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VOL. 3. PIjATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1868. NO 48.
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THE HERALD
IS PCBLI3UED
Av E KK LY,
BY
II. D. HATHAWAY.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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.jir.
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
fates of Jidrcrttsing
irsiuire (space of ten Unfa) o'lt insertion, f I 20
(kj ub.-faent lnertt-n 1."0
r fe lu! crdi aot exceeding nix ll-S 10 00
0 Ar-iurier column or per annum 3.YW)
six rioothe V0.(-0
tLr a months - 15 K
O i" naif column t waive months 6J.00
six months 85.00
three months 20. m
Oiin'imn twelve months " loo no
aix month ... 60.00
three months - .l0
.lltrTi.at ad.-erti amenta maat Lap orln
adf anc.4.
We lire pr. pared to all k Inds c f Work
un short notice, and la a ltyle that Wl.l iatla.
fl'.ion.
WILLITT POTTENO
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PL.vilSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. M ITIAKQITETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Asp
Solicitor in. Chancery.
rL-vrrsMouTii, - - Nebraska
R. II LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Tr.!er-t hia professional t ervic-e to the citiz'nl of
Ci cvir.tr.
,ty-He-id-nee -u"t;-5t corner e'l'ak aa.! Sixth
s!rel; OtTice n Main ttl't, epponil Court House,
I'iaitsclouth, Ne'iraska.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor.
Carrier of Wtin and Fourth Slrecls,
llaf tsmoiiilt, "Vel.
T hi-11 ic hsviujr b 'en re flu-d anj nIy fur
I I.Lr.l .l2-r ti at cIjM ac-JEim.jd Jliour. Uoard !y
the dy or wek. PUSii
ft. HJittlLt, SAM.Jfl. til Wll AN
rtEnxwc.I & Oinpmaii,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AND
Solicitors in Chancery.
FLATrSXOVTII, - -VAL'.'J.S A'.t.
Odicccacr lilacW, Uult- rj 4 C'a I'. ug ?lor.
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors in Chancery,
as t.v sT.orrosiTH the an nr uov.e
rLATTSMOUTH, NEB.
4TLXB 1. CtACKI. I FOBl.T roRTCit.
w -A vr J KW1M.
rrr ekji. estate a vexct.
Unit wtf
joacrn
SCnLATER,
"WATCHMAKER and JEWELER,
mais Street,
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A roid aaorturn cf Watches ClJ n- .o!d Pena.
J. welrr. Silvsr War;-, Pane t.o. s Viul;n and Vi
!ia Tri iimirijC a I ' on hand. A!! work ctm
tutiteJ to hi" care will be warranted.
April 10, 1702.
" 9 K!'H, CUH.ifS t CHOXTOJ,
Lt Suji't Indian AfUiri. . AUornry at Late
IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON.
The above nm'-d Centl-men Lave associated
hemelves ia buine I r tktfutiwwot prosecut
ta ta t c :leclin all claims anaiuat the Ueneral
Ujveroment, or again-t any trihe of Iniltafia, and
ara pn-pared to pro-ecuf Huch claim, eithrr tfore
Congre,or anT of the Departtue:it of Uor-rnment
cr before the Court of Claim.
Ma. Iai-B will devote his personal attention to
tre hnMMe at Vj..liln(rton.
rj" 0:fiee at Xehraaka C rtr.ioner of Main and
Fifth utreet.
l'ationI Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON D- C
F. M- DORRINGTON,
EC3 AGENT:;
rTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA,
j -epare 1 t" pimt and prr.e-!ife claims before
-o r-, Cxuri of t'tatnia and the Uepl. .nif nta. Pa-
I. 1 ri''"!,., r-. j
t "'gChiire, mo leratr. acd in proirtion to
. ...i. . ... . i . t f rirtRHIVIlTliV.
lae am mt of the lUiw
April ID, 6S
J. N. WISE,
U'neral Life, Accident, Fire, Inland and
, Transit
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take rikat reasonable rt"in the mo't rrliabl
, upaDira-in the ITnited Smt-
r-i'lce at the buok alore.Pla frrcuth, Sebraa
. may2llif
IHillincry & Iremakiiisr,
r Mi,s a. u. vttrAtx a Mb-, n. r. Kismt
Opposite Ike City llak-ry.
