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PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, .THURSDAY, JUiE II, 1863.
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7ILLITT rOTTElIGEH.
A TTO 1 1 NE Y AT L A W
PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AXD
Solicitor in Chancsry.
PLATTSMOUTII. M: Mi ASK A
R. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Eurgeon
Ten lrrs hi4 professional servio to the ciiii' in j
. -!!.... .lenre ,m' ta-east c irner ofOn'c n! .Sixth
street; Oliicc on Main V.fevt, oppoMt- Cuu:i IJ JUSf
pl.itt-m..uth. Net raska.
Platte Va.Iey House
Wo. B. Jlinpny, Proprietor.
Cuincr of .Miin and Fourth Streets,
PlattsmtHidi, !S"el.
Th'.- II"U hiviny bin re fltd and n.-wly fnr
nlh. d o;l-r f.i.t t.dss accuiiii' datioas. llo ird ' y
iu U.iy r vt'(. : "--"
. MAXWELL. BAM. M. CIIATJI-VN
72nxwcII & Cliapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
AND
Solicitors in Chancery.
?M ?,;.v.V')iTff, - yt.iifi.'.s.h'J
OliU-e over Flct, Hutt'-ry k Vsa.j, Hole.
CLAUKE, & ERWIN,
AT'I'OIlNLJVfl AT LAW,
Arc Solicitors in Chancery,
J4V ST-.t'lToSlTK THE COCKT-UoVJE
l'LATTSMOUTH, NEB.
1TL..M J . CLAI'.BB. rP.r0hS5TPl.inEH.
H W. F.IUVIN-
r?7 KZ.iL ESTATE
josspn
33,
7ATCjJJIAKER and JEWELE2,
STBtiT,
TLATTSMOUTII,
- NEBRASKA
i . ... w...m H .oi.I I'l-nn
J w. lrr S.Ivir War-, Fane ..)"' Vl 'I'C and 1
iin TrimniiniK lv.4 .n hand. All work com
mute 1 i i 1 i r;trtf i.l be UM-aWcJ.
April l I
o H iKi-if, cunnrs 4 cboxios,
j'.j'tH li.tn Ajfiirs. Atturn, js at Law
IRISH, CALHOUN &CROXT02I.
Tin k'mv, c.T.tlviun liave a'iciated
lh,-m-elv i: Ims'nv!. f tl.tf l-.llTosfnr IT.i-WUt-lo
and c ..lH.:iot: all ciini a-aiu-t fbe Ucneral
Oov.ru;.i.'tit, or ajiilu-t any trll.c ,.f Indians, and
are pr. rared to .ro-.'cut- uc'a cialm-. either befoie
C-nre-., -r a .V ol :!. 1 irtTllc-.t- of l,.,vTt.Utenl
or I f.-re the lrt nf Cm!W,
Mil li-ii will .iov .ti: bi personal attention to
tfca l,i.ie. at W.-tJiinif.on.
n f O.lifi at Xe'jva.ka Crtj, corner f Main and
V A.-x stre
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON. D. C
F. M. DORRINGTON,
SL'B AtiENT:
aA rTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA,
t -epire l to present and pr.-.ocnte claim bef re
' Cou-I of i:iaim aad the l.-p iiii.JiH. fa
t. it Vn-"n.. B .ni.t and Bounty Lan.li. ne-e-
rel. tYZ-.Thne, mo Wrat . acl in , '":.' to
tn-amii-itofthecuua. M. U.)U.tINO10N.
April 1.1, '65
J7 N. WISE,
Uzneral Li'-, Acetic):!, 1'irc, Inland and
Transit
INSUHANCS AGENT
Will tak- rM it reRonnli!eratoint:ie mostreliabl
a . oni.-i iu the l i.itod Stat-s
rT"D-!ice at the kJjStoie,l'la ftrtnth. N hra--
raayZldlf
fSill.uery & IlrefsmaKins,
et mi s a. u. DE.-rA:.t a. )!-. n. r. Kisju;i
the Vi:j Bik ry.
