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PLATfSIAOUTH, NEBRASKA.;
THURSDAY . : DEC. 31, 1868-
COUUE8POSDKXCE.
We. aredeirontf rupelvla- eorrepoodeor fronr
all part of tbe SUt,teUtlr to tn material lotef-
itffthecoontrjJ"togeitier with ueh other mat
r a'contribntor mTdee" of Interest.
.
It is reported that $20,000,000 of
new legal tenders were to be issued is
dua to the fact that the Treasurer re
ceutly burned about twenty millions of
fifties which had been called in, m con
sequence "of having" bef n extensively
counterfeited, the place of vybicbui.
be supplied from t;me to time. .
miESIDE!fT"9"A2rlXESTr.
President Johnson's late Amne.My
Proclamation grants' full pardon to the
hignest and the lowest of the aiders,
abetors and participants of tbe rebel
lion. JeflTDavis trial which ha3 so
long disgusted the' people, as a frivol
ous sham, is now consigned to tbe things
that were, and we will not be humili
ated any more in reading meaningless
dispatches of the "Great Stale Tiial,"
Mason, Siidell, and all the rest of the
great and small fry who , thought one
Southern could whip- five Northern
mudsills can breath free. We sincere
ly hope that this great axercise of Ex
ecutive clemency may teach a mis
guided people to feel grateful and to
mend the errot of their ways. JNow
that the last trace of a struggle which
made countless thousands mourners i
sweft away, and our citizens North
and South can stand up in all the power
and glory of citizenship, we trust it
will be the aim of every well-thinking
man, woman and child in the Union 10
do all in their power to once more rivei
the bonds of union and love of country
throughout the length and breadth of
the land, and assuage the heart-gnawing
of all sections..
Death of XoscpU V. Early.
Joseph I- Early was shot and killed
in St. Joseph, Missouri, . on Wednes
day of last week, 23d -ineL The cir
cumstances, as near as we can ascer
tain tnem, were as follows: Mr. Early
and Mr. Green, both lawyers, had
been engaged together in conductiug
a auft, and differing somewhat as to the
proper method to pursue. Tbe differ
ence of opinion caused personal ill will,
and finally Mr. Early resorted to the
public print, and writing an article re
flecting. upon Mr. Green as an attor
ney, which was published in the St.
Joseph Herald. Mr. Green replied
through the Mine medium, in a strain
which caused Mr. Early to attack bim
on the street and attempt corporeal
punishment. Early knocked Green
down with a cane, and Green drew a
revolver and shot Early, through the
right breast, just above the heart, caus
ing death in about fifteen minutes.-
Mr. Early will be remembered as a
former resident of this city, and for a
- time the publisher of tba Plattsmouth
Democrat. He lived, in Plattsmouth
same three years, but was not at the
: expiration of that period, considered as
a man of atiV great ability. In fact he
was generally believed here to be a
"failure," although he appears to hare
gained some notoriety in St. .Joseph as
a lawyer H5s remains were taken to
" Baltimore for interment. '
Tbe Denver Tribune gives an account
of a new invention by General Sully,
intended for the use of escorts or small
detachments of troops, when; celerity of
movement is desirable, on the plains.
Thejinvention is modeled - after the
Irish jauntmg car, od is thus describ
ed.
The running gears are similar to
' those of other four wheeled vehicles
The body consists of an interior de
" partment for the storage of baggage,
with seats all around it front, flanks
and rear and facing outwardly, so as
to present a front to the savage enemy
from whatever quarter be may ap
proach. Tbe General says his model
has been approved by the War Depart
ment, and a number of vehicle? order
ed for use on the plains.
Railroads vs. feboor Funds.
Ed. Herald: Seeing that Rail
roads .is the all-absorbing" theme of
late, and there seeais to be no other
. way mentioned ty which to get rid of
the State lindi. "I will venture to
make a suggestion, that is, that the
present Legislature appropriate a large
hare of those lands for school purposes,
making the price easv to actual settlers,
and make the necessary provisions for
the sale of our present school lands;
. and thereby create a school fund worthy
of the name;, and then we will expect
?; emigrants to come teeming imo our
Slate by the thousand ; and the present,
as well as iha coming generations, will
rise up and call you blessed. .' I have
not talked with a person that does not
favor this plan! We aU it at yo:r
hands, and if we "do not get something
of the kind, we propose seeding others
to legislate for us next time; we, who
. have borne tl burden of making the
State what it is, surely deserve this at
your hands. SL 13, Hisio.i.
ULitU LI v.
