Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-05-13
Our. Spartan Column:
Or, Many Things.in Few. words,

MAMMOTH STEAMBoAT.-I is stated in the New
\ ork papers that Mr. Burden, most ingenious and
enterjrising citizen of Troys in that State, sis a
bout to construct a steamboat, to run between the
above two cities, to be sir hundred feet long She
is expected 10 make the trip from New York to
Troy, l60 miles, in hoursr'
TROUBLE IN PoRTo R,co-dWe learn by late
arrival from Ponce, P. R., tina, great numbers of
armed negroes were seen on the borders of the ISL
and, and that the whites in constant state of
alarm. They expected attack from the blacks
every hour.-St. Louis Gas.
GEN: EDWARDS, Master of the Grand Lodge of
Ancient Freemasons Of South Carolina, died at
Charleston few days since, and was buried witt
military and masonic honsrs-D.
GREAT MOVEMENT IN STocK OPERATIoNs The
new Board of Brokers, says the New York Herald,
is rapidly becoming the great centre of stock ope-
rations. Their system of meeting openly in the
Exchange, before all the world, seems to take anna.
zingly. Their transactions appear TO. be nearly
double the amount of the old Board. Some of the
members have already cleared their 500, OO0-some
their Sl0,000. The times of 1886 are returning.
AMERICAN GAME IN THE HIGHLANDS OF Scor-
LAND.-Within the last summer the wild Turkey
OF America has been introduced by Chas. Edward
Stuart, into the romantic island of Aigos, near the
falls OF kilInorack, in Rosshire. The island being
covered by wood, and Astounding in seeds and wild
heritage, offers them locality entirely comfortable
to their natural habits, and they have already be-
come perfectly naturalized aad produced two broods
of young.
LIVING WITHOUT SLEEP.--The Boston Trans
cript says that inaa by the name of Robert Flem-
ing Gourlay, has published card, IN which he
proposes Ito present himself respectfully before Tho
public, at the Marlborough Chape,' and TO mar
rate, i'll discourse of two hours length, the ways
and means by which he became enabled 70 hpe
Icittout sleep! lie certifes that he has not slep,
for the last fifty-two months-.Mo. Rep.
Worse YET.-An unknown prophet has made
his appearance at Fort Smith, Ark, Who neither
eats, drinks, nor sleeps. lie pretended to wear a
garment without seam, and prophesied that in
the course of few days snow would fall seven
feet deep; and after that the inhabitants of the
earth must "look out" So goes the story.-.N o.
Picayune.
FIRST GooDs THROUGH BY CANAL-One of ID.
Leech & Co.'S. boats arrived yesterday, being the
first goods directly through by canal and Railroad
from Philadelphia this scason.-Piusburgh Nor
ming Chronicle ofthe 18th inst.
Pubic OPINIoN.-The citizens of Westchester
county, On. w. where Commander Mackenzie re-
sides, are to hold meeting in TaTytown, 10 con-
graduate him OIL the result of the late Court Mar
tial.
YANKEE Clio cKs.--Ffom an English Paper
March 16M.--American clocks of very neat APP
pearance and great utility, far preferable to the
old Dutch ones are among the manufactured ari-
Giles which the tariff has let n and really seem
likely to Rave considerable sale, over those Of En-
glish manufacture.
There was a letter received Mt the most Office in |
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, directed as follows:-
'Swift as the mail pursue your route,
Nor stop nor stay for any,
Until you reach Miss Catherine Troute,
In Pittsburg, Pennsylvania"
EMIGRATION. immense emigration fore.
told some weeks since, has commenced. The
packets have already brought out many mechan-
les. In June aud July may expect them here
by thousands weekly. A large body of printers
tailors and clerks have had meetings in London,
and appointed committees to make arrangements
for their embarkationto the United States and Can
ada.
A silver medal has been presented TO corporal
Philip Cahill, OF U. S. Marines, attached to the
frigate Brandywine, by Parker, in the name of
the officers of the rigate Constitution, for his gal
liant and noble conduct in saving from drowning
Midshpman Weaver, who fell overheard from that
ship while lying off the Navy Yard on the night
of the Sd February last.
Mad foxes are said to abound upon the Cattskill
Mountains, in New York. One was found
t~o Weeks ago III tne mig pen Oh farmer, early III
the morning, nearly exhausted, having evidently
done battle with three hogs therein. Two of the
hogs have since died.
STRIKING FOR WAGEs-A manufacturer in Lo-
we'll recently refused TO pay his girls what he ow-
ed them, and they turned TO and beat him most
numerically. This was striking for wages with
vengeance:
1t appears that the Treasury notes endorsed by
Graves, the absconding Treasurer of Mississippi,
were sold in New York to the National Bank, the
Bank of America, and several brokers in Walnu,
street
lRoN SHIP.--The British ship John Garron,
built entirely Of iron, arrived at New Orleans
on the 9th inst. The Bee says that her ad-
measurement is 9l2 tons, and her carrying ca
pacity much larger than that of an ordinary
built vessel of the same size.
LARD OIL.---The value of this article manu-.
featured at Cincinnati last year was $75, 900
The best quality now sells at rs cents per gall
lon---poor 10 so cent.
A COMMODORE IN CLovER.-Commodor ore !
Jones. in despite of the prejudice against him |
for the onslaught at Monterey, was, by the la
test accounts, at the head quarters of General
Micheliorena, the Governor General of both !
CALIFORNIA;, where he was received and treated
as the nations guest, honored with a public
ball, 10 which he rode in the Generals own
carriage, drawn by valiant soldiers,