J . ... .. . JOB-W ORK., . . Wi have air excellent atta extensive ADVERTISING RATES, o On iqnare,12 line or If a, 1 Insertion $1 09 connected with the "Eeho" Ofllce, wbere.at reasonable rates, will be done with neat ness anej dispatch Potter, Bill, Circu turi, Btinei end! J'iUf Cards, Blank $ f all kind; Letter and liill Head, Pan ; . phkt $c. ffCards of all sixes Chromatic and , Gilt Bordered Cardi. Card-board. flats and Fancy Paper for Ball ticket - and Circular ' bleurniag Card and Note Paper, Plain. Cap, and Letter Paper, for Blanks. ffiTJobt Plain. Gilt, or in Color. . Each snbseauent insertion. - eu 700 75 (W 23 Off 43 00 33 (XT' 23 00 18 IS 00 Bame, one year, " alt months, a One eolnnm, ene year, " " elx months. . - . . . , " " t"ee months, . Half column, one year. " " six months, . . Oi. fourth column, one year. -" . " " aix montaa,. I . . " three month.: . The Platte Talley The Home for Millions and Highway to the Pacific. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION f VOL, 1. WOOD RIVER CENTRE, BUFFALO CO, N. T,, SEPT, 13, 1860. N0.15. One Copy, one year. aix month. . . . , - . 300 ISO Invariably In Advance. n IE IMTSIil'S ECHO. Till MUNTSMAN'S ECHO" . la ruBiiBHEo Buffalo County, N. T. every Thursdsy Morning terras $2 00 V year, in advance for aix months $1 60 Single copies luc. i v.. joiiysoiy. JOHNSON'S KAlvXIIE, Tfood River, Jf. T., Wlt.t. attend to all colls in his profes Won Surveying, Platting, Engineering THE AMERICAN RAXCIIE. ' ' . 'A HOME FOR THE WEARY. " - . W. (P. FOK. 1 KEEPS constantly on hand a aupply of Croceries and Provisions, Garden Sauce Cat fruit of all kinds. Liquors, Cigars, Corn, Oata arid, In fact, everyinuig to pluase the Emigrant. r CATTLE BOUGHT & SOLD, mr herded b the wetk or month A fine Camping plec, plenty of wood and water and a fine place for stock. Entertainment for man and beast Everything reasonable and fair. Call one, fall all -money or no money ! I will treat you all alike. Fox Springe, N.T. 2, miles east of Cot Monwoouysprings. ni-ir. JMIW FERRY! Tl&rrftrslgned have now In operation An Excellent Rope Ferry. acr3ss,fflb LOUPE FORK, atGunoa the eroesMir on the old Mormon Route. This is the"heartjt and beat route, and always OOOD AND DRV. BTUhargcs aa low as at any ferry pa the HUDSON, WELCH, FR6.STOV k CO. Genoa, April 15, 1800. nl-tf Important to Emigrants . XN-SOVTS TO THX ' . caotUDjMBiraEsi. ' THE LOUPE FORK FERRY, at Co lurcbus, Jf. T., having been transferred in te the possession of a new Company, form ed for the express purpose of establishing a safe crossing at that point, which will be mroaai in CHAsoae, a fixed by law, and entirely free from Any Vexatious Delay that are really to be avoided, is now in complete running order, and in charge of one of the Director of the Company. The .public may be assured that everything will fee dene to ensure to this LOUPE FORK FERRY the public patronage and support. Fo further Information apply to Messrs. ur ford Brother. By order of the Board. nl-tf. O. P. HURFORD. I J. McMAHOJf. COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. nl-tf. t lm, S. CRIMES. M. o. (LU f Cincinnati, 0.) PHYSICIAN AND SLUG EON, . - . COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. al-tf. -Saddle and Ilarnesi MaUer, ' 5 ' " ' BSOADWAT, ' COUKCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Maaufaoture and keep en band everything n'h'iiline. nl-tf. PACIFIC IIOI SE. , Lower Broadway, between Main and Scott Streets, Couucil Biuiia, iowb. JOn JONES, Proprietor. THIS Houae is situated- centrally te the business portion ethecity its apartments large and well ventilated, and everything about it ha an air ef comfort and conveni ence. . nl-u. PIONEER ROOK UINDERY, BOOK Binder and Blank Book manu- aeturer.tionncil Bluff. I wa. is prepared foexseute anything in his department of usinsss, proapuy, ana m a aunstantiai a wortamaauke manner, ana at lew rlesa. . . nl-tf. thomai orricxru , w.n.M.rpixT. ' OFFICER & PllSEY. ' RE4L ESTATE BROKERS, lid Doalsrs la land Warrants and Ex change. ' Council Bluff, Iowa. ' , WILL attend to selectiom and Loca tion of lands In western Iowa and rVebraWa,the payment of taxes ou lands non-residents a:d the . collection and - Tltanee of claims. , i .