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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-08

Ike him. He says Mr. Spurrcon has the appearance
OF fat, oyergrown boy. He is unctious looking and
unwhocsome. Much fat kills n saint a. far as out
side appearance counts. The man Is not cas-, IA a
noble mould not natvey full of pure aud lofty IN.
stincts. His theology Is purely conventional He
has not soul enough TO come az religion first hand.
He appeals TO a low order of motives. His heaven
is sensuous, his hell suphurous. Mr. spurgeon talks
OF visiting America. He will make great mistake
II he does. He shines prominently here because
OF the low state OF pulpit eloquence in the land His
whole tone is below the mark OF congregations he
would address in America. The intellect Of the
masses in England is far less active than with u.s.
Mr. Spurgeon does not share my opinion in respect
TO the wisdom Of his going 10 America. He Is ex
cessivey conceited, and has in his mind Whitfelds
triumphant progresses through the States. He al.
luded TO the possibility Of his crossing the sea before
his Sermon and in an exceedingly egotstical way.
PRESENT FROM LOUIS sAPoLEor To A CANADA
CHURCH.
We see IL stated in the st. Thomas Dispatch that
the Emperor Napoleon has presented TO the church
OF st. Thomas, through the Rev. Mr.. Trachon
valuable dessert of silver, inclosed in q splendid
case with the imperial arms, accompanied by gra.
cious letter. As the gift was intended TO aid the
mission, 1t will be rallied for ON the 10th Of August,
at "a per ticket.
THE oLDKsT BIBLE on THE c0NTrNESr-A BOOK OVER
300 YEARS OLD.
This is a volume Of six hundred pages, says the
Detroit Free Press, containing the whole Bible ia
the Latin language II belongs to the Rev. DIR. Dui.
field Of this city. The book IL made entirely OF vel
lum, and the printing Is all done by hand with apen
and ink. Every letter is perfect in it's shape, and
cannot be distinguished by any imperfections in
form, from the printed letters Of the present day
The shape Of the letters IL Of course different from
those now in use, but in no other respect they
be distinguished from printed matter. The letter is
OF about the size that in which this article
Is printed which will give idea of the difficulty Of
forming 30 perfect work. The immense amount OF
labor may be conceived from the fact that there are
two columns on each page, each of which lacks only
about six letters Of being as wide rs the columns Of
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-08

ne vessrymen Of Trinity have determined on ceIe
brans the event q NE arst Successful working Of sh
Atlantic Telegraph cable BY ringing merry peal on hei
set OK belle Tor an hour after tine transmission Of the rs
message.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

The adjourned term of the First Judi
cial District Court, for Sarpy County,
met on Monday the 10th, inst, for the
purpose of trying Mathews and others,
charged with the murder of Thomas
Noonan, in June last. Chief Justice Hall,
present; James G. Chapman, ESQ.,, Dis
taict Attorney, appeared for the Territory,
Gen. L. l.. Bowen, T. b. Lemon, and
A. Little, Esq, for the defence. The
defendants Attorneys moved a continue
ance Of the cause. TO the regular Novem-
Der term. After a full hearing of the
reasons and arguments, for saIl motion
by the attorneys, the Court continued the
cause.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

YoUNG AMERIcA.-A Ger tain Judge
while attending court in a shire town.
was passing along the road where a boy
was letting down the bars to drive some
cattle in. His father stood in the door Of
the house, on the opposite side of the road,
and seeing VIVA, his hopeful boy was do
ing, shouted out:
John, don'tdrive them cattle in there I;
| told you to put the cattle in the pasture
behind the house"
The boy took no notice whatever of the
remons,rance and his father repeated the
order in a louder tone, without the least
effect, and the third time gave orders not
to drive the cattle in there. The son
didn't even deign to look up, and ~disobey-
ed the parental injunction with a GOODNESS
which. positively shocked he Judge, who,
looking at the culpril, said, in a 0 n of
official duty:
boy, don't you hear your father
speaking to you?"
"Oh, y.a-a-s," replied the youth, cast
ing a glance at the Judge and then at the
parent, but | don't mind what he says.
Mother don't neither; and 'twixt she and
| we've got the dog 50 he don't
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
The Nebraska city News and Dr
Rankin.