E would r"ie-tful!.T annrur.ee to the Ladies
. f PUttsrjuulli and vicinity, that we havejust
TCfivfd alarireaud well ae!ted aock of Winter
(Sx!, ejniatn(t f Flow-r, Ribbons, velvtts, dress
irinuninn, Ac., Ac. W will aell the cheapest ?!
ver sold in this ci'y. We can arcoramooate all our
old eutoaiT so l as n:an ceir ones as wid favor uj
with a call. All kinds of work in our line dnn; to
Order. I'erfct sataifaction ei'-'en or no charges,
mji.f
BOOKS S STATIONERY.
Books. School Books, Newspapers, Magazine,
Tcriodicals, and all kindi of sU'ionery, at
MURPHY'S BOOK-STORE,
Poat-offlce Duildlnx, Main itretl. cc2l
II. S. JEXXIXGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
iD
General Land Agent,
Lincoln. ... Nebraska-
Will p-actire in any of the Conrfs of the Plate, and
will buy and all Heal Ea. ate on commission, pay
Taxea. examine Tides. Aa.
From the Prca.
RlinOAD 5IECTIXG.
Pursuaui to previous call a large
and eDihusiaslic meeting was held at
the Court House on Saturday, Feb.
22J to take into consideration measure
to secure the building cf the Kansas
and Nebraska Railroad.
The meeting was organized by the
election of Col. O. H. Irish President
and Dr. D Whitinger secretary, where
upon Alex. Majors, Esq., was called
for an J addressed the meeting. Mr.
Majors has been devoting some time to
the examination of the prospects and
advantages of ro: d and made a
pointed and telling speech, showing
its importance to all parts of Nebraska
and especially the Souhern part, the
products of which he clearly showed to
be so great as to require greater means
of transportation than all the steamers
on the Missouri River ttflbrded. A
North and South Railroad is therefore
absolutely demanded, aud Mr. Majors
showed that the people of Nebraska
are aware of this fact and are ready to
co operate in any movement that will
give the i a railroad connection wi;h
the Si. Louis markets. St. Louis is the
natural market for ihJ agricultural pro
ductions of Nebraska. Our wheat,
and large amounts of our ;orn are an
nually shipped there by means of the
precarious navigation of the Missouri
river in the full season, at high
freights, and sold on a close margin,
thus endangering the investm nt of
capital and resulting in the farmer's
loss. Mr. Majors showed that the im
portance of direct railroad connection
so that grain may be shipped in bulk,
and withoJt change to St Louis cannot
be overesiima'ed ty the per pie of Ne
braska. The connection through the State
would destroy the barrier that has so
lo::g tlivided cur Slate, harmoi ize
Not (hand Souih Plat:e interests and
make us indeed a great State.
It will place us in direct connection
with lb1 great coal fields jusl south of
Kansas City, which will soon be ;
reached ly the Galveston Railroad, J
and thus enable us to obtain fuel at as
lo rates as any people in tiie western
State.. It will, also, by .onnecting
with the St. Paul and Sioux City Rail
road, give us ready aeces to the Piuer
ies of Minnesota and enable us to
obtain lumber to build up. n our State
at prices at least one third less than we
now pay for it. The Sioux City and
St. Paul Railroad Company are now
organized and will soon be at work.
We should be able to meet them and
avail our.-elves of its advantages as
socn as il is completed. We neeJ
lumber on'y for buildiog purposes, as
the osage orange proves a perfect sue
cess as a hedge.
Mr. Majors was raised in the West
and has seen the last four or five hun
dred miles of the western margin of
the settlements made, and he affirms
ihai he has never seen a community in
which all were so well satisfied as in
this." Many whom he kuew came here
for a temporary residence, intending to
go East in a few years, hive now set
tied down permanently, fully convinced
that Nebraska has no equal as an ag
ricultural country; and many who fol
lowed out their designs, and returned
to the East, soon came back to Nebras
ka to make this their permanent home.
