"If any man attempts to haul doicn the Jmcrican Flag, shoot him on the spot."
VOL. 3.
PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1SG3.
iNO. 45.
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if
THE HERALD
IS PUBLISHED
V K L Y,
BY
ftJL ID. HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
V90Cca corner llnia (treat arid Levee, secend
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
Hates of Jldccrtising
0e S'tjars (spice of ten lines) oue insert ioo, 1 '0
Bac.i snuseaent insertion - - 1.(0
P rife' linal c,irl s not exceeding six lined 10 00
Oae-q'iartercolnmn or less, perannum 3.VIM)
- six mouths 2') I'O
t- " three month 15.00
aehulf column twelve months 60. 00
" six months 85. U0
" three months 20.00
aesolumn twelvs months - loo.oo
six months ... 60.00
three months - - 8S.00
Ml transient adverti-ements mast b ptidforin
wlrause.
trt- We are prepared to do all kind of Job Work
aa shiirt:notice, and in a style that will nive satis
faction. WILLITT POTTENGER
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMOUTH - - NEBRASKA.
tTTI inAKtlllETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ASP
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA
It. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
sJei4ers hi professional services to the citizens of
Cass county.
(3r Residence sonth-east corner ofOak and Sixth
streets; Office on Main stfeet, opposite Court Honse,
Flstt-tmouth, Nebraska.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Mcnr-itr, Proprietor.
Cvrntr of Jiff in and Fourth Slice's,
Plattsmoutli, Xeb.
TVsFIouse having been re fitted and newly fnr
alth.d offers first- ciass accommodations. Koard by
Ida day or west. angS
MAXWELL, 6AM. M. CHAPMAN
Maxwell Sc Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
-AID
Solicitors in Chancery.
HATTSUOCTU, - - - NEBRASKA.
CSie vr Slack. Buttorr A Co- Ttcait Stor.
rl
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIK",
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
MA Ui ST.,0 PJ'O SI TE THE CO VR T-110 USE
PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
StUU ). CUtIC, UE rOKSST rORTSB.
V, M . w. KKWIN.
rP HEAL ESTATE AaEXOT.-
Jsnt-t wtf
josEPn
SC SCHLATilit,
"W AT C H MAKER and JEWELER,
1IA15 STEEIT,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA
A pood assortment of Watches t'lo Oold Peon.
Jewelry, Silver Ware, Fane .oO'i Violins and VI-
lia TriinminRS always on hand. All work com
saltte.l to his "ure wifl be warranted.
April 10, I -03.
. B. IRISH, ' CALHOr & CBOXTOS,
Indian Afairs. j Attornf y at Law
IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON-
Th above ncroeil rcnt!men have associated
themselves la lusines f ir the purposo of proecut
lo g and collectine all cls:ms icain-t the General
O jvernment, or aa;iin;-t any tiie of Indi an, and
are prepare. I tjpro-eeute such claims, either before
Coorss,or anr of t he Department of tiovernuieut
r tfore the Court of Claims,
Ma. lain will devote his personal attention to
the business at Washington.
JT J" OfCc" at Xebraski Crty.coruor at Main and
fifth streets.
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON- D C
F. M
DORRINGTON,
SCO AGEXT:i
"LA TTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA,
Sf fepsred M present and propecale claims before
Ce.j -ress.Conrtof Claims and the leps . iuient-s. Fa
a t. Pi-nM'n. liimote. and Brnnty I. amis Re.
-red. JChar,'cmo'ioriit.-,acd in proportion to
la am lutu of tne claim. . ji. uuiiuw j i j s.
April 10, 5
J. N. WISE,
General Life, Accident, I'ire, Inland and
Transit
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take riks at reasonable rrit's tn the moet reliabl
a. .innnies in the t'nited States.
T5"Office at the book store, Pla fir t nth. Nebras-
inav21llf
Iillinery 5fc llrcssmaliiHST,
T MISS A. M. n5PAI.1 A Mas. R. P. KEM5LDT
Ojiposite the City Bakery.
