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ft i 4 "If (my man attempts to haul dotcn the American Flap, shoot him on the spot." VOL. 1. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TIllTRrSDAY, DEOIiMBER. 10, I8G8. iNO 36. THE H ERAL. D klS PCBLISHED WEEKLY, BT ,H. D. HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. Yj"0e MM' Mala street t ' f Terms: S2.50 per and LTe, second annum. Hates of Advertising V ji n lare (si) ace or :;n lint' o-i- insertion, l-.'iO !. Kc.i mbte-iJent la-iertiou Pr ff.lira. crd o 't excee lioif .x U O i-.jur'.erCJimo or less per annum ? lit month i thr months an half colo"n twel ee month .. sis months .. three m nlrii six raoath - 10 no :5.i' 20 0 13 00 00.00 85.00 IO.Oo 100 t0 40.00 .00 three month :i'.rQ atlvrll' Jiit mat be p orla advance. W are p -.pared to de all k mda of e ,t. jrt notice, d1 In a style that will faction. Work sails- WILLITT P0TTENOER. ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLATTSMOCTFI - - NEBRASKA. T. HI n VUCICETT. ATTORNEY AT LAW A"Ctf Solicitor in Chancery. PLATTSMOUTH, XEBRASKA s. r. COOPER- ATT9HSEI' ASI COCSSELOa AT LAW. IIatl8nioutIi,Veb. Tli buy ai sail Real Estate, and pay taxss f .r Mprnproe.d land, a.i l.t.f.r .. .. ji.i iiik al- k. a LIVINGSTON, M. D Physician and Surgeon, T.-ars ki. profeaaijn.l sr!ee, to tb. eitlaea. cf .,uth-e..te.Tt.rorta . ah Omil on Mala ..fee, oppose Cart B.u.e. fMattsmoata, Jistraiaa. Platte Valley House Ive. B. Mcbpuv, Proprietor. . m i A of Main and tourin wrttu, Piatimiioulhi Neb. K.i, been re fitted and newly far s is.ed oers Orst c:s.s accomauxJ stlons. A day or week. Board aug'lS II. S. J BR IN GS ATTORNEY AT LAW AND General Land Agent, ITtlln-.ctic. ln.aToftbeC.nrt.oflbSt.c.aa4 ul buy and K--t Tste. iamla Ti'ies, AJ mi 'tti if s). MUWILL, 6AM. CU APM A .flaxwell & Chapman, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AVO Solicitors n Chancery. XEBHASKA. 0e. -er Black. Batfr, A C's Uru. bwre. rl . joseph SCHLATER, WATCyMAKER and JEWELER, PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA V ood asortrsnt of Watcb.s ' i.walry.b.I.erWare. Fnc- o3 iiti on ha CiO - '-Ola rcu.. is Violins asa i- haod. Ail walk cm .a-rewii: b, warranted. AlTill'.i- National Claim Agency. WASHINGTON. D- C F. M. DORR1NGTON, cm r,F.VT. sa . fTctnnTII. - - NEBRASKA, Auril I . 65 r J. N. WISE, w i T J (Jeneral Life, Accident, t ire, lmnna ut.u 'Vans if INSURANCE AGENT w, t.k. rL.k. at reliable r.t.-5 In tne mo.t rel.abl -rte in the I'nited fl'; t3r ntn S,bra.. a--Orfic- at tae lo to.,l 13 TliHiiierj & Ure' mr whs a. M. DBSPAiii A Mm makin?, , b. p. Ktsmoi Opposite the City Bakery. WE w, old respectfully ."..Veut. of ei.tt.mouth and v.c.m 7.(twe a J tseeived a larfe and well "'AVelvVts.dreaa e.n.isi.n,.! modaie al. our .T.r sold io t bircuy. " will'avor na Usaaiomeraand asraauj linedoneto mytf . HEALTH, G0MF0Rrt AND ECONOMY. S REASOXsToR HOARD IXCi with CEC. av. icolvw, Oil 8TEK ST, Two blocks urth e,tof Brick School-House. pi TJT 110 CSE, free to patrons ; bis " v.3tUated, has a r toon r3nuhle. apt. D. IVABOO Sc CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Wines and Liquors, A.io a ery rh j'c select'.cro of I Tobacco and Cigars, 'Main HU vcosa aor east of Soymour House. ar'a'Ust recelvrnn n oek of Gtnuin yui - " - lSWELLIAC.S at all price. I Any persons wishing to purchase Farm-propert y, ot llril Jciirrt lo tow& will ooa intm lur i prices. Br EORRINGTOJf. mrT. Ksat Estate AoaKT. Q Ii. McCALLUM, Manuf .cturerof icd dealer in Saddles and names, Of eeerv description, wholesale and retail. No. 130Jf M-iiiiis'.rVet, between 3lo and 6ta streets, Scbraeka City. i'1' NOTICE JAMES O NF.IL Is my authorized Arent for tne eollrctlon of all accounts one the undermined for ui-Jical services; his receipt will be valid for the oavraect of at. y monies on said accounts- A..u(t I. ls67. K. K. LIVINciSTON.M.D. REED, BEARDSLEY & CO, Real Estate Agents , WEEIIXG WATER, ZEBIlhSKA. Li nds bought, managed and old, Valanble Tim ber Land fur sale. TaKt paid tr Nou-reidents Cullottlons I roiaptly attet.ded to. march 26 lSod. VASIII.i fc UCOiniG BT Mrs. M. Nieman In the rear of City Bakery. Fancy article1! washed and done up lo the neatest style. Sitf-afaci i n guaranteed Fiat.t.mootb, Jiebraka, June Utk nlltf. Sheridan House, Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor. i