-. t ; ' SAMUEL EGGLE8TON. -USTICE OF. THE FEACE-AND XOTAXT PUBLIC, Crescent City. Iuwa, . .. . nl-tf. ; ; ' j SAMUEL CUKTO. ' . CAltB ftALDWrN ' ' , CWHTOH ft ' Mi; r,. . f AtTORSEYS AT LAW, "XT ILL practice io"all 'th Courts In fy Western Iowa and Xebraska. Cenncrl Blaffs, Iwa. nl-tf. N. r. DODGE, Succtttor to Baldwin Sf Dodge, BARKER & DEALER IN EXCHANGE, Collections made at current rates of Ex Vycbangei Exchange on all the Cities in the Union Bought and So! DustBouerht. Land Warranta Boueht and Sold, and Entered onTime."' Council Bluffs, Icwa, ' n8-tf. JOHN RECK, . NOTARY 'PUJOL!! C LAND COLLECTING J CENT, Columbus, N. T. WILL locate Land Warrants. Collect money, Pay Taxes, make out Pre-emption or 'other Legal papers, etc., eto. nIO-ly. rn.tr rates. W. O. iAMIS. PRICE A JAMES, Attorney atLaw,Oouncil Binff,Iowa nl-tf. Mas. R. C. BAKER, - - Proprietor. -0-0-0-0- Tbls Is a comfortable and commodious Public house where every com- . fort will be bestowed span its Guests. . Gaod Stables, Hay and grain, and Yards for Stock. Attention paid to the wanta or brat grants Charges aa moderate aa could be asked n4. tf. WILLIAMS, SPRINGER, & CO., PROPRITOES Of the above well-known Ranche (which Is situated on the South Platte River, 25 milea Morth -of Denver City) would re sbeetfully inform their old friends, and the nublic eeneraiiv. mat mey nave rentiea ... ' t. . . s en. J ana imDrovei me same, una ro uuw uic pared to Ranche any amount of horses, mules, aiu exen ; ana irum iucu iwug w in the businese flutter themselves that they can give aatisfactlon. We have a Urpe stock of horses, mules and oxen. to sell or traue to uie r-migram, ana mi. an r. i . . . . i. ..ii times will be prepared to purcnase ait kinds of stock for casn m nana, in con- nectiou with our Ranche, we have a good - etock of . Provisions, Groceries, Liquors, . and Outfittiug Gueds, for which wt are not to bt under I old tn tht country, and for Reference we refer to ourpatrona generally Wiu-usia, Speikoss at IO, iii-ii. JAMES K. ISH, & CO.. OMABA cut, n. t. Apothscarisshsniists Ra.neetfullv solicit a call from ourchas r. and pledge themaelvea to furnish all articles lu their line, of a quality and at such pricss that cannot be excelled in any city west of the Mississippi. Tne stock is entirely .new, and laid In from tb best Importing Houses in the - . - Eastern Cities. : . -0-0-0-0-0-COUSTRY PHYSICIANS AND FAMILIES May rely on having tbeir or ders filled promptly and carefully and at aa low rates as at any other . House. Pbyslciana Prescriptions Coref ully Pre , pared. o7-tf. Dkalcbj in LIQUORS, ' HAY,' 'CORN, ; AND OATS. Two miles weat of Fort Kearney, on the PIKE'S PEAK, UTAH, A CALIFORNIA ROAD. Emigrants will find ths Bss t Aecommoda . . - u .J I .... loo jjj? . noun iuu , wvt , FREE. 4. If. R. II. WILLIAMS.' ATORNEY, AT LAW. Sfflee la Second Btory Jamas' Block: Council Bluffs, Iowa. , , al-tf. Veimhaga A Ilornbostel. Whouisaci and Retail DeaJert in f sney Groceries, li( jors, fruits, eigars,ste ! N l'Ji aorth eeeond street, Bt. Louis sio.'. i i , . nl-tf. SKX STSSST, . r ft s. caAwrean. FORD, ; 8TREET i Attorueyss '1a.t Ijawf Couneil Bluff'; Iutca,r COTTAGE BY THE SKA, Childhood's days now pas befors me Forms and scenes of long ago, Like a dream they hover o'er me, Calm and bright as svening's glow, Days tbat know o ihadeof lorrow, Thers my yonag heart pure ad free, Jeyful hailed each coming morrow ' In the Cottage by the Sea. CHORUS. ' In the Cottage by the Sea, la the Cottage by the Sea, Joyful hailed each coming morrow. In the Cottage by the Sea. ' . Fancy eecthe rose-tree twining, Round the old and rustio door, Aad below, the white beach .shining, Where I gathet'd shells of yore. Hears my mother's gentle warning, As she took me on her knee And irfeef again life's morning, In my Cottage by the Sea. ' In my Cottage