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Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
Serious ARRAY.

A difficulty occurred on the Cd inst.
between a couple of stage drivers, at
Eely's station; on the St. Joseph and
Council Bluff stage road, about seven
miles from Rock Port, by which it is
thought one of the parties named Ross
will lose his life.
1t appears the dow And up stage me-
at the point and the drivers engaged in
abusing each other, when Ross pulling
off his coat started toward Smith, the
second driver, with belligereat demons
tration. Smith warned him to stand off
or he would shoot him. D~isregarding
the injunction Ross continued to advance,
when the former drawing a pistol shot
him through the lief. lung. Ross seized
the pistol, and knocking Smith down
beat him in a shocking manner about
the head and face, so much so that he
had to be conveyed to Rock Port for
medical attention. When our informant
left, Ross waslying very low. He stated
that at the time Of his advancing upon
Smith he considered the whole matter
as a joke and had no idea but Smith did
the same until he discharged the pistol
1t is stated Smith was under the infu-
ence of liquor.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
Stone Coal.

We have ever been satisfied of the ex-
istence of immense and inexhaustible de-
posits of stone coal in Nemaha county,
and that It is only requisite to apply the
implements of mining in order to supply
the world and the "rest of the human
race with this invaluable substance.
1t has been objected by some, that Ne
braSka is too scant Of timber to be suscep-
tible of very great settlement; but such
objection we hope not to hear again, when
it is known that our hills and plains
abound In. that which is tenfOld more use
full and valuable, without which the arts,
trades, manufactures and commerce would
be materially retarded, not only in our
own country but throughout the civilized
world.
We say that we have courincing proof
that there is stone coal in abundance
within the limits of this county, and feel
quite confident the day is not far of
q: when we will be supplied with it at a
much less sum than our present prices for
fire-wood. This is a desideratum, not
alone5 TO points in close proximity to
timber, but to our beautiful and rich lands
known as prairie, and therefore we see
no possible barrier to their immediate
settlement and successful cultivation.
We have visited two of these mines
about being opened, one by the "Brown-
ville," and the other by the "Aspinwall''
Companies, and must say the indications
are all the most sanguiRe could wish or
desire. A due degree of energy combin-
ed with a little capital will bring to light
an abundance of this opaque but precious
material. And with its aid we would not
exchange Nemaha county for any other
spot on the face of old sierra firma." 1t
must and wM contribute. wonderfully to
our progress in all the various manufac-
turing branches so essential to the wealth
and prosperity of any people. We rejoice
with great joy in expectation of "the good
tines which must surely and speedily
come.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
Government Contracts.
letter saws:

A Washington letter says:
The bids for furnishing Indian goods
have been opened, and the results will
probably be announced tomorrow. Gro
min, Hurxthal & Sears of New York,
will get the contract for furnishing dry
goods at their bid of S113,9S5. Stew
art & Matthew, of New York, IBID
S115,7S5. Two other bids were receiv-
ed, but, being. Internal, were not con-
sidered. The same firm may get the
ready-made clothing contract at their bid
of S10,995. Whiting, Galoupe, Bliss&
Co., of Boston, bid S10,475, but the sue
cess of either of these bids depend upon
a calculation yet to be made by the Of
fee. There were six other bids, rang
ing from eleven to seventeen thousand
dollars. The hardware contract willabe
assigned to either Bruf Brother & See
yer of New York, or F. Poultney of
Baltimore, with the chances in favor of
the latter, at the bid of $11 ,154-one
hundred and ffty-nine dollars less than
Bruf Brothers & Sewers. Six other
bids were in. ranging from eleven thou
sand five hundred to eighteen thousand
dollars. H. E. Leman of Lancaster,
Pa, gets the gun contract at $780,
F, Poultney of Baltimore, the only COM
petitor, bid $7,400.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
The Mails.