Corner of Main and Third Street, Plattsmotith, Ieb. Board by the day or week. Charges moderate. S'aces leave Ibis House daily for all points Hof.h, Suuih, Et and West. nlivl. WOOIAVORTI1 & CO , BOOKSELLERS. STATIONERS, Binders &Paperdealers. SALYT JOSEPH, MO., ocl36oi J?. TODD, SEWING MACHINE AG'T PL A 'V'PSMOVTH, SElitiA SLA . A food assortment of machines and msehlne flnd ir. kept on band. fcj-office at Wtadelmann's Clothing Stora. Pec. ,fi7 .Machines reaii ed on short notice. Plattsmouth EVlills. C. HEISKL. Proprietor. Have reeaatly been repaired and placed in thor ough ciisslai order. Caatcm work done on short 100,000 Bushels of Wheat VTeate l ired;:ely , for wl.ich.the highest irarke i rice wi 1 Ke fid- ang'ib tf SHANNON'S Feed, Sale and Livery STABLE. Main St. - Plattsmouth. I am prepared to acjcicmoustf the pablic wtt Horses, Carriages and Buggies, Also, a nice Hearse, On short notice and reasonable terms. A Hack will ma to steamboat landing, and to all parts of the city .ew detrd- mr J. W. SHANNON. FURNITURE! THOMAS W. SHRYOCK, CABINET MAKER, AXD DEALER JS ALL KIXVS OF Furniture and Chairs. THIRD STREET, (Near Main.) PLATTSMO UTH, jVEBRJSK.i. Reparinft and Varni-hlnn neatly done. CS" foneraia attended at the shortest notice. nil. Win. Sladtlniann Sc Co , One door west of Donelan's Drug-store, Dealers in . Ready-made Clothing, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, VATS, rATS. BOOTS. S0E& TKU.VKS, VA LIS EH t and a general stock of OUTFITTING GOODS For the Plains; alao, a large lot of RUBBER CLOTHI.YG. REVOLV ERS JIXD .VO TIOXS. w. hnn.bi luw and will sell cheap for cash. Cal. and examine our stock before, on buy any wbereelsl jrl '6o Win. STADELM ANN A CO. w. iTomjeT w. R. DAVIS. CENTRAL STORE. Dry-Goods, Groceries, Provisions, BOOTS anil SUOHS, Main Street, two doors above Fourth, Whr the piblie may And THE BEST OF GOODS, and prices a low as can be found In tbe city. i n n revuiu . . . We. retorn fhanka for the liberal patronage ve? . riwrelTeA. r.dn;pe to merit It continuance. frotn the Real'licui THE STATE OF Edit ASK A Bkowsville, Nib Nov. 30ih, 1S0S. J Editor Repculican: W a. ft 1 Jn tbe weekly titpuuiican ot iuv 25.h, is an article headed, "The Stale of Nebraska, By Aiix " 'Ajax" has ceriaiiily given a large amount of information in thai article and deserves great credit for it. Yet he has innocently committed errors an'J I wiU to correct them. The old maps of the United States represented the country between the Missouri river and the Rocky Moun tains lo be a vast desert, and those who have read Riley's narrative of his cap tivitv amoncr the Arabs on the Desert of Sahara, naturally conclude that the "Great American Desert" was similar, and came here with the belief that the mest of Nebraska was a sterile, sandy waste. Ten years ago. the general belief was that there was good land from fifty to one hundred miles west of the Missouri river. "Aiax ' now assumes that the "western limit of what we have estimated as fir?t and second class cultivable and fair graziiig lands to be a few mil9 west of Fort Kear ney." Myself and others, among whem is M. H. Sydennam of Fori Kt-arney. believe that the rgion west of that place will be cultivated as ex tensively as any other portion of Ne braska. "Ajax," like many others, believes there is a great desert some where west of here, because he has been taught so from bis rhildhooJ. He says there i 49.42S 4s0 acres cf land in Nebraska, and that 10,000 OOC or about one third, are salty, alkaline and bad lands.'' and intimates that that quantity is worthless for farming pur poses. He says, '-The desert lands lie away from the reams of magnitude." That is so. far, far away. "1 he and hills nenr Fort Kearney, between the Platte river and the Republican Fork, are' be says, "well known." A mistake, Ajax-" They are not. Twen'y miles or so east of Keatpey there is a ridge nf sand, blown, as I believe, from the bars of tbe Platte river, during the course of time, but I do not recollect of any other sand between the Piatte and the Republican, and I have trnve'ed extensively from range 5 to range 21 west, which is from sixty miles east, to sixty miles west of the meridian of Kearney. He also says, "South of the Uepub lican Fork, the country i less randy, but the soil is so alkaline that vegeta tion is scarce, and life canDot