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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-07-15

Foh NEBRAsKA.-A company of FIVE
of the citizens of Howard started on Tues
day morning last, for Nebraska. Their
equipage consists of a large wagon and
good team of horses, with tent, provisions,
cooking utensils, blankets, shooting-ir ons
and a big dog. They 60 10 spy out the
country" and if it be indeed a "goOdly
land, flowing with milk and honey" per.
haps to form the nucleus of a settlement.
All well disposed persons will please aid
them in their journey, and those who nre
evil disposed will do well to remember
the s~hoo,ing-irons and big dog. They
intend to be absent about eight weeks.
| We wish them well.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-12-22
STEAM-DoCTORINGs

bT,hose who knew the good old flash foaaed
and eccentric Mr.. Morrisette, OF Monroe
County, will at once recognize the ioi-
lowing as a true bill 1t IS true TO the
letter. and Just like him:
Some years ago asbill was up before
the Alabama Legislature for establishing
q Botanical Medical College at Wetump-
ka. Several able speakers had made long
addresses 10 support Of the bill, when one
Mr.. Morrisette, from Monroe, took the
floor, With much gravity, he addressed
the House as follows: alp
Mr.. Speaker, cannot support this
bill unless assured that distinguished
friend Of mine is made one of the profess
sors. He is what that college wishes to
make for us, a. regular root doctor, and
win suit the place exactly. He became
= doctor in two. hours, and it only cost
him $40 to complete his education. He
bought q, book, sir, and read the chap
ter on fevers, and that was enough. lie
swas called to see sick woman once, so
i he tucked his book under his arm. and OF
he went. She was very sick woman
Indeed. and he felt her wrist, looked at her
mouth, and then turning to the husband
asked solemnly if he had sorrel sheep.
.Why no; Inever heard of such thing,
said the man. We'll. there is such things,
said the doctor, nodding his head know
ingly. Have you got sorrel horse,
xhen! Yes said the man, I drove him
TO the mill this morning We'll, said
the doctor, he must be killed immediately,
and some soup made Of him for your wife
The woman turned her head away. and
the astonished man inquired 'ifsomething
else would not do for the soup; the horse
was worth hundred dollars, and was all
the one he hadg NO. said the doctor,
the book says SO, and you don't believe
NIwill show it to you: Good iorfevers- y
sheep sorrel and horse sorrel.' There, sir.
sVhy, doctor, said the man and his wife,,
1T don't mean sorrel sheep or horse, but
-, We'll, I know what / am about,
interrupted the doctor; that's the way we
doctors read it, and we understand it,
continued the speaker, amidst the roars
Of the House, "unless my sorrel doctor
can be one of the professors, I must vote
against this bill." 80 IssE ou3
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1858-12-22
An Incident.

~ MI - 1TTr.--s ." you"S SS's,f - :.
talents, wasSyears ago chief clerk IN
bank in Virginia. He was good
scholar, and courageous and an honest
Young man, but was the leader of an in
6del club. and had nearly succeeded in
throwing from his mind the last shacxles
Of whath he used to call the nursery su-
eperstition. which was the religion his pi-
+, ous mother had taught him.
All. On. .one occasion upwards OF one hund-
: dred thousand dollars in bank bills had to
4 be carried to Kentucky, and he was select
ed to carry it. As he was obliged to
: pass through part of the country where
highway robberies were said to be frequent
he arranged to pass it in the daytime
Bat he took the wrong. road, and having
lost himself, was glad to find shelter any
siwhere. He rode abouta long time in
the forest amid the darkness and chilliness
of starless October night.
-4-faAt length he saw dim light, and
E pushed his horse forward until he came
10 poor wretched looking log cabin
:. 1t was near ten o'clock. He knocked
and was admitted by a woman, who told
him she and her children were alone-her
husband had gone out hunting; but she
& was certain he would return, as he always
came according to promise The Young
mans feelings may we'll be imagined.-
Hero he was with large sum of money,
= alone, and perhaps ia the house of one of
4 these robbers whose name was the terror
of the country. He could go no further
what was to be done The woman
(, gave him supper, and proposed his retir-
j ing to rest But no, he could not think
of permitting himself thus easily to fall
into the hands of robbers. He took out
Z his pistols, examined the priming, and de-
+ termined to sell his life as dear as he could.
ass Inthe meantime the man of the house
returned; he was rather a fierce, uncouth
looking hunter; he had on dirty skin
hunting shirt and bear-skin cap, and
seemed to be much fatigued, and in no
very. talkative mood, all of which boded
our young infidcl no good. He asked
the stranger if he did no. wish to retire;
he would sit by the fire all night. The
man Of the house urged him. But no, he
could not think of such thinr. He was
d terribly alarmed, and expected this would
: be his last night on earth. His infidel
principles gave him little comfort His
fears grew into perfect agony. What wa.
10 be done -
AT length the rough backwoodsmar
rose up, and reached over the stranger
2 head to little shelf, took down an ole
book, and said "Well, stranger, if yol
won't GO TO bed, l will; but it is my Gus
tom alwaysto read chapter out of g od'.
word before 4 go to bed" A load wa.
at once removed from him. Though
ayowing himself an infidel. he now had
:. full confidence in the Bible; he was at once
safe, he felt that the man who kept al
old Bible in the house, and read it, ant
bent on his knees before his Maker wouc
do him no harm He listened to the
! prayers of the good man, at once dismissed
his fears, and lay down in the rude cabin
and slept as calmly as be did under hit
fathers roof
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Dfscourtesy 60 sxis Bogusship.