Ed. Herald: Since you invite dis
cussion on tbe utility of a gnral herd
aw for Nebraska, after due delibera
tion, and talking the matter orer with! ny to cut grass for bay on such land,
f n.inUn'ri T h tn IC lljj A in Pn Itial' Olhn hf 1 1 A t P S tf da lW? Ofld who
a few thoughts for your excellent pa-
pr ; and in the first place, I wi:l in
tpn4iiia n vnii iirt wtur numernus read-i
"era the speculaiors.or land tharks. Who I
are they ?. you askl answer, the men
i
who bought land warrantsy the thous-1
and for a trifle, and then wrote to the 1
department at Washington, seating that
the settlers wanted the lands offered I
'..Ta .uK!K"a.'nii "nut thp 'ruse with I
a great proportion of us'V'so by false-
hood ihey broughis on the sale ; their
object being to speculate .on their, war
rants; so they offered wloan them atjto
in nor rom ' n thpv ir!' ' Now. I I
will tell you . what they did 'do: they
bold 160 acre warrants, that could be
bought for S165 cash, so that in ono
vear it amounted to 280 nearly 70
per cent. ; and the; price of stock and
: . .-. I - .1
grain came down (as it always does
when all the money goes into the Land
Office,) so many persons could not pay I
for their land, and ao it fell into 'he 1
bands of. these same land sharks.1 And 1
now, Mr. Ediior, you, and a few others,
propose by one grand' stroke (as you
call it). to enclose the whole thing by
J - - it " a I
an imaginary rence, cauea tne neru
law, and force us, the old settlers, who
have borne the burden of taxation, and
plrt of the time sold our wheat 30 to
35 cents- per bushel, and by - hard
scratching have made the State what it
is; yes, I say, (and so does my neigh-
bors) that you. will force us to fence
pastures for our stock, if we can or
sell itC I . have ' heard some say that
they would have "to self out' and leave
the State : for . it - is " impracticable
to herd stock in these parts, and if you
psss a herd ' law, every man's land is
secure, and there is no place to herd,
Now, Mr. .,Edhor,'I do not object to
those sections having a herd law wnicn
need it, but I think it would be ruinous
to tbe old settlers, and I have not
spoken to "a single . land holder but
thinks as I dS, and we are determined
to support no man - for office that votes
for a general or State herd law. I
. c STOCK. LIFT.
- Mr. EDiTOR:-The : great impor
tance of this subject induces me to write
another article. 'Such a law as I ad
vocate I think may better be called a
Stock Law, as it simply' makes people
liable for damages done by any animals
they may own, and leaves them to take
care of them as convenience- or inch
nation may dictate. . AH would not
adojt the same wcy; some wou!d pas
ture their stock, others herd it. My
opinion is, that the stock near the river
would be kept mostly in pastures, and
it would lake far less fence than it
does to keep it" out of the fields. We
should also know where it , was, and
save days and weeks of hunting in, the
busy season, while it would leave those
who are too poor to fence, or - own
much slock, a fair chance to acquire
property by raising grain and vegita-
bles. Agriculture is only a noble, ele
vating pursuit when one owns the land
he tins. : lie then becomes a better
farmer, more prosperous, and more pa
triotic. His children are better educa-
ted, beUer informed, more moral, and
grow up more valuable citizens every
way; all are gainers by it. I believe
every precinct has renters who would
.nnn Ka t in rk for thprnsclvM c.n
their own land, by such a law as I pro
pose; wbi'e nothing we could do would
tead so powerfully to bring in settlers
from-other. States. There are also
many old settlers, whose feuces so
need rebuilding, ttlat they would be
equally benefitted by the measure. It
is true, there are some who, for the
present, would suffer some inconveni
ence, but they would be as well off in
the end. To have begun right in the
first place would have caved this', but
it is better to mend the matter now than
later.. It . is not denied that it would
facilitate tbe opening of farms in every
part of the State, r.or is it justice called
in question. ' I asked "why a man's
horses and cattle should have privileges
and - immunities not . shared . by his
sheep and hogs." 1 As no attempt has
been made to answer it, the injustice
of the present law is tacitly admitted.
But "Tyro" seems o . think it is not
policy to continue a jut law after a
majority are able to live without, or 'io
force'' one on thai part of the State
that has been settled in its absence.
He writes only of the ability of the
'majority;" tne rights cf the minority
and the interest of the whole, is passed
over. He and "Con" seem to think
that justice to the poor minority and
protecticn to all, t a nuisance only to
be tolerated when and where it cannot
be avoided. What Tyro says about the
small amount of stock out West is prob-
ably true. It is always the case in 1
newly settled regiors; but, in order toi
have it as an argumeu against the
law, he mu t show that there wjuld
have brttn nr.trtt wulioui it. I thiuW
the. trouble about herding stock ou un
occupied land exists only in a distorted
iniagittation. It is equnlly against the
Lulfers in, consequence? No specula
idr, if" he tried, cou'd gei anythmg
mnr iKnn nominal daniaces. when it
was evident co damages had been sus
jiajned..l a man, owning unimproved
land, can make any use of the grass on
jt he ought to be protected. Jf not.
y0U can herd on it without fear; the
owner wjuld as soon have it fed, as
mmcurf or hurnt'oflf.-"Con." makes
Lome' very very vert sweeping state
ments.' For instance, there is r et
one man in ten who owns land enough
hud his stock on." I did not know
ihm And "we all know there is no
money to be madeby raising grain
Mistake. I do not know it. There
jare certainly a plenty , who are willing
io try hand' give you one third of the
- . . I
ptoduct. Again, ' but we can maKe
some money on ttock, while we nave
free range for it;' or. io other words,
while we can have them live on ethers
land, and have other money and un
paid toil to keep them out of mischief
I Now ibis is an excellent advertisement
of his hostility to the settling up of the
Slate, which, if successful, would con-
I : !.. JaaIma
i tmue a conaiuon oi pocieiy uoi ucsua-
ble for civilized people; He is a mts
erablu poor farmer, who cannot live by
hi own labor on his own land, espe
cially with our laws remodaiea, to give
him a fair chance. - I want to see all
the land occupied and improved by ac
tutl settler?, which will bring us man
ufacturies, railroads, schools churches,
and tocial privileges generally; and,
though I bve some : sympathy for
"Two" and "Con," I do not want them
i ' . -
I to stand in the way of progression
and, if they cannot endure so much
civilization and so many blessings, I
suppose they might g to Texas or llra-
zil, .where there will probably be
"range" for some time to come. I hope
we shall have no local, tinkering patch
work, but tl at the Legislature - wil
give us a law as nearly perfect as pos
sible; just, simple, comprehensive and
universal. S. Blcdcett
IIERD LATf.