At the close of his speech he read
the following letter from General Liv
ingston.showing ihe interest manifested
ic this enterprise in Cass County
Office of the
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press Co..
21. 1663. )
Merchants Union Exp
Plattsmouth, Feb
Hon. Alex. Majors,
Nebraska City, Neb.,
Dear Sir: As Chairman of the
Pla'.tsmouih Railroad Committee I take
the liberty of informing you that at an
election held here yesterday for the
purpose of voting upon a donation of
$109,000 city bouds to aid in the con
struction of a road bed and bridges
from this point to the U. P. R- It- near
Bellevue, in Larpy county, the vote
was unanimously in favor of issuing
bonds. Thi3 work will be commenced
as soon as a stake can be driven in thej
ground, and as it forms an important
link in the construction of a North and
South road, in which I observe you
manifest great in'erest, it affords me
mucft pleasure to advise you of the feel
ing and intentions of Cass in this mat
ter. If you will issae a call for e con-
vention of those favorable to flushing
the work on the North and South Ime
to meet at Nebraska City cr any other
point in your judgement deemed best,
I can assure you Cass will be fully re
presented. We are anxious to see
work commence in earvtti and will aid
you to the :u!l extent of our abilities
Wishics you unlimited succes, I am
Truly Yours &.c,
R. R LIVINGSTON.
A Comn ittee was appointed consist
ing of James Sweet, Esq., Wm. Mc
Lennan, E-q., and John Hamlin, E-q ,
to draft resolution expressive of the
sense of the meeting. They reported
the following, which was unanimously
adopted, and the meeting then ad
journed.
Resoled, That we, citizens of the
county of Otoe, in the Stv.e of Ne
braska, tender to the Kansas Nebraska
Railroad Company, our earnest sympa
thies and cordial support iu their efforts
to construct a Railroad from Atchison
to Omaha, along, or in the vicinity of
the west bank of the Missouri river.
and wish the company abundant suc
cess in the great aud cojd work, which
will in our humble opinion, when com
pleted, bring a llessing to the door
of every farmer in Otoe county.
Resolved, That we should work with
out ceasing, to secure this county the
contribution of material aid by indi
viduals, municipal and other corpora
lions, to the building of the road, com
menrurate with the benefits to be de
rived from its construction through our
county.
Resolved, That in our esteemed fel
low citizen, Mr. Alexander Majors,
the Kansas and Nebraska Railroad
Company has a faithful chamjiion and
earnest worker one who can per
suade us when others could only fail.
ST"The following is the volt on the
impeachment reslation.
Yeas Allison, Ames, Anderson,
Amtld, Ashley, of Nevada, Ashley of
Ohio, Daily, Rtker. Baldwin, Banks,
Beaman, Ikaity. Benton, Bingham
Blaine, Biair, Rouiwell, Bromvvell,
Broomall, Backland, Butler, Cake,
Churchill, Clark of Kansas, Clark of
Ohio, Cobb, Colurn, Cook. Cornell,
Covoc.p,,Cul!um, Da wes, Dodge, Driggs
Eckley, Eggerton, EU.it. Farusworih.
Ferris, Ferry. Fields. Gravely, Gtis
woIJ, Halsey. Harding, Higby. Hill.
Harper, Hopkins, Hubbard of Iowa,
Hubbard of West Virginia. Hulbard.
Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenks, Judd, Kelly,
Kasey, Kitchen, Keicbum, Lawrence
of Pensylvan a, Lawrence of Ohio,
Lincoln, Loan, Logan, Loughridge,
Lynch, Mallorey, Marvin, McCarthy,
McCleary, Mercur, Miller. Moore,
Morehead, Morrill, Mullius, Myers,
Newcomb, Conn, Noel, Orth, Paine,
Perhain, Peters, Pike, Pile, Plants,
Poland. Polsley, Price, Robertson,
Sawyer, Siheneck, Schofield, Selye.
