Nebraska herald. (Plattsmouth, N.T. [Neb.]) 1865-1882, January 25, 1872, Image 1
4 Jr ' . ..... 1 V i. a 'if V t f THE NLtSRASKA HERALD HIE DAILY 010 t LA VTS MOUTH HERALD ! rCKLISttKO ST HATHA WAY & SEYBOLT. O. BATHAWAT. OCO. L. BKTIKrtT.: A T B 1 1 Vv I f- I I v. s i i i i 1 1 IS PUBLISHED WSKXLT BT HATHAWAY & SEYBOLT. g. P. H1THAXTAT. OKO. t. STBOLT tg- Ofiice comer Main ad Second treeU,oc ni ftor. TERMS: Weekly. JiOO r-er tnoun if paid ia advacrr. $2.50 if not paid In aJvance. SCARED. The Lincoln correspondent of the Oaiaha Herald tay: 'Although the Governor did not pro rogue the legislature, his intentions had a "good effect, and the House iu their alarm sustained the veto." This looks a little singular. It does not look very dignified fur the Governor of this great commonwealth of Nebras ka to resort to this little petty trick to induce the Legislature of the State to tuitain his veto. It would ia licit,! that the objection given in hi- v. to ia?s-nge, sent down from O-uaha, wsre not lih real ones, hut th.it hs h 1 1 some pemanal infcre?t in the df f.it of the hill. Again, it is not very cu-i Umcntary to the mem bers of the Legislature to proclaim that they were scared into uu a.;t v. hieh was against their judgment ami inclination. 1 be J'resent Legislature. The Lincoln Statesman ia speaking of the pre.-ent Legislature savs: "The hody has become a3the member from Otoe expresses it a s:i:.k in the itrils of thi people. It might have made for itself a good name in the frti luat'mn of the people of Nebraska, it it Lai performed tho dimes winch were tjiinlv set before i:, and made tome en deavor to remove from th .Statu ti e stain of corruption which has boeoire attached to it through the di-honesty of some cf its o'ceUls. l he memoc-m sent there to lenresen! the wishes ot the peo ple have, with sums hom.raV.lo excep tion", betrayed their trusts ana laU-n tar short cf the duties entrust-.! to tlieir cianr. This session close the h:story .. this memorable body, very few uit-ni-i T3 of which will ever have opportunity i j again represent the people so! N.-bras-Y i in an official capacity. All honor to t..c faithful low." This is the end of the famous "peo ple's'' noremeut- The present body was composed largely or lan elected on an isue of '"honesty or brains." Per haps the people arc ready to return to party nominations. We think they are ill Cilo5. "Tip Top,"who has been at Lincoln datiii the part two sofi-ions of the Leg islature, .-ud bus a fair chance to oh terve the nianngeuicnt tf thirds under ire "no party" style and by the r.o par ty lexiaLiture, has bt-couie so- thorough ly di.-su-ted that he writto as follows to thoOaiaha RcpMic in, 'o-r which paper he is u regular corrcsp-v.ii lent : Ht-d to th'.i.k that stria pirty l'.n-s W'Te U.-tlO"". 1 -oil ;e nines l.uittul. I .Uxa to think dirT.. r, nt y wv. e have i:o i arty lines. lV-'pu'-iiuan n-wo.MTs arq hounding their own pa: ty. and demo crats join in the cry, Democr.US run le i.ii'.iicao uHirspapcrs an 1 Ujpuo.ieans mr, lt mo.-ratb theets. N-'ithr party ;-. U any direct responsibility ror Iran;! ' a,,. m-culati.-.n. for it a 11. t il.-i -.in oln-i-' J d-jet th.; d-.-j. I-1-pu'.i.-ius el a i ni, r 0h, he d-.n't i'.-I to w.y r-i.d the oarrv: he' b-l .o to the her win.---w.- are not repon-:b! : t.-r .ii :;-ts. It u !:. i:ioerat -gofs in n Wins Ins pi:e, th- Heu.ocrats say, "Oil, uopublaan runs hi:u- a U;-psibtican newspaper sun ports him we are n-.-t re-j-n-.'-ie ...r hin." -No ciM own l no o.i ? is Ui rcetlv a-haiiie d fer him, an 1 not until we have some rtri. ter pa.ty lines to divide on, can this thing Le cure J. The I'httmonth llrihl b?s'm3 to weaken on its d ier.-e of the lViKten tenthry and Salt land steals ot Lineoin. Tnat heretofore indcpeii'ient 'beet shouI.J n . now inj'ire its in'.'.uen-i by a-an ion in- the ciue of the people, and wo be h-vc it will "stiok to the t-it. LhroHf The riattsmouth Hkraiu" hs not tun to "weaken" on any position it oc ha ever taken. It has never tacn a rinn r.n either the "penitentiary" or JO; T-ind" nuestions, for the very good rt-aou that it has never seen cither ef the bills. The editor of the Hf-KALD d;d har tho Salt Itt.1 Lill rea 1 in the House, but before it come up for final a; ion it hal been changed so much that it was JiSicult to tell whether it was the same bill or not, henee the Herald took no position on i We are at a loss Jo know what the Chronicle means by "the text." unless it be to oppo-e every thing in which "we-uns" do not have oc direct intere-t. If that is it, we i to be cxcu-el. If it means to cp p .se rascality generally, we are always : ?a Jy to 4 stick to the text." cue cossrurnos im.t. :ai The question cf sust lining the Gover nor's veto of Cor.-titutional Convention 1:11 came up ia the House yesterday, : r d was defeated by a ote of 1J to '21, i'.'l'ows : The question b-nng, "hal! the Lil-pu-s notwithstanding the Governor's ob. jo.-iions," the following named gentle i;:en voted in the atStuativo Messrs. -Lman-on, Ucall, Galey, Goodin, Ilalh j. : 'J.::, Maddox, Khodes, Hiordan, 31:.!' its, Itoewater. S. hock 12. nd I'lie t'uilowing in the negative: Massrs. l!rij:s, Cannon, '1 Ciaik, J. Clark, : .r:;?er, Covell, li!lon, Luby. Irenell, Hudson, Majors, Mur.n, Over ton, Patterson, Porter, Heed, House, Srhook, Waleott, Mr Speaker 21.' And so the veto of His acting Kxcell ney was su.--tair.cd, and the bill for the r assembling of the Constitutional Con tuition was defeated. n inmate of the Lunatic Asylum at ncolu receutly asked the interference friends to remove her to some other tare; for, said she "I feel that Chri-t '11 soon come, and if ho does he will ,.t vL-it Lincoln, and that would leave , ? oa.'