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The Southern journal., 1846-05-02
MONTICELLO, MISSISSIPPI, MAY ?. ls4e,

Toms halt goes.--li you will proyid
a way for my half 70 remain in ID
stable during The race, am perfectl
willing to retire from the turf"
! Whether the elders were convin
ced by this logic, or were mollisiel 1 b,
bis having uamed The horse after III,
Rev. Jacob Creath, a celebrated
preacher, we know not; but Ne wa,
not dismissed from hischalge.--yN O
Picayune.
Precedence "A Keltmkan Claiming Precedence Of Count
We were yesterday shown a letter
from a young gentleman--a native
Of Kentucky, who is now in Rome
the eternal ciiy-to bis friends
in this State. He gives a graphic
description Of bis journey from Paris
thither, and recites one amusing Incl
dent, Of travel. which is worth transcri-
bing. He states that in the boat in
WHICH he Travelled on the Rhone, from
Lyons to Avington, he was half fam.
ished with cold and nearly whole star
we'd with hunger. He tried bIibe to
the cook, and entreaty with the caps
tain-but neither availed in obtaining e
dinner. After pacing the deck for
some time, mentally calling anathe-
mas OIL the heads Of all Frenchmen in
general, and the surly captain in par
ticular, whose passenger he was, he
hurried down tothe cabin, for the pur
pose of getting segar and putting il,
instead Of blowing up the captain
Thereto his astonishment, and not
without exciting his envy, he found a
t,lIow- faced Russia Count Count
O'lotf- discussing a very fine dinner,
the ob;equious captain standing be-
hind his chair, apparently honored
with being permitted to act as his
waiter.
II thoughi,' Gail tho young Izy-.-
luckian, casting scowl al the cap,
tain, who could speak little broken
English-! thought you had told me
that yoa did not furnish your passen-
gers with dinner'
Pardonne, monsie6r; dis be not one
ebery body passenger; he be one
grand Russian Count.
"And what the h-!l ifhe oe? Said
the Kentnckian, who was as ardent
az Western sun could make him-ii
he be IA Count, | am a Kentuckian, |
would like to know which should rank
the higher?
SPardonne, Monsieur said the cap
tain You be kent--what?-dat
be title Of one noblemaD, Anglaise.
Ell? ,..
"No," said the kentuckian, bluntly
that is the title of an American SOW
ereign.
'Ah,' said the little French captain,
Struggling up his shoulders,and bowing
down his head--ah, excusez, monsieur
--pardon.. did not know YOU be
one grand nobleman; but now | gel
you dinner, toute suite: and in due
time the dinner was brought--to
which, with the addition Of a bottle o.
sparkling hook, the Kentuckian did
ample justice. He says he has neve,
known so agreeable an instance Of the
respect which the American name in
spires abroad, as that occasion afford
ed him ~ o. Delta.
Very Pathetic.
An anecdote told by German ma
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'oS"', was leit 10 uie alone IN his glO
ry.
Real Conversation.
Sir said poor ragged & rough
looking man, upon whose countenance
traces OF sorrow and extreme suffering
were visible, TO an individual whose
sleek and seemly ensemble betokened
plenty and happiness, ''sir, am fam
lshlpg. Will you assist me? viii
you give me the means of procuring
iood and a nights lodging?"
'Go along my man have nothing
for you. You can go to the aims,
house, | suppose. III give YOU
line to the Alderman"
'Sir," said the poor man, "rd ra.
ther not go to the aIms-house. | on.
'y desire temPory relief expect
work in day or two."
ooh! well, scratch along, my man,
you are not SO badly off as one would
imagine"
81 am absolutely starving. I'm
sure you won't miss quarter of a
"Bless my soul! do you think i ga.
7 tber my money from trees? Go along
don't be pertinacious; now do take
yourself of, there's brave man."
"You owe me money, sir, l would
not remnd you Of the fact, sir, only
that hunger makes me desperate."
"Owe you money! exclaimed the
sleek man, stepping back pace or
two-"You are mad" .-...-
"No; seven years ago worked for
you. You failed"
"Ob! ah! an old score. Oh, that's
quite another matter. Did it ever
strike you that have taken the bec-
eft of the Act-gone clean through ?
creditors no one now?-can't touch
me!
"Yes, sir, | earned that money by
hard labor. You reaped the benefit
Of that labor, are rich, while | am the
poor wretch you see. You owe me
that money, sir, in spite of all bauk
ruptcies."
II never do any thing illegal. What
is legal is honorable. The law says
don't owe you a cent"
"HonOr says you do, sir, and Of the
two, honor generally tells more truths
than laws" said the mendicant, evi.
IDENTIFY dispieased.
"You are getting wearisome. Will
you be kind enough to step out of my
way?
"You call yourself a Chrislian?"
Il am a Christian, Aatter myself
a deacon"
"You are esteemed pious, honest,
trust worthy gentleman?"
81 am as good one as can be
found in the whole religious commu-
nifty"
"Then the dou.inions of the Evil
One can boast Of purity when COM
pared with such communities, and the
society of thieves is cemented by
more real honor. Your respectable
ity, honor, piety, and justice are com,
prlsed of your broadcloths and fine
words, and go no further. Keep
your money-l'd starve before I'd
touch copper of it,"
Some time time ago Says the New
York Sun) the above conversation
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A man can be instructed by every
thing around him. The fly that buz
zes by his ear--the pebble at his foot
The drop Of rain and the snow flake.
will teach useful and important lessons
TO the student of Nature. There is
not an insect.or grain, that might not
employ him for hours. Nature is a
large book; what we consider trihe:
are useful leaves 10 the great volume,
Happy is he who reads them atten-
lively.
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Ifafter death men could know what
was said on earth, they would be AS
tonished to learn how much they were
"respected and esteemed .n
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Resolved 10 die Rie.