AsHLASD, Neb., Dec. 24, '6S
Mr. EDiTun: Sir Under date of
Dec. 4, thre is an eloquent, elegant,
neat and learned article in your latl
issue, arguing "the other side of the
law" And right. here I!l us say we
think Your worthy contributor on the
wrong side of the fence. From ihe
following we think you will allow us
to endorse our name-r-Pro. Having
the above named article by Con" be
fore u, we thank the gentleman hear
tily for the, argument which is so (led
dedly-Pro instead of Con. He says he
"cannot see; none so blind as those
who will not see how a herd law would
benefit all the citizens of Nebraska.-
To know those benefits we have but to
ask citizens of Precincts in which such
laws have been in force. Can any
except perhaps counties bordering- on
the Missouri river, raise crops without
herding? Can there ever, at anything
like reasonable rates, be by rich or
poor, enough fencing shipped into this
State to fence, it as it should be. Do
not our. Legislators know that (inclu
ding railroad grants) we haye 77,232
square miles, and tnere is not good
fencing ' timber enough within the
State to put a lawful fei ce round the
border? If they do not, our people do.
j Aye your learned contributor "Con"
I knows it, of . course 'he does.' And
reallv is not that why he stated "the
moment you enact a herd law you put
a fence around every man's land."
We think if this be true, "Con him
self, would be in favor . of convening
the Legislature to-morrow. Is it true
that we have no more right to herd on
a man's prairie than on his grain?
Then if Con" can fence, he has a
right to let his stock range on a poor
man's grain. Who questions the right
of men in eastern Iowa who herd thou
sands of cattle yearly on the prairies of
central and western - Iowa7 Just as
true as the time will come when it will
be generally conceded ihat no man has
a God given right to more land than
he cultivates, so. true the out lying
lands are God's, and the cattle upon a
thousand hills are his. Keepers lead
them by the clear running waters.
Can acy one doubt that vast bodies
of what is called railroad lands, will be
taken by men whose last thought would
be far from settling thereon. And
will not th exorbitant prices at which
they will hold those lands greatly re
tard the settling? So long as those
tends are vacant nb one fears to let
stock range on them. Who then can
object .to herdiug 6t droves onThem?
Aad when the-" land is all settled.
slothful and poor indeed will be the
farmer who has no pasture hedged or
fenced.:; If there were no herd law in
tbi place, I couM not f raise anything;
and I know a reat many others can ;
say the same - thing. Wffe thre 1jO
possibility of u law restraining caiuef
this would be as influential against set
mg as the scarcity of fuel aud timber.
County or Precinct laws are very good
as far as they go, or.until violated, for
they will be disregarded, sooner or
aier by a certain alass, who ran right
ully say, I took no part in making that
aw, and it was uot made by any prop
erly constituted law making authority.
Men in whom the last glimmer of phi
lanthropy bad gone out before they
emigruted. If tbsre are five men
within the Siate benefited ty a law, are
not all binefiied when it throws its
iufluence around them. .No man.no
law seeks to prevent our worthy broth
er "Con," circumstanced o favorably.
from dividing his land into fields and
cultivating and improving his stock to
the very highest degree; and this is to
his interest, at which he looks, with
the same single eye with which every
man looks who places stock in a herd,
looks to see that there are no scrubs
there to have an opportunity to breed
with his fine cattle. 'Here we have
arrived at our worthy brother's strong
est argument; strongest, too, in our
favor; for, even if male and other
breedins' animals were allowed in r
herd, the withering, blighting process
of breeding m-and in is obviated, for
new stock is coming in every year.
Stock in these parts of our country
where it is allowed to range and breed
profusely never has, and never can
compare with the stock of States where
stock is either herded or restrained,
and thus cultivated. If this Legisla
ture wishes te better and' improve our
stock it will give the State a good and
wholesome herd law. If said law is
not given will those men be hired
again? Will not the next Assembly
be petitioned? Aye. petitioned blind.
In our opinion our friend "Con" strikes
a key which produces discord in his
tune.Vhen he speaks of leaving the
subject to the vote of the people. - The
people of Nebraska are a!ie to their
interests; are imperatively demanding:,
and will have that law, which would
years ago have settle! many unsettled
parts. of Iowa. A Iitrrd law a State
law. almost a fixed a the laws of the
Medcs and Ptrsian?; ence obtained
will be must potent m assisting our
vounsr and erowin State on in her
path of future and perfect develop
ment. Yours, Sec.
J. W. ROBERTSDS.
Popular Tote fur Fresideut
States. Grant. Seymour
Alabama. 76.36G . 72.056
Arkansarestimated130.000 - 27.0U0
California, . 54 592 54.073
Connecticut, . 50.641 47.000
Delaware. 7,623 1O.9S0
Florida, electors ihosen byLegiflamre.
