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. THE 1115 KALI).1 TELEGRAPHIC . Itobt. "V. Furnas Our Next Governor. .' f - Pabiiahcd ever y Thursday at . PLATTSMOTTTH, NEBRASKA; OOlit Ctrnrr Main and Scrood Street -9ccod4 ttfry. Pennsylvania, Ohio and In diana Swell the Kanks.' OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY AND COUNTY. J. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS." TERMS ; $2.00 a Year. Ex-Secretary Seward Dead; V Teres, in Advance. On copy, one year... On eopf . lix months. One copy, three month.., Volume 8. Plattsmouth, Nebraska, Thursday, October 17, 1872. Number 29. Latest from intliana. IEMALBo V h 1 .1' " i 4 A ATTORNEYS SMITH A STARBIRD At Lww. Practice in mil the courts torneys at oftbe State. Special attention given to colleo ti"n and mattered Probata Office orer the Poet Office. Plattrmonth. Neb. "JTOX A WHEELER Attorney at Law, Spe l rial attention given to probate business and land title caaen. Office to the Masonic lilock. Main Street, Plattsmouth. Nebraska. MAXWELL A CHAPMANAttorreyg a Law and Solicitors in Chancery. PlatU month. Nebraska. Office in Fitzgerald'aBlock. T B. REE.SE. Attornry at Law OfSce ltl. on Main street, orer Chapman i Drag Ftore. Special attention given to collection of claim. ' PHYSICIANS. Tl R. LIVINUSTON. Phvsi.i.m and Sur- I Va cenn, tenders bia professional arrice to the eitiient of Cam county. Reaidencesonthrast rornerof Oak andSizth streets: office on Ma:n street, one door went of Lyman's Lumber Yard. i'iatumonth. Htb. J- W. RAWLINS. Sarreon an! Physician Late a Surseon-in-Ohief of the Army oi the Potomac. PlatUraouth. Nebraska. Office at O. f. Johnson's Drug Store Main street. or posit Ulark riummers. INSURANCE. 1X7 HEELER A BENNETT Real Estate and Tax Paying Agents. Notaris Public Fire, and Life Insurance Agents,. Plnttsmouth. Neb raska. tel'4U 1) HELPS PAINE General Insurance Agent A- Represents ome of the most reliable Com naiies in ihe United States. Office with Barnes A Pollock in Fitzgeraldr Block . UanTdAwtt' HOTELS. BROOKS HOUSE. JOHN FITZGERALD Proprietor .Main Street, Between 5th and Cth St. MISCELLANEOUS. Agents Wanted. TlTELSII's Practical Uuide '3 llnsine i 1i the best selling in)cr th market. It is a book for all concerned in making or saving money. Liberal eomTu Unions paid, and flO.UO Siven away to agents proving successful. Ad res for terms and territory. T. M. STARR A CO. General Western Agents. 17J JtwOw Davenport. Iowa. Art Gallery. Photographs. Ambrotyphs and copies from eld pictures, plain or colored, either in ink. water or oil. AH work neatly executed and warranted to give sntinf.ietion. lOdtf 1 . v. u v.t n i i.r Artint. Main St.. Plattsmouth. PHILADELPHIA STORE. SOLOMON" & NATHAN, - DEALESS IN Fancv Dry Goods, Notions, Ladies' Furnishing Goods, Largest, Cheapest, and Best AflMHoi Stock in the City. figyStore on Main, between 4h and 5th streets. Plattsmouth, Nebraska. dlft wlGd&wtf To Abvkbtiskrs. All persons who cont em ulate making contracts with newspapersfor the insertion gi AUen uomcuis suuum icuu w 0eo. owell Qo. for a Circular, or inclose 25 cents for their One hundred Page Pamphlet, containing Lists of S.MU Newspapers and estimates, showing the cost of advertising, also many useful hints to ad vertisers, and some accouutof the experiences rf men who are known as successful advertis frs. This firm are proprietors ot the American Newspaper Advertising Agency. 41 tTk &ow U- V- and af possessed of nneqnaled facilities for securing the insertion of advertisements in all Newspapers and Periodicals at lowest rates. (.EE P GILLETTE Ntbranka Cilyt General Agent Dep't North west J Union Central Life nvrsuRAivrcs go Of Cincinnati Ohio, J. H. PRESSON. julylodAwtf Local Agent JTEW STYL. 35 ELSTER MERCHANT TAILOR Is in receipt of the finest and BEST ASSORTMENT Of Cassimeres, Cloths, Testings, kc. ever brought to the ity, which I will make up in the Latest styles. Iffi-Pleasa call and examine. Ba Plattsmouth, April 18, 1872. dlOdAwtf. PLATTSMOUTH MILLS. C. IIEISEL,Proprietor.naving recently beer, repaired and placed in thorough running order lOO.OuO Bushels of Wheat wanted immediately for which the highest market price will be pxi-l af:vts wanted. THE MASTER EriRITS OF THE WORLD Ajin i THE TREASURE HOUSE OF AMERICA. The Great Book or ttie Year. Agents report sales of 23 to 100 copies in a few hours or days. PaoSFECTVi Fata. Address J: W. GOODSPEED, ew lork, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Lnui xtcw vrieans. 