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, ,,.,., oof cv-r 51 in-l ieo;s.! sij-eet, mea
e c J f tory.
tf 1M3 : iiJ-' f-w annum, or $1.00
per mon '.Jr.
Wiw-kiy. 'J p-r inum if raid la
ad vunce.
.2yJ il not pul l in advaneo.
M.nfiP.tl'ER POfiTAtii:.
The decisions of the Post-office De
partaiont are that a ruiiJcat cf tho
jutv v here a newspaper is publibhed,
if lie is a regular subscriber, is entitled
r, receive tho paper Irco of postage,
notwithstanding the post-ofBce from
which he receive! it is located in another
county- To illustrate : the subscribers
to the IIkraM who live in Cass county
"and get their papers at the Ashland
post-ofnee, in Saundjrs county are enti
tled to it free of postage, the same aa
though tD0 received it from a post-office
located in Cass.
tniTO. UL 1'IXASAMKir.S.
Tlic Nebraska City 1 cs devotes a
lradt-r to the absent editor of the
Chronic!', under the caption of "Post
office," abusing him unmercifully. We
rather incline to the belief that when
"V.-tt r-f returns to Nebraska City the fur
V.1I fly from tho editorial corps of the,
I'fc-v. It i uidiandscme, to fay the
l-.-a-t of it, on the part of the J' csa, to
whack away at an absent brother quill.
Any one who reads the article can see
the personal animus that actuates the
IWs "m this cowardly attack. There is
,b-e-rvanco of" the proprieties-, but a
no o
heer vtm.it of malignancy pervading it.
Ml I.I. ANOMIEK.
We pee th.it Congressman Cook, of
Illinois, intro bleed a bill in the ilou.-c
bf Representatives to aid in the con
Mnicti'.u of a railway from Chicago to
S 1 ieg. This is a project that merits
the careful consideration and co-operation
of t!u citizens of the West. The
precise point on any of the numerous
roads now reaching wc.st from Chicago,
where this new line will start southwest
f,-'p:i, we are rot advised. Wo look with
interest to the action of Congrc.-s on this
new route.
GOVI'.RKOK i.lTI.EU IM W1S3IM1.
TON.
nicWashin.irton correspondent of the
Ncl ni-ka City Chron ich says :
Wc met Governor IJutler, of Nebraska,
yesterday, lie informs us that he will
.i-ivene your Legi-'ature in evtra session,
about the 1 5th or 20th of February, for
the purpo.-e of ratifying tho Fifteenth
An i n latent and forths purposes which
sctii to be pressing. The Governor
leave Vk'!-!iU3ton for home on TVedncs
lar oi this week, aiii arrive about
the 1 st cf Februy- Your State officer?
hv, c bv en curbed for f oiuC i-.wc' I
t m I
.--..ircig a title to lands donated to the
rvate f. r various' purpose-.
i:.vi si-siMiosr.
aw ears t.t be a weTt settled
I
fact that
G'A.-r.r.irButlfrwill convene the liCgis
jiiu rcincAtra -(si.n.at an i-arlyday
71 i'. ;iMy diintig the month of Fcluiiary
x i w .. r.:..y lo'ik fi;r hi-pmclaiiiation as
: , -.: m be rtt-im iVoiu NVasir.ngton.
):,. , f the 1 ri:. -"i'al rea.-.ms f..r conven-i:;-
:lie L .'i-latare at tis time is the rat
iCctti'tnof the Fifteenth .Vmcndnicnt, the
'" !!; cf Nebra-ba only be:ii; in-i-ar.-2 tv
n.al;e this Amendment a part of our Na-t'--::d
(Wtitutioo. Whether or not the
Fx -cutive will embrace other subjects in
hi- ryc!:maii -n we are unable to sa y, but
p-i -u:;a he will. There are several grave
1 it: .-ir 1 -resent laws, and wc
dovU
nt
that th- cell will be made to rcacli
ll-ia.
itht.ic lamps ?i m:sssk.
():iih-2t-.hl:i.-t. lion. JuhnTalTe, 31
r.
.-a'
Mtbi- r-'-nte, ir.trodueei a bill in
' ill. Tv No. '.-5r,i f. prohibit the
..f th.; 1 nVie lands of the Unifed
in N..bi.i-ka. excej-t to actual set-
n
ti;:ie
Iil v
Tl;
wb." '1 wa-i rea l a first and second
! 1 referred t? the Committed on
: Fad Is.
s ,'s indeed a vise measure and will
the h.;!i0--t st t tlv r frm thrt sjew-
I.v.
t:as
.-'.!!! t'li
b'--i. Aii.). tiiioi;-u the
, II.). tliioi..
nt kind
V.f seri;
. buy
u: tin; ehuiee pieces of land in the West,
and have them lay urud thfiy ej-.n extort
eh-abitant priee s from a U'. d settlers.
Mr. TafTe deserves tho thanks cf every
well wi-her of Ncl-ra.sk a for tliis move-
Tl'.Lllt.
The following is a copy of a Joint
II isolation introduced .in?o Congress by
II.. ii. John TafTe, our Iloprcscntative,
whi.-h was read the first and seron 1 time
an 1 referred to the Committee ca Indian
Affairs:
.1 'iut lio'.jt'.i in to di'cucniidr the
Public Pomain cf the so-calkd Indian
Title.
l-3 it T0olved by the. Ser.r.te and
House of lis. prescutatives of thi United
States of Am e:iea in Congressajsnbled.
That after the expiration of on year
from the pass-itc of this joint resolution,
the public domain of the Unite-i States
.-hall be held to IkN fnd shall bo treated
in ali re-pcct.s as disencumbered of the
so-called In ban Title.
!Ksel, ( omforlan't Safety.
m 1
itae;ers
':! ,-ri.'.ilt !;n ;r coiufort.
( n e at;d siH'v,
s.uri Uiv, rPa
trie..'!, I Heiiabh
The lbir!ig;o:& Mis
! Iloa 1 in convection whh
Chicago, Burlimrton and
' luiii.- - lloau. h ive s:,are.l neurt r ram
i. r i-xpeii.se la t-ii".'.';; ii!'-' their h.ie, and
in pu'ting uj-oii it all the modem im-prov.-uii'iif
s. It is the on'y route from
this point Ea-t running the famous Pul
r..;ui Pahu.-e Hotel and Dining Cars, in
connection with the superb sleeping
roaches of the same name. 11ns is
what.the Council PiulTs No.qxir cil has to
tay. lln.Leje.