by the Sea, Ac. What though years rolled above me, Though midfairer scenes I roam. Yet I ne'er shall cease to love'&oe, Childhood's dear andhappy home! And when life's long lay is closing, Oh I how pleasant it would be; Onsome fkithfuTheart reposing la the cottage by the Sea. In the Cottage by the Sea, e. neiwtsle,' spare tmt.treeT Horseman, spare that tree t Tis not a hitching post Though' in its'infnncy, . Ye( soon 'twill shade a host Then opara,' eh, spare that tree, For he who placed it there Meantnot that It should be By beast of thine gnawed bare. Thenspare,' oh, sparejthat tree I And neither gnaw it yourself nor let your horse. a-.The flnejvene of, the Oriental bard, Ibu-ul-Mutaxs, in vindication of ches, has been thus translated : Ob, thou whose cynio sneers expreis, . The censure of our favorite'cbesi, Know that its skill is Science's self, Its play, distractienfrom distrsss. It soothes the anxjons lover's care; It weans ths drunkard from excess; It eounsels warriors in tboir art. When dangers threat and perils press; - - And yields us, when we need them most, Companions in our loneliness. Headings for tne Young. Conquering: with Kindness. I once had a neighbor a clever man who came to me, one day, and i saiu, --xusnuire ane, a waiu you io;i10t into sulkcieut Hour to make asuii come and get yonr geese awa." "rhy," says 1, "what are my geese doing?'' "They pick my pigs' ears when they are eating-, and drive them away; and 1 will not have it' "What can I do ?" said I. 'You must yoke them." "That I hare not time to do now," said I, ''I do not seo but they must run." "If you do not take care of them, I shall," said the shoemaker, in anger. What do you say Esquire White ?" I cannot tako care of them now. but I will pay you for all damages." Well," said he "you'll find that a hard thing, I guess." So off 1 went, and I beard a terri ble saualling among the creese The next news I heard was that three of them were missing. My childreu went and found them terribly mangled and dead, and thrown inte the bushes. "Now," said I, all keep still and let me punish him." In a few days the shoemaker hogs broke into my core. I saw them, but let them remain a long time. At last I drove them ell out, and picked up the corn which they had torn down. and fed them with it in the road ; by this time, the shoemaker came up in great baste after them. Have you seen anything of y hogs ?" said he. 'Yes, sir, you will Cnd them yon der, eating some cern which they tore down In my field." "In your field 7" 'Yes, sir,',' said I, "hoj-slove eorn you know, they were made to eat it.". JIow much mischief have they donei" "O, not much," said I. Well, off he went to look, and estimated the damage to be equal to a bushel and a half of corn. O, no," said I. "it can't be." J Yes'," said the shoemaker, "and I will py you every cent of. the dam j ge The shoemaker bbehed and went home. The next winter, when we came to settle,, the shoemaker deter mine to pay roe for my corn. U o' nid I, "I ball take nothing." Afer some talk we partcc? ; but in a few days I met hiu on the road, nnd we fell into conversation in the inobt frienlly manner. But when I slaned on, be eemed loth to move and paused. For a moment boih of us were silent. At last he s: ii: "I have something laboring on my mind." Well, what is it?" "Those geese. I killed three of your geese, and I sbull never rest un til tou know how I feel, I am very sorry." ana tne tears came into Ins eyes. "U, well," Baia I, "never mind suppose my geese were provoking.' "1 never took anything ol him lor it but when my cattle broke into bis field after this he seemed glad be cause he could show how patient he could be. "Now," said I to my children, "conquer yourselves, and vou can conquer with kindness, where you can ooocjuer in no oilier way. How a Shrewd Kentucky Darkxt Obtaikkd his Liberty. Anthony Keux' a colored engine driver tn board one of the Ohio river steam boats, being asked how he cot his freedom, replied as follows : "Why, Massa, my health was ver7 bad when 