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PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA.
THURSDAY, FEB. 13, 1863.
CORRE8PO.DE.'CE.
Wa are leslron r rejjlviof e rr p le'l'M 'fr-om-II
parte of the Slat, relative to the material inter
eta of the country, together with such other nit
tar as contribntora may deem of interest.
Republican Slate Convention.
A State Convention will be held t Nebraska City
on Wednesday, April -Oth, 1S63, at 12 o'clock M., to
lect delegates to represent the Republican party of
Nebraska at the National Convention to he held at
Chicago, Majr 20th, next. Also a candidate for
Member of Cengres. Goveranr, Secretary of State,
Anlitor, Treasarer, 3 Presidential Electors, and the
delegates present from each Judicial district will
nominate a suitable perron fir District Attorney,
for their respective districts.
The Convention will be organized as follows:
Richardson Connty A
Nemaha County 5
Cotntles of Nemaha,
Uichaidton it John
son 1
Conntitl of Pawnee,
Gage, J :fferaon, da
line ftt Lancaster 1
Counties of Gage and
Jefferrin I
Johnson county 1
Otse do 7
Lancaster do 1
Oasa dj S
Ceuntiea of Cas, Sarpy
Saunders, Butler and
Seward 1
Counties of Saunders
Seward At Butler 1
Conntiea of I latte,
Merrick, Hall, Buf
falo, Kearney and
Lincoln. 1
Counties of Saline,
Lincoln tt Kearney
arpy Connty
Douglas da
Dodge do
Platte o
Washington county
iCounlies of Was'iirg
jton A Burt
Counties of Hall, Buf
I falo A Merrick
. Coiiot ei of Burt and
Cuming
Dakota county
Counties of Dixon, Ce
dar, & L'fcau qui
Court
Counties of Dodge,
Cuming, Stanton. Da
kota. Dixon, Cedar,
L'Ean qui Court, atd
Pierce.
Pawnee county
A State Central Committee is to elected for the
coming earn ala. the placi of hdiling the .next
State Convention designated, the basis of r.preHuta
' tlon for succeeding State Conventions agreed upon.
and other important business will b broJut bit ore
the Convention.
Republicans, sen a delegale, an J let aot one county-
Be unrepresented.
8T- A- S BALCO JBK,
Omaha, Jan 30, 1863 Chaimmn
THE 1'IIESIDENC'Y.
The name of Gen. U. S. Grant for
President, continues to gain additiona
popularity, if we can judge from our
exchanges. Thus far we have re
frained from hoisting any name, be
tiering that it were bes to await the
action of our State Convention which
will soon meet. The readers of the
Herald know very well where we
stand, so fur as regards our admiration
of Gen. Grant, but our personal prefer
ences shall not govern us in the selec
ticn of candidates. We go for the best
men, and wh le we honestly believe
that the great enthusiasm with which
Grant and Fenton are pretty generally
received throughout the Union is well
d'rected and fully deserved, we nev
ertheless refrain from making a public
choice, believing the representatives of
the Republican party in our next Con
vention will give a full and fair repre
sentation of the Union sentiment of
Nebraska on this important question.
RAILROADS A til I.Y
The citizens of Plattsmoutb will
shortly be called upon to vote in favor
of giving aid to our railroad interests,
and we have no doubt the result will
be overwhelmingly in that direction. -
We have reason to believe that a corps
of engineers will shortly be here to Io
cate the road between this point and
the U. P. R. R. near Bellvue. In the
mean ima our citizens should go for
ward with the subscriptions of material
and other aid calleJ for in the "appeal
to be found in another column. Let no
man wait to see what his neighbor will
do but let him go and do his best him
self. Everything donated in this man
ner will be as bread cast upon the wa
ters and the donors will receive back
ten-fold the valuation of all they give.
We must help ourselves by earnest and
untiring efforts, for we know that unless
we do so, no railroad will ever disturb
the monotcny of the present butter and
egg trade Act that's the word, and
keep acting till we succeed.
AT SEA A0 4I..
The United States District Judge
ship is all at 6ea again. Judge Lake
and Col. Worthington seem to have
been elbowed aside by Judge Mason,
who in turn is now wrestling with
Judge Dundy, while we hear it whis
pered that our late and efficient dele
gate and present Surveyor General has
by some means obtained the inside
track from all other competitors. Of
.course these are only on dits and we
give them for what they are worth.
We shall be satisfied with an of them.
