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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

INprAa NAmEs.-All Indian names of
three syllables have the accent on the
middle syllable. Hence those persons
who pronounce Wyoming, Iowa, Abse-
com, and Passyunk with the accent on
the first OF third syllable, are in error.
Manayunk may seem to be an excep-
ton TO this rule, but this is not the In
dian way Of spelling their name for the
Schuylkill river. They spelt the word
Ma-nai-yunk, rhyming with Pas-sai-
yunk, with the accent strongly on the
middle syllable.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

SINGULAR FEAT OF SwALLows.-A
swallow had slipped its foot into the
moose of cord attached to a spout to
the College des Quaters Nations at Paris,
and, by endeavoring to escape, had
drawn the knot tight. Its strength be-
ing exhausted in vain attempts to fly, 1t
uttered piteous cries, which assembled
vast flock of other swallows from the
large basin between the Tuilleries and
port Neuf. They seemed to crowd
and consult together for little while
and then one Of them darted at the string
and struck it with its beak as ne fiew
past and others following in quick sue
cession did the same striking at the same
part, till after continuing the combined
operation for half-an-hour, they succere
in severing the cord and freeing then
companion. Dupont de Nemours' wh il
relates this anecdote, says that he wit
messed it himself.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

fin Irishman's advertisement. Bar
tholomsw O'Flatherty, Wing Market
Music Master, and dealer in dried apples,
from Dublin, gives the public informa-
ton that he opened shop in Pig Alley,
No. II, where he carries on the making
of ladies caps, repackipg pork and setting
hens eggs under ducks, except what
falls and breaks. Horse jockies and
farriers may pc supplied with gauze
aprons, and saddles, smelling bottels,
and all other vegetables on the shortest
notice.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

4
GERMAN ftrrLEas IN TExAs-Th
), travelling correspondent of the N. Y
Times, HYbman, gives the followin
d conversationwith one Of the MANY Ger
man settllet who are to be found i
Texas -
i They wersin very solitary sit,atio
! -hfteen mile from any village, out wit
1.-TWO other Geman settlers and an Anne
rlcan plantatin within three miles
Ihey were will satisfied with the coun
rItry.
"Ana you aeglad you left Germany 2
asked the yong man.
80 yes vey glad a thousand time,
etter here.n
4 you can hFe more comfort here's.
"Oh no, nofso much. 1t is hard fol
ia young man, le can have SO little pleas
lure. These american gentlemen. here
In Texas, theI do not know any pleas.
lure. When hey come together some.
time, what dothey do? They can onl,
sit all round he fire and speet WHY.
then they drnk some of whiskey !: or
may be they play cards, or they make
great row. They no plasure as in Ger
many"
here p" -
e"Because hers am free. In Germa-
ny cannot say it all how shall be gov
erned. They govern the people with
soldiers. They tried to make me SOL.
der, too, but ran away"
I'm Germany too, suppose you had
to work very hard p"
"Oh, we WORK harder here but bv-
and-bye, when We get fixed, then we
will not have 70 work hard, then it
will be very easy. In three years 90
back to Germany. l left sweetheart
there. | marry her and came back and
have here my home"
"But they willarrest you because YOU
ran away and didnot serve as soldier.''
"Oh, no; for then I shall be citizen
"Did you give notice when you first
arrived of your intention then? %
ooh yes"
ibid most of the Germans do so ?'''
NThose that have good sense-all."
was surprised to hear how well the
son OF the shoemaker, a boy of fourteen,
spoke English, and asked where he
earned it? CAT school in New Braun
els" He had attended school, where
he had been taught English, while his
ather lived there during two years.
This year he had not been to school, be-
ause they had too much work to do in
heir new place but next winter they
would send him to an American acade-
ny,--boarding school, where he said
e thought he should learn very fast.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

The Harbor at Kenosha will cost,
when completed, $67, 800; of which
the people contribute $35, ooo, ana the
United States Government $o2,5uc.-
Il will be completed this year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

Too SHAnp For HIM.-A man was
arrested for driving faster than a walk
over Spring street bridge, Milwaukee.
He was fined So, and hauled out So
counterfeit bill with which he paid the
fine, receiving back 81 in good money.
HE was afterwards re-arrcsted.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

