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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1858-04-21
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A Eight In cOnRress.

On Saturday morning last, about two o'clock,
as viii be seen by another CO ana, a fight took
place in the U. s, House Of Representatives.
Mr.. Krlrr, Locofoco, Of South Carolina, and
Mr.. Gaow, Of Pennsylvania. a Republican,
had few words, which resulted in a general
"rree fight" Mr.. KETr, in his rage, under
took to choke Mr.. GRow, whercupon Mr., g. de-
liberatcly knocked him down, Ii tho version
given by yssfember is correct, Mr. Grow was
ius,t6A6le in defending hi nsclf whom attack cd
Aleh manner without sufficient prOVoca-
DO not. Of course, justify such acts in
DstSe Tfalss OF tho National Legislature. They
are hIghiS disgracoful to the parties concerned
but how can gentleman stand such insults as
were heaped upon Mr.. Grow, as we'll as the at
tack, without rcsentiag III
1t is the warfare of Southern chivaly, and
shore il no way to get rid of cowardly attacks
but by paying up IL tho same way. We hope
howoysr, thai such scene will not occur soon
ssan, but the elements that are now at work at
Washington, give Us no assurance that scenes o
this kind will stop where it did on Saturday
last.
At the meeting Of Congress on Monday, Mr.
KeItt arose and apologissd saying that he wa
the transgressor, and asked TO be excused 70
insulting tho dignity Of tho House,
Mr.. Grow also apologised, expressing his re
grets chat the difficulty between himself an
Mr.. Keitt had occurred lie had Away
thought that a man was ju'tifablc In defend
! ing himself, yet he asked to be excused for hi
nction in the disrepatable rcncountcr that tool
plsce On Saturday.
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a Santa 10 Snob.

Snobs will never die out. They a.
bound in the old world, and are not very
scarce in the new. They walk up and
down the streets tpopulous cities, squat
among the earlier settlers in the wilder.
ness. Thackeray would chuckle with
delight at the following extract from' the
Santa Fe Gazette. Whether "our
friend Lord Hovey," so lovingly mention
ed, is "a real live lord" or only sham,
is flight or Two beyond our knowledge.
The guslo with which the name is re.
pealed, leads US 10 suspect that the Santa
Fe editor at least means the world shSll
taxa him Tor such; and in any case the
snobbing is genuine:
"Ohrislmas possed of pleasantly in
Santa Fe. The houses Of the Americans
generally, and some of the Mexcans,
we're open for the reception OF friends.
We partook lightly Of the refreshments
at his excelIency the governors; also
Judge Houghlon's Sheriff Sc a y Baca,
our friend, Lord Hovey's, and Colonel
Grayson's. The Accomplished lady o.
the governor had a most superb proper
alton for those who called, the number o
which was by no means small. Oul
friend, Lord Iloyey, had a princeIy en-
tertanment, corresponding with his pro-
verbal liberality and public spirit
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THE Soc 10y RIIL.

There are two SubNTeasury bills before the
Legislature. One was introduced in the House
by Mr.. Brooks of Cincinnati, and the other has
been reported to the Senate, by Mr.. Hatch, Of
the same city. We are inclined to think that
the last named bill has received the endorse
ment of the" "'tiu pan" We have only examn-
ed portion of it, for it is quite long. and fills
twenty seven printed pages. 1t provides for
gradual collection of taxes in specie. Next
year no bills less than five dollars can be taken
for the payment of taxes. After 1860, none
less than ter, and after 1865, none less than
twenty and after 1872 no bills of any kind
shall be tBken. Itprovdes also, that as soon
as taxes for the State are paid into the State
Treasury, all the bills are to be run back upon
the Banks, and specie taken in their stead. All
monies received for taxes for county purposes
received in bank paper, are to be run back upon
the banks by the county Treasurers, and specie
taken in stead thereof The specie is then to be
locked up in the State and county Treasures,
1t provides for an examination four times year
by certain parties, into the vaults of the State
Treasury, and also those Of the counties, which
would cost no small sum. We believe the bill
te be unconstitutional for it makes distinction
between the rich and the poor man. The heavy
tax payer can pay his taxes in paper money. bu {
the poor man must pay his in specie. As was'
said the other day by the member from MaAon-
ing, in the House, a large portion Of tbstax pay
ers Of Ohio, pay less than five dollars each, yet
thig numerous class must, if this dill passes,
pay their taxes in specie, while those whose
taxes exceed five dollars, csnpay in paper mon
ey. What justice is there in such rule2 Why
should the poor niaphave this ouerous burden
put upon GIm, from which his weaIthier neigh
ber Il exempt! Does the Constitution permit
Isuch a distinction? We are very confident it
does not but even if it does, what Justice is there
in it? And then the carpet bag feature Of the
bill. The section which demands that the
State Treasurer and the County Treasurers shall
run the bills they receive back upon the banks
] a draw from them specie, is, in effect creating
: these State and county officers into SO many
!Orpct bag brokers, class of itinerants not
particularly popular with the people of Ohio
We have not room 10 discuss this mattore al
length Vsday We shall recur to Snis subJec
again. In the uiedntitae ne people OF the State
will have an opportunity to think of this Legis
lative elephant adorned with his carpet bas
trunk and his five and ten dollar specie claws.
20 s, Jour.
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Drawing Postponed,

