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by its advocates, the supposed exorbitansv n :.
sum required. amounting to $l20. 300 per snnau
this bill, in characteristics oou6urnity with mns.
gressivsney without any qualms n connrisnc. an a
0O0ss much a. the whole expenditure Of this yns
meut In 1875 --ege Ia h Slvm awayssssry yssr ''o
This exoradkant amount, en- aware, Il hooL i
and considerations OF economy arc stnod by raIMa
improper expenditures in othar Nescn, q II On. ~
justified another. ard by appsah Tor the soldien :.
services ariailatsd aud made superior To the @
Of the rcvofuticuary soiiien Now, there is no l,S.
legation resting upon to confer these pensions ~
was no such stipulation In the contract butwccn t
eminent and those Who ssrvsd Il They become y
mere gratuItics II claimed q . matter of rich, n
next step viii be to xiopt ~ policy of Great H..
which has her magnificent Chelsea hospal for ths ~
and support OF worn-out and diMbled soldier ana y
Greenwich hospital royal palace, as an ssyn,
scsnen who. BY age wounds. other aocidsuts, b,s
unfit for service. II tho phaciple Of this bill b. ~
and defensible then Il b perfectly competent for NJ
gress ~ construct hospitAls md asylums nd hom.
those who have been soldiers and sailors, to fS =
cloths and shelter them and their wives, and .,.J
their children. ti iad
An practical Legislators, IL behooves us to u.en,.
whether the treasury support this large sddit.
expenditure and, ii II cannot " provide the ue.
means. Let examine present financial copdi, |
exhibited In the report Of that most faithful Ana N
public officer, the Secretary of the Treasury
- 1.... =. u.s-- 49, . u n
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FoRr LxAvnwoarz, june l.---Ihs express from Cam
Scott which arrived hsps yesterday. brings intsigens
that tho Mormons had driven Governor Cummings an
his party out of Salt IAke City back to the army. y
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nrovements Of Troops.
Republican Neninnti

ton has been in session all day and until lAte honr TO
night, Owing to tAs grsa* crowd, W body adjourned
TO Lafayette Hall, ard much enthuSiAm wsvailed.s Il
K. Moorehead nominated for Cangrs in ths twenty
first datsc ard Rohe Mcknight for the twenty second
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

Tue CHEvAIIER WEBB IN THE RNG-Nayy
RooN.-It appears TO be nov pretty we'll under
stood that the Chevalier Webb is TO run Az an
independent candidate for Congress ia tho
Westchester district: and these questions arc
thus brought home TO us What shall We do
with him. Shall we support him. Shall we
oppose him?-or shall we stand neutral
spectator Of the fight We have known the
Chevalier Webb for the last thirty years, and
we know all that is necessary to be known of
his ups and downs, his ins and outs. and yarv
Ing fortunes and hair breadth escapes-military,
financial and diplomatic through all that long
period. We have given him from time to time.
the best of good advice, which, if be had fol-
lowed would have saved him several fortunes
which he has wasted but, for all this we can
net abandon him now.
After the shameful treatment which he re-
ceived from Lawrence Stone Il Co., In that
free WOO" business, we think his claims for
Congress deserve q favorable consideration by
the generous people of the Westchester district
We must back him up against all competitors
lie is Just now clearing away the underbrush
and the brambles; but he does not 20 far
enough. lie is standing too much upon cere-
mony and this is q case where that sort of thing
Is superauous. He should come out boldly and
squarely, and blaze away without stint at his
competitors, right and left, in his old "ma-
hogany stocked pistol " fashion, which would
make them tremble in their boots, and rouse I'M
the enthusiasm Of the people. At all events.
we must give the Chevaler lift in this patriotic
movement Of his for Congress. Put ms down.
then, for the Chevalier Webb In the West
chester district against the field
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