he well sustainfd.because of the acrid waters.'1 I Lave traveled south of the Repub lienn and i:i the Republican valley, in Nebraska and Northern Kansas, as for west as rarge 2G west, nod never tast ed, or heard of. alkaline water, and the soil and veHanun i as eood, as it is between Ornaha and the F.ikhorn. He further says: "North of the rihtte, or rather, of the I.oup Fork, there are several hundred miles of unexplored country, supposed to be nothing but a waste of sand." I have ben north of Loup Fork, as far, i.r farther wel than the meridian of Plum Creek, which is thirty five miles west of Kearney There is a region cT sandy country there, out it is not a "barren waste of sand " The ?cil is as rich, or richer, than the sandy land of New Jersey or Dela ware, and there are wide, fer.ile val leys, with good streams of pure water. every few miles. The dwarf plum and cherry trees, loaded with fruit, prow even on the summits of the hills. There were acres of wild roses in full bloom, and every short distance in the hill as well as the valleys we started ud numbers of antelope. Some person set tbs crrss r,n fire one day and before we left, ii had burnt over hundreds of acres, and was still burn- ine. So much for a barren waste of sand. There is great ignorance about the interior of Nebraska. I believe that it would pav if the Legislature would end a small exploring party of prac rirnl men un the raMevs of the different streams in central and western Ne btaska. Right west of Omaha, in tbe centre of the State, lie the vallevs of the various tributaries of the Loun. Com mencing at Columbus, pass up the main valley to the forks, say sixty miles, then up either of the forks. How many persons are there who know anything about uf 1 know, perhaps, os much as any one. yet all 1 kco'w is. that such a region in any of the East ern States would be considered almost a Paradise. Beautiful streami of pure clear water, a fertile soil, nutritious grasses, fair nmcunt of timber both hard and soft and thousands of acres covered cow wi'h a stunted growth that is burned down every year, but that, as soon as the annual fires cease, will crow up to be magnificent forests Give the people correct information concerning the western half of Nebras ka. Remcve the Indians from our State, and in three years counties will be nrginixed far west of th? meridian of Kearnev. The "Drieri" will con tract its bounds, and future historians will locate it entirely outside the limits cflNbnska.. W . A. f- A correspondent writing to the Oma ha Republican Ivm Seward county. under date of September 20th, says: "Our cold wet weather through the latter part if August culminated in a lipht frost on the morning of the 3d iust.; not enough, however, to mjure vegetation. From present appearan ces, the weather will remain settled for a while, and let folks finish their haying with more satisfaction. uur grass crop is good. niie speaking ot rass. I would like to give a few hints that, I think, would be of profit. Fall burning of the prairie is very destructive to the following year's grass crop and injurious to the land. Land on my farm and others adjoin ing, was all turned over in JNovember. four years ago, (the year I came here,) and the next year the grass was uot four inches high. Since that time I have protected my farm from fire and hav.j had good grass every year, atid it rontinues to grow better from year to year. - This year I burned my meadow on the 2d day of June, and he blue joint is waist high, while the adjoining, that was burned in April, is worthless. My observation induces me to be lieve that our upland prairie can te made to yieid good hay in great abun dance. Mv method would be to protect them from fire. Never allow them to burn only as you desire to mow. Harrow thoroughly in March with a shnrp toothed harrow, and burn from the loth of May to the 1st of June Tbe toil is apparently hide bound, and needs to be loosened Every farmer has noticed how rank- he grass grows on the back furrows of his fields, and every unturned sod in his field; now what is the reason! Certainly it is because the earth is oosened around, which gives the plant new vigor, and permits tne ground to absorb and retain moisture An English farmer sent a dumb headed hand to plow. Said hand mi- understood his orders am! plowed a portion of a favorite meadow. Th farmer on discovering the mistake, set and turned back every sod carefully in its pince. 