t'E w.u:.l r. -;..-.'f:!; y at.ti"Ut:ce to the La.l:c
of PI i.t4-.i..Hth und iriii.iy, tht we h .ivjusl
rc iV'-d a ljriie aud WeU e!.c:- I :ock of Winter
(i ...!, c .i.;.,u:: . t F'.o T r-, !;.!:. n-, ve:tts fre-i
lritniuin. c. A'". We Tti-l it the cheapest ttods
ever filii ia tins ci y. Wrcai Lccotiiin e ali our
old fjt ni r- and a tit. .11 y cn- . v.- as wi 1 avr im
wit h a call. All kin 1 of wr .rk in cur liu- done to
o:"d'r. lVi f-j. I saia- i l r; t'i or 1.0 cl.ares
ATTORNEY AT LAV
iSD"
General Land Ag-snt,
Lincoln. - - - X'ebratkn.
W ill p'act c - in any of the (Jourl of the rtato, an 1
will buy and . II rtil Es.atj 0:1 cwmiuission, pay
Tin-f, examine TiH-s. e.
o ivjd 'oilf
REED, BEARDSLEY &, CO,
Real Estate Agents ,
WZEPISG WA TIH, .V;A SA'A.
T.i nd-- hniLi, man?rel ar.d 'd, Va!".ahle T irn
tr Iji ail . Tat s paid t-r X oa-re-i.iet. f
V tl! 1 reui; t atte;.i!-d to.
m.ir:ri C'3 lj?.
price.
Any person wiEliinR to purchase Farm-property, or
K'fideiices in town will Cad ih nil for tale at al
pneta. liy
fDORRIXCTOK, -rnr7.
. Knai. K.tatb
G li. McCAIiLUM,
A Manuf .cturerof and fiea'er in
iSailtllcs ami Ilanicsx,
Of every dccrlr tion, wholesale and retail. No. 130 W
Main street, between Otb and ti'.h ureet", 2't braHka
City. je!3
IVOTBCE.
JAME. O'NF.IL is iuy nuthorlie-l Aent for the
collection of all account due the underwent d f"T
me.lii'al N'rvk: hi receii t will be valioT for the
paviuent of any ruonie. on aid a.-counts.
Ar.n-i t li, l-.fT. K. It. LI VINfJSTOJf. V..V.
BOARD AND LODGING,
By Q, W. COIiVIN,
OAK SI REET, -
Two block nortl.wc.-t of B;
I-LATTSMOUTU
chool-llouae.
Trivate rof(m fnrnied if desired. EUlier day
board or with lo.l itiga tit leaic u.-.L.c rates.
Jan 3 d tf.
VTki. II- IesssIaC,
EIERGEAIIT TAILOS,
ONE DOOR WEST OF NEW BAKERY.
Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
lcQ7 lft tf
El. d. Y.rort!iiiiq;(oii
Attorney and Counselor
AT LAWi
Offlcf in Kar.icf.4 !lok1corn' r of Dourly and 1 15th
Fainham House.
HARNEY STREET,
Ol20.ci-33. - TVJolo
j. o. mini; rroprutor.
WOOLWOKTH & CO ,
J300KSELLERS.
STATIONERS.
Binders &. Papcrclelei n
SALVT JOSEPH, .MO.,
1? IP TODD,
SEWING MACHIftE AST
PL A TTSMO UTI!, XII Ml A SLA .
A e.Kal a.-or!:ii' tit of niicMnrn ai:d in ic'iine flo i-
ir: if. kept on h i:id. liKi;-e
St jd'iiuaLiiS
Clothing tore. le
Al.ichiries rtyahed on short no ice.
THOU AS W. SHRYCCK.
CABINET
Furniture and Chairs.
THi::D iTKKET, (X.-ar Main,)
PLATTSMO UTII, J'ED 11.1 SKA.
I3-Faaera!s attended at the t.!.ort notice.
an
SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STABLE.
Main St., I lattsmouth.
I am prepared to aexnimodate the public wtt
Horses, Carriages and Buggies,
Also, a nice Hearse,
On t-ftnrt notice and reiibonab!e torms. A Hark will
run to MeaiuboRt laniauP, ctd to ua pa: (it inc
citv when de-!rej.
mr-jrf J, W.ElU-NSUi.
Fartner?, go vliere 5 oj can get llie
best Flour and the rioit oj it.
33 ihsi.s a' A" nor: j 12 u f sr.-is
giveu iu exchaiijje for good Wheat.
