2 bl 1 I fr 1 THE NEBRASKA HERALD IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BT f. I HATHAWAY, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. EMAIL RATES OF ADVERTISING. g Office corner Main and Second streets, toc- onl story. TERMS : 32.00 per annum if paid in advance, JJ.oO if not imid in advance. VOL. 5. PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY S, 1SG9. NO. 11. AIASOMC. Tlattsmoith Lodor No. 6 A. F. & A. M. IU-ffular meetings at tlieir ball on the first and third Mriuday evening of each month. Trans ient brctnern mvitel to visit. JOHN W. SHANNON. VV. M. J. X. TV ise, feec. ;1a-ov Loix;k U. D. A. F. A A. M. Resrular lueetinirs seconi ana lourtn rri'l:iys t cm-h ruontn Ht .Masonic nan. j. r. t 1SE, V. M VV. VVintkrstimc, Sec. Xkbhaska Chapter No. 3 R. A. M. Regular convocations seeonn ani lourtn luesday eve nings ot each ujonth at 1A "Vloik t. rn. E. T. bl'KK. II. P. EastfrnStabI)eorekLi)ihik. KpfrulHr meet- inns oi tne r uinily nre helil on elnesilay eve ning. 'n or before the full moon of each month. All .Mastur MaHnn.. their wives, sitera and l:tutfhlers are inviK-it to attend. Lniuarried la dies must be over eirhteen yenrs of age. V. II. WIIKKLEU. Patron. Mas. C. A. DrKK, Patroness. J. X. Wise. Recorder. St. Luke's Parish. r Monthly meetinir. of the Vestry 1st Tuemlnv cveniiiK of each month, at the Rectory; Quartely nieetmir oi entry 1st .Momluys oi Jlay, August, .uvt'iu'fr una reoruary. . J I. St. i EO. Y0 UXG, Rector. Km. L. VV f.i.ls. Clerk. M ILLITT rOTTEXWEB. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Plattsmoath, Xcb. IT. IHAEMIUETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW and Solicitor in Chan cery, l'lattsiiiuuth. Nebraska. 8. I'. tOOPER, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Plattstnouth. Xeb. Will huy sell Real Estate, and pay tuxes for nun-resnients. unproved unu unimproved lands AiiU lots lor sale. IjunelirtiS. a. MAXWELL, 8AM. Jl. CHAPMAN MAXIFELI, &. CIIAPMAX, Aliun.r.in jl v anu Solicitors in Chancery, i laitsinoutn, ;eirnsKa. utlice over White A lottery's llrus Store. ajirl. ATTORNEY AT LAW and General Land Atfent. Lincoln. Nebraska. Will practice in any of ihe Courts of the State, and will buy and sell Kent Estate on commission, pay Taxes, examine Titles, Ac. (novJStf. Dr. J. W. THOMAS, Ilrivinir permanently located at Weeping? Wa ter Falls, tenders his professional services to the citizens of Cass county, Nebraska. jamV.itf. It. II. l.IVlXSTO., 91. !., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON tenders his urofi'SAiotial services to the citizens of Cass coun ty. Residence southeast corner of Oak anil Sixth streets; office on Main street, opposite Court House, 1 lattsmouth, Nebraska. r. J. Y. IIAWI.IXS, 91. D.. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. late a Sur reon-in-Chief of the Army of the Potomac, riatL.niouUi. Nebraska. Omcewith lr. 11. K LivinKston, on Main street, opposite the Court House. Private resilience corner of Rock and llih streets, two doors south of P. P. tiass'. All About the Manner of I'roeeedina; U Obtain Title to Iublie Landi. Through the kindness of Surveyor General Livingston we are permitted to lay leforc tlie readers of the Herald the lolloping official circular showing the manner of proceeding to obtain title to public lands, by purchase, by location with warrants or agricultural college scrip, or by pre-emption and homestead : CIRCULAR NO. 18. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ) GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Washington, D. C, Sejd. 17, 1867. Ihe following is communicated in reference to the manner ot acquiring title to tlie public lands under different laws ot Congress : There are two classes of public lands. the one class at $1.25 per acre, which is designated as minimum, and the other at 2. 50 per acre, or double minimum. i me may be acquired by purchase at public sale, or by ordinary private en try, and in virtue ot the 1 're-em pt ion and Homestead laws. 1. At public sale where lands are of fered" at public auction to the highest bidder, either pursuant to Proclamation by the President, or public notice given in accordance with directions from the General Land Office. BY PRIVATE ENTRY OR LOCATION. 2 The lands of this class liable to dis posal are those which have been offered at public sale, and thereafter remain un sold, and which have not been subse quently reserved or otherwise withdrawn from market. In this class of offered and unreserved public lands the following steps inay be taken to acquire title : CASH PURCHASES. 3. Tlie applicant must present a writ ten application to the Register for the District in which the land desired is situated, describing the tract he wishes to purchase, giving its area, lhereujion the Register, if the tract is vacant, will so certify to the Receiver, stating the price, and the applicant must then pay the amount ot the purchase money. The Receiver will then issue to D. 11. WHRELKtt. L. D. BENNETT. , I. II. UHEELEIl & CO, Real Estate and Tax Payimr Asjents. Notaries Public, Fire and Life Insurance Agents, Platts tnouth. Nebraska. jeJltf PLATTE VALLEV HOUSE. Ed. B. Murphy, Proprietor, corner of Main and 4th streets. Plattsinouth. Nebraska. llavinif been refitted and newly furnished offers fi rt ehiss accommodations. Hoard by the day r week. aug28. ri.ATTS.TlOlTII MILLS. C. II EISEL. Proprietor. Having recently been repaired and placed in thorough running order. Custom work done on short notice. lmi.do Uush ls of Wheat wantd immediately, for which the liik'ln-st market price will be paid. (augiStf. J. X. WISE, General Life. Accident. Fire. Inland and Trans it In'nrniK-e Agent. Will take riidts at reason able ratr in the nioft reliable Companies in the United States. Office opposite the Court House, i'lattsinouth, Neb. .may21tf. jius. j. r. uouo, Having just received anew supply of Goods, Bow otter Hats at a trifle above cost, and Ron- nets of aborted silks and laces, also colored crapes in latest styles at rum S2J to 4.00. inariStf. NOTICE. JAMES O'NKII.L is my authorized Agent for th He-tion of all accounts due the undersign ed fur medical services: his receipt will be valid for the pavincnt of any moneys on said accounts. August H.tiT.J K. K. LIVINGSTON. M. 1). IVLXislO. Music! PIANOS. ORGANS. JIEIjOD EONS! I am Agent for the best Musical Instruments made. Persons wishing to buy Pianos. Cabinet, Metropolitan! or Portable Organs, or Melodcons can purchase through my Agency on as liberal terms as they can from the maufacturcrs them selves. All Instruments