1 was in lientucky ; couldn't do no kind of - work, 1 was very feeble ; 'twas jest as much as could do to hoe my own garden and eat the sass : and tne Misses that own me see that I was a mis'ule nig ger one of the mis ablest kind, bo 1 said to her, 'Misbus, 1 m a m:e able ruggt ftnd A aint worth noiiimg, ana ain't worth nothing, and I ihink you'd better sell me I'm such a mis' ble nigge.' Now Mass.), I whs such a mis'able nigger that Missus ngreed to sell me for a hundred dollars, and agreed to try to work and earn the money to pay her, and I did, and my health has oeen getting bet er ever since, and 1 ,spects I made about nine hundred dollars that time out ot that nigger, lab, yli, yah I Alaasa. Ready-Mads Yeast. Perhaps our ady readers may not, understand the best method ot having good ready- made yeast always on hand. We in variably have bread made from the east cakes prepared as follows; rut in to three pints of water a handful of hops and nearly a quart of red j o-. tutoes cut into sina.i pieces, lion lor half au hour nud strain while scalding batter. JStir it well, adding one table spoonful of yeast, and set it in a warm place to rise. When light, mix it with Indian meal, j oil oui 1'iin and cut it into round or squ re pacts. Drv these and keep tiitm in a bag in a dry place. They will remain gocd for months. Before using, take one of these cakes for each medium-sized loaf, soak in warm water till soli, and add a teaspoon tul of soda tor three or four veast cakes. Add this to the flonr with warm water, ..nd ruise in the usual manner. Some put the lighi yeast without adding the lndiun meal, into close jars or jugs, una use ss needed. It will not keep many weeks by this method. C ountry Gentltman. When to Skim Max. A dairy woman in Western New York, speaks in the emphatic tone as to the best time; She says, the right time to shim milk is "just as the milk begins to sour at the bottom of the pans. Then the cream is all at the surface and should be at once removed with as little of the milk as possible. If allowed to remain unil the acid reach es the cream or to become think it diminishes the cream end impairs it in quality. The housewife or dairy maid who thinks to obtain a greater quantity by allowing the milk to stand beyond that time labors under a most egregious mistake. Any one who doubts this has only to try it to prove the truth of this assertion. Milk sbonld be looked to, at least, three times a day. gJTh. Peraian poet says : "The worst of men is the wise man - who dees not put his wisdom in practice.' Wisdom that has not the power to show itself may be compared to the sun without light and heat, or fire without the power of consuming, life without animation, faith without works in fact a nonentity. . The Persian poet's "Wisdom" may be more properly named smartness or cunning the counterfeit of wisdom as true wisdom cannot be hid. Air Well. Ths following exquisite gem is worth re taining aid pieeerving. We doabtifthe whole range cf English or any other litera ture can furnish anything more simply beautiful more purely eloqueut ' ''Twelve o'clock at night, and all's well." False prophet still and statue-like at yonder window stands the wife. The clock has told tho small hours, yet her face prest closely against the window-pane, striving in vaiu with atreaming eye to pierce the darkness. She sees nothing, she hears uotmuK but tne beating of her own heart. Now she takes her seat; opens a bible, and si?es from it what' comfort she may, while tears bl later the page . Then she clasps her hands, and her lips are tremulous with mute supplication. Hist i hsre is an un steady step in the hall; she knows it! many times, aud eft, it has trod on her very neari smugs, one gnaes aowu gently meet the wanderer. He falls heavily againsi ner, ana, in mauiam Tones, pro nounces a name no naa isng since forgot ten to honor. Wh, all enduring power of woman s leve I no reproacn, no upbraid ing the light arm passed around that reel ing ngure once erect in "uod'a own image." W lib, tender