"ll? E would resoetfuI:y announce to the Ladies
. of Plattsmoutu n.i virinity, that we have just
received a large and well selected giock of Wiuter
Oix)ds, consisting f Flowers, Ribbons, velvets, dress
trimmings, te., Ao. We win coll the cheapest gtods
'ever sold in ibis ciy. We can accommaia:e all our
"old customers and as many new ones as will favor us
with a call. All kinds of work in our line done to
"order. Perfect satisfaction given or no charges,
TO.vStf
BOOKS s STATIONERY.
Books. School Hooks, Xewtpapers, Mngaz'.nes,
Periodicals, and ail kinds of Stationery, at
MURPHY'S BOOK-STORE,
FvoC!ce Duild:nK, Main strel. ot24
II. IS. jEraiivcs,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
ISO"
General Land Agent,
Lincoln. - - - Nebraska.
Will p-actice ia any of 1'ue CV.ir't of the State, aa
will buy aud S' U Keal Es ate on c jmniiwun, pay
'Taxes, examine Ti'les. .vc.
lXDl'CEHEMSTOEMlGKAXTS
When we are advised to any partic
ular course of action, we feel that it is
but just that the grounds of such advice
be stated. For this reason, when we
recommend immigration to Nebraska,
we are willing to state fairly aad can
didly why we do o.- Unless we were
fully coLfident that all who might come
seeking a home in our midst would be
greatly benefited, thereby, we would
not say another word upon th3 subject.
When we came here, in the infancy
of the Territory, we at once saw the
advantages of the country to en extent
sufficient to induce us to make our
home upon its soil. Although we were
highly pleased with the country at the
time, when scarcely an effort had yet
been made to develope the capacity of
its soil, yet it hns been steadily grow
ing it favor with us as year after year
has unfolded its agricultural resources.
Our expectations then were high, but
we did not suppos9 that ao short a time
would suffice for the changes th;t have
since tak?n place. From a few ceitle
mcnts on the wes'.ern benka cf ths
Missouri, our population has grovya to
such an extent c to entitle us to b3 ad
mitted .as one among ths sovereign
States of the Union.
When any one proposes to emigrate
to a new country, he endeavors in the
first place to satisfy himself that Ls
would thereby improve his condition.
If he intends to pursue the calling of a
farmer, he chould know before hand
what advantages were lika'y to attend
that occupation. On this point it ie
only necessary m this place to mention
the fact, now very generally known,
that the soil of Nebraska-, is not sur
passed by thet cf tny othr Stto ia i:
adaptation to all tha various products of
the farm. In the most unfavorable
seasons, waa thera has been a gene
ral failure of crops in the sarroundmj
State, we have been favored with an
abundant yield TLi3 results from ths
loose snd porous nclure of the sci! and
subsoil, which while it ensiles it to
withstand extremes, "both of wet and
dry weahter, at the same time readers
it remarkably easy of tillage. We be
lieve that all ordinary farm product?,
including grain, grass end root crops of
various kinus, so tar a teeteu, nave
succeeded well. Ths country is rather
new yet to decide with as much cer
tainty on its adaptation to all -the stand
ard fruits. One thing at least is car
tain; that the hardier varieties of ap
ples thrive and bear abundantly; Pears
are a perfect success; peaches occa
sionally give a full crep. Climate and
soil are highly suited to the grcpe.
both as to the growth of the vine and
the yield of fruit of the finest quality.
The small fruits are all successful and
remunerative.
Stock raising will always be eh im
portant item to the Nebraska farmer.
They may ba subsisted for half tbe
year or longer on pasturage afforded
by the common prairie grass. The
same made into hay is ail that they re
quire during the winter as rough feed.
This will be the case for a number of
years, in the interior portions of the
State, where the immigration will for
the most part seek a location. Then,
as it becomes necessary, tame grasses
will be introduced. Our dry atmos
phere and the absence of mud after
rain are very favorable conditions for
wool growing.
