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PLATT&MOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY, ... JAN. li, 1663.
CORKCSPOXDEXCE.
Tfi are Jui'Oii ' rtfei'la; e irrj? rlfiM f.om
ll jarts of the Slate, Tela'We to the mtcr!l Inter
ests of the cJontry, together with ajh other m
tr as contributor my deem of Interest.
Republican Slftfe Convention.
A State Convention will be held at Xibraslta City
on Wednesday. April Oth, 1S65. at IS o'clock M., to
. lect delegates to represent the Republic m vyty of
Ne.iraska at tfce Ntlout Convention to 1 held at
Chicago, M.v SOth. next. Aiao a candidal, for
Member of Congre-s, Bovernor, Score ary or St.W,
Au litor. Treasurer. 3 Presi leitWl Eiect.rs n '
delegates preent from each Judicial d.stnct will
nominate a suitable perfon f .r Dii'rict Attorney,
for their respective districts.
The Convention wili be organ'z:d -s follows:
Rlebtrdson Con ity
Xemhi County
Cotafi"j of Nemaha..
Hichaidoa Ic John
ton Counties of P wne,
J.ge, Jefferaon. Sa
line &. Lancaster
Counties of Uage an
Jefferroi
Johnson county
UIM do
tancajter do
S Counties or Saline,
5 Lloolu At Keir-iey
Sary County
Doug.ai do
1. Dodge dj
! Platte "o
Wuhingtoi ounty
I 'Counties of Waning-
Itnn A Burt
llConnsies ofHall, Buf
ll fall A Merrick
TlCoJint'e-. of Buit ftad
ll Cumiug
Case d. s ujijuuimj
Counties of Cass, Sart.jr Counties of . P"0' "
5;Dak ta county
Saunders, Butler and
rtar. A- L'Eau qui
Seward
CmntUs or Saunders
Seward 9c Butler
Conulb-a of ritt,
M-rrick, nail. Buf
falo. Kearney and
Lincoln.
I Court
Ccaiies or uoage,
Corninr, Stswt-on. Di
kota. Dixon, Cedar.
L Eau qui Court, aid
Pierce.
Pawnee county
A State Central Committee is to V.?,clr,lI,i
coming cam .alga, they place or hading tl.e next
?Mt, Tcon.e ntion donated, the ban. ot rcpr
tion for .ucceeding State Convenno. as e
&nd other iraporuut business will b; broujht .r
KfpuwKwnd delete,, and let .t oneeouuty
le unrepresented. ST.A BALCOJBK.
Omaha, Jan 20, 1SC8 Cltaimui.
9IORCADOIJT NEBItASKA.
FURTHER LIGHT WANTED. "
Anolher community has been aroused
to-a-' realization of the fact ihat there is
abetter country than the one where they
I ow live, and one of their number has
beeu designated to make a few enqui
res in regard to thU country, and es
pcially about our new Capital. We
are permitted to make the following
extracts from a private letter received
by our worthy Sheriff, J. VV. Johnson,
in order that we may answer the ques
lions, so as to benefit others desiring
information. The letter is from J. C
Moon, of Wilmington, Ohio:
! Lave a few questions to csk you.
and request that you answer them at
your earliest convenience. 1 should
like to know if the Capital of your
State ii permauently located at a place
called Lincoln, and what kind ot a
country surrounds that place? Is it a
good location for a city? What are the
productions of the country in which
the town is located? How much liin
bjr, and what kind and height? What
proportion is timber, and what 13 the
quality of the soil, and what can it be
purchased for? Is there any wild
land or land that has not beeu entered
in the country that is or will be valua
ble? What can lumber be had for,
and how far would it have to be con
veyed by wagon? What is furniture
worth on the river, say at your town;
and what are horses worth, say com
mon horses? What kind of people in
habit Lincoln; generally good, or a
majority, wild-cat men? How much
coldar is it there than here; and how
lone: do you feed stock? Is there an
opening for mechanics of ail kinds?
Are you supplied with lawyers and
doctors and professional men that is
in or about Lincoln? Are all your
western towns fulled with all kinds of
mercantile men. so much, so that ii
would rAt pay to go to Nebraska to en
gage in such business?
I understand that Lincoln is about
fifty miles from Omiha, and is des
lined to be one of the grert cities of
your State. Some of our county cm
zens have been talking to me about ibis
place, and requested me to write to
you for the necessary information.
One of them wanted me to start with
him to your State next week. I told
him I thought you could give.us all the
information necessary without the ex
pense of 201 ncr. i think there are
about a dozen good families of this
county who will emigrate next spring
if they can better their condition. I
also understand that t'us town was laid
off by some preacher, and that he has
a large tract of land for sale, and thai
he gives a very flattering account of
the country, &t."