Mar or THE PARTY Factions IN THIS Cnr.-
The two great parties in this city--that which
supports the administration, and the opposition
arc divided into Elk separate, hostile and war
like eliquee. Ia the administration party we
find three antagonistic factions: The old Tam
many party, which claims to be the elect repre-
sentative Of the democracy; the party headed
by the Witter Committee, and that which is at
tached to the association known as the Regu-
lsrs.' All there factions are warning bitterly
together; and Though all agreed in supporting
the administration, they quarrel bitterly upon
municipal Congressional and State affairs.
The members Of Congress, too, are divided in
support Of one or the other of these
cliqucs. The opposition is likewise engaged in
triangular fight between the republicans
the Americans and the debris Of the Wood
party. All these factions are qusrrelling like
the famous cats Of Kilkenny, aud just now il is
difficult TO predict the result Of the war.
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"FREE Woor."-The creditors of Lawrence.
stone q Co., II appears, have Instituted suit
against their lobby fnsncier (wolcott for the re-
covery, if possible, Of that mysterious free wool
lobby fund of $4,000. Very good. We hope the
prosecution will be pushed into the merits Of the
case, for thereby we shall doubtless get at a
good many interesting facts which were beyond
the reach of the Congressional Committee.
Push the investigation; for we suspect that there
may be more than one new lobby bird buried
away In that I" free wool" fund Of $4,000
Should il turn out that the money is all 10 the
bank Of Gardner, Wolcott a Co, 80 much the
better is the creditors Of Lawrence. Stone
i Co.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

THE New MINISTER FROM NIc,RAauA.-we
learn that General Jerez, the new Minister from
Nicaragua, has got so clear view of the mud
in which the Transit question lie involved in this
city. that he is about TO depart for Washington
in hopes Of finding clearer waters there In
Washington, however, several interesting little
questions await him. The government would
like TO know what Gen. Jerez' principals mean
by the impudcnt declaration that this country
officially protects the fitting out OF the fibus-
ters?-what they meant by assuring General
Lamar that the Cass- Yrisarri treaty had been
ratified, and asking him TO recommend the
bearer Of it to the American naval commander
at San Juan, when such was not the casel--who
violated the correspondence of our Ministe in
Nicaragua What the twisting and turning
about the treaty means We hope Cen. Jerez
can explain these little points, for IL he docs
not he will probably not find the diplomatic
waters much clearer than those OF the Transit
route negotiations
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stronger Power, wSica cen cause the laws TO bs
respected IL then.
That when the markets OF Cuba and Porto
Rico are closed to the Introduction OF African
slaves the trans-ocean siave trade will cease to
exist, and asl necessity of exercising the right
of search in time Of peace will have passed
away.
That If Spain refuses to accede to these lust
demands for the peace of the world, she must
take the consequences of her contumacy.
If Gen. Cass and Lord Malmesbury will unite
in such convention as this they will both gain
great advantages England can then give
up the right of search without fear of the Evan
gelical party. Gen. Csss can claim the settle
nent of this great question, and possibly also
the acquisition of Cuba. The Derby ministry
will have the glory of adjusting all differences
with the United States, and Of having finally
put down the African slave trade. 1t may save
million and half sterling per annum, by the
withdrawal Of its no longer needed fleet from
the coast of Africa, and become the most popu-
lar ard powerful ministry England has hsd
since the time of Pitt.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

STATE CoSvENTroNs.--Our Republican State
Convention meets at Syracuse on Wednesday
the sth Of September, and our Democratic State
Convention in the same place on Wednesday
the 10th Of September. The work on all sides
therefore, for our November election has actively
commenced The Know N0things remain bid
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

gS- The black republican and Know Nothing
journals seem to have great sympathy for
Branch and bis attacks on Peter Cooper a Co.
Did they secretly edge the alligator on ia re.
vengc for Mayor Tiemann giving no spoils to
their cliques who supported the Peter Cooper
dynasty at the last Mayors electioa'
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INFORMATION wASrEp-Can any correspon-
dent give us history Of the obscene and libel.
lous journals called the Whip Flosh and Salser-
yanogn Published some twelve years ago, and
particularly Of The persons engaged thereon,
roc The punishments inflicted % them at that
pvie5
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away In tie bushes; cut, according to Tturiow
Weed, they are the busiest party in the field,
end will probably blow up the Republican Con-
veution. Let us all prepare for the worst.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

TwEEDLEDuN VERSUS TwrEprEppr --Cover.
nor Wise and Senator Douglas are said to be
the team against Senators slidcll and Bright.
making up for the uext Democratic National
Convention.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

