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V tl te- .- " b' nfention given to collec
tl'iim) ii,m.T"fProWi
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tip.'ri.U striti"l. fciven to ,r.ibs!K Ju- j
Jn n Inn 1 tit'o eae. O-e ir the U
ton E'.ock. Main Street. Platt-motttb.. e
Vr?.ka. M CIM I'MAS Attorrer ft I
and Solicitor in Ciancery. Plntrs-
ttrth. Nebraska. ODce io I lUsrerald oLlocS.
M
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Main' Mrr". over Cinimii' Drue
T.F.ESE. Attorney nt
More- Sps-ial tCtcnfion Riven iu
on
of claim.
-v 7t 1 TVrvcSTON. physician fid !-ar-
vc'on. tenders hi pro'essionai service f
. .:t ;,n ..i" C .s-i county. Residence southeast
orr.erot Oak andSixtb "Tft: ope on Mt.n
'j-eet. on ilfr westcf Lyman gLnraiior lard
"i.ittomrt'itii. ei.
1V R AWLI.N. "J'lrTPon nn l Physician
L-i'to h .vi'H-.n-'n-'''hief nf Arm
ti Poto:r. . . Pt'fm'uth. XcKrarVa. O fi'W
t (. F. Johnson's Jrii5 Store Main ftrt-ft
sTsriTlLIlKXEGI'T Si BUTLKR. Prac-lii-i
ii PliT-i-ian ;ri'.- a .Menirp' Hiook.
0.i! cf the-n will hn fo m'l th.jro 1 -y an i
biet. "ben not awny on proiT-s-iona! business.
H Lli LIGHTED AT KIHuT.
IHiil r nn hi "i ! i if'iirm
INUJIANCR
T'lirrKLnR A CKN'XKTr Real E-fate ani
Tux Pavinir Anon:. !. r!! P'i'i-.c.Kire.
n! Lite Insurance AkcxIs, l'lt' ni.utb.
Ji!KLprt PAINE "ifnral In-iiran-B Ajrerit
:Tr iient some ( the most reliabl-s Coin-
)ii k in itie l.i uiteil Mates.
HOTELS.
JiliooKS HOUSK.
JOHN FITZGERALD Prorrictor
Main IStrf'vt, I'otwet n 51 li unJ Oili St.
MISCKI.LANEOIT..
E23EEmSEIiSIIi
Si nt I'V ui;iil f.ir 1) cs E. Ii. Footc",
H. !.
ICO Lexington Arc., New Tork City.
C. II V, IS !'.L. Proprietor. Hariri jj recently ber-r
rf-piire-1 ari'l pli'-e ! in thorough runnini; orlr .
1'. . il ihrl if Wheat waoiel uijine ii.iteh
ff rhe hiirhe-t ir,iir;:et prioo will be ri
htrr.vta of TilSr.
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I'lii'a ie'.plii:i. Pa.
Fte.c Art SallaiTjr
ffiT P"..t" T.ip!i'. Atr.brii'yp'ts n-. 1 enpi--rViit.i
hM picture-", p'. iia or e;I r -i. m: h-.-r in
ink. water or i .1. All 'rk neatly exec-ito.!
O'.cl wan-iht'.'d t- pive ifi-t'iclini.
V. V. L!lo ,VHD A: :. r
l.iif Mai: St.. ri.itiHui,ii:h.
HOCK! STGME!
1 v".I l"nrt)i-h j:trt;rs rrltri stone f.n
a l buiidin purpf-.-'c? :itarcH-.-'.iib!e ri -c. a
n y oi.trri.- r delivered on the car? nt Lout--vil:e
rialii n The followinir kind of . stone can
t had on fiiort liotiee: skills, caps, perch rovk
i'-e or rod s in 1 stone such as wns u?d by the
J". & II R. ii the coti'triiction oi'tbeir ston
trcrV. All rtJp'jn;ibIt or -lers. pr.nni ttv filled
J. T. A. liMOVKR.
LotrLsvll'ie, ?tii:i'n Neb.
3L., aQXaXXBJ&.
-a'er in C'lotlurt
FurDishin (I.iO'is, Hat.
Caps r-ot& Shoos Trunks
VaiiH-. it Carpet i:iTS Vi:.
One ,r tl0 ()!;;p-t and mo.-t KoIicLIe
lifu-fs i:i Pi itt-iu'iii'L Mjin
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PHILADELPHIA STOnE.
SOLOMON & X A Til AX,
DEALERi IN
Fancy Dry Goads,
Ladies" I'urnishiii
Nations,
Goody,
Largest
Chapsf, and Best Assorted
Stock in the Ciiy.
ji?TStnre nn Main, between -!rh and "th
streets. I'lattsmouth, Nebraka.
d!6 wJfi.Ittwtf
I E1V KTYJL-KH.
13. I S3 I ST 23 S3..
TalERCHANT TAILOR
Is ia receipt of the fia s a-id
BEST ASSORTMEf.T
fjf Cav.imerr'S Ch.tl s Vt stints &
ever brought to tho iry, which
I will make up in the
L itet .styles.
DI'leasa call an J examine. Tjia
Piattsmoutb. April I, 1S72.
Official Directory.
CONGRESSIONAL.
T. W. Tip'or., r.rnwnville.
p. W. Hitchcock. Omaha,
Jhn Tafle. i'uj ifia. .
U. S. Senator.
U. S Senator.
Representative.
executive.
R. W. Fiirri'". Brownville.
.1. .1. Gosper. Littcj.it).
