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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
CONTNTTssEONERs, NOTlCE.

WE, the undersigned, having been APP
w pointed by the Honorable, the County
Court, Of Grant county, Wisconsin, (sitting as
a Court Of Probate Commissioners, to receive,
examine and adjust, all claims and demands Of
all persons against the Estate Of Dorothy
Tomplxins, late Of said county, deceased, and
also all claims and demands in offset thereto,
hereby give notice that we will attend to the
business Of our said appointment at the office
of the Clerk Of the Board OF Supervisors, in
the town of Lancaster, in said Grant county,
on the last Monday Of March, and first Mon
day Of April, A. D., 1851, from 9 O'Clock in
the morning TO 4 O'clock in the afternoon Of
said days ANDREW BARNETT,
ARTHUR w. WORTH,
JOEL G. SQUIRES,
CommissiOpers
Lancaster. Nov. rs. 1850. 177t4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

TAKEN lIAs

~~-----lfE4@S TANEN UF
NSa lNzxsgG TeY the subscriber, living a
6SY% miles north east of Ellen
s.-.s 49, borough, on the 23d Of Octo-
Der last, pale red Cow, with small white
spot in her forehead. Said Cow is about FIVE
years old, and marked with crop and an I'M
derbit off the right ear, and slit in the left.
The owner is requested to prove property, pay
charges and take her away.
GEO. w. REYNOLDS.
Nov. Z, 1850. 75t4 :
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
YAHEN VP

A I the County Farm, by the subscriber,
~ about the 18th of November, a grey roar
MARE, about two years old past, with a blazed
face, long tail, black legs, with white spot on
her left hind leg. She may be found at my
farm - miles north of Lancaster, on the Mill
tary Road The owner can have her by prov
ing property, paying charges.
JOHN CHISHOLM.
Nov. 16, 1850. T77t4.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

Hannah Ann Kiser, petitioner, p,,,,;ou a..
as.
Lewis Kiser, defendant D0"F'
FgNIlE above named defendant, Lewis Kiscr,
will take notice, that the above named
petitioner, Hannah Ann Kiser, has filed her
petition IN the Circuit Court of Grant county,
Wisconsin, against him for divorce from the
bonds Of matrimony, and that at the October
Term, A. d., 1850, Of said Court, the said PEI
titioner obtained the following order in said
cause, to wit:
This day came the said petitioner, by r. c.
Bierce, her Solicitor, and the subpoena here
in having been returned by the Sheriff, Z" not
served" and il appearing 10 the satisfaction Of
tie Court, that the said defendant is a non-resi-
dent Of this State, it Is, on motion Of the said
Solicitor, ordered that notice of the tendency
of this suit be given to the said defendant, by
publication in the Grant County Herald, for six
successive weeks, requiring him TO plead, an
swer or demur to the petition of the said pc
titioner herein, on or before the first day of
February next, otherwise the same will be
taken as confessed against him.
attest: L. o. SHR-aDER, Clerk.
II. G. BfERcE, Solic'r. for petitioner.
Dated Nov. IL, 1850. f17to,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
Mr. CEay's speech.

n. I OK, NOV. Il.
The conclusion of Mr.. Clay's speech
appears in the morning papers. 1t is,
througout, very elegant and patriotic.
It's a complete review Of the great top
les Of the day. He declares that if the
Wing party is to become an abolition
party, he will retire from it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

A party Of gentlemen in New York,
are soon 10 present to President Fill
more a beautiful pair Of iron-gray horses,
and a magnificent carriage, with set Of
silver mounted harness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

EThe ice bill of the late Congress,
to cool the water drunk by the members
was fifteen hundred dollars, but that was
nothing % be compared TO the bill for IL
gliur TO hat the same water.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
lAz811L TTEE1
DEED.-

10 Highland, on the nth inst, Mrs. SUSAN
Ma MATHEW, wife of Mr.. AquiIla Mathew,
aged about 90 years
Ez-Mrs. NJ. went to bed in apparently good
health, at o'clock and died about 10, without
sickness or pain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
s,rWAY CATVF.E.