.SicUIj .
Jul .re TViuglass gave it as his opinion,
nv oiVieii', however.) that Red Oak
J urn ti m x; a sickly place. He arrived
s.l this 'onehiMon, after an examination
of the hook of the different I rur S'.ores.
It w.i understood, th.it according to law.
I.'ucci-Ls are required to keep a record
of II-tu.:r sales, and the books showed
that thi-re h id been a large amount sold
lor ! lii-al purposes,' within the last
year. There were six applicants at this
t'Tin of th-j Circuit Court for permits to
ell li-juor, and only 01:'; permit granted.
Thore are now, as we under-tan 1 it, but
t persrins in the countv that hav-j m-
NEB
VOL. 5.
TIADE OF THE PACIFIC.
What the IInwk-E-e TMnka.
We have contended for a long timo
that, as soon as the B. & M. in Nebraska
vras completed to a connection with the
U I, at Ft. Kearney, the bulk of the
through trade betweeu thef east and the
west must pas over this line, via Platta
roouth and Burlington. The following
item from the Burlington ILxckEye
shows what it thinks of it :
"Aa it is well understood that the pres
ent management of the Union Pacific,
the B. & M. and the C. B. & Q. roads
arc acting in harmony and representing
interests very closely allied, it will be
readily seen that a very heavy propor
tion of the traffic of the Union Pacific
will, at no distant day in the future, be
carried over these roads via Burlingtou. ' '
TUC
EXOIIF.S OF THE
VXITEO
A few years ago England and France
were co-operating with the rebellion to
break up the Republic. England fitted
out and manned piratical vessels to de
stroy our commerce and aid by this cow
arely jK)licy the rebels of the South ;
and Fiance by putting a carpet-bag
prince on the throne in Mexico, took ad
vantage of our domestic troubles to defy
the Monroe doctrine, to blot out a neigh
boring Republic by violence, and estab
lish on our borders an institution natu
rally antagonistic to the United States,
aud one that Napoleon hoped would in
future prove an ally to any force,
whether of rebels or of any monarchy of
Europe, that sought to destroy or crip
ple the power of the United States.
The unexpected triumph of the union
over the traitors, awakened both trans
Atlantic governments to the fact that the
Republic was neither dead nor badly
crippled, and France, with commendable
French politeness, at the first intimation
from this government, withdrew her army
and left her carpet-bag priuce to his fate ;
and England, by diplomatic pettifogging,
has sought to lessen the amount of dam
ages claimed, but still, by every act since
the war, seeni3 to be most mournfully
conscious of the fact that at no distant
day the United States will assess and
collect every cent of damage claimed
against her for her piratical course. But
what we wish to direct attention to is the
relative position of these three nations
to day.
The United States to day Isniorepow-
I erful in military ability and in national
,ti ., u t,:i
creuit man ueiore iuv u, num. no
enemies ai decidedly weaker.
England feels that Fcttlanlsm has a
mine under a portion of her empire
ready for explosion whenever a favorable
moment sdiall arrive. Her American
colonics, from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
are in a state approaching rebellion, and
some portions actually in arms; Jwhile,
according to some of her own writers,
the Russian government is anxiously
waiting for a favorable time to enlarge
her Asiatic possessions by sweeping
down on the British empire in the VbL
England, instead of beholding the
great Republic in ruins, finds it stronger
than ever; instead of seeing it weakened
by the loss of tho Southern States, finds
her own colonies on our north anxious to
be absolved from allegiance to her and to
be annexed to the United States; and
some portions of these possessions ae
tually in arms to effect that object.
And France, that land of political con
vulsions, is now heaving with the pent up
wrath of an outraged jeople, and it is
not by any means sure that Napoleon II.
will not meet the fate of Louis Phillippe,
or, possibly, even of Louis XVI.
Thus a few years has materially cha nged
the appearance of the world's great
chess-board, and possibly another year
may blot out one empire and trim off
many of the ornaments of another.
Wbr the K!i I'inrbe Now nod
Then The Farmer Pay for nil.
Sj-eeial Revenue Commissioner Wells,
in his last report to Congress, shows plain
ly the difference in the situation of the
farmer now, and in 1 S5y. Then 100 bush
els of wheat would buy 6,824 jounds of
iron, now it will procure 4,154 pounds.
Of axes, he could then buy IG3 dozen;
now he gets 1 H dozen. Of carpets, then
he could buvl9:5i yards of Lowell two-
fIy; now he gets 10' yards. Of blankets
le might have bought 41 pairs; now he
gets 2i pairs lor the amount ol wheat or
iuoncv. Since Mr. Wells made those fig
ures, the disparity has leeoiue still greater
yet, ior breadstuffs have since ueennea
much more rapidly than other commodi
ties, ltisthe same with salt, lonts and
shoes, lumlier. window class, and all sorts
of woolen and cotton clothing, as well as
every other indisiensaiile necessary ol mo
which the poor man must buy. All arc
inordiuately and cruelly taxed. Burling
tun llnvckeye.
ltinaiter Convention.
At a recent meeting of Postmasters iu
Washington, thev leccommendcd a re
daction of the registration fee from fif
teen to six cents in addition to the usual
postage, making the cost of registering a
letter nine cents in all; the adoption of
more thorough resri -nation service be-
tween large -t-oinccs, ana too adop
tion of more secure envelopes for trans
mitting such letters; a reduction of fees
tor inon-y orders not exceeding ten dol
lars, to five cent; the establishment of a
Head Letter Office in each large city for
the disposition of all letters held for pos
tage: that all unsealed circulars, printed
on single note or letter sheet size of paper
all newspapers, weeklies excepted, and
periodicals not exceeding four ounces in
weight, dropped into the free delivery
office, for delivery by the office be rated
at one cent, prepaid by s-tamp; that ieri
odicals weighing over four ounces be
charged two cents for each four ounces or
fraction thereof; that author's manuscripts
unsealed, ior periodicals and all publica
tions, when passing lictween publisher
and author, be nted uniform with book
manuscript; a redaction of postage upon
newspatier matter, when mailed by the
publisher, provided the same be prepaid ;
at the office oi lu.-uuug publishers !eing
allowtd to transmit sjKvimcn copies, and
to enclose their p i-sfers, proseciuses and
supplements; and strongly endorsed the
efforts now being made to pnvuie the
abolition of Thi franking privih-fe.
