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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
SEASON ARRANGEMENT.

SEASON ARRANGEMENT.
Regular Packet for Kansas, Nebraska City,
bellevue, Com ell Bluffs, Omaha,
T9aN-@A add Florence.
A@SNbfSS THE new and elegant Steamer
F<z@rTzT~S Min-ne-ha-ha, Capt. Charles
Baker, Master, - Hutchinson,
Clerk, will run as a regular packet, TO the
above aud all intermediate points on the Mis-
souri, liver, and persons can rely upon her con
tinuing In the trade regularly during the season.
The Min-ne-ha-hn is an entirely new boat,
built expressly for the Missouri River trade,
and being fitted up In the latest and most APP
proved style, her officers feel confident, that
strict attention to the comforts Of Passengers,
and to business, will make her the ~favorits
bat In the trade.
CHAS. BAKER, Master.
- HurcuINsoN, Clerk.
II. T Clarke, Agent. 20 3
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04

Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Chairs, Tin
Safes, Cubboars, Stands, &C.
eP' We win sell cheaper for cash thar
any house in Western Iowa.
no S-tf. TOOTLE & GREENE.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
Entering Town Sites.

The following correspondence will show
hat the act of the Last Legislature Of the
Territory, designating the County Commits
sioners as the proper persons to enter Town
Sites, is not recognized by the COMMISSIONS
of the Land Office.
1t is a question of doubt whether the Judges
of Probate, or the United States Judges, can
be regarded as Judges of the County Court"
As soon as that doubt is removed, notice will
be given. In the mean time no entering Of
towns not Incorporated can be made.
A copy Of the act of the last Legislatm e
will be placed in the hands of the Commits
sioner. and, under the circumstances, the ell
tries already made MAY be confirmed.
JOHN A. PARKER, Register.
Land Office, May 10Th, 1887.
EXTRACT OF 4 LETTER TO THE COMMISSIONER
OF THE LAND OFFICE, pared
LAND OrrIce,
OMAHA. April 10, 1857.
. .
Under the "act Of twenty-third May, lsii,''
the Judges of the County Court'' are given
the authority to enter Clown Sites" In this
Territory there are no such officers as "Judges
Of the County Court" but the Legislature has
recognized the County Commissioners as
the proper persons to enter "Town Sites
and we have, in view Of the spirit of the law
permitted such entries, in the hope that i
will meet the appreciation of the Department
Very respectfully, Your obcd'nt servant,
JOHN A. PARKER, Register.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
Job Printing,

NEATLY and expeditiously executed, on
~ reasonable terms, a. this Office.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04

A general assortment Of Medicines, FOR
Fsvsrs, Fever and Ague, and the common
complaints e the country. Cooks, Lees
Ssppenyton's, Rragg's and Jaynes' Pills, Qui-
Ttne, TONES, and various kinds of Stimulants
knodynes, Liniments, and other articles neces-
safS for the sick and the invalid. l-ti
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
BUILDING
FURNITURE.

A large lot, consisting of rine Doors, Sash,
Shutter Blinds, Paints, Oils, Nails, Locks,
Latches, Glass, Putty, sc.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
DRY GOODS,

Ladies and Gents, call and see them, and
price for yourselves. They have not been
summered and wintered in st. Louis, but
bought and shipped direct from the Casters!
cities. Late styles and a full assortment of
DRESS GOODS, from = ten cent Lawn TO a
Two Dollar Silk. Also, a few fine SIl.R
SHAWLS, BONNETS and PARASOLS.
CLOTHING.
A fine stock-old and young, fogies and
fast men, call soon if you want a nice coat
vest or pants, on reasonable terms.
HATS! HATSu
New styles, cheap and durable.
HARDWARE.
A very large assortment, consisting in part
of Smiths Tools, Spades, Shovels, Forks,
Rakes, Hoes, Bells, Mill, Crosscut, and Hand
Saws, Files, Augers, Axes, Broadaxes, Adze,
Chisels, &c, &c, to the end Of the chapter.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
Dry Goods,

