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VOL. 3.
PLATTSMOUni, NI2BK ASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, ISiJS.
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THE HERALD
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WE EKLY,
BY
II. D. HATHA WAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
YJ"OKce coroer Main street and LeTee, second
tetr.
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ATfsT" We are prepared to do a!! kind of Work
short notice, and in a style that wi.l f satis,
fiction.
WILLITT P0TTENG
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PLATTSMOUTII . - NEBRASKA.
T. :?! ITIAIUiUETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Ann
Solicitor in Chancery
PLATTSMOUTII. - - NEBRASKA
B. It LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Texders Bis professional sarTiers to the cititcas c
Cat eeuety.
CIT Rewdenee south-east corner oft'ek and Sixth
snrcels; Office" oa Main street, oppusit- Court House,
Plattsmonth, Ketiratka.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor.
Corntr of .lAiire and Fourth Streets,
JPIatrsmoiitli. eb.
ThlsHoa'e havinz b-en re fltf-l anj nrwly fur
nished offers first eUsi aecoramudation. Hoard -y
the day or week. ug23
&. MAXWELL. SAM. M. CHITMAX
!TIaxTvlI Sc Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
A WD
Solicitors in Chancery.
TLATTSMOUTH, - St lilt A SKA.
OIBe oer Clack, Buttery A Co'a Drug More.
Mprl
CLARKE, PORTER & ERWIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AT," RniirxtAre - -nancery.
MA IS MT..OI "J'OSITE THE COL 111 HOUSE
PLATTSMOUTII, NED.
ATLetB 1. CLASKF,
ft FOKtiT roBTEK,
WM w. EBVIN.
REAL ESTATE AGE.YCT E
itU wtf
JOSEPH jfSCIILATER,
WATCy MAKER and JEWELER,
MA IH STI1.1T,
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A cood asaortrnent of Watches Cio old Peus
J. welry, Silrer Ware, Fane o Viol. rjf and Vi
lia Trimmings aiT on haud. Allwora com
rattled to his rare will be warranted.
April 10. leKiS.
. m. mm,
Lot Sup't Indian A Ja.tr $.
CALH"C & CHOXTOS,
'Attorneys at Law
IRISH, CALHOUN & CR0XT0N.
The above ni.raed pentl-tnen have associated
themselves In business fa. the -u pose or pro-e-ui-lg
and collection all claims mkaidsi 'be t.encral
O jeeraroeat, or asrainnl any trihe of liiilini, bncI
are prepared to iroctit' sucb claims, either liefore
Congress, or anT ol t b Departments of ttoreronieul
r before the Court of Claims,
Ma. Imt-u will devoir his personal attention to
the business at Washington.
X3 Office at Nebraska Crty, corner of Main and
Fifth streeta.
ftation.il Claim Agency.
WASHINGTCN. D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON.
Sr AGENT-I
A ITSM0UTH, - - NEBRASKA,
(-psred to present and prosernie claims before
u. res. Court of Claims and the Depe . .mwita. Pa
ten. Pensions, Bount es, and Bounty Landa se.
red. (jsT- Charife moderate, atd in proportion to
the aminntorthe claim. v. M. DOBK1NGTO.V.
April 10. '65
J. N. WISE,
General Life, Accident, Fire, Inland and
Transit
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take risks at reasonable rt'- In the most reliabl
es aipaniee in the United States
rj-Office at the book store, Pla n- cnth, Nebra.
. mayildtf
Hlillinery 3fc Dressmaking,
T visa A. at. Dcrii) k Mtt. R-P. KiSJIU
Opposite the City Dah ry.
7 T wonld respectfully announce to the Ladies
. f of Plattsniouth sod vicinity, that are b.v juil
received a large and well selected a'ock or Winter
Goods, consisting of Flowers, Ribbons, ve'vets, dies
trimmings, Ac, Ac. We will Mil the cheapest g -odn
ever sold la this city. Wecaa accommodate ali our
old customers and as mitny new i-nea as will 'avor us
with a call. All kinds of wo'k incur line done to
order. Perfect satisfaction giren or no charges,
myptf
BOOKS 1 STAT.ONERY.
