Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882, February 25, 1869, Image 1
u : vs. V1! " i i J r "7 miy mrm attempts to haul down the 'lnwrican Flag, shoot him on the spot." " i t VOL. I. Ui-- ;..PL,A:j;Tf FEB I i IT A II V 25, 1 SG9. - ' mm, , fir i0 47. nMsssMssnssn.M 1 f THE HERALD is runLisuKa V K K K I, Y , by u. r. iiatiiaway, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. tyOfcj corner Ma.im street and Levee, second Vrr. Terms: $2.50 per annum. Hates of Advertising V j-?iuari!Se often line") oue Insertion, C"n ab5 i"ent iimwrti'.n " tr-fet-nal c:ir.is not exceeding si n if-.iuarter colama or lens, per nntira i six month? thrfe wonllis Oas hlf column twelve month sis months -thre months O je colama twelvo months six months - three month 41ltrusientalverU-emeaU oast be P - We are prt pared to all klmls of a itort notice, anrt in a stylethat will 1.30 1.00 lu 00 :?. 20 i f Ift.OO 6.(x 86.00 20 (Hi 60.00 .00 orln Work satis. faction. WILLITT POTTENGEPw ATTORNEY AT LAW, PLATTSMOUTII - - NEBRASKA. T. .11 HIARiWETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW Solicitor in Chancery. FLATTSMOUTII, SEHRASKA S. V- COOPEU, ATTORNEY AXO COVXSELOIt AT LAW. IMattsnnMUlSt.Xeto. -Till buy aud soil Ileal KUtc-, and pay Uses f r W n-iaresi'l'-nt. .... , Improved ao-1 m-Ur-provd lni and lots for sale, Jio ijih 0.12V t- R. tt LIVINGSTON, LI. D- "Physician and Surgeon, T.n4eri his prif-?sl'nal serric" to tli i- citizens of Jr-Ke'Tirnco south-e.i-t sorner ofOslc an 1 Sixth street.; Ollic- on M.iin stU-et, oppuMt- Ccuri Honse, Platte Valley House Ed. B. MfRriiv, Proprietor. rntr ef M tin and Fourth Streets, Flatismoulli, Ser. Tblslloi,, hiii b-n r rUf-l hi..I newly fiir-l-b-d offers ft.5t-clJi comuioiUtioa. Ho-tr.t ,-jr s ly or w-ek. 0,! ATTORNEY AT LAV AND Cencral Ii&ad Agent, - - - Aefcra. W.li -ctiea U any of the Courtaof the St ate. a.H wl:,i,,,d a Ml ttHi t,..teoii eoifliniiuu.paj fax-"". txin T.tlta, c. .)T-i '01 'f . MAXWELL. SAM. Sf. tHATMA.N JlaxwcSl & Chapman, ATTORN EYS A T LAW, AVD Solicitors in Chancery A'EBItASICA.. Office .Ter Ui-vk. Buttory A Co'. Druy Stjre. JOSEPH SCHLATER, WATCYLIAKE3 and JEWELEB, M.iin Street, PL.VTTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA A rood sortm-nt of Watches 01oy . U rJ"' lil TTl-nartnl. aav. . nnd AUwota com allied to hi cure will be warranted. ApriU0,le65. Plattsrnouth fwliSls. C. IIEISEL, Proprietor. rn-tirH iLiul Tla.ced inthor- oiis'b running order. Custom wjrk done on short 1OO.O00 Rushcls of Wheal Wanted immediately, for which the highest "arko prica will be paid. " J. N. WISE, Utneral Life, Accident, l ire, Inland and iransu 1NSURANC3 AGENT Will take ri?kat reasonable ratis In the most reliabl couipaniea in the United stains. aTJ-omce at the book store, I'la en.' cuth. N ebras niay21uif BT MISS A.M. DB3PAI.1 MS5.11.P. KENSEDT Opposite the City Bakery. A XT K would respectfully announce to th" Ladls V V . ...... "..., i .i,.;nitT. tht we havejust rreeiTed alareand well selected atock of Wi.iter - rt ltKhvna r u I V S I 11 f"s?H JoolH, consisting OI r lowrri., , -- - t. immin, Ac, c. We will sellthe cheapest g-ods erer.old inthiscity. We can accomrao.l?;e all our o',d customers and as many new ones as wi.l favor us wii h a call. All kinds of work in our line done to Xrder. Perfectiatasfaction given or no charges. myStf HEAUTH GOMFORIV AND ECONOMY, 13 REASONS FOR BOARDI.XG with GEO. XV. CO Is V IX, 10AK STREET, - - - PI-iTTSMOUTU Two blocks northwest of Brick School-Uouae. HE has a BA TIT IIOVSE, free to patrons; his rooms are well ventilated, end bis prices sre Veaonable. JuJj'i: ol6tf. Gapt. O. IAROO .CO., Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Wines and Liquors, Also a very elo!c selection of Tobacco and Cigars, SIjIq street, 4con door eat of Seymour House, Kebraka City, Nt-braskn. . .: . m - m.i r ' c jus rrveiiiDg ajc muck ii tr r w t- vd -ntrlon rtirert fret Hourbou eoaotr, Ky. Bitter, . ' TITLES OP 1 Acts, Mernoriala and Joint Resolutions passed at the Fifth Session of the Legislature of the inate of Nebras ka. ., ' . An act to proride for ih nppoitit merit of Notaries PiiWic and to difine their duties. ' ; . 