x r A. y TitE HERALD. Pabliehad every Thursday at LATTSMOTTTH, NEBRASKA. TUB JJEKALl). ADVERTISING HATES. J. ti Ooe square, (10 lined or lees) oa s teeertt'aa ltr Each subsequent imertion .. ., , , , . r - f) Professional cards, not exceeding six lint ttP li column per annum........... gXOfl J-4 coin ran, per annum... ..... .'....-..... ,.0.00 ii column do . .'09 Oue column ' do ;.j9(MiJ AU advertising bills due quarterly. Transient advertisements must be paid In au- vanco. O01e Comer Kmln nd ftreond Street -Aeond Story. OIFIOIAL PAPER OF TUB . CITY AND COUNTY. J. A. MACMURPHY, Editor. PERSEVERANCE CONQUERS." TERMS: $2.00 a Year. Terrcs, in Advance. 0o" epy, one year....-. fll-OP. Quo eopy, six months l:0O. One eopy. three months .... SO. Extra Cbpi'e of tlf IlEBAlofor sale ty n. J. Streisrht. at the Post t'fhce. and O. P. Jobli son. North side Ma'n Street, between Seecfl and Third. v .' Volume 9. Piatt smoutb, Nebraska, Thursday, April 10, 1873. Number 2 Jem3XX ATTORN K VS. CAM. M. CHAPMAN Attorrey at k Law and Solicitor in Co"nccry Kin u mouth. JJebra-ka. Office i i'itwrral'l lnck. MHbTrF.ESeT Attorney at Law-Office . on Main Street, over Chapman s Irait Store. Special attention siveu t collection of claims. . : WBESLKK. "ISCnCOMll. tr ii r r f.i: R . T I x f 1 1 e M k. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. , ij-ly. ri;teraonth. ?ebraska. - A HOITKT f. SMITH A ST A FS U I K A t- i'l torrers Law. Pra -tiee in all the court in nil t i sriven of the Sfcite. SneinT attention given to eolleo- lioti and matter' "ft roi'Hfi OSre ortr the Post Ofii c. n-ittsnicuth. Neh. physicians. T R. LIVINUSTOV, Physician and Sur al eon, tenders his rrt.v..,.,nrial serviee to the eitiiens of Casseountv. Kesidpfieesoiithf ast eornerof Oak and SiTth "si. : oRjce on Ma n street, one dor wwt et Lyiaxu's Lumber Yard "lattsmoutb. Neb. ( . 1 Vf. RAWLINS. Surareon an Physician Lata a u-7eon-in-0!iiefof the Army ol the Potomac. PlaMsmuuth. Nebraska. Ome at O. P. Johnson's iJrus Store .Main street INSURANCE. wnEELER ABENWSTT Roa! Estate and Tax Paying Agent. u lis Public. ire, and Life Insurance A"tJ, Mii.ttsmotuh. Xeb ran La. I .-Hit )MELPd PAIXE-Ownerat Ionnrance Acent 1 Kepre'tntu vme t the mj,t reiistble Com patiea in ihe United Stat en. jauTIAwtt' IIOTKL5. 1SKOOKS HOUSE. JOHN FIT7.t ERA LD Proprietor Msin Street. Detwcen 5th &31 Gth St. M 15 CELL A N KO U S. PLATTSMOUTH SI ILLS. C. IIEISliL.Proprietoi'.IIavinB recently heir Pepairei ami placed in thorouau rnnninsr or iei I0").W IJufhe.s of Whciit wantel immediate!; fr which the highest market price will be rmi Al)tract of Title. MMIK "tl'MK.UTf! AL SYSTEM. The best J ase. For deseript've circular", a njres. ACRES. BLACK MAR A CO Burlington. Iowa. GRKKN HOUSE AND BEDDING PLANTS. Time and money saved by ordering of me. I nave the l.'trgdat and best collection of Plants ever e flared tor rale in the West. Catalogue free. Sxrrt J'otritn. C ii'il-no. T-m'tt), and vilur plant for ma t in th-tr mr-imnn. Address w. J. Ilttfstii. Plattsmouth. Keh. 3ji22o ill?! S?aIIo2'. FW-Photovraphs. Amorotyj.h and eap from aid pictures, plain or C'ibre I. eithsr in ink. water or c;l. All work neatly esscated and warraateJ to give satisfaction. V. V. 1,'MlNAIii) Artist. IM: Main Su. I'latteraautb. ROCK! .STONE! 1 will furnish forties vrith Ftono for all buildinx purpn?M at a rea?ii;bla rrice, my quarries r delivered on the cars t Louis- ille station. The following kind of ftor.e can be had on short notice; trills, caps, pr;rcU rock ins or rod sand stone u-h as was aed by the B. k M. R. R. io the contruction of thir ston wrk. AU respeas ible orders, prampuy filled J. T. A. HOOVER. Louisville, station Neb. Dflalrrin Cloths-., Famishing GooJs, Hats. CP, Boots & Shoos, Trunks Va'.ises & Carpet Dags, tc. On r.f the OKlet and most Reliable Hou-'t.'s in I'lattsmouth. Maiu Street, hptreen 4tb A'. 5th. MrttEMEMSER THE PLALTisr 8Jtf FARMER'S EXCHANGE 3. CS-. Ecover, LOUISVILLE, NEB. o (Keeps eendtanUy en hand ail staple aral9 aca as Coffee Sugar. Tobacoo, Mola!?es Dry Goods Boots and Shoe?, fcc. In fact every ll:1n a usually kent In a Vftri ty Store, which will be sold on email profits for Cash, All kinds of Produce taken in exchnage fwr e;ood and Highest Market Price given in c&h 10-w f for Grain. PHILADELPHIA STORE.. SOLOMON & NATHAN, - ". - J32ALSR3 XS , fancy Dry Goods, Motions LaIc4TJf;rnishing Goods, wt, CLt pt, aad Best Assortod - - wVs m the i-jty. a-tn Mainletwpen 4th and 5th .trceis. ittamoatu Nebraska. ExCe!35r Barber Shop. J. C. BOONE, ON MWIN STREET. Opposite the Brooks LTouse. CUTTISC, SHAVING AMD SHAM PODNING. Childrens7 Hair Cut. Especial attention given to this Branch of the Xusincs8. Call and eee 15 E, GENTS, And yoa will get a Boon in a CLEAN SHAVE. Ofljcial Directory. COXGRKSSIOXAL. T. W. Tipton, Itrownville. P. V. Hitchcock. Oiuahii. John Tale. Omaha, T". S. senntor. U. S Senator. Representative. fcXECUTIVE. P-.W. Farnis. r.rr.wnville, J. .1. (! f.pr. Lincoln. J. U Western. ISnntricp, II. A. Kot-nix. "Juinl)ii, Ooyjrnor. Soe. ( State. Auditor. Treasur r. .1. II. vt eliter lieorice. Att'y ten. J. M MeKenzie. Lnc Id. Sapt. Pub. Insiruc'o JUDICIARY. Oeo. B. Like. Olnha. Chief Jiitfoe. Samuel Jlaiwell. i'l tt!inctitli f MCIS"' J"? PLATTSMOUTH. M". 