FA1LuREs.-It is far from being true,
in the progress Of knowledge, that al
ter every failure we must re-commence
from the beginning. Every failure is
step to success; every detection OF
what is false directs us towards what
is true; every trial exhausts some temp
ting form of error. Not only So; ou'
scarcely any attempt is entirely failure
scarcely any theory, the result O
steady thought, is altogether false; ne
tempting form of error is without some
latent charm derived from truth.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15
J@one Of the best double puns We

IIOne Of the best double puns We
have ever heard, says the Yankee Blade,
was perpetrated by clergyman. lie
had Just united in marriage a couple
whose Christian names were respective
Ily Benjamin and Ann. Show did they
appear during the ceremony % "inqui-
red friend.n aThey appeared both
annie-mated and Bonnie fitted" " was the
ready reply.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

THE WAND TR1AL.-The Chlcago
Journal remarks of the result OF the
trial of Ward, who murdered Butler. the
schoolmaster, at Louisville: "Ihe 'chiv-
alrv of the gallant State of Kentucky
may be satisfied with the verdict on. s.
long as the acquitted prisoner shall live
so long will the remembrance live
that he is the destroyer Of the life OF th'
innocent, and wantonly inbrued III
hands in the blood of husband and fath
Ter. who never had done him wrong.
If Galena Adv.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

g7An attorney about to finish bill
of costs, was requested BY his client, q
baker "to make it as light as he could
"Ah, replied the attorney, that's what
you may say to your foreman, but it's
not the way to make my bread
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

= &
w s hrst and 20 cents Tor each subseouen Mt in ser
''' nusane IS Cards or lines or under peran IS
~ eisisements sent in without the number q
be continued till otherwise
!, who aiverti e ~ the rear, viii be allow
Legal advertisements ms rted al stat.s ,r;ces
? T-Notices or strays published four weeks. Al rs
age. The mares nest bad not then been
found in which has been laid the marvel
ioas egg out Of which has been hatched
9the nondescript fowl, yclept sasquatter
sovereignty Laughter.) The Iaillus-
t'lous principle Of non-intervention- had
not then been invented. The 1gnora-
muses. of that day had never heard of if
though now to be learned in every Lorn.
book: and, 9believe, no where else but
N the horn-bookss [Rencwed merri-
49, - n SIS sgi64F g eta
| ooi. BENTON thus disposes of the sill
y pretence that the Observation-Disclosures
bill will quiet the slavery agitation., In
truth, IT has caused more bitter section
al agitation than any bill ever before in
troduced into Congress ..-...4.s..
THE rRErExr OF auIErIss rHrs1.-
VERY QUESTION.
And now, what is the excuse for all
this disturbance Of the country this
breaking up of ancient com promises: ay.
raylng one-half of the Union against the
other, and destroying the temper and
business of Congress! What is the ex-
cuse for ali this turmoil and mischief
we are told that it is 10 keep the ques-
ton OF slavery out Of Congress Great
God 1t was out of Congress com
pietely, entirely, anG forever out of Con-
gress, unless Congress dragged it in. bv
breaking down the sacred laws which,
settled it. The question was .settled
and done with. There was not an incl,
square OF territory in the Union. on
which it could be. raised without =
breach of the compromises. The ordi-
nance OF q settled ii in all The remain
ing part of the Northwest territorr be-
yond Wisconsin the compromise line
IF 800 3O,, settled it in ell country north
md west Of Missouri to the British line.
md up to the Rocky Mountains the or.
.anic act of Oregon made by the people
md sanctioned by Congress, settled It in
III that region: the acts for the govern
nent of Utah and New Mexico settled
IN those two territories the comnact
with Texas, determining the number of
lave States to be formed out of that
'fate, settled it there: and California
ett!ed 1t for herself. Now, where was
mere an inch square of territory within
he United States, on which the cues
Ion could be raised ? No where /! The
question was settled every, where, not
nerely by law, but by fact. The work
' done. and there was no way to get
ne question in, for the purpose of kee-
ing 1t out, but to break down cornnro.
1ises which kept it out.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15
MARRY-A Paragraph 70, Doubters