2 An act io confirm and legalize the action cf th& Comniissiorjers of Don las County, Nebraska,' in relation to the isue cf two hundred and fifty thousand dollars cf the bondi of aid county, to aid in the construction of a Railrcad Bridge across the Missouri River at Omaha. 3 An act for the relief of IE V. Parker. . 4 An act to provide for holding terms ot bupreme Court. o Joint Resolution and Memorial to Gen. U. S. Grant, President elect of United States: " l C Joint Resolution for the relief of Motes II. .Sydenham. 7 An act to airier J an act entitled "an act to provide fjr the funding' of the warrants of DJunlas County,, ap proved June 19ih, 1&G7. ; ,' S An act for the relief of the State Normal School. . 9 An act to tranr-f.pr the Sinking Military Fund to the General Fund. 10 An act to f xempt from ?aln on execution, property used and kept to extinguish fire. ..." 11 Memorial and Joint. Resolution ri lailve to a Mail Route "from Fre moot to Lincoln. 12 An act making appropriations to pay Militia Claims. 13 An act to define the duties of (he Attorney of the State, and provide .for his payment. ..." ' ' j 11 An act to amnd sections 62 and G3 of chapter one. of title five of the Revised Statutes entitled "manner of Commencing Civil Actions;'" , . 15 An act to tin end section one of an act entitled '"on act to provide for tLe appointment of Clerks of the Dis trict Court, approved June 22, 15(57. 1G. An act incorporating Subordi- nitf L.J?e of Masons, OJd Fellows mid Good Templers. 17. An act to vacate Alleys in block 17 in the city of Browuville. IS Memorial and Joiat Resolution relative to a treaty for the purchase of the Otoe and Missouri Indian Rsser. vations. 19. An act .to prohibit the pale of intoxicating liquors on days of election. iiu Memorial ana Joint uesoiution to Congress for tbe removal - of 'the Pawnee Indiaus from their present reservation. '. 21 Joint Resolution in reeard to protecting the frontier. . 22 An act to provide for buiiuiug a Court House and Jail in Washington Couuty, and to re-locate the County Seat thereof- 23 An act to amend an net entitled an act to incort orata the city pf. Da kota." approved the 2lit day of Octi 24 An act to amend eectioo 10 of chanter 16 of part 1, of and act known . . . -. i . as. 'the uevuea ctatu:es pi jeoras- ka,M epproved Feb. 12, 1S66; subject, 'Divorce-and Alimony." , 25 An act to re-openr a portion ot Liner In and Robert Street, in the town of Salem, Richardson county. 26 An act to amend chapter 53, Re vised Statutes, entitled 'Towns." 27 An net to amend sections number 1, 3, 20, 21, 22, and 38 of an act e.nti tied "an act to incorporate Nebraska City," approved February 12, 1SG7. 9 An act to incoruorate cities of the first class in the State of Nebraska. i9 An. act to amend section ' oii. chapter 25 of Revised Statutes entitled "Incoroorations. 30 An act making appropriations for the per dipm and mileage of the mem bers. Officers and Employes -and inci dental exrenses of the Legislature. 31 An act to vacate the nltev in block No., .1, as, designated upen the oriiaal plot of south Nebraska City. 32 An act to fix the time for holding the District Court of Lincoln, 33 An act to transfer to the City of Omaha, for school purposes, the' Capi tol grounds and buildings in said city, and to provide a board of Regents for ine management oi me sume. 31 An act giving eltect to juag ments and decrees. .35 An act to amend the Code of Civil Procedure, section C, pari 10. 36 An act to further define the du ties of the Mayor. Common Council and Treasurer of Nebraska City. 37 An act to amend section 5, chap ter 9, of the Revised Statutes, enti tied "County Commissioners and coun ty Clerks. 3S Ad act to amend section 11, chapter I of the Revised Statu.es, en titled "Agriculture." 39 An act authorizing the City Counri 1 of Nebraska City, to issue bond? for the erection of a Market House. ' ' '. 43 An art in lorate a State Road from Ashland, in Saunders County, to WW v - . J keeping ater, m Uass ouciy,,auu Nebraska City, in Otoe County. 