May be found WOODEN and Satinet Cloths,
Cassinets, sFwccds, Cashmercs, L.inseys,
Na,snei, Red, White, Gray and Blue, Caspiar
Plaids, Cotton Goods, Sheetings and Shirtings,
Bleachcd and Unbleached, Blue and White
Driliings, Osnaburg, Bed-Ticking, Hickory
Checks, &C., sc.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04

sole Leather, Harness Leather, Cowhidc,
KIP Skins, Calf Skins, Innings and Morocco,
Saddles, Brides, Halters, Lariats, Circingles,
Bsliy-bands, Driving-lines, Collars, Back
straps, Girths, Blind-bridles, &C., 81.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-03-04
Fancy Goods.

sCrushed, Clarified, Loaf and Brown Sugar
Mofasses, Syrup Molasses, Golden Syrup
Superior Tea, Rio and Java Coffee, Sassafras
Ginger, Pepper, Cloves, Spice, Cinnamon
ground Ginger, Nutmegs, Snuhs, Tobacco
Cigars, Pipes, Soap, Candles, Vinegar, Pickle:
P~spper-Sauce, &C., &c.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

Mn. AND MRs: DoUGL s.-We quote
the following passage from a Washington
letter printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer:
II called on Senator Dohgias last even
inc for short time, and found him busy
in his study franking copies of his speech
all over the Union. Diligently engaged
in directing the speeches as they We're
franked, was Mrs. Douglas, radiant and
beautiful in her elegant evening attire
Shewrote rapidly a bold, firm hand, which
evinced energy and decision Of character,
while she carried on a part Of the CONVEX
sation at the same time. She is truly a
verv beautiful lady in form and figure with
q countenance exp ressive not only of intel
lect and energy, but affection aud pure
vomanly sympathies. She has evidently
the mind to investigate and comprehend
questions Of politics, for some OF her re
marks exhibited considerable feeling con
cerning the position Of Kansas affairs. A
gentleman had just brought in some three
hundred names of citizens Of Cincinnati
and she proceeded at once to direct to each
a copy Of her husbands speech, while Mr.
Douglas added his frank. Those who re-
ceive the speeches will, therefore, have {
specimen of the chirograplly of Mr.. and
Mrs. DougIas.'
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

How TO BE AN EARLY RISER.-Jump
out of bed the moment you hear the
knock at the door, The man who hest
tates when called is lost. The mind
should be made up in a minute, for early
rising is one of those subjects that admit
of no turning oper.
GREAT MEN.-Great men stand ike
solitary towers in the city of God; and Sc
cret passages, running deep beneath ex-
ternal nature, give their thoughts inter
course with higher intelhgences, which
Strengthens and consoles them, and OF
which the laborers on the surface do not
dream.-Loagcllo.c.
"A Chinese woman, surprised by hel
husband, had just time to hide her gallant
in a sack, aud set it up against the wall
The good man, coming in, asked, ''What
is that in that sack 7" The woman was con
fused. and hesitated moment for an an
swer. The gallant, afraid she would blum
der, called out from the inside ofthe sack
Nothing but rice"
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03
TWO DOLLARS YEAR.
RATES OF ADVERTISING
JOE PRINTING.

The Journal Office is furnished with ali en-
sirely new and complete assortment of job
Type Material, and Stock; and is prepared to
execute Book, Pamphlet, Card Circular, Bill
Head, Handful, Label and all other kinds of
plain and fancy Letter Press Printing in as
good style and at as reasonable rates as any
Office in the Northwest. r,r
Orders, from distance, for printing. ac-
eonPanied by cash, will be promptly attended
20, and work Immediately sent by express or
mail "a desired
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

THIS world is a serious world, and
human life and business are serious mat
ters--not to be tritled with, nor cheated
by sham and hypocrisies, but to be dealt
with in all truth, soberness, and sincerity.
No enc can thus deal with it who is not
himself possessed Of these qualities, and
the result OF life is the test of what viz
tue there is in it. False men leave no
mark. 1t is truth alone which does the
masonry of the worll-whicli Pounds emf
pires, and builds cities, and establishes
laws, commerce, and Standardization
tic Monthly.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03
Nottrp.