We are also doins griit wori.; and, with our in
ereaictl facilities, f.l aur.-l that we can give the
Ih-sI and the most lloar of ai:y miil in the Stle.
Satisfaction Cuaranteed
PRODUCE UOVC.llT AXD SOLD.
uianE?r market tkick taid.
REED & CLINTON.
March 2C:h, 15' -i.
Win. StudcIia.aEiu
&
Co ,
One door west of Dor.elan's Driu
-store,
Dealers In
Ready-made Clotliing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
hats, r.tps. boot., shoes,
TlilWKS, r A LISAS,
acJ a pcneral stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the l'l.iic; ao, a larpe lot oi
RUBBER CL0TI1LYG. REVOLT -ERS
A.VD ,'OTIO.YS.
We bought low ar.d will !1t'.:ip for c-".-!i. Cal.
and eTamine t?n' atock hef-re x iriT :, itr w h'Tp eNt 1
jyl 06 Win. SIAFLMANA t CO.
W. D. GAUE. W. R. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STOKE.
Dry-Goods,
Groceries,
Provisions,
HOOTS mid MIOI-S
31ain Sireit, two doors clove Fourth,
Where the public may find
THE BEST OF GOODS,
anil prices ai low as can be f und in the city.
We return flnn':s for the liberal patronage we
have received, ai. l h lo merit iU continuance.
O:.. 3", 7 GACJB k DATIS.
mVC3.I.I.t;S at nil
X AUBY.
The Chicago Convention Jfaaby
.Mends it and Gels cn a Heavy
Disgust A Lecture on
Democracy:
PohT Oiris CosriDHiT X Roads, )
(With iu the Staii uv Ktruiucky.
May 2-r.b, )
I uunt Cliicage one day, aud thai
one clay tali.-fied nie. IMv ears wus
wus stunned with roars tjr Grant:
wichever wnv I turned tiV evca I ta;v
uothitjij lu. Grant
Mtdal-; (he Landd
LaJ 'e unci Gram
.Ui nil plaviu it e
Siar Span"le Ranuer and tich, and
even the street organ grinder.-i Led at
tooned iheir lyres to tut; same abolishuri
uie'ioJics.
On my arrival I ns-kt a vicLus loy,
wich I knowd wus Dt-inokratic, from
the fact that hid linle thin wood hev
hung out uv his little pants ef he'd hed
any rhiri, et he cood how nie where
the ALhbhuu Conventhun wus holdiu
iiseif.
' Cettinly I kin, my old bulTer,'' aed
lie. "In in that yer bilJin," j'intin es
lie s-puke to a ruther yorgus ed.iice
11I1 a steeple to it.
I entered it; and wus surprised, n t
oniy at the fewne.-s uf delegates on the
ilocr, but al their pecoolitr appearance.
Tiny was all joleniii looking chips
with cold spectacle?, black coats, hili
foreheads, imJ white netktrthtrs. '"Is
this," thoi I to mjelf, "ihe uniform
delegates wear at a Republikin conveu
shun?"' At this pint I turned to a man sitting
l)eiue me, and in an unoerione a?nt
vvitli wus ahed on the la:t bahot, Col
fax or Wade?
"Sir,' sed he "you are n Jchns n
IVstiiiaa-i?"'
I am," ed I defimtly. "How
diJ.-t deiermine lhat piiji?"
"By your l ieuih," sod he. " Yjot
iiiistaken in ihe p'ace iny friend. This
is i a Meijiu'ii.-i Confer ence."
That wikked and perverse boy bed
intenshneiiy deceeved me.
Unable 10 obtain admittance inro the
lipera House 1 whileJ away ihe risy
h. nrs a visitin ihe delegation rooms.
The Ingeauy delegation otl'ertd me
water when I intimated I wus atl.irst.
The Ohio de!ega;ion knew me on site
and rektsted me to dust, und the Cali
furris flplpiriihen. ..:.. i v j
better thing, hed the impudence to of
fer me wine! wine! wuk! to fetd eich
a nose es I cairy about. Wine to sat
isfy the cruvius of sich a stcmick es
mint! Faugh! And the man who
did it hea bin iu Californy twenty
years.