3swl0t ROCK! STCelE! 1 will furnish parties wiO aOoe for all building purposes at a tease Til fflrice. my quarries cr delivered on U-rrWt Louis- ville station. The following klnl of rtone ean be had on short notice: sills, caps, perch rock tne or rod sand stone such at was used by the B. A M. R, R. in the construction of their (tone wot. All responsible orders, promptly filled J. T. A. HOOVER. FIRST NATIONAL BANK, OF PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. SUCCESSOR Tootle, Hanna 10 & Clark, John Fitzokkalo. freridtKt. Johst R. Clabk, Oath icr. c T. II. Parvilk. Vtte frtndent W. Etins. A't Qukier. This Bank is now open for businest at theii new room, corner Main and Sixth streets, and are prepared to transact a general Banking Business. Stocks, Bonds. Gold. Government and Local Securities Bought and Sold. Deposit Received and Interest allowed On time Certificates. Drafts drawn, available in any part of the United State and in all the principal towns and Cities of turope. OR THE CELEBRATED I IVT1YIA11J MIME, AND OF STEAMERS. Persons wishing to bring ont their friends from Europe can purchase tickets from ns through to Plattsmouth. aplSwtf IZIJJEI It II OS. Weeping Water, Nebraska. Dry Goods, (J roc rfe, Hkidware. Queensware. Hoots, and Shoes. Ilats, and Caps. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Weir and IX L" Cultivators. Union Corn Planters. Grandetourand Princeton Plows. Ac, Ac ,adin iiuiium all of which we offer to the public at the owest retail prices. . All Goods Warranted ! As Represented. S-Our constant aim will be to sell so low that it will be to the positive advantage of every far mer in the western and central portion of Cass county to make this their headquarters for trade REED. RR03. DOANE COLLEGE, The Preparatory Department, X. B Perry, (KeconUy of Yale College.) . , , PRINCIPAL will open September 3d, 1872. Board and Tuition at ' low rates. Apply to CIIAS. LITTLE, Chairman of Trustees, Crete Nek n20-w3tn CEDAR CREEK HILLS It in running order now. Wanted 50000 bushels of Wheat. Satisfaction will be given to customers in grinding and sawing. Hour, torn meal, and Lumber, will be sold Cheap for Cash. Come one. Come all, and give the Ceda Creek Mill a trial. CHRISTIAN gCKLUXTZ MACHINE-SHOP! J Fa ij ma n (Ju rtis. .PlaUsmotMii, Neb., Repairers of Steam Engines. Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills. Gas and Steam Fittings. Wrought Iron Pipe Force and Tift Pumps, Steam Gauges, alanr Valve Governors, and all kinds of Brass Engine Fittings, furnished on short notice, rf ARMING MACHINERY BepaU ' on short notice. aug Plattsmouth ACADEMY ! Summer Term Commences July 1st. 872. Chicago Avenue, Plattsmouth, Cass eouatr, Nebraska. Prof- Adolphc d' Allemand, Proprietor ana rnncipai, 25th m Jos. Schlater. BTARLISHED IK 1861. DEALER IN WATCnES, CLOCK'S UEWELRY SILVER AND PLATED WARE. UOLD PENS 8PCTACT.K.l VIOLIN STRINGS AND a.YttoT.l,iBi "repaired neatl, xV1moYed to "c'r'os!t"8 Pltte Valley House Mian fetreet. i... in . Tlie GIi cap est. F. J.METTEBR. "Wfill t found at his old stand on Main St, I 110 Vere he will be pleased to see his for mt customers and friends. 1"1 e has a large and good assortment of farm JLX machinery such as the rPhe Marsh harvester, a reaper that two me . JL can cut and bind ten acres nerdar wiC- One man to drive, and the binders can work tne tnaue. Milburn and Studenbaker Wagons, Hiam pion Reaper A Mower Massillon Thrash er, ano Buffalo Pit thrasher, and Excelsior iicaperana .Mower te,j F. J. METTEER, ! Main Street. Plattsmouth. Neb. L. 8. BkAiB. Traveling Ajent. Feb.Mwtf. Pattsmouth Mills ! PLATTSMOUTII. NEBRASKA CORADIIEISEL ----- Proprietor. Flour, Corn Meal, Feed. Ac Aiwa s on band and for Sale at lowest Cash rices, tr-The Ilii-best prices paid for Wheat and Corn. 4Particular attention eiren to cus- torn work. ISTEW STORE Weeping Water, Nebraska XAS. CliISKC c& CO SUC0S96CBS TO HORTOX A JENK3. DSALISSIX Seneral Merchandise, arcs AS DRY GOODS. G ROCKIES, HARDWARE, QUEENS WARE. HATS, CAPS BOOTS, SHOES. NOTIONS . We ire Agents for WIllcox & Gibla Sewing Machine AGENTS WANTED FOR BOOKS NEEDED BY ALL FARSwllERS The beet books published on the IIobsk aiid the Cow. Liberal terms. Money trade rnnid- lv by Agents selling theje books, tfend for lrcuiars. PORTER A COATES. Publishers. Philadelphia. Pa. tux: old A Heavy Stock of Goods on Hand. No lltnit ani So InUreit on Harrow r 4 na tal to It Md 03 uiiomtrt ! I OLDEST ESTABLISHED HOUSE IN cni, THE North side