fully warranted. aprltf. J. X. WISE. Capt. I. L1IIOO &. CO., Wholesale and retail dealers in WINES AND LIQUORS Also a very choice selection of TODACCO AND CIGARS, Main street, second door cast of the Seymour House. Nebraska City, eb. t , Am in st receiving a new Stock of Genuine Old Bourbon direct from Rourbon county, Ky.. llit- tcre, etc. inyKSw. Health, Comfort and Economy Three reasons for boarding with OEOXlttE W- COLVIN. OAS STREET, Pl.ATTSVOfTH, XEB. Two blocks northwest of brick School House. He has a RATH HOUSE, free 'to patrons: his rooms are well ventilated, and his prices are rea sonable. Liulyiitf. LIYEKY, IEEI), AND S-ctlo Stable, BT ' WM J- 11 ATT, Proprietor, I'lattsmoutb, Nebraska. First rate Stabling and Wagon Yards for the accommodation of the public. A good stock of Horses and Carriages To let on very reasonale terms. street, nearly PtaMe on Main Phtridan House. opposite the decviltf. J. W. SHANNON'S FEED. SA.LE AND IilVJGItY STABLE, MAIN STREET, PLATTSMOVTH, NEB. I am prepared to accommodate the public with ior, OtrriVi;e, Bgggie and A Ao. 1 Ilearte, n hort notice and reasonable terms. A Hack will run to thenteamboat landing.andto all parts f the city when desired. mr). PLOWS! PLOWS! C. IE. POBGY Manufacturer of all kinds of Inarming Implements. Such as the celebraied Rod Breaking Plows, -Mon I Hr.aH Breakers, Stirring Plows, tsingl na iouole. bhovels. Cultivators and Harrows. All work war- lvepairing done on short notice, ranted. Having had much experience in the business. tJ n aiMUre1 that I caii give general tatUiac--r' v. lea,ie -'v ne a call before mirchasinjr pi ,h.ere" , C. E. FOROY. . 1 -'"timouth. Xeb., May 6rlS67. the purchaser a duplicate receipt, and at the close ot the mouth the Register and Receiver will make returns of the sale to the (Jeneral Land Office, from whence, when the proceedings are found regular, a latent or complete title will be issued ; and on surrender of the duplicate receipt such patent will be delivered, at the op tion of the patentee, cither by the Com missioner at asliinnton, or by the Register at the District Land Office. LOCATIONS WITH WARRANTS. 4. Application must be made as in cash cases, but must be accompanied by a warrant dulv assigned as the considera tion for the land ; yet where the tract is 92.50 per acre, tlie partv m addition to the surrendered warrant, must pay in ensh ri.'Zrt ier acre, as tne warrant is in sati.f'action ot" so manv acres as are men tioned on its face. A duplicate certificate of location will then le furnished the party, to be held until the patent is delivered, as in cases of cash sales. The following fees are chargeable bv the land officers, and the several amounts mut be jMtiJ at the timr of hu atinn A 40-ncre warrant, 50 cents to the Reg. and Rec'r Total. 21.00, A HO-acre warrant. 75 cents SI -VI. An so-acre warrant. Sl.oo " " " .. A 131 acre warrant. sM-Vl. SUXI. A 100 acre warrant. S2.00 $1.00. AGRICULTURAL COLLF.GF. SCRIP. 5. This Scrip is applicable to lands not mineral, which may ik subject to private entry at $1.25 per acre, yet is -v. . restricted to a technical quarter sec tion ;" that is, lands embraced by the quarter section lines indicated on the official plats of survey, or it may be lo cated on a vart of a quarter section, where such part is taken as in full for a quarter, but it cannot he applied to different sulxhvisions to make an area equivalent to a quarter section. The mannor or proctH'dmg to acquire title with this clais of paper is the same as in cash and warrant cases, the tees to be paid being the same as on warrant's. PRE-EMPTIONS TO THE EXTENT OF ONE QUARTER SECTION, OR ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES G. These mav lie made under the general Pre-emption laws of 4th Sep tember, 1841. U. S. Statutes, vol. 5, page 455, and 31 March, 1843, vol. 5, page 619, upon " offered" and " unof fered'' land, and in certain States and Territories west of the Mississippi, in cluding that part of Minnesota east of the river, may have legal inception by actual settlement upon unsim eyeJ land, although in such cases no definitive pro ceedings can be had as to the completion of title until after the surveys are offi cially returned to the District Land Office. 7. The Act of 3d March, 1853, U. S. Statutes, vol. 10, page 244, extends the pre-emption for one quarter, or lftO acres, at .$2. 50 per acre to every " alternate' United States or reserved section along the line of railroads. 8. The Act of 27th March, 1854, vol. 10, page 2i'., chap. XXV, protects the right of setlers on sections along the line or railroads, where settlement existed prior to withdrawal, and such cases allows the tract to lie taken by pre-emptors at 0. Where the tract is "fifw," the party must hie with the Lnstnct Jjand Office his Declaratory Statement as to the fact of his settlement within thirty days from the date of said settlement, anil, within one year from that date, must apH?ar before the Register and Receiver and make proof of his actual residence on and cultivation of the tract, ami secure the same by paying cash, or by filing warrant duly assigned to the Pre-emptor. lo. here the tract has lieen surveyed and not offered at public sale, the claimant must file w'thin three months from date of settlement, and make proof and pay ment liefore the day designated . in President's Proclamation for offering the lands at public sale. 11. Should the settler in either of the aforesaid cases die liefore establishing his claim within the eriod limited by law, the title may be perfected by the executor, administrator, or one of the heirs, by making the requisite proof ot settlement and paying for the land ; the entry to be made in the name of " the heirs" of the deceased settler, and the patent will le issued accordingly. 12. In those States and Territories in which settlements are authorized by law ron vwnirveyetl land, the claimant must file notice of settlement within three months after the receipt of the township plat of survey at the District Ijand Office, and make proof and payment as required under 10th head in the foregoing. The Act of June 2, 1862, vol. 12, page 413, in relation to Colorado, contains special provisions in this respect. LAWS EXTENDING THE HOMESTEAD PRIVILEGE. 14 The. original Homestead Act of Mav 20, 1862, gives to every citizen, and to those who had declared their intentions to liecome such, the right to a homestead on nun-eyed lands. 