Dis?Uitcd at ihe ihiuness of the bev
erages, I retired into a friendly hoster
ly ':eptby Dennis O'Shaughnessy, and
at his hospitable Lar solaced myself
with three lingers oi Kentucky susten
ance.
There wus no etitlioosiasm among
theti izens of Chicago which I naterly
fell among. Thr? o'ioon ketuers, with
in remembrance uv the Democratic
Ccnvt-nshuii uv JbGl Led made extra
preparation, wr.s gloomy, sad and dis
appointed. These daces, garnish) for
the occassioa wus tad and lonely.
fheie wus an entire absence uv lhat
gentle gurgle with u me is so p!ea?i:i,
there wua none uv the generous noses
und faces hhgttd up with the radiance
Loru uv the I arl w ich 1 am so nccus-
tined to. No, Cnicago w us iio place
for me.
Its the la.-t Republican convent-hen I
s'.iei evi r attend. The idea of a con
frere siuiug in the same city with a
convt'n.-hen! The idea of minglin pol
itics with religion! Will there be ton
frences in Noo York in Joolj? Me
thinks no'-, onless indeed my church
hood deciJj to hold cue.
0:i my return we wus a seltin in
Uaicuni's ad.scu.-sin the nomiuashens.
Dikm I'ngram wu-s indignant, "Good
ilevons!" sed he, with horror in his
sainted fare, "Kin it be that men per
fessiu n.tfhnel views wood oflVr sich an
insult to Kentucky as 10 nominate sich
a mau es ur.mt, who, swora lujianu,
devastated her fertile fields and piled
the bodies of her r.ootral sons who re
sisted his advance mounlins high? Kin
itte lhat "
'Easy Del in." replied I, "stiddy!
stid J! Duii't take posistien rashly. It
aiu't unproballa that we nv.y liave to
ncmin;t:e llai cock or some oiher so
jers. In lhat event but I've said
enuli'."
"Weil, at all evence," said '.'.. ;Df kin,
"its a mo?t hoomilialiii thing id hev
thrown iu our faces a infamou propo
sislien to pay a debt incurred in a in
famous attempt u tubjoogate u? to
pledge yur labor to pay a debt uncon
stitutionally inkurred, and bu "
.'Deekin," std 1, "yoor zeel I do
idmire, tut yoor reely indiscreet. It
may be found r.ecessary in order to
tarry Noo York to nominate Belmont's
man, who wiil be rledged to this very
thing. Go a little sIoa."
"Well, however that may be its a
burniu shame to throw into Kentucky's
face a Ablishiuis: two uv em infatt
arid " -
'Deekin," (I spoke this time severe
ly) "yoor very indiscreet to day. R's
possible aud I may say probable, lhat
that noble patriot, Cheef Justice Chase,
who hes bin a friteful Ablishniet, and
who, ef he runs, will, for otius rea
sons, make u- sw Killer at the begin
in, a porohen uv his heresies, may be
our candidate. Say nothin, Deekin,
that yoo'l hev to lake tack."
Feelin thai rile here wuz a splendid
char.ee fur an imprcvic discourse on
the nacher, t bicks and aims uv De
mocracy, I opened out onto 'em.
'Dimocrisy,' I reinarkt, "is distin-
gUlsiit
u cnetny ior its
1 n r
elasticity m
adantin means to ends. One
WOUld
suppose that l'ot (Jtliis is its cheef
end. In cn-i sense ii is. Detnocriry
is willing to facrilice anything which
it hez for Po.-t oliiis. It
Deekin Bogram's ire to
mite rai-e
seiest the
mminasiien uv ii tncoclf, on atkount
uv his slawtering, or Belmont's caudi
date, o.i akkouut uv his insistin on pay
ing oil the Nachntl debt, or Chase
who hcz biu in his day suspected uv
tein tainted with Ablishinism. But
my brtthring let it te remembered
lhat success is the main objick. Suc
cess is wat Bascom wants, that I, bein
continycod in oliis, may hev the means
to pay for the likker 1 consocun, and
avoid the necessity nv bein continyoo
ahy tekested to challi it down, which
praciis he esteem disgustin, and one
which grtaiiy increa.-es his Jalors.
