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The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-23
DROWN and refined sugar of all grades,
ID which we are selling very low.
GEO. X. GG0DRIDGE,
oc IA No. 6, CampbelPs wharf.

II ply OF recently lmpOrteu and healthy
Swedish Leeehes, for sale by
oc3 NJ. A. SANTOS.
THE Attention of Gentlemen,
l. desiring to purchase their
FALL AMI WINTER CLOTHING,
Is respectfully called to the large and "a
well selected stock Of READY MADE ME-
GOODS, which | have now on hand; --ME
Being encouraged by the liberal share of
patronage have received since the estab-
lishment OF my
NEW CLOTHING HOUSE,
| have laid in another stock of the most
fashionable goods that could be gotten up in
the northern markets, which | now offer at
the most reasonable prices with the fixed de
termination not to be undersold by any one.
n. BAUM,
oc23 Union Hall, Main Street
The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1857-12-23

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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12
Cause of Mob Executions.

Not a long time ago, a miscreant by
the name of Mulkern, went into the office
of the Dubuque Erpress & Herald and
attempted to murder j. B. Dorr, one Of
the editors of that paper, by firing three
charges at him from a revolver. The balls
missed their man; but murder-deliberate
cold-blooded MURDER-was in the heart
of the assaulting party. Ofthis there can
be no mistake, since it is not only shown
by his acts, but has, we learn, been open
ly avowed by him. The crime, therefore,
being fixed, n would suppose that any
Grand Jury in the world would have in
dieted him-but here people would be in
error. The Grand Jury of the county Of
Dubuque, after investigating the matter,
have come 10 the solemn conclusion that
Mulkern is guilty Of no crime.
Last summer, a cold -blooded murder
was committed in this county, by a person
by the name of Harmon upon one Yancey.
There was no doubt upon this subject
the testimony was clear. He was indicted
and tried, and got off with thirteen years
in the State Prison. The defence set up
was insanity, but in going to the Peniten-
tiary, he confessed to the Sheriff that it
was all a hoax, a sham-that he meant to
murder his victim, aud went into the field
for that purpose. He said he expected to
hang for it, and that he had to manage
his part id sly,"or be would have been
hung.
What a commentary are these two cases
on the want of stamina among jurymen.
What wonder is it that people become
tired and disguised with the administra-
ton of justice in this country, and resort
to mob courts, mob %juries, and mob execu-
tons? We must confess we admire and
respect the certainty and promptness with
which criminals are tried and punished in
England. There prisoners are allowed
every just and reasonable means of de
fence but when found guilty they are not
tempered with, but handed over to condign
punishment. If this system was adopted
and carried out in Iowa, we should not
hear murderers declare, as did Harmon
after he had killed Yancey, that the law
yers would'get him "om ofit;;" nor should
we have had to record SO many mob exc
c%utions as have taken place within the
last twelve nor ths.- Waterloo REGISTER,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

IA SINGULAR RE1NG.-Upon the bank
4 the Allegheny rivor, neal the mouth OF
ID "ked House creek" says the Albany
ournal, is a shanty, about eight or ten
n square, with a fireplace and chimney
fstone. and finished and furnished in an
4pally cheap and primitive style. Its
DIV occupant is a man just past the prime
life, whose sole occupation is the rearing
b care of a large number of swarms OF
ees, which gives him The sobriquet OF the
Bee Hermit" 1t is the only name he Is
bown by. He has lived there for four
bans past. Where he came from, and
hat is his name, is unknown to all. liz
moe of bees is several rods IN length
flied with two ranges of hives ant
ach hive supplied with a small str " cap
amilar to the old fashioned straw hiVe, Il
shich he the surplus money. III
hly companions and associates are
humber of dogs, of whom he appears 10 o
Extremely fond. HIS only labor IS IN
Ibre of his bees, and his household duties
! hieh are exceedingly simple and trlillns
lis sales are limited to the money fouh
the caps, and such chance purchasers a
lease to call upon him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12
N. Y. city HORSE Market.