Ass. The Capital of the State of
Nebraska is permanently located at a
place called Lincoln at least we have
every reason to believe that a very
large majority of ihe voters of the State
hare no desire to ever remove it. It
was located by an act of the Legisla
ture, and the site is one which has al
ways been looked upon as the proper
place for the Capital of the State. It
. is as fine a site for a city a can be
found in the United States, and its lo
cation is such as to warrant the belief
that it will, in a very few years, be one
of the most important eitiea in Nebras
ka. It is surrounded by as fine an ag
ricultural and grazing country as the
sun ever shone upon. The principal
productions of the tountry at present,
are wheat, corn, oats and barley; and
all kinds of vegetables grown in this
latitude.- The scarcity of limber is the
-great apparent draw back to the whole
western country. We ay apparent,
because the disadvantage i not near
s great as eastern-people generally
suppose when they first come here.
A much less quantity cf timber will
supply agiven number of inhabitants
tbaa. most. mQ think. There lis as
much timber in the ticioity of Lincoln
as will te fsCnci 'in other portions of
the inSoinr, b'.rt net sr much as along
the river. There is sufficient, however
to support a well settled country. The
principal timber is" Oak. Hickory 1 nd
Black Walnii; but there is scattered
through it various other kind?, such as
Hack-ben y. Sycamore, Ah, Elm, Cot
tonwood, etc., etc. The timber of this
country is all low of stature, compared
with that of the east, with the excp
lion of the Cottonwood. The propor
tion of timber to prarie is very sna!l,
and the proportion of stumps in wheat
fields is ir the same ratio. When the
writer first came to Nebraska, some
ten year ago, it was then believed by
iiiany thai iu ten years all the timber
in Nebraska would be consumed.
But the ten years have passed, thou
sands of farms have been opened and
large cities built, and yet the quary ky
of timber in Nebaaska is greater to.day
than it was ten years ago. The rea
son for this, is that as th-e country set
tles tip the prairie fires are kept out.
and young groves of timber soon grow
up in'.o forests. In fact, we are of
oj inion that the scare in regard to lack
of limber is about over with. Nebras
ka has plenty of timber for present
use, and so she will have for all time
to come. That is all we want more
would be superfluous, and in the way
of farmers.
There is plenty of "mid" land with
in 12 or 15 miles of Lincoln that will
be worth at least S10 per acre within
five years. Lumber can te.had at the
mill in the city of Lincoln, but at what
price we are unable to say. It can be
had at Jthe milts around this city for
S23 to $25 per thousand feet, and
would have to be hasted, to get to Lin
coin, about 40 mile road splendid,
equal to a plank road in the east.
There will be a railroad between this
city and Lincoln within two years, and
then wagons will be auperceeded.
In. regard to the price of furniture,
we can only say. from the broad scope
of the question, that the prices here are
such that it will not pay individuals to
purchase east and ship. You can buy
your furniture here cheaper than you
can purchase and ship it at least we
have been ro informed by parlies who
have shipped.
Common horses aie worth from SlOO
to S175, and first rate ones from S175
10 S20C. .
The inhabitants of Lincoln city are
similar 10 those of any other well regu
lated community, and are composed of
saints and sinners, religious men and
rowdies, laborers and loungers, sharps
. n - ... 1
and uais in lact. just tne snme as
eastern towns, with the exception that
they manifest more energ-y and life
than is usually found in eastern cities.
There is very little of the "wild cat"
about either Lincoln city or. its inhabi
tants. The present inhabitants cf ihe
place are all, or nearly M, permanent
ly located, not with the intention of
making a little "spec', and then "pu
ing up' to go elsewhere. They have
as good schools and churches, and are
as moral and upright a community as
will be found in most cities of the east
Our winters here are similar to the
winters in Ohio not so hard on stock.
Stock is generally fed from four to six
months.
There are good openings for all
kinds of mechanics. Professional men
are not in as great demand as farmers,
mechanics and laborers. Yet the
country is not overstocked with them.
and those who come here generally do
well. Mercantile men can do well in
almost any of the towns in Nebraska,
business of all kinds is increasing rap
idly in this country, hence a constant
increase in the amount of goods requi
red. Lincoln is situated about 50 miles
from Omaha, 40 from Plattsrr.outh,
and 42 or 43 from Nebraska City, and
ii destined to be one of the great cities
of this State.