Ci.ptain ?.IcI'elter . wanis success that
he may contrnyoo to hev Asse.-ors,
Collectors and Revenoo ofHcers with
wich he kin divide the prtdi s of S2 00
tax on the whisky he makes, and Dee
kin Togram wants success that ho may
hev bis liiggers agin, or at least lhat
he may hev iue privi.ege uv hirin em
for 1 i per month, deiiuctia 75 cents
a d iy for each day's absence, without
no Burrow olliser or other military a
Irrip hanging about to molest or make
afraid.- Su cess is the maine pint. and
ef Hancock is the way, walk ye in it
tf Chase or Seymour is the way,
walk ye ditto, for with tuber ul these
men all these things we'll hev. When
they come to us they leave ther former
selves behind.
But me thinks I hear one say, Han
cock ia a so'jer, Seymour a an.i-repu
diatur. and Chase a Ablishnist! Wat
uv that ? They may be wat they like
vhea tbey go into oliis assosia-hen
with us fet'js tin sootier or later.
Kin yoo tt-ch piich and not be defiled ?
Doohttle, Cow an and Dixon w uz Ab
lishnists. Wl u they sihtirom At-ouii.-ni
il:e miuii inej ten
embraces they became ez aa-isfaciory
Demokrats ez I cood vvi.-h. The road
do.vn is a tay or.e to travel. It's
easier to slide than to climb, which is
the reasou why so many more are
damned than saved. Democracy, like
Bascom's new likker, holds a man
when it gits him. Johnson w uz a good
enuiT Ablishnist till he called unto us
for help, and then he was lost. Let
Chase stay with us a -wetk and then
he'd forgit all his old ideas, yoo bet.
shood yoo poke that silver pitcher at
him the niggers give him at Cincinnati,
for defend. u a fugitive, he'd swear like
Peter he never saw it only diliVrin
from Peter in that Le'd suck to it.
And there is no goin back for the prin
cipal ones. Tiier remorse kind o'
drives thtm derper and df t p r, till
they finally are worse than ez tho they
originally wuz uv us. Let us, my
brethren, never reject any help we can
g t La: it come in any sha; e and
from any t oruc, it'll finally assimilate
to us ::nd te uv us. Remember John
son, Cowan, Doolit le aud Dixon swore
when they s;ait;dat Philadelphia that
they never tood go into the ranks uv
the D.mocrisy ; in a year they wuz
makin speeches for us in Connecticut.
Ez I condooded my remarks, my
circle all agreed that ii wuz safe to take
whatever we coed git from the enemy,
and we retired, I feeha that watever
other localities mite do, the Corners
wuz safe. Wat an outrage it is. tho,
that the Ablishnisti nominated sich. a
u:au for Vice President ez to make
Grant perfectly safe from bein remov d
ez Litikin w uz. Ef he's elected he'll
serve tut his tune thure.
PjETKOLEUM V. NaSBY, P. M.
(Wich is Postmaster.)
To know how the Copperhead press
treatt a gallant American soldier,
w hose patriotism no man has ev er ipuei
lioiKd, and of whom ar.j nation on
earth might be proud, read ihe follow
ing "biography" of Gen Grant, with
which The B'ori has favored its
readers:
Tins man has been nominated for
Pn-sident by the Chicago Convention.
The facts of his life are: Born al
Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1S21,
entered West Point in 1S37, gradua
ted 1S-13, a second Lieutenant, and
aesigned in 1S52. a cap'ain. In 1-54
was applicant for a clerkship to the
Prolhono'.ary of St. Lousih appli
cation was rejected "for want of capa
city." He then went to Galena, and
became a tanner. In Augu-t, lGl
he entered the Federal Army as a
captain, was transferred to the regular
service, where lie still remains.
W. II. Russell, once a Colorado
millionaire, has gone into bankruptcy
liabilities Sl.200.000, with no assets
The Boston Traveler thinks Fessen
den and Trumbull don t know a good
article when they eee it."" " -
.Itt LI'TAXtL OF CIMXT. ANE
. COLFAX.
The followirg is General Grant's
reply to the nominations of the Chicago
Convention :
Washington, May 29, 1SG3.
Gen Jcs. B. UuwUy, President .Ya
tional Uniou Republican Convent ion :
la formally accepting the nomination
of ihe National Union Reputlicau
Convention of the 21st of May, it
seems proj er that some statement of
my views beyond the more acceptance
of the nomination should be expressed.