We don't know that DR.. Rankin feels
himself complimen,ed, by any favorable
notice which he receives from the .NetCs.
But when we consider that its columns
have reeked, since its first establishment,
with the lowest and slnniest abuse of this
gentleman, we believe tina, the first ques-
ton he will PROFOUND to himself, when he
is complimented by that sheet, will be
What dirty thing have done to de-
serve this 2"
Its slang about Mr.. Strickland is re-
garded by that gentleman, as a comp'i-
ment. and will commend him TO the re-
CARDS of gentlemen wherever the charac'
ter of the NeuS is known. The Democ-
racy of Mr.. Strickland, is above the
reach of the little malice of the News.
Mr.. Strickland wings his flight as a Dem
ocrat, in a region which is not reached
by any arrow, taken from the culver and
sent by the arm of such a moral lllliputian,
as Reynolds. His higeSt praise is Rey-
nolds' abuse.
We would suggest to the Democrats of
O,oe County, tina, if they would succeed
in future contests with their foes, that
they should no longer suffer the tripod of
their organ, to be disgraced by a puppy,
and a fool.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
GLORIOUS E S
FROM THE EAST!
THE OLD AND NEW WORLDS
u @ al
The Atlantic Cable Laid!

1t gives us ~unbounded pleasure, to con.
firm the report published in our last, of
the success of the Atlantic Telegraph.
Below will be found a letter from Cyrus
w. Field, announcing the success of this
great and glorious enterprise -
TRIsrry BAY, Aug. D.
The Atlantic Telegraph fleet sailed
from Queenstown on Saturday, July IL.
and met in mid.ocean on the 2Sth. The
cable was spliced at | r. NJ. on Thursday.
the ooh, and the vessels separated, the
Apamemnon and Valorous bound to Va
%Iencia, Ireland, and the Niagara and
Gorgon for this place, where the latter
arrived yesterday. and this morning the
end of the cable will be landed. 1t is 1896
nautical or 1850 statute miles from the
Telegraph House at the head Of Valencia
harbor to the Telegraph House Bay of
Bulls, Trinity Bay, and for more than
two-thirds of this distance the water is
over w miles in depth.
The cable has been paid out from the
Agamemnon at about the same speed as
from the Niagara. The electrical signals
are sent and received through the whole
cable in the most perfect manner. The
machinery for paying Out cable worked
most satisfactorily, and was not stopped for
a single moment. Captain Hudson of the
Niagara, Messrs. Everett and Woodhouse
the engineers, electricians and officers OF
the ships, and in fact every man on board
the Geographic fleet, exerted himself TO
the utmost to make the expedition success
full, by the blessings of Divine Providence
it has proved successful.
After the end of the cable has been
landed and connected with land telegraph
lines, and the Niagara has discharged
some cargo belonging to the Telegraph
Company, she will go to St. Johns for
coal, and then proceed at once TO New
York.
(Signed) CYRUS w. FIELD.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
Nebraska