1 he result was double the amount of hav per acre from this and than he obtained frm the rest of the meadow. How many millions of dollars worih of fertilizers ore burned on the prairies of Nebraika every year, and ye: how stupid w are. how un concerned. Why this manure is worth to our soli more than all the ruano, bom- dust, lime, salt, fish, and all other manure which eastern farm ers buv from year o year. Let u ok at this, and protect our farms from fire, and our lands will increae in fertility, and our timber will rapid- accumulate Let us set proper exam ples to the thousands that are coming forward to make their homes with us. Farmers of Nebraska, nature has bequeathed to us a lovely heritage. Our 'uttire is full of hope and promise. Let us lay broad and deep the founda tions of this empire that will 9oon teem with its millions. Tiir. Origin or Foolscap Every school-boy knows what foolscap paper is. but we doubt whether one in a hun tired that daily use it, can tell why it is so calleJ. When Oliver Cromwell became Pro tector, after the execution of Charles 1. he caused the stamp of the cap of lib erty to be placed on the paper used by the Government. Soon after the res toration of Charles 11, he had occasion to use some paper for dispatches some of the Government paper was brought t. him. On looking at it and discov ering the stamp he inquired the mean- in? of it. ahd on being told he said. "Take it eway, I'll have nothing to do with a fool's cap." "That originated the term foolcap' which has been applied to a size of writing paper about thirteen by sixteen inches. Poor Pay. A Western theatrical manager has a knack of doing ''peo ple" out of their salaries. A young ac tor from N. Y- joined his company and ventured, after a two weeks' engage ment to hint that' he would like his money. "What!" exclaimed ihe in dirrnant manager, "you ask me frr a salary, after the pieces I have given you to play The fact is, sir, the man who plays Claude JMellnotte anu omers OUgUl not to exjicti auj isiai j. m ca. i : . . ... i ... ,.v. " said the slightwaisted youth, '-but my board is due. and I shall get turned out of mv boarding house and the truth is, I have nothing to eat. ' Keep cool my boy ''replied the manager; black- err as will soon be ripe. The Democratic Legislature of Ohio . i . i . at its last session naving enacteu tnai no device of any kind should be print ed on the ballots nothiog but the bre names of the candidates and the offices for which they were supported, with! the simple title of Democratic or Ke publican and the Democrats of Monroe county having headed their taliots "The White inan'a Government," the State canvassers have been constrained to rejrrf them al, returning the Re publican candidate as elected iu that Democratic stronghold. PKACt COMMISSION. The following di.-patrh we received last night by the Stovepipe Railway Messenger, in relation to the .Peac Commission which lately went on a Buffalo hunt to Chicago. We make extracts only. They assembled in a grocery and considered the Smoky Hill route and then ordered pipes and tobacco. Fifty thousaud savages assembled. A dele gation from the Canada tribes atten ded. Thev dec ired they were civil- ized, but wouldu't show any signs of enlightenment until a barrel of whisky was rolled from behind the counter Three or four treaties were made, tbe Commissioners paying for the drinks. The Canada Indians then exhibited their progress in the arts by calling for liquor "all 'round.' The Commission was convinced. Col. Tappan was conviuctd in tears, but whilst be was drying his eys on a red blanket, a squaw hit him on the mouth with an empty gourd. Col Tappan then tap. ped her on the head with a toule, which was a sicnul for 'tappin" all around, and the next thing, the gallant colonel knew, was to find both his feet sticking through the window sash and a savage pouring hoi tear's grease into his ear-. In this position he made a speech in which he advised "official intercourse, but Congressman liunk couldn't see it, as a beautiful squaw had just stung a piece of soft cheese into his eyes. Tbe Colonel said the redskins were the "easiest people in the world to get along with," but jut then a big buck laid a butlnlo chip on his mouth as a signal for silence, and "Big Injin Me" who wore two yellow "pretzels" for ear rings, rose to his feet, having been previously deposited on the floor by ten drinks uf kill me qiiick, and waved his hand toward the setung sun, delivered the following eloquent oration. The stenographer nf the Commission has furni;hed us with a copy, which we are a-sured will be published iu three volumes, by the authority of Congress, highly embellished with handsome evgra vingii. and to be sold only by .