1. White. M. H. Hevs. Joiith Moires, St il e Morirn. Val'.er J. White, Mayflr. City :ierk, Police Ja'U. Mahal. Street CottmUsioner. ALDKRMEN. Fibst Ward. J. Fitzeer.il !. C. IT. P.irrna'.ee Skcoso Vad Jos. P.utcry. J. V ayin&n. Tbij Wabd R. Cushing, U. Vivian. CASS COUNTY. II. V. V.Ui on. r!in'l McKinnon, W. L. II .bbf, J W. Johnson. Probate Judge. County Clerk, Treasurer. Sheriff. I. , w. i.-e. Supt. Pub. Instruction, Jacob Valley. I . I larwe County Commissioners. Coroner, I.yman James. J. V Thomas. Churches. "X) artist On thecorner of Main and Ninth I Rev . T. J. Arnold, pastor ltetidence on Main between 10th ana llta. Services every Sabmb at 11 a. in . and at e p m. Sahbntb school at 9? a.m.. Prayer meeting every Wed Bssdny eveniDk'. rlHU!3TiA Service in Conpregat:on Church. J at 11 a. M. and p. ni. FIder Alton, Pastor. Corner of Locust and H;h streets. Cordial invitation extended to all class" to at tend- f ?ricoFAt. Corner Vir.o an 1 Third streets 1 J !-v. A. R. Graves Services every Sunday at 11:'.K) a. ru. sad 7 p. m. Sunday School it 3 p. in. CosnnsQATtoy!. Corner Locust and Kt'i sts j Rov. B. F Manwcll, residence Locust et be- trecn 4th anl 5rh sts Services every S.-vo.jam at 'la. m: and t.:' p. m. babbata Sehoo! at V.: p. u. Prayer meeting every edacJ.iy evening. 1thom(7 Xorth side of Public S-inftre Rev j father Hayes. Kirl Mas every Siob.i'h at :30 a. m.. Second 51 ass nml Sermon at l'-.V) Vespers ami Uenoon n in t .i:JJ p. m. lliui at 8 a. ci. every week dy. Fist PR7?BTTmt!i Xnrth Pi'leofMa-n st. we-ttofoih Rv. VV. T. Bnrllo ; Service every Sabbath at 11 a.m. and r;:.'iii p. in. Sub- oatn school nt :.aa- ui.. lno i'o.lot-K upwm ndent. Prayer meeting every V edncj)d;iy evening at 8:lw o'clock. M ethodi?t Epis,-"''at. Wet sid of Sixth .treet. wi"tb of Main Rev. J. II. Prsron Services every sabbath at Al a. 1:1. and 7 p. in. Prayer mectiux every i'hurjdsy evening. l'Iai Bent:u;:' every :I-r.'i.iv evening an I i:nuic iiate- ly aer close fd' Sabtjatn morning services SubWalh S:!iool at 2:J Sovtao den H Sci t-nil er 'jet die Putrchr Kv. Lurh. tieniein i. in ihrcm S-hulniUJ vormiMi'gs um 1! Uhrt"tteodieiist. 'i herhaupt fimiet derM von jetri nn reriMinicssig alle H X ee jit:nt. .V;n:.-'er Rev. 1. llatjna-vHid. ;ibu.'.t'j school at 1 I ui.. i'rot. d Alleinaud, Loilcre. f O. O. F. Peeu'ar rceci;?s of r'a'te Lodirc 1 N'o. 7. I. . .!'. evcrv Thursd;i eveurm at Oild Fei'mws KaM. Trarts'ieut brothers are cor dially invited tn vt-.t. 5?. II. IlATRAWtT. Sec. fO. O. F. PHI tsTnonth F.- ..tnpment Xo. 3. . ileiru'.ar t'onvocntioos the 2 and 4 Friday's of each month at Old Fellows Hail cor. 3d and am sts. Transient i'atnarc'is eor'Mviv mvitej O yi.it. Ji. jIA, C. V. IZ. E. Cussisgham, Scribe T i?o;;i" ti ATrsocrn 1.otor if. 6 A. r ill a A. M- Il2r.;::tr me-'ttn-iS at their Iih!1 on the 5r't aiid tin-. ' nday evenincs of each tnvuth Trans:ent brethern mvitoa t vi.'-.t. It. It. LIVINGSTON". W. 31. A. d'AimyAXD. Sec. MAOOT Lnnoi . 22 A. F. & A. M. Regal mectinrj at Micoy Hail, f.r.t and third Fri Uy. J. X. M ISi:. W. M. J. M. liBARnSLST, ftcc. VJ krasa C'h tvTER St. 3 Ti. A. 51. Uciriilar ' l d-inrncntionn second and fourth Tuesday eveainfes of eac n"nth at 7' nVloek n. m. " Nzwwav, Se-;. . ;-T. m.TVK P.Tiivrn.Xrt." TI T. Eliison i . VV. C. T. C W. Kinr. W Sec. T. W Shry- r-ck Lodge Heputy. 5Ieer-" at Clark t-Pl.iiunser' hall iverv Tuesday evening. Traveling Templars esueetfjjlv invited. 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Ooil (ire us me:.! atime like tiiis ilruiand- 8troDgminl, y;cit huiirts, true faith and ready han.ls : Mea whoux the lust of oPije does ret kill; Men whom the spjiU of office cunnut toy; Men ho posic.-s opinions and a wii! ; Men who hive honor ir.cn who will not lis ilea whs can and be.'brc a Jeiuaojue, And damn hu treacherous ilatltnva without in !.:: Tall men. fan c owned. wlo live above the fug In public duy and iu private thinking; For while the rabble, w.th the:r thumb-worn creeds. Their large prufeuiona &Dd their little deeds. Alibgle in eeifloh et'lfc, io ! freedom wcepa, Wrous rule the laud, and weiting Justice cletpsl i- J. Q. HoLLAHO. T MLS MR B. SLAD1. Giriie oa the stairway, moiher np above; Girlie'-- eyes an-l mother's full of tender love; (jirlie'e littla fiajcrs throw a hurrying kiu I'.ittht to mother, loviug. fearing not to ibis ; Mother thrown one downward to her Gold cu bair ; Girlie cries, "Thej'ro meeting, motheria the a rl' Dy-ad by the girlie 8 ands all, all alone. Looking sadly upward for the mother gono Up the heavenly stairway. Girlie, standing here. Knows he mother eurely, surely must be near. If .he throw her kisses np the golden stair. Will they lueut the mother's half-way in the air? Our Youny FoiL. EAELY IN KZS3ASSA. 9. 5. or xir-Top. OLD TIMES. f'Tip-Top," the rLIo editor of the Pi:tttsmouth Hera! J, is pivinv: a scries of interesting fckerche." of the early days in Mcbra'rku. West Point Republican. Ye?, end that reaiin-a. us yf a iittlo story in which that Mime We-t Point and it was only a point then fisrurej conspicuously. Way trick in tho.ae '"oiu times" whea thi f var.try was new, and the unbroken prairij t-nd stretched froui Decatur v?ef-twrd, for njany and many a long mile without tre", bush, stunap, or even a big weed to break the velvety green, th3 few settlor on the Mi.