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About The huntsman's echo. (Wood River, Buffalo County, N.T. [Neb.]) 1860-1861 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1860)
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WOOD RIVER CEKTSE, BUFFALO C0,,N.T,, SEPT. 6, 1860. N0.14. One Copy, one year. months. 150' Invariably ia Advance. TMJMT ECHO. 'Si - THK "UVNTillrlAN'S ECHO" is rcauaor.D fctWoca Rivra, Buffalo County, N. 1. Thursday Mornlne tcrma $2 00 V Veer, la advance for aix montha $1 50 ' iolngle eoplea lOe'k k fc. joiixstoft, . j. ii. vag&s JOIIXSOX'S ItANClIU, Wood River, IV. T., WILL attend to all ealla in hla profes ses Surveying, riatting, Engineering v. Ae. nl-tf. Tilt AMEHUJAN hanciie. A HOME FOR TUE WEARY. IV, P. FOX. KEEPS eonetantly on hand a supply af ifteriea and rroviniona, Garden Sauce Can fruit of all kind, Liquor, Cigare, rB, Oate and, iu fact, nverythuij to ?las th Eniicmnt. OATTLB IJOUGHT k. SOLD, or hardtd by the wek or month. A fine 'Oampinp piece, plenty of wood and water aa4 a fine place for stock. Entertainment fr man and beaBt Everything reaeoiiabl ad fair. Call one, Call all -money or no Okoaey ! I will treat you all alike. Foa Sprlnpa, V. T. 2J milea eaat of Oot -Vawood Hpriugn. nl-tf. GENOA FERRY! THX nnderelgaed hare now in operation An Excellent Rope Ferry. : across the &OUPE FORK, atGenoa the . creating on the old Mormon Route. This la tbe ftearest and best route, and always SOOD AND DRY. CrC'hargts as low aa at any ferry on the Jlrec. HUDSON, WELCH, FRfcSTON & CO. . on, April id, law. ni-ir Important to Kinigranti ,-BM-aOUTB TO THX THE LOUFE FORK FERRY, at Co . kambas. JT. having been transfrrred in la the possession of a new Companv.form 4 far the express purpose of establishing a safe crossing at tnat point, which will be tfMIMRM IN CHABOK, 0 tx& by law, and entirely free from ibt Texan ons ucxays tkat are reillv to be avoidid, is now in lrt rnnnine order, and in charge of ' . . . r-t - t-v. S) 1 tu -iiirectora oi lue company, iiit b)le may be assured that everything will M MBf to ensure to ujh LOUPE .rORK FERRY tSa public patronage and support. Fo farlkief information apply to Meesra.fur fr4 e Brother. . Sy order of the Board. sO-y. O. P. HURKORD. V. J. Mc3IAHO.. COUnCILLUFf.0, IOWA. nl-tf. WH, 8. UKIUES. M. D. (Lata of Cincinnati, O.) THYllCIA AMD gLKCEO.T, A COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. altf. J. (B. ILEW-8. Jc el tl auad names Maktr, .JlaoAwar, 'CorxciL bluffs, iowa. XanhMuti aad keps ea hand everything r ACIFIC IIOt'BE. (1tMrr Broadway, between Main and Scott Streets, Council Bluffs, Iowa. ,JOJIM JOKES, -. .Proprietor. THIS House is situated centrally ta the r Vateaea portion of thecity iu apartments Vm aa4 wall vcntllaUd, and ereryihiog , sikni It ka aa air af comfort and convent' nl-tf. nirEER BOOH. BINDERY. B4OK Binder and Blank Bo'ok manu Sretewer, Couneil Bluffs, I ewa. is prepared 'yM eeU anything in his department of , mbbms, promptly, and in a aubstantial .mi .warkaaaalike aaanaer. and at law a. su-u. VHOMASOrriCCK. W.M. ruiiT. orriCEit ruiEY. XEAi. 1ST ATS BROKERS, .lad IneJars 1 Laad WarraaU aai Xx. (TrSBJT Couaeil Bloffs, Iowa. WILL attend to salectioa and Loea tie ef lands ia weetern Iowa and tfebraaka, the payment of taxes ea lands BM-ra tldents aad the collection and ntajrea of claims. 