.." That woman may be insane. f jr giv'iDg "dp the Fial-MaobuV.d letters i ti S-.vceney who, it is believed, haa de tfr yed them, as they contained damn ing evidence against himself and other members of the Tammany ring. Some cf the lawyers aro moviug to have Siw ad expelled from the bar on account of a brjaca. of professional faith. VOL. 7, TUF, liOlNfci. AT THE CAPITAL LV.henrtl of Irre?dlns. , The doings at tho capita' for the past fjw days Lave be n digraet:ful iu the extreme. All accounts agree upon this point. Whatever may be tho re-alt, there is no question but tho attempt of Presi lent Ilasea.I to n.ijourn the Senate by arbUrnry action and ruling. s rejre hensitle in the extreme. It tray be that the action of those desiring to con tinue the session was not such as was calculated to cover our State with glory, yet that was no excu-e for the sctioa cf he President and the five Senators who followed hi oj from the Senate chamber The ruling which claims that six votes in the affirmative and six in tho negative of a pro o.sition carries it, was certainly not ma le by President Ila-call because he believed it to be correct, bat iout have been with a full knowledge of its falijcy : und with a foil knowlo lg?, also, that in lcaviiiz the Senat-j thus with five coadjutors he kfo the remaining six members a U'j'ii Hcii i.v. Airain, Presi dent Uascali inu-t have known that an adjournment of the Senate, even had every vote been ca-t in its favor, with out the concurrence of tho House, was no adjournment at all ; for tho standing ru'- s of tho body cxpres.-ly prohibit an adjournment f r more than three days without a concurrent resolution. It is no cxcu.se for the-e six seceding Senators that the other six refused to transact business except such as thry desired. They had tho rhrht to d this and the others had no right to adopt revolu tionary and arbitrary mea-ures to break up the sfsjuon in con-epi 'mi ,..v It v.'i.uid certainly have been tlii put. of wi-Iosn for Mr. Ilascall tnd his five fr iio'.vcrs to have remained fii se-siei; until they could have adjourned ijgil'y, at 1 ast. As it is. these six deserters are a much responsible for what way be dono by those remaining as though they took pa t in the proceedings. In the House, Mr. Chief Clcifc, L. K. Crpey, tseems to hive assumed that the entire responsibility of man;i?ir.g the affairs of State rested upon Lis shoulders, and he assumed to dictate to tho people's representatives what they should do, anJ endeavored to enforce his ideas by packing off the IIoue Journals, and seeking to enforce His acting Excellency's bu 1 ag&inst the Leg islature. This was a huge undertaking fur one so young, and the Serjeant-at-arms secifis to have brought the young man up with a round turn, by placing him un'hr arrest. What the en 1 will be we cnn t determine ; but of the le gality of the action of tho- remaining in session we have but little doubt, and their ii:ht to compel the attend ance of ab-enfee.-, if they sec prorer to eXvuei'C that liihr. I'lrelion of Governor. Our dispatches of .a.-t night state that the 2fth, at '2 o'clock p. m. is thu time set for tho election of a Governor, to :i th- vacs ney caused ly the Impeachment i t t.tov. L.ut!(.r. iitther or not the proper steps have been taki-n to provide lor the ulling of tho vs-vaney, we aro un able to fay. Our dispatches are some what hnie upon this p iuf, stating that a resolution passed the Senate nV rote, and do not state whether it pas-rd th House or not. We a-sum', however, in the absence of information upon the subject, that the p:oper action has been taken to comply with the requirements of the Constitution, and that tho eiec tirn will be held at the tiu.e specified. If the resolution, or bill, has not passed both houses, and the Legislature hns not properly "dc!are-d the iuanr-r of filling the vacancy," v.e trust liiey will do so at once, I proceed with this most impor tant work. It is abo hoped tint those members who have absented themselves will conent to leave tLetr hcuies for a sufficient time to attend to this duty. If thero arc obnoxious Salt Land Bills, or Constitutional Cosventiou Bills, or any other mtasurcs that are looked upon wi;h doubt as to their bein of interest to the State, Lt them remain in the dark recesses of some Commit tetiuan's pock et, never more to see the light of day, if members are afraid to trust them selves or their atsOC.:.itcs to vott, UD0I1 them, but let it not be said that iheLeg isla'sae of the gr.at Cviiiuionwtalih of Nebraska "broke op in a row," while they had as important a matter as the election of a Governor to attend to. At teud to this and thn adjouru like civil ized men. Do this fur the credit of the State, if not for the credit ofjour-t.-Ae. A Io;r K.x rnte. It is an old "sUW" that "a poor ex cuse is better than none:" yet we- doubt if tho t-xcuse offered by President Has ca!l and the five Sena ors v.liolcft the Senate with him will hardly 'rid the biiL" It is said they escusetheir action by paying that they did it to prevent the pssage of the Salt Land Bill. We doubt not their de-ire to defeat this ob noxious bill was genuine (especially after the House had su.