The horse market in the East, has Of
late been remarkable for its dullness, and
the low prices at which horses have sold
all, of course, owing to "the p~anic."-
The panic induced retrenchm ent induced
men to go on foot, and dispose of their
fast nags;;' and forbade others TO purchase
them. In a late number of the Tribune,
we find an instance Of a pair of gray work
horses being offered for $50, for which the
owner had paid 5000. Fro y the auction
sale reports of the same paper, we abbre-
viate the following notes of tho sales of 10
horses:
No. Ia black chunky horse, l4a
hands high, called seven years old, warran-
ted kind in harness and good to work, in
good working order, apparently all right.
Started at SIS and went slowly up to 500
and sold.
No. PA sorrel horse, Is hands high,
rather low working order,yet able to work;
starts at SIS and sells for 500.
No. "a dark roam mare, I years old,
Is hands high. Started at $40 and sold
at $50.
No. Am old gray horse, in fair work
order, warranted kind, good head and tail,
active stage horse, such as usually sells
for 1925. Started at SIG with no other
bid.
No. GA fair sort of a stage horse
Started at $50 and runs bard up to $50.
No. ga dapple gray horse, le hands
high, not old, good head and limbs, APP
pears sound, such a one as usually sells
for about $3.50. Started at $50 and sold
for ISL.
No. "A sorrel, with light name and
tail, warranted kind, Is hands high, in
fair working order. and looks fit for a good
pillow horse. Started at $40 and sold at
$25.
No. 8-A bay mare, Is hands high,
aged, but very spirited and genteel-look-
ing, with good head, eyes, name and tail,
apparently sound and good for a breeder.
Started at SIS and sells for $40 SO.
No. "a light bay horse, lean and
gaunt and life enough to kick like fury
at the spurs, and 'goes in 81 minutes
Started at So, and sold without another
bid. Buyer backs out and ressld at So so.
No. l0-A chunky bay horse,about IA
hands high, in a buggy that looks yet fit
for a good deal of service, with a fair sort
of harness, all sold together. Started at
800, and sold for 500 for the whole estab-
lishment.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Reflection OF SENATOR CLAY.-A
(elegraph despatch received by the Wash
|ngton Union, announces that the two
branches of the Legislature of Alabama
pet in Convention on Saturday, the 10Th
It,, ana on the first ballot elected Hon
4. c. Clay, Jr., to the Senate OF the Uni
led States for six years from the 4th 0
dareh, 1859, when his present term of OF
es expires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

REBELL1oN.-The Chicago Times re-
turns the fire of the Washington Union
promptly and energetically. 1t informs
the entralO Organ that it is not theDemocra-
tic party-that Buchanan is not the Dem
Iocratic party; that Douglas has a say In
what the Democracy shall do in regard to
Kansas. We extract:
"If the person conducting the Oneon
were a sane man he would know hat MIR.
buchanan would not have been President.
nor any of his cabinet nov in office, had
the Democratic party in 1856 limited al
the possibility of the people of Kansas be,
inc denied a vote on their constitution and
vet the Washington Union in the 18Th
10th. and Goth inst, can hardly find words
enough to express its qualification, that
The principles Of the Democratic party have
not only been shamefully disregarded but
actually trampled under foot in Kansas
The Union may exult, but the Union i
not the administration, and the On'on /
not the Democratic party. The Democra
tic party stands pledged in every hamle
in the United States, to secure to the PEG
ple of Kansas the privilege OF maxim!
Their WI constitution, anil that pledge
though a Union newspaper and a eaoine
! officer stood at every cross road through
, cut the land forbiddiug it, MUST BE MAD
D cooD"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

DEFISITIoNs FRoM A POPULAR Die
rroSARY.-Life-A time TO make money.
Mouev-the end Of life. Mana ma
chine to make money. Woman-A ma
chine TO spend it. Children-Machines to
spend it on. Economy-Buying things
because they are cheap, whether you want
them or not.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

] e-The marriage of Bayard Taylor on
be 18Th of October, in Gotha, Saxony
las celebrated by a few of his friends with
appropriate observances n New
fhre Home Journal says that Mr.. Taylor
basses the winter with his bride at Mos
kCw, where she has relatives residing
BE is to come back to America next au-
hmm, and Willis that he has
ALREADY written to him to claim for Idle
kild the honeymoon of his return
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Flous.-A French chemist is sald 70
have discovered a cheap aad practleaoie
method of disintegrating wheat ana o'.ie,
grain by chemical instead of mechanlcai
means. so as to produce admirable flour
without a mill of any kind. A commls-
s;on has. it is stated in a late French pa
|ner. been appointed to examin the nature
pf the flour chemically so as TO ascertain
It's character as compared with dour wnic !
has been produced by crushing and grind
linn
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