1 his is conceded to the extent of one quarter section, or 100 acres, at $1.25 per acre, or 80' acres of double minimum in any organized dis trict embracing snrreiiitl public lands. except in the five Southern Land States l . - ... iieremaiier mentioned, wnere tne right i i 1 A. 1 . -V is restncieu 10 u acres muumum, and 40 acres double minimum. 14. lo obtain homesteads the partv must, in connection with his application, mate an amaavic oeiore tne liegister or Receiver that he is over the age of twen ty-one, or the head of a family ; that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to become such, i r mm ana mat the entry is made lor his ex clusive use and benefit and for actual settlement and cultivation. 15. Where the applicant is prevented 1... - ! 1 1-1 1 C o reason oi oouny innrmity, distance, or other good cause, from personal at tendance at the District Land Office, the affidavit may be made before the clerk of the court for the county within which the party is an actual resident. 16. 1 he amendatory Act ot 21st March. 1864, U. S. Statutes, vol. 13. paire 35. relaxes the requirements of personal at tendance at the distnct office to per sons in the military or naval service, where the party's family, or some mem ber, residing on the land that it is de sired to enter, and upon which a bona fide improvement and cultivation had been made. In such cases the said Act of 1864, allows the beneficiary to make the affidavit before the officer command ing in the branch of service in which he may be engaged, and the same may be filed, by the wife or other representative vja i iiti Ci fcrr. iiivi n till LllU ill g iritl ? wr gethcr with the Homestead Application. llis claim in that case will become ef fective from the date filing, provided the required fee and commissions accompany the same, but immediately upon his dis charge he mut enter iqon the land and make it his bona fide home, as required by the original Act of 20th May, 1862. 17. Under said Act rt Mav 20, 1862. and the Supplement of March 20, 1864, it is required that for Homestead entries on surveyed lands in Michigan, Wiscon sin, Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and Dokota, fees are to be paid according to the following table : b Commissions. Fees. es o i Total Fees m 3 - 3 3 and Com- 2 S coCS ic a?E missions. c rL a. 5 cs sis 160 Jl .25 $4.00 $4.00 $10.00 $18.00 80 1.25 2.01) 2.00 5.00 9.00 40 1.25 l.U) 1.00 5.00 7.00 80 2.50 4.00 4.00 10.00 18.00 40 2.50 2.00 2.00 5.00 9.00 160 acres, lhus, for example, a party owning or occupying 80 acres, may enter 80 additional of $1.25, or 40 acres of $2.50 land. Or suppose the applicant to own 40 acres, then he may enter 120 acres at SI. 25, or 40 at 1.25, and 40 at S2.50, if both classes of lands should be found contiguous to his original farm. In en tries of "'adjoining farms" the settler must describe, in his affidavit, the tract he owns, and is settled upon as his origi nal farm. Actual residence on the tract entered as an adjoining tract is not re quired, but bono, jvle improvement and cultivation of it must be shown for the period required by Statute. 27. Lands obtained undar the Home stead laws are exempted from liability for debts contracted pwor to the issuing of patent therefor. 28. It is the duty of the Registers and Jieceivers to be in attendance at their offices, and give proper facilities and in formation to persons applying for lands. Jos. "S. 'Wilson, Com. of tlie Gen. Land Offire. The above rates will annlv to Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, if any vacant tracts can be found liable to Homestead in those three States, where but very few isolated tracts of public land remain un disposed of. 18. In the Pacific and other political divisions, viz: On surveyed lands in Cal ifornia, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado, New Mexico, and V ashmsrton, and in Amzo no, Idaho, and Montana, where sub- divisional surveys shall have I teen made in the three last-mentioned Territorie: the commissions and fees are to be paid according to the following tabic: 5 Commissions. Fees. 2 ' iJJ .o," o i Fotal fees rr. " 1, 5 3 "2 a "2 Sis and Com- iS S 2 I 2.5 s 3 5 missions. jess's . s. w S6 00 S-'fO 310.00 $22.00 80 1.2 3.00 :;.oo ,oo n.oo 40 1.2o 1.50 1.50 f,.iK) xjm 80 2..iO! 6(N, (u, 1(1.011 22 00 401 2-S) 310 -ijnf fi.iio inn) 19. Ihe Act cf.Iune 21st. 1866. Statutes of 1866, p:ige 66, provides for the disposal of public lands for Home stead actual settlements in the States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana. Arkan sas and Florida. rni , . . tt ... .me iuw restricts Homestead entr:e in these States to ''half quarter," or 80- acre tracts ot ordinary minimum, or 40 acres ot double minimum, the tariff pre scrilied for such entries in said Southern States being as follows: 6 Commissions. Fees. & i S 1 -?S 1-51 Total. 2 S vs.. 5?f-5!5-3 ft. . S 80 $1.25 $2.00 c-j.of) Jo.oo 59.00 40 1.2t 1.00 5.00 7.00 40 2.50 2.00 2.1 10 5.00 9.00 20. The Receiver will issue his receipt showing such payment under the original Act of 1862 or those of 1864 and 1866. The matter will then be entered on their record and reiiorted to the General Land Office. 21. An inceptive ritrht is vested in the settler by such proceedings, and upon faithful observance of the law in regard to settlement and cultivation for the con tinuous term of five years, and at the expiration of that time, or within two years thereafter, upon proper proot to the satisfaction ot the Land Officers, and payment to the Receiver, the Register will issue his certititiate, and make prop er returns to this office as the basis of a patent or complete title fur the Home stead. 22. Where a Homestead settler dies before the consumation of his claim, the heirs may continue the settlement and cultivation, and obtain title upon requi site proof at the proper time. Till 1-1 i vv here botn parents uie leaving miant heirs, the Homestead is required to be sold for cash for the liencfit of such heirs and the purchaser will receive title from the United States. 23. The sale of a Homestead claim by the settler to another party before com pletion of title is not recognized by this office, and not only vests no title or equi ties in the purchaser, but would be vrima aVJpvidence of abandonment, and give cause tor cancellation ot the claim. 