.1. U Wept. -en. Deatriee.
Gor;rnor.
Sec. f State.
Auditor.
I if. A. Kiiiiisr.'C'ilMtnlnis,
Tre;isnr r,
K. i.eb-ter Beatrice.
Att'y ien
M. McKenzie. Lino In.
-up
, Pub. ItK-eruc'n
JUDICIAUY.
flfo. B. L ik?. m!lia. Chief Jittiee,
Samuel Maxwell. Pl-'ttsinotStr1 Asociato Ju
PLATTSM0CT1I.
M. White, .Mayer.
Joi.ih Mj-irel, Police .In lep
Mili,iM,ire.:n. I Marshal
Valuer J. Whit". Ptrcct CoicmisioDer.
ALDERMEN.
First 'Wr!. J. Fitz-eral C. II. Parmalec
SKro?D Waid Jn?. UnUcry, J. V. eyman.
Tiaiu Ward R. Cushinnr. K. 'Vivian.
CASS COUNTY.
H. F. Eiii nn.
Dar.'l VeKinnfO.
Trobate Julss.
i.'ounty Clerk
W . Ij. II. h,.
.J Y. .luhndi'n,
Jaeob Valie y.)
T. Clarke V
.lauies. )
J. W- Thomas.
Treasurer.
Pupt. Pub Instruction,
County C inimissioners.
Coroner.
erin
Clmrche
3.
TIap.-it On thecorner of Main an'i Ninth
f Rev. T. J.' ArtioM. p:u-t.r K-i'leneo cn
Mai'.i between 10th an t 11. u. err;cc3 every
Kn'-a'ti-nt 1 1 ii. tn . an'i ir r. m. Pabbath
seh"o at S'j H.tn. t'ttiyer meeting every Wed
nf lay ereninir.
rinpnTus ?err:e( in roni?rp:it;on Church,
J at 11 . ll. Mi'l ":."! i. m. KMer Alton,
HJtor. Corner nf Li.cn-'t uii'l Mil street?.
Cor.li il iuriUiti jn extended to all ci;u-ses to attend-
I,Vi.c
copai. Corner Viro nr. I TIilr-1 ftreeti
A. I; . (I rare" beriee" every fun-lay
at 11:'3 a. in. and p. in. tunilay ecoul
vt J p. ci.
C (owe BET Ttoy t. On-ntT Lnenn nn.-l St'i
' Kr.l. FMiitiwe'I. r. si. iein'0 Locus' nt be
treen 4th hi;;! Sthto. Services every Sabbath nt
'la. ni: aa.l i:iil p. in. Sabbath School at 12:
fli i. r;. i'r:i er uiculiKi; cvc:y Wednesday
eveninc
(ljTiiiiitr North ?ileof Piiblic Sqnere Uev
J father Have-. Fir-l Mas? every Sabbath at
";:oJ . in.. Second Mnjs and Set'iuci! t 1D:.KI
Vesper. and Ber.edi nbin at p. m. Maes
t S a. n;. every Tveck diiy.
'itST PR'CnTTSJniAV North steofain st.
we't of H-v. . T. Cart! : Scr ieo
pirySi ib.ith at II a. m. and 'e:'i p. ni. Sab-
hntn SbO'tt a fJ:-tl a m.. Tbo f'ollin'k nperin
under::. Prny-rr ine?tins cvrry V 'dr.r.s.i.iy
.veP-i:: h( S.'t) o'ciock.
F.TttcrM.'T hPis-' ru. rrt nnle or Sixth
tr.-et. s'.titb ot M'lin Her, J. H. Treason
orvicer every Sabb;:tn t-t -'r-'X a. in. ind 7 p. in.
i"rjyr.r i.ictiiir every Tbur.- I:ty ever.;nr. Claf?
aet i;i;cevrrv M 'tl i y veni"c :;(d iiutne Ua;e
ly a''ter e!e.e ef S.ibHaili morning trvie
Sa'.h.vh y..h.-o at --
S'.r.".'j d;;n C' STt''tiil)',r!"t die Pettt'che
lv. Luth. J i--:i ii I in ihrem S.-hulhaiu
verm: in-. 1! Vlir it'.c.di.Tit. C berhupt
"ti'ii't "r.'clb" Von j' f 't f :n ri-.'i.-iiuae-fiir alle 1-i
'l:.-.p strt't. Mini- '-r i.e.'. 1, iJaunatvabl.
Mbbath fchool at 1 i in., i'rol'. d'Alieraan-'..
c:'.
J O. O. F. iresu-ir ta-..i o'pl.i'te Lodge.
1 No. 7, I. O. i. :". hit ifjr.1 1 ; evening a'
' 11 l ello-es i..!l. 't raf:?i'.trit lirotherj are cor
tiaiii inv ite I i v: i.
A. d'ALLEMAND, N. G.
M. IT. Iiathawky, See.
i:
0:0. F. Piatt wooth F.r ..mt tnent No. 3.
R.:ni!nr Convocations tne jr.d4 Frida.vV
y: e.',i nftith a' )d.l Ii-iio'.vs liaM cor. :1 and
Mai'i ts. Ti:i?iett Patriarchs e;i--i;;i'lv tv'tcii
o vi-.it. lr. -NKWMAN, C. P.
E. I.. t wikgha Scribe
f Vi ti rv.n!
ill .it A. "I. ile-t'ar oi'
si i.inoc c, f A. T
Oiee;i i? nt iiiair rail
rn t.ie j:?. ai:rt tlur' ndav eventncr-i of each
I'.onfh f ranent hrvhern invited l vi.-iit.
n. Livi.NGSTON, vr. m.
