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THE HER A-L D
13 PC BLI3UBD
W E iKK L Y ,
BY
11. 13. HATHA WAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
VT"0fJ5w rxoar Vliim street as J Levee, MtcnJ
t-i i" .
Terms: $2.50 per annum.
Hates of Adceritstn
Oae squirt (space or ten linen) oue insertion, 91 DO
Iftort saba-'i-jeot inscrtiun - - 1.00
Prefect nal card not exceeding i U 10 00
U jarter column or less, per annum 35.00
' ix moathi SJ.f
thrre months 15 00
Oil kaif sola 'On twelvemonths 60.00
ais months 85.00
tbre months 20. 00
Qjjlamn twelve months - Its). 00
sir month 60.00
three months - .eo
. '.Uraasient aiverti-erasuts mail lie l rin
adrauce.
T- We are pnparel U do all kln-ls f Work
a .hert notice, and in astjlelhat will eatle-
foCtioD.
WILLITT POTTENOER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PL1TTSM0UTII - - NEBRASKA.
T. n MARUUETT.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Awn
Solicitor iD Chancery.
H.1TTSM0UTII, XKBUASKA
S. P COOPER.
ATTORNEY ASD C0CSSEL0R ST LAV.
llattsiuouiIi,,.et.
"Will tuy end tell Real Etate, and par taxes f jr
W non. residents.
Improved and onitrprovei lands enj letefcr sale,
June S5ih nl2vl.
B. II IilVINOSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Xe; d-irs hi professional gerT ics to the citiiena of
t" county .
ft evidence enuth-eait e-jrner ofOak an.! Sixth
ssreeu; o;nce on Main street, opposite Court Mouse,
PUUsmou'.h, Nebraska.
Platte Valley House
Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor.
of Miin and Fourth Streets,
lMattgmoutli, eb.
This tfouie hivlne; been re fl ct-.l an.I newly far
iji.Jcl.n Brst-e'.ass accommodations, bosrd by
tae day or Wrtli. acg'ii
II. J. JO.MVGS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
G-enoral Land Agent,
Lincoln. ... Xebraska.
Will practice In any of the Courts of the State, ao
will buy and s-ll Keal Ea.a'.e on commission, pay
Taes, exaiuiue HUee, c.
n-virf'tilif .
. MtlWtlL, 6AM. M. CHAPMAN
Tlaxivell afc Chapman,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AVD
Solicitors in Chancery.
riATTSMOCTU, - - - XEBRASKA.
OSii oTei BUck, Baturj k Co Drug E;ore.
CLARKE, & ERWIN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
And Solicitors In Chancery,
XAlS ST., OPPOSITE THE COCRT-UOCSE
rLATTSMOUTII, NEB.
4fka . ClABKB, MfOIMI fOIIU.
arjl. w. iiwts.
tir REAL ESTATE AGEXCT.SX
jsaaVl wtf
joseph
jSCnLATER,
WATCyHAKER and JEWELER,
Main Street,
PLATTSMOUTH, - - NEBRASKA
A t-ood assortment of Watetie - old
J.welry, S.lrer Ware, Fane- noo Vil:ns and t
e'lla Tiimmins alwjy on band. All work com
as :t ted to his care will be warranted.
April lu. l-io.
o. a. tan", caiHocir 4 CROxro,
Iti Sp't Indian Afiirt. Attorney! at Late
IRISH, CALHOUN & CROXTON.
The above named acntlomen have associated
tkemseWea in business fjr the purpose of prosecut
ive and collecting all claims as-iinst the General
- . . ...m.i mv lrih of Indians, ami
are prepared to prosecute such claims, either before
OvDgress, or anv oi ice iecariuivuia ui uu.ciuuioui
is, r.mpt tt C -tint a
tr ,
Ma. IiB will devote bis personal attention to
she business at Washington.
I J-O-Uce at Xebra.ka Cfty, corner at JJa'.n and
Filta streets.
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON. D- C
F. M. DORRINGTON.
CB-AGINT.
A TTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA,
I cpre'l to preacnt and prox:ate claims before
n -, Court ofOlmmt a nil the Dtrtf . AmnCs. Pa-
- ... n...a;Ana Rnnnt .si n.l Rn.tsnw I.inr1
mt a;auut of the claim.
