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Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27
From the Lawrence Republican ]
Fort Scott.

line reports from Southern han-
zas indicate that the Free State men
who have been for the last eight
months 80 grievously harassed by
the murderous Clark, Brocke.t, and
other cut throats, under cover Of a
company Of United States dragons,
have assumed an aggressive p itiou,
and are pressing into their Sfervice
the horses, guns and other availables
oflsading pro-slavery men, and dri-
wing the owners out ofths Territory.
The store Of Mr.. Wells, a leading pro-
slavery man at Willow Springs, was
visited in the daytime last week, by
company of some two dozen horse,
men, who, not finding the object Of
their search, the proprietor, helped
themselves to such things as they
liked, and departed. They destroy
ed what liquorthey found, which fact
is regarded indubitable evidence that
they are Free State men. Soon after
we heard of a asimilar party down in
johnson County, paying their COM
pliments to pro-slavery men.
We have to enter our protest
against this kind Of warfare, We
are aware of the peculiarly aggrava-
ting position of fafairs in the vicinity
Of Fort Scott during the past winter.
The most rampant sOoundrolism has
found safe retreat after the most fla
grant acts of outrage, beneath the
protecting @gis Of. the United States
troops. The Free-Stato settlers have
been previously harassed by unjust
writs, driven from their possessions,
robbed of their property, and even
ruthlessly murdered, by dsn'of ruff
fans under the lead of Brockett, and
others ofhis stripe, having their head
quarters at that place.
No legal redress could be had with
the present pArtizan, corrupt Judiciary
and the perpetrators Of all kinds oi
villainy went unpunishod That the
sufferers and their friends should, un'
der these circumstances, combine to.
gethsr to punish theso renegadOS and
their aiders and abettors, was moth.
ing moro than could be expected
Such actions were excusable, il moi
laudable, But when they tread ou,
of the line Of defensive operations
and wreak their vengeance on peace
able pro-slavery men, far removed
from the theatre Of their present diff
culties, they inure themselves, theil
friends, and their cause; and for this
we enter our protest against it, Al
we'll as the injustice Of that course Of
procedure
We subnit that the only way tc
bring quiet to the people Of Southerr
Kanzas, is to remove that very obno1
ious "institution," the army, from
their midst, and let the civil authori'
ties regulate their local affairs. Hat
there been NO troops there last winter
there would have beon NO "Fort Scot
War" We have seen too much o
the practical workings Of dragon
government, to believe it is we'll cal
calated to quiet down civil disturban
cSs--ospecially where the seldiery
employed partakS Of partisan feeling
as they necessarily will in all con-
troversies of sectional nature in thiI
country. Let the troops be removed
and quiet will be restored to South
ern Kanzas in three weeks.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

EU-Tho Hannibal & st. JOSEPH
R. r. Company have given notice oI
the sale at auction Of a portion Ol
the lands owned by them in the State
of Missouri, to commence in the lat
part of Juns. These lands will b.
very valuable, lying contiguous as
they do to that line of travel, dos-
tined to be one Of the most impor-
tant in the West. The company own
over 100000 acres of the finest Sgri'
cultural land in Northern Missouri
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

NTTho National Iatclligencer
states that the executive has determ
ined to ask Congress to authorize a
new loan to the amount Of 100000,
900, and to fund the 20,000,000, Of
treasury notes recently authorized to
bo issued. This statement has been
denied by some papers presumed to
be officially informed, but it is very
clear that the treasury cannGt do
without a loan Of twenty millions.
Treasury notes are temporary expe-
dient only, and the commerce of the
Union will not be fully ro-ostablished
under twelve months.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

ET-A Monster nugget Of gold has
been found at Kingower, 1870 miles
from Molbourn by four old Califor-
mia mineps named Robert and James
Ambrose, and Samuel and Charles
Napier, Il ia two feet four inches
in length, by 10 inches in width atits
widest point, and s inches thick At
ono end and A inches thick at the 9th.
or Its weight is lac pounds or LIZA
8 os. 13 dwts., and it's value is about
$4,000 dolars American currency,
The nugget was found 10 sand ID
feet below the surface. It'll perfect
ly'frco from extrancous matter, The
lucky owners are two pair Of broth
ors; ono being English, and the 9TH
or Boaton Boys. They havo theRug-
got on exhibition, and intond 70 cx.
|hibit itin London and iu ths Gaatas.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