A. " Ki.:.r.'.! a, Sciv
T ci,,y LiuiGii No. 2- A. P. .t A. M. 'Reeiib.
il a.-eiiav-f r.t M'lciy Kii!. (.r-t. in-! third
Fp ! y.-. .1. M. 'A'iSi:. V. M.
J. .u. Es-.nn.-iLZY. S 'c.
J r.PA'S C'Jr"!T.1 No. 1 R. A. M. Recntir
s j ..ivci j;:-in swu't I and rcirfh Tf.es Juy
sveniiiis i tie D'ontii at 7'---l o'clock n. in.
K. U. LIVINGSTON li. P.
" Nn.rviv,
i ". vJ-T. i'm vk P-.iyri, yfi.2-TI E Eliisor.
- . W. C. T. C W. Kit.-i. '.V Sec. 'J . W Shry
j ack Loiiuc I'opatv. M c 't ;tt t iai k tf fiaiutorr's
I 1 III JVeey " ,,(.: I ty e 7 (.;. ) PX- Tl a Ve! iitI I'fcia J03 1 s
j " f-'p.-ri 'lii !y i;ivijcd.
nvrp.rtv She t ;irn"r eietv inset? nt
cn-!--- 1 1 il in (Jiith'tians lih.cn. on the 1st
ind liiird U edne.-I iys or' cat h Mrnisa.
V'e-U bmb: irstnn-f .lu-1. Heinhaek'p: Prt
'I'lrmrurt Wtii. Il'-sscr: Sc-.n-l Turnrrart
L-oo. K:T?or; T-rfn John Erhart.
A'c h r a s 7: a City,
Oaneial Agent Dep't Northwest,
Union Gsntral Life
IHT3URAIOS CO
Cf Cincirnati Ohio,
I. li. PRE-SON.
intylodA wtf
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Thi; unrivalled M'edicine is warranted net to
e.inran a -inple particle of Mercury, oray in
jurious mineral cub.stance. but is
P I" RE L Y V Ec J ETAPL E.
For ftrty years ir. has proved its frreitt value
in nil diseases of the l.iver. Duwis. nud Kidneys
1 housncds of the pood atid great in ail pirts of
tne c.untry voucn lor its womUrful and reeu
linr power in puriiyinx the blood, stitnuia'inir
the torpid I ver and bowel-', and imparting
new lift; nd Visorto th whole system. Situ
inoiis' Liver Regulator is acknowledged to have
no equal us a
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It eontains four medical elements, never uni
ted in the sunie happy prop'.nioii in any other
prparatmn viz : a tentle i a: liin'te. a Konder
ful Tonic, an un-exceitioti:iblo Alterative and
a certain Corrective of .ill inii. nrif ie ot the body
Such signal success has attendel it3 use, that it
is now rcv.tr i i itiie
tJj'.E VT r.N'KVlLING SPEdFIC.
1' r Liver ' ..oin id a n t a 'i i the painful otfi-prin
thereof. !.-! . Dyspepsia. Corf i;-a'i n.
.1 tiiidtce. IJilious at'H ks Sick headache. Colic
Depression of Spirits. Sour Slomach, lleurt
Durn. A e Ac.
K; if n la etha liver mi l prevent.
.CHILLS AND FEVER.
Prepared only by J. II ZEILIN A CO.
, DruTuists. Macon. Ga.
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EASL7 LA73 117 .;Z32ASZA.
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CLEMF.NT LAMREKT.
The last of the throe wa also a St. Ijoui
rrcolo, nf French c-xtractirn, a rou-in of
Sarpj-'s, an l t the earliest . priol known
of, was an Indian tracer either
for himself, Ssrpy or "The Com
"pany." Fie had all the characteristic
of theoM French stock of "Indian men,'
and whs ond is, a 'character" as orig
inal fcnd curious as any of the al-norma
growth of this country ; ctiused !y its
rapid prowth, and constant mixing of
diiTerent nations and elements together.
Lambert accompanied Fremont, as his
Lieutenant, on his first expedition to the
Rocky Mountains from whence h oh
tained the name of the "pathfinder,"
though Lambert thinks that had it not
been for a few plucky Frenchmen the path
would never -have been found, Fremont
to the contrary, nevertheless notwith
standing, lie wa coteiiiporary with
''Kit Carscn" a a guide and scout, and
better known, and of wider fame at the
setting out of that expedition than even
the renowned "Kit" himself. Lim-
bert'p fiery teraper and French dUp.o-i
tion Ptood in the way cf his adranca
mcnt, and the result was, that on the
return of the cavalcade to Sarpy's pot,
Lambert turned "Trader" again, and
ha not been heard of, while Carson be-
came a iiovernment ecout ot utme,
was mad3 a Colonel in the regular army.
and died Governor of New Mexico.
Liruhert moved up to Decatur io '50,
and has resided there ever since. It w-i
in hi3 ttore that all the early frolics wars
held, soma of the town councils an
around his doors Ihe "Claim Crab"'
gathered in force, and took a final drink
bef re they mirchel to dijp ji5s sen;
aspirant for "100" aerss of theirg)
nd. He claims to have built the i-ee-
onl cabin in the town, and we!i do I re
member it. It wis of rough ottoa
wood logs ahout 18x22, with a short
counter across one end, and four rojgh
shelves behind it. One-half the Kpace
in front of the counter, in the spring of
.YT, was piled to the ccilina with bufialo
robes, oticr, mink, coon, wolf, baaver,
ildcat. ?wiff, and other furs, and tanned
elk and deer ?kins. They smelled of al!
the various scents of the different beans
tli'.'y crew upon.