Z CTho following stirring lyric was writ
ten by Hoffman, the insane Poet. 1t
strs the blood like q trumpet call to bat
tile, and will dispute the title to prefer
erence with Tennyson's much admired
six Hundred" Every one will be
pleased to learn that hopes are entertained
of Hoffinan's recovery from insanity
Ed. JoUR)
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

THE CoNTRAsT.-S She stood beside the
altar when shewas but sixteen. She was
in love; her destiny rested on creature
as delicate, aud who had known rs little
Of the world as herself. She looked love
~ as she pronounced the VOW. Think of
a VOW from auburn hair, eyes, and pou-
ting lips only sixteen years old. She
stood by the wasbtub when her twenty
fifth birthday arrived. The hair. the lips,
the eyes We're not calculated to excite
the heart. Five cross young ones were
about the house, crying breaking
things, and one urging the necessity of
an immediate supply Of the tactical sacre-
ton. She stopped in despair, and sat
down, and tears trickled down her once
plump and rudy cheek. Alas, Nancy,
early marriages are not the dodge. Bet
ter enjoy youth at home, and hold low
ers at a proper distance until YOU have
muscle, limb and heart enough to face a
froWn, az wor.d and family. If Il chap
really cares for you, he can wait for two
or three years, make presents, take you
to concerts, and so on, until the time come
Early marriages and early cabbages are
tender productions.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03
ORR ,FlEEOUGaFE'S.

On the whole, it is of as great ilnpor-
tanco for aman..to take heed what thought
he enter5ains, IS what company he keeps
for they have the same effect Oh his mind.
Bad thoughts arc as infectious as bad
company and good thoughts solace, IN
struct and entertain the mind, like good
company. And this is one great adyan-
tage of retirement, that man may choose
What company lie plcasos from within
himself. AS in the worll we ottcner
light in bad company than good, SO in
sol tude we are oftner troubled with i'm
pertinent and unlroftab'e thoughts, than
entertained with agreeable and useful
ones, and a man that hath SO far lost the
command Of himself, as to lie at the lner-
cy of every foolish and vexing thought,
is MUCH ia the same situation as host
whose door IS open to all corners; whom,
though ever 50 noisy, rude or troublesome
he cannot get rid Of; but with this differ
once, that the latter hath some recon-
pense for his trouble, the former none at
ali, but is robbed Of his peace and quiet
for nothing. n
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

NEsER TOO LATE. TO MaSD.-A story
is told Of "man's inhumanity to- woman
as follows: A wretch Of husband com
ING home at one in tie morning, founI
his angel wife sitting up readingz IN old
novel. With coarseness almost amour
ting to cruelty, he took the book from her
hand, and showing a pair Of her cllild,s
socks, which Happened to have holes in
them, disgnstingly Observed, 'If you val
fatigue yourself my love, with any work
at such an hour, | would suggest, At as
never TOO late to mend. .aests
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03


VERY CoLD. Kendall Of the New Or
leans Picaynee, relates the following,
which occurred in his presence at Baden
Germany te
AT this juncture We were joined by an
English party, when the subject brought
under discussion was bathing.
81 take cold sponge bath every NOR
ming, when at home" said John Bull.
$50 dc. /, " retorted the Yankee,
Winter and summer" continued the
EngIlshman. a 8"sH !,a
'My system exactly" responded the
as Your weather and water cold?'
queried John Bull. r.. RI. ..aea IN ~
Right chilly continued Brother jon
athan. $3.50 4f.aa#e...
GLOW cold z inquired John.
$50 cold that the water freezes as |
pour it on my back, falling on the foorin
the shape Of hail, ," responded the Yankee.
The Eng,ishman shrugged his shou.
ders AMI maryclel
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

Eg Henry Ward Beecher, in q recent
lecture at Philadelphia, insisted that
knowledge was not education. A man
might be able to speak all the languages
in the universe, and at the same time be
a stupid poIvglot as regards the practical
ends Of life. The true idea Of education
is evidently il disciplining every posoer to
pertorm its functions.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03
The Scott Legion.

We were not manv-we who stood
Before the iron slcet that day,
Yet many gallant spirit would
Give half his wears. if he but could
Have been with us at Monterey.
Now here. now there the shot is hailed
In deadly drifts of fiery spray,
Yet not Il single soldier quailed
When wounded comrades round them wailt
Their dying shout at Monterey.
And or, still on. our column kept
Through walls of flame its whitening way
Where fell the dead, the living t,pt;
Still charging on the guns which swept
The slippery streets of Monterey.
The foe himself rceoiled aghast,
When. striking where he strongest lay.
We swooped It's flaming batteries past,
And Drawing full their murderous blast,
Stormed home the towers of Monterey.
Our banners on these turrets wave.
And there the evening bugles play
Where orange bOughs above their grave
Keep green the memory of the brave
Who fought and fell at Monterey.
We are not manv-we who press'd
Beside the brave who fell that day:
But who of us has not confessed
He'd rather share their warrior rest,
Than not have been at Monterey
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