The city of Lincoln was not laid off
by a "preacher," but was located as
the Seat of Government for this State
by act of the Legislature, and was laid
off by the Governor, Secretary of State
and State Auditor three Commission
ers designated in the act for that pur
pose. We believe that Rev. J. G
Miller owns a consideiable quantity of
Unci in the vicinity if Lincoln, but
whether or not he is offering any of it
for sale we cannot say; but think he is
not. We doubt not he gives a flatter
ing account of the country, as who that
has seen il would not? Of one thing
we can assure our eastern readers, that
whatever Rev. J. G. Miller tells them
in regard to Lincoln, or any other por
tion of Nebraska, can be relied upon as
correct. Ha is probably as well ac
quainted with Nebraska as any other
resident of the State.
We believe we have answered all
the main points in the above letter, and
if we have in any manner mwrepresen
ted we hope parties sending copies to
their friends will take the liberty of
correcting our statements by tetter.
fi.4lLRO.tD ENTRRPRISe
We ftatey in our last issue that the
fea$ihg wen- of Om&ha were in favor
of our proposed Railroad line from
this city, crossing the Platte river
Since that time the Omaha Republican
has come out, strongly advocating a
north acd south railroad, and we have
conversed with promi:.ent gentlemen
from the southern pari of the State, all
agreeing that ihe eniernrie is feasi
bio and should be pushed thrcugh as
rapidly as possill. Everything favors
he move, and with proper efforts we
can have a continuous line of road from
Omaha to the southern line of the State
within eighteen months. We have
just started out in this city on the cor
rect basis for saecess, and if our citi
zens willoii-ly d) as they say, we will
ihave a locomotive running to and from
this city within twelve months. We
say to our people, in all candor, it is of
no use ta iatk railroad unless you in
tend 10 act in accordance. Whenever
we have a road bed from this city to
the U. P. R. R., the ties ready to lay
down and the -Platte river bridged,
then the future of t'n's city is determin
ed. There is now a proposition before
the people to do ihis, and the question
to be solved is will they do il It is
not can they do it, for we all know that
it can be done, very easily. The peo
ple of this city all say they will accom
plish this work. Now, the way to ac
complish il is to "down wish the rocks.'
Subscription books are open at the
Banking House of Tootle, Hanna &
Clark, and Mr. J. R. Clark is duly
authorized to receive subscrip'.iona of
either 'money, material, labor, land.
wheat, corn, or anything that can be
used in constructing the road, or can be
convened into monet for that purpose-
We hope no person will stand back to
see how much Mr. so and so is going
to give, but that all will come forward
and do what they can. You need not
be afraid the project will fail and you
will be money out. Not a dollar of the
subscription will be called for unless
the road is bui.t. The feeling in this
community is ripe just now for pushing
this enterprise, and we trust it will be
pushed before those who have labored
to inaugurate "it become discouraged
and abandou it. The building of ihij
short line acd the bridging of the
Platte is the key to a railroad system
that will, without damaging any other
point jr locality, make this one of the
largest and best cities of the west.
Other localities are alive to the impor
tance of this move, and are only await
ing our action before taking hold in
s ich manner as will materially advance
our interest as well as their own.
Just look at it, citizens of Plattsmouth
and Cass county; the building of this
short line insures for us a road north
and south through the entire State,
direct connection east with Chicago,
and the shortest possible connection
with St. Louis; it makes us one of the
river termini cf the Pacific Railroad,
and makes us the real point of connec
tion between the U. P. R. R. and great
thoroughfare which must oon be made
to Galveston Bay. These may look
like flights of fancy to persons who
have nert examined this question of
Railroads, but to those who have they
will prove logical conclusions, and all
hinging upon the present proposition
to grade seven miles of road over a lev
el country and bridge ihe Platte river.
Will you do it now.
ORUAXIZE.
As wi'l be seen from ihe call in this
issue, the Republican State Convention
is to be held on the 29ih of April next.
The Republican party should be thor
oughly organized in every precinct
and neighborhood in the State prior to
that time. It will not do to sit down
and idle away ihe lime, feeling that
success is certain; neither will it do lo
depend upon a few individuals to do all
the work. While we are confident of
the power of the Republican party, not
only in this State, but throughout the
United States, yet we are also aware
that a giant may be bound by a liliput
if he makes no resistance. Every
lover of free government has aa indi
vidual duty to perform in ihe coming
campaign It is the most important
one that the people of Nebraska have
ever been called upon to prosecute.
Let it be done with vigor, and success
will crown our efforts.
The Public Lands.