41 An act to locate a State Road from Blair, in Washington county, to intersect the Territorial Road from West Poin Cuming ccurty. 42 An act to provide for the trans fer of a portion of the records of the District Court of Ca;'s coudty ij Saun ders county, .. a . ... 43 An act to provide for the publi cation Of the decisiots of. '.the Supreme Court, and for the payment f the Re porter.. ' . ' ' .. . ' ' ' .' ' 41 An 'act', to locate a Stat Road from Long's Bridae, cn the little Ne maha. Rjyer, in Nemaha county, to Lincolrr, in" Lancbter: ttu'tit''.'-J - - -4.5'Aii-aet. ij locate . a Stale Road from Wyoming:, 5 Oto cauniy.i to Lin coin, Lancaster cquutv. , ' . ' , 46 An act to 'encourftge the growth or timber and fruit trees- : 47 An act to amend sretieri 571 of title 14 of the Cede, of Civil Procedure 43 An act to a meed section 14 of an ad entitled an act to locate, establis-h ond endow a State Normal School," apptoved June. 20, 1867. i. . ... .. ,, 49 An, act to. legalize the ' afctsof J. N-: Wise as a Notary Public. ,: -.50 Memorial and Joint Resolution Pryl?S Congress for lahds for railroad pucposes. ' "l ' ' ' " r' " ftl Jcnt Resolution accepting act of lonyress-. 52 An act declaring the town-"of Lincoln the County Seat of Lancaster county. . . 53 An acl.la authorize non-resident Railrcad Companies to build roads in Nebraska. "54 Air act to provide-for the'ena mer&lion of the population and the reg istration of Births and Deaths in the State cf Nebraska. .... .... ', ,. 55 An act to nrneod section 531 ol title 14 of the Code of Civil Proceduce. 56 An act to lease certain saline Inrds to Anson C. Tichenor, Jesse T. Grpn and others. , 57 An act to amend section 2, chap ter 41 of the Revised Statutes of the State of Nebraska, entitled "Pre cincts." ' ' " ' ; 59 An act to aid in the construction, of a bridge across Blue river. 59 An act to amend section 20, chapter four, cf th-3 criminal code. 60 Joint Resolution relative to swamp lands. ... 61 An act to . amend s?ction one. chapter one, cf the Revised Statutes of Nebra-ka, entitled "Agr.culture. 62 An act to define the western boundary of Lincoln county. ! 63 An act to provide for the sale of lot 11, in block C, ' c town f Lin coln ' - - - -'. - .. - '- ' 64 An act to prevent the trespass of domestic anima's upon cultivated landi in ihs counties of bauniers, Seward, B-m't, Wuililcgiun and pauee, and Salt Creek, Stove Creek, Elmwood and South Bend precincts in Cass county. 65 An act to locate a bt i'.e Road from Fontenel'e," Washington ccuutyl to Bell Creek,' in same county. ; 66 An act to expound the provisions of the general Incorporation act rela ting to indebtedness. 67 An act to amend sec 11, chapt. 27. revised statutes, entitled '-Jails." - 63 -An ret to locate a State roaj from Lincoln to Columbus. 60 An act for the relief of Emerson S. Seymour and Julius Most. 70 An act to pay Counsel assigned to defend indigent prisoners. 71 An act to dispose of the public land granted to the S-ate of Nebraska for works of Public Improvement. 72 Ah act to provide for the regis tration of voters of the State. 73 Joint Resolution authorizing the electors to vote for, or against -k Con stitutional Convention at the next gen eral elec.ion. 73 Joint Resolution in relation to Indian depredations in the State of Ne braska. 1 75 An act to authorize an Irrigation Company !o tuild a dam across Wood river. 76 An net for the relief of persons who have improvements upon State lots in the town of Lincoln. : ; 77 An act-to locate a State' road from Fremont, Dodgs county, to Lin coln, in Lancaster county. 78 An act to ament section 4 of cn act entitled an act tj define the boun daries of the Judicial districts and to assign Justices to the same. : :'' . 79 An act to provide for the sale of certain saline Iar.ds. ' . ,r; ' .80 An act to locate a Stat road thro' Saline and Jefferson counties by the way of Ooppio and Meridaa. 81 An act to provide for bonding the Omaha City scrip, and to- provide for the payment thereof. 82 An act to looate and establish a State road from Linooln, Lancaster CO., to Pawnee City, Pawnee co. 83 An act to amend section 8, chapter 5, of the revised statutes. 