MAS
PJ.ATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870.
SI KZ 1AXAI.
Within the last few months the Suez
Canal has been opened, making another
link in the grand chain of communica
tion to encircle tlso world. Though the
canal has been opened, and steamers of
a certain draft have passed through, yet
it is by no means completed, and in a
condition to meet the requirements of
an eastern trade. How soon it will be
finished U hard to predict ; but certainly
as soon as French capital r.nd enterprise
can accomplish tho work. It is emphati
cally a French undertaking, though
nominally an Igyptian enterprise. Of
the capital furnished, France owns 207,
111 shares, Egypt 97,517, Austria 51,
246, Russia 24,174, England 5,035, and
the United States 5,000 shares, and the
remainder of 400,000 shares is scattered
among the Email nations of Europe.
These figures are taken from the '"Eclec
tic" (by tho way a fir.s,t class m-.-gazine,)
and they show that France owns more
than one-half of the entire sck. Th
small quantity of stock taken in England
shows that she either had no great faith
in the enterprise, or that she was uneasy
about her controling influence, iu the
eastern commerce, and feared that this
new route would conflict with her su
premacy in it, or perhaps both operated
in holding her back. Betweeu Europe
and India it is the movt direct route, and
will to a limited extent bring the trade
and travel back to nearly the same line
it followed from more than two thousand
3-ears ago down to a little before the
commencement of the sixteenth century.
How much trade it will command will
depend upon the safety and cheapness of
the route. These are the principle
questions that will influen.-c its trade,
though there are others, some of minor
importance, and others of a temporary
character, that will inliucnco its pros
perity. Among the latter a war between
any strong power on the ocean might for
the time ruinously effect the business of
the canal.
As regards the safety of the route, and
its cheapness, there appears to bj no
question, if the canal be once put iu
good order and permanently kept in that
condition. Between England and India
the distance is reduced about one-half,
and the danger is probably less than one
half, while from the saving of time it
becomes the cheapest route, notwith
standing the payment of toll. The to'.l
at present is a fraction less than ?2 per
ton on goods and the same sum on each
cassong'T,
S j faf vr e spoken ft, ilwuigli it
war; available for all kinds of shipping ;
but it is tail that erring to the difficulty
of navigating the Red sea with sailing
vessels, that ttoamcr.; will be nearly the
only ships that can u-e the canal. At
least such is the argument of an English
writer, but the reason he assigns is not
satisfactory, or would not preclude en
tirely, even if it lessoned the number of
sailing vessels by that route. 1 1 is argu
ment is this : "The north wind blows
down the Red sea for six months; for four
niodths there are almost constant calms,
and for the remaining two months there
is south wind and on this account he
predicts that sailing vessel., will avoid the
route; but we should suppose that os
sein, by taking advantage of thes steady
winds could time their voyages to suit
and thus do better than in a sea with
battling or in'Mtistant winds.
But England does hot feel easy about
the enterprise, and consequently the dis
advantages are magnifi id. In this move
ment, she for once is a conservative an
old fogy, and well she may be, for under
the present arrangement she has the
greater part of the India commerce, and
the new route may more equally divide
and scatter it among a doz'-n different
nationalities.
Hut it is believed that Russia has for
years had an eye on the British posses
sions in tho cast, aud entertains the
thought of contending for thorn at the
first favorable cprortunity. This route
by its proximity to the Black sea will en
courage the commerce of that nation,
and tend to making her a more danger
ous enemy to England than before.
France, by holding more than one-half
the stock, at le:ist in time of ieace, con
treds the route; but in war it may have
a different master. As the gate to the
vast region of islands in and the coun
tries bordering on the Indian and Pacific
oceans, it will always be an important
possession to an enemy, and will be
fought, for and defended with the whole
energy of contending forces.
But our object was to speak of the
canal as bearing with the U. 1. Railroad.
They are in no sense rival works, but
each is an important part of a world
encircling road of commerce. By the
canal northern Africa, the whole of Eu
rope and western Asia if the canal
1 prove a success can be better accommo
dated than bv anv other route. And
without tho canal they could carry on i
their commerce more cheaply by the way
of the cape than by our route; so the
canal will not cut off what we otherwise
could have obtained.
Nor will the canal lessen the trade of
the road; for it, the road, has its millions
too that can better le accommodated
than by any other route, and it will do
that trade either with or without the
canal. Their new route is for their own
traffic, and while it may have important
bearings on the relative prosperity of
nations interested, it cannot injuriously
effect curs. What, the canal is to Eu
rope the Union Pacific railroad is to the
1 United States. Each has the commerce
of empires for its support, and each by
encouraging travel will to that limited
extent aid the prosperity of the other.
Iu 1860, Now York, city yielded 20,-
, OiXy' in internal i. venues
ReniOYAl of Tlie ( Mpitul.
Hon. John A. Logan, of I1L, made an
eloquent and logical argument in the
Ilouse of Representatives on the22d inst.
favoring the removal of the National
Capital to a central position. Wc make
a few extracts, regretting that the whole
speech is not spread broadcast through
out the nation :
The power coming up from the people
should meet iu a central focus, from
whence it may radiate with uniform force
to every part of t be great body. The
place fr the heart is the interior of the
body, from whence the arteries may con
vey the blood with uniform motion to the
extrcmeties. And as the heart in the
human system is placed between the
ribs, that it may be the better protected
from external dancer, so in onr national
system it should bo located between the
mighty ribs, the Appalachian and Rocky
mountain chains, that it may forever be
secure from external foes. Although
hostile hinds may not reach it here, let
us place it within" the vast walls nature
has reared for our protection.
Sir, the West asks the removal of the
seat of Government thithcrbeeau.se even
now the center of population falls within
her limits, and there it is destined to re
main. She asks it because tho centers
of agricultural, mineral and commercial
wealth are found within her borders.
She asks it because the f.rcat nuclei of
artificial and natural highways will be
found there. She asks it because there
must ultimately be found the ceuter of
the great vital forces of the nation.
The great line of travel through our
nation will be between the three great
eastern cities and San Francisco, crossing
the great central river running north and
south.. Here then will be found the
chief loc::! point of travel in the nation.
