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The Nevada journal., 1854-10-20

as to how hostilities first commenced. all
we hear being to the effect that at 4P. NJ.
on Monday last, the Portuguese were fir
ing. at the PTatical junks and at their de-
fenses on shore,
. y The N. G. Herald, week later SAYS
News from Ningpo to the 10th of Iulv.
speaks of the Portuguese having attacked
the Cantonese and lost one of their
Lorchas-some innocent persons were
killed on shore by their shot. FOREIGNERS
seem somewhat alarmed and want q Ma.
val force to be sent there.
The Nevada journal., 1854-10-20
From our Extra of Friday.
ARRIVAL OF THE
UNCLE SAM!
FOURTEEN DAYS LATERl
Congressional Nominationsm Ohio
CENTRAL AMERICA QUESTION
MAINE ELECTIONS!
CHOLERA A IN THE SOUTH!
Bloody Riot in New Orleans, sc.

DlOOOH IGlOU Ill NCW OTICdIlS, 0C.
From the Sacramento Union.
SAE FRANCISCO, Oct. l3, a. NJ.
The steamship Uncle Sam arrived at
s o'clock last night, bringing dates from
New York to Sept. 10Th. The passengers
who left New York on the Northern
Light were landed in San Francisco in
twenty-three days and four hours-the
quickest trip on record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

A uEsTIoN.-At the close of lee
ture on physiology before the evening
school, a few nights since, the lecturer
remarked that aay one was at liberty to
ask questions upon the subject-and
that he would answer them as far as he
was able. A young lady with much APP
parent sincerity, remarked that she had
IA question to ask, though she was not
certain that it was proper question ;
she would, however, venture to ask it.
1t was as follows:
"If one hen lays an egg and another
sets on it and matches out chicken,
which hen is the mother of the chick
en- ?"
The lecturer said: II will answer
you in Yankee style by asking you a
question. If a little, pretty, genteel
native pullet sets OH an egg Of Oriental
extraction, and matches great homely
long-legged, splinter -shanked, slab sided
archaeological, Shanghai, would you
if you were that little pullet, own the
great homely monster pr
".No - answered the young lady, 81
auould'nt.
Every WE'LL" said the lecturer, 'that
settles the question, for it is a principle
in physiology that all hens think and act
alike,i in all essential PARTICULARS Man
chester Mir.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

HOMESTEAD BILI..-The Homestead
Bill, which passed the House few days
since, provides that any free white pers
son, head of family, or of age, shall be
entitled to enter, free OF cost, one quar-
ter section of vacant and unappropriated
public land, which, at the time Of appIi-
cation, may be subject to private entry
at one dollar and twenty-five cents per
acre. A certificate is to be given, or
patent issued for the land, until the ex-
piration of five years from the date of
entry, when the person entering must
prove that he or she has resided and Gull
tivated said land during that period, and
still resides there.
The Bill passed by vots of l07 yeas
to II nays, but before its passage an a.
mendment was adopted-by vote of
lol to 7S-restricting its application to
free white persons.
The Bill will quite probably be sa,oth-
cred in the Senate, as that body act will.
very little reference to the welfare OF
the people, Mil. Free Dem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
DEATH FROM DELIRIuM TREMGxs..

Death FROM DELIRIUM TREmGss.--
Hans Johnson was one of the three Nor
weglans arrested and committed to Jail
Tor the murder Of one Of their own coun-
irymen in drunken spree last Satur-
day night, by strangling him with whis-
key. Soon after he was incarcerated,
Hans showed symptoms of delirium tre-
mems, which increased in violence in
spite OF all that the jailer or physician
could do for his relief, until he died on
Thursday evening. He would neither
eat nor drink, nor taste any medicine,
ex cept by coinpulsion. Even his favo-
rite beverages, which he had chosen for
omany years, was refused with alllhe alb
florence of a maniac. The few last days
of MS life, his suherings must have been
awful beyond conception. Left TO him
self in his cell, he tore everything to
atoms upon which he could vent his
iury,a tore his own flesh in his agony.
He would try for hours to climb the
sides of his cell to es cape from the tor
menting fiends with which his imagina-
ton filled the little apartment, while
his cries and imprecations, although in
language which few about him could
understand, filled all who heard them
with horror, that anything human could
be the subject of such terrible suffering.
At last nature gave out apd he diet.
Coroner's jury passed through
formal inquest-the Sexton came and
buried him. Cannot those who indulge
in the use of intoxicating drinks see to
what they are all liable TO come There
are none SO strong in body or in mind
as to be proof against the danger, as the
history of drunkenness from the first to
the last victim fully proves. 81 Chicago
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
Indian Rubber.