84 An act to locate a State road from Lofran Mills, Dodge county, to Blair in Vi ashington co. 85 An act to restrain swine from run nin at large in the State of Nebraska. , SG An act to provide for the sale of the unsold lota and blocks in the town sits of Lincoln, and for the location and ' erec tion of a State University and Agricultu ral Colleee and State Lunatic Assylum. 87 An act to deSne the geographical limits of tha city of Bellevue, Sarpy countv. " 88 An act to amend sectian . 973 of ehurjter 7.' of title SO of the Code of Civ il Procedure, concerring the selection of Juries in Justices Court. . 1 89 An act to trovide for the appoint ment and payment of Bailiffs for the Su preme Court. 90 An act to locato a State road from Nebrusia City, in Onoe county, to Te nuiaseh. in Johnson eonntv. ' PI An act to establish boundary lines between tbe counties of Dodse and Burt 92 An act to require the Treasurer to kx-cn - constantly on hand the identic U funds received by him as such Treiieurer, nntil. the. same thai! be paid out on war rants drawn on. such Treasurer. 93 An act to amend secticn 18 of chap ter 8 and section 7 of chapter 18 revised Statutes ef the State of Nebraska rela tiveto Coroners. . - 94 An act. to amend section 1 of an act entitled "an act to rrovide for the pub lication of the decisions of the Supreme Court, and the pavment of the reporter, approved Oct. 12th 1859. .' ' 95 An act to authorize toe Governor to convey land belonging to the State upon Salt Creek, for mill purposes. : 90 An act making appropriation to aid is the oonBtruction of tho ilational Lin coln Monument at or near Springfield in the State of 111. ' 97 An act to fix the time cf holdingthe District Court m Cummipg co. 93 An act to provide for refunding to the taxpayers of Falls City precinct of, Kichardson county a special liridgo ; tax heretofore levied and collected therein 99 An aQt to iocate a State road from Hillsdale in Nemaha co. to Pawnee City in Pnwnea. co." ... 100 J? n act to amend section 17 chap. l'J revised Statutes. V ' - 101 An-act to authoriia O. A. Abbott and II. A. Keonig, -and. John Waliichs to change the north chana&l of the I iatte river, at Grand Island in Buffalo co. 102 An act to restrain stock from run ninjr at larze in the Statu of Nebraska- 103 An act to create the office of aiiju ta t eeneraL ; - '" i 204 An act to estahlinh and dne the boundaries of Colfax eo. iu the State of Nebraska.,- ... ' . . , 105 An, act to provide a. system of. rev cnue. 100 An act to amend sectors 7, 8 and 14 of charter 47 of the revised statutes entitled roads. " 107 An act to authorize tbe county commissioners of Otoe co. to is9ue bonds to railroad company?. 108 An act to estuousii me umversi) of Nebraska. 109 An act respecting church lots in Lincoln. ' . ; 110 An act to amend seo. 17 of the re-, vised statutes entitled electians. '111 An act in reference to Executors, Administrators and Probite Judges. 119. An tLP.t to amend an act to provide for thfl reeistrv cf school lands for the control and disposition thereof and for th3 safe keeping the funds derived from the sale and lease of s iid land'. ; ' ' IIS An act to donate bloe llo, Lin ; coin City, to the Lincoln City Steam Mill CO. :: : 114 An act to amend chapter 3t, part of an act known as the Revised Stat utes, approved Feb. 12:h, 13G5, entitled "Marriage.1' US An act to amend " net entitled an not supplementary to an act to in. corporate tha City of Arago." 115 An act to provide tor a &tate cem cterv at Lincoln. 117 An act to e'.ve effect to the trans cript of judgement in the several District Courts. 118 An act to prevent tho importation of - Texas or Cherokee cattle into the State of Nebraska, within certain speci fied dates. ' 119 An aet to restrain 6tcok from run. ning at large in Lancaster aoi Saline counties. ' .-, 120 An act to enable counties, citifs- and precincts to borrow money on their bonds or to isu3 bonds to aid in the con struction and completion of works of in ternal improvement. 121 An act to looate a State road from Blair in Washing co., to West Poiut, in Cumiiiing co. 122 Memorial to the Senate and IIous? of Reprcaentative3 of the United States. 