THn Presidency IN 1860.---A cor
respondent of the New York ErpresS
says:
"To save this Union, the Peoples
candidate will bo John j. Crittenden,
Of Kentucky, for President, and Ex
Governor Hunt, Of New York, foI
Vice President, In 1860"
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

AiwAmong tho numerous casual
ties recently detailed, the following
10 very melancholy. "The young
man who recently went on bridal
tour with an angel in book muslin,
has rotnrncd with q tSrmasant in
hoops." |.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

RY The House committee on ter
ritories have agreed to report . bill
organizing territorial government
for Nevada. the western part Of Utah,
including the rich Carson valley.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

ETAn exchange says that the
Rev. Rabi Raphael, Nostor Of tho
Hebrew Rabis Of New York, in re-
cent lecture, handled Solomon rath-
or familiarly. He said he had an ell
svatod opinion of him, though he
would have liked him better il he had
been less Of a Mormon in his prAc-
tice. }HI
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

ATIn compliance with the urgent
representations from Kansas, tho
President has decided to postpone the
land sales in this territory until o.
tobcr. eY oN .ea6iafttdlN
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

EVA favorito node Of introdu-
eing in Brazil'is said TO be-" Thisis
my frisad; ifhs steals snything from
You, / am rcSpon sible for TO-"
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

EyWhy does . lady with i'm.
lnonSely wealthy lovers around her,
hear more music than anybody clsc?
Because sho hears several million-dirs
at once.
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

HwThs latest from Washington
says: '"It 10 understood between
the President aud tho democratic lea
dors, that Congress shall not adjourn
until the 18th OF June"
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

"A Washington correspondent Of
tho Boston 7royelv writes that Mr..
Sumner is so feeble that his physician
recommends q total cessation from
labor. ....I.t t.e.s
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27
Returned.

We neglected to notice in our issue
of last week the recent arrival in our
town, of our eStimable citizen DAVID
GRITnTH, Esq, who has been spend
ing the past winter at the place Of his
former residence, Lyons, N. Y. Mr..
GRITTTH is in the enjoyment of good
health and fine spirits, and expresses
himself highly delighted at the rapid
strides our town has made in tho
march Of improvement. Owing to
illness in his family they were unable
to accompany him, but will, health
permitting, remove hither during the
early part Of the fall. The following
note, received by us during the tempe
rary suspension Of our paper last fall,
will speak for itsclf:--
0sAwAToMIB, Aug. "a, 1857.
Mn. EpIToR: | see in the last num-
ber Of your paper the announcement
Of the arrival Of DAAIp GRIETlTH,
Esq, from Wayne Co.. N. Y. Lam
acquainted with Mr.. GnKTFITH, and |
would to God we could have Kauzas
filed Up with such men as Esq. GmT-
FIFTH we should have not only good
times, but good inhabitants and .
prosperous country.
l., ID. WILLIAMS.
@rThe Saint Louis Leader, organ
Of the Buohananitas in that city, has
died the death Of tho wicked and OK.
piYed OF want Of support. ae
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27
GETho London Times observes:

"Distrust and fear reignin Paris,
but nowhere will they be stronger
than in the imperial breast. All his
tory teaches that those who govern
by such means suffer moro than they
inAict. Why should Napoleon ILL.,,
after all his exploits and his glory,
prepare for himself the age of Tibe-
riuS Already men Of every claaa
are uneasy, and the roll Of polit-
ical offences resemble that Of enslaved
Rome, If q man is popular, he
is dangerous to the Prince; II no
is rich he is likely to bo a powerful
enemy; il he is lively, he must bo OK :
pscting some seditiouS intelligence |;
If ho is melancholy, he 10 growing
at the supremacy Of tho established
power"
Freeman's champion., 1858-05-27

@-Do not regard any PERSONS
opinions of you, against your own
knowledge, NJ
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
The News.