MARRY-.A Paragraph to' Doubters.
Jeremy Taylor says: If you are Tor
pleasure, marry if you prize rosy health,
marry. A good wife is heavens best
Gift to man--his angel and minister OF
graces innumerable-his gem of many
virtues-his casket of jewels-her voice
is sweet music-her smiles, his bright
est day-her kiss, the guardian OF his
innocence-her arms, the pale of his
safety, the balsam of his life-her In
dustry, his surest wealth-her economy
his safest steward-her lips, his faithful
couns ellors-her bosom, the softest pil'
low of his cares-and her prayers, thu
ablest advocate of Heavens blessings OF
his head.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

g@There are four daily papers pub
Iishcd at Dubuque, Iowa.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

IN ~
3 THE GREAT WEsr.y We find In th
Missouri Democrat, al powerful articl
ION this subject. { 1t claims that it is tim
the Great West was admitted Into til
j lnion-that it has never been recogni
ICED as an equal power in the State---tha
ithe Legislation in its favor by the gen
s|eral government has been doled out as ;
charity, and that it is time our right.
were asserted. 1t names the following
as the cardinal objects for which The
West should seeks: r..s ~ .
l.. The central national highway t.
the Pacific .ss8 z.
| 2. The cession Of the public lands
to the State in which they lie. sg
3. Mail facilities for the West and q
change in postal arrangements. 49,
4. improvements Of Western rivers
and harbors. s4as.s.. s..s, 60. s.
.. Relief of the people from taxes
upon the necessaries of life. Is e
I The Galena Jefsrsonian endorses the
views, and raises the name of Thomas
II. Benton, as their embodiment and its
candidate for Presidentin lS56.--T Mad
ison Argus & Dem.
Il Preuerss .6nimal Sas5dued.-A late
article on kicking cows, has reminded
me OF story that was told nearly fifty
years 60, by worthy Englishman with
whom was intimate. An itinerant was
at a nobleman's to exhibit feats Of herse-
2 and the people had collected
from far and near, among whom was
my friends. When the man had done
with his own horses, he turned and said ::
Now, my lord, | am willing to ride al
horse of yours in the same manner.n-
Having one remarkably stubborn, the
nobleman, to have some sport, told al
groom to bring her out. The stranger
hen deliberately mounted, urged her to
move, but not one step would she stir.
After pause he quietly dismounted,
gave her one severe stroke with his
whip, and again resumed the saddle
The mare continued inamovable, but the
nan preserved his temper land got down |
quietly second time, repeating the
Vow, but with no better success. After
he third stroke, however, she was com
'letely subdued, and moved forward
With perfect obedience.
1t now became evident that the design
Il the horseman was, to give the animal
line to associate the idea of her disobe-
Hence with the stroke that followed. -
When this was established, she was
Wiling to move.
On the reverse, if a shower of blows
ad been dealt out, as thousands of horse
len would have done, the mare would
ad no time to reflect, and both she and
or rider been reused into fury. With {
300 temper, great savings might be (
,ade in the article of whips.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

CuR1ous CALCULATION TO Illus
raATE PoprLATIos.--H all the people
of Great Britain had to pass through
London in procession, four abreast, and
every facility was afforded for their Tree
and uninterrupted passage, during twelve
hours daily. Sundays excepted, it would
take nearly three months for the whole
incubation of Great Britain to file thro'
at quick march, four deep. To count
| them singly, at the rate Of one second
would take year and a half, assuming
that the same number of hours daily
were occupied, and that Sundays als'
were exccpted.-TCheshirc's Results o
1.-The Census.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