In the Daily Globe of the 14th we
find the following in relation lo the
restoration to market of public lands
within the Pacific R. R. grant in this
State: '
Mr. Thayer submitted the following
resolution; which was considered by
unanimous consent, and agreed to .
Resolved, That the Committee oa
Public Lands l e instructed to inquire if
any further ligislation is necessary t.'
cause 10 be restored to market, for
homesteads and actual settlements, ihe
public, lands in the State of Nebraska
along the line of the Union Pacific
railway, which have been withdrawn
from market in accordance with the
views of the Secretary of the -Interior
10 his last annua! report. j
HEPLUUCW CEXTK.AE COM
MITTED. Tb feoHy rrei ai Omaha bt Satur
day, and authorized the call at the head
of our columns this week. The appor
tionment was changed to the Legisla
tive representaiion ly the unanimous
vote of ihe Committee. The ei tire
proceed:ngs were characterized by ihe
utmost harmony and general de.-ire to
act for the pood of the party. The
Chairman explained to the satisfaction
of all interested that the apportionment
in " the former call was not made
through a design to injure tny portion
of the country, but with the mtentronof
benefiting the party. The Committee
thought best, however, lo abide ihe for
mer usages of the party, and apportion
the State accordng to the Legislative
representation. After due argument
and consideration ths Committee deci
ded, unanimously, ihat it was best to
hold bui one Convention. The reasons
for this will be 1 pparent to every one
upon reflection. It saves the time and
expense of another Convention, and
gives us time to obtain a thorough or
ganization and make a determined and
effective campaign.
OETTIXG TIIEIK PAY.
A large number of the Republicans
of Ohio billed the ticket last fa!l, be
cause teey found some things in the
Republican platform which they did
not entirely endorse. This defection
gave the Legislature to the enemies of
our free institution, and these bolters
now hnve the satisfaction of seeing
their former work unti ne; of seeing the
vote rescinded by which the conftitu
tional amendment was- adopted
While we do not believe in allowing
bad men or bad principles to govern in
our ranks, yet we think our Ohio
friends will new agree t iih us in say
ing thai going over to the enemy is a
poor way of correcting mistakes in our
own generalship The place to fight
corrupt men of oar own party or bad
principles which must, of necessity,
creep in occasionally, is in our own
conventions and primary organizations,
and not by going over to the enemy.
"RULE'oViaiS."
The leading spirits of ihe rebellion
are busying themselves just now in
finding fault with the manner in which
this Government is managed and giv
ing advice as to what should and h juld
not be done. They act consistent with
ihe Democratic motto cf "rule or ruin.'
and since th?y have failed in their en
deavor to ruin ihe Government they
come back to the pher proposition and
try to rule. Whether or not the peo
ple will allow lh-3:n to dj sa, is the
question.
To tUc Citizens of Cass Con-.ity,
The undersigned committee, ap
pointed by the people at a public meet
ing on the 9ih inst , having revived
the project of constructing a railroad
from this place to the nearest pint on
ihe Union Pacific R. R., would respect
fully urge every citizen of Gass County
to contribute what he ean towards this
enterprise. We-are called apo-n to
grade and furnish ties for the proposed
line, and also to construct a bridge.orer
Platte River. The entire con of this
undertaking, to prppare it for the iron
and rolling stock, will be about 8100,
GOO. Piles, ties, rock. labor, wheat,
corn, land, lots and money can be sub
scribed a? individuals are best pre
pared to furnish such article--!. Lands
and the prodi cts of the soil can be
turned intr money to aid the enterprise,
while material and labor can be used
in the construction. Let every citizen
remember that unless we go to work at
once and push this enterprise to com
pletion the railroad vigor now mani
fested in every town in the State will
leave us behind, a'nd the prospe.-ts in
hat event will be worse for is then
than theyare now. Let us bend our
energiesith our whole force to this
object and it will be a success. In
union there is strength; therefore, let
us unite as one man and give' all we
can without injury to our families, and
we will be rewarded ten fold by the
growth of our locality.
Books of Subscription are . open at
the Btnking House of Tootle, Hanna
& Clark, where Mr J. R. Clark, Sec
retary and Treasurer of the Commit
tee, is pre pared to receive subscriptions.
It is necessary that this road be comple
ted before next autumn; therefore all
parlies favorable to the work are most
earnestly urged to move in the matter
at once, so that work can can be com
menced as soon as the frost is out of the
ground.
R. R. Livingston, Ch'n,
WlIEATLET MlCKLSWAITK,
D. H. WlIItLTK,
Gatlord J. Clarke,
H D. Hathaway,
Joair Black,
Jacob Va- lery,
T. M. Marqtjett,
M. L. White,
Wk. B. Pouter.
