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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
why not have Banks of our Own

Naked, and clothed with rags; sick, and
taken in; thirsty, and plenty of liquor;
leprosied, but ssunder the influence of med
lclne," as the doctors say when they sue
coed in curing one disease by substituting
another, The doctor is seldom known to
take his own medicine; even so, banks sell
dom pay out their own paper,-bills and
medicine are sent off where they may be
suspected to be genuine. Men don't like
to deal in bogus. Bankers are men,
well knowing their issues to be worthless:
therefore, they send off their issues to be
used in Georgia or Canada, for Georgia and
Canada money, which they can pay out
with clear conscience, because they'don't
know it to be worthless certain. Oh what
Ia nice thing it is to possess a clear con-
science! By-and-by, Georgia, Canada and
Wisconsin money will blow up, and then
nobody is to blame,-every bankers con-
science is pure as lambs!
Not one dollar in ten of our paper is of
home manufacture. Our own is swapped
off by our banks so chat they may not be
bothered with redeeming it, or even SEEING
the pictured ghosts of money they are a.
lshamed to face. We like to see peonle
repent, but then there are some who make
1t rule to never repent only at the wrong
time. Here is a certificate Of repentance bv
the Oshkosh Democrat, countersioned bv
the Madison Argus:
We are among the number of those who
rejoice IN the passage of our BANKING law
Isupposlng that it would Danish from eircr'
lation the miserable foreign paper, which
composed nearly the entire circulation Of
Wisconsin. The evil does not however
seem to be removed. A bill on anv ~
our own State banks is a thing rarely seen.
and we doubt if there was ever ! t;ms
when more unsafe currency was in cirn.,,,a
ti2n ti,an now. We know not whatban.1
fault is N the law or with the bankers LIZ -,
there is fault somewhere, and we CANTON
the farmers to be careful what thew taLa
Tor their produce. It is eli wanted 90
VIII brlng good money if they refuse to ala
env other. - 'ahe
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
Congressional Candidates,

Mr.. Nicely GRAY, formerly of Grant
County, but now of Madison, is named as
another who will likely be brought before
the Mineral Point Convention on the 18th
INST, for Congress. We know not wheth-
er Mr.. GRAY has proved himself sound on
the questions at issue, by any long and
perseverng opposition to the negro power,
or whether he has just stepped into the
harness He was highly esteemed while
a resident of Platteville, and was wen
known to possess full share of ability, IN
tegrity and firmness. We have rather a
favorable opinion of Mr.. GRAY for the sta
ton 10 which his fiieIitis seem anxious 70
elevate him.
We must again add, that however able
worthy and honest the candidate may be.
something definite must be known of his
former acts and opinions, to entitle him to
popular favor. 1t will be asked in every
quarter, what were the opinions he enter
tanned and where the proof of his spunkv
resistance to doughfaces and their NEGRO
laws, when all things were smooth and
while the anti-Anglo-saxon powers we've
slyly coiling around the tree Of liberty
Where was he when honest and braro
hearts stood by and defended the land.
marks Did he then turn and lick nm the
slime Of peace and submission 2" The
decree has already been sealed by a silent
oath IN the heart of the masses that the
interests Of free white men and white Ia
Dor snail be respected first,--neeroes and
oiack labor last. People when reused as
they are, cannot be cheated out of what
they have sworn they will have. DOUGH-
faces are at worse rates Of discount than
MOCK River Canal Bonds or Railroad
STOCKS and their double dealine tricks vii,
De counted bogus, no matter how claar
they may jingle Therefore 70 ,ba tas.;
niony Of every candidates. ae,s 80 -:
lons before Douglas ans p;a~os. $50 opin-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

tors. There is no other way to corner pc
litical tricksters and wire-pullers. They
will jump onto any platform, and hurrah
for it the loudest. They will jump on to
a Niger, saw-log or railroad platform just
as easy as onto downy platform of De-
mocracy.
Here then, are ORION, WAsHBURN, Cole
and GRAY, already suggested by their re-
spective friends. Where has each been
these several years while the runaway ne
gro and come-up-north negro laws have
sprang into being? Have they been at
work through adverse as well as driving
winds to arrest the damning cause of all
trouble? Have they been driving back
these landmarks of abolition and treason
to the Constitution,--these recognized pre-
liminaries of disunion and civil war;
Names and platforms are nothing, liner
and well canvassed opinions are everything
now and henceforth: Therefore, gentlemen
candidates, you must expect to present
clean fronts, faces and hands. You cam
come it among the masses by the mere
jumping onto a platform prepared for you
the people intend to leave such process
in the hands Of the little squad of Nebras
ka men who are cornered up without an,
allies to bolster up their miserable cargo Q
Non Intervention and Popular Soyereiaa
| ty
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