HAME TO the residence of the subscribers,
I living four and half miles south of Platte
vile, on the west road to Galena, some time in
April last, one brown, line back COW, eight
or nine years old, with a swallow fork out of
the right ear. One two year old white and
black spotted STEER; the same mark as
above. One brown yearling HEIFER, with
some white on her flank. Two white and red
owners are desired to come forward and prove
property, pay charges and fake them away
ROBERT CLARKE.
HIRAM PARKHURST.
Nov Is, 1850. rita
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
STATE OF WISCONSIN,,
Grant County and Circuit,
Matthew Tracy, complainant, III ChGHcer

Grant County Sa yi and Circuit, S.
Matthew Tracy, complainant, IL chaneery,
Us. for foTeciosure
James IT, Mellichop, defend'i. y Of Mortgage.
YENHE above named complainant having fled
I in the Circuit Court Of Grant county,
Wisconsin, on the Cbancery side thereof, MS
Bill against the said defendant for the fore
closure of Mortgage-the said defendant viii
take notice, that at the October Term, A. D.,
1850, of said Court, the said complainant OBJ
tanned the following order in said cause, to wit;
This day came the said complainant, by Ben
c. Eastman, his Solicitor, and the subpoena
herein having been returned by the Sheriff,
" not seryed,n and it appearing 10 the satslac-
ton OF the Court, that the said defendant is a
nonresident Of this State, il Is, on motion Of
the said Solicitor, ordered that notice of the.
tendency of this suit be given TO the said de-
PENDANT, by publication in the Grant County
Herald, for six successive weeks, requiring him
to plead, answer, or demur TO the bin Of the
said complainant herein, on OF before the first
day Of February next, Otherwise the same viii
be taken as confessed against him.
Attest: l.. o. SHRADER, Clerk.
BES G. EAsTMAN, Solic'r for complaint.
Dated Nov. 10, 1850. I7u6.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
BY TELEGRAPH.
[ 1elegraphcd for the Galena Daily .4drer.iser. n
intended Prosecutions.


New York, Nov. 20.
! The Savannah Republican says that
the owners of the fugitive slaves Crafts
have adopted measures to prosecute
the Z. States Marshal and Commission
er of Boston, as well as the members Of
the Vigilance Committee, under the Flu
gitiye Slave Law.
From washington.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.
Mr. Hodge, Assistant Secretary of
the Treasury, has arrived and entered
upon his duties.
Senator Clemens of Ala. and Hon.
Waddy Thompson arrived yesterday.
A dispatch from Gov. Mcdowell,
President of the Nashville Convention,
to the Southern Press gives different
construction to the proceeding. 1t says
the Convention adjourned after adopting
"a preamble, the same as that offered by
Mr.. Clay of Ala, and resolutions franz
ed from those of Miss. They affirm
the right of observation-disclosures the
acts of Congress as unjust and recon-
mend general Congress Of the South
ern States, to maintain the rights of the
South and if possible 10 preserve the
Union.
Jenny Lind's Concert was triumphant.
Daniel Webster was present and was
most enthusiastically cheered.
Death Of Cos. &c. WI. Johnson.
LOUISVILLE, Nov. 10.
Col. Richard NJ. Johnson died at his
residence, at 8 o'clock, A. M. to-day.
Loss of the Yorktown.
BosroN, Nov. 20.
Letters have been received in this CT
ty from an officer Of the U. S. ship Dale,
confirming the loss of the Yorktown
The officers and crew were on board the
Dale:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

EThe Louisville Courier, of the
4th instant, notices several severe cases
Of Cholera, on steamboats, arriving at
that port, resulting in three deaths.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28

TEVAKEN UP by the subscriber, living near
EllenboTo, on the 18th Of November, 1850,
one two year old brown, lined back, with a
crop off of the right ear. One yeariing brown,
lined back, 10 other marks visible.
WILLIAM DUNCAN
Nov. rs, 1850 t77i.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
TAKEN APP

SSvA DY the subscriber, living near
Y ~ 4 } Lancaster, on the 9th day of
-s1ASW October, sorrel Mare. Said
~ ~ Mare is three or four years Old
sissSsllszA-' sszn marked with white spot in her
forehead. No other marks. The owner is
requested to prove property, pay charges and
take her away. HENRY WOOD.
Lancasief, Oct s, 1850. s9lti
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
NOTICE or ADNEENEsTssATTON.

