1 1 i rJ A Family Nowspapcr Devoted to Democracy, Literature, Agriculturo, Mechanics, Education, Amusomonts and Goneral Intolligenco. VOL. 2. BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1858. NO. 8. , i 1 cllcbitc (cttc. I j rUBLISUtU EVERT Til C BSD AT AT '' DELLIiVIE (ITV, N. T. ,., BY Henry M. Burt & Co. , Terms of Subscription. two dollars ff.r annum in ad- Vance. IIATES OF ADVERTISING. Wquart (15 lines or Use) 1st insertion I 00 , LacU subsequent insertion 50 On enuare,ene monin ... . three months ix " " ' one year Business cards (i Unci or less) I year Out column, one year '' One-half column, one year i, fourth " " " 2 50 4 00 DO 10 00 5 00 00 00 3.1 00 20 00 10 00 35 00 20 00 10 00 8 00 0 00 13 00 10 00 H 00 ft 00 ( U II ' .eighth " " column, tlx months Uilf column, six months-. f,virH " " " " eighth " " .1 " . column, three months " half column, three months - fourth a " " It ; ..eighth, " " Announcing candidates for office--." JOB WORK. For eighth sheet billt, per 100 For quarter " " " ' a Vorh.lf . " " " idmit " " ... $2 00 4 00 ft 00 10 00 For eoltred paper, half sheet, per For blauks, per quire, first quire Eech subsequent quire Cards, per pack .Each subsequent pack For Ball Tickets, fancy pipr per i f.acli eubseient hundred 100.. hun'd UL'SIM.SS (JAltDH. Si StriCilmi, 'A1 TTOaNEVS AT LVW. Heal rotate, City !'. a-vl Cli'-ow uoiglit and soul. Parc'ian-M wi'.l dj well to oil at o ir oliice and esimine o.ir lt t Ct.v l.o'.i, kc, before purjhatini eWewhsre. O.fica in Cook's new buil.liij, comer of F.i.h a:il M tin -,'regU. L. L. V1 AM xo .von. COUNSELLOR AT N. T. 1-tf A' LAW, lloilev'if. . SA. Sti'ioltUni, , a'tt6rneY and' CO'JNSELLOR at "JV LAW, Ballevue, N. T. ' 1-tf T. B. Lemon, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. Office. Fontenelle Uank, flelle- ue, Nebraska Territory. lvM ' -' C. T. Ilolloway, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Bellevue. N. T. 1-tt ,. V. II. Cook. GENERAL LAND AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Bgllcvue City, Ne braska. 1-tf W. n. Longsdorf, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office on Main, between Twenty-Fifth and Twenty- ' Sixth streets, Bellevue Ci'ty 33tf : W. riarvcy, COUNTY SURVEYOR 'OF S ARPY CO., will attend to all business of Surveying, laying; out and dividing land, sur.eymtf and platiiag towns nd roads. OiUce .atreet, Bellevue, N, T ou iMain . 20-tf v. j, ,. B. P.. nankin. . ..ATTORNEY; AND COUNSNLLOR . AT A V. LAW, La PI lUe. X. T. 1-tf i"-- . P. E. Shannon, , COMMISSION k. FORWARDING MER- .KJ.. CUAXT. St. Mary's Landing Mills Co., 'Iowa. 2-tf . Peter A. Sirpy, ! nOUWAUDING It COMMISSION MER , l1 CHANT,. ,Beilvue, N. T., Wholesale Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and Cattle. .. . i-tf D-T J. Sullivan. M. D.. TIHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office X Head of Broadway. Co;mcil Bluffii, Iowa. nov. 13 1-tf. ' JtK. . SMITH. , J. 11. SMITH . . Smith & Brother. 1 iA TTOUNEYSt COUNSELLORS i LAW r-J. and lValers In ReI Estate, Bellevue. . j!traska Territory, will attend faithfully and . proDiTHty U buying aud aeltirig lie a I Lstate, CiivLoU Claims, aud Land WarranU. Office . at the Benton House. 21-flm twos. nAcon... . , auc. macom - ; . , Micon It Brother. . k TTORNEYS AT LAW h. LAND AGTS., Jt. Qmaha City, Nebraska. Office oo cor ner of rarnnam ana rourieenin oiretts. D. H. Solomon. A TTOIINEY and COUNSELLOR AT IV LAW. Glcnwood. Mills Co.. Iowa, prac Vtices in an the Courts of western Iowa and Nebraska, and the Supreme Conrt of Iowa '.Land Acency not In the Programme, ao 4-tf ..TT r T7ASHI0NKBLE Hiir Cutting, 8havlng, X Dvinir. and Ratbl'i? Saloon, third door Treetof th F.Keliae Bank, Omaha, N. T. . Omalis, Oct. 1, 18o7. 