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E N O N A E I
W. W. MAtVtBD. MUw.
OOX7KCII. BLUJ
SATURDAY,: DECEMBER 26, 1857.
anan.
Tfce rreaident'. Mr»*(r. I Xerritory of Utah." la this position, wo
This document is as long the "moral!
law," aa remarkable as tfco "Ostcnd Mani-1
slwflM* nonrconuaitul, as
the present course of the "little giant," as ,n
fearless, frank and outspoken as
Young's
declaration of War, and as great a
"tissue of glittering generalities," as the
black democracy persist in declaring Jtrrnt
»ox'» declaration of Independence. It is,
on the wk jle, a remarkable document—and
from a remarkable source. Besides, it is a
very disingenaooa document, as we propose
to show.
In consequence of the greatly reduced
revenue, derived from duties on imports
from abread, tho President is of the opin
ion that a loan may be necessary before the
close of the present session of Cmgrees.—
Or, in other words, the Federal Government
is pecuniarily embarrassed, and the Presi
dent proposes to issue Teeasury Notes to
meet its liabilities* And this too, in the
face of the fuct, that elsewhere in the same
document, hc denounces the system of bank
ing, and passes a glowing eulogy upon the
epccie sub-treasury, sad returns his "thanks
to tho independent treasury." To our mind
there is not a particlo of difference in prin
ciple, between issuing of Treasury Notes
by the federal Government to meet a con
tingency, and notes issued by corporations
or individuals, for the same purpose.
The President then indulges in a prolix
disquisition upo'i the currency, baBks, bank
ing, the tariff, and the late financial revul
sion. After stating that it is the duty of
Congress to "inquire what has produced
such unfortunate results, and whether their
recurrence can be prevented," he very sin
gularly comes to the conclusion that
"in eith
er aspect of the case, it can do but little
and that, "after all, we must mainly rely
upon the patriotism and wisdom of the
States for the prevention and redress of
tho evil." If Congfess has nothing to do
with this matter, why did tho President
deem it "necessary and expedient" to ••re
commend to their consideration such mea
sures?" We cannot tell, unless it were for
tke purpose of showing off his inconsistency
at the expense of the Government, and
smothing over the tariff question, and lay
ing the blnme of the late revulsion at the
door of "an excessive and irredeemable pa
per currency." The President further says,
that the "best and most enterprising men
havo been temptod to their ruin, by exces
sive buuk loans of mere paper credit."—
This if very true, and tho President should
havs taken warning from the fate of indi
viduals, and not recommended to the Fed
eral Government, a pursuance^ the same
suiciUul course.
Tho President admits that "it is one of
the highest and most responsible duties of
Into partv, refuses to carry out what ho ad-
ftnd
ing a "vicious system of paper currency and i wards keeping alive the military spirit of
But tho most disingenuous portion of the
whole document, is that which treats of
Kansas affairs. It is profuso in wilful and
palpable fabrications and contradictions,
pledged to the people, tho right, unrestrict
ed by fraud or violence, of voting for or
against tho Constitution that might be
framed bv the Convention, and says he
would
Buchanan
JtJL
iR t),e
shot-gUn
like to have redeemed this pledge under '"2
th#^r*si-
illec'ided pad fl#, Ui| fedgPiMft
oMhe#uppt tf||foii|gj»i, *b»t
ffmay, in stTppresiinguw iMarrectTon.and
in restoring and tMiataiaing the Sormip
ty of the Constitat|#ay and i*w» orer tbe
&
belicT0 thc Preride|l| the g00
,Bto
.. ,L to the shoulder, a part of the shoulder ioint
other circumstanees, but now wishes to be
let off on tho ground, that if he insisted upon
it* fulfillment, it would raise a muss in the
ranks of
the Democracy and thereupon,!
occupied too much public attention," and ...
therefore, ought to be admitted into the IT**'™*0*^
Union under the Lecoinpton Constitution,
for the purpose of turning public attention
to "far more important objects." James
will fiud to his sorrow, that suoh
artant knavery and dodging wont work.—
Buchanan
wi8|,et
nnd kindlv support of mtxJ
right-minded
Umtodgtate*
t0 oar
Bbicha*|pre#idellt
Nations with Spain, the
is
u) oatspokefl, and
well he g},tj for hc not yet
the
forgotten
chagrin caused by his ineffectual at-
tempt to wrest the island of Cuba from the
Spanish Government.
In relation to Filibustering, the organi
zation of new Territories, and other matters,
the President is rather non-committal, pre
senting the arguments pro and con. We
shall have more to say of the message here
after.
fa Time at Feaee Prepare far War.
As the time approaches for the assem
bling of the Legislature, we would call the
attention of the members, to a subject that
has heretofore been overlooked, or not deem
ed worthy of Legislative action. We refer
to the fact, that the State of Iowa has no
military law. In eonseqaence of this defi
ciency, this State has no organized Militia,
and military drill and discipline are almost
unknown among us. Besides, by this ne
glect, the State has not received its quota
of arms, authorized to be distributed to
each State by tho General Government, un
der the act of April 23, 1808, and subse
quent acts. While other States, by reason
of their well-directed efforts to effect a
thorough military organization, have receiv
ed their allotment of arms and accoutre
ments every year, and been provided with
well-fitted up arsenals, the State of Iowa
has never received any arms, excepting a
few set aside to her by special act of Con
gress in 1856. This state of things is sim
ply owing to tho fact, that there is no law
on our statute books, providing for the or
ganization of the Militia—consequently, the
proper return could not be made to the Sec
retary of War, and in the absence of which
return, the Secretary very properly refuses
to transfer to the State, its quota of arms
and accoutrements, camp equipage, Ac. If
a law were passed providing for tho enroll
ment of the Militia of the State, and our
allotment of military stores obtained from
the General Government, there would no
doubt be a large number of military com
panies formed, officered, uniformed and
equipped, ready at any moment to march
to the defence of the country—besides being
an ornament and honor to the State.
The new Constitution provides that the
"Militia of this State shall be composed of
all able-bodied white male citizens, between
the ages of eighteen and forty-five years,
except such as are, or may hereafter be ex
empt by the laws of the United States or of
this State, and shall be armed, equipped
and trained, as the General Assembly may
the Government to insure to the people a provide by law." Now, we hope the corn
sound circulating medium," but very 'ng Legislature will pass a General Militia
strangely say9, that, "unfortunately, under Law, providing for tho appointment of an
the construction of tho Federal Constitu- Adjutant General of tho State, and that
tion, which has now prevailed too long to shall cause the proper returns to be made
bo changed," this duty has been transferred that officer, so that he may be enabled
from the hands of tho General Government, regularly to report in the proper way to the
to that of fourteen hundred State Banks—
thus doing injustice to individuals, as well
as inflicting incalculable evils upon the com
munity. Here, after acknowedging the ex
istence of Banks of issuo as in direct con
flict with theFedcral Constitution, the Presi
dent declines to take the responsibility of
bringing the Government back to the cxercise
of its legitimate functions. Why? Be
cause the "construction has prevailed too
Secretary of War, and thus enable the
State to receive its just proportion of arms
and accoutrements now due, or to which it
may hereafter become entitled.