This territory comprises a part, OF
what was once termed, 1.-THE UNEMPLOYED
regions" Since its introduction into the
sis,erhood of territories, it has been so
kept in the background, by the broiIs in
Kansas. that many have regarded it, as
Julius Caesar once regarded England-as
of no worth or importance. Time how
ever will show, that it possesses aSricul-
tural advantages equal to our twin sister
and that its commercial advantages are
fur superior. Our eastern boundary, for
more than a thousand miles, is the Miss
ouri or Smoky-waisr, the largest river in
the world, possessing all the advantages
for steamboat navigation.
Three years since, only six S .eamboats
assembled this river the whole season; last
summer nearly that number touched our
ports daily. So, as will be seen, the
trade of this river is fas, increasing. 1t
is already, as figures will show, the king
river of the west. The Platte or Ne
pra,h. ka river also will soon be n~avigated
while the steam-horse will shortly bring
up at the Missouri river, dash athwarI
the smooth level surface of the Platte
Valley to the golden regions of the far
Off Pacific.
This territory is situated between the
4Oth and 49th parrllels of latitude-it'
southern boundary being nearly on a line
with the city of Philadelphia. Its eSten
north and south is GO miles, and its av
erare width is about the same distance
making its entire area some 335, SS:
square miles. THIS, as will be seen, i
the largest of the territories; capable o
making several states as large as that 0
the Keystone.
There are at present some six or eigh
tribes or remnants Of tribes in the terri
; tory, numbering together, according
Schoolcraft, $4,000. OF these the Siou
or Dakota tribe, in its several branche:
is the largest and most powerful. Thes
J are mostly in the northwest. Four year
since there was scarcely a white inhabl
$ tsnt on its soil now, without the Infu
ence, of what we call skull. duggery, Their
: are over thirty thousand. Then ~scarcel
q a white mans hut could be seen; no'
D cities and towns dot its surface, teemin
with enterprise and activity. Some {
e these enjoy the elements of an old an
e permanent civilization. Some ventee
: weekly journals are now published With
. our bounds, all of which, show signs
c talent and ability. The first paper pul
5 lished at Bellevue commenced in Noven
Der 1854, by our esteemed lownsma.
SID. +. Reed,-was a defender Of Il
Douglas Nebraska Bill. Col. Richards
d the noble champion of said bill in Il
is House. is now Governor of this territor
and Just the man we needed. We hoI
he will remain al his post, until anoth'
% shall be called by the voice of the peopl
CHAUCER.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
Nebraska Climate.

DEAN SIR:-For the information Of
those who may feel an interest in " COM
pairing notes" with other parts of the
country, | have prepared the following
table exhibiting the various facts, therein
specified, not only as items of curiosity,
but of information, showing the nature of
the climate of our Territory, during the
ma 81 unar.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

ODlTUARY.-Onr respected townsman,
Jacob II. Smith, departed this life, Aug.
l3Ih in the 25th year of age, at the res
dence Of his brother, in this City. Mr..
s., was a native of Pennsylvania, and
had resided in this City, for the past two
years. He possessed a warm, social ma.
,ure, and was much respected. His de-
mise, so suddenly, occasions much sorrow
to his bereaved friends. Truly, L" there
is but a step between us and death"
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

The ST. Paul Minnesotian, of the 2otn:
says the immigration into that portion o.
Minnesota has been for a few weeA'
past, much heavier than at any time ="
season. The river travel has been hgn.'
but the influx of actual settlers has pee"
greater it is estimated. by one halt 'h'"
up to the same date last year. The Pr.,'
RE schooners are never out OF sien"
Blue Earth country is the destination "'
large majority of them.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

A Havana correspondent of the Savan-
nah Republican says that, up to the pres
ent time. there has been landed in Cuba
no less than thirty-one thousand five hum
dred and eighty-nine Coolle laborers.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

