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Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

70 On motion of Mr.. Mangum, the fol-
lowing appointments, as Chairman of stand
ing committees were made without bal
loting:-
Manufactures, Mr.. Dickinson; Military,
Mr.. Cas-; Militia, Mr.. Buck; Public Lands,
Mr.. BreeSe; Private Land Claims, Mr.. fu-
lee: Indian Affairs, Mr. Atchison: Revolu-
tionary Claims, Mr.. Bright; Pensions, Mr..
johnson, of La; Patents, Sc, Mr.. WeScott;
Retrenchment, Mr. Turney Territories,
Mr.. Douglass; Public Buildings, MIR. Hun
ter: Contingent Expenses, Mr.. Felch; Prin-
ting, MIR. Bradbury; Engrossed Bills, Mr..
Downs; Enrolled Bills, Mr. Rusk; Joint
Committee on Library, Mr.. Pearce.
Cameron, District of Columbia, Chair
man; of Committees of the House, Finton,
on WAYS and Means J. r. Ingersoll, Ju-
dietary Truman Smith, Foreign Affairs +;
Bolts, Military Affairs.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

% On our first page, our readers viii
find an able article on the subject of Iowa
Senators, copied from the Galena Jefierso-
Man.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

U5- Last Thursday night the rain COM
menced falling and carried off the snow
and there seems to be every probability that
the rivers viii soon be clear of ice.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

p~ We have received several numbers
ofthe Wisconsin Tri-Weekly Argus and the
LIST number of the Madison Tri-Weekly
Express. They are both highly creditable
sheets, and we trust that the enierprising
propriesors viii be literally supported.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

no Autumns frost, no Towering spring.
Turn we to the living, now our theme
From Deaths dark shade, to life's bright dream
A merry New Year
wish you all
A welcome here,
Both great and small.
You'll find who read what now write,
A welcome to life's best delight
May health be yours, and DER YOU peace.
With radiant wing, shed hours Of bliss,
May those who see lis first bright morn.
Live 10 behold lis last days sun,
And wiser grow as the eircling round,
OF seasons, brings liies veal or woe;
Each yiriuous act. with honor crowned,
And for ench grief balm be found;
Al cherished hopes be grati6ed-
Each trembling fear be dashed aside
When round the future, storms may lower,
And clouds hang heavy DER thine hour,
Then from the past call mem'y up,
To Gil anew joys empty cupi
Life has is hopes and has It's fears,
The face its smiles, the eyes their tears.
Old age lis wrinkles-you,h It's pains,
Aud these are ours while life remains;
Yet the garden Of Ifs has roses in bloom,
That throw ON the moments their richest per
fune;
And the whrl Of the spheres in their circles
sublime
Are an orchestra sounding the music Of Time
Oh. music aud flowers. are borne ON the hours
To cheer hie's tedious day;
Not the darkes, cloud, can always shroud
The futures heaming rayl
Ring the bells and crack the whipl
Ger the snowy plains vel take trip,
With smoking steeds and glitiering sleigh,
Merry well ride---away, away
The moon shall light us on our course,
The winds may breathe their mumurs hoarso,
The stars may twinkle IN the sky,
(And wa,eh-dogs bark as we pass hy,)
VIVA, care we answer shcu, for shout.
lie, the merry laugh with the bell ring out,
And the sparkling eyes oet-shne the star
That dimly sleeps in the sky affair,
OH Ills glorious time to woo,
When the cold moon-beams shine round US,
To hiss from lips like roses the dew,
And fancy tina, love hath found US.
Bu, softly, softly, us leap year,
And Ger the realm &C love,
sccpirod and ROBBED for conquest here
Sits woman supreme, by Jove
BE sill my hear,--he mute each string,
For a mate no longer mourn,
For this rolling year Will surely bring
Thy long neglected tara'
oh. when win Mexico Ger feel
The moving rhetoric Of cur steel
The sweet. persuasive bayone,,
Seems but TO make her foam and fret;
And our east-iron orators
Have argued, all in vain, our eaase.
In vain our red-noathed cannon Try
The logic Of artillery
We've offered, from the very FIRST,
The olive branch (the buu end irs,D
When VIII she come to understand
That all we ask, Is laR8--mcrc lands
While gently We expOsSulaie,
Talk Of or destiny and fate.
wah cadgcls armed, Of olive we'd,
T. persuade her wha, Is iSr her gOod,
old Johnny Bull is sadly veSed,
Bsg, thinks how India was annexed,
Thinks Of has dinner and concludes
To le, us settle our own ieuds
Travails the great Northwest
Mother Il States soon 10 be hles;
With one more ,Odilins infant state.
The lilsle strusgler eaunos wShl
Convention. help CT elst absle,
The charge Of gross iafan,,clie.
Man-midNiyas' Put Wisconsin Through,
BY daylight; CT we're done wi,h Yea.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