The Atrica has arrived With later dates
from Europe. She brings important news
from India. Lucknow is relieved and its
heroic garrison. The revolled Sepoys
fight desperately, but cannot resist British
valor and discipline. Money matters are
improving rapidly. Cotton is advancing.
No change in breadstufs.
UTAH.-We have further and interest.
ing details from the Utah Expedition
Col. Cook, with six companies second dra-
goons, had arrived safely. The worst enc
my they have yet encountered is the wea,
Their, which has killed off nearly all their
horses and cattle. They will probably
spend the winter at Fort Bridger.
KANSAS continues to exercise our Dam.
cratic brethren severely, and is likely to
prove an apple Of discord among the rival
leaders.
THE New York PRoDUcE Marker was
without change, yesterday, but the none
market showed very decided improvement.
IMilwAsaee Sentinel, Of TUESDAY,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16

The removal of Mr.. McKeon from the
Office of District Attorney Of New York is
not so easy a task as Mr.. Buchanan seems
to have supposed. 1t was under consider
alton in Executive Session in the Senate
yesterday and day before, and is to be
further debated to-day. On Tuesday, Mr..
Seward spoke against the removal, and
yesterday Mr.. Crittenden, Mr.. Douglas,
Mr.. Pugh, MIR. JEFF. Davis, Mr.. Broderick
and Mr.. Pearce all opposed the Admins
tration policy of supporting by such means
rs the removal of a faithful and able pub.
lie officer the cause of a swindler end an
indicted criminal. 1t seems probable tina,
the majority of the Senate may reject all
nominations to fill Mr.. McKeon's pIace,and
that the President may thus be unable to
remove HMM. Y. Tribune.
Mckeon's removal and Sedgwick's APP.
pointment have since been confirmed il
the Senate by a very close vote. This re
wives the democratic feuds in New York
with ten-fold ntensity-placing Tiemanr
the Mayor elect, and McKeon al the head
of the new opposition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
Wisconsin Legislature.

The Legislature met on Wednesday last
Each branch is Republican by 5 or 6 ma
jority. Governor Randal's message wa;
read on Thursday probably, and will ap
pear in our paper next week. A short
session is expected and desired. The less
business done the better. We hope the
currency will be left alone, or that nothing
will be done to increase the power and In
fiuence of our State banks.
We hope the Legislature will cease all
local legislation; they certainly ought to
know that such legislation is all understood
as so much Buncone or low 1attery. PEG.
pie want no flattery, no local legislation nc
more State roads. They want their mem
bers t o hurry home in about three weeks
less.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
insulting, Offensive and Degrad.
ing to Doughfaces.


The Richmond South, a very plain
spoken Pro-slavery paper, thus expresses
ITS very contemptuous opinion or "Nor-
thern men with Southern principles"
So Mr.. Douglas has shown his clovep
DOT to the South at last. l never beliey-
ed he was wholefooted. All that he has
ever done has been to cajole the South
to choose between two evils, to take the
best she can get, to sugar over nauseous
pills and bride the Southern members 70
coax the South to swallow them. I new
er had any confidence in him. | have no
confidence ~ any man North of Mason &
Dixons. They cannot be our friends and
be honest. The interests of the two Sec
tons are antagonis.ic. The Northern man
who goes for our interests necessarily goes
against the interest of the North, his coun.
try, and | can have no confidence in a
traitor, no matter how high is his place.
Many of our National Democracy, close
and terribly alarmed for the
Union doughfaces are prepared to swollow
even worse insults than the aboYe-rather
than have the Union between their pock.
and the Federal treasury dissolved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
Amendment Of Assessment Laws.

The pregnant questions of Assessment
and Taxation will come up among the ear
Hest subjects for Legislative action. Re-
peateds attempts have been made, to hit
upon some fair and uniform rule of assess
ment, all over the state, whereby The bur.
dens Of taxation might be equally distribu-
ted. But these attempts have thus far
proved failures. Nevertheless, the aeces-
<ity of some such rule is obvious and i'm
perative, and the Legislature must "keep
trying" till the difficult problem is solved.
Il Milwaukee Sentinel.
We hope the Legislature will provide
some more equitable method of taxation
than the present. Many of our wealth.
est men are paying no taxes, beca ise their
property is not in sigh:-though known to
possess tens Of thousands in securities. Our
farmers are being taxed to the red, and SO
are men generally who live by industry
and business, while men rich in bonds and
mortgages are not taxed or only nominally
taxed.
s F@@
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16

