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pfOytment called the poVer-pTess, !, would joe 80
true and as lust TO preceding inventors and M
lrOveT5 Of the press the phrase used by vow cor
respondent w reference 10 steamboats,.
Fhy-sIN yraIs before FutDU turned his at.enuar
80 the subject, Mr.. Jonathan Hull obtained patent
70 England for moving vessels by steam or othtr
power having wheels al the bows.
Ihrty-foV years before Fulton thought Of con.
suneling steamboat, Geneyois, Frenchman, made
experiments on the same subject.
Slhe'een years before the Count D'AuxinOn,
~ H years Monsieur Terrier, and fourteen years
1,,,H,s qu's Ie Jounroy, all Frenehnen, had con-
s'tuS'eu OF drawn model boats; and in 1888, ten
years before Fulton, JouIroy's boat Was moved by
steam three miles AN hour -
la America, Oliver Evans had formed a Milan of A
steamboat IN lI12 and l713 James Rumsey in 1888;
John Fitch in 1885; and John S,eyens i 10 i7a0
Ia England, Mr.. Miller, of Dalmins,Sn moved a
boar 10 1877 by the aid of steam.
Mr.. Rumsey put his boat IN motion on the Polo
mac IN 1874, driven by steam; and in 1856 and
1887, had one Of several that made four or fr,
miles an hour This boat had no paddles, but was
propelled by a force pump. la 1855 Mr.. Fitch
made a model with wheels at the side In 1885 he
eonstnicte an experimental boat, having paddle
instead Of wheels because lac thought them bet
Ter,
10 October, iIss, his boat having capacity Of
sixty tons, moved IN front of Philadelphia al the
rate OF eight miles hour and made a Trip to Bur
minutes. During thls year, Mr.. Fitch had received
patents from Virginia, New Jersey, and New York,
and IN August, 1880, himself and John Stevens
took Oui patents from the general government each
for peculiar steamboat and engine
In 1893. Mr.. Vail, the consul Of the United
States at L'0rient IN France, who vas the friend
Of Mr., Fitch, who had also been in France seeking
aid for his project, gave Mr. Fulton the plans and
specifications OF Fitch; and il was then, for the
hr~t time thai the tnsassendent genius OF Fulton
applied ITSELF 20 tbs construction Of boats. Between
1913 and 1908, when Mr.. FutoD's model boat ap-
peared at Tboonkins, ihsrs wers six or seven con
temporary inproysrs; ia England Lord stanhope.
and Hunter, and Dickinsoo; In France, Des BlRnsS,
in America, Stevens, Livingston, and Others. Mr.
FultOns first practical success occurred on the Hud
son in 1907, with speed Of four miles and seven.
tenths per hour lnoW close, a. | begun, with eN-
pressing nay establishment how your correspondent
from the House Of Reprrsentauves could apply to
Mr. Fulton What he never claimed himself nor any
person acquainted with the history Of steam ever
granted Lim-the name Of the "greal inventor Of
steam navigation"
JUSTICIA
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better than at the South. The demand for rye has
been wholly for the Dutch and Belgian markets
Our market have been swept of every bushel that
could be had at the advanced rate Of SIS cents The
shipments that were made three months ago for
Antwerp and Amsterdam, paid the shippers profit
Of at least seventy per cent, Freights in Liverpool
have advanced, and have become active. Cotton,
Aour and wheat, are the principal articles going for
ward There is also demand for vessels To take
corn 10 Cork and market, and rye to the north Of
Europe" '
To this | add IAN account of the appropriations
into the port of Liverpool from the United States,
during the months Of December and January last, -
TO show that instead Of having To fear importanoDs,
the British government, through their agents
Barring, Brothers, & Co, OF London, have purcha-
sed large quantities Of corn in the western country,
waiting the opening of navigation 10 ship 10 Ire
land, and that considerable parcels have already gone
forward.
StlisaiSnis giving the importation 81 brsddsilS into
The port Of Liverpool, from he uaaied States, Bg
the month Of December lS45, and January, 1886
IMPORT BREADsTUFFs Iyro LIVERPOOL FRoa rHE
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THE UNION.
To The Editor ofAs Union :