-iained His acting Ex cellency's veto of the Constitutional Con vention bill), and that they' are entitled to great praise (?) for the protection which ILey have thrown around the Strte; but if they had voted as strong against the bill as they did for the ad journment, it could do more have passed than they could adjourn. . The vote stood six and six, and it took seven affir mative votes to pass that or any other bill. Therefore, we think that the ex cuse offered by those gentlemen is a very poor one. nit: i.EUisi.vnvs: ;:viule. We condense the following report of the Legi-lative muddle of the 20th from the Lincoln correspoude.t of the Omaha Rapub'ican. We doubt not it is in the main correct, although leaning a little to the side of the party who fa vored adjournment : The Houses met according to adjourn ment at '2 p. in., and bu -iocs progressed finely, no particularly bad feeling being shown, or any disagie.-mcnt about any thing. Hascail'a county bill ctuie up, was turned over to the Committee of the Whoic, and amended, an J cut and curtailed, and dovetailed and deviled, until its own father could never recog nize it. In this naked and emboweled condition it wai turned over to tho ten der mercies of the House proper, and unceremoniously rejected, Ly a vote of 24 to i Whether this put the Old Nick into Hascall or not, 1 cannot tell, but the next thing ytj heard was, that the Sen ate wat in a dead lock by reason of a call of thvs House, which suspends all other businsss; 8i.d as the J-enate flood six to 8 x, and ail as stubborn a mu.es, notlrng remained for them but to bit it out on that hue if it took all night, and sit it out they did. Tho Ilnuse ad journed quietly eou?h until JO a. m. this morning, and then everybody went over to see what th- Senate wer doing. No ona supposed but tnat after they Iifid annoyed each oth r a while thry would adjourn like reasonable men, aVl lix up things. Bit when six o'cloek came loutid, and seven o'clock, and sup per was sent for. every ous began to re co:n;i! that ibis was a stato of nil'jirs beyond an oro'invy joke. Nine o'clock arrived, aud jet no let up. Hour a for hour rolled by, the doors were closed and 1 cked no one was al lowed adtnittan :e to that sanctum tmic roareni. Music by the band ie. Fre mont, Tueker, Fcho-i I J Larsh, Lineli, Hilton & Co. ('Jhj Salt Co of course) Songs by the acre and growl.- ly tho hu-'drd can.e I'rjni tli.it chamber. Twelve o'clock eam , n:id there being no pi.-?! of the ca!i lor that iiou-c ever coming to an end. your lepji ter ad-Jj-.urued Lim.scif outside of an oyster -tew an t turned into bcu to sleep, to dream, aye, there's the rub. Ever r.nd anon tiie cry of "previous question, call of tho lions-1, leek the door, semi for a d.ij'or, let us our." and s-.' on, r.ng dimly in Lis ear, till at 1-st Jay linl.t with a i;id bound leaped up to my window, and I heard Senator Mr-tz shouti K' at the door "Let me in." We did. a'id heard the tale of that night's work m full. It shoulo b.ina the hluMi of shaite to every hote.st Ncbraska.i's face. I shall not outer into the themo h're. Tune press, an 1 more imp rt ant facts are at ban J knocking at the door foi utterance. "This won t last long," says Metz. "Ha-call has got his Ll;od up, ai.d there'll be a row if some change cen t t.ikc pce soon. Get up and come alon-." We did. The Salt Si.Oifo their breakfast in the Senate chamlt r, but thoFresh and June Six went out and ate theirs like white men. Tho call of the House being sus pended in some Diybte.ious way t' allow of tiis proceeding. On their return ihe run cr.iair.cnea 1. Ilase.tii asked them to take up some other bills and pass them if nothing else would d?. They declared no busine.-s should be attended to until this affair was settle. At last Sheldou, losing all patience, moved to adjourn until ifeeinler olsi 1872. It wns seconfed, and Jdascal) put the motion, the gavel in his hand. Six (G) Senators answered "aye." and three "no ;" quicker than liuhti.inir the avcl descend, d and President Uascuil de- j cl i.ed t h? Senate adjourned until Dec. 3!-t, Is-. 2. anJ taking his !:a. House rules and gnvcl, he mirched downstairs, Thomas, Sheldon, Metz, Cropsey and Abbott l'oi!owiii2 him. That's tho business in short, but to make it jdjin I stud yuu the copy of the Juurual. "Sheldon moved to adjourn. Scoaeld nsked if that was in order. The chair said he knew nothing to the contrary." (Thomas asked beholicld to rc-f-r the Senate to some authority on the ui-.itter. Seofkld said he was not keeping a law school. ) Mr. Scotield appealed from the Chair. The ayes and noes we-e called, an 1 stood G to 6. The Chair decided that the ap peal wa lost. The Chair then put the motion to adjourn. Six members an swered aye, two or three no, end tho President declared the Senate adjourned. It is cl timed tloit the ays :mJ noes were not demanded until after the Chair had decided the body adjourned. The Senators, under the President then ad journed to the Auditor's room, where a brisk discussion of their action followed. Gen O'Brien dropped in and after some thought and looking up of statistics, he endorsed their action ami declared the adjournment legal The Attorney Gen eral also gave his opinion very decidedly: that the thing would "hold watr," and our m'x the immortal sir, were very jubi lant. The body at the othor end of the av enue, the hallway I mean, were iu an awful fix. What to do they coaid not tell. It was proposed to put tho Secre tary of tha Senate in the chair, and after n consultation with the Governor, Mr. Walker accepted the position so far as to entertain their motions and answer questions. By virtue of this action a writ was is sued to the Assistant Sertreant-at Arms, aud he called in the City Marshal, Hast ings, who told the gentlemen they ruisrht consider themselves under arrest This did not seem to alTee.t their spirits much. Senators Ha-cdl and Metz very plainly stutcd that they should stay there until train time and no longer. After inquiry. Marshal Ha-tings made up Ids mind to "not take any in bis'n," and left them to their own devices. The House opened as usual at 10 a. m. When about half the minutes had been read, iho Secretary of the Senate appeared and road an account of the pro ceedings in the Senate, as above stated, with these comments added: "The President then vacated ths chair but there are still Senators remaininc in the Senate Chamber under a ca 1 of the House. The message was received, the journal was read to the end, and some few bills introduced by various members, when Mr. Kosewatcr moved an adjournment until the 31st of December, JT2. Mr. Concur moved "a call of the House." It was done, and ihe mem bers were talking, waiking, reading and sitting around J Mr. Ito.