The Seize ntiiic American saws, that
adaptation of purified white India Rub
Der TO the manufacture Of artificial teeth,
gums s. palates, has been patentedin Eng
land. Many advantages, hitherto dee
med unattainable are combined in this
substance. The adhesion is complete /;
it can be moulded with perfection 10
suit every inequality of surlaces and
supplies an artificial periosteum las il
were, to the teeth, when they become
painful by the wasting away of the gum.
improvements have also bee made in
the manufacture of lndianKnbber threads
if heated while on the stretch. do not
shrink back OF former dimensions /; and
by repeated stretchings and hea,ings, any
degree of fineness can be procured. In
this way about $4,000 yards, or 81
miles of thread may be obtained from a
single killogramme "a little more than
two pounds) of Rubber. The proprie-
tor Of factory in Grenclle is said to
manufacture 100000 yards (455 miles ]
daily. The superiority Of the threads
produced by the new method is that they
are perfectly round. Rabbel is certainly
getting to be very useful auxiliary to
the comfort of man. We have, or we
soon shall have, if report tells true, be-
sides India Rubber noses. foot balls, and
the like, India Rubber bedsteads, India
Rubber railroad cars, India Rubber con-
sciences, Can old invention by the way
India Rubber teeth, and Rubber thread !!
We hope the world not be peopled by
India Rubber men, or the newspapers
filled with India Ru bier advertising!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
BY COVER & GOLDSMITH

this composition as already too long bn,
leave this question:. together with the
whole subject 10 the investigation of flu
ture better, instructed visitors. I feel
assured that no geologist will return dis
appointed from tour through the tract
Of country above designated; and any
lover Of this science may do our commu-
nifty great service by helping to clear
up the mystery which now hangs over
the yet unscarred depths of the Lower
Magnetism Limestone.
Very respectfully,
c. NJ. H. MEYER.
Wiugville, March Is, 1854.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

Ways OF STEERING BALLooNs.-We
never watch a rocket flying without
wishing to see its principle extended TO
the balloon, so as to furnish means of
guiding it. Let balloon, elevated by
hydrogen or coal gass, be also furnish
ed with the means of discharging va
por such as steam, carbonic acid, the pro-
ducts of ordinary combustion, or the like
and let this vapor be allowed to rush
out against the air, as the gases produ-
ced by the combustion of the powder in
rocket do. If the gas were thus dis
charged from the tube pointing downward
the balloon would ascend; if the tube were
placed horizontally the machine woul be-
impelled horizontally in the opposite di-
rection. By the comb ination of two,
tubes, each movable on universal joint,
the balloon might be driven in any direoo
ton. The principle we are sure is a
just one we may yet see it applied in
practice Il British Quarterly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

THE BIBLE.-Sir w. Jones, a most
accomplished scholar, who has made
himself acquainted with eight-and-twen-
|ty languages, has left it on record, that
amongst all pursuits tbs study of the
Sacred Volume had been his constant
habit. Sir Isaac Newton, the greatest
of mathematician, was diligent stu
dent of the human mind wrote TO recon-
mend the study of the New Testament
as having "God for its author salvation
for its end, and the truth unmixed with
error, for its matter" Milton, the grea-
test Of poets, evidently had his mind
most deeply imbued with the study Of
the word of God. Boerhaave, eminent
as a natural philosopher, spent the first
hour Of every day in meditation on the
sacred Scripture. Here no man can say
that he has no pleasure. A most bene-
ficient institution of our Creator has CIV
en- us, for this duty a seventh part of
our time, one day in every week, one
whole year ont of every seven.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

AN ITEM FOR FARMERs.-The follow
ing little fact may induce farmers to raise
honey-as they gain double profit:
1t is stated that bees greatly Improve
the qualification of fruit trees. Or
chards in which several hives are kept
always produce more fruit than others
in which there are none. In the pro-
vinces on the Rhine the fruits are more
abundan, and finer than in any other
part OF Germany, and there it is the GUS
tom TO keep large quantities of bees
Plants, too, which bees visit, thrive bet
ter in the neighborhood of hives.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

