Nebraska advertiser., 1860-05-31
The News.

On the 2lst of this month, the most de-
Sttuctive tornado ever known, visited the
City of Cincinnati, and vicinity, destroy
ing property in the city alone, to the sum
of over a million of dollars. Quite a
number of lives were lost, and the dam
age in the country adjacent was great;
blowing railroad trains off the track, and
decks Off of steamboats,.
In Congress but little is doing, as usu
al, except making Presidents, tearing
down aspirants therefor. and spending the
peoples money in high living, and to such
an extent as to Danish from the minds
Of eye-witnesses, all the cherished ideas
Of the Republican simplicity Of this Gov
ernment Of ours. or al least Of the men
who occupy high places.
The Pacific Railroad Bill known as Cur
It's Bill was made the special order for
Monday last. The Bill proposes starting
from two points, one on the western bor-
der Of Missouri, the other from the wes-
tern border Iowa, running westward and
uniting al Fl. Kearny, and thence pro-
ceeding by a single trunk line to the Bay
OF San Francisco, or the nRvigable wat.
ers Of The Sacramento. We think there
Is but little doubt of the final passage Of
the bill at this session of Congress.
An effort is being made to withdraw
all prominent Democratic candidates for
the Presidency, and take up some new
and, we suppose, unknOwn-man. This
is the sugar-coated plan of the opponents
Of Mr.. Douglas, and one of the tricks Of
the abominable Convention system. Mr..
Douglas is the choice of not only the dem
ocratic party, but the masses of the voters
of the country; and there is no reason,
good n or honesty in setting him aside
TO crafty the feelings of hatred and jeal-
ousy, only entertained by a few ~ire-eat-
ing aspirants and their friends, who have
never been able to secure a place in the
popular heart of the country. We want
representative men as Candidates for.
AMI 20 ill the Presidential Chair. We
hope the day of Conventions with al
their attendant trickery and corruption j:
about to be numbered among the things
hat WERE" and remembered no more for.
ever" Let US have Douglas and submit
his claims to the people, and we have nc
fear as TO the result.
The Republicans in a few places in the
States outside Illinois and Indiana are fore
ing iubilant civilizations over the nomina.
tions of Lincoln and Hamlin. An effort
will be made-in fact is already being
made to get up a fence rail Juror over
Honest Old Abe" akin to the log cab.
IL excitement in the days Of ~"Tippecano,
and Tyler loop 1t appears that in 1896
ABE" made quite a number of rails
and fenced in a truck patch,' in Sangam-
on county Illinois. Being made of good
hard wood many of them are yet "in a
good state of preservation" Two Of
them were exhibited in the Chicago Con-
venlion, decorated with red ribbons, just
previous TO the nominating ballot, and il
is thought, had a tremendous influence in
securing his nomination. A jealous Re-
publican Club in Pennsylvania is endeav-
oring to purchase of the present owners,
oil the rails made by ABE inlS30, with
a view Of erecting rail pens as an election
eering hobby. The owner, it appears, IN.
ders,ands which side his bread is butter
ed-ond, perhaps, is a good Douglas man
-an1 insists upon a good round price,
which be will likely get, as it win be I'M
possible to get along without the rail pens.
The National Homestead Bills are yet
in stdfa quo.