Books, School Bonks, Newspapers. Magazines,
Periodica!, and all kinds of Sta'iouery, at
MURPHY'S BOOK-STORE,
Foet-ofBee Building, Main street. cc24
n. s. JEXNIXGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
A5B
General Land Agent,
Lincoln. ... Xebraka.
Will practice in any of the Courts of the Ftae and
will bay Bi4 ' II Real Ea.ate on eommissioa, pay
Vaxea, asainiBe TKte), ar.
wa"a4 ssr as
Tilt: I'HtSIDEXT'S n.4C'B.I.;.
The fullowing correspondence, in
addition to that which has already ap
peared ic tl-is ppr, is expected to be
presented to thfe Hih Court of Im
peichmenl by Johnson's; counel:
Jtrr. DAVIS TO ADXY.
Datis' Bed, Miss., Feb. 22.
Dear Johnson:
I recognize in you a worthy success
or. In your war with Conrres, I tan
see that yoo are only continuius the
fight that I, ns PreHdmi of the Ccnfed
ernte Slates, had the honor to direct.
Do not be di.-courage. by my want of
sut cess . You play for a high stake,
and ihepenaliy for failure is as you
see by my career, iioihinq. That you
may be in keeping of Providence, and
finally by its aid you may overturn ih
nefarious government at Washington,
and rotore the gentlemen of the South
to power, is the daily prayer of
Your friend.
Jeff Davis.
To A. Johnson, Esq , President tic.
II E 5 R T A. WISE TO ANDY.
Ricumujcd, Feb. 26, 1S6S.
.Vy Friend:
In the uame of Virginia, prolific
mother of statesmen, I conjure you to
fland like a wail of adamant against
l te loyal" north and its craven Con
gres. At the appointed time, my
untarnished sword tliall leap like a
flame of fire frtin its scabbaid, and at
the head of ten hundred thousand uu
conquerable sons of this tacred soil,
each as ardent as a Southern sun can
inakd him, I will dri7e the myrmidons
of free insii'ulions into the waters of
ihe Patomac, which, bubbling With joy
will engulf them forever and ever. I
send you a Confederate flag, proud anu
priceless s-ymbol ot ten thousand vicio
nes. A red orriflamt! throw it tu the
winds of Heaven from the loftiet rain
rart of the White House Salu e it
with prayers of hop and tear of joy
Kt eel and swear everla-ting feahv to
the cau-e it reprerents with thy houl".'
efc,i i rr-wtion as ine penalty of per
jury; and Uveu armed with only a prun
ing hook, or a sword fashioned from a
scyihe, you may shriek defiance to the
t.ase born Yankee curs who p'esume
to dispute your will, and come off"
.-cathless in die attack! Hail Johnson!
Virginia greets you!
Your?, for the lost causw.
Her by A Wise.
Andrew Johnson, President, etc.,
BEAUREGARD TO JOHSfOS.
New Orleans, Feb. 23, 166S.
Dear Johnson:
In my public .experience I have
found that lying is the warrior's and
statesman's mos powerful weapon of
attack and defense: I need not point
out its advantages, to you, my esteemed
friend but let me exhort you to lie with
great emphasis and particularity! You
do well, in aceneral way; but do not,
my chief, b )fTended if I say that you
may profit by my surrgeslion. (Jive
Congress no quarter, but lie! ii ! !
he!!!
With musket; mortar and petard.
I tender you this Beacrecard.
A. Johnson. Esq.
DR BLACKBURN TO J0HWS0M.
Torosto, C. W.s Feb 2&.
Dear Sir: If you thiuk you can
save the Constitution and peipe'uate
the glor'ous Uni.-n, and pu down Ab
olitionism by having ihi; small pox.
cholera and yellow fever introduced
into the Capitol, I am at your service
Being somewhat low iu funds, I shall
be compelled to ak for a small .-urn io
enable m. to pay my beard before I
leave. Ptease remember me to Mr
DooliuK and let me Lear from you.