Therefore I conceive it tole to the interest
ftf there cities that the National Capital
be placed hosr.owhore on this east and
west line. While I would thus designate
the latitude 1 have no design of indicat
ing the spot along this line, the exact
where is an after consideration. But it
does sr em to uic that the whole northeast
should favor any place in in the Ye:st in
preference to the present location
And now, sir
is the time to do this.
A more favorable time will perhaps never
occur, a time when it can be done with
as little commotion as now. A new Re
public is springing into leing ; the dis
graceful blot of slavery has been wiped
out, and our Cbivornment may truly be
said to be remodeling on the basis of
genuine freedom. The goddess of lib
erty, freed from her trammels, steps
forth clothed iu her snowy garments of
true freedom.
Sir. the bronze statue above us is not
a true representation of the new Repub
lic ; it should be clothed in snowy white.
Yes, a new Republic has arisen upon the
old : nol on its ruins, but by its redemp
tion'. It Inn boon r r.fh th
blood of move than two hundred th;:
-.
aiid patriot?. Then let us plant our capi
tal in the center of the nation at the
commencement of the new epot h. The
ashes of the martyred Lincoln have gone
westward as the vanguard of empire.
Let us follow them, I was about to say,
with the remains of Washington. But
no. Brave hearts met the f-es of our
country as well here as there. The
honor of the victory is as as much due
to the East as the West. Joined heart
and hand in the ereat battle of freedom,
we wilFremain thus joined in our efforts
toperpctuate it. Let the father of the
old Republic, . remembered and honored
by the people. Test quietly tiesiue the old
homestead of the nation ; while the
father of tfce new Republic sleeps near
the new home of empire.
Confidential.
We hear a good story of a man who
went to the frontier to see a friend. The
family consisted of the husband, his
wife and two grown sons. The good old
lady was the only one of the family who
did not take a little of the "O be joyful."
Sitting by the fire a few minutes, the
old man tipped hitn a wink, and the vis
itor followed him out Stopping by a
tree, he pulled a long necked bottle, re
marking, "I have to keep this hid, for
the boys might get to drinking, aml the
old woman would raise the d 1." They
took a drink and returned to the fireside.
Soon Tom, the eldest son asked the vis
itor out to see a colt, and taking hjm be
hind the barn, pulled out a flask re
marking, "I have to keep this hid, for
the old man will get drunk, and the
d 1 is to pay;" and they both took a
drink and returned. Soon Bob stepped
on the visitor's toes and walked off, the
visitor following. As they reached the
pig pen. Bob drew out a good sized bot
tle, remarking, "You know the old man
and Tom will eet drunk, and I have to
hide this." The visitor concluded he
couldn't stand it to drink confidentially
against the whole family and started for
home, .
Kol mVS JIarthal
The raid of the U. S. Marshals on our
neighbors of North Bend have had the
effect to render people of that vicinity
somewhat suspicious of strangers. We
heard that a few days since a gentleman
stopped at that place and made inquiry for
Mr. Thompson. Nobody knew positively
where the gentleman wa to be found, but
each party inquired of, sent the stranger
in every possible direction that thev im
agined 3lr. Thompson not to be, and thus
kept him running from place to place until
he was well nigh exhausted. In despair
he finally appealed to one of the citizens
in the following piteous manner: "I'm
not a U. S. Marshal, nor a deputy, neither
am I a detective, nor do I own any land in
this vicinity, but I do want to find Thomp
son, and for God's sake tell me where I
can find him."" Thus annealed to the de
sired information was obtained, and the
gentleman soon rejoiced in having found
Thompson. Fremont Tri'nme.
A case has been decided by the Su
preme Court of Alabama, which is re
garded as settling, in principle, that all
the marriages that took place in that
State during the war are null and void,
and that the isue of such marriages are
illegitimate. The law requires that li
censes to marry shall be obtained from
the Judge of Probate ; and aj the per
sons who undertook to discharge that
office by rebel authority were no J udges
at all, their licenses, it is said, are of no
value. It is probable, however, that the
principle will not be carried to its full ex
tent, but that the doctrine that the living
together of a man and woman as hus
band and wife constitutes 4 sufficient
marriage, will be adopted instead.
W. C. Wilson, who has charge of
track-laying on the Dnhr.qnc & Sioux
City railroad, inform the Hamilton tee
man, that there are only alout 48 miles
of track to lay to complete the road to
Sious City and that as soon as spring
onens it will stetdilv bo m-hfd on to
cpmpletion.
tiiLJ
nETBOCIINO'T
Mr.-Hawes -31 ass., from the Commit
tee oil Appropriations reported a Bill U.
It. No-. 971) one week ago to-day, cutting
tlown the estimated amounts of the differ
ent d payments and bureaus $2,092,41 3,
SZ. The' preciseness and exact nicety
whereby ihat 83 cents was shorn froin the
approprlciions will, no doubt meet tho
heart; approval of the entire country-
We give the proceedings from the GlLe
of the25i,diiust
M.. Pawes. The bill appropriates the
sum of $19,114,338, as follows:
Senate .jiupeGsatiou and
mileage,
Officers, clerks an employ
ees, Coutingcnt
Ilouse compensation and
mileage,
Officers, clerks and employ
ees, Contingent,
Public jri ;r.tin
Library of Congress,
Public buildings and
grounds
Court of Claims,
Executive proper,
Department of State,
Treasurers and bureaus,
salaries and contingent,
Expenses of collecting
Intern.-1 revenue,
Indeptn d cut treasury,
3Iint, branches and assay
offices,
Territorial governments,
Surveyor generals aud
their clerks,
Interior department and
seve al bureaus, salary
and contingent,
Army,
Navy,
Department of Agricul
ture, Post Office
Attorney General, United
States, '
Supreme Court, United
States,
Supreme Court, District
of Columbia
District Atorney, United
States,
District judges, Uuited
States,
District marshals, United
States,
$425,000 00
97,40880
134,99000
1,500,000 00
142,531 00
2Gl,0i2 00
1,501,01400
51,103 00
49,55400
133,840 00
49.440 00
167,30000 2,4U0,h2J 00
8,100,000 00
297;OSOOO
582,700 00
220,7b0 00
103,400 00
1,290,90000
558,05000
154,830 00
137.4SOOO
384,1 20 0O
40,140 00
106,500 00
19,000 00
18,0j0OO
168,50000
11,30000
TotaJ $19,203,097 80
Tlie original estimates for these purpo
ses were 21, 806.751 K'.. The Commit-
tec on Aplroiriatsons after patient labor
t r.(mv(Hiks :m.i liiie!it mauin, aim
,..-...1. .. -ttiUMA OjtP.H 11 VI" f
obtain from the Department
have been
enabled to cut down the: e estimates, as
follows :
Senate an IIoue. and mis
cellano: us
$1,021,272 00
229.072 S3
t t I, . . cr. r
356 210V
Agriculture.
