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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06
WATER POWER.

Grant County has within its bounda-
ries, about two hundred miles of small
rivers, every mile Of which affords wa
ter enough for mills of the largest class.
We have before stated that, from the
swift current Of our streams, their even
supplies of water from springs that nei-
Their increase nor diminish their volumes
of water in wet and dry weather, their
banks approaching like the banks of ca
mails, yet never overlooking and the earth
along them being firm clay to ccnfne
the water for dams, this region is the
best supplied with water power of any
other in the western country. There
are many streams besides, afFording wa
ter plenty for saw mills and light ma
chinery and number of springs, each
supplying enough water for twenty or
fifty horse power. Nearly all of these
privileges lie unappropriated to their
destined use. A large proportion of
them are situated upon unentered lands
there being near 100000 acres of un-
entered lands in the County, and some
100000 acres entered. There are only
about twenty water powers improved in
the County.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

81. LOUIS AZ HOURS FROM New YoRk
-Passengeas who lett New York on
Saturday evening Of last week, BY the
Hudson River, reached st. Louis IN
Iorty-e'gM hours from ocean to river
That will 90 for winter work.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

NOtice.-AdveStlseme to insure an ear
~ insertion, should Be handed in by IL O'Clock
Saturdays.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

Tie resolutions Of a political meeting
he'd at faiTplay. did not reach us; ne to ap-
pear ffa's week They win appear next week,
With sun1ry ether deferred articles.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

Nsikyy assAee-March 1st-Wheat 10
to 20. Corn 49a47. Rye quiet at 75a76.-
Barley 50a55. Oats 30a3l. Pork 4,75a5 90.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

Clergymen and Justices are specially invited
o send us notices OF all Marriages and Deaths that
they may know of.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

ChiCaso-Feb. 2sth.-Wheat. 1,0s.-.
Corn, sales at Goes Oats %; Rye 75a7sc ;
Barley 55a56s White Beans, in quantities at
8OaS7
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06
MINERAL RESOURCES,

Our lead resources constitute a Bank
Of perpetual gold and silver dividends.
Other regions are deficient in such an
institution, but endeavor to supply its
place by erecting Banks of discount and
loan, with bits of paper as substitutes
for our gold and silver. Our miners
never will receive paper for their mine
Tai, and the labor of thousand wears
cannot exhaust our mines, so there is no
danger of our bank breaking. 1t will
go on perpetually to declare dividends.
and ever. years cash account will show
that .he dividenis have improved. al
other considerations of our commerce.
and commercial facilities, agriculiura
resources and manufacturing powers
-Am To sink ,nte rhs5owv no.l;nenes;
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

when compared with this latter resource.
Let banks OF discount everywhere tum-
BILE into ruin, and stock companies burst
as soap bubbles /; let the credit Of every
corporation for paper issue shake in the
wind and reel and totter as drunken
man in a storm, and our bank Of gold
and silver dividends viii flourish as tho
peace reigned without and good will a
mong men. This is no delusion. The
business nah can see what resources we
must have, when troubles come over the
financial world, as they are bound to pc
riodically.
Upon moderate estimate our miners
produce annually, and thrust into circu-
lation one million of dollars. About g.
900 miners are engaged, and the aver
age annual product Of each is about $500
The price of lead has raised 20 per cent
during the year, and the number of mi
ners has largely increased, but We are
writing of averages. Perhaps the pro-
duct of the year 1853 was quarter Of
a million over the estimate, and the es.
innate of 1854 will be over any former
ore, but we prefer to adhere to the es.
innate of others, rather than venture ont
Of our own.
With soil Of unsurpassed fertility
and unequalled durability; with over /;
western average Of timber, and with tn.
best springs to be found in the Union
with mineral resources ahead of tn.
Lake Superior region, and connected by
rivers and railroads with the East anc
South, we believe our section has more
advantages than any other, even the
most favored spot elsewhere in the Mis-.
sissippi valley.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

LHnd WarrnnG,.-Thomp Repor-
ter OF 25tli ult., quotes as follows:
Buying. Selling.
100 acre Warrants. $l85 $3.50
SO acie Warrants, 80 81
40 acre Warrants. 46A 47a
Warrants extremely scarce.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06

GEORGE LIPpARD, an Amer;o,.
well known and appreciated BY MANY s =.
consumption. at Philadelphia, on the a. Siea Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06
RAILROADS..