very erroneous impression prevails as respects
the advantages 10 accrue 10 our country by the
change In the eorn-laws in England. Many per-
sons, and among the number members Of Congress,
suppose that the Baltic and the Black seas will be
the sources whence the supply will come. The en-
closed shows pretty concusively that such will not
be the case, but that the United States will partci-
pate very largely ia the trade. The great reason
why we have not heretofore furnished more is, that
the operation OF The slidng-scale made il hazardous
for distant countries to embark in the enterprse-a
lapse Of a few weeks only finding prices reduced
and duties advanced. IL will be different hereafter
with fixed dutyof As. per quarter. II you have
room, pray give the enclosed an insertion.
Yours, respectfully,
p. Il. HOMER.
March 10.
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- ROCERIES.-This day received, and for sale
" cheap for cash, or to punctual customers on
time
hogheads'prime Orleans sugar
$50 oaves refined loaf do
Crushed and powdered do
Fresh and superior green and black teas
80 bags Java, Maracaibo, Rio and Lag. coffee
1000 lbs. prime new bacon, hog round
No. lard in kegs and barrels
New York and Virginia family, and extra -four
2n kegs prime glades butter
10 barrels Orleans molasses
$50 gallons superior sugar, house syrups
90 boxes sperm candles
500 gallons best sperm oil
To which, with every kind Of family groceries, we
call the attention Of purchasers.
LEWIS e. HOLLAND,
Centre market space, No. 2, from 9th street.
March 1l-3tif Nat Int
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FULTON AND THE STEAMBOAT.

How long we shall see such terms as inventor
Of steam navigation" applied To Mr.. Fulton by men
Of supposed intelligence, no one can foreseei tor,
sl,hough they are contradictory to all history and
all facts, ard to history and facts that have been
scarcely a month passes that the credit Of the in
vention Of STEAMBOATS, is not given to him in print
IN conseIystion, and in public assemblies. II thir-
~ years hence the invention Of the printing press
should be given TO Ny, Adams, the author OF an I'M
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nor RENT, the well-inished two-story brick
L HOUSE on 18th stree, between G and Fl
streets, at present occupied by Thomas Feran, esq.
Possession will be given on the first day of April
next.
Apply to Thos w. Pairo, street, near 18th.
March SIT
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Mrs. GRUB respectfully informs her friends
lVl and the public that she can accommodate q
few boarders on reasonable terms. Her house is
on D. street, between 9th and 10Th, Parker's row
No 3, near Pennsylvania avenue.
March A.
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poARDING.--Mrs. HAMILTON, nearly op.
ID poste Coleman's National Hotel, has several
fine rooms vacant, which she would be glad to
fill with members of Congress, permanent, or
transient boarders
March 6-eod3tf
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LIVES OF AMERICAN NAVAL toFFI-
GERS by ]. Fenimore Cooper, vol. |, con-
tanning Beinbridge, Somers, Shaw, Shubriek, and
Preble. Price so cents.
March 3 f. TAYLOR,
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46 shillinps.