Soiong as summer winds sweep the
bread prairies which on every side sur
round Us, rendering the roads as easy of
travel as a barn floor, the miserable
brutes lcalled horses by a few fanatical
and infatuated Individually which are
employed in the above portion of Uncle
Sans political economy. are enabled to
perform their. duty with a degree Of re-
gudarity At. which an extremely patient
man would not grumble; but the first
approach of bad weather seems to de-
prive them and the various post-office
officials of what little energy they may
have originally possessed, and they slow
ly "drag their weary length along, . re-
pining at the hardness of their lot and
cursjng the stupidity of each other.
During the spring and summer season
the accommodating clerks of the various
steamboats, take pleasure in furnishing
late dates 10 the thirsty enquirer after
news. and the mails enter into no part
of our calculations as to how we shall
be enabled to furnish our readers with
their usual quantity of reading matter ;
we remain satisfied with receiving one
half of the letters addressed 10 as, 40
matter how long after date. When this
means Of supply fails through stOppage
Of navigation, and our entire dependence
IS IN what we may receive through the
pOst-odice, we groan in anguish of spi-
r;,-sersrh ourself bald in e~ndeavOrs to
..ha m nhosts Of departed ideas, and
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

rels had Satan made him an editor OF a
western newspaper.
Our mail arrangements from Rock Port
to this point, so far as il alone is con-
eerned, gives general satisfaction, and
we are happy to learn through q private
letter to Mr.. C1nsox, from Washington
city, that it Will be increased TO a daily
line at the letting Of the spring som
tracts, at which time the present c~ontracl
expires. What we now want is to nave
our mail matter which reaches us by the
way of Omaha CITY, stopped at Council
Bluff and sent aoHn on the Iowa anc
Missouri side to Rock Port, by which
means ii viii escape the delay Of q week
(and sometimes three), consequently
reaching us much sooner.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
Steamboat Burned.


Another heart-rending catastrophe, by
which over seventy-fve human beings lost
their lives, occurred near Napoleon, Ark.
On the 21st of November, the steamer
Rainbow, Capt. Holcraft master, ON her
way from New Orleans to Louisville with
a full cargo Of sugar and coffee was dis
covered to be on fire.
The Rainbow had 347 passengers
aboard, including a number of coal boat
men on deck. AS soon as the boat was
discovered TO be on fire, she was run
ashore where she was burned to the wa
ter's edge. The wind at the time was
blowing a stiff gale, and in a few minutes
after the fire broke out the boat was en-
yeloped in flames.
nj eaEE.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
The Sons of Malta on a Bender.

The Pittsburgh Union relates an act Of
the 'Sons of Malta" of hat city. A land.
lord being determined TO dispossess poor
family, the head of which had been pros.
trated by sickness for some time, the
"Sons" took the matter in hand. The
Union says:
They quietly rented comfortable little
house, employed a woman to scrub and
clense it, built fires, and made it general
lye comfortable. They next proceeded
(on Saturday EVENING" twenty-five OF
thirty in number, to the residence of the
sick man. They had two wagons at the
door, ready to carry off all the household
effects of the family, and, as many hands
make light work, the fitting" was one
of the feetest on record.
In the crack of a whip, the invalid, his
wife, two daughters and a son, were
transported 10 their new quarters, where
they found plenty of provisions, and, bet
ter than all, they ascertained that the
rent had been paid for three months IN
advance. The father was so i'll with
white swelling that he had to be conveyed
in one of the cars upon suitable bedding =;
but he soon found himself In comfortable
quarters, with a cheering prospect for
winter.
The "move' was a most exciting one.
Thirty of the most respectable menin the
city, surrounding a private residence af-
ter nightfail, and seizing upon everything
wife, children and all-might well have
saused an excitement. Although the
whole n~eighborhood was attracted to the
spot, no one could fathom the proceed
ing. 7of
The .Sons'' did not utter a word, but
steadily and quietly performed their char
liable mission-not v speaking to one
another. One seized a bed, another a
table-this one lugged out chairs, and that
one pots and kettles-here went a load of
dishes, and there another of wearing ap-
parel. But the most laughable sight was
to see half dozen of the most stalwart
pick up the cooking stove, Wholesale
That very unwielding article was quite
hot, (the family just having cooked sup
per upon it, being wholly unaware of the
contemplated moving and not a few of
the "Sons'' got their fingers burnt. But
the Job was done, even though the stove
was both shot and heavy" there was "no
such word as fail"
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
Wonder il We will have any more
Bank Charters?
RronrnriLle, Dec. 8, IS57.