-ewater moved to dispense with the eall of ihe House. A divis on is called for lost by a vote of 14 to 10. The Seargeant-at-Arms is sent out to hunt up any members if he can. At eleven o'clock Mr. Rosewater again PL'ATTSMOUTH -'NEBRASKA,; Til U USD AY, J AN 1 1 A K moved to adjourn until December 31 st. It was amended by changing to Monday at 2 p. in. While the Clerk was calling the roil, the private Secretary of the Governor entered with a -messagOi.i It was' tho much talked of prorogation. . The Speaker directed the Clerk tocon' tinne the n!!, and the vote was taken. The Speaker declared the House ad journed until 2 p in., Monday next. Tho following is the 31 usage of the Governor; State of Nebraska, ) Execitivk Chamber, j January 20rh, 1S72. To the II norab!e, the Speaker of the House cf Bjj. resertafives: Wm.RE.vs: The House of Represen tatives adopted a resolution to adjourn tine lit on the 24t!i inst., in widen the Senate tailed to concur and adopted a resolution to adjourii until the 3lst day of December, 1S72, and Wiiekeas: N'o reasonable hope is en tertained that the lofi-er continuance in session of this Ijogi-lature will result iu the adoption of any mea-nres which have for their object th? public good- Now, th-refore, I, WiPiaui H. James, acting Governor of Nebraska, und-.-r ami by virtue of the authority vested in me by the con.-tiiution, do hereby de clare this Legislature adjourned without day. W. II. James. Messrs. Alunatison Biies, Cannon, Dillon, Grinnd, Hudson, Majors, Munri, Overton, Patterson, Heed, Boscwater and Woleott returned home on the train, snd Messrs. Buaii, J. Clark, Congor, Dailv, Dubey, GaW, Goodin. Jenkins, j Madtb'X, Porter, Rhodes, Riordan, lioo- erts, Iiou.-e, and Shock remain. Only seventeen members remain, not enough f or a quorum. IllSt II a titled Iroceclina;. The Journal of Sunday morning con tains tho fol!owing,rehitive to the doings of tb.L Legislature on the morning of the "black Saturday." We have given tho account as furnished the Ouiaha livpub lican, airi here is the Journal account: Our record of tho proceedings of the Legislature yesterday cio.-ed while the Senate was tiiiii in ?esiun, uir e ' a "cad d' the Hou.sj. " That body reu.aiiie.i in te.-s.ion nli night. Mill under a call, when about S o'clock, tho President de clared a motion for reces- tor breakfast When the Senate reconvened, tho six members, consisting of Presi lent Ha.i cail. ami Messrs Abbott.Cropsey, Metz, Sheldon and Thonras, had evidently pre pared their programme, and Mr. Shel don introduced a motion to aJjourn until the 31st day of December next. He i was called to order, by Mr. Seofield, the point of order being that under cad of j the House no business was in order. j The Piesident overruled the point of order and his decision wa- appealed b om. The question being "shall tho deei-ici! of the chair ttani as the judgment of the House." The ayes and noes were demanded. Those voting aye, were Messrs. Abbot, Cropsey, Metz, Sheldon, Thomas and Mr. Preitlcnt, G- Noes, Hilton. Lined, Larsh, Scofieid, Tucker, and Ter-.naut. 6, which, of course de feated the a'Ermative side of the ques tion according to ti rules of the Sen ate, and all other legislative bodies. But the President declared the arTirnia iive carried, and put the question and mmediately brought down the gavel and declared the Senrte ' adjourned till , December 31st. Ot course .Mr. iiascall knew that the motion was not car ried. ?dr. Iiascall. also knew that his adjournment was r uil and void according to the standing rule of the r-enate; (Jefferson s Manuel) which says that mother house can adjourn for more than three days except by consent of the other, i. e., by concurrent resolution. This rule has always u-je.i held the law b- all legislators, and especially by the present Legislature of Nebraska. So that tcking imy a-pect of the ca.-e we may, Mr. Ibo-cali's adj urnment is no adjoin r -ment, and tho Senate is now iu leal session. At the other end of the esptial. a no le.s e.xtraonlir-a-y and arbitraty course was attempted by the acting Governor. That body passed a concurrent resolution of adjournme-1 on Friday, at 1 1 o'clock a. M. The Senate rcfustd toe n-'ur, and a conference committee w.is appointed w ho reported by a majority in each house, an agreement to adjourn oo Wednesday next at 1 1 o'clock V. M. Th-i House adopted the report of the Committer, ami the Senate received the report, w hich l:dd over one day under the ruies. Hence there was no disagree ment as to the tituo of adjournment, ac cording to the records of the two houses. Tin re can be no disagreement until the Senaet has acted upon the matter. But the acting Governor sent in a message to the House, which arrived just as the Spoaker was putjinz a motion to adjourn until Monday at two o'clo k, which motion was carried, aud the mes sasrc! was of course sent back to tho tx cun've This is a high