Tf tnHr;0s rouucraie,iDa in pmitortiuij 10
. .fik. i.:m V Vf T. v r i r V ft a f
J. N. WISE,
GtntTal Lift, Accident, Fire, Inland and
I ransil
INSURANCE AGENT
Will take n-s at reasonable raf is in the moM reliabl
a nnaaiee in the United States.
fj Office at the boot stote, Pla rr cath, Nebras
, mayldtf
Slilliiiery &. Drcsiii.ikiii?9
II Miss a. at . Dssrai-V A Ms. R. P. KaKlcr
Opposite the (Jity Bakrry.
"117 ' wonld respectfully announce to the Ladies
V V of Plattsmouth and vicinity, that we biv-jul
received a large and well selected a'ock of Winter
Oaoda, eonaisiing of Flowers, Ribbons, velvets, diess
trlmminrs, Ac., Ac We will sell the cheapest (fHKls
ever sold in thjsctty. Weean accommodate all our
e!d Oaslo triers and aa many new ones ai will ravor us
with a call. All klnia of woi-a la our tine done to
rf r. Perfrrt satMfartfoD gfvaa or to ebarce
my?:f
Dm:iiLI.(iS at all price.
Any person wishing to purchase Farm-proj-erty, or
Residences in towa will CaJ thetu for sale at fcl
prices, tsy
rORRlXGICX.
mrT. Hast. Estatb Aqp.Nt.
Q It. McCALLUM,
Manuf cturerofand dealer in
S.idtllcs and Harness,
Of every dc-crlHiOD, wholesale and retail. No 130
Main ktrtet, between 5tb and 6th streets, Nebraska
City. jel3
IVOTICE.
JA1IE3 O'NEIL Is my authorliel Agent for the
contortion of all accounts do- the undesigned for
medical serviros; hi reeeij t will be valid for the
payment of any monieb on naid rcnnnt.
Aiifiitt 14, lbt7. K. it. LlVINGilOX, M.D.
REED. BEARDSLEY & CO,
Real Bstato Agents ,
WEEPIS'G WATER, SEBR&.SKA.
Li nds bought, manage 1 and sold. Valuable Tim
ter Land for s.ile. TaXia paid for Non-rei.iJents
Owltecttoa arouiUy attended to.
march 28
lVASIII.a & IKO.M.Ci
BY
Fvlrs. Pieman.
In the rear of City Bakery.
Kanry art'Ce wnflied and 'Line up in the neatest
n'yle. ? atlnfaiTi l"n iruarai.tee-l
f lat.moutti, NebraHka, June23:h r.ljtf.
Sheridan House,
Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor.
Corner of .Mjin and Thiid fSlrtd,
Plattsiiioutli, 1'eb. ,
1ord b the diy orweclc Churj-a mt derate.
1) S'azes leave tbi-i Home daily frail pnts
Vorth, Houth, East and We.t. oliri.
WOOLIVORT-S & CO ,
BOOKSELLERS.
STATIONERS,
Binders ScPaperdealers.
SA1.YT JOSEPH, .lift,
ocWSm
IP. J?. TODD,
SEWING MACHINE AG'T
PL 1 TTSM (J V TU, XEBR A SLA .
A (ffxid assortment of rnicMne and nuchiiie flnd-ir.g-i
kept on Uii.d. t3"otSfe t St jd-'lnann'i
Clothing Store. I'eC. 4 't)7
Machines rejaiiedon ihort notice.
Plattsmouth !Vil!s.
C IIEISEL. Proprietor.
HaT recentlr b-en repaired and n'aed in 'hrr
ouia running order Cuatiin work d.ce on short
notice.
100,000 Kiisliels of Wheat
Wanted immediately, for whith.the highest u-arke
price will r.e j.aid. aur2f tf
SHANNON'S
Feed, Sale and Livery
STABLE.
Jhiif St., - - Px-a-tsmocth.
I am r-rcrsrtd to acrn:mofIae the public wtt
Horses, Carriages and Buggies,
Also, a nine Hearse,
St -1 t : .... . .1 InrmH. A TT rlr srlll
rnn tr steamboat taij(lit.g, CLd to all xait of the
eitv when desired. .
mrS3 J. w. siiaajiuj.