II viii be seen by our reports of the House
proceedings on yesterday, that the joint COM
m.ttee % whom was referred Mr.. SIBIEy's
war message made a report, signed by three
Democrats and tive Republicans, recommend
;ug that no action be taken at the present
Time After stating that no new information
had been received from the frontier, the report
gees On 10 say that "the message is the only
guide we have, Therefore, your committee
think there is no necessity Of any action Oh
the subject, until" &c. Has it come TO this,
that an Executive is to be treated thus by
his party friends? The only guide the com
mittee and the House had was the message
Of Mr. SiRLEY, therefore, the House adopted
& course directly the opposite from the one
Indicated in that guide. Who viii rise TO a
question of privilege today Somebody
should be made an example Of. Such marked
discougtesy should not be tolerated. What
have cur especial personal friends--Messrs
SrAREEY. TEFrT and THoMPsoH--to say TO
this new phar- 4 the line Of discourtesy?
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Our Travelling Correspondence.

In another column we give some notes made
by travelling correspondent of the MIN
NEsorIAN, on a journey from Cairo to Chica-
go in the month of May. His ideas on the
subject of Cairo will be read with some in
terest, as the recent high water in the Miss
issippi and Ohio rivers at their confluence,
has broken through the embankments, food
ed Cairo, undermined the hotel of which he
speaks, and most of the other buildings in
the city, that scarcely a structure was expect
ed to withstand the food. The miserable
and ruined inhabitants were being transported
away from the scene Of their ruin; and in a
word, Cairo may be considered hereafter as,
amongst the things that were, but are not
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
president pro tem Of the Senate.

On Monday last, in TIE State Senate, the
Democracy suggested that as Mr. SIBLEY
was about going OF that day on his previous
X advertised Vanity Tour; and as Lleuten-
ante oyernor HALcoMEE would be the con-
stiutional Governor in bis absence and would
consequently yacate the Presidential Chair ol
the Senate, it was proper therefore TO choose
a President PRO ten, from amongst the Sen
ators. 1t was accordingly moved that Sen
ator Thomas CowAN of Nicollet, be declared
tde President pro TN of the BODY. The
Republican Senator's moved to amend this
resolution by inserting the name Of Senator
J. X. REtNER Of Saltwater. Finally Mr..
CowAN was chosen by his coiiag for h'mSe!f,
" hich made Z tie, and then the casting vote
of the Lieut. Governor declined it in his favor.
Close work and not i very delicate pro
ceedine on Mr. C.'s part.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
.axa,,nucns. .,u,nsou a. nice.