123 An act to increase the school funds in Nebraska. 124 An act to dispose of gold and sil ver coin belonging to Nebraska. 125 An act for the payment of S. Niles. 12t) An act fix'ng the jurisdiction of Probate Judges in civil ca.?es, and pro vidin" for holding regular terms of the Probate Court for the trial of such civil cases. " 127 Ah act to provide for the election of an Attorney General for the State of Nebraska.and to prescribe his duties and fix his compensation. : A rVEESKASat i. FARMER. To show what farmers can do in Nebraska we will cite one case, al though they are by no means rare, as any old seller will readily testify to. About nine years since a family direct from Germany, landed -in Ne braska City;7 "shortly after their arrival they selected a quarter section of prai rie land in Wyeming precinct, in the Anderson neighborhood. With money enough' to purchase a" yoke of cattle, a cow, plow andbneon and ojrn:meal for one year, they commenced the opening of a farm! -'The sale of the firet yearV crop sod corn realized money suffi cient to purchase a horse, erect a comfortable- dwelling,' and supply the family with the common necessaries of life. ' : :- - - ; To-day this family owns nearly five hundred acres of land; one of the best farms in the' county; eighteen head of horses; thirty head of cntila, and "per kers" and cbickens-in abundance Of six children, nine years ago, not one could speak the English language; now they speak it fluently.: Their pa ternil and maternal ancestors speak only deitch. . . The success of thi3 family may ie attributed to a rich eeiF and constant work. Steadily, year by year, they have gained and added new possesss ions to the old homestecd, JVeirs. If any one was ever dragged arojnd by the hair of his head, he can guess how pleasant it is to a sheep to be hauled about by the wool. To encourage thi 'growth 'of Timber, ' Fruit trees, shade trees and Hedge?. Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legis lature of the State of Nebraska, that there shall be exempt from taxation of the real .property of each taxpayer, who shall, wi.hin the State of Nebras ka, plant and suitably' cultivate "one or more acres of forest trees for timber, the turn of one hundred doll rs annu ally, for five . years, for each acre so planted" and cultivated;' provided th.u the trees on said land shall not exceed twelve feet apart, and shall be kept in .a healthy and growing condition Sec. 2. That there shall be exempt from taxation of the reaf property of each tax-payer, who shall within the State, plant and suitably cultivate one or more acres of fruit .trees, the sum of hfiy dolhrs, annually, for five years, for each acre so planted and cultivated; provided1 that the trees1 on said land shall not exceed thirty feet apart, and thall be kept in a healthy condition. : Sec. 3, Persons claiming tbe benefit of such exemption shall at the lime of makiDg the annual assessment, upon howiDg,' to the' satisfaction of the As sessor of the precinct in which he re sides that he has complied with the provisions of sections one or two of this act, be entitled to have deducted from the valuation of his real property, by siid assessor, the amount as hereinbe fore provided, and it is hereby made tbe duty of said assessor, to make re turn tQ.the board of county Commis ior,ers of his ctuniy. the name of each person claiming exemption, the quan tity of lands 'planted to timber, or fruit- trees, and the amount deducted from the valuation of his prcperty. iec. 4. If any person, claiming ex emption under the prcvitionsof this act shall feel h'rnself aggrieved by the de- ision of the assessor in the rejection of us claim, then the said. -owner pr an plicant may apply to the board of Com tnissioners of his county at their meet ing iu April, to have the same correc ted in' the same manner as ctherrro neous assessments. 