We would suggest that tho Legislature
encourage by enactment, (he enrolling of
Stale Rights vs«
i'urc
Opposition to banks has ever been a! Encampments, where the different compa-1H°use by a vote of 20 to 13. These
cardinal principle in the Democratic creed, nies, Regiments, Battalions and Divisions,I resolutions place B. B. Chapman, the Ohio
and now the embodiment of this immacu- could bo brought together for inspection
inits to be the true intent and meaning of other States, thereby creating a general ri- sentimQuts of four-fifth* of the people
the Constitution, solely for tho purpose of valry among the different companies, to ex- Nebraska. Comment is unnecessary—
prolonging tho existence of "fourteen hun-
e°l
dred StuteJ banks," and thereby encourag- Such an organization would do much to-
bank credits, cxciting the people to wild our citizens, and possibly be of great bene
speculation and gambling in Btocks." If fit to both tho State and the General Go
the construction of the Constitution in rela- vcrnmcnt. It would be well also, to pro
tion to banks, has prevailed too long to be vide for the creation of three or more State to°h'is~8eat in "your body as Delegate' from
changed, why did not tho same argument Arsenals, for the safe-keeping of the arms the Territory of Nebraska, and believing it
hold good in regard to tho construction of and accoutrements which may hereafter come
the Constitution repecting the prohibiting into our possession—placing them
v 8
of Slavery in tho Territories? That con
struction prevailed fully as long as the one
which tho President is opposed to disturb
ing. We suppose from this, that it is only
when there is a "colored man in the tim
ber," that the President falls back upon
what he is pleased to consider the true con
struction of the Constitution. "Consistency,
thou art, iudoed, ajewel!"
the charge of proper officers. For instance,
The President bows to the behests of tho manner similar to that of other States. We
Slave Oligarchy, without a regret, and peti- look to the next Legislature for an adequate
fogs his case with much seeming gusto. He and well-digosted law upon this subject, and
maintains that all the elections in tho Ter- hope the press throughout the Stato will
ritory have been legal, ni\d free from either urge it upon them.
violence and fraud, and that ho has used the
strong arm of the military power, only to
put down disorganizing movements. Now,
it is well-known that quite the contrary is
the truth in the premises. II admits
in his instructions to Gov.
Walker,that
*h« P«* the left arm, carry­
P/f
'he"rm
ectej»
concludes that Kansas has, for ''some years i ~.
'suffering the most excruciating pain, from
possibility of recovery. The boj died on
the 18th inst.
Cy The editor of the Iowa City Reporter
is as obtuse as the end of a barn. IIo says
that we asserted in "good sober earnest"
The Chicago Tribune, in speaking of this- that we favored tho election of Gov. Grimes
portion of tho message, pointedly says, that i to the United States Senato, because of his
"Jr.
boldly espouses the cause efforts to keep the "Missoori River open."
of firo-eaters of Carolina and the highway-! Now, to prove we did not make that asser
men of Kunsas. lie flings the guantlet in tion in "sober earnest," and to show that
the face of North, spits upon the land which the Reporter man lie* under a mistake, it is
bore him, and upon seventy years of bis but necessary to quote two or three lines
own life, takes his party in the Free States i from
our
former article. After stating that
by the throat, and leaps with it into the we hoped and expected to announce Gov.
ditch. Poor old man! that you should bring Grimes' election to that post, we said that
your gray hairs so low! Lies so portentous
we
should expect "therefore during his term
that they darken civilization, smite the hu- of serviee, that the A/issourt River would
inanity and blaspheme the Christianity of be kept open during twelve montht in the
all ages' At least you have spared ytar'." If that can be
construed into "good
the place of
Washingio.nmightlast
this humilia-1 »0ber earnest," the Reporter is welcome to
all the capital it ean make out of it.
"But America tcill not be thve abated.—!
Tho language of the Nation's Chief implies1 £^It confidently asserted that Senator
the nation's very infamy. It means the
Douolasis
blasting of what little name remained to people of Kansas to form a Coastitution
her—the cursing of her ancestry martyred
has prepared a bill to enable the
i
and State Government, and that it is similar
and buried. Millions of freemen inspired in its provisions to that introduced by Mr.
by tke oommoh tnitfc and VtiHg by tho ge«.jToons, at tke last sessiea at Cengrsas*
War
tifeUtah
18th.—
ig made to
junctions tM-«wsreM braanhes of
the expedition prior to going into winter
quarters, bat swiM*. ^shj was experienced
by the cold and snow. Several of thesnpfdy
teams were yet behind with provisions Kid
clothing, of whieh the advene# were giNtlf
ia need. Col. J.jatsndsto |om a jnacfeOR.
with Col. Alexander at tho month of the
Fontenelle Creek, about thirty miles from
that ofioer's present camp at Home Fork
and not far from 70 miles from his own
catnp at South Pass. lie will winter at
Henry's Fork on Green river, where he hopes
that CoL Cook's command with which is
Gov. Cnmming, will join him. Col. J. thinks
his force barely adequato to the protection
of supply trains, and predicts that the con
test will be a protracted one, unless large
reinforcements be sent him. He speaks of
the impossibility of his making a retrograde
movement.
A telegram from Washington
of date Dee.
14th, says that private information received
by last mail from the Plains says that Dr
Ilort, Indian agent, and the only gentile of
the United States officers who remained in
Utah after the other officers left last spring,
effected his escape, and reached Col. John
son'scamp, on the Sweet Water. Previous
to the departure of the federal officers, Dr.
Hort took refuge with a band of Utah In
dians, 20 of whom directed him through
the passes of the mountains, llewas six
weeks reaching the South Pass.
The latest arrival from Utah is that of
Joseph Mageau, a Green River trader. His
accounts confirm the previous advioes. He
reports nearly all the emigrant trains as
suffering from Mormon depredations. Their
wagons being burned and cattle stolen.
Large quantities of grain stored at Fort
Bridger were burned by Mormons to prevent
their purchase by Government. They also
burned the grass on the route beyond Fort
Bridger. Snow was 3 feet deep in the
mountains and the country was covered far
east of the Bear river. Buffalo were adun
dont.
8.
Supreme G'oart.
The Black Democracy have received a
check in their headlong course to subjugate
this country to the sway of African barbar
ism. Following in the footsteps of the Dred
Scott decision, the Washington Union, (the
President's organ) a short time
since declared
that every citizen of one State coming into
another State, has a right to the protection
of his person, and that property which is
recognized as such by the Constitution of
the United States, any law of a State to the
contrary notwithstanding. In other words
that Slaves could be legally held in any of
the Freo States, by virtue of the Constitu
tion of the United States. As a sufficient
answer to this outrageous assumption, we
give tho words of the recent decision of the
Supreme Court of New York in the celebra
ted Lemon Case.
Comity does not require any State to ex
tend any creator privileges to"the citizens of
another State than it grants to its own. As
this State does not allow its own citizens to
bring a slave here, even in transitu, and to
hold him as a slave fot any portion of time,
it cannot be expected to allow citizens of
another State to do so.
Subdivision 1 of Section 2 of Articles 4 of
the Constitution of the United States makes
this measure of comity aright, but with the
limitation above stated it gives to the citi
zens of a sister State only the same privile
ges and immunities in our State, which our
laws give to our own citizens: it declares
t'lat
volunteer companies, uniformed and equip- I
ped, and thus create an interest in the mili
tia throughout the State. Also, provide
for tho formation of Divisions, Brigades,
long to bo changed!" This contemptible Regiments, Battalions, Ac., and the proper Pa,acd both Houses of thc Nebraska Legis
subterfuge is unworthy even James Brm- officering of the same. Also, for regular
"'he citizens of each State sh ill be enti
tled to all privilegi?s and im
zens in the several States."
n
"d immunities of citi-
Kelmiki—Joint R'nolnlieaiU ('M|rrH.