Shanks, Smith. Spalding.Starkweather,
Stevens, of New Hampshire, S-evens
of Penn., Stokes, Thatcher, Trowbridge
Twitcheil Upson, Van Wyck, Wash
burne of Wisconsin, Washburne of Illi
nois, Washburne of Massachussetts,
Welker. Williams-of Penn.; Wilson of
Iowa: Wilson of Ohio; Wilson of Penn.;
Winslow, Woodbridge and Speaker
126.
Nays Adam's, Archer, Axtell,
Barnes, Barnum, Bock, Boyer, Brooks.
Burr, Cary, Chanler, Fox, Getz, Gloss
brenner, Golladay, Grover, Haight,
Holman, Holchkiss, Hubbard, Cand,
Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Kimt, Marshall,
McCorinick. McCullough. Morgan,
Morrisey, Mungeu, Niblack, Nicho1
son, Phelps, Pruyn, Ranadll, Ross,
Sitgreavcs, Stewart, Stone, Tabor.
Trimball of Kentucky; Van Auken,
Van Trump, Wood and Woodward
47.
JOn the strength of the fact that
two or three villages in the Stat of
New York have recently chosen Dem
ocratic local officers, the If or J predic
ates that the Democrats of New-Ham-shire,
will wipe out the small Renpblican
majority at the coming election. They
will succeed just as Jubal Early suc
ceeded in "wiping; out' the 14ih New
Hamshire Regiment at Cedar Creek.
gsf A Rebel recently made a
speech at Griffin, Ga., in which he
aid that "the negroes should not go to
the ballot-box. unless they waded
through Mood.'' Ilavt we not bad
enough of blcc-d.
M:ATOIt TIHlEtf.
In the Daily Globe of February 12 h
we find the f ollowing:
Mr. Thayr r presented a petition of
citizens of Nebriska residing in the
Platte valley, praying lhat the lands
along the line of the Union Pacific
railroad may be restored to market and
iuljected to the home:-tead and pre
emption laws, d also :hat a home
stead on those lands may embrace one
hundred and sixty acres instead of
eighty acres, and that the land may be
entered at Sl,25 per acre; which was
referred to the Committee on Public
Lands.
He also presented the petition of
citizens of Nebraska, praying the es
tablishment of a mail route from Lin
coln to Beaver Creek, in that State,
which was referred to the committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads.
He also presented the petition of
citizens of Iowa and Nebraska, pray
ing the establihment of a tri weekly
mail route from little Sioux Iowa, to
West Point, Nebraska; which was re
ferred to the Committee on Post Offices
and Post Koads.
He also presented v two petitions of
citizens of Nebraska, pr.tying for the
establishment of a mail route from Be
atrice to Millford, in that Slate; which
was referred to the Committee on Post
Otfices and Post Roads.
We sincerely hope the prayer of the
first rreritron may be granted, as the
present arrangement in regard to the
pub'ic htuls along the line of the U. P.
R. R is working an immense injury to
this State.
Who has not been o?ten annoyed,
just before the close of some interest
ing lecture or charming concert,, by the
rude tramp to the door of persons who,
having heard all they wish to, are. ut
telly indifferent to the possible desife
of other people to hear the end? - We
hare often thought it would be well if
lecturers and concert givers would trke
a hint from the course of he' eccentric
Lorei zo Dj-.v under similar circum
stanc.es. He had often been annoyed
in this way, and, on one occasion, when
a large audience had colUcted to see
and hear him. he began his discourse
l y saying. "I see here a great multi
tude of p.-r.-ons gathered together from
all ranks of society, high and low.
great and smal , learned and ignorant,
rich and poor, rag tag and bob-tail.
now, if any one leaves before the ser
vices are closed I ahull call him a bob
tail." It is needless t) say thai no
body left.
Genuine Eloquence. There are
no people in the world with whom el
oquence is so universal as with the
Irish. When Leigh Ritchie wastrav
eling in Ireland, he passed a man who
'was a pit inful spectacle of pallor,
squallor, and" raggedness. His heart
smote him.tnd he turnedback.
"If you are in wan',' said Ritchie,
"why don't you beg?'
"Surely, its begging I am, your
honor."
"You didn't say a word."
