Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-02-13
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ieWest Dlodef-or the highest, we dare
say now which, nor in what way they
went. ED. HER.
DEATH OF O'DosoHoE, THE TRisH
Ex1Lr.-Patrick O'Donohoe, who was
transported to Van Diemen's Land, by
the British Government in 1913, for
participating in the attempted Rebellion,
died on the 22d inst, in Brooklyn, N.
Y. 1t will be remembered that he arri-
we'd in America, having escaped from
the penal colony some months ago. The
Brooklin Eagle says:
His conduct here gave great offence
to his political associates, who it Is said
disowned him in consequence, and he
died entirely neglected by his friends
His wife and daughtar arrived in New
York on Saturday, and not knowing
where TO find him, inquired at the Office
of John Mitchel's paper, and were told
that none there knew, or wanted to
know, anything about him. They con-
sequently spent some time in finding out
and in the interval, he expired. Had
they received the information they
sought, concerning his residence, they
would have found him alive. They had
a very long passage from Dublin, where
they embarked to join the deceased here
being ten weeks on the ocean.
A DEATH-BED REvELArIoN.-Al arge
wine-dealer residing in London, recently
on his death-bed, being in great distress
of mind, acknowledged to his friends that
his agony was occasioned by the nature
of the business he had followed for years.
He stated that it had been his habit to
purchase all the sour wines he could, and
by making use of sugar Of lead, and 9th
er deleterious substances, restore the
wine to palatable taste. He said he
did not doubt he had been the means of
destroying hundreds Of lives, as he had
from time to time noticed the injurious
effects of his mixtures on these who
drank them. He had seen instances of
this kind where the unconscious victims
of his cupidily, after wasting and decln.
ing for years, despite the best medical
advice, went tos their graves, poisoned
By the adulterated oines he had sold them.
This man died rich but, alas, what {
legacy did he leave his children !
Wealth gotten by deceit, and that not Of
a harmless, but fatal nature.
MURDER BA1LABLE.-Attorney Gen
Smith, ill answer to an inquiry from ih,
Assembly, gives it as his opinion tina
murder is bailable offence. His com
munication closes as follows
Under our Constitution, all but "eap.
ital often ces" are bailable, and now, tina
murder is not apital offence puniska
BILE by Imprisonment il the States Pris
on, | am forced to come to the conclu
sion, that like other offences, it is bailable
and that our courts have no discretion t,
refuse, but only to fix the amount of bail
and determine upon the insufficiency O
the securities. I would gladly have
come to different conclusion, if [ could
have been sustained by reason or au
thority; but aside from conviction, tina
a person charged with murder ought
not to be bailed, when the proof is esi.
dent or the presumption great | car
add no reason adverse to this opinion.
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POPULATION OF CAL1FoRNIA--Gold
Exports in 1S54.-The Alta Californian
of the Both of December, estimates the
population of the State at about 328, 00t
composed as follows:
Of Americans, 2l5,Ooc of German
$4,000; of French; 25,009; of Spanish
blood. 10000; of Cinnamon, $4,000 O
miscellaneous foreigners, 5000; of In
dams, 10000; of Negroes, $500. o.
these, about $4,000 are women, and per
haps 10000 children.
The'exports of gold for the year, al
manifested in the custem-house, wa
$67 1878 sos. The total product of thu
mines, during the five years ten months
and half since the discovery, is estima
ted at $500, 100000.
| I've see that our Legislator,
have granted charter to Hon. H. A
Wright, Hon. Benz. Allen and lot 0
other Honorable fellows, to build rail
raod frem Prairie du Chen to some poi n
n the St. Croix-Prescott, we believe
Well, perhaps the boys can build thu
road. OF course they mean to try
Mr.. Allen and some more of then
are chartered to continue said road +
Lake Superior or St. Paul, we don't re
1
member which, Crawford Count,
Cour.