Main between Second and Third sts. Takes pleasure in announcing to Farmers and Mechanics, That he has as large and well selected stock of lry vioods, VJrocenes. Provisions, as were ever brought to the city of Plattsmouth lt will cost von nnthinv In lo.lt at them whether you buy or not. By examining the pricdsatthe"0r HELTA BLB" you will be able to tell when other parties try to swindle you 71-wtf-25dtf. FARMER'S EXCHANGE. Bi Cr. Hoover. LOUISVILLE, NEB. o- IKeeDS conitantlv on hand .11 at !? ai-tirl. ucn as i Coffee Sugar, Tobacco, Molasses, - Dry Goods Boots and Shoes, &c., in tact every thing usually kept In a Vati ty More, which will be sold on .mull nrnfit. for Cash, All kinds of Produce taken in exchnage , Highest Market Price given in cat-h for Grain. umversiiy ot neorasKa fiotofl The next term of the University will open SEPTEMBER 12TH. 1872. A full Corps of Professors is provided "ft Apparatus. Library and Cabinet are new and comp'ete. The ' a ' - Agricultural College Wl open this fall. Tuition free, and books at For further information send for a cata logne. eoiTk fo.r !If ording furnished at small -" tmuenis. ' A. R. BENTON, Chancellor. k flw-M w 1.x Lioeoln JT.fc. A PEINTES'S ESSAY. TO MISS OATRABIXK J." , OF V T K. An B d now I mean to write 2 U. sweet K T J. The girl without a I. The bell of U T K 1 1 der if you got the 1 I wrote 2 U B 4 I sai!ed in the B K D A. A sent by L N Moore, My M T head will scarce conceive 1 calm IDA bright; But. 8 T miles from U. I must M-- this chance 2 write. A 1st. should N E N V U. BEZ, mind it not ; If any friendship show, B sore They shall not B forgot. But frienda and foes alike D K ; And you may plainly C, In every funeral A Our ancle's LEG. From virtue never D V 8; Her influence B 9 Alike induces lOderness Or 40 tude divine. A if U cannot cut a Or cause an I , I hope UH put a . 21 T. R U for an Xation 2 My cousin, heart and 49"? He offers in a T A 2 broad of land. lie says he loves U 2 X 8, E'er virtuous and Y's ; In X L N C U XL All others in his I'a. This S A. until U I C. IprayU2XQ's; And not to burn in F I 0 My quaint & wayward muse. Now fare U well, dear K T J ; I trust that U R true ; When this U C, then can U fay An S A I OUT Stanley, the Stanley, Livingstone's Stanle.- is coming over to lecture for us, we Americans, you know. If he goes to Omaha "Kosey" will catch it, for he says Stanley ain't the fellow the Royal society think he is, &c, and if he comes th and it's likely he will see "little Mac." You ihilate the "little con- e too doubted the Ujiji e of the rest of it. s all cry Un, Stanley, tanley, (not Chester) J r7 riec N Jva V- I VS17-SB. ol. l?"e. - lost Daki our lectures. Wo'll Col. (Pye.x . lost Dakota county by 135 majority-V Crounse, his Republican opponent. rurnas only carried the j county by ot majority, and the county Democratic ticket was in the mam elected. Col. Warner must be popular at home. EABTSOTASE. We had been credibly informed that a slight shock of earthquake was felt here on Wednesday but gave it no attention. We see since that it was noticed at Oma ha perceptibly and at" Sioux City it knocked things around lively; for par ticulars see telegraph. , Can it be that we have elected the wrong man or is old Aiomer .barm shaking with triumph ? TO E. SSWASD Ex-Secretary of State, and often called the Premier during Lincoln's Adminis- tion. died at Auburn, IN. 1 . Uct. lUtn. Mr. Seward occupied the front rank in American politics for many a year and was considered by many as our ablest statesman, lie dies lull ot honors ana in the secure confidence of a high niche in the temple of American fame. EESISTRATION. Tbere is another election in Novem ber, and we want right now to impress upon the minds of our people that there is a Registration law. Case after case comes to our notice of parties who were never registered. Merfwill put off this matter until the last moment and now we charge you all to turn right in and ook these matters up. Work, work, makes votes, just as well as anything else. Some funny things happen every elec Hon. In Washington county one law firm ran azainst each other John Car- rigan (Deni.) and L. W. Osborn (Rep.) both ran for Senator in the 6th district. Osborn got 371, Carrigan 205. Osborn 166 majority. That's all in the family, you know. . NIPPED A3AHT. Our Liberal friends feel sore because they say (?) somebody told the negroes Greeley had been a slave-holder, anc one old darkey swore that "massa Grce ley had flogged him many a