THE NEBRASKA HERALD 13 PUBLISHED 'WSEKLT BV n-D HATHAYv'AY- KD1T0B AXD PROPRTKTOR. r Office corner Main and Second street, so oni ttory. TCRMS : Weekly, f 2.00 per ennuti if 1 aid in advance. $2.50 if cot raid 5n advance. HOW IS IT? We fcc it stated that the Constitution al (Vnvcnrion has passed a resolution re-fii-intr to circulate the pamphlet issued l;y direction of the State Board of Im migration. The certainly had a right to pass such resolutions, and if the Good Templar's Lodge at Omaha hud passed a similar resolution that would end the tuattcr. There is no Statute law com pelling, cither hody to circulate thLs doc ument. tiie hi ri iA(a; iu:.vriox. The suiTmge Committee, Mr. Max- veil Chairman, have reported their pro- ; po.se'd amendment to the Constitution, I hut we have not yet received a co, y of I ... tacir r poit. e understand thai tney ; he word "male," tut cr.rrraft, as ' retain the word "male,' si compromise, a proposition as follows : "The Iblaturo may extend hy law the .,.,.. . ' , liL'tit ol mi lira ire to per.-ons hoc Ijciciu enumerated ; Lut no such law shall he in J'oree until the same shall have heen fub mitte 1 to a vote of the pec pie at a gene ral election, and approved hy a majority f nil the votes ca-t tn that ouestion at bach election." Till- COI RJ'S. The opinion ems to prevail that the Constitutional Convention will provide :;ir at least four Judicial Districts, and that t;!i independent Supreme bench of three Judges will he provided for. A tcsohuii'u has been introduced to make live di4ricts, as follows: 1. Hichardson, l'awnec, John.-on iage, JetFerson, J r. iit and JacLfOn on n't'-. Nemaha, ntie v Otoe and Lancaster Cas Sarpy, Saunders, Seward, Saline, IJutler, t'olk, York and lilluiure ci. unties. I. Douglas and Dodge counties. :,. Wa.-hington, Burt, Cuming, Da kota, Dixon, Cedar, L' cau-iii-Court, I !.!!, 'ieice, Wayne, Madison, Stanton, Cu'fas, 1'iatte, Merriek, Holt, Boone, Gr..i-y, Howard Buffalo, Sherman, Val! Dawson, Harrison, Monroe, Ti "r, and Cheyenne counties. The Omaha Herald, correspondent " The Judiciary Committee will rc , oi l on Tuesday next. TlK-y will pro vide for County Courts with I 'rebate powers, criminal jurisdiction in case of ml, 1 'meanors and civil jurisdiction up to ;.")"( : four District Courts, with Judges ri'v-vd for lour years, at a salary of ': a Supreme leneli et tinee JuLes. eleeted l'-.r six years, at the saT viliry ; the tir.-t election t:tbc lor f.vo, fi ur and'six years, atid decide the i . . i - i : -')' etive tern:- t'V iri, me one eirauiii ite.-t terui to be Chief J ustiec, it-1 this rule to p. o vail thereafter, 'i l.o rvevaiiiii!.' -eu-.e of the committee i- ( i !.-o to say that the ju lges thall not be te I at any general election nor wiiliin d.ivs beiure or after such election-" t 1 1 k i:xi:t i Ti i i:. 'J iie Judiciary Committee of the Con s:itutional Convention have reported i . ( etnaicnding twenty-six articles to the Kxei utivc Department of the New Con- stitu'V'ti. As it is likely to be chained that before its adoption, we will n :ive t no ircncrai leaturcs. it pro- t t T vul.-s pr tlie election jT a ( rjvernor, J.i-ut.-nant liovcrnor, Secretary of State, Au l tor. Treasurer. Superintendent of I'ublic Instruction and Attorney Cene ial, w!:o sli d! each hold office for the t'.r.ii ef nv,i years, anl each of whom, ..'. .;-t the Lieutenant fb-vemor, shall re-i lo at thetajitcl. The Treasurer iuC ! e ii-r..;Llo tor otuee for two years i. -x: alter the end of the term for which ....... s h: w leeted. None of the above ofii c hal! be eligible to any other olliee the period for which they shall have been elected. (lives the tJovernor owi r to remove persons appointed by LI n. The Lieutenant Uovcrnoi shall be lVesident of the Senate, entire I to a vote only when the Senate is equally di- ! i led. We give the section entire regu lating lies and :-a!ari"s. as follows: 7. ty. The officers named is this arti cle slirjl receive for their services a sala ry, an i they shall not. after the expira tion of the terms of those in otiice at the adoption of this Constitution, re ceive to their own use any fees, costs, pcT-r'.iisites of ofile- or other compensa tion. Anl all fees that may hereafter re payable by law for any service per farmed by any officer provided t'-r in this article of the Constitution, '. .11 Lc paid in advance into the State ; ejsnry. The salary of the Governor shall be -. ,i".M. Th..- ralary of the Secretary of " ate, of 'the Auditor of j tiMie ac ints and of Sup-mUeiident of Public 1 : -auction shall each no "M'. 1 lie ... .ry of Treasurer hall ! .2,:. . 'l lie sal.irv of AUorn.'v Gen'-ial sli i! ' oi .-Vie'rii 'v iieu'-ui sii i:i : e ; n, l. ",o i ,-.! i i ue Kn.uo.uani .ioui;ioi -inoi W ice the compensation ofa Scoa- j cUon '. provides iiiai an o;::ccrs ex- i members of the general assemble ! v.-Ai inferior t.fiicers as may be by . xeicptcd, shall, before they enter . Juries of their respective o.lices, :.nl subseii do s ilemiil e t! following oath or ; swear (or alTi: ml that su-.jioi t the CoTistitu'ion of the tat e- a;i ; :-; (...uisi.tat'.on "U e of No! raska.aud will faithlul a:.rc: tic dutie-; of my olli ; 1 to the best cd' my ability ; and .ave not, knov.'ii-ly or inteti paid or contributed anything, or promise m tli-j nature of a .iiivctlv or indirectly influence at the election at whLh I was ;: "o till the said office, and have . ..tod nor will I accept or receive, or indirectly, any money or other .'. '. t thing, from ar.y CGiporation, ; or person, for any vote or inrlu I ! .r:y give or withhold on any bill, u '.e;i or appropriation, or for any I'.ciul act." ) :'-ier oath, decbiratici or tc;t A. A bo required as a pualiGcation. e ; i twenty-six provides that all .- i mentioned in this article shall beds in double the amount of v. M-.-h inay corns into their hands. H VOL. 7. I.ooUm ISaI. Under this head the PlattMuouth IIkkai.d alluded to the jetminily strange fact of an official adverti-einenl "f the IJ. S. Asses: or, .Major.