J. R. Clark, Sec'y & Treas.
Committee.
Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 15. 1SG8.
A Tall Ar tist. An artist has
painted a dog so natural that the ani
mal, had the hydrophobia daring the hot
weather. He is the same man that
painted a copy of a beer bottle with so
much skill that the cork flew cut just as
he was finishing it. And after he was
married he painted a picture of his first
baby 0 lifelike that it cried, and his
wife spanked it before she discovered
her "nmteke.
A Loyal Sonihern View
We tike the following from the Al
abama Republican, and doubt not il will
couvince same one that our Democratic
friends are niaking more noise in re
gard to negro outrages anJ general
starvation than the facts in the case
warrant. It may te barely possible
that northern copperUead papers think
LlLeir stories will have some political
effect. Read what the Republican has
to say; and it should certainly know
something about it:
"It is impossible to take up a Dem
ocratic paper from the North, but we
see numerous -9counts of outrages of
the colored people upon the defenceless
whites. How is it th.at we, who live
here, do cot see some cf these horriole
outrages? As far as we have been
able 10 see or learn, the violence has
come from the other side of the house.
We know tkere is no such a lUmg as a
conspiracy among tha blacks to- harm
anyone. All they have is the Loyal
League. But we do know that there
is a wide-spread conspiracy among the
rebels ot Alabama to defeat the new
Constituiion, and thereby defeat recon
struction unt:l after the election of the
41st Congress, which they expect to
elect, and '.hen have the present recon
struction laws repealed, the negro dis
froncbised, live political power of the
seceeded States turned over to the late
rebels, nnd the oiored people reduced
to a condition of vasalage that would
be more degrading than the c4d system
of slavery.
We see it stated in all the copper
head papers of the North that the South
is in imminent danger of starvation
We believe we are as well posted in
regard to the condition of North Ala
bama as at-.yone can be; and we have
taken special pains to find cut the con
dition of the supplies, and the answer
is uniformly that the harvests have
been abundant; and that they all have
enough to eat, but that money is scarce,
for the rearon that they cannot get
anything for their cotton and corn.
Corn is selling here at 50 cents per
bushel, and no buyers at that. We
believe that ihe people are belter sup
plied in North Alabama this year with
provisions than than they have been for
many years. Living is one-third
chapr here than it is in any State
North then why talk of destitution.
Whtn we see these reports flooding
the country we can all rest assured tfcat
there ii swindling on hand, and that
the Democratic party is endeavoring to
crawl in'.o power, by lying and deceir
insr as ususl.''
XEW IXTERXATIOSAI, POS
TAL LAW.
The new international postal law
went int effect on the 1st inst. I s
rates of postage wili be a matter of i i
terest to our many foreign born citizens,
.and we accardingl J" give them as fol-
f-w:
1. Postage on single letters, not ex
ceeding half an ounce in weight, twelve
cents; same charge for each additional
half ounce, or fraction then of.
2. AI! letters insufficiently paid or
wholly unpaid, received in the United
States frcrn the United Kingdom, shall,
in addi'ion to the deficient postage, be
subject to a fine of five cents, to be ccl
lected on delivery.
3. AH letters insufficiently paid or
wholly unpaid, received in ihe United
Kingdom from the U. S., shall, in ad
dition io the deficit postage, be subject
to a fine, the amount of which shall be
fixed and collected by the British post
office. 4. Newspapers 2 cents each.
5. Books, packets, (including printed
papers of all kinds, mars, plans, prints,
engravings, photographs, lithographs,
sheets of music, etc., six cents per four
ounces or fraction of four ounces.
6. Patterns and sarrplesof merchan
dise (iucluding seeds and grain) eight
cents per four ounces or fraction of
four ounces.
7. The above charges must be fuily
prepaid by postage stamps affixed out
side the packet or its cover. If not so
prepaid, the packet cannot be forwar
ded. To France the postage on single let
ters not exceeding one-fourth ounce in
weight, is 15 cents; seme charge for
every additional one fourth ounce or
fraction thereof. Prepayment optional.
Newspapers two cents each, prepaid.
Letters to Belgium via England, 15
cents per single rate of 5 grammes;
prepayment optional. On newspapers,
four cents each, if not exceeding four
ounces in weight. To Germat y the
same as to Belgium.