'I .. pAMUEIi EOOLEtTOlf. U5TICE OF THt FEACE AND VOTASy PfBLIC, Orataaat City, lava. AMMUHT. SAltS All'WtSl 0UST0X BAlSWIaf. ATTORNEYS AT LAW, jarflLL pratl'.' la all th CoorVa ia ff WeeUra Urm. aa4 Mtbraska. al-tf. N. P. DOUE, Buccmor fo Baldwin $ Dodgt, BANKER & DEALER IN EXCHANGE, "Collections made at current rates of Ex V change; Exchange on all the principal Citlf a in the Union Bought and Sold, Gold Punt Eouifht, Land warrhfita Boopht and sold-, a ia bnteted oh l ima. Council Bluff's, lewa, hS-tf, JOII. IlKCK, LASD If COLLECTiyO JGF.ST, Columbus, N. T. WILL locate Land Warrants, Collect money, Pay Taxes, make out Pre-emption or other Lepal papers, etc., etc. nlO-ly. t. w raw. w. c. j amis. PRICE 4 JAMES, Attorneys at Law, Council Bluff, Iowa nl-tf. toucan tJd'199 oolu mm, n. t. Mas. R. C. BAKER, - - Proprietor. -0-0-0-0- This is a eomfortable and commodioos Public house where every com fort will be bestowed apou its Guests. Good Stables, Hay and grain, and Yards for Stock. Attention paid to the wanta of Emi grants Charges as moderate aa could be asked n4. tf. VTILUAM8, 8PKI.ER, & CO., PROPRl TORS Of the above well-known Uanche (which is situated on the South Platte River, 25 miles North of Denver City) would re ebectfully inform their old friends, and the public generally, that they have refitted and improved tbe tame, aud are now pre pared to Ranehe any amount of horses, mules, and oxen: and from tneirloogex periencc in the business flatter tucmseivee that thev can cive satisfaction. We have a iarge stock of horses, mules and oxen, to sell or trade to the Emigrant, and at all timea will be prepared to purchase all klr.da of stock for cash in band. In con nection with, oar Ranche, we have a good atock of Provisions, Groceries, Liquors, and Outfitting Goede, for which tee art not to bt underiold in the country, and for Reference we refer to our patrons generally Wiixumb, Spbimoir u uo. n7-tf. JAMES K. 1SII, tX CO.. OMAHA CITT, V. T. i.pothssariss.Ghsmsts in U Rasneetfullv solicit a call from purchaa era. and pledge themselves to furnish all articles iu their line, of a quality and at such prices that cannot be excelled in any city west of the Mississippi. Toe stock ia entirely new, ana iaia in from the best Importing Ilousee ia the Eastern Cities. 0-0-0-0-0- COUKTRY PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES May rely on having their or ders filled promptly and carefully aad at aa low ratea aa at any other House. Physicians Prescriptions Corefully Pre pared. 1-tl. Dxilebs in LIQUORS, HAT, CORN,1! AND OATS. J Two milea west of Fort Kearney, on the PIKE'S PIAK, UTAH, A CALIFORNIA ROAD. Emigrants will find the Bes Aecommoda tien Wood and water FREE. a4. tr. It. II. VTILLlAMg. ATORNEY AT LAW. ffles la Beocnd tyrj Jamas' Blo.k: Council Bluffs, Iowa. al-tf. WalakageB.dk Ilorabostel. : Wbolisaui and Retail Dealers In fancy Groeerlea, licjors, fruits, cigars, etc Ha north second street, 8t. Louis Mo. altf. rSAE STBSST. W. S. OBAWfOB. STREET A C1AVF0RO, Atlornoyai Xsa.-wf tvMJ Xtf. . al tf. rmimrum,mhmmmmm-rt m SFSmsaHui ilW "a emu- '-' v - im wamas iw t " TO THE WEST. To tbe Went ! to the Wert! to the land of the free, -..- OT1(BOU ron. ..w. w Wfcer. a man ! a rean, if he !. willing to toil, And the hamblast ma, gather the frniu of the ,nii. Wb.re,hUdrcn.reblcin,-s,andh.whohath:P.0rt bl'.C:'u:c 1,16 family w?,,,d not most, Has aid to hit fortune, and riches to boast; Wl are young may exult, and' th? sd may Away, far away, to tbe land of the west. CHORUS. To the Weat! to the weit! to tbe land of tbe free, Where the mighty Misseuri rulli down to thn Wbcru the young may exult, and tbe aged may rest, Away, fur away, to tho land of tbe west. To the Weft! to tbe weat! where the rivers that flow, Run '.boMnands of miles, uparkling out as tbey j Where the crcen wavine foreits shall echo our call, As wide as old England and free to ua all; Where tbe prairie-, like seas where the billows i have rnll'd, Are broad a the kingdoms ami empire of old ; And (be lakce are octunti instoruis or iu rust Away, far away, to tho lund of the went. To the West ! to tbe west, Ac. To the Weat! to tb west! there ia wealth to be won ; A fnrot to clear ia the work to bo done; VKe'll try it wk'U do it aud never despair, While there', ligbl in the aunahine, or life in the air J The bold indrpendiruce