-, in the Brown ville Democrat, asking some explanation at our hands as to why this was so. The Democrat explains it by saying that it was; unauthorized ; that of his own ac cord he placed it in his advertising col umns, without expectation of pay, and marked the same for two issues, ju?t as a mere matter of news. Thus copying that news in the Democrat is of no con sequence, except when it has an inser tion in two issues. (!oh Maiors informs us that the ex- iilanation of the Democrat the only 1 . T 1 1 .1 onc that can he riven- lie uiu not aurn- oriz-: the insertion of the notice in th- Democrat xA that he will not pay the same. J he above is sati-faetory to u. an,- w., have ,,0 joui,t iJllt t,Ht the IMatt.-n.-tuth IIkuaI-D will so consider it. The fact, unexplained, did look strange to many ; hut a-; it will he : seen no Maine can attach to Col. Majors. hroiciadlc ijofs Advertiser. We are glad to know that Col. Majors comes out clear in this matter, and he has our heartfelt sympathy for the un pleasant position he is often placed in by that unscrupulous sheet, the Democrat. The latest thing is that the Democrat announces Hon. S. P. Majors, (father of the Col.' as the Democratic candidate for Governor next fall, thus doing him the irrc pairable injury of casting an im putation upon his soundness as a Hepuh liean. The Advertiser suggests that this is done as a drive at Peru (the home of Mr Majors) because it has so many of ficers :drc:;dy Hon- John Gillespie, State Auditor; Hen. J. M. McKenzio, State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion; Col. T. J. Majors, U. S. Assessor for the District &f Nebraska ; aud Willis Majors, U. S. Assessor for the Revenue District, all coming from the one place Peru, in Nemaha county. Col. Ma jors says he is satisfied that the article in the Democrat announcing his father as the Democratic candidate for Governor was written and published with a view to injuring him. mm m .m.iaa.a Irocpp!iiiK of llio Nlate I$oarl of I in lit is rat ion. From the Neb. City C'hroniclu, 23d. The Board met Tuesday, Juno 20, 1S7I, all the members present. The Printing Committed reported that they had printed, in pamphlet form, twenty thou.-and English and ten thou sand German, at a cost of $1,4')0. Also fifty thousand circulars, in various bin guasrus, for 200. The Superintendent made his report, showing that not less than o.j,0') people had moved to Nebra.-ka within three months past. Report was received and a-. opted, thanking the Superintendent lor t I.o taiihtul penorniunee ol uisuuties. 'Sixteen hundred dollars was j.llowed to pay tho four agent now aha ady ap pointed, for their services lor June aud J u'y. Letters from the dkierent agents were read, showing that th'i prospects for a heavy Fall and Spring immigration was very flattering. A resolution was adopted, not to ap point any more agents to foreign coun tries for the year 171. Ih A. Van Annan, of Cass county, and Geo. W. Gratten of D ou.das county, were appointed aeents for the I'nited States, for three month-, commencing July 1st. 1S71. Tli i Board paid up all t ills to June 1st, 1ST I, which fhows the entire ex penditure, up to that time, to be 5:f, 4C'J.yO. From what we could see and learn, the Board is tiying to economize in e,Ty way they pi-ibly can. The will hold their next n.eetim: at ColuLib.ts, the hems of their worthy Secretary, Hon. J. N. Taylor. I'ort Iik'arn3 Al?:inlni l. The Central St ir published at Ft. Kearney says : "Fort Kearney old Fort Kearney that i;as long been as it were' an oasis in the desert to the weary traveler, and a protective outpost for botli travelers and settlers, has by an order from the mili tary authorities, been abandoned as a military post it being no lunger a mih- ' A,i we who have stayed so l.ng by it, and lived in this wilderness beneath its protecting flag can only say, so be i:. If Indians had threatened, or had the set tlers aught to f ar from the ubando'i mci:t, we should have lifted upour hum ble voicJ against it. Rut no danger threatens, and we can only say, that in so far as we can sec, the n.ovement is perfectly just and wise. Our conscience woul.l not allow us to ask for a soldier here beyond what would be required for the protection of the country. Fort Kearney is no longer a Military Post. That good old flag that we have watched so long through the trying times of the Republic has gone: g. ne however where it will snil wave on and 2!1 its glorious mission in protecting our young settlements from harm." t-rvo Fool or Six. '1 lie i!cstion as (o what guage is the l!l."f 1 1 i r :i li!i fur l:ill'-it:iil u;m tt , , , . ' i V- have oecn settled in Ivirope. In Lug- , . . . . . - -( ? triumph of the narrow gunge is complete, and in this country the roads j which adopted the broad cunge arc- aonndorung a three foot it. It is now contended that traa.'e is the pioper system for railways in all new countries or where the land is i ug!:od. It has been success fully find i:i Wales, and saves nearly -f lO.O;' ) per mile, and the shrewdest ! that this "narrow guaee" will be univer sally iii voaue ere another decade has passed Dcnvi 1 Push oi the Leavenworth Sc r R. R ! Kan-a is a sort of pioneer State in all reforms, and there is no reason why she should be behind in the iiar.o'.v guage issue. A cipitrd story used to be told of the late David Roberts. An nrt critic who ... . - 1 I' 1 11-11 1 .7S I'"nai menu puonsnci a snarp r. v - m"uc . lwJUft exoioiiea. .'iy 'ar iiooerts. wrote the critic in a private letter. 'you may have seen my r marks on your pictures. I hope they will make no difference in our friendship. Yours, etc.. ." "3Iy dear ," wrote the painter in rerlv. "-the next time I meet you I shall pii'd your nose. I hope it will make no diff eronoe in our friendship. Yours, etc., D. Roberts." A bureau school ma'ma in Georgia fiogped one cf her pupi's. a colored hoy of SO, for holding his book bottom side up, and his grandchildren looked oa and applauded. BRA illE l .MVKKSII V III II.DISU. Tt'.P 4pinln of I'roloNHluual IJnilUor. I'rarH ;rouiirt len-." Yesterday morning the Board of Regents held a special meeting in the Senate chamber, to hear the report of Jonas Gise, of Omaha. Jno. M Tagart, of Palmyra, and Cyrus W. Wheeler, of Rrownviile, three professional and well known builders of this Stite, who were selected by the executive committee of the Board to make a thorough examina tion of the University building. All ih -repairs asked for by thi builders wdl fall by theirown e-tima'e under " - And part of that will t expended in praling and concrete woik around the building that is always neces ary to the complete protection of the lbundation walls. 