THE u. s. TREAsuRY.-The U. States
treasury at last accounts did not present \
very encouraging aspect. On the contra
|ry, the symptoms are decidedly dispirit.
ing. The receipts from all sources wer.
but a fraction over 100000, or something
more than at the rate Of 1924, OOO.O O .
Iyear-hardly enough for pin money to a
Democratic Administration in these DAYS.
There is nominally about five and a half
millions subject to draft, but as draft to the
extent OF two millions have been drawn
and not paid, but three and a half millions
are really at the command of the Secreta-
~. in every part of the Union. The en-.
grayers must hurry up with the notes. or
the Treasury will be discredited. ever in
bank psrlor, where it has already been
borrowing, before many DAYS. A tigh,
rein is now held on every requisition for
money, and discussing agents are received
with q frown at the Department, which i
sufficiently significant without any other
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
M ARRtE D

Jar. 4th-At Potosi, by N. W. Gibson, RrmI 4
Priest, Mr.. WV. STEPHENS Of Sibley Co, Hinnca'ss
Miss CATTESI SULLIVAN, of Potosi.
Jan. Tth-At Potosi, by the same, Mr. PArRIs
to Miss MARY ~AokANDERY, all of Potosi.
Dec. 2oth-In Fenninlore, by Rev. Jams SmS
TRuMAN ). RICHARDS, of MillYille, to Nra. Mass
SMITH, OF Fenniinore.
Jan. 9th--AtL Lancaster, by the Rev. Robert Chi.
Mr. HENRY AUSTIN to Miss AIRY MANN PEssGlS
Lancaster.
Jan. 11th--At Cassville, BY A. A. Bennett Eq}s
Henry DoUGHERrY to Mrs. MAR CURTIS, Ill Of /
willie.
Jan. nth In tho Woodhouse Settlement, By
VI. Lewis Mr.. PETER WonDuocsB, late from Glil
snd a resident Of LittleaGrant, to Miss RACHEL L'9s
Potosi.
Jan. 13tl--A the same place and By the sf
JAMES WooDrocss, OF Little Grant, to Miss Sag
iicEY, OF Casseille.
At the residence Of Shepherd in the NJ
f11ttctille, on the lat inst, Mr.. ALLEN SHEgaa
Miss Sus, IN LORY: Mr.. THOMAS SHsPHs.D to MI
BEcCA WATSON; Mr.. J. THOMPSON to Mss Agnes
and Mr.. WILLIAM r. DAGGET TO 8iss ELlS
The ceremonies w,re performed b I
Aldersou. -fe
Dec. 24th-At MifIlin, BY G: u. Pst.ijonn, NM
to Miss MARTHA u. MOORE, all of N1i
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
GRANT CO., HERALD
LANCASTER, WIS, JAN. 16, 1853.
Minerai-LOW Prices-.tlfe Lead
Trade.

Mineral or lead ore bears no standard
value; the merchants are buying it in ex-
treme cases aud storing it in boxes and old
barrels; the smelters buy it when they can
buy on credit or borrow money to pay
Miners are accommodating great piles of mi
neral, totally in the dark as to when it will
find a market, where or at what price,
1t bears a trade exchange OF barter price
of $1,000 to $4,000 u 1000, depending
n the urgency of the case or the human
y Of buyers. What is the cause of min
!ral, all at once, being so near nothing, we
are led to inquire. Surely our Ga.ena
lends by their papers, the Gazette and
Courier, urged people to resort to mining
few weeks ago as a sure means of extri-
eating themselves from financial troubles.
Trusting in the Gazette and Courier, the
organs of the mining interest and the lead
dealers, we too in good conscience recon
mended a general resort to mining. Then,
We could see only low prices on everything
but mineral; now mineral is as low and as
dull sale AS wheat or any other product.
Lead has fallen a dollar on the hundred,
vet this would leave mineral at a fair fig
ure, say $4,000 or upwards per 1000
There is one explanation: Carter and Cor
with, in some way, got control of the vast
lead interest. They were the only buyers;
smelters got money of them to buy mine
raj and of nobody else. Carter has failed
or pretends TO have failed, and CorN it'll
has the matter all in his own hands; he is
not buying, and is using his money in a
more profitable way, probably loans it at 8
per cent. a month. The miners and smell
ters built up Corwith; now he deserts
As soon as his new speculat ions
he will probably want to get in again
with the smelters and miners. We think
however he will be remembered. In the
time of this total eclipse, in which
Corwith c%onceals himself from his old
for a season, We hope the people Of
will see that a lead market is pro-
'ided and see that the lead trade gets into
new and less tluant hands. II is a stupen
ious interest with Galena, one that will
ever belong to Gclena, unless bartered
away or forsaken by a Corwith. Will the
Gazette and Courier sec that a market l., |
now since they have induced So
many to embark their all in mining.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16