that labor ahull buy, Shall etrengthrn our hear If, and forbid us to ! sigh; Away, far away, let Us hope lor the beat, For a home is n home, in the lund of the West. To thd West ! to the west, ao. PARODY ON THE ABOVE ' ' To the West! to tbe weit, I once wtnt, do you soc, And one viait, I'm sure, was enfficient4for me ; Oh, the things that I aaw there, tbey frigbtcn'd me quite, And ever sineo then, sirs, I've scarcely been right. My children got tick every day, sirs, almost, And my wifo took the chills, and got deaf as a pout; Oh, there's some may exult, but for me, sirs, I'm bless'd If I haven't as much aa I want of tbe Wear. To the Weat! to the west, Ac. To the West! to tbe weat! where the mers that flow, Are full of groat big alligators you know; Wbere the snake, in the forest make you fuel procioas qseer. And yon don't se a bar-room not twice in a ynar. And if 'cross tbe prairie you happen to go, You're sure to be tossed by some wild buffalo; Wbere the lakes ara like children they're never at rest, 'Poo my word, sirs, 1 soon had enongh of the West. Te the West! to the west . At the West tbey told me there was wealth to be won, The forest to clear, was the work to be done I tried it couldn't do it guv up in despair. And just see if yon'll ever again catch me there. Tbe little snug farm 1 expected to buy, I quickly discovered was jutt all in my eye; I eame back like a streak you may go but I'm blss'd If aver you'll catch me again at the West , v Te the West! to the west, o THE WEST. I bear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be 6be first low wash of waves, where soen Shall roll a human sea. The elements of empire hers , Are plastic yet and warm, , And the ebaos of a mighty world ' Ara moulding Into form. Xaoh rude aad Jostling fragment soon Its fitting plaee shall find, The raw material of a State, Its musoles and its mind. A 80MMER PSALM " STB. W. BOMelT. I leas upoa tbe silent ground, Against tbe llst'ning grass, te hear Wings beat tbe golden air to sound That rains like musie on the ear. The muaie of a million wings , Blends with the whispering leaves aad flowers, And the soft bells of hidden things King from the meadow's tiny towers. Now languid Natare ponU and swoeus, And fainting streamlets orvep along i ButloeusU blow their loud trombone. Aad sola the sunshine into song. Grasshoppers danee aad elap tbetr palms Wbere gilded snakes eacod and run ' And winged warblers sing their peal ma, Al aarly moca aad set of raa. Sowing Wild Oats. JH MH8. K. WXLLMONT' j pur b)v j th(j first born 7 M,Plure-brcR""'e he w boy-mlb whom uic grandparents were in trana- i die out in the present generation; the handsome, house and furnish it faali j very child for whom Aunt Annis knit 'ionably, ana1 stock larder, why, I- ha I beautiful hood be lore he waa born and to whom uncle Jim ,tave thi.l lit- tie pair of red morocco sboes, for his name -the same for whom the skilful needle-vvorann had embroidered that splendid flannel blanket who used to be taken out upon the sidewalk for his daily airing in fine, who tillered the whole aspect of hia father's house this was the pet boy whom we are in troducing to your notice. Well, it must be conceded "our boy" was always ft troublesome com fort. II early displayed some un governable propensities which caused a fiequt-nt change of nurses. Then when he i;rew l.irge enough to attend the "select school" in the neighbor hood, he was impeteous and restless, and obliged to be dismissed on account of waywardness. On farther, in larg er schools, disobedient and reckless. sportive and inischevious ; fit'ed for college by jerks, and no continuous study ; entering college only to be rusticated ; returned, only to run away ; shipped to sea ; prayed for am cried over by his doting mother, and with the vain hope Hint after sowing his wild oats he would