4T , . Gust-ur Ceegcr, .mopnr.RAPHio and civil rxoi J. NEER. fecus 'Di-nwlux and Psintlne "!c.f every style arid ileorrintinn. Also, all ,buainAes in Ins lim. Uffije oa Gregory street, 8. Mary, M;lls county, Jca. 1-tf BELLEVUE HOUSE. THE PROPRIETOR OF TITE ABOVE LARGE AMD POPULAR H O T E L , OFFERS EVERY To the Public, and will reader ASSIDt'OlS ATTEXTIOX To th wants of HIS GUESTS. J. T. ALLEN. Bellevue, Oct. 23. IS.ju. 1-tf Greene, Wenre & Benton, BANKERS AND LAW AGENTS, Council ninlls. Potowattainie county, Iowa. Greene &. Weare, Cedar Rapid., Town. Greene, We.ne fc Hire, Fort Dps Moines, la. Collection) made; Taxoi paid; and Ljitids purrliSRCil and nold. in any pwrt of Iowa. 1-tf GEO. SNTTEA. JOI1S it. SIIERMAK. Snyder & Sherman, A TTORNEYS nnd COUNSELLORS AT 2- LAW, and NOTARIES PUBLIC. Coun cil BlufTs, 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 Ins; real estate, and making pre-emptions in Nebraska. Deeds, Mortapei. and other instruments of writing drawn with dispatch acknowledg ment, takon, &c, &.c. ilV Office wet side of Madison street, junt above ioadway. nov 13 1-tf. J. II KZZGWW, ATTORNEY AM) Ml ( EL0R AT LAW GEXEE AL LAM) A .EXT, AND NOTARY', PUBLIC, Pltittsmoulh. Cuss Co. ..V. T. ATTENDS to b isirifas i:i nnv of th? Court of tli it TcrrUorv. rarlicil.'.r nticntion paid to iiht.iii.ipff and locatine Land Warrants, rol- ection of debts, ane :xt" p.iiil. LMtcrs of impiiry relative to any p'.rts of l!ie Territory answered, if accompanied with a fee. REFERENCES , Hon. Lvmin Trumbull, U. S. S. from Ills. Hon J.imes Knox, M. C. " Hon. O. II. llrowninp, Quincy, " Hon. Jame, W. Grimei, Governor of Iowa. Hon, II. P. Bennntt, Del, to C. from N. T. Green, Weare tt Benton. Council Bluffs, I. Nuckolls & Co., Glcnwood, Iowa. (23tf. In A. XX. Buck, T- AND and General Aent. Pre-Emption J Pd iters prepared. Land Warrants boucht and sold. Office In the Old Slate House, over the V. S. Land Office. REFER TO Hon. A.Jl. Gillmore, Receiver, Omaha. Hon. Enos Lowe, Hon. S. A. Strickland, Bellevne. Hon. John Finney, " Hon. J. Sterlins Morton, Nebraska City. Omaha, June 20, HjT. 33 T. CLARKE- . A. M. CLARKE. CLARKE & B R 0 I Forwarding am commission ME 11 CHANTS. STEMBOAT ' AND COLLECTING A O K IV T 8 BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA. Dealers In P;ne Lumber, Boon, Sash, Flour, Ileal, Eacon, &.Z., tsc. Direct Goods care Clarke St Ilro. l-tr P. A. SARPY, FORWARDING & COMMISSION MERCHANT, Still continues the above bnsiness at BT. MAnyS, IOWA, ti BELLEVUE, N. T. Merchants and Emigrants will find their goods promptly and carefully attended to. P. S. I havethe only WAREHOUSE for storage at the above named landings. St, Marys, r el. zutn, 137. 21-tf-I Tootle & Jackson, ORWARDING A. COMMISSION MER CHANTS, Council llluire city. Iowa. Havinsr a Lar;e and Commodio is Warehouse on the Levee at the Council Bluffs landing, are now prepared to receive and utore, all kinds of meichandise and produce, will receive and pay chargea on all kinds of freigths so that Steam Boats will not be detained as they have been heretofore, In getting some one to receive freieht, when the consignee are absent. Rtrcar.NCESt Livermoore . Coolev, S. C. Daii at Co. and Humphrey, Putt . Tory, St. Louis, Mo. t Tootle fc Fa(rleirh, St. Jeeph, Mo. J. 8. Cheneworth k. Co., Cincinnati Ohio W, F. Conlbouch. Burlington, Iowa. 1-tf BOYES & CO'S WESTERN LITHOGRAPHIO EST.tniJSIIMEXT, riorcncc, cniaUn, in Mnln St Towti Pla. Maps, Pketrhts, Business Cards, Checks Is. Bills, Certificates, and very description of plain ird