A GRAND OPERATIc CAMPAIGN.-The vigo-
rous manner in which the little Napoleon of the
Opera, Signor Ullman, conducted his cam
in motion. Maretzek commences operations at
the Academy with new prnaa donna Mime.
Gassicr) on the 30th of this month, and after a
short season goes to Havana, giving way to
Ullman, who will probably give the Opera con-
tinuously during the succeeding five or six
months. Unman and Strakosch were both on
the Continent at the last accounts, picking up
celebrities for the delectation Of the public on
this side of the water. Barnum's specula-
ton was knocked in the head after the
fashion Of the infant who was 80 soon done
for that ii was difficult to tell what he was be-
gun for. 1t seems to be pretty well settled that
Ullman has engaged the charming Piccolomini
who has been all the rage in London during the
past three seasons, and has achieved list of
conquests as long as the record kept by Lepe-
relic OF the achievements Of Don Juan Picco-
lomini's attrac tons are Of peculiar order She
depends as much upon her personal beauty and
sympathetic acting as on her voice, and by COM
ing here alone che will make greater furore
than If Barnum's original intention had been
carried out, and she had visited us In company
with the other principal artiets at Her Msjesty's
theatre.
Signor Strakosch has new prima donna
tColsen), who is said 10 have youth, beauty
and genius" so we may expect lively time
altogether. All the young ladies and loungers
at the watering places will please to prepare
for an operate avalanche.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-08-07

OBSCENE NEwsPAPER LITERArURE,-We no
tice with roget that the person lately sent to
Biackwell's Island for printing gross and OBJ
scene nbels upon the Mayor and others, re-
ceives the sympathy of portion of the daily
press, including the Times, Tribune Express and
Journal Of Commerce. We have long ago des.
paired of the government of this city. Our
high places are filled by low, ignorant and vul
gar persons, who have elbowed themselves into
power in order to plumber the taxpayers, which
they do in the most magnificent manner. Pro
badly nothing ehort of extreme measures will
ever Dust them from their snug places But the
true sense Of the public has been represented by
the respectable press which has been and ia now in
ameasure conducted by gentlemen of education
ability and refinement. 1t is the power of the
press, through the confidence reposed in it by
the people. that alone checks the corrupt poll
ticians, and prevents them from being even
worse than they are. But if this great power
is to be prostituted to the defence or pallia-
ton of such publications as Branch's AAiga-
tor, Porter's Spirit and the Red Flag, then
it follows that the press is going the same way
as the politicians, and the journalists will be-
come as far degraded in public opinion as the
most corrupt and shameless officials. 1t is
the duty of all respectable editors to applaud
every action which tends to elevate the profess
sion and conserve its respectability. But when
they pursue the opposite course, they put them
selves upon level with the Mbellous and sour
rilous publicists who conduct the journals
above named, and afford room for the assertion
that they all row in the same boat.
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came engent. Hence the debates, republished
In another column and the announcement by
the spokesmen Of the Derby ministry that they
had given up nothing and that the question
with the American government was in abey-
ance. All this confirms the opinions 20 per.
istently maintained by the HERALD, that the
right of search question Is not yet settled. IL
IL not settled: and now comes the question how
TO settle il. We propose this plan to the con.
sideration Of both the American and the English
governments.
II is now about forty years since England
turned her attention to the putting down Of
the African slave trade and about the
same time since the American statesmen
began TO think seriously Of the aimis-
sion Of Cuba into our Union. Neither
government has attained its aim, though both
have made much progress towards II. The
time is now favorable for the final accomplish.
ment Of the purposes Both Gen. Cas- and Lord
Malmesbury have got themselves into difficulty
by premature announcement CT the settlement
of the question of the right of search. The
question is now in allegiance. and they must
carry on 'ne correspondence In the hopes OF
getting out Of the snarl Let them now enter
into convention for the settlement Of tte
dispute on the right of search, the arrangement
of the manner Of cooperation for the suppress
sion Of the slave trade, and the joint course to
be pursued toward Spain for the persistent vic.
laton of her treaties with England, and of the
obligations Of good neighborhood with the
United Statee, in stimulating her subjects in
Cuba to avail themselves Of our flag to carry on
their nefarious traffic. In this convention let
the two governments make an express declsra-
ton Of the following points: -
That Spain is now the only civilized country
which fosters the African slave trade.
That as she is incompetent or unwilling TO
close the narrator African slaves in Cuba and
Porto Rico, che should, for the good Of civil
cation and the peace OF the world, consent
10 the transfe, Of these colonies to come
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20
For the Herad
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
PLATTEy1ILE. MARCH, 10th, 1858.