Market facilities are the very best.
We have easy access to ail important
markets bv railway and water. Prices
of produce are good and the demand
constant ly increasing, so that there is
no surplus over from year to year from
ih absence of luvers. Farm land
may be obtained under the Homestead
Act. by pre-emption, private entry, or
purchase at. second hand, as may suit
the inclination or means of the one
seeking a location. The way is there
fore open to all, whether rich or poor.
In a new country like this a farmer
may obtain a foothold with a compara
tively small capital. We need not
here reiterate the statement that farms
have been paid for and fenced out of
the first year's crop. All that is ne
cessary to state, is, thatsucces3 is tvith
in the reach of every one who has en
ergy enough to claim it. Society, edu
cational and religious privileges arc
superior for a country just settling up.
But it is objected that there is a lack
of timber. Certainly there seems to
be; but when you look th objection
square in the face.it vanishes from
sight, or at least, diminishes to such a
degree as almost to merit our contempt,
the same enterprise which settled the
vast prairie of Illinois will also people
those of Nebraska. Only in this case
the results will be far more speedy as
the facilities .of the present day are
much greater than those f former
years. Neb. City Press.
Pritatioss of a Wetern Mili
tary Garison. A correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune writes from Fort
C. F. Smith, which is one hundred
miles west of Fort Phil. Kearney, the
following account of the sufferings of
its garrison during the winter of 1SC6:
During the winter cf 1S6G the pro
visions ef the garrisson ware exhausted
and the troops subsisted on boiled corn
and buffalo meat. At times corn alone
was all they had to eat. The scurvy,
caused by the lack of proper food, broke
out among the troops, and many died
from its effects. To add to the dis
tress of the garrison they were kept in
a cute of constant alarm by hostile In
diana, who attacked almost every party
that vestured outside the stockade.
At night the troop ctood hours at z
time, in the cclJ, at lbs loopholes, to
resist the threctened attacks cf
the lavages. All communication with
'he post was cut off, and after the Phil.
Kearney massacre it was thought the
garrison had bsen destroyed. Two
oldirs volunteered to go from Fort
Phil. Kearney and learn the fate of
the garrison of Fort Srcith. After
considerable hardships they reached
the Fort in safely, and ntarted on their
return with Mich. Bouyer, a half breed
Siour, who was employed as a guide
at Fort Smith. They suffered severe
ly from cold, froze thsir feet and hands,
were chased into the mountains by Ic
JisDi. ntiii look from Uieia all their
horses and provisions. Iti making their
escape from Indians they became sep
arated, but succeeded in reaching Fort
Phil Kearney, one ct a time, more dead
than alive. The experience, selfposes
sicn and daring of Bouyer saved the
party from death. They brought to
the anxious friends at Kearney the
glad tidings that all was well at Fort
Smith.
S2FThe other evening a sober citi-
ixen of Petroleum Centre Pa., dreamt
that the Benninghoffrobbers had buri-
edthe 8200,000 in a box beneath the
Farmer's railroad depot. A party was
at once organized for the purpose of
ui.earihing the stamps, and on the fol
lowing night at an unseasonable hour,
thia party, consisting of three or four
persons and a well knawn officer of
Petroleum Centre, proceeded to a sus
picious looking spot beneath the depot,
and commenced operations. After
having du j for some time, and notfind
ltij the box or any trace of the booty,
the ammateur money diggers threw up
the sponge ar.d shovels and returned to
their homes, thoroughly disgusted.
JJ2J""A steam carriage for contmon
roads has been built in Edinburgh, the
peculiarity of which consists in having
the tires for wheels made of Indm rub
ber each being five inches thick and
two feet broad. These tires spread
over the ground ''like an elephaat's
foot" stones and other obstcuctiens
sinking into them. The one exhibited
was built for the island of Java.