farcy en- fravlnff, executed proiaplly ip eastern style, 3m32 POETRY. Lines written on the death of r.ibert V. Illore. Away from home, tu this fair clime, He breathed his last Without a foe, his sleep is calm, His troubles past. Away from home, that face which spoke, The Impulse of L1 e soul Has lost its radiance, aud Death's stroke, Has robbed us all. Away from home, his lost we grieve, As one of motives pure His lingering here wa to receive, The Christian's slort. Away from home, Ah, who can tell, A pa ent's anguish deep j To miss the one they loved ao well, ' In his last sleep. Away from home, lii couch to cheer, By many manly hearts Tho' friends, and Brother shed the tear, Ilia virtue ne'er departs. Lines written on the Death of Mr. Uailey. Another friend has forever left us, No more his face we'll see j ' ( He's gone to dwell with Christ above, ' . From sin and sorrow free. Yes, he's left our happy numbers Death bas marked him for hit pre ( ) And in the silent grave we've laid him, To moulder there In clay. ' No more in sabbath school he'll meet us, His happv soul has fled No more his voice in prayer we'll hear, lie9 numbered with the dead. But more than neighbors mourn thee, There is a vacant chair, In that lone and sorrowing house-hold, Ah, more Uiey i iss thee there. . . . i Who can tell thatdcar companion's feelioj IL-r sad Dtigui.-.h of heart, As ftoin : s frail and earthly fetters She saw his soul depart.' Who can tell those children's sorrow, , Their deep aud heart-felt tears, As they look upon lit loved form, Who's life has been so dear I Cease dear children, cease your tears, , Remember all his kind words spoken, His dear spirit hovers near j ' Follow all his precepts given. Sorrow not, Oh stricken friends I For him again you'll meet, When from the grave, God summons us, Around the judgment seat. , Tlatte Valley, Dec. 20kh, IS37. f The Well Digger. uu owcr-true Uallad. BT JOHN O. SAXI. Come, listen all, while I relate What recently tefel .. ; , ; . Unto a f aimer down in Maine. While digging of a wclL ' Full many a yard he dug and delved And still he dug In vain j " Alack V quoih be, " e'eu water seems 'Prohibited in Maine!' I i- And still he dug snd delved Avvay, . ( ' And still the well was dry, The only water to be found AVas in the farmer's eys. ' For by the breaking cf the bank That tumbled from its station, All suddenly his hopes were dashed Of future liquidation!.. And now his sands were running fast, And he had died, no doubt, . , But that just when the earth caved In, He happened to be out! , , , Aha! I hve a happy thought!' Exclaimed this wicked man To dig anew this cursed well I see a pretty plan i", . .. u , , i- " I'll hide me straight, and when mj wife And eke roy neighbors know What's hsppened to my digging hers, They'll think that I'm below , ' And so, to save my precions life. ' ' " .1 bey'll dig th well, no doubt, Ceo deeper than 'twas dug lt first, Before they find me out I" And so he bid him in the bsrn Through all the hungry day, To bid the digging of bis well In this decel tul wsy. But list what grief and shams Ttefe! ' The falte, ungrateful man, The hilt be slity watched to ses "The working of his p'.ant 1 The neighbors all with one accord Unto each other said t " Wi h such a weight of earth above, ' The man is surely dead." And then the wifo with pious rare, All needless cost to save, . Said "sluie the Lord hath willed it ao, E'en let it be his grave I"' MISCELLANEOUS. (JeolOKifM. ' 1 Nebraska nfiordu a rich field for he Geologist, one worthy of his most ardent toil. A tncre passing observation woulJ not justify the iurntculablo merits of its Geological clnims. ' That diviiion em bracing the Platte Vnllfy", is particularly invitinjj to scientific research. 