'I bus is the " bui: bear " of I 'niver.-it v "un safe," "falling down." & , exploded All who have been .-o careful to circulate these reports through persons or papers, will please do the University the justice to taks back and substitute the opinion nf professional builders who know where of they affirm. RKl'OBT OF THE EXECL'TIVK COMMITTER. To lic Hoard of Regents : Your committee, who are instructed by a resolution of this Board, passed June 14th, 1871, to procure the service of three professional builders to make an immediate, thorough, and detailed ex amination of the Ut iversity building and report thereon tothe Board through the executive committee, hereby report, That in accordance with said resolution your committee reccommend Jonas Gise, of Omaha, John M. Tag.srart, of Pluiyra and Cyrus Wheeler, of Rrownville to tuake said cxaminition anl that o:i the L'lid inst., two of s-id committee, Mr. Gise and Tasrgart, met at the University building, and after examination make to your committee the following report, which is hereby respectfully submitted. Your committee has no knowledge why Mr. Wheeler was not present, but fear he did not receive the notice in time. C F. Case, I D. J. McCann, Executive Committee W. II . James. ) Lincoln. June 23d, 1S71. EEPORT OF THE BUILDERS. To th Ilonorahle.th E.tf entice Commit tee of the Board "f Regents of the C.tive.raity of the State of XtLraxhi : G l.N'iXl.MEN : In compliance with your request we have made a careful and thorough in spection of the University buil ling in order to determine whether the edifice maj-, with safety to its occupants, be used for the purpose for which it Vas erected. NO DANGElt. - Y"e respectfully report to you that all fears as to the security cf the building, or of the occupants of ii, from dan-eis arising from faulty construction, or from the u-e by improper or imperfect mate rials, may at oiicj be dismissed as rroundless. It is our opinion, funned upon careful sin I deliberate examination, that the building is entirely safe for the present as it now stands It Will pivb i lily continue to be safe for many years to come. This probability may be convert ed into a certainty by a comparatively ' small expenditure, and the edifice made entirely secure for in.ee than a single generation. what should v.;: done to insure this safety for the future, pro vision should at once be made fur keep ing all parts of the foundation wails se cure from the injurious . fleets of watT lying around or even r aching theii foot ings; hy pioper radiui: and cohere!' work outside of the ouildiug; some im perfect' materials used in the construct ion of the foundation walls should be re placed by others of more satislactoiy character, and a few iron anchor- and other inexpensive protective appliances be judiciously used, and the Board mav then rest free fiom al! apprehensions n' danger or want of secuiir in the build in'. and led that it is entirely safe. Upon the sht et accompanying this, we give you in detail a statement of the means nees-aty in our opinion to be used to jrive permanency to the safety of tin edifice. All of which is respect fully submitted John M Taggakt, Jonas Gise. Linco'n, June 23, 171. jAitcnhi'Statisman, June 2b'i. I'are IValrr For ot. In the report of the Northwestern Dairymen's Association, as published in the V(stcnt partner, we have the fol lowing: "Mr. L. I). Holt, of Kenosha, read a paper showing the importance of pure water to secure tl: health of the cow and purity of the milk. Pure water is colorless and tasteless, but it is capable of holding in solution many noxious and deleterious substances. Milk is composed lagrcly of water; and if cows are allowed or compelled to drink stanaitf water from ditches nnd pond.-, the uulk cannot be pure. Unhealthy cows cannot give pure milk, aud gO'id butter or cheese cannot be made from impure milk." To the above Hearth and Home adds the following : "This subject is of greater importance than has been supposed. Forcing cows to drink where they are obliged to thrust their n-se into foot holes, and suck up water impregnated w th their urine or their own droppings, is not an et mm m piaeiice, and so of obliging them to drink out of some stiignant j'ond or pool which no sane men con! J bo forced iro tasting. Purewa-, ter at any reasonable cost is cheaper than impure, which can be had for nothing. An interesting q estion for doctors to decide has arisen in Louisville. Some weeks ago a little girl was bitten by a dog, and d cd in a short time, t he physi cian pronouncing it a clear case o hy drophobia. The dog, having presented no symptoms of madness, was nut killed, and is yet running about, frisking and playing among strangers, petted by the owner, an 1 a complete mystery to sevrra; medical men- The death of the child under these circumstances excites a great deal of interc.-t, and the subject it is stated will be brought before the College Physicians and Surgeons of Louisville. The Knoxville Chronicle condemns Andrew Johnson's harangue at the Me chanical Fair there, and says "it was an abuse of the privileges accorded him, a betrayal of the confidence placed in his good sense, was mean in spirit, and in the style of a demagogue." Greeley recommends farmers to have their laborers flecp in wheat acids prayed upon by the chinch bug. as the lugs will leave the wheat and tak. to the laborers. The Travelers Record, of Hani r !. advises newspaper publishers to incia-e their circulation by taking a cold bath and rubbing briskly with a coarse towel. Some of them need it. SKA PLATTSM OUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, IS71. : OF I'KtK DKWtHt. We arc in receipt of a neat volume of the above named, law hound, edited and published by J. L- Allen, Attorney at law, Omaha, Neb, and sold by the Tribune, and Republican Co. at $2,50. It seems to bo a book of much import ance to Nebraska lawyers. We cannot better define the intentions of the author than to copy Ids preface, as fol lows: In presenting the following work for the sanction of the legal fraternity, the E litor assumes no merit to himself on account of originality, but deemed that the wants of the practice demanded an edition of our Code in a more convenient form than it has hitherto been published In many of our Slates, in which a Code is used, this kind of an edition has al ready heen furni.