24. As the law allows but one I lome- stead privilege, a settler relinquishing or abandoning his claim cannot thereafter make a second entry. Where an indi vidual has made settlement on a survey ed tract and filed his pre-emption decla ration therefor, he may change his filing into a Homestead, yet such change is in admissible where an adverse right has in tervened, but in such cases tho settle has the privilege of perfecting his title un der the pre-emption law. 25. It the Homestead settle docs not wish to remain five years on his tract, the law permits him to iiay lor it vnth cash or warrants, upon making proof of settlement and cultivation from the date of entry to the time of payment Ihis proot 01 actual settlement-and cultivation must be the affidavit of the party made before the local officers, cor roborated by the testimony of two credi ble witnesses. 26, There is another class of Home steads, -designated as "adjoining farm Homesteads. " In these cases the law al lows an applicant, oicning and residing on an original farm, to enter other land lvine contieuous thereto, which shall not. with such farm, exceed n the aggregate CiftortbeCab. Tlie following anecdote well illustrates what many have doubtless often felt.that words are of no small account, and that. afluent tongueisa happy gift to its pos sessor at least. Sir Roliert Peel, on more than one oc casion, invited Mr. Stevenson to Drayton. TT. P.. ..1 i c 1 n i- -,f "e reiuseo, at. nrsc, irom indisposition to mix in hnc company, but ultimately went. On one occasion an animated dis cussion took place between himself and Dr. Bucklana, on one ot his favorite the ories as to the formation of coal. But the result was,thatDr. Buckland.a much greater master of tongue fence than Ste venson, completely silenced him. Next morning before breakfast, when he was walking in the grounds, deeply ponder ing, Sir William Follet came un and asked him what he was thinkimr about. "Why, Sir William, I am thinking over that argument I had with Buckland ast night. I know I am right, and that it I had only the command of words which has, I would have beaten him." "Let me know all about it..' said Sir vv llham, "and I'll see what I can do for you. The two s:it down in an arbor, when the astute lawyer made himself thorough- acquainted with the points ot the case. entering into it with the zeal of an advo cate about to pledge the dearest interest of his client. After he had mastered the subject, Sir William rose up rubbing his hands with glee. "Now I am ready for him. Sir Robert Peel was made acquainted with the plot, and adroitly introduced the subject of the controversy after din ner. The result was, that in the argu ment that followed, the man of science was overcome by the man of law, and Sir William Follet had all the points of mas tery over Dr. Buckland. "What do you saj-, Mr. Stevenson," said Sir Robert, laughingly. "Why," said he, "I will only say this : That of all the powers above and under the earth, there seems to be no power so great as the gift of gab. ' ' One son are (space ten lines) one insertion, , Each subsequent Insertion, Professional cards not exceeding six linef. One-quarter column or less, per annum, " sis months, " " three month , Oue-half column twelve months. ' aix months," " " three month. One column twelve month, " six months. " three months. AM transient advertisements must be paid fur in advance. S 1.50 1.00 lo.ou 30.00 20.00 15.00 yi.ou 35.00 20.00 llNI.OU W.00 35.00 Tbe Climate, Soil, Etc. Mr. D. Allen, having visited Nebras ka, writes to the Waterville, Maine, Mail, as follows: "And now one word aliout climate, soil and productions of south-eastern Ne braska. That portion of the State which I visited is on a strip of country King in about 40 degrees of north latitude, and west of the Missouri river, south of the Platte river, and east of Colorado Territo ry, and is an elevation about 1000 feet above the level of the sea. During the summer months, a more delightful coun try can't be found with its deep, heavy rolling prairies, covered with green ver dure, swelling and dying away in the distance, until earth and sky are com mingled in the distant horizon. It has a rich soil, composed of sand. lim ami clay, with an abundance of decayed veg etable matter. The soil is easily worked, and but few States, if any, can surpass this, for the ordinary productions of American farming. Spring wheal is the favorite crop here, j ev,e,7 Tlie yield is from 25 to 35 bushels per 1 U .Miscellaneous. Old maids are described as "embers from which the sparks have fled." Tlie proper abbreviation of Alaska is said to be L. S. the place of the seal. Tlie New York Mail says that grooms men are going out of fashion on account of their propensity to drink too much at the reception. A eotemporary says it had hardly pub lished its first number when the editor received a lengthv communication from "A Constant Reader." A dancer once said to Socrates, "You cannot stand on one lee so long as lean." "True," replied the philosopher, but a goose can." Dickens says, I think it must some where lie written, that the virtues of mothers shall, occasionally, lie visited on their children, as well as the sins of their fathers. A contemporary speaks of an indivi- uuai huh ouys one or two snares 111 every railroad and bank in order to go to le annual elections and eat Wliy Irr-Mtoii Jiinsr Committed cile. Sul acre, and of a superior quality, bringing from eight to ten cts. more per bushel than Si)rinr Wheat, from ntlior Sr.ifos Oats yield "from 45 to 50 bushels to the longer; all hope is not "lost acre. (Jorn, rye, bailey and buckwheat i' ono. nas lur grow in great abundance. Wild plums, cherries, crab apples, blackberries and goose berries grow spontaneously, and in the greatest profusion. Certain va rieties of improved apples and pears do well here. Unimproved land can be had in the river counties, and in Pawnee and vicin ity,, from three to seven dollars per acre, while further west are hundreds of home steads to If had for asking. This is un broken prairie, but as good soil as any in the Suite. Already the tide of emigra tion is setting in the direction of Nebras ka, and the country is fast settling up; and ere long the last large liody of fertile land lying east of the Rocky Mountains will be under cultivation. Schools and Churches. TTir State Normal School is at Peru, while flourishing high schools are built at Plattsmouth, Nebraska City, Browuville, Pawnee City and Falls City, livery vil lage has its district school, while the prairies are dotted over with more mod est country school houses. Churches are also well distributed throughout the State, and all denominations are repre sented. "But all the beauty and grandeur of the western country, and its richness of soil, cheapness of land, and delightful climate, I would not recommend one who is well settled in Maine, and doing a good business, to sell out