D1OUtCtSO3 0S~'O1
Mr.. Ep1roR Not knowing we would
not like to say, but one thing we think we
do know, the Individual who attempts at
this epoch to get another wild-eat' through
our Legislature ought to be strangulated
hung by the neck until he is dead dead,
dead, politically and corporally, and then
his name blotted out from the memory of
all honest and respectable men. Such,
gentlemen Legislators of Nebraska, are
our deliberate convictions. We have,
however, too much confidence in your
wisdom, sagacity and love of country, to
impute even a desire to infict any farther
reproach or imposition on us, but that you
will be faithful to the end-ever watch
full over the interest of the whole people
of the Territory. You can not eye the
"wild-cat" with in%ordinate suspicion. The
feline needs watching.
If we must have banks, let them be
guarded with all possible restrictions, As
the things now stand there is too much
inducement for honest men 10 act dishon'
estly. We very much need laws, parti'
cularly ina ,sear country, that will have q
slight tendency to m~etamorphose rascal'
into honest men. We have in by-gont
days felt the necessity of some kind of {
law, or chemical process, by which such {
result could be brought about. But tt
some it may be painful to speak Of The
past, consequently, as we do not wish an!
hard feelings, we will not go behind thu
curtain.
But, soberly speaking, we hope the pre-
sent session at Omaha may be highly pro
ductive of good to the people, and of no
nor and distinguished celebrity to eacl
member of that Legislative body. w,
will wait, and perhaps we will see hoy
the scat jumps" NEMAHA.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10


The President of the Constitutional
Convention of Kansas, Hon. ]. Calhoun
has issued two proclamations-one for an
election to be held on the 21st of Decem-
Der upon the adoption or rejection of the
clause in the Constitution legalizing sla-
very, and the other for the election of
Governor, Lieut.. Governor, member of
Congress, members of the Legislature,
and other State. officers; the latter TO be
held on the first Monday in January. A
little more heart-burnings, one more
struggle, and the agitation of the 'vexed
question" in Kansas will be Gained down
under the influence of a State Govern
ment.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

Money is spoken of as becoming abun.
dant in New York. Discounts are readi.
ly obtained. The St. Louis papers speak
of a decided Improvement in financial
mattersin that city though transactions Of
all kinds are still limited. In Chicago
on the 18th ult., the market was gloomy
Prices declined, as the last shipments Of
produce by the lakes have lately beer
made.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

California papers by the steamer St.
Louis give the particulars of the Nor
mon exodus from Carson Valley. On
the Goth Of September the whole Nor
mon colony departed in n grand train
numbering 9S5 men, women and child
rem, las wagons and 500 heads of live
stock, for Salt Lake, In obedience to
the summons of Brigham Young. AL
though i: has been supposed that this
emigration from California is merely the
f~orerunner Of one by the united Mormon
nation to4Utah Territory, there is little
doubt that the Prophet is seeking to
strengthen himself in anticipation of the
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
The 0hioStatesman

Since obtaining possession Of the Ohio Statesman the
Publisher has received numerous assurances from the
Democracy Of their cordial desire to extend its o5rcuIa-
ton. We shall meet this disposition more than half
way. TODD so most effectually, we have incurred heavy
expenditure fer editorial assistance; and for supplying n
very large amount Of new type and material.
The Weekly will te made the Peoples Nevspaper =
Except Immediately during the political canvass. il will
be more largely occupied than usual with the best yarie-
~ Of Family Reading, General News and choice miscel-
lany and market and commercial tables and reports. Ne
weekly paper in the UniOa will contain more genera
end valuable Information. twill be furnished at the
following very low rates
Single Subscribers So 90 a wear.
Clubs Of three 800
Clubs Of five 500
Clubs Of ten Is 90
Clubs Of twenty % 90
Clubs of fifty 60 90
Clubs Of one hundred IOO.OO .
All clubs of twenty subscribers and over, must be
ordered to n single address.
The Daily contains the latest news and market reDorts
from all parts of the world, 1t will be furnished as
follows:
Single subscribers $50
The ~tri-weekly is furnished at S.. 90 year, or $50
for six months, and contains the inside NATTER OF the
daily.
Clubs Of ten and upwards, to one address, WILDE fur
niShed at the rate Of $25 90 a year.
All payments must be made in advance, and the pa
per will be discontinued at the end of the time paid for.
I77WTite the names and pOst-ofHies distinctly, 90 that
no mistakes need be made in entering the names on our
JAS. PADDOCK SMITH.
COLUMBUS, OHIO. Publisher.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
NaTTON:aL POLICE GAZETTE.