F li rRNl IT URE!!
TH0HAS W- SHRYOCK,
CABINET MAKER,
AXD DEALER IS ALL KIXDS OT
Furniture and Chairs.
THIRD 6TRKET, (Xear Main.)
P LA TTSM0 UTII, JfEBRJSKA.
Reparinp and Varnl-hiu neatly done,
tym funerals atiended si the el ortest notice.
nil.
Win. Stadelmaim & Co ,
One door west of Dor.dans Drvg-slorr,
Dealers in
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
HATS, r A PS. BOOTS SHOES,
THCXKS, VA LISES,
and a peaeral stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the Plains; also, a large lot of
RUBBER CLOTH l.YG. REVOLl
ERS JXD JfOTIOJVS.
We boni'it low and will selt cheap for cash. Cal.
and examine oar stock bi fore ou buy any where elscl
jyl '6d ' Hra.SIADtLMJ.Ni A I'U.
W. D. GAGE.
W. R. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STOKE.
Dry-Good
to,
Groceries,
Provisions,
HOOTS and MIOKS,
Main Strttt. two doors above Fourth,
Where the public may find
THE BEST OF GOODS,
and prices aa low as can be I nnd in the city
We retain fhm for th liber , pt'rn'.age we
bave received, and b"pe le ctri: it- octtnuat.'-.e.
SLlMUtlt A.E TIIC ICtUlIL.
lU.Ufll!tMO Ult!.
Frjm the Columbus ( i.lu) Journal, July 11.
We publuti to tiay ide aiiJ-v,t of
Cajiain Jisiiifs Suioey Hil, to which
allusion has Lt-rt-ioture Let-u inade by
Ui. The publication of ttiia mipurtaiii
alnJat n lias b-eu purp jsrfly dtl.iyed
wi h the Lope and expeciHtioci ihai
Horatio Seymour would be nounnatrd
for ih Presideucy by the conventional
New Vcrk.
Ii will be rpiriem! ered thai t hen
referauce ivasfirst m:ide to the exis
tance of ihi teaiiinouy. Governor Sey
mour exhibited ungovernable rae,
and not only took t.ceuaioii to vuuch fr
hid own innocence, but to attack wiih
savage emphasis all ollicers and agents
of the government whom he suspected
of having been instrumental in making
known to the State Department the
nature of his relation.- with the re el
CouimisMoners in Canada.
The writer, who, was Consul of the
United States in New Brunswick, hav
intt been appointed to that office by
President Lincolu it; September 1S61,
had occasion to transmit to the Secre
tary of State information concerning
the movements of the rebel Cominis
stionera, Clement C. Clay and James
P. Holcombe, and it especially became
his duty to make known to the soiferii
ment wh.ttvwr fans were known in
the British Prrvinces c ncernmsr the
nature of th mh. ion' of ih"-r notor
ious enemies of the United S'ateTi.
Arphcaiior w;l! be made to the Siate
Dr-pariineni for c pies of the full cor
re.-pondeiice on this pubj-tt. whuh,
when obtained, w;ll be made public.
The important fact wits then well
known that the prime purpose that the
Davis Government had in sending
Commissioners to Ctrada, was to ar
ray th State of New York in hostility
to the Federal Government. Captaiu
Hill's testimony establishes beyond a
doubt 'he fact that such was the confi
dence rej osed in Uorniio Se-ymour.
then Gorernor of New York, ht the
ribel chiefs did not hesitate to address
him on a subject which they knew was
dear to his heurt the triumph of the
Confederacy, and opened ccnfiJet lial
corre; pondence with him, as with a
tried and trusted agrnt of their own.
Clement C- Clay, who organized
the mining and piratical expeditions
from Canada into the United Sattsex
pir.rd lii ru iir itiiilUtieSS tO Tlr-ll
Oiid-rsburjh. New York, knowing
that Sevmour would iiTe hrn s'af pass
pirt throughout his suvereitrrj S'at .'
