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.otie PROPOSAL. the Purchase OF State Bonds.
ENRcuIIvR OrfIeE KAroS RouoE, lLAD

.otise for proposals Ter the Pnrch"se OF STATE bonus
Executive orficr, BARON RoUar, DAD
May nth, 1859.
WHEREAs BY act of the Louisiana gsaiure cnied An
w ylde the the
Of the stu approved April o le l. made the duty of
he bonds la of 1--WE hundred dollars EACH
bearing the cent payable
annually fret Of January AID fret OF Jply ofsaeh Tor The
OF huud aud boasand dollars $3.50 0o
Oo paepaI of ad bond sa edeeabo within
rom their date.
whereas furthermore d1y the
invite proposals ot IT.. Jur,has- OF sail baadst
by these be known that proposals viii
nc. 81 State at Baton Rouge
u said bonds until Moldy b. % day of July
4. 1888 wlr prup,sal Will be opened and the
bonds awarded the highest def
being understood that Of less Than OF said
bonds VIII be accepted
State, the of Baton
tenth day of May, ID 1879, and OF the inde-
pepdenc OF ia. Unied states the seventy seventh.
r. o. BEBERT
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I,TNA INsUkANCe . COMPANY, Of Utica. New o,k n,
III poraion IONS E.
iIs president H. H. iIAwLLy Capital Si7ovoO.
.# CHAS. DE SELDtNG, Ageni,
May 10 2awtf suvenI opposite odd Fellows Hall.
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NOTICE TO pHOrEssoas.--O Monday, tho 18th Of july
N 80 University 81 Nis-lssppi will
principal Professor Of cemisf agriculture aud ssory, aud
professor OF udn languages embracing FTcHsh, spanish, aud
German. Liberal SALARIES will ~ rtsen.
II located uxd "A healthy ard pleasant VII
iaius papuainu The
the second fhursday W Srptamter hes'
#4 JAMES NJ. HOwRy,
May 2I-t,ni&cp Secretary of The Board.
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I,ARN snsp,trta Nirgtnis, with
n, ,n,I,s M.


ms Of the aqueduct and fur from the rirsd.str
N of VIII s'll rsasoaie
any portion thereof located above, uin hall mle Of
bundled ad There
beautiful timsred land
Much o this farm u ci
nrIndsg thirty which might he advanngeousy
mad he Disposed 10 purcfas.
Ninth Prnnllvsna
avenue or Horaiio Bal, on adjacent farm
May li-oodm NM HALL
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iUlLI.AtD's HOTEL, New York, M. s25 broadway,
~ 2h or the Hccommotatisn "f The
and y nrtrd up~tb ai the nadern IN
proyenen, aud s furnished W superior Ihr pnpis'fi
hraey Niardis Hotel Washng1 ~ a., viii he ha p 20 ST.
his orer friends siao Az nOe o c travelling pohie VIM
may aypI him call. .....
Nrw yoRK, Nay l7-2mif
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Ptice OF fT0m New Yofk 10 sohtnmpf HfeMeh
lower los
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NOTICE TO rREENPTIoN CLAIMANTS.
Every en,tuedo the right of
snds within the townships and townships above
ed, Ia required establish tn. of
nr and receiver of the land ofce
mfeW practicable and
sy arprnisd hr the Of
smhracia the claimed forf,ited
JOHN WILSON
Commissioner OF tine G.nesnl Lind
June 21-inw1aw
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SELlLNG GOODS eho1 per than amy other merchant