ain case ofca demand it would go from sos. to SIS,
per quarter; nothing, therefore, be more up-
founded than the notions prevalent in England
land will add, with General ChandIer,) as to the
extreme cheapness Of wheat at Dantzic
He adds: "SupposiDg British wheat to sell at
about Cos, Odessa wheat to come, in good order,
would not be worth more than SOS. per quarter.
The voyage from Odessa to Britain is of uncertain
duration, but generally very long, and it should he
made during the winter months. When the voyage
is made during the summer months, unless the
wheat be very superior, it is to heat, and some
times has to be dug from the hold of the ship with
pick-axes." q have had wheat in this state in
Cadiz.)
Again, Mr. Jacobs remarks: "The prices Of wheat
at New York and Philadelphia may be taken at an
average Of 37s to DOS, and the expense Of import
ing quarter from the United States, amounts to
from los. to l2s. sterling;' mot 2s and "a 3d., az
quoted by General G. from Bremen ~ Mr. Jacobs
adds: "No considerable quantity can be supplied
from the United States" This was true at the Pc
Rod quoted, az we then derived no supplies from
western New York, or the western States of Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana, &c.
As Mr.. Boyd's statement Of the rates Of freight
Of wheat was confirmed to me by a leading ship
broker in this city, and is corroborated by Mr..
McCuoch, and by prices current, would ask OF
General c. the authority, and under what oircum-
stances, and to what extent "grain can be imported
from the Baltic at cost of 30 10 40 cents per bush
ell and freight of to cents, and at from 10 to IL
cents from the Mediterranean u" There is some
error that should have been papable TO the inquir-
ing mind or the case General Chandler has got hold
of must have been some small parcel Of wheat taken
on board foreign vessel AZ ballast with German
emigrants, which he should not have imposed on
the American public the rate Of freight from the
wheat districts Of Europe, at and cents, 90 pei
nett ton. II will be seen this rate would hardly
pay the expense Of shifting boards to secure the
cargo, with the loss of handling, port charges, &c
A little inquiry among own merchants, would have
informed General Chandler as well as General Tai
mage, that Is cents has been paid per bushel on
corn 10 Great Britain, and that $4,000 bushels went
by one vessel the last week, and large quantities
are now shipping weekly to Great Britain.
That Gen. Chandler is in error in supposing tha'
I5-"Grain is now selling on the continent OF hn
rope. notwithstanding the danger Of famine at 3
and 40 cents per bnshep is contradicted BY the fol
lowing statement which | extract from the New
York Express Of this date:
WThe last news has increased the demand for co
ton and rye. Shippers have gone freely into tn
former, for the Liverpool market, Prices hero or
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l3sgss

In addition 10 this, there were 4S0 bbls. Of Indian
meal imported from New Orleans. Many vessels
loaded with breaasufs. leaving this port, have
10 Cork instead Of Liverpool The Patrick Hem
ry, one Of Grnneil, Mintun & Co.'S Liverpool line
OF packs, sailed on the 9th Of February for Cork,
with n very large cargo, principally breadstuffs.
These facts show that there has not been 80 muh
speculation in breadstuffs this country on indi-
yidusl account, az anticipated; that the largest pur
chases in market have been by the agents Of the
British government.
In corroboraton Of the foregoing, find, in look
ing over the "London Economist" of the 10Th Of
January last, under the head Of "foreIgn grain
market" "There is very little business doing in grain
in the Baltic. The holders of wheat at Dantzic,
Filling and kongsburg, are supported in their
views of local scarcity, and from the accounts
of Russia and Poland, where much distress pre-
walls from a scarcity Of food. Prices are much too
dear for England In Holland and Belgium the
markets about D.. per quarter above the level Of
the current rates in bond in England The markets
in France have been steady for q month past. Al
Odessa the market is scarcely to be called cheaper
than in Europe. Prices vary from 32s. to 37s. per
quarter. las. per quarter is paid on the spot for
ships TO London, insurance beng per cent, ii fol-
lows the best samples cost Sos per quarter in Eng
land At Ibralia and Galatz wheat is 32s Cd. The
last freight was l5s and gratuity TO the captain"
This wheat is 10 per cent. inferior TO the English
wheat.
From these quotations, and the fact that for forty
wears the average price Of wheat on bond in the
Baltic was 81 % per bushe and freight IS cents TO
England | do not see that our wheat growers need
fear any foreign competition, nor do they require
any protection TO secure the seaboard market. The
reverse; they only require a steady market TO Great
Britain at the average rate of wheat IN London for
the last half century, 10 become independently rich
I'm fact there is no interest in this Union that under
al our fluctuations, have so steadily advanced in
wealth as our famers. The last census and estimate
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Contracts to Let.

TNHE undersigned having bssn appointed Com
4 missioner TO superiniend the getting of canal
from the main channel Of the Mississippi river to
the Grant river al Potos in Grant county; will re-
ceive sealed proposals at his Office in PoIosi, until
O'Clock OF The 25lh day Of April, 1916, for the
clubbing and clearing of thv line Of said canal,
--.abedng ten aad one half sections, each section
containing 100 yards in length, and 100 feet IN
width; those putting ia bids win name their seeu-
rifles, bond and security has TO be taken fnr the
iG6msnt OF the contracts let by said Commissioner
all thu grabs and timber has 10 be removed TO the
distance Of % feet fon the lower or eastern side
Of the Lac Of said canal, al timber must be chop
ed low and cleared away that IS within 70 ieet Of
the sass SIDE Of thu line NJ said cnnai; all con
tracts must &c completed On or 5eofs the mrs, day
Of July next. unless prsvente5 ~ soodsn Hse OF
wa,sr ~ a. ID hinder the prosecution Of the work.
JAwEs F. CBAFNkS.
COMMISSIONER Of said work.
Po,osi, March Is, 1915. st
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For Sale.
Notice