CSTThe Adrian ( Mich) Times says
Ottawa Lake, Monroe county, has
returned to its old tricks and dried up.
Where once was a lake, in some places
thirty feet deep, is now only a mass of
frozen mud.' We are informed that
this is the first winter it has done so in
ten years. Fish in large numbers, and
so.ne of them in great size, are dug
out of the mud in deep ho'es where tho
water stood the longest."
SFAn old gentleman in Arkansas
recently presented himself for registra
tion accompanied by his two sons, and
tbe eldest of the latter was asked by
the clerk if he cruld write. "No sir,'
chimed in the old man, "I am happy
to say, my sons eannot read or write
When I was a boy my parents sent me
to school and after I bad got a little
start in lhe world I endorsed a note for
a man. and it cost me all my properly.
I then made up my mind that no child
of mine should learn to write.
EASTERN' PEOPIE COMIXU
WEST.
The New York Tnbme, of a very
recent date, has an arti!e,on this sub
ject, which contains mua truth. That
paper pays:
"Every year increa.es the volume
of emigration from tie East to the
Western States. Loca and temporary
cause swell or decreas the number of
emigrants. Thus, nan times in the
older fills 'he newer hate. A year
of panic is, in a greateidegree, a year
of emigration. Thegt at business and
social earthquakes slake up society,
and it moves westward
"The truth is, aunbcrlcss per
sons in the older canmunitiea are
constantly meditating eaigration. The
idea is a sort of vent cr scapegoat for
the feelings. Whsn tie ills p.nd cares
of life press, men loo!, to the West, to
its bread, unoccupied lands, i'-3 future
towns and cities, its inlepsndence, and
the chance to grow lp with its new
civilization, lne Lr-risaipsci the nrst
few years and tho erpense of moving
are the obstacles. Far these reason,
the contemplated emigrant merely
dreams about it. lerath, some
crash in business coiro;. Workshops
and factories are clsxd. He is, as it
were, rooted cut of thi place where he
grew, and, if ha Las means enough,
emigrates.
"There is another c'as young men
in search of an opening. They have
been educated for any or rzther, for
no particular business. They must
f hift for themselves, aid have been el
bowed down in the great crowd of cit
ies or older communities. They have
the mean3 to emigrate themselves, or
some relative, solicitous about their
welfare, sends them tdrift West, with
the vague general idea that there are
plenty or oper ing3 thsre. The misfor-
une with this class .is that thev want
to tit; acio iucu iu More?, clerks at Ho
tels, school teachers, lawyers' clerks,
or ms.y run about with a patent right
for a washing machine, cr the sub
scription list of a new book. lhe
curse of the rising generation i a thirst
for its ideal genteel occupations."
-o--
In the billiard rooms of Willard'
lotel.at Washington, tha other even-
ng, a boozy individiual made a bet ho
could swallow a billiard ball. The bst
was accepted, end the boozy indiviJu
I undertook the task. The ball was
oiled, and with some effort got through
his teeth and into his mouth; and there
it stayed, and would neither go down
nor come out until a physician was sent
for, who after half an hour's hard work
removed it. Up to the pre?cnt time,
however, "three score men baven'tbeen
able to get his teeth toctf her -3 they
wera before.
pJ"A man in New Hamshire had
a valuable horse and sluih stolen. He
followed them to Montreal, where the
thief had offered them for sale, but
succeeded in finding his property, and
secured the arrest of the thief. He
started home with his team, but the
custom officers seized it on the ground
that it had been offered for sale, and
had thus become forfeited to the Gov
ernment.
Out of 30,000 couples married
last year in Ireland, 11,600 of the men
and 15,000 of the women affixed their
marks instead of their signatures to the
register. We venture to assert, that
every one of these 11,600 men, if they
were citizens of the United States,
would vote the straight Democratic
ticket. Intelligence! phew!
