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Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20
Why "EGYpr" WAS NAMrD.-A
CORRESPONDENT Of u Belivllle (ill. paper,

Why "EGYpr" WAS NAMrD.-A
correspondent Of a Belivllle I'm. puper,
In the early settlement ,ae : San
gamy' country, long before the Counties
of Sangamon md Green were organized,
there were seyer.i families who moved to
these counties from ST. Clair county, and
amongst the number was a man by the
name of Levi Day, who collected a com-
pany of men aud came down 10 81. Clair
county for seed corn in the spring for
several years IN succeSSlon, O4rhIS way
down he wouli ! Ii tue people he wa
"going down TO Egypt for Corn" The
early frost in that country injured the corr
so IL would not sprout, aud they were- oh
liged 10 have seed corn FROM sOge place.
This was thlrty-six or seven years ago
| we'll recollect the circumstances, for
used to help to she'll the cora myself
which my father used 10 sell them fol
5 ed. This was before Chicago va
thought of as a city.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

BoArs.-Steamer FLyoRiLuA arrived
ls. HAiIf13 lfA 3GHkI
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

-SARpy CoUsrY .RErubLrcAS ACoSil
vEsrtoN.-Persuant to a call, the Re-
publicans of Sarpy County. met II Con-
venliqna, Bellevue, My 18th. at 2o'cloGk
p. NJ. for the purpose of organizing q
Republican parry in this County, ADD
eleotiagE Delegates to the TERRITORIAL Con-
%vention. TO be held at Omaha, Thursday,
May 9Th. f77'I,' %
The meeting was called to,ohsf by
d. f. RrrD. who briefly stated the object,
of the mse,iog. [ IN III
On MOTION, LNts Cow was called to
the Chair, and HEsRv NJ Bunr was
chosen Secretary. r .zUVaLlza
ION motion, the President nappmmed
the following Delegates ato attend the
Territorial Convemion:11G. L. Parker,
Thomas Nye,-D E. Reed H.. H Smith,
Cyrus e MARI. Alfred Matthids.
onIanoton. az CJunty iGohaniigtees of
five, was,Aected' for future business, con
siastinis Of the 'fo!iowinf pafsons:ED..E!i
Reed, James Cow, Henry M. Burt,
Robert e. Jenkinson, n. H.. Smith. BIS.
Speeches were made by d. f. Re d;
w. H. Cook, G. l.. Parker; and others.
On motion the meeting adjourned, n,
sFei JAMES COW, President
HExRY NJ. BvRr. Secretary. 80
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

NJ -LN.L.L. ...--| Ht. ." 80, ,.L., n
BusISEss AT CHlcACo.-The following
is an extract from a letter from a Chicago
merchant: .a..- 81 l-ro "aa
Everything is in a suspended condition
here at this time. A wantof Eastern de-
mand for grain cause an unusual state OF
things. Navigation has been open for a
month, but farmers refuse to take the prices
offcrd for grain, AMI are storing 1t in ware
houses The dealers refuse 10 advance
prices, and have deposited their moaey IN
bank. The transportation companies have
tied up their vessels, and refuse to take
grain at the rate of the freight offered.
| understand there was never known
such immense quantities of grain as are
now Accomplishing az this point-never as
much money on deposit, to the 'redlt of
grain dcaltrs-never as many vessels tied
up in the harbor-ali alta dead stand sill
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20
MANY DEMOCRATS.