return and make n useful roan such being the fond hope of his father. A few I months ago "cur bov" was married. it always occasioned lm parents great anxiety thnt 'Jimmy" never grew tiller. If there had been any medical prescrip ion which would h ve remedied this emission of D.iine Na ture leaving her subject too soon, we verily believe untold gold would have been pai l for it. But as it wua Jimmy was a dapper little fellow, and he wore very tight pantaloons, and a high hat, and huge heels to his boots, and yet he was always branded as the "little man : His mother looked on him as a mere child, and would just as soon have thought of little Bob, in the nursery, being married as Jimmy. But alas, she was not consulted in this matter, for ''Jimmy" wis jut tweniy-one, and he hod fallen in love and he was "deuced afn.id' if he postponed the affair he should lose the chance. He married h beauty, fresh from n boarding school, whence she had cIod- i ed with her lover, and fled from the cruel treatment of her guardian uncle, who insisted that a girl of sixteen had bettir npp'y herfell' to study than street p.troling. And so they ran off and got married, spent their money and applied to the "old folks' for more. I wish you c uld have seen them when they returned after the honeymoon had waned. How such a quantity of silk cc-y.d have been gathered into such a slender waist the dressmaker only could tell; how many flounces were set upon the skirt, I did not count; how its trailing length was soiled by contact with mud, dust and water, was easily told. Over her shoulders was a piece of black velvet. She carried a luce pocael handker chief, a preat flaunting bow of ribbon frotruded from under her chin, and on ntlia scarf that her husband brought from Calcutta was carelessly thrown over her shoulders. It was a damp day, but her feet were encased in light gaiters Tim aoroeioing ior soles lar thinner than paper. Had she pledged the quantity of gold that hung about her person in her ears, upon her neck, attached to her watch and wrists it might have paid their board half a quarter, at the pawnbroker a price. In this plight she was first introduc edto hor new mama and how she did simper and try to act the trace ful, and put on aflected airs, and. now and then quote "my husband," his mother only can tell ; and there stood Jimmy betide her, with a great mus tache and cultivated whiskers, with a cigar in a small aperture between two bunches of hair, looking as manly as twenty-one" could be made to look, and, aa to his errand he had come to see what the old folks would be willing to do for them. 'lbe father returned home to en counter tbe firt interview with his prodigal son. Jimmy sat in the big chair with his pipestem legs stretched across one another. His wife sat be side him playing with a tangled mess of jewelry' Jimmy reoognited his father rather eoolly, tad introduced him to Netty "my vift." Converts. lion soon flagged the father fell i'rri tated, but,oiir boy" was determined to live it down. By and by came the c'liestion Well, my eon, what do yo u intend to do with yourself ?' ".That remains for you lousy," was the rt'ply I've caught n bird, and now I watt a cage, and I'll tell you what Iu.Hl do. If you'll hire me it I shouldn't m'nd taking n si ualion lorovided a han.dsome salary was ! f'ered. A fellotA' Must lire in these days; he wants enough to pay his assessments at thec.'ub bouse, to take a friend to eperas.wash down an oys ter stew with a bottle of champagne, and when he don't feel like working he ought to have a chance to loa. Now, old gentleman, if jrou'll come fo my terms, I 11 give up .preeing. ana when I want a regular bltw out, hang me I'll take it at home. But Netty must be taken iu and done for, at any rate." How tho father survived uch an interview, whether he felt was a kind of