90 Hon. Andrew Stewart and Hon. Jas.
Thompson have our thanks for early copies
of the message.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

TELEGRAPH.-The Magnetic Telegraph
Is now completed to 81. Louis. The Re-
pabliean of the 2lst says" The lightning
commenced operating vigorously yesterday,
atiP. NJ, and from that time there was a
constant flow Of communications from all
the cities along the line. until a late hour;
and MANY messages from our ueighboring
cities. as we MAY well style New York, Phil
ahelphia, ant Cincinnati, were despatched.
The business went on ike clock work, al
though It was 70 he expected that there
might be some irregularities Al the start"
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01
THE WISCONSIN HERALD.
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1s4s


PATRONS s. FRIENDS the wheels Of Time
Have roI'd US through another year;
The breath of Spring and Summers cline;
Hare passed away; now WINTERS here,
With frosty garlands hung around
The limpid streams within are bound
The moaning wind is the old years knell,
The new comes in with ringing bell.
Oh! with the flight Of time,
How many have been borne,
To the region--to the cline,
Where years shall change no more!
They've launched from Times uneven shore,
To sail upon the bOundless deep,
Where Winters storms shall never roar,
Nor waves in wrathful tempest leap;
On them the Spring no more shall bloom
The flowers viii open round iheIr tomb
The evening gale as it sinks to rest,
VIII kiss the sods that on them press:
The purple grape grows ripe in vain,
And haryests whiten DER the plain;
The Autumn sun may gid the trees,
With mellow fruit Of varying hues--
No boon from them, viii those now crave,
Who sleep in silence in the grave;
To them the circling Yeas shall bring,
No Autumn's frost, no lowering Spring.
Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-01-01

Travails the great Northwest,
Mother Il States, soon 10 be hles,
With one more ,oidling infant State.
The lilile strukgleE eauno, wEl
Convention, help CT elst absle.
The charge Of gross iafsn,icde.
Man-midNRes, Put Wisconsin through,
BY daylight; CT we're done wish yea.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

tain this gold, as the laboring man wants
nothing but his pick and shovel and tin
pan. with which to dig and wash the grav-
Ell; and many frequently picked gold on! of
the crevlces of rocks with their butcher
knives, IN pieces from one to six ounces
Mr.. Dye, gentleman residing in Mon
terey, and worthy Of every credit, has lust
returned from Fea her river. He tells me
that the company TO which he belongd.
worked seven weeks and two DAYS, with
an average of fifty Indian (washers,} and
that their gross product was two hundred
and seventy three pounds of gold. His
share Zone seveulh,) after paying all ex-
penses, is about thirty-seven pounds, which
he brought with him and exhibited. saw
no laooring man from the mines who does
not show his two, three, or four pounds of
gold. A soldier of the artillery company
returned here a few days ago from the
mines, having been absent on furlough 20
days. He made, by trading and working
during the time $500. During these
twenty days,he was travelling ten or eleven
days, leaving but week, in which he made
a sum of money greater than he receives in
pay, clothes and raiions dur' a whole en-
listment of five years. These statements
appear incredible but they are true.
Gold is believed 10 exist on the eastern
slope of the Sierra Nevada; and when at
the mines, | was informed by an intelligent
Mormon that it had been found near the
Great Salt Lake by some Of his fraternity
Nearly all the Mormons are leaving Cali
fornia 10 go TO the Salt Lake: and this they
surely would not do, unless they were sure
offnding gold there in the same abundance
as they now do on tine Sacramento.
The god placer near the mission of San Fer
nando has long been known, but has been little
wrought for want of water. This is in a spar that
pats off from the Sierra Ncvoda, (sse Fremont's
map,) the same in which the present mines occur.
The is, therefore, every to believe that in
the intervening spaces of five hundred miles Zen
tlrely uneXplored) there must be many hidden and
rich deposites. The ''placer" gold is now subsi-
tod as currency Of this country; in trade it passes
freely at s II per ounce; article of commerce
its value is not Yet fxed The only purchase |
made was Of the specimen No. 7. which | got Of
Mr.. Neigh at Sl2 the ounce. That is about tn,
present cash value in the country, although it has
been sold for less. The great demand for goods
and provisions made by the sudden development of
wea tn has increased the amount of commerce at
San Francisco very much, and it will continue 10
increase.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29
COMMUNICATED.
Plank Roads West.