words of entreaty, which he is powerless to resist, U He would, sue leads mm in. it Is but tne repetition of a tbous and such vigils ! It is tne performance of a vow, with a heroism aud patient endur ance too common, and every day to be enchronicled oa earth i too holy and heay. enly to pass unnoticed by the "registering angeis" above. "All's well.". False prophet In yonder luxurious room sits one whose curse it was, te be aa fair aa a dream of Eden. Time was when those clear eyes loeked lovingly into a mother's face, when a kind, a loving fathor laid bis trembling hand with a blessing on that sun ny dead, wnen brothers and maters' voices blended with her own in heart music around the hippy hearth. Oh ! where aie they now ? Are there none to say to the repenting Magdalen "neither do 1 coudemu thee, ge and ain no more Must the gilded letter continue to bind the scul that lo ath?s it because mail is less merciful than God? "All's well." False prophet there lies the dead orphan. In all the leugth and breadth of the green earth thore was found no sheltering nestJ where the lonely dove could told its wings when the parent bird had flown. The brooding wing was gone that covered it from the cold winds of neglect and un- kindness. Lovs waa its luej aud so it drooped 2 "Airs weir' False prophet Sin walks the earth In purple aud tne linen ; honest poverty with lear-be-dewed face, hungers and thirsts aud shive;s, while the "publican stands afar orf!" The widow pleads in vaiu to the enulned judge lor "justice ; and un punished of Heaven, the human tiger couch es in his lair, and springs upon his help less prey. Airs wen." Ah, yes, all is well, for He who "seetb ths eud from the beginning' holds evenly the scale of justice. "Dives shall yet beg of Lszarus " Every human tear ia count ed. Xhey will yet sparkle as geme in the crown of the patient and endvriug j disciple ! W hen the clear, bioad light ol eternity smnes upon life a crooned paths we shall see tho snares and pit-falls from which our "hedge ol thorns" has fenced us in i and in our full-grown faith we shall exult! ugly say " father not as 1 will, but as tho a wilt 1 Fanny Fxaii Ardent Spirits. Independent of its effects, individual, social, moral, religious and political, drink wields the club, brandishes the bowie-knife, hurls the bullet, nerves the burglar. inspires the thief, and kindles the torch of the incendiary. It first drives the dog mad and then unchains him. And, it might be added, the idiots who are under its influence think them selves very brave, when in fact they are quite the reverse having in their mind the desire of every t ne's de struction, fearing lest any should op pose or hurt them. Good Witnesses. "Did the de fendent knock the plaintiff down with malice prepense 7" "No, sir he knocked him ' down with a flat iron." "You misunderstand me my friend ; I want (q know whether he attacked him with au evil intent!"' "Oh, no, sir ; it was outside of the tent." Nj, do; I wish you to fell 'me whether the attack was at all a pre concerted affair." "No, sir ; it was not a free concert affair tf teas a circus." - i Next witness called. "Did the defendant stand on the defensive No, yer honor, he stood upon a bench and fit like the devil." Genuine Wit.-A son of Erin, Just arrived in llus land of plenty, being in want, ventured to solicit aid from a person whose external appearance seemed to indicate that he could af f ford it. He was hewever reputed with "Go to thi devil." Pat looked at him in sucV a 'way as to fix his at'enion, and ' hen very quietly replied! , 'God bless your honor for yjur civ ility, tor ye're the first gentleman that's invited mo to his father's louse since I came to this land." - . , The World and Chance. Hon often might a man, after he had jum bled up a set of letters in a bag, fling (hem upon the ground before they would fall into an exact poem, yea, or so much as make a good discourse in prose I And may not a little book be as easily made by chauce as the great volume of the world 1 How long