They are all good men and lawyers of
unquestioned ability. The only re
markable feature in the scramble is
the apparent sine qua non of a demo
cratic endorsement to ol tain a nomina
tion. If this is really important we
would advise our friend Pottenger to
go in, for we 6ee that he receives an
endorsement from the chiefest unter
rified" in Nebraska. The great I am
Of the ENLARGEMENT.
Tlie Impeachment Question
Revived,
Impeachment isagan becoming pop
ular in the House and Senate, and it
looks as if some action would be taken
on the subject.' An informal caucus of
the Republican members was held on
the 6th init., at which it was deter
mined to call up the bill in the Senate
providing a course of proceedure in
cases of impeachment, and cause it to
be pushed forward for speedy action.
Many Republican members of the
House, who have heietofore opposed
impeachment, are now inclined to vote
for it.
AXOTIIEIt IIORRIRLC ItAIL
IIOAD DISASTER.
We Ierii I ram Hugh M. Burke,
Eeq , that tfid eastern . bound train
which left our depot at 11:30 o'clock
on Monday, met with a most horrible
accident ea.t of Marshall, night before
last, in which ihe -sleeping car "Coun
cil Bluffs'' was totally consumed. . The
accident was caused by a brcrken rail;
the locomotive, mail and baggage cars
passed over safely, but the pasengtr
car and sleeping tar were thrown cfT
the track, and badly smashed up. One
woman name unknown had "her
back broken, and two or three men are
reported to be seriously injured. The
burning of the car was caused by the
use of coal oil, and it serves as another
admomsher against its further use for
railroad purposes. The accident must
have happened between -the hours of
10 and 11 on Monday evening. JVbi-
pareil 12th.
Great anxiety is felt in this city, as
Messrs. Hathaway and J. E. Doom
are known to have Leeu on this train.
'Ihe Northwestern Transportation
Company, which has just been organ
ized to run a line of steamers from
Sioux City to MoUna, has determined
to run its steamers to the mou.h of the
Muscleth II, and has sent a train o
fifteen men, two wagons, and a nunibe
of pack animals, for the purpose of put
ting up warehouses at the mouth of the
Muscleshell. By doicg so the company
will save nearly four hundred miles of
the most difficult navigation on the
Missouri river, while the point at which
they will land their freight and passen
gers is only thirty-five miles further
from Helena than the distance between
the latter place and Fort Benton.
Camp Cook will be removed to the
mouib of the Musclesbell in the spring
This will furnish immunity from the
Indians, and at once create a nucleus
for a thriving and populous city.
The minority in the Florida con
vention were sun in secret session on
the 7ih. Having adopted the consti
tution tney are awaiting instructions
from Gen Meade before adjourning.
The majority refuse to recognize the
acts of the mil ority, or to admit British
subjects or non-residents to seats in the
convention.
The majority consists of four ne
groes and twenty one whites, all eligi
ble; the minority number twenty, of
whom one is a British subject, thrte
are non residents, and the balance are
negroes. The President of the con
vention and the chairman of the corr.
imitee on eligibility and elections are
included in the minority.
The President rules that foreigners
and non residents are eligible, and re
fuses to entertain an appeal from this
decision without a two-thirds vote.
which enables the minority to govern
the convention.
It appears that the reconstruction
committee are again after the rresi
dent in the recent Grant correspond
ence, claiming that if he did order
Grant to disobey Secretary Stanton it
is a clear violation of the law, and that
if such was his intent it is ground for
impeachment, articles of which will at
once be submitted to the House, and
Johnson put on his trial. Thus saith
the last Washington rumor.
The N. C. Convention has adop
ted a report in favor of applying to
Congress fcr the removal of disabilities
from all persons who support the Con
cressional policy of reconstruction.
Resolutions were rejected making ne
groes, or persons unable to read or
write ineligible to the office of Gov
ernor.
Jg'A large majority of the Repub
lican members of the Ohio legislature
have expressed themselves in favor of
the nomination of General Grant for
President.
The Rev. T. K. Beecher said re
cently that "the less a man knows, and
the more whiskey he drinks, the more
determined he is to make this a 'white
man s government.'' That's just about
so. These are the kind of men who
blab the loudest on the subject.
m a
"THE STATE OF OMAHA.
A few days ago, says the JVonpareil,
we illustrated tne gross ignorance
which prevails generally throughout
the East, of the geography and general
condition of tue great Northwest. As
another illustration, we take the follow
ing from the last number of the New
York Weekly, which we find in its
answers to "correspondents.' Here
it is:
"H W. M. and J. M. D. There is
little danger of any young and healthy
men, who do not fear hard work and
privations, succeeding in ga ning a
livelihood in any of our frontier Slates.