handed and unconsti tutional proceeding, which will have no legal effect. But it is a mo-t glaring at tempt to override the Constitution, which only gives the executive power of proroguing the legislature in ca-o of a disagreement upon tho "day of adjourn merit," and then cannot adjourn it be yond thi nest regular session. V.'e can safely say, that no more out rageous proceedings ever attended the meeting of any legislature than those, now being enacted or attempted by cf-r-tain of the legislative and executive offi cials of ibis State. Those hhzh toncd, moral, "honesty and brains" fellows, who were "red hot'' for investigating everything and every body at the commencement cf the ses sion of the Legislature, have ''come down off that high ladder." That "ringing "voice" of the Senator from Lancaster ceased to ring the moment the Journal made specific charges and announced its readiness to su.-tai.i them by sworn eviJne. They say "misery loves company" and it will be a source of gratification to those who were very anxious for a new constitution to know that those who op posed it wiil be compelled to put up with the inconvenience the old one, as wcllos theniselres. This' is certainly a very small etegre-e of satisfaction; but, proba bly, it is better than none! '- The Statesman says we are seeking notoriety. We do not -seek the same kind that the Statesman is obtaining. McCano will give that institution all the notoriety it deserves. OUR GREENWOOD LETTER Gr1 enwood, Jan. - Editors Herald: We may say that we believe that the press ia the me tlium through which we expect tore eeive knowledge of public flentimeuf. The desire of your correspondent is to ascertain the feeling of tho people, as well as to express our own feelings on the subject of Bridge building in Cass county. Tho general wish of the people in this, the west end of this county, is to have more bridges and belter ones. When the subject is spoken of almost every one wants good bridges and are wil iog to be taxed to pay for the same. Some say there was no bridge tax lev ied last year, consequently there is no fund for that purpose ; and there are many opinions on the subject ; but all seeta anxious on the question of bridges but fail to agre on what is best to ac complish the purpose. Other counties have found ways to make public im provements, why should Cass, county be behind? It is the prevailing opinion that those who should have made an ef fort in that direction, have either, through careless indifference or willful neglect, failed to make a proper efiort to provide good, safe bridges. It is a no torious fact that we have not a good bridge over Salt creek, in Cass count-, ! aul there are tome ten miles of this I creek in the county, and what bridges we have are kept up almost entirely by the citizens in their immediate vicinity. ! We cannot dry up nor drain these creeks, nor would we if we could, but we would like to biidg them. We do not pretend to kiiow tho I et way, but suggest that ! the Hon. Board of County Commission ers call an eleetian for the purpose of voting bon is, the amount to correspond ! with tho necessities, payable in ten or twenty years, when the cour.ty has a larger population, and those who are no'v here haie more of their binds un der cultivation. The question of inte rest is answered by stating that there has been two horsem drowned by falling through one bridge, and one of these horses cost the county one hundred dol lars, what the other cost I do not know, but probably not a less amount. This alone would pay the interest on two thousand dollars at 10 per cent, per an num, saying nothing of the inconveni ence or danger, besides the amount paid for repairs iu labor and material. Our little town has been having some t hant'es in regard to our merchants. V. S. Bethel soil out the stock and store on second street, to J. C Steven son, E.-q , who will carry on the same business with an increased stock. -We understand M Bethel proposes opening a lumber and coal yard here in the spring. Tho Congrcgationalists have been holding a series of meetings at Wal ter's ichool house, conducted by tho Bevcrcnds Merell and Knowlc-s, while the Episcopal Methodist and United Brethren have been having a revival at Kohn's Chapel 3Iany persons have .-ought to do bitter, back-sliders re claimed and sinners repented, an lit is hoped much good will be accomplished. As ever, A. B. M. OUR WYOMING LETTER- Fort D. A RrsSEi.n, W. T.. ) January 17, 1872. Dear IIfrai.d : This has been an eventful day to u.e, I have shaken hands with a noble scion of Royalty; I have seen tho Russian Bear and the Ameri can Eagle in loving companionship. This morning the pulse" of the Ganison was stirred in an unwonted manner. A circular was issued from head rjuarters that the Grand Duk ; would bo in Chey enne on a special train about ten o'clock, and tho officers and ladies were invited to go down and see him. .There was ex citement for a time. The OlTieers fur bishing up their uniforms and the ladies prep-aring themselves to pass the ordeal, and 1 assure they did nodsicredit to the fame of American beauty. Soou the cavalcade was in motion Private carriages and ambulances surHcieni for 'all. We f iund the gorgeous train al ready arrived. We were u-hered into one of Pullman's Magnificent Palace Cars, where General Sheridan gave us a most cordial reception. His staT were present and they all soon made it exceed ingly pleasant. Although it was past ten o'clock, yet, owing to the fatigue of the great Buffalo hunt, the Duke and his party had not arrived. After being entertained for a short time it was an nounced by Gueral