N bDasd by the State under the
ndence Of Coinuel H. A. ?. Alen distinguished graduate OF
West Point and practical aided faculty The
OF study usually the best colleges with the
sdion rxanded mathematics natural science and
h.ar, and practical engineering
The buildings te nstute VIII be- entirely rehd and
heating sIgan, before opening Of The
ensuing t which win render tile Institute en' y uncquaied
residence,
already and slrctness
~
The will open Monday Sep
1879 Entire Charge Sion semi annual
geon's fee 81 extra } payable IN advance
Address superintendent Military Institute Franklin
ty, krntucky,' n the undersigned
r. DUDLEY,
June IJ-lawlm President OF The Board.
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NOrlCEhn nf our bills will b. rendered before the IA,
~ pccitiy quest b will be paid
any pay &c July and ~ Jauhfy
We d.iks much s.nd lime t the
June Ig-bsuawif n HRpTiIFk.
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). >TEERs NEW GOODS For GEsTLEnEs-
ihave lust received another supply OF genie
& @asinE my stock =, The present Time very 1bosa
w approaching should alt goods
'ssas iey purchase elsewhere. ..e"
Nav ls-nf
AuTCE ." the Puhie New splendid French
~ Am-csn hanging the paper
pYosry sore between
or gold silver, velvet and finished papers bodet and
hoard views great ,,riety of o,ueva
Peo'iery in al ' noje Rem,
'e,fbANfs, directly hack Of Iron ltaii,
#AP
NV S"sk. Nay 2d. tssJrhe pn,s rsirnea has this aav
o"ned an Office No ~ William Merchants
"nmffAnsacuon OF general brokerage business
Insurance., ninng, railroad government State, city
seeutues bought and
assoy ress hills Of eschange, and loans negotiated
"N W~dH H.t ..." #.#s" EMANUEL u. HART.
MORE iet Peunsyivruia side
~ ih streets, ha stands the
3 I ny me month Inquire Of Mr. Ei. In The store,
:" ~ Mt Modcy, do-r.
h @ ge and airy lodging ROOM fronting the avenue, will
W Vacsut " i f. W arys
'nne 4-eodT
NoitEB'pny i,nd so f2S, fpr fnrty
anser act OF sep'erher, laS0, the OF David nn
hee osi and will be made Pension Office
yeas amer this date for dupiic,te warrsnt
a., pon' Htc cautoned against purchasing said
s ~ en hsd N the General Land oce 70 prevent the is
~ pairrt ~ said u. ~. Woo,
wi u ~laNswsw' a Attorney.
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ATTENTION. ALt.-Th- suhscrber bayip, de,crpped 10
- ~he rh1ns. w his business dsy entire
srr, c~sis ss ptm. The present amounts
s noi o. which has bsen purchased very
p"ces
ssr mas never been offered market. The nubo may RELY
On setnne every article nt rsiup. cash oniy
would ca especial attention black bocade st. nm
surpasscd for elegance. ~ "'' s''''' VI"
Aso, a lot of color,d silks nj 81 por yard
~ dox-n linen napkins aud superior ,,biec,o,h.
Nth"l.en se"'s 30 pieces genuine india n,ns.en II
'''t" piece, @ H. w. GARTER
Opposite Centre
-sanss-2~ Three doors from Eighth street
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
CLEANLINESS

Decidedly" says the Journal Of
Frankfort, with that strange mixture Of
truth and misconception which distin-
guishes continental writers on American
questions, -"Decidedly there is secret
pact between the United States and the
Sultan. "-f Birmingham is taking
measures fer the establishment Of per-
manent Crystal Palace, on the plan of the
one now building at Sydenham, near
London.-f Faraday's explanation OF
table-turning has been translated into
most Of the languages Of Europe. vi
VANS, however, was better and earlier,
yet has attracted far less attention.
Il There are nearly three hundred tun-
nels in the world: of which France has
fifty-six; England, one hundred and
twenty eight; Germany, ten; the Uni
ted States, sixty-seven. The longest
tunnel is between seven and eight miles
in length.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

DISTRESSING OccURENcE.-Two
brothers, Joseph and Eli Barlow, OF
Wilson township, Clinton county, wen.
out hunting wild turkeys. They sepa-
rated, and after a time one of them
her ad what he supposed was a turkey.
After watching a moment he discovered
through crevice in the fence some
thing black, which he supposed to be a
turkey. He fred and the object fell
He comm enced reloading, when he heard
a peculiar sound come from the place
He approached, and to his horror dis
covered that he had shot his brother
through the head. The wounded man
died Immediately.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

AN AFRICAN REBUKE OF 1RRELtor.
GUS Boys.-A gentleman passing near
the. Westinghouse of the colored people,
in Whitestown, N. Y, heard what he
describes below:
A long-favored gentleman from Afri-
ca was closing up prayer, and some
white boys in corner had the manners
to laugh, SO that the praying member
heard them. He had moment before
said very earnestly,-"We pray dat de
Lord will Dress all flesh dat is human"
when the laugh occurred, and conmen-
cling again, just before the amen, the
picus old negro said: Oh Lord, we is
not in de habit of adding postscript to
our prayers, but if de sspression' Dress
all flesh dat is human avouldnr take in
desc Dite .tellers dar, den we pray dat
you will Dress some not amt human al
so, besides.''
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

The Throne Of Solomon.

