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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

ILLINOIS AGAINST THE NEBRAsKA
BILL,-The Chicago Democrtic Press,
the ablest journal of the party in Illinois
IN the course of long article on Mr..
ID ouglas Nebraska Bill, says:
Meanwhile we wish to express the
conviction that the people OF Illinois are
almost unanimous against the distur-
6aDce of either the Compromise Of
1920 or that Of 1850.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

A LUCKY EDIroK.-John Wentworth
editor of the Chicago Democrat, has just
sold lot in that city, So by 100
ieet, for $4,000; making, according TO
The Democratic Press, about 300. 900
worth of property he has sold within a
year; and he has more than as much
still on hand. Fl Mil. Sent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

TAecounts IRON California by the
last steamer mention the incipiency of a
movement for the formation of a new
territory out of the Northern part of
California and the southern part Of Ores
gon.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

BoArMEN scARcE.-Steamboat hands
are reported to be very scarce on the
Ohio and Lower Mississippi rivers
The steamer Charles Belcher, bound
from Cairo up the Cumberland river, had
10 pay from forty to fifty dollars per
month, and could not obtain full COM
pliment at these rates.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

I5Mr. Phelps will doubtless hold
his seat in the U. S. Senate until the
Legislature of Vt. have chosen his sue
cessor. The Judiciary Committee Of
the Senate have reported him entitled
to it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

lIt is said that Santa Anna told our
Minister he did not see what we wanted of
another treaty-we had one which we
did not obsarve and two which VS. ,To,l,i
not raiify.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

A DARK Day CoMISe.-There will
be an extraordinary eclipse of the sun on
the 26th of May next, such a one as
none but the oldest inhabitants have wit
messed in this vicinity. 1t will be SIM
liar 10 the great eclipse Of 1906. since
which there has been none resembling
it nearer than that of 1921, when eleven
twelfths of the sun was obscured.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

column per annnm, ssosoolf column, per an. sto
Column, per annum, is,oe1i square. per an, S
- iiahsieht advertisements. ofi2 lines oriess 81
Tor the s9st, and G. nts lureach subsequent ;nser.
Won. Business Cafds of lines oi under peran s5.
-AoVertsements sent in without the humble, or
ihsetons indicated, viii be continued till otherwise
ordered. iso
ed four changes.
--Legai Advertisements inserted at statue prices.
Notices OF stfays published four weeks, airs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

present endowment is insufficient fol
the construction Of suitable buildings
and for its support as free institu
ton, to all the children of the state
qualified to enter it.
The present condition Of the Uniyer-
sity fund is stated as follows:
Amt due on lands sold, $79,245 Is
6 loans, $500 90
in treasurer's hand, 10,967 %
Total, 500. 1872 &c
The Superintendent deprecates the
extent to which spectators are monopo-
LIKING the School and University lands,
and suggests whether all sales, except to
actual settlers, should not be prohibited.
He also thinks the terms of sale of the
100000 acre tract should be applied to
the sixteenth sections and to University
lands-that is to sell them upon a Gre
dit Of thirty years with interest, payable
annually in ADVANCE Madison Jour.
Yes, we have some funny facts to give
sometime about the way the School lands
Of Grant County were shovel off to the
lowest bidder-or the highest, we dare
say now which, nor in what way they
went. ED. HER.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

THE DEAD OF l853.-The following
among other distinguished persons have
died during the year 1853.
Com. Chas. w. Morgan, U. S. N.
Chas. Fl. Atherton, U. S. Senator.
William Uphan, VT, U. S. Senator.
Julius Smith,. Protector Ocean st. Ma
vigation.
Marshal Haynau, Austria.
Mrs. Abigail Fillmore.
Mrs. Elizabeth Cass.
VIM. R. King, V. Pres. U. S.
}. b. Thomas, First Senator from Llli-
nois.
Grand Duke of SAKE Weimar.
Elk. Oh. Just. Jones, N. Y.
Col. w. w. S. Bliss, U. S. "A.
Prof. John Farras, Har. Univ.
Admiral Sir Geo. Cockburn, England.
Admiral Jas. r. braces, England.
Sir Chas. Napier, England.
Gen. James Tallmadge, N. Y.
M. Arago, the French Philosopher.
Tristan Burgess, R. |.
Queen Marie, Portugal.
Mrs. Amelia Opie, England.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