hereby given to the creditors, heirs, deyisees
Il and all other persons interested in the estate
of Isaac Bronson deceased, late of the CITY of
New York, in the State fNew York, that on the
9th day of March A. D.. 1916, Garrett V. Dem
nston, who represents himself as one of the cred
itors of the estate Of the said Isaac Bronson de-
ceased, having legal subssting and unsatisfed de-
mands against said estate, filed in the Office of
the Judge of Probate of the county OF Grant and
Territory of Wisconsin, authenticated copy of
the will of the said Isaac Bronson deceased, and
made application to said Judge of Probate for
power to proceed and sell SO much of the properly
of the said deceased, being within the county Of
Grant and Territory of Wisconsin, as may be
sufficient to pay aud satisfy the legal demands of
the said Garrett V. Denniston, against the es-
tate of the said Isaac Bronson deceased, and the
costs of this proceeding, according the provis-
ions the statute in such case made and provided
after sufficient and legal notice shall have been
given by publications. to said creditors, heirs, de-
visees and other persons interested in said estate,
of the time and place of hearing said application
to show cause if any there be why said appica-
ton should not be granted. Ii is therefore order
ed that such notice be given 10 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 inal hearing on said application will be had
on the 18th day of April, A. d. 1916, at one of
the clock in the afternoon of said day, a: the Of
fee of the said Judge of Probate in Lancaster, in
Grant county, Wisconsin Territory.
HUGH X. Golfer,
Judge of Probate, G.. c., W.. It.
March II, 1916. 1-4t.
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The Farmers Library. --The March No. Of
this valuable periodical has been received
Beside tho continuation Of Thaer's " Prnc.
Plies Of Agriculture and the recent imporlan,
discovery in France Of means Of testing the
relative capacity and value Of mch cows, il
has great variety Of articles on potatoes and
potato disease, Sheep Farming in the West
Sheep Dogs, Alpaccas, Insects, Agricultural
Education. the Smithsonian Fund, Bees
Guano, &c. We wish all the enlightened
and liberal Farmers and friends of Agrculiu
raj Improvement, in our country would exam.
inc this work.
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Su,cidal.-We are surprised to learn iha
some Of The Galena folks are In favor OF having
the Railroad from Chicago 10 tina. city, reach
the Mississippi at Savannah - far below
Galena; and thence 10 have II extended north
ward 10 Gaena. This would secure to Sa'
yannah all ,he lower trade tending eastward.
No possible route could be more fatal than
ihis, to The high hopes Of Galena.
Lee, the Railroad cross Rock river at Dixon,
and presently branch would be extended to
4, from Rock Island. dveriing the trade and
travel Of ST. Louis, from Savannah and Gale
na-lhus avoiding the difficult navigation OF
the Upper Mississippi rapids--and we shall
bs left TO strive 10 Congress withou. the CO.
operation OF ouI friends in the South, to carry
through an appropriation bill for tho improve.
men, Of those rapids--a measure SO vital TO
The interests Of the mines.
Let the railroad be carried TO Savannah, and
we have one remedy left that is to construct
a Railroad from the mines through Wisconsin,
direct to Lake Michigan.
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Or There IS that in the following extract
from the Tribune, worth deep thinking upon.
and attending -
ave wish i, were possible to Undue every
man, bu, especially every young man. with
the desire Of having n HOME OF his own-a
home TO DO adhered TO through life Next TO
the home itself. an earnest overruling desire for
one would be great blessing There are few
vigorous young men of fair capacities who
have no, missed opportunities to save the cost
Of a cottage and piece Of ground by the time
they are respectively twensy.one years Of
age"
II our young men would but pause in their
giddy career and reflect how much money they
are wasting upon vile rum and simplifying to-
bacco, and how much of life itself they are
wasting in the fancied enjoymen, Of such
things, repentance and reformation would often
follow, and in their train would come surer
and quieter happiness. and a peaceful ext, At
last.
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Notice