"Of course not, yer honor, but see
how the skin is spaking through
the holes in my trousers! And the
bones crying out through my skin!
Look at me sunken cheeks, and the
famine that's siaring in me eye?!
Man alive, isn't it begging 1 am with a
thousand tongues?''
iFOne of the sublimest sights that
we can conceive of, ii a sqad of whis
key scented patriots seated around
a groggery store, at the midnight
hour, bewailing the condition of the
starving people ot the South, the vie
times of Radical tyranny, when per
hapsAiieir own families at home have
had 10 go to bed at dark to keep from
freezing aud do not know where their
next morning's breakfast is to come
from White Cloud Chief
J5Dickens' oldest boy lives with
and takes rare of his mother, - while
the of-ier children live wi-.h their.aum
Georgiue Hogarth, (Mrs. Dickens
sister), under their fathers roof.
The friends of both parties aver that
incompatibility of temperament was
the sole cause of their separation,
which had been earnestly advised long
before it look place.
m as
SfThe highest salary paid to any
editor in Bostou i said to be S40 a
week; and only two journalists iu the
city receive that turn
TIIE A 11.11 V.
The' present actual force of the regu
lar army and its distribution is as fol
lows: 2, In ihe unreconstructed States First
Military District, J. M. Suriofield, i'2
posts and 3'2 companies; 2nd Gen. E.
R. S. Canby, 23 posts, 32 companies;
3d District, Geu. George G. Meade,
22 posts, 43 companies; 4ih District,
Gen Alvin C. Gillom ('emporanly.)
25 posts, 45 companies; and the 5ih
District, Gen. W. S. Hancock, 53 post,
and 104 companies, making a total of
13-5 potU and 2G3 companies. Aver
aging each company at seventy men it
makes a force of over eighteen thousand
men.
In the other departments the follow
ing list comprises the force of ihe West.
Gen. T. W. Sherman, 17 posts aud 30
companies; Washington, Gen. W. II
Emery, 4 posts, 27 companies; Califor
nia, Gen. E O. C. Ord, assigned, 31
posts, 52 companies; Dakota, Gen. A.
II. Terry, 15 posts, 40 companies; the
Cumberland. Gen. George II. Thomas
17 post, 30 companies; the Lakes, Gen.
John Pope, 5 post, 8 companies; the
Platte, Gen. C. C. Augur, 15 po-t, 63
companies; Missouri, P. II. Sheridan,
27 posts, 78 coinpan es; and of the
Columbia, Gen. L. H. Rousseau, 16
post and 32 companies Total, 147
posts and 350 companies about 25,000
troops making a grand total of 43,000.
fifSThe people are divided upon
the isb-ue of Impeachment as they were
divided up on the issue of rebellion.
The men who saved the country then,
are resolved to save it now. The mer
cenaries who would have destroyed it
then, will attempt to destroy it now.
The Pendletons who refused to vote
supplies to the army then, that it might
put down rebc'llion, will refuse to sus
tain Impeachment now in order that
we may put down usurpation. But,
thank God! tha defenders" of law are iu
the majority now, as they were in the
majority then! And cvM carry the Re
public triumphantly through its present
perils of civrl war. The spirit which
gave birth to the Constitution lives to
sustain it. Vive la Republic.
Query. The Louisville Democrat
(Copperhead) printed ihis item: Two
hundred and forty seven years ago the
Mayflower, with her cargo of pilgrim
father?, landed on Plymouth Rock.
The query is, whethvf the world
woulJ have been better or worse off
had the vessel foundered at sea." Upon
which one of its contemporaries retor
ted thus:
"Two hundred years ago an English
convict ship landed on James River a
cargo of thieves, murderers and outlaws
transported in punishment of their
crimes. The q-Jery is, whether the
world would have been better or worse
off had the British Governmet hung
those villians at once instead of trans
porting them to a country to become
the founders of a race of rebels, mal
contents and disturbers.
gifllear the Sioux City Journal
lake on about the completion of the
Council Bluffs & S:oux City ralroad:
"We feel good! It is haid work for
us to restrai.i our emotion! The cars
ate in sight almost here, and next
Monday, Feb 24ih, the engineer' tells
us, passenger trains will commence
runniog to Sioux City. .Whoop e e!