Vigilantes ih Ciieyekxe. We
se by our Cheyenne exchanges that the
thieving and murdering fraternity have
become so numerous and bold in their
operations in that vicinity that the vigi
lantes have, organized there over two
hundred strong, to administer them
summary justice. The fimt case they
have taken hold of is that of three fel
lows named Frank St, Clair, Eugene
DeBonevilie ai d William Grier, whjo
are strongly suspected ef having robbed
a patient, hard laboring man named
Sandwest, near Fort Laramie. The
suspected robbers were taken and
chained together rtnd paraded the
streets of Cheyenne The authorities
interfered .and reie.i.sed th feilows,
and are protecting them against the
vigilantes. Republican.
OCR TELEGRAPH LINE.
Messrs. Bloss and Pattison, the gen
tlemen at the head of the enterprise
which is to construct the Pioneer Tele
graph line from Nebraska City (o Lin
coln, have already through their ener
gies insured succets. A sufficient
amount of stock has been disposed of,
and by the first of April the readers of
the Commonwealth will receive their I
news direct from the fountain head, j
Then look out sharp for our Duly. ;
Lomm9mreait ft.
LATEST IV E IT 8.
Geo. Francis Train nnd Thos. C.
Durant were !:oth arrested in England
a few days since on suspicion of being
Fen'ans. A Lor.djn dispitch of the
21st says it appears that the baggage
of George Fiancis Train and Thomas
C. Durant, who was also a passenger
on the Scotia, was subjected to a rigor
ous examination. Nothing1 cf a sedi
tious character being found both were
permitted 10 g ashore, but both were
arrested immediately upon landing;
nothing, however, was elicited to war
rant an arrest arid bjth ware dischar
ged, but nffiin arrested soon after
reaching their hotel. Up.)n the com
pletion of ihe second examination Du
rant wi3 discharged and Train sent in
custody to the Cork jail. 0:i Saturday
he was brought bef jre the Court, re
examined, but remanded until the 27th.
In the meantime the case creates con
siderable excitement, the newspapers
reprintiug 'f soin's speeches as forming
a sort of jus:ification for the arrest.
Washington specials say the Slate
Department will demand the instant
surrender of Train, and all American
jiiizens who have not absolutely viola,
ted the English laws. It is believed
the English government will make im
mediate reparation.
It is reported in diplomatic circles
that the British legation have posi'ive
information that Train was sent to Ire
land for the purpose of being arrested
to make a test cf the question as to the
right of England to arrest citizens of
the United States for language not used
on Briti.-h soiL
The Feovans are reported to have
attacked Martello tower in Duncannon,
Watcrford . county, ca Friday. No
particulars.
In the House cf Representatives
on; the 20th, a resolution was introdu
ced instructing the PresiJent to demand
an explanation from the British Gov
ernment for the execution of Michael
O'Brien, claiming to be an American
citizen; declaring that the States will
acknowledge no right of interference
by other States wiih naturalized citi
zens, and any infrihgement of such
right wi'l be held a cause of war. The
resolution ateo declares it the duty of
the President to recall Minister Adams.
Referred to Committee on Foreign
Affairs.
In the Senate, on the Slst, Mr
Grimes oflred a resolution cajling
forth the rpceut arrcsl of American
citizep in England, and directing the
President to cause an investigation,
and if such persons are found guilty of
no overt ac, to demand an immediate
release, anl if necessary to call ou.
such portion of the land nnd naval for
ces as is necessary to enforce the de
mand. Laid cn!iej)AIe.
Informatjnfh eard to Dr. Liv
ingstone is b?i,xdtp-confirm the pre
vious accountsoGhjs safety.
A Washiitgn despatch of the 2lst
says in the Supreme Court to day Chief
Justice Chaae announced the judge
ment of tho majority cf ihe court in the
McCardie case.
(greater Ihnn Watliiiigtii.
The Albany Journal thus discourses
upon the extreme modesty of President
Johnson as displayed in his late grand
iloquent message to Congress charac
terizing Gen. Hancock as a "second
Washington:"
"If Hancock becam a second Wash
ington for obeying orders, is not be
who issued the orders a grearer than
Washington? Tht is the ques'um
which President Joh'ion would hive
placed at the bottom of his llanc ck
message if modes-ty had not retrai. ed
him. So he generouy left it 10 be
infei red. For if put in words it wo ild
have torn every button from every
waistband on the continent.''
THE FIVE PER CEXTU52.
We are happy to announce that the
efforts of Gov. Butler to adjust the
claims of the State upon the General
Government fa accordance with the
erms of the enabling act were succ ss
ful. The first installment of ihe five
fier cent, of net proceeds Government
ands have been received by our State
Treastrer, and our school fund is
richer by S12.000.00. Commonwealth.
LINCOLN ITEMS.