-so.iri bottom, and in fiot all Dver the north country got a hip; scire. It look a funny, now, and ru:iy draw a binilj froai 1x11:3' 1 lip, for tho fear'; was one of th j;-e ' In dian f-enre," yoa know; bit let mi to'l you, an Indian scare wasn't quite t-o fun ay ten or twelve yearn ago as it sc-e:iis to be xuit . Any way, foolish or no foolish, we got thj Rcare bad, and everybody turned out and '"itesolved," and traded for an old can or two, and cleaned up eir rerolver.j and ru-ty uutchcr knives, and sent a petition on to our Great Father at Washington, for arm-, and protection, aal comfort, ani aiviee. Tho,4Hon." Frank Welch, as Mr. AV publican says, though we didn't use the prefix in those days, but called hia "Boston," for short. V.'tlJ, tho lion. Frank and j our hatnb'a &ervaut hook:d up 'Tip and Charley" and rode over to the Omaha Agency and saw Col. Fur nas, then Agent, to get some old niuket-. The Colonel was building a Fort, and the Indians were about as ecrred as the white folk, that is, t!i3 Omaha's, for it was a Sioux invasion that was looked for. We got the old Springfield's, stowed them away in the baek end of the wagon, and lor all we know, they are t here yet. Nobody iaour town ever shot ono off, any way. This is only an introduction to my story, you gee, and to show you how bad the scare was, when "Boston" aud I re turned to town, we found a new cause ol alarai. borne permatutic individual had strayed over f rom the Elk horn val ley and reported that all the settlers on the Horn were murderd, aud tneir cab inn burned. The prairie wad red and uieist with gore, an i the night air lurid with the Mrcs of Indian hate and re venge. What now ? This would never do. We might be surrounded anv day or night, and swept away like grasshop pers before a north wind. We patiently counted up all the white men west of the Missouri, from Omaha up, and then guessed at the Indians that might come dowu on us. The odds were fearful, and w hold another "meetiog," the re sult of which was that Franii Welch, myself and Henry Kline, were deputed a committee (that's wht they call u now-a-days) or as we foady supposed, a little forlorn hope to scout acros the prairie towards the Elkhorn vniley, and if either of the three survived, and brought his "bar" back to Decatur, the citizens would then know to act. One bright aud beautiful uioruiag we three set out for the then unknown Wist, mounted oa three as good horses as ever cro.-sed the grand prairie. Dos ton rode a beautiful brown mare, called Queen, Kline rode "Jenny," and your historian bestrode a young Morgan, called "Chariey." Shall I ever forget those days of health and freedom from care. All the Indians on top of eath couldn't take the laugh nor the fun out of that committee. And maGF were the grotesquep ropositions made as to arm ing ourselves, and one after another sug gested soma ludicrous equipment, all the way from a popgun to aIountain Howitzer. Ae we rode a!ong we planned ferocious and KaghrtWe e9trs wik th rara- xes of Wtt Point, and pictured to our mind'a eye what each, itouhl do if w should be "attacked by Indians." At noon we camped on the beautiful Logau creek, just above vrhcre Oakland is 110. and at? a good solid dinner for six men. Our hordes had to be led across a fW lep, in those days, and the bottom on the wc-t sido was rather slough-ey, fo we were obliged to wade out and lead tlie horses, sill the while wondering what in blazes we should do if the Indians came dowu on us now while we were ankle deep in mud. Once more on solid ground and moan. e.d we reminded eaeh'tner that we ware approaehinjr. dangerous ground; ti there might be Indians'aaywhere around loose, lying in the long grass, hiding in the ravines, xr swoojitnjr from over the next bluff. Firmly grasping our revolv ers, we closed up, tbrt-c abreast, and marched gallantly onward, up and down the gullies, down and up those plagued slopes, we mo-eyed, sometimes on the trail and ofteaer away from it. Every now and thei bringing op on a moist spot or at one of these little creeks, all bridged now, where we had to Lunt for a good crossing. In mch cases we po.-ted oue man to keep his eye out for Indians, while the other two rode up and down, br If leaning out of the saddle hunting for a eroding. In this way the afternoon wore aloog until the gray of twilight surrounded ut hs we climbed the last long ridge that we thought must separate us from the long looked for K!k Horn valley, and a sight of West i'oint. Ail at once Ivliuo $ces a moving ob ject far oil on the summit of the ridge. It is a human being, he is mounted on pony, he looks lonsr and steadily at our cavaloaie, then swings himself forward on his pony and swoops off down the bluif. Our Indian has come at last, un doubtedly this is the outpost the senti nel sent on the hill to keep watch and ward off approaching whites while his comrades plunder and feast over the murdered corpses below iu the valley. Now our tim? Las co;ue for sura. In three, live, scvan minutes, we tony ex pect a yelling onslaught of Sery red men. YYa, the whob magnificent bioux tribe u:ay, at any moment, appear pictured in the fading liht of-setting euo as so many copper devils in yonder grass cov ered prairie slop-?. These were the days that tried rieu's i'les, and ours 'felt strongly Tike turning toes Cist towards the Tlibsytiri river aud leaving ou'y a vi-ion of our heels for the new ruce of We.t IVinters to gaze at. But, kind reader, mere physical cour age is nowhere, beside the mental dread of being laughed at. The zip of a bul let is not to be compared to the hi.