and go west. A new revelation of the cause which drove Preston King to "suicide !s made by a writer in the Ugdensburgh Journal, who claims to have been in the conti dence of Mr. King, and to have gathered from his ?own lips a knowledge of the feeling by which his mind was worked upon until it lost its reason. By this writer, the suicide of Mr. King is attributed entirely to the treach ery 01 nirew uonnson, whose nomina tion for Vice President, in 1864, was due to the efforts of Mr. King perhaps more than to those of any other man. After the V ice President s drunken inaugural, Mr. King took him in charge, going with him to Silver Spring and other 1 -11, .... piaees, anu lanonng with nun until he became sobered. Afterward, when Mr. Johnson became President, Mr. King took up his abode at the White House, and the Journal says his sole purpose was to watch over and advise with him. Finding his influence unavailing to pre vent Johnson's betrayal of those who had mistakenly elected him, apprehending the most disastrous consequences from what he saw wouid be the character and course of the administration, and feeling keenly his own responsibility in a great measure for the nomination and election of so bad and dangerous a man, a morbid cloaui settled uoon his mind, which darkened until he destroyed himself. Ihe story is ouite consistent with known facts, and very probably furnish es the true explanation of the melan choly mystery of Preston King's death. Tlie lowell Expedition One Jinn. all Eost but St. Louis, June 2?. The Renuhlican has a tceial from Green River City, Wyoming, which says one of the celebrated Powell extiedition has iust reached that point, having es caped after incredible hardships, out of .1... il... rvo j. ' TT- uie luiiuii vi iiiu vniuiiwu uer. lie reports that the whole party, except himselfj perished while trying to cross the rapids. He had crossed from above and from the west bank witnessed the frightful disaster which left him alone five hundred miles from the nearest set tlement, without supplies arid almost without hone, not daring to leave the stream lest he should get lost He as cended the bank to this point, the cross ing of the Pacific Railroad, where he has received such attention as he re quires. Ihe JteniiUicau, editorially, expresses some doubts of the truth of the story. A boy from the country was recently taken into a gentleman's family. One evening, alter having been called up into the drawing room, he came down to the kitchen laughing immoderately. "What's the matter?" cried the cook. "Why,', said he, "there are twelve on 'em up there, and not ono with sense enough to snuff the candle, so they had to ring for me to do it" The tomb of Mount Vernon, contain ing the remains " of Washington and his wife, is on a gentle declivity facing a wooded hill. The road runs by the side of a fence where old pear trees of the na tive variety stand, as in a hedge. Ihro an iron-grated door one sees his noble sarcophagns, handsomely ornamented on the nght, while hers, quite plain, is on the left, and this is all. On the outside are tlie various monuments of his family. Germans are very fond of claiming dis tinguished foreigners as natives of the aterland. A Schwartz paper tells the story that, in 1845 or 1846, a young far mer and landwehir lieutenant named Zehrmann emigrated to America, and enlisted in the army. It details the suc cessive steps in his career, and says that, during the late American war, he became a general. It adds that the Americans call him Sherman. What CoiiNtitutCM a Handsome wan. Well, in the first place, there must be enough of him; or, failing in that, but come to think of it, he musn't fail in that, because there can be no lieauty without healfh, or at least to my way of thinking. In the second place, he must have a beard; whiskers as the Gods please, but a beard I insist upon, else one might as well look at a girl. Iiet his voice have the dash of the Niagara, with the music of a baby's laugh in it. Lot his smiles be like the breaking forth of sunshine on a spring morning. As to his figure it should be strong enough to contend with a man, slight enough to tremble in the presence of the woman he loves. Of course, ifheisa well made" man, it fol lows that he must be graceful on the principal that the perfect machinery moves harmoniously, therefore, you and himself and the milk-pitcher are safe neighbors at the table. This stj-le of handsome man would no more think of carrying a cane than he would use a narasol to keep the sun out of his eye. He can wear gloves or warm his hand in his breast-pocket, as he pleases. lie can even commit tlie suicidal lieauty act of turning his outside coat collar up over his eyes on a stormy day, with perfect impunity; the tailor didn't make him; and as to his hatter, if he depends on his handsome man's patronage of "the la test spring style," I fear he would die of hoiie deferred, and vet by Aiiollo ! what a now ne niaKcs, ami wnat an expressive adieu he can wave with his hand. For all this he is not conceited, for he hath brains 1 But your conventional "handsome man" of the barlier's window, wax figure head pattern; with a pet lock in the mid dle of his forhead, an apple-sized head, and a raspberry mnstacne with six hairs in it, paint pot on his cheeks, and a little dot ot a "goatee" on his c hin, with pretty blinking little studs in his shirt bosom, and a little neck-tie that looks as if he would faint were it tumbled, I'd as lief look at a poodle. I always feel a desire to nip it with a pair of sugar tongs, drop it gently into a bowl of cream, and strew pink rose leaves over the little remains. Finally, my dear reader, when soul magnetizes soul, the question of lieauty is a dead letter. Whom one loves is al ways handsome; the world's arbitrary rules notwithstanding; therefore, when you say, "what can the handsome Mr. 15. see to admire in that stick of a Miss. J. ?" or "what can the pretty Miss. B. see to like in that homely Mr. C. ?" vou simply talk nonsense as you generally do on such subjects. Still the person gets his tees and the census goes on all the same. ranny tern. A Few IMain Itnestions swered. Plainly An. Question. What influences have done most to develop Nebraska ? Answer. 