A very good story ia told in the U e..
S. Journal, Of a sailor on board yes,
sci laden with Spanish dollars, which
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21
Mortgage Sale.

hEFAuLT having been made in the payment
~ the sum Of eighly-thee dollars and Is /
lUO dollars. secured to be paid by certain nden-
ture of mortgage dated 29th November, ls45, exc
cu,ed by John ID. Bell, mortgagor to Thomas J.
Taylor mortgagee-and recorded in Grant county.
w. L. Registers Office, in Book of Mortgages.
on pages 4Ol and 402, November 29,h, 1916, at
6 O'Clock, 2. NJ. sgreeably TO a power of sale
contained in said morgage-I will sell a, public
auction to the best bdeI, at my place of residence
al Pigeon Park, in said county, on the 2Is, day
OF March, instant. between the hours of 10 O'Clock
a. m. and O'Clock p. m, the following personal
property, siz; one sOTrel mare, one dun colored
horse. and two horse Wagon and double harness,
to pay and satisfy the sum OF $50 IL, the sum due
on said mnugage-iogethsr with the costs and ex-
penses attending the foreclosure Of this mortgage and
the executing Of said mortgage.
THOMAS ]. TAYLOR.
March 9TH, 1876 52-2t
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21
For Sale.
Notice

) hereby given to the creditors, heirs, devisces
n and all other persons interested in The estate
of Isaac Bronson deceased, lats Of the city of
New York, in the State of New York, that on the
9Th day of March A. ID. 1876, Garrett V. Dem
niston, who represents himself as one of the cred
itors of the estate Of the said Isaac Bronson de-
ceased, having legal subssting and dissatisfied de-
mands against said estate, filed in the Office of
the Judge of Probate OF the county OF Grant ani
territory OF Wisconsin, an authenticated copy of
the VIII of the said Isaac Bronson deceased anG
made application to said Judge of Probate for
power to proceed and cell so much of the property
OF the SAID deceased, being within the county of
ufant and Territory of Wisconsin,, as may be
suhcient to pay aud satisfy the legal demands of
the SAID darret. " Denniston, against the es-
tate OF Inc said Isaac Bronson deceased, and the
COSTS OF inns proceeding, according to the provis-
IONS or me statute in such made aud provided.
after sufficient and legal notice shall have been
gwen BY publication, sad creditors, heirs, de-
sisees and other persons interested in said estate
oil the tima and place of hearing said application
to show cause If any there be why said applica-
non Should not be granted. 1t is therefore order
ed that such notice be given to the heirs, &c., of
said Isaac Bronson deceased, by publication of
this order four successive weeks in the Wisconsin
Herald newspaper published in Lancaster, in said
county of Grant and Territory OF Wisconsin. and
that a final hearing on said application will be had
OH the 18th day of April, A. ID. 1876, at one of
the clock in the afternoon OF said day, q. the Of
fee of the said Judge OF Probate in Lancaster, in
Grant county, Wisconsin Territory.
HUGH r. Golfer,
Judge of'Probate, G. c., w. 4.
March IA, 1916. 1T.
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For the Wisconsin Herald.
Can n Woman keep n Secrct