-s of a necr. Many a man walks out to be shot because he dare's a)i stay at hi" and be laughed at, and that committee ,72iit out for wool and meant tj briug wool home or die in the attempt. So onwa-d, the two hundredth part of tks six hundred. At that time West Point consisted of a single house, I believe, part sod atid p3rt f.ame sbruity, and if I recollect aright, the biggest part was sod. It stood about midway on Main struct cow, aud around its low and gloomy door stood the half dozen white settlers that the place contained, guns in hand. This much W3 saw through the gloom. Something w.i3 up. If no Indiana were there, something e,se was; but onward we rode, into tne very jaws of death, fjr the gtirrison of West Point, having been alarmed by a boy herding cattle, that a baud of Indi ans were approaching West Point at Ist, and after cleaning out the Missouri valley, had no doubt come over to wipe from existence the nama of Nel.'gh, &e , over in the Eikhorn. To cut a long story short, they had seen no Indians, ani we had seen no In dians, but David Ntdigh had shot hita Hell somewhere, and the settlers had other worries and cares not necessary to mention now. Nevertheless, somebody brought out from souiewhete the irivjt able flatk of whisky : we all toek a good long pull (to t'n9 health of Indians gene rally). Joe McKinahaa toted us off across the creek to his ranohe, for the nisrlit, and the next morning, refreshed and refilled from the flisk as a starter we set out for home, to inform the good folks of Decatur that nary an Indian ever had been seen in Eikhorn valley, but they heard that till the Dseatur folks hal been "chawed up " Kline couldn't set down comfortably for a week after his unusnal horsebaek exercise' The Hon. Frank took an ex tra huge piece of the native leaf and said, he had found out enough more of ths excellent qualities of "Queen" to pay hira for the trip, while anything that promised sport suited "yours truly," in those days. T. T. EifTerert Alphatats. Thff Sandwich Inland has twelve let ters; the Italian, twenty; the Bengal? s, twenty one, the Hebrew, Syriac, Chal dec. Samaritan, and Latin, twenty-two each; the French, twenty-three; the Greek, twenty-four; the German and Dutch, twenty-six each; the Spanish and Slavonic, twenty-seven each; Arabic twenty-eight: tho Persian and Coptic, thirty-two: the Georgian, thirty-five; the Aruunian, thirty-eight; the Russian forty-one; the Muscovite forty-three; the Sanscrit and Japanese, fifty each: the Ethiopic and Tartarian, two hundred and tw evh. Of the Mt. Pleasant Itistitut?, to be hfld at Eight Mile Grove, April 11th, and 12th, 1ST;'., at the M. E. Church. The Institute will commence at seven o'clock, P. M. with singing by the Grove Sunday School; Pray rby J. Il.Presson; Sinning by the Grove Sunday School. 1st. The Pulpit and the Sunday School, by J. 11. Presson. Singing by the Grove Sunday Seho; l. Exercises for Saturday, April 12th. Singing by the Grove Sunday School ; Prayer by John Gallagher ; A soni? of welcoma by the Grove Sutiduy School. 21. The Family and the Sunday School, by Brother Winslow; Singing iVthe Weeping Water Sunday Sehocl. '. 3d. How shall we reach the children of irreligious parents with the Gospel and its means of culture by UrotherS. Kichardeon ; Singing by the Mt. Pleas ant Sunday School. 4th. What are the principle difficul ties experienced in the pro-ecution of the Sunday School work, and how shall they be obviated, by Brother E. A. Kirk pa trick; Singing by the Grove Sun day School, 5th. Why should every use be inter ested in the Sunday School work,' and how may its usefulness be increased by those who are uot directly laboring in it, by Brother S. B. llobson ; Singing by the Weeping Water Sunday School. Cth. Qualifications and the deport ment of Sabbath School Teachers, by BrothcrS. M. Kirkputrick ; Singing ty the Mt. Pleasant Sunday School. 7th. In what particular kii;d of re ligious work may children engage and how enlist them iu it, ly Sister Frew and J. Ilrthardson ; Song by the Grove Sundav School. Sth. The Mission Sunday School, by A. L. Foldcu ; Singing Ly Weeping Water Sunday School. Pih. Experimental Teaching, by John Galljsrher : Siciring Ly it. Pleasant Sunday School. loth. Use of the BlacS PoarJ in Sunday School, by Brother Fleming an 1 Si'ter Shelion: SoLg ly the Giovo Sunday School. lith. What has the Sunday School uccdinpli.shed, and what may it do, by Austin and Jenks; Doxotory A. L. FOLD EN, t, hairman. by Sw- iZiijt au A liscssh HoTisTr cf His Ca:cTL9 Vicirei Iivy cf Fe-rso:nt:rs. From Harper's Weekly. The receprisu of Mr. Colfax by his friends, neighbors, tuid political sup porters shows the advantage of an hon orable reputation. For twenty years he ha stood before his couatryiasn with an u-iblernished fame nt a citir.cn,' politi cian, a parent, relative, and fr! -nd. His regular and unspotted life, his terrj perance nc.i moderation, his freedom from ail these errors that so often taint tiie politician's career, his labr3 in the caue of virtue and good morals, will r.o.v be remembered and become ths more conspicuous in the t.sidt of the abuse of tlio envious and the c!ai.icros virulence of tbo corrupt. Nothing, in deed, co excites she envy of th vicious as the possession of an nt;b!:ujiehed fame, and the raJi hate with which several of the oppo.