Permit me, as a citizen of Southport, to suggest
through the medium OF your paper 10 the public,
a few thoughts upon subject which is in some
degree now agitating the public mind. | re;er TO
tie contemplated plank road from Southport to
Beloit
am fearful that the present design, if effected.
viii not be productive OF the most gNtensise and
permanent good TO this town, nor TO the country
al large, on which we are dependent for our bust
ness Ii appears that the present design conlem-
pI'leS snge plank road lrom this place TO Beloi;,
oesls"ed as suidcieut permanent thoroughiare
Tor The broad anI ie,tilc country lying west OF Us
between Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river.
Il nsh''y app'ehend, It Is the design comneoc-
ing at Southport to take the town line TO Fox riy
e. and crossing that seven and a half miles below
BuTlmgton, 10 exicnd it to Geneva and !rom thence
TO Beloli
Now think am prepared 10 show that the
hest Interests Of this town, and the country on the
Nest, can be better promoted by tvo roads than
b. one.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

OF the time proclaimed that no mercy what.
ever shoald be shown 10 The murderer
that, IL convicted, he should inevitably be
hanged. Well, Notwithstanding this mex,
orabe rigor, 1873 murders were committed
during This period. In the second period,
ciemency began to prevail; and during tho
sixteen years of the experiment, out of
twcnty-sevem persons convicted, only sew
enteen were banged; and yet there were
but ninety persons committed for murder
during the whole period. With only 60
per cent. of executions, instead of 100 per
cent, the crime decreased more than one.
half"
These are interesting statements. After
all, the question concerning the proper
punishment for crime must be decided by
their relations to the prevention of crime
and well-being OF society, which are to be
detained as much by careful observation
OF facts as theoretical reasonings concern,
ing human nature.-Naficnei Era.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29
PUYSIC e. SURGERY

nR WALKER will strictly and faithfully attend
- 10 all calls IN the line OF has profession. llav-
Ios recently supplied himself with several new val
n'bIe surgical instruments in addition to his for
mer stock, he is prepued TO perform all surgical
operations, when called for, Having been engage I
iormore than % years in the study and pratice Of
his profession, and h,s mind having been trained in
Hni having closely observed the results of In. diff
iersnt systems OF practice and the effects 'chch
the articles of the materia medca are caplbe of
eSertlnS dnder the different systems be eele ton6-
dent OF beng able to prescribe with well founded
prospect OF success
Office, IN the basement Of his DWELLING. corner of
MlIn ami Park streets Southport August {. t6
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29
SOUTHPORT, WIS: FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, ls4s.

especially respecting those adjacent 10 Southport
This being the Gaze the stock invested in that
portion of the road contemplated will yield almost
as great per centage though ii were construc-
ted to Beoit or GAINESVILLE.
In our next it will be our object to prove that our
southern route proposed will afford as good if not
better per centage to the stock holders than would
be afforded by centre route on the town line.
We shall also consider the bearing of two plank
roads entering Southport at two extreme points on
her best interests. CLINTON.
ITO he confirmed
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29
DR. JOEEN LOCKE.