1 ' Sec. 5. That persons wr.hout real e.tate and living on homesteads under the'ncl of Congress, shall be allowed for each acre of timber under this act, fifty dollars exempt from taxation annually for five years ' ' Sec. 6. This act to take eflect and be in force from and after its passage. A Beautiful Incident. -A naval oirio-.i being at sea in a dreadful storm. his wife, who was silling in the cabin near him, and filled with alann'for the safety of the vessel, was so surprised at his composure and serenity that t she cried out . , My dear, are y.m not afraid? Ho-v i it possible you can be calm in such a dreadful storm?" ' ' : He rose frcrn his chair, lashed to ihe dck,upporting himseiy by a pl Jar of the ted place, drew his sword, and pointing to iha breast of his wifo exclaimed, "Are you not afraid of that swurd? Sh& instantly answered, "No." "Why?" said, the officer. "Because." rejoined the lady, "I kaow thai it is in the hands of my hus band, and he loves ie . too well to hurt me. . . , "Then," said he, "remember, I know in whom I believe, and that he holds the winds in his fists and the wa ter in the hollow cf his hands." It is said that 1S3 women marthed to the polish at Vineland'at the late election to vote, abd that the men, hav ing received intimation of their iuten tions, prepared a separate baliot box, into which the--confiding but cruelly deluded females triumphantly depos ited their political op nions. One hun dred and eighty of them voted for Grant and three for Seymour. After the ladies had returned to their homes tbe bogus ballot-box was opened, and the 183 tickets given to the wind which bad a good deal cf ill-mannered sport with them. Mr. Spriggins . is a litte forgetful sometimes. He counted his children the o.her night, but could only make up fourteen. How is this? he asked bis wife: "I thought there were fifteen of, them at the lasi,census? So there was,; answered the wife, "tut little Sammy was drowned since jhen." ''indeed: ., saia spriggins, meaitauveiy; "Why, it seems to me that I beard of that at the time." . . ' ' ', ' Benjamin Franklin once potting to press a form of the Common Prayer, the letter "c" in the following passage dropped out unperceived by him: 'We shall all be changed in the twinkling of an eye." When the book appeared, to the horror, of the devout worshipers, the passage read: "We shall ' all be hanged in the twinkling cf an eye." The library shelves of the Briii.-h Museum, i: placed in continuous line, would extend no 'less than twenty-five miles. The accession of bocks keeps growing at the rate of about twenty tecujand velumes ' a year, or between fifty and sixty a day. A Massachusetts lyceum has deci ded that earthquakes,, tornadoes, etc are not misfortunes, but the result of bad. management. Uridge Across Ilia Dnglisli CItumiel From a pamphlet recently published in England, with a view to explain the detail of the undertaking, .it appears that the proposed bridge will, spring from a point on the English coast, near Shakspt aro Cliff, Dover, at aialtitude of three hundred and fifty feet above the sea, and. will terminate, on; the French coast on an equally lofty hill, j known as Cape Blanc Nez, at a &h distance from Calais.- M. Bcu ort utet avoids the -enormous extent and risk involved in any attempt to .'construct pier on artificial inlets m the middle of the channel, by carrying his bridge across nine piers of cast iron of untisu a' 'dimensions'; the bases of which La re to be put together and bolted on the shore and floated to the position they are intended to occupy, by means cf large sheet iron buoys, one of which, situated directly in ihe centre1 of the staucture, is to be acted upon ty a powerful screw, by means of which the huge base -cau Le gradually low ered until the ; screws or feet,. upon which it is to stand, touch the bottom or bed of the sea, Which is ascertained 'o consist of solid chalk, into which the pile screws are then : turned,'. This method of binding the pier firmly to the bottom a ho serves , as a means of rectifying the levels, if necessary. The soundings in line of the proposed bridge s'iaw a maximum depth of 167 feet. The top of the base will be jus, above the level of the 6ea when the feet, are screwed (to . the , bottom, aud upon this the upper portions are to be erected, above water, pieca by piece, in the usual manner, . Except the cen- tre'one, all the piers at .their founda tions measure. 