Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, W.T. [i.e. Wis.]) 1843-1844, 1843-04-08
THE HERALD.
LANCASTER. SATURDAY. APRIL 8.
IEGISLATIvE PROCEEDINGS.

Madison, we have received printed copy OF
the Journal of the House Of Representatives.
giving the proceedings of that body on the 2sth
March....,herein we note that Hon. G. NJ. Price
gave notice tina, on future day, he should ask
leave 10 introduce bill, to provide for the con-
s,ruc,ion Of Rail Road from Pososi on the
Mississippi river, TO Lake Michigan.
We are glad to perceive that this subject is
abou, 10 be brought before the Legislature; yet
we fear that (in consequence of want OF time'
occasioned by the pressof other matter, which
NAV be deemed gilmore immediate impor'ance)
bu, little will be done with regard to the Rail
Road Bill in either House, during the present
session.
Although, we are we'll aware that there is a
prea, difference of opinion existing between the
Honorable Members with regard to the pro-
priety of granting charter TO Company Tor
the purpose of constructing Rail Road across
the Territ, ~; still. we can bu; believe that
ifa bill for the purpose. properly prepared and
Invested Of all par,y-clogs be presented TO the
Legislature. it would receive their assent and
Give us, ofthe Western the chance for an easy,
rapid, and cheap communication with our fell
low citizens Of the Eastern shores of the Ter
ri,ory.
For the want Of such communication the
Western par. of Wisconsin is actually going
into decay Notwithstanding they occupy
one of the finest agricultural portions Of the
Union-..,he Western Wisconsin farmers can
dispose OF only small quantity Of the produce
Of their lands, and ha, altogether for home con.
sumption. The only commercial outlet which
they now have, is the Mississippi, and such
are the difficulties attendant upon the naviga-
tion Of that river-.-and consequent high rate of
freight that our farmers are completely barred
from the markets which border that grea. tho
ronghfare of the West; while on The other hand
the officially of transportation. as efeciually
prevents them from seeking their most natural
markets---,ha, is, those which are situated on
the shore Of Lake Michigan.
1, is a lamen,able fact. and one which is
,rorthy Of serious consideration by our Legisla-
iure at the present time. that large quantities
Of surplus produce have been left by farm
ers 70 rot upon their grounds the past season,
CIR want of good communication by which to
find market.
in addition TO the foregong:-- Since the
commercial crisis in ST. Louis four principal
Lead market, we learn that the lead trade has
heen almost entirely monopoAsed by few
wealthy houses in that city, or at least to such
an ex,ent that they regulate the price Of Lead
10 suit their own interest, and of course 1t is
their interest to keep the price of the article
down.
The positive result Of this state of things, IT
continued. will be the gradual depcPula'ion Of
the Western par, of The Territory.
In proof of this assertion. we state the well
known fact, that great numbers Of our MINERS
and FARMERS. are now forming themselves in.
to companies for the purpose of migrating
some to the copper region on Lake Superior,
aud others to the Oregon Territory.
Surely, this is most melancholy statement
of the affairs OF Western Wisconsin..-never-
,hcless, it is true one.
The only remedy for all this, is the opening
of a good road Of some kind from the Missis-
sippi to Milwaukee, or some point on Lake
. Michigan.-and if we are to have a railroad
constructed by a Chartered Company. no bet.
ter time than the present could be selected for
putting the projec, in operation as money has
now become so plenty in the eastern cities as
to induce capitalists to invest their funds in
any undertaking which promises a far return.
We leave this suhjec, now, with the intention
Of recurring 10 it again in short time, and
with the hope that the foregoing remarks will
induce our brothers of the Press at Milwaukee
TO give rs helping hand, and rouse their fell
low citizens 10 action-..n the cause Of the
general good of Wisconsin.
INDIAN MUnDERs.-- are indebted to a
gentleman recently from For. Atkinson for the
following:
Adreadful instance Of savage airociiy occur
red on the 24,h uliimo. in Clayton county, !.
T., about 90 miles s. l.. Of Fort Atkinson.
I, appears that three Winnebsgo Indians
hand pauned their guns with one Teagardner,
for certain amour, of Whisky. The In
dams, by some means-- probably the retail Of
their whiskey, procured a sum of money sufi
cieni TO redeem their guns, and returned to
Teagardner's for tina: purpose. The latter.