The following account of a remarka-
Die piece of mechanism is taken from
Persian manuscript called 1.-The History
Of jerusalem" Itpurports to be de-
scription of the throne of King Solomon
and if the details are correctly given,
it undoubtedly surpasses any specimen
Of mechanism produced in modern
times. No contribution of art at the
Worlds Fair in New York will equal
it:
"The sides of il were of pure gold,
the feet of emerald and rubies, inter
mixed with pearls, each of which was
as big as an ostrich egg. The throne
had seven steps, on each side were de-
lineated orchards full of trees, the bran
dhes of which were of precious stones,
representing fruit-ripe and unripe; on
the tops Of trees We're to be seen figures
Of plumaged birds, particularly the pea
cock, the etaub, and the kurges. All
these birds were followed within arti-
ticially, so as occasionally to utter a
thousand mclodious notes such as the
ear Of mortals never heard. On the
first were delineated vine branches
having branches of grapes, composed of
various sorts Of precious stones, fash
Toned in such manner as to represent
the various colors of purple, violet,
green and red, SO as to render the ap-
pearance of real fruit. On the second
step, on each side of the throne, were
two lions, Of terrible aspect, as large
as life, and formed of cast gold.
The nature Of this remarkable throne
was such, that when Solomon placed his
foot on the first step, the birds spread
forth their wings, and made futtering
Disc is the air. On his touching the
second step, the two lions expanded
their claws. On his reaching the third
step, the whole assembly Of demons and
fayie0 and men repeated the praise of
the Deity. When he arrived at the
fourth step, voices were heard address
sing him in the following manner -
''Son of David, be thankful for thebles-
sings the Almighty has bestowed upon
you" The same was repeated on his
reaching the fifth step. On his touch
ing the sixth all the children of Israel
joined them and on his arrival at the
seventh, all the throne, birds and animals
became in motion, and ceased. not until
he had placed himself in the royal seat,
when the birds, lions, and other animals
by secret springs, discharged shower
of the most precious perfumes on Solo
mon; after which, two of the kurgeses
descended and placed the golden crown
upon his head. Before the throne was
a column of FURNISHED gold, on the top
of which was a golden dove, which
held in its beak volume bound in sill
yer. In this book was written the
Psalms of David and the dove having
presented the book to the king, he read
sloud portion of it to the chi ldren of
lSrop
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

The Physical and Literary Wealth of
Rocky Vermaont.-O the first of January
last, Vermont had 427 miles Railway
in operation, and 30 miles in course Of
construction. Her foreign commerce is
not very extensive, and is carried on
mainly at Burlington, on Lake Cham
plain. The shipping owned by tie
State amounts to about 5000 tons, 81
097 tons of which are navigated by
steam. She has 81 banks, and her
financial condition is sound and enviable.
She has no public debt. She looks af-
ter education sharply, and has 1854
school districts, land nearly O0,00Oschol-
airs. She has also 3 fourishing collie
|giate institutions, and large number of
Academies and private schools. She
has % libraries. containing $4,000 vol
umes. The whole number of newspa-
pers and periodicals published in Yer
mont in 1850, was 81. There are 564
churches in the State, which accommodate
226, 466 persons, and are valued at 81
I213, 100.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
A Siig Int Mistake.

"A ScENE IN THE CABIN OF AN Ala
BAMA BoAT.-Enter reverend gentle
man, pointing out trunk to the porter.
said
"Here porter take this trunk ashore"
A Frenchman rising from chair close
by, exclaims
"Dat ish my thrunk. What for you
want to carry my thrunk ashore for ?
Dish is not nay place."
Req. Gen!.-"You are laboring under
mistake, sir. That is my trunk"
Frenchmaa.-"You thrunk hey ? No
stree dat ish my thrunk."
Req. Gent.-''l repeat, that you must
be laboring UNDER
frenchnsan.-"By dam, you tink dat
ish your thrunk hey! May be you got
one key to dat thrunk. Lent,. an e.. lkaH-
sso.., Takes out and applies the key to
the lock and opens the trunk.
! "Ah, ah !! my key fit your lock-
You say dis ish your thrunk. May be
dis ish your fghtin' iron, too ?'' holding
up and exhibiting revolver. "You say
you thfunk, hey You pistol ? By dam
My thrunk too! Dis ish my revolvc.--
BY gar! look here ; dis your Him Bulk
shufiiing dexterously pack of cards.
All, ah you Him Buk Dis is my pack
OF cards. You one black leg hey? I
CANDLES, peet one, two, tree rubers -
The reverend gentleman could stand
no more, but bolted through the compan-
ion-way amid the roars of the passen-
gers. We will save his credit, by say
ing, that he pointed on the deck, trunk
similar to the Frenchman's, having the
same initials on the end, which the por-
ter seized and carried ashore.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.
AND HUMOROUS
A Juicy Incident.