130 yards in width and 87 in length, di ninish-ng upwards and forming at the summit a square of 65 yards on each side. 'The centre pier will be half as large.. again as the oth ers. ; in addition to tneir own weight, of twenty-five hundred tons each, these piers have to support an arch of 32S2 yards in length, weighing about 14,000 tons.' 1 : 1 ' The beam or tress'of the, bridge (in which the originality of the project mainly consists) is coriiposed of a se ries (f one hundred and twenty cables of iron wire, two inches in diameter, of which ihe number gradually diminish es to the middle, wncre there are but thirty stretched h.nzon'nl!y along tbe line of the bridge, at a' distance of twonty-one inrhij, or. nhnvo th other. connected every twenty two yards. first by perpendicular cables, fixed ver ticall.y, and then by strorg iron tran -oma," also placed vertically Lach tress, seen laterally, present the ap pearance of a va-t net, the rectaogular meshes of which are twen'.y inches quare. . . .. , ... . ,t Upon the vertical transoms ru-e small metal arches, inieiidtjd toUipport the planking or roadway of the bridge. Thus, ':M. Bjutet . ob nins-.. -'thorough rigidity, makicg Jn the meshes of the tress a complete . weft. , On the other hand, "this divides infiniti-imally the effect of weight upen it. and weakens. to a certain extent, it's effect before the lower part cf the becms are bent under the influence of a passing pressure. Five tresses cf this sort, each three thousand two hundred and eighty two yards in length, fixed at a distance of eleven yord3 apart transversely to the bridge, are under propped strongly against ecch other, and constitute to gether the body of the work. The width cf the roadway is thus brought to fifty-seven yards. The beams have the form of an eiip tica! arch of three thousand two hun dred and eishty-two yards in span. The beams or open tresses of M. Bau let are stated to offer a considerable resistance, possess a perfect rigidity and are of very light weight as com pared with their enormoas leDgth and bearing power; It is stated - that they are estimated to support twenty-four trains fully loaded, meeting together in the middle between any two pieces, and that the weight of the erection is thirty-six times greater than the maxi mum force of tempestuous winds, which would, therefore, be powerless to . shake its ponderous mass. M. Boutet estimates the cost of (he under taking at less than eight millions ster ling, and expects that :tT would be fin ithed in three years. .: . An engineer on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, recently discovered -a child on the track just alidad of his train To stop the train in lime to save it was impossible Running out on the cow-catcher, he caught the child and lifted it on the en gine without injury, although the' pro. ceeding was one full of danger to him. self. ' :'f " The celebrated "Wise case," now on trial in New Orleans, gave rise to a curious scene in Court last Saturday The day was consumed in testing a variety of different wines. A wine merchant, as witness, the counsel, and the Judge, together, ' consumed the contents of abjut twenty bottles, alto gether The earth is found frozen in a Col or.ido mine at a depth of 125 feel, ar.d the ice which lies between the stra a of the rock is as hard and brittle a elass. . . ' : A STOItYFOU SWEARERS. A gentleman once heard a laboring man swear dreadfully in the presence of a number of bia companions. He told hirn it was a cowardly thing to swear so in company. The man said he was cot afraid to swear at any time or any place.' ' ; j ..-t I'll give you ten dollars," said the gentleman, "if you will go into the vil lage churchyard, to-night at twelve o'clock, and swear the same oaths which you have uttered here, when you are alone with your God."" "Agreed, said the man, '" 'tis an easy way oi earning ten dollars.'