~lNALIENABLE RIGHTs OF AMERICANS
The following are not enumerated in the
Declaration of Independence:
To knoW-apV, trade or business withnnk
To marry, without regard to fortunes any
state of health, position, Or opinion of par
ents or friends.
To have a wife and children dependent
on the contingencies Of business, and in case
of sudden death, leave them wholly unpro-
vided for.
To put off upon h%ireling strangers, the
literature, moral and religious education of
children.
To teach children no good trade, hoping
they will have, when they grow up, wit
enough to live on the industry of other
people.
To enjoy the general sympathy when
made bankrupt by reckless speculation.
TO cheat the government if possible.
To hold office without being competent
to discharge its duties.
TO build houses with six and nine inch
walls, and go to the funeral Of tenants,
firemen and Others, killed by their fall,
weeping over the mysterious dispensations
Of Providence.
To build up cities and towns without
marks, and call pestilence a visitation Of
God.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Mr,rv CArrLE.-By the way, what Is
the origin and orthography OF IN word
Mr.ny7 Neither Webster, nor louatt
and Martin throw any light upon the sub
|iect. Humlies, polled, dodded or namDle
cattle are the names always used, IN the
last mentioned work, for this breed OF cat
tle. and Webster does not seem 70 pc q
ware of their existence.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

THE TEErH.-At the Dental Conven-
ton in session last week at Boston, some
of the dentists asserted that the main If
not the sole cause of detective teeth, was
the use of saleratus and cream of tarter IN
The manufacture of bread, and DR.. Baker
e1nr agreed with the facts which they
s,atad and rave the results of some exper-
;mants which he had made by soaking
sound teeth in a solution OF saleratus.-
Tie teeth were destroyed IN fourteen
Idays.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

PLEApING GuILrY.-The Madison Fat-
riot and Horizon argus, both democratic
have been discussing each others
n@olitical orthodoxy. The Patriot having
CHARGED the Argus editor, with beng
Know-Nothing, the latter admits that ne !.
once .did belong to the rat hole fraternl'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Hoes.-As this is the time when hogs
are chiefly brought to market, we gather
from our exchanges the prices at present
paid in different parts of the country east
and south of our State. In Indiana prices
range from 1925 to $500, with the ex-
nectation of a further decline. In Ken
tuckv, from $3.50 to $500 gross, and So
90 nett. In Ohio, from S5,o0@5,5o to
5 e,oo@6,25 AT St. Louis, $3.50 gross
is the ruling rate. At Chicago, s4'lo Is
maid. for extra weights $3.50.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

ST.. CRoIx FALLs.-At the head of nav
igation on the st. Croix River, is the
seat Of one of the largest and finest
water powers in tn Northwest, situated al
the outlet of one of the finest lumber re-
gions in the country; as the final point OF
continuous navigation waters tributary to
the Mississippi, connecting that immense
river with the Ultima thule of navigation
on the great chain of inland lakes; as the
necessary point of departure on that river
for the great eDtrepots on these lakes: as
the point where the agricultural products
of Southern Wisconsin and Minnesota
must meet the lumber and minerals of
their northern highlands; as the ommon
apex of immense angles of production, each
differing from the other in all its staples,
yet each exhuberant in its kind, St. Croix
Falls is, without a doubt, destined to be
the seat of one of the largest manufactur-
ing and commercial towns in the North
west. So says the St. Paul Advertiser.
The HOME OF ELIEAzaR WILLIAMS, THE
WISCONSIN, BouRBoN.-The Green Bay
~
Advocate thus describes the home Of this
doubtful claimant to French royalty;
The home Of a "Pr5nce."
We were never more struck with the
beauty Of the civilians Tract" than one
day last week, when we happened up
there, looking for a lost horse. The house
sits upon the bank of the river, which is
there quite high, and commands a fine
prospect up and down the stream. In
front is a row of trees, and bank slopes
gently down to the water, terminating III
a grassy meadow, a f%avorite resort for hor-
ses and cattle. 1t is perhaps not as com
manding a situation, yet it much resembles
Mount VeInon-the house of a Chief in
fac:t. In the rear is a neglected field, aud
westward stretched a large marshy prai-
rie.
Before visions ofthrones and regal splen.
dor beset him, here lived. in this sylvan
spot Eleazar Williams, the Indian mission.
airy. What-a wealth of quiet happiness
was forsaken for the poor tinsel and glitter
of a days notoriety.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

