Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-01-28
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Dec. 29lh, 81. I

few lines 10 you wolld not come nmiss.
You have doubtless learned before this
that Col. Richardson has leen appointed
Governor Of your Territory. Judge
Hall, of Iowa, ex.mcmber Of Congress,
has been appointed TO succeed Chief JUS
tice Ferguson, and John Parker IT,. to
succeed his iauer as Regi,ter Of the
Land Office at Omaha. Chapman did
his bes, to prevent the Senate ratifying
this last appointment, but his efforts were
like the patlcring Of hail upon the granite
bills of New Hampshire. ....
have just left the rooms of our Dele.
gate, al the United States Hotel, where |
saw over thousand volumes ali packed
and marked for Nebraska about q hun
dred If these were TO 90 10 the post office
at Bellevue. A large box Of seeds from
the Patent Office, also, were done up in
small parcels directed 10 his constituents
in various parts of the Territory This
is attended with no small amour, of labor
and expense, and yet at this early stage
o: the session this vast amount OF labor
has been performed by our interchangeable
Delegate. No other member has yet
done as much for his constituents. How
dferen, this from last session scarcely
book sent 10 the Territory from this
place. The books tha, should have been
sent to US | found piled up here in the
library will not say for what purpose,
but can think what | please. BY vote
of Congress. however, they were all
transferred 10 the new Delegate, which
made some one hop like cal on hot
bricks. Judge Ferguson is working hard
for his constituents aud not for himself;
and, BY SO doing he is growing in favor
daily with the body of which he is a
member, as well as with the heads of the
Departments. He has only to be known
in order to be respected.
Nebraska has been pretty well repre-
sented here, at the seat Of Government,
for few weeks past, in the persons Of
our Delegate, Marshal Rankin, John
Parker, jr., Nj. Snyder. Of Omaha, Geo.
Jennings, Judge Cook, Chapman and
your humble correspondent. The Poncas
and Pawuees are also represented by
their braves and chiefs. We will do our
best, of course, to impress the community
with the importance of our Territory.
Yesterday / visited the President Of
the United States, and was not much sur.
prised upon iincing hiin only man, and
a pretty old one a, that The long nine
between his clean shaved lips, and the
thick leather slippers that enclosed his
rather tat feet. impressed me rather fa-
vorably. like this rather houely, don't
car, .a.tive-ness IN the President as well
as any one else. He was free and easy,
and seemed anxious to learn us much as
possible about our Territory; think,
however, that he is laboring under the
erroneous impression that there are many
cliques and parties among Us.
Having letter TO the Vice President,
l sen, It 10 him with my card and was re.
ceved III the most courteous u amer He
is IA young man, not over 81 years Of age,
straight, of moderate size, clean shaved,
,as,ily dressed and withal quite type of
a Southern gentleman. AS to his mental
ability, know nothing, but benevolence
and hospitality streams out Of bis very
eountenance. ! like him now, .rul if
were young feminine should love him.
Only few months since there were
millions in the Treasury Of Uncle Sam |;
now the old fellow is bankrupt BY a
vote of the American Congress. however,
twenty millions Of paper dollars are pla-
ced in the vault in order to keep him from
starvation. Many are foolish enough to
suppose tha, this act was designed 10 bene-
fit the nation generally. Bu, this was all
a mistake; the truth was. the vault was
empty, aud there was nothing with which
to meet the monthly payments Of the hun.
dredS ~ rnrla Sarn's ,,,orL,r., Too
F. ,.''essmen. Clerks, and all employee, are