time." If any foolish person ever did tell this story he showed what he was made or, and that he had been educated in a bad school of politics probably Greeley Democratic but it will not compare with the little yarns told in Cass county by men claiming to be respectable, and who befool our German friends by tell ing them that Greeley "takes a nip every mnrninir." when every man knows he is one of the most rabid Temperance men on record : or that other little political yarn "that Gen. Grant in the plentitude of his arbitrary power ordered himse to be paid $50,000 salary per year, in stead of 25,000 as other Presidents hav alwaya been allowed." . The men who can tell these yarns can swallow the darkey etory and Gree - v ceij V on A j !ey PcriCray ani el! re oub!. General Estabrook. During the late campaign we were un der the impression that this great man like Cincinnatus, was living on a farm gathering his flocks around him and list ening to the gentle lowing of the dis tant herds, but to our surprise he tell us through the Herald that he is a resi dent of our city. We hastened to in spect the laurels of the hero, the genera or generals, and now we present the in terview to an adniirtnir neoDie : General 1 can you tell ns why you are like the rooster ot the Herald I "Because I am borrowed by the na pers, and can crow on either side the KeDublican or Democratic." Can you tell us why you are like a weathercock r "Because I change with every politi cal wind. Can you tell why the people think you are talented I "Because I am very m'fted. Can you tell us why you are like an anaconda r "Because I can swallow any office from a justice up to president." Can you tell why you are like a pa- tr ot? "Because I want to fill two offices at once, and in tnis way save my country. Can you tell us why you are like rumneter ? "Because I have no one else to blow my horn." Can you tell why the .Democrats were bo weak and tooiisn just Detore tney lomed the Liberals I Because they had a Child and lacked Experience. Can you tell us why you are like an old corncob I "Because I'm not worth a TzscucJc. And thus I'm left pondering upon the grandeur of the human soul. Tribune and Republican. XTEBRASZA. . New York, October 9. To lion. P. W. Hitchcock : Our committee congratulate the Re publicans of .Nebraska upon their bnl- ant victory. Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana and Nebraska lead the column. irant, who Greeley says has never been beaten and never will be, marches on to an overwhelming victory in No vember. This tells the story. There is no need for us to jubilate any more about it. We thiuk it is a just and fitting re ward to the great party of right and freedom and a faithful rebuke to those who allowed themselves to be bought nd traded in like cattle. Hear the acknowledgement of the great Liberal (?) eader in this State : "It cost us, it cost all Democrats, a great sacrifice to sup port Mr. Greeley," " and the moment they ascertain that Mr. Greeley cannot elected, he and all their Liberal friends will at once become objects of scorn and reproach to the democracy the same as ever. 'Tis passing strange the world will never learn that Honesty is really and honestly the best policy. All the faults, all the failures of the Re publican party, the nomination of a can didate objectionable to some counted as naught by the side of the broad, plain faet that we were honest and true to our record, our principles, ana to tae latform we set forth. It is a triumph of right that we hope will prove a lasting memory to the in triguing politicians. We see no reason to change our edito rials of yesterday, and shall say no more on that head. CUB EDITORIALS. We have "no editorial to write to-day. n imitation or our great ana glorious little Mac," cotemporary, and for the. first and only time, we copy from the Omaha Herald all we wish to say. It will do us for this day. (From the Omaha Herald. Oct. lOthJ That Rooster. So many inquiries a 1 a .1 1 have teen maae ior mat rooster wnose . na ill voice we naa nopea wouia nave neen eard yesterday uiormne crowme over victory to the right cause in the central States, that we are compelled to give some account of him. St. Patrick O'Bannon C Hawes had the kindness yesterday to send us a cut ot "the bird" which would make it appear tuat ne naa been badly nauseated by eating too much . . 