Il S hereby given 10 all whom il may concern,
A that viii on he second Monday of April
next ensuing the n ie of this notice, commence
selling at the Cour house door in the town Of
Prairie do CHEN, in the county of Crawford and
Territory of Wisconsin,, the most public place ia
said town the county seat of the said county, ell
and singular the lands and town lots in the said
county of Crawford, on which the taxes due for
the years l843, 1874 and lS45, 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, l645, and that such sale will be
continued from day 10 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. II.
Dated at the Collectors Office, Prairie du CHEN
w. t., March 18th, 1876. 52-4t.
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Notice

Is hereby given TO all whom it may concern,
II that will 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 Clawfo 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 School
District number one in said county of Crawford,
on which the school taxes due for the year 1874
are not paid before the second Monday of
April next being the 18th day of April, 1916, and
that such sale will 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 ofeach
day, until all such lands and town lots are offered
for sale.
SETH HILL,
Collector oftaxes Of Crawford county, w. T.
Dated at the Collectors Office, Prairie du CHEN
w. T., March 7th, 1845. 52-4,
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Sheriff s Sale.

DY virtue Of an alias e. ia writ issued out OF
ID the clerks Office of the District Court Of the
county of Grant, w. T., on transcript of judg-
ment filed in said clerks office, by James Bonhani
Esq, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for
said county, at the suit of John Richardson, plain
tiff, against George W. Henry and r. Spaulding,
defendants, against the goods and chattels, lands
and tenements of the said Henry and Spaulding,
to me directed and delivered, have this day lev
led upon all the estate, right, title and interest
which the said Henry and Spaulding or either OF
them had on the ninth day of January, 1916, or
at any time thereafter Of in and to the northeast
quarter Of section number twelve, town number
three, north of range number one, west OF the
fourth principal meridian in said county, and all OF
which said property, or so much thereof as shall Dc
sufficient TO satisfy said writ and costs, viii sell
at public vendue TO the highest bidsr for cash, at
the outward door Of the courthouse in Lancaster
in said eoonty on the 18th day Of April next, be-
tween the hours of nine o'clock m. and four o.
clock p. m. of that day.
NV KENDALL, Sheriff, &C
March 1, 1876. Sgt
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NstV Goods. -Wo intend to lie, our readers
know This Spring, what merchants in the coun-
~ are bringing in full stocks Of new goods,
snd who Of them are determined to spend the
season 10 peddling OF few remnants Of old
fashioned calcoes and rusty jewsharps.-
These are matters Of interest to our readers !;
every one Of whom is purchaser OF goods.
We presome ,ha, every stock Of goods broogh.
into this county. worth examining, will be
found advertised 10 the Herald.
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Dissolution.

NJ Office is hereby given that tbs partnership
N heretofore existing between US under the
name, firm and style of Barber & Ward, is this
day dissolved by mutual consent, and all OF the
partnership property both real and personal, debts,
dues, demands, notes and accounts belonging to
the said firm, have been assigned and transferred
to Theodore NJ. Barber, who is alone authorized
10 collect and receive the same and the said Bar
Der will also pay all debts due and owing by said
firm of Barber e. Ward.
T. NJ. BARBER,
JAMES NJ. WARD.
Dated Lancaster, Gran, county, w. T., March
81, 1876
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~ The brig Henry, Capt Kilburn, sailed
from Newburypor on Monday the Cd instant
for Oregon, with number Of passengers--in
Gliding women aud children. Three or four
hundred spectators assembled at the wharf to
witness the briggs departure, and there were
many mois, eyes among those who took leave
Of their friends. Religious exercises were had
on the occasion. Another vessel will sail for
Oregon about the 30lh instant from New
York.
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Fire al hemPhis.-Tbe Buffalo Pilot says
that on the 10Th Of February tho most de-
suuc,ive FIRE that ever occurred at Menphis,
Tenn. took place. and before |, could be go,
under, half square was laid waste. The
holdings destroyed were Of little value, with
the exception of three brick stores. The in-
suranco is partly full. The loss 10 buildings
and merchandise is put al $4,000.