It will be proved hereafter that Clay
sent di-piitche u and received tier,
pa ch-s from Albany, while at Halifax
Quebec an'l Mon real, ihai me-s;ig--were
pis-seJ letween ihe r-b-l C'n
imssiotiprs and th rebtl rymjiathiug
Governor for a period of over two
month; and we believe also thit the
exact uature of i!ie communication
will, ere long, brf fully made knoAn.
Sij miifh by way of explanation today.
We pha!l nur-ue this siibjet t until the
treachery arid treason of Horatio Sey
mour, ihe worst and viliet hpiiij' 'f
th republic, ate laid birp We pro
ToseMste the thing through, and rhal!
fight it ou" on iliii line.
The following i an exact copy of
the original affidavit now on file in the
State Deparimeut of the United Slates
Government.
AFFIDAVIT OF
capta:
HILL.
JAS. SIDNEY
Consulate of the United States
Sr Jou.x, New Brunswick.
On the econd day of June, 164.
personally appeared I efore me. J Q.
Howard United State Consul at St
John, New Brunswick, Jame Sidney
Hill, whtj'soleiiiLly made cath to the
following facts :
I am now ubout 25 years of i ge;
I was born in the parish ot Si. Bernard
Louisiana ; I am the son of Jerome
Philip Hill, of New Orleans, who has
always been a devuted Uni m man. I
was educated as a civil engineer l
Wes. Point, Virginia.
In the year liGl. ' tlte month of
April, 1 was carried away by ihe in
tense excitement that prevailed, and
entered the rebel serf ice a Captaiu of
a company of volunteers; I servec in
the rebel army at the first battle of
Manassas, at the battles before Rich
mond, at the lime of McClellan's ad
vance, and also look part at the battle
of Antietam ; was wounded at the seven
days' fight near Richmond ; was sent
to Savannah as engiuere on the staff
o' General Gustavu.t W. Smith, and
obtained leave of absence to t;o to Wil
mington ; from V ilmington I rat the
blockade on the steamer Bannhee to
Nassau ; my e-hject was to get out of
the rebel service and take the oath of
allegi-'nce; from Nassau I went to Ha
vana, aud there took the oath of allegi
ance un ler Mr. Lincoln's amnesty pro
clamation; from Havana I went to St.
Thomas with a friend, who was in a
dying condition, th-nce o St John?,
Porto Rico; I c mid not M a ve el
Porto Rico for N w Orleans, but ob
la ued pas;a;- to II tlifax, Nova Sco
tia, where 1 expected more readily it
get a vessel.
I had been in Ha'i'iiX about four
days, when laj p't ii ;? t be a' tf;
watf when tlie" turn! steiin-r A'ji.'ia
arrivcl from I-rmud, I was accosted
at the landing by ihe II jn. C. C Clay,
of Aiatama, whom I accompanied to
the Waverly H t-l. Colonel Duncan
of Louisville, Kent ickey, was in com
pany with us. Mr. Clay said he was
out on a little business for the govern
ment, and was ou his Way to Cannda ;
said that he had grat confidence in
me. A day or two after thi- conver
anon I came to St John, Ne. Bruns
wick, hopinff to get to New Orleans by
the way of Portland ; and on the fi r t
day of June I again n et Air. Clay at
the ftenmboat landing. lie nii he
wanted me to come at soon as I could
to the Waverly Hotel to see him;
about 8 o'clock he sent a boy to the
Lawrence Hotel for me. and I went
up to the Waverly to Mr. Clay's pri
vate room.
He said, look here. Captain, I until
vou to go to Canada ; I shall very pro
babtV go to Ogdent urqh, and as I am
not at all well, I need som company;
I would have gone to Portland, but I
am afraid some one would recognise
me. He proposed to lak a walk and
after our return, he requested me to
come to the Hotl early in the morn
ing (this morning) He ent for me
and 1 went directly op He took me
to bis private room aud again urged
me to go with him.
He took from a pocket in tfie back
of his inside coat, a packace containing
four or five letters or dispatcher; I had
one t f the-e documents in mv hand; it
was addres-ed to his Excellency, Ho
ratio Seymour, Governor of th State
of New York; another was addressed
lo Hon Fernando Wood. New Yolk;
on each of hese envelope was prii.t
ed. Department of S'ate Richmond, C
S. A., and on the envelope was written
n name which I do not remember, but
have no doubt it was the name of the
present Secretary of State. Said Mr
Clay, I was sent on a mission to deli
ver those letters to Gov. Seymour, but
I wish they had chosen somebody else;
said he, I sha'l stop in Montreal a few
davs, and then shall probably go to
Ogderisbuieli; he aid, I shall spp Gov.