'Apropos quite ogrcf ably surprifinsr emotions ar rnlencd in ilm mi ltd of the careful und philosophic observer, when contempla ting the interesting indications nnd pecu liarities which occur in the Uructure cf the strntas, in the vu-inny of Bellevue, on the Missouri River, a hort diitnnco above the levee, under thoso prominent blufTj, overlooking tho river and valley,1 which are hiph with their summits covered with dense forests. ' ' ' . The soil is si rich black loam with a sub soil of yellow clay. In the superior strata bordering on the brow of this hill or bluff, there appears several : apparently recent formations of different shades, Tarying from scaricarious to compact, underlayed with a conglamerat, cher fly formed of tnajscs of vessicular stalugniiies, embed ed in n layer of coarse sand stone.1 Bo low th:s formation occurs a Vain of bitu min"n.t "coal, overlaycd with a drposite of i!;i: d ir! colored elute, intermixed with csi'-li of iron from the deMmposod Lasnlt. The vein of coal so far as exposed, is al so thiii and of good quality. As it dip towards ihe eust from the blufli, it 1io JjtiLt, enlarges toward its interior. Next below bordering on this, is a btruta of pul vrralle tenacious blue and ' cclutnceous clny, (lire cta'y ) about 0 feet thick.. Imme diately under this occur several formations cf ineiumorphic rock, interspersed with apparent diluvial dikes and detritus, in which are found various shells of snmls, and some resembling that of the oyster. Next occur extensive beds of calcaria, which when properly burnt, yield a good article of lime. This lutter alrata extend 2 miles north-west from this point, slight ly dipping towards the east. Now we come to the inferbr formations (I mean the lowest yet examined) which appears to be n hard gruy slate, inlaid, with mi nute grains of quarlz ore substance,' and small tits of birass and feldspar, which U characteristic of the gray granite,' ami somewhat predieiiutr the existance of a vein ofcannel (anthracite) coal. Beneath this formirlon, which,' however, would be near the bed of the river, no indications of pl'itonic or trachyte varieties occurred. From the authenticated fact that these formations alike occur on 1 the opposite side of th valley, at the respective alti tude of tho dip of those stratus, it might be Inferred that their inferior formations extend acrots the valley, at no very con siderable depth. This idea U further mi p. ported, by tho fact that the river at this immediate point has retained its present position, from the early recollection of our oldest pioneers. Again, during an ex ceeding high stage of water a slight rap id is perceptible, which even the moat cas ual observer could remark, . as with in creating velocity it anon passes over thi dike of rocks from the eddy above. If these observations will induce further ex plorations, they will not be quite useless. . ,,M. Ebitobi would through the. columns of your paper, call the attention of the citizens, and especially the survey ors of this Territory, to the importance of having the Surveying District if Kansas and Nebraska divided, and the office of Suneyor General established for this TiTri'.cry. Should it le the policy of the Govcrnmet., . to constitute two Terr tories or S .'.'