That I am thorougniy with you, you
caa have no doubt. Faithfully , ours,
Blackburn
Andrew Johnson. Esq., President.
BRICK FOMEROT TO JOMHSOJ'.
To A Johnson President of ih' Unitetl
Slaits hy the Grace of God and ihe
glorious avenger of iyratils:
La Crosse. Feb. 29 h 1S63.
Sir: Lincoin, the Infamous, the
the Perjurer, and Obscene, had
his Booib; and if the thieves, rob
bers, tyrants, usurpers and traitors of
the Rump Congress shall put Wade in
the White House, the knif. is sharpen
ed that in the twinkling of an eye will
eurl his soul into hell, to keep company
with the saintly, lamented, bleeding
martyr and White House prostitute,
Lincoln? 'Sic Semper Tyrannit. '
The glorious flag'of ihe Confederacy
waves from my sanctum, it shall be the
winding sheet of any Radical God and
humanity thief who dares to u-urp the'
place created for you by the brae
avenger of tyrant"', who looks down up
on and blesses you from Heaven.
Yo irs for the triumph of the Sooth,
for ihe downfall of New England, and
the crucifixion of niftier- wor.-hippers.
Brick Pomeroy
George Francis Train to Jouwson,
By Atlantic Cable.
Dear Servant: D jn't Budge,
Stand firm. Have bought powerful tug.
an. I will tow Ireland over to your sup
port. Great .Britiau hllaze. Prie-ts
embrace me: women buz me. I in
mense crcwdsto hear me Simeiime
carry me on shoulders sometimes on
rail. I :fi.inT f iriinisirv on tiueMion
e- - J 1 I
of paying my jElOO. 000. Disraeli fa-
vorable Will lug in Alabama claims.
Read my speeches in World. Will
do you good in present emergency.
Stick to post. Keep Wade out. Will
injure my chances if he gets in. De-
liver Presidency to no one but m.
Ge"rge Francis TraisI-
nasby to johnson.
Confedrit X Roads, with i in th
Stait ov Kentucky, Feb 23, 1868
To A Johnson, President ov ihe Yoo
nited Stails: The Corners has herd
ov your coup de taw, and iz lit with
the spirit ov the fore-faihers beine
Bascom's best. Pinin h.ni to the wal!
with hi? own pitchforks, the eggsked
mul hood seezed "his supplise, rolled em
in o the street, and followin the prece
dent yoo hev so frekently sot em, cele
brated the grate occasion in a trooly
patriotic manner. -Ai'er ditoiii s
htigshds had all bin emptied, ihe en
ihoosiastsc citizens. emaed becaus
there wuz no more worlds to conker,
turned natteraUy to vent their spite on
ine Cussed sous OV iltm, mat l tee caw
Of all yoor onhappiness. A black cuss
v ho has stubbornly refused to work
for Deekin Pognun 14 hursa day for
notnin and board hi self, on the onsat-
ifaciory pretens lhat a wife and six
children and an aged mother wuz de
pendin on him for support, was drag-
ged to the Corners, lied to a stake
around wich some straw and kindlin
wood and a few ov Ki-c 's empty
bar Is wuz promi-cuou.-ly piled, and a
lonfire kindled that wood hev done
yoor heat good to see. Another p-'.-kv
loyal nigger, that persi-ied in trying io
vot the temperance ticket for twn f
fleers at the la.-t eiec-hun, and wa in
favor of nigger votin. was nailed by the
ear to Bacem s post; and but for ihe
appearance of Jpe B gler, who ha.-
a sort of Geo. Grant way of appearing
onto the scene when not wantid, and
enforcin re-pectfor his revo!oohei!ai y
hv t-hfh ii rigM and Mi
sentiments
without respect to pron-. those mg
gers wood ere this hev releeved the
Corners uv thar hateful presens. The
appeerence uv Joe. however, interrup1
m further demon?tio:-hen! the celebra
shen was brot to an abrupt cloe.
The Corners is with yoo They hev
got the consmushen that yoo handed to
em when swingtn tne circle. They
will sustain yoo in dipersin Congris,
hangiQ Wade or yoorself, for instants,
or jny o'her constitutional proceed. n iu
behalf ov the governin race.