Seymour, but did not sny directly thut
he would see him at Ogdnsburgh.
If my (affiant's) letter (which I wa
expecting from New Orleans) came,
he wou'd like very much to meet me
at Quebec or Montreal. I infered
from Mr. Clay's conversation that he
wanted me to convey bis di-patche to
Oovrrnor Seymour My intimacy
with Mr. Clay arop fr m h- fact that
hi son, Kobert Clay Hrst Lieu
tenant in my comptny Thirteenth
Kerrimen' Louisiana Volotveers, Col
onel York-command Gen. Picketi's
Division. Lorijjsireet's corps.
I parted with him snvinrr that I
would iiippi him in Canada if p a-ible.
(Signed) James Sit.vit Hut.
Sworn io hefore me by said
, James Sidney Hill tnd ub
sea l I . ,
t- J scribed in my presei ce this
June, 1S64
(Signed) J. Q Howard,
United States C tiul
Hard Mi-hit Party The "fieice
Democracy in totmer limes were tie
tjreat advocates for "specie payment-.
'hard mousy,' 'gold and silver,' but
now they are the ereaiest advocates
for the largest issue of paper currency
ever heard of. They not only want
'greenbacks for the bondholders, but
for everybody else, and for all kinds of
business. As far as our obrervation
extends, those who howl the loudest
about ereenbacks'are those who would
be glad to have on in (heir pockets,
at any rate, even if it only had a
1 on its corner.
The St Louis Democrat says, and we
say amen emphatically : "If any man
supposes that ihe nominations of S--y.
mour ani Blair receive enthusiastic
support from Democrats, a day with
our exchanges would cure him of the
notion. With strange unanimity, ob
servers from every part of the couinty
report the same ao-az-i.eiii amony the
Deim.caats, the same w-nd-r "why
thi". thing was done,' ihe same c-nv c
tion that Seymour and his record anO
Blair and his letter are loads too heavy
for his party to carry
A notorious hotel-keeper in New
York, himself a Democratic fljnkey of
'be first water, and whose house, fiom
the bigtnuing of the war to this day,
has been the nest of copperheads arid
traitors, is said to have runarked re
cen'ly: ' I know that thf South is being
reconstructed, for there has been more
tobacco spit ou my carpets during ihe
la-t three month?, than there has been
dring the whole war."
The morning after ihe nomination
of Seymour i nd Biair by the ew
York convention, a scamp tied crape
io the door of Chief Justice Chase'
residence, which, before ii was remov
ed, caused some uneasiness nmoni; the
friends of that gentleman until it wa
understood l- have ou!y a political sig
nifb:n''e. Admiral Semme has been m:wn
" speech in support of Seymour and
Blair We wonder if he expect in
IHV 'l ev rhooM h i--Ctt-d tO be p
p...o:ii M-ni-i-r to Eoi.'lat.'t He
would be j it ihe man to sc lie the Ala
bama claims.
A Sketch From Miakpear For
Tfie IJt-uvfil of iy. seymiiur.
At the New York Convention Sey
mour several times took great pains to
assure his friends that he was not a
candidate. As it has been suggested
that his conduct of the Governor's was
in the play we give the following read
ing :
Casta Why. there was crown
offered him. and. being of! ered him he
put it by with the back oc his hand,
thus: and then the people fell to a
shouting. Brutus What was the second noise
tor ?
Caca Why, for that, too.
Cassiu They shouted ihric.
What was the last cry for ?
Casca V.'hy, for that. too.
Brut-i Was the crown offered him
thrice ?
Ca-ca--Ay marry, was't and he
put ii by thrue. every time gentler than
other ; and nt every putting by mine
h-'iit-fi neighbors shou'ed
Cassius Who offered him the
crow n ?
C-ca Why Anthony.
Brutus Tell us the manner of it,
pet tie Ca-ta.
