Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-07-25
Kansas.

Kansas.
i w. F. M. Amy, one of the leaders of
i the Free State party in Kansas, has arriv
lied in Chicago, direct from the Territory,
land informs the editor of the Chicago
Tribune that, under the authorization of
Topeka Legislature, the marshals and dep
, uties appointed by Governor Robinson are
Engaged in taking careful census of the
population, setting forth the number of
voters resident for six monts, the whole
number of voters, the number of women
land child rem, and the colored popula-
Etion, free and slave.
}, In the county of Andersen, where Mr..
Amy resides, there are fully six hundred
voters. Six months ago there were not a
dozen. The county seat Hyatt, contains
1.-TWO hundred and fifty voters. The Free
State men are united, harmonious, snd
|sangnine of success on the first opportuni-
lty they can obtain of showing their
flstrength. They refrained every where
from voting at the recent election, and
nance there were only sixteen hundred
votes polled out of an adult male popala-
ltion numbering twenty thousand.
i Mr.. Amy represents that Governor Wal
lker's party Is in a minority among those
participating in the late election, and that
the majority is opposed to submitting the
|constl utiou to a general vote for ratifica-
ton.
The most remarkable part of Mr.. Amy's
narrative is that emigration still continues
to flow INTO the Territory in an undated
istream, and that speculation and enter
prise are making long and rapid strides
Crops look well, and there is a hattering
prospect of raising supply of breadstutf
Il North American.
STATE HIsroRIcAL SoCIgTY.-There is
reason to believe that the mass Of our
present population fail to appreciate the
value of the large amount Of statistical in !
formation respecting the pioneer histosy Of
tho Northwest, which from year to year, is
collected by this Society; anl. it is to be
regretted that the press evihces SO little
interest in furthering The objects Of the or
ganization. Through the interchangeable ex
Iertions Of few individuals, but chiefly of
the devoted Secretary, an almost unlimited
humber of facts has, within a few years,
Ibeen rescued from oblivion, and placed IN
Iendurng form TO, future use by the hlsto-
rian; yet there is abundance of valuable
material still resting in obscurity, which
would add much to the interest of future
generations respecting the early settlement
Iof the State, if properly collected and pre-
served in the archives of this Society
Let US hope for an increase of interest III
its labors.- Rara Avis.
BRIrIsH HrGH LIFE MoRALs.-The Lon
don correspondent of the New York Times
Igives glance Of London high life which
lis by no means fattcring. The attempt
Iof some women there t., induce Parliament
to interfere to change the marriage laws so
they can better protect themselves, has led
to disclosures on their part Of the secrets
Iof their married life. The Marchioness
Iof Wes,meath, gives narrative Of her
life for forty years, Of which the fol-
lowing is synopsis Of the conduct Of her
husband:
"Ths British peer of the realm is de-
Iscrbed as beating and kicking his wife
within two weeks of her confinement with
her first child fortnight after, and con
tinuously for years subsequently,; also of
depriving her of food and of the common
fldecencies and necessaries of life, she her
Iself be it observed, being the daughter of
la British Marquis of immense wealth
Salisbury and Of the most powerful con
Injection, ard she also being the particular
|f.vorite Of the late King and Qaeen of
England The husband is then represen
ted as having endeavored to pollute her
mind with the enforced perusal of unmen
tionable literature, the object Of that be-
ling that she night be the more readily in
liduced to prostitute herself to the Duke Of
wellington, that her husband might profit
i by the patronage so to be produced. The
Marquis is further represented to have en-
Iployed his own mother to prevail on his
wife to play the part Of Potiphar's wife to
the Duke; and when she Indignantly re-
fused, and threatened to tell the Marchio
ness of Salisbury, Lord Westmeath threat
ened to make public the scandals of Lady
Salisburys life if she dared to befriend bis
wife. All this, and more and worse, Is
set forth for the regale'nent of London ar
listocratic society at the present moment.
i R@-The Mineral Point Democrat is de
Icidedly down on the U. S. Postal system,
pronounces it past all mending, and by i'm
Iplication at least recommends its abolition
! We quite agree with the Democrat. The
Terror is in the system. 1t dom. belong to
the age, nor its necessities, and whatever
lit might have been in earlier times can
never again be made efficient. We can