The following Memorial to Congress
^le Council by a vote of 8 to 5, and
usurPor
drill, the same as in Massachusetts and i
'n rather an unenviable position,
nn^ re^ec' we
each other in point of drill and discipline, read the resolutions, and then believe if you
in
and one at Council Bluffs, on the Missouri
River. We care not at what points the Ar
senals are located, so that convenience is
consulted, and merely suggest the above, as
appropriate places. There need be no great
expense incurred in the procurement of Ar
senals, as a room, in some small building at
each place, would suffice for the present nor
but little outlay in setting the whole Militia
system in motion, and carrying it out in a
J»T and Grief.
jfelaorn from the Ilsrrison County Flag,
that a Sir. Novs of that County, left home
on Friday, the 11th inst, for Council Bluffs.
On Saturday, his wife was delivered of
twins, and on Sunday morning, his second
son, a lad of 13 years, through some inad
vertence received the contents of a loaded
he
have good reason to believe,
ean
'hat Ciiai**an hat not reached the
er
t0
the premises. Therefore be it Resolved
one at some point on the Mississippi River, bj the Council and House of Representa
one at Des Moines, the Capital of the State, °f
tfle
Territory of Nebraska.
1st. That a very large majority of the
ople of the Territory of Nebraska believe
people of the Territory
that Hon. Fennor Ferguson was fairly and
legally elccted Delegato from tho Ter
ritory of Nebraska. Consequently, they
will bo slow to believe that efforts from anv
source will avail anything to deprive thciii
of the Representative of their choice, and a
Representative in whose capacity, intcgritv,
fidelity and incorruptibility they have tfie
fullest confidenco.
2nd. That the whole people of the Terri
tory indignantly repel the foul aspersions
i attempted to bo cast upon the character
of the Chief Justice of the Territory, the
present Delegate elect, charging in ef
fect perjury, under the pre-emption laws
of the United States knowing as thoy do,
that such charges and aspersions are
maliciously false, and entirely unfound
ed, coming from what source thoy may, and
they cannot but believe that such slander
ous and libelous charges have been made in
the hope or expectation that tho right of
the Delegato elect to his scat would be pre
judiced thereby.
3d. The forgoing Preamble and Resolu
tions shall be signed by the Prosident of the
Council and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, certified to by the Clerks
of each body, and a copy of the same be
forwarded bv said Clerks to the Sneaker of
the House of Representatives of tne United
States. Hon. Fenner Ferguson add lion.
B. B. Chapman.
ncXt
and horribly mangling the fleshy parts. On
returning to his family, Mr. Nors found the
"mother and children as well as could bo
in another room his soft
RmpUn Cel. Cartls.
Tbo following account of the reception of
Col. Curtis by his old friends and fellow
soldiers in Ohio, wo clip from a Mansfield
paper:
Col. Curtis, member of Congress elect
from Iowa, being a guest for several days,
of our esteemed fellow-townsman, Mr. C'. L.
Avery, was visited by a number of his old
comrades of the Mexican War, attended by
first rate martial music, on Monday evening
last. To an elegant and appropriate address
of welcome among us, from our old friend,
the veteran Gen. ftm. McLaughlin, given
in behalf of his associates in tho field and
camp, Generals Cantwcll and Ford, Lieut.
W.B.Bowland,Serjt. Reisscngerandothers
who were present. Col. Curtis mnde an elo
quent reply, thanking them for their kind
ness and courtesy extended to a fellow-sol
dior, and referring during his remarks to
scenes in the past, points of the present,
and prospect* tor the future, which caused
the bosoms of his hearers to swell with more
than usual emotions. After a general good
time was had, all hands adjourned, and we
now join in ringing out, with beaver raised
—long live the gallant Col. Cartis.
(j^The Washington Star says the Secre
tary of the Interior has issued orders for the
immediate opening to settlement of the
Government lands embraced within what
has, up to this time, been known aa the
Shawnee reservation in Kansas, west of th
thirty mile line. Thus, one million of acres,
'at leASt, of the finest lands in all the great
West, will be immediately subjected to pre
emption under this order. They are situa
Ikdj for.the most paru.in th,e .Pajfoee 4U
fw, (LaM Office at Lecompton.)
government ought not to undertake the
work itself by means of its own agents.—
Tbia ought to to'committed to other agen
cies, which Congress might assist cither by
giants of land or money, or by both, upon
terms and conditions as they nay deem
most beneficial for the country. Provisions
ttigbtttras be made not only* for Hie aaft,
rapid and economical transportation of
troops and munitions of war, but also of
thepublie mails. The commercial inter
ests of the whole country, both East and
West, would be greatly promoted by such
a road, and above all, it would be a power
ful additional bond of union. And although
advantages of this kind, whether postal
commcrcial or political, cannot eonfer con
stitutional power, yet they may furnish
auxiliary arguments in favor of expediting
a work which, in my judgment, is cloarlv
embraced withiu the war-making power.
For these reasons 1 commend to tne friend
ly consideration of Congress tho subject of
tne Pacific railroad, without finally commit
ting myself to any particular route.
TUE TREASURY.
The report of the Secretary of the Treas
ury will furnish a detailed statomcnt of the
condition of tho public finances and of the
respective branches of the publio service
devolved upon that department of the gov
ernment. By this report it appears that the
amount of revenue received from all
sources
into the treasury during the fiscal vear end
ing the 30th of June, 1857, was sixty-eight
millions six hundred and thirty-one thou
sand five hundred and thirteen dollars and
sixty-seven cents ($08,631,513.07,) which
amount with the balance of nineteen mill
ions nino hundred and one thousand three
huudred and twentv-fivo dollars and forty
five cents ($19,901,325.45,) remaining in
tho treasury at tho commencement of the
yoar, made an aggr^ate for tho service of
the vear of eighty-eight millions five hun
dred" and thirty-two thousand eight hundred
and thirtv-nine dollars and twelve cents($88,
532,839.12.)
Tho public expenditure for the fiscal year
ending 30th June, 1857, amounted to seven
ty millions eight hundred and twenty-two
thousand seven hundred and twenty-four
dollars nnd eighty-five cents ($70,822,724.
85), of which five millions nine hundred and
forty-three thousand eight hundred and nine
ty-six dollars and ninety-one cents ($5,943,
896.91,) were applied to tho redemption of
the public debt, including interest and pre
mium, leaving in tho treasury at the
commencement of the fiscal jem on the 1st
of July, 1857, seventeen millions seven hun
dred and ten thousand one hundred and
fourteen dollars and twenty-seven cents,
($17,710,114.27.)
The receipts into the treasury for the first
quarter of the present fiscal vear, commenc
ing 1st July, were twenty million nine hun
dred and twenty»nine thousand eight hun
dred and nineteen dollars and eighty-one
cents, ($20,929,829.81,) and the estimated
receipts of the remaiuing three quarters to
the 30th June, 1858, are thirty-six million
seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
($36,750,000,) making with the balance be
foro stated an aggregate of seventy-five mill-
hundred and sixty-three thousand and fifty
eight dollars and forty-one cents ($74 963,
(•58.41,) leaving an estimated balance in the
treasury at the close of the present fiscal
r"''
The amount of the public debt at the
commencement of the present fiscal year was
twenty-nine million nine hundred and sixty
thousand three huudred and eighty-six dol
lars and ninety cents, ($29,900,386.90.)
national debt.
The amount redeemed since tho 1st of
July, was three millions eight hundred and
ninety-five thousand two hundred and thir-
"low­
deep" of political scoundrelism
To the Home of Representatives of the
United States in Congress assembled:
Whereas, the Hon. B. B. Clmpmnn is con
ting the right of Hon. Fenner Ferguson
'l0!? duty devolving upon us, as Repre-
under
^J^tives of the people, to advise your Ilon-
I *. oralilo body of their wishes and svmpathtus
war and xavv.