lie q speech made by Hon. j. NJ. CAvA-
yArGn, in the House Of Representatives, on
tie Fort Smelling swindle, Nc find the fol-
loving:
e' think, myself. that need rot say who Henry
NJ. Rice IS be had the honor Of a seat upon tue
Aoor of the old Hall, representative OF the
Territory Of Minnesota and. in that capacity, won
tation ior industry talent ana energy, purity oi
character, and a manly tearlessness IN the dis
chagce of every duty he was called upon to per
form The people Of Minnesota have endorsed
lin hv sending hin to the United State Senate as
tne,r FIRST choice. The expression Of approval was
rot cruuned To his owu party ireocs Even Re
,.upiicers were compelled to vote for him III CON
s,aers-.on IF ,he eminent ability with which he
TeureseDted ,ha: Territory while ne was Delegate.
Henry n Rice Mr. Speaker, needs no deience
ron ne The public records OF the nation, ana
his pas services . his state, speak for him
Since Mr. CAvANACGH has donned those
nConcressional robes" to which he looked
forward with such longing desire, his opn-
ion of Mr. RIcr must have materially chang
ed. Just one year ago, Mr.. c. was heard to
declare in the presence Of the writer of this
paragraph, and many Of the friends Of Mr..
RIcE, rhat HENRY NJ. RICE was id
lar and a scoundrel," and furthermore, Mr..
G. averred that he had told Mr. RICE so TO
his face, not three mouths before, or the steps
of one Of tie public hotels in Washington,
and that Mr. RICE did not resent it. -.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26

Tn 49,
some FRANK SrEs4... ..y, -
but Fort Smelling STEELE, went of eastNs.
bag and baggage.
It was expected and claimed, that when
he next let 81. Paul, it would be as Z. S.
Senator elect from Minnesota, i'll place OF
General SHIELDS who was to be cashiercd
for his AntiLecomptonism But alas as
Burns says, athe best laid schemes Of mice
and men gang oft aglee.' The vote in the
House on passing the Anti-Lecompton reso-
lations on Saturday has rather nipped his
honors in the bud-it was q zero frost, which
froza tne Senatorial life out of his carcass.
Isn't Mr.. BECKER also ready to travel east
ward ? There is JEEMEs CAvEYAUGH faunt-
ing in his pride of place on the Congressional
foor-in Mr.. BEcKER's place--which the lat
ter estimable gentleman has not the courage
aud ipanliness to contest, and obtain as he
easily could, having received clear majority
Of the popular votes over CAvrNAuGH.
Pluck up moral courage, man, and at him
Don't sink into imbecility.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26

Being at the Capitol day before yesterday,
we stepped into the Gubernatorial Office and
shook hands with Lieutenant Governor HoL-
coMBE-a real, genuine live Governor Of our
State whom nobody disputes for though he
unquestionably obtained the same forged
votes that SIBLEy did, he obtained also
enough more TO elect him fairly, if those
forgeries had not been counted in; but with
out those forged votes SIBLEy would be en-
tlrely in the minority. This is the difference
between HoLcoMBE and SIBLEY. There
is another ditfernce. Governor HoLcoMBE is
mln of harder horse sense than Mister
SrBLEY but is not SO handsome, nor is he
yet SO vain. He is bitter patizan though;
and we neither ask Jagors from him, nor will
we give them. Still it was satisfaction
to shake hands with State Executive who
did not owe his position to crime and for
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Cavanausb's Maiden speecb---A Low
FelIoWs

A gentleman who was at Washington when
Mr. CAvANAUGH made his speech in defence
OF the Fort Smelling Fraud, and heard bim
deliver 1t, Informs us that d more miserable
failure Tor a maiden speech by rev member
OF Congress from new-madc State was
never before witnessed On the hoor Of Con
gress.
lie broke down entirely several times dur
ing its delivery, and its whole style and mat
ter was 50 Vituperatiye, that erybody was
disgusted.
The speech as published in the Pioneer Of
the 18th, is, we are likewise informed. con-
| siderably modified and fxed-up from the af
fair as he originally got i. off
In speaking Of Republicans and the Re-
publican party, he invariably used tie epi-
thet Black Republican,"
When he had concluded, Mr.. STANTON, Of
Ohio, arose to speak On the same subject
He said (as near as our informant could re
| member) that she had heard the speech de-
| Tered by the last Speaker who had the
ioor but his manner and his matter render
ed him 10th TO dignity him With reply
! and he should therefore address himself to
| considering tie defencas set I'D for the fraud
| by gentieaaea on the other side, and not tfou-
bic himself 10 answer the new member from
Minnesota That member, be hoped, would
yet learn that efthets were not arguments
and in time discover, perhaps, that there was
certain dignity demanded by his own posi-
ton, and certain courtesy due to his fellow
! members on that floor"
After this severe but Just rebuke, Mr.
STANTON paid him no further attention but
proceeded with his argument
On tie delivery of the first OF maiden
speech Of a Dew member, it is j common
practice for his friends to either gather round
him as encouragement, or ar its conclusion
to 60 forward. Shake him by the hand and
congratulate him. Not soul, it is said, did
either for CAyANAyGH on this occasion
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26