independence of the German editors, we
think will be thwarted.
The Documentary History, above refer
red to, is fraud on the printer, and al
worse fraud on the public. The contract
of Mr.. Sholes was assigned to Mr.. Atwood
of the Journal, who united with Mr.. Brown
of the argus. The work was done and
profits divided between them; but more
honest arrangement did not suit, SO bill
was stolen through authorizing the Cover
nor and Secretary to get this job printed,
and they gave it to Brown at cost to the
people of $4,000! CoLAtwood,o of course
has nothing to do but to look fierce
Now if this history is worth anything
it is of any use but to lumber bookcases
every one knows that by taking it east
it would have been published for nothing.
Indeed if what it should be, publishing
houses would have paid premium for the
manuscript. But that would not answer
the programme. Col. Atwood was to be
cheated, and the treasury depleted; and SO
$4,000 was subscribed for job which
cannot cost over $4,000 Is it any wonder
that an editor thus fed should justify the
|Shool Land speculation, or any scheme #
robbery on the part of his owners? And
what ought to be thought of Governor
who signed such bill, and aided such a
scheme to pluck the public treasury?
Bad as this transaction is, it is no worse
than score Of others. We have no dispo-
lsition to disparage our craft, but when
the public printing is made tofeoeets up fifty
Thousand dallars a year, and the comstitu-
ton, laws and contracts openly violated to
achieve it, we think it is pretty steep, and
that public attention ought to be called to
lit. With 100000 of taxes to shoulder,
and state credit down to IS cents, our fay-
mers have about as much as they can stag
ger under, and would do we'll to send uI
representatives capable of economy and re
FORM"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
PASSING EVENTS
By TUESDAYS Mail,

On Monday a disastrous fire occurred at Mil
waukee, which resulted in the destruction of
over alfa-million of dollars' worth of proper
ty. The whole block bounded by East Water.
Huron, Main and Michigan streets. one of the
finest of the city, was entirely destroyed. The
U. S. Hotel and the Wisconsin, printing estab-
lishment are among the ruins. ION the 25th
ut, fire broke out in the city Of Troy, N.
Y, and space equal to about eight blocks,
and between two and three hundred houses
was burned. Property destroyed valued at
not less than 81 100000 TThe village of
Waldoboro', Me-, was almost entirely destroy
ed by fire on the 18th ut. Loss $3.50, 0OO -
FThose who pretend to know, say the Know
Nothings can poll So 900 votes in Massacllu-
sets alone. Tan exchange says, a fellow in
Iowa jumped so high the other day that he
says he saw the dog star wag his tail. 1.-THE
wings of California held convention on the
28th July They are confident of carrying
the state. fEx-president Van Buren, has left
Naples, where he has resided for three months.
for Florence and the baths of Lueca. FJohn
Van Buren, does not speak at an abolition NEE
ting In England, as reported. He communi-
Gated to London morning paper. that he had
his private views on the subject, but hadn't a.
nything to say abroad. TTbe Plumb crop is
most abundant this season in this repion.-
1.-THE National Democrat says, eve have rea-
son to believe that Mr.. Buchanan will resign
his present position, and return to the United
states within three menths 1.-THE first tram
crossed the great bridge over the Illinois riv
er bottom al La Sale, on Monday last, with
entire success. The bridge is avery extensive
and costly work, crossing the river not only,
but the whole bottom, at great elevation "a
bove the water. TCol. Benton has announced
his intention of stamping" the whole State
of Missouri for the purpose Of securing his e.
lection as United States Senator by the new
Legislature, in place of Mr.. Atkinson,
whose term will expire on the 9Th of March.
nIhe mother of the worid-renownedSam am Patch
died at Pawtucket, r. l., few days since aged
80 years. 1.-THE Democrat says that brick are
made at Oshkosh equai-in quality and appear
ance to the Milwaukee brick 1.-THE N. Y.
Tribune says that business is daller in that CT
ty than at any time since 1888. TIA large mum
Der OF Belsains have recently settled in the
nelghborhood of Green Bay. 1.-THE Wisconsin
says it is authorized to state that Ex-Goy. Doty
Will not be candidate for Congress in the Nor
thern District at the coming election. 1.-THE
Emperor of all the Russians very narrow Y es-
capped being captured by an EneIish steamer
OFT Cronstadt, few weeks since. TThe Sec
ond Party for Kansas is to leave Worcester.
Mass, on Tuesday, the 29th inst. 1.-THE IA
oama cotton crop has suffered greatly from
heat and want of rain. But half crop is an
ticipated. FNew Hampshire is parched for
want of rain. Even its big rivers are giving
out
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
BY TIaaYrst1ay,s Mail