Petroleum V. Nasby, P. M.
(wich is Postmaster.)
P. S. I cood be pervaded on to ak
sept the mihuii to St. James, where I
understand ihe likker is plenty, and no
niggers to worry ihe soles ov the wite
race
jSThereare iu Kentucky forty
two State bankf, with an aggregate
capital of S13 140 525; rorty three pri
vate banking houses, and fifteen Na
tional bar k'.'wiih an aggregate) capital
of $2 840 000.
gr Among the novel:ie in the
Territory of Utah is the advertisement
of Mr. Gill, phrenolocical hair cutter,'
ho exercises his calling "on reason
able terms, and wnh constant regard to
the principles of phrenolocical science."
&A singular death occurred io
Lyons, Iowa, recently. A mother
lefi an infapt in the care of a little girl,
when out a short tune. The child drew
the crib containing the baby close to the
stove, in whtch-there.was a very hot
fire and' without b'ing burned, the in
fant was so heated that death resulted
in a few days.
I SEX A lOH MDKTOX AM) THE
UE...OC11ALY
The Senator in his late great speech
in the Senate on Reconstruction, told
com few plain truths about ihe pary
calling itfelf Democratic, in the follow
''its manner
Perhaps I am extending my remarks
Upon general topics further than I
ought, hu I want io say a few word-
in regard to political parties. I want
to say, first and foremost. n r-gard to
this party calling itself Democranc ihat
it is not entitled to the confidence of
the public in any rej-pec. It i thor
oughly tainted and saturated with the
titws of this rebellion. It broke, the
national faith in 1854 by the repeal of
the Missouri compromise It took
ttep- in advance throughout the ad-
ministration oi iir. nucuanan. 'or me
purpose of brirging on this rebellion.
Mr: Buchanan and his party supporters
in Congress, in the winier of 1S6I pro-
claimed to tf-e world there was no
power to coerce a State; no power to
suppress ihe rebellion Tiiey declared
thai ihese States might proreed wi limit
molestation in the wik of dirinlegrainn
and destruction of the na'ion. This
Democratic party encouraged the re
bellion by asuring the rebels in tli
South that there would be no resistance
offered on the part of the North to
their work of secession. It opposed
enlistments; it opposed conscription; it
opposed taxation for the support of the
government; it depreciated the national
currency; it enco-j raged foreign na
lions to intervention; n formed base
conspiracies in the North, and sought
to introduce the horrors of civil war in
to cur homes here, and as the great
i
crowning act of wickedness, at Chicago,
in lS64.thtt piny there procllnnrd in
its national convention, that the. war
was a failure, and called upon the Gov-
I trrnmeni a uu iue uuuu iu onuuu it.
I ask if such in organization a this is
entitled now io receive, public ron-
fidenfe They may now attempt .o
change iheir profe-ion?, a tney have
in New York. They made haste to
throw olT thi gray back, and put on
the national uniform, and did the fame
thing in Maine, bu the peop e widely
showed their d is'rust of them by adding
ix thousai d to the Union majority
applause
B3S Crk paper say the scei e at
(. Franci- Train's second lecure in that
city wa- lively R.bs bent and all but
cracked; hats were Mnash-d, hrs
properties vere torn a way An elder
ly cen'lentan. wearing a ptri of his
roal, having :he handle of hi umbrella
imbeded in the pit of his s'.omach.and
hi bat firmly jammed over ttis eyes
ami no-f, implored mer y in vain
Entrance into the gnllene- wa- no de.
hverance. There the cru.-h wa ouie
thirg tremendous Mo ton was im
possible. The nias was forced into
every interstice and (low. to the dge
of tfie railing l y the constantly increas
ing pressure from without, and many
of those in front clambered over to es
cape and slid into the body of the hall,
previously crowded to inconvenience.
,
CsIfThe Nonpareil says Andy
Johnson has gone down deep into d-g-
reJation, but he has not yet gone so
low as his followers. While the Dem.
ocratic pres api hud him for rvhai he
has done, many of them roundly berate
him for not doing worse. Il is said
that hardened criminals always enjoy
seeing oihers lower than ihemelve..