STATE or WISCONSIN,,
County Of GRAFT, S.
Grant Comfy Court--ln Probate. Application
for Letters Of Administration.
IN Tie matter of the Estate Of Daniel Derring.
nUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given, that
on reading and filing the petition Of Jo-
seph Allen, setting forth the death OF Daniel
Derring, late OF said county, deceased, and the
request Of the widow of said deceased, for
the appointment of an administrator, IH is or
dered, that public notice Of such petition be
given by publishing the same in the Grant
County Herald, weekly newspaper, publish
ed in the town of Lancaster, in said county,
for three successive weeks, and that the same
be set for hearing at the Court House, in the
town of Lancaster, in said county, on Wednes-
day the 9Th day Of Noyembersnext, at 10 o.
clock, A. M, Of said day.
+tt+s4t Given under my hand at Lancaster, this
TT It'll day Of October, 1850.
CYRUS X. LORD,
G7lt3] Judge Of Grant County Court, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
TAMEN UP

TAKEN UP
nNthe 18th inst, by the subscriber, living
in,the Hurricane Grove, one mile north
east of Keen's Shop, dark iron grey FILLY,
two years old last spring, with white spot on
the forehead, white snip, black legs, with a
lump..on the outside Of the left hook joint, about
fourteen hands high, and heavy made, no other
visible marks or brands. The owner is re-
quested to prove property, pay charges and
take said stray away.
HERVEY B0NHAM
Nov. IS. 1885, T77tl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
FTosn California.
New YoRK. Nov.

New YoRK, Nov. q.
The Crescent City arrived this even
ing with $50 passengers and 81 800 600
in gold dust. Her dates from Califor-
MIA are TO October 10Th. She came via
Kingston, Ja., where about 1000 deaths
from cholera occurred during the past
three weeks and 600 in the Interior
1t was bad at Port Royal.
Great rejoicing in California in conse-
auenee of the admission into the Union.
One or two cases of Cholera occurred
at San Francisco. Among the deaths
we notice the name Of jeremiah Green,
aged 26 years.
E3=We are now enabled TO give the
exact political complexion of the Wis
consin Legislature. 1t stands
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
I'd. II. PARKER,
n-TO VHE LADIES. s

A FINE assortment Of Ladies' DRESS
IA GOODS, such as Alpacas, Cashmeres.
De LANES, Plaids. Merinoes-the latest style
Prints, Ribbons, Muslins, Lawns, Jaconetts,
Isle Edgings, Mutfs, Shawls, and many other
new things TO numerous to mention, at the Peo-
pies Store by d. T. PARKER.
Nov. 25th, 1850. rs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
PETITION FOEs E,hvORCE.

Grant Grant County % Ti and circait, Sss
Hannah Ann KiSer, petitioner, Petition for
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
STTlAY CATTEE.

Lancaster. Nov. is, 1850. +
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
SsaEFgEFE,s SALE.

GfdR9 coHhty, WAC
Sherilf's Office. Nov 90, 1850. RI
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1850-11-28
Bill
for
Partition.

STATE or WISCONSIN,
Grant County and Circuit, -
Daniel Ranh!l, Conpleinant,l
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
SUCCESS III LIFE.

Who has ta Who commands it? Not the
indolent; not the idle; not the always hoping,
never-doing mortal. By no means. 1t the
brisk, energetic, watchful, enerprisng man
that has it, and he alone. 1t is the man who
rises with the sun, works like the bee and digs
and delves like the true philosopher. We ad-
mire such a man up to our very hat Everybody
admires him. They can't help it. It, spon-
taneity from the head and heart, and will assert
its round voice--wii be admired.
Success in liie-it 3 no blind thing. It's
bound up IN no secret nn-get at-abe deep It's
night before every one that will see, feel, Think
act 1t 5 as plain and simple as truth ITSELF
Who and what are the men about us-our friends,
neighbors, most noted for success in life. Why,
we'll wager our necks they are shrewd, tCorking,
rousng, hopeful, confident, stout hearted men,
Just so it is everywhere. If you would be sue
cessful, you, yor indiudual SELF must be the
cause. No one else can give it you. 1t IS your
own arms must bear the burden, your own hands
reap the guerdoD. Try 1t then. See how like
man--how like giant you can command it
Struggle, persevere, be full Of hope, courage,
determination, will and soul, and our word for it,
in tew- years you will meet with snrrass in
| life that will astonish you.-BOs, Museum.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
VOLUME VII. NO. 81.