! There lived, and perhaps lives now, in Greene
county. New York, an eccentric gentleman BY
The name Of Haight-an obliging neighbor, an
humorous companion-a shrewd observer of
human nature, apt 10 inven,ing original and
decisive methods Of settling vexed questions
in this science. OF course he was free rea.
soner. aud his curious wife, like old mother
Eve, or Mrs. Caudle of modern times, wanted
to know the event. How much painful in.
quiry has this Free Masonry caused to the fair
sexi What docs my husband in that impen.
e,rabe templel Mr.. Haighi STAYED off these
inquiries day after day, ill, like the hen.pecked
sampson, his soul was weary within him
" Wife, you canno, keep seereli" Surely
can. Mr.. Haight--you have no love for me,
no confidence in me or you would not talk 10
that way-,ry me, but once J" Mr.. Haight
did no, reply, but took down his rifle and weu,
hunting. On his re,arn, when his wife be-
gan TO imporsune him as usual, he told her he
would conmi, to her keeping an awful deed
be had just perpe,ra,ed-should she prove her
self faithful. he would then reveal the whole
secre, Of Free Masonry. "Tell it," said the
oveuoyed wife. for she now felt that all the
mysteries Of the brotherhood were 10 her pow.
err" Tell Il, do. ! pledge my word for il, no,
one of your brothers can keep /, better than
can 7" You know Lahan Crane. the rich
love-cracked old bachelor. that goes from home
without telling Of il. and then returns to dis.
appoin, and morlify his neighbors, who sup
posed he was dead o. Certainly, | know
Laban--l gave him the mit,en. you know. TO
his sorrow :" Well, wife, l have this eve
ming put him on, of his misery--l have she,
himl Now you can enjoy his money wiihou,
It's eneumhranee. You know he ohen leaves
hOme--nobody viii even suspect met" 20,
husband husband what an awful secret
did yen murder how-5ut-I'll never reveal
the secret I'LL il eats like aqua fortis through
my bosom. My 10, is bound up with yours
Tor happiness or Woe" Well. Ms. Hsigh,
instantly assumed a sombre and mysterious
melancholy. Her friends asked what was the
manerl She replied. she knew sOmeibjng /;
her grief she could no, conceal, ha, the secret,
she wcaid no, disclose even 81 the ipdenent
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21
Sheriff s Sale.

DY virtue of an alias f. ia writ issued out of
I'D the clerks Office of the District Court Of the
county of Grant, w. T., OIL transcript of iudg-
ment nieu III saiu clerks once, 10y James Bonham
Esq, one of the Justices of the Peace in and fof
said county, at the suit OF John Richardson plain
tiff, against George W. Henry and X. Spaulding,
defendants, against the goods and chattels, lands
and tenements of the said Henry and Spaulding,
to me directed and delivered, l have this day lev
led upon all the estate, right, title and interest
which the said Henry and Spaulding either of
them had ON the ninth day of January, 1916, or
al any time thereafter of in and to the northeast
quarter OF section number twelve, town namber
three, north OF range number one, west of the
fourth principal meridian in said county, and all of
which said property, or much thereof as shall be
sufficient TO satisfy said writ and costs, will sell
at public vendue 10 the highest bidder for cash, at
the outward door Of the courthouse in Lancaster
IN said county on the 18th day of April next, be-
tween the hours of nine O'Clock a. M and four o.
clock p. m. Of that day.
N. w. KENDALL, Sheriff, G. C.
March 4, 1916. 5o-6,.
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day Mrs. Haight sought consolation from
her friends. but they declared they could not
relieve her without confession. AT length
she determined to open her bosom 10 female
acquaintance. who willingly bound herself BY
adjuraiions The most awful, never TO reveal The
secret. She then related how her husband
had murdered Laban Crane. The awful dis
closure burned like fire 10 The bosom Of the
confdant. her conscience could no more retain
it than no, Goals. She introduced another part.
ner into the company. Instantly rumor got
hold Of it--evefy body heard, suspected. be-
lieved, and the community was agitsied like
The sea- Haight was arrested--he went 10 a
designated spot and dug up sand-hiH crane
declaring that ii was the crane whose murder
he had disclosed TO his wife. But this only
exasperated the community, and converted
suspicion into certainty. This experiment.
upon his wife's fidelity might have cos. Mr..
Haight his life but before the examination
concluded, Laban Crane happened TO align.
10 The neighborhood, alive and well. Mrs.
Haight was entirely cured of her propensity,
and never afterwards has she regarded il as
privilege to be the depository Of the my sterious
and the unknown. M.
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Prem Nantn SC.