-ubicrip-tions, at tbe office of the tax collector. The eloquent aborigine gazed with proud and lofty indignation at the gal lant colonel, whose ponderous cavalry boots stuck throuch the window like the sign f a shoe stiop. and then said: -Ugh." and sat down. Deep 5ilenco prevailed until Kick-themoon. a Chief of the Sap-heads, proposed a treaty, and the fifty thousand braves leaned on the counter and sipped the fiery beverage from as many pumpkin shells. And as the generous stimulent trickled down their crackling gullets, the noble chief roe from his downy couth, on a Plantation Bitters box, and handed to the trembling groceryman, a yjung j papoose, foi pay. The man, who was ' a law abiding citizen declined the proffered currency, because it was not legal tander." though only nine months old, and as a pledge for debt, it "hadn't been stamped " The affec tionate guurdian laid the currency on tbe floor, and raising his moccasins high in the air brought both feet down on the little Injir. accompanied with the exclamation, "Me stamp him,'' and flu ging a pole cat skin full of mut ton tallow, into tho liquor man's face, said: "You take him." The Commis sion made peace. The following is a list of the presents distributed: Ten dozen empty sardine boxes; twelve cases of the Grecian Bend; one hole- in-tbe day, for the bead of each tribe; a wooden horse, finely caparisoned with a side saddle and a pair of spurs; i a i f - a cuarcii neti ana it oouie ot Saratoga water; the patent right cf two States for a first class stove blacking; a mouth organ and a receipe for making ice cool lemonade: a handful of silk-worms, a treatise on tbe proper method of studying Latin and Greek; a railroad pass from California to the Sandwich Ilaud; a suspension bridge and a second hand cataract, sixteen squalls cf a two-year old, and a snow-squall; a handsome young widow and a hun dred thousand dollars in oil stock; and a yellow dog wiih bis tail drove in. The presents were carefully cased in a panier, and forwarded through the post office under Congressman Bunk's frank.' The Commission adjourned sine die to meet again at the sound of the trumpet." JVonpatiel. r A Republican Document. A col porteur, during one of his rounds a few days since in Adams county. O net far from Mineral SpriDgs. distributing Bi bles and Testaments, called upon ac old farmer, whom he ascertained was without a copy of the "word of God." The colpotteur asked him if be did not want to purchase a Bible. "No he didn't wi ot any." "Well." said the colporteur, "If I give you one, will you receive and read it" f,No, he didn't want it any way. It was a good enough book to read, but it was full of Rtpub lican docti int. and be didn't want any book of thai kind in his family." Tbe Democrats of Yazoo, Mississip pi, have started a school of colored children, whose parents have voted the Democratic ticket. Of course they will import Yankee teachers, for the presumption is that the party can: fur nish them. Tilt IMFGSSIEIL.I; WOMAN. A correspondent of the Loudon Queen say?: Cal'uly looking on at the un seemly controversy now raging be tween the sexes, and gathering from the current literature what man ex pects from woman, we fear ihere is nothing in store but failure on the one side and disappointment on the other. In the first place, the being tb&t man describes as a helpmate for him is not to be found on earth -was not tovnd in Paradise, amid . the innocence. freshness and beauty of the first crea tion. . In early ages of the world tbe sons of God became' enamored of tbe daughters of men; the reverse is now the crtje the sous of men are aspiring, in theory at least, to the angels of heaven. The impossible woman, that every man seeks for and no man ever finds, is an angel not only a perfect being but a compound of all perfec tions, bbe must be richly dowered, but know nothing of the value or vul garity of wealth; she must be young, yet have all the wisdom of age; beau tiful, yet totally unconscious of her charms; prudent, but not penurious; modest, but not a prude; clever and accomplished, but innocent and unas suming; she must have bra.DS, but not in excess; her intellect must always remain exactly five degrees below her husband's so as to avoid the inconveni ence and confu.