PLATTEyILLE, MARCH, 10Th, 1903.
Mr.. Covert notice some excellent
remarks of yours in the Herald of this
week, respecting the qualifications OF a
Judge of our district. | agree that 1t
would not be right for us to run man
who would indorse the President and ms
lSupreme Court, respecting slavery extern
sion and the power Of the Federal Courts
lover our State Supreme Court. We have
"a Supreme Court Of sufficient courage and
independence to stand up for the great
principles of State Sovereignty and the
rights of our citizens. The circuit courts
of our State are subordinate to our State
Supreme Court, which is the highest Ju-
dicial power we know of; bat if the circuit
Judges prove untrue to ourSupremeCourt,
they may damage and disgrace our State
by refusing proper obediance.
We have good men; | will name Judge
Paine as coming up to the standard. He
is well known throughout the district as a
full blooded Republican. Judge Paine Is
our choice but we will support any other
good man. Yours,
Ed. EsrABRooK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20
MORGAN CHIEF.

TJ,HlS fine bred Morgan Hol se will be found at the
stable of the subscrben the will iage of ancas ter
tom the LIST of April till the LIST of Oct For Terms and
Pedigree see Bills
MORGAN CHIEF viii be years old the I4th Of
May next il of beautiful bay Color 15s hands high
and weighs 1865 TBS He is prodigy in nature uniting
immense power for his Enthusiastically fast; when
seen in harness, his bold and imposing style of action
combined with quck strength and energy seldom fails
to attract and asten the attention of the most dsnter-
ested observer. For the purpose of getting up spirit
of emulation, and giving just reward to- true merit
propose to the OF entire Horses that will award
premium of SIS to the who will exhibit an entire
Horse of any other breed in harness, at the next o
Fair, in competition with Morgan Chief, provided said
Horse to tie standard of per fectio, in
point of tractaby form and style OF action and
match him for perfect combination of qualities in
respect Ase SIS to the who exhibits the best co
of Morgan Chiefs get. Action in harness is the only
criterion whereby men Can judge recty of the sumo
rioty OF one horse over another it the perfect
rangeent and adjustment of all the muscles attached to
perfect frame that gives beauty of FORM elasticity
ana grace OF notion and not the result of training
many enormously suppose but of practical
should there be failure on the part the who
petes tor the prize, cordially invite those in the
" claiming 10 have Morgan horses to come in next far
trial. they Shall be entitled to the reward, provided
They meet with no failure at is by corparson thai
Improvement egins" SO LEGRAND EASTMAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20
D l e D

March Ilth-In Pleasant Valley, Of whooping cough
CHARLES AINsIEE, only sen of George and Mary ousa
Walker aged months and days.
Young Mother, he is gone!
HIS dimpled cheek no more will touch Shy breast;
No more the music tone
Float from his lips to thine all fondly pressed;
His smile and happy laugh are lost to thee:
Earth must his mother and pillow be.
His was the morning hour,
And he hath a.sed in beauty from the day,
A bud not yet flower,
Torn in its sweetness, from the parent spray;
The death wind swept him to his soft repose,
AS frost, in spring time, blights the early Rose.
Mother, thy child is blessed:
And though his presence may be lost to three,
And vacant leave thy breast,
And missed 4 sweet load from thy parent knee;
Though tones familiar from thine ear have passed.
Thoult meet thy first born with his Lord at last
Con-.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20
,,,r,u.I ELEcTleN-JUDsE corHREN'