Sheridan that the Duke was leay to receive us. Gen. King and the ladies went into his car fi st and were introduced, then the cd cers after a few miuuies followed, and were introduced separately by Gen. King. The Duke is a liue looking young man, very tail, light complexion and fcide whiskers. He is very easy in his manners, and speaks the english lan guage very well, with a very soft, wet voice, and a little foreign accent. Wo learued from General Sheiidan that the hunt had been very successful and that the Duko had killed three buffilo, which to him was a great event. The party were in high spirits and their train soon left for Denver. From there they go south by the K. P. R. R.. their destina tion being Pensacola, Florida, where the Russian fieet is in waiting. I Lamed from ono of Genernl Sheridan's i-tatf that the Duke was very much surpiised to find so many beautiful ladies so far out on the frontier, as he had supposed that only Indians and a few Ranchmen occupied the country, besides soldiers. But at all the posts he had seen large numbers of ladies who would compare favorably with - those of any land under Y 25 12. the sun. Loug may relations of amity be eultivated between the two powerful nations whose friendship' for each other is now being cemented by this visit of royalty to our shores. The weather has been deliuhtful thus fur through Janu ary, and we hope that the fiercest of our winter is past. Yours truly, A. WRIGHT, Post Chaplain, U. S. A. FROM THE CAPITAL. Govcn.von jtnts probouies THE LttilM-lTHU, THE KEXATE ntTMRE THE OF- rici: or soykrok vacast. Tlte House wider the Arrest of the IerU l.rlt -Se.ect ou i rlt of Jlnb tin orjti Senwlor lieu necly gel OiKtisle(l and got) lluuie. Tbe Srnnt Retimes lo Adjourn Tbe Jtloune Adjourn lo Monday. TliiiiKt Lively. Special to th P!&ttsinoulh IIice iLO. Lincoln, 20 3. p. m. The Iloase yesterday afternoon and evenins transacted some business. There were 20 a. embers present. During this time the Senate was in session, but re fused to suspend the rules and read bills. After spending some tima in this way a call of the house was ordered, and the doors and galieries closed, and thy re mained in that condition all night They finally took a recess for breakfast. At nine o'clock t he Sena'e voted on a res olution to adjourn to December 31st, 1871. Over this resolution there was much wrangling. The vote stood six for and six against, and was declared carried by ihe presiding officer. About this time five of the Senators left tho chamber, viz : Messrs. llaseali, Metz, Sheldon, Thomas and Cropsey Messrs. SchoCdd. Tenant, Tucker, Lush, Hilton and Lynch, remaining. Th? six Senators remaining- pro nounced the adjournment illegal, and moved a call of the House, and ordered the Scrgeant-at-armj to arrest the seced ing Sena les s. Tho Senate chamber is still locked, and the six Senators remain, evidently interrJing not to be adjourned. The Home met at the usual time 10 a. m., when Mr. Rose-water, of Douglas, moved to adjourn to Dec. 31. A call of tho House was immediately ordered, and after spending an hour, without accomplishing anything, dis pensed with the call. Mr. Hudson, cf Platte, moved to amend the motion to adjourn by naming twoi. m. on Monday next, which mo tion was carried. Just ihen a message from His acting Excellency, Governor ' James, was re ceived, proroguing tho Legislature. Without waiting to hear it read the Speaker declared the House adjourned. Senator Kennedy is expected back, and the opposition members say that his arrival will give the Senate a quorum. Members opposed to adjjurnment, claim that thu House will have a quorum on Monday, though it is stated that ti e Governor will not recocniz either of the bodies us l--gai, aud will not sign any bills they may pass. Exciteuie nt i nns high and a lively time may be looked lor The Governor wiil oppose any farther legislation while many of the Sciitors aud Members claim that he has no risht to prorogue them, and propose to pay no attention to his message. From parties who came down on the evening train we learn that a special in gine was at Louisville ready to take Senator Kennedy to -L ncoln, and that he was there, ready to start as soon as the track was clear. Ed. Herald. J Lincoln, January 224 p. ni. The Senate met at 0a. Ln. ani iinmcdia'eiy a concurrent resolution was passed him vwe, proviu.ng i.r tbe elec tion, by the Legislature, on Wednesday, January 24th, at 2 p. n., of some per son to fill the offie-i of Governor, which was declared vacant Kennedy voting no. Seventeen members of the House as sembled at 2 o'clock, and immediately ordered tho Sergeant at arms to airr.-t L. E. Cropsey. 'leik of the House, wl;o was absent, and to com pel tho return oi the Journals to that body. Mr. Crop fey refused to respect the w arrant of ar rest. At 3:3.) p. in, a writ cf hahr.a corpus was sued out and Mr. Cropsey was relca-ed. There is no quorum in the House, and-there probably will nor be. The excitement runs high, but nobody scared. Senator Kennedy returned home to day, disgusted. Lincoln. Jan. 24. Both houses of the Legislature met ai 2 o'clock p. m. mx Senators and nine teen members of the Ilou-e present. The Senate to-..k a recess until 7 this p. m., without attempting any business, there being no q oium. The House i under a call, with war rants out for absentees. The resolution to elect a Governor has not yet been passed in the House, and probably will not be. Everything is digniSed and orderly, notwilhst nding reports to the contrary. The concurrent 'resolution of adjourn ment st 1 1 o'clock to-night was passed by a auoruiu of both bowses, &nd