-itirii journals have ventured to impute to Mr. Coifwx their own chief failings will serTe only to expose them more plainly to the people. Falsehood, avarice, indifference to moral laws, ho his i.evcr tsL;bited. His whole political course has been marked by tru'hfalnrss und o.-ii;i,istf ti("-. bv singular moderation, hn b tondaet toward his opponents, by a Crm adherence to Kcpublican principle.-.; and as he labored for the prcj-srva-tion of his country iu those sad hours when they who now assail him were plot ting its destruction, so he has shared in all the triumphs of freedom, aud has been ona of those whom his countrymen delight to honor. it was charod agitiast Alexander Hamilton that ha had crested tho na tional debt, that be and his friends might row rich fton the plunder oi tne pub lic. He replied by exposing his own poverty, i he charge against Mr. Col fax is that he accepted shares m a traud- utant comranv, receiving considerable dividends, and denied that ha ver ac cepted them. Ji.e charge of having purchased some oi tne stock at tne so lieitatioa of Ames, who was then be lieved to be a man of integrity, as well as of wealth, Mr. Colfax admits, but states that he soon returned it, having discovered the character of the company, with the loss of what he had already paid. Since that time be has never owned any of the stock, r.or received anything from it. But An.es, who at first futed that Mr. Colfax tad never received a dividend and continue his statement, now at second exsm;nit;on charged him with :ross deception, and aliened that he paid him a ciiecs tor $1,200 in 1S63. He produced a check drawn to the ovdr of H. C. lor that amount, and we believe a raemoranduci from his nota book. Mr. Ccifsx denipd at once that he had ever seen the check before. His opponents examined hiii bank account, and finding thcrs a depos it of $1,200 in June, 1 80S, brought the fact forward as a proof of Li having re ceived and made u-e of the $1,200 check. And Mr. Colfax then proves by credible witnesses that he had received at out thf. time if 1.200 from different source-, which he had deposited and used. The cashier upon whom Ames' ohnck was drawn adds in impression that Au-.e drew the money lor it himself. Thus the accusation against Mr. Col fax's integrity and truthfulness rests s ley upon the tesiimony of Ami", who has made two different s:atements about the transaction directly opposed to each other, and who could not bs accepted as a trustworthy witness neither in the judgment of history nor of the law. No one would trust the memory cr (he fidel ity of ths roan who upon oath gives two versions of the same occurrence directly at variance. No reliHuce. therefore can i he pTaoed itpon the tcfotrrt of Ames, and exoept his own testimony, there is not a trace cf evidence to confirm his story-no receipt, n cert:ncate, no indorsement. i he testimony against a public oihcal, said Jefferson, "should he affirmative,' but neither alhrmative nor negative proof exists against .Mr. Coirax. 1 1 is only op posing witness contradicts himself aud proves his own falseness. Whether a person in office is permit ted to buy or even haid stock in which the government is interested is a ques tion easily answered. io omeial ebouid make any use of the opportunities of his position lit the expense 01 the public Hamilton iu the csso we have noticed would not allow any of his relatives, or eTin his friends, to bay government stock, lie neid ?b(Al worth, which he had Jong owned, unsold until he left of fice. The stock which Mr. Co'fax hd teujtht, ha at ence sbau'luccd whea he found tha it might expose him to dia- honorabis influences or bring him into conflict with the government. He saw that he had been led into error, and at once gave up tht stoc, at a considera ble loss to him-eif. ili fault was vei.a!; he strove at once to repair it. To the chsrge of having mado money at the public loss he repl.es by exhibiting, like llamilton, the moderation of his owu fortune, and the honorable source from whence it c me. It is not unreasonable, therefore, that the people of Indiana should welcome their eminent statasman with new zeal and energy, while his ensmies strive to cover his fame with calumny, and de stroy the well-earned reputation of a la borious life. Nothing would gratify his assailants more thaa to reduce Mr. Col fax to a level with themselves. Had he betrayed the principles of freedom, n tered into treasonable combinations; striven to undo tbo honorable progress of the i-ast, and throw the tiatiou bask into anarchy and despair, no whisper of disapprobation would bsvc escaped from the men wl.o cow fiM-ail him; he might hAva been their favorite leader. Ills chief crime is that he was true to the in tercsts of freedom in tho recent cam paign. The highest proof of his reeti tr.de and honesty for posterity will prob abiy be the characters of his chief assail ants; from hi more honorable opponents be is receiving a thorough vindication. And it is certaiu that no reputation will pais to t'utnra years more spotless or en viable than that of Schuyler Colfax. A 1nct7 Tcri: Cr3. ,Fro;a the Xew Ycrk Herald. The foil wing communication, narrat ing a remarkable and sueeessful cure for hydrophobia in this city, and which seems to be fully authenticated has been .