Mil,?, bj-j lu bes and a.-say
Independent treasury.
Territorial governments
Army, offices, salaries and
contingents,
Navy, offices, salaries and
contingents,
Surveyor Generals and
clerks,
Treasury and contingent,
2 f 4, 226 00
202.317 00
41,366 00
76,21000
84,260 00
10,500,00
429 950 00
$ 2,692,413 83
19,203,097 00
Amount recomended
' - $21,8'.'5,r.lO s3iJ
With reference to this reduction I de
sire to say that as it is very possible that it
may "have been made in
some instances at points where it
is not wise to make them, the committee
invite the scrutiny of the House to each
of these items; and so far as the reduction
commends itself to the spirit of economy
and retrenchment which they believe per
vades this I louse, they invoke its supp-ort
in the passage of the bill.
This bill was made the special order for
last Wednesday, and the action of our
Representatives thereon will soon be ol
taincd. Strangely enough no appropriation was
recommended for defraying the expenses
of the Department of Education, audit
will be seen that nearly one-hidf of the en
tire amount of reduction falls upou the
"Legislative Expenses."
Mr. Dawes has gone to the country, on
the matter of retrenchment, in two pretty
lengthy speeches,, and his remarks have
been wannly criticised. For our part we
await the action of his peers on the bill,
and in the mean time we reiterate our un
qualified admiration of that stupendous
intellect in the committee which saved the
country that 83 cents.
FROM USCOLST.
Items From the Statenian-1
The lumber for the State Insane Asy
lum has commenced to arrive. Ballun
tin & Co. have contracted to furnish ihe
supply, which will consist of 63,(K0 feet
pine joists and studding, 30,000 feet
dressed boards, 30,000 feet 1st. clear, 50,
OOOfloringand 50,000 lath.
The Dawson property, four 25 foot lots
stone dwelling house, and two partly
built stone walls for a stone building, on
the south side of Market Space, yester
day changed hands for the consideration
of" 10, 000. The Messrs. Cody arc the
purchasers.
Lumber for the evaporating vats for
Green & fc-mith s bait orks is arriving
in time. The orders reach nearly 20.
000 feet The quantity will provide over
4t) vats. Salt making will be can ied on
extensively next year.
Part of the material for the Salt creek
bridge has arrived on the ground. Yes
terday Mr. Watson, the contractor, set
tij) a pile driver at the bridge sight, near
eit7, k Baker's mill, and he commences
opperation to-day. The bridges are to
to be Post's combinationan iron and
wood truss, and will be durable. Mi.
Watson is expected to put in four or more
of these bridges; and we know he will
make a good job and do justice to the
county.
Over eighty years since Congress be
gan to talk about iilodifying or abolish
ing the franking privilege. The rir.es
tion of abolishing slavery was also hinted
at alout the same time. The greater
evil having been wiped out, let us hope
that the lesser will soon meet with a like
fate. '
Emigrants can now go from ISew ork
t 8an Francisco tbr t-kX
'
mi 1 mtj aa fi ii
U. S. INTERNAL REVENUE.
3IEETIXO OF THE KEVEXl'E OFFI
CF.ItS. Points of the Income Tax Lav.
filiform Action A if reed. Upou.
From, ihe Xuhraska Citr Press.l
The officers of tlie U. S. Internal Rev
enue for the State of Nebraska, held a
meeting at the office of Dr. Renncr, ed
itor of the iStaatz Zritung, in this city
yesterday, Jan. 27. The following gen
tlemen were present:
Col. T. J. Majors, of Brownville, U.
S. Assessor of the District of Nebras
ka. Gen. JohnS. Bowen, of Blair, Assist
ant Assessor 1 st Di vision.
Maj. T. W. Clark, of Omaha, Assistant
Assessor 2d District
Dr. F. Rentier, of Nebraska City, As
sistant Assessor 4th Division.
De Forest Porter, of Browuvillc, Assist
ant Assessor 5th Division.
S. Lindcnrian. of Jiaeoln, Assistant
Assessor 6th Division.
Joseph E. IamasterT of Nebraska
City, Collector for the Listrict of Ne
braska By a recent enactment of Congress, the
assessment year f.i incomes, sptx-ird
tarxys, &c, has been changed to commeney
on March 1st instead of May 1st; and they
will therefore commence iiumedia-tcle
making the assessments.
Numerous questions and points of law
that have heretofore seemed doubtful,
were settled by collecting all the authori
ties for their guidance, and a uniform
e-ourse of action agreed upon for the fu
ture. The last uct of Congress on the Internal
Revenue, requires each person liable to
the income tax, to make a return to the
Assistant Assessor of the district wherein
he resides, of the amount of his income,
together with a schedule of all taxable ar
ticles in his possession. This return must
be made on or before March 1st 1870.
But if not made by that time, then the
Assistant Assessor is required by the law
to make the assessment himself and add
Efty percent, to the amount of the tax.
And f rom the assessment thus made there
is no appeal.
Every person who receives an in cme
blank is requiivd by the raw to fill it up,
swear to it, and return it to the Assiv.:.nt
Assessor, eveu if his income for tho i- st
year was less than the amount exempt d,
liKH). And if any one makes a fraudu
lent or deceptive statement of their in
come and taxable property, and the As
sistant Assessor comes to I-now the fact,
the law requires him to add one hundred
per cent, to the tax, as a penalty.
When the assessment is completed, the
Collector will give notice by advertise
ment in one newspaper published in each
county in his collection district, i? any
there be. and if not. then in a newspaper
printed in an adjoining county, and by no
tification to be po- ted in at least four pub
lie places in each county in his eolleetion
district, tint the said duties h-tve lioeome
due snd pay.ible. and state thi? thee and
his deputy wiu S'K" t? receive the
same." Audit" -such tax is noi J'. 'I'd by'
April 13th, or within ten days after de
mand, then five percent, will be added as
a penalty for negioet, an 1 also interest at
one per cent, per mouth.
