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1 1 , I 1.1 l.LU (X f v : j .i : ii , , ,. .(I I' A Family Newspaper Devoted to Democracy, Literature, Agriculturo, Mechanics, Education, Amusomonts and Gonoral Intelligence. I Vf 4 ft 1 VOL. 2. UUcinu Arctic. PUBLISHED EVEKT TUUHBDAY AT BEI.LEUE CITY, N. T. BT Henry M. Burt & Co. 1 Terms f Subscription. TWO DOLLARS PKH ANNUM IN AD VANCE. RATES OF ADVERTISING. Square (12 line or lsss) 1st insertion. Each subsequent insertion $1 00 60 2 50 4 00 ft 00 10 00 On sauare,one month ' " three months ti gjx . ' ' one ver. Business cards ( lines or less) 1 year 5 00 Ont column, one year ,-,0 00 One-half column, oris year 35 00 " fourth " " " 20 00 " eighth " " " -0 00 f i column, six months 33 00 K half column, six months 20 00 " fourth " ' " 10 (K) " eighth " " " 00 " Column, thres months 20 00 ' h)f column, three months 13 00 - fourth " " " 10 00 " eighth " " " 00 Announcing, candidates for office. 5 00 JOB WORK. For eighth sheet bills, per 100 Fornuartsr " " " " For half " " " " For whols , " " " For colsred.pper,half sheet, per 100 For blanks, per quire, first quirs Eech subsequent quirs Cards,'pr pack F.ach subseansnt pack $2 00 4 00 8 00 Hi 00 5 00 ,2 00 1 00 1 50 1 00 For Ball Tickets, fancy paper per hun'd 6 00 Each subsequent huudred 4 00 BUS.INKS81 CAllUI. Bowen & Strickland, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Real Eitate, City Lots and Claims bought and sold. Purchasers will di well to call at our office and cxautin our list of City Lots, fee, before Jmrchaiiufr slsswhere. Ollics in Cook's new nulling, comer of Fifth and Main streets. - Ii. L. Bowen. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT L.AW, Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf ' S. A. Strickland, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR LAW, Belle vue, N. T. AT 1-tf T. B. Lemon, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Office, Fontenelle Bank, Belle vue, Nebraska Territory. ly51 C. T. Holloway, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf W. H. Cook. G KNER AL LAND AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Bellsvus City, Nebraska. 1-tf W. II. Longsdorf, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Offics on Main, between Twenty- Fifth and Twenty Sixth streets, BellcTiie City. 33tf . , w. W. Harvey, COUNTY SURVEYOR OF SARPY CO., will attend to all business of Surveying, laying out and dividing lands, surveying and platting towns and roads. Oifics on Main street, Bellevue, N.T 20-tf B. P. Rankin, ATTORNEY AND COUNSNLLOR AT L AW, La PI itte, N. T. 1-tf , . P. E. Shannon, IOMMISSION&, FORWARDING MER- CHANT, St. Mary's Landing Mills Co., Iowa. 2-tf Peter A. Sarpy, FORWARDING & COMMISSION MER CHANT, Bellevue, N. T., Wholesale VeaU-r in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and Cauls.: 1-tf D. J. Sullivan. M. D., PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office Head of Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa. . nov. 13 1-tf. WM. M. SMITH. J. H. SMITH fimith & Brother, i TTORNEYS. COUNSELLORS at LAW J.X. and Dealers in Real Estate, Bellevue. Nebraska Territory, will attend faithfully and promptly to buying and selling Real Estate, City Lots, Claims, and Land Warrants. Offire at ths Benton House. 21-ttin -TH0S. MACON. ACO. MACON. . , Macon it Brother, . I A TTORNEYS AT LAW LAND AGT8., JlX Omaha City, Nebraska. Offics ou cor ner of Farnham and Fourteenth Si rests. 42tf D. n. Solomon, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Glsnwood, Mills Co., Iowa, prac tices in all ths Courts of wsstsrn Iowa and Nebraska, and ths Supreme Court of Iowa Laad Aeency sot in ths Programme, no 4-tf TT'ASHIONABLE Hair' Tuttlnr.1 Rhalnr. X Dying, and Bathing Saloon, third door vr " w exenasee Bank, Omaha, N.T. Omaha, Oct. 1, 137. 47 ' Guatav Seeger, 'iK-Vr1110 AND CIVIL ENGI J. i bl.U, I.xcutes Drawing and PaUitimr of every atyle and deHciiption. .Also, all business in his line. Office on Gregory street, m. .nary, Mint county, Iuwa, ' l-tf BELLEVUE, BELLEVUE HOUSE. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ABOVE LARGE AND POPULAR M O T E L . OFFERS EVERY To the Public, and will render ASSIDIOIS ATTr,TIOtf To the wants of JUS GUESTS. J. T. ALLEN. Bellevue, Oct. 23, 1850. 1-tf Greene, Weare & Benton, BANKERS AND LAW AGENTS, Council Blulls, Potowattamie county, Iowa, (ireene & Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Greene, Wens ft. Rice, Kort Des Moines, la. Collections made ; Taxes paid ; and Lands purchased and sold, in any part of Iowa. 1-tf OEO. SNYDER. JOHN H. SHERMAN. Snyder & Sherman, A TTORNEYS and COUNSELLORS AT i- LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC, Coun cil Bluffs, Iowa, will practice their profession in all the Courts of Iowa and Nebraska. All collections entrusted to their care, at tended to promptly. Especial attention given to buying and sell ing real estate, and, making pre-emptions in Nebraska.' . , Deeds, Mortages, ana othef instruments of writing . drawn with dispatch J acknowledg ments taken, Jtc, fcc. , (9 Ollics west aids of Madison street, just above Broadway. nov 13 1-tf. j. ii mtows, ATTORNEY AND lOlXCELOR AT LAW GENERAL LAND AGENT, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Plattsmouih, Cass Co. JV. T. ATTENDS to business in any of the Courts of this Territory. Particular attention paid to obtaining and locating Land Warrants, col lection of debts, ane taxes paid. Letters of inquiry relative to any parts of the Territory answered, if accompanied with a f es. . . REFERENCES : Hon. Lyinan Trumbull, U. S. S. from Ills.; Hon. James Knox, M. C. " " Hon. O. H. Browning, Quinry, " Hon. James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa. Hon. H. P. Bennett, Del to C. from N. T. Green, Weare & Benton, Council Bluffa, I. Nuckolls & Co., Glcnwood, Iowa. 23tf. Ira A. "W. Buck, I" AND and General Agent.. Pre-Emptlon J Papers prepared, Land Warrants bought and sold. Office in the Old Stats House, over the U. s. Lanil umce. REFER TO Hon. A. R. Gillmors, Receiver, Omaha. Hon. Enos Lowe, " Hon. 8. A. Strickland, Bellevue. Hon. John Finney, " Hon. J. Sterling' Morton, Nebraska City. Omaha, June a, 1857. - . 35" H. T. CLARKE. A. M. CLARKE. CLARKE & B R 0 . , FORWARDING and COMMISSION MERCHANTS, STEMBOAT AND COLLECTING A G K IV T S BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA. Sealers in'P;ne Lumber, Doors, Saih, Flour, meal, Bacon, &c, &c. Direct Goods care Clarke Si Bro. l-tr P. A. SARPY, ' FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANT, SHU continues ths above bnsiness at ST. MARYS, IOWA, & BELLEVUE, K. T. Merchants and Emigrants will find their goods promptly and carefully attended to. 1'. B. I have the only WAUKHUtSC for storags at the above named landings. St. Marys, Feb. 20th, 1857. 21-tf-l Tootle ii Jackson, T7ORWARDINO fc COMMISSION MER X' CHANTS. CouncU Bluffs citv. Iowa. Having a Large and Commodious Warehouse on ths Leva at the Council Bluffs landing, ar now prepared to receive and store, all kinds of merchandise and produce, will receive and pay charges on all kinds of frcigths so that Steam Boats will not be detained as they have been heretofore, la getting some one to. receive f reierht, when Uie consignees are absent, Hi Terences : Livertiioore k. Cooler, 8. C. uavla ft. Co. and Humphrey, Putt ft. Tory, 8t louis, Mo. i Tootle A. Fairleleh, SU Joseph Mo. . J. S. Chentworth ft. Co., CiucinoaU Ohio W, F, Coulbough, Burlington, Iowa. , , 1-tf BOYES & CCVS WESTERN LITHOGRAPHIC ESTAIIMIIIIMKXT, Florence, Nebraska, iu Main 8t Town Plats, Maps, Sketehss, Business Cards, Checks &. Bills, Curtiucatts and every description of plain and fancy en' graving, executed promptly in eastern style '3 mil NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1857. POETRY. Song of the American dilrl. Our hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her glory j ' Hit warrior's wreath Is In our hand, Our lips breathe out her story. Her lofly hills and valleys green Are smiling bright before us j And like a rainbow sign is seen, Her proud flag waving o'er us. And there are smiles upon our lips, For those who meet her foe men ; For glory's star needs no eclipse, When smiled upon by