The proceecings of the Convention
were marked with wisdom, moderation
and patiiotism, and I believe express
ihe feelings of the great mass of those
who sustained the country through ita
trial. I endore their resolutions. If
netted to the office of President of
the United States it wiil be my endeat
or to administer all the laws in good
faith with economy, and with the view
of giving piace, quiet and protecion
everywhere
In times like the present it is impos
sible, or at least eminently improper,
to lay down a policy to be adhered to.
right er wrong, through au administra
tion of four years. New political is
sues not foreseen are constantly ans
ing, the views of the public on old
ones are constantly changing, and sure
ly administrative offices should always
be left to execute the will of the peo
ple. I always have respected that w ill.
And as peace and universal prosperity,
its sequence, with economy of admin
istration, wnl lighten the burden of
taxation, while it constantly reduces
the national delt, let us liave Peace.
With respect,
Yoor obedient servant,
U. S. C" BANT.
. The following is the reply of Speak
er Colfax to the committee announcing
his nomination by the Chicago Conven
tion: Washington, May 30 h, 1SGS.
Gen. J. R. IJawley, President JVaiional
hepxiljlican Convention :
Dear Sin: The platform adop'ed
by the patriotic convention over which
you presided, and the resolutions which
so hapily supplement it, so entirely
agree with my views as to a just Na
tional policy, end that my thanks are
clear" 'and" au'JiSiif s dlrtafW,,oi
principles, ns for the nomination with
which I have been honored, and which
I gratefully accept ofier examiuing. at
some lei gili, the principles of the Re
publican party as set forth in its plat
form. If there had been uo Republican
party, slavery would to-day catt its
kai.eful shadow over the Republic. If
there had been no Republican party
free press and free speech would be
as unknown from the Potomac lo the
Rio Grande as ten years ago. If the
Republic party could have been strick
en from existence when the banner of
rebellion was unfurled, ond when the
response of "No coercion" was heard
at the Norh, we would have had no
n-.it ioa to-day. But for the Republi
can party daring to risk the odium of
tax and drat laws, our flag would not
hare teen kept flying in ths fi dd until
the long hoped for v ictory came ; with
out the Republican party the Civil
Rights' Bill, ihe guarantee of equality
under the law to the humble and the
d-ifenceless, as well as to the sttong,
would not be to day upon our nat onal
statute book. With such inscriptions
from the past, and following the exun
p'es of the founders of the republic
who called the , victorious General of
the Revolution to preside over the land
his triumph has saved from its ene
mies. I cannot doubt that being re
stored, hope, confidence, prosperity,
and progress. South as well as North,
West as well as East, and above all
the I lessings under Providence of Na
tional concord and peace.
Yeiy truly yours,
Schuyler Colfax
Dubuque lawyers have recently been
"taken in" and "done" by a traveling
sharp. The Times says : He would
drop into an office, introduce himself,
make known his business, said before
leaving would request a favor tf a
small loan, ranging from one to twenty
dollars, saying by way of exp anation
that some remti'ances were expected,
had not arrived, but woulJ be on hand
ia a day or two, whn his creditor
should be paid principal and interest.
When Gen. Grant was asked wheth
er he could receive two committees in
one day. sent by two different conven
tion to inform him of his nomination
to the Prtsidency, he said that his
ypeeclios were not so exhaustive that
he couldn't make two of them on the
same day.
The Philadephia Press says Gen.
Grant lias announced himelf in ad
vance in favor of the one-term princi-
A hen never lays more than ' 600
eggs, whatever may be ihe breed,
Some lay the whole in three years,
others want more time. '
From th. Dftroit Fieo Tress.
SO.ItTISAi M:ty AND START-lAW.
.7Afon Proposes to .Make ihe Descent of
J'iara Falls in a life Doal.