We think the .Milscaukee and .Nissis
slppi Railroad will pass through Grant
County On its way to Prairie du Chen,
and be finished within twelve or eigh-
teen months, but we are not 50 certain
about it as to place This statement upon
our table of facts. We think potosi will
be supplied, and one or two other pla-
ees. by branches connecting them with
the Central and Milwaukee and Missis-
sippi, but of this we are not certain.
The Illinois Central Railroad, approa-
ching completion as rapidly as money,
sinew, skill and energy, all together can
devise and execute, is to pass near the
south line and terminate at the south
west corner Of Grant County.
The Mineral Point Branch, to be con-
necteG with the Illinois Central, extends
southwark near the east line of Grant
County. This road, like the Central
is under way, and having the means, its
early completion is as fixed as the de-
crees of destiny.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-03-06
HOMES In WISCONSIN.

The substance Of our article, under
this head, for this week, must vary in
character from any we have presented
before. The preceding articles were
mere preliminaries of the work laid out,
and we now enter upon the main issue
What advantages has the mineral re-
gion over other portions Of the Missis-
sippi valley?
Those who are well acquainted with
the elementaries, supply and demand,
commercial intercourse, fixed laws Of
trade, and whatever else an enlightened
set of people study to comprehend, or
industrious men of corresponding rea-
son aim to take advantage Of, will best
appreciate our remarks. Among the
advantages any people must possess to
allow of their rapid growth in wealth,
are, competition in every variety Of
shape with their neighbors III other
States good relative advantages over o.
theirs means by which the products of
labor can be thrown into competition in
the east and south, rather than INTO COM
petition 1t home great cash resources
oyer and superior to the cash resources
Of other places, and the ability to main
tain an annual cash balance in their IA
vor, whatever may be The condition of
the money market, and however press
ing the times. To such as have made
the like considerations their study, we
address our remarks in full confidence
that we will be understood.
NATUTAL BOUNDARIES OF GRANT CO.
Grant is bounded ON the west by the
Mississippi, which provides free wa
ter communication with the south and
the great southern metropolis, New Or
leans, and with the vast country four
hundred miles northward ; it is border
ed north by the Wisconsin river,
which extends into the Pineries and ex-
haustles lumberies towards Lake Supe
rior. The extent of river coast border
ing Grant County on the west and north
exceeds one hundred miles.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04
CONGRESS-.

In the Senate, yesterday, Mr.. Cass gave
notice that on next Monday two weeks he would
ask to be heard on the subject Of securing free
dom of religious worship to Americans in for
eign countries. Two resolutions calling for
information were adopted. The joint resolu-
ton explanatory of the act regulating the
manner of appointing cadets to West Point
academy was debated, and then postponed fol
fortnight. The rest of the sitting was occu-
pied in considering executive business.
The House of Representatives passed bill
regulating and increasing the pay of deputy
postmasters, and another bill the effect of which
is to abolish the charge oftwenty-fve cents for
authentication of public documents at the State
Department. Resolutions calling on several Of
the executive departments for information were
adopted. .
Mr.. Campbell asked leave to introduce a
resolution looking to the annexation of Canada; /;
but the House refused by vote of % against
ll9 to suspend the rules for the reception of
the proposition.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04
The CarbOnari.