PRIcEs.-We think prices of farm pro.
ducts look some better and that spring will
bring with it few rays of financial sun
shine. Several articles of family use in
the line of groceries are coming down
late receipts of sugar are offered at the rate
of 10 pounds 10 the dollar, and molasses is
in imminent danger of falling under a dol.
lar a gallon. Tallow candles are only Is
cts. u b.; in fact, almost everything has
come down two cents on the pound,gs!lon
or yard. The fall will be considerable
next spring, while farm products cannot be
any lower. Mineral may also find a mar-
ket In the spring. Times are not totally
dark.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
A New Counterfeit Detector.

About the most useful thirg that a man
in business, can have ia these. times. is a
correct and reliable Counterfeit Detcc:or
and Bank Note List. This want is now
10 be supplied. Messss. I. B. Peterson g.
Brothers have just commenced the pabli-
cation Of "PRrERsoN's PHIpApELpurA
COUNTERFEIT DErEcTcR AND BANK NOTE
LIsr'-a monthly quarto publication
which contains all the information that
can be obtained in regard to all Counter.
felts, Broken Banks, and the rates of dis
count on all the Bank Notes of the coun-
try. Messrs. Drexs.l Il Co., the well known
BANKERS and Brokers, of this city, will su
pervise 1t and make the corrections in each
number of the list, so that it may be per-
fectly relied on, while the we'll known
house Of E. w. CLARK q Co., Commission.
Stock and Exchange Brokers, will correct
the Stock List. Not being intended to
subserve the purpose Of any banking house.
as most of the Detectors do, it will be a
useful and reliable publication, to the
whole business community, and we would
advise all of our readers to remit the price
of one years subscription to the publishers
at once for it. The price is but ONE
DOLLAR year. To clubs, four copies
for $500; or ten copies for 81, 90; or TWEEN
ty-tive copies for $500. Address all
orders to
I. B. PETERSON u BROTHERS.
3O6 Chestnut Stroat phI.Jol,L:.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-01-16
SAVE YOUR DOCTOR BILLS IN TINT

MT. DAMAGE, ND, Jnly 7, 1874
DEAR Sinh consequence Of takip, i
after a bad attack of the measles, some j.
years since, I have from that tim. ,us,
greatly with a disordered liver and stor,
| have been at times so bad that nv In
despaired OF. | was induced some time !
through the persuasion of a friend, Mr.. HI,
Shaffer, to try a bottle Of Hollands Gen
Bit tiers. thin%ig if it done no good it couT
me no harm, and knowing Mr.. Shafer to \
gentleman who would not RECOMMEND
thing to me, that he did not have cSnfdenc,
Before | had taken one-third Of the bottle
bowels became regular and | had a fine an
ti,e. When | had used Two-,hirds ofaIc
sidered my health as good as ever it was, {
cou'd eat anything, without its disagreeine /
me in the least. now keepa bottle Of
Bitters in the house continually. and in c,'
take cold, or | feel unwe!l, | take one orr
doses, and it makes a change in my bow.
which is all l need, wherefore, for the us
years, my doctor bill has been from sl6s;s
err year, besides loss time and severe ilnsS
Yours. Truly, P. J. THRASHa
To DR.. C. M. Jackson, Philadelphia, p
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nothing else, and see that the the signatn
c. M. Jackson, is on the wrapper Of q.
bottle. They can be had of Druggists I
storekeepers in every town and village IN
United States, Canadas, West ladies and Sd
America, at Is cents per bottle. Priuls
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