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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
Mineral and Currency.

Mineral is selling at Beetown for $28
per 1000, for currency. The energetic
smelter at that place, Mr., SCHMIDT, informs
us that Il is impossible to get anything but
currency to pay out for mineral. Nor is it
possible that soyereigns can reappear until
a dollar in currency becomes as good as a
specie dollar, on very near it. In such i'm
probable case, soFereigrs at $500, which is
about one per cent. above the value fixed
by government, might come back again to
the mines. We may all, therefore, make
up our minds to be reconciled to a rag cur
Tency,at least until balance Of trade in our
favor from Europe for several years shall
make gold the basis Of our circulation in
stead Of state stocks. Economists tell us
that a tariff, sufficiently high to enable our
manufacturers to compete with and triumph
over European work shops, would clearly
have this salutary effect. Certain it is, that
il we manufactured more and imported less
from Europe, there would be balance in
our favor. The crisis at this time has
stopped importations of merchandise and
the result is, an importation Of some six
millions Of specie within few days. How
would it do to keep up the crisis for some
months, such being the effect Shall we
have a crisis Or tariff! No difference
which in our opinion, as the remote result
would be the samoa magnificent specie
basis and a total extinction Of rag curren-
ev
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

EEThe Centrifugal Gun was exhibited
IN Boston last week. II is claimed, BY The
inventor, Mr. Dickinson, that this gun vii
throw five hundred balls per minute at !
long rifle range, without pow Ter or cap
simply by turning crank like coffee mill
The balls are fed into funnel with shoy
Ell, from which the gun feeds ITSELF Il
throws its shot singly, but continuously, a
a rate equal to the ceaseless fire Of 10000
men.
The shooting or propelling machinery .
this war engine is precisely the same il
principle as the Roof Grain Souer, man
ufactured extensively by CLARK & Ho,oe
at jamestown in this county, and for sale a
$1,000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
Markets.

Every daily paper from Chicago, Gale
ma, and Milwaukee has for several days no
ticed rise over each previous day of |, 2,
or cents on wheat and pork, so that pr
ces are running up towards former times
when pork brought so and wheat 90 cen:s.
We do not believe prices will reach the fig
ures Of last October until pext spring, after
the opening Of navigation, lake and river;
after which time we have no doubt about
wheat rising TO a higher figure than last fall.
Unquestionably, the shipments 20 Europe
are heavy, while the southern demand is
rapidly taking off the surplus of the middle
grain states What i being lost BY this
political crisis viii be balanced next spring,
with compound interest. Whatever may
be said Of the heavy losses by secession, the
northwest will not bear dollar of such
loss, SO that in these parts we will be COM
paratiyely made some millions richer
This bank panic. will izzle shortly, and put
the croakers to another blush.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

How IT WAS Received the goth
December, Mr.. Garnet IVA. announced in
Congress that Carolina. with her 100000
whites and half a million negroes had Sc
coded; whereupon, Messrs. Boyce and Ash
more, the two surviving members in the
House, rose, shook hands with the mem
bers and pages, then rlournfully left the
halls of nation Of 30,0Oo,o00. South
Carolina IS about as populous in whites as
G. G. Washburn's Congressional district in
Wisconsin, but makes more noise, confusion
expense and trouble than FIVE hundred such
districts as ours. After Boyce and Ash
more left, the House went on with theil
business, passing soon after the Pacific Rail
road bill and other bills which the Negro
Interest has hitherto been able to defeat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

SoReHUM.-The farmers OF Scott coun
ty, Iowa have held meeting and resolved
to cultivate sorghum cane largely next year
For three years they have found it to Dc
well and yield excellent profits. We cal
hear but little Of late, as to whether our far
mers look upon sorghum with increased ia
yor or otherwise. Perhaps we are safe il
saying that many have raised it this yea
for family use.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

TIE CHICAGO PLATFORM ON Secs
sIoN.-The Republican platform adopted
at Chicago declares: "That the Fedora
Constitution, the rights of the States, anc
THE UNION OF THE STATES, MUST
AND SHALL BIZ PRESERVED
tits said that Mr.. Lincoln points to thi
pink when Intercepted as to his inten
lions.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

PAcIFIc 2AILRoAD BILL.--The bill for
a Pacific Railroad which passed the House
last week, 95 to "A, provides for road
starting from the western border of Mis-
souri, and the southern border of iowa, to
meet within two hundred miles Of the Mis-
souri, River, and then to unite in a single
trunk BY the best and shortest route near
Salt Lake to San Francisco, OF the naviga-
bic waters of the Sacramento. The other
road is to start from Fort Smith and a
point on the western border of Louisiana,
with two oonyerging lines. westward till a
junction Is made with tho road chartered
by the Texas Legislature.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

RgIt is understood that Judge Doug
las will favor Cnttenden's I'LL, restoring
the Missouri Compromise and extending i
to the Pacific. The republican members
have met and agreed that no amendment
10 the constitution could be approved By
their constituents which would satisfy ths
secession States, because a Southern con-
federacy is the design. no difference Kha.
compromise may DO offered. 1t was tho'i
best 70 let secession work its way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

RIcHMoND, Va, Dec. 2l.--The seces
sion Of South Carolina seems to give grea
satisfaction here. A movement is on foo
to hoist the Palmetto flag with fifteen star.
from the Custom House.
| am informed from high authority thai
a paper containing a request to Mr.. Bot:
10 leave the State, is being circulated fol
signatures. 1t has already received tIis
signature Of many influential citizens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
Trcaohery OF the Cotton st..tes


The secession ordinance has passed the
South Carolina Convention, to take effect
Immediately, SO that the Palmetto State
believes herself out Of the Union. The
design Of ultimate secession originated
thirty years ago, with John c. Calhoun;
the first attempt was made in 80, but was
repressed by Gen. jackson, whose letter on
the subject appears in our paper this week.
The tarif question was the pretended cause
Ct secession at that time; Jackson sad the
negro question would be the next pretended
cause Of secession. But for one Of Henry
Clay's compromises in 80, by which the
tariff was to gradually come down to 30
per cent, Carolina would not have yielded,
and jackson must have threshed the rebels
like dogs. That compromise is the father
Of ahe present trouble, yet there are those
who want to compromise again and put off
the evil day another quarter Of a century
or less. Lei South Carolina howl out in
the cold for while, with the cotton states
for company--therc not being a civilized
government on earth except Spain that
will ever take them in to warm, clothe and
feed them. The edicto Of emancipation has
just gone forth from the throne Of Russia
France dares not to protect slavery; Eng
land is an old school Garisonian abolition
ist; Italy, Prince Emanuel and the Pepe
of Rome dare not she'd a,tearof sympathy
for South scasoEna; and as for the true
and faithful States Of che American Union,
they will mover be reconciled to this treach-
ery Of the Cotton States.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

We learn that wheat is bringing at Bos
cobel "a to IS cts. per bushel. It il
worthy of note that, owing