USf-Tom Corwin said of Theodore
Parker, when having sworn to thrash
him for some abuse, he changed his
mind after hearing one of Theodore's
sermons. "If a man can talk so about
Jesus Christ, it makes little difference
what he says about poor Tom Corwin..'
jpgBishop Simpson has expressed
the belief that the great vices m our
large cities will never be conquered
until the ballot i put in the hand of
woman.
ESfA chess match, by telegraph,
between the clubs of Detroit and Cin
cinnati, has been arranged and will
soon commence.
Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, it is said,
i has received S15.000 from the sale of
her ha&band's Life,
roan the l.i.es.
The lime has come for every soldier
of freedom to look to his musket, and
replenish his ammuniriou-box, and see
that he stands well in line. We are
on the eve of events that may try the
courage and the constancy of the best
of us. The De.r.ocrats, the Rebels,
and the weak-kneed Republicans, have
formed a coalition under the lead of
Andrew Johnson, and there is no
knowing what step may next bv? taken.
Look at the elements of this parly!
In the North we have the murderers
it orphan negro children the rioters
of July the bounty jumpers and the
assassins. We have newspapers like
the La Crosse Democrat which eulogi
zes Wilkes Booth, and the New York
World, which sneers at the martyred
Lincoln. Above them all because it
shows more ability and more reckless
power we have the New York Ikrald
whosa editor, failing to have lhe Mont
gomery Constitution adopted in 1&61
hopes to have the principles of that
constitution adopted cow. Then we
have the Times, insidious, truculent and
indecisive -willing to wound and al
most afraid to strike not quite so far
away that it may not get within the
lines if victory remains with us. Some
of these war upon us by pretending to
use the name of Grant, otherB by open
ly assailing Grant. In the South we
have the Rebels and the Conservatives
be former man-stealers and man-
owners.
These men are bound together with
but one tie "Down with tho nigger."
Men who shonld know belter, Christian
men, who read Bibles and pray, vehe
mently join ia this cry, "Djwn with
tho nigger." Cowards that they are,
they do notseo lhat these black fellow-
beiegs were net thought unworthy to
&hed their blcsd fcr the Union. Ia-
prates that tho are. thev have no com
pensation for the tyranny, the oppres
sion the endlocs crimes they have
heaped upon this race. They have
robbed them, trampled them in the dust,
taken their children children, let us
soy it with sham), with their own Sax
on blood flowing in their veins and
kept them in slavery. Slanderers that
they are, instead cf helping these poor
people in their efforts to rise, they de
ride, belie, ridicule, slander them.
"Down with tho nigger" "Down with
the nigger. This ia all. They can no
longer rob hir.i, nor stetl his labor, nor
buy and sell him, nor hunt him with
hounds, and cover him with stripes,
and ravish his wive and daughters!
Down witk him of course! For five
year3, gentlemen of the South, you
fought to keep the negroes in Slavery,
and bitter are your tears of discom
fiture. Shed them no more. For here
come Raymond and Bennett, Miles
O'Reilly and Brick Pomeroy, and Val
landigham and Wood, and they pro
pose to fight your battle for you. They
mean that you shall "protect" the ne
gro. iciatc or n, merry pnnanmro
nists of Andersonville and Libby. We
a
shall place them under your "protec
tion," for you are white men, end we
mean to put the nigger down.
And in all their camps we bear the
cry, "Down with the nigger," and the
further cry, '"Down with Congress. '
As the nigger cannot be reached until
Congress is disposed of, down with
Congress, amid din and clatter and
loud-mouthed sw earing. This may be
all. We know these valiant men, and
perhaps this cry is akin to the clamors
for McClellan to march on Washing
ton. We must prepare for every con
tingency.' Let the Republican' party
stand close to Congress. Trust no man
who is not squarely in line. " Let the
watchword be, "Stand by Congress,"
for with all its shortcomings we regard
it as the noblest in American history.