1st. Ihe Pacifac Rail Road. 2d. The Homestead Act. Question. What partv originated and carried for the Pacific Railroad, and gave us free Homesteads ? nswer. The Republican Partu. Both of these measures were enunciated in the Kepubhcan Hat form ot 1860, which nominated Abraham Lincoln. That party triumphed in the succeding election,-and both of these great meas ures are accomplished facts. .Nebraska owes all she is to-ilav to the Republican partv. W hat has the He tat has the Democratic party done for Nebraska ? ( 'an anvhmlv tell ? What has it done for anubodu anu- lue couple were captured in New Or- icheret Echo answers, "Y hat ?" Re- leans. VV hen informed at the police sta- ii .i an tne annual dinners." A French writer remarks: "Tf a lady says, j. can never love vou,' wait a little But if she liooro wishes for your happines than !' take your hat. ' ' A Frenchman brought two mugs to the milkman in place of one, as usual, and on being asked the meaning of it, replied: "Dis vor te milch, and dis vor vater; an' I vil mix them zo as to soote myself." A clergyman in Kansas says he has married but one couple in a year. They payed him nothing, staid to dinner, as it was a rainy day, and then borrowed his umbrella when they left, which he has never seen since. The great Peace Jubilee at Boston, proved to be more successful in every resect, than had been anticipated. Tlie Bostonians were so well pleased with it, that many were desirous of con tinuing it another week. "I believe that mine will be the fate of Abel," said a devoted wife to her hus band, one day. "How so?" replied her husband. "Because Able was killed by a club, and your club will kill me if you continue to go to it every night." When a native of Java has a child born, he immediately plants a cocoa tree which, adding a circle every year to its bark, indicates the age of the child. Tlie child, in consequence, regaids the tree with affection all the rest of its life. A New Orleans wife-beater, confronted in court by the swollen and inflamed countenance of his wife, was .asked by the Judge what he had to say about that. hy, that s erysipelas; it s a heredi tary complaint in our family," was the response. Hon. Henry J. Raymond, for manv years managing editor of the New York Times, died very suddenly at his resi dence in New York city on the 18th. He was regarded as one of the most able editors in the country, and his loss will be deeply felt. There is a spring of clear, cold, sweet water in the mine of the James River Cement works, Virginia, the use of which has cured several cases of chronic dysentery of twelve months' standing. The workuion who ukhi it are never troub led with usual complaint of miners. A live frog was received at tho Dead Letter office in Washington last week, fin-warded from a Texas I'ost-offiix The Southern postmaster said it came to him through the mails but the address had dropped off, and he sent it to Wash ington to be opened and returned to sender. We had related to us the other day an anecdote of an old lady who formerly en tertained travelers in a neighboring coun ty. Refine the guests commenced a meal, it was her custom to ask a blessing. "Oh, Lord ! make us truly thankful for the food that is now before us. Nancy hand around the corn bread first, and then the biscuit afterward. Amen." liven Frenchwomen are disagreeable to one. another sometimes. Can you credit it ? It is so, indeed. Only the other day two "dearest friends" were in conversation. "My dear," said the eld est, "do you know that your hu.-band told me last night that my cheeks were like roses?" "Yes, love, I know he did. He sioke of it afterward, and said it was a pity they were yellow roses." Henry Ward Beecher wisely says, that the feelings with which you administer punishment will generally excite in the child a corresponding experience. If you briqg anger, anger will be excited; if you bring affection and sorrow, you will find the child responding in sorrow ful feelings; if you bring moral feelings the child's conscience will answer back. "Suppose-yon were to see the sun ris ing in the middle of the night, what would you call that?" said a tncher to a plow-lioy pupil, -whom he was examining n miracles. "The mune, please sir." But suppose you knew it was not the moon, but the sun, and you saw it actu ally rise in the middle ofthe night, what would you think?" "Please sir, I should think it was time to get up. Mr. McCormick, the congressional delegate from 'Arizona, on Wednesday last, la:d before (jeneral Sherman and Secretary Rawlings, a statement of In dian outrages in that Territory, and ask ed that more troops be sent there. Gen eral Sherman has approved the request ofthe Arizona Legislature that arms and rations be issued to citizens acting with the troops again.t the Indians. , Gen. Custar has presented to the Au dubon Club, of Detroit. Mich., an assort ment of Indian relics which were obtained by him at and after the battle of Wash ita, in which black Kettle fell. They consist of a shield dress, bow and quiver full of arrows, saddle, and the scalp of Little Rock, who was also killed in the battle of Washita, and who was second in rank to Black Kettle. An old man recently cloned from a village in Mississibpi w ith a girl of 15. Tbe Cbanee In the Cabinet. llorl e fKil Robeson. Washington (June 25) Dispatch to the New York Herald. At an early hour this morning A. K. Borie, Secretary of the Navy, sent the following letter of resignation to the Pres ident: "Navy Departmknt, Washington, I). CM June 25, 186y. j : To the President: "Sir: Owing to my continued ill health and the demands of my private business upon me, 1 regret that I am compelled to tender my resignation as Secretary ot the Navy. In doing so, permit me to express my thanks for the uniform court esy and kindness with which you have honored nie during tho brief period of our official intercourse. With earnest hopes and wishes for the entire success of your administration. I have the honor to lie, very respectfully, your obedient servant, "E. A. Borif., "Secretary of the Navy." Tlie matter seems cither to have been understood between them or the Presi dent was no way loth to part with the Secretary of Marine, for in a short time he returned the following note, signify ing his acceptance of the resignation: "Execitive Mansion, ) "Washington, D. C, June 25, 1869. j "Hon. E. A. Borie, Secretary ofthe Na vy: "Sir: Your note of this date, tender ing your resignation as Secretary of the Navy, is received, and your resignation is accepted. Very respectfully, "U. S. Grant." This business disposed of, the Presi dent immediately directed a commission to lie made out tor George M. Roleson, of New Jersey, as Secretary of the Navy. Mr. Ilolieson, who arrived here this morning in company with Senator Cat tell, of New Jersey, made his appearance at tne Aavy J fepartment aliout 1 1 o clock. He