From the above it will be seen hat we
have had more or less rain during every
month in the year, and near A feet in
depth, of water, have fallen, and almos,
one half that amount, during the months
of June and July. Two feet of snow
last winter; and SIS rainy days during the
year. The force of the winds, counting
from one TO ten, has only been two, or, a
fresh breeze. There is near an equal
number of days of North and South winds
5l-l00 of the time has been cloudy, or
one half the number of days. The av-
erage degree of heat, during the year,
has been 400. The wurmest month be-
ing last Sept, when the average was
rs and July last, next in the degree Of
heat, being 730 ,. Dec. and Jan. last,
only averaged 80 . or freezing point,
and Nov. was | Q colder than Jan. and
Dec. The average cold Of Feb. was CAIy
IL below freezing point.
The greatest degree of heat for a year
past, was on the 18th and 18th of Sept.
last, the thermometer standing at 95
a, ., p. NJ. The coolest day was on the
10 of Feb, when it was lSo below
zero.
The first frost was on the 10Th of Oct.
last. The first snow was on The 9TH OF
November. The last steam boat passed
down on the 10Th Of November.
Slush ice began to run on the 10Th oil
the same month, and on the Goth the riv'
er was reported closed, below, but on the
29th it was open. On the 18th of Dec
the frost was out of the grouau and OF
the 25,h of January he wild geese were
flying North. On the 9th Ct February
: the river closed and remaired closed unit
: the 4th of March. The ground wa
; bare on the 26th of February.
On the Goth of March, the first steam
er of the season, Plltte Valley" arriv
1 ed. Wheat and Oats were sown on tn
last of March, and people commenced t
make their gardens.
From the above, it will be seen tina
we have a delightful climate. The pa:
o year has been unusually wet, but it doe
K not seem to have injured the crops a
the wet weather in some Of the State
e east of us. Corn bids fair 10 be yer
fine !; and though we have had an unusu
l. al amount Of cloudy weather, the Angus
l. sun is maturing the corn very rapidly
have heard some complaints about tn
wet weather, and the great quantity {
!" rain and seen some very unbecomIn
G and irreverent remarks in different pa
pers about the weather, but would ash
where are those S,Odrms of grass-hoppeI
n that were srpected to consume every thin
N that was planted or sowna Disappears
without doing us any harm, and thus S
D. lently rebuking both our unbelief, and on
u murmurings.
Respectfully, BELLEVUE.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Flour MrLLs.-There are now 10
Touring mills in St. Louis that turn out
daily about 5000 brls of -four. Multiply
this by 300, the number Of working days
in a year, and we have ! 500 900 brls Of
-four made in 81. Louis alone.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

At a recent meeting of the Historical
Society in New York, DIR. Bacon read a
paper on the languages spoken in that
city, giving an interesting account of
each, showing its origin and character.
Eighty languages, he stated, are used in
business and social intercourse among the
inhabitants, being a greater number than
in any other city in the world.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

JoHS A.. JACKSON, the sculptor has
been engaged for sometime in modelling
a bust of John Howard Payne, the author
of " Sweet Home" 1t Is to be placed in
the Boston Music Hall.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Abiding TO the great flood at Cairo,
Prentice says There has been for some
time past, a larger floating population in
Cairo than in any other city of its size in
the United States"
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

A poor Irishmsn offered an old SAUCE
pan for sale. His children gslheIsS
around him, and enquired why he Par..SS
with it? "Ah me honeys," answer
he, 4" ! would not be after parting WIN :" ~
but for a little money to buy something "
put in it,"
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
Respectfully, BELLEVUE,

A negro lately fell from the upper story
of a warehouse in Charleston, S. c., n
distance of thirty feet, striking head first
on a whiskey barrel. The result was the
barrel leaked,
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Gov. w. A. Richardson has issued a
Proclamation, calling an extra session Of
the Legislature, to meet on Tuesday,
September 2lsi.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

THE FARM; A Pocket Manual of Prac.
teal Agriculture or How to Cultivate all
the Field Crops. Embracing an EXPOSE
ton of the Nature and Action of Soils
and Manures; the Principles o Rotation
in Cropping /; Directions for Irrigation,
Draining, SubsoiIing, Fencing, Planting
Hedges, etc.; Descriptions of Improved
Agricultural implements Instruction in
the Cultivation of the various Farm Crops.
How to Plant and Cultivate Orchards, etc.
We have received Il copy of this excel
lent farm.book from the publishing house
of Fowler 4 Wells, New York City, and
cheerfuIly recommend it to every Farm
er in our Territory. 1t is, just what ii
processes TO- be. a pocket manual, Of some
l54 pages; and may be obtained at the
above establishment, at the low sum Of
80 cents. In a new country like ours,
where every thing about a farm is to be
made. such a pocket companion, would be
of almost invaluable worth. The farm
would soon exhibit the advantages; be-
sides placing hundreds of dollars in the
possessor's pocket. We have long regret
ted, that agriculture was not more studied
as a science, and we hail with pleasure,
the efforts of Fowler & Wells, to dissent
nate information respecting an employ
meut as useful and necessary, as it is hon
orable.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