-ent tr the. Herald ly the physician who attended the victim, and hi- acoount of th? treatment used may be of valuo and btoufit to others in the hot days that are .pproa-.-hing : '!-'e the Editor cf the Herald : Permit me to contradict an item of twws which appeared in a morning paper of yesterday, which rea l a follows "Philip Lofta?, aged nine years, of 82" Cherry street, was bitten by a dog iu Cherry street a few days ago, and has kydrophobia. He ci'.nnct recover." I am a physician, and this case was brought to tny rsoti-'e on Monday, the 24th inst., nearly three weeks after the boy wan bitten. When I arrived at his home he was laboring under most vio lent convulsions and manifested nil the symptoms c f the terrible disease. The case appeared so ba that I felt reluctant to administer anything without consult ing other physicians. Accordingly I procured the attendance of three broth er physicians, who pronounced the case to be one of hydrophobia, and also felt reluctant to administer anything to the patient. I considered, however, that there was stiil a hope, having given this disease long years of study, though it is considered incurable by the standard medical authorities. I fir-t administer ed a warm bath, after which I used cold applications to the spine; gave him a hy drate of chloral and bromide ammonia, with opium suppoMtories administered every three hours. After the first dose the paroxisms were partially relieved, ur.i he fell into a sound sleep which last ed a few hours. When he awoke the paroxisms again returned with their usual severity, the deglutition became extremely diSicult, so much so that it was only by a great effort he was made to swallow another portion of the medi cine. Again the symptoms became obe dient to the remedy, with a marked im provement in the general condition of the patient. By continued presistence in the treatment he is now almost in a state of convalescence, and there is every hope of his recovery. Ths "firt families" are not ali devJ yet. This fact cropped out in a Kentucky Leg islature the other day, when a member thnre jruve vent to his feelings upon a proportion to send a commission to the Vienna Exposition to represent the ad vantages and productions of Kentucy. Skid he: "For my part I am glad they have never heard from our State. 1 want them to remain in blissful igno rancs. I want Kentucky for Kentuck iaus. I believe Kentuckians are the greatest na 1 best people on earth. I don't want their blood contaminated, nor do I wish oar children to be driveu out of the State to seek distant homes by a set of als-brerers, and prspe pTuners, or anybody ele. I woa'd wel come industrious foreigners from every portion of Europe to our Stale, bat I am oppose! to going out of the way to pay anybody to come, or to compel them." The Indianapolis Journal pug crpst that if this man is a stock-grower he ought to know the advantages of crossing blood occassional ly, fand not persist in breeding "in and in," howev er good the stock is. A Ps"ir Atchison's soiled doTCF, from the noted house of Madame Bask- erville, engaged, recently, in a set-to arranged and carred out after the htest and most approved ulea of tha duelling code Knives were the weapons used, and the war was waged fearfully and wrathfuly, ending in the utter var.ouhment and total annihua tiou of "the blonde," she being severely cut in several places by the other woman. A newspaper, namj not stated, is to be started in a few days in tne new City of Breslau, L. I. Tho place has a popu lation at present exceeding 3.000, and is "rapidly ir.creaini." Eligible town lets are sold at the very' low price of $10 each. A Description cf ITetrasta. TV the Editor of tht DcncZstcr frEng . land) Gazette : Slit : Having just returned from Ne braska, the youngest State in the Union, I should like to communicate soma of my opinions with regard to it, for the benefit of those who contemplate an at tempt at lettering their condition by emigration. To those leaving tho old home, there i3 much anxiety as to which shall be the new. One thing, however, is certain, that there is no ono spot upon earth whieh combines every desirable characterise with the absence of all that is undesirable. Tho Garden of Eden was not situated, I should imtgine, in this hemisphere. Of all the new countries I have visit ed Nebraska presents the best field for tne intending emigrant.