1, li crow,- it this were an, wc couiu an nounce the. ppeedy recovery ot our feathered favorite. Patrick knows how that is himself. But from a careful pro fessional examination of the invalid we "ear he is troublea with a muoh worse disorder. That our rooster is sick, very sick, need not be doubted, lie is too weak to stand ud. and too proud to lie down, and contents himself by occupying a semi-recumbent position which resem bles a squat. We nave boxea him up again and have some fears that he may be in bis cothn. For President in 1876 Anybody to beat Grant. "Scooped" is again the word. How many times we nave wnu.cn it in me las-t seven rears wo haven t time to count. There is nothing like getting used to a thing. While Geneial Grant was aline officer of the 4th United States Infantry, dur ing part of his term of service as lieu tenant and captain, the regiment was commanded b Colonel William Whis- tlce. The intimacy existing between these officers was of a character not often seen between regimental and company com- mandcrs, ana tne louowing instance win show the estimate in which General Grant was held by military associates In 1851, the army being re-organized Colonel W histler, trom his great age was retired, and settled down at New nort, Ky.. (where he d ed in 1862.) Being confined to his bed when the news of the disaster at Bull Run was re ceived, and excited by the members of his family hoi ling rebel pympathies, he rose up in bek and exclaimed: Whip ped 1 My God r My God ! Where's Grant; where's Grant? Why don't they send for Grant? He'll fix them." At that time nothing had been heard of General Grant as an officer. The creek under the Virginia Natural Bridge has dried up. Sallie's Baitime. A father, not very far from here, read in the paper the other morning that the "Utica girls who wanf their beaux to go home the same night they call, pull a string at the proper hour which reverse a picture, on the back of which appear the words. Ten o clock is my bedtime. This father, who has a daughter given to late hours when a certain youth sits up and helps her keep them thought he would try this Utica plan, so he wrote in large characters, on the back of a large portrait ot George Washington this inscription : "10 o'clock is Sallie's bed-time.' Then he arranged the picture so that when be attached a string to the trame, he could reverse it from his bed cham ber. But when Sallie entered the room an hour later, her esthetic eye was out raged by the portrait of George hanging slightly out of plumb, so to speak, and in adjusting it her father s little game was revealed in all its susle ingenuity bailie was not a Utica girl, however, so she just went to work and neatly ef faced the figure 0, leaving the "1 standing solitary and upright which, you"will observe made a tew hours differ ence in her bed-time. I hat night, as usual, Sallie received a visit from her young man which his front name it was IT 11 . 1 ... 1 iienry ana ner paternal parent attacnea his string to G. W.'s portrait, and re tired to his downy couch. About ten o clock, while Henry and Sallie were deeply absorbed in some problem, with their heads so contiguous that you could nt osert a piece of tissue paper between them, the father of his Country suddenly turned h's face to the wall as if he was ashamed to gaze upon such doings. Henry, with s sudden start, glanced at t he- picture, and saw the handwriting on the wall, as it were. which read "one o'clock is Sallie s bed time." Then Henry looked at Sallie with an interroeotion in his eye. which was partly dispelled by the fair maid murmuring "It's all right." Henry said of course it was all right that he had long known one o'clock was her bedtime, and he thought it was plenty ate enough tor a youuer srirl to be out or bed, but what business, he said, had General Washington's portrait to be flopping about in that way? Then Sal- le explained, and the twain resumed work on the problem, Henry putting his, arms around Sallie to prevent her fall ing off the chair. Meanwhile, the old man was listening or tne iront door to open, and his would-be son-in law's footsteps patter ing over the pavement ; with the toes of his boots pointing irom the hause. These sounds not falling upon his ears, and thinking maybe the old thing did'nt work right, he gave tha string another pull, and George W. again faced the au dience, ihen be listened ; but be heard no footsteps, nothins but a peculiar sound, something resembling the poping of champaign e corks. Ihen he grew cross, and gave the string another jerk, causing G. W. to turn about with violent suddenness, lust as