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Psnnaylyapia did mot speAk b1 .authority.
@Big)er. ~ think II Am safe8 oa1fng MAJ
e S}uatol from linois will re thst -
1esident MpkoIb id bid me3 r he a.
hcs that the Convention he Il frixhS %
&Sm the Conf ftution and suGmifxt 10 he
p6bple foy alprovalIor sendN up4o O0n-
gress for approval. / think it is deducible
from the message that the President does not
bold that ybscspse thezeptge Consultation
was.not sub1itted TO The people, Kansas
should be kept out Of Union.
Mr.. QUpglss.-I infer from the message
that thS President does not hold that lie
Convention has q right 10 form Constitu-
ton and send Il here. but that was os,iv t6e
right to petition for redress Of grievances
under the federal sconstitution, aad not be-
cause the Legislature hsd the power TO CON-
stitute that q legal Convention.
= Mr.. Hgler.W hese did you get that
Mr.. Douglas.-A gentleman--meaning
Trumbull-yesterday read from q speech
made by Mr.. Buchanan that u Convention
created by territorial government had no
right to supcrsedeit, and TO attempti il would
b. gross usurpation. The Democratic par
ty has held the doctrine ever since, and it
inserted it a year ago by endorsing his DOUG
las') report from Committee on Territories.
Three hundred thousand copies we're circu-
culated as party documents himself
paid for hundred thousand Of them Laugh
ter.)
Mr.. Bigler entered his protest and claimed
the statute of limitation He would not
consent TINT Douglas should hold the
President responsible for principles laid
down 70 years ago under entirely different
circumstances. 1t is not half as long since
Douglas declared the Missouri line the best
Compromise. In 1S48 he proposed to sx-
tend it to the Pacific Ocean, yet he repealed
the whole of it. Eryt So 'ag. s
i Mr.. Douglas denied the right Of Mr.. Big
Ter to offer the statute of limitation. None
but the authorized Attorney Of the party
can thus interpose. The Senator has denied
authority to speak for the President-he can
not file that plea. e naht%L
Mr.. Douglas approved of the statute Of
limitation. He needed one very much him
self. He had never boosted, he had never
changed his opinions. He felt every year
n little wiser than the year before. Has the
PRECEDENT ever Withdrawn that opinion2 He
denied the right to plead the statute limita-
ton against the Cincinnati Convention until
the Charleston Convention met. He stood
now where. he stood last year, because he
believed be was right. II was true that he
voted for Toombs' bill, and was ready to
vote for it again. BY doing so there would
be no quarrel. 1t would not do to taunt
him with overrating for measure. He
would notvote for none after further debate.
The matter was postponed and the Senate
sEs e.Ess
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Freedom shrieksr,s.

The Washington Union, the homo organ
of the President, is laboring n.anfully to
bring the Democratic press to dance to its
music. A late number Of the Union, thus
talks to its freedom shrieking contemporaries
protesting democratic principles: it {
ssWe think the deliberate judgment of the
country will sustain the action of the con-
vention, whilst the opposition to its action,
so fercely manifested by the black republi-
cans, conclusively shows that continued agi-
tation is the real object they have in view.
We repeat our deep regret that any OF our
democratic contemporaries should be found
cooperating with them in course calculate
ed to prolong agitation. We repeat our
earnest hope that when they see the true is
sue is between the Topeka and Lecompton
organizations, they will no longer be found
cooperating with the black republicans"
Our esteemed neighbor Of the Bugle, is
here denounced as Incorporating with the
Black Republicans, in course calculated
to prolong agitation" Agood joke on the
BLACK Rorpti;ssnsl st g..
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Starved Roek-rhe Indian Legend.