Inc windows of the first cars bulls
Tor the Atlantic and St. Lawrence R,;l-
read, were constructed with one paine
OF glass to each sash. TO the careless
observer, this gave them the appear
ance Of being raised, when, perhaps
they were not. When they were bright
ana new, before they had passed over
the road many times, | was seated in
one OF Them on my way to Augusta.
While making chronological and ply
sioshomicai observations among the pas
sengers, | detected man in goggles. in
the act OF depositing quid in his
cheek, at the same time casting a loo,
OF confidence at the window. and anna
rentiy overlooking dignifsd old lady
IN SILKS, ON the same seat, and between
him and the window.
After few minutes I observed him
again. He seemed to have Just discov-
cred the old woman and a shade of I'M
easiness calne over his already iuicefull
countsnance. saw that crisis was
approaching and looked on with good
deal OF curiosity to see how it would
end. Five minutes more and his lips
were glued together tight, while his
cheeks seemed ready to explode. He
could 9. stand 1t no longer. Drawing his
lips into pucker, like the closed mouth
OF an old fashioned work bag, he seized
the old lady by the bonnet, and forced
her back into her seat-thrust his face
forward in front of hers, and taking a I'M
at the window, let fly. The whole charge
struck the mischievously transparent
pane, and | thought from the slop that
ne wiped up with nice white hand
kerchief, and from the appearance of
the same when he returned it to his
pocket, that his mouth was calculated
to hold Just tn rec gills.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

The FEVER IS NO REsPEcrER OF PER-
soNs.-We were told an incident of the
epidemic which is sad indeed yet is
but one Of many that are daily occurring
in our city. A gentleman who resides
on Dryades street lost his wife some
eight months since. He is a man in
good circumstances, carrying on a..small
mercantile: business, and feeling lonely,
he sent to the state of New York and
brought out an only brother and sis
ter, who arrived here lately. Yesterday
morning an old servant of the family
died; about noon the brother died, and
the sister was shortly taken with the
black vomit, and ere this she must be
beyond all earthly pain. We do not
mention this circumstance because it is
a rare one, but as an example of the des-
structie ravages Of this dire disease
N. O. Delta, Aug. Is.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
HWe learn that Col. Fremont |,

Us ~ Y ASui si'0k WI l. IccIuOTt lcII
Washington yesterday to commence his
exploration of the country between the
Mississippi and the Pacific, and espe-
oially in the Rocky Mountains and
Sierra Nevada. He proceeds to the
Missouri frontier, and will go over the
route which he proposed in lS49-,49,
when ne was stopped by the deep SHOWS.
believing in practicable pass through
the mountains, and good route that
way, he means to solve the question to
his own satisfaction. For that purpose
he proposes to make a double expedi-
ton, one in The autumn and one in the
winter-going out, before the SHOWS
fall, to see the face of the country, and
returning after the SHOWS, and in them,
to ascertain their depth and prevalence.
he deems winter exploration neces-
sary, and proposes to be again at the
head Of the Del Norte at the same sea-
son that his progress was irapeded there
lin 1848-'49.
We understand that in making this
expedition Col. Fremont has no con-
nexion with the Government, or with
any e sn apssoTFt e 81 indians and moaA..;r
rN .:---ai INT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
AN ASTONISHING YourH-The Gin.

AN ASTONISHING YouTH.-The Gin
cinnati Gazette says that VIM. Marcy,
colored boy from Kentucky, who was
in that city last week, can add up COL
umns Of figures any length, divide any
given sum, multiply millions by thou
sands within fve minutes from the time
the figures are given him, and with such
exactness as to render it truly wonder
full. On Friday, in the pres ence of a
party of gentleman, he added column
of figures, eight in line, and one hun
dred and eighty lines, making the sum
total of several millions, in about sia
minutes. The feat was so astounding, and
apparently incredible, that several of
the party took off their coats, and, d.
vlding the sum, went to work, and in
two hours after they commenced pro-
duced identically the same answer
The boy is not quite seventeen years of
age; he cannot read nor write, and in
every other branch Of an English edu-
cation is entirely deficient. He star
ted on Saturday for the Worlds F air.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

The Utica Gazette says, f" Grasshop-
pers are of the locust species, and tho
ordinarily harmless, yet when they be-
come as numerous as they are this sea-
son their ravages resemble those of the
locust. We have some particulars of
their doings in the town of Marcy. One
farmer has completely lost his years la
Dor by them. A field of buckwheat of
FIVE acres is perfectly devoured, not a
leaf or steam of the crop left. They
have nipped off his oats at the stem Of
the kernel, so that the grain can be
scooped up by handfuls. At evening the
field is black with the insects. They e.
ven penetrate the husks of the corn and
eat the green kernals. Another farmer
has been obliged to fodder his cattle, as
in winter, for two or three weeks, on
account of his pasture being devoured
by the grasshoppers."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