if he was dreadfully out of humor. too. And still all is quiet below except that popping sound. Ihen the string was pulled again and again and again indicating that the old fellow was jut ready to explode with rage. And for fully fifteen min utes did he have the portrait of the man who could not tell a lie turning ex cited flip-flaps and things on tha wall. ke a bewitched gymnast, until be tell asleep exhausted Sallie's father fell asleep, not the portrait. Henry kissed feallie good-night at one 'clock in the morning, remarking, as he did so, that it would seem like a long, weary year ere he would see her again because, you know, he did nt expect to ee her again until the evening of that ay. The next morning her father examin ed that portrait, and when he fully un derstood the situation, he was pained. ie 'shed a silent tear, detached the string, sponged out the inscription, and walked away with the weight ot htty- five years on his shoulders, that being his age. He said that a girl who will go back on her faiher that way, would just as lief as not disgrace her parents by marrying a Congressman. B. Dadd, in Norristown Herald SEEP IT EEFOBE TEE PEOPLE hat Doctor Geo. L. Miller's famous purity witness A. L. Brown took bribes of from 4 to 5,000 dollars for letting survey ing contracts and then had the meanness and the hardihood to accuse an innocent man of the crime. One more Reform er w ho next i ti THE ELECTIONS. . Four great States voted Tuesday. 'ennsylvania. Ohio, Indiana and Ne braska. The official canvas of Colorado was also made, and declared 1360 Re- publicaa. Of the four States above mentioned, according to the best reports attainable Pennsylvania has gone 22,000 Republican ; Ohio shows large Republi can gains ; the majority will be small, but the liberals concede that tney arc beaten by a small majority at any rate.- Indiana is very close, hardly possible at this writing to give any positive data. In Nebraska, our own State, the re turns show at least 5,000 ltcpublican majority. Col. rurna3 runs behind somewhat, but not as much a3 we expected. Our telegraph dispatches are very full and tell the whole story. In the county the Republican ticket is elected by about 200 majority, if the returns arc at all correct. Of course these returns cannot be full nor perfect, but they are pretty nearly correct. Lnough t known to-ehow that we have carried the Pivotal States, and that tha tidal wave is on it again. Where it will recede to now the Liberal Centra; Committee alone can tell. Mr. H., of the Burlington and Mis souri Land Office, was among the pas sengers of the Metts He is a nervous man, and while floating in tne water im agined what his friends would do to ac quaint his wife with his fate, aved at last, he rushed to the telegraph office and sent this message: 'Dear P., i am saved. Brccb it nf-!y to my wf L Thanis giving Proclamation. Washington, October II. By the President of the United States of America : A PROCLAMATION. Whereas;, The revolution of another year has again brought the time when it is usual to look back upon the past and publicly thank the Almighty for his mcr cics and his blessings : and Whereas, If any one people has more occasion than acother for such thankfulness it is the citizens of the United States, whose government is their creature, subject to their behests : who have reseivcd themselves ample civil and religious freedom and equality before the law ; who, during the last twelve months, have enjoyed exemption from any gnev ances or general calamity, and whom prosperity in agriculture, manufactures and commerce has been vouchsafed : hertofore, by these considerations I re commend that on Thursday, the 28th day of November next, the people meet in their respective houses ot worship and there make their acknowledgements to God for his kindness and bounty. In witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and cause the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this 11th day of Oc tober in the year of our Lord 1872, and of the indpendenc of the United States the 97th. (Signed) U. S. Grant, President. Hamilton Fish, Sec'y State. Brush for Firewood. John Uavis, ot JJecatur, III,, urges W estern farmers to cultivate quick grow ing timber, as Lombardy Poplar, Soft Jlaple. Willows, etc.. to be cut yearly, the cutings to bo bound into bundles and used as firewood, when it will burn slowly and make good fuel. His atten tion was hirst called to the subject by burning bundles of cuttings in his