women. For those that brsve the mighty deep, And scorn the threat of danger, We've smiles to cheer and tears to weep For every ocean ranger. Our hearts are with our native land, Our song is for her freedom, Our prayers are for our gallant band, Who strike where honor'll lead them. We love the taintless air we breathe, 'Tis Freedom's endless dower We'll twine for him a fadeless wreath, Who scorues a tyrant's power. They tell of France's beauties rare, Of Italy's proud daughters,' Of Scotland's lasses England's fair, And nymphs of Shannon's waters ; We need not all their boasted charms, Though lords around them hover, Our glory lies in Freedom's arms, A freeman for a lover. The Plow. God speed the plowshare 1 tell me not ' Disgrace attends the toil Of those who plow the dark green sod, Or till the fruitful soil, Why should the honest plowman shrink From mingling in the van Of learning and of wisdom, since - 'Tis mind that makes the man. God speed the plowshare and the bands That till the fruitful earth I For titers Is in this world so wide No gem like honest worth, And though the hands are dark with toil, And flushed ths manly brow, It matters not, for God will bless Ths labors of the plow. MISCELLANEOUS. Ilurp Sermon. Mr Belu v-ed Breethrino. I am an unlnnit hard shell Baptist preacher, of whom you'v no doubt heern before, and 1 now apper here to expound the Scriptures and pint out the narrow way which luatU from a vain world to the streets of the Ju rooaluin, and my text which I bhall choose for the occasion is in the leds of the Bi ble some where between the second Chron ic ills and the last chapter of Timothy Ti tus, and when you find it you will laid it in these words : "And they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of Ilepsidam, where the lion roreth and the waug-doodle mourn eth for its first born." n Now, my breethering ns I have before told you, I am an uneducated man, and know nothing about grammar talk aud col tidge hightalootiu ; but I'm a plain unlarnl preacher of the goi-pil what s been foreor dained, and called to expound the Scrip- ters to a dy in world, and prepar a preveise irenera'tion for the day of wrath; for 'they shall gnaw a hie and flee unto the mountains of Ilep-Mdam, where the lion roreth and the wang-doodle inourneth for its first born." My leluv-ed breethcring, the text says " they shall gnaw a file." It don't say they vwy but they shuU. And now there's niore'u one kind of file. There's the huud-saw file, rat-tail file, single file, doub le file aud profile ; but the kiud of file spoken of here isn't of them kind neither, because it s a Iigger at speech, my breeth ering and means go in it alone, getting ukered : for " they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of llepsidaiii, wliar the lion roretn anu ' the waug-doodle moumeth for its nrst-born. Aud now there be some here with fine close on thar backs, brass rings, ou lhar finders and lard on thar bar, what goes it while they'er young ; aud thar be brothers here what, as long as lhar constitutions and forty cent whiskey last, coes it blind aud thar be sisters here what, when they get sixteen years old, cut thar tiller ropes ana goes u wim b rusn; out i say, my dear breetheritig, take care you don't fiud when Gabril blows his last trump, that you ve all went it alone and rot ukered for " they shall cnaw a file and flee unto the mountains oi Hepsidam, whar the li on roareth and the wang-doodle inourneth for its first-born." And, my brethren, there's more dams besides Hepsidam. Thsrs Rotterdam, I lad Jam, Amsterdam, mildain and don't care-a-dam the last of which, my dear brethuring is the worst ot all, nnd returns me of a circumstance I once knew in the Stale of lllenoy. There was a man whnt built hi ii a mill on the enn fork of Agur creek, and it wns a good null and ground a site of grain, but the man w hat built it wns n miserable sinner, and never giv any thing to the church ; aud, my breclliering, one night lhar come a druudful storm of wind and rniu nnd the fountains of the great deep was broken up, and the waters rush ed down and iwept ihnt man's