- It is not a State where he can hope to become rich all at once, but for those who can work, and wnit for seven or eight years, they can surely arrive at a competency which witn like means in this country they could not hope to attain at ail. iebrasi;a has undoubtedly a healthy atmosphere and a very fertile soil. Tho climate is similar to that of this country with these UiSercnccs: In winter it is colder and in summer warmer; gener anv 11 i LMiKiiier, uncr una clearer, ic- ing altogether free from fogs, aad thoso unkindly mists so prevalent in almost all parts of Great Britain. The general ally it is brighter, drier and clearer, bo- urface of tke country is rolling trairie, that 13 to say, the land is sufficiently un dulating as to form hill and dale, with a smoothness and fiuish which elsewhere comes only from long cultivation. The lay cf the land commends itself to the age of the practical farmer, the .rolling prairie and knolls emerging into draws or shallow ravines which are but tribu taries of the creeks, or streams iu the vaileys, to him all this is but dame na ture's system of drainage. The State is bounded on the east by the Missouri river. At this point the height above the level of the sea is 1,000 feet, at tho western boundary it is 5,000 feet, the commencement of tho eastern slope of the "rocky mountains," and yet there is no reduction in the fertile area by any bold uses, simply a geutlo sfopo across the State, ihe soil is ex cellent ; 1 have seen nothing like it in the old country, it is a rich black loam, and is most like the deposit of the delta, varying from IS inches to IS feet in thickness. Of its capabilities of pro duction it is difficult to speak without exaggeration, and the Lest proof of its inexhaustibility is found m the fact that ands have been cultivated in Indian corn, small grain, or root crops tor tne last 1j years, without any fertilizers whatever, showing no perceptible differ ence iu the nature or quantity of their productions. lha labor needed to make the laud fruitful bears no comparison to that of this country or Cauada ; there are 110 fore. i-trets to bo f elled, no stumps to dig up, notccks to remove, and no chemical fertilizers to be added before you can reap returns. Manure is not used at all, they fill it up near to their stables and Lams, and I have met with more than one caso where rather than remove the manure, the stable has been removed in preference. I do not believe that during the last twelve months there has been as much manure used in .Nebraska, which is as large a country as England and Wales, as any good farmer in this country would put upon his place of 300 acros. Nebraska is blessed with numerous stnams and rivers fringed wi!h timbe-, but the timber, when compared with other States, is not plentiful. However it grows rapidly, and tanners who have pent a lifetime in Canada and the hea VP s' timbered States in erecting weather- beaten monuments of perseverance in the shape of unrooted stumps, prefer to plant where needed rather than clear. Good land can be bought from the rail way companies at from 5 to 12 dollars per acre, or 20s. to 50s. on ten years credit at 6 per cent, interest. In this way crops will pay for land. As already stated, homesteads can be taken south of Fort Kearney, where the Burlington and Missouri Bailroad joins the Union Pacific, the only trans-continental line yet in operation. For Englishmen and those of any country who have means, I shou d say it is better to buy from tho railroad company. I bought mine, 6,000 acres, from the Burlington and Missouri Railroad Company, they give a perfect title which enables the owner to sell or convey, go or c me, lease or rent, without peril of creating an ad verse title, or invalidating his own. I am. yours, &c. X. Free.Tcstage Its Atsiiticn. It is important for the public to know what is included in the law known as "the repeal of the franking privilege." All mail known as "free matter" under existing Jaw, on which postage must be paid after June 30, by reason of this repeal, is classed under twelve heads, as follows, viz : 1. All mail to and from the President and Vice-President. 2. Official communications to or from Cabinet or Bureau officers, chief clerks or franking officers of each of the Excut- ive Departments. 3. All letters or printed matter to or from members cf Congress, Secretary of the Senate or Clerk of the House of ltt pre scntatives. 4. Petitions to Congress. 5. Copyright matter to Librarian of Congress, if so marked on the package. 6. Sruitlisonian Institute mail. 7. Exchanges between publishers, one copy of each publication not to exceed sixteen ounces weight. 8. Weekly newspapers to actuM sub scribers within the county where pub- lihed. 9. Notices from Postmasters of refusals to take publications. 10. Dead letters returned to wnter3. 11. Medals, certificates of thanks, or other testimonials awarded by Legis latures to their eoldiers. 12. Under a special act of Congress, passed some vears since, all mail matters to an1 from Mry Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lincoln, during her natura life. Those person? now havinr, the frank ing privlege are the President, Vice President, Senators, Representatives, Delegates Secretary of Senate, Clerk of House, Cabinet Clerks. Postmasters, for official communication only, as also Col lectors of Internal Revenue, a.d Mrs Lirjctoln. WIVES' COLUMN. A Einser Zzzzzs. From Lipencott's Madeline. Apologiei for poor dinners are gencr ally out of place. But when a lady hac a forgetful husband, who, without warn inr Lrinera hr.mo 11 1nvon imi1 fn hit down to a plain family dinner for three or four, it is net in human nature to keep absolute silence. What to say, and how to say it, form the problem. Mrs. Tuck er, the wife of Judge Tucker, of Will iatiisburg, solved this problem rnaqy years ago. She was tho daughter or niece ( I am uncertain which) of Sir Pey ton Skipwith, and celebrated for her beauty, wit, case and grace of manner. Her temper and fnek