This Great Journal Of Crimes and Criminals is in its
thirteenth year and is widely circulated throughout the
country-It Is the first paper Of the kind published in the
United States, and is distintive in ITS character-It has
Iately passed into the hands Of Geo W SIatSelI x Co, by
whom il will hereafter be conducted-Mr NatseIi wss
formerly Chief Of Police of New York City, and he will
probably render 1t one Of the most interesting papers in
the cOuntry-lts editorials are forcibiy written, and of
a character that should commander the paper universal
support.
ESubScriptiOns 81 per annum 81 for six months.
tobe RENTED by subscribers, (wlO should write their
names and the town, county, and state where they re-
side plainly To
f W 1ATSELL & co.
National Police Gazette, New York cifv
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
CLEVELAND PL.u

WAL commence the scyenieeDtb v,DAALh
Jay Oi January next. Il WI c6ntin-N~e o. "a
mOCIatlc journal, readable in aynrv d Adams {
OF TINS Union. The Plain Dealer bs,e.e and
ca seventeen years by the same inJi9 W" been ~
I'VE PRESIDENTIAL, and twenty-onn {. ..at hgs
OUT missing an Issue, and is Aow In Il9pias
1he Ude.IeS ~ Dehpcracythan ever. Ia Path :
Nh AhoW NothingiSm. c. aa
.Le anu PACK hepubiicshism uofI Sea !
the National Democracy Triumphant As y
National Administration ia - heaM /,
Minnesota, and Ohio have been glori.s 'ha
is confidently predicted that In tb-ea 'edeas
neat FIeSluehtlal election, every Stain 49,. bs
the Union will be Democratic ana feftv
We have passed through an pvtroo. "
the earth has brought forth in unusr.I yag N,
the and Is burdened with a sutpIns s9lnts
banks have been bursting about Ms ON uA F
panic, Ike THE pestilence thar walls ve! ar
peryaded all branches Of business M
system ourst Just intime 10 save the f,,rp we q
trash. VI worthless
EVENTS OF THE ,YEfP TO
The policy Of the new National Adni1G CVI
established. new Congress, Demor-,E aHbi
cheS, Is soon to assemble. The P~regidcr,S ~ I'd n
Message is tObe delivered. The neJr sflN4u,
Kansas, AMI OregOn-tO be admitted n-Ahe
be enlarged to thirty-four States. In IN, " laa q.
dent Treasury is to be established; apS ny ~ hss
blicans routed "V Bht b
NOW IS THE ZINE TO SrRSrDn.
We shall have every week
A list Of all the broken banks.
The latest market reports
Tales, and Telegraphs M, an
TERMS:
Clubs Of ten so OHM ~ WIN %
PAY iuvariablv in advance n. ~ WV a
one copy gratis, Post Masters arc e-oS.F ga
to act as Agents. Clubs can clnsnons
Those desiring the Presidents Ie;sare ,I
lie Documents can SUbscTibsnJw. A
Subscribers to the new volume sbsule saI
names as early as the middle Of. Decemla, y =
may be registered in time Ter the dfg nr-i-
fmdsreceiveda at current rates, sid if rprise15 I
risk, Address.
J. W. GRAY, CIevasnf a.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

S. II. PARvIS, General Advertising Agent, in rear Of
New York. LADIES' aud Children's Shoe Store, ~ Mest
Fourth Street, Cincinnati.
VIsscHER, OWEN & Co, No. s4e ana s4s, Broadway
New YORK.
ANDREW WIND, American. Canadian and European
Advertising and Subscription Office, No ls3, Nassau Sts-'
New York. ~.
]. p. DUDDFR1DsE, y. W. corner Olive and MAJ
streets, st. Louis, No.
b. Y. MCLUNG,T Troy, Ohio.
DIR. II. n. DARST, TpPccanoc, ohi9'
W c. MUNGER, C~OvingtoD, ny.
A D. KIRK, Archer Nebraska.
n W. PETER, Oregon, Mo.
DILLON HAWK, Rock Port, No. -
RIDDEN & WHITE, NebrasEaClsy,N l.
DK. NJ. W. TATE Linden, Mo.
=. J. BARNUM, Three Grove, Mt.
Are authorized Agents TO solicit Subscriptions ana Al
ver;isements for the Advertiser, and receieVe ana re-
ceipt fr monies therefor.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
CLAIM NOTICE.