If Congress fails if its will is persis
tantly defied, if its work is to be lorn
to shreds by a vicious President and
ambitious soldiers and middle-aged
lawyers then chaos will come to the
South, and we shall be in a worse con
dition than if Lee had conquered in
Virginia. Shall the spirit of Slavery
triumph, or the spirit of Freedom? The
issue has come to that. Andrew John
son represents the Rebellion just as
Congress represents the Union. We
must either stand by one or the ether.
There is no middle course. So, form
the lines and prepare for lhe contest,
and let the war-cry be, "Stand by
J Con
X. Y. Tribune.
s
18111.
Petroleum V. Nasby has gained a
world-wide reputation. - No man in
the country has dealt modern Democ
racy and treason so many stunning
blows as h"e. Nasby has taken the
lecture field. The following descrip
tion, being lhe best we have seen, we
take from the Davenport Gazette.
"D. R. Locke, Esq., editor of the
Toledo Blade, better known as Rev.
Petroleum V. Nasby, late Pastor of the
Church of the Noo Dispensashun, P.
M at Confederil X Roads, made his
first appearance in Iowa yesterday, and
delivered his first sermon before an
Iowa audience in the Burtia Opera
House, last night. The audience, the
largest which has this year assembled
to hear any lecture in Davenport,
would have closely packed the Metrop
olitan Hall. This well known preach
er of political righteousness is far from
presenting the venerable appearance
to be suspected from the celberity at
tained by his sermon. About thirty
five years o: age, of modest demeanor,
medium height, in the full enjoyment
of healthful rotundity, which comes of
good digestion prompted by a keen re
lish for good humor, and the posesion
of a peaceful . conscience, the reverend
lecturer would pass in any crowd as a
wide-awake business man and a genial
companion, as he is, rather than as an
acknowledged flageliser of bogus Dem
ocrats and unrepentant rebels.
"A writer and not heretofore a pub
lic speaker, and appearing last night
before an audience for only the ninth
time in his life, Mr. Locke placed him-J
elf in the front rank of popular lectur
ers. Those who last night numbered
themselves among his auditors in the
expectation of finding mere amusement,
were eertainly disappointed; if any
stayed away under the same impression,
toy wore, seriously the losers thereby.
The lecture abounded witli happy and
fun provoking hits. But each joke,
however laughable or side-splitting had
its point, or furnished most forcible
illustrations to earnest arguments or
keen satire. Compelled to laughter
the audience often were, and this some-
timo ia spite-cf themselves, but the
laughing was by no means lhe whole
of the effect produced.
"The lecture, of which we cannot
pretend to give even a synopsi. was a
close examination and well-digested
refutation and rebuke, in solid argu
ment, scathing satire and earned ap
peal, cf lhat unjust and unreasonable
prejudice by force of which the color
ed citizens cf the Republic are, in al
most all ths professedly free States,
driven from the ballott box by those
who were glad three years ago to se
cure their aid in the use of the bullet
against a common foe. The 'cursed
be Cancan' doctrine was dissected in
every possible direction, and held up to
most merciless ridicule. The anti
Democracy of the so-called Democratic
party, in its direct antagonism to the
teachings of Thomas Jefferson and of
.the Declaration of Independence, was
thoroughly exposed. So, also, the
cowardice and meaness of professed
Republicans, as those in Ohio and Kan
as in voting down impartial suffrage
last fall, was denounced with justly de
served severity aud earnestness. The
closing appeal for juftice and eqau
rights was peculiarly forcible end ef
fective.
"Evidently Mr. Locke hns not been
writing his Nasby letters simply for fun
Back of his quaint humor, strong con
viction and earnest devotion to living
rrinciple has been and ia active and
a
irrepressible. Hereafter Nasby wi
be read in this vicnage with increas
ing interest.
3FThe New Albany Commercia,
says it is found that the Ohio river
bridge (at Louisvi'le) has been built
in acoordance wtth an act of Congress
authorizing it, but it is thought it wil
impede navigation. The bridge com
pany are willing to b'lild it higher, but
think that the Government ought to
pay any extra expense.
