Nebraska advertiser., 1867-11-07
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thanksgiving cay,
Speaking of the prospect that the
Democrats will nominate Mcclellan and
Pendleton next year. the Providence
Journal calls il " the old liCkes-indeCi-
SION and repudiaiiOn." +.
The completion of the Columbia
branch of the North Missouri railroad
was celebrated at Columbia on Tuesday,
the 29lh inst.
johnson is the name Of the man Of
giant intellect at Pittsburg, who fastened
bristles to the tail of a rat, and sold the
reconstructed animal for a squirrel.
The government has ordered head.
boards 70 be put at the graves Of the con.
spirators who are buried in the arsenal
grounds, for the purpose of Identification.
The requests of their friends for She
disinterment of the bodies, in order 10
give them honorable burial, has been de-
clined.
Garibaldi's forces were estimated at
IL 1000, by dispatches of Oct. 9Th.
Gov. Fenton, of New York, has issued
a proclamation appointing the 9Th of
November as a day Of thanksgiving.
The Indians placed sod on the Union
Pacific track a few days since between
Antelope and Pine Bluffs stations, in
tending to throw the trains from the
track. Some workmen on a hand car
discovered and folIed their design.
The first snow of The season COM
menced falling at ST. Paul, MINI, on the
morning of the 29lh. Il showed in Chi
cagO the same evening.
The Governor of Illinois will concur
with the President in recommending the
28lh of November as a day of thanks
giving throughout the State, and will in
due time issue his proclamation TO that
effect.
II is said Spain has decided to JOIN in
any action of The Catholic powers in ia.
vOr Of the Pope.
Fourteen cOlored delegates have been
elected to the Alabama State Conven-
ton, and eighteen to The Virginia Con-
vention.
The President has issued a proclama.
ton recommending that the 28th of No
vember be observed as a day of national
thanksgiving.
The President has pardoned the rebel
General Marmaduke.
The Italian people almost unanimously
proclaim their sympathy, and hold large
meetings adopting addresses to the king
favOring Rome as the capital of Italy.
The late storm on the Rio Grande was
the most destructive within the memory
of man. Twenly-six persons were killed
al Ma'amoras and 500 houses and hu,s
blown down ; ten were killed AT Browns
vile, twelve at Brazos, and not a house
left standing in Bagdad. Ninety inhab
i,ants escaped on a vessel, and the bal
ance persisted. The greatest distress
prevails.
The five hundredth mile of the Union
Pacific Railroad was laid October 26lh.
Seventeen miles more will carry the
track to Cheyenne, at the Eastern base
of the Rocky Mountains.
The pardon record shows that all the
Kentucky Generals have been ~pardoned,
except Breckinride and Buckner.
A cheese weighing 1000 pounds was
q of the attractions of The Provincial
Fair at Kingston.
The resources of the National Banks
Of the country amount to 81 .595. 0O0, 900,
with undivided profits amounting 10 $40,
500, 600.
Quarrels between the Prussian Cabi.
and the local authorities of Saxony
and Hanover are said to be frequent and
JEFF. Davis viii leave Canada for
Richmond about the middle of this
month. His lawyers profess to have
doubts as to whether he will be tried.
The foreign vote of New York city is
$4,000; the native vote $4,000.
The Times special says the impeach-
ment question is gaining no strength
either IN the Senate or the House. The
proposition for a continuOus session cur.
ing JohnsOn's term of office is fayorably
received.
The treaty with the Kiowas and Ca.
manches gives them 5000 square miles
100000 acres-of land between the
north fork of Red River and the Red
River. The tribes number 1000. The
Indians are to receive a suit Of clothing
annually, besides other presents, They
SSree 10 keep a lasting peace.
MAJOR General Lew Wallace is pro.
posed as a Republican candidate for Gov.
of IndiaEa, and will prove a for.
competitor for Gov. Baker, who
seemed to have the inside track hitherto.
John A. Andrew, Ex-Governor of
Massachusetts, died October Both, of
lpoPlexy.
The gold disbursements between the
lst of November and the LIST of January
will be $50. 0O0, 900 for interest on Eve
wentles and the Mexican loan.
A telegram from JacI sonville, Oregon.
taIes that General Crook was defeated
October 9Th, near Goose Lake valley.
y the Pima and Pima river Indians.
rhe fight lasted two days and Crook was
ompelled to retire. The loss was Ii.
and six men killed, and twenty