The Annual Drawings Of paintings aud Stat
uary of the Cosmopolitan Art Association,
which was advertised in this paper to take place
January 90, 1858, has been postp pOned to the 25th
of next March, in consequence of ihe number
of subscribers received not being sufficient to
save the Association from loss, The outlay for
works Of Art has been much larger than any
previous year. BY the postponsment' a great
many new subscribers have been added, as well
as large increase OF valuable pictures and stat
utes. This will be great advantage to sub
scrbers.
If any one wishes to subscribe, they can yet dc
so by calling on J.J. Hoffman, ESD the Hon
orary Secretary,
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Disclosures Of J. D. williamson.
John Bull Brlbing Members OF Com
SreSS.


Especial Dispatches to the N. Y. Tribune.
WASHINGTON, Friday, FEB. 5, 1858.
The Tariff Investigating Committee
have got through with williamson, and
he starts for New York tomorrow NOR
ming.
The Committee asked him if he had
paid any money to Horace Greeley for
corrupt purposes, or to affect the action
of Congress, or Of any member Of Con
grcss, upon the Tariff or upon any other
question, and if any member of his firm
or of the Bay State or Middlesex Co&pa-
ny has paid Horace Greeley any money
for such purposes Had he or his firm,
or any of them, paid $40, 1000! He re-
piled that lie had not, nor had any mem
Der Of his firm, or any one else to his
knowledge, paid Mr. Greeley any money
for any purpose whatever.
He was asked the same question about
Mr.. Matteson, and made the same reply.
Had he paid money to any member? Did
he know anything about money having
been paid to members of Congress by any
body for such purposes? He replied that
he had in past years, from l84l to 1856,
but not during the last Congress.
The Democratic members of the Com
mittec objected to hearing about remote
transactions, and the witness was dis,
charged.
Williamson informs me that if permit.
ted, he would have testified that Europe
an manufacturers and the British Gov
ernment had authorized Sir Henry Bull
wer and others to expend two millions oI
dollars to affect our tariff and to establish
free-trade policy. More than $500, ,O0C
had actually been expended to buy t
members of Congress, or to defeat then
election when they could not be bought,
Williamson also intimates that he coult
disclose corrupt or disreputabe transac
tions of our own Government, in connec
ton with the negotiation Of the recen
treaty with New Granada.
He particularly implicates Mr.. Buchan
an and Mr.. Cass
81 p. m.-Mr. Williamson claims t.
have been the secret Commercial Agen
for this country of the Barings, and othe
u English and French mercantile and man
ufacturing houses, from 184l to 1850
lie declares that if be catches Speakc
Orr, or any member of the House, in Ne
York, he will prosecute them for kidnaE
ping and false Imprisonment. He We
, taken out of his bed at midnight.
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Cost of Legislation in ohio.