THE PREss.-"Give me the liberty
of the press, and l will give to the Min
lister venal House of Peers-I will
give him corrupt and servile House of
Commons will give him the full swing
Of the patronage office-l will give him
the whole host of ministerial influences
| will give him all the power that place
can confer upon him 10 purchase up sub
mission and overawe resistance. And
yet, armed with the liberty of the press
| will attack the mighty fabric he has
reared with that nigh!ier engine-I will
shake down from its high corruption, and
bury it beneath the ruin of the abuses it
meant to SHELTER"
The bold and eloquent Sheridan did not
over-estimate the potency of free
press. Even in England, seventy years
ago, when the regular readers of the
press composed but small minority Of
only the wealthy classes, its power was
greater than that of the ruling Monarch
and both Houses of Parliament combin-
ed. How much more powerful for good
or evil is the same engine, in our
Iown country, now that the press
lis brought within reach of the humbles
citizen, and innumerable issues ale laid
down at the doors alike of the poor and
the rich with the dawn of each new day
The press is the great power in this coun-
try, and in all countries where it is un-
trammeled. 1t makes and it unmakes
public functionaries. 1t exalts to- the
highest pinnacle of earthly honor, and ii
sinks beneath the dull waters of an en-
dent, and under the guidence Of an en-
tdless oblivion. Free, honest, indepen
lightened reason and the sway of genu'
inc patriotism, it will always win ant
preserve the liberty Of a country ant
carry it steadily forward in the career o
desirable progress;on.--[ Chic. Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
For the Grant County Herald.

-~-N~-
.Nr. Editor: II was only in reading
your paper for this week that first dis
covered the singular error | committed
in the date of one of my storm days for
the month of February, by inserting the
30th instead Of the 28th, as pointed out
by your Fennimore CORES pondent. The
mistake is certainly a curious one, and
could not avoid smiling on reading your
correspondents remarks. In my copy
Of the manuscript | have it down correct
enough, as also in my Illinois pubica-
ton.
II has invariably been my rule not to
notice any nanaeless newspaper scribbler,
but in this instance have TO thank your
correspondent for drawing my attention
TO The error indeed | could have wished
ii had been done earlier.
Your correspondent is further pleased
10 observe that with the exception of the
18th day 81 did not hit it in his latitude"
According to registerI kept, I thought
II was pretty near. wish now to OBJ
serve TO all those who are disposed to
closely watch my weather calculations,
to be particular in noticing the storm
days, when I can with confidence state
they will generally find palpable change
in the appearance of the atmosphere, of
stormy character, within 48 hours of
the day named. | care rot how fine the
weather may have been previously, or
how dry the character of the season may
be. This is one of my storm days when
yesterday morning after slight shower,
a most terrific wind commenced, such
as have not witnessed for some wears,
blowing down trees in all directions
For difficult calculation Of this kind |
cannot avoid supposing any reasonable
and thinking person will give me credit
for being so accurate as | am.
Now my pen is in action, Mr.. Editor,
| purpose giving you an extended pro-
phecy. On the 2lst Of next month, A
pril, the planet Saturn enters the first
degree Of the constellation Gemini, a
cold wet 81 On of the Zodiac, which makes
me expect that the ensuing summer in
this star west" will be often stormy 4,
A~o'O I "t'iIuIdi y WG'cIi lilht pldiISI iuilI
aspects with the Sun, Venus and Mer-
cufy, requiring the watchful farmer to
look about himself. likewise am of
opinion that the cold next winter will
set in unusually early with heavy falls
of snow before Christmas. 1t is 81 years
since the planet Saturn traversed thro'
Gemlni, and he will now be quietly mo-
wing through that sign for the remainder
Of this, and also the whole of next year.
Fixed in their orbits through unmeasured space
The glittering hosts of heaven their paths
perform,
And ever glowing in thu ethereal race,
Midst sweeping whirlwinds and the raging
storm;
| Yet, silent in rotation as they run,
And bringing back the days, the months, the
years,
Still as they journey round the central sun,
Sweet is the sound and concord of the
spheres.
THos. 5. SHAW.
Shaw Hill, near Prairie dn Chen,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