Georgia, ' . 57.134
102.S22
199.143
1Q69S0
Illinoi?, .250,293
Indiana, 176.552
Iowa, 120399
Kansas, 31.049
Kentucky, 39,566
Louisiana, 33.263
Maine, 70,426
Maryland, 30,438
Massachusetts, 136.477
Michigan. 128550
Minnesota, 43,512
Mississippi, no vote
Missouri eMimniedj 83 000
Nebraska. 9 729
Nevada estimated 10.000
New Hampshire 39 191
New Jersey 80.121
74,040
14 019
115.SS9
SO 225
42 396
62 357
: 59.40S
97 069
28.072
63 000
5.439
8,600
31.224
83,001
New York 419.&S3
North Carolina, 96 226
Ohio. 2S0.128
Oregon, estimated 10 900
Pennsylvania, 312 2S0
Rhode Hand, 12.993
South Carolina, 62.301
Tennessee, 56.9SS
Texas, no vote
Vermont. - 44,167
Virginia, no vote
West Verginia, 29 025
Wisconsin, -- ;108,S57
429. S63
S4 09O
23S 700
11.000
313.332
654S
46.237
25,277
12,045
20,306
84,710
Total, - 3.021.400 2716,606
Grant's majority 304,794. Lincoln's
majority in 1S64 was 411.281.
Had ihe three unreconstructed States
voted, and had not the States of New
York, New Jersey. Georgia and Loui
tJana been carried for Seymour by
gigantic frauds, Gen. Grant's popular
majority must have exceeded 500,000.
The official report from ihe officers
of the Freedmen'a Bureau of Georgia
for the year ending on tbe 1st of ibis
month show that 71 colored citizens
were - murdered during that time by
the whites, for which 15 whites were
arrested. Three were acquitted out
right.and none were punished. -The
report also snows that 15 whites were
murdered by negroes, for which 14 ar
rests were made seven have been
punished, two acquitted, and the rest
are on trial. " A comparison between
the manner in which white and black
murderers are treated in Georgia is
suggested by ihese statistics. The re
port adds that four blacks died of inju
ries inflicted ty" whites, three were
permanently and seventy four severely
njured. .
A verdict, was rendered in the Uni
ted States Court at Boston. Mas., on
Wednesday, forfeiiine to the Govern
ment the distillery in South Bwton.
car lied o by ihe Suffolk Lad Works,
of which Samuel M. Ward m Treas
urer the bond required by law not
having been given tbe Collec or. The
property is valueJ at $190 000. :
1'ttUC L A Jl A 1 1 tl X
By the PreMd-iii ot itie Uuiled States
of America.
Whereas the President of ihe Uni
ted ."Siates has heretofore el for-h tev-
eral " proclamations, chrutg amnesty
and prdcm to perous who had been, I
or were, concerned in the late rebellion
agairtot tbe lawful authority of the Gov I
eminent of in United atates, wnicnior the mania . a 1 obacco too severe.
prwclamaiions were severally l-sued uu
the 8ih of Dec ,'1SG3, 26th of March,
1S64.; 29.h of May, 1865; 7th of Sep
teinber. 1S67, and 4th of July, the
present year; and
Whereas, Ihe authority ot ine J- ea-1
era! Government having been re I
established in all the States and Terri
lories within the jurisdiction of the
United Slates,' it is believed ihat such
Presidential reservations and excep and then we see a man who has. t ro
tions as at the dntes of said several ken up the habit.'ei'.htr tecause hehad
proclamations were deemed necessary more resolution ttian we have, or be-
and proper; may now be wisely and I
justly relinquished, and that a univer I
sal amnesty and . pardon tor pamcipa-
tion in said ;rebellion, extended to all I
who have bxtrne any part therein, will
lend to secure permanent peace, order
and prosperity throughout the land, and
to renew aud fully restore confidence
and fraternal teeling among ihe whole
people, and iheir respect for, and at-1
tachment to, the National Government,
designed for the general good,
Now, therefore, be it known ihat I,
Andrew Johnson, President of the
United States, by virtue of the power
and authority in me vested by the Con-
stilulion, and in the name of the sov-
ereign people or ine umteu oiaies no
hereby proclaim and declare, uncotidi-
tionally and without reservation to
every person who.dtrectly or indirec ly.
participated in the late nis-urrectien or
rebellion, a full pardon . and amnesty
for the offence of treason agaiost the
United States, or of adhering to their
enemies during the late civil war, with Herald, an advertisement of the To
the restoraiion of all rights, privileges bacco Antidote, for ihe sale of which
and immunities under the Constitution
and laws which have been made in
pursuance thereof.
In testimony whereof I have signed
these presents with my hand, and have
caused ihe seal cf the United t late to
be hereunto affixed. Done at the City
o: Washington, this 25:h day of De-
cember in the year of our Lord, one
thousand eight hundred and sxty
eight, and of ihe independence of the
United States of America, the ninety -
third.
(Signed) Andrew Johnson.
By ihe President.
F. W. Seward, ,
Actin? Secretary of State.
The full pardon and amnesty proc
lamation just isued by President John-
includes Jeff. Davis, Breckinridge,
Jacob Thompson, Mason, Siidell, and
all others who were directly or indi-
rectly engaged in the late insurrection
or rebellion. The parties above named
are now in foreign lands.
