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local ndvantagcs the place affords for
this two-fold object , these gentlemen
have selected Nebraska City as the
place. This point attracted the atten
tion of the United States Topographical
Engineers many years since , as a favora
ble place of debarkation for troops and
supplies for the Frontier Forts , on ac
count of its being much nearer to them
by a good Divide Road to the Valley of
the Platto. And hence the recent se
lection of the place. The contract of
Messrs. Russell , Majors & "Waddell with
the Government amounts to one million
seven hundred thousand dollars. Five
thousand tons of governmeut suppliee
and stores are now preparing for ship
ment to this place to bo conveyed hence
iii wagons up the Valley of the Platte
and across the mountains to Utah. To
move this immense mass will require
two thousand heavy wagons , twenty-
five hundred ox drivers and Train Mast
ers , and from eighteen to twenty thous
and oxen , and in one continuous column
will present a length of forty miles 1
Mr. Majors , one of the Government con
tractors for transporting this freight ,
has taken up his residence in this city ,
and of course will prove an inestima
ble addition to its society both socially ,
morally , and in n business point of
view. The capacious wharf , built
specially to receive this freight , is
nearly completed ; and when finished
will be one of the very best on the
river.
At a Public Meeting of citizens held
in hall of Bank Buildings on Mon
day , Feb. 25 , 1858 , Judge Samuel W.
Black of the 2nd Judicial District pre
siding , the following among other reso
lutions were reported , through their
chairman , Judge G. F. Holly , and
unanimously adopted by the meeting :
WHEREAS , Messrs. Russell , Majors &
Waddell , and Lieut. DuBarry have an
nounced that they find this point , under
all circumstances , the most favorable on
the river for the contemplated depot and
the conveyance of supplies to Utah , and
have agreed to select this place upon
condition that the Levee be completed
as required , and that the Liquor shops
which are likely to interfere with the
moral programme which they have
adopted , bo suppressed , therefore be it
Resolved , That the citizens of this
City and county accept of the selection
upon the conditions mentioned.
Resolved , That the Mayors of the
three cities tender to Lieut. DuBarry
their written obligation , binding their
respective organizations in the sum of
$100,000 to have the Levee finished by
the opening of navigation , and we
pledge ourselves individually and col
leotively to make good that obligation
without regard to cost.
Resolved , That the business of dram
selling is demoralizing , illegal and i
public nuisance , and we heartily ap
prove of the condition imposed of their
suppression , and wo pledge ourselves
jhat they shall bo suppressed.
Resolved , That in order to carry out
ihis determination , a committee of
rhirteen be appointed to take immediate
and efficient measures to abate the
nuisances whenever and wherever they
arise in this locality , and to maintain
ihe law in our community by moral
suasion if possible , and that failing , by
every other lawful and honorable means ;
and we further pledge ourselves to sus-
ain the action of our committee in any
means for that purpose which they may
see fit to adopt.
Resolved , That we are glad to 1 arn
that Mr. Majors will soon moke his
residence among us and we congratu-
ate ourselves on so inestimable an ad
dition to the character , society , moral
and religions sentiment of this com-
nuuity , assuring him that we shall not
'ail to extend to him the welcome ,
esteem and friendship which are so
iustly due to his eminent worth.
With these facts before the public
and others which will present them
selves in the due course of events Ne-
jraska City can "abide her time. "
Situated directly on the National
Thoroughfare between the East and
alifornia and Oregon. Possessing at
this moment a greater trade , with a
richer back country and more extended
communications with the interior than
any other point in the Territory , she
cordially invitee critical attention to
her claims. We have no pecuniary
ends to answer by the statements herein
made , and no more mercenary motives
than a just pride in the home of our
choice.
BRYAN'S BARN.
And now come the allied
apostles of apostacy and pro
claim to the agonized public , through
the medium of the subsidized press ,
that the babbling boy orator of the
bubbling Platte buildoth a bully barn
and liveth therein. What remarkable
coincidences in the life of this
loquacious Lilliputian ! The day he
abandoned his home and campaign
porch in Lincoln and betook himself
to his farm was the very day THE
DAY of the forty-second anniver
sary of the coming among men of
this modern American redeemer. It
is recorded that the meek and lowly
Jesus was an inhabitant of a barn at
one time ; there is , however , no
authentic record of that fact being
heralded in the contemporary daily
press. There are those who insist
that Jesus was as good a man as
Bryan. But this modern creator of
mind and matter has gabbled to the
multitude these many years and
waxes exceedingly wealthy and now
bloweth himself for a six thousauc
dollar barn and a twenty thousand
dollar mansion as a token of his
iympathy for the oppressed of all
nations.
This bombastic bigot who thinks
, hat others 'should not think unless
iliey think as ho thinks he is think-
ng will never cease to advertise
limsolf. He must bo exhibit A. Ho
s the over present guide , philosopher
and sorcerer of the forces of reform.
His edicts are law or it is no fair.
Great are the allied forces of reform
and W. J. Bryan makes the profit.
Populism , paramount , perpetual and
princely. Vex populist ; vex Dei.
X. X. X.
SOME OMAHA WEAKNESSES.
Whatever the cause , the open social
ife of Omalmris concerned with ap
pearances , not with verities ; it is
made up mostly of postures and
show ; it is continually calling at
tention to itself in a loud voice , after
; he manner of those who are rudely
affected , the world over , says Wil-
.iam R. Lighten in the April At
lantic. There is no new thing that
appears above the horizon of "cul
ture" which the people of Omaha
do not forthwith import , if it
promises to be fashionable. With all
its intense longing to appear cul
tured , the town succeeds only in "S
being up-to-date. In fact , Omaha
lias no strong , collective social aims ;
it has no strong aggregate tenden
cies. Its life thus far has been
nothing but a conglomerate of indi
vidual desires , and there has been no
adequate means for bringing these
desires to a focus. The city has no
public art galleriejj no museums ,
nothing of that sort ; even in archi
tecture no particular ideals have
come to light. This condition is a
part of the penalty which the town
has had to pay for the lack of ideals
in its foundation. It was begun for
no better reason than its founders
saw here opportunities for getting
rich ; and that paucity of thought
has persisted.
WAR ON HOPPERS.
Reports come from the western part
of the state that a plague of grasshop
pers is imminent , and the government
has girded up its loins to confront
this new peril. It has imported
from South Africa a poison , strong ,
which is said to be vastly fatal to
grasshoppers. It is a parasite or
fungus , which oats the insects up
alive. As soon as one is dead he
begins to infect his neighbors , and
the mischief once started spreads
rapidly. You put a few hoppers in
a box \vith the poison , who soon be
come diseased ; then you let them all
fly except a few whom you save for
seed , to infect another batch of mis
sionaries. Thus you can reach mil
lions. The future looks gloomy in
deed for the grasshopper.