In the Senate there are, says the Columbus
Gazette, IS members.
Their per diem, each day (S4,) amounts to
81 40 OOi add to this the salaries per day, Of
Lieutenant Governor, Clerks. Sergeant farms,
Messenger Boys, Reporter, and Printing reports
daily, it amounts to $l9O So
In the House there ar e'l07 members. Their
per diem amounts to $428 CO.. Add to this the
pay for Clerks, Sergeants-at- Arms, Messenger
Boys, Reporter, Printing Reports per day, the
whole expense amounts to $478 90.
Add daily House Expenses. $478 90
" Senate 100 so
Making total Of t6GS Sc
When all the daily expenses are added, they
all amount to $74l GO when multiplied by I
makes the weekly expenses of the Legislature
S., ,l9l 90.
The total weekly expenses of State officials
amount to SS2 0sO; when divided by 50 amount
weekly to s6l7 90. These items include Ga
for the Capitol, which amounts to $4,000 per an
num-
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uylt is announced in the proceedings Of
Congress of the 7th inst, that a proposition
will be offered in the Senate from the Democrat
ic side, "emphaticaly aud distinctly recosni'
zlug the right of the people of Kansas to alter
their Constitution, whenever they sec proper,
any thing in the Lecompton Constitution to the
contrary Notwithstanding"
This will be carrying out the previous ex'
pressed sentiments of Of that party, ever since
the subject was agitated.
If the Lccompton swindIe should pass botl
II ouses of Congress, there will doubtless be
considerable rumpus kicked up. The people o
that territory, are not going TO be rode over BY
those who seem to think they are booted ant
spurred for that purpose.
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A FORTUNE RECoyERD. The Baltimore
Clipper s0ys:-Thomas Winans, Of this, ESQ.,,
city has. we learn recovered claim of five
millions of dollars against the Russian Govcnl-
ment, which makes his share of the proceeds
from freight aud passenger travel over The rail
roads of that county reaeh the sum OF seven.
cen millions-drafts to. which on the banks Of
Europe have been brought on to him. 1t ap.
pears that, in his contract with Russia, he was
10 receive certain per ccnlnge on all freight
aud passenger travel, but it was thought BY !he
Government that they were exempted from this
tax when applied TO the transportation of SOL
diers TO take part in the war Of the Crimea--
lie accordingly engaged tho services of John
Ii b. Latrobc, ESQ., who won't oga9d recovered
tho claim by due course of law, anG, ,on account
of the many Thousand soldiers tRusported, his
proportion has swellod from twelve 70 seven
teen millions. Mr. Latrobe, we understand, re.
eelyed a fee of $4,000 month, independent oil
his expenses, and upon reaching this city and
announcing the result OF his labors was pre-.
seuted with check for 100000,
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From the Was hington Star, administration Or
GAM February A.

From the Was hington Star, administration Or
GAM Fcbruary4.
Ithaving been asserted in newspapers,
that Mr. Stone (of Lawrence, Stone &
Co., in his testimony recently given be-
fore the committee to investigate the Mid
dlesex Manufacturing Company's S87,-
900 transaction, has allegated that the
firm loaned to ex-Speaker Banks 81 900
of the money in question, we have made
inquiry into the facts, and have satisfied
US that Mr.. Stone made no such state
ment. lie alleged that Mr.. Brnks had
borrowed $500 only Of the firm, more
than two years ago, to pay off the bills Of
carpenters that had made some improve
ments on his house, for the repayment OF
which he (Mr, Banks) had given am
pie security. However much we may
differ from Mr.. Banks politically, We see
no good end TO be attained, either for the
Democratic cause or that Of public
morals, by circulating unfQunded imputa-
tons on his personal integrity, such as
this we thus explode.
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TERMS
A WORD TO OUR PATRONS

After the expiration Of the present volume Of
The Standard the subscription price willbe one
DOiIar and Fifty Cents in advance.
We have come to this conclusion IN justice to
ourselves, as veil as to other publishers. Those
owing subscriptions, by paying up previous to
the commencement Of tho next voiume, can do
60 at our present advance rates. After that
time W, shah claim the $3.50. unless in cases of
previous agreement.
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Gov Banks and the VI 1000 Loan.