most ardent, devoted, pure-mnded. self sacrifc.
ing patriots that ever lived or breathed on this
Proiessedly free soil. But let there be some re-
form movement projected, and earnest efforts
put forth to carry it forward and make its GRAND
leading idea of practical effect, in the elevanon
OF human society the rightng of wrong, the re.
moving oil Injuries, the rendiug of shakles. the
reformation Of the degraded, and the improve.
ment of the race and Just the moment such
reform movement comes in collision with their
interests, or jostles them in their snug conserv.
atWe corner, then comes the loud crv, The I'm.
ION is IN danger! The Compromises Of The Cor,-
SttattOn are inuaded! Treason! Treqson!-
And so they wrap Themselves around with the
Star SpangIcd Banner Of this great American
Conederacy, us though they were the veiest
political saints, when at the same tune they
would, had they power, coin the Stars" into
gnging dimes, and sell the Stripes" for taf-
feS at II penny yard! Out on them for abso-
lutest humbugs that ever disgraced people!
1t is time that we dwellers of the Nineteenth
Century had adopted the highest test, some oth-
er standard than that of money and cotton bales.
"Supposc the prevalence of Temperance ,oould
require us to admonsh our liquor casks, and cut
down our profits, does that furnish an argument
against the cause
Suppose the abolition Of slavery in the West
Indies has reduced the late of production, or
caused pecunlary damage, is this d sufficient
criteron? There are men who seem to argue
so; but they have erected human standards &.
bove the Divine Law. Great is Dana of the
Ephesans, and great are the poft5 oi Demetr-
us the Silver5mith, but God is greater,and Gods
tnth is of more importance. No doubt in the
course Of events many a mans business will
suffer, and many popular idol will fall, but
this will only prove that the scheme of Propl-
dence is more comprehensive than any private
plan, and that the Divine Ruler will be exalted
above all gods"
Now, let men cry, Treason if they will-et
them loudly voclftrate that the Union is in dan.
ger, whenever the Onward progress Of Reform
thrills discordantly upon the nerves of their
pockets, or some big thought Or earnest word
dashes down their money interest, or knocks in
to atoms their cotton god Is the union then in
danger? Is the sacredness Of the Constitution
then violated? Is there a single stripe of our
national Flag tom away single star obltera-
| ted? No and we shall all learn, by and by,
4 that the Unionis not endangered by free speech
: and that your political brawIers and exceeding
n sensitive demagogues and doughqees, are no
/ the real, honestl,earty friends Of tbs grand con
/ sIeEst Eiid ~ ~ Wv. tsiSts aieH ~
i, Oh Odkan Bltcket. -
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01

Now tell me about my mammal" And when
the ott-repeated tale had been told, she would
ask, softly, Take me into the paror, want to
see my mamma" The request was never re-
fused; and the affectionate sick child would lie
for hours, contentedly gazing on her mothers
picture; but
+" Pale and wan she grew, aud weekly
Bearing all her pains so meekly,
That to them she still grew dearer,
AS the trial-hour grew nearer"
The hour came at last, and the weeping neigh
bors assembled 10 see the little child die The
dew of death was already on the flower, and its
fe-sun was going down. The little chest heav"
ed family spasmodcally.
Do you know me- darling Z" sobbed, close in
her ear, the voice that was dearest; but it awoko
no answer. All at once brightness, as if from
the upper world, burst over the child's colorlcss
countenance. The eyelids flashed open, the lips
parted, the wan, curdling hands fowup, in the lit
tie ones last impulsivc effort as she looked piorc
ingly into the far above.
" Mother" she cried, with surprise and trans
port i'll her tone-and passed with tha. breath to
her mothers bosom.
Said distinguished divine, who stood by that
bed Of joyous death, "fI had never believed In
the ministration of departed ones before, I could
not doubt it pow."-A National Era.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
THE SEVEN MILE TUNNEL
THROUGH THE ALPS.

To give some idea of the boIdness oil TINS
great undertaking, (says the London "e'fIy
Times,) we may, in the first place, state that IN
IFS progress the tunnel must pass under some oi
the most elevated crests Of Mont Conls-- one,
in particular, where there will be 1850 leet oI
mountain, capped with eternal glaciers over
head at the middle of the tunnel, so that not on
~ will the workmen and machinery IN constfuc'
ton. and the passengers and trains IN traf'it' Oe
burie to that depth in the heart of the noun
tain but all idea of shafts, either to facilitate
excavation, or to promote ventilation must De
ont Of the question. The breath OF lie i'seII
must be respired from either extremity, with ar
tfcial aid, in shape of currents of fresh olr
transmitted, and of foul withdrawn, by mechan'
ical apparatus ever at work, or at least during
excavation, which is also itself to be effected by
machinery of new and simple nature, worked
by water power of mountain streams, whereby
the trains are also to be run through the tunnel,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
MINIsTERING SPIRITS.