.qi in'o one diatricuthen let us have X;l r;a and Dakota for our district, and odd to Kai sas the Territory (or State,) of Neosho. Tlmt such n division is of the uimosd importance to us, cannot le de nied, 'Tu an axiom nnd needs no proof. Vet it n mutier in which tho po pie, the whole people, have an ii.terest; nnd can lliey bu htnrd ? or will they get tho ollice if they nro nvt heard ? ,hy dont the l.i gislutuie rccoiuiiiend tlmt theru be an olliio etablihcJ, aud recommend a good coin)icleiit, practical man, on experienced Surveyor, ucquninled with tho require ments of the General Department, and with the d ti'-'s of tho deputies, and hon est reliable Democrai, (i. e.) a democrat from piixiciple, and not mcrily from poli cy, one who ran enter tho oflico fieo t perform hii duties without paninliiy, and dtinliiit equal joctice to ull ! Let the Dep uty Surveyors tpeak their choice, and re commend their man to tho Department. Should there bu more lhan one, let their merits be di cuscd, nod their claims if claims ihey have, be fairly represented. And now permit me, in connection with tho foregoing, lo nominate as a suitable cundidute for said ollice, Col. Charles A. Manners, the Deputy, who surveyed the 13ae, Meridians, and Standerd Parallels for this Territory. Col. Manners has been connected wih the Surveyor's office for Kansas and Nebraska, since it was established, and much of his time when not occupied m the Held, has been employ cd in tho L'xnminers Department in the office, thus giving him a knowledge both of outside .t;J imide work. But I will not &ay more at present, and hoping tu hear from others, 1 remain Yours, Christmas Dinner at the Plateau House. A meeting of young men, composed of Bachelors from the Kcyttonc State, took p'acc on ChrietiiMS, Dec. 23ih. After partaking of a sumptuous repast, prepared in true Pennsylvania stylo by thu members of the Plateau House, the Meetiug was organized, by railing C D. Keller, Eq., to the chair, who on taking his scat, returned his thanks to the assem bly for the honor conferred upon him, after win. h Messrs. D. E. Longsdorf and W. Y. Stewart, were appointed to act as Vice Presidents. . II. A., Longsdorf, Esq., was tien call ed, on, wh f adJrcssed the meeting at some length, alluding to the peculiarities of the occasion, aud expressed the pleasure he felt at being able to extend the hand of friend&hip to so many representatives of the same State, and hoped that tho ties which bound them together as brothers from tho Old Key.tone, woulJ aUo unite them in the cuuso cf ri;'.ht, as, long as they continued citizens of tho same com monwi olih. . . . ' Tho Prciident then read the regulur toasjr cf tho day: 1st. Tho 'President of the United States. ! 2nd. The Governor of Pennsylvania. 3rd. The Governor of Nebravka. , 4th. Pennsylvania, tho homo of our birth.', , Which was responded to by Col. G. C. Parker. The teutiinetit, he said, carried all preeiil lack u the light hearted days of their youth, and stated that all bhould feci proud to acknowledge Pennsylvania as the land of their birth, the annals of taIioso hi&lory thowed no act which could deprive her of the position bite holds as the Keystone of the Federal Arch, and spoke in glowing terms of her immense resources, the patriot sm, honesty and in tegrity of thejnhabitai:s.j ; . ; 6th. Nebraska the home of our adop tion. , i . .. , This toast was replied to by W. W. Harvey, F-q., in neat speech, showing the importance of Nebraska in regard to her geographical position &c, and re marking the intelligence and enterprise of the inhabitants of wh;ch Pennsylvania had contributed no small share. , Cih. The City of Bellevue. . Mr. Ira Day being called on. spoke of the many advantages it enjoyed in refer enct to its position, as .he outlet cf the great Platte Vnllcy, the agricultural sources of the surrounding country, ita present pt perny aud future destiny, T 7th. Tho Lod.es. , ; , ' , To which Mr. G. F. Larew, on riiinf snid, that, though a Bachelor himself, and at a Bachelors Dinner, he thought it,' a suituble occasion to express the respect ho felt for tho rex, and knew that every one present would endorso the sentiment. Ho then dwelt on tho enviable position held by the ladies of America, and their influence in moulding society. , . 