I transmit herewith the reports made to
me by the Secretaries of tho War and of
I have already recommended tho raising
of four additional regiments, and the report
of tho Secretary of War presents strong
THE
I would call tho spccial attention of Con
gress to the recommendation of the Secre
tary of the Navy in favor of the construc
tion of ten small war steamers of light
draught. For soinc years the government
has been obliged on many occasions to hire
such steamers from individuals to supply its
pressing wants. At tho present tune we
Lavo no armed vessel in tho navy which can
penetrate tho rivers of China. We have
but few which can enter any of the harbors
south of Norfolk, although many millions
of foreign and domestic commcrce annuallv
pass in and out of those harbors. Somo of
our most valuable interests and most vul
nerable points are thus left exposed. This
class of vessels of light draught,
great speed
and heavy guns would be formidable in
coast defence. The cost of their construc
tion will not be great, and they will require
but a comparatively small expenditure to
keep them in commission. In time of peace
they- will prove as effective as much larger
vessels, and often moro useful. One of
them should be at every station where wo
maintain a squadron, and three or four
should be constantly employed on our At
lantic and Pacific coasts. Economy, utility
and efficiency combine to rccommend them
as almost indispensable. Ten of these
small vessels would bo of incalculable ad
vantage to the naval service, and the whole
cost of their construction would not excoed
two million three hundred thousand dollars,
or $230,000 each.
DEPARTMENT OF TUE INTERIOR.
The Report of the Secretary of the Inte
rior is worthy of grave consideration. It
treats of the numerous, important and di
versified branches of administration in
trusted to him by law. Among these the
most prominent are the public .nH
oar relations with the Indians.
pcrlic lands.
Out system for the disposal of public
lands, originating with the fathers of the
republic, has been improved as experienee
pointed the wav, and gradually adapted to
oar
stlUm?re
th4n
ilisnnssil of
land.
ads as a
boo
importance, their
i furnishing I
dent ra«4of
who
subdue and cultivate the soil. They oogjbt
to be administered mainly with a view of
promoting this wife awl •bcqefcdan! pcAiey.
In appropriating them for any other purpose,
we ought to use even greater economy than
if they had boen converted into money and
tho proceeds were already 16' tfie public
noblest inheritance which anv people have
ever enjoyed, upon objeots of doubtful con
stitutionality or expediency, would be to
violate one of the most important trusts
ever committed to any people. Whilst I
do not deny to Congress the power, when
acting bona fide as a proprietor, to give
away portions of them for the parpoee of
increasing the value of the remainder, yet,
considering the great temptation to abuse
this power, wo cannot be too cautious in its
exercise!
Aetual settlers under existing laws are
protected against other purchasers at their
public sales, in thoir right of pre-emption, to
the extent of a quarter section, or 160 acres
of land. The remainder may then be dis
posed of at public sale or entered at private
sale in unlimited quantities.
Speculation has of late years prevailed to
a great extent in the public lands. The
consequence has been that large portions of
thom nave become the property of individu
als and oompanies, and tnus the price is
greatly enhanced to those who desire to pur
chase for actual settlement. In order to
limit the area of speculation as much as pos
sible, tho extinction of the Indian title and
the extension of the public survevs ought
only to keep pace with the tide of emigra
tion.
If Congress should hereafter grant alter
nate sections to States or companies, as
they have done heretofore, I recommend
that tho intermediate sections retained by
the government, should be Subject to pre
emption by actual settlers.
It ought ever to be our cardinal policy to
reserve the public lands as much as may be for
actual settlers, and this at moderate prices.
We shall thus not only best promote the
prosperity of the new States and Territo
ries, and the power of the Union, but shall
secure homes for our prosperity for many
generations.
IXDIAX AFFAIRS.
Tho extension ot our limits has brought
within our jurisdiction many additional and
populous tribos of Indians, a large propor
tion of which are wild, intractable and diffi
cult to control. Predatory and warlike in
their disposition and habits, it is impossi
ble altogether to restrain them from com
mitting aggressions on each other, as well
as upon the frontier citizens and those emi
grating to our distant States and Territories.
Hence expensive military expeditions are
necessvry to overawe and chastise the more
lawless and hostile.
The present system of making them valu
ble presents to influence them to remain at
peace, has proven ineffectual. It is believed
to be the better policy to colonize them in
suitable localities, where tbey can receive
the rudiments of education, and be gradu
ally induced to adopt habits of industry. So
far as the experiment has beon tried it has
ion three hundred and eighty-nine thousand worked well in practice, and it will doubt
nine hundred and thirty-four dollars and less prove to be loss expensive than the prcs
eight cents, ($75,389,934.08,) for the service cnt system.
of the present fiscal year. The whole number of Indians within our
Tho actual expenditures during tho first territorial limits is believed to be from the
quarter of the present fiscal year were twen- best data in the Interior Departmennt about
tv-tbree million seven huudred and fourteen 325,000.
thousand five hundred and twentv-ei^ht dol- Tho tribes of Cherokees, Choctaws,
lars and thirty-seven cents,($23, 14,528.37,) Chickasaws and Creeks settled in the terri
of which three million eight hundred and tory set apart for them west of Arkansas,
ninety-five thousand two hundred and thirty-j are rapidly advancing in education and in
two dollars and thirty-nine cents ($3,895,
232.39) were applied to tho redemption of
the public debt, including interest and pre
mium. Tho probable expenditures of the
remaining three quarters, to 30th of June, one" of the Sovereign States.
1858, are fifty-one million two hundred and
all the arts of civilization and self-govern
ment and we may indulge the agreeable
anticipation that at no very distant day
thev will be incorporated into tho Union as
a,
post offices and X'OST roads.
forty -ei ht thousand five hundred und thir- It will be seen by the report of the Post
ty dollar.^ and four cents,($51,248,530.04,) master General that the Post Office Depart
including interest on the public debt, making ment still continues to depend on the troas
an aggregate of seventy-four million nine ury, as it has been compelled to do for gev
cral years past, for an important portion of
the/means of sustaining und extending its
operations. Their rapid growth and expan
sion are shown by a decennial statement of
year of four hundred and twenty six thou- the number of post offices, und tho length
sand eight hundred and seventy-five dollars
and sixty-seven cents, ($42C,8i5.67.)
of post roads, commencing with the year
1827. In that year there were 7,000 post
offices in 1837, 11,177 in 1847, 15,156
und in 1857 they number 26,586. In this
year, 1,725 post offices have been established
and 704 discontinued, leavinga net increase
of 1,021. The postmasters of 368 offices
are appointed by the President.
The length of post roads in 1827 was
105,336 miles in 1837, 141,141 milos in
1847, 153,818 miles and in the year 185"
ty-two dollars and thirty-nine cents ($3,-j there are 242,601 miles of post road inclu
895,232.39)-—leaving a balance unredeemed ding 22,52U miles of railroad, on which the
at this time of twenty-five millions one huu- mails are transported.
dred and sixty-five thousand one.hundred Tho expenditures of the department for
and fifty-four dollars and fifty-one cents the fiscal year endidg on the 30th June, 1857,
($25,105,154.51.) as adjusted by the Auditor, amounted to
The amount of estimated expenditures for $11,507,570. To defray these expenditures
the remaining three-quarters of the prcseut: there was to the credit of the Department
fiscal year will in all probability beincrcas- on tho 1st of July, 1856, the sum of $789,
ed from tho causes set forth in tho Report 569 the gross revenue of the year, iuclu
of tho Secretary. His suggestion, there-
1
tariff.
ding the annual allowances for the trans-
fore, that authority should be given to sup-! portation of free mail matter, produced
ply any temporary deficiency by tho issue $8,053,951 and the remainder was supplied
of a limited amount of Treasury Notes, is by the appropriation of 666,883 made by
approved, and I accordingly recommend the tho net of March 3, 1857, leaving 252,763 to
passage of such a law. be carried to the credit of the department
in the accounts of the current year. 1 cora-
As stated in tho report of the Secretary, mend to your consideration the report of
the tariff of March 3, 1857, has been in op- tho overland mail route from tho Mississippi
eration for so short a period of time, and un- i river to San Francisco, California. Ihc
dor circumstances so unfavorable to a just I route was selected with my full concurrence,
development of its results as a revenue mca- as the one, in my judgment, best calculated
sure, that I should regard it as inexpedi- to attain the important objects contemplated
ent, at lea:t for the present, to undertake by Congress.
its revision.
