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Newspaper
Bellevue Gazette
Location
Bellevue, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1858
Page
2
The author laments national vice and corruption threatening the republic. He cites legislative bribe culture, judicial decay, and widespread immorality, urging self examination and a universal reform to avert doom as warned by Chaucer.
A tribute extols Mr. Cobb for tireless, practical labor in the Committee of Public Lands. He is praised for passing useful bills and steady industry, contrasting with flashy rhetoric and praising his quiet diligence and patriotic service. The piece lauds him as a model worker keeping government machinery running.
Private dispatches to the Alton Courier describe the levee at Cairo giving way on Saturday afternoon and the city flooding to depths of several feet. Water runs over the Central Railroad track into the Ohio River near Williams Stevens & Co. mill, with over a thousand feet of rail washed away and buildings collapsing. Hundreds work to stop the gap, but efforts fail as the river rises toward the hotel and other structures. The B M Runyan boat reports from Cairo, while residents rush goods to the levee top and fear for remaining buildings.
In talks with men from many parts, the outlook for crops grows brighter daily. Timber areas report wheat damaged by rust, while prairie regions show a most promising prospect. St. Joseph Gazette.
The Hon. J. Pinckney Henderson, U.S. Senator from Texas, died at his lodgings in Washington on Friday evening. A North Carolinian by birth, he came to Texas in 1836 and played a key role in the revolutionary era and early government. He was Texas’ first Governor as a state of the Confederacy and was recently elected by the Legislature to succeed Thomas J. Rusk in the Senate. He was a capable lawyer and a prominent orator.
The New Orleans Delta estimates more than 3.5 million enslaved people in the South with a combined value of 1600 million dollars. It cites about 80 000 cotton plantations producing 125 million dollars yearly, 15500 tobacco plantations valued at 14 million, 2600 sugar plantations yielding over 12 million, and 551 rice plantations bringing in 4 million annually.
A young woman seeks a missing lover, finds a man misidentified on Second Street. He changed his name under California hardships, then regained fortune and reunion. She forgives, and the couple are reunited as one. Sources note the tale from the San Francisco Daily Californian.
A New York Assembly member is criticized for earlier generosity with gifts and later compromised honesty. General Harney’s brigadier appointment follows opposition and efforts to secure the honor despite moral objections, leveraging his lineal rank and command to win approval.
An entire Chinese regiment was condemned to wear women’s clothes for five years after abandoning an untenable Canton fort during the recent French and English attack. Separately, floods damaged Mississippi plantations estimated at £300,000.
Rev. Mr. Good presiding elder of the M E Church will preach in the School House in this city this evening at eight oclock.
Citizens prepare to mark the 82d anniversary of American Independence in the city on Saturday July 3 under the Ladies Benevolent Society. Gather at 10 A M at the Hillyard house with a 11 A M seating in the Grove. Program includes music prayer reading of the Declaration oration and a 2 P M dinner.
President Silas A Strickland heads the day along with vice presidents Mrs C K Mark William Robinson Miss L Derst Chas L Lehiow Mrs H Rogers John A Nye Marshal M Davenport Assistant Marshal Samuel P P Martin By order of Mrs L R Robinson Chairman Com Arrangements County Commissioners meet at Judge Cooks Office on Monday next at 10 oclock AM
B. P. Rankin has been appointed Clerk of the Courts for the First Judicial District in this Territory, replacing J. W. Paddock who has been removed.
The June report shows markedly higher temperatures than May, highlighting a significant warm period. This summary notes the warmer conditions and contrasts them with the preceding month.
The June Atlantic Monthly lists pieces such as Chesuncook La Cantatrice Leibniz and The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table with Literary Notices. Published by Phillips Sampson Boston, terms 83 per year. Subscription offer: finish one Gazette and one Atlantic Monthly for four dollars in advance.
The Daily Mail reports four year mail contracts go into operation today with a daily Mail from Council Bluffs arriving at noon and departing at two in the afternoon. Multiple route changes are noted, with further details promised in the next issue.
On Monday next July 5th several Sunday Schools of this County celebrate the Birthday of our National Independence at Bennett's Grove near Bellevue. They meet at 10 A M with seats provided. Exercises include Prayer Singing Reading the Declaration and short Orations. Opening Oration by Hon Augustus Hall Chief Justice of the Territory. Recess for refreshments. Supervisors and the American Sunday School Union agent form the committee of arrangements. All friends of Sunday Schools and lovers of Freedom are invited.