To Frderic Prley and all others when it. nav
concern. You are hereby notified that 1 will appear at
the Land Office in Brownvile, on Friday Dec Is, 1851.
at ~ O'CLOCK, A n, toproye Up my right of ~p-e-emption
TO the southwest quarter Of section 70. township 2
range u east. DAVID BUTIFp
December 9th, '57. at-2v-
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

E9=Unless notified at the close Of the Volume to dis
cyntiIme the Advertiser" We shall take IL for granted
that subscribers wish their paper continued, and Shali
accordingly continue TO send rs heretoiOre.A
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

pnrsons resident in this Territory, coming from various
horizons of the States, often suggest TO rs the names OF
persnns in their old neighbOrhOOds, who would uOuOtiess
Tgoco,,n Subscribers if they could sec a copy OF the nd
vertiSer We always send a specimen copy, ana persons
receiving. will consider It a solicitation TO bccone aregu-
lar subscriber.
make up aclub, can retain the usual per ceht Tor their
trUuble;
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10


~ The Nebraska Advertiser" having
much the largest circulation of any IN
the Territory, Wholesale Merchants In st.
Louis, st. Joseph, Cincinnati and other East
ern markets where Nebraska merchants pur-
chase. VIII find no better advertising medium
in the Western country-A
We hope our patrons will not complain
of the quantity and quality of editorial
matter in the advertiser during the
absence of the. editor, as the mechanical
department of the establishment will not
admit of that attention we would desire to
bestow on the editorial portion of the pa
per. The Senior viii furnish weekly re-
ports of the dOings at the capital, and
Providence and the mail contractors per-
hitting, we hope to always lay before our
readers the latest and most reliable infOr-
nation in regard to matters pertaining to
the Legislative Assembly which convened
last Tuesday.
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10

My postmaster Clerk, or other person, who may send
Copy.
Payment in all cases is required invariably in ad-
vance; and no papers will be forwarded until the receipt
of the money.
Is The proprietor Of "The States" was OneOf the ORR
glnal founders of the Washington UDion,' and his long
newspaper experience before and since the establishment
Of that paper Justifes him in promising a paper we'll
worthy Of their patronage.
DIN P. HEISS,
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
FOR RENT.

A good comfortable House end small stable, in a trac
Of land adjoining the city OF BrownviIle.
n23-3t Dee 5, 1857 IOADLEY MIR
Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-10
'sThe States

An Independent National Democratic Paper
Published at Washington, d. @,
It will represent the sound constitutional principles
which have ever been upheld by the National Democracy
but it Wi II not be so entirely political that its columns
will interest the politician exclusively, nor so subser-
Went to party as to betray principle at the command OF
power, to disguise its convictions at the suggestions of
expediency.
In addition to the discussion Of important nolit;cal
questions, its columns will be devoted TO the proceedings
Of Congress, the current transactions of the Government.
to general news, and matters Of interest appertaininr to
Literature, Agriculture, and commerce.
The weekly, it will be perceived, is published in a
double sheet form, and is printed on superior paper. with
handsome bold type, at the following reasonable rates
Of cubScripfi,n
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-14
EXCISE COMMISSIONERS.

The Board Of Excise Commissioners Tor th's ,oun.y
met IN The Common Pleas Courtroom on MONDAY al
ternoon al O O'clock, Commissioners Kerr, hoimes
and Haskett present. , .,o s;,rs.
tures of PETE Cooper, esq, L. & G. w. Blunt, ana
otbers business men down town, requesting the Com-
missioners 10 withhold licenses from persons wisnins
10 cell liquor 20 be drank on the premises 10 ui7 va
rious grogseries about Burlng slip lhe conninhi'a
ton was ordered 90 be placed on hle
The following license were 1rsDted:
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-14
THE SECOND-AVENU,E RIOT.
INQUIsITION ON THE BODY OF MILLEr

INQCISITION ON THE BODY OF MILLER.
Yesterday afternoon Coroner Perry, after much
trouble, mpanreed jury for the purpose Of holding
an inquest Oh the remains Of John Miller, the German
who war shot durip0 Tia riot Of Sunday night. The
deceased lived at No. - Avenue a, and the German
population Of That vicinity having got it into their
heads that lie shot by the Police, were greatly
enraged against the Metropoitans. They even went
far to say that Coroner Perry should not hold au
inquest on the remains Of their unfortunate country
But the worthy Coroner appeased the wrath of
the Infatuated mob by making q mild and effective
speech to them, which convinced them that he was
not bad after all. They interposed no further
objections to his official duties, and Coroner Perry i'm
psDneled the following named gen lemen to act as
Jurors: A. g. Dunn, Francis Rupert Isaiah Grillig
J.A Freras Francis Tremonger, Terse Peck, Charles
WhseD. The taking Of testimony in the case, owing
to the lateness of the hour when the Jury pro-
cured, was adjourned till o'clock this morning when
it will be proceeded with.