Scat! Get out! Somebody hold us We
are afraid we shall have our abdomen
hooped to save our bottom holes. Ex
cuse us, friends, if we make a. fool of
ourself. We will try to keep onr shirt
on."
The Daily Sun. Will you have
a daily Sun? 'said a newsboy to Mrs.
Partington.
"Will I have a daily son? Why, you
scapegrace, how dare you insinuate
against a lone woman from home? No,
indeed I guess I won'l have a daily
son! My poor dead man used to com
plain awfully when I presented him
with a yearly son. A daily son indeed!
Begone you little upstart imp!'' And
the old lady called for the turkey fan
to keep from swooning.
Served Him Right. A Troy edit
or, who f ublhhed a list of old maids, is
in jail for libel, and a troop of the fair
calumniated parade every day before
the window of his cell, with smiles and
saeera upon-their faws.
FOREIGN PROTECTION.
Quite a number of the States have
adapted memorials to Congress, pray
ing for the protection of American nat
uralized citizens in all the rights an-
! joyed by native-born citizens in foreign
countries, and for the vindication of the
right of expatriation. Bills are pend
ing before Congress for the same pur
poses. Will not the authors of these
memorials and bills reflect that foreign
countries are in no way affected be
ihe acts which may pass our Congress?
It is not for the want of National legis
lation, but of international treaties, that
the rights of the nataaalized citizens
suffer, if they suffer at all. Foreign
nations do not deny the right of our
Government to sanction vviihin its
owu domain ihe right of expatriation
and naturalization. They only deny
that our legislation in' this respest is
operative on foreign soil. In order to
give effect to our expatriation and nat
uralization policies, an international
convention should be held, and treaties
entered iu'o, whereby the policies
would be couceded. It belongs to the
treaty-making, not the law-making de
partment of the Government. Tri
bune. E""Beau Hackei' says: Never
insure your life for the benefit of your
wife for a greater sum than ten thous
and dollars. A widow wiih more mon
ey thai is a dangerous legacy to leave
posterity.
a "I think mea drink in crowds be
cause they are afraid to drink bythem
salves. It requires a good deal of cour
age to stand up alone and pour a glass
of whiskey down your throat.
"There are some inconsistencies in
this world that I don'i exactly under
stand. Everybody is anxious to go to
heaven, but nobody is in a hurry about
it.
"The song, 'Dear Mother I've
Come Home to Die, always struck me
as a happy illustration of American as
surance. Our young folks go abroad
to spend the hard earnings of the old
folks, and when they are dead' broke
return home to be buried at the ex
pense of their improvished parents."
X53"The Toronto (Canada) Tele
graph say.-: "A resident of this city,
presumed to be one of the wealthiest
men in Canada, has at the present
lime in rested in England 250,000
sterling (about SI 250,000), drawing
one per cent per annum. He made the
investment a couple of years ago, be
ing afraid the Fenians might carry his
pile" away some fine morning."
SThe artesian well on ibe Colt
estate at Hartford, Con., has reached a
depth of 710 feet, and progresses only
six inches a day, the rock being so hard
that the drill has to be sharpened every
blow. Col. Colt's idea was to' sink the
deepest well in the world, in order
to get hot water from the regions of
the earth's interior heat with which to
warm his extensive greenhouses. As
the increase of heat is inappreciable
short of 3,500 feet depth, it ia not an
encouraging ambition, and Hartford is
not immediately likely to have man
ufactured hot spring.
iPThe Boston Journal cays of Sec
retary Welle' letter in the Grant
Johnson correspondence, that it is like
the Dutchman's answer to a man's
question as to his opinion on a certiao
matter: "I links vat you link what
dy you tink?'
Jgfll is proposed to start a compa
in Paris to dig fcr gold in the cemete
ries. That which has been used in
stopping teeth. There are buried in
Paris ever day more that 125 persons.