Casca I can as well be hanged as
tell ihe manner of it : if was nitre fool
ery : I did not make it. 1 saw Mark
Anthonv tier him a crown ; yet it was
not a rrown t either ; tw a one of these
coronets ; and as I told you, he put it
by once ; but for all that. It my think
ing, he icohld fain have had it. Then
he off. ml i to him again ; then he put
it by again ; but, to my thinking, he
was loth to liy his fingers off it And
then he offered ihe ihirrt time ; he ru it
the third tune by: and still, as he refused
it. the rabblemen shouted and clapped'
their chapp d hands, and threw up their
swea y night caps, and uitered such a
deal of stir-king hrea:h. because Cajsar
refused ihe crown and that it had al-m'-s'
choked Cse-ar ; for he swooned
and fell down at it. And for my on
part. I dursi not laugh, for fear of open
ing mine ip and receiving the bad air
Ca sius But, ofi I pray you !
What ! did Caesar swoon.
Casca He fell down in the market
place, and foamed at ff?e mouth and
was speechless
Brutus Ti- very like he hath the
JJainz sickness.
Ca-sius rso Cavar hath it not ; nut
Vou and I. and honest Casca, we have
t' e falling -irki e'.
Ca-ca I tr ow not what you mean
by that ; but I am sure Ca;r f ell
down If the fngrng people did not
clap him, and kiss him according as he
peH-ed. and di-pleaed them, as ihev
used to do the players m the theatre. I
nm no tru man
Mr Pendleton wa very cro at
Grafton the oiher ninght. He began
his speech by scolding the audiancefor
not listening to him. and then assured
th-m that personal disappointment
lingered in hid breast" no longer.
Who is the democratic candidate?
I i -he same Gov. Seymour who, in
IS' 1 said
'1 hat theSouth was postrong.so earn
est, so united that she could never be
pot down, a- d tht we had no question
to decide but this : S!ta!l wecomprom
ie after the war or compromise wi h
out war? which you see, was rot the
i eal question at all "
It was Gov. Seymour 1S61 advocated
the adoption of the Rebel Constitution
a letter than our-, and affording a
good basi of compromise.
The St Joe Vindicator, a copp-r
head Journal i f the fir t wa er, t-peak
ing of S. ymour as the nwminee. says
he is A D-Mnoeioi.'who lent his aid
to ft rce his fellow citizens into the ac
curbed crusade the war for the Union
and ha r-ii an ardent Mipporier of
all the vilbimtios schemes of taxation io
ray in gold the debt contracted in
accomplishing the rtini of the country.
He i- a Bondholder's pel and little
calculat"'! i in-pire won enthusiasm
me great Democratic masses "
When the news of the nomination
of Seymour and Biair reached Wocs
ter.Ohio. the unterrified ih-reabout
fired a salute in honor of the event,
and tointed the cannon toward the
North, whereat a Grant man standing
mar qtiieily observed that they were
fireing the same. way they did during
ihe war.'
A Democrat of over forty years
-landing in Indianapolis remarked the
other day r
The nominatiora a New York are
the mo-t prpular nomination ever
mane in this country upon neing
.L-fd to oive his seasons he replied
Because those nominations please all
tl e Republicans and nearly half the
w-v
Uemocracy
B'a-r- new p'tent "or saving the
I f'on Motion" i- ftr the Pre-ident to
I nuli'V the laws of C-'f'gres and coin
! pel th army to overthrow civil govei n
ment in the States.
Tl-e two so'tlier- : Lt the Pr--i
dei t d per-e ihe carpet-bag State gov
' " V P KU.r
"Let ua bave Peace."" U. S. Gkaitt
iiHS. UlUItT AT LAirRCICE.
The Lawrance, (Kansas) Journal
has the following account of the arrival
of Gen. Grant and party in that place.
"The Lawrance band played a pa
triotic air, a frantic rush was made for
the car, hemming it in, a deafening
cheer was raised, and confusion reign
ed supreme. In a few ininuitea the
rear door of the car opened, and a
very plainly dressed, unassuming, or-
Jiaary looking person, stepped out en
the platform.
-Grant!" ' Grant !" yelled a few
old soldiers who had seen him before,
and "Grant!' 'Grani!" said the crowd
and another rush was made for that
particular point, while another deafen
ing cheer went up.