Seldom or never do parlies stirt from
this part of the country for the purpose
of settling in States bj distant as Oma
ha, nor are the inducements very great
ibere at present for immigrants. The
country is in a state of transition from
a bnrborous to a civilixed polity, and
the inhabitant are compelled to sleep
within reach of their firearms, not
nowing what moment they may hear
the war-hoop or tne Indians.
OUR WESTER LETTER.
Wuhoo Valley Its Improvements The
"Ohio SetlltmenV Concrete Houses,
etc. '
Dear Hera ld: A little leisure pre
sented, so "taking time by the fore-
lock," we mounted our mule and star
ted on a trip of observation "up Wa
hoo" I have often wondered that so
little has been said of this beautifu'
Valley; but after this reconnoisance
my wonder is increased. The bottom
land is superior to any I have seen in
Nebraska.' The soil-is equal, at least,
und it appears lo be be.ter drained.
Very little slough grass. It varies in
width from one to four or five miles,
and the line of demarcation between
bottom and high prairie is so indistinct
ly marked that it is sometimes dfficult
to tell where ihe bottom land ends and
high prairie commences. The upland,
especially on the north side, is remark
ably beautiful. The surface is suffi
ciently undulating for the purposes
draining; but as the eye stretches fo
miles across it, it has the appearance o
a dead level,
The onlv drawback I could see to
this delightful Valley is the common
one to Nebraska the scarcity of tun
ber. Buu from about twenty mile
above the mouth of the strep. m, this
objection could not be urged with so
much pertinence. Young timber wa
observed all along the margin, and if
by some means the prairie fires could
be kept cut, at no distant day there
would be a fine belt of valuable timber
the entire length of tho Wahoo and its
tributaries. The importance of keep
ing out fires was strongly impressed on
my mind as Hooked over the farms of
MrTStambauh and Mr. Warbritton
These g-entlemen were the first set
tiers in Saunders county, and from the
first have endeavoced to guard their
scattering timber against this element
At limes they have not been entirely
successful, and on one occasion Mr. S
was entirely burned ou'; but the fine
young Ash, Box Elder, Walnut and
Cottonwood that flourish on their farms
sufficiertly demonstrate the fact thai
timber will spring up and rapidly grow
into forests if fire can be kept out.
I was surprised ta see the extent o
settlement up the valley, and the inter
est felt in agriculture. Mr. Jacob
Aughe has as fine a breed of hogs as
can be found in the State; and by hi
enterprise in this direction is increasing
extent not easily estimated. A ride of
about five miles brought us to the
"Ohio" settlement. These people are
mainly from Ashtabula county, Ohio,
and have brought Ashl; bula politics
along with them. I would suggest the
name of Giddings or Wade as an ap
propriate name for this township. The
peculiar construction of the buildings
in this settlement impressed me favor
ably; and as I believe the system com
bines economy with comfort and neat
ness, I give you tha benefit of their
t m
experience and sucn racts as may
interest others in like situation.
They are made of Stone and mortar,
and are built after the .manner of
Gravel Houses that is, the walls are
laid in boxes, frames are erected at
convenient positions, so that by laying
in boards against these frames a box
will be formed of the desired width for
the walls of the house. This box
should extend aiound ihe entire foun
dation, and should be about two feet
high. Mortar should be made of five
bushels of sharp sand to one of unslack-
ed lime; and should be made very thin,
so that it will run and fill all the spaces
n the box between the rock. Put in a
layer of rock of any shape or dimen
sions that will fit the box, laying them
as cioseiy as convenient, inen pour
n mortar until the space not occupied
by rock is all filled; then repeat the
process, until the wall has reoched its
desired height. By pursuing this
course, as strong and as substantial a
wall can be erected as could be made
by an accomplished mason; and by ta
king a little pains and leave a small
space between the rock und the side of
the box to be filled with mortar, the
wall will present the appearance of an
elegant finish. A little ingenuity wi
suggest a method for leaving space for
windows and doors which it is not ne
cessary to uescrioe. iwo men can
make the mortar and lay up two feet of
wall in a building sixteen by twenty
four feet, in a day. Tha following
morning the mirtar will be 4 set," and
the boards can be r. ised tc form the
box to lay the next two feet of wall.
n this way a man of ordinary ingenu
ity can lay up his own wall without the
expensive skill of a mason, and at a
cost little exceeding 'that required in
tending a mason. Several houses in
this settlement have been erected after
this plan, and they give general sat
isfaction. Mr. Woodburvi Mr. M'-
E?ntire and Mr Hayward have each
residences that would be. a credit to
any country, while the walls erected by
Mr. Stanly iheiast season are yet su
perior. Whenwe consider the ex
pense of. lLMbe(and mechanical skill
and conseqtren'.j thevarious plans tha
new settlers, whout means, are com
pelled to restt to, such as adobes,
"dug outs, &(, it seems to me that
this is an imprvement adapted lo the
wants of a larg class of the people of
Nebraska. Te principle is not a new
one, but I daresay jt will be new to
many of your readers; s application
ctrtainly is no very extensive in Ne
braska. 'Thes; people are wide awake
to the importnee of raising timber.
