Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-02-07
Late News Items.

Post says:
am informed that Senators Seward,
of New York, and Rusk, Of Texas, will on
the expiration of the session, start on a
nine months tour around the globe. They
will pass across the Isthmus by Nicaragua,
thence to California, thence to the Sand
lwich Islands, (Where Senator Seward will
deliver an agricultural address thence to
China, and, after passing through India
and Asia Minor, Egypt, and possibly south
!ern Europe, will sail through the Straits of
| Gibraltar to the United States, SO as to at
tend Congress III the early part Of next
session. A glorious programme Of travel.
May each Of them bring back the wisdom
! Of Uly sses. -
THE FoREIGN NEws.-The Arago
brings important foreign news. The diff
Guilty between Switzerland and Prussia has
been settled Our old friends, the Circas-
slams, have been again trimming up the
Russians. Twenty thousand of the Rus
slams killed. The British and Chinese are
still battleing at Canton, and the Ameri-
cans are in for it as deep as the British
The French, also, were asking 70, chance
with the outside barbarians. The difficult
ty may be long and serious one. It APP
pears, that a price having been sent BY the
Governor on the head Of every English
man, those who were in search of the arti-
Gle made a mistake, and took. some heads
from American shoulders, and presented
them, claiming the reward Such mistakes
would be likely to lead to difficulty, as
might be supposed.
DEATH OF PREsToN S. BRooKs.-Pres-
ton S. Brooks, a Representative in Con-
gress from South Carolina, died at Browns
Hotel, in the city Of Westinghouse the 9th
day Of January, 1857, after severe illness
of three days duration. He had been
sok with a severe cold, but supposed he
was recovering, when on the evening ofthe
above day he was seized with a violent
cough, and died in intence pain, in a few
minutes aftcrwords. -
ESCAPE OF PR1LoNERs.-A correspond
Iof the St. Louis Democrat writing from
Sumner, Kansas, on the17th inst says:
Night before last two of the Lecomton
convict, VIM. Partridge and John Cush
ing-the former under sentence of 10 years
imprisonment for burglarly, the latter 20
years for concluded, while their
guard were sleeping soundly, to leave their
Iprison-house for more comfortable quar-
tiers (which they did in a very quiet maner,
careful not to disturb the sleepy ones.
RECOVERY or JcHN G. SAxE.-We re-
fioice to learn that this droll humorist and
gifted scholar has SO far recovered his
health as to be able soon to lecture.
/ gg The price Of wool is still advancing.
The sales of native fleece of New York ,ac-
Icording to the latest accounts, reachedl3o,-
1000 pounds, at 4Sc for medium, 45c for
extra, and soc for choice fleeces. The
best grades Of Saxony are held at 65.
NATIONAL Asylum FOR DEcAYED PE1N-
jrEns.-The eeitors and proprietors Of the
Philadelphia Typographical Register have
with a generous liberality Characteristic OF
the craft, made handsome donation for
the object OF establis hing the above insti-
tuition. Their example is worthy Of im-
tatlon. The editor says: e e
"We once stood at the base of an inn
mense sahd-hll in the Highlands of the
Hudson, whose surface- was covered with
pebbles. 9f A little stone starting at the
top, hit his neighbor, and compelled him
ito bear company the two struck others,un-
/ til tho hill side was alive with an uncount-
led multitude Of pebbles, racing, pitching,
jumbing ard tumghng, and we were tam
to escape the stony avalanche that assail-
ed our feet. In hope provoking SINH
lar avalanche Of contributions, we start a
little stone down the hill of benevolence,
and offer subscription of one thousand
dollars towards the founding of a National
ASYLUM for Decaved Printers. We trnst
our brethren of the press will take up this
matter, and urge it to happy consumma-
Etipn.' aa a. 58sb
/ INsURANcE.- has been decided by the
Supreme Court Of Rhode Island that the
agent Of an Insurance Company, when he
1 fills up an application for insurance is acting
for the applicat SOLELY, and at the appll-
1cant's risk. Let all policy seekers make a
note of this.
/ Eg SIMON CAMERON was elected PresE
dent of the Lebanon Valley Railroad On
Monday OF last week. "a SOS
gT The cost of the public schools il
!, Cincinnati is over twenty-five dollars per
Iyear for each pupil who attends them.
lET The assessed value of property in L
iowa for 1855, was sI64.39l, Alb. The
ratio of annual increase is about so per CT
THE population Of the State at this time is
ESTIMATED to bs about 100000.
/ GN A destructive fire occurred at Lou
lisbnrg, Preble County, Ohio,on last Thurs
day Morning. 1t was occasioned by the
careless emptying Of hot ashes into bar
rel. A bakery, pillow factory, tin and stove
5store, and their contents, We're destroyed.
EIn.the pillow factory were fifty plows and q
large number of other agricultural inpli-
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