1851 1ll,43l 1894
1852 l24, 1888 S8,O42
1853 1925 1885
Whole amount expended for public
schools during the past year$l75, l3417
This sum was expended for the fol-
lowing purposes:
Teachers wages, $113,7S8 Is
Building and repairing school
houses, 45,o7l "a
Libraries, l,646 90
Fuel, 1900 IS
Other purposes, 1926 48
Better school houses are built than
formerly. TIE number of log houses is
proportionately smaller. In 1852 the
whole number was 1880, of which Sc
were brick, IA stone, IT'S log, and 8l2
framed. The whole number for 1853 is
22l2; Of which IA stone, 995 log, and
1869 framed. A number of school
houses, much superior to any hitherto
built, are in process of erection. The
highest valuation of any school house,
is $500, in Kenosha county the
lowest, 7 cents, in Fond du Lac county
No. of school houses without black
boards, 694
Z" " maps, 1868
g +" with sites unenclosed, 1871
g with sites of less than
one acre, 1907
1t appears that the average wages of
teachers have regularly increased for
several years past, indicating that the
character of schools are improving.
This is shown by the following table {:
Amt p'd pr month Amt p'd pr month
Year to males to females Total
ls49 1892 $500 $i2,78S n
1850 TIA 9,92 59,74l SO
1851 1915 9,O7 s6,636 O6
1852 1854 $50 1O5,O82 Is
1853 1924 $50 1878 10
The highest price paid tic any teacher
in the state is 800 per annum, in the city
of Racine. In Kenosha $3.50 per an
mum is paid in Beloit $3.50; in Mil
waukee $500; in Fond du Lac $500
in Madison $500. The lowest price
paid to any male teacher is $40 per
month, in single town in the county of
Dane. The highest prices paid to fe-
males, range from 5000 to $3.50 per an
NUN the lowest price paid is SIS pei
month, in the counties of Adams and
Calumet.
Average No. Of months taught by
male teachers, 3 3-e
IS IS female t'chrs, Al
{" "sch'ls have b'nt'ght,5 l-l3
The whole amount expended in the
state for teachers wages during the year
was 3lI3,7O8 Is. Of this amount
$55,55O 70 was raised by tax. Whole
amount expended for libraries, $l646
go. Of the whole amount of money re-
ceived, $14O,O38 so, there still remains
unexpended, $4,000 27.
The Superintendent gives general
description Of what the school fund con-
sists, and complains of the neg ligence OF
dishonesty of public officers in not pay.
ing in fines, penalties and fortunes Levied
in the various courts Of the state, and
which, by law, should go into the school
fund. The following is his statement oil
its present condition
Ofthe inc ONE of this fund there have
been three appointments, as follows :.
Year Amt apportioned
1851 $46,9OS 81
1852 53,7O3 "a
1853 56, 1913 81
The following is statement Of the
school fund at the present time:
Due on lands seld, 1906, 442 st
Due on loans, l5l ,266 81
In treasurer's hands, 34,O94 81
Total, 81, 14l ,804 %
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13
w ALDO brow
Patch Grove, Feb. Sd, 1854