found Mr. Borie awaiting him, and after a short interview between the in coming and the outgoing Secretary and Admiral Porter, the heads of bureaus in the department were summoned to the Secretary's room, where they were sev erally introduced to their new chief. With the single exception of Admiral Porter, this was the first intimation any one in the department had of the ap pointment of Mr. Robeson. After the ceremony of introduction the heads of bureaus retired, ami Mr. Borie. Mr. Robeson ami Admiral Porter were again alone. Mr. Borie made some general conversation about tho work of the de partment and the duties and labors of the Secretary, adding that he had been greatly aided by Admiral Porter. The Admiral, he said, understood everything about the department and was a most ef ficient worker. "I want it understood that you are to remain here, said the new Secretary, addressing Admiral Porter. "That depends altogether upon the President," replied the modest Admiral. "Well," said Secretary Rolieson, with a knowing smile, "I think there will be no difficulty there." About 12 o'clock, Mr. Borie accompa nied Secretary Robeson to the White House, where the oath of office was ad ministered by Judge Fisher, of the Su preme Court of the District of Columbia, and Mr. Robeson went into the Cabinet council for the first time. Tlie Presi dent and the Secretary of the Navy have managed this business with the utmost secrecy. It appears, that not a single member of the Cabinet, was aware of tlie change until the new Secretary made his appearance to-day at the Cabinet meeting. Do Yon Take the Kesponsibility. The! mi ralofthe fallowing anecdote is'nt lionnded by its temperance application. Who cares to take the responsibility of leading any one in anywrong doing ? A young man had been sadly intem perate. He was a man of great capacity facination, and power, but he had a passion for brandy which nothing could control. Often in bis walks, a friend remonstrated with hint, but in vain ; as often, in turn, would he in vain urge his friend to take a social glass. On one oc casion the latter agreed to yield to him, and as they walked uo to the bar togeth er, the bar keeper said "Gentlemen, what will you have?" "Wine, Sir," was the reply. The glasses were filled, and the two friends stood ready to pledge each other in renewed and eternal friendship, when he paused and said to his intemperate friend "Now, if I drink this glass of wine and become a drunkard, will you take the responsibility?" Qlie drunkard looked at him with se verity and said "Set down that Glass." It was set down, and the two walked away without saying a word, O, the drunkard knows the awful con sequenae of the first glass ! Even in his madness for liquor, he is not willing to assume the responsibility of another be coming a drunkard. The First Thousand Dollar. Tlie first thousand dollars that a young man, after going out into the world to act for himself, earns and saves will gen erally settle the question of business life with him. There may be exceptions to this statement; yet, for a rule, we think that it will hold true. The first condi tion is that the young rnan actually earns the thousand dollars in question. He does not inherit the sum. It does not come to him bv a streak of good luck. as the result ot a fortunate venture in the purchase of stock. It is the fruit of personal industry. He gives his time and his labor for it While he is thus earning and saving it, he must earn two or three times as much to pay his cur rent expenses. He is consequently held sternly to his task of industry for a very considerable criod. The direct conse quence to him is a steady, cont inuous and solid, discipline in the habit of industry, in patience, ersistont, fore casting and self denying effort, breaking up all the tendencies to indolence and frivolity, and making him an earnest and watchful economist of time. He not on ly learns to work, but also acouires the love of work; and moreover he learns tlie value of the sum which ho has thus sav ed out of his earnings.' He . has toiled tor it; he has observed its slow ineroa trom time to time; and in his estimate it represents so manv months or years of practical labor. His ideas of life are shaped by his own experience. Ihese natural effects of earnir.g the first thousand dollars we hold to be very large benefits. They are just thequalities of mind and body which are most likely to secure business success in after years. They constitute the best practical education which a man can J,?ve as a w9rke" in this working world. J hey are gaining in season for life's pur poses, at the opening period, just when they are wanted, when foolish notions are most likely to mislead an inexperienc ed brain, and when, too, there is a full opportunity for their expansion and de velopment in later years. Men have but one hfe to live; and, hence, they start from opening manhood but once. And the manner in which they start, the pur poses they have in view, and the habits they form, will ordinarily determine the entire sequel of their career on earth. To succeed, men must have tlie elements ot success, in themselves. One great rea son why there are so many useless, inef ficient, and poverty stricken men on earth or, rather, boys seeming to be men consists in tho simple fact they did not start right A prominent reason why the children of the rich so frequently amount to nothing mav be fiiuud in this luxury, ease, and indofenee which mark ed the commencement of their lives. It is the law of God that wc should lie work- it oh earth; and no one so well consults the development of his leirig as when he conforms his practice to this law The workers in some suitable sphere are the only really strong men in this world. Suicide. On last Saturday night alamt 12 o'clock a runner came to town in quest of the County Coroner, stating that a iiimi liv ing four mijes north of Pebble Creek had committed suicide. Dr Crabbs immedi ately started out and upon reaching the house impannelled a jury and assortained the following fact.