-. 90
The Delegates from this County, to the
Republics Territorial C~onsen'ion, are
Requested TO meet at Judge Cooks Office,
mex. Monday evening, at Z l.2 o'clock.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20
Local g. Territorial.

c. c. Goss. will preach at the Soho i
House, on Sunday evening next, att ~
o'clock. Suhject :. The Physical, Men
tai, and Morai Trainingo of Children."
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20
D. xocn,rio RALLY.-The Democru-

DrsocR,rIo RALLY.-The Democra-
cy of Sarpy County, wiItmee, IN mass cou,
veniion, at the School Honse IN Bellevue
on Saturday next, at | o'clock p. NJ.
The object is to appoint delegates to the
Territorial convention 10 NEE at Plals-
mouth, in the frs, week in June next.
Let all good de locrats %atten', as wa
expect q gooItiine sgenrraily. Distinguish
ed speakers from ab"oil will be present.
MANY DEMOCRATS.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The annual meeting .oof athe's Gahd
Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of
the Territory of Nebraska, will take
place at Nebraska Cisy, on Wednesday.
the 22ud day Of June next, commenting
at 10 O'clock, A. M. '., ~ ~ - 10
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The Hon. Tom. +, Marshall publishes
the following card in The Cincinnati Com
merciat.
In a notice which The Commercial the
other day was kind enough to take Of my.
discourse at, Snilh & Nixon's on telnper-
auce, it was stated lhltl had embraced
Christianity, from which it has been in
ferred that | had joined some religious
sect. am receiving letters containing
abundance of pious exhoualions, prayers,
Sc, which annoy me exceedingly. !
have Joined no church and have not the
most remote idea of dong so. ] am no
infdel, certainly; but have a very fair
copy of The Scriptures, which | read, aud
10 which alone | re!e; for religious truths.
| have never k%nowingly deceived any one
and am constrained to take this methot
Of undeceiving the pnb'ic.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The Sunday Mercury, in a fit of Rev
dictionary enthusiasm, says:
''Hurrah for the girls Of TO-"
''Thunderr = cries a N. ] paper, "lhat':
too old, No, hurrah for the girls Of
IL"
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

EN- Q 4 .Srst CosNc-We clip the
from the St. Lodisi Evening
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

Hon. Edward Everett of Massachusetts
is stopping at St Joseph, Mo.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20
Democracy triumphant I!
KANSAS QUESTION SETTLED Il

PrAcr RESTORED TO THE COUNTRY!
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

WEITt TUTTJTTU III 78y8UfTg
The Platte River is now at high water
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The Duqu6in I'm Mining Journal
says :aT ere is a Zig Pettifsd FISH, Tsope
sixteen feet long, IN the Black Dfa.
mond coal mine near that place. 1t Is
indebted in a slate rock Many other
qualifications have been found there, such
as leaves, lwIgs, logs of wood, small
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

A SSop-Thackeray thus daguerre6.
types the animal SnobS, in spe aking Of
English society:
"a snob is that man or woman who is
Away pretending 10 be something bstYr
especially richer or more fashionable
-than they are. 1t is n who thinks
his own position in life c~ontemptible' and
is always yearnlng and surviving 70 forge
himself INTO one above, without edutatlen
or characteristics which belong 10 it one
who looks down upon, despises and over
rides his interiors, or even equals Of his
own standing. and is eyer ready to wor,
ship. fawn upon and hatter a rich OF nilea
man, NOT because he is a good man. a
wise man, ora Christian man. but ee-
cause he has the luck TO be rich or con-
%sequeniiai."
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

last excuse for sthef Grinoline IS
that the weaker vessel needs hopping.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The Drrl,IrScY BlLL.-Which has
rs, passed Congress, has the following
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

maFk1 TlLTnL -
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-05-20

The passage of the Lecompton Consti-
tuition, with the English u,aehahient, Ids
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
MAILS.
RATES OF POSTAGE.

The postage on all letters to any part of the
country must be prepaid.
Letters not exceeding or. within 5000 miles
cents prepaid, 5000 miles, 10 cents. If
conveyed wholly or partly by sea; and to and
from foreign country, 10 cents within. and 20
cents over $500 miles, unless otherwise fixed by
treaty, &c Every additional OF. or fraction,
carries an additional postage.
Letters dropped for delivery at the same post
office, cent. Advertising letters | cent.
Newspapers periodicals, unsealed circulars, or
other articles of printed matter. Except books,)
when sent to any part Of the United States and
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Books bound or unbound, not weighing over
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| cent per ounce, over 5000, 2 cents per ounce.
The above must be prepaid, or double these rates.
weekly Newspapers, Gone copy only0 sent to
actual subscribers within the county where print
ed and published free.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
''That's Me