The In iians nn i tral2.-i fi i.td th;
place witu sm iko, the occupants ate par-
nd drank whikt'y. It was a'way
crrwd..d, alws-? daik, always smoky, al
ways full of the scent of "kinnej ksn-
riiek," anl you could euaW th'.; thin? as
far as you can hear a locomotive whittle,
f the uoor fetoiid open. Yet lively
times icck place in there once in a while,
I'aul Dominique, a Corsican, ran the
concern for Lanib:.Tt, and ODe Sunday
n Iri-h:i:an, a Scotchman, two French
men, feme half-breeds and Indians were
there. All but the Indian1! wem full of
whi-kcy, A the Irishman became ulm
nive on n-iionalify. Paul told him to trn
outdoors; he swore hi? wou'.d not, a, id
took a bottld out cf his pockut, an J
asked all hands to drink. Fa il airain
a-ked him to go out, and ha refused in
bitter terms faying : "No French son cf
a coul 3 put him out." 'xuwas
the most powerful man, take him alto
gether, I. ever mw outside of a circus
tent, he grabbed tha Irishman somehow,
iifteJ him clear cf tha ground, hurled
him through the door, and the next mo
ment was standing with one foot on his
throat, and . his k-en, short hunter's
knife in his hand. Several sprang to
catch his arm, but waving them oT with
an oath, he stooped to his prostrate foe,
and said , almost in the words of the
Arabic proverb, "you dirty, mean IrUh
, if I had not cat salt in your hou-ic,
I cut your throat from ear to car;" tak
ing his foot off, he added, "you drunk
now, come tell me dat when you sobr.
I do it yet-now go."
Among such scones and with such
people, was thr??-four.'hs of Clement
Lambert's life f-pent. Can you wonder
much if be was a little rough at times,
a little uncouth', a little well, unconven
ventional, not overly given to pdety, as
we understand it, not much on the
clothes, soma on the swear, and a "heap"
on the drink. Yet he could take eff his
hat and ay lllion sou; winf'iwt,'' to a
lady, with a grace and a fuavity that few
Americans could ever excel, whenever
he chose to do so. In fact, a French
man's natural politeness never wholly
leaves him, never is entirely forgotten or
era Jicatel.
I could aain fill a volume with stories,
anecdotes, and c-s.-ays, on those few
eventf ;I, early years, but I must hasten
on.
In these jearj many improvements
were mado. A church was built, the
Kpiscopal Church of the Incarnationi
and it was the firtt Episcopal Church
ever consecrated in Nebraska.
The river is one thousand feet wide
(average), and the rock bank in Nebras
ka eighty to one hundred feet high. It
has never washed away one foot iu thir
teen j-ears. In this bluff or bat k art
found three different kinds of mineral
paint red, yellow, and brown, and it
has been pronounced by judges in St.
Louis to be the best in the United States.
It is inexhaustible in quantity and quali
ty. Coal indications have been found here,
id I think myself there is coal in that
very hill.
High on the top of it was, a few years
ago, the grave of the very pioneer white
san and pettier of the county. I mean
WOOD'S GRAVE.
He was there before "Lewis & Clark's
expedition up the Missouri," a trader
and a trapper with the Indians. Wood
creek is named after him, and its mouth
is the initial point of the eastern termi
nus cf the treaty line of the Indian re
serve. He was buried herein a fashion,
half Indian ond half white man. In
his blanket, with his valuable trinkets,
gun, etc.; by him, sitting up, with h:s
face down the river, that he might see
the "Mackinaws" of the trader, as they
cauid up the river at intervals, ana
brought him news of the great world
he had left so Ion? and so compietch'.
I have said Sarpy started the first
trading post in Nebraska. I think lie
did. Wood was the first trader, howev
er, but his ' corral" could hardly be
called a post, and his solitary habits did
not allow cf his becoming a large trader
like Sarpy.
8j. T. Learning was the first mayer of
De:atur. and Frank Welch is mayor
now. Mr. Welch was also the first city
clerk, somewhere about 1S5S.
story is told of Pierce's advent in
Decatur, which is too good on both par
ties to keep longer, and I chall qo'e it:
"Fierce came up the river in a boat
that fu miner, t;nd landed at Decatur,
but it being a dark, gtormy night, no
one came ashore, nor did any one go
lown to the boat but John , who
lad some goods aboard. The Captain
tol l him he would put Lis goods "off"'
early in the morning, at daylight, if he
woull come down. Ucfore day, John
was up, and aft fIii goods, but it rained
still, ine Captain was beninl hani,
and he had to wait. Whi'e thus pacinir
the deck, coM aod wet and hungry and
cross, a portiy gentleman in an oil skin
coat and cap, joined him on deck and
opened conversation. ' Ni:-o ton site,
you got here'
"Y
os, it e a n ce site
enough, if old Pioree hadn't sped -d it
f ir a town."
"How so what di 1 Pierce do?"
"Made a fool of himself, and all that
came out here ; faii he nau sixteen
:ioues built here, and all that, nd there
wasn't a house old liar."
"Well, maybe Mr. Pierce did'nt know
this. You mint make some allowance
for him ; he thought the houses were
.-.it."