Since the days of B.'ocdin furor,
when men and women stood aghast at
the foolhardy daring of the great rope
walker ia the performance of his re
markable feat at Niagara Fall.no such
excitement ha been known. A pro
ject has been recently started, how
ever which if carried into execution,
will echpse any feat of during yet at
tempted. Charles Ockfoid of this city the
sixty hours skater, has conceived the
idea of making the perilous passage
over the Niagara Falls iu au India
rubber life boat of peculiar construe
lion. A tew weeks ago the ilea sug
gested itself to his mind, and upon
cumin jniuating it to some eastern gen
tlemen it was proposed by them that a
purse ot ifcdU.UUU be raised to induce
him to make the undertaking. He
accordingly perfected his scheme, and
the contract for building the boat has
been lei to ihe Goodyear Rubber Com
pany for $1,000. The boat will be an
ol io: r with a mean diameter of eight
feet, six inches thick at the top and
sides and three feet at the bottom. A
shaft of the same material wiil extend
irom siue to side in the centre on
w hich will be swung on a pivot a seal,
to which the adveuturous occupant w ill
be fastened. Opening at the top w ill
be an aparture sufficiently large for
him to get inside, after w hich it is filled
with air and closed up. It is calcula
ted that sufficient air can be retained
to sustain life ubout twenty minutes,
a Mii ill cable will be attached to the
jail,, by which it will be towed after the
descent is nvide, for which purpose
parties will be stationed in boats im
mediately below the full.
The model of this novel car.'tis now
ia this city, aud there is no doubt that
the attempt to carry this 'startling pro
ject into execution will be made duriug
ihe present season. : Mr. Ockford is
qui.e confident that hi shall succeed,
but the chances for success certainly
look dubious. Should he sucseed Mr.
Sydney Doty, of Pontiac, will also un
teriake the same feat.
The remains of Stephen A. Doug-
T--vrvoc.il Ft-..n- tKn.i. i
mer resting place, iu Chicago, to the
Mouseloum under the monument, of
Cottage Grove. The sarcophagus in
which the remains are deposited is ob
long in form, and seven feet in length.
Its height from the ground is four
fed. It is made out of white marble
hewn frs;n quarries in Yertnoct,
Douglas' native State. Ou ihe front
of ihe lid which is solid and beautifully
scrolled, is inscribed in beautiful let
ters the nsiTie of the deceased, "Ste
phen A. Douglas." Ou the front pan
el below the name is the inscription:
"Born April 23, 1S13. Lied June 3,
1SG1." Immediateiy below the latter,
on ihe base of the sircophagu?, the
Sonators last words appear ill bold re
lief; "Tell my children to obey the
laws and uphold the Constitution."
All inscriptions are iu black bold let
ters, and very legible.
The Chicago Tim
white flig and ttkes
runs up the
Democratic stock
thus: The States which have instruct
ed for Pendleton are Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Oregon, Cal
ifornia and Kentucky; and he is noiori
otisly the first choice of Wiconjon,
Minnesota, Maryland and Tennesee.
In the States which have instructed for
him, we are told, "no earthly hope ex
ists of a Democratic majority.'' What
earthly hope, then exists of the election
of a Democratic candidate; whoever he
may be? Is it pretended lhat he can
be elected without the electorial votes
of one or more of the States of Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, to say
the o:her Pendleton States?
nothing of
Every honest mau ought to rejoice
lhat investigation is making into the
charges of corruption in the Impeach
ment trial, and. no matter to which
party he may belong, he ought to assist
the Managers in their inquiry by ev
ery means in their power. This is
what the Johnson sect presisily refuse
to do. Their purpose to stifle the in
vestigation is transparent. Does it
speak well for their conciou;ness cf in
nocence)? If the suspicions of bribery
are unfounded, for the Jhopcr of the
country they ought to be set at rest
If not, lei us kiuw who tho guilty men
are,' and treat them according lo their
deserts. Tribune.
A correspondence of the Denver
Atu"$ writing from Cential City, says
the mines are turning out better this
year than ever before. Vi e will ship
this week 2.000 ounces, S40,C00. For
this month the shipment of gold, I
think, will reach 200.000. : Every
stamp mil! is getting to work, old mines
are being opened, and thiugs bein to
look better. Mor budding (brick;
anJ stone) is being done in the country
than any time before, since I have been,
in the territory.
The venerable ex-Governor Levi
Lincoln, of Mas-achueltsl recently died
al Worcester in his tighty sixth year.