A few weeks since We visited "Starved
Rock" located about seven miles from Peru
near the foot of the rapids of the Illinois
river. This rock may justly be regarded as
quite natural curiosity, and is also desery-
ing of peculiar interest from the thrilling
incidents connected with it. These incidents
form an interesting episode in aboriginal
history. ~ 81
Starved Rock is composed Of large mass
Of sandstone, rising from the waters edge
to perpendicular hight of nearly two hun
dred feet. 1t is inaccessible from the point
fronting on one side. This approach is
rugged and narrow; and could be obstructed
with little labor. &.
The diameter of the surface of the rock is
probably one hundred feet. 1t is covered
with soil several feet in depth in many
places, and which has given growth to many
small trees and vines.
The tradition connected with the rock is
to the effect that about the time Of the death
of PONTIAC, the great chief, of band of Iii.
nois Indians were engaged in deadly strife
with the Pottawattamies, who in great
battle succeeded in routing them. The dis
committed band, in their flight, took refuge
upon this desolate rock, and soon made
position impregnable to their enemies
They repulsed, all the assaults made upon
them, and would have remained masters Of
their rocky tower, but for the impossibility
of obtaining water. h. s.. .. :
They had secured abundance ofproyis.
ions, but their only resource for the former.
was by letting down vessels with bark ropes
to the river. Their willy enemies perceived
this, and managed to come with canoes close
under the rock, cut the ropes as they were
let down, and thus deprived them Of water
altogether. Time rolled on--the brave In.
dams could gaze for miles up and down the
silvery stream that threaded the plain. and
its waves dashed upon the base of their inn
pregnable Notifications, and it was impossii-
BILE for them to obtain single drop to oucnch
their burning thirst. The result was ineyi-
table-their doom was sealed. They all
died, and the mighty rock became their tomb
as well as monument. For many years af.
terwnrd their bones lay bleaching in the sun,
sad relict Of a departed race. MANY Gu.
riosities, in the shape Of darts and antique
pieces OF pottery, have been picked up by
visitors, who repair to the spot in great
numbers. ss,-'4. :
Starved Rock, the mighty monumen. rear
ed BY the hand Of the great Architect of Ma
ture, will remain while the prairie flower
blooms, or the Illinois rolls . crystal wave.
toperpetuate thememory Of this heroic band.
who 50 nobly died upon the grey and craggy
summit. ee'
Standing upon the summit Of this Indian
mausoleun, you can gaze for miles around
upon the most beautiful and Enchanting
scene. The prairie stretches out m front
of you, and rolls away to the distant hori-
son like a mighty sea, while to the South
the broken cliffs rear their heads, rs Il to
break the monotony Of the panoramic view,
The sceneis gorgeous, magnificent, sublime.
and should be visited by overy lover Of the
beautiful Peru Sentinel
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Views and Opinions Of Senator Douglas. q.

Senator Douglas has left home for Wash
ington. He has talked with the utmost
freedom upon political topics, and especial
ly upon the Kansas question, with the many
politicians who have sought his COUNSEL
He says openly and uniformly, that he in
tends to stand by the principles Of the Kan
sas-Nebraska bill, and to insist on the right
OF the people to choose their own form of
government, not only in the matter of Slave
ry-for he says We have had four years of
negroes, and we want some legislation for
the interests of white men-there are other
questions in that Constitution besides the
issue of Slavery, and they must be settled
by the people Of Kansas themselves. If the
Constitution made at Lecompton is not the
will of the people OF the Territory, then he
declares himself in favor Of throwing that
overheard, rs the Topeka Constitution was
upset, and referring back the whole subject
Of Constitution making to the people of the
Territory. He maintains that in this mat
ter we have nothing to do with South or
North, but must stand by the principles of
the Kansas Nebraska bill. The President
was elected by the people, on the pledge
that the actual settlers shall be protected in
their right to form their own Constitution.
Mr.. Douglas has also expressed the opinion
from the statements in the public prints, that
the Pro Slavery men in Kansas have at
tempted fraud upon the people. He has
also repudated with special emphasis, the
doctrine recently set forth by the Washing
ton Union, that the several States have no
right to abolish Slavery within their own
limits. If the ultraists of the South believe
they can face the North upon any such plat
form rs this, he declares his belief they will
find themselves mistaken. lie speaks in the
highest terms of the course Of Governor
Walker, of the sacrifices of comfort and in
terest he made in accepting that post, and
of the absolute necessity of sustaining him.
Judge Douglas thinks that if the Admin
istration wish to have Walker sustained
they can effect it, but if they send in his
name ostensibly to be approved, but really
to be rejected, the Southern Senators will
vote against him. lie is more afraid of
Slidell in this matter than of Hunter. He
thinks Wise has crushed out Hunter in his
letter. AIr. Buchanan, he is afraid, will in
dorse the bogus Constitution. He is tired
of Kansas, and he will accept any mode of
settlement that seems the speediest. .,.,
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ABSTRACT OF TITLEs
To Lands in Pottawattamie Co, 2
AND To- '
LOTS IN COUNCIL HLUFFs