" 1 M
Judge Cliase on e Legal Ten-
tier Act.
An unsigned communication appears
in the New. York Tribune of the 23J
instant, compiainin ih:it the editor ot
that . paper uoes but injustice to the
memory o:JHtn. 1 haddeus Mtvt-n?, in
ascribing; to Hon. J. Spauidiog, the
authorship of the '"Legrl Tf nder Act."
This letter is evidently from tho pen
of some party, well informed upon ihe
subject of which he write, and is not a
ble for us statements on one account.
if for no other. It foreshadows the
opinion of Judge Chase upon the con
slitutionality of the act iti question, nrd
from it we may reasonably conclude
where Mr. Chase will stand when his
official opinion is nnde public. The
communication read?:
Sia: In your editorial comments ibis
morning, upon the letter of Hon E J.
Spaulding to Mr. Secretary McCul
Inch, upon ''Legal Tender in Time of
Peace,- you do injustice to Mr. bpaul
ding, as well as to the memory of tlon.
Th:tddeus Stevens, in according the
authert-hip of that measure ;o Mr
Spi tiding, for it was Mr. Steven who
prepared anJ drafted the bill, and
handed it to Mr. Spaulding, with ihe
retiuesi that he wou'd introduce ann
support it. These facts were known
te nearly every member of the Com
mittee of Ways and Means at ihe time,
and they passed into history in relation
to one of those wise measures origina
ted by Mr. S:even, and which were
carried through Congress against the
most active efforts of Mr. Chief Jus
tice Cbae (when Secretary of the
Treasury.) who, while the bill wait
pending in the Houte, addressed a
long communication to the Chairman
of the Committee of Ways and Means,
arguing the unconstitutionality of the
measure, although war then existed.
I am, sir. very respectfully. &c.
New York, Dec 22 1S6S
From Use MetbeUiet Home Journal, .Philadelphia
Oe.ober 17, 1SC8.
To Tobacco Cli ewers, A Word
of Hope.
Mr Dear Brethren: I claim you
as such, not only by the lies of a com
mon humanity, but by thgenial force
of our common habit. . I have a word
of good cheer for you.
You and I have often smiled at the
conference resolutions, aud ih discus
sions in Preachers' Meetings, and else
where, .on ihe tobacco que.-tion. Our
friends will remember that we never
saVl a ward, in public, in advocacy of
our nabit, which we have been willing
to admit, when properly questioned, i
injurious and fihhv. or at !at useless:
they will remember,?aIso, that while
we have been denounced as first cous
ins to the drunkard, half brother to tbe
opium ealer, and, ai any rate,' sinners
and "no gentlemen," we have still kept
our f eace, though we have fell indig
nant. We have never return'd rail
ing for railing. I am not able to say
whether our pitience is ir result of
the soothing influence of the quid, or
ihe benumbing influence of the cigar.
We have ben patient, and yet are.
We know that denunc ation u nonsen
sical, and that, argument is useless.--Fcr
we ate tat:sflel that we can write
e &ay.-,:ruj our o.vn experifi.ee, which
sLhI be a full of force as any that our
detainers iiiuy write and all upo.i
their side too
We have often said (o a wife, a
brother or friend, "I'll quit," and
then we . have made an effort, which
has ended in dowzngnt tailurp.be.
cause either tbe taste was too strong.
I In a word, we could not stand the pres
Lure or ut any rate, we have feared
that we could not We have said thai
can Mop at any time, of course. He
in very weak who cannot, and then in
private we have thought "I wonder
if 1 can." and at last have been corn-
pelled to admit that we are diseased
men, just as much so, though not so
fearfully, as the poor drunkard.. Now
cause he had not become so enslaved
as we are, and we have envied him
L,ven when we nave been laughing at
the arguments of friends, and flushing
I at the denunciations of injudicious op
ponents, we have blushed at our own
I weakness,-and have sighed over the
I hopelessness of our case.
JL,et me $ay that; we may be free.
Prayer, as in the case of a good broth
I er in Washinston, whom I know well
land prize highly, is very good, bui
prayer does not cure diseases gener
ally. He labored under a habit only.
and was saved ihrouch prayer. X ou
and I are laboring under diseases
I RtJd medicine wid cure us; and such a
medicine, l aia nappy to soy, can te
had
I . For sixteen years i was a slave to
tobacco chewing or smoking nearly
(all the time. Once I made an bone
effort to quit, but suffered so much thai
I abandoned ihe effort. Some two or
ihree , months ago, 1 saw, in Zion
Dr. T. II. Abbott, of Jersry City. N-
J., is the agent. It occurred tome
that it was just as safe, and might tie
far more practical, to invet fifty cents
I in a box of the Antidote, as t pay ihe
same amount for a prize essay on the
use of tobacco.
That was a gool investment the
only one I have made since I came to
I the Wonderful West and pays oston-
I ishingly. lam now saving from $15
1 to $20 per year, in money, and incal
culably otherwise. In four cays after
commencing to use the antidote, I
found some relief, and in a week or
ten days. I was thoroughly cured i f he
taste and , disease both. JNever for a
t moment since then have I had the last
desire io touch the unclean tbini. The
( nbilosorhv of the cure is very plain to
my mind, but I need not take up y-mr
time in explanations, anymore than
,d the blind man try to show how jie
had been made to see. You need nrl
how can ibis be? Suffice it to say
.1 . I J J t ...V.
uai "ua. -
I oeen s:ivei, join n;is in ic.-iii y n:g to tow
v,riae l"e
ynPiny iur Jou. ur... u.e.u,r.,.
inUU"B IIR' i mis to llIic3 you nc
have been one in a fihhv slavery let
us be one in cleanly freedom.