were 1 ut to tbo proof one court day, when the Judge brought with him tho accustomed half ssore. or mors of lawyers, for whom rmf the slightest preparation had been made, the Judge having forgotten to remind his wife that it was court-day, and sho herself, strange to tell, having overlook ed the fact. , , , The dinner was served with clrganc-!, and Mrs. T. made Lerself very charm ing. Upon rising to leave the guests to their wine she said: "Gentlemen, you have dined to day with Judg Tucker; promise tne now that you will dine to morrow with m?. rni 11 v 1 , . , . is was all her apology, whereuppft e geatlemen svvore that such a wile w,a? b J: Ws the.D f- This was all her apologj, w hereupofv plained the situation, and the next day there was a noble bauquct. Mora! Never worry a guest with ap ologies. . A Furay Scoao. San Francisco has witnessed a scene which has created much fun. but more Erofanity in every Post-office ia the ioited States. "A femalu argonaut of fearful vitality," we read in the Sab Francisco Bulletin, "a tall aud extreme ly ugly female, called at the Post-oicot tendered ninety nine coppers to the ur bane clerk, and asked in lieu thereof three-cent stampe. The offioial remark ed that be could only receive four cop pers as a legal tender, and at the expense of a deal of precious time endeavored to convince the female that he was guided by certain rules and had no latitudo ia the matter. She wnxed wroth, and re marked that when, in the course cf hu man events, it becocies apparent that; United States coin was to be refused by a United States oflicial, she thought her forefathers had died in vain, and cotisid-. ercd it her duty to bring the Govern ment to account. Then she paced thov corridor cf the Post office until sho hau' made thirty-three separate tenders of the coppers and obtained thirty-three-three-cent stamps During her transao-t tions with the .clerk eLe gave him much unsolicited advice, "aud otherwise con tributed to the enjoyment of a little knot of spectators. The clerk acted the gen tleman throughout" Wcaaea:s Farm CIulj. A correspondent of tho Journal writes: It pleased Tfomen'e me very ujucu 10 see tne notice 01 a women a Farmers' Club. It is one step in th right direction. Believing, aa I do, that one great want of- women da our rursh districts is interchange of views on ail subjects, I should b? glad to hear ,of more clubs for women, with or without men. A little more energy and perse verance, and wo shall accomplish what we once thought impossible. Belong ing to a Farmers' Club myself, in west-. ern New York, I will tell you how wry manage, lhere are twelve men and their wives. We meet once a month at tho house of some member to spend .the day. In the first place the subjects of general interest are discussed after din ner. Each ono contributes to a bas- et something in writing, long or short. upon auy subject, to be read by ,one of the members; quite a variety and stna&- times very spicy. Ihen the one who was appointed at the previous meeting, . reads an essay, usually on some branch -of farming, but any other subject it he chooses; some discussion generally fol-- ows the same. Ihe rest ol the time is devoted to farm interests. The Atheist and tho Irish Wcnaa. During the month of November IS43. a clergyman and aa atheist were in ons of tho nieht trains between Albany and . Utica. The night being cold the pass-. ' enters gathered as closely as possible around tne stove. The atheist was very lonuacious. and engaged in a conversation with the minister. In answer to the inttfr a? to what a man's condition was after d 'ath the atheist replied "Man is like a pig: when he dies t"jat is the last of him." As the minister was about to rrr.'?. a.' - red-faced Irish woman in the car srr: up and addressed the clergyman in a oud and huraorous brogue, exclatni-1 :. " Arrah, now ; will ve not let the bf-at alone? Has he not raidha was a pig?, and the more you pull his tail, of course the louder he will squeal." Ihe effect upon all was electric: tie clergyman apologized for his forgetful . nees, and the atheist was matt for thf remainder of the joruncy. . For a women who is naradim? around the world demanding her rights and thoss of her sisters, it seems to us that Miss. Anna Dickinson takes a poor way of es-. laousDing er own or tneir claims tc them. For a woman who professes to nave stnaiea woman, we do not see bow she can say, as she did in a recent leo ture, as her own sentiment. "Give a women her choice between a rich fool and a poor scholar, and the fool will win lier. v e conless it is a neatly turned-. sentence, but it is a shame for hvf to, have uttered it; and also for her to say mat, ae a ruie, women are more merce nary than men. In the first place, neith er of these bright speeches are true : and. in mo second, it women love money bet- ter than men do, surely, knowing as well as the world does what money trill make and tempt men to do, that would bo the very best reason for refusing w men political power. To take iron mould out of linen, wash, the spots in a strong solution of creanj of tarter and water. -Repeat if necessa ry, and dry in the sun. , Another method Rub the spotf with a little powdered oxalic acid of, salts of lemon and water. Let it remain a few minutes, and then rirrM 'ifeS' ) clean wtt'er.