"Don't care if ho did; r.o business to
come out hire and buy the land and
dear out back to Wall street. He's an
old land pirate, any wa. D n ill
erce."
"May be you d m't kno? old Pierce,
as you call him. His' friends call him a
pretty fair man."
"No. I don't want to know him
Are 3'ou a friend of his, I wond.-r?"
"I'm old Pierce Himself."
John was too bashful to apologize,
hut just jerked his cap down over his
pyer, an 1 made traces across tlie gang
plank" for shore.
cssdit 'iroriiiEs.
Special Dispatch to the Si. Louis Glwbe.
TDK POLAND REPORT DISCUSSION.
Washington. Feb. 20.
The Poland report was of course the
only subject of concern to-clayj and the
Senate wing was without interest, and
at t'mcs that body was without a quo
rom. Tho Hjuse was in an
i n;allant MOOD
to day towards ladies and di i not admit
the etnbroyo citizens to the floor. The
naileries were tilled by chattering girls,
busy in flirtations.
BECK OF KENTUCKY.
Mr. Beck, Democrat, had the floor
first, and took ground-in favor of Mr.
Butler's report that the House had no
jurisdiction over the offenses other than
those committed during the session.
Mr. Beck is able, but disagreeably bit
ter and partisan.
He was followed by
PAN VOOIUIEES,
the "Tall Sycamore of tho Wabash,"
universally esteemed as a good lobbyist
on the floor. He made what is usually
termed "an eloquent speech" in dt.fonse
of Mr. Brooks. Nominally it was
against the report, but in reality Mr
Brooks was Mr. Yoorhees client. His
argument was that of a lawyer appeal
ing to a jury a Wabash one, too sono
rous and loud-sounding, attraclive to the
car, but not as keen and pithy as Farns
worth's yesterday.
CURIOUS FACT.
It is quite curious to note how misery
or whatsoever il may be cilied, brings
strange bedfellows, for Mr Butler is the
adviser and friend of M.-ssr. Kerr.
Dawes, Yoorhees, Garfield, anl others
00 that side.
JOB STEVENSON, OF OHIO,
followed Mr. 'Yoorhees': Hehasagricv
iince and a hobbv ; the first against
Blaine, who has set upon him quite vig
orously, and ttie latter a- to his c pacify
f.r investigation. Mr. Stevenson, though
liable to go off half primed, is a good
lawyer and an honest man. He took
ground in favor of expulsion and showed
a keener insight into Congressional his
tory on Pacific Railroad matters than
any one who has spoken. He made .Mr,
Dawes, especially, feel very uncomforta
ble, as he read the record from the (3 lobe
of Dawe's, arid other members' votes on
the a-hburne resolution of ISt'iS. He
attempted to irove that Mr. Blaine was
a party to the opposition to Washburno's
re-o!ution regulating the rates of freight
and travel.
MR. HALE, OF MAINE,
replied lo the latter in a brief and pun-
irently clear statement, showing that Mr.
Blaine voted with Mr. Washburne. and
that Stevenson's quotations were not
correct.
ME." VU1TTH0SNE, OF IESNEcsEE,
mads a vigorous speech for the expu!si";i
of everybody connected with tha s'.an
dors now sifted.
MR NI BLACK, OF INDIANA,
defended tho report in what was un
doubtedly good argument, if he coul i
havsi been heard i.i tha c'l'ery. Tbi-
Democratie Congressman has a singulai
voice, and the sound is ruuffl.'d. in lact,
boloiu h reaches the exterior world.
MR. BINGHAM, OF OHIO,
made one of his characteristic spceche
a rhetorical repetition of figures and
facts, with a considerable inva.-ion of le
gal and historical learning. Mr. IJing
natii, of course, argued against the ju
risdiction ef the House, as he favored,
as Chairman of the Juiiciary Commit
tee, Rider's report, lie is always in
teresting in creat debates involving con--titutional
questions and, as a lawyer,
his opinions are to be' "respected. The
attention paid , him shewed this. He
was surrounded by the ablest men on
the rloor, chairs baving been placed in a
S'. mi-circle to the front ot the Speaker s
chair. He cited and recited llnglish
: arliamentary history, but argued it did
not afford a precedent for American
Legislatures, acting under limited Con
stitutional provisions. Mr. Ringham
was c;:t off by the Speaker's g-ivcl in
i lie midst of a sentence on constitutional
rights. The House took pity at once
aud allowed him to finish.
GZN BANKS, OF MASSACHUSETTS,
followed. As he roc the vast audience
in the galleries and on the floor settled
themselves to enjoy what every one rec
ognized as possible, a treat in oratory.
In fine condition and voice, tha (reneral
held entranced th; attention of th thou-
in Is who wero pleaded to be listeners.
It was no matter what sidi he took, the
charm was in listenrttg. His argument
was keen and fitted with manner and
voice, taking, of course, the broadest
grounds of opposition to the Butler
doctrine of nop, or limited, jurisdiction.
His acknowledged reputation as a par
iiamentarian, well versed in law, history, j
and practice, ga-c weight to his words. (
In resard to Mr. Ames, his position !
can Irictly b stated as being that upon
Ames' own statments his conviction w;s
founded. Bending his eneigies to the '
Huetion of jurisdiction, h cited hi-tory '
and precedent to show that the power ;
to protect involves full power of exul- j
si -n. i Io declared Butler's doctriuo j
-truck at the root of parliamentary
f; t-ed om and popular rights Taking the j
effective popular view that trie present
investigation was tha first blow struck at
gigantic eorporatiocs which were here
righting the thro atened rebel, Mr.