KEEPING PoTAToEs IN WINTER.-Po-
tatoes spoil in winter, if buried, from thres
causes. First, and greatest, want of ven.
~tilation. Secondly, and nearly allied,
dampness. Thirdly, and more rare, freez-
ing. Farmers find most Of their potatoes
at the top of the heap, where they
suppose they became frozen; but this is
not the usual cause; the damp,foul, steamy
air assembled there, and could not escape,
and this spoiled them. A hole made in
the top, with a crow bar, ard closed with
a whisp Of straw, would have allowed g
|gress to the confined air, and saved the
potatoes
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

sgThe Washington correspondent o
the n. Y. Times, says that the Admins
tration had a secret agent in Kansas du-
ring the setting of the constitutional ION
vention, engaged in advising Its member
on their behalf, and through whom the ex
~ecutive dictated portions,i if not the whoi'
of the schedule.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

~ti is said that the Crimnea war
cost all its parties more than a million q
dollars a day, without taking INTO account
the actual waste Of property or the sacri-
flee of 100000 men.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Corn N HoGs.-The Shelbyville,
Kentucky News says that from carefully
conducted experiments, by different persons
It has been ascertained that one bushel of
corn will make a little over ten pounds of
pork-gross. Taking the result as a basis,
the following deductions are made, which
all our farmers would do well to lay by for
a convenient reference!
When corn costs twelve and one half
cents per bushel, pork costs one and one
half cents per pound.
When corn costs seventeen cents per
busheL, pork costs two cents per pound.
When corn costs twenty-five cents per
bushel, pork costs three cents per pound.
When corn costs thirty-three cents per
bushel, pork costs four cents por pound.
When corn costs fifty cents per bushel,
pork costs five cents per pound.
The following statement shows what the
realizes for his corn when sold in
form of pork:
When pork sells for three cents per h.,
it brings twenty-five cents per bushel in
corn.
When pork sells for four cents per
it brings thirty'two cents per BUSH
ell in corn.
When pork sells for five cents per bush
Ell it brings forty-five cents per bushel in
corn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12
Trouble i'm the Ran gSs.

Immediately after the defeat for the
U. S. Senate by the Pennsylvania Legis-
Col. Forney established the Press,
Philadelphia. His object was to give the
local leaders,o the Democratic patty ''fts,"
so to speak: and at the same time support
Buchanan's administration. The latter he
has done from The start, in everything, ex-
cept in the matter of the Kansas pro sla-
very Constitution. .JJIIhea RPHEesii8leentt JAS yex,
the Convention, and, it is understood, will
bring the favor of the Administration to
bear upon its adoption by Congress. The
Press in common with other Democratic
papers-opposes the Presidents policy
The following paragraphs from an article
in that journal, illustrate the views of the
more righteous Democrats take of the mat
ter:
''The drift of all the news from Kansas q,
shows conclusively that the so-called pro-
slavery Constitutional Convention, like
other bodies of whom we have read, is an
other formidable instance of the adage
that whom the Gods wish to destroy, they
first make mad Some of the PROPOSE
tions presented to that Convention-which
be it remembered, represents a mere frag-
ment of the voters of that Territory-wo'd
disgrace a despotism.
"There is no honest submission of the
new Constitution to the action of the peo-
pie. 1t is provided that they may vote
for the Constitution with Slavery, or fer
the Constitution without Slavery but
they cannot vote against the Constitution,
no matter how much they may be opposed
to its provisions. They are thus deprived
of the full exercise of that right of form
ing their own institutions, to which they
are entitled by every consideration of jus
tice and right.
1.-THE Constitution provides that il can
not be altered for ten years. The idea of
a set of men, chosen as delegates to this
Convention, attempting to bind posteri;y
to their work, and daring to nLllify in adj
vance the will of the majority, is so NOR
strous, that we wonder the outrage did not
excite the whole people to civil war.
"In speaking of doings like these, we
feel that it is idle to mihce phrases; and
we sincerely hope that if the Constitution
Of Kansas is anything like the instrument
it promises to be, it will, when presented
to the Congress of the United States, be
thrown out of both branches by a unani-
nous vote. At any rate, we trust that
the Senators and Representatives from
Pennsylvania will boldly and at once put
their feet upon il ,and spurn it as it deserves
to be spurned."
OLD AND PooR.-A writer in the Bos-
ton Courier Geo. S. Hillard) thus touch
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