"The Rev. J. S. has achieved high dis
tinction, as a very forcibie though somewhat
eccentric preac! err He was at one time
preaching in The city where HE now labors,
and had in his congregation a rough but
kind hearted butcher, who was a little given
to dividing the sermon audtly among the
egation-ftariag, perhaps, that some
of the hearers might not understand that
the preacher meant them. On this occas-
sion Mr.. S. has undertaken to point ont some
of the faults of his people in relation 10 the
observance of the Sabbath, and proceeds
something after this fashion:
Even when you come to the House of
God, my brethern, your thoughts are not on
His word, or on heavenly or divine things.
One of you, for instance, will be thinking Of
our whaling ships (the town was a vhal4ng
port. y and reckoning how much oil they will
bring in, and how much money you will
make out of it,"
That's you, Deacon w." inerposed the
butcher, in voice audible all over the house.
Another" pursued the minister, 'will be
thinking of the house he is building, and
contriving how he can slight his work, so as
to make it more profitable"
"That's you, Deacon L" again broke in
the butcher.
"Another," continued Mr.. s. will be &C.
cnped with thoughts of his goods and with
planning how he can sell more Of them, and
at a better profit"
That's you Brother B. sal the butcher:
"Another will he counting his gains from
his fisheries, and wishing he could catch lar
ger quantities and sell them faster.
"That's you, Brother H. interrupted the
butcher.
"Another," said the pastor, "and he the
worst of all, because he breaks the Sabbath
worse than the rest, will rise early on Sab
bath morning and kill a beef and dress it, SO
as to have it ready for market on Monday
morning"
"AND THAT'S Mf' roarel The butcher, and
ever after held his peace Harper
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
The Greatest Discovery of the Age.

GREAT BLESSING TO MANKINDi-Innoce
but Potent DR.. L. J. Czapkay's Prophylacticum,
(self.disinfecting agent.) a sure preventative
against GouorrhGal and Syphilitical Diseases,
and an unsurpassed remedy for all veneral, scrof-
ulous, eangrenous, and cancerous ulcers, fetld
discharges from the vagina uterus and uretha,
and all cutaneous eruptons and diseases. As in
noculation is sure preventative against small
pox, so is DR.. L. J. Czapkays Prophylacticum q
preventative against syphilitc and gonorrh9al
diseases Harmless in itself, it possesses the pow
er Of chemically destroying the syphiltic virus,
and thereby saving thousands of debauchees from
being infected by the most loathsome OF all dis
eases. Let no young man who appreciates heaith
be without Dr. Czapkays Prophylacticum. 1t is
in very convenient packages, and will be found
convenient for use, being used as soap. Price,
five dollars. For sale at Dr.. L. j. Czapkay's Pri-
vate Medical and Surgical Institute, Sacramento
street, below Montgomery, opposite the Pacific
Mail Companys office, San Francisco:
All letters must be addressed to l.. J. CAP
KAY, NJ. D., San Francisco.
MARYsvILLE, June Sd, 1858.
DR. L. j. CZapkav, San Francisco -Sir-I have
used the last of your medicine, and do not think
| shall need any more as feel very well, except
that have not entirely got my strength yet, but
soon will with the appetite that have. Its just
three weeks, you may recollect, since called at
your Institute, with my constitution, as thought
entirely broken. ana never thOught you Woulu pe
able to cure me perfectly but thought you might
be able to do something to ease the pain in my
back and head. and strengthen my limbs which
were so weak that they would almost give way
under me, when walked, and to strengthen my
nerves so that would not get excited and trem
BILE at every little thing. Now that you know
what | expected, you may Judge OF my satstac-
ton at MY complete recovery from those symp.
toms and the removal of those blotches and sores
from my skin, and the ulcers from my throat
and the entire stoppage of those emissions. which
you said were principally the cause of my sick
ness.
can hardly tell you which is the greatest, my
joy or my surprise. for except not having fully
got my strength. feel as well as any man can feel
Enclosed | send you twenty dollars over your
charge. and think myself cheapy cured. Ifyou
think anybody will be benefited, you may put thi:
letter in the newspapers
Believe me gratefully yours,
THOMAS HAYDEN.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
LATfOKM OF THE NATIONAL DE
MOCRACY OF CALIFORNIA:

Adopted by the Democratic State Convention,
at Sacramento, August 5th, 1858
"Re,olred, That the Democracy of California
maintain, with uniatering faith, their attachment
to the wis., Just and liberal principles announced
in the Cincinnati Platform, and, among Others,
they most cordially approve and viii. most faith
fully sustain the doctrine of popular sO"erel lgnty
and its nseparabe guaranty nou-intervention of
the Federal Government with the domestic insti-
tutions of State or Territory.
"Resolved, That the act of Congress, known as
the English Compromise Dill having referred the
whole subject OF the admission OF Kansas to the
decision of the people thereof, we do, without re-
gard to former differences of opinion, accept and
abide by the reference, and cannot but deem any
attempt to revive the agitation of that subject
in National politics, as violation of the spirit
and intent Of the Kansas Nebraska law and dan
gcrous to the peace and integrity of the Union.
"Res0ircd. That we have undmnished conf
dence in the wisdom patriotism and Democracy
Of the Chief Magistrate OF the United States
and pledge to him and his Administration the ear
nest support Of the people Of California in MAIN
tanning the honor aud integrity of the Union
| both at home and abroad.
"Res0fced That we deem the passage of the
Pacific Railroad bill as of vital Importance not
only to the interests of California, but to those
! Of the Union at large, and that whilst we deeply
regret the postponement of that measure and the
unfortunate causes which led to it, we congrau
! late our people upon tue ESTABLISHMENTS OF q COM
pete system Of overland mail lines upon all the
main northern, central and southern routes to the
Pacific coast
"ReS0lred. That American ships at sea under
! the American flag in time of peace, are subject
to the jurisdiction of the United States. and to
that Of nc other power on earth, whether for
search visitation, or any other purpose whatever,
and we rejoice in the promptitude, energy, and
success with which this great principle has just
been maintained by Democratic Administration.
"Res0iced, That we cordially invite the CO.
operation Of all National men, without regard to
former political associations, to unite with US in
the present and prospective struggle against sec
! ti0naism and It's attendant evils.
"ReSoieed, That the present Democratic Adm-
nstraton of this State is entitled to and receives
our cordial approval
Resolsed, That we recognize the right Of the
people of each State and Territory, when SO de-
sired by them, to vote upon the adoption or re-
/ lection of their fundamental law; but re hold
that it belongs not to the Congress Of the United
States. bat to the people themselves, speaking
through their own representatives to say whether
they DO or DO not desire 10 exercise such rights
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
THE LAW OF NEWSPAPERS.

Subscribers who do not give express notice
to the contrary. are considered as wishing to con-
tinue their subscription.
q lfsubscrbers order their papers discontinued,
Publishers may continue to send them until all
charges are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or refuse to take their
papers from the office or place to which they are
sent, they are hello responsible until they settle
their bill and give notice to discontinue them.
4. Ii subscribers move to other places without
Informing the publisher, and the paper is sent to
the former direction, they are held responsible
gAy- Notice should always be given of removal,
5. The courts have decided that refusing to
take paper or periodical from the Office, or re-
moving and leaving it uncaled for, is prima facie
evidence of intentit nal fraud
Gs- Postmasters wovld oblge by strict full
hment OF the regulations requiring them to notify
Publishers, once in three months, of papers not
taken from their office by subscribers.
Gs- Under the law of Congress papers are not
charged postage in the county in which they arc
published.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
From the Ohio Farmer.
A LAY FROM MY POULTRY YARD.