PUBLIC EXPENDITURES.
The late disastrous monetary revulsion
may have one good effect should it cause
both the government and tho people to ro-'
the Navy, of the Interior and of tho Post- turn to tho practice of a wise and judicious
master General. They all contain valuable economy both in public and private expen
ditures.
and important information and suggestions
which I recommend to the favorable con
sideration of Congress.
An overflowing treasury ha3 led to habits
of prodigality and extravagance in our leg
islation. It has induced Congress to make
large appropriations to objects for which
they never would havo provided had it been
reasons proving this increase of the army, I necessary to raise tho amount of revenue
under existing circumstances, to be indis- required to meet them by an increased taxa
pensablo.
NEW WAR STEAMERS.
tion or by loans. We are now compelled to
pause iu our career, and to scrutinize our
expenditures with the utmost vigilance, and
in performing this duty, I pledge my co
operation to tho extent of my constitutional
competency.
It ought to be observed at the same time
that true public cconomy does not consist in
withholding the means necessarv to accom
plish important nntionnl objects intrusted to
us by the constitution, and especially such as
may bo nccessary for tho common "defence.
In the present crisis of tho country it is our
duty to confine our appropriations to objects
of this character, unless in eases where jus
tice to individuals may demand a different
course. In all cases care ought to bo taken
that the money granted by Congress shall
be faithfully and economically applied.
TIME REQUIRED FOR EXAMINATION OF BILLS.
Under the Federal Constitution, "every
bill which shall havo passed tho House of
Representatives and tho Senate shall before
it becomes a law, be approved and signed
by the Presidentana, if not approved,
"he shall return it with his objections to
that house in which it originated." In order
to perform this high ana responsible duty,
sufficient time must be allowed the President
to read and examine every bill presented to
him for approval. Unless this be afforded
the Constitution becomes a dead letter in
this particular and even worse, it becomes
a means of deception. Our constituents,
seeing the President's approval and signature
attaclied to each act of Congress, are induced
to believe that hc lias actually performed his
duty, when, in truth, nothing is, in many
casus, moro unbounded.
From the practice of Congress, such an
examination of each bill as tho constitution
requires, has been rendered impossible. The
most important business of cach session is
generally crowded into its last hours, and
tho alternative presented to the President is
either to violute the constitutional duty
which he gives to the people, and approve
bills which, for want of time, it is impossi
ble he should have examined, or, by his re
fusal to do this, subject the country and in-
*estern i dividual# to great loss and inconvenicnce.
rrked
we» BesiJc8»
ty thirteen States and years to legislate in appropriation bills, at
th«.° lIn^ an' i riT*
carYeiJ
practice has grown up of late
of the last hours of the session, on new and
thousand important subjects. This practice constrains
millions of acres remain unsold. What a the President either to suffer measures to
-ftgMfldlea* prospect this present* to oar iwcome laws which ha does not approve, or
eoaatry of future prosperity and power! Moincur the risk of stoping tho wheels of the
For my own part, I havs
terasined that 1 shall approve no bill Whieh
DISTRICT or COLOMBIA.
I cannot conclude without commending to
yoar favorable consideration the interests
of the people of this District. Without a
representative on the floor of Congres, they
have for this very reason peculiar claims
upon our just regard. To this I know,
from
my long acquaintance with them, they are
eminently entitled.
In regard to Indian affairs, the Report is
explicit. The Indian tribes within our lim
its now number 325,000 souls. The Indian
Bureau it putting fourth efforts to induce
the savages to take up with fixed habitations
—without which little can be done towards
ameliorating their condition. A plan, re
commended by ths Secretary, suggests tho
gathering of the Indians on smaller reserva
tions and in denser settlement—the reserva
tions to be divided into farms and distribu
ted among tho individuals of the tribes,
without the power of sale or transfer, with
central farms for the instruction of the chil
dren, and a supply of implements of agricul
ture for all. The tribes which have advanc
ed in civilization, and whose prospects arc
gratifying, are those in the Southern Super
intendency the Choctaws, Chickasaws,
Cherokees and Creeks, with tho Seminole#
in the territory west of Arkansas. The es
tablishment of a District Court for this Su
perintendency is recommended, to heal dis
putes among the people. In Washington
and Oregon tho savages remain beligerent.
It is recommended that tho expense of a
delegation from these tribes to tha Federal
capital be paid by the Government, in order
that they may have an opportunity to be set
right. Indian trust funds have been invest
ed in State stocks to the amount of $1,481, i
476. I
Tno report concludes with a strong in
dorsement of the utility of tho Agricultural
Division of the Department.
Flllifcaatrriag.
New
Orleans,
The Fashion passed under the stern of the
Saratoga, at full speed, with only 100 men
on her dock, and landed the whole party at
Scott's Wharf.
Walkor sent 50 men up the river by dif
ferent entrances.
Tho Fashion had arrived at Aspinwall and
was cooling. Com. Paulding attempted to
seize her, but on examination her papers
were found correct.
It was supposed that the difficulties be
tween Costa Rica and Nicaragua would be
settled without a resort to arms.
Walker, with bis 141 men, was heard to
say, he would make no attempt to advanoe
to tho interior till ho had added to his ar
mies.
A steamer from Caravanuaho and a brig
from Galveston wsro daily expected with
Other filibusters.
Public opinion at Greytown as well as
here, is strong against Walker, and tho gen
eral impression is that he will be starred
out in six weeks.
Popalar Sovereignty.
At the final vote upon the bogus Constitu
tion, only tirenty-eight members of the mob
Convention answered to the oall of the Clerk.
The Convention was composed of sixty mem
bers, so that people of Kansas are expected
to submit to a decision made by a minority
of a Convention which was elected by a
"miserable minority." The organio law of
Kansas is expeeted to be the will of tho mi
nority of a minority. Popalair SovsreignW!
QubuUro Chindowan.
te a ekmrt M^»,
iiboralely de-
I hara,«0*aKM|iB«*,airtifcwiy ben fats of
extreme and most argent ntoessity whicb
shall ever induce as to depart from this
rale. I therefore respectfully, but earnestly
recommend that the two hoasss would allow
taadMuis(isii
in
the adjournment of each MSsHon within
whieh no new bill shall ba prafrsnlaltd him
for approval, trader the wktiti§ joist nie
one day is allowed but this rale has bison
hitherto so constantly saspinded ia praotiee
that important bills contiMs to be •reseat­Whotoatha
ed to him np till tho very last moments of
the session. In a largo ssajority of eases
no great public inconvenience can arise from
the want of time tp examine their provisions,
because the constitution has declared that if
a bill be presented to the President within
tho last ten days of the session he is not re
quired to return it, either with an approval
or with a veto, "in which case it shall hot
be law." It may then lie over, and betaken
up and passed at the next session. Great
inconvenience would only be experienced in
regard to appropriation bills but, fortu
nately, under the late excellent law allowing
a salary, instead of a per diem, to members
of Congress, the expense and inconvenience'
of a called session will be greatly rcduced.
i.o.sfo.r.
cot'jrciL Urm Loaea, *».«, I. O. w o. r.t
Mtsovarr HMMs|pUMMMr. ia Bass's Mock, oa
Broadwsr. SMbsrs fraai rtnrt, TlatUa# ike tity, are
cordially Inrlled to atuaS. (artl-lr.