Below we copy from the Boston correspOn'
dence Of the New York Times, an attempted
yindcaton Of Gov. BANKS from the charge re-
Gently made against him, of sharing IN the Law
RENEE and STONE Tariff fund. Though the best
apology we have seen, it Is not satisfactory. If
Gov. BANKS borrowed $1,000 out Of that fund as
the telegraph tells us Mr. SroNE testified, this
explanation does not meet the case. II the tel
cgraphic reporter misstated that testimony, let
us have definite aud authOritVe correction
The Times correspondentsays
"The story about Governor Banks and the
a, 900 is believed TO be II teIcgraphic eXogSeN
| lion Of a will.known officer herc-an cXaggcra'
ton to the extent of a cipher; and though a
cipher is Lothng, its addition to lOO mulliplles
| il 'tcnfoId Mr. Samuel Lawrence loaned Gov.
ernor Banks 500 some years ago, with no re-
ference to the tariff or any other political mat
tor, Governor Banks gave his note for the Il
mount, and II came up with The rest OF the gen
tleman's papers on the failure OF Lawrence,
Stone & Co. On Saturday, Jan, ~, Governor
Banks Secretary, Mr.. Hamilton, was informed
that the note could be takon up if the giycr de-.
sired to take It up, but the Governor declined to
do ANYTHING about it, and | suppose tho note
went in among tho other assets OF the members
lofthe broken finn. If, besides this. there was
II sum of seven thousand dollars loaned to Gov
Banks by Mr. Stone, it will tnrn out that some
body has been lying all; but the Cover
norwill not be iujuredby it, not because The
people are indillercnttO to the conduct of public
men, but because there is no necessary conncc
lion between borrowing money aud polite
corruption. A man may bo II borrower of mon
ey, aud no knaye, though should not say h
was not fool Some of the greatest men II
this State have been notorious ior their readne
; to borrow, and their incalcuIable resources o
: non.payment,
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Interesting from KanzaSs.SMOre As
bout the Election Frauds.-The WS~
turns Found.

turns Found.
ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 9.--The Leavenworth
correspondent of the Democrat says that
the bill providing for Constitution had
passed the Legislature. 2
Lawrence letters in the Leavenworth ,
papers contain the proceedings Of the
Board of Commissioners to investigate
the election frauds.
Mclean, Chief Clerk Of tH9
Generals Office, testified TO b
the returns of both electionsso
at Calhoun's request, aud that
seen them since; that the Delay
inc returns had never beef
Lecompton.
This was doubted, and So
was dispatched to Lecompton
Chalhoun's Office. lie found
the ground under wood pile til
teal returns which Mclean swole kayv
ing sent to Plat City. - u 4
Gov. Denver, the Speake oGthssHouse
and the President Of the Senate examined
him. 80.
He swore that they were tAe same re.
turns which Calhoun had counted on the
18th ult.
The Delaware Crossing returns were
also among them, footing 349 votes. . :.
Previous to this Mclean testiGe
having given the Delaware Croossir
turns to Calhoun at Weston, subsep ~
to the count at Lecompton.
Wrils have been issued for Mclean and
/. Sherwood, who hsEs fled to secape arrest,
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Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazeitc.l J
From Columbus.

WoMAN's RIGuTs PETITIoN-AN ACT AU-
TnoRIzING THE CRY OF LANCASTER TO
Borrow MoNEY-A DOUGLAS REsoLU-
TIoN--MR. ANDREWS ON THE CONNER
cIAL--BEARD's PAINTING OF THE FIEsT
Ono LEGIsLATuRE.
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GI.We think the entire community will join
with us in saying that Probate Judge I. NJ
HOWELL, aud ]. j. HoTyNAN, Clerk of the
Court, who retired from their official stations
on Monday last filed their pIaeos to the sat
isfaction Of the people Of the county Success
to both gentlemen, now that they have retired
to private life, ....
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From our telegraphiC report 1t will be
seen that. the resolution for the appoint
mcnt of an Investigating Committee on
the Lecomptou Constitution, has passed
Congress. This may be regarded asa
defeat Of tho Administration. The resi-
will probably be to place scute o
facts which Mr.. Pugh is W - 4
d reliable official shape.-SS 81.
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WAR IN KANSAS.