-ion that would natural ly en.ue if hers ever rose a point above his, and unhappily allowed him to feet for an instant an uncomfortable sense of inferiority. Such is man's idea of a perfect woman, and with such he might drain to the dregs the cup of human happiness; but, failing in this, he is a poor, disappointed creature, wounded in heart, soured in disposition, and tossed like a derelict ship too and fro on the ocean of lifa. We are not now going into man's character or man's merits, nor disputing his right to such a partner, if he can by any chance meet wiih her. We should be tbe first to offer cur congratulations on so felicitous a union, and pray that this even balance might be preserved lo the end of their doy, ai d, when their final hour approached, that death itself migbt not divide them. We simply assert that such a being is not to be found ihat this impossible woman does not exist. The immortal soul of a man yearn after the beautiful, the good, the true; cr.d suffering, tad bu inanity aiowore liitu with sorrow, weakness and imperfection. He ftels that virtue after ail, is the right thing; and if be cannot have it in himself -cannot just live up to the mark that be ought to attain to be thinks it highly desirable that si;me one should. He can enjoy the virtue that is ochtev ed by practice and .-eif denial in an other, and, in t-otne incoherent way, expecis some part, of the blessing to fall on his hend and attend his steps. Doomed to disappointment, he would cover his own delinquencies by heaping reproaches upon woman. Many a man starts upon his wedding tour with the firm conviction that an angel is his traveling companion that he has fot hd tbe impossible woman who had condescended to cast in her lot wiih his, who regards her idol with blind admiration. But, even in the midst of the bridal feast, bow o ten has a man's hand written on the wall, "weighed in the balance and found wanting," and the man upbraids the angel for not possessing the qualities that never ex tsted save in his own distorted brain! Putting then, the impossible woman aside, let man, with due caution and a prudent regard to consequences, seek tbe possible, looking first for a warm heart and a clear head, and as much nmiabihty, beauty, youih and mney as he can combine with ihem; let him keep he heart warm by love and ten derness, and develope and judgment by repect and confidence: and if she should happen to have a preponder ance of intellect which, with all due respect lo manly power, is the case sometimes let him regard that price less quality not in a spirit ot mean, pettv rivalry, but as a gift from heav en, a joint possession, by which both may be better, both wiser and happier. Whatever sense they may have be tween them they will want it all. Life's iournev is long, life's burden is great; let them be satisfied to beguile the one acd share the other content if step by step and side by side they can move along together, and thankful if a gleam of sunshine sometimes falls upon their path.. - Siam Ootdose. There is a freak of nature on exhibition at New Or leans, two children which are joined together. They are thus described: Their bodies are separate from the small of the back up each having perfectly formed bust and head, two arms, Stc, and each has two legs, but there is only one trunk. Both are remarkably intelligent, reading and writing with ease, while their manrers are really refined. Ii. quite a lengthy conversation thev did not make a single grammatical error, and their language w;ts unusually select. Upon questioning them as to their education, thev replied that thev had been care fully taught bv their former mistress, in Columbus. North Carolina, in which village they were born. MARItlAGE UXDER DIFFICUL TIES. - ... The Washington Star of Nov. 26th says a gentleman, who during the war held a position in the Quartermaster's , Department, resided on Capitol