-hed. The Code has been caiefu'Iy revi cd, and all amend u cnts thereto have been I L' ,i . .1 : ' inserted, With references: so that this i edition presents the Code as it now is. i To assume the position of a commenta- J ter, would t-ceui to him both m edJesss and has been but ning ever since, eudan a.id presumptuous. 1 he esUeo..w -, , , , ,ha r. given verbatim et literatim as contained in the Revised Statutes of Ij-Cio. The Appendix contains the Rules of Practice of the various Courts in the State. It is hoped that these may ad el, in some manner, to the eovenience of the book. The Index lias been revised, and references are made to sections in stead of pages. This, al.s;-, will be of benefit for ready reference. The idea, therefore, of the editor in offering the present work is to contri bute to the convenience of practice. Hoping it may oe receive;! in the spirits ti,., h;, j,;; ,,Uuot out) apparently bar ot its publication, the euitor leaves it i:H " x- . the hands of a profession as noted in gen erosity as they are in learning. OiMaha, January 1st, 1 ST 1 . ;)! Alice lo Writers). The rule regarding talk, "When you have any thing to say. say it," applies equally to ivriting. When you really have something to write about, do not peck and scratch around the sul ject like a hen ; pounce upon it boldly like an eagle. Almost -every article presented by unpracticed writers to magazines no mntter how admirable the suojeet units to teeward tor one or two pages before the writer gets stecrageway on his thoughts, and the reader finds out where he wants to sail to This fault could easily be avoided by proper revision. Cut out all that does not boar on the sub ject discussed ; every useless adjective; every ineffective repetition of the same idea. Then consider whether you have said what you wanted to say in th best language at your command. If not, write on till you feel satisfied. Then condense and prune. Do not seek for striking metaphor, or sprightly epigram, to decorate your article. If such occur naturally they may be put in but with caution. Consider whether you really advl force to your writing, or merely flat ter your vanity at the time. Afterward, when all is done in the way of argument, you may here and there can fully add an apt quotation or pungent witticism, to attract attention and make some im portant sentence xnap, like the cracker of a coach-whip. Remember, too. all the time, that facility in mm position, as in all other accomplishments, can ii i.- ii oniy ie ootaineu oy practice auu perse- i vcianee. l.t'iirn lo utisrr-r. Most young people have great respect for men of science, and are apt to think it is impossible that they can ever know ! us much as Doctor or Prolos-or So-arid- ! so All the persons who-c knonieoge you wonder at were once as ignoiaut as any hoy or girl wlp roads this. If any . of you desire to become learned about natural thii g- you mli-t, in the fii.-t i place, learn to u-e your eyes, U- make oosei vations, as tnev are caiieti. Uoeoti the most eoleb.ated'namr-ilists ..n. es.nd to us, in speaking of some of his dis- j coveries, all I had to do was to look and ! see how the thing was made. ' Of course to make new discoveries, one must know what has heen done b fore ; and that tan ol1-b learned from books which record what others have done. Every hoy aftd girl should ob serve and note down what he or she sees. KeeoMiir a recrd of the thermometer will (hi we to fix a hnl.it ot acuraov and regularity. iSore the first appearance ot snow falls, and their depth. The first appearand of swallows aud wrens, the blossoming of the early trees and shrill s, should be recorded each year. These show the comparative earliness of spring; and how interesting it woul be to look over the notes for many years. Those who begin by carefully observing such common things, wi.l soon wi-h to know something more about them. It is a beautiful thing concerning the study of nature in any form, that the knowledge we leceive only prepares us for receiving mure. The fountain is inexhaustible, lly' RllitH on a I'.irm. We are inclined to the opinion that there urn no oihees so pooily appreciated as those performed by boy's on a farm. Thy seldom get any credit when thinirs goes well, and ordinarily incur all the blame when the contrary is the case. It anything is lost, it is alwuys the boy that has been neglectful. D the gate has been unfastened, or the bars down, it is the boy who is to blame. If the hens don't Lay, it's becau-o the boy hasn't fed them. If the dinner is late, it is for the reason that the boy did not prepare the wood in saon. If the cow gives bloody milk, it is because the boy throw a stone at her, killed a toad in her path, or raced her in driving her h.mie. Cattle get in to fields l-erausa boys break down the fences in climbing over them. Roofs are icakv for the reason 'hat they Lave been i tinning on them If a pitcher is ii i ii i , . , orouen oy some ouier niemoer ot tne family, the cause is traced to a crack mane t.v the hoy the la-l nine he u.-eil it. i Ihe most uninteresting woik sorting potatoes r.ir.v il.iv'4. sortin- mil cabbages after a shower, tninins; a grind stone by the hour to grind dull scythe.- and dull axes, rutin ng tor water while I the men rest ther iron leg-. Working with the poote-t tools, such as dull scythes and old. Worn out hoes, manuie lorkswith two fine- atel like treatment with r feret ce to a'mo-t evei v bin.', i too often the Jot of ly- whoaie.x pectcd to love farming How China want- to sw.ip low., some ed' her tea for some of our n;is.