have not loved the world. nor the world me
! have not flattered lis rank breath, nor bow d
To its idolutrics patient knee
Nor coin d my checks to Smiles,-nor cried a.
loud
In worship of an echo in the crowd
They could not ceem me one of them in a
shroud
OF thoughts which were not their thoughts,
and still could.
Had l not filed my mind, which thus itself
subdued.
have not loved the world nor the world me-
But let us part fair foes Il do believe,
Though have found them not that there may
be
Words which are things hopes which will
not deceive,
And virtues which are merciful, nor weave
Snarcs for the failing: | would also deem
Der others gricfs that some sincerely grieve !;
That two. or one, are almost what they seem.-
That goodness is no name, and happiness no
dream.
Byron's Childe Harold.
The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1858-02-03

2 CONDENSED ARGUMENT. Il A celebrated
Scotch divine says :--'Trhe world We iii
habit must have had an origin; That ori-
gin must have consisted in a cause; that
cause must have been intelligent that in
tell;ecnce must have been efficient; that
efficiency must have been ultimate; that
ultimate power must have been Supreme;
and that which always wasand js'5upfetne,
we know by the namo Of God.' a
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-01-07

"AN APOSTLE, Nor OF MAN."-Rev. DR..
Tying at a missionary meeting, gave the fol-
lowing remarkable account Of an independent
missionary in Jerusalem,
The best missionary he ever knew was a
poor farmer from New Haven, who went to
Jerusalem, missionary son his own hook"
supporting himself sometimes by serving as
waiter in hotel, and who was known as
the /" Book-man Roberts" He could not
speak word of any language but English.
day after day he might be seen in old gray
clothes, that looked as if they came down
from the Pilgrims, and with his long, lean,
dangling limbs, so that everybody would know
him for Yankee as far as they could see
him, and always with bundle of books I'M
der each arm-books in Turkish, Armenian,
Syraic, and other languages, of which he
could not understand word. He would ask
Turk to read, and get him seated in some
of the gardens, with an audience of ten Or
twenty about him, finding for him the latter
part Of st. Johns Gospel, or the Sermon on
the Mount. 1t was the Bible, and the word
of God, although read by Mohammoden.
And he would leave that Bible with them, as
good preacher as himself or anybody else.
In Roberts, first year he met with no small
persecution, and at one time was without food
for five days together. But everybody knows
him now, and he is unmolested in his work
There was not more efficient laborer any
where"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-01-07

LUxURY.--I am no advocate for meanness
Of private habitation. would fain introduce
into all magni6cence care and beauty, where
they are possible; but | would not have use
less expense in unnOticed fneries or formali-
ties; cornicings of ceilings and CRAVINGS Of
doors, and fringing Of curtains, and thousand
of such things which have become foolishly
and alphabetically habitual--things, on whose
common appliance hang whole trades, to
which there never belonged the blessings OF
becoming Of the remotest or most contempt
Bile uso--things which cause half the expense
of life, and destroy more than half its CON-
fort, manlness, responsibility, freshness and
comfort.
speak from experience; | know what il
is to live in d cottage with deal floor and
roof, and hearth of mica slate; and ! know
it to be in many respects healthier and hap
pier than living between Turkey carpet and
a gilded ceiling besides steel CRATE and pol
ished fender. / do not say that such things
have not their place and proprety; but I say
this empatically, that tenth part of the
expense which is sacrificed in domestic van
ties, if not absolutely and meaninglesly lost
in domestic comforts and membranes, would
if collectively offered and wisely employed
build q marble church for every town in Eng
land such church as it would be JOY ant
blessing even to pass near in our daily ways
and walks, and it would bring the light into
the eyes to see from afar, lifting its heigh
above the purple crowd of humble roofs
RuSkin.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-01-07
St. Lnke's Accuracy.