"A new bank is soon to be started at the ca.
pitoi, TO be called the Madison Bank. Canita1
Soo,ooo. Tilt is said bank is about to he es.
:, .aonsheo at La Crosse. 1.-THE corn crop in H.
'ihois' missouri, and several other states. is re-
presented as almost total failure. The pros
pect is good for fine crop in Wisconsin
NEight persons have been admitted into the
toronto Lunatic Asylum, in a state of insan-
W from excessive use of camphor, as cho.-
era preventive. 1.-THE proceedings for an in
Junction having been abandoned, the Rock Is
land Bridge it is thought will be carried to
completion as fast as the magnitude Of tho
work VIII permit. 1.-THE Galenans are reioi-
eng IN the prospect Of the completion Of tbe
railroad to their city In four or five weeks -
= mere IS not solitary newspaper in all the
CITY OF New York, which sustains the aa,n;n;s-
e srall0n. ia new dollar coin has been sent
, ,um .ne MINT to tie Department for sanction
80 At Is a.ssout that of FIVE cent piece.
aiion' David Wilmot is now canvas
sing Northern Pennsylvania and the ada
cent counties of New York, in support of
the great principle embodied by Jefferson
IN 1854, Nathan Dane in 1887, and by Mr..
Wiimot himself in the Proyiso of l847. TIA.
=. Barry, Esq, has been selected as Assis-
tant State Geologist, and is now on his way 10
JOIN Or. Percival. 1.-THE upper Mississippi
IS lower than it has been at any time before
during the past two years, and it is very diff
cult Tor the lightest draught steamboats, to sail
on 1t, there being not over % or 80 inches of
water on some of the bars and rapids. ian
apothecary in Salem Massachusetts,, has writ !
ten over his door-ssAl kinds of dying stuGs
Tor sale here" TThere are IL, IA, 292 acres
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

M A r RED

August 50th-At Wooabine Cottage, G
County, by 0. Cole. Esq, Mr.. JAMES "a
to Miss MARY M. WISE.
An consideration of the liberal donatior
the Herald printers, we invoke heaven on
ha'f the bride and her lord, in the languagt
Agur, whose prayer we have always thou
was intended for printers: 'sLord, give tb
neither riches nor poverty" especially the'
ter.
Aug 27th--In PIatteviIle, by the Rev. Ja
Lewis, Mr.. CHARLES p. TRADER TO Miss N
RY +. COATES, daughter of G. /. Coates, L
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

CONGRESSIONAL CoNvESTIoN-S SECOND
DIsTRIcT.--The Electors THE Second Con-
gressional District of Wisconsin, comprising
the counties of Rock, Green, Dane, Iowa, La
fayette, Grant, Richland, Sank, Adams, Por-
tage, Marathon, Crawford, Bad AK, La Crosse,
Monroe, Polk, Pierce, Trempe a'leau, Elk,
Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Buffalo, st. Croix,
the Nebraska iniquity, and in favor of the prin-
ciples announced in the "Republican" plat
form adopted at M adison July 18th are invited
to meet in their respective Assembly Districts
and select twoDelegates from each to represent
them in Congressional Convention to be held
at MINERAL PoINr on WEDNESDAY, the
18th Of September, at IL O'Clock M, to nomi-
nate candidate 10 be supported at the approa-
ching Election.
By order of the State Central Committee,
WIN. A. WHITE, Chairman.
Madison August IA
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
FARM FOR SALE.

f SITUATED on Green River: H. ~ &
b.i!i MillviIle town, 8 miles from .l lns@s
Wisconsin River, 10 miles north Q, ,, Lan, If i
The subscriber offers to sell his RAJ" llt
acres of good plough and stock la ~ are;
ores broke and under cultivation. ~ ~ rsll
timber, and three 40's of bottom ian" sn ~
dapted for grass or cultivation : sPl hoil
good log house, fine spring and spli'S.SI aOO-
near the door mills near ;-aii lo' ,;s,s
mart on time with interest. Perfees , lI1rli
lei 1;,'' NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