-.jr. tie following from the Cedar Vails (Jnzitte will show: Wi-e & Bryant hive a contract for 100,000 pound- of gin-eug to be shipped to China. Th y w.h ..v the hi'jhest maiket price lb t'.l ih. c-,i Let 'Ibis is a rood op - . - s t - -. - '.. firm- rs ;; ho o' hers hiving -p.iic ;;.n , o make good wages digging giu-e::g. " A Detroit girl applied a quack lotion to her face to remove freckles. Anew tkin is fcrc'n; Lut it un't very smooth. HERAILIDg OUR WYOMING LETTER. Foiit D. A. Russell, W. T., 1 June 22,1871. J Dear Herald : As we leave Laramie City, schools and churches are now left be hind, nor do we meet these indications of civilization again until wc enter the Salt Lake Valley. Onward, we cross Little Laramie river, passing Cooper's Lake, Lookout, Miser, and Rock Creek i Stations ; we come to Lamo Lake, a beautiful little sheet of water G,CsO feet t above the sea, ducks abound in .treat numbers and fi-h are plentiful- Now we cross Medicine Bow river, on the banks of which several treaties have been made with the Indians. Now we come to Carbon where the most exten , l . . , 4- .u , . :. l cm; evai i u 1 1 1 e s ui inu leinivrn -ie iouiici . , , , the shaft is clo-e beside the track. The mine took fire some time last winter as the coal underlies a large area. A vast amount of water was pumped into the mine, and as we passed, the station ary engine was doing its level best to pump the water out preparatory to the commencement of mining again. On we go past several unimportant stations until five miles west of St. Mary's Station wc enter a deep ravine through which we plunge rapidly, the spuis of r ug our progress. .Now wo enter a tun ncl and all is daik as Erebus emerging from the tunnel we rush down the gorge, the rugged walls rising abrupt and high on either side, as we rush down the can yon, we fancy that some period in the past some peaceful convulsion of nature rent these rugged rocks in twain while .speculating, suddenly we come out on the loved banks of the North Flatte, which here runs due north. We cross ; 0I, a substantial wooden bridge. We pass Fort Fred Steele, and two miles further we point to the ruins of what was Ronton C ty, now echoing only to the noise of the cars and the scream of the eagle who soais close over the debris as he flies away to his mountain home. At one time this city contained 3,000 in habitants, made up of roughs, thieves, gamblers and fast women, occupying tents, paying one dollar a barrel for water which was hauled from the Platte. Now we come to Rawlins Springs, where, amid sage brush, the ground white with alkali, springs abound, formerly, greatly to the comfort of the weary traveler. We pass several unimportant stations through sage-brush anl dells of alkali a most desolate country, and arrive at Creston, .the summit of the backbone of the continent 7, 100 feet above the sea, 737 miles from Omaha and 1,177 miles from San Francisco. Hero, if a spiing should break out, its waters wou'd divide and the different parts eventually mingle with the two oceans which leave the op- j posito sides of the com iueiit . The , iud River . Mountain.-are -c-u in th i dim distance with their eternal , -now ,; and as the sublime scenery break- upon j the view we exclaim involuntarily. ! ' Ibw gieat are Thy woik-. Oh. Lm-i !" j Pussing Wash-a-Kio Station, Red l'e- j crt, the most o solate portion ol th ., , . , , , .. , wl h? e:"'th' an,J tal'll! ",ck Wl -,!1Ke tlu Ritter (.'reek descending th valley sixty miles to Green river Bitter Creek i. small and useless, as no creature will taste its waters, its banks are treacherous, and this section was always a terror to traveleis. Vast deposits of coal, how ever, underlie this whole valley as if na- i . ii . - i . i 'u.e wou;,j compensate in part lor tne Otter lack ot vegetation In my next 1 hope to arrive with my readers at Salt Lake, though it is some what doubtful. Yours truly, .A. Wright, Po-t Chaplain U S. A. Font D. A Rt ssell. W. T.. I June 23, 1S71. j Dear Herald: After leaving the most uninviting portion of the earth, the valhn' of the Bitter Creek, with its Sage brush and Grease wood, a short thorn3- shrub of which the Indians make their arrows. We come to Black Butts where there is an excellent coal mine four or five feet thick, and of superior quality. For se veral miles we find coal in great abundance, in some places ten feet thick. We pass Point of Rocks, Salt Wells and Rock Springs. From this latter point to Green River station the scenery is grand beyond description, the hills seeming to overhang the nar row gorge. Ve now arrive at the de serted city of Green River, which in lsf.S had a population of 2.500, and from the number of substantial adobe buildings yet standing, it must have pre sented quite a. business appearance. But when the bridge was finished across the river, and the road was continued w st- wari the e, je u,ovpj tf Trv;in a,j , . , , owier points, auii now inc. pace is as si- lent as a city of the dead. Green river is a magnificent stream - - A . , . . ,' PO'iug info the Colorado about loO miles below the station. Erom this point the xplorintr expedition of Major Pow- ell. in the interest of science and com ineree. -taited in May 1 ?r''. Fom the . -1 e . 1 ri'ieiraeics or tin-stream immniscnum '.. r- of fine tnou are taken, omc of tb in w-iuhin- five and . n pounds At i'; van tin re is a regular eating station. an. I a large Liisine-s is done in furnish- ing supplies for the celebrated Sweet , Water mines i.inety miles distant. We ' now follow iii a tu;' id -tieam, crossing i; many Huios. So " crooked is it that frequently in a short distance it de-eribes ; a com.Klie Clrcle- s 'ta-ma where a lage amount of freight is re-J ceived.for Montana Territory passengers j leave for Fort Bridgcr, named after that eceentiie mountaineer and trapper, Jas. BriJgcr, the best guide ever known for every point in the North-west. II is yams related to unsophisticated hearers were amusing. A recently fledged trav eler was describing to him once, in the presence cf a crowd of listeners, some petrifactions he hadjust found. Bridger says "petrifaction ?" What do you know of petrifactions ? I have seen a petrified tree, a petrlf.ed bird on the branches, and the som.