milldmn into kingdom come, nnd lo and behold, in the morning when he got up he found e wns not worth a dam. Now, my young breetheritig, when storms of tcmpiation overtake ye, luke care you don't full from grace and become like that man's mill not worth a dam ; for " they shall gnaw a file and flee unto the mountains of Hep si'luiii, whar the lion roureih and the wang doodle inourneth for its first-born." "Whar the lion ronreih and the wan doodle inourneth for its first born." This part of the text my breethuring, is anoth er (igger of speech, aud it isn't lo be taken as it eays. It doesn't menu the howlin' wilderness, whar John the hard shell Baptist was fed ou locusts and wild asses, but it means, my breethermg, the city of New Yorleans, the mother of har lots and hard lots whar com is worth six cents a bushel one day and iiarry red the next; whar niggers are as thick as black bugs in a spoiled bacon hain, and gamblers, theives and pickpockets go skilmg about the streets like weasel in a barn yard whar they have cream-colored horses, gilded carriages, tumble sal oons with brany and sugar ia em -whnr honest men are scarcer than hen's teeth, and strange woman once luk in your be loved preacher, and bamboozled him out two huudred and twenty-seven dollars in the twinkliu' of a sheep's tail: but she can't do it agin, Hallelujah! for they shall gnaw a file and 11 ee unto the mountains of Hepsidam, whar the lion roareth and the wang-doodle moumeth for its l.rsi born." My breethering I am captin of that flat-boat you seed tied up thar, and I've got aboard of her flour, bacon, aud oats, and potatoes and apple, and as good Mo nougahaly whiskey as you ever drank: and I'm mighty apt to get a big price for all. But what oh, my breetherinir, would it all be wuih if I hadn't relidgiun? Thar's nothing like relidgion my breeth ering. It's belter nor silver, gold and uncracks and you can no more get to heaven without it than a jay bird can fly without a tail. Ibank the Lord 1 in an unedecated man, my breethering, but I've sarched the Scripters from Dni to Bur shebee, and found old Ziou right s ide up and hard shell relidgin the best of rend gins. And is not like the Methodist what expects to git into heaven by hollor iu helinre: nor like the Uui verbalist what gits upon the broad gage and goes the whole hog: nor the Lulled Breetheritig aim takes each other by the scat of the trowsers and tries lo lift iheir selves into heaven nor the Calherlicks what buys thru tickets from the preests but it may be kened, my breethering, unto a man who had to cross a river, and when he got thnr the ferry boat was gone, and he jusl rolled up his breeches and waded over hallelujah! for "they shall gnaw n file and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam, whar the lion roareth and the wane-dood le moumeth for it's first born." l'dks the hat, brother Flint, and let every hard shell shell out. Amen. For the Bellevue Gazette The l'ress. No part of die world's history, from the earliest record, down to the present mo ment, has there ever ban a period where intelligence has shown forih with a lithe part of the brilliancy, that it does now ; and has done, sine the dawning of the fifteenth century, when printing was firt practiced. That epoch is ever to be re membered by civilized nations, for it is to that which they are indebted for their civilization and their liberty. Printing was first practiced in Italy, in the 16th century, andtoward the close of the same century, it was introduced iuio England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth, in the year 1588 ; and at a still later day, ii fcund its way across the broad briny bil lows of the Atlantic. ' The first issue on the American Coutuieut, was the " Boston News Leuer," April 21th, 1704. . But at that early day, printing was too little practiced to efTei much good in the intellectual world. . From that timet henceforth, we behold the sun of liters- tare, wending its way toward the zenith of tho intellectual hcavets. gathering new accessions of light as it moves along; and now i'. eheds its golden light of