USgMr. Walter Trumbull, of He!
ena, Montana, a son of Senator Trum
bull, ia a miner with a highly productive
claim, and a banker with ample canitol.
and is rapidly rising in distinction and i na Territory. We are no bummer, but
influence in the affairs of the newwewou,d not object to having suh a
community. brick 83 that in oar hat-
THE Il.iL..ACE OF TOWEIX.
The Democrats are all the lime talk
ing about negro supremacy in thia
country, as if 5,000,000 of ignorant
negroes to 35,000,000 of educated
whites could ever attain a dangerous
ascendency in this country. They
doubtless mean that a minority of
whites might be made a majority by
the help of the negroe, who, in such a
case would hold the balance of power.
Such a thing is possible, should the ma
jority of whiles ever conclude to de
prive the negroes of their natural
right. Under no other circumstance
issuch a balance of power eupposajble;'
and in such a case every judicious man
sees how necessary it would be for the
negroes to be able to defend them
selves. We are convinced that the extension
of suffrage to the negroes will be more
likely to redound to the aid ef the
Democratic than to that ef the Repub-
ican party. It is well known that the
arger portion of the poor have ever
voted the Democratic ticket for the
imple reason that the Democracy
havo claimed to be the poor man's
riend, and have made their tppeals
chiefly to that class, lhe negroes are
nearly all pcor. Hence, if the Demo
crats shell behave themselves, they
will stand a far better chance for their
votea than the opposite party. This
fact is evident to all thinking Republi
cans, and, therefore, the charge that
they are working for party suceese in
granting suffrage to the negroes ia
absurd.
But suppose all lhat lhe Democrats
are saying about the negro balance of
power to be true, is it not fully as dis
creet to have a balance of power in the
hands of loyal negroes as in tbe hands
of a class of disloyal whites? The De
mocracy in the minority would, under
their reconstruction policy, be supported
by the late rebels, who would hold the
balance of power and make the party
execute their own pleasure. Is it safe
to trust such a balance of power.
THE I1AHEFOOTED PRINTER.
noY.
Some thirty years ago a barefooted
boy floated down the Susquehanna on
a humble raft, and arrived at Harris-
burg. He come from the north and
belonged to a lanre family; all his
worldly goods were tied up in a little
pocket handkerchief. He sought and
obtained employment in a printing
office as an apprentice. From an ap
prentice to a jjurneyman, from a jour
neyman to a reporter, from a reporter
to an editor, and the printer boy work
ed his way, against obstacles which Buf
fering poor only know. The young as
pirant became printer to the State, and
by frugal management was soon ena
bled to accomplish the object nearest
his heart the establishment ' of bis
mother in a home above want. His
brothers were his next care, and in a
lew years they, too, with his sisters.
were independent in the world; the
once barefooted printer boy was in po
session of affluence, surrounded by a
youDg and affectionate family. He
rose in honor and office, until'the bare
footed printer boy was elected a Untied
States Senator. This man is Simon P.
Cameron, the late Secretary of War;
Come to the West. Under thia
head tho Pubuque Times says: "The
resources of the West are so incalcula
ble vast, the chances for capitzl so end
less, and the opportunties for industry
so varied and abundant, that any such
idea as necessary stagnation is utterly
preposterous. It behooves every bui-.
ness man, and every other man, to study
his own relationship to things as they
now are, and come without delay to
such a conclusion as will best subserve
hi3 own interests. Idle capital or idle
hands, empty purses or hungry stom
achs, are follies which have no right to
exist in the West."
gSgThe New York Times thinks
that the -Republican party is "not by
any means so reduced in strength as to
make its overthrow a matter of course."
That looks as if Mr. Raymond medita
ted a return to the fold. Times.
K"A gold brick of over eighty
pounds weight and worth nearly $20.-'
' 00. was lately CRSt al Helena, Monta-
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