office stov, which were lett over trom sales and planting out. Ibis plan is recom mended for immcdate use in treeless and coalless sections ot the west, ana as a substitute for ear- of corn as firewood. A SIS2 FC3 0THE3 DAYS. Yes, a good long, honest eigh, and it is not often that we sigh for that which is past. The world has not been so kind to us that we should long, individually, for other days ; at least, any other days that are behind us. What then is the igh for ? In view of the manifold and singularly contradictory statements that are being made now-a-days by our po- itical gontlemen of all parties, we feel a n i " hazy kind oi mist urawing over our bump of. credulity, and fancy that all cf hese statements cannot be true. One party or the other must ten a wnop- per. It is undoubtedly true that many good 1 t a. 1? men, lea away oy tne excitement, vi the moment, and urged on by ambitious motives, mistake the best course of con ducting a political campaign, and think vituperation is argumcut, and persona' abuse justifiable as a means of political warfare. Pride is one great source of the personalities we see so much of now. Men enter upon the pursuit of some ob ject or the support of a particular candi date, and after a time become thorough ly identified with his fortunes, or bound to win their point at any cost, overlook ing, for the time, the higher moral ground, they think they must follow in the wake of unscrupulous partizans. Disdaining to be beaten, they come to think, "the end justifies the means," and the charges of personal corruption are made. One party claims that the other sets the example, and the war is opened. What is the effect? The people, badgered and bewildered by the contradictory statements, lose all faith in such leadership, and in such journalism, and vote about as they please and as they had made up their minds to vote before. From Jackson's time experience has shown that charges of personal corrup tion or flings at a candidate's personal character, are not very successful ; in fact, we cannot recollect, at present, a single candidate for political favors who was ever beaten by direct and scanda- ons personal charges against hi? charac ter or the motives of his acts. . The reason is very plain. Mankind judge each other by themselves, and each man feels that it must be a weak cause that demands the detraction of even an enemy's character. One may denounce the course of his public acts, the bias of mind that leads to certain action, and that makes a man unfit to hold a position; but when you attack character and motives, it is always dan gerous and slippery ground. It seldom vanquishes an opponent, pecause me people make a martyr ot him at once, and generally elect him, for sure. But what has that to do with other days and our sighs. J ustthis : We some times wish there was some otner outlet for really brave, ambitions, active men to waste their energies upon the poll t;cs. More worlds to discover more continents to develop ; something, any thing, to find occupation for reaily gen erous. powerful men, who must be doing something above the. masses, and who now have no other outlet but in political warfare, where thev often make sad blun ders, and lead their followers in forlorn hopes, to clasp hands ucross a .bloody chasm, where they all iall together. On Monday evening, Hon. T. M. Mar nuette of Plattsmouth, made one of the finest speeches of the campaign. It was earnest, argumentative, and in per tions, very eloquent. Mr. 3Iarquett is the best speaker ot the campaign. The Omaha Herald shows the depth of infamy and boyish foolishness to which it is consigned by publishing a burlesque, without wit, point or dftcency on one of the best men in the State. Such attacks aro characteristic of.the Herald. Its tastes are low. and it even has not the hoior to treat a distinguished ircntlctnau nova another city with com ; mon respect i nnt nepwHtcan. London Papers on Tuesdays Llectionsv Latest From Indiana: NEBRASKA, Ashland. October t. Republican maioritv in this count three hundred. Jb'urnas fully up to his ticket.; Blair, October 9. Official returns from Washington Co. give Crounso a majority of 356: balance of the State ticket, 273. Dodge, October 9. The entire Republican countv ticket is elected by over 125 majority. Grand Island, Oct, 9. Hall county entire gives Furnas 161 majority, and Crounsc 189. Balance oi State ticket has about 175 majority. Howard couuty gives iurnas 4$ ma jority. Wood Rivkr, Hall Co., Oct 9. Whole vote cast 1 36. For rcpresenta live, 52 republican majority. Falls Citv, October, 9. Richardson county O. K. Full leii-' lative ticket elected. State ticket has 125 majority. Have 300 over Hewitt. Bellevue, October 9. The majorities in Sarpy are as follows: Warner, 7. Lett 10, Ijakc 14,Tzchuck3h Decatcr. Burt Co. Oet. U. State ticket a unit. Crounse 75. War- 32: Furnas. 