cim not be reconsidered without a quorum. There is little doubt that both houses wil! be declared adjourned at 11 o'clock, and that the members will go home to morrow. It is g?nerally conceded that a Govern or cannot be elected without the passage of a bill, which cannot be passed except ty a majority of both houses hene tbe idea of electing a Governor will fail, ne t because there is any doubt as to the right or power of ihe Legislature to do so, but because of the want of oca vote in each hotise. The right is conceded by all, and the fallacy of Gov. James proroguation is admitted by all thinking men. II. NO- 43 TELEGRAPHIC New York, January 22. A Washington dispatch to the Herald states that Senator Wilson's friends are enraged against Colfax and Blaine. The llrst for iu-.iiot rity, thu second for playing into Colfax's hands. The Presi dent, Cabiuet and leading politicians H2iee that tho vice-Presidency shot-Id fall to some one east of the Alieghenies, and a New York railroad man is men tioned. It is f-fated that Cuban leaders, who have been in this country seeking to in duce our government to recognize the Cuban republic us a belligerent power, are beginning to despair l sucees-. They bring to bear in Congress now th reeeot landing of twenty five thous and Coolies, and ulso the landing of several cargjos of Slaves on tho Island as arguments usain.-t Span'sh ndo. Tweed's con-titu?nts request him ei ther to go to the Senate or resign. It is stated that Tweed only wants to buy two more members of the Legislature to secure him from exclusion, and that he is waiting to obtain them. New York, January 2;. The Herald's Washington dispatch says the stupidity of the Democratic mei..bers cf the committee ou ways and mean-, in respect to. tho syndicate in vestigation, evidences their failure to comprehend the situation. The Herald also states that, though. Boutwell has been whitewashed by tho commi-tee, it is hoped that the ir.vestiatjn may lead to the breaking up of the stupen dous jobs of the treasury ring. ' Mexican advices re port tl a; the revol ution is a suming formidable p opor t ons The government forces wv-ro de leted near San Luis Great cxeiie m nt is r j ortcd in the City of Mexico over a rti-nor that Diaz's in urgei.t ea vtl -y wa.- in t he vicinity. This tnorirn af er hearing Mr. Co irt ney ou bihaifof cx-Comptrolier Connelly upon a uiotioni lo stny proceedings in in-- suit of the supervisors against Cou ivilv. pen-ling a decision of the court at Albany, and in the suit of the peo ple . I. if ;':e Barnard ,-ta'ed that ho would d -.-ciinc to grant the motion, as he be lieved the supervisors had a rightto brii. action and not tho peojd. This is the lir-t judicial decision yet rendered a to tbe proper parties to briog these suits. Ths?judj e li 1 not hear - counsel for the supeivisors, but O'Goruiau pre sented the printei opinion of George T. Curtis, and e x Jud-e Por ter holding the views expressed ly the j-fj'ge. . ' Washington, January 22. Dispatches from General Emery from New Oiloans, i-tates that he has troops in readiness to keep order. It is under stood ihat the general has been ir.Mrjct ed to protect publican! private property from pillage in ei -e of emergency, but not to interfere further, wit lout instruc tions. J'a ib i er, Jan. 23. This forenoon Dennis Shfa struck his wife with a flat iron, probably fracturing h. r skull and then cut his own throat friii. ear to ear, dying almost instantly. No t ause assigned. New Oilcans, Januaiy 2 1. . Carter has is-ued an address to the people, staling tin; t.e v:!!l on Monday, at 1 1:30 in the forenoon through ser-geaiit-at-nrms, proceed to remove from the halls of the house if repieseitti'tives, mechanics . institute, and npp; ouches thereto, the Metropolitan p.d.tv. and aimed men, and jiI-icj said bou o with its orgatiizs.ioi) a it existed at adjourn ment January 4'-h intact. He icqucsls the peool: to cloo their place.- of bosi ness and kep off th; streets in the vi cinity. Wai mouth laving ignored Speaker Curler, this programme iud -cates a CJiifhct The Catterites are said to have : wo thousand men. At eleven in the forenoon tho pjople assembled on Cani! stre-'t. about Dry daes. Nearly 'all ihe police were with drwn from tiieir I e its and armed as in fantry. They concentrated about me chanics institute; stvcral lines were ihnwn across Drydaes. Several com panies of infantry are. also on durj Later C t ier ha- just made a speech to seve.a! ll.oiisaud per.-ons at Clay stat uc lie stated that he had ro-jcived a communication fr-uu G noral L:m ry ihat LTn;ted States troop- w rj iu readi ness to prevent a:-y e "iiiiiet and ee.un selled foibe.ira u."e, an 1 rejlst.d his friends, the people, lo maintain iht ir or ganizuii n tor future action. No c in flict to-day. Tha stores along Canal street front Rampart to the camp are gene rally e!o cJ. After announcing ;h? e 'nicntsof E:n pry'ss di-pafch. Cm; tor said, 'thus United State troops and Genera! Emery, are used to per." t. i.ite the infamies which would drive any northern or we.-rern Sta'e. into revolution, and which will fill t-i! mvarihe 1 when tho i:ve fixation conm.itte" arrives. The c.y of "ljut's Fight, We're going in anyhow" was riised by the crowd. Carter replied. "Men who let passions overcome their reason w;iuld ruin any cause. I forbid those acting under my commission to take any step which would bring i hem in conflict with the troops r.f the Colted States." IIo t'.::r: ori r d his men to rest on Cast . ;i House : tre-er. When Carter concluded his prcth the eiowd si 'wiy ciser-i d. Canal street this av'tei a-on is ii'i'isiiaby quiet. 