" How Gen. Grant Took the News
or His Nomination. A Washington
exchange thus relates how Gen Grant
received the news of his nomination:
General Gram was al his office as
usual on Thursday, and about his accus
tomed duties, apparently one of the
most unconcerned and self-possessed
men in Washington. The news of his
nomination, on General Logan's mo
tioa of acclauiatioa. was brought over
to him as sooa as it was received, by
Secretary Stanton, Hooper, Ames, Pile
and two or three other gentlemen.
General Grant received the intelligence
very quietly. In response to the con
gratulation of Mr. Stanton and friends,
he simply said "Thank vou." and al
once inquired about the platform. . A
synopsis of this was read to hitn, and
he theu took the paper and carefully
read it himself, saying after two or
three minutes consideration, "That is
good," and nodded assent when some
body remarked that the baUle could be
fought on that line this summer. He
afterwards said that he was particular
ly pleased with the djclaratiun against
any form of repudiation. He remain
ed in his room at the army head-quarters
through the business hours aud in
course of the afternoon received a
large number of congratulatory tele
grams and was visited by many public
men aud private citizens.
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Mr. Chase, immediately on assuming
his seat after taking the verdict iu tha
impeachment trial, wrote npen a blank
card, and sent it to a gentleman on the
floor of the Senate, whom he had more
than once assured during the week
that the President would be acquitted.
Ihe card bore but a single word, and
that for ereater decorum was in dis
guise. The word was the exultant use
of the French exclamation of Violal
("Behold!") If this is doubted we
cau prove it. Willies' Spirit of Times.
The Rolla Express says the Democ
racy of phelps county, Mo., lately held
a rousing meeting, aud passed strong
resolutions among which was the fol-
owing:
'Resolved, That while we recoguize
in Petroleum Y. Nasty the true Demo
cratic r.nd fearless patriot, aud, while
we acknowledge his good intentions,
we tvould respectfully request him to
discontinue writing L'lters in defence
of the Democratic party, as we suspect
to do more
harm than good in some
localities."
Steam Plow. The first steam plow
ever brought this far west, will at rive
sometime during the week. It is the
properly of Geo II. Hilton, the owuer
of several sections of land in the west
ern part of the State. The plow is
fromEcgland, shipped to this city via
New Orleans. We understand lhat
Mr. II contemplates breakiug up this
sca?on about oue thousand acres of
land. JS'ctcs.
It is said that a German chemist
has succeeded in precipitating or con
demiiig the explosive 'arts of nitro
glycerine into a powder of twelve times
the streimht of gunpowder, which a
comparatively safe for handling ond
transportation. If this is Hue irou
calds now supposed to be impenetrable
by shell or shot, will be as esaily pierc
ed as a paste-board lex.
The Rock Island Union, thus sums
up the "arguments" that induced . the
seven Senators to vote against Im
peachment : -
Trumbull Chronic quibbling. Fes
sFnden Disappointed ambition.
Grimes Prejudice. Ross Green
backs. Fowler A. J.'s daughter.
Yan Wrinkle Ponderous stupidity.
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Alexander Macdonald, Field Si Co.,
workers in poshshed pianiie, Aber
deen, Scotland, have offered to present
to the Fortieth Congress, hi trust for
the American people, a handsome pil
lar of polished red grani;e upon which
to place any bust of the late President
L:ncoln they may see proper
A rarly en route for Chicago, hav
ing soma difficulty at Dunkirk lobe
served in 'he dinner room, adopted the
ruse of calling Gov. Alvord, of New
York, Speaker Colfi x, and sooa had u
steward and waiter for each man.
The authoress of a novel "Hood and
Glove," published in England rays
that "All day long Claude paces back
ward and forward like an overseer On
a Massachusetts cotton jlantation.
George A. Johnson, who returns
one of the largest incomes in Massa
ohnsetts ou:ide cf Button, made his
fortune cut of pop corn.
The New York IlcralJ confesses the
Chicago Ceuventiou "exerted a re.-a.s-suring
effect" upon our national secur
ities. Butler is sati.-lied that there is au
Ethiopian in the fence. He has seen
the Wouley Lead of it.
Gov. Buckingham has been elected
U. S Senaiorfrom Connecticut, to suc
ceed the Johnsonizvd Dixon.
Congre-s is determined
on the lo h of JuK
to adjourn
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