We are told o ministoring spirits" by the
lips that cannot lie; and ii were a sacrilege to
doubt their mission, But they come never to
torment or terty-they hold no communion with
the eye or ear ofsense. In that solemn hour,
when the soul hovers half way between two
worlds, when the veil of earthly vision grows
transparent with the dawning light Of etel nifty,
1t may be, it must be, that revealings through
Tat veil are sometimes given.
Alittle girl ina family of my acquaintance, q
lovely and precocious child, lost her mother at
an age too early to fix the loved features in her
remembrance. She was tranquil as beautiful
and as the bud of her heart unfodod, it seemed
es if won by that mothers prayers, to turn in
Ainctiyely hcaven-war1. The sweet, conscien
tiOus, and prayerloving child was the idol Of the
bereaved family. But she faded away early
She would lie upon tho lap of the friend whC
took mothers kind care of her, and winding
her wased arms about her neck, would say
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01

which ascends from the northern or Savoy side,
at Modane, all the way to its exit at Bardenne.
che, with gradient equal to 10 in 1000 The
machine, once presented 10 the rock, projects
into it simultaneously four horizontal series of
sixteen scAlpels, working backwards and for
wards by means of splings cased in, and put in
motion by the same water power. While these
are al work, one vertical series on each side
works simultaneously up and down, so that to-
gether they cut out four blocks, or rather insul-
tate four blocks on all sides except on the rock
behind, from which they are afterwards detached
by hand. 1t has been already asCertained that
each Of the two machines, at the opposite ends
Of the tunnel, will excayate to the extent of
twenty two feet day, " it is estimated that the
whole excavation will be completed in four
years. The gallery to be perforated by the ma
chimes will be thirteen feet wide by aeyen feet
high, and this once cut through, the bore will be
enlarged by ordinary means to twenty five feet
in width and nineteen feet in height, and a
double line of rails lai1. Tho estimated cost Of
this great tunncis only 13,804, ,94Ef (G552, 1917
1t is 10 be Immediately commenced at the north
entrance.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
Blood-and- Thunder Literature.

The Lowell American, edited by the talented
William s. Robinson, gives the following crti-
cism of " The Mistake Of a Life Time or the
RobBer Of The Rhine Vdiiey" about which the
publisher has made SO much smoke. His " ex-
ouisite literary TASTE" of which the Transcript
made mention, seems to be entirely overlooked
by the American:
This book, concerning which we have pub
lished two or three advertisements, is an imposi-
ton. First, as a story, it is dismal trash; Sec
ond, instead of costing only ninepence, it is to
appear in numbers, each number costing nine
pence. As to the statement that $4,000 were
paid for it, if three dollars were paid, it was a
shameful waste of money.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
Destruction of Fourteen Vessels
by Ice-bergs in the Atlantic.

Accounts have been received during the pres.
ent season, ofthe destruction of IA vessels by
icebergs. They were all British vessels, bound
to the British provinces, and were lost in the vi
cinity of the barks. Great quantities Off are
generally looked for by the traders 10 those parts
of the atlantic, about the months of April and
May, the result of the breaking up ofthe frast in
the Arctic seas, and driven down to the south
ward by the force of the currents. The masses
that have appeared this season, exceed anything
fifth ekind that has been met with for many Years.
They have been immense. Fields Office many
miles in extent, towenngup in all manner OF
forms, to a very great elevation, have swept the
waters ofthe Atlantic. Among the yosscls lost,
was one from Londonderry for ~iu lec, which
foundered. She had between 50 and l00persons
on board, every one ofwhom is supposed to have
gone down in the unfortunate vessel, and per
she'd
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1850-08-01
Manufacturing a Pedigree.

A countryman, who had become possessor of
considerable wealth, wished to have his family
arms, md for this purpose called at the Hrrald's
office, but none were to be found. He was ask
ed if any Of his family had done any brave or
valiant deeds After long pause, he said that
his grandfather had been confined in Newgate
and after much labor and difficulty, had effected
his escape by tying a line to the statme OF King
John and letting himself down into the street,
This was sufficient for the Herald, who imme-
dately told HIM that coat of arms should be
prepared, for it was evident that he was in tin
al descent from King John.