Incomes belonging to minors, or held
in trust for oilier parties, must be return
ed in full by their legal representatives;
and upon the oaih of such legal repre
sentative that the beneficiary for whom
he acts basuo other income, the sum of
1,000 will le exempted, according to
the law, aud income tax assessed on the
balance.
The intcrrir.! 1iovr:ue Licenses must
be applied for on or before March- 1st,
l utare not payable until May 1st. And
an" person subject to such licen.-e tax
who may bo found without a proper Li
cense after May 1 st must te prosecuted
for violation of the law.
These are points of law which have
heretofore jnven the most difficulty; and
uniformity of action throughout the
State was definitely agreed upon.
A Vi r Tarty
ef Fnwneni SlncSIj Fro
zen. nrcs 5frlii In the Slttn.
ll'rora the Fremont Tribune.
From Mr. James r'ownian, formerly
iriterp.rflcr rf the Darrnpe nation, wc
karn tho following particulars of the
suffering of war party of I'awnev-v,
A party of Kit-ka-has, a band of
nees, nundring about twenty braves,
under charge of iiaich-gett (meaning the
man who is not afraid to lead bis party)
made a raid on their enemies, the Sioux,
in the vicinity of Medicine Lake, some
time since, and succeeded in capturing
about forty head of horses. With their
plunder they started for the villages of
their tribe located on the south side of
Platte river nearly opposite Iine Tree
Station. The party had almost reached
its destination when overtaken by the
fearful storm of Sunday loth inst., the
storm came on while they were still in
camp, but believing - they would be able
to rcacli their villages, a start was made.
Ou they traveled in spite cf cold and
snow, sometimes walking to keep warm,
jumping about, etc.. but all to no pur
pose the cold was too much for either
man or beast and the horses began to
give out as well as the men. Finding it
useless to attempt further progress, the
horses were turned looe to die and the
men betook themselves to a snow bank,
where, with true Indian courage aud sto
icism they awaited a death by freezing
which seemed inevitable.
One man of the party however, ap
peared able to stand more exposure than
the ethers, and he made heroio efforts to
save himself, and pushed his way in the
lace of the storm to the village, which
he reached during isuuday night.
Next morning a party from the village
started out in search of their comrades
and on reaching the snow bank where
they had lain down Iodic, the party of
nineteen were found with hands, arms, j out The fierce rap -at ti e dc-k brought
feet and faces frozen and in some in-t quiet again, the f riends of the nmend
stances frozen up to the knoe?. 1'roiupt t icent ru-himt outside the hall to e.. itittu-;
efforts were made and the sufferers ear- 1 thoir apnlaudiu? flirts there ut.tii a rat-
rieu iu inc i i.utgt-, vtucic an aic uuw i-
ing in a precarious condition. I
:.i . ..:n i ..n i..
ihe horses, afier being turned loose,
followed the storm and in this maimer
many of the-m got as far south as the
lime river, although but about fifteen
have been rccoveied up to this time,
many teing fouud frozen on the line of
inarch.
I'rom a party of chiefs who came
down Tuesday last. Mr. Dowman
learned that this tribe has been very suc
cessful the pat season in hunting aud
farming, and the tribe has not bt-cn so
well supplied with fius, meat and corn
ior many years iu fact, as the Indians
I themselves exnress it. thev are rich, aud
wiU need no Lmunries tVom gove
to evpi-ut tbvu: the pwnent ;A-ur
'
niiucut
NO. 4G.
nCCIiWKLd Til E "OA 11 iT'
MarUerof A. W. 15iTlit.
A correspondent for theN. Y. World
writ ing from Salt Iake give's an account of
the murder of Ahuon W. Babbitt that
confimes the suspicions by the Gentile
world at the time ; though denied by the
saints. The writer says!
"In Utah, Rockwell was again wsedby
the Mormon leaders in the execution of
several murders, prominent among which
was that of Ahuon W. Babbitt, Secretary
of the Territory, who had once been a
Mormon, but who had refused an unquali
fied obediance of Brigham after the death
of Smith. Brigham threatened him on
several occasions in public, and intimated
that the murder of a man who dared to
oppose the priesthood would bo no sin.
The murder of Babbitt followed soon
after, as a matter of coune ; so did the
murder of Dr. Robinson, under preciselv
similar circumstances. The news of
Babbitt's death was received by Brigham
during a pub'ic dinner, at which was
present a number of Federal officers.
Brigham iiumediatley arose and anounced
the intelligence; and in a iolcnt speech
filled with coarse invectives, hedenouneit
the Federsd officers, and announced that
such weiuld be their fate if they opposed
his will. Several of them left the Terri
tory soon after, fearing assassination.
Iu this manner has Urigham Young con
tin iially defied the United States Govern
ment audits officers, and he will continue
to do so unt il the strong arm of its power
puts an end to his userpatums.
Ahuon W. Babbitt, in 18:2 or 1853,
left Utah and visited Wa-hington, on
business connected with his of'n -e as Sec
retary of the Territory. In those days
there was no stage coaches, and veiy
little mail communication between Utah
and the frontiers. The journey had to lie
performed with mules or ox teams, and
cemsumed nearly three months. Babbitt
having finished his business, started em
his return to Utah with a sum of money in
gold to defray the expenses of the Gov
ernment in this Teritory, -which sum was
said to amount to about $10,000. The
road was watched by scouts, aud intelli
gence of his return w ithin the boundaries
of Utah was immediat'y conveyed to
Brigham. Porter Rockwell and a numlicr
of bisDanite associates immcdiatley left
Salt Lake City. One night Babbitt en
camped with his teams in a canyon not
main' miles from Salt Li.ke City, and the
next morning he found himself surroun
ded by a bodj-of men whom ho sup
posed to be Indians, Rockwell and his
gang having disguised themselves as such.
They kept themselves concealed behind
the 'rocks which lined the sides of the
mountain, and poured down a deadly fire
upon Babbitt and bis teamsters. The.
l.Uttr f. -light desperately, but in the end
were all killed, and the plunder was taken
into Salt Lake City. Of cour.-e it was
reported that the (udittis had stripped
the train of everything of valu e Ie::vifg
on v the wagons and ni'es. A portren !
of these, toether with BabblU-Y h-uisu in
Salt Lake Ci y, became the p.oj, rtyc f
Rockwell, who probably had a saarc in
tho balance of the bo-: Syj swell."