retributive justice wl'ich fol lowed upon excessive indu Igence, whether he criminated the mo. her of "our Loy" who used to help he r son to deceive the old gentleman, a, id to conceal from him Lis early inlsdem man ors, and whether the mo'. hor her sell had nny painful misgivings that " prompt and decided obedience to p a rental commands waa resisted an d palliated we are not informed; bu. f Jimmy made tracks to Australia, leaving Netty with her gmrJian, who insisted upon a separation, and actu ally entered a suit, claiming a legal divorce, upon the ground that both parties were demen'ed. And here is the last intelligence from "our boy." "Dear Pakkkts: Here I am in a distant country with no means of sup port, a shattered constitution, a mind ill at ease, and a piey (o all seats of diseases. I bare had the ellow fer er, cramps, cholera, malignant dysen terv, and for aught I know, the plague. I often think of your full ta ble and my inability to procure bread enough to satisfy my hunger. If I have gone astiay I ask you if the re sponsibility is all my ovonl Now, to those who so early winked at my vi ces, I nppeal for deliverance. I supv pose I'm penitent; I want to get back bad enough, und am willing to lay aside my character as 'a swell.' If you will send a remittance by Capt. liiley I will take passage home at once. I shan't trouble myself about that little wife I murricd if her guar dian claims her he may have her she was only a fashionable coquette. The funds to return are all I ask, with t ut further pledging myself to do as well oa I can. - Your Jimmy.' Poor parents, how I pitied you when I read the above letters ' I knew your agony and keen remorse which were so unavailing, i knew you would send the remittance, ar.d I have had nroof to-dav von did so ; for I met a most cadaverous looking young man, the very personification of a prodigal son, and I thought he had "aowed his wild oats," and was reap ing such a harvest that unless bis na tive climate, nnd gentle nursing, and reformed habits produced a change, that "our boy" would not be long numbered with the living. - I trust he will, and yet live to teach parents the absolute necessity of themselves be ing rational, and inculcating the same principles in their children. An Instance of Druse Cruelty. A correspondent qf the London News JVJlteS . XUglVO JUU BUHIO IUCB VI W rt these Druses are. I will enuraer Mtr few instances of their frightful barbarity, all of which I have heard from the unfortunate sufferers them selves, now refugees from Lebanon: One poor woman I knew both her husband and herself well ot Deir-el-Kamar, where they were wealthy peo pletold me that when the Druses attacked tho town the second time (I should mention that it had surrender- d, and all tho inhabitants had given up their arms some iwevty-tour av nreviouslv.to the Druses, and had "en promised protection by their fweks), f,r li unhand waa hacked to vteces be fore her eyes by the lar knives of the Druses, who then declared that k.. m,,.t bill all m.b children in the house. The moth ted to hide her two eons-one ! the other 9 years old. Tbe Duies, however, found them out, arsi bf gged and pray, ed for thr Mr', end endeavored to cover aem i corner with he per. ion he Druses hacked at the lads ovr her shoulder, and gashed them all tbey both dropped down apparent- ly lifeless. The Druses then made off, and tho woman, thinking1 her two sons dead, remained in a sort of stu por for two hours so f;r as she ean calculate. At last she was roused by hearing the eldest lad eall her in a faint voice, trying to assure her that Vie was not yet dead.. On this she felt the body of the youngest boy, and found his heart beaticg. he got , some water, and after giving it to both her children so far as - she could get them to drink it started rote- the town to see whether she could