Backs argued this was not "a case," but
the cause of the people and a Republican
lovernment against combined and organ
z.'d wealth. Mr. Banks was orative
and studied, r.s well as effective.
Butler g'jt the floor and a recess was
ordered.
RUT LEI
MASSACHUSETTS.
It was a gr ;at scene that Duller buKcJ 1
0:1 as he rose with more than the usuai
masterly air which he has worn of late.
The galleries were packed and thi floor
was crowded to its utmost. Cabinet offi
cers, judges, dip'omatists, senators
and members filled the teats. It is impos
sible to d-rscriba Udder's speech, a:ri
his manner is even more difficult to
portray.
The recess of twenty minutes was de
voted to a def r.se of ti e Judiciary re
port and argument, but it was neither j
a efficient or able as that document.
Fjt kd hour ho devoted himself to a
most remarkable and cute ilelen-e of
Mr. Ames, fastening on every weak
point of the Poland report, showing
every admission of regard for Ames by
the members of the committee to that
gentleman's advantage, and eul ig'zing
him in a powerful and effective manner
as an honest man. The hour bristled
with great and epigrammatic retort,
generally ad c'itiithtm in character,
tun very etfectivo for the moment.
Banks having affirmed that Ames
eonvieted himself bv his truth tcliing.
Butler turned that adroitly into proof of
his persona! integrity. He asked those
who wore Without sin to cast the urst
stone ; cheers and roars, ol laughter
grce ed the vigorous wit. Also, that if
no one lied mor than (Jakes Ames there
would have been no trouble ; but when
he pungent ly added that tho House
could not stand the presence of on-truth-teller,
tho laughter and applau-e
was uproarous. Mr. Butler made his
usual fling at the press when alluding to
it, libelling every one He declared that
the Credit Mobilier matter was first
t-tarte i by a journalist, and in a defiant
attitude lie declared, that he was a
man male by God ami not by the press.
Jtome on: in the reporters galieiy
audibly retorted, "That was rough cn
the Almighty.
Lnective as a hustings speech, Gen.
Butler's plea was remarkably low in
moral torn, and full of most vulnerable
points. He dii well for Ames, but
poorly for himself and his future.
ESITA2T P.YC:T2 THE ATLAS
TSI
4 AWt
We received a very handsomely gotten
up paper from Knglani the other day,
and around the subjoined piece was some
of Cornelius Sehaller's tracks we opine.
Read all about Crete and things:
Slit: Nebraska is rapidly earning for
itself the title of the "Britain bcyonel
the Atlantic." Though this rising
young State (it was admitted to the
Lruon only five vcars aaro), is bv no
means populous, it has within its bor
ders at this moment somewhere about
20,000 Ktialisb-born subjects. They are
nearly all doing well, fmd many ot them
have written home to their friends urg
ing them to go out West without delay.
I bad the opportunity of s- eing the
other day a ceititieate or round-robin
signed by English settlors giving their
present and former rcpidences, and ad
dressed to the Ge.-.erul Agent of the
Burlington and Missouri River Railway
in England, who has taken a leading
part in promoting emigration thither.
This certificate is in fact a testimony to
the excellence r.f the climate, the rich
ness and fruitfulness of the soil, and the
extraordinary a laptability of the conn
try for stock raising, and anyone who has
been in Nebraska most be aware that
the testimony here given of its advanta
ges is not in the ls.ast overdrawn. Mr.
Robinson, formerly the Mavorof Bristol,
has just completed a tour r.f that part of
America, and the terms in which he
speaks of the trontentmcnt ani prosper
ity of the llnsrii-h emigrants are highly
gratifying. One of the most interesting
of what may be trme 1 the B.itish Pet-
market and sells Lis services at the high
est rate which they will command in
competition with others. The man of
fees combines with his brethren to fix a
compensation for his services, which
compels the community to take them at
his variation or to do without them.
To pay that the lawyer and physician
have the advantage of all the other pro
fessions, is simply to repeat a notorious
fact. The lawyer and tho physician
who are thoroughly fitted for their work
can, and do, get rich. The clergyman,
tha editor, the teacher, and tho author
cannot, and do not, get rich by their
work. The brightest author in America,
though be produces books of universal
acceptation, can never get rich ; and
hardly one author in one hundred ran
realize enough from bis labor at the
present rates of copyright to rear a fam
ily in comfort. The teacher gets just
enough to live on, and no more, while
the clcrirvman and tho hired editor, save
in some instances, are obliged to prac
tice the most rigid economy in order to
live within :hoir income
We ate not among those who believe
that the salaried man gets enough for
his work. We shoul 1 be glad to see
hiin better paid, in all departments ot !
his labor. It so happens that he works
at tho very foundations of society, and
has his offico of ministry all through its
superstructure. He has (o do with the
morality, the education, the information,
the opinion, and the culture cf the so
cial mass. Take away his work, and so
ciety would degenerate into bari arista.
The importance of bis work cannot be
calculated. He is the inspirer, instruct
or, and conservator of our civilization ;
and he is as powerless to day to win a
competence for his old age, while ail
around him are getting rich, a'id receiv
ing the results of his. labor, as if he
were a child. The superannuated cler
gyman ekes out his life in the humbhsst
way ; the exhausted teacher peddles
books or drifts into some petty clerkship;
the editor breaks down or becomes a
hack ; and the author writes himse'f
out, or runs into drivel that wins the
scantiest pay and destroys whatever rep
utation hu may have won when his pow
ers were at their best productive activity.
