Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-04-29
cur Spartan Column:
or, Many Things In Few WsrAs.

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CoMnANpEa MAcksszls.-The Nsw Yoh En-.
press states that the cour, martial has acquitted
Commander Mackenzie, and tina, the President
has approved the decision.
SMALL CHANGR-The Banks In the cities OF
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, now receive
Spanish change n the following rates: Quartsrs,
at % cents, eighIhs al 10 cents, and sxteenhs u
) cents.
No MUTIsY.-The reports Of mutiny on board
the U. 5. ship John Adams, arose from three men
having been discharged for drunkenness.
DRrEp PEACHES The Grenada (Miss) Reggie
ter informs US of the whole family Of Mr.. More
head, residing near the Yazoo Pass, having bssn
poisoned by eating peaches dried on painted
board. One of his daughters was TO have bssn
married on the very day she was 90 suddenly taken
from the earth. The marriage clothes were sent
home as the funeral bier was preparing, and cloud
of bedimmed the now blasted hopes Of the
partner OF her bosom. The eldest con, prostfated
on a bed OF death, had just returned from hvs
ears study in Harvard. Death spread his banner
over the whole. Father, mother, son, and daugh.
ter, now sleep the sleep of death, stretched side by
side, and wrapped in the embrace OF the Geld
earth.
The LAST FEAT OF MAcsErnx.-A store in
Massillon, Ohio, was lately robbed. The Massil.
was discovered by means of animal magnetism.
DOMESTIC SEA VoYAoE.-Dr. Lobsthal, Of Brss.
Ian, has discovered means Of introducing the sea
air into chambers, BY scientific mixture OF gases.
1t il used by persons suffering under consumption
or affections Of the breast. "A bout dozen SIT q
round basin, i'll the middle of which a fountain
rises, which spreads thIoug The apartment tho par
tcles of vapor from the artificial sea water.
Tax on ADvEKTIsISG.--In London, a duty 10
imposed on every advertisement published in .
newspaper. The London Timss paid the govern
ment Tor advertising dulies, in the last months
about 100000.
A THUN NATURALIZATION. Miehsltorsna, Of the
Mexican army, when he first heard of the taking
of Monterey, by Com. Jones, thus wrote to the
Mexican Minister of War; Your Excellsncy may
imagine my indignation. | wished myseha thun-
derboi, to hy and annihilate the invsdsis.'!!
RAILWAYS AND CoacHEs.-Ths best distinction
drawn betw cen railway and coach accidents, was
that of an old whip "lf,' said he, ''you gets
comfortably caysized into ditch BY the road ace,
there you are: but If you gs.s blown up BY an en-
CINE, INFO a cutting, or OF an smoankments
sclerc are you!"
AporHEcARIEs WEIGHT--k would seem that
the apothecanes were formerly very sober class
Of men, for according the old standard they had
three scfupIes a dram; but whatever those scru-
ecaries of our day.have got over them.
YLARKING.-The Louisville ksntuekian pub
fishes s'Fun Particularly OF sight seen In the
sky by the pilot of Mississippi steamboat, on the
nigh, of the Dist Mach. 1hsrsfrom IL appears
that said pilot distinctly saw in large And h.'tsns
letters, The word g q D.
On mat same night, our attention was drawn BY
friend, TO a singular Appearance about the tail Ut
the Comet. After a long aud painful observation,
W hy the No % n q o aut0 ksd
glass, KITCHAMosIA sHoS EIAH. A big medicine
of the Wnnebago Indians, Gays, that lnoss wards
being interpreted, mean more speeie q esRsing.
ANoTHER.--Some old ladies in Boston, who saw
the comets tail, imagined tina, they could read the
words "End Of the worldn upon 1t.
STEAM ON THE CAsAL.--Ths Syracuse Journal
states that Mr. Dutehsr, OF Niagara county, has
just finished at Syracuse the model Of boat ealcu.
lated To run on the long level of The canal from that
villags 10 Utica. The boat ia l60 feet long; ~
feet wide propelled by steam al the rate of IL miles
an hour, without injury to the banks of the canal;
capable of carrying 800 passengers and only draw.
ing Is inches OF water.
THs WORD TAKIFF.-It 10 stated that the woid
"IGfIF" is derived from the town of Tarifa,
the Spanish coast, in the straits Of Giprater, and
the most southern town in Europe. Tarifa was
the hast stroig hold which the Moon disputed with
the Christians, and is still within THREE leagues of
the Empire Of Mo,occo,--When the Msors held
possession OF the pillars of iiercues, /, was here
that they levied contributions for vesses entering
the Mediierrahean--whsnce the generic name.
LAw.--Law, says Puch, may be compared to
new book-a luxury which we approach with un-
disguised reluctance, and quit with supreme delight
IA thing which Transfers the ordinarily calm and
peaceablc man into living tormsa, 10 himself and
all around him