Special despatch to the Cincinnati Gazcttcl
LAwsrNcE, Fansas, Feb A.
The adherentsg0f<h notorious Clark,
at Ft, Scott, hasS beSsal ses< ipo pro-
voking the Eee State me- Hn thatnsigh-
borhood by stealing theirk ksttle, and BY
making unauthorized arl rs and detain-
ing them as prisoners, wIhous law, until
they will endure itno lohG
Free State COMES y lAIilary arc
taking the field, and hiarcli -.
fence Of their friends. Be.
excited, and battle is an
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"IHE JERKS. The ILLINOIS DapuSI Vi
Igr%. ~ "A says that This strange infat-
F. af'.g'e:, !. lived in our immediate
' ~, e its appearance in a
protracted NEE : among the Methodists
at Indian Grove. The ministers who con-
Quoted the meetings moved them from
Indian Grove to Avoca, and brought with
them FIVE or six of the jerkers, and thus
the oontagion commenced in the latter
place. Our informant was present at sew
eral of their meetings in Avoca aud de-
scribes The scenes as very exciting. From
fifty to hundred were jerking at the
same time. Their hands, shoulders, feet,
and head would be violently thrown into
the most grotesQue and apparently pain
rul shapes. The women's bonrets would
fly of, their hair become disheyeled, and
in some instances snap like whip. IL
some instances it attacked unbelieyers ii
| it, and unconyerted men who tried to re-
sist it by folding their arms aud wrap
ping them tightly around their bodies
but in spite of themselves, their shoul
ders, first one and then the other, woulc
be ierked back, Till they lost all contro
of themselves
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Charming Consistency.

The "frauds" Of the local elections of
Kansas are as minutely studied by the
in Congress as if they affected
the validity Of the election Of members
of that body itself Congress has recoI-
ded its pledge, in the most solemn terms
known to the vocabulary of legislation,
that it will leave the people of Kansas per-
tectly free to manage their domestic af,
fairs in their own way; and yet, not an
election can be had of local officers in that
Territory that does not attract upon the
exclusively domestic affair the powerful
microscope and intense scrutiny Of Con
gress.-- Washington Union.
There is a beautiful consistency in
this plea of the executive organ. Con-
gress cannot even turn an optical instru.
ment towards Kansas without violating
faith, because, forsooth, they must "leaye
the people Of Kansas perfectly free to
manage their domestic affairs in their own
way" but the President is at perfect lib
erjy to discharge a whole park of artillery
at the victims Of these FRAUDS" when
proceeding to manage them in their own
way" Mr., Buchanan himself informs
us in his recent message, that but for the
interference Of the government troops
these "Gauds''--as a majority Of four Il
one of the people of Kansas claim then
TO be-wouId have been depriv d OF thei
intended effect The Presiden aay 81
tain these frauds by militc force. Con.
gress, however, has G,fness accor.
ding to the Executiy.. y....a even to IN
quire into the Z , Guninlormet
young Senator oOlld take lice, and
stop clamoring for "more TN ,4jg !
Gazette. 2
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shocking AERnir---lgyena in the
Woods.

A distressing tragedy occurred this
week in the Western part Of this State
Gannung's Menagerie is wintering two
miles west Of Paulding, Pauldng county.
Among the other animals WAS llyena,
said to be the largest in the United States.
The animal was very ierocous, and had
twice bitten his keeper, Early Wedncs-
day morning last, the Hyena escapcd,-
Search was instantly made, and later in
the morning he was discovered in the
grave yard, havipg'dug up and partly
doyoured two or three dead bodies, Sew.
erl Of the citizens rushed in to take it,,
when it turned on its assNilants, striking
down German day laborcr named Ja-
con Poilenberg, and crushed the head OF
the unfortunate man in its Jaws, killing
him instantly. The brute then made its
escape, after tearing the flesh from the
right arm and chest of a lad, who is mol
expected to recover. The animal sue
ceeded in making good its escape. The
citizens are much excited. Parties arc
securing the woods, and the menagere
men have been notified by some of the
citizens to remove their establishment a
once. Cleveland HeraM. la
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FREE CoL9RsD PERsoNs IN VFvGININ

FREE C0LQRED bERsUNs IN VfVNININ,'--
A.bnl is nowxalore the legislature of Vir-
ginf. Nemplates the removal of
~ lres CO. persons from the State,
'nna aroyides thatat the expiration OF
AAfeo Years from the lst ofJanuary, 1859,
'such AZ remain shalbbs sold into slavery
| 10 the highest Bidder, ezpcept those who
shall voluntarily snslaye themselves,