Hill, and became very much attached to one of the fair lady teachers of our public schools, who returned his affection with interest, the consequence of which was ' an engagement between the parties. The day was fixed "when they should become bone of one bone, flesh of one hesh. &c, but misfortune frowned in tbe meanwhile on the gentleman allu ded to. '' He lost his position during the. summer, and although fate seemed to stare h:m darkly in the face, be resolv ed manfully to try for another place. He struggled long and in vain. The time already fixed for the marriage was near at hand, and what was he to do? Straightway he went and related bis i ituation to his betrothed, who. al though for some lime a victim to tbe dead lock in the city Councils, bad just received through the kindness of Mayor Bowen. a chtck for her unpaid salary. This she at once turned over to her anxious Romeo, bidding him lo get it cashed forthwith, and meet her on the marital platform. He went forth rejoicing, but alas! he could not find the man of cash Some had not the money, while others lucLed the will to cash the check. This state of things continued till a'mcst the hour appointed for the marriage, when, giving to despair, he rushed in, check in hand, to where the parson, bride and friends were awaiting the cere mony After relating bis troubles and disappointments, a friend present, with compassion in his soul, cashed hia check, the would be groom took bis place, and in the twinkling of an eye was the husband of his benefactress. The lady school teacher sent in her resignation, and the pair, after liquida ting several little board bills, started for a far Western State to settle acd perhaps rear a family. Gen- Meade's annual report 6tates in detail the prominent events which have occurred in his department. He says: During the whole period of my civil administration, extending over a space of eight months, there were tried by military commission in the States cf Georgia, Alabama and Florida, only ihiriy-two persons. Of these only fif teen were convicted; four of these sentences were disapproved; eight others remitted; two referred ti the President of the United States and still awaitiiig action, leaving but one person conv-e'ed and in confinement for viola tion of the civil law, and tried by mili tary commission. On the cessation of military authority, this simple state ment of facts I deem a complete refu tation of the charges that the military power was so despotically and arbitra rily exercised. As with the rights of persons, so with the rights of property, it was mv tudy and effort to sedulously guard the rights of individuals, without ref erence to any consideration but that of justice and law so far as I could com prehend it. Late on the evening of the election, loud and persistent knocking at the door of a room in which the inspectors of a ward in Albany were engaged in canvassing, was at last answered. "Mis- ther Inspecthors, whin je es come to my vote, lave it out. J. have my rasons. Will yez A little boy in Maine was told by a lady friend thai he must study hard at school or he wouldn't be President of the United States. "Yea. ma'am." he replied, "but I don't expect to be; I'ra Democrat. "Tell me, ye angelic hosts, ye mes sengers of love, shall swindled printers her below have no redress above" The shining angel band replied: "To us is knowledge given; delin quents on the printer's book can never enter Heaven. At the election, Robert Collins, of Fearing, Ohio, aged one hundred and six years, rode to the polls, and, when the Democratic judges of election re fused to gi out to receive the ticket (it was for Grant.) he got out of the wagon and walked into the bouse and voted. A writer in the Israelite, published in Cincinati.makes an appeal to his He brew brethten to unite with Christians in the observance of the same day as a Sabbath. Enough money is spent in one month in New York for liquor, to keep the whole population in tread for six moDths. Two Ir shmen in Virginia th other day fought a duel with cork bullets One of the combattams did not know tbe trick. Gens. Grant aud Sheridan will be at the Soldiers'. Re union in Chicago on the 16ih inst !" No President ince Washington baa 'been a communicant in a eharchduricg 'hi term of office1 si i i .:, T 1 f tM-lct fr- ur&aa c-ti7.j . rr "f If J'