Mr. Wilson ias male a commence
ment and intods to increase his grove
as fast as cirumstances will permit.
The fine cops of wheat and corn
thai these peiple raised last reason has
stimulated thn to renewed energy in
developing their farms.
In a short ime I shall expect to see
thif? one of the finest cultivated settle
ments in Neiraska. The Quality of
the wheat is qua! to that produced in
e Salt Cree: Valiev. Five or six
- t
iles above u's settlement is the resi
ence of Thor.nson Bissell. As a cat
i .. .
lie man Mr. Bissell has a reputation
throusho-ut theState. He is wintering
about two hunlred and fifty head, and
is doing-a gre.t deal to developa the
cattle interest n this part of Nebraska
He contemplates turning his attention
more especially to improved breeds.
A ride of sixor seven miles beyond
Mr. Bissell's brought us to the sheep
farm of Mr. Mises Stocking. Mr. S
3 wintering abut eleven hundred and
fifty sheep, mosly of pure breed meri
noes Mr. S has his sons located
around him, wto intend to make a spe
ciabty of Woolrowing. The location
they have selected is an admirable one
for the busines . I learn that the val
lev is rapidly settling above, even to
the head; and h a short time I look to
see this among the finest developed
valleys in the State.
HOE.
Correspondence.
Ashland, Neb ,
Dear Hexjld Our people are
working up to the importance of. the
timber question, and perhaps there is
not an interest in Nebraska that de
serves so much attention. Mr. Stam
baugh, Mr. Sm th and Judge Marble
have secured a large number of soft
maples for planing in the spring
young cottonwocd are scarce, and many
are talking about rlinting slips. How
will it do? Messrs. McEntyre and
"Woodbury are making arrangements to
plant ten acres eacn, dui nnd it dit
ficult te get the trees.
Sereral of your Cass County farmers
have" had rn extensive experience in
this business. Will they give us the
benefit of it. HOE.
We learn that Mr. Fuller, agent for
David Read, sold his. Read's, farm on
Salt Creek (one hundred and sixty
acres, about forty or fifty under cultiva
tion) for twenty-five hundred dollars.
The purchaser is from eastern Iowa.
GRANT'S LETTER.
The following is General Grant's
etter to the President as we find it
published in the eastern journals, deny
ing the statement of the latter that
General Grant had promised not to
give up the War Office to Mr. Stanton
"Sir: I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communica
tion oi the 31st ult. After a careful
reading and comparison of the article
over the initials "J. R. S." in the New
York World of the 27th ult , to be bas
ed upon your s'tatement, and seven of
the members of the Cabinet therein
named. I find it only to be a reitera
tion, only somewhat more in detail, of
the many and gross misrepresentations
contained in these articles, and which
my statement of facts, Bet forth in my
etter of the 24th ult.. was intended to
correct, and herein 1 reassert tne correct
ness of my statement in that letter, any
thing in yours in reply to the contrary
notwithstanding.
"And now, Mr. President, when my
Honor as a soldier and integrity as a
a -t
man nave been so violently assailed,
pardon me for saying I. can but regard
this whole matter, from beginning to
end. as an attempt to involve me in a
resistance of law, for which you hesi
tate to assume ihe responsibility, in
order to destroy my character before
the country. I am. in a measure, con
firmed in this ronclusion by your recent
orders directing me to disobey orders
from ihe Secretary of War, my supe
rior and your subordinate."
A fatal disease among the swine
s reported in several parts of Ohio.
n Hockiiig county some farmers are
osing from fifteen to twenty hogs a
day. The disease is said to be an .af
fection of the throat. It has also pre
vailed to some extent among the tur
keys. The Fayette Co. Herald re
ports the disease among the hogs in
that county.
James Buchanan will be seventy-
seven years old on the 12th of April,
1S6S It must be a sad reflection to
the old gentleman that heaven permits
man to outlive a good reputation.