Of the Evangelist Luke's minute accuracy
l proceed to give few known instances,
which / would preface by a parallel example
Illustrative Of the apparent contradiction so
constantly to be met with in ordinary history
The medals struck for the cernation of
Louis XIV. gave different day froin that
which all contemporary historians agree in
fixing for the date ef that event. Of all
these writers only one has noticed circum-
stances which accounts for this discrepancy !;
for he alone mentions that the cornaten had
been sppeinied to take place on the day given
by the medals-which were accordingly pre-
pared-but that circumstances caused delay
till the date assigned by the historians.
Nothing can be more simple than this; and
yet in thousand years, had no such expla-
nation been given, antiquarians would have
been sadly perplexed in their efforts to recon-
Gle the contradiction. Let us now turn to
the parallel case in the Acts of the Apostles i:
Luke in the thirteenth chapter gives the title
of Proconsul to the Governoro Of Cyprus. In
the division, however, of the Roman Empire
by Augustus, this island had been reserved
for his own jurisdiction, and consequently its
Government must have borne the rank of
Procurator; that Of Procurator being appro-
priated to those who rule the province which
the Emperor had ceded to the Senate. The
title here assigned by Luke to Sergius Paulus
had for long time perplexed commentators,
who knew not how to reconcile the statement
of the sacred historian with the assumed fact
of the case. Some coins, however, were found
bearing the efigy Of the Emperor Caudius
and in the center of the reverse occurs the
word Kuprion, while the surrounding legend
gives the title in question Of Proconsul to al
individual who must have been the immediate
successor or predecessor of Sergius Paulus
In addition to this evidence, a passage ha;
been pointed out in the writings Of Dio Cas-
sius, who mentions that Augustus, subsequent
! ly to bis original settlement, had changed Cy'
prus and Gallia Narbonensis into Senatorial
province; the historian adding, as with the
design Of the establishing St. Luke's accura
cy," And 50 it came to pass that ProeonsulS
began to be sent to these nations ALSO" Had
the writings of Die Cassius persisted amid
the wreck of ancient literature, and the coins
allrded to never been found, we should I'm.
questionably have seen this hypothetical blum
der Of the inspired historian foremost among
the array of case adduced by such writers as
Strauss. Is not the Christian apologist
therefore, fully justified in deprecating the
precipitancy Of criticism? Has he not am.
pie grounds for maintaining that difficulties
such as those we have considered, arise from
our ignorance Of the whole case; and that
we have good reason to expect they eventu
ally will disappear as similar evidence aecu
mulates ?-Prof. Lee
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1858-01-07

I and yet the burden remains on us. Just as
in weakened bodily tissues the blood congests,
and the relaxed fibre has no power to throw
it off; so there is congestion Of care about
the brain and heart. This must be treated
as disease. We must say to ourselves as
David did, "Ths is my in6rmity, yet | will
remember the years Of the Most High" "
Having gone to God and spread our care
whatever it is, before Him, We must, by o
firm exercise of will, resolve to treat it as a
thing to be disposed Owe must divert our
mind from tive must resolutely resolve not
to allow ourselves to brood over it-and when
the SILVER Of anxiety comes on us, We must
divert it by resolute filling of the mind
with duties. Books, cheerful outdoor exer-
else, change Of scene, conversation, must all
be used incidentally to keep our mind from
sinking into morbid and sickly congestion
Of anxiety.
Though God seem long to delay to appear
for us-though thedificulties, far from SEEM
ing less, grow more-the storm darker, the
hail and rain more binding, still we must with
resolute will believe that God has heard us, is
hearing us, and is now doing all that is best
to be done, and all that, if we stood where
He does, we should ask Him to do for our
relief.
There is something sublime and magnani-
nous in this blind faith in God. We have
not many chances of showing magnanimity
Godward. Generally speaking our intercourse
is all receiving and there is no chance to give
1t is only in this matter of faith that there is
chance for man to be generous and magnan
imous Yes, he may say, 1 will believe only
the largest, noblest, and most beautiful things
of my God. Though He STAY me, yet will
trust Him. He has said He will care for me
He has bid me cast my care on Him, and
have done it; and though I see no ray Of
light, nor know not from ehelp is coming
yet | know He is helping nae, and will help
me- and though I should even die without
seeing my prayer answered, will bind His
word to my heart I will profess my faith ii
Him with my last breath, will take His pro-
mise into eternity and claim its fulfllment al
the foot Of His throne.
- Firm as Eis word His promise stands,
! And lie can well insure
| What I've committed to His hands.
In the decisive hour.