Johnson, Esq, Civil Engineer, in rela-
ton to short route to the Pacific by
railroad. According to this gentleman,
the distance from Chicago to Puget's
Sound, (about 100 miles north of the
mouth of the Columbia river, and one OF
the best and most extensive harbors in
the world, is, in a straight line, 1852
miles, and to connect these two poiats
by railroad, it is estimated would require
a line Of 1860 miles, as follows:
In illinois. 10 miles.
In Wisconsin. 300
In Minnesota 600 6
In Missouri Territory. APO
In Washington formerly Oregon 1850 g
Total. 1860 "
That part in Illinois will be completed
in July next; that in Wisconsin is com
menced and in progress; and of the
whole, $50 miles are already under acts
of incorporation. The route runs north
westwardly frem Chicago, via St.Paul
and the Falls of St. Anthony. Above
the Falls it continues up the valley of
the Mississippi 60 to 70 miles, thence
westward crossing the broad and fertile
valley of the Red River of the north,
which flows north into Lake Winnipeg,
until it reaches the Missouri at the great
bend, near old Fort Manden, some 100
miles below the mouth Of the Yellow
Stone. 1t follows the north bank of the
Missouri all the way from that point to
the Mountains. Along that river sxten-
sive flats were found, and the ground is
represented as being very fertile, and
well adapted to a railroad. From the
head-waters Of the Missouri to those
of the Columbia, the distance is short,
and no difficulties or high grades are en-
lcountered. Thence to the Pacific, an
estimated distance Of $50 miles, the line
follows Clark's Branch of the Columbia
on which the line is represented as very
favorable. Should good pass be found
across the Cascade mountain, north of
the Columbia, then the road will leave
that river, and continue due west through
that pass to Puget's Sound. But shoule
not such pass be found, then the road
will continue down the river until thai
mountain is passed, when it will prob.
ably reach the water by two branches
one down the river, the other north-west
to Puget's Sound Phil. Inquirer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

The following is statement OF the
school fund at the present time:
Due on lands seld, 1856, 442 85
Due on loans, l5l 1866 81
In treasurer's hands, 34,O94 90
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13

1t appears that the average wages of
teachers have regularly increased for
several years past, indicating that the
character of schools are improving
This is shown by the following table
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

the OF 1000 each Finding the nercesson Of friends
unayalng OF the parties, Gen Ford and Judge Won
dssmh forfeited their Ieeognizanoe and have fed the
country. This fact as fully establishes the guilt OF the
parties though verdict had been found against them
by jury of their own selection and doubt not wheh-
er better moral effect is not thereby Produced for il
is, they will ever be remembered by the community in
which they lived objects OF contempt and disgust,
mitgaled by any Of that feeling of sympathy and commits
Grafton which incarceration within the walls of prison,
however justly imposed, invariably begeis in the human
heart
These frauds ingenousy contrived and executed
bat not the less sklfuy detected and exposed and their
results convey lessons which il were well the wrong
doer should heed. They show, ALSO that under vrtu
Gus and just administration, fraud, however aruly con-
eeiyed and accomplished, will be ferreed out by efficient
and vigant public officers and be exposed and punished
without respect the rank position, responsibility Of
the perpetrators.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

found almost dead when he rs Columbus, into
new life and vigor.
/" Alter the cons,iiuon made, his fitness al
once designated him candidate for attorney general
then first made elective by the people He opposed
by The brilliant whig advocate OF Ohio Mr. Sanbey,
and came Oft conqueror by astonishing majority.
Since hen, hls LIE has been that OF dsen, lawyer
necessarily Under his keen serutiny the vital
questions OF State have been Interpreted by him attorney
general in the Light Of sound policy and democratic prnei-
pie He has given shape and form many Of sound
legislation, which Otherwise might have been perverted
ibsir original object Hts last report attorney
esan analysis of which has been laying In our drawer
for time awaiting s tme-shows with what fearless
aeumen he the boldest propositions OF bank advo-
and United States supreme ndges who would wresl
from the State Of Ohio s privilege TO tax, restrain, and
regulate The banks and corporations OF the State.
" Young Mr.. Pugh Is, he has not earned his present
pos ton by anything short OF his merits. While we are
DESTROYS OF recognising the claims Of the elder broth
OF the democ aeY, ye would give the lie 10 our
own impulses, did not rejoice in that spirit which
makes Ohio vital with progressive nfiuencesthe
spirit that is ncanaie in George r. Pugh Ohio is young
State third in the Union Her democracy great
~ made up OF young menafdent and befa-whose con-
duet quickly recognises the presence and significance OF
this onw ard era"
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