The Prima Donna who "carried
way her audience," is earnestly re
uested to bring it back, as there were
everal mothers who left babies at
home, who "may need something-.
Thi t. l.nui. fJlitineoiiie
Omaha Rail ItoaI.
Correspondence.
We take from the Missouri Republi
can of the 7th. ihe following brer. It
is ominous and important:
House of Representatives,
Washington, D. C,Jan. 26, 1868
E. W. Fox, Esq., President St. Louis
Board of Trade, and Vice President
North Missouri Rail Road;
Dear Sir: With reference to the
conversation held with you to day, in
which you requested me to give you
my views concerning the building of the
St Louis, Cbilicothe and Omaha Rail
road via. Brunswick, I bave to state
that ih enterprise is ojae of mutual in
terest to St. Louis, the North Missouri
Railroad and ihe Union Pacific Rail
road. If the people residing a'ong fhe
line are sufficiently interested in the
project to contribute the means of build
ing the road-bed, and the North Mis
souri Railroad, which you represent,
will guarantee the first mortgage bonds
of the division north of Cbilicothe, for
the purpose of furnishing the iron and
rollinc stock to operate the same, I
have no hesitation in promising to use
my influence a9 a stockholder in the
Union Pacific Railroad, to the end of
obtaining the guarantee of our company
to the first mortgage bonds of the di
vision north of ChiJIicothe, of the St.
; Louis, Chillicothe aui Omaha Rail
! road, for the purpose of furnishing the
'iron and rolling etock.
I may state here that I am prompted
to this suggestion from the conviction
that the measure will bring about that
great desideratum a nearly air-line
route from Omaha to St. Louis. It
cannot fail to add largely to the busi
ness of our Union P cific Railroad, as
well as to that of St. Louis, by.bringing
the termiuus of the Uuion Pacific Rail
road 120 miles nearer to that city than
to Chicago. This road will pass
through a fertile section of country, rap
idly tilling with enterprising people
whose loca) trade will support it.
It need hardly be urged that no time
should be lost in pressing forward this
enterprise to completion. The Union
Pacific Railroad will be finished to Cal
ifornia in about two years, and the pro
jected road will form an important link
in our continental railway system.
Respectfully yours,
OAKES AMES.
The writer of that letter, Hon. Oakes
Ames is a member of Congress and
heavy stockholder ia the U. P. R. R.,
and 13 a brother of Oliver Ames, Pres
ident of the Union Pacific, and who
has cow a contract for building 60
miles of the same. No one at all ac
quainted with such matters will for a
moment doubt that Mr. Ames bad
erery assurance that what he proposes
in his letter, will be done, or he would
not have written and published it The
cnterjjiisc ia eiuiuemly tangible, prac
ticable and in every way feasible, or it
would never be taken hold of by such
men and in this way. Heretofore St.
Louis appeared to be the moving pow
er, now she is about to be lost in the
shade by the Union Pacific. The road
bed once built or secured, there will be
b struggle amongst capitalists for the
privilege of ironing and stocking the
road. The question of all absorbing
interest lo the citizens of Plattsmoutb
is thi-: Can Plattsmouth secure to her
self this great thoroughfare? 2d, If
she can, how? a
1st. How Plattsmouth is already in
line for this great route.
The articles of incorporation of the
Si. Louis, Cbilicothe Sc. Omaha R. R.
Co., now on file at Glenwood, Iowa, in
stating ihe object for which it is crea
ted, say that it is for the sole purpose
of marking, surveying, locating, con
structing and operating a railroad from
the vicinity of Council Bluffs in the
State of Iowa, at a point opposite the
city of Omaha, State of Nebraska, with
a branch to a point opposite Plalta
mouth, Stale of Nebraska, thence south
to some point on the division line of the
States of Missouri and Iowa, in the
county of Page, thence to intersect and
connect with the Chillicotbe & Omaha
R. R. Co., its Missouri division, &c.
(See 3d article )
Thus is Plattsmouth nominated in
the Bond.
The people of Mills county are ac
tively engaged, and wiih almost a cer
tainty of success, in raising the means
to build the road bed next Summer,
commencing at a point opposite to
Plattsmouth, on the Missouri river, and
they have a contract, in writing, with
the St. Louis, Chillicolhe & Omaha R.
R. Co., binding them to put on the iron
and the rolling slock, as soon as ten
miles are completed.
If by the time this is done, ihe road
bed (7 1-2) miles is finished between
Plattsmouth and the U. P. R. R., the
matter is settled, and settled forever
and irrevocably, in favor of Platts
mouth.
