Nebraska Newspapers

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VOL. 3.
PLATT.SMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 18G3.
SO. 42.
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WILLTT P0TTE1IGER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATT3M0UTII
rBRASKA.
T. n IflAKQUKTT,
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ATTORiNEY Al 1,AYV ,
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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
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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.
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JIaXWCll CliapilsaiJa
'TOR IYS A T IjAW,
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Solicitors in Chancery
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CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIK,
ATTORNEYS AT LXXV,
And Solicitors in Chanccrj',
MAIS ST.,OPrOSlTE TUT. COCXTIioCzE
rLATTSMOLTIf, NEIJ.
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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,
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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.