w. sst completed from the Records 0, peetsy.
W fouaWatAhtc Csfssy, sSwa an abstract az t,t,.s
an the lands m said Couuiy west Range 20 and 10
an me iets IN Council Burs, and in the prinspIe a.
atlofls thereto; showing each granor and srzn, T.
every deed made since the entry Of the land in ~. -
ONCE; the Character Of the conveyance; ibs 49,. -
nns me deed Tor record and the book and page vher.
recorded. F~eS "As's
Wehave arranged these attracts tb,, !, Il; ,. A.,
Work Of moment TO ascertain whether the rh,,s -
tifle TO any tract of Land or ot ID comple,e h.-.
INK is wanting IN the chain ]. is apparent al arst ysv
nave oeen at great expense, aud have spar cd no
pains IN making this work source Of valuable in,,r
nation to property holders in thi. CITY ana o,,,,.
Every deed GA the record has been carefully ,x,mn.,
and the contents thereof noted above state, We ana
nnumerabie errUrs in the descriptions ~ LANDS .
as Instance me record shows more owners
to The same tract; whilst, in many others ther. i no
connection between the titles the present and Ire
original owners. r. .a -. - $50 $50 49,
An early attention TO these matters il of The nox
Importance to the parties interested as the ,an,e a.
time viii soon place il beyond the range ~ yosxih.
for all the parties TO and correct the ernrx hv NJ
tna agreement Hence, vexatious expensive sui,s
N enAheery VIII be the result and In many instances.
property Will fall into the hands persons who have ma
equitable title thereto. sshTaa'asz e1E
We have, also, made an arrapcemen !, IN ~. sco,a.
OF DEEDS. to furnish each morning with liz, AZ
Dceas ncd FOR record the previous 6ay
We nave procured from the Land once list Of ~
entered in the County west Of Range 10 showing
os rnon enterea, whether with cash. warrants or
paid per acre. 1880 eHa 'ne W'fe
We shall keep list Of all Lands and Lots SOLD Gar
TAX ana OF judgments. Mortgages Deeds vf Trust ana
be effected. = ~ - A''"' ~"
Charges for an Exaniuslon er Tit,. VII
he Reasonable. ,5 .-,.,.-.. ...s.... - :,
Style. - srRrTTx Htnpn
Council Bluas Iowa. Oct, s-n-2s-u - -
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CO The Mormons are smackinp their
lips preparatory to devouring the govern.
ment stores which Uncle Sam & sending 20
Utah in care of only 1900 troops. These
troops, Brigham You've and KrsssLL exnect
to thrash in short metre, and then the de-
sign 10 to help themselves to the food and
clothing thus carried to them. ~.
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Flour for Sale!

O00 SACKS sr. LOUIS EXTRA sCPEaFISK
@OO Family Flour. . superior article for sale
cheap. Also . nne lot Of CORN-NEAL BEANS &c.
at the new store OF GEORGE BARTLETT
"WANTED-A large amount Of CORN for which
the highest market price will be paid In trade An
kinds Of Country Produce taken in exchange for Goods
Council Bluffs, Dec ls-n34-u a \
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NOTICE:

VOu ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED. THAT WILL
appear before the Register and Receiver of The
Land once y csnneii ns0nA Ieva, ths ssh day Of
January 1900 70 pSovo NY tisht toeafsr " pre-emp-
ton the South half Of the South Quarter and the
NorthEah Of the Southwest Quarter end the North
West Of the SOUTHEAST Quarter Of Section No thirty
three (S3 Township sxty-eight 1851 north u range
thlrty-seyen I'D vest JOHN A BROWN.
Dec l6-n33-4we 2 T74-'
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To James M. Bruper;

10 James NJ Bruuer:s tes7 Pc -ls.
S,lR:-YoE ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THERE
IS now on ME IN the oce Of the Clerk Of the Dis
rict Court Of Harrison County In the STATE at Low,
e fetton OF Margaret Hartzetl charging yeu are
sezed IN Zee OF the SOUTHEAST Quarter Section No
eighteen IN Township Seventy-aine North Of Hapsr
or'E-ohe west, situate in said County OF Harrison in
trust for her the said Margaret and that yon refuse and
negect to convey to her the legal estate in sand land
ana praying the District Court Harrison County
or decree to compel you to such oonyeyaure
70 heT ana Tor COSTS and that unless you appear and
pieaa thereto, on or before the morning OF the xec.ra
gay OF .e next term o; said court holden al The
Court House, IN the town Of Magnolia in .adCountv
OF Harrison on the INST Monday May 1855 defapl,
viii De entered against ycu and decree and judgmea,
rendered thereon Dated, Sept. 18Th, 1851 -,
NARGERET HAgrsELf.t 20
hereby Certify, that at the November Term 1857
OF the District Court of Harrison County, Iowa it was
said Court that the foregoing notice b
published for four successive weeks in the Nonpcre
Week! newspaper OF general circulation, printed and
puoiishea IN Council Bluffs City, County
Iowa. Dated, Nov. 18th, 1857
- --ss----. WA. N. HILL, CLERK.
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Timely Notice!