/ had flock of chickens,
The sweetest little things,
With tiny coat of creamy down,
And little hints of wings;
And bills the finest ivory
From Indian jungles brought;
And slender. polished legs, that seemed
Cornelian finely wrought.
How pretty their bright beady eyes,
And cunning sidelong peep,
As meath their chuckling mothers wings
They nestled down to sleep.
How sweet their chipping twitter,
As they cluster at her side!
How nimbly on her slippery back
They hoped up for rideI
How daintily they seemed to pick
The crumbs | loved to scatter!
How prettily they used to sip
The water from the platter!
Ali it ould take the graphic pen
Of Hawthorne or of Dickens,
To picture half the beauties
OF my charming little chickens.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11

A lady at her marriage requested the cier-
gyman to give out to be sung by the chois
the hymn commencing:
"Ths is the way | long have sought,
And mourped because found it not"
Women are fond Of telling US that they
bate handsome men; bat you may be sure
that it is only to ugly men that they cay so.
x lady being about 10 marry small man
was told he was very bad fellow. Well y
said she, "if he's bad there's one comfort
there's very little Of him"
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11

4 duel came of at Schenectady recently,
between two exquistes They fought with
luciter matoh's on the towpah. One Of
the parties was slightly killed, and the other
MORALLY frightened.
pa, will YOU answer me questions"
"Ceriainly, my boy" "We then pa, is he
word round" Yes, of course" We'll,
then, ia if the world 5 round, how can it
come to an enG!'
ODE WHITE ELEMENr.'-A negro parson
in the South usually winds up his discourse
with prayer for "de white element in oul
popuation.'
The man who plants a birch tree little
knows what he is comforting ON poeterity.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
AL nn with us

IF it were not for the weli-esabiishei ia,
that all human>enac;ment in favor of com
pulsory morality are unpopular, we would
heartily advocate the passage Of law for
the punishment of those unprincipled wretch
es who make the 70 les and deu,ors If Mil
lerisn their stepping stone to fame and for
tune. Tine and again these lnnalics have
predicted the destruction of the world, set
ting the day and even the hour with IS much
deiberaion as though the Almighty had
made them the sole repositories of his secrets
Crowds Of weak-mnded b,ings have crowd
ed to their meetings, in the full belief that
they were about to be translated bodily into
heaven, and many have fallen into the absurd
ity of providing particular style of garment
to "go up in-carrying with them, in some
sort, the idea of worldly fashions into re-
gion where such frivoli;ies are supposed to
be unknown. Thousands have gone mad
and not few have been the deaths which
have ensued from too Implicit confidence
in this Infamous delusion. The MilIerltes
have now discovered for a certainty that this
wear is the last of the worlds existence; a re-
suit which they arrive at 10y the following
mathematical process: The square root o
the cost of Ezekiel's chariot was 8553 From
this, extract "prophetic value of "scare
lady of Babylon 1882, and we have 1891
Take from this the cube of the ram men
toned by the prophet as pushing westward,
1851, and we have for remainder 1924
Deduct from this "the remainder of beasts,
mentioned in the Apocalypse, 666, and We
get the result, l85S-the year in which the
end of the world is to take place.
The "cube of the RAM is not bad rs 2
poetic figure. What must be the "cube" O
The genius who got off" the foregoing prop
hecy! Golde1 E1d.
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11

UousEHoLD DEFINrIoNs.-HOn3c n3c,-1he
place where children have their own way,
and married men resort when they have no
where else to keep themselves.
Wife-Thc woman who is expected to
purchase without MEANS and sew on buttons
before they come off
Bobs.-The thing on account OF which its
mother should never 90 to the Opera, conse-
uuently need never have a new hat.
Dinnr.-The meal which is expected to
be in exact readiness whenever the master OF
the houe happens home to eat it-whether
at twelve or half past three.
WasAing day-The time when q woman
can throw broom at dog, or say, Il won't, "
without being thought cross.
Trousers. disputed territory,
The Placer herald., 1858-09-11
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