Our readers have heard much said about the
Italian Carbonar, but no doubt many of them
are not fully acquainted with their origin and
character. An Italian recently delivered lee
ture in New York, during the course of which
he said:
"In 1896, the French revolutionists marched
into Italy, bearing in one hand the sword, and
in the other a code of human rights. In their
train came the freedom of the press, the aboli
ton of all that remained of ancient feudalism
the establishment ofrepublics in Genoa, Milan
and Bologna, in Naples Rome, and Venice
although the throne Of Napoleon arose above
the diSecta memJra, of the French republic,
was sustained SO largely by military power, and
wore SO many features of an absolute govern.
ment, it shed light abroad over Italy, the course
of instruction in colleges and universities be-
came liberal class privileges were Withdrawn;
the religious feelings Of men were respected,
civil equality maintained, and the municipal
institutions properly organized. The clergy
were held strictly to the discharge of their
duties, the monastic corporations were abol-
ished, the Pope removed from Rome, and thus
from the midst Of his spies. The youth who
had received the rule from Napoleon, became
revolutionary after his fall. He had prepared
them, and had reason to say, in the midst of his
ucs
The government of Europe, restored to pow
er by the treaties of 1916, found the people
very different from the servile herd they had
so lately been compelled to conciliate-new
ideas, new sentiments, new tendencies, new
aspirations of the soul! The monarchs were
unwilling to recognise this change; they only
sought to drive it back and crush it where
it forced itself upon their observation. All
their efforts were vain. And they have not
yet drained the bitter cup of their repentance.
After the great emperor's final ruin, the
youth of Italy were constrained by the return
of despotism, to unite in secret associations for
mutual correspondence and protection against
the Vaccinations of their insane rulers. The
first martyrs of these secret combinations
suffered in 1915, The government watched
arrested, and executed the conspirators, or those
suspected of having conspired; but these meas.
ures only redoubled the secret union, and the
number Of its members The conspiracy snread
and soon reigned in Italy frcEl the Alps to the
remoter shores of Sicily. In 1920, there was
continuous chain Of patriotic conspirators.
under the general name of Carbonari. These
men were desirous of establishing the civil and
religious liberty of their country by force Of
arms. Some wished to achieve these objects
under government constitutionally monarchi-
cal; others aspired to pure democracy. Tho
latter were, at the time, in the minority, but
are now in the majority.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04

the festivities, because the proprietor had moi
moved fast enough to the Office on the canal.
These are the ordinary evils of monopoly, and
the unavoidable insolences of irresponsibility
We have published the defence, the weak
rapid defence which the monopoly has made.
1t is our purpose to publish whatever supple,
mental defences the monopoly may send to us,
if they be couched in proper and appropriate
terms. 1t is our purpose to be just, even if
others do injustice and commit wrong. But
we have not finished with the Gas Company
yet. We have undertaken to abate nuisance,
and we do not mean to fail in our undertaking.
If we live, we mean to rid the city from the
weight ofan offensive monopoly, and its citizens
from the insolent behavior of the servants of
of such monopoly. We mean to prevent our
citizens from being sickened by the stenches
from leaking .gas-pipes, and our ..street-lamps
from the dim red glare of worthless gas.
We have now undertaken to correct glaring
abuse, to scrutinize wound that needs cautery !;
and we do not mean to stop before We have
fulfilled our purpose. But We will do justice,
even if the heavens fall the Gas Company shall
be heard.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04
MRS. NIOwATT.

We extract from the Cleveland Herald, of the
3lst March, the following complimentary allu-
sions to Mrs. Mowatt, the distinguished author
ess and actress. The Herald says:
"MRs. acknowledgements upon the
stage claim to hold the mirror up to nature !;
hence that person who on the stage acts the
most like person not on the stage is the sue
cessful and meritorious delineator of character.
"There is no art in playing life's part nat
urally; there is great art in playing an assumed
character naturally. Afectation is contempt
BILE; over-acting is disagreeable. True genius
is guilty of neither. Were we to point to an
instance in which true nature was acted out, as
nearly as is possible, we should refer to Mrs.
Mowatt as Pauline Bulwer, in his novels and
plays, piles up loves agony in mountains
hence his love scenes'-the most trying scenes
on the stage or off the stage-require a refined
delicacy of touch and management, lest they
scken. Could any one play Pauline more ex-
quisitely, more womanly, than Mrs. Mowatt
1t is enough to say that she is a dignifed wo-
man of genius, and in all her conceptions OF
character has due regard to the climax, pre-.
ferring not to astonish you on her first entrance,
but to make you feel rery sorry at her last
exit. Her acting is @ complete specimen OF
architecture, quietly laying the foundation with
ont parade or display but as she rises on her
| edifce, she wins and charms, until the laying
of the top-stone exhibits complete triumph Of
her art. We we'll remember Madame Wallace
and her music. She won upon her audience
by degrees, until she held her auditors at the
close by hooks of steel. So with Mrs. Mowatt
her perfect appreciation of effect teaches hel
the art of a growing, progressive enthusiasm
an enthusiasm which her listeners carry ava,
with them. We are not blessed (rather cursed
with critics eye, but have given the impres
sions made upon plain man.
"Mr. Mcfarland sustained Mrs. M. most ad
mirably, and acted Claude as a gentleman o
good taste and correct perception should do.
"The scene at the Athennum this morning
was exciting. The rushing crowd, anxious t
secure places at Mrs. Mowatt's benefit th
evening, rendered an auction sale Of seats ne
cessary and it was thus announced, togethe
with the fact that the surplus above regula
prices would be donated by Mrs. M. to some
charitable object in this city, The generou,
crowd then passed resolution requesting hel
to retain the entire proceeds; whereupon she
appeared In person, and said her determination
was liked to donate the surplus, which would
The sale then went on, at the same time
too, the rehearsal went on; and amid much on
thusiasm and good feeling the private boxe.
and the floor seats we're sold. bringing mort
than double ordinary rates.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04