YlCTOiiT.
Kxet'lnjf St ee Isi tlit OMo 7i r.r.r.ft t f
Ueprt-sruliitivi-i or ; U In t
Ce n the KiJ'IOi St-"
Anient! mer. t.
Fiin the C.ltn.ibu. Journal. Jan. 21.1
After some twei hours' filihu-torirur by
the Democrat, the House firnliy carc.r to
a vote on the Fifteenth Amendment, last
night. 8:50 o'clock. There had been no
reccs fr supper. Member? were exci
ted, and the hall. fhr and galleries were
crow
led
ith. excited people.
The.-e
went beyond th
pre:rCnHiT.ii:.'
, and
their
erowdctl ixL-Ki
--tiTc'lticmbors in
seats. In the. trallery w-re many coioretl
people who had watched the maneuver
ing and listened to the discussions, per
sonalities and retorts, incident to tho dis
cussion, with the most intense interest.
Motions made to the effect that the name
of Mr. Clakeslce, the member from
Williams county, should not be oal'ed.
were ruled out of order.
About 8:.';o o'clock Mr. Dickson pre
cipitated affairs by moving the previous
question. This was sustained by a vote
of 57 to ").. Mr. Dodds' substitute was
voted down by the same vote.
Jlvery effort was made by the Demo
crats to delay the. final vote. Motions
not to crdl the name of Mr. Blikcslee
were a?ain declared out of order by the
Speaker, who, cool in the midst of the
excitement, kept the unruly members
f-icc to f-ice with the question. Motions
to i-ppcai from the decision of the Chair
were not entertained, and while members
wereon their fcetr-iesticulatincarid shout-
I ing, the Speaker brought quiet by an
i nouncinr that the final v e would be
taken. Th Democrats leading the h-t
voted loudly and fiercely "No," while
the Republicans in the vanguard shouted
out proudly "Aye."
There was a little ripple of applause
as Hill, of Hamilton, voted a strong
"Aye," and applause at other points.
Mr.Doddshad asked to be excused f om
voting, on the ground that, he could not
record his votj on the oae.-tion. while a
man who was not a member!' the House
and wh represented no n cognized dis
trict, was allowed to vote. lie fore the
result was announced, he recorded his
vote "no." asking that his protest to the
action of the House in accepting Mr.
Dlakeslce's vote be entered ou the jour
nal. Hie vote, 57 yeas ami 55 nays, was an
nounced by the Speaker, who declared
"The resolution, having a constitutional
uiaioritv. is adopted."
Cheers, loud and hearty, and every
manner of applau lins sound burst from
the spectators, members, and reporters,
and the House presented a scene of wild
est excitement. A counter-current of
hisses and groan met thi., and increased
the confusion. The Speaker's deter
mined calls for order ejuicted the shouts
and cheers; the opposing clement of
hisses continued in spite of the call, like
team issuing angriiy iron Losers at, out
j to burst
Human nature coul in t stand
this, and another io;l of cheers thundered
fling line exte-n dim into the streets, r.r.d
the people therein caught up tlie story.
lHila't IVnal to S y 11 ill lit Out.
At a recent Sabbath school mediug at
Druriswick, one of the co!i-ue professors,
in illustrating to the children tba fact
that if we are not workit g for Chri.-t, re
must ho working against hliu, n.-kcd th
question, "Who are we working for,
when we are not working for Chrit 'l '
One of the little juveniles replied, in a
clear, triumphant voice, ' For mother
and father." lut wh-tr epped the c;i
max is. thai after the li t dc fellow reached
his l.ouie, en being asked why he made
.. mi.U- Avr.lnicrf binilt iv
, hivin, "he diun t want ny 1 il
right out
iTArrri?Q nP A TiVTTPTTST NfJ
Cnes-pmreuipaee ten linos) one Ifciortiuo. 10
Kiu-ii suhnotiuent insertion. lAt
rrolcanionai cards not excpclinc f!i l?n, IftiO
Oue-lTJftrtit wlcwn or Ice. ier annunv.
. aix nionUN.
" Uirot'iaoath. li.r
One-li'f wolnaan Iwo1t moiitii. 'or
' iz month."" 0rt
tUreemoaibs. t)X0
One column iwtlve mentis 1J0
dis molthK.
" three mi..!lr, , 8.0w
All traiificutsdvcrtiiKtaerlJ tr.naii'e flpailtr
in advancf.
A very unpleasant affair ba occulted at
Winchester, Ind. A milliner named
Caroline Smith, occupied one of the up
per rociiiiS of a soro. Shm ap
pears tfi possess the 'latal gift of beauty'
or, at any rote, tho attentions she re
ceived were ki inipuittiuato that at lasL
she bought herscU" a revolver to keep
her admirers off. La-t Thur-day night
a man, supposed to have been drunk,
came and rudely knocked at her door.
When lie had thus used his beclouded
w"ts for some time, he went down stairs.
Miss Smith then opened a window, saw
a man at the foot of the stairs, fired bur
pistol, and killed him instantly. It only
liapjiencd that ha was tho wrong man!
lie had never been near the. lively milli
ner's door. In fact, the deceased was a
poor fellow on his way homo from work,
and he leaves a wife and four children to
rue the impetuous Miss Smith's mistake.
rpAKEX L'P By the i t.rilcr. on the lt
JL of Hc-cent b-r, IStV.I, one ilark lay or brow.i
umro clt. FticiHH-1 to bo two vhm ol : pmtL.1
whit ryot in :..rihc;i'l. liAMKL WOOD.
C:i-lialt mile south of F.iJl'.'ryiilo, t': t"..
Nebraska. i'cJowi
'1KK: rr-fniny fSrm nt Sh-Mnn7i Mill.
1 Avk!" lr.t-ini-t. on tlie I'dti of November,
lso'.t. one rcl n:nt whitfyeurlinirlo'iftr; cr.oi,.f
riplit i-r. hole in li-t't enr. Also, one yeurlini
stor, brimlle ami white: crop ofi'ltft esr on cho
un'liT iite. Also, ono muley cult ; reil ami whit",
no ip.Hrk or braiild.