SU RECON DEN TIST.
u 'HANKFUL for past favors would say to his
l. former patrons and the public generally
mat he still continues to perform al operations in
MS line OF business, in the latest, neHtest, and
most durable style, The best incorruptable teeth
inserted, from one I" an ,nt.re set, so as TO com
n,ne IN an eminent degree, usefulness and beauty.
Teeth TILED with gold or TN foil 80 AS to beauty
snnd preserve them. Irregularities Of the teeth
corrected so ms to give them a beautiful appear
lhce. Teeth extracted, Sc &c. Charges mod
rate u Office opposite Market Square in
Juss- buildIng. Soulhnort. w. 4.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

The TELEGRAPH is printed on large double me-
dunn sheet and contains greater amount of read
ing matter than any paper In the state out of the
CITY of Milwaukee The terms Of subscription.
which, under ordinary circumstances, we shall al
wavs rigdIy adhere to, are as follows
SI,75 peFyear, at the time of subscribing.
$500 per year, if not paid at the time of sub
scribing, but any time within the year.
50 So ifnot paid within the year
All kinds of country produce received in payment
Of subscriptions.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

SOUTH CARoLISA.-BilIs have been in
troduced into both branches of The legisla-
lure TO give the erection of the presidential
electors to the peorle.
The Albany correspondent the Herald
states that 1t Is probable a new daily paper
Will soon he started at Albany 10 represent
Taylor and Fillmore and Collier, against
Weed aaI Seward.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29
HAYS NJ KinIeY
DIR. III, s. gHAHK

OFFICE ON MAIN SHEET
In Brick b lock, over Sawy y Cos Drug store.
where he will be, in readiness to attend calls day
or night Southport, July y, lS48.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

a. ID. NORTHWAY.
K N G'S
80 % Il = q @ 81 Y.

TINIlE subscriber is now opeuinga genera :
i soumentof Miscellaneous, Juvenile, Schoo
BLANK BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
Consisting 81 Printing, cap, Letter, Note, Posi-
DGce, DrGHiag, BioHing aHd Tissue Paper.
Al So
.l"ittS, Steel Pens, Waters, Seating IVar, Inh
SaHd, Ink Staads, lVGtor md Sand Bo1cS, DC
JUSTICES BLANKS, OF all kinds.
SIMEON KING.
Southport, June IS, 1877.
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

NhNCi MERINOS and Frinses. This dav
-, ''NT'' Ell splendid assortment of Freuch Me-
S,rS "nges, and G'mps 10 match, Also, Black
p,I '"S9 bob5ms. Linen Cambria, Sc. which
q" - sod cheap. Ladies call and see.
n. J. NJ RUSSELL
-''N nli
Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1848-12-29

X ESt ~ ar OLl.1 announces To the citizens
toi Southport and vicinity that he has opened
BOOT and SHOE SHOP at the stand lately oc
enPsd by }. |. Ehle, where ne keeps on hand
ana Tor sale cheap tor cash, great variety of
BOOTS aud SHOES, manufactured n Soutb
port by the best workmen, and as the stock he
uses Is OF superior quality persons who purcha Use
., ANN are certain OF getting good article. and
:" sueh low prices as defy competition" All per.
s olS who purchas" their goods with CASH will
.uu IL Tor their interest to give me a call before
pu5'hasing elsewhere, Custom work done To
s. 5. +. MCCARTHY.
0'roi'' Get Ia, lS4S. tito
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19
Monument to tho Dea...

In another portion of this paper will
be found communication, suggesting
the propre,y OF raising a monument
at this place to the memory of those of our
friends who left this district as volunteers for
Mexico, and have fallen in battle and by the
diseases of the country. We most heartily
approve Of this suggestion, and have no
doubt that it will meet with general appro
baton, and liberalsubscription be made for
the purpose. This strikes us as being much
more suitable than erecting monument Al,
Columbia; for with the names of these pal.
liant spirits perpetually before us, we will be
more apt to cherish their memories, and our
children looking upon them, will be taugh.
to emulate their "deeds of noble darinc.n
We trust that this suggestion will meet
r'th ready response and that steps vii! at
once be taken to begin and complete so
praise worthy project
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19

The speech of this distinguished States
man upon his resolutions, have produced a
most decided impression throughout the
country, and tits regarded as one ofhis grea-
test efforts. He defends with una nswerable
arguments, the line policy, which he sug.
gested during the last session, AMI argues
that the policy recommended by the Presi-
dent, would end in the annihilation of Mcxi.
co and lead to the most disastrous conse.
quences to our own country. We have
not the space in our present number to give
more extended synopsis of the speech but
Will endeavor in our next to lay it before
our readers.
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19
Executed.