!; . Well, you coma to ma to morrow and say you .have done it, and the money is yours." ' : '; 'The 'time passed orj; midnight came.' The man went to' the graveyard. It wag a night of piicby darkness. As he entered the graveyard not a sound was heard, all was still as death. Then the eeritleman'a words, "Alone with God,' came over him with a wonder ful power. The thought of the wick edness he had committed, and what he came there to do, daned thrcujrh his mind like - a flash lof lightning. He .rembled at his, folly. -; Afraid to take another step, he fell on his .knees and instead of the dreadful oaths Tbe had come to utter,' the earnest rry went up "God be nierc'ful to me a sinner!'. The next day he went to the gentle man and thanked him for what he had done, and said, he had resolved not to swear another oath as long as he lived. Anecdote tof Gcu1. ITasliingtou- Washington had accepted en invita tion from Arnold to lreakfast with him at West Point the very, day the plot was discovered, but was prevented from keeping his engagement by what men call chance by the earnest re quest, namely, of an old officer, near whose station they passed, to spend the night there and inspect some works in he neighborhood. Next day, while Washirgton with his staff, including ..a layette, were seated at table at this officer's quarters, a dispatch was brought - to the American General, which he immediately opened and read, then laid it down without com ment. No alteration " was visible in his countenance, but he remained per fectly ' silent. Conversation dropped among his suite; and, after some min uter, the General, beckoning La Fay ette to foMow him, passed to an inner apartment, turned to his yourg friend without uttering a syllable, placed the fa'al dispatch in his hands, and then, giving way to an ungovernable burst of feeling, fell on his neck and sobbed aloud. The effect produced on tha youDg French Marquis, accustomed to regard his General (cold and dignified in his usual manner) as devoid of the uiual weaknesses of humanity, may be imagined. "I believe," said La Fay ette in relarng this anecdote, "that this was the only occasion, throughott that long and sometimes hopeless stru" gle, that Washington ever gave way, even for a moment, uncer a reverse of fortune, and perhaps I was the only human being who ever witnessed in him an exhibition of feeling so foreign to his temperament. As it was, he re covered himself before I had perused the communication that had given rise to his emotion; and when he returned to his staff not a trcce remained on his countenance either of grief or despon dency " i : ' . The seats of the new theatre of San Francisco are comfortable beyond all precedent. Each chair is 23 inches wide and heavily cushioned. . The backs are moveable, eo that each titter can lean forward or backward, and there is a special receptacle for the hat under each seat. ' ;. The Fihst Through to "Omaha. The Pulman Palace car "Omaha," the first through sleeping coach on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, arrived on the opposite, side of the river yesterday afternoon, having been crowded with sleeping-berth passen gers thrugh from the "Garden City." ' Republican. ' ' ... There is probably nol a prairie farm in all the interior so rich that it will not pay to save .the manure and draw it on to it. - .The manure heap should be the receptacle for all the decompo sable rubbish of the house and farm. It is the best riddance of garbage, any way.- "Ma" said a fashionable girl, "if I should die and go to heaven, should I wear my moire antique dress?"' "No, my love: we can scarcely suppose we shall wear' tbe attire of this world in the next ' . "Then tell me, ma, how the angels would know I belonged to the best society?", How ' much does it cost to draw a mowing machine under shelter? How much does a new one cost? These questions answered, it is easy to tell whether it pays to let valuable tools lie out in the weatherl ' Every member of the House of Commons, every Peer of the realm, every Prince, and the Queen herself, must pay the postage cn everything 1 that is sect bv mail. ! 1 1 . if ' 1 5 u -ii: i : lit n ' :.t TT