Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-02-05

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proper culture, greatly increase the rising
generation. A memorial to General
Government upon this topic is also sug.
gested.
And now | come to speak Of the public
lands. ! therefore commend TO you the
proposition, that you memorializc Congress
TO grant each actual settler a section of
$40 acres, together with the right to occu.
py and improve the remainder Of the
township in which he lives. | would do
this from the fact that titles are very in
secure and uncertain. In short, they are
SO much so as to remind me of the early
times of my native State, where there
were years and years that titles were so
conflicting that it was utterly impossible to
Distinguish the most common citizen from
a major, a colonel, or a general; n time
which | remember with horror, and which
! fear is fast finding a prototype in Me-
braska. In this connection | recommend
that two new land offices be established
one north and me south of the Platte river
and as have by my suavity of manners,
pleasing address, and official influence,
secured an equal number of lots in every
point in the Territory, ii is iinmaterial to
me where their location may be made
Though | have no doubt that our delegate
in Congress will endeavor to so arrange
matters as to benefit his friends and pun
ish his enemies, by the determination of
the locations; and would suggest thatthose
who vote for his becoming Public Printer,
will undoubtedly be classed under the
head of endearing and priceless friend
ship.
Leaving the consideration of the Public
Lands, we are forced to observe the want
of a Surveyor-G General in the,,Militia Sys-
TEN of our Territory. Our Major and
Brigadier-G Generals, and the members of
their staff, are well enoughin their places;
but, having become distended with the
dignity of their positions so as to occupy a
great share of the public domain in their
daily walk, a Surveyor-G General, to mark
out the land necessary for their occupation
is an indispensable necessity. One who
would as soon eat the ice after the liquor
has frozen, as TO imbibe it in u liquid state
would be preferred in this section of
country.
The Capitol Building, during the past
year, has progressed upward at an average
speed of n inch per day, and at a cost
of $S7.l5 per inch, until the appropria-
ton made by Congress, has all been gen.
erously disbursed, according TO previous
arrangement, among the citizens of Oma-
hu City and Council Bluffs. On this hap
py result, | congratulate them, and, also,
myself; feeling confident that | have thus
merited their approval and support, and,
also, that | have received it, Judging from
various tokens of respect, such as corner
lots and scrip.
And now, Judging from surrounding
circumstances, ! nm inclined to the belief
that a ~Penitentiary is greatly needed by
most of our citizens, but especially those
of Bellevue and Florence. | would, there
fore, suggest that a memorial to Congress
for the necessary appropriation, be i'm
mediately made. Such a step, gentle
men, may secure TO some of you a home
in your declining years. IN
Looking around us we perceive, from
the abundance of game-decr, elk, poker,
bluff, bragg, buffalo and old sledge-that
a geological survey of the Territory is de-
manded. We therefore suggest the pro-
priety of taking measures to secure it.
| come now to consider the late brutal
and savage attack Of the Pawnees upon
the peaceful inhabitants of our inland set
Elements. My heart is filled with grief,
my soul sickens, when | contemplate the
rayages Of these inhuman monsters
their attack upon the gallant militia of the
Territory-their onslaught upon the Off
GERS, and the deadly fire they poured upon
their men. But this, together with the
several hundred dollars which have es-
capped from my own pockets to pay their
surgeons and their r%ations, render the
theme painful and unpleasant language
fails of the expressiveness which it de-
mands, and m~ournfully suggesting that
the several hundred would be very thank
fully received from any source whatever,
| forbear further remarks upon this lachry-
NOSE topic.
Our Territorial Library, consisting of
several copies of Todd on Charity, Al
lens Alarm, Fletcher's Christian Perfec-
ton, and Comb on the Head, is in an ex-
cellent state of preservaiion-owing prob
ably to the fact that they are seldom read.
Having thus reviewed our necessities
and our present condition, | cannot for
bear noticing the appreciation Of property
in Omaha city, where, within six months,
lots have risen from 5000 to $4,000;
which fact | hereby send out to the world
in a pamphlet form, at the expense of
our common Uncle Samuel method Of
advertising, the shrewdness and sagacity
of which, the dullest must perceive and
admire.
And now, Gendemen, this may per-
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