Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-03-20

The Prairie du Chen Patriot OF last Tuesday
says-0n Tuesday last, a man by the name OF
Riley was shot by Winnebago Indian, al the
grocery Of Mr.. Thorn, at place called Sod
ON, clayton county. Iowa. abou, twelve
miles west Of this place and near where the
mail carrier was attacked the week previous.
We are glad TO learn that Mr.. Willard,
whose loss in snow storm up north. we an
noureed last week. has found himself and is
alive and we'll and returned home last Sunday
to Elk Grove
The remains Of officers Morris, Williams
and Field have arrived In New York.
/ A vote has been taken 10 the House Of
Representatives on the Irish relief bill. which
has been killed BY a decided vote of two TO
one
The late tariff bin remains unchanged.
Elibu Burrit writing from England says
The English Government has promised 10 pay
the freighis Of oil contributions Of food and
clothing which may be forwarded from the u
nied States. Will not The railroad companies
10 the Uoiled States and sesmboa, companies,
transport from the interior. to the seaboard all
such contributions, free of ehsreei
Lead was selling at 81 81 IN Boston, on
the eth ult. Flour a, Pittsburgh 81. At
Philadelphia SO. Ga the Alb of March a.
Buffalo So per barrel,
The receipts at the land sale 10 Dubuque
the first week, were about $4,000.
Tom Thumb. having made fortone Of over
half million Of dollars, has determined to
retire after having visited the principal cities
in the Union He so announces 10 the Cour
Ter and Eoquirer.
The Mineral Bill, providing for the sale Of
the Copper Lands on Lake Superior, passed
the Senate on the 26'h |, gives pre- emp'ion
RICH, to essees, permiItees, and to occupants
who have actually discovered mines. and en-.
abIes them to boy the 'snd al 50 so per acre.
All the residue Is putt So.
The Senate In anticipating the great com.
mrrce mat Is soon to be- ailoat on Lake Supe
Nor, has appropriated $4,000 for building a
ligh,house at Copper HaIbor.
A receu, census Of s., Louis shows the
I population 10 be ~ $50, This is an increase,
+, in two yeats. OF eleven thousand Ave hundred
aud sixty eight souls.
/ Efforts are making at Milwaukee TO load a
vessel with provisions for the suffering poor Of
Ireland
A Welsh paper has the fOllowieg-There
is a man IN This place, known by the name OF
+ VIII Of The Mih. who resides and sleeps eve.
~ nigh, 10 room. upon straw laid upon the
floor. with his wife. seven children, thirty
ducks. forty hens and chickens, four owls aud
six mbbhs.
The House Of Delegates of Michigan, have
By large majority. ordered 10 third reading
the bill permanently locating the capital a
( Lansing. ineham coee,y.
The Americans have already started ps
per a, Tsmpico, Il lis called the Tsmpic'
Sentinel. is published ty Barnard & Jewell
two Young men from New Orleans. and II
very uea, in its appearance.
T. Captain Isaac Van Ho6,on, leng and faver
ably known as an enterpuslpg steamboat cap
,aio 90 the Upper and Lower Mississippi
dies a, Cincinnati on The % instant after
shor' bat rainfol illness,
The subscription 10 C6iesgo, fer the relic
of soferiae Ireland already reaches Sso0o,
The amornl heretofore senl forward By private
Subscription. amounts TO S9,70O.
The New York Legislature, il Is stated .ha,
discovered g,ea, frauds 10 the management o
the The canal fends.
u is stated. ,ha, Gensrsl Scott has made 4
reeuisition on Quarter master General JesSuI
for sieh'esn thousand pack mules. three 'aoOs
and wagons. CITY, add'iosal transports snS
iny millions Poueds q hay
Aeeounts from Coasisn,ineP0ls dated lStt
Of Jsausry. sno0sses than the CiNss,isl'