--. Tlie name of the un fortunate man, was Frederick Mandel, was a Gorman, about 29 years of age, a farmer in good circumstances. Dr. Bear maJe a oo.s mortem examination and found death had ensued from a pistol shot through the heart. The unfortu nate man seated himself on a trunk in his house alanit 3$ o'clock Saturday evening and with a navy revolver ended his cxistanee. The cause of the rash act is not clearly ascertained althou-h a tri vial pecuniary embarrassment is all that is known or assigned. The -deceased was engage d to be marri ed in a short time to a very estimable young lady and left a note on a scrap of paper from a memorandom book in which be begged her forgiveness for his last act, and he also said that he was unhappy and that should he mam- her he would never be able to make her happv, and so would end his misfortunes. This unfortunate circumstance has cast a gloom over the entire coiuunitv. Fre mont Tribune. A Water Spout. An immense water spout followed a heavy shower on the Sound off Newport, It. I., Wednesday evening, and it is thus described by a local paper: "A dense cloud formed in the heavens. A huge funnel, apex downward, descended from the cloud. A similar cloud arose from Sound, and the two united during a vivid Hash ot lightning, the water seeming to run up the funnel like flames of fire enwrapping a church steeple. Ihe spinning column ot water danced over the waves like a huge giant in a waltz. In its course it sucked up a row i ... j. i: ; n , , uoc-if nvuuiugib sjiii-uuy several leet in the air, carrying it over a boat-house and dropping it on the beach. Just ' outside ofthe harlior it struck a brig, completely dismasting it in the short space of three seconds. Its tiower of suction was enormous, and it is estima ted that over a half million gallons of water were drawn into the clouds cyiring its cxistanee. Nearing the beach it was seen by a boj' who said he heard a terri ble roaring. The hoy ran for his life, and the spout ran upon the shore, ap- fiarently in pursuit of him. Striking the each fronting the Castle the shore for an eighth of a mile was deluged by its flood. publican. The status of a full sized man in a sit ting posture, with hands by his side, carved from the heart of a yellow pine, has recently been found in a natural grot to upon one of the peaks of the Log Mountain, in Bell county, Kentucky ine contour ot tne ribs ana ot every muscle of the body is perfectly displayed, while the face of the image is beautifully wrought and every feature perfectly de lineated. In the ears are holes for the insertion of ornaments. An Englishman was telling the late Col. Isaac 0. Barnes, of Massachusetts, of the great rate the cars run in England. "Why Colonel, in my country they go 75 nides an hour." "They do," says the Colonel, "They could not run long at that rate, or they would run off the dd little Island," tion that the old fellow had a wif nr.fi family already, "I know that," replied the girl, "but, you see, they don't treat him well, and he's got the rheumatism aud the asthma, aad he's got a falling in the back; and you see, sir, I sorter pitied him, and he and me concluded we'd come away and live hy ourselves." A glim female who cannot flirt nor gig gle, nor cry and kiss and make up when scolded, is far away a worse kind of thing than a feather-headed little puss who is always doing wrong by reason of her foolish brain, but who manages some how to pull herself right because of her loving heart. Weak" women, vain wo men, affected women, and the whole class of silly women, whatever the specialty of suuness exniniteu, are tiresome enough, Heaven knows; but unsatisfactory as they are, they are better than the grim female that woman of no sex, born without softness or sympathy, and living without pity and without love. yty Mother. It has been truly said: "Tlie first be ing that rushes to tlie recollection of a soldier or a sailor, in his heart's dificulty, is his mother. She clings to his memory and affection in the inipst of all forge t tulness and hardihood induced by a rov ing life. The last messasge he leaves is tor tier: his last whisper breathes her name. J he mother, as she instils the lessons of piety and filial obligation into the heart of her mfaat son, should always feel that her. laW w. not in vain. She may drop into her grave, but she has left behind her influences that will work lor her. 1 he bow is broken, but the ar row is sped and will do its office. The sore straits to which new Presi dents are put to keep their own counsel at V a hington, and through which Grant seems to have passed with remarkable success, ,s illustrated, says Mr. Charles A. Ham a, by an anecdote told of Lincoln: liefore he h; d got well inured to the tor ture of Washington KIiticians, he was visited by an old friend from the West whom we will call Smith. "Smith," said the President, with a fearful visage. out in Illinois they used to think me an honest man; but here these; fellows twist lies right out of me." There was a story during the war of one of Sherman s bummers who met a bputhern country gM,f!eman in the course ot one ot his excursions, and stopped rum "iVnim f , , .' ' . . v.njn. jiil- inirii iitiiif. fi.... i... J, , ,i m. il. Hill, th(i minimal. ... there. J he unliu L ir , :...:... i i-. . i t j "'uui iii-nereu ov eruiiA I " ..j.i i .i . I ih.", auueu.rne in exclaimed th. lil.-S 11.11. . 111- . . , " ! out in uieiu. 1 1 Tl 1 1 r 1 . . .. . . . 1 1 ! . I l -, "iun-1, inn uisj or- ders being o, ed; 'vrawl out of that coat, said ho, -and be quick about it." Having rol,!,ed the man miesivelv al so of his shirt, his trowsers and a finger ii,inu onminer was ndir ais Mcum stopped him. mister. wni.i hn thing, ' and he bacco from h him i in The Ohio Democracy are after a c andi date for Governor. Valamlingham is 'played. MeCook is too ioiL' Sam C arej-is neither water itor beer, though professing lioth. Wash Mcliean slaugh tered Seymour by his editorial in the World looking to a withdrawal of the weeping Philosopher Statesman and wa termelonist of Utica. and the only hope of beating General Hayes is to get Rose crans to become the standard bearer of the forlorn. ing off, when ne "you forgot some pulled out a fiuid of tn- his mouth !.n.l 1 i.. i . . . ' Miiia linn i ii ll. ill iim. V oil l be niTnr.,1 Jf i r. .1 .... he added. uouuin, A little On a stone in Maineappears the follow-" ing inscription: "Our little Jacob has been taken away from this earthly gar den, to bloom in a superior flower-pot above. 10 Six vpnr n .1 ...o .: '.1 i- ., n.tiKing wiiii f 1 ifi-iP I'ing a churcb.the child asked; What house; is that?" "Tint the Dutch Church." w JJ ,-.,..iC mere u 00 good. so thatthev may become angels." -Will there be Dutch angels, ,,a?" That child should be sent to tounday School. Dubuque, Iowa, has a precocious stu dent of astronomy who under examina tion gave thej following astoni.-hinr an swer to the questfy,, "What Ls the milky Vvy-f VieImky vayisa collection ot white clouds in the sky, called the trade winds, or the aurora borca!;':." -y "m. s" msmm