we understand that the work on the Min
nesota and Pacific Railroad grading is al
ready suspended, and the hands discharged |,
What does this mean?
'1s@ We observe that the Railroad Engineers
and Surveyors are running out line from
the upper leyee, along the side of the bluffs
in the direction of Fort Smelling. What does
it all mean
1t is whispered around, tina. thero is
game afoot to run to St. Anthony and Min
neapois, By way Of Fort Snelltng--to make the
Grand Junction Of ali the roads at Fort
SBeiIing and to sacrifice st. Paul ana every
other place, for the aggrandizement of the
Fort Smelling Swipde Company, in which
Mister SIBLEY has the slight interest, also Of
thirty acres near the junction s.s
What does it all mean
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
The Bank Bill.

This important Bill was under considera,
tion again in the Senate yesterday, but little
headway was made in it. The burden of The
debate was on Usury Laws in the abstract
rather than on the merits and particulars oi
the bill. Several Of the Senators aired their
profound ideas Oh Capital, Labor, Finance
Usury, and other matters infinitely related
thereto, in lengthy orations, which made the
protracted session rather more interesting
than usual, and kept the Lobby crowded with
an appreciative auditory, attentively listening
bnt frequently applauding, There is an al
most unanimous disposition on the part OF
Senators to make this bill as perfect as pos.
sible--at once securing the kbill-holder, arl
making provisions as liberal and advantage
Gus for Banking associations as possible
Though the ideas of individual members diff
fer on some of the minor details and pro-
visions Of the act. they all seem to feel and
recognise the Importance and necessity OF
having an effectual and we'll framed bill, which
will establish home currency reliable and
sound aud thus drive out the trash with
which VIC are now supplied in lieu Of any,
thing better. Some, however, seem to think
Banks, to use His Bogus-Ship's phrase, n
Necessary Eel y Let US have the evils
though, good Senators, and the people will
feel thankful to you.
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Yankinw MIR. Sibley.

In the House yesterday, the Special Com
Inittee on Mr.. Siblcy's Yankton war message
made report that in their opinion It was in
expedent for the Legislature to take any
action therein at this time but await further
information. This committee, we must say,
shows scant respect for Mr.. SIBLEY's fears
and message. Did he not say be had reli-
able information 7" Does the Committee.
for one instant, doubt Mister Sbley's word
in this point, or impugn the infallibility of his
Judgment about the imminent danger there is
of all our people on the frontier being serT-
ed up for breakfast, dinner and supper by
those ferocious Yanktons Such doubts,
such incredulity, is extremely reprehensihle
Are not the moccasinites lords of all this
part of creation
Who shall dare dispute their power? ?
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26

are transpiring without the limits OF Minne-
sofa; in country overwhich the United States
has, next to the Indians, the supreme control
Let Uncle Sam manage his own farm in his
own way, and himself pay the expenses of its
police. Ten thousand dollars is undoubtedly
a nice sum for Mr.. SIBLEY TO have under his
unlimited control but the State Treasury
cannot at present stand such grabs and we
respectfully ask the Legislature to refuse to
countenance such an expediert to engross
public money and refuse also to injure the
State by countenancing a ridiculous, foolish,
nonsensical panic, which can only result if en-
couraged,in damage and harm to individuals,
white and red, and in the serious injury of
the State at large.
L. s. 1t was elected in the House yes
terday, by the questions of Mr. SHEETS, that
the witness to the burning OF Medary does
not know certainly whether there was any
thing burnt there except barn. 1t now
appears that he left when the Indians ordered
them all away and that when on a hill he
looked back, saw an out house or barn on
fire and thence deduced the entire destruc-
ton of the eight houses that comprised the
vllage We begin to think of the old story
of our school-boy days about the three black
crows
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
ssAnd IL we Cannot After Things, Egad
Wen Change their Names, Sirs.,'