might a man ba sprinkling colore tip-' on canvass with a careless hand be fore he could happen to make (he ex act i icture of a man ? And is a who easier made by chance than his pic' ture? How on might twenty thoas-' end blind; men, who should "be; sent" out from several remote place in Pennsylvania, wander up and doto before they rould all meet ujon North Common, in Alleghenny Crty, and fall into rank and file in the exact form of an armj ? And yet this more easily to be imagined than biw the innumerable blind particles of matter should rendezvous themselves into a world. Old Jllmanac. - ' OyA verdant Irish girl just ar rived was sent to an intelligence office ' by the t lommissioner of Emigration to find a place at service. Sho ws sent to a restaurant, where "a stout help" was wanted, and while in con versation with the proprietor, he took occasion to light his cigar by igniting, . a Yesuvian match on the sole of hi. boot. As Boon ss she saw this, the, ran away half frightened to death, and; when she reached the office was al most out of breath. "Why, what the matter with you ?" said the .pro prietor, seeing her rush in with such' confusion. "Och, sure, Sir, but ye'av sint me to the auld Nick himseh ia human form." "What doe he mean?; has he dared to insult a help frm mj office?" inquired the man.. "Yes,. Sur," returned the rirl, "he's the si!d Nick 1" "What did he do 1 Tell me, and I'll fix him for it," said he quite exaspeiated. "Why, feur, while" 1 was talking to him about, the wages, he turned p the bottom of his fut, , and wid a splinter in hia finger, Sur, i he just gave one stroke, and the Ur y flew out of his fut, and burned th,. 8 lick, and be lighted his cigar with it. right afore my own face I He's the, , auld JMick, shure, ur." A Receipt Worth One Thovsaio , Dollars. We are indebted to ah ex change paper for the. following recipe which, it is claimed, is worth, the . nhnva mm r,f mnnpv. nnd criva it nab- 1 l city for the benefit of house w.ves - j - a-- - - i in general : 1 -, t ' "Take one pound of sal soda ' and j half a pound of unslacked lime, jitit j",' them in a gallon of water, and Wil twenty minu'es ; let it stand till.c.K)!,' , , then drain off, and put it in a slone , 'I jar or jug. Soak your dirty. clothes' Jf over night, or until they are well wet through, then wring them out,f iutr rub on plenty of soap: and taae boiler of clothes well covered with'wa,- ter, add one teaspoonful of wusiing fluid Boil half an hour briskly, then , wash them thoroughly through ' one suds and rinse well wi h water,' and -your clothes will look better than U old way of washing twioe before boil-" ing." ..iw 'M This is an invaluable recipe, aiail it would be well to give it a trial. IViih a patent wash tub to do the little nib-'-bing, the washerwoman might takt 1 l he last book and compose herself flu tne lounge, enu let i;:-w ivasning ait self. ' , TavNspLARTtwo Tress. If lhtt-..i serymen would mark the north slda before they were taken up, and w bee ' set out to have the tree put in .tht ground with its north side to the north u in its natural position, a larger propor- lion would live. Ignoring this, law of nature, is the cause of bo many -transplanted trees dying. If the J north side is exposed to the SculV , heat of the sun, especially in the Southern States, it is toe great for. that side of the tree to bear, andV therefore it; dries np and decays. - . Sublimity. An orator says : Be hold yon comet that sets out on ite career through the heavens.' It shoot ike a glance of the eye across ill-'. jblue etherial plains. It passes out of Jie reach of the telescope. It sails into regions unknown. No race herse can equal it ; no eagle upon the wing can catch it. Thousands gsse will! wonder upon its rapid motions.. The birds of the air halt on their wing to observe it; the lion pauses over its prey to survey it the stars stand still to look upon it, and my wife tlojt ' scolding to tsko a p?'j. . .. " , , k J i I? 14 'Ml 1? - 5 Hi 9; i li 'I I I i A ( !, : n - r . ,Y.; -