In an instant a hundred hands were
sire tf bed out in welcome. With i
pleasant smile he extended his hand
and fr the next ten or fifteen minutes
not an instant was it released from the
gra.-p of the multitude that crowded
eagerly forward to take it. The toil
hardened hand of the laborer, and the
delicate hand of the lady, or of the
little one held up by its anxious mother,
was alike shaken with a heartiness that
betokened his full appreciation of the
popular welcome As long &a th
train remained this was kept up, until
hundreds were able to boast of having
shaken hands with the most distin
guished of living men. Ii was a quiet
beany, spontaneous welcome,' that
evidently gave him more satisfi ction
than could the most formal and elabo
Mte reception Emphatically a man
of ihe people, and while detesting the
di-play and "lionizing" that bis posi
tion subjects him to, no one more fully
appreciates these informal and sponta
neous manifestations of esteem by the
a asses
Water Spout On The Plains
We are informed by a gentleman
who came from the West last Saturday
that a terrible "water .-pout" occurred
in oue of the canons south of Cotton
wood Station one day last week, by
which three men and a number of
horses were drowned. A Mr Erick
s.-n had a large force of men and
teems at work in the canon cutting and
htuling wood. The flood -of water
c-me upon them so unexpectedly and
with such tremendous volume and ra
p. day that they had not time to escape,
but were overwhelmed by it, and three
ot the men and several of the teams
drowned.
The canon was swept almost entire
ly free of the timber, and the old elm
ree which had been a land mark for
years to the travelers on the plains
was uprooied and swept down into the
Platte river.
So terrible and dtstrtictive a water
-pout'' visitation has not cccured on
our plains for a number of years. Re-
pub ican.
The desperation of the Democracy
is illustrated by the fact that Vallan-
digham. whom the New York World
read out of the Democratic party but a
few months since, denouncing him as a
renegade, sat in the National Tarn
many convention, seconded the non i
nat-on of Seymour, and is row an ap-o-tolic
light in the party, and an ora
cle from whom ihe World dare not die
sent. Judge Wrlfe of Virginia in 1664
published a volume of 214 pages in
vindication of the South, one chapter
of which contained an "Eloquent De
fence of the South, by the Hon. Hora
tio Seymour." That chapter would be
interesting reading these days. Who
has a copy of ihe work ?
Two Democi ats rscently set fire to a
church in Magnolia, Miss., because
they had been refused the use of it for
a political meeting rive thousand
Democrats once set fire to an Orphan
A-ylum in New York because several
thousand Democrats in gray had been
killed ai Vicksburg aud Gettysburg.
m
Serximes, the pirate, supports Sey
mour and Blair, of course, at d has
made a speech urging their election.
It is suggested that if they should hap
pen to be elected he would make a
good minister to England to settle the
Alabama claims.
Doolittle. to. sava that Sevmour
fought the battle of Gettysburg. Well,
if he did he had a verr aueer wav of
sf -
talking about that exploiton the famous
4th of July speech delivered in New
York while the fighting was going on
in Pennsylvania.
The Charleston f S. C , Jfews savs :
x r -
Give us bui a little warning, and the
out-g D-mocracy Charleston will
prove to their delegates that they have
fire and vigor enough to make our vie
orv certain " Surely ihese rre chick
ens of the old Rebel Democracy.
The Detroit Post says: "The
Democratic party proposes to run the
Presidential race with a three-Ieged
h'-rse. Seymour is the "bloated bond
holder' candidate. Blair is the candi
date of the revolutionists. Their plat
form is the candidate of the repudia
tionists."
