Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-05-30


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focus of news politics. literature, commerce and
features Its facilities for giving the latest intelligence
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patrons may be assured that expense labor will be
spared to make it the Paper Of the People Every de-
It's corps of correspondents in Washington City, New
York, New Orleans, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, u
tah number some of the abest writer's in the COUNT
Contributions relating the antiquities the Soils the
mineral wealth. the agricultural resources, the business
and population of surrounding villages and towns, and
the local news of the neighborng States will always be
found in its columns The markets of the chief cities
the West the statistics of production and shipment the
marine interests of great rivers and the trade of
railroads will each be carefully noted The latest info
nation by telegraph from every quarter will be furnish
ed the details of foreign steamships will be given in
full review of new publications of interest," will be sed-
ulously supplied and in brief everything that af
ford entertainment to the reader, knowledge to the
thinker will be presented to its subscribers.
~ LATEST KANSAS NEWS.
Kansas has become point of much Importance and at
traction to the whole country In view of this fact
have made to have the latest and most
liable accounts of all that transpires in that Territory
All persons will be given fair and impartial hearing
through columns, and shall labor to present the
facts as then trarspire without regard to whom tbe
may affect. Those who wish to be fully posted in regard
to Kansas affairs, the politics, settlements immigration
and all that concerns the progress Of opinions In that
quarter, can find no better of obtaining the
than through the columns of this paper.
POLITICAL POSITION.
THE MISSOURI DEMOCRAT is, its name imports, De.
mocratic III principle, conservative in sentiment opposed
to the violence and outrages that have sgaced the
Territories and to the deagoguery that brought civil
upon country by the repeal of the Missouri Com
PROMISE We are for Kansas Free State and oppo-
sed to the extension Of Slavery into Territory where
it comes in competition witt. the labor of free white
men-holding ii to be the highest duty of Democrat
20 guard and the rights and interests of the free
white laboring men of the coslntry. t
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In regard to Commercial Reports, safely prom
Use that the Democrat shall be the equ if not the supe
ror of all its contemporaries of the press Heretofore its
copied for they known to be carefully collected from
actual Sales and to be accurately printed In addition
to this may add that recently improved and
re-organIzed whole Commercial Department that
shall not only give the markets of St. Louis but the
latest market reports from all the chief neghbOrng ci-
ties that may affect prices well extended reports
the grain and produce and stock markets of Europe
Our elegraphc arrangements such WILL in FUTURE
enable to present these to the readers of the Democrat
we'll the effect produced upon Change thereby, in
the Atlantic cities Immediately after the arrival of each
steamer. Whenever occasion demands, shall also
publish editorial commercial summaries in addition to
statements and this feature Of the De-
mocrat, which will be new and trust benefcia one,
will doubtless be fully appreciated by all commercial and
business men. t} s5 Faa N.asa p
We will also furnish to readers the latest neIli-
genee relative to the navigable condition rivers
and the daily arrival ard departure of steamboats,, &c
one of the most experienced Rver Reporters in the
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