Plattsmouth ha? now but one thing to
do, to wit: build the road bed to the U.
P. R. R. But this she must do. and
do at once, for matters are in a trans
lion staie, and her friends (and she
has such) who are laboring for ber
night and day, incessantly, at a dis
tance, should not be compelled to see
their efforts clogged, and perhaps
thwarted by the lethargy and inactivity
of her own people. Vote the S100,
000 bonds, cash them at once, contract
fcr a bridge across the Platte, to be
finished by the 1st of October, and
Plattsmouth becomes at once the prin
cipal terminal point of the Union Pa
cific on the Missouri river, securesthe
Burlington & Missouri River R R. and
in time an oceanic connection, by rail,
via Galveston bay. Attend lo that
little seven and a half is all that Platts
mouth has nour to. do. Every man in
her border sbouli dievote his entire
summer to it.
ROC'Ii. II LUFFS ITEMS.
On tbe 3d instant, a fine young horse
owned by Philander Patterson, Esq., of
this place, foil upon a stake 16 inches high
and 4 inches io diameter, which insantly
penetrated his side and held him to the
ground until he died.
We learn that Mr. Wm. Morse, of this
place, while coming down Kiog Hill this
evening, (7th inst.) slipped from, a large
load of wood, and falling under bis wa
gon, was dragged some 30 rods, dur
ing which time a wheel passed over one
of his hands, crushing it badly. Mr.
Irwin, coming to his relief stopped
the horses in time to keep the hind wheel
from passing over his body. His breast
was bruised considerably. He was
brought to the drug store where his
wounds were attended to by Dr. J. S.
MoAdow-. of this place.
The officers for the 3d Quarter of
Friendship Lodge No 17 I. O. O. T were
installed on the evening of the 6 instant,
by W. U. L. D., Geo. Seybolt. Esq, of this
place.
ASIILIXO AFFAIRS.
A Lyceum has been organized at Ash
land. The first question for discussion
was, "Resolved that the elective fran
chise be extended to women.'' The peo
ple of Ashland do not intend to be be
hind any of the cities of the State in
intellectual affairs. Tho general turnout
of Monday evening warrants us in this
asssertion.
We understand that Mr. Riddle of
Ashland, is driving business in his new
Tannery. Those that are judges say he
is producing a quality of leather superior
to any brought to the westeru market.
So far as we know, Ashland is the first
town in the State to develop this indus
try. The people of the Salt Creek Valley
are getting in earnest about a bridge
across tbe Platte near Ashland. If the
enterprise could be accomplished, it
would do much to allay the spirit of
strife that exists between the two sec
tions. It is a great drawback to tha in
terests of th Capitol to be compelled to
make such a roundabout trip to get to
tbe north ide of Platts, as they are now
compelled to, and the same is true of
those from the other side who wish to go
to tha Capitol.
A Pen Picture or flrick Pom
eroy. Th3 editor of the Corry (Penn.)
Republican who claims to be personally
acquainted with Brick Pomeroy, givis
his readers the extracts from the La
Crosse Democrat on Gen. Sherman and
the clergy, which he culled some time
ago, and then proceeds lo paint "Brick"
ihus:
"The author of the above outrage
was born minus the moral attributes of
a manly-character. He is a thief, liar,
drunkard and wife-beater, to our per
sonal knowledge. We bave known
him to beat his wife and children un
mercifully without the show of provoca
tion, and forbid ihe merchants to trust
thr-m for ihe necessaries of life while
carousing in dens of prostitution.
And such a thing the leader of tbe
Democratic party! We bave known
him to sing bawdy songs and crack ob
scene jokes over the dead remains of
his friend and companion who wa6
stra-ngled to death in an attempt lo
drink a gallon ot whiskey on a wager,
in Milwaukee. And we have heard
him curse the sun and defy ihe power
that sustained it. We could chronicle
a thousand other instances, but it is
useless, as 'lie extract we present de
lineates ihe moral degradation of the
wretch better than we are able to do.
'In personal appearance, Pomeroy
is just what tbe imagination of a decent
man naturally pictures after reading
the above characteristic of his polluted
mind. He has red bushy hair (wears
it long to bide his honrs), a whiskey
bloated face and a red, rum-blossom
nose in short, he looks like
the personification of sin puked
out, red hot from the bowels of bell.