Is A CLERGYMAN A CITIZEN ?-One would in
fer from the slang of certain reckless senator's,
partisan editors, and pewter-mug spouters, that
clergyman has no right to express an opinion
upon any public measure or political subject
Three thousand educated and intelligent minis
tiers of Christianity have no business, we are
| told, to sign their names to petition or re
monstrance to 60 before the Congress of the
nation. 1t is only your rum-hole rowdies thal
have a right to be heard on questions OF vita
| interest and importance to the State and to hu
manity. These patriots of the grog-shop
these frothy demagogues, alone have the right
to discuss the affairs of the nation!
The right of petition and remonstrance is alb
solute to all classes Of citizens-to the clergy as
we'll as TO the laity; and we think the voice Of
| $4,000 Ministers of the Gospel against the Ne
braska bill is quite as significant and respecta-
BILE as the clamor of $4,000 oHice-holders in
favor of it.-N. Y. Mirror.
Is clergyman citizen? No one disputes
that he is; and, like all citizens, q clergyman
has the incontestabe right to hold and express
political opinions. No senator's and no editors
have ever denied them such rights Clergymen
are citizens just as lawyers are citizens, or far
mers, merchants, carpenters, or backsmiths;
and they have precisely the same rights that any
and all other citizens enjoy. But, as clergy
men, they have no business to come before
Congress in connexion with political questions.
They have no business to speak to Congress
"in the name of Almighty God" They have
no business to quit the quiet and consecrated
sanctuary with their pastoral robes and appear
as holy mob before the national Legislature.
They have no right..to say, as ministers: "We
protest against the passage of particular
measure" They have no right to threaten the
elected and sworn representatives of the peo-
pie of this free. country with the vengeance of
Heaven for passing acts that are necessary and
proper for the country. AS preachers, they are
not known to the Constitutions as citizens,
they are. If they come in the former char
acter, they deserve the contempt of Congress;
if in the latter character, they should receive
the same respectful treatment that is extended
to other citizens. 1t would be as proper for
blacksmiths, or carpenters, or doctors, or law
yers, or any other class, to petition Congress,
as such, in reference to the Nebraska bill, as
it is for clergymen. @........ ... Vs.. ...
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04
NEW MUSIC.

We have received from Mr.. Horace Waters.
No. 333 Broadway New York, several choice
pieces Of sheet music handsomely arranged and
printed: "The Pupils First Lesson !" ''The
Bignore's Polka, "The Prodigal Son." a
sacred song, quartette, or chorus, for the use
of the churches, social and family circle 1t is
handsomely embellished with lithograph suit.
ed to the subject. We have, too, "Katy's De
fence an answer to Thomas Bakers Katy-did
song, by Henry Gould. Mr.. Waters is largely
engaged in the music business, and publishes
many of the prettiest songs and other descrip.
tions of melodies Of the day,
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04

