Nebraska advertiser., 1862-05-15

The only objection that can De raised
against emancipation in Missouri is, that
as the State Constitution provides that
the Legislature shall pass no act Of en-.
ancipation without compensation to The
owners, it will increase the State debt to
an-sIoFmous5 extent
BY an arrival from Fl. Henry {. IS
stated that not less than 200 of the Ne
braska Cavalry were captured yesterday
By the rebels, who we're under Clay King,
instead Of JEFF. Thompson as first reported
A strong force has been sent in pursuit Of
the rebels 81 9gsW d5om-3sd sd1 II
The runner of The e~gaceatioROf Geripth.
and its occupation by the federal forces,
is repeated by every arrival Of deserter&c
The opinion gains ground that there will
be 40 general engagement at Or near the
present position Of the rso5 armies. sa9.q
A naval engagement took place al Ft
Wright on Saturday, lasting one hour
One rebel boat was. sunk and two blown
up. Only two Of our boats were, epgagi
ed q ytaiatIso gai1zshu div 5nio5
Gen. Wool. with a force Of 5O0Oqcross-
ed a. WillOughbs Point Friday night,
and affected a landing in the morning,
and commenced their march or Norfolk
five miles from the landing. The rebel
battery was stationed on the opposite side
Of Lovden's Greek. After q few shots
The rebels retreated, afterB burning the
bridge, which compelled the Federal
troops ao3march round five miles further.
AT SO clock in the afternoon. withmaH
shore distance of the cry Of Norfolk, our
forces were met By the citizens, who
formally surrendered the city. Our troops
marched in, and now hold possession
Gen. Yeils commands as Military Gov,
ernoFs sey on re oItfiI slen vsbs sadt
Neither Giwor Navy Yardwas burnedi
Gen. Huger.s lcommandin rebel forces
withdrewwithou atRghtsd Isila ,sm1o 2
1.-The Mefrimac was blown up at five
O'Clock on Saturday morning aaa5 9aoa
TIE Monitor and Naugatuck %gunboats
have COMO 10 Norfole.t 'S y"
n93GeF Az42--A@
eg Death Rather than Slavery z.
~ ~nm aa-w nr hnH 81 mHFnwLI 6MFMT ~
Somebody ia letter from our. armyin
Tepnessey, narrates a tragedy at slave
AUCTION as folows: Nj yo13s5b O. dgDons
YfsA weeks or two since, Rolarge and
rather ntelligentemulalto was takenfTom
his wife aud children, and seld to a Texas
planter at danes mart, Hewas greatly
depressed, and seemed for a time uncon-
~scious Of everything passing around bin.
At last he aroused himself from bis in
trosspection,, and asked il he had been.
sold and to whom3 The name Of the
planter was given, and the l6ca4io of his
plantalion. edc .sdoBj1a 1l9df sji7ai
81 An expressionoo of agony, sucCeededvby
a cloud of dtspair, passed over the mans
face 3 but without speakiDgp he sWalked
quietly into the middle of the slreeig and
before any one could divine his motive,
or anticipate his Intention he. drew a
pistol, which he had concealed upon his
person, and placing The muzzle 10 his
forehead, pulled the trigger. "a sac.
The upper art Of the mulatto's head.
was fairly blown off, aud he fell a man
gled corpse inuhe midst of the crowded.
thoroughfaresD 8 fsdt nis3I3o al 81
The bondsman was free.3a Suicide had
saved him from SIaYerys5b baa .sonsH
The crowd gathered for q moment
about the body. A few asked, What
the devil was the matter with the nigger2Tf
Others Observed: 1.-THE did niger
must have been crazy and the Texas
planter swore rOundlyAsaying, q sDAn
the cursed derkey. 81 could have sold him
for aahousand dollars. RoI'm9iust so much
out of pocket. If he'd come to life again,
I'd give him forty lashes.1l ,ad 'afi sdT%
But the crowd went hurrying on, and
the NEGRO, and the gFeatdragedysdeepe
and more awful than "Othello,'s were
forgotens and the heroic martyr was
was hauled awaylike prison .nssvog
s.1asap M- aogma7
sdi 70 hseo-sab no5a e9Af ViEai19e bs9w bas
"A Nuisance. aioH
-hlEg 11 q bs4ea EftlsT 055G I'd ncllre p ga
ID ortaLeavenworth instead of being an
advantage and a means of protection 10
Kansas has ever been filled with those
vine have been her ~oppressors. When
The Democratic party vent into aobliYioDi
it was expected that this order Of things
would be changed, and that the people Of
Kansas would be made 10 feel that they
had friends in the FoFt-especialIy SO,
as Kansas was the meanS of bringing the
Republican party into power. But thus
far. the country has been disappointed.-
Sturgis, Denver and Prince are inc rulers
al the Fort. They all three hale The
ffeepeople of Kansas. Denver, although
f~SrorlcdsIy obnoxious to them, has Beeh
esicesaFast 4po69Ren4 as military Fetbne
mander. If anything could Justify loyal
oficersiin resigning, land refining fEom
the 6eldsh3 isSneh acts ass ihe abOys.A
Sturgis ans1 Prince heartily dispse ssAbs
oGg9nistsn and StBIaekt Republicaps,''