He is a sweet-scented japonica to prate
of the imperfections of the church,
whose mind never entertained a Chris
tian tho'ight, and bas no conception of
virtue; he talk of a 'damnable dream;'
he. Mark M. Pomeroy, the personi
fication of the displeasure of heaven,
and the g ory of hell, wrapped in a nig
ger's stolen overcoat, who was seen,
sluggishly dragging himself over the
hallowed sepulchers of our brave sol
diers, recently, to deliver pusillanimous
and inhuman lectures to southern trai
torseulogising 'the lost c-a-u-s-e.
"And such a. man the leader of a
great party io the North, and a moral
reformeil Great Jehovah, blot him
outr
It was officially announced at Ber
lin on the 7ih, that negotiations for a
commercial treatv between the United
States and the North German Confed
eration had commenced, and is pro
gressing satisfactorily.
The World's spacsal of the 11th,
from Montgomery says the Radicals
concede the defeat of the new consti
tution. It is variously estimated that
from 10,000 to 23,000 vofes less lhan
were required were taken.
ARM If APIMlOl'lltiTiOV I1II.I,.
Mx- Blaine, of Maine, io reporting
the Army Appropriation bill in the
House to-day, called attention u tlin
amount! embraced in it, the total being
thirty-three millions of dollars. This
was for an army of sixty regiment?,
whereas before the war an army of
nineteen regiments cost twenty two
millions a year in gold. Gen. Grant's
administration, therefore, cots les
than half in paper money per regiment
what it cost in Buchanan'
lime in gfld. The same was
true of the subsistence of the nrmy
and of th ordinary expenses of the
Government the aggregate of ordin
ary expenses being this year ninety
millions in paper, against seventy mil
lions in gold during th. first year of
Buchanan's administration, and this
wiih the disadvantage at present of pa
per money, high prices, and larger
army and navy than were maintained
in Mr. Buchanan's lime. The extra
ordinary expenses Mr. Blaine states at
thirty millions for pensions; twenty,
five millions for bounties; and one bun-,
dred and thirty millions for interest on
the public debt making a grand ag
gregate of two hundred and seventy
five millions for thf fiscal year, being
one hundred millions less than, the ex
penses of last year.
NOTICE.
Id the District Court of tlie Fta'c of Kcbraaka, '.'
Judicial District, ia and for the County .r Cass.
Jarius E. Neal, Pl'fr., 1
ag't
Willis Stevens, Deft. )
Willlattvtns.taka notic that on the 5th da? i,t
February, 16S, the Plaintiff In the ab ve entttUd
ae' Ion fl led his peti tion io th s above Dimml Court.
The object of this action 19 t obtain payment of a
certain promissory note exxutcd and delivered by
yon to plaintiff, the 2tith day of August, l5j- for the
sum of 4287. with intt-rent I hereon from the 27th day
of August 1S59, at the rate of forty per cent, per an
num, as per said note; and ta default of payment, to
hare a certain tract of land by you mortao;ni t" se
cure the payment of said no:. sold according to lav
and ttrs proceeds of urh sala applied to tbrpaymeut
of Mild note and interest, and to bare yuar equ jty of
redemption, and any tnt re-t you, or any persona
claiming under yon, and aabeiuenl to sard inortaViie,
forever foreclosed and barred. Which oaid land la
described ax follow J, to wit : The soiiflrbaT ( ) t
south eaut qr. ( V), o I section No thirty-tiro (.(i.)
and aouth-wext qr. (V) of Muth.iret qr. (,) i t
stction thirty t' ree (.13), Toarnhip No
eleven. (11.) Range No. twelve. (Is.)
an I the north-west qi. ('. f 'he uTta-ea.t
qr- () teoloi. Wo live, (5,) in Town
shin Nn. ten (10.) no th of ranee No.'
twelve, (12 ) eat; lyin and berK in Caas Connty,
Nebraska; and you are required to appear in the
above named Court on the 3Jth day of March, IritW,
at.d to answer the petition bereiu, or tha same will
be taken as true, and Judgement rendered accord
ingly. JARIUS K..NEAL, PI'IT.
THOSL B. STBVEXhO S, Att'y.
Ordered pnMii-hed In the " Stbratkm JltraUf '
four coosecuti ve weeks.
WILLIAM L. WELLS.
fcbl3w4 Clerk of Hist. Court.
NOTICE.
In the District Court of the 2 J Judicial District, In
and for Cass County, ntate of AebrasKa.