Brilliant Unrivalled Attraction- Ji
AT
BAmrrrs
TICKETS
JAMES BUCHANAN.
Washington, Dee. 6,1857.
Rtftrl ut the Secretary mt the laSertar.
Secretary Thompson's report opens with
an exhibit of the operations of the Land
Bureau. A historical sketch is given of the
methods by which the public domain was
originally acquired, and then follows sched
ule of the organization of the surveying
system. The whole surface of public domain
is stated at 1,450,000,000 acres of which
57,442,870 acres were subject to entrvat
private sale on the 30th September last. The
number of acres thus far sold is 373,862,464
acres leaving undisposed of, 1,086,148,536
acres. Last year, 22,889,461 acres of pub
lic lands were surveyed and reported 5,300,
550 acres were sold for cash 7,381,010 were
located with military warrants, and the
Railroad grants under the act of March, were
5,116,000 acres. The sum received on cash
sales was $4,225,908, a falling off of $5,322,
124, with a corresponding falling off in the
location of lands with warrants of more than
20 per cent. There are 83 organized Land
Districts—but none for New Mexico or Utah.
A commission for the settlement of Spanish
and Mexican claims in New Mexico is
recommended a geological survey of the
same is also urged. No change is
suggested
in the laws applicable to the work of the
Department.
,n Vt0ZM7'
HALL,
SSLKUal IMMMI. mm* ma
mawmw
MrmjrtMv, mac.
SO
eta.—Cbildren noder
IS
well selected assortment of
DRY-GOODS
jeara of ai
half-price. Doori open at half-past S o'clock pi
fonueuce lo euonaeace quarter paatT.
Conncil Bleffi, Dec. IS-'
Estray.
TAKKXabout
IF BT TUB suascMana.
un or tbe Xerember
OXK
THaae-TKARIMhofstebb"^rSi
old
aad wbite, branded witb the letter "P
Juat ba.k of the rigbl bip. The owaer ia reaoealad to
pt"ve property, pay charge* and take him »way.
JOHN OALLCP
Council Bluff., Dec SSth, ISM-nJt^i
To Uzal Williams,
SJIB:*Ton
ARB 11KRKBT
NOTIFIED, Tn tT THICK*
0 0 8 n
o e o e e k o e a-
hrJ2i«h a!uW*,UoI.,e the petit!.* of Ke
Jfonthe «nm of THIIKK
,5 **Va*TT-HVKDOLLam.
u
to
N"ni*r«i|
NOTIOBl
ISpunUi.seOl»U
900
I
The Bureau of Pensions return a satisfac
tory report. Up to June, 1857, a total of
$6(,314,620 in money, and large donations
of land, had been paid to Revolutionary
soldiers or their widows. During the pa£
year 41,483 warrants for bounty land have
been issued requiring to satisfy them 5,962,
170 acres of public land. The number of
warrants issued under all tbo Bounty Land
acts of Congress from the Revolutionary
War to the present time is 657,250—requir
ing 60,704,942 acres of land. Frauds upon
the Pension Office are numerous, and nn ex
tension of the statutory limit of two years
is recommended to remedy this evil. The
Report states, in detail, the condition of the
public buildings at the Capital, and then
considers the subject of District Attorney's
fees concluding this branch with a recom
mendation of nn increase of the attorney's
salaries on an equitable*basis. The wagon
road works have been commenced on the
routes from Fort Kearney to Honey Lake,
in California from El Paso to Fort Yuma,
at the mouth of the Gila, and from the Plata
River to the Running Water. The Mexican
Boundary Commission having concluded its
labors, its maps and journals have been
turned over to the Department.
thirty-sever, i
Dec !5-1j33-4w«
NEW STORE!
PRICES TO SI IT THE TIMES!!
At the Old Stand of C. VoorMtf
UPPER BROADWAY,
COUNCIL BLUFFS,
HAVIN'G
PURCHASED THE ENTIRE STOCK OF
Vuoibis, i would most respectfully announce
to tbe citisenp of Council Bluffs and surrounding coun
try, tbat 1 will sell (ioods as Cheap aa can be
chaxed eltewbere in this
•aOCERIES
Deo. IS.
General Walker landed at Punta Arenas
on the 25th of Nov. with 150 men, entirely
undisturbed.
HARDWARE
fiLASIWARE
HATS Jb CAPS
IR05T, SAILS,
To Elizabeth M. Lewis, William T. IVt/
son, Robert M. Wilson, Eliza Ann
Wilson, Hester Ann Wilson, George W.
Wilson, and James Wilson, heir* at
late of George H. Wilson, deceased:
YOU
Tho Patent Office reports that from Jan.
1. to Sept. 30, 1847,4,095 applications for
for patents were issued, and 2,287 applica
tions were rejected. The receipts of this
bureau for three quarters of the year have
been $161,415 expenditures, $163,942
oxcess of expenditures, $2,526. Of the ex
penditures $27,939 were inado up of fees
restored to applicants after tho examination
of their eases. The Secretary censures this
practice, and urges the necessity of making
the bureau self-sustaining. The right of
appeal to a District Judge is also censured,
and a repeal of the law which authorizes
the practice is oarnestly urged.
AUK HEREBT XOT1F1KD. THAT I SHALL
make »|.phc»tnn to the January Term of the Comi
ty Court nf Pottawattamie Cuiinly, Iowa, for au order
of
Court to
sell all tlie land belonging to said estate, or
New Advertisement!
Good Eastern, Western, and
Southern Currency
taken at Par, at
W. C. Andrus'
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Grocery and Prorhioa Store,
WHKmR
EINOFIMOUS.'
Stork ot
Imt
and Fancy Grocerin.
vbich will tw wld at small profits, a
mont whl«fe may be fonnd tbe fellow
iu( articles
4ShbdsKOSn®r
Itf bblt rushed
109 bWa clarified,#^
200 bbls Molasses
100 do Sugar House Syrnp
do
Nkw York,
100 bbls rectified Whisky
00 do Bourbon do
CO do Old Rye do
75 do Mcn^ngaheladej
16 ca*ks Brandy
10 bbls old Covisac
ISO kegs do
HO bbls Crat kers
160 bx* 1. 2 3 Tobacco
100 do ftoap
900
SO
do Holland Gin
10 cks INrt Wine
6 do Madeira
76 baskets Chai
60 cases Claret
tierces Rice
100 log Brooms
100 do 2,3 bitop
76 do wa*h Na
100 bx» Raising
60 balf do do
300 bgft Ilerring
76 bbls Nut* a«*orted
96 do Smoking Tobxtt
6600 sacks Flour
600 bush Corn
Star CaiiOH|
190 do Sterine 4^
100 do Candies
100 chests Teaj
Dec.
14.
too
The Aspinwall correspondent of the Her
ald gives the following additional informa
tion respecting Walker. Upon landing the
party immediately proccedod up the Colora
do to its junction with the San Juan, 20
miles from Greytown, and took possession
of Loupe island. At this point the party
wero again divided 20 of the men were
sent five miles further up the river, at a
point called Fort Anderson on the planta
tion of Senor Pataka, a Spanish subject, on
the Costa Rica side.
bf do do
iso scksRin Coffee
40 bale Batts
00 doc fre^h Ptmehm{
100 dog a«w*orted
Freserves,
100 do assorted Cans
60 do Pickles, galloas
40 do do
do
60 do do da
900 Cigars.
tj* Remember tbe place, IRtldle
Meal.