All PERSONS KNOWING THEMSELVES IN
ALL dcb.cd to us on BOOK Account, Note or
otherwise, will come forward and settle before LIST of
January 1855, and save trouble and COSTS they will
most assurcdy be put in tbs hands Of Collector upon
that date - MCBRIDE BOWEN q
NnrnnhRr Aim " 80 -. q .--Es-.--.t
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Mrs. Darlington Gays that iseif any one
:, s"oWs Bank where asWild Time has not
nsen psoduced this season, she would iG>t
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GoIse (, 1857.
ROBINSON HOUSE.

- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING r..
ri the above weIl-kDcwn HOTEL tskes mi. y.
Ill portunify Of presenting its claims 10 ~ -,
eane community. He has secured The -.
WAYS De furnished with the very best the MARIE ~
Inc most diiisent attention will be siyen ton
SURE .ne coiort and to cater to the wants OF Al W.
may become guests No pains or expense viii - 80,
ca 70 make this comtortsble home for Al M ~.
permanently or temporarily extend their patIon
cs.lses moderate and resulasedss suit the tines.
~ There y attached to this Hotel, . commod,o..
Meh-secnred BRICK STABLE, with an sttentivs 49,
Ter at all times in waiting InSr On nost-
Council Bluffs October 2An4s.u AASn.
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SWAMP LANDS.

7 SHALL BE PREPARED TO SELL AND MAKE
/ DEEDS for Swamp Lands OF this County which
have been legally Pre-Emptcd and after the 10th
Instant. EtE4s s-ff ,g4.H. s.
Pre-Empiious Arst. tali 7.sfss& D. s. NYE,
Pettawatamie Co., New II, 1851. sfs County Judge.
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HARDWARE, = - g

T" soiicited besnss nakmg your pufchases. IL
Cash, Corr wheat, Oats Potatoes, Dry Iide. ~.
anu All Kinds Of Country Produce taken in
Goods. Or 10 payment Of accounts, -
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We were at Omaha City, he was a5
original display of Eiliy's Websfsr, which indeed
luminous and original, Our literary hero announced
that the editor himself would soon be at home and ate
tend to the cOndHefton Of his own paper" .Hssf
JOE, we thank you for this opportunity Of
enlightening you little. We do not deny
having made use Of the word "conduction,'
in manner approximating the version
given above. We will not try to dodge be-
hind "short-sighted compositor," nor yet
behind tho tail of the pillow, nor tho ''rcap-
ing hook, y nor acknowledge that We did not
read the proof. nor my other such con-
temptible dodge-neither do we own it to
have been iapsus ingua. If, instead Of
turning up your nose oot-an-a-half, !" or
becoming 'enearly paralyxed with overflow
ing risibility," you had borrowed Of some
school-ma'am, copy Of WEBsrEa's Die
tionary, and turned to the 245th page, first
column, among other definitions, you might
have found the following: Era agtso'
"CoNDrcrION-Thea act n training IN.
There JOE, does that excite your risibili-
tys What do you think OF our original
WrssrER. Whose Taurus gored the ox?-,
Who now, dare dispute that jog 10 the ne
plus ultra Of Hieroii? In our use Of the
word "ronduction," we now contend that
We neither "erred in etymology, nor in the
stern decree and laws of syntax, and we i'm
vito you to show the contrary. Have at US
JOE, "a cacGthes scribendi. Had it been
proclaimed in days comedy, that Jos would
have one day become an ORACLE, and 70 to
Congress, the mind Of an unappreciatiye
public would have remained a. unindented as
an adanantiae rock. How erring 10 human
bel,ef!-and how little is the world given to
the appreciation Of such oatrivsling genius,
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nerence 70 the Ubiquitous INepraska oct, as
preferable to allowing the Administration
to assume the Supreme Dictatorship. In
this the Republican party, net entirely on
the defensive. There is no inconsistency in
their action-they are but acting ON the
principle Of "between two evils choose the
least" The law of preservation would
seem to dictate this course. The South has
secured its share Of the contract-all tho
territory Of the United States has been
thrown open to the blighting curse of slave
~, subject only to the competition Of free
labor. On the question Of the extension of
Slavery the South stands unit-ready at
any moment to make any sacrifices for the
extension and perpotaasion Of the sspecuIiar
institution" In view Of this fact-well-
knowing tho zeal withwhich the Slave pow
srseises upon every opportunity to secure
political supremacy the North sim
ply content itself with protesting agains. the
spread Of Slavsry?-or on the contrary. join
issue With the Southern propagandists, and
contend for the supremacy, even while pro-
testing against the iniquitous act, which ha.
rendered such proceeding necessary. The
Republican party has given the latter course
the preference, and while they assert aud
maintain that the Nebraska act was concciv-
ed in iniquity, and brought forth by the
throes Of an inordinate personal ambition
to crafty the naughty behests Of the Slave
Power,-they are frank to announce their
Dissemination to leave nothing undone- -con-
sistent With law and ordcr-to prevent the
admission Of any more Slave States into the
Union, even though compelled from sheer
necessity to contend for this contamination,
under the principles Of the nsas-Nebras-
h iniquity. .5e
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-02-13