Your truly,
Henry C. Westwocd
Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 30, 1S69
A Brazilian slave has won his liber
ty and a national medal by carving n
statue of Cupid. He chose his subject,
probably, because Cupid is the great
est and cruelst of slave holder.
LIVERY, FEED,
AND
Bale statole,
nr
WM J' HYATT, Proprietor,
PLATTSMOCTIf, NEBRASLA.
Firat rate StablinR anJ IVacon Tarda for the ac
commodation of the i nl lie, also a gfod rtock of
HORSES AND CARRIAGES.
to lt en very reasonable tfrm.
Stable on Main atrert, nsariy opposite th" STIER
DAN liOl'SE, PlaMsmoatb, Neb. . Di-c3itf.
EMO FUST'S KOXTHH MAOAZI.lt
oniirerl!T ackDovlrbcvl the Hxlel frlur
Marxzice ot Aiutrriea. aerted to original a one
P'-em., Slctche', lloubnlcl Multoro, G'in r,
Tbouptit, Pe'annal and Literary tlosaip (.nclu'iiPC
.HcimI ap-cUI rlPji artmnta on Faiilim3, IriMrnc
tiona on Heklt, Mux c, AmiiKementa, etc , by the
best as hor a, and profusely i iluMrated with eoatly
ergravinK. ust-fui and entiTtaiog liieiatur--.
No peuon of refluement. ecnnini-al w ie or lady
of taste eio aft:d lo lo without tho ilodi Monthly,
s'pecim' n copi.-, 15 cent, muiied free Yearly 1 1 00
with a valuiab'e premium : two copie 50 ; three
cxtpira. 5ii ; fiv - cpiea S12, an i tpl-ndid prenii
oui' for cl'ih at $3 ea-b, with the first preniiuiue
to eaob aubacriber. A new Bartrara k Vantoo
;ewioC Machine lor 2i Mibscribera at (3 e"h.
Pubtieation Office. S3i Krnadway, New Torlc.
Dentorent'e Monthly anil Ya Ainrica tiR' ther
$4, with lb premiums for evh. dex81
IPKOBITK notice.
Ko'Ice la kereby aiven to all persona hayiDKelaiaas
aeaiort the estate "f Jamea 1. Berge : deceased, late
of Cam county, ar.d state of Keb aika, to preaeut
the anj to ta Pruhate Coa t, of id cuuoty of
Ca. within six nvinths frurn chin dat". '
GfTea a'id-r my hand tbia t!S-h day of December,
ISOfl. WILLIAM D. OA(,C,
t c313. Probate Judge
r. Barton's Tobacco Antidote.;
eatiV'ir eeoeanU end Aomlw. It surikra tud eon.
Humo to ot; ut deirc rou ToaAccn
Lx UVod. ioiriirorat!a the Tnem. DrMOiea rreal noiinh
iuf at strengthening power, 1 an excellent tnoie ri ap.
pfiiur,Vnblea the (tomacb to direct the benrtinf rood,
rokee itiep refreshinir, and exaiilishee roboxriealib.
Ismoker vi rhetcrrt or mxty ytnrt cttrfd. fLce Kifly
ceiita per x, post free. An interesting trea(iieo the io-
turiout etv.ts or tobacco, with lists ol testiitK'iis, reler
cuccs, etc., smt rc. Agents wanted. Adcresa
jjb. i. ABaoTT, kersey .iiy, a. . -
TJESTILIOKIAL
For sixteen rean I was a slave to toh co. smtpkius; or
chewing all the tiny, neeing Ir. Bartos Tobaoro Anti
dote adrertised, I pVchaeed a bos. Iroar days I fmnd
reliei, ant In a wei.i su THOKOCJtT rrarn at ine
teste and di.ee bM. A'ewtr for aJmamenL wtr then.
AtK had the Ira I dcVe to loans th anelean tbinr-
luuisr cvs t,Tooi. v.u., x. imx
mrinlmro.. Nebraska.
T bare need tobaeeo fon Ore iarn, onl hnvm dara cvrs
Of tc kaint by one box ol L H Antidote.
Fbom me V. B. TarismA, Secrrbtiy's OfLrt. Plesse
liu.ii. r, w.m.ier.
rod a supply of tho AstV- " renced hat
cioaetto vwascaaLT. v. i.
Fao Nw HiarsnisjE 6TiTfPiti0!r. Oentlesoesi
of intlaeoea here, berime been euhrd of the appetite tut
tobacco by usi'ic Irr. Jdatoa'm An iVtte, we desire at sn
ply for the prrsoners o this inetilntiotX
Jostra XOlo. Warden ol H. State Priaoo.
Fana tb Cr?irsciim ot tba i&.Km aft Yal
Itt Raiuuisd OyfrAxr, PimacHSH, . I hare used
tbe Aatiaote wnneresi succeaa. ll Li cum all my friend.
A CLKBOT!l''f TlSTISIOSr. ( Bo Or A.1T1DOTB
u. LCKSTOC
cured mr erotgr and rorseir. It nirci r.
tie. I. . SaoaaaKKa. alelley's nation. Pa.