IowA.-The Fairfield Ledger says that
a citizen Of Missouri has moved into War.
rem county with a number OF slaves anu
mt them to work on his farm there, de-
that under the bred Scott de-
cis;on his slaves are legal property IN
Tomo EW t-t
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

EARLY MARRIAGEs.-She stood beside
the alter when she was but sixteen. She
was in love; her destiny rested on a crea-
ture as delicate, and who had known as
little of the world as herself. She looked
lovely as she pronounced the vow. Think
of a vow from auburn hair, eyes, and pout-
ing lips, only sixteen years old.
She stood at the wash tub when her
twenty fifth birthday arrived. The hair,
the lips, the eyes were net calculated to
excite the heart. Five cross young ones
we're about the house crying-some break
ing things, and one urging the immediate
supply Of the tactical secretion. She stop
ped in despair and sat down, and tears
rudy check. Alas, Nancy, early mar
riaoes are not the dodge. Better ENJOY
youth at home, and hold lovers at a prop
or distance until you have muscle, limb
and heart enough to face a frowning world
and family. If a chap really cares for yen.
he can wait for two or three years, make
presents, take you to concerts, and SO on
until the time comes. Early marriages
and early cabbages are tender productions
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

A SPIRITED BR1DE.-A couple were
Just going to be married, and had proceed
ed as far as the church door. The gen.
sleman then stopped his bride, and thus
unexpectedly addressed her: my 81
Eliza. during our courtship have told you
much of nav mind, but have not told you
the whole. When we are married snail
iusist upon three things" "What are
thew % asked the lady. 'In the first place
said the bridegroom, 81 shall sleep alone
eat alone, and find fault where there is no
occasion. Can you submit to these condl
%tions!' "Oh, yes sir, very easily wa !,
the reply, 'for if you sleep alone, | snal
not: f Won eat alone, / shalt eat first ;ane
as to your finding fault without occasion ],
that 1 think may be prevented, for | sinai
take care you do not want OCCASION
The conditions being thus adjusted the'
proceeded to the alter, and the ceremon
was performed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

A SAD CASE OF INsANITY.-Sone three
weeks ago, there were married in Joliet,
Illinois, a young man of wealthy family,
and beautiful young lady, who,at n time
was a strong convert to Methodism, and
latterly a feryent believer in S%piritualism
aud a medium. She imagined herself
commanded by God TO go to Minnesota,
and accordingly,directly after getting mar
ried, her huaband, her sister and herself,
started for that Territory. Arriving at
this point on the Saturday evening train,
she refused to leave the cars, and persisted
in remaining in the cars until Monday
morning. The party then went to theMar-
quette House, where the BRIDE showed I'M
mistakeable signs of mental arrangement.
AT the table her food was untouched, and
occupied the time in religious exhorta-
tions and singing. She is represented to
have a rich, full voice, and the habit of ap
hymn tunes to the commonest songs
such as singing 'Jordan's a hard road"
&C., to religious air. Her husband tele-
graphed to his father what a misfortune
had befallen him, aud the old gentleman
Immediately came out here. After much
persuasion she was induced to return to
Illinois leaving here last Tuesday morn
ing. 1t is a singular case, and excites
much remark. Her sister, strange to say
could by no means whatever be persuaded
to return with the rest ofthe party; avow-
ing the 6rmest faith in her sisters sanity.
and declaring her WI intention to go to
Minnesota and fulfil the mission enjoined
upon them, as she believes, by a higher
power. She is at present at the Marquette
House, and does not expect to leave until
the sprairies are again covered with
snow."T-Pr. dn Chen Cour.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-12-12

Who IS WAsHINGToN.-An old English
paper is still extant, wherein the pertinent
inquiry is made sWho is George Wash
ington? Replying to bis W query, the
journal states that "Georgy is an obscure
leader of militiamen, who NEEDLES with
matters that are above his comprehension
and whose obscure life will be grounded
bv the gallows, if he continues his treason
able practices, and ..provokes his betters
too far!w Further, that public is decide
his character by the stali~1 Of his associ
ates, one of whom is spoken Of as a .'dirty
printers man, named Benjamin Frank
lin"