NEWSPAPER Duss.- II 10 sumeti,,es anus.
ing, sometimes Notifying, sometimes vex.
stious, and sometimes sympathetic, TO read
the various duns In the various newspapers
that fall into our banda. Some Of them
scold, some Of them sxpostulnte, some Of
them plead, and some Of them swear. For
our parts. we do little Of al; these, IL not
In print, at least IN thought. The best ma.
tured md most effectual dun we have seen
is the following, which we insert with the
hope that our delinquent friends will take
the hint and gov, rn themselves accordingly.
awe feel deeply grateful to those of our
patrons who have sent In their subscriptions.
IT Is renlly Encouraging. We do most earn.
esily hope that nll others who have entered
upon nm unpaid term will d. the same.--
Our obligations are pressing upon us. Our
creditors expect Us to pay them up in the
course Of this month. And that is right In
them, for they must meet their engagements
In turn. Come friends, Il will be a light
mntter for ench of you. DO not let this
month 60 out without forwarding to us, bv
mail or otherwise, your respective subscrip-
tions. You will never regret t."
awe had dream the other night,
When nil around was still,
We dreamed we saw lot If folks
Pay up their Printers bill I"
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FuRrHsh BY rHR ArRicA.-The stock Of
Coison al Liverpool was $4,000 bales, 10.
elading $4,000 bales Of American. Fair
Orleans Cd; Fair Mobile 7is led; Fair Up
land It'd.
Brsadstuffs and Provisions were dull.
The Swiss difficulty will 60 before the
Conference.
The bombardment Of Canton BY the Brit.
ish continues.
The ship Confederation from Philadelphia
had been wrecked In the Mersey.
The British feet had taken the ports Of
Birshine and Karnnk 10 the Persian gulf.
II was reported that the Russians had re.
occupied Astrnchaw.
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THE GARRoTs.-A New York letter says
On Thursday last a gentleman returning In
the evening to his boarding house, had &c
cnsion to stop on his way to make a pur
chase, and In 40 DUNG showed roll Of bills
Of some hundreds OF dollars, which he thrua,
into hls inside'coat pocket. He continue,l
his way down Eighth STREET, when suddenly
tw" men sprung. upon him, one On his neck
and another on his arm. With a sudden
jerk hs threw them off, and struck one S.
we're blow with his fist, telling him at once
and also hit The other in the II onlach and A d
On arriving home he found Ills overcoa,
pocket had beer, ndroitly cut nff with loGv
knife which he Ind seen. Fortunately, the
money being in the pocket Of his undercoat
escaped.
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NEwOnLKAns. Jan. %.


Advicss have reached here from rampico
TO the l4th inst The news is highly impor.
tant. 10
A battle was fought on the 18th between
the rcvolutionists under Gen. Garcia aud the
government troupe. Many were killed on
both sides, though the government forces
claim the victory. The battle occurred at the
old town, every house In which had beef,
pillaged. -.
Al the latest advccS the revolutionists
were advancing upon Tampico, being then
only four miles distant. The government
troops were preparing Tor the defence Of the
town. "a.
The American consul NJ Tumpico has sent
to New Orleans, requesting the collector ia
send u revenue cutter Immediately 10 protect
American residents and their property, n.
the revoiutionists threptsn 70 Piliage thu
town. 80, .G.E 1.
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EE A late number Of the Galveston Ci.
villnn says: awe have on various occasions
announced the fact that the trade in Texas
cattle, horses and mnles, with Missouri, was
growing into importance. Last spring a
friend Of ours drove $50 horses and mules
from southwest Texns to Missouri and sold
them. On Tuesday Inst he again passed
through this city with fifteen thousand to
inves, in another drove. In all, he has driv.
en- caballados through four or FIVE different
springs" ,.n