Feoh tr Polic naanocaarxaa. liry. Mm.-1
Iwfi '" tAt'Ty-Aee pntmU of AwA ut dimmoiuA by
n.ing Or Bartoc'B Antidote- and all Herire forVibaceo SB
imoml Wai. L. WaV, J a.
Jfs.-7)i Not. of Barton's Antidote rratareet all eir
tot tire weed from ane. 1 take p!asre in rercanmedirig
it trd ear reader. - T. Y. Kursa. tdilA.
Fao erra finrmeav Itn.v .Iaciul. B.LT'HrMtK.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Lock Stich Beversiblo Feed
SEWING MACHINE,
AWARDED TBS
HIGHEST PREMIUM
WnXBEVXR XXUIDITIA.
THE ONLY ONli
Capable of tcwlog la more thn b iMrx Um-
- AKD .
FASTENING ALL ITS OWN SEAMS
WitLout stopping M&clilu or Turning ih Clot.
It uvi nd tilt e lM lhrfd than ar other. Hi
will commence a itni without holding iho
odt of the thread.
Warranted to Sew Heavy or Fine Ge&t
m
lEqaa'il a wtT.
OVER" fiO.OO Q
MACHINES SOLD SINCE 1861-
99" Send for K-port and QxtvAurt .
Wm. E. Plant, Gen. AK't
612 North Fourth itr-tt.Ju Leo it, Ms;.
Dr. o: II- BLACK. Ag't.
Plattsmouth, Nab,
Not. it. 18G6,)1. , .
. Kstray IVolIccs.
Tak'ti p ky tie nbrriter, in riattiroouth pi
clncf, Decrtmer 15th, 1SG.S, two Mt flt'm,
having rrd ara. and one i f which havirg a aprinkl
of ri-d no fait tide; also, ona red lerr au'l ta
riunnitli tir-fer with mottle fare, all uniKfl lo b
cue year old lt n inc. and Dime of lbem hufiaj
inT miirki or branda erceiabt, eierpt tteral
kin r ha. hxl hit can tburtencl, probubly t j froti
Dec31w& . 8. tOLK.
Tkf r np by th e tnbwriher. la Rorlt Bit fft prt
etnet, about the first of I)erf nilnr, 18C9, nnn light
red Meer, topp rd to le M year old io Die tr ring,
with w it- In the fJrrhnl aiiove tht eyen, t ine
white on the rump of tbe tail. No ear marktor
brand. 'JAS U.CHALVANT.
Iec31w5
TaVen ttp by the ubcrit r In Riek IV a (T. prrrlrrl
one inn a ball ini'e tr. m Urlnn lloii.e, Iec le.t'il
oi e rtd rtf r calf, tupnoed te be eoe ytar v''i, tw.I
lnw fork i tb ) t cjr, n hn tukt-n up had a fotk4
hirknrT .(irk trr.nr d ita neck, fteoel wtia w lr.
UecSlmi K. K. NICliKLt.
Taken up-l y .the subHcnbrr at Ms rtsldeor la
A voca precinct. ..Dereinhor rth, 136S, one il-t;t red
beifer calf, aud one dark red bull ealf, no mark
perc.-tvab. WJX. ALTAFFCB,
lice 21 ar.i
Taken sp ly the subscriber, at b ret Mr are :a
Ml Preasaot prerlnrt. Deet-mher l.''.h, ISC.8.
yeatliog t-'eer, red, with white tail, a few white
r-runs o ride, and little white spot on back
DeCi4w.se G EOK'JK UASS3S
Taken up by the aobrcriber. In Oreapnli, yrtaot
r' ciaunly, Nebraska, on the Mb day cf December
1$C8. One bay mare Mulo, uiinsed . o be about el
yrars old, has white spot on rump, a litis' white
put under Jaw, ha black Ulsiu a d tail, mala as
crixched and tali .havrd. V . W. CUNhtk,
DeclTwS.
Ta.en np by the subscriber in Eight if lie Oror
precioc'. Jiov. 2iili. lrW, Oi e Pros.li fprlng llelfer
Calf, whl dh nn, wiiite fice.nl l-ff, ear
marks. O .e wl lie an-t n d ln-i'rr raif, star ta fore
hand, no eir marks. !n" red rt-et calf, walte belly
and tail. b"th cr cruj in d, do burns.
dec!7n WM. COLYlH.
Taken up 1-y the auba.:ntier in M Pleasant pre
cinct, 1'ec. 11, l-rg two Clt . supposed to be oae
year o d pt, on.' black, with (eft eye blind, aad
the other a bay, with wLU? fe-t. an I white In tbe
face. JOHN OJLMOL'C
Dccl7wJ
Taken np by the rn' lher, ix miles so'est l
Plaifmnnih. oh" rirail, ltd, Leilcr calf. Horai-u
or brands lerceiyibl. B. f.UbOLZi.
l)oclUty
Taken np ty the a-il-acril'er In Rrek UlulTs p I s
ore tt'htie IteiVr, w th re-' ear, "toe year uld, v
other mark or brands u r.eiratde.
l.811S6Sw5. 8". W. C4LKIR.
TKken tp by the sulrr be', in I.-nlSTilte r1 eel set,
one Bay M are Colt two years old next spriag, hi'
foot white, tr in tLeforcliex l. a small white spot)
ti.enere. JASffii iKliHXU..