| To the Editors Of tho Minnesotiam
! In your Legislative proceedings, / notice
that the Chairman of the Judiciary Commit
tee reported adversely to the passage of a
bill changing the name of Snake river, aud
the following reason is given: The naming
of rivers is net subject Of legislation Le-
! gislat0rs can only .fg names 10 things Of their
! oun creation."
Not to 10 ,US..t Of Minnesota for achaw, y
let me call the attention"sof the gallant chair
man to the following instances Of prateNe ex-
ception: -
In 1855 the Legislature "changed the
name' of Ann Elizabeth White, and fixed
it as Ann Elizabeth Tinker.
In 1856 the legislature changed the
name of Alexander Paul, and "6xed" it as
Francis II. Milligan; Also, ''changed the
name" of Serena NJ. Huntley and "fxed' it
as Serena Maria Ames
The legislature of 1857 changed the
name" of Mary. Farnham Mason, and sfxed"
it as Mary Mason Farnham.
have no copy Of the laws of last winter
but within week have noticed the graded
passing through the law-making mill, of
bill changing the name" Of somebody, and
fixing" it as somebody else.
Yet Legislators can only fix names to
things Of their oaca creationF'
Messrs. Editors, Je-whil-- but won't
folks "srnell MIcEn
Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
TO ORR sirRsCKIssERs.

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Subscriber VII find enclosed his bill Tor SUD
scription, which We hope no one will cast
aside or lose, but eo3eavor TO remit us the
amount called Tor at once. We are compell-
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the subscriptioa.hst of our Weekly alone,
over $1,000! We hope our friends will be
prompt, then, in sending us the amount, as
We wish TO appropriate it in making our
Weekly stili mere valuable and interesting to
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prices s;il more advantageous to subscribers.
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Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-06-26
Post WQrteUi.

! To The Editors Ct the Ktnsassosian:
Sundays issue showed that the PsJa.esr was
grievously exercised, and sorely perplexed, al
the course pursued On Saturday by the pop
ular branch Of Legislature, in passing q series
of resolutions expressive OF the views Of that
body in reference particularly to affairs il
Kansas. The paper ffets more at the open,
bold. manly, voice oi The Legislature than at
the doctrines it procaims. The editor hints
that he is on and-Lecomptou ground ard
had already said all that discretion and good
policy dictated, and cessures the Legislature
for cxhumipg delunct body. If this were
tuue, which every body knows is false, for the
principal invoked in the Kansas contest is in-
separable, and Inherent in our popular insti-
tutions, still the coroner had o right to ex-
hume the body AMI inquire into the cause of
its dissolution.
The Pioneer complains that the legislature
should revive the Kansas issue The ad-
ministration made the issue, II. NJ Rice pub
iciy proclaimed, aud SO did Mr.. Becker and
Cavenaugh, in Washington, that the state of
Minnesota did and would support the Admin
istration, and got all the government set upon
this issue,-on an issue false to the State.
false to the Legislature, and false to the I'm
ion. This setiment went abroad and it is en-
inently right and polite that it should have
been, just as it has been, corre ected openly,
nobly, and independently, though the Pioneer
is ''sorry," ''wishes it had been Ieft to his
judgement to manage" "sees the wrong sc.
There is no doubt the T,oa.ef is Ill serious
affection, for where people carry water on
both shoulders, they arc much exposed TO ac-
cident and waste. We are very apprehensiye
that the Legislature threatens one Of the Pr
oneer's pitchers, and should not be surprised
to see the Lecompton one come down with a
smash. We say the Lecompton one, ard for
this reason, that Gen. Shields represented The
Anti Lecompton sentiment in the U. S. Sen
ste, yet it is very evident that IT. N. Rice,
who stands with the administration IS The IL
vorite Of that organ, which also llakf5 out to
embrace Mr.. Sibley, and his corrrpiionism.
A DouGLass DEMOCRAT.