Three of the negroes condemned for the
murder Of Mr.. Leonard Wideman. were ex-
ecuted on Friday last. The fourth is still
IN the Jail at this place and we learn has
been granted new trial One OF the three
executed, confessed to having murdered his
former master MIR. Ramscy-,hat himself
and two brothers killed him and placed him
under the limb of a tree. Until his confess
Sion it was the general opinion that Mr..
Ramsey was killed by the tree falling upon
him, and such was the Verdict of the jury
of inquest held over his body.
1t is something remarkable that murder
cannot be concealed it seems to be IA crime
so black in the sight Of heaven that the gull
ty conscience cannot rest until it is made
known.
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19

Yet this feeling, somewhat allied to envy
as it's, canno. for one moment induce any
generous mind to withhold the due need
of honor and of praise TO those, who so nobly
suffered and bed in sustaining the rights of
our common country. 1t is the consciousness
that they are not fighting for pay, but for
the just praises Of their coun,rymen, that
makes our volunteers invinciblc in the field.
and entities them TO be considered. what
they really are, the best soldiers in the
world. In connection with this subject,
we would also beg leave to hint to our fair
readers that large portion Of the reward
we expect TO see bestowed upon our Pal
me'to Boys" must come from them-not
in the shape OF smiles alone, but something
more substantial. The lady who could
find in her heart to say /" No." to one of
these gallan, fellows, we should hold to be
wanting, both in patriotism nd good taste.
But we will say no more on this delicate
subject, and leave it in the hands of those
who know best how to manage matters of
this sort-we mean the ladies themselves.
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19

Mr.. Edito, II was forcibly struck with
the remarks of the Rcv'd D. McNiel
Turner the other evening in allusion to the
propriety of professions: triumphal arches
&c" in honor of those brave men whose ar
dent patriotism had induced them to 90 for
ward and expose themselves to the perils of
war, in defence oftheir country's cause.
The lesson that such tributes of respect
impress on the minds of the young and
rising generation, is well worthy all the ex-
pense that may be incurred in getting up
such proceedings. 1t is on the youth OF the
country we depend to maintain, preserve,
and defend those hallowed privileges which
we, as nation enjoy, and to whose care the
Liberties of our republic will soon be entrus-
ted. AS means of infusing proper spi.
rit, have thought it to be the duty Of the
people Of Abbevile District, to erect Mon
umcnt in the public square the village, to
the memory of the brave and gallcnt dead
oft Abbevile Company, who have fallen
either by disease, or the shafts of the enemy :.
on the hostile plains Of Mexico. Let their
honored names be inscribed on the monu-
ment, and so be transmitted to future ages
1t is out Of the question to bring home their
remains, but this proposition carried out,
will do much to cheer the hearts ofsorrw.
ing friends, now mourning for those whose
bodies " lie mouldcring in the silent DUST
of far off land.
l am sure the citizens Of Abbe Vile Dis
.rict would take pleasure in responding to
such an undertaking expense would
not be more than five or six hundred dol
lars, and how easy that sum, and more if
requisite, could be obtained by public sub
| scription. Throw out these remarks, mere
ly, as hint to the public, hoping that some
thing may be done to transmit the memory
oil those noble spirits vino have yielded UP
their lives for the rights of their country,
and more especially for the honor of
GOLD NINETYSIX."
The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1848-01-19

SIG, divided into halves, quarters and
eighths.
The dollar, (of silver,) halves, quarters.
or pesetas and reals, Of Mexican plate.
Copper coins are colled quar,Iios and ella.
cos, or ochnros.
The doubloon, when of full weight, (23
carats ine) are worth f3 4s. 2l-2d.
The hard dollar (peso duro)is worth 4s.
2l-2d.
The duties charged by the Mexican Co.
vernment were generally about 40 per cent.
Quicksilver, tools, and seeds were free. The
products of Mexico were allowed to pass out
OF the country without charge, except the
precious metals. Gold when wrought, paid
z per cent and silver 3l-2.
The revenues of the country up to the Ia.
test official dates within our reach. were a.
bout twelve millions and half per annum.
but there was never any surplus in conse.
qucnce OF tho bad management of the fin
anccs and the the enormous charges made
in one way or another on the income.
The debt due English account, funded
and at interest, was about for,y-six millions
of dollars. The probability of its payment
seems to be at present somewhat distant.
Whatever may be the calculations of po-
llticians: there seems to be all evident intcn.
ton: in Congress as we'll as out OF it, to hold
; on and if we arc to be in this position, let
commerce repair the drains which war is
making on the specie of the country.