- petrified as it came from ! his mouth. Ttianother who was felling a crowd of thogreat changes in the country within a few years, says Bridgcr pointing with bis tony finger to Laramie Peak, a mountain Visible fur seventy-five miles, "whvn I firH come to this country Laramie Peak was;a hole in the ground." He is feeble now with age, but no white man living knows is much of the eoun- trv as this strange id venturer We come now to Bear river, where a large business is carried ou catching and sahing trout for the trade. Some of these fi-h are very large. Wc often get them at Cheyenue, and a very savory di-h they are too. Passing several stations we come to Washatch station. J.jd miles from Oma ha, w here an excellent meal can be had, trout being served daily. We soon ar rive at the head of Echo Canyon. Here we enter a tunnel 770 feet long, the longest on the road. Now we emerge and do-cend the canyon, holding your breath while the grandest, wildest scene ry conceivable meets the eye. Solid walls of sandstone and conglomerate rise towards heaven to a giddy height. We rush swiftly along a silent awe that dares not move, causing you to exclaim, "was ever seeneiy like this unfolded to the gaze of men. Faithfully yours, A. Wit i HIT, Post Chaplain. U. S. A. FoirrD. A. Ri ssKi L, W. T., ) June 21, 1871. ) Deaii Uluald : For a long distance as wc descend Echo Canyon, the mas sive sand stone weeds tower above you from "00 to 2,0oo feet. The only diffi culty in seeing them is the rapidity with which we move and their immense height, one being obliged to look twice before his eye rests on the summit. Echo and Weber are twin canyons, and to form them such throes were felt as the earth may never feel agaiu. till the earth i;nd sea give up their dead. Only think of walls 2,000 feet high, aud only just room enough for the secthiug watersof Weber river and the railroad track, which, like a film of a spider'.- web winds through this wonderful gorge ! On we go plung ing by imaginary castle-, cathedrals and columns, now shuoting over bridges, and flying past the overhanging walls. Sitting in the ob-i rvaiion car without any j obstruction of the vision, wo view w;tii soul inspiring awe the wonderful winks of God. Weber rises in the W.;ha'ch moum ai'.is, 7J miles south nd empties into the gieat Salt Lake, just I clow Oicgon. '1 he valley of the Weber for a oart of the way is. settled by .M"i::ious, who cultivate small patches of the -oil out eet only a recaiious sub si. tt ii v for their wives and numerous children. From the time wo leave Echo City we watch with intense interest for neiV ob jects of wonder, and are gratified, yea, -atiated. After leaving Weber station, passing Mormon settlements with their adooe building-, we are admonished by the shiiek of the whistle that we ap proach the Devil's gate. The passen gers are all notified that we are Hearing hat noted spot. The long train toils on across the bridge, fifty feet above the boilim:, foaming, seething waters that tear with ominous roar through the rag ged lock- and vainly try to analyze our feelings. Suddenly we catch the first view of the beautiful Salt Lake and its fruitful val cy. Wc have now parsed through the Wah.-atch range of moun tains, and are in anotheratmosphere, the elevation being only 4,oC0 feet. From this point to Omaha the distance is 1, 024 miles. Ogden, the tcrminous of the U. 1. 11. is a thriving Mormon town with a population of about 4,000 and will be a place of importance, as it is the tcrminous of Utah Central. U. P. & Central Rail Roads. Wc here take the cars for Salt Lake City, distance 37 miles. The route lies through a beauti ful countiy. bjrdering the Lake for 20 miles, passing close to the villages of Kaysviile, Farmington, Ccnterville and Bountiful. The waters of the Lake are so salt that no living thing can exist in them. The bottom of the Lake con tains large quantities of solid .-alt and so buoyant are the waters that a maTi can not sink in them. Bathing during the heated term is a nio-t delightful recrea tion, and for rnany chronic complaints tlie water is said to t e acurative. itiere are many sulphtr springs in the valley, and at times tiie odor i- so strong that you can imagine Pluto as the God of the country. A steamer has ju.-t been coajpleted that runs from Coriune to the southern point of the Lake, for the transportation j of ore and passengers. I was very much j disappointed, .-uppo-ing that the city was ou the shuie of the Luke. But it is twenry-Lve m.les to the nearest point. The city loom- up in the distance, .mi- j rouud" d by uj..uio..tios, on the sid- s of ; which almo-t near enough apparently io , the cl,-r a'.u..). phvse to leach with your j -' lf) drill - of snow forty fjet deep, j The .iJeioa-onis and dirt oa these drifts j eioarly porecptibh. to the eyes. j la nr. next I wi I introduce you moie j .. ; oue..u. raithfuoy yours, A. RlGin, Po--t Cha&'ain, U. S. A. j NO. 13 Fort D. A. Ri ssell. W. T., ) June 2"), 1S71. I Dkar Herald : From Ogden we run down to Salt Lake City. In two hours before sunset we enter one ef the most remarkable and beautiful of the cities of tlie earth. Appearing more to from the fact that for hundreds of miles our route has been through a desolate country, and this gem breaks upon the eye like an Oasis in the deseit. It is situated at the foot of a spur of the Wahsatch mountains, tlie northern part extending cn to the bench which con nects the plain with the mountain. The surrounding scenery is grand and sub lime. The range of the Wahsatch tow ering to the clouds covered with snow, many feet deep, while the thermometer in the shade in the city is 112'' How strange that such a sun has not the power to melt this mass of snow and ice. The city was built originally of adobes,- though many fine brick and stone structures of modern architectural stylo are seen in every direction. The streets are very wide, laid out at light angels and bordered with magnificent shade trees of cotton