intelligence upon millions of our race. Since print ing, that grent invention, has como to liyhl, the car of erudition has moved for ward with the fpeed of lightning, and may it continuo on iu its glorious course until the sable clouds of intellectual gloom nre dispelled, nnd thn press sheds its light throughout the distant parts of the earth. It is the presa, that Holes tho career of nations and men, and tell us of their rise, prosperity and fall, and make their great ness known and felt, nnd mark nn exum plo for coming generations to follow, or lo shun. It if the grand medium through which our idens nro interchanged tho grand fountain of knowledge the chief source of greatness. It is great inochino through which wo are mudo acquainted with iho transactions and doings of other nations; and brings us witliiu a whisper's hearing of the inhiibitans of the distant parts of tho earth. It is the press that moves forward the scholastic, eclcsiastic and political prosperity of society, and we may truly say that the 1'ress is the bone, sinue, life and uerve of every nation. Of this fact, we can be assured, by cast ing an observing eye to thoso Nationst Kingdoms, Empires and Republics, where the fellers of oppression have been sever ed, and the press permitted to move un molested. We behold their prosperity going forward with impetuous speed. The great good that is brought about by the press, is not confined to the columns of newspapers alone. The recording of the writings of our great authors, is an other channel through which a vast amount of menial knowledge profusely flows, to those seeking for mental worth. Were it not for the press, how little would we know of the celebrated Dr. Dick, whotfi greatness is only mi do known through this medium. His writings, which are so many monuments of living light, are des tined to shine with growing brilliancy; while tho grand march of civilization moves forward. Though death' has stop ed his mighty pen, yet his goodness, thro' the agency of tho pres is growing in greatness. The far famed and widely ipread writings of Geo. G mb, would be as useless as hidden treasures of gold, were it not for the press, proclaiming bis greatness throughout the world, and ia al most every tongue. Them are thousands of other that might be mentioned, whose greatness and goodness is only felt thro' the press, When1 we come to consider the vast amount of good, that' is brought about by the press, and then look around at our neighbors, and see them without a book or a newspaper, excejd when their neighbors give it lo them, they appear to be insensiblo of the vast ocean of good that humanity derives from' this source. It is not a channel through which intellec tual wealth flows alone ; but enriches alike mind, soul and pocket. There is nothing pertaining to the happiness of man, but what it embraces. There was a lime when only a few was within the reach of books, and they wdtv the most wealthy ; but that day, thank Heaven, has gone by, and now books and newspapers aud every source of icental improvement, are within the teach of every industrious man. Now I may say that those persons who are without books, and newspapers, do not understand their own interest, and. their owu welfare. . , .11. W. W. Forth Bellevns Gsiette. To the Public Truth Is Mighty, and will Pre all. Anxious to see questions of interest to the social community exhibited in their true colors, when presented tu the public mind, through the medium of the press, we the members of the " riaUwuan Bach. elors' Union," were paired to notice an article in the columns of the Gazelle, Mir' porting lo have emanated from the Bach elors of BelUvueja Convention assembled; which, if it embodied the sentiments of that respectable fraternity, would have a tendeucy to detract very materially from the respect awarded to the brotherhood by t every community. And kuowing ihe csti- NO. 2. inntion, in which we, as a body, must be held by every liberal mihdi were such sentiments to go forth to the social world,' uncontradicted, we feel called upon by ai proper oppercintion of that self respect of