8'h. Tho Bachelor Fraternity. ,J Which was responded to by Wnu Ji jP, Rust, who remarked that it was a time honored iiiititution, dating its exigence from a remote period in the world'e Us lory- that among its members are incliid ed mnny illustrious names, and concluded by paying a high tribute to the . integrity aud nbility of the President of the Uni ted States, a fellow member of the frater nity. ' After which the following volunteer toasts were offered. .' ". . The Memory cf Washington. , . , , Which was received standing and ia silence. A. B. C4ft The friends we have left behind ua W. W. STawiatj. ' The Squaitera of Nebraska who' hava suffered the privations of early pioneer ingmay they be amply rewarded," fij , G. F. LoneiDoar Christmas, may iu return alwaya her ald a season of happiness and good cheer. ( h. Laatw. Our literary Institutions, may they al ways prosper. ,'D. E. Lowoiooar.j Tho Meeting broke up at a lata hear, by singing the following: Happy srt wt to-night, Boys, Happy, happy are ws t h It .I . ;.V i , c'tf The hearts that wt delight, Boyt, With us may happy be) i.l Lr, , Friends should laugh with those wh laogU Aad sigh for those In pain l , . : : 11 The most of us have met before, ... And now wt meet again. Chorus Happy are we to-night. Boys, tu. ' Many will bo the milt, Boyt, ; . ,- Many, many the milt, . ... :,Jl That wt thall rovt and smile, Boys, With friends wt ne'er beguile The voices wt have often beard, '' And faces we have meet,: . Like tones of sweetest melody, Wt never can forget. t , ft -'I V. 11 Cboru Happy art wt to-nIgit, Boys, fee. Weary ve ry ret" B?yti Weary, weary at last, , But memory will lesrn, Boys, , To love the happy past. .A .j Age miy bring us gloomy hours, ' 1 ' 0 And time r)y make ueesd,' - But we to-night srt free from tare,' . tn And all our hearts art glad, . , , . , Chorus Happy art wt to-night, Boys, av Bocsd to Rile. Two juveniles says the New Orleans Picayune, belonjiit to that particular class of the unwashed who. in the absence cf either tickets' or. small hane, ore prone to accoatpiieh- short journeys on the tail boards of omnibuses, were recently travtlinj wp Camp street, occupying their favorite place on one of the vehicles, when, by the sudden openiag of the dor, one of them ; was knocked hec-U over head into the mud. , He pick ed himself up quickly, however, aod in a moment ho had regained his o'd place addressing his companion with:' I say, Jim, they 'be no business u hate tke cussed doors on the homnibusses, yer see wat accidents they cause to passenger. I'se in hopes they'll make some improve ments in the building ov 'tm, so 'l 'II W more safer for us, but I'm bound to rid, any how." . j ; A paper havin? stated that ' Washirur- ton is infested with a gang of desperate scoundrels," Prentico replies' this ia evidently aa inadvertence). Congress does'ot asftembl until the first Meed.? 14 December." . v, A Down East poet thus' immortalizes the beautiful river Connecticut: u Roll on, loved Connecticut, i Long bast thou ran, . f . Giving sbsd to old Hartford, . . , Aad freedom to maa !' . An editor who was very ah art ef trav. elling funds sat upon a saw horse for an imaginary journey in the country, ao4 wr jte letters home for his paper,