Already there are Quarrels as to
who shall belong to Seymour's Cabi
net. The Democrats might as well
discuss this question duriug the Sum
mer, as there will be no necessity for
discussing it after November. The
Indianonolis Htrald insists that Pen
dleton and Hendricks should both go
into the Cabinet. The Tarr. many or-
fan disposes of the claims of these
two gentlemen in the following man
ner :
Mr. Pendleton, wa nresume will
be offered the Treasury Department ;
tat a 11 . .
this wouia oe nt ana proper. xui
Gov. Seymour would owe nothing to
Hendricks; while there is a Western
statesman of nrominent Dosiiion. of na-
g
tional renown towards whom the hearts
of all sound democrats instinctively
turn, and to whose sagacity, courage,
, rf- -
and eloquence uov. Seymour is more
indebted than to that of any other, or
indeed a 1 other men. Ve need not
say that we refer to the Hon, Clement
L. VallaDdigham. Through bis fore
sight, tact and pluck, the nomination
was confered upon our distingmsnea
fellow-ciiizen. In constructing his
Cabinet, we doubt not that be willgen
ornnslv rpcornize (he fact that the first
place in it is due to Mr. Vallandigham.
His appointment as becretary or Mate,
would be extremely popular in tne
West and in the South, and would be
hailed with enthusiasm by Positive
.a a V .
Democrats all over the country. ii
would be no objection to his selection
that this would place in the Cabinet
two members from one Mate. I his
has been done before ; snd even now
New York has two representatives in
the Cabinet. Hendricks, of course.
will he brushed aside : and if either of
the great statesman of Ohio is to be ig
nored, it must be rendieson, ana not
Vallandigham."
It has been stated that Gov. Seymour
never originated BDVibihg- This is a
.nicfaL-A for h. WAS the first to inform
President Lincoln "that it was believed
by at least one half of the people of the
loyal States that the conscription act
was in itself a violation of the supreme
constitutional law."
The Chicago Journal says : "Frank
Blair, the great Ku-Klux leader, who
is o trample such laws as he don't
like in the dust, if he is elected, was in
town yesterday, but there was no cop
perheads, even, so poor as to do him
reverence. He came and went as
quietly as the .nists of the morning.
An exchange says: "Gen. Grant
and the Democracy have done a great
deal of business together within ihe past
few years. Gen. Grant has done the
tanning, and the Democrats have fur
nished the hides! ihey handed in
two more last week those cf Horatio
Seymour and Frank P. Blair. Tbey
will be done early in November.
Gov. Seymour said that bis private
benor would not permit him to become
a candidate for the Presidency, He
said, also, that public honor required
the scrupulous fulfillment of our finan
cial obligations. His private honor,
however, did not prevent him from be
coming a candidate. Is bis regard for
public honor nr greater?
May God bless you, but your candi
date I cannot be," H. Seymour in the
Democratic Convention.
We should like to know whether the
first balf of ibis sentence ment as much
as the last; and, if so, we would thank
-ome theologian to compute for us the
precise value of Horatio Seymour's
"God bless you" New Yoik Tribunt.
A good story is told of the Pendleton
Escort. Pat Clear" was delegated to
lay in commissary supplies for the Ea.
cort. He accordingly purchased 15 bar
rels of whiskey, 100 kegs of lager boer,
and six pounds of crackers. The billa
were rendered to Dick Cox, th cashier,
for inspection and payment. Dick, in
scanning the accounts, remarked: "Fifteen
barrels whisky all right : one hundred
kegs beer all right; six pounds crackers
- thunder and mars, Pat, why the devil
didn't you get more whisky and less
crackers !"
Pollard, the Rebel author of "The
Lost Cause," publishes another book
-'The Lost Cause Regained," in which he
says he is bow "convinced that the true
cause fought for in the late war has not
been lost, immeasurably or irrevocably,
bat is yet in a condition to be regarded
bv the South an ultimate issue of the
political oontest.' lis had ssen Blair's
letter.
Gen- Albert Pike said, in a Seymour
mass meeting at Memphis, last week:
"This is a struggle for life or death. Our
honor, dearer than our life, is at stake.
Tha man or the set of men that dsniee
me the right to vote, in the State in
which I live, is not iny political opponent,
but my personal enemy and deadly foe."
That pike wants another speariDg.
The Boston Journal says: "A promi
nent mrm'er of the Demooratio party
said last rrght: 'I bave talked to orer a
hundred Democrats this afterna--n and
evening, and they all think as I do tha
do honest man can vote for Seymour,
and no whito man for FraDk Blair.' "
If it is true that slavery must be abolish
ed to save this Union, then the people of
the South ihuld be allowed to withdraw
themselves from that Government which
cannot give them the protection guaran
teed by its terms. Seymours Spe&h
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