&OK K into tli .- 'in-loviro t' the piibncnt-r.
miles iiulorc.f oi I'liiitsuioalh. Clct ij
ot-e B.inC.lo Yt-arlii'g HeifVr.
juuuwi ' Pi.IlRY WALKER.
r'AKK" UP Ey tho mi s -ril r. near Ilcr.k
1. liiulT.i. nbout th Crst of November, one
fiiiTill tw ytar
br-.niis.
oVJ rot UuifCr m murk or
W. Ji. LAT CA.
J a:.. wo
JO s f AW.it tiii 1-t i 1 1 r-1 . fro in i..y jfTi-n ia
J PI.ittMiiouOi. one yi'iirli:ii l.orso colt. or
ril color, li t l :i : hoit lic-t oi roo nrouii
neek when be li ft A liberal ri-wnnl nl b
paid for his rci ura or for iin'oriuii! ion of Lu
whereabouts. C. UKISKL.
L.( ;il rVoiicc.
In the Iiistrict Cocrt. 1 1 JrctioUl Ii.kuioI
within nii'l for C as County .V i-lr;iks.
Amelia i'.ronn.-nJ Wiliiuui Burns
T3
PavH I.oushery and S. P. Fairhnnk.
To sui 1 I .iv i'l I.oushery unvl S. I. 1' airlmnka.
ui-resi lent ibM.-iniuntH you ure hereby noutieil
that V. iili.'tnt Hums nii'l Amelia J'rown ontln
! h iluy ot J miliary lSVo lileil iheir eliuou in
tho District Court of I'asn County .Nt oruKk.t ti.
object unit grayer of which i to reform . a deed
execute! bylbivid f.-iuifhery to S. 1. Fiii'himk
on tlie Slh day of SepteuiboJ, A. J. l.tVJ. in
which he intended to convey tlx S"iui.!i-wi nt
quarter P!' of. Section K fifteen ! 1;"1 Townehip
eleven 1 1 ! North "' llrince twelve il-l in fan
county" Nebraska but by n.ista;e Nort'i-wea.
iu:iritr"f S'ectinn iikitii T. iui t'CTent liuuiiH
i'Ji East ' 1. M.. was in cr:-d in the deed
( w hicli htS' i'l not own)nd praying thuteaid deed
may be reformed to express ili irut intent
of said parlii-H. Also pruyius tint s.iid rt. i.
Fairbanks be renitired to execute dei-d to ?id
ilaiiili!is for fa id tract of land he hiivir?old ail
hi right title iirut iut--est in soid bin .1 to .1 oim
lirejf on the .u i.iy of May 1 -'C but laited
t. in ake a deed for the same. Th:-.t the aid
John it. erri-i-'if conveyed sai l land ( plaint itf
grantors on or about tho i Jth day of March lSti.
And pruyinjr tliat the title to n.iid tract of land
may be perteetudin plaiutiii's aceorJiua to their
respective interest.
1 hat you are reiuirod to answer sai l pott
tioaou or before the 14th dny of Mnreh lsT'i.
MAXWKhL A CHAPMAN.
Attorneys forl'laiiitith.
jss".7"t
Chancery Sale.
A. F, Toscy, vs Iialt C !sin nnil Artemea
S' abler-
1 n pur-ur-.neo of an! by virtue of w decree of
. tUr .'V.nl'irt Court nMhe second Judicial PU
trid. r.i:I,;n -i I for 'i-M county. Nehrask.
rcadt- in the above cnriCed canpe and bearinx
ii oe i'H the ::d day of N.iVci.il r isti. L the nub-?er:!(-r
I fin;.' appointed -o-i-'iiil Mustier in :-id
ca".-e in y.iiJ eoort; will oJJ'or lijr sale at p:ibiio
n c'i'.n to thr-I'iiy'i'-st cni.-tr for cash at thu
fi.-r.t door of iTcvi. rt1i.t!: e in tl.e citr of l'latt.s
i;:o:t'. .'';:"-! c-r; K . Ncl on Mondny the
7th li.-y of M.irch 17'. at o:-j -VUek. 1' M of
sai 1 li.'.v i!.i- loilov init di-crib tl rent dentate to
w it : t'.i- si.i-Mi eaHt qiiarter of f t.-tion no twenty
in t-'nfsoi:! t.velve. north of raniio twelve, east
ol t', l M To be fold :i! the property of uid de-fi-n.lanls
above natned. to sati.-fy said decree, the
Kw-oimt of which isS'irJ 1 ! and interest on th
same from the date of said decree at the rate of
M per edit, t"iceihcr wil h eots of suit und M,le.
jO.SKfil W JOMNPON.Snecial
Master in Chancery
5Tnfii?- C'T irvAy. Aitorfleyg for I'VS
fcb'-in.'it" " '- 1 - ,
ici-: i : i !
Any Pat ef 17 City.
WHITE
&
IJitTir.r remoTet t their
Muia asd Cth street , will
New Etor Corner
DLLIVE GOODS FREE
That are rurchsrxl at their S'CKere. Will feit
iood4 hh cheap an ever, &od will cot be oodr
fobl by anyone.
Our biock cousisU of .he Lent brand of
TEAS, COFFEES, UGAHS,
Caiined and Diiod Fruits,
OYSTERS, EAP.LIflES, SFiCIS, FLOUR
JOB A CCO. WJSI1- TUBS.
Buckets, Soap'. Salt,
BACON, HAMS, LARD,
and everything kept in a iJrocerr Ftor. Ertry
article warr-iiited ot the bcslquadiiy. Tbahia
est price paidiu c.-h for
Corn, Oats, Butter, Egg?,
BAC0,-HAMSf Lnp,
and 11 kirnlj f Fa Vu-rt P.vdu.
Casli paid for Hide3.
P HART,
One Dorr Vest of Murphy's
Hotel, V.iVm Strttt,
Pi.iUsmouth.
no.w no: ;?
C'ollnihl in i f
I.are Stock cf Xew Gooii
5 liii-, Caps, Hoots, Shoes,
W.ttt-:cj, Jewelry Guns i'istoU
Atumunitiun. &c.
ii?i5:aaeh JJou-e, Om.thar I-
S20.Q00 worht of hrcp-r.y
FOir SALE-
Consisting of fttriup.w ith timher f.TJ .':. -tf i ,
rUttnmmiiii, rr'ir-erty n, J'U.;e.u j. . .
borsec, i-attie, wnKons, etc.
I n tat the iTfti-nilur enquire cf or ijr.M
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