Nebraska advertiser., 1860-12-20
c0rresnondence from DE eapIlaI.
OuanA, Dec. II.

NJ. Editor she Legislature IS work
iag very smoothly, here has been q large
number Of hils Introduced, and passed
The second reading, and several hav
pa sed the ao1se and been sent 10 ths
Cornell ; anong others a bill 10 sbollss
he cffee IF MasIefsjn Chancery, and
bill to nfobibit Slavery in Nebraska
which bill passed the House with but Two
dissenting votes Aston and Porter, both
Of Richardson.
Mr.. Acton protested -agdfnst the biz ~
prohibit slavery, and wished to have. bis
protest Spread Oh tie joUrnai, but as ID
w~a=Teryl long esFnEeeoHtaiuingtz
or three stump speeches) the House re-
fused he tried again this mbrning re
another form-tolget 1t entered on the
journal. andfailed again
Mr.. Baker has been very sick for seve-
raj days, butts thoughtto be recovering.
Mr.. Hacker has introduced a bill, to
build 4 bridge, across The litle Nemaha
near Neuaaha CITY alsos a mem9ial an6
Joint resolution for a mail route from Ne
maha Cit4rto, Blue Springs in Gage Go.
Mr11HaaneA has intrOdOced 3bhl to
amend a bill. &C., for opening, repairin-
ing and locating county roads also, a
memorial and joint resolution, relating to
School Lands also, amem6rial andJoint
resolution for Geological Surveyor Ne
braska.
Mr.. Fisher has introduced a bill to
amend the Revenue Law; also, bill
against burning prairies; also, a fee bill.
Mr.. Parker, of. Clay, has introduced a
bill to. .apportjon the Territory for mem
befs5 Of the Legislature. If qAas bill
passes Nemaha, Johnson, Clay and Gage,
and probably EaGeaaer, WlloBend two
Councilmen. Nemaha alone will send
five Representatives,; Johnson and Gage
The MsJtaskian, Of lastweek ia speak
ing of Dundy being allowed his seat in
the ountilseontained1 the following SEN
tence:
THAT semamens Taglora and Dundy for
instance, should sanction even greater
frauds than the one referred to, occasions
no surprise, but hat Upton, Thayer and
Tafe, men who have some reputation for
moral honesty, should connive at such a
wrong is amazing. There are some men
So yehal and corrupt that they would
barter the virtue of their wives and
mothers for gold or political power"
Mr.. Upton arose in his plaeetthis morn
ing and drew the "a ttehtioh}6f the Coun-
Gil to this infamous sentence, and, among
other things, said, seIf This charge is true,
l am a~ssociating with men more degraded
than the inmates Of our jaiis and pehe-
t~entiaries, &e.O nstaIsF Lass
He (Tipton) then read alstatement of
facts showing that Dundy's certificate was
all correct, and thataH the members of
the Council, without distinction of party,
were satisfied of that fact, and that there
was no opposition to Dundy having his
seat IN the Council.
Mr.. Belden, (dem) of Omaha, follow
ed Mr.. Tiptsn, and said that he did MOI
rise to apologize for Robertson, that Rob.
had done wrong, and had stated that
which was not true that he (Belden)
was one of the committee on credentials,
and was satisfied that Dundy was entitled
to the seat, and that the charge of the
NebrdSkida reflected on the character of
EVERY member .ofsIAeC oGncitsE He sag-
gested that they turn Rob. over to the
clergy, IN hopes that they would be able to
improve his morals. 10 baa sbcis "a % s89a92ss
Each member of the Council arose and
denounced Robertson for his mean and
slanderous conduct. Tafe said, among.
other things, that he was Sorry ROB- had
spoken favorably of him, (Tafe9 for he
considered it a disgrace for any man to
be praised by Robertson t5'7'7 '..aoz
Strickland idithat last winter he had
traced up six of RobertsOn's lies, and now
did not think it worth while to pay any
attention to him, for Rob. was beneath
any mans notice. q r wuTrrF
Little and Goss, tdem) both spoke in
pretty much the same strain, in fact there
weae "none so poor as to do him reyer-
ence." -as.a~ era
never heard a man get such a tongue
lashing, and unfortunately he deserved
every word of II, Rumor says that Rob.
had better keep within doors fOra few
weeks. $50 "-''
From all the evidence we can attain
here, it seems that the Half Breeds tract
is, to all inlehts and purposes, the same
as an Indian reservation. Now, l think,
that we ought. 10 lake immediate action
to bring II within the Jurisdiction of the
Territory; and ] suppose the proper way
would beebya petition to the President,
setung forth the facts Of The case, show
ing that many of the inhabitants Of that
tract are white persons, that the land is
owned by individuals, and that ii is rap
IDLY passing into the hands of citizens of
the UHited States, that we need the taxes
from that land, and the inhabitants want
the right to vote at our elections.
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