The Pacific City Enterprise has been sold to Aurora Tomrox and enlarged, becoming the Pacific City Herald a Republican journal. From current appearances the Herald will rival any Missouri Slope paper in ability with editorials of strong quality.
A brief note states Rawitzer's acts as a hub for ice cream orders with a suggestion to drop in and call for the creams. It claims the shop is capable of producing a first rate article and comments on their reputation for quality.
Wm H Hillyard is thanked for sending a mess of green peas in a concise note of appreciation from the sender.
Charles Childs announces new stone operation at his mill and will grind wheat to order. The county District Court adjourned to Aug 16 for the murder trial of C L Mathews, held in Omaha. Indictments have been found against 11 others as accessories. none have been arrested yet.
Brothers George and D E Longsdorf Mrs Jas Gow and Miss Frances Swain depart today aboard the Steamer Isabella for a brief eastern visit.
The Isabella, a light draft fast steamer, reached the Levee on Sunday and discharged passengers and freight for the Cay. The Varossa was up on Friday and the Dan Converse came up last evening. The Missouri River, after rising rapidly, began to fall yesterday, higher at noon than since the April flood. The Wyoming Post returns to former editor J. W. Dawson.
The General Assembly in New Orleans adopted forming a new Presbytery of Omaha from Nebraska Territory with ministers Hamilton Bergen Peck Brown Sturges Hall and associated churches. It will join the Synod of the Southern Town and meet to organize on the second Wednesday in July at Omaha City under Rev. William.
Hamilton preaches opening sermon and presides until a Moderator is appointed with Rev G P Bergen as alternate. Resolution transfers Rev D L Hughes from Huntingdon to Council Bluffs Presbytery and directs a July meeting at Pacific City. John Hancock to preach opening sermon with Hughes as alternate.
The railroad steam packet Pennsylvan ia exploded its boiler Sunday at six o'clock at Ship Island seven miles below Memphis and burned to the water's edge. About 350 passengers were aboard and it is believed hundreds are killed or missing as the Diana Imperial and Frisbee rescue survivors.
The body adjourned on Monday evening June 14 while the Senate met on executive business and will likely adjourn in a few days.
The steam yacht Victoria under Captain Sla ughter boarded the Royal steamship Persia commanded by Captain Judkins, off Cape Race, and arrived this morning. The Atlantic Telegraph fleet sailed from Plymouth last Thursday under sail. Weather favors cable submersion. The fleet aims for mid ocean by the 24th inst and the Niagara may reach Trinity Bay around the 29th inst.
The death of Capt Paralin Calhoun son of the late Hon John C Calhoun occurred in Pendleton South Carolina recently. The New York Tribune reports sewing machines are produced at a rate of one thousand per week and sold as fast as they are made.
A playful line compares quills to tools for sharing views, noting they come from geese to carry the thoughts of others. The image links writing implements with conveying opinions across voices.
A sharp aphorism compares wealth and virtue, asserting that worldly riches hinder both a rich woman’s pursuit of common sense and a rich man’s entry into the kingdom of heaven.
In a city school a committee member asked a class what causes the ocean to be salty. A little girl blushed with a sudden insight and replied Salt fish, sir.
An English news item notes Queen Victoria is in a fair way to welcome another child to the royal family. The report hints at growing royal additions amid public interest.
The notice records Miss Jane Lemon wedding to Mr Ebenezer Sweet. An exchanged quip hails their union with a playful pun about sweet lemons. Also reported are $40,000 in horses sold at Cincinnati stables last week, noting Cincinnati as a leading U.S. horse market.
Tur Vearura 1x Ecnors notes Europe experiences rough weather with snow across parts of France and Madrid on the 4th. The province mountains are snowbound while Queen and Court fled to Aranjuez from Madrid amid blistering heat a fortnight ago.
The piece mocks Napoleon III accusing him of growing stout from fear and anxiety. It contrasts Napoleon I and the present emperor noting a rotund figure on horseback that undermines any claim to grace or elegance.
A woman fainted amid a Royal Academy Cawnpore scene as her extreme crinoline overwhelmed bystanders. Helpers finally cut away most of the skirt to reach her, nearly causing a fatal delay before she received aid.
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