REVOLUTIONARY ADEcDoTE.-A cor
respondent of the Manchester, N. H.,
Mirror, furnishes the following:
When the British W ere in Boston, in
1857, my father was in barber's shop
waiting to be shaved. A British officer
came in an wanted to be shaved, provi-
ded the barber could do it without draw
ing blood, and saying that if he did he
would run his sword through him. The
barber was frightened and dared not I'M
dertake the task. A little boy sitting
there spoke up and said he would do it.
He looked at the boy with establishment,
but the boy stripped off his coat, and
told him to take seat. He took offthe
officers beard without drawing blood,
and was paid guinea for his trouble
The officer then asked him how he ven
tured to do it, as he had been 10 every
barber shop in town and no one before
dared to do it. The boy replied, 81
thought / would see blood as soon as you
would, and if had, l would have cut
your throat to the neck bone in a mo-
ment." The British officer hung down
his head and left amid shouts of applause
for the boy.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

GREAT GERMAN Meeting AT CElcA-
eo.-On Thursday evening last, the Ger
man citizens of Chicago, had a tremen-
dous meeting at North Market Hall, to
enter their protest against the iniquitous
Nebraska Bill of Senator Douglas. The
proceedings are characterised by great
spirit and an unf1inching determination
not to yield point to the demands OF
Slavery.
AT the close Of, the meeting, picture
of Mr.. Douglas which ornamented the
room, was taken down, adorned with
a hempen cravat and illuminated, then
was carried through some Of the princi-
pal streets and was at last hung and bur-
ned on the public square.
The burning in effigy is poor business
in Chicago or elsewhere Galena ADV.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

STEAMBOAT DIsAsTER-GREAr Loss
OF LIrE.-By the explosion of the steam
err Reindeer on the Mississippi last week,
% persons were scalded to death and
"a others so badly injured that their re-
covery is dispaired OF. BY the sinking
of the j. L. .drery, near Natchez on the
9th instant, The loss of life is variously
reported at from fifty to one hundred ;
most of those drowned being German
emigrauts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

TAxArioS.-A bill is pending in the
Senate, introduced by Mr.. Donaldson;
which provides for taxing all the prop
erty in the State. There is a general
desire fer reform on the subject of tax
alton. Our assessors have fallen into
habit of valuing property at a fourth
or fifth of its actual value. On what
ground they justify themselves, we are
unable to say f; but the fact is as we
state it, and it becomes necessary, in or
der to meet the expenses of government,
to levy tax which, though heavy e.
nough in reality, appears most exhorbi-
tant abroad, where our system of asses
sing property is not known. 1t gives
the State bad reputation, deters cas-
tern people from immigrating here, and
calls loudly for reform. The bill allu-
ded to makes every man under oath as
sess his own property, and provides for
taxing all the property belonging TO the
taxpayer. Proper exceptions are made
in favor of religious, charitable and lit
crazy institutions. 1t is similar TO the
law now i'll force in the State of Ohio.
which is said to give general satisfaction,
ii Madison State Jour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

a New VIEW OF NIAGARA.-The O.
hio State Journal tells story of an l.
!rishman, of the better class, who thought
he must conform to the fashionable mania
in paying visit to Niagara Falls
Paddy arrives at the Falls, and
taking a look at the surrounding Won
ders, addresses himself to a gentle
man: ''And this is Niagara Falls pr
"Yes," was the reply. "And what is
there to make such noise and bother "a
bout ?" WHY" said tho gentleman,
ado you not see the migh,y-1iver, the
deep abyss, the great sheet of water
pouring down % Pat, looking at the
water replies hesitatingly, ".ano
what's to hinder III"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03
who is Responsible .
Here is BoorH's own account Of his
arrest under the .Nigger Law:

arrest Under the Niger Law:
Jeffreys, after the most infamous jude
cial career, during tins The lives and lib-
critics of many were sacrificed, was torn
in pieces by the people, having plucked
down destructioh on his own head and
persisted miserable, accursed of God and
man.
1t was the glaring usurpation, on the
part Of Judge Miller, which led to the
final proceedings on Saturday last
He had nuliiied the U. s. Constitution
and the Constitution and Laws of
this State, and trampled on our State
Sovereignty and on the liberties Of the
People, by refusing the writ of habeas
corpus and declaring that no earthly pow
er should take Glover out of his hands.
Wrapping around him the folds of his
office, he set at defiance Constitution and
laws, Rights, and Liberties, the State
and the People of Wisconsin. He made
the issue boidly-Judge Miller rs. the
People and Liherty-and thePeople met
the issue like men who scorned to he
slaves. There was No nrev;o,s
concert of action, and no des.r,, Of
a forcible rescue, but all wee looking
for the issue trail befora Ind ye len.
klns, on the writ of habe,o corays. Bnt
when Mr.. Watkins anno,,caj m he.
half OF the Committee, ,ha, Jud,e Mil.
Ter had refused to permit the wr;t of
ha0eas corpus to be obe,- a5 md ,ha p.o.
pie saw that if they submitted 70 this
that the State sovere;nn,v ~ III of
hobeas corpus, and the ir own riahts were
' ;an p , under foot. without premediia-
ion or plan' they Walked straight 10 the
Ja,i' opened 'he prison doors, and set
this act was Judge Miller an,, wha,eve
er violence was eomm;,,ed ,v,s ~. l.s;-
innate result of his dac;S;on Al e
. w. ~ Dis'fiet Court persevcres in
,hi' e'".se; ana continues his high han
aeo usu' pa,.oi'S' he will not only render
nis "a a';m INFAMOUS throughout the world
pnt WIZ make the Federal Court a
stench IA the nostri!s OF the People of
Wisconsin.
ms prosecution against Us is not per-
sonai mater: We have been selected
as the flrs' victim, because it was thought
more prejudice could be brought TO
bear against US than against 9TH
Iers, and That would have a tendency
to humble the tone of our press. Of
their succes.our columns will bear wit
ness from day TO day. The subject of
this prosecution is TO establish the law of
Slavery and kidnapping on the free soil
OF Wisconsin, and to make this Slave
State. 1t is to send out human blood
hounds armed with tie authority of law,
to scour the prairies and plains of
Wisconsin, GIN tie scent for hui
man game. And if this prosecution sue
eeeds, we are not to be the only victim.
Arrests and prosecutions in abundance
are to follow. The people of this State
are the slaves of the Slave Power. 1t is
a hard lesson, and before it is learned;
we believe, the Slave Power will be o.
verthrown. The U. S. Government has
appropriated 100000 to prosecute the
f'ugitivs cases, and as they put this
into the pockets of the u. S. officers, the
more prosecutions the better. It is an
array of Power and Money against the
People and LIBERTY Mi. Free Dem
oor at.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

ACCUMULATED PERJuRIEs.-The al
lodged frauds committed upon the pen
sion Office by Gen. Ford, JudgeV Wonder
smith and Aldersmith Evens, of Lam
caster, Pa, have extended over space
Of fifteen years, and the amount drawn
during the period from the q. S. Treas
ury is nearly $50 900.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

IMPORTANT DECISION. The Supreme
Court, few days since, decided that"a
jury of six men was not such jury as
is contemplated by the Constitution of
this State" If we understand the app
piication OF this decision, it will serious
|ly affect all judgments ever rendered in
county and Justices courts in this State.
IF Madison Argus and Dem.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

EA gentleman of African extrac-
ton, who used to display his grinning
combination of ivory and ebony about the
streets of Indianapolis, was as ked by a
white gentleman
elbow old are you Sam 90
twenty-five, ruassa,' was the reply /;
shut if you counts up de fun Use seen
jesse call me seyenty-hve."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

HEDG Es.-We have had several en-
quiries for hedge contracts. The Eddy
Vile, (Iowa) Free Press contains no.
tice of contracts made in that region by
Messrs. Allison & Coulter, to put in
nearly 40 miles of hedge, in the coun-
ties Of Wapello, Mahaska. Jefferson and
Van Buren,, one fourth, at least, in the
former county. Their contract priceper
mile is 1920, payable in installments,
twelve cents per rod at the time Of put
ting in, five cents per rod in each of the
two following years, and the balance, fif-
teen and half cents per rod at the com
pletion of the hedge, or at the end of four
years. Prairie Farmer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

Mr.. PHELPS REJEcTED.-The u. S.
Senate have decided against the claim
preferred by MIR. PHELPS to seat, Yeas
u, Nays 90. The pill was gilded by
voting Mr.. PHrLrs $1,000 for per diem
&C., during the discussion Of The matter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-04-03

THE LraUoR Law IN MAssAcaU-
sErrs-The point Of the Law.-Jndge
Sh,w, has decided the sections of the
liquor law authorizing the seizure and
destruction of liquors as unconstitution-
al. This decision takes the vitality from
the bill.