The Ferry across the Platte, at Cedar
Island, is now in operation. Two new
boats have been constructed, and every
thing connected with the Ferry, has been
repaired in the most thorough manner
Teams can now cross there with dispatch.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Congress. during its late session. pass,
ed ffly-two general acts, t~wenty.slx JOIN
resolutions, and any number OF prIVa''
acts for the relief of individuals.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

FoREsr CIrY.-At a special session of
the County Commissioners, yesterday,
Forest City was incorporated, and a Board
Of Trustees was appointed.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

It is estimated that the gold mines Of
California and Australia yield q hundred
millions a year.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
The Florence Courier and Mo-
Tor strickland.

gOr StElCktthtu'
The Courier, the medium through
which Jim Mitchell, spits his froth and
foam, and harmless malice upon the world,
is out in its last issue upon Major Strick-
land, who we undertake to shy, through a
kind heart, (too prone to sympa,hise with
all classes of men and hings) has done
more to give Mitchell tone and import
ance IN the Territory, than all his i'll got
ten gains. secured through perjury and
fraud. and other crimes which are name
less. But all the froth and foam and ven-
ON. elected from Mitchell's mouth, flies
hack into Mi,helrs face, as his present
derredation, after four years Of ranting,
fully illustrates.
We would inform Jim Mitchell that
the time has come, in the history of Ne
braska politics, when such chaps as he is
are estimated at their real worth. They
have deprecated in value, if possible,
more rapidly, than Florence lots. We
believe that they were once bought at
high figures, when speculation was ram
pant, and traders reckless in money and
morals, but now they are hardly worth
kicking out of ones way.
The straws to which he has hung his
drowning hopes, and failing prospects,
wont up-bear them. They will sink as
low in the waters of oblivion, as Mitch.
ellis character has, in the sewers of NOR
al filth. They will know no resurrection
as the bosom which cherished them, and
h o mind which conceived, knows nothing
pure, and feels nothing manly.
But we are forever done with Mitchell
we hope. He is so rotten and corrup
that if he were hurled, body and breech
es, into the place prepared for him, thu
flames would shrink from him, instructive
", as virtue does from vice. They woulC
swear that their bargain was not Il
burn such things as that.
GEN. BowEN.-The Nebraska Cit,
News published a week or two since, ths
"this distinguished Gineral had bee
cleaned out" the plain English of whic
was, that he had been defeated as Coun
Gilman for Sarpy County. The New
man either knew at the time that he wa
writing a faIsehood, or he has since Learn
ed it, and ye, he permits the report
90 the rounds Of the press without maxim
the amende-honorGbk
Gen. Bowen was not defeated. II
true his majority was not as great as n
friends expected. His opponent, ID
Boykin is one of our most popular an
gentlemanly citize ms, and polled a niue
larger vote than any other man could hss
done. Every influence tina, could /
conceived was brought to bear to seeuI
the election Of the DIR. and defeat II
Gen. but in spite Of all he was electe,
and will represent Sarpy County for Il
next two years as he has in the Two yea
past.
As 10 the attack upon the General
personal character by the News man, v
do not consider it worth notice. II
pretty we'll understood that the so-call'
Editor is only the ~suppliant TOOL Of /
Master who rides a black boss, and III
the one is no more responsible than
other. We have only to say hat tho
who live in glass houses ought not
throw stones.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

IRRATIONAL LEGISLATURE. - The
following named gentlemen were elected
members of the Territorial Legislature.
There are a few Counties yet to hear
'front.'
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Contested by Silas A. Strickland.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Washington, SarPy, and Burt Counties.
COUNCIL.
George w. Doane.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
Sarpy County.
COUNCIL.

L. L. Bowen,
HOUSE.
b. P. Rankin,
Matthew J. Shields.
Charles c. Norwood.
Stephen H. Wattles.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19
Cas-, Dodge, and Platte Countiks-
CaSs County.
COUNCIL.


E. A. Donelan.
U
T. M. Marquette.
r. G. Doom.
VIM. r. Davis.
VIM. j. Young.
Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1858-08-19

Dodge, Platte, and Munroe Counties
HOUSE.
Henry w. Dupuy.