The following are from the Common'
wealth of the l8ih inst:
A protracted meeting is going on
in the M. E- Church, under the super
vision of Rev. Mr. Hiwkes, Prayer
meeting at 6, P. M., preaching at 7.
S. II. Walker of Plattsmouth has
bought of Gov. Butler a lot in Block 34,
fronting mark'et Square, 25 by 142
feet, foi $200, He proposes building
upon it immediately.
Dr. Potter commenced this week a
fipe business house on the corner of N
and 9th streets. The storm has inter
fered considerably with his work, but
ihe building is well under way.
. His Excellency, Gov. Bitler and
Hon Secretary Xennard, Commission
ers for location of Capital, and the erec
tion of the State House, arrived in
town en the 11th, the day fixed for
opening the bids for the building con
tract by Superintendant Morris. Mr.
aru. ounaer and contractor, of Uhi-
c,aS0' wa fud to be the lowest bid-
der, and the contract was accordingly
awarded to him at ?t?,000. In the
meantime Mr. Morris has taken advgu.
tage.of ,the fine weather, and hai the
foundation laid, and ihe basement story
nearly completed. He has h.d tcmo
of the most skilled stone cotters in the
United States employed on the work.
Already the water tables I nve been
cut, and several of the succeeding
courses are reod-y for the masons
Mr. Ward prepasea t have every stone
prepared for ihe walls by the opening
of spring. The buildmj is to le com
pleted by the 1st of S -ptember next
Mr. Mard'o contract of ccurse includes
the work already dene.
A XAURCAlTcTiTlOSITV.
It is generally known ihat ilcto
exists about a mile west cfFremont a
remarkable stream, with' a swift cur
rent, and no ou-Iet above the surface of
the ground this side of Lake Erie. It
was discovered several years ap-o on a
farm north o; ihe Four Mile House,
now owned by widow Shefler, by a
man who was returning" from a day's
chopping in the woods In walkirpr
ocr a slightly sunken p!ac, he r.o'.tcid.
a hollow sound, and turning, struck the
ground with his axe. The axe broke
through and disappeared and has never
been heard from sine. Further in
vestigations showed a rock about six
feel below the surface, with a crevico
a toot or more wid?, in which waur
could be teen several feet below. By
tracing its (fourae further down, and
breaking through, iVe crtst, the same
phenomenon appertred again, and by
dropping a piece of wood or other float
ing substance in the upper aperture,, it
was soon seen to pass the lower one.
showing a strong current. A lead and
line, let down to the depth of seventy
feet, fouB.4 qo toitqnx The supply of
water is only sligh.ly affected by dry
weather. A pump sei up in one of the
places above mentioned, lm furnished
the purest water to ihe Whole neigh
borhood c'uting the late dry season. It
is cer'aialy a great curiosity.
ORDIIVAIVCI? WO 67
An Ordinance toau'hor.'i- the City Council ofP,a't,
monita to borrow moneV ror the purpeie of grading
and furDMbiiiK tits fcra railroad running from
1'latiBujo'iih, Cass County, 'o ioter.ie:t the Union
Pacific road lu (sarpy County, Kcaa.ka.
lt. Be it ordalnrd by tlie City Council of til 5 City
of PlatUmouth . That an eln tion be lieM on the 'jO'h
day or February, A. II. I lie piU, o be ..enej
at It A. M , of .a ill day. and cloe at 6 P. M. of Ihe
same; for Ihe purpe of voting upon the propoilttoa
auiboria'.og tl.e City Council to horr w mono, i, 1,
suing bonds to b u-d by th firn rulri,i
pan that will grade, buifl a bridKe acro Plaits
Itircr and furnish the ti fr a ri!ro d ru:.i.n
from Plattrraniith. Ca County N'etjrsiWa to Inter
wot the Union Pacill.- It.nilroa-l a: tin neale.t prac
ric il point in Sarpy Comity.
U. That the Ci.y Ker-rd.-r ktiiil!, at least te3
di-ys previous fo the day i f said e rctioi, po-t
four n ticea In foiirof lb mot pnMic plttc of th.