wood, balm of Gilead,' alanthus and locust. Along each side of the streets a cold june stream of water of great volume flows, fed by the eternal snows of the mountain. The gardens are magnificent and such fruit I never saw. The apri cots are full grown, and in one small .garden I counted fifteen trees so laden with fruit they had to prop up the branches to save the trees from destruc tion. The peach trees are equally pro lifio, and th's year the crop will be im mense. In some gardens I saw at least an acre of as fine strawberries as ever grew, and indeed this fruit was supera bundant aud cheap and 3-our humble servant for the first time in five years in dulged adji'jitum. Mid 1 assure you Idis postd of a large amount of these deli cious berries. Vegetation irrigated as itis by thc.sC unfailing streams w ith the great heat they enjoy, U very forward and green. Peas, beets, beans, turnips, &c. , were abundant and cheap. After a night's rest at the Revere House, 1 awoke to the full beauty of the situation- The morning sun shedding its be nign beams upon the mountains of snow in the east. The beautiful green in the valley. The river Jordan gleaming like a ribbon of silver in the distance, pre sented a panorama unequalled in the world. After breakfast I started out on a tour of sight seeing the first object of course being the Tabernacle the first ob ject one beholds on entering the city. The buiidiiig is oblong in shape, having a length of 2o0 feet from cast to west by loO in width. The roof is supported by columns of cut sand stone, which, with the spaces between used for doors and windows, constitute the wall. From these walls the roof springs in one un broken arch, forming the largest self sustaining roof in Vmcriea.. The ceil ing of the roof is Co feet above the floor. Imagine a huge, oblong watermelon cut in halves, and one half with the con vex side uppermost, placed on columns, and you have an idea of the appearance of this unique structure. Iu the west end of the building is the organ, the second iu size in America. It has been in course of construction several years and is not yet finished. The builder is a young Mot mon, of fireat mechanical skill. This vast building, I should say, would seat 8,000 people, exclusive of the gallery which will seat 2,000 more. The Temple, another design, has been eighteen years iu progress, and on I." the foundations are laid. The dimensions are yixl$lj feet. When finished the main building will be 100 'feet high, sur mounted by six towers three on each end the center encs rising 200 feet above the ground. The estimated cost when complete is .1,000, OUO. The stone, a beautiful quality of granite, a pure, white, specked with black, is ob tained in the mountains, eighteen miles away From present indications 1 ven ture to prophesy that this gorgeous building, the finest in do. ign on this content, will never be finished as a Mor mon Temple. If I live to the limit men tioned in scripture, 1 fully expect to hear from the sanctified orchestra in that beautiful building, that grand oi l Doxology to the tune of Old Hundred, "Praise God from whom all blesssings flow," &a My reasons for this faith are: First, The sandy foundation on which the Mormon superstructure rests, being contrary to the philosophy of so cial science and rei ugnant to the word of God, an l the moral sense of the civi lized world. Second : The disintegra tion now going forward, occasioned by the influx of a Gentile population. Yours ccc. , . A, Wright, Po.d Chaplain U. S. A. As an evidence of the wonderful ex pansion of Methodism in America, the church organ states the fact that during the pas year there was a new church completed, on the average, every three working hours, or four for every day iu the year. In the ah once of the regular editor at the State Press Association, the Grundy County Attn is left in charge of the "devil" and a Methodist preacher. They make a strong and apparently har monious team: A newly married French couple being vi.-itod with a serenade, the bride in quired it meaning "My dear," replied htr husband, "ii is u-ual in this town of ours, when a g--ntleman is married, for all toe ladies whom he has jilted or flirt ed with to bring him each a bridal pres ent cf a loaf of bread, accompanied with music. " Aii u iTaricious man runs straight into :veiiy. He load a life of poverty here below; but he must give the ac count of d rich Uiua ia the day cf judg- tut: ni.iv PL ATTSM0U7H HERAL IS PCKLTSHtD UT H. IX HATHAWAY, ' EDITOR AXT) FEOI'BMTnrt. -Oaioe corner Main and Second 5trcct: adMory TEHMS : DailyJ10.nO per annum, or ior month. . I I mmmmmwmmmmwmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmr Tlie I'.rtt Hoiniin. I think old women I don't quite like the word "lady," because it doesn't mean anything, now-a-days are the most beautiful and lovable things in thu world. They are hp iiea.r Heaven that they cat;h the glow and brightness which radiate from the pearly gale and ilium -nate their faces. When the hair begins lo silver, and tha ember in the fire grow cold, and the sun has got so fir around in life's horizon that the present makes no shadow, while tha past stretch es down the hill.ide to a little mound of earth where we will ret fir a season a little mound not big enough to hold otr corner lots, and marble front.