'ihe action e-f the prc.-ideiit in preventing a conflict seems to udvc sa'isfjc'io.-i to citi zens in view of the early coming of tiie coiigre-ion-. committee, which piomis cs a peaceful solution cf tho trouble. Geneta! Etm ry to day sent a copy of the following dispatch to Carte:-and on-i to Waru.outh : Wa-hington, January 22. Col Emery, oiiuiiiun'l'n th deoart uutoit of the Gulf, New Orle.-ns; ' Tho Presid nt divots tint yr.u Lold your troops in leadioe-s w Mispress a conflict of arme.J bo lie of men, should sueR neeur, and to jruard poblio property from pillage aud destruction, liy oid-.r of th Secretary ot W ar E I). Townsend, Adjt. Gen'L The Varmou! bites have now decided that it requires fifty-four riitoitcrs of the -Of5ee ooroer Main atxl Second itrevt; .. ni etnty' . ' TERMS : IlttibS'.O.O'l per annuo, or fltV l.ermon'.k. house and nineteen of Senate to c nt,- ;! tute a quorum, thus annulling their ava tion repealing obnoxious laws. oiaio. Cincinnati, Jan. 2Z An exciting shooting affray took placfl at Chaileston, West A irginia, last even ing, under tbe fo!Itwing circumstances: During the war the lands of John C'laik- ' son, a wealthy Vnginian, were soid br taxes, and yesterday he lued for the-r. recovery. Dariug the progress of ihe ' trial Clark son called tho defende-nt, : United States Marshal Slack, a liui, Slack then struck Clarkson, and a gen- . eral melee ensued, in which seven shot were fired. The room was icall nnd over a dozen persons present. Clark r was shot four times, ono wound is dan- ' gerous, being in the breast. All thu parties wealthy and respectable, and lhf affair causes great excitement. St. Paul, January 23. Win. Saldatenkoff, commissioner troot Russia to visit the prisons of the Unitpd States, arrived here yesterday wi h S. i. Menil, genera! manager of the Milwau-. kee and St. Paul railroad, a.td oilier gentlemen from - Milwaukee. Ht visit d ihe reform school and othee rmo lij institutions, and was banqueted in the evening. A gentleman in from Manitoba, list night, reports that too excitement slid continue regarding the discoYe- v ! jtoid (in the Peace river district, WM mile from Fort Edmanton. A deserter from Fort Pembina wi found frozen to death eight miles ouitli of that post a few days ago. Pri, January 2o. It is reported thst during the crisis caused by the lcar of Thieis' withdrawal agents of ihe imperialist circuited, among ofacers of the army, and oeigl t to a.-ceitain their deposition toward th t empire, and whether there was any feed ing i:i fivor cf the ift-tnr.iti ui. Madrid, January 22. Senator II rrca, ministerial candidate i -.T President of the national eorte-, w is defeated to-day. The election of Her--rea was nndi a cabinet question. Hi drfoat will ; probably lead to ministerial changes. ' ; LondonT January 2Z.' The Liverpool chamber of .tn uteres memorialized for a reduction of the tar- ;ff on cab'e messages. ' Rev- John Shelby, the wife tuurdcrcry has been granted a respite. i I io News has been received of the wrefe; of the African mail steam packet M gregaland off the Guinea coast, whiid ou her way from the Cape to Eng- land. The passengers and crew Were saved. .... Tho Tichbourne case continues to -attract the attention of the court -daily, which is crowded with spectators of hi'ghj rank. The claimants chanco .are evi dently weakening. Tho defense ha over three hundred witnes.-c-s.,, Revei.e-, lions cf an exciting character are looked f..-v t . ' - ' -1 Tl" election in Kerry runs dangerous L h gh. It. is i-epor e 1 th.it the re tans are oran;zir.g mobs to up p t Klenne'-hasset, home rule candid ite, a d that rio-ts are threatened with vio 1 iicc. Bright has written a letter to O iVrioghne. denouncing home rule. Advices from Cape Good Hope repre sent that, rich dis'-ovejirs continue to S made in diamond field. Among others two diamonds have been found, on thousand pounds each.' Cbleag-o Irdiiee Mnrktt. - , Chicago, January 2.J. Hour dull and unchanged; good to choice . spring extra, G '2'ji 0 75; Whito western extra, 7 12J(?J,S 50. ' Whoat Dull and steady; No- 2, 1 22t (-l22A cash, 1 '2'2K'1 2Ui, closed at 1 '22$ seller last half Febru-ry, about I cent higher than seller 1'ebrujry; seller March at 1 24-iC'i.l 2.1J, clo'ing at inside bid; No. 1 quiet 1 27; No. 3, 1 I3J. Oats Dull and weak, cent lower. No. 2, Z2(a2i; rejected, 21(1' Bye Scarce anJ firm. No-. 1 and 2, GTt idS; regular andfiesh at t57. lJarhy Dull rnd inactive; No. 2 nominally CO ' cash; No. 3 held at 48 j in central and northwestern clevafacrs wi;h 4S bid. , C tiieagfo t'Httle Market. . Chicago, January 23 Cattle receipts C50; active demand for shi)piiig steers, and pi ices firm at 4 UVa.a it;: for ll(Mto 12u)cv. t.. stc rs C :i7K'"o s'' foi choice I I'm to lor.Oewr. 6 (fit t ...; for an extra lot of 'ft x a us sold at 275. II g- receipts HOD; market ruled quiet, and closed dull and heavy; rango 4 0) " 4'V), outside for a lot avcrag:nir 4-o pound-; at close the rango was 4 OU (.4.'iiJ. . Nt. I,oul Proilar Market. St. Louis, January 23. Flour Firm; bnsinsss very email, XX winter OoOQa) 11; ftiudy winter 7.VJH(U . . V. iieat Flat, no'.Ling done. ' Corn Finn; No. 2, l'J' 41 on track and elevator. t Oats A shade better; No. 2 2Gi oi . Barley Steady; No. 2, Co. ,! Rye Quiet at 7oC 70. Pork Oiict; 13(J on order; 13 00 seller February: 13 50 Mwrch. Bacon and dry bait meats Quiet and unchanged; on'y limited jobbing de mand L-ird FIrn at 8?(rtsJ. Hogs-Finn tt 3 75(34 25; bulk of pale at 4'.Vw.-i 15. . Cattle lu good demand. " -rT'".C;-Wtl-; s - . . J 1 C( BEST (il THE WCRLD.tOlf r;uiDo r--yn (OEM.)'? rev? York Office, 27 BEEZHAH ST. t f t 5 . ) r