City; Baminj th p ace and dar, wh-a and wh-m
the election will be held, an l statin di-.tlr.c"y th.
object and amount ol the an which the Couucil
is empowered t. b irrow il19 am ,uut lo b one hun
dred thousand dollar. j
31. The c inv of itis vts p 1. at ,u v9.
lion f ha l iu all re-pe-L, b co ,d ict d tha same "
all othrrt.tr elecdnns. Aud when ih a'mtract of
the tou-4 H all hare b en ma le it nhail hi t'.e d jty
of Ihe Ciiy Ccuniil to dvclare l,jr rraolutloi. wh-iher
the iiropn-iti.u: is c irried or I ,t,m the ca, may he
4th. That in olu)r uro'i 1 prop ,.Uio, it'
kb.,11 be si.flu ent for lite p ron who w.-h-., lo
for aid 1 n.jM.Sitioti to u.-iire WCiurn or p in a I i n in
hi. ba.loi, "For Kitlroari Uon.H " When aftu.l
the said r..,ijua, "AgainM It .ilroail II n.. "
-h 1 In. or-li iatic 10 t.,ae eff.-ct ana btn t t : .
riom and a:t'T il. pnbl iratian Mceorltu lilin
. W.roTrtMllil, Mayor.
S. If BLACK, Kccj drr, i,ro tan
JanSd- -
Ladies Repository,
For 1868. .
A (i'neral J.iterary and Relilout Maa.
zine for the Family-,
rubll'hed by
POB k IIitchcjCK, Cincinnati! anl faf'tro.
CaRL-tq k roaTm, N, Tork, 200 Mulberry bt.
It ii the purpose of Ibe pnbluhcr ( fthlsMara
rine to retain the prevnt prire, an I lojjive Its ttA
ersthe fall l..n-flt cf ar.y decline they mr find Ii
lb J com of publication, by enlarging a'lj iinpiuin
on the Vkii no itm-if- They hve determined !
fcdd rixleen paves to each runjb'r, maln f eoch
number contain eiirhlj pijr-. This Anlarre-ntut
will be equal t four volumes of reidiis matter, in
the modern rtrle ofbork inakinr, worth oue dollar
and a quarter each; or, in 01 her word., will fn 111 h
the family with as much redinx aa fire o'o iirj in
-ated in bookn, while the whrl" volume wi; fur
as much reading lor the family f..r 8,.'!', ai taeni v
dollars invested in b.j 'k containing riinilar reailirc
matter. We notv off-r to th. pub ic the larKt aio!
b ete ezcuted Marazin in the failed Statre for tb
same money.
The Renotitnrr is a Christian family Magailn.
and it will be our constant aim to maintain tu bllih
character for pure and el gaol literature. It wilt
be priote on 'he flneit aln-ti-r d piper, on beaa'.i
ful Antique type. Kach nnmbnr will contain
two oniaixAL stcf.l zxgha visas.
Executed In the Ii ih.-t a'yle of the art.
We pr o.e tbe widest ranse anj the ar'ateu
variety posxible In ihe Itt-rary ma ter of our page'
Es avs. Disquisitions, Ta le , Adventures troui real
1'fe, Biographical and Literary Sk,l':he, Critiques
Poems, anil papers on Pra;tihal t.'.IMy.
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invariably in advance.
The Kepo.itory for ISfifl sauill be is-ur.l in two vat
nmes, coium-ncitig the flr.t of January and the first
of July jan 23
Farnham Souse,
HARNEY STREET,
J. C Ml BY, Proprietor.
J AWES VICK, "
IMPORTER AND GROWER OP
FLOWER & VEGTflBLE
SEEDS.,
ROCHESTER, N. Y. ,
VICK'S ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE
Of
SEEDS ASD FLORAL QUIDK T0
Is now published and ready to send ont. It makaa
a work of about ORE MCXDRED LABfal tA a eon"'
tainltig full descriptions of tbe
Choicest Flowers and Vegetables Grovir-
wlth plain directions for Sowing Seed, CaUure.'Ac.
11 w v4niiiuuy iiMistrsie,, witn more then oxa
IICSUKED USB WVOO KSURAVIi'OH of
F.ower and Vegetables, and a
BfAPTIFPL COLORED PLATE O? FLO WKHB.
Welt printer- on tbe finest naner. and one of tha
too beautiful as well as trre most instructive worse
ef the kind publii-ht -J"
9-et.t to all whv app'j, by mail, post paid, far
Ton cents, w 1 ich Is not half the coat.
Adrress JAMES VICK. Rochester. N. T-
janw
notice.
Fealed prrpoaala will b received by rie villi S
O'clock P. M. of Toe-dav. P'b'y. 4th. 1369. B r Mia
grading of Main Street, ccmjilUi. For speelflca-
ticna ana letters 01 contract see Meters- Uiaek,
Parm-iee ad winteraUae, Committee 03 lligar
wr.
(iiteu aadar my band and aeil. Jsn.y nth. let.
F. M PC'REiySTOX. .
Jan l4 eeelT'.