Brsalv«r,€sa*
ell Blutfm, lows,
l„n|lt Qntl Bu SlMp.
VovtnbtrU-B
L. H. DOUOLAS8,
Carpenter fc Jalmer,
HasOtke,
latklt
onutu
a shot on lower
Broadway, back ot the Old
Land where he la pra
pw«4 lo enecnu, wilkprooptMaa,
a|t nrdwa left wlUl kia. He
will ranMb if deairct, ipon abort aoUo, ptaM aM J. T. CASADT
apaciltoUoM for kulMlac*. I
rt-COFFINS mode toorter on abort notice.
Council aivtk. Noretnber SI. aSO-
Timely Notice!
A Pftiaoirs
knowing thkmsritm
Noreaber I4-Sm
SWAMP LAHDS.
I
SHALL Bl PRBFARCD TO SELL AND XAKR
BUM fo* Swaai* Laada «f tkta «oas«jr, wfeMb
kan baea mall? Pra-Kaaptad, aa aad after the Mth
!mpire Block,
Corasr P««rl
FftU ft Wiater flwM
m.
WIMAIJ TBEfiWElT WHAB»,
nlmWtau WATS ia MAOIC, ksiws
for title «T JTwraiaaw At ITIiu
,EE?' *'u •••oeee
efuitiauautu s«4ree»
ttslwve. The irlaawhaot eansa which ku even
trttm Ht ynpalsr satf tstraordiny feeu, sad
b»rin« iwrSanaaOlta last esaaaa lathe cHleeer the
Kortb to orer TWO VJUJOX8 of Hma. licwlT
ed a suraatM of He Vuoderful uleat Jhgictaa
Are Now Open for Enaminatio*.
Wi
dae Mae on a proiaiaaaay MMaUnatiaKrZ
tbe IStb day Kovoaher, ISSS. Theaaid petkUoaalao
«»k* that ail yoar right and title inaod to tke following
dt«cribwi r*U MUli, Tit: tbe eut half of tbe north.
wMt quarter of Mction No tweoty-twD, towiubip leveo
ty-flve, north of range forty-two we«t, containing eigh
ty acre*, be forever forectoeed, and tbe same be told to
yon appear and answer eiing eoavmaiMty. He his 7 rT'
"ill1 l*t1iUon'D •r tbe morning of tbe tetond i ftttenttre and obUgihg HELP and hu -riK
day of tbe neit term of the Dutrict Court in and for be fnrnithtrt with the
held in the City of Conn- ^rd*. The moat diligent attention will
cil IMuOt, upon tbe flrat day of February, 180H, jndg* the comfort, aad to cater to the wints^L ii Jf"
mcnt win bo rendered yon thereon. may become gueeta. Su peina or exoeitt* wtn
CiaiHTOw•against
*.
BALDWJ*,
HEREBT K.N TO ALL FBBDOK3, NOT TO
STKPIIEX D1 X.V, «ny of tbe following
article* of personal property, to-wit: One black Hare -Mtmmep
twelre yearn .Idj one «orrcl Horse, eisht rears old one«
bay Horse, twelve years old Two pided Bulla, two.:
years old one red Calf, one year old. One red Co*
with the riuht horn broken off. 1 ,n „r
Att'ya f«r Pitff. ed to make this a comfortable home for ail
The original notice In the above -an*e having been either permanently or temporarily extend ti!ȣ
returned "n4 found" by the Sheriff of aaid Count Tit «o it. temporarily extend their patrol-a7
is orderftrf V th* nullHtv lulaa i.f d.l.l .1 .. I
vi NU« II
ordered by tbe County Judge of »il County, tbat tbe
•anie be published for four »mve»eiTe wcek« in tbe
C. P. UI.UMG, Clerk of
ii3o-4w the Dutrict Court,
tin
cowmen ran uu or on
L*w*a«WhaSa2!
r''ZT.
botlrriae, that by am
Mm
the
hand timbs.
Hit appropriste
Ssoratioai and traps*Bfa, oeoneou
lyapberaaHe, MasniSeeat Ceatasea, *werrM Ma
chinery, drmovlaiT, astoaadl at faactaattaa, *c aead
no |iraie, while bit imnea«e eahioet of Hindoo Ml,,. 1 »*4er*aiarteie, which wo ate oa^rtoi',
cle«, correctly repr*neMiii« the fames Teaiule fot the forr*"ll,"'l»!«!r l»w, aad Ma* -1- 111 iw. 7U
Ka*t,J oetriTallac tho heathen throaea. aiart he aeea i pri^ea.
to be believed. Tour carefm n taaliuu to oar Tarted a»a
ml
Oir Cfn/i wtr# w m* iha
sreasijr radioed prleai dada* tsSTreealt
the Batera aiarkete, wb^hw.
COrr*«I«lwlknuIV Inar a. W JH|Hk
Matora?:
6IOCU1EI)
•oots
ktwntMi
qVEEIVSWAME
H1BDWABE, u,
to Mlielttt Mm wblig joor pnrcbaew.
Cart. Corn, Whe«, OaU,
and all kioda of Coaatry rrvduce takea in eschjaaeler
(ru^d., or in payment of account., xcoaawa*
Mcsnma
a
aowajr.
1897a
BOBDTOOH H0U8B,
C*ucli RlaCs, Iowa.
gyPnaSIGXBD HAVIKO LSASED
Mil "well-known
BOTKL.
takes
tLt-
porttmity „f presenting it claima tothetnr!
uaLelinf wManarity. IIo baa aecared the an)
TSJuKJ S
Chargee Moderate aad regalated la aait the Man.
w.^SL"HI«h^ABLhE• whh"'
ter a, all t.tne. waufn""'
ZZm
61i(J
•a» bought with my money earned before marriage*
•lib sai'l Stephen Diuiu and I have Sled a notice of my
intention to claim tbe same as my own individual prop
erty, in tbe Beoorder's Offlce of Pottawattamie Countr.
acAjorUinjc to L»w.
And all persons are hereby further notifled not to
purchase of faid DI'N.V l.,»t Xo. 17 1/1 the town of
Council Blutfs nor tbe 9onth-Kast quarter of ftertion
_Couacil BloA, i, tober Mn**-a wl!IBI£g.
fbaxk street,
K Ctmm—Umr ml lrKj raai._j__i
leM Jfw«,
^siiwu Trrri s, ism
ABSTRACT of titl.es
T« Lands in Pottawattamie Ckkw
—AND TO—
LOTS IN COUNCIL BLUFFS.
of setting their pay out of mvoruoertr i ditions thereto .bowing e«cb grantor anlTfrantee^I
I "cry de.nl made since tbe entry of tbe land in tbe Land
I Offlce, the character or the cnvey.n. tbt date of
tiling the deed lor record, and the book and me wbera
i recorded.
""""i wnn
ids
expecxaiioi
of getting their pay out of my property, 1 auidetermiu
ed to par none of bis debts. MART DCN'V
December
l«-4w
[Bugle & Clarion c.pyYw
Flour for Sale!
SACKS ST. I.ons EXTRA
SI
FKBPIXB
'•W Family Hour, a -uperior article for falc
cheap. A!«oa ttne lot of COR.V-MRAL, BK.tN'S, fcc ,,
at the new store of UKOBUK BA RTI.KTT.
Er**'-AXTED—A large amount of COIIN tor which
the highest market price will be paid in trade. All
kinds of Coratry Produce taken in exchange for Goods.
Conncil Bluffs, Dec 19-n34-a g. B.
notice
ownprp.
w
We have su arranged these abtracta, that it is bat tho
I
WOTt Of
a moment to ascertain whether tbe chain of
title to any tract of land, or lot, is complete where a
link is wantiug in the ham, it i. ai.jarei,! ,t flrM rjjw.