There may I e exceptions to this rule;
but that this is the rule is beyond dis
pute. The men cf fees are the physician
and lawyer. One has to do with the
physical diseases of men, and the other
with their leiral quarrels and their
crimes. U'e do not, in the slightest de
gr e, disparage the usefulness of these
two classes of profes-ional men ; we sim
ply say that the better tho other classes
perform their work, theless th ho- ht'c 1
t do. They live upon the iniral and j
physical evils of the country : and there i
is no reason in the nature of thfir call-
i'lir for their advantage in pecuniary re-'
ward over the other elas-e.s. There is
to- reason why 9 2,:,'r-!' pr-t:' ioner o'"
uie-licine, r a specialist 111 lucdicitic or
sirgery, should sit in his office anl lake
in a single f-e, f.-r a service that costs
hi t! l.'!irt a minuics of time, a sum etiual
to that which a tciicber or a clergyman
works all d iy to win. I here is no good
rcas'.-r. for the setting of a price nnon a
surgical o'peration, pL-rformcd in half an
h 'jr, that the most su 'cjisful author'n
c pyritbt. cannot pay in a month ' It
smu ! i.ixcusabie and outrageous
extortion. It we g. trom the jihysician
i the l. w ver, vv? find still higher fees.
I'he himplcst work, such as searching ti
les, work tr.at on'y. dcman is accuiac;',
ind is usually done by clerk, commands
i price tnst, lew men can auori to j ay,
.rhi'e larger work involves ices that tire
tartlig and stupendous. Sorno of the
ncouics of lawyers in this city arc large
nough to swallow up the' salaries ff a
io
or twice that number, of salaried
rofes.-ional men. Thdvray in which the
t
.'ople are bled in the process ofVcwiring
istice is o'te:: most shamed ul. So sdiarar-
11I is ir, that thousands submit to wren
it her than to go into any litigation
hatever. People dread getting into a
awycr's hands as they dread tiv-ttingin 0
he hands of a New York haekio.in.
here are honorable and reasonable law-
ers, without doubt, -m n in v. ho e
;ounr we may implicitly trust, but there
ro so luHiiy extortioners among them
hat they have uiven a bad riivor to the
rofossion. Thcio tire shvsters ail
"amps enough in New York, 'attached
the profession, to sink it, were" it not
at there are noble men in it ulrj are
inpurchasable. But lawyers'- f-:.- are
lotoriously large as a rule, and altotreth-
r outweigh the salaries ol the sa:a:;c.J
Tofes-.ional men. .
Perhaps thi fees the community is
Vrged to pay is a fitting punishment
or tl e wrong it inflicts uj 0:1 its salaried
(Tofessiona! servants.
There ouht to be some rem.'dv for
oth evils. Wh-TB it is to be found, we
lo cot know. The physician has some
pologv for getting high fees of tho.-,;'
hat can pay, because he is obliged to do
o mncii lor the pO'"r who cannot pay ;
ut the lawyer, as a ru!s does not un
ertake a cas that promises him no ic
inn.'cratioii. lie goes in J-r money:
nd there ouht to be some law which
v i il enable the poor man to get j.itiee
ithout fioancial ruin. '1 hero is at loat
0 good reason why one set of profes-
ional men should half stiive while an
ther gorges itself upon fees thut bring
eauh and luxury, that ucs are too
irge and salaries too small h ts bee; me
popular conviction, which ca-i or..y be
moved by a reform in b;th directions,
sat shall give literary and professional
:en equivalent rewards. Dr. J. G. I LA
ynd, in ScrtO'ier's AJonthJy.
CU3 1I2A? SVrPLY.
the Editor of the London England)
Slit: There is no more important
oblem for England than that which
F-.-cts the supply ot animal food lor the
eat mas-es of ihe population. Man
ud in colder latitudes must have flesh
cat as a condition of health ai:i
rength, and especially U flesh mat a
cesMty in the Englishman's daily food,
ut we fail to produce cattle and sheep
ifiicient to supplvour wants. This i - a
,it that is being forced on the attention
f the economist every day. When we
.se above the ranks of tho nguculturai
i 11 1 1 r
coorer asi our people are ueci cousu
crs ; and a beef famine in our dy is
most as great a calamity as the bread
iu:i:;i was a generation ago. How are
e to obtain meat? 1 have studied the
ucsib n long and earne-tlv. No cue
las taken a keener interest in the Au
raiian experiment. I have tried the
inned meats from thence, and striveu
o ai l in the attempt to ponu arize them
among the peopta. But I have ceu
as others must see that thero will 11 -ver
be more than a limited sale fir "tinned
meats" in England.
The fact is we must have live catttle
imported. Wo can have corn m abund
ance ; but in the distribution of 1 od the
step in advance next to be taken is to
convey cattle from the regions where
they are, or may be, the staple product
to the deusely populated parts of the
earth, where men and women crowd out
stock. 1 take it that there are four
great regions whence such a supply is
possible. There is Eastern Europe ; but
we fear the rinderpest thance, and, be
sides, the despotically governed people
have neither the intellect nor th enter
prise to develop an adequate trade.
TiI'e r-e b , ,' ,:.., .... t '
- j ships built for l?tc trail? the cattle
It
bo Lent hea thv iinr. inieHi.M in fl.- .h.