Dec3S
TaVen cp 1 y t!i tubj' riin-r in Ml. "Iaaet, Ceaw
c un'y. Nibraek t, N"vea -i IrCH, Three (la1)
s;i rir.tr or.uuioier ralve. of miiall s , nu 'a'ck,
Oherid.vne red and whirr, esu-n one inaiked with a
lit or swallow f irk in the 'if: tit ar,hlatur alee
with a am ill ctop fi urn tl.o lo t ear.
Dec3: JOSS f. ROCK.
;Etray Sale
Notice is hereby piven that 1 win tell lo th h'fk
est bidder. for cash, on the 2nd day of Jaooary . lttt,
between the h- tirs of 9 a ta and 4 p m at in rV
deece of John Konili, iu Kit hi Mile Grove prtemct,
One four year old steer, e'p'ild at Forty Ix,liart,
wlj.ch has been tn'ira up and kuly adtsrUd aa
cording to law by lb said 14.. err.
itw8w:. UKNJ AC5T1M, J t
T li K
CHICAGO IiEI'UniJCA.
FOR1801).
Ko word of praise is necesxsry lo onr read a r -sperting
th omit!., rliH.-.ctt-r and superiority of tte
C'HiciG'i KarVBLiCAg Maudibg at the head o.'
J uroaii.m in the North we-t, its courre politic il y
can but remeniberrd True at all I Hues to K-put It
can pi inciples. y t nen-r eaily t defcod those of Its
party in public'pUrea when liihl- to tor peep'e's
trass Always to bo fouad. bait'iug . tut tte tight in
Local at. d National, i-t-um Free aud l'!cpend-nt.
serrrtserf Id; Irorn lliir course it Ix-lieees lobe
riitht and fur the !,et iulerrsts of the whole country
and in eupie
An a .Yewspaper
He letecraph ni ws. from all p.rta of t?ie cjunlry,
wiil bs fjuo't full and ronit:et Attention to th
ui-ws ur tbe tiorthwrxt ia a feature hishly comiaetiJ
cd, and, we arc happy to aay, appreeiatedj
JIs a Commercial Paper
Its marbet repotts are at ail time to le found ftill
c mpieto and uobiss.fl, this drpartraent lietug under
the iirTiion of one who baa for years s toed at
the heap Id lilrag,
Ai a Literary Paper
It orisinal matter, and fleeted, Is of a calm thai
will bear crttnism
As an Agricultural Paper
This department Is nudcr tl:e carefaf auperrislen of
atbor.uKhly practical man, god to th-ise engtgad lu
agriculture will prove to b.a wonh many tunes the
sub ;r Iption pric?
1 1 teporis f prrcecdiJrjs of Conprets, Ptste Leg-I-t
Hires. Public MeetiiirfR,. Convtttlana, Fair, aiid
all nialrers id which ni.y p r'li.n f III. readers are
interesrd, are always to be round more fu.l and cam-
plete than any of it enntemporarux
. Ibe lt' publicas is at ail times oprn to discission
from the people, reay to answer lerjll le. and t
discus top cs of Interest It short, 'he HipraLtcs!'
is in every repcrv a paper for tbe p opl.. deroled.
to the interests of tbe p "pie and the rrowth snC
prosperity of the Northwest, and as ucb mrltes the
co-opi ration of all influence H'e offer ih followtor
Inducements to tb.se who will act s.s onr agent.,
and Inrite a, I to act A few leisure hours spent
mog your neighixrra will t-eira clubatytur
I o.U.lflre
On all Sabfcriptirns sent us by A rest we w!U
alloe a coaimisalon sf IKS PKrtCLNT. to be re
fa ned from ttie rvmitrasrce
Te fullnwiug are the trinii of l'-GS :
Terms or $iibscriplioii :
Dally (seven diva per week),per annum, f 12 Ml
C ols of ten, foi'full year 100 on
T i-Weekly, per anoum, 6 9fl
Cub ul ten, fnr fu II year, to Oo
Weekly, per aunum, S
. .C'lnb ur flee , 8 00
Club of ten ' 17 01
Club of twenty, 3 6'.
Clnlof flpy. Ac., T3 00
E.ch subscriber' am will he printed oa bis pa
per at above rate -
atoney .bould be sent by Draft, P O Order, TeKls
tered l.et'er r Express, atd wbeo so nut Is at our
rlvk Addresa
TI1K RFPCBMC l! CO.,
i . 3 w cshiogtoa at r ret, Chicago.
HT'fend for Sample Coy. (OeiS4w.
DEMOKKST'S YOUNG A II FRIO A.
Lnlarped It is t!ie tiest Juvenile Jisfatlae.
Lrery Hoy n,l Q!rl that tee it aay4o;ali tb
t ress y so; and parents rd teachsr car.flrro tt.
Do oot Uii ta secare a -ry- A good Micoscopt.
with a glass cy linuer to c cfia living otject., or
good two I'la'ed. p. arl pocket kuito. ni a large
nnnln'rof other l-irable attieWa. g veu as p tm;
umi Ui r'tli wbtliMr. Ycxrly tl.U. I'ubiiCaUca
sflre, Mb Uroadway, New Yolk.
'I ry i t, b", a nd trirla. p OimTj tipl-,tn c.ois.
trailcrl f:. , fi.:L