- .slaqs,esc rLauih rlrpf and other
western waters, large lumber of steam
boat accidents have occurred, attended
with great loss of life. On the ocean,
too, disaster followed disaster, until the
heart has sickened at the horrifying de-
tails which have filled the columns of
the press. In four shipwrecks alone,
which have taken place since the lst Of
January, 900 hnman beings passed to
their last account. The total number of
persons who persisted on the Powhat-
tan, including the officers and crew, is
at least 220; on the Tayleur, wrecked
in the channel, $40; on board the Stat
fordshire, wrecked off Cape Sable, $50 /;
and on board the steamship San Fran
cisco, 100. Would to God that the list
were now complete. But we fear such
| is not the case There are now three
jships much over due at various ports
which, we unwillingly concede, there is
good reason to believe have persisted
The Leviathan packet ship sailed from
New York on the 22d of November, ant
the Louisa Field about the lst of De
cember, both for Liverpool, and no &C
count of either has been received. The
i clipper Dauntless left Boston for Valpa
raise on the 22d of October, and nothing
lis known of her fate. Death is holding
la fearful carnival.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15
TERMS FOR ADVERTISING.

column per annum. $3.50 ,06lf column, per an. s,o
sooiamn, per annum, ls.ooII square, per an, 4
for the first 20 cents for sach -
'ion nusane IS Cards or lines orunler peran. Sc
-nuverusements sent in without the number of
ordered. .s'tAAsS VIZ o''ei"'se
Those who ADVERT se by the va u; !, ,r
ed lonr changes. s W.. Oe a'i'"~
Legal advertisements inserted at statue prices.
Notices or strays published foir weers q, *
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

Hatred of the Circassian aoonsen TO-
yards the Russians AS an instance OF
the bitter hatred felt by the Circassians
towards the Russians, it is stated that a
few years ago, slave ship sprung a
leak out at sea, just as Russian passed
lin the distance. The Turkish slave
dealer, who preferred even he chill blast
of Siberia to grave in deep water,
made signal of distress, and the steam
er came up in time to rescue the ship
and its living cargo from destruction.--
But so deeply is hatred Of Russia I'M
planted in every Circassian heart, that
the spirit of the girls revolted at the
thought of becoming the helpmates oil
the gray coated soldiers, instead of sha-
ring the sumptuous couch of Turkish
Pasha. They had bid adieu to their ma
tive mountains with little emotion, but
as the Russian steamer approached, the,
. set up terrible and despairing scream
Some sprang headlong into the sea /; 9TH
ers plunged their knives intothel heart
To those heroines, death was preferable
Ito the bridal bed of detested Musco
vite. The survivors were taken to a
nappa and married to Cossacks, or CIV
en- to officers as servants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

Deaths in Calitornia.--In Nevada,
March 10Th, Mr.. Robert Yates, of Du-
buque, Iowa, aged 81. At Chandler
Vile, Sierra County, March 10th, Sam
uel H. Stevens, formerly of Wisconsin !;
also, at Pine Grove, March 18th, from
the falling of drift, Mr.. Thomas Plat.
If we construct the above Alright, the
two last mentioned are from this State,
in which case the latter, Mr.. Thomas
Platte is, undoubtedly, gentleman who
formerly resided in Potosi, and latterly
at Bestown in this country, where he
leaves family. The deceased was a
man of considerable property, well
known throughout the Western portion
of the country, and highly respected
He first left for California in the spring
of 80, going across the plains, and re-
turned home in the spring of 81; in
August of that year he returned to Cal
ifornia, since which time, until now, we
have heard very little concerning him.
We hope, however, we are wrong IN re-
gard TO whom the person killed may be
+ P. S. We further learn that the de
ceased is unquestionably the person WI
supposed. Potosi Republican.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

LEGAL DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAS.
Sir William Blackstone tells what a
gentleman is, under the British law, quo
ting the words OF Sir Thomas Smith, an
other eminent English lawyer -
GAS for gentlemen, they may be gooo
and cheap in this country, England, fol
whatsoever studieth the laws Of thu
realm. who studieth in the universities
who professeth the liberal sciences, ant
Ito be short,) who can live idly ant
without manual labor, and will bear thu
port, charge and couutenanee Of gentle
man. he shall be called master, and shall
be taken for a gentleman
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1854-05-15

ssA good time is coming boys,
Wait little longer"
Up, stir lively, work bravely and pull
together, and you will be fortunate il
upon the route of this stupenduous tho
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-11-04
SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 4, 1854

