is an applicant for ad missiou.to the Asylum, at Dayton, Ohio Every one of the shots told, and he had both thighs broKTn above the knees, boih hip bones broken, his head pierced by two balls, one of which extinguished the right eye, the other lodging in his ihroat. One ball struck under the right arm, and passed out under the left. gi-iA young girl who attempted to cross the Thames river at London, C. W., broke through the ice where the water was about four or five feet deep, and was unable to extricate herself. She remained in this position, with head and shoulders out of water, call ing for help for three hours, ia plain view of a number of citizens and sol diers and yet was allowed to perish, becoming chilled and dyinp. 4i.REAT.VESS. There is no greatners that is imper vious, and no character thai has not its blemish. Peter and Paul fell to up braiding, and Paul and Barnabas par ted with not the most heavenly disposi tions. It seldom happens but the weakest find some sort of comfort in the follies or the faults of the wisest, and readily become their imitators. Philip, of Macedon, was stoop shoul dered. The followers of the Court scon were attacked with a like infirmr ty. Lord Byron drank gin and wrote Don Juan. There has been a host who drank the gin, bwt, none to write Don Juan. Dr. Johnson wrote the Rambler in a Style full of rolling and well balanced periods. For the next half century all writers were Johnso nian. Queen Elizabeth put a patch on her face to cover a pimple. Soon every lady of the Court had her cheeks dotrt-d wilh court plaster. Sir Wm. Johnson wore a red coat. Red Jacket, the savage, put on the same. It were to be wished that the contagion of vir tue were as great as the contaminations of vice, but the world is so constituted" that sin in Stat3 makes sots in the rnul titude;and ihe infirmities of excellence make fools cf flatterers, while virtue is' a thing of such exalted merit and such superior qualifications, that. like ihe sun, though it shines on all, yet it shines from- borrowed effulgence. SJ-S" The Knoxville Herald gives a good account of the freedmen. . It says: "We are gratified to be able to stata that the cause of education among the freedmen of Tennessee is prospering apace. New schools are being estab lished almost daily, and the increase t pupi's during the past week or two has been wonderful. Teachers are en listing heart and soul in the great work rnd the signs now are that the cause of colored education will take a long stride during the present school year. EtThe New York beggars must move on." Superintendent Kennedy has issued an order to his subordinates commanding them ta arrest all persons soliciting alms in the public thorough fares and on ferry boats. The prac tice, he says, is come to be a positive nuisance, and he is determined lo abate The order includes little girls who sweep ihe crossings on rainy days. gSBSpeaking of the great pictures on the walls of the rotunda at the Cap itol, a correspondent says: "Washing ton looks as if he were just about to join in a promenade of 'all-hands- round with the genius of Fame, whose face and figure are said to be a very good likeness of one of the most stylish and fashionable of the demi mondt of Washington." sgfThey have a queer way of do ing things at Cheyenne. Last week the vigilance committee went in the night and took three men from their houses, tied their hands behind their backs, put placards upon their persons and left them to wander in the city an til morning, when they were released from their uncomfortable position by' the citizens. EF"The new ocean steamship Chi cago, which has been making regular trips between New York and Liver pool for several months past, ran' ashore near Queensiown, Ireland, on Sunday, and will probably be a total loss. All tne passengers were got off in safety, and a portion of the cargo will perhaps be saved. JSSDenver puts in a claim, through its board of trade, to a possession of a water power in the Platte river, of six thousand three hundred and twelve horse power ample to make that city, when it is fully improved, the rival of the great manufacturing cities of the East. JSPencil writing may be fixed al most indelibly as ink by passing the moistened toDgue over it. , Even breathing slowly over the lines nfter writing, readers ihem much less liable to erasure than when not subjected to that process. 63' A Washingtan paper states that the Postmaster General has under consideration the propriety of adopting a new postage stamp which will dis pense with the rignettes'of tbe"present ones and substitute therefor the value of the ftamp m heavy figures, thu, 2,' 3, 10. 15, 90 e,rrts.