SLoAN's FAMILY PILLs.-A long anu 'Nr
sive experience has furnished amp'e 'e'u~.
that, as pill adapted to meet the wan an =,
emergencies of all classes, young OF oid' !.
or female, or as the name indicates i4 y. r.
and efficient Family Pills these are "'''
rival Exchange. Ali
Prepared and sold, wholesale anu ~. ~,
No. 40 Lake-st., Chicago, ILL.,, BY "'''
Sloan.
See advertisement in another column,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
The Weather.

we have had this summer, two months Of
extfasagsnt heat. We are almost tempted te
oeiieve some of the Planetary machinery has
got deranged, or that the earth has slipp ed
several degrees south. The moon seems tc
occupy an unnatural place in the he avens lust
now. we leave this however to astronomers,
who are certain to hit any arrangement in the
elements and its cause, after the event takes
place.
"Extremes follow extremes,0 is a saving
rapidly resolving itself into principle in res
pecs TO the weathers well as in respect to NOR
ais, politics and religions. No doubt then W
are to suffer from extensive cold weather, and
II the suffering from cold equals that from heat
The Pope may substitute Punishment to wis
consln for pergatory located between hell and
the Vatican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

geSo far as We can find out, every Demo-
cratic newspaper in bounds of the Second
(Eastman's) Congressional District, is forNe-
braska and Nom Intervention, except one, the
Potosi Republican. The Momoe Sentinel, a
strong Democratic paper, by remaining where
the party always usel to be, till traitors took
the premium, naturally fell in with the Repub-
licans; its editor was President of the Repub-
[licnn Convention at Madison.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

@What opposition Journal, North
South, has given him {the President GRE
IT tor the Nebraska triumph, carried thog
from first to last as much BY HIS ows y
ERGETIG COOPERATION with its iien
IN the National Legislature as by any al
er cause p Washington Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

~ Inc Chicago Weekly Democratic Press
isrge chicago paper, devoted to every de-
partner. OF affairs, opposed to Douglas and a
repeat OF the Compromise but rendering warn,
s spl.1 70 Old and tried Democratic principles
puoilshea by ScRrrPs & Boss, at ST Ee 10.
$1,000 $1,000 ''a The 10plss Tor sSe ten Copies
n =. aAe ress arrives at Lane.st.r :,
81 ssaer Offices upon the Mail $500 ana
where uo iof II every
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

RWe learn the delegates represent
ING the democracy Of Grant will go for
EASTMAN, not of choice but of constralnt,
as the bible says of sinners who leave Oft
shining. So much gained.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

HE r RUITs OF TIE NEBRASKA Bu,
When MIR. Doug las moved and Gen. Pi4,,
seconded the Repeal of the Missouri COMM
misc, all they intended to do was 10 comnerl
themselves TO the good graces of Savery, r.
extending lis Empire. But what thew ar;n, X
have brought about is different and ato
gether unexpected state Of things. Here is ii,
record -
A Wing Senator from Maine.
The overthrow of the Presidents best tipnl
in his own State OF New Hampshire.
The convention Of the Administration Part,
into an anti Administration Free Soil Party i
Vermont.
A Free Soil Wing Senator from MassacAe
sets.
The substitution Of a Wing for "Demc
crat" State Government in Rhode Is and
Two Wing Senator'S, Wing LegiSIatu,
and Wing State Officers in Connecticut.
AnnhItalio of the Presidents parts in Nh
York.
Ditto in New Jersey.
The same in Pennsylvania.
Consolidation OF great Republican patT
OPP, osed 10 the Administration in the pFeyOGl
ly democratic" stale OF Ohio.
A second edition ofthe same work in Mid
igan.
A third one in Indiana.
A fourth one in Wisconsin.
The che &c tetW, Ell defeat and Withdraw
of all the Douglas cand: dates, in Doa,l.]
own state of IL nois.
A Wing Legislature, Wing Congresns
and two Wing Senators, in the ''Dem ocrait
slayehoiding state Of Missouri.
And lastly, Wing and Free Soil Cow
nor, Legislature, Senator and CongreSslel
Iowa, where the reign Of Democracy" bI
hitherto been unbroken
Who will say, alter this, that Doug d
and Pierce have done nothing for their colt
try?-- A bany journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
District Conventions.