pro cure assistance to get her add her' boys away. She got as far as the se raglio, or government-house, but there she found that some five hundred Christians, .who had taken refuge,- were being cat to pieces by the D ros es, who bad been invited to enter the; precincts of the building by the Turk' ih soldiers ot the garrison, these lat ter helping in the butchery, and being' so far worse than the Druses that tbey' abused in the moat re famous manner' all the women. Seeing no help could' be obtaioed bere, the poor wctn&s' turned to fly, w';en she came aeresr an old Druse who had formerly been a farm-serrant of her husband's. AN , ter a great deal of entreaty . on her part the man consented to protect her and her children down to the sea-, coaat, about four hours' journey, o, .. condition of receiving an order on her brother, a wealthy man in Eeyroutr for ten thousand piastres. To this she agreed and they returned together to her house. She had not been absent more than an hour, but she found hor - vV'wo children cut into pieces, joint by; u. int, 'limb and trunk severed,' te use ,t r words, 'as butchers cut up sheep I leads, legs, arms, and bodies, .be ing 1 hacked up into a shapeless mas of bV 00&y e8n an' rttwS bones, Some other p'r women then joined her an (1 gether they made their vej . to a nv "Iberry plantation outside -tale town, w "ere they pasted the nigh.i. At day-lA'11' xneJ w'r" a'scovejreti by a party of Druses, who, after t ite'ji ping them to find whether the r had , any money , on their persena, an-i talsV ing away wk,t "V1? lhey poss weed. ; told the.n tht ;y mISht go wher st.e7 liked. Four o. f the poor creatui e4iad ha,w. .HnniW' a year old. O f these . infants two wet .Sd nd two lojr : the former tbey a ,a. ot WUCD-1 latter, they said, m g.gnw n3 lo be - men and bear arms i tgain tM es; they therefore to Poor lhtl creatures, and before motW. eyes tore them no th. '. niiaaier mi -. limh bv limb erartlv . 08?' th. poor . woman's own . expt eaR1P , :" you tear up a fowl that ia i be c? ed with pillau., Remerabei H tb:V . was done, not in the heat of k'gbliieg, but deliberately, in cold blood. Atrd. , I have heard of eleven other etcUt similar cases of child-destruction b; the Druses, in nine of which I impliu- illy believe, having every reason tt do so. . ; : n '..' - " 1 't. , g S) s i ii urm r 'j ' TmxLr' Warning. The abolition flag staff in Huntington, Connecticut. " waa struck by lightning on Friday and split into a large lot of Old Abe'u " , rails. ' ' ' fS3T It is said that as ' Queen "Vie- ' grows older she becomes more unamia ble, and that recently she struck he. , royal consort in the face with a hear; j volume.' , (jy Queen Belle, of Spain, so notorf- ! ous for her gallantries, is said to bav . found a new love in the person of handsome journalist eonnncted with ike ' Madrid press. ; ' ' ' i (J" The doctor detained in court as a witness, complained to the iudtrethal if ha waa kept from his nation tjTV might recover in his absence. . ;t '.! '. THE BREATH FdWMe "" st w, a. ti'asNca. t The breath of MW T, " To weary "mes and fainting heart j Jt On gent' wirgi Us mission speed., , J Tr H soothing halm imparts. ' , f ... . i,i ... )! l?itb living light earth 'a fields af , ' Spread out in beaut's garb, appear r' New gloriaa gild tha vault on high, , ' .. Whose radiance every heart doth cheer. The blushing flowers With tearful eyea," Beaammed with Nature's jewels rais.-G ssi Raise their frail beads, ia ailant praise f Of Uiro who makelb all aa fair. ; ; Soft sepbyre e'er tb violet steal, x Whoso perfumed breath la bene awiy 1 With loses, yet the air ef none f ' Ia purer.aweeter far, tha Uey. i " Then with the golden ta arise, Drink ia the aool, refreahinf dew The brealh of mora the breast inspires With radtsat hope a ad fUasam sv t : f. i 4 - u Hi' i S J ..' i