We bare heen at ureal exi.en»e. .iu.1 hare spired no
i pains, in making tbis work a source of valuable iafor
manon to property holders in this citr ,nd county.—
I kvery deed oa the record ban been artfully examined,
and tbe contents thereof noted
as
above Mated. We find
innumerable errors in tbe description,
of
lands and Ms
In many iii.tamcs, tbe record show.. t«„ „r more ownera
to tbe same trw a hi!«t. in many „tlier., therei.no
connection between tbe titles
of
ibo present and tbo
An early attention lo these matters is of tbe ntiaost
To John Wolfe:
yoc ARE UERKBT NOTIFIED, THAT I 1T1I.I. ini^'runce u7b?Ta«,«^in,™Ut™ "S^f
appear before tbe Register and Receiver of
the
time will
place
,tbi™d bL^™'.V
Land onice in Council Bluffs. Iowa, on the 6th day of i forall the parties^meSTaSd c«rI^.h^.r,?""wIU"
January. 1868, to prove my npht to enter bv prc-rnip- t..al a"recment 'T.
t,"i, the S..U1I, half Of tbe South-We^,! guar.cr and the chancer." "Ill I "the resuH r».^
Wes- of iLVVufl y'nb~n »nd the North- property will fall into the band.of Arsons wbohJJJ1£
Qnar cr if
5cc,R'n N,)-lb,rlv*
equitable title (hereto.
*'.'?:.n,?le....
an
»'»»Wn.eM with tbe Recorder
BEOWjr. •villi a list of
rf
Deed*
v..
I Deed* filed fur record the prev
We have procured froui the Land o«ce
a
list of tbe
Lands entered in the 4'i»unty wm ,f JUoge 40. »bo«iac
by whom entered, whether with ca»h, warrants, or
i scrip, the nntnber of acre® in each tract, and tbe prk«
paid per arre.
We »ba2l keep a list of ail Lands and Ldts
sold
4
for
T.iXt and of Jadgmenf*, Mortgages, Deed* of Trust, and
w. ail other Liens by wbirb tbe Title to Real Kstatecaa
effected.
Ckargrs fsr aa Eualilln of Title wtffff
he Kea*oaable.
I
BraafMlaf Ikas to tssd
,r" 8TRIMT Is R1DUL
i Council Bluffs, Iowa, Oct
WWA.
3-n-»-u.
To James M. Rruner:
dtf. By Stock ceatiatoet
Oin —10( ARK HKRKBT NOTIFIED TITAT TUFIlIt
k} i« n«»w on rile in the office of the Clerk of tbe Dit
trict Couit ot Harrison C»»uniy, in the .Mate of U»wat
tfco petition of Margaret llartipli. charging that \ou are
sewed u fee of the *mh-E»Ht Quarter of section So
Kurbteen in T«.wn*hip Seveniy-mne North, of Range
furty-one Wewt, situate »aid IVunty of Karriaon. in
i trust for her the said Margaret, and th«r r,.u refuse and
neglect to convey her the leg*! estate said Und.
and prasing the District Court of said Harrison Count*
for
BOOTS fc UM||)
a
decree
to compel you to execute such conveyance
to her and for co»ts. and that unle?* appear and
plead thereto, on or before the morning of the seewnd
day of the next term of said court, be holden at the
Court House,
id
tho town of Magnolia in said County
of Harrison, on the rtrst Monday in May. 1&58, default
will be entered a^aiut you, and a decree and judgment
rendered therein. Dated,
&.C.
and everything nsnaUy fonnd in a general Variety
Store. will take in exchange for Goods, all kinds
Sept.
a
of tonntry Produce. ptwiisfeed in Council Bluffs lit*, Pottawattamie Hi Mil
Iowa. Dated, Sor. I3tb, 1857.
WX. M. IT ILL, Ctortt.
Persons decimal of making purchases at rea
sonable figures, will find it to tl*eir interest to give me
*ca"- G&ORGE BAKTLETT.
Dec 15-n33-a
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
I9:b, 1867.
MARGFKETHARTSKLL.
I fcerefcy ertlfy, that at tbe November Term, !6S7f
of tbe District Court of Harrison County, Iowa, it waa
ordered by Mid Court that the foregoing original notice be
published for four *mxe»sive week* in the Vonpmreii*
eekly new*»i»»per of general emulation, printed and
»-*. pmucu anv
BAHO-AINS.
BAROAUVfi^
THE BEE HIVE ST0BE!
TIIO!HPNO!V *l[ SIEGRIST
ARK
a sufficient quantity thereof to pay the debts of Mid
D. B. CLARK, AdmiHiitrmitr.
November JO-4w
RECEIV1NO THKIR FALL k WINTER
of JlerUuudue, ouatiMing of every variety i
Dry Good*
Boot*. Shoe*,
Hat* &. Cap*
Clothing, Grocerie* Jte.,
wUioh will be sold very low for Ce»h. Call and i
ine for yoarvelvea, at tbe Sign of the BKK HITS.
_•« THOMPSON fc glKO—T.
Rosfs! R«ofs!I
1ITE WOILD ESPEITIILLV AIUV«OICt
WW to the public, tbat we are on hand, and prepared
to cover buildings of all descriptions, «t tbe shortest
notice, with RCSSKL'8 F1RK PROOF CKMKNT
Tb«se in tbe country or adjoining towns, wishing a
cheaper and uiore desirable rnof than tin, can procure
any information tbat tbevmaf desire, by applying lo L.
W.
MAT BR POUND A FRESH ASSORTMENT
of ProTi»n»ns, vn: Butter, Eggs, Lard, Cheese,
Bacon, Oat*. Potatoes, Flour, also, au
Babbitt, J. B. Stutsman, G.
city.
A. Hobin**, of
Ifcit
Call and examine for rournelTe*.
Sbop corner of Main and Jeffemon streets, Cornell
BloA, Iowa.
nStt IIISCOCK. FELLOWS,
vi
X. W. Kynett &Co'«
Xwm Hide Uwtr BnMur^
DRALER5 IS
AU the New A Standard Bookt,
zine, Periodical*, Cheap Publicatimift
New*papert,'StC Ac.
Groceries & Provisions
E V O N N O Y & 0 0
One Door Wt* of Borfi W«*» "ft"
Broadway,
HAVK
JUST XBSl'MKD TOR AMW M'SISIM,
at the oH aland of C. S*1™' *her*
k«ft oooalantly oa haad, all klada of
Greceriet Pr«TiU**K,^
CotuMiaa la aaKof Tea. Sagat, OnMa.
Starch, Candles. Mackeral. Salraoa.
Peacbe*. Mola»*ea, Tin«»ar, Floor, Meal, Baeen, bid,
•attar. Rasa, Cora Oata, at Whole«ale or Retail.
ul»-ij V. CO.NNOLLT fc CO.
m-
AliJU daMad to aa on BOOK Aoooani, Not. or
otberwloa, will eowe lonrard aad aeuie before of
January, IMS, aad tan trouble and coata, a* tbey will
moat amrerily be put ia the b«nd« of a Collector wptm
that date. McWM It BOWCH.
I.
0.'
CA8A9T TEST,
Bank.erfl
AND
Dealers in Exchange,
Cendl SiaCt, lew*
L^ATXST
ITYLI vAua
receir^ lor rta by tooTLR JACKSCUr
umtM.
20
la ton BWHalllll S^kMtMW
PrvBmptloae Ant. P. B. NTB
rottawataatieCo., X«tr. II, I8ST.
Ct—tf Jndf*.
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