The Anti Nebraska electors of the several
Assembly Districts of Grant County, are re-
quested to meet at their usual plac es of con-
vening for district Conventions, on Saturday
the 9th of September, at O'Clock P. M. for
the purpose Of choosing two delegates to rep
resent each of said Assembly districts in the
Congressional Convention at Mineral Point,
10 be holden on the 18th of September.
By order Of the Committee
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
TheDemocI attic Mass County Con
VentlOn

Met in Lancaster on Saturday last. N
DEWEY. Chm. J. S. CLARK, Sec'y.
N. Dewey and G. G. CLINTON were ap-
pointed Delegates to the Congressional
Convention at Mineral Point on the 9th
inst. JAS. JONES was appointed to repres-
ent the County at large in that Convention
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

mAEsDoS LoDE.-It is said that deene,
I ,;sh. ID this lode have brouoht -
hgnt horizontal sheet of mineral 49, -
4 'nree feet in thickness! No sucb loae e' -
TINS was ever worked in atbese .l;a .o;'e as Is
oetore.- fGalena JEFF u'gsgihgs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

CLEAR AS MUD.-Dr. Hall, in the A
gust number of his Journal Of Health,p
cholera to be ''exaggeration Of
festival vesmicular motion"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

MINERAL WATERS AT WATERTows-
has been discovered that there are nis
springs at Watertown, the waters Of VII
are highly medicinal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

nMr. BurroN offers his farm, near the
Wisconsin River, for sale on excellent terms.
1t is cheap at the price he asks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
BY SATURDAYS Mali

The LANDS WITHDRAWN FRou ST..
The Milwaukee News learns from W pAit'-
ton, that the lands heretofore wlthdra "aS,lNs
sale or entry in the Willow River and ME- ron
Point District and on the proposed liner, ra;i0
line from Dubuque to Fond du Lac Lt Ln,''o @
perior, will again ce subject to entry on s ~,
after Che 25th of September next, on th va AN ai
condition as before the withdrawal, $50 '''l'
Iowa ELEcTIoN.-The majority for Grim,
ar Governor of Iowa is about 3 900. ''AF'
Thorington's majority in the DubyMue ca,
gressional district is about 1000. ~ WI
The Keokuk Wing thinks that c,,,t,.
majority for Congress in that district is o Nv
800. we
The Senate stands 16 Wings, 10 DeinOcr,,
and two districts TO hear from.
The House stands, Al Wings, 90 DemOerss
l tie, and 0 to hear from.
1ke Aegean Stable is thoToag'y p,s
fed. gag
GTThe deaf h of Rev. Leonard Wood, /
Andoyer Theological Seminary in anuounss /
He was 81 years of age,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04

ne Two men got into row at an Irish
doggery IN Hazel Green ON Tuesday last,
about worthless woman. One stabbed
the other dangerously inseveral places with
a jack knife. His colleague is in jail at
Lancaster. Bad liquor was the cause.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
SPECIAL NOTICES.

Advertisements, to insure insertion NV
following number of the Herald, mus Dc ''
ded in by noon on Saturdays.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
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Aug. 30th--In town of Millville, JAW
NANGLE, a wealthy bachelor Irishnan, aS
about a years.
Deceased assured his friends several daysp
tore his death, that he would die on Weins
day last, (30th,) of witchcraft. He was D. !
SICK but died of resolute will amounting
predestined decree of his own to do So
Gafena Prices-Aug. 26.-POTK, %" n
per Dbl. $13aSl4. Wheat 65a75. OaH 4
%. Mineral per 1000 S35. Lead 5,%.
Milwaukee Prices-Aug. 5V.-M.
ket to-day active. Wheat ,25al 80 iof Sr ~
and ] ,30al 40 for winter extra AZ. fVs|
extra $3.50 per Dbl. Rye S2aS4. Com I
90. Oats 32a3l.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
$19,274,95
$4,000
10000
$4,000
$4,000
1921
To be paid next winter,
Added to foregoing,
Making a total of

This bo = ro,,.a, SoO,275
sovoral IL items, amounting to
s0'eiai sloSasand dollars more. :
an act was passed last session, in effect
creating German branch Of printing not
l le1 0y contract, but given out byy the
sea'e oIlcefs, at prices fixed by law, some
Two or three times higher than Engl;sb
printing the design being to render the the
uerman press subservient to the admins
aa.on. We have no objection to q lrfsa
sbols IA amount Of foreign printing but it
- LIQUID De eiassed as other work, and let as
'ne constitution requires. The DESIGN :, -
use II as corruption fund, from the manly
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-09-04
Total last session,

IUtetI IdSJ SESSION., S
The work ordered last sessio
for next winter, is as follows.
Laws, Journals, Blanks, DC.
German printing,
documentary History of Stat,