Jarius b. Nca',
Henry C. May field
The defendant, Henry C. Mayficld, will take n
tice that on the 4th day of February, ltts, the p aiti
tirT, Jarius E Neal, filed hit petition in the aoov en
titled cau-e. 'he object ami prayer of raid petition
being to obtain paym'-nt of a promlscoiy note f r
two hundred and eighty ViiO) dollars, execut'-d ly
you on the 22d day of March Wa'i with iu tereU after
due at forty par cent per annum, and in def nut of t-je
payment of the moo-y due on said note, to have a
ceriaiu tract of land by yon mortirajred on the same
at waiil ante to Nrnrn tlie t7lilnf ml f tie tnnn.y
mentioned in the note in one year, iuld accord lis; to
law. aud tbe proceed applied to the paytn-n. ot Ui
amount I y tbe cjurl proved to be due tlie i laiui.ff,
and to foreclo-e your equtiy of redemption In and t-
tha mortga-;al?ed premises, bHing the outh half J),
of tbe south-west quarter and the iwt half ('), of
the noaih-east quarter or section twenty-four In
Township twelve (12), north ol range eleven (il),
east of the sixth I'rineipal Meridian, in Caw Couuty
Nebraska Ton are required to appear and answer,
plead or demur to the said petition on or before
Monday the 3Jth day of Mr h, l-63r or the said pe
tition will betaken ai tm?, and judgement rendered
accordingly,
JRILS E NEAL,
By TH03. B. ETEVXr-ON, A't'y.
Ordered puollshed iu the "Nebraska Herald" four
consecutive weeks
WILLI a M L. WELLS,
feb)3w4 Cletk of DM. Court
Teachers Wanted.
To engage with ni during the Spring and Sum
mer, In businets by which they csn cleir from flfi
to 200 per mostfc.
Address at once,
ZKlOLEli, McCdlDl'Ji CO.
So. 177 We.-t Fourth St.
febl3w4 ' CmcimaTi, O.
mount: ixoTicu.
Application having been made to the i'robale
Court of Cass County, Nebraska, to apKint T. L.
Simp on Administrator totliee-lateofN.H. ifur
phee.lateof Caa County. nd ftate aforesald.in place
of Mr. Margaret K.viurpbee. The Cour'- has appoint
ed baturday, the 2'Jtli of February. 163, at I'i o'lock
M., at Ihe Probate office in the city of VlatLsmoulh,
to bear and delei mine the same.
YW1.LIAM D. OAGR,
febl3w3 froliate Judge.
J. W. JENNINGS,
AVOCA, CASS 'COUXTY XEB.
Jenningi X DilTt Flour and Wvl Mi lit )
Dealer In
Dry. Goods,
Groceries,
Hats and Caps,
Boots and shoes,
Hardware
And such articles as are
adapted lo a Farming
Community.
WE WILL SELL CHEAP AS ANY,
Or exchange for Produce.
We pay the HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
for grain of all kinds or take la exebauge for goods
feb6n3
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In the D slrict Court of the Second Judicial Distritt
of the r'tate of Nebraska, in and for the County of
Cass.
Albert Bacon, I'l'ff,
ag'l
Sebastian Htrigel, Def'l
To Sebastian trigel, non-resident De'endenU Too
are hereby notified that the above named Plaintiff
did, on Ihe 8lt day or January, A. D. lt6g,file in the
office ufjhe District Clerk of the SccunU Xudieial
U strict of tue flate qt Nebraska, in tad for Cans .
County, but reiltion aKatuKt you, the object and
prayer of which lot the foreclosure of a Mortgage
made and executed by you, the said Sebastian rHcigel,
to the said Hluintilf, bea. ing 'date ihe 2iiu day of
July, 1S59; to secure the piy m-nt of the um of oat
hundred aud forty-four dollars and cighty-siz cents
and interest, according 1 1 Ihe terms and conditions
of a certain oromiory note referred to in said mort
gage and petition. The raor'gage premiaes affected
by said foreclosure are described in said mortgage,
as oilows. to wit: The west ball (X) of ihe north
east quaiter () of section number twenty-eight (il)
in township number tea, (10), north of raoge nun ber
thirteen, (13), east of the six ih Principal Mnrid lan
of the Government survey of Nebraska Territory.
You are hereby rrquired to answer aaid petition
on or before the 2oi day of March, 1S6S. or judgement
will be takeq against yoju as prayed (or 111 the pe
tition. Dated January 81 t, 1-W
bVVtKe at SCOVIKLD.
feb6w4 Pl'ffs Atfys.
Plattsmouth Lodge No- 6, A- F- &
A.M.
RegiilareommunicationH 1st and 3d Mondays of each,
month, at 6 1-2 o'clock, p. m.
K. II. LIVIXG3T0, W. M.
G. 0. X3ETTS, See.