-, and safes, which we shall have to lenve on the oth er side; cf the hill, but big enough,! trust, to hold our memories and fancies, our air castles and secrets; and when the journey is nearly done, and the night is setting in, and the d.nkne begins lo gather around us without any stars, and the birds sing low in the trees, and the flowers wither and die, and tin; tims;c We hoar comes from alar, sirangciy sweet, like sound; coming over the wa ter, and like little children we live with in ourselves, and the world pradualy re cedes from us then I should like to be an old woman, full of blessed memories end peaceful anticipation Creation iorlli-- (aoJ. Rvery created thing gloriSes GoJ in its place, lo fulfilling His will, and ll.; great purpose of His: providence; but man alone can give tongue to every crea ture, and pronounce for all a goner;;! doxology. Gkezx Gitortris. -Those who dj li: sincss on the credit system. If a hair of a dog is good for his bite,', that explains why sulphur, which comes from Vesuvius, is good for eruptions. Chicago. ladies puni-h gentlemen f c not giving them their seats in stages, I y abruptly sitting down in their laps. v Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself. A young married lady being applied to for a situation by a servant girl, sho asked: "Why, did you leave your la-1 place?" "Why, you see, ma'am," re plied the girl, "I was too good-looking., and when I opened tho door the gentle men always tuok mo for the missis." A sly old deacon wishing to give his pastor a hint to rut more juico to hi sermons, said to him one day, ''I mil: t get nearer the pulpit, for by the time ycur words roach my cars, the people it front of me have .-o taken the pith of tin iu that thfy are dry as dish-water." A Chinese photographer in San Fran cisco, being upbraided by a lady custom er because the pictures didn't suit. her. briefly replied, "No have handsome; how can ?" A New Yoik paper, affiictd with "original poetry," wishes it could per suade young people to cultivate tho po etic art as many of them do music, merely as a priviate accomplishment ; to be hushed up in the family and among fri nds. . The dogs have been exhibited, and tho babies, the cattle, and horses and hens, all the various creeping ihings, but wc may gladden our ancient female tea. lets of the single persuasion by the announce ment that a prize exhibition of cats is announced in London to take place next month. Grimalkin's turn has come at last. There will be the Toms, and the tortoi.-e shells and the Tabbies, all purring an 1 washing themselves in wond rous competition. We are not informed whether there will he prize matches of' of rat-cntching, but that would certiinly add to the interest ; but if there should happen to be an Angora cat on exhibi tion, with a tail a yard long and one blue eye, he, we suppose, will be the cynosure Legal Notice. In the District Court of the State of Iclrnsl( , ' in and lor Cuss County; John Dill. Alfrcl Dill, N'Htie Dill. Catherine-. Dill, mid Willi uii Dill, minor hirx of. ami the i-hiUren of William Dill leeeascl, ami Saruh Dill widow of William Dill derOHxeil, and John Mnn'ort. administrator of tho estate of V'ill;am Diil deceased, againet George Jknninxs. Anna Maria Jenr.ins-, William K Ihcldon, Adelia Sheldon, limwilf, tharle" K. rlayley and Jennie t'. Uayley, his wile, John li. Uaylcy, nnd Kuyley hi. wit'n Edward (ioodenouitli.an I 1 rj u tf h . Lis wile. Jam os Sweet, Julian Metcalf'und A. How en. Attorneys in fact, and trustees ol the Stock Holder.-of the Farmers fc Mechun c. Ptjre of Nebraska, Cits-. Nebraska, mid I he Fanners fc Mechanics rtore, Willium Ilorrigan. Evnnder V. liaruuiu hejreet A Co., uii l ltichard D. kSinpfon, re.-eivtr, defendant.-. Notice to noii roridentj!. delenC-riM. To Edwaid liooderioueh and wife, Charles E. Dailey end wile, MeHKrx. l.ej-'Ket Ac Co., r.ii-reidouts. defendant.-, 5-011 are hereby nolilied that the above named id.iin t:fi's. ('.id oa tht Z'A day of June- file their iieti tion in the ubtre entitled aetion, in the noove named eourr, the object and prayer of which i. to forclose morljrage triven by (ieorge JuntiiniM an 1 Anna Maria .1 euninirs to w'illi.im Dill ant by him ii'-inned to plaintiff John Dill, an 1 to obtain the p lymenl ot a cf rrain note exe;u -teil by tieo-j-n J tfniitiiKs nnd Anna Maria. Jen" ning-f to tiiiij:n Diil, in March. HS, for 810, W), with ii1tere.1t thereon at twelve percent p-r annum from March Hist. lsiH, and pun detauit beins made iu tfjc i.iye:n-iit. ol the money and interest due on sai l note, to have a certain Mortgage given upon tae l.-t day of April, ! by lleortre Jenninz and Anna Maria Jenniuc to iili..ui Dill, to fecui e cuch note upon tin-north-east quarter '1-4) fection. mini her twenty eiKht (iV nnd pal t of (lie we-t half '. of tho nor'h-w-st quarter (1-4 of section number twenty feven in town number ten 'ho north of ranre number thirteen tj'.U eael of t;.e lith Principal Mariuian. being in Cn? count v, ' Nebraska, lorecio-ed and to have taid lann sold to pay said sum of money and intereff d'io upon such note. Vou are requirred to plead, answer or demur to said petition in raiJ court, 0:1 or before tha I 1th, day of Au-fi-t. 1VT1 or ai i petition wiil hu lukeu us true and decree rendered accordingly. STEVENSON Sc HAY WAUIY Attorneys f ji- Plain' iff. OrK-re l to be published four toii.-e: uth u wocka in the Nebraska 11 child. ISAAC POLI.AHD. Clerk. H J.M. llK.iituaHv, Depuly Cirrk. Jun-,2'jlh, 1ST1 wit. ' Luxuries cf Modern Travel." lie tir,a become exceedingly Iastidn'.n. in order lo obrain their ta'ron.iKe, a ltailrou 1 lire lutir be able to in.-ure S:ifefy, r;peed and coiul'-rtabij transportation.-- pot-.oin the necessary yiia!; ficationsut a tir?t-cla.-s eQui pinent ot'ejuebu nut locomotives, a solid road-bed aii 1 Ltavy ir-.u Pullmans Pallace Sleeping cars, -Pullin-tn'-dining ears a direct route, youd ct.jiiieci.iuij- t. J c;oi tul management. The-ilurhiuton route is miking every efTert t pos.e;s all these cialincatioin to a high degree. ' and Oilers a route to ail points ea-t, nut. norm aijuth, by uieane ol its connections us toUux's: 1. At Omaha with the Pacific roini-. 2. At Platfesmouth with tiic li. i Al. E. 1L. in Nebaa?ka. 2. At Hamburg, with theSf Joseph Bailroud for all points in kans-ts, x. 4. AtOttumwa. with the Des iloiucs Vaiiy and north Missouri rui'road. 5. At Burlington Ti;h the B., C. E. ii. P.. E... for Davenporx, Muscatine, ice. 6. At Monmouth, with the. Ii. Ii. I. Jfc St. L. and Western Union Kilroads, tor u Paul, eai points in thei.ortb, anJ for St. Louis find riii;--n in tae south. 7. At Peoiia. with the short line E'.oi.niin--ton route to Xm'.iaiiiipolis, CiuciniiMi. 1 oi:i-vilf nd all points touth aud eufct. 3. At Peoria, with thT ., P. VV. K. p... fi.r Logau-port, Coiumbn-, Ac y. At M-mdoU. with a 1 tr.o Illinois Ctr.Til. , 10. At CEICAUO. wiih all Trunk lines lur lu l,0 hetter advice canbe jfiven then, tha? ta.