76, Lett. 32. Ihe balance- of the fctato ticket same. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Oct. 9. The total Hartrauft majtrrity in Phila dclphia is 15,223, with two wards id hear from which last year gave 1,044. Democratic majority. Third ward of this city gives Buckalew 492 rmaioritv : Twenty-fifth ward gives him 6:28. Total majority in the city foot up as follows ; Hartranft, 19,209; Buckalew, 3,386: Hartranft's majority, 15,823. Montgomery county gives one. Repub lican majority. tornev s Press heads the returns; "Greeley's Doom Sealed," and ay it' would be folly to allege that Hartranft's majority is the offspring of fraud. Wd believe it to bo a legitimate majority. Gen. Grant pulled the ticket through. In any ordinary contest tho ticket would have been beaten out ot sight, but his name and fear th?t defeat would dauiago' him in November rallied thousands to' his support. He has always bec ri stronger than his party. Having fully challenged such acts of the administra tion as deserved challenge, we shall do what becomes us to support his re-eleo-' tion as President. new tork. New York, October 9 At about half-past 1 1 McClure and Forney conceded 15,0o0 majority to Hartranft. The special dispatches re ceived in this city indicate a majority for Hartranft in the Mate from la.Ooo ta 25,000. The results were awaited in' this city with great interest. In tho i s evening crowds assembled at political head-quarters and the hotels to hear re turns as dispatches came in. Cist era were given by the adherents of the op posing parties. 1 he 1 if th Avenue hotef was thronged with politicians, who read telegrams until a very late hour. Ihe lribune says we have been cheat' ed out of Pennsylvania. OHIO. Columbus, Ohio, October 9. The State Republican Committee' claim they have carried Ohio by frorrf 15,000 to 20,000. Democratic commit tee concede 10,000 to 15,000 to the Re publicans. Republican committee also claim to have elected 12 Congressmen certain, and more than a fair probability" of two more. Democratic State committee concede the election of Republican Congressmen n all the Republican districts, except Hamilton county, and 10,000 Republk can maojrity on the State ticket. Constantinople, Oct. 10. It is estimated that threo million in habitants have died from Famine in Per' si a. Auburn, N. Y., Oct. 10. Ex-Secrctarv So ward died at his resi' dence in this city at 313 r. M. to-day The London iournala for see in Tues day's elections the re-election of Pmi- -dent Grant in November. Those pa pers comment at considerable length ta tho elections, and their effect on th Presidential contest. The limet says, we cannot regret the result. Ihe Netc says, Greeley's caue is now a forlorn hope, and will certainly tail, ihe J un characterizes the Liberal Republican movement as a failure beyond redemp tion. Indianapolis, Oct. 10. The republicans concede the election of Hendricks by 500 majority, but claim congressujen-at-large, lioutenaut Governor, and all the rest of the Stata ticket by 400 to GOO majortty. Niblack's maioritv in the first con gressional district is 125. Hunter s (republican) majority over Vorhees in the sixth district, 603, Sioux Citv, la., Oct. 10. At 9:50 yesterday this city and vicim ty was visited by quite a severe shock of earthquake. People rushed out of doors and considerable excitement pre-1 vailed for a brief period. The shock only lasted about a minute ind a half, but during that time crockery and bot tles were thrown down and buildups pretty well shaken up. PouoiiKEEtylE, Oct. 10. The fire at Sing-Sing last night was very destructive. Twenty-seven placea of business were burned out. The fire originated in Francis Looker's row itt Main street, which was destroyed. m m i. Indianapolis, October 11. Additional official returns received1 to-day do not materially change the rct-ulfc given in last n!ght' di;atcbes. Tho majority for Hendrioka will be between 600 and 700. Thp balftucu of the Stata ticket, including the congressman -at large, with pvrhape the exceptivn yf Can didato of superintendent ,f abu y struction, is republica.