which we have been shown, by the whole sale assignment mndo by tho article in (juention, to raise our voices against every thing calculated to misreprsent our true position, and degrade us in tho estimation of tho world and our own conscience Tho common courtesy, which is but the just tribute to tho worth and modesty of tho fair sex, which we freely acknowleilgo and which 1ms been so slanderously and unjustly assailed, and tho indignation we felt; as we witnessed the want of chivalry? and libern'lity which characterises tho "Defcnso" of thoso who claim to reflect the Bcnlimcuts of our Bachelor brother howl. Also, both tend lo incito us to ic lion, and prompt us to the course we have chosen lo pursue. Uo it therefore ' Resolveii, That we, the member of the Tlatonian JJaehelors' Union, feel, pur-, selves bound to stand ready at all limes, to protect and foster the spirit of true moral ity ,fnendihip,and Justice; and to denounce all fulse ideas; which originate in iheJ social circle, or issue through tho public prints., , . ,r . , , 7?wW, That the self respect, which every high minded man, must fee), calls upon us to condemn the course pursued by ilia so called Bachelors' ConventlonV and denounce, the attack made upon wo man, in their "Dtefence," as .unworijf and entirely1 uncalled for. ' , Ruolttfd, That a sense o.f gratitude W the mother, who gave us binhj 'toi her many kindnesses and constant care, should ever actuate us in resenting attacks made upon her sex, by those lost to that lofty chivalry which should ever characterise die true gentleman. i Jle.iuived, That in our estimation, the standard of woman's excellence, has ad vanced instead . of retrograded, and, can only account for the want of discernment, on the' part of the Committee, who framed that "Defense,".; by the inference, (hat f mind must be met with mind." ; , ;; , Resolved. That our standard of woman's worth, is not measured by the amount v( crinoline,1 she wears;' but her moral, social nd intellectual qualities; and ' that good taste in woinan, will always lead her to follow the prevailing fashions. -. ; ;. Resolved. That in our estimation, the al- tack of the so called Iiachelors'Coovention, would lead all sensible men to infer, that the wrong answer from Kitty, must have stimulated 'them, in their arduous task, of detracting from the fair fame of woman. . , . , i , .. ,, , , ... In reply to Chaucer, wt will only say, that having carefully perused his article on the Bachelors of Bellevue, , find the only point worthy of notice, to be where he at. tempts to fortify his positiou, by quoting from the writings of a Jncmber of our fra ternity, whom we highly esteem, and whose truly honest and upright mind, waa never guilty of entertaining, or propagat ing a. thought, defametory to the class to which he belonged. ( Sf. Taul says "mar riage U honorable," from which Chaucer's mighty mind can draw no oilier conclu sion, than that ihe married are w-honor-able. Now Chaucer, let us enlighten you. "Perch yourself on the stool of re pentance,' and read father, where he says, " say therefore to the ynmarricj, it it good for than if they abide ev:n as I And also this passage, " So then he that givrth her in marritge itoelh well, but he that givelh her not doeth belter." ' What tbeji would be the natural inference? Are we not plainly left to follow our own inclinations, in respect to the course we should pursue in attainiiiij: happiness, the great dbject of our being? ' ' ' 1 - In conclusion, we would merely advise our friends, of the Bachelor Convention, lo cultivate a spirit of true liberality; acccor ding to everv one. a iust anDerciation of ' . - Tf1, - ---- moral worth; nor condescend to "speak In terms of censure,' of those of whoin'.'per haps, they are not capable of judging cor- ' rectly. And to Chaucer, we would say, be not to ready," to follow the phantom "of a biased l' imagination i but diligently search for facts, and In presenting them lo the public, let them be clothed with an air of Gossple truth. ' ' ' Y " Why is a piir's tail like a carving knifst Because it js flourished, pver a ham,