"SoLrTARY AND ALoSE."- The Phil
adelphia Inquirer says Col. Benton is
new seventy-one years old, and adds !:
We saw him the other day on the
pavement near his house in Washington.
He is the young est looking man of sew
enty we have ever seen: rather fuller
in habit and broader than he used to APP
pear. He wears his hat with knowing
expression little on the left side, walks
with deliberate and measured tread,
having something like pride in its SEEM
ing-scmething that bespeaks con-
seriousness that he is Thomas Hart Ben
ton. He feels his powers, and SO does
his country, and so will it ever. His
mark will be left upon the era Of his life.
Few men Of equal intellectual power
and knowledge have appeared upon the
stage of action.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

A JUMP from Balloon. Paris stvle.
Times, gives the following account of the
latest curiosity-sharpener which has
been invented for the Parisians
The feat of jumping from balloon,
the jumper sustained by an India-rubber
rope, was duly performed on Thursday,
the 18th of August. 1t was the most
stupendous exhibition of daring and ad-
dress that the Parisians have yet been
permitted 10 witness. From enc side of
the car Of the balloon hung the India
rubber cord, descending $50 feet, and
then returning and being fastened to the
other side of the car. 1t thus formed a
strong loop. The .4thelIete was dressed
as Mercury his body from the neck to
the small of his back, was enclosed in a
frame work which enabled him to en-
dure the suspension without wrenching
or dislocation. The rope passed though
an eyelet in the middle of the back, pla-
ced SO that he was held in perfect equi-
librium. When the balloon had reached
an attitude double that Of the supposed
elasticity of the cord, the voltigeur ap-
peared on the edge of the car, looked O.
yer, shut his eyes, and dove off into space.
The eyelet slipped along the rope, SO
that the first $50 feet were a positive
fall through the air, without any resist
ance or break. The rest of the way was
an elongation of the rope. 1t stretched
four times its length, making in all de-
scent of 600 feet, accomplished in two
seconds. After having attained its low
est point, the rope contracted once, per-
haps 200 feet, and then descended again.
There was no further rebound, and no
oscillation; the voltigeur lay calmly era
died in mid air, and probably spent the
leisure he was now permitted to enjoy
in recovering his breath, and contempla-
ting the prospect. The aeronaut above
now commenced at the win1lass, and
gradually wound his dangling friend up
again. In four minutes he climed over
the side of the car, having made the fast
est time that any human being has ever
achieved, except such as have been sh OF
from cannon, as Baron Munchausen said
he was, think. 600 feet in two Sec
onds is at the rate of three miles and a
half a minute. We are waiting now to
know what twill be done next!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14

SINGULAR OccURRENcE.-.4Sn Snake f.
ring a gun.-A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Ledger, relates the follow
ing, as having occurred in York county,
Penn: =
a gentleman by the name of Louman,
store keeper in Siddonsburg, while out
cunning, discovered large snake, and
in order quickly to secure it from run
ming away, he placed the butt of his RI
he, loaded with ball at the time, upon
the body Of the snake, with his hand d.
rectly across the muzzle. The snake,
in its writings to free Itself, coiled a.
round the gun-stock, and with one of its
coils struck the hammer which was down
upon the cap all the time, hard enough
to discharge the gun; the contents of
which entered into the ball of the hand,
near the wrist, and in diagonal direc-
ton, and came out between the junction
of the little finger and the one next to it.
Happily no bones were broken. The
most providential part of the casualty
was, that Mr.. Louman was just in the
act of bringing the gun in front of him,
for the purpose of leaning on the muzzle,
the better to enable him to reach stick,
near by, to kill the snake with. One
moment's delay in the discharge of the
gun, and his life would have been for
feited to his carelessness. Stranger things
happen in reality than the writer's of ic-
ton dare to invent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1853-09-14
TThe Reasonable Cores pondenct

TThe REASONABLE Correspondence
found concealed in Major Andres boots
when he was searched by Paulding,
Williams, and Van Vert, has recently
been discovered at Albany. The papers
consist of an enumeration of the number
and disposition of the American forces
at West Point, and description of the
Notifications, with suggestions in regard
to weak and exposed points. There is
also pass from Arnold, under which
Andre, as "Mr. John Smith," was re-
turning to the British CAMP Nation
al Int.