It is reckoned that of these at least ten
have autiferous jaw, and that in these
ten there may be an average of ten
auriferous teeth. So the talculation
proceeds, and Paris i&ahreatened with
a resurrect'on company.
E2FEvery New-Hamshire soldier
who volunteered for the war is said to
be in favor of Gov. Harriman's re
election The Democrats claim a con
siderable number of men who became
soldiers by the operation of the draft,
as in favor of their candidate. It is
quite likely.
H3"OnIy twenty years have elapsed'
since the first newspaper was issued in
California, and there are ' now 214
published ia that State.
IVewKlud of Resistance
The "Perfectionists" of the Oneida
Community cherish some droll l otions,
but none more than that of which one
of their mi rnbers gives this account:
"The worst cough I think I ever baa
was cured by resisting U in faith. It
was so annoying I could col rest nights.'
Sometimes I did not get more than two
or three hours sleep. A friend talked
to me twice about reisiii git, ifbd" I
finally determined to do so. It was
not more than three days after I begau'
to resist it in earnest, before I was ea
lirely cured."
The lapse of three days gave nature'
a chance to' work, and so this afflicted
person was perhaps cured by the sim
ple process of wailing; bul there is an
other narrative which admits of no such'
explanation:
"I have known nausea and bowel
difficulties to be restrained by the will;
and I have recently put an end to some
symptoms of catarrh by resolutely re
fusing to indulge them."
This is an inexpensive remedy un'
pleasan for the doctors, but very good1
for those who have a will strong c nougu'
to say they won't. A". Y. Post.
JKsfThe Constitutional Convention'
of Mississippi has adopted a resolution'
of a character more radical than any
ever enacted by any other political
body with which we are acquainted.
Il is to the fffect that a censure be
voted upon any member who shall come
into the hall in the state of intoxication'
while the House is in sessession, and
that the Sergeant at Arras be instruct
ed so lead such member from the hall.
For a second offense the resolution di-"
rects that the drunken person be expell
ed from his place as a member of the
Convention.
iTSf-A farmer going to "get his
grist ground" at a neghboring mill
borrowed a sack of one of his neigh
bors. The poor man ras somehow
or other knocked into the water wheel
and the sack went with him. He was
drowned and when the melancholy
news was brought to his wife, she ex-'
clamed: My gracious what a fuss'
there'll be about t!mi sack!'
SFThe Good old days are return
ingot the South. Near Athens. Tenn.,
two weeks ago a Methodist preacher
was seized, blindfolded, carried away
from the road and severely flogged. '
His offenCe was' that he belonged to'
the Holston Conference, and expressed
his determination' to do his duty as a
minister. What is the use " of being
free and independent, citizens unless
you can wallop your preacher how and
then? a
Sure. "John Paul says: ''Amid
all the safeguards of the domestic'
hearth about which so much has been
wri.ten', I know of nono quite so sure
as to m'arry an ugly woman. One can
then bind his brows' with the sweet gar
land of peace and security, aud leave
his wife for two or three days with the
serene confi'dahce which a Christian
feels in four aces""
"Kfc"The Hon. Joshua Hill is spoken'
of as a proper candidate for the Gov
ernor cf Georgia. He has always
been' a Unionist, and is descrited as
being a man of unblemished character
and high culture.
XJSSThe Secretary of the Ohio State'
Central Pernocratic Commitee has pub-'
lished a card denying that the Commit
tee is bosti'e to to Mr. Pendleton, and
elating' that it is working energetically
in bis favor.
Jg""The Dayton Zecger,Vallandig
ham's ofga'n. says that Brick Pomeroy
is about to remove his paper to Cincin
nati; whereupon' a cotemporary asks
whether the Board of Health do not
propose to interfere.
63" P,' said Charlie lo his jjate'r
nal ancestor, holding a Sunday School
picture book, "what is that?" .
That my son, is Jacob' wrestling
with the angel."
"And which licked?" inquired the
young hopeful.
J'sT'The number of infant baptisms
in' the Methodist Episcopal Church,
during last year wa4 42,659, the larg
est ever reported, presenting ais j the7
largest annual incresgd.
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