One OF The ablest statesmen of country proposes,
in series OF numbers, discuss the Eastern question
His first number appears in our paper to-day and il will
attract attention, well by the vgor and beauty OF lis
style by the independence and iearessness Of his
ments OF course, we cannot now be presumed TO en-
dorse all the views which the writer may present in his
several articles but have the best guarantee, in his
high standing statesman and in his acknowledged
abilities, that his sentiments will be purely American,
and that they Will be presented in the most forcble
ner Our readers Will consider themselves fortunate in
having the subject elucdaed by capable Of she'd
ding ligh, upon il.
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08

desires acquire political power. and TO obtain ONCE for
themselves and their parasites. They neither care for
freedom nor iis psgpeluily They not distinguished
by any acts OF kindness the slave free negro They
shed crocodile ears at the bondage OF the southern slave
while the free negro and the poor unfortunate white child
of poverty suffer incredibly their very DOORS and pass
unnolced. The coiofed have found from expert
ence that they are The very last persons whose sympa
Thy or good feeling they make any calculation what
ever II is plain matter OF inference. that where aIis
locrac feelings abound federalism will run TO the
highest pieh for that is the OF arisocracy and
seGshness Hence many OF these political federal abo
lloniss the most arbitrary and oyerbeaIing their
servants and those in their employ OF any class exant
II is notorious TACT that they seldom contribute any
benevolent object connected with slavery They will
the fugitive from the OF justice and leave
him TO staye The agents OF newspapers published by
coored say they always refused assistance by
these phalthopic emancpaors and Don-exensionistts
They false they are faclious They are moi
the best members OF society, the best citizens, nor
the best On the contrary they are never SO well
pleased as when they making disturbance al
uacng public attention. The attainment and organza-
ton of territory has always afforded them new material
for burning excitement When Texas was acquired
perpelualed. and country would be ruined So in
relation TO California New Mexico. and Utah, &c-the
whole country about to be ruined. And now we
hear the most fervd and indignant eloquence all about
all the and almost unbounded territory not yet
ganzed, possession of the Union be converted into
great mart OF slayemongers And yet every inelli
gent mind knows that such event never happen,
and nobody desires expects ha, slavery will be
tended into free territory The subject OF slavery be-
longs the whole people. And although it be bes,
controlled, and should be Of right, in the States and Ter
rtories where exists it has become national question
And, in the OF Texas California and New Mexico
the country has not been ruined but the questions of
much excitement satisfactorily adjusted have
doubt the presen, will be- The democratic party them
can well afford to postpone these awfully contrived
issues. until have learned the result Of congressional
deliberations and acts, and upon what have TO
split 1t may be that the world will be ruined after
all
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08
The COstume.--Mr. Buchanan.

The London Times has noticed the circumstance that
the American minister did not make his appearance in
the House OF Lords on the meeting of Parliament be-
cause OF the requirement in The card OF invitation that he
should appear IN "ful dress"
In relation to this incident the following remarks were
made on the 10th ult, in the House of Commons
'MK. RoEBUoK wish pnt question the noble
lord the member for the city OF London with reference
what believe be Of considerable importance,
alhoug doubt that may appear lit
tie frivolous When Gen. Pierce elected President Of
the United States, Of the first orders which he issued
that all the American dplomaiis,s should appear
foreign courts in the habments in which they
cusomed appear the Presidents levee Now ii has
been stated In the Times that the meeting of Parlia-
order issued by the Lord Chamberlain that
should appear in the House OF Lords except in fun
dress The consequence that the United States min
lister did not appear. As this might be attended with
pleasant effects, and might have tendency disturb our
good relations with the United States, wish ask
whether that order issued by the Lord Chamberlain
with the knowledge OF the ministers Of the whether
they now. knowing that such order issued, acqu
in it and whether il was intended apply
ern a well nations
lord JOHN RUSSELL. II the honorable gentleman had
gwen notice of his intention ask this question:
or had postponed Ii another day, should have
able TO have given him somewhat nforma-
ton than ] do at present / believe this what
happened with respect TO the meeting OF Parliament. On
that occasion the Lord Great Chamberlain sends all per-
cons belonging 70 Tue diplomatic corps, or Otherwise invited
present. cards for their admission the House OF Lords
and upon those cards placed the words full dress
The card the American minister similar all
The others sent; do believe that any application
by the American minister know whether he could
90 without being In full dress. He thought 1t better, in the
present Of his question: abstain altogether from
attendance that day With regard the question itself
believe that the orders the American ministers for
egn courts appear in plain Dress unless in their
disc eton they shall think II better upon occasions
appear in full dress. have lately notice
what has taken place In France This subject find th
the Emperor Of France has notified the American minister
at bis that he ready receive him in plain
when he presented bis Credentials but when he was In
yed court upon the occasion Of any e that took place
there be should expect him attend in fall dress The
minister submitted bis intention to comply with tile EN-
peror's wishes this point believe that the American
minister had anything in the least resembling
difference with Foreign Minister upon hi, subject
nor do hink that any difficulty Is likely TO arise
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08
From the Norway IN. - Advertiser, March 2
Abolition Free-soilism.