1 in spite t,f occasional stoms, I have,
stated the conclusion ut wh;; h I brn
qn ived during a jourm-y in thS V't'.f,
' and in view of tlic i in port. "in "3 of the.
suijeet 1 ask you, ?:r, to give i.t;':k,h
to my letter, and put forth my nig,"',
tion lor the con idcrition of those yihp
t-ike an interest in th meat miply of
tho people. Cattle in any quantity can bo
produced in the West. It is the land
for stock, which on lht w"ide and healthy
piaire ranges arc free fvm disease ; ihfy
e.-t'i be conveyed in herds to . I'm", hi ml
with no danir of disease to ynr home.
f cattle, provided the prairie cattle aro
properly cared for rn route. There is.
theicfore, a grand held for enterprise 111
this trade, end the sooner it is opened
out the sooner will our people realize the
traditional iden of !".(',.., i Knyl'shinep.
ou.-f. rvpect fully.
Cosmopolitan.
Lineolu Ncloaak.t.
Ellis thai hare tscsae Laws.
We are in lel ted to the Lincoln Jour
md for the following abstract of the Lilis
that have received the guberna orlal
sanction up to Thursday, February 20th :
An Act to provide fi.r the Judges of
the District courts; n charge the Jury in
writing
Aii Act concerning the mode of prov
ing written i'l-tru.nents before justices
of the peace.
Au Act to authorize limited partner
ships in the Slate of .Nebraska.
An Act to authoiizc School District
No. 2 of Saline county, to issue bond
for th' erection and lu, hishing of a
school house.
An Act relative to public school in
cities of the li r-t class.
Au Act granting the consent of the.
Sate of Nebraska to. the. purchase by
the United Slates of certain lands for
the purpose of tho erection of a Post
Office and Court House at Lincoln, Ne
braska. An Act to anitiil sec ion 2S of "an act
to amend section 17 of the revised ulat
utos entitled "Elections," appiovt'dT
February l."i, lSlij.
An Act to a-eigu Justices cf the Su
premo Court to thvir respective dis
tricts. An Act llowir)g certain cities and
to tds fur her time to becom cities of
the sec..n l t la s.
An Act to define the boundary of tho
county cf Phelps nnel to organize the
siino
An Act r:cu;'irg ccpie of attach
ments to be filed in certain cases.
An Act to amend fection 3, chapter
2S part 1st, r-f the Revised Statutes of
Nelr eka, entitled "Interest."
An Act to provide for tho payment of
the memb:-rs, olr.ccrs and employes of
li e Legislature
Ad Act legalizing tho organization of
Webster coun'y.
An Act o lpa.1 zo the incorporation
of certain railroad companies in the
State of Nebraska.
An Act to provide for preparing and
keeping a numerical 'tides of the trans
fer of real 'property.
Au Act to authorize. Fulls City pre
cinct, in Uiehardsoii county, to issue
bonds to aid in the construction of '
court house for ilich udsori county.
An Af t making appropriations for the
Slate Prison, and 10 pay the present
outstanding indebtedness of the samo.
An Act to repeal an Act to provide
for the paymen of a bounty on gopher
scaV.
An Act appropriating money 0 de
fray tha expense of priming for the Leg
islature. An Act to rcgulati tho public schools
of Pla't-mouth city and to provide
means for their supi ort.
An Act to locate and open a State
road from Omaha to intersect the Ash
land and Fremont road in Saunders
county.
An Act to legalize the proceedings of
fie City Couucd in Plattsmouth in ref
erence to tho construction of a High
st I ool building, and to author'ze the
City Council to complete the same.
An Act to prevent stock from running
at la-ge in Ohio, Banido, Nemaha an l
Sj enc-jr precincts in ltieh ir dson county.
A.i Act authorizing School Di-trict
No. 1, of Pawnee coiory, to issua
bonis.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an
Act regulating the public schools iu Ne
braska City.
An Act to amend an Act entitled an
Act to amend seelion 1 of an Act cnti-
jJed an A"t to provide for the appoint
ment cf clerks of District Courts.
An Ac: to amend an Act entitled an
t to amend r.n Act to exempt firemen
on jur;, militia, and govci nmcrt duty.
An Act to provi le for the nllo-vinati
1 secuvi; y ot attorneys' fees in certain
Mcs
An Act authorizing tho Superintend
t of Public Iu-ti'tetioti in the county
Douglas to Kp- ropr ate certain school
oncys among the scve'al school dis
icts in said county.
An Act to define the boundary line be
.cen the counties cf Polk, Merr.ck and
amilton.
An Act to ntv)?t:d Hceiion twenty and
Gty-two of Chapter forty seven, part
o, ef the Kesised Statute, entitled
m -is
An Acf to re.7 i':ife the of patent
1 hts in u.e ."rttite ot ei.r.i"-ka, and to
revent Piaoos connected the ewith.
An Act to provide for the. publication
f General StaM-tes ei" Nebraska.
An Act tr cn ible a'-ociations ef per-
ons 1 r rai-i.ig lun-is t ho uattutl
aiong their member for building L ime-
;;.s and other purposes to become
o ucs eorpo; ate.
Besides nine .Memorials and Joint
..e-o u'lons
.!Jl..TaldIaa2:&r:e.
From th a Journal.
The ce ,ed bistori in, Mr. Fr.u-is'
avo ri-c ( very sp.rtte.1 e'il.-oversy
hout thf e Ids name tiai r ronomicc I
ic gun-Ji ... -riog a'l the wav through'
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