Our readers are already advised that
Judge Cotherns successor is to be eiee'' '
- ,be dsv Of our annual Town meetings
.te;ro Tuesday the 9th of April. The con, ,
vention. to have been holden at M'ne,a'
po;r, on the 10th, inst, by order Oh the
pan Committee, was not held--ooooos
attending, the roads being in condition
.e.vorai,le for travel, besides hardly any
BODY wishing such convention, anu ,u'-
thermore, no delegates having been ch0-
.on and so forth. The whole conclusion
nov he thus stated: nobody anywhere
seriously cared for convention or non'0a
- raosons as follows: Mr.. Colhren is
.hought to be good enough Judge and
whether exactly "fight on the goose or
not lie is right on all the political essen
tials, 80 far as the Judiciary is concerned
It is extremely probable therefore that the
successor to Judge Cothren will be MONT
.ouny M. CornRKN, Esqr., of Mineral
Point. The Leeompton men OF "'an'
county swear they wont vote tor him' ""''
have solicited ]. T. Mills to run, who'h
they can heartily support. The nH'h0s'
Of the Lecompton men being so extremely
limited. there being not over thirty roSe
Offices in the county, his majority in Grant
county cannot be materially diminished
by their opposition. The Leeomptoa De-
mocracy urge other objections to Co'hren'
one is that, during bis late tour through
our county, he seldom or never invited
anybody to drink with him, nor did he e'-
en- drink when invited, nor deposit money
for spiking or chartering the groceries,
which is all contrary 10 Democratic usage
and unprecedented in Democratic history,
poetry OF var!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20

WHEAT MARKEr.-We have almost de-
SPARED Of any material rise in the price Of
wheat. All depends on the future crop
of winter wheat in the middle and western
States, south of Wisconsin.
The Milwaukee Sentinel, of Tuesday,
says: The New York produce market,
yesterday, was firm and buoyant, with
large sales at improving rates. The mon
icy market continues very easy. Our own
market was quite active: yesterday, and
Club Wheat again advanced LAP cents /;
choice milling lots selling up to 81 cents,
the highest figure yet reached this year.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20
For the Herald.
JUDICIAL ELECTION.
PoTosI, March 18th, 1858.

Poros1, March 18th, 1858.
Mr.. EDIroR:-I see notice in your
paper given by Judge Cothren that he is
an independent candidate forJudge of our
circuit. So far as l am acquainted with
the Republican sentiment of this Assem-
bly, district, it is opposed to party NOM
ination, believing it best to secure an hon
est, faithful and Independent Judiciary, free
from party entanglements.
Before giving their support, however, to
any candidate for this responsible office,
they must be satisfied that he is "right on
the goose" In other words, he must de-
plainly and unambiguously, ex-
press his opinions on the Lecompton Con
stitusion now before Congress; also, wheth-
Ter he a>sents to the remarkable doctrine of
the U. s. Supreme Court in the bred
Scott case, and whether he favors the Ma
poleon dynasty at Washington for subvcrt-
ing the rights of people in the States and
Territories to regulate ter own institu
tons in their own way and substituting
therefor the will Of the minority. These
are questions for Judge Cothren to answer.
This is no false alarm-no false cry of dan
ger and ryranny-no, slavery agitation ,
for it requires no great stretch Of the i'm
agination to hear the crack of the slave
drivers whip around our ears, even at this
distance.
The report is current here that Judge
Cothren does oppose the Lecompton Con-
stitution and also repudiates the bred
Scott decision. If so, think he would
receive the support Of the Republicans in
this district in preference to a party candi-
date.
Occupying this position the Republicans
of this district will not send delegates to
the proposed convention.
Yours, A REPUBLICAN.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20

WoLF SCALP BesNrg.-Jo Dayiess Co
HIS, pays . bounty of $500 on wolf
scalps, old or young. Jo Daviess county
joins Grant on the South, and Grant nav.
no bounty. Would it not be well To- raise
wolves in Grant, and drive them TO Ga,e.
ma and slaughter them for che bouutv-
This would be as profitable as raising
sheep, because the whelps will bring a,
much as the old ,ones, which is not IL.
esse with lamb.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-03-20

RETALIATIoN.-A bill is before the
Louisiana Legislature to tax the products
of Massachusetts offered in the Louisiana
market, so per cent. The Louisianians
charge that the Bostonians have inverted
a kind of sugar cane addapted to north
ern climate on purpose to spite and injure
the former, and that this new cane will be
as Successful as the southern product
Boston proposes to import sugar exclusive
ly from the West Indies if the proposed
tax becomes the law of Louisiana.