We have again the sad spectacle before OF malcon-
TENTS dissatisfied editors disappointed Office seekers and
factous dsorganizers who must rule run," seeking
to get up whifwind of excitement on the mere vaga.
RES OF disordered imagination. We see the abolition
ss oideesed handful OF politicians, whose objects
have always been questionable, and the result OF whose
triumph would be destructive to The true interests of the
country raising false issues distract and divide the
community. They seek revenge on those who have re-
fused 10 give them all they ask, and TO keep them in
office long they wished and have broken faith with
the who have carried them their shoulders and
crafty their disappointed ambition, have they seized
upon issue which they know to be dangerous one,
which.wil produce high political excitement, increa Easing
only the evil they affect to remedy The question of the
extension of slavery is OF course important but il
must not be handled by patsans for partisan effect IL
must be approached with the most patriotic feeling, be
discussed temperatey and honestly, and decided ire
specye OF party bearings Let the South be met fairly
and sprgbiy and il be settled TO the satisfaction OF
al the States The representatives Of the people are the
Legislative power Of this county, and we should
submit to their decision in all cases where i u not
clearly unconstitutional. What do the temperate asd
Iudicious friends Of freedom require more than this
What more ought they 10 require
The fact ia the whole Of this uproar by the abolition
isi and ireeso agitation is TO their selfish
The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-03-08
The Nebraska Bin In the Tennessee Legis-
Iature.

We observe in the Nashville Union of the 2sih ult
the introduction into the house of representatives of the
Tennessee legislature OF resolutions in regard 10 The Ne
braska bill. Mr.. Lucas offered the following:
Whereas important bin is pending in the SEN
OF the United States relative the establishment Of
rtoa governments for Kansas and Nebraska by the pro
visions Of which the constitutional rights OF the Sout
conceded and guarded and whereas the Hon. James Q
Jones' in Congress from the State OF Tennessee,
has announced his determination 10 support sald bill
therefore,
Be rescued by the general assembly ofle Stale Of Ten
,eses, That we heartily approve the position taken by
said bill in his speech delivered in the
Senate of the United States the Oh day Of February,
1854
'M Lamb offered the following resolutions, in lieu of
the above,
Resolved By the general assembly the State Of Tennessee,
That cordially approve Of the Di under consider
alton in the United States Senate introduced by the Hon
Mr. Douglas, OF Illinois, for the and govern
Of the Nebraska Kansas Territories thar
iieve the principle contained in said bill in regard the
question OF slavery 10 be just and equitable in conformity
with the federal constitutions the treaty by which the SAID
territory acquired, and the compromise OF 1850
wherefore senators in Congress hereby instructed
and representatives earnestly requested, give the
proposed measure their Jealous SUPPORT and all
proper exerons 10 obtain the passage of the same.
"Res0red further That the governor OF Tennessee is
hereby requested forward OF this resolution
senators aud representatives in Congress"
These resolutions will probably give rise TO an interest
ing discussion. The fact that The two wing senators
from Tennessee occupy different sides OF the question
will give additional interest 10 the discussion