range of the Alps. This Artesian well is be-
licved to have been made in the year ll2G.
Others of great antiquity exist in stuttgart,
in Wirtcmbcrg. The Chinese are said to
have made such wells for thousands ofyears.
AS to the supply ofwatcr at great depths, it
was long ago believed that the waters of seas
entered the lower strata of the earth by infl-
tration. Aristotle, Seneca, Car,lan, and Dcs-
cartes, supposed that the waters are driven
up to the earth's surface by the central heat
of the globe. The most natural explanation
is the fall of rain, which finds its way down,
and through certain strata, like so many in
verted syphons, returns to the surface. The
celebrated fountain of Eancluse, comes forth
a considcra bic river at all seasons, and gives
in the drest times ALSO cubic feet in a minute
but after great rains. three times that quantity.
The Chartrcux we'll is in the middle of an
extensive plain, where not the most insignifi-
cant hill is to be seen.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-11-04
From the Dublin University Masazincl
HcyCNA the River.


Time is river deep and wide;
And while along its banks we stray,
We see our loved ones DER its tide
Sail from our sight, away, away,
Where are they spcd-thcy who return
No more to glad our longing eyes
They've passed from lifc's contracted bourne
Beyond the river.
IT'S hid from view: but we may guess
How beautiful that realm must be;
For glcanings Of its lovclness,
In visions granted, oft we sec,
The very clouds that DER it throw
Their veil, unraiscd from mortal sight,
With gold and purple tintings glow,
Reflected from the glorious light
Beyond the river.
And gentle airs, so sweet, so calm,
Steal sometimes from that viewless sphere;
The mourner feels their breath Of balm,
Aud soothcd sorrow dries the tear
And sometimes list ming ear may gain
Enhancing sound that hi thcr floats;
The echo of Il distant strain,
or harps' and voices blended notcs.
Beyond the river.
There are our loved ones in their rcst
They We crossed Times rivcr-now no more
They heed the bubbles on its breast.
Nor feel the storms that sweep its shore.
But there pure love can live, can last
They look for ns their home to share;
While we in turn away have passed,
What joyful greeting wait us there
Beyond the river.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-11-04

THE SUMNER IS ENDED.-In commenting
upon the cvcntful summer from which we
just emerged the New York Mirror says that
sit has been hard and hot one. Fires,
failures, disease and death, have brought los
ses and mourning to thousands-thc calami-
ty of short crops and high prices makes the
poor man look anxiously to the coming win-
ter. Many who began the season in the full
ness of health and beauty, have persisted
with the carly flowers, and hundreds who
went abroad decked in the gay colors of joy
and hope are now robcd in the sombrc attire
of grief and mourning. Autumn has come
to many a heart, even in the spring-tme Of
life, and the earth has become to thousands
of its pilgrims literally the valley Of the
shadow of DEATH They who have passed
through this trying season unscathcd by
sickness and INSTRUMENTATION the Death
Angel has not even brushed with his WINGS
should make their lives hymn of thanksgiv-
ing to tho Infinite God who has dealt with
them so gentle and so graciously! Instead
of looking on the dark side of the future, they
should look up in grateful confidence to the
Reaper whose sickle has left them to flourish
little longer in the field of time, while thou
sands, as full of health and promise as they
have been cut down and withered in an
hour"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-11-04

THE SUN.-Sir David Brewster makes the
following remarks relative to the structure Of
the sun -
$50 strong has been the belief that the sun
cannot be habitable world, that a scientific
gentleman pronounced by his medical atten-
dant to be insane because he had sent a paper
to the Royal Society, in which he maintained
that the light of the sun proceeds from a dense
and universal aurora which may afford ample
light to the inhabitants of the surface beneath
and yet be at such distance aloft as not to
annoy Them that there may be water and
dry land there, hills and dales, rain and fair
weather. and that, as the light and the sea-
sons must be eternal the sun may easily be
conceived to be by far the most blissful habi-
tation of the whole system In less than
ten years after this apparently extravagant
notion was considered proof of insanity, it
was maintained by Sir William Herschell as
rational and probable opinion, which might
be deducted from his own observations on the
structures Of the sun.