The VICTIM OF DUNs-Poor Hayden, the
artist, struggled for forty-two years against
duns and debt, and finally committed suicide
in his own painting-room on the 22d of June
1916. He was devoted to his darling profes-
sion, and loved and followed it with a passion
ate fondness which art sometimes ingrafts in
"the innermost' Of her children. He struggled
on bravely in his Smission," as he loved to call
it, loaded with debts and crushed down with
the opportunities Of creditors. And yet he was
not an extravagant man. His wants were
simple and few; but he had the unfortunate
habit of anticipating his earnings. Between
the years 1910 and 1880 he received from the
sale of his works the sum Of nearly $50, 900 |;
and yet in the latter year he was bankrupt.
In the next succeeding six years he was in the
receipt of nearly S25,000; and found himself
again, at the end of that time, poor man and
in debt. When he died, he owed some 81 500
more and it was undoubtedly the importantly
of his creditors that drove him into despair and
suicide.
Such an example would seem to teach us
that neither genius nor the prospect OF the ac-
complishment OF some great end, some noble
purpose in life, will Justify man in living be-
yond his income. Haydon habitually paid off
his debts whenever he had finished great
work, and so the consummation OF some elabo
rate scheme which had occupied years Of his
artistlife brought to him no "jubiate !" he was
no better off than before; and again and again
he had to recommence that great struggle Of
his against "impecuniosityn and 'the pressure
of contracted means" Finally, even his ener-
getic spirit yielded, and he died, as many have
done before him. the victim of duns.
Albany Express.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04
Supreme Court Of the United states,
MONDAY, April 3, 1854.

Present.
Hon. ROGER B. TASEy, Chief Justice. 49,
/" JAMES M. WAYNE, Associate Justice.
JOHN CATRoS,
PETER V. DANIEL,
SAMUEL NELSON,
b. r. CURTIS,
JoHS A. CAMPBELL,
james B. Campbell, esq, Of South Carolina,
=; .; T. O'Neili, esq, Of Pennsylvania, and
Charles Bayard Strobe, esq, Of California
were were admitted attorneys and counsello:s OF
this court
~ Inc Chief Justice announced to the bar that
no. isz would be the first case called for argu-
ment tomorrow, after which the court would
commence the regular call Of the docket, be.
Adjourned till tomorrow. at II o'clock.
Washington sentinel., 1854-04-04

A -WoUNDs.-On Sunday
morning last the good people at -, Staten
Island, We're astonished by the Eruption of
pair of bloody-minded youths from New York,
attended by their seconds, their doctors, and
an undertaken; all for the laudable purpose of
shooting (the principally at each other.
The day was cool, the place lonely, almost
as retired at this season as that visited by Burr
and Hamilton and but few persons beyond
the immediate neighborhood got wind of the
dreadful preparations. Arrived upon the
ground, there was long dispute as to who
should pace the fatal distance, in consequence
of a difference of something like foot in
the altitude OF the seconds. 1t was decided
at last by leaving the pacing to the undertaken,
who gave them all the distance that pair Of
legs that looked like the stills of an ostrich
would allow. Marks were made, and the prin-
cipals stationed, each armed with single bar.
relied shooter, not Of the largest size by any
means.
One of the doctors attempted to get in pills
instead of bullets. but the seconds objected, on
the ground that they would certainly be fatal,
while the lead might wound enough to heal the
honor without destroying the life Of the recip-
lent. We did not hear the report Of the
firing, but we understand only one round was
got off. Upon the sound of the word three"
the seconds pistols, and doctors went off, leav-
ing the principals all in shiver, and the un-
dertaker eclipsed in the smoke. One Of the
Hotspurs escaped unharmed, theother unarmed
for the time, having received scratched under
his arm, which, upon due consultation, the
doctors pronounced just enough to make both
the men gentlemen and men of honor. The
parties Immediately shook hands, swore eter-
nal friendship, sealed the pledge with Otard
pale all around, and then started in triumphal
procession for home; the doctors with crossed
lancets in 'front.' the seconds each with an
empty pistol on either side, and the undertaken
with reversed spade bringing up the rear.
The immediate cause of this "deed of high
emprise" was of course a woman, said to be
young, beautiful, romantic, rich, of patrician
blood, and-but that is enough for twenty
duels, and we forbear. +. 1t is hardly worth
while to give the names Of the parties; they
are no doubt quite sorry by this time, and will
do so no more. 1t is said that the fair cause
of this rash proceeding does not care fig for
either Of the boys, but laughed heartily at the
joke when the story came to her knowledge.
~. Y. Tribune.