If that be so. Johnson need not be the
most unhappy man in the country.
gNo description, says a writer,
can give an adequate idea of the in
teune rigor of the six months winter
iu Spitsbergen. Stones rraclc with he
noise of thunder; in the rowded hut
the t rea h of the occupants will fal1 in
fUkes of snow; wine and spirit turn
to i- e; ihe snow )urns like caustic; if
iron touches the skin it brings the fl- f h
away with it; the soles of your stock
irgs may be burned off your feet be
foie you feel the slightest warmth
:rom lh fire. linen taken out of
hurling wat-r instantly stiffens to the
con-i-iencv of a wooden board; ai.d
healed stones will not pi event the sheets
of the bed from fieezing. If these
.are .h1? effects of. the climate wjthin an
air tight, fire warmed, crowded "hut.
what roust they be among the dark
storm lashed mountain peaks outside?
Female Suffrage iu Great ISrit-
ain.
The nobility of Great Bri ain are
looking into the question of female suf
frage, and approvingly. Lady Anna
Gore I.angton. who i not merely wife
of a i ember of Parliament, but daugh
ter of the late Duke of Buckingham
and heir resumptive to a peerage in
her own right, that of the Earldom of
Templeton and Stow, has signed a
petition, praying that married women
and widow, duly qualified as rate pay
ers, &c might be admitted to the priv
ilege of voting for members of Parlia-
ment. Petitions on the abr ve surject
have been signed by perions.
The movement is supported by per.-ons
of every variety -of opinion and creed.
viz. : Lady Amberly, Sir George
Bowyer. Mrs. Somerville, Sir llowhnd
Hill. O'Donoghue. Mary Howitt, Lord
Romilly. Lady Goldsmid, Rev. C,
Kingsley, Sir J. Sin pon. M. D , (who
introduced chloroform to the world.
Goldtvin Smith. Sic. Sir R Palmer.
Hon. G. Denman. Q C , and other le-
gal eentleman have given it as their
opinion that by the common law of
England women pos-essing the neces
sa'y property quaiificdtun aie entitled
to the suffrage
WHO CAW VOTE!
Maine Every male citizen.
New Hamshire Every male inhab
itant.
Vermont Every man.
Massachusetts Every male citizen
. Rhode Lland Every male citizen
Connecticut, Indiana. Iilinois, Mis
souri. Iowa New Jersey. Ohio. Call
fornia, Oregon, Nevada, West Vir
ginia and Colorado Every white male
citieen.
New York Every male emzen, but
colored men required to own $250 tax-
nbl property.
Pennsylvania Every white free
Wisconsin Every male person.
. Minnesota Every mal person.
Katl-as Every white maloaJult.
Delaware Evt-ry white male citi
zen. Miryland Every free white male
citmen.
lennes.ee t,very free while man
formerly; iut now negroes vole.
Iu the S ates w hich were engaged
in rebellion, and which are governed
e
oy trie reconstruction taws, negroes
are allowed vote and hold office. JV.
Y. Herald.
Making the Car Jump.
A oV.ective was sent io the neigh
burhood of Troy, Ohio, recently, to
ca ch parties who were in the habit
of placing obstructions on the track of
the D-tyton and Michigan railrord at
ihat place. After a pretended squab-
ii .i j. - . -. rv -l . - I
Die, in ariecuve was put on tne irain
ny me conductor, at tne proper place.
and soon mai.agad to get i.ro the confi
dence of some boys, who told htm who
would help him iu putting obstructions
on the track Concealing himself soon
after d- rk, he caught two bt ys in the
act. They were Clark and Thomas
Brown, thirteen and sixteen year? of
age. They had placed stoues and
pieces of'rail in ihe frog uf the switch,
so as lo make it a pretty sure thing,
and said they wanted to "make ihe car
jump. A lenn in tne penitentiary
wll, perhaps, cure them of the taste for
amusement of that sort.
6An English newspaper tells of
circumlocution in the British war office,
It says there is a tradition, said to be
histuaical. concerning a clerk in the
war office who once wanted a peg
whereon to han his hat. To save the
expense of a caipentar, he applied for
a hammer and nails with which to
drive it in himself. Six months
passed before he reenved any an
swer to his request, and he had long
aero set up a peg of his owi., when a
special messenger of 'be power arriv-
" I
ed in Pall Mi ll with a hammer, sent
to him at list through the medium of
numberless requi-itions and authoriza
tions. At the same time he was in
formed tl.at it was not the province of
Tower i tficiais 'o supply nails, but that
there would come 'o hen from Wool
wich, and after a few months furfbr
waiting, tkey really did arrive a
pound of n ils. brought by a great am
bulance wagon, wuh its half dozen
horss and iu dozen atiecdam
O IT A I ti A 1 .1 R.M.
There is no man more independent
than the owner of a well cultivated
f inn. He is less beholden to popular
ceniiments than people of any other
culling. He has always a sure support
before him without consulting the opin
nms or relying upn the custom of any
one. There is a constant market for
all the surplus he can produce, and he
obtains a for a current price, without
n uy oue demanding to know of him bis
religious or political faith
It should therefore be the object of
all young farmers who are rtnters to
purjjUe 6UCn a course as will insure for
.hem at the earliest pnoJ a farm of
(ut,ir OWQ Ttm course w,n be found
not io lie in frequent changes, as we
think nothing retards the success of a
renter more ruinously t tan this. To
avoid this, be should take a lease for
five or ten years and work it with the
care and energy as though it were his
own Let the landlord :-ee clearly that
at the end of each Year the farm is in
tieIter condition than at the beginning;
lje f,.,lC, s are us good, :he out-butldmgs
suffering no damage, reasonable Wear
and tear excepted; that in every respect
ine ,euam nas dooe C1S duty; guch a
person could get the premises at a low
er rate than another who was untried;
but not only so, he could have his lease
renewed; were the farm for sale, and
some landlords, who see so much hon
esty, skill and industry applied for
a series of years by his tenant, would
be induced to favor him in the price
of it
But there is another side to the ques
tion. It is the ludisposr.ion of lanlords
to lease for more than one year at a
time. I hey say that if they have bad
j
least: mu uc teiiBwcu as loug as uuiti
parties are agreed. This plan howev
er, gives poor encouragement to a ten
ant who intends to devote all his ener
gies to the business and no the best for
himself and the landlord. The latter
may see proper to sell, or he may come
across some one whom he th'nks he
would prefer as a tenant. At leawt his
tenure is uncertain and of course dis
A tenant who rlesires to
j ,t , . f ,
do well want;' to h assured i.f a fair
chance to do so by oicupyin? the place
for a series of yfars. And it is on this
erroneous system of leasing we have
su few tenants on the one hand, and so
few caj it&li.-ts on the other, who invest
in lands with a view to income.
The sooner the whole system is re
formed the better it would be for all
parties. Springfield Union.
aTAn Irish girl called on a cler
gyman and inquired his prce for
' marrrying anybody." He replied
two dollars" and biddy departed. She
caed a few evenings after and re
fn&TA that he had come to be marn
ed. Very well .-aid the minister; bu.
seeing that she was alone, ventured to
enquire: "Where was the man?" An
expression of disappointment passed
over Biddy's features, as she ejaculated:
And don't you find the man for two
dollars?"
fafJor.es "I thought I warned
you particularly, cook, aganst boiling
my eggs hard. N w how is this?
Here they are boiled fit for salad, in
p,ie cf every direction. What did 1
Uell vou?" Cook "Oh. sir. I remem
ber exactly what you told me, and I act
ed accordingly. The eggs were in
ihe water to a mo rent precisely nine
minutes " Jones "Nine! I told you
three. Cook "Yes sir, but there
are three eggs. Of cour-e, if one takes
ifiree minutes . boiling three must take
nine. I may be a fool, sir, but I hap-
pen to know what three times three
makes tor all that!"
E-MIiram-Smith, an excentric old
bachelor at Chester Mass , is having
his 6epulcher hewr in a large rock in
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that town. He pays a man S700 to do
the worL-. and ny ihe stipulation the
cave is to be seven feet long, four wide
and four deep, and after bis coffin is
put in, the aperture will be sealed up
with a marble slab and cement.
Smith says he does i'l want mud to get
around his bone-; he means to have a
good ary place for them. The scheme
is an old fancy of hi, but nobody haa
supposed till lately that he would at
tempt to carry it out.
democratic Seutimeotv.
A Democratic orator ioNev Hamp
shire says:
"If I could have my way, I would
place JefT. Davis in Congress, whertf
he rightfully belongs then I would go
to Concord1, take all those miserable
battle flags from the State House, and
make a bonfire of them in the State
House ytrd; then I would go all
through ihe North and destroy all the
monuments and gravestones erected to
the memory of soldiers; in short, I
would put out of sight everything which
reminds us that we ever' bad a war
with our Southern brethren. I do not
know as I would hang one legged and
one-armed soldiers, but I would pray
to God to get them out of our way as
soon as possible."
The La Crosse Democrat, the leader'
of the Northwestern Democracy, says;
"It is but a little while since the
glorious effort of John Wilkes Booth
gave fresh hope to the friends of liber
ty, and canonized the t ame of the her
oic youth in the hearts of all who be-
lieve that 'resist! nee to tyfaony is obe
dience to God.'
"Thu name of John Wilkes Booth
will go down to future generations along
with that of Brutus.
"When the merciless petty tyrants
tbat now perpetrate the most hideous
crimes in the name of liberty in this
stricken land, shall have passed into
the gulf of oblivion, their very names
forgotten, their names unrecorded, the
Dame of Joh.i Wilkes Booth, theyourg
American patriot of the ninethenth
century growing greener with each
revolving year, and brighter with each'
fresh triumph of human liberty, will be
the watchword of freedom's children,
until the last sylable of recorded time
A Philadelphia orator says that ev
ery lamp post in the city ought to be
made a gibbet upon which to hang
Republicans.
The St. Joseph Vindicator says that
"when Stanton refused. to vacate the
War Department -on Saturday after
noon, Johnson should forthwith hare
put him out at the point rf the bayonet.
When revolution has gone as far as it
has in this country, the Bayonet is the
only arbiter!"
It also ays assassination is too good
for Siantor! ,.
fJA question wuich now agitates
the current of fashiorable life in Eu
rope is: "How are fine ladies to pre
serve themselves against vulgar imita
tion?" The othef day, at a ball in Nice,
a Russian princess wore diamonds val
ved at one hundred thousand dollars.
But so. did the wife of Mr. Hanman,
who made a fortue by inventing the
Magenta dye; her diamonds were asf
rich and as valuable as the Princess's.
Similar events hae occurred in Eng
land, and fJelgravia is disgusted at the
impertinence of the common people "
'After a great miow storm, a little
fellow began lo shovel a paihihrough a
large snow bank before his grand
mother's door. He had nothing but a
small shovel lo work with.
"How do you expect to get through
that drift?'' asked a man who was pass
ing. By keeping at it, sir," said the boy
cheerfully, "that's how." -
That is the secret of mastering al
most every difficulty under the sun. If
a hard task is before you stick to it.
Do not keep thinking bow large or bow
bard it is, but go at it, and little by
little it will grow smaller until it is
done.
-The Cheyenne Leader has the
following:
We met a man this morning direct
from he new gold mines in me Black
Hills. He saw and handled several
ounces of the pure material which be
pronounces as good gold as can ke
found anywhere. He has so much
confidence in ihe richness of the mines
that he bought himself an outfit, and
.ook several with him and left for the
diggings .to-day.
Correction. L.uulinac" and
George Francis Train are not sisters
as curreutly reported The rumor
probably arose from the ract tbat the
latter was recently Ccrked and the
former ought o be. St. Joe Union.
It is said the strawberry is the
only fruit which grows in every climate.
It is the only fruit which some wnerv
on tbs tarth is picked every day iu the
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