The ST. Louis Missourian Publishes a let
ter from Santa Fe merchant, dated Decem-
Der &c, from which we make The following
extract
All remains quie, here; and though in this
remote corner we are not informed Of The pre-
else state Of things between the United States
end Mexico. yet we have ceased to have any
apprehension Tor ourselves and Pr0pery.-
The New Mexioans have generally made up
their minds that sooner or later they must
cone under The United States Government.
and have. apparently. Determined to take il qoi-
ELY. We've the Unised States now 10 send a
show Of a respectable force, the whole eoualry
North 10 East Of the Rio del Hosie would
submit without the slightest resistance. The
peorle evidently expect, and | eandi3ly be-
lievs, hore that the Uuitsd States will take
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21

iee--Ice. when put away 10 an ice house,
for domestic use, becomes individual property,
so as 10 be the subject Of larceny although il
was no, so when it constituted part Of The
river or pond from which it was originally
taken. Bu, an iceberg floating on the high
seas, 10 liable TO capture, as much as sperm
whale; yet an iceberg il captured, need not
pass through the process of condemnation by
Cour. Of Admiralty, /, is very clear--nor are
the capIors liable 10 pay rem, for II TO the Gov
eminent. Bot although II be larceny TO take
ice from an ice-bouse, it is no larceny TO enter
any body's ice-house and take ctld although
10 enter anosher's coal house and take ice,
could only be justified 10 an officer acting under
color Of Office. Bot the ice in the Mississippi
river is public property and any one may go
and survey of aud hold. If he can. forty acres
Of it--nor will IL be necessary TO record his
title 10 !, in the Registers oflice--nor to pay
taxes on IL.
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Notice

rs hereby given TO all whom it may concern.
Il that win ON the second Monday of April
next ensuing the date of this notice, commence
selling at the Court house door in the town of
Prairie du Chen in the county of Crawford aud
Territory of Wisconsin, the most public place in
said town, the county seat OF the said county, all
and singular the lands and town lots in School
District number one in said county Of Crawford,
on which the sehool taxes due for the year 1874
are not paid on or before the second Monday of
April next, being the 18th day of April 1916, and
that such sale viii be continued from day to day
between the hours OF nine of the clock in the FORE
noon and four of the clock IN the afternoon of each
day, until all such lands and town lots are offered
for sale.
SETH HILL,
Collector oftaxes of Crawford county, W.T..
Dated al the Collectors office, Prairie du CHEN
w. T., MAJ ch It'll, lS45. 5o-4t.
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fkF We had conversation a few days
since with d. G. w Leariss, Esq, whose
contemplated trip to California. when spring
opens. has been published far and wide. We
never saw any person more saDgulne OF the
success of an enterprise, than he is of the dit
fcull one in which he is about 10 embark
He showed US several letters from intelligent
men in dlfferen, parts of the Union, written in
behalf of many neighbors and friends. who
were eager to join in planting an American
Colony on the shores of the distant Pacific
He pointed out to Us on the map the harbor
of San Diego-the next best to that of San
Francisco-as the destination he had 10 view
for the company. so far as commercial ad-
yantages go, it is undoubtedly the best selec-
ton which could be made for new colony.
He informed US that he had received nearly
Two hundred letters of inquiry, in behalf Of
writer's and many others. and expressed his
belief that between 500 and 1000 would rem
devious at Fort Smith by the first Monday in
April, ready for the journey. He expects to
remain at Napoleon. at the mouth of the Ar
kansas, until the Goth of March, when he
will start for Fort Smith.-Li,.le Rock Ga.
zetle.
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Notice

Z ) hereby given TO all whom il may concern,
Il that will on The second Monday of April
next ensuing the d. ie of this notice, commence
selling at the Cous house door in the town of
Prairie du Chen, in the county of Crawford and
Territory of Wisconsin, the most public place in
said town the county seat of the said county, ell
and singular the lands and town lots in tho said
county of Crawford, on which the taxes due for
tine years l543, 1874 and 1916, as charged in the
duplicate tax-roll of said Crawford county 10 me
for the said years, are not paid on or before the
said second Monday of April next, being the 18th
day Of April, lS45, and that such sale will be
continued from day TO day between the hours of
nine Of The clock in The forenoon and four of the
clock in the afternoon of each day, until all such
lands and town lots are offered for sale.
SETH HILL,
Collector of taxes of Crawford county, w. r.
Dated al the Collectors Office, Prairie du CHEN
w T., March 7th, 1916. 52-4t
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speedy possession. In any event, our b.si-
ness and other relations with The Governor
and other principal men arc such that we al.
ways feel entirely safe.
The Independence Exposition Of the 7th
instant. notices the arrival at that place Of an
other company Of traders from Santa Fe.-
They are under the direction of Messrs.
Houck and Beck. of Bonneville. and Hicks of
Boone county. and left chihuahua on The LIST
of December. and Santa Fe on the LIST of jan
uary performing the latter Trip in thirty.four
days. These gentlemen brought with them
about $4,000. the most of which is said to
have been forwarded by residents of New
Mexico, to meet their Indebtedness 10 the
eastern cities. They had three mule teams
and the company consisted Of seven men,
This adventure is regarded as testing The prac.
ticabiiiy of making this journey az any sea-
son of the year. They carried pfovender suf.
ficient for their mules. and had little left al
the end of the trip. On the route they expe-
rienced but one snow storal. otherwise the
weather was favorable, but little cold. They
met few Indians. Another company was 10
leave Santa Fe about the LIST Of February, and
one on the Is, of March.
The political news is of no interest. Intel.
lgence Of the revolution in Mexico. placing
Paroles at the head of affairs, had not been
received at Santa Fe.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21

amazons.-From the accounts received Of
the late battle of Parana. it appears that a
number of women were engaged in the fercest
of the fight. Several Of their dead bodies
were found after the action, buried amids,
heaps of slain. Yet this is the people that
England and France hope to conquor A
country where the very women are soldiers,
and, as in this instance, can stand in the ranks
with their husbands and fathers. and with a
little battery of ,hir,y-fve guns, sustain con-
fict of nine hours. exposed to the murderous
fire of one hundred and thirty pieces of heavy
cannon! Shame on the desp6ls who make war
upon such people, Galena Jeffersonian.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1846-03-21

" A couple Of Rocky Mountain Wolves
escaped from their cage in the menagerie Of
Herr Driesbach, al Evansville, Ohio, on the
ll,h; and the Gazette gives the following &C.
coun, Of the conflict TO secure them
AT the time, there were four men in the
building. Herr Dnesbach, Paul Morgan.
Abraham Sinner, and Arthur Crippen, but
accustomed IS they were TO such animals,
they thought only of saving the smaller ami.
mails that were fastened in different parts OF
the building. without experimenting personal
danger to themselves. Crippen ran out OF the
bnilding to get pi,chfork. when closing the
door after him. il fastened itself, which KEEP,
him out. Morgan FASTENED TO take care Of
the riding monkey, when one Of the wolves
attacked him, and 20, him down, and as Shi-
mer ran to his assistance. he was attacked and
overpowered by the other wolf. Al this mo.
ment Driesbach was the only one disengaged,
and picking up chair he dashed il TO pieces,
TO obtain a round for a elub. Wish this a, one
blow he disabled the wolf that had attacked
Sinner, but the other held with death grip,
and required repeated blows; nor did he re-
luquish the attack until he was Knocked dead.
The disabled Que was afterwards shot. The
men were badly bitten. ard had they been
alone. would inevitably have been KILLED, for
one OF them was already fainting.
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.4nother Wreeh by the Great Storm.-The
schooner Elmra Rogers, Capt. Sal.er. which
left this city for New York on The day pre-.
ceeding the great storm, was wrecked near
Barnegat Inlet, and every soul on board per-
ished before aid could be given. The last
that was seen of any person on board, was
one man in the rigging, but when she was
boarded no traces Of single individual could
be found. There were five persons on board
OF her, The Captain owned three-four!hs Of
the vessel, and Mr.. Bariine, of Stafford. N.
J. one-four,h. She was not insured.-Phila.
Ledger.
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al arrtf0,

AT Hazel Green. w. T.. on the lIth inst,
Mr.. Jacob Fenley with Mrs.. Eliza Wheeler.
BY =. Coyle, Esq, on tho ao,ir uis., Mr..
Jvau Da'isso Doano with Mrs, Susan Polken.
horn, all of Po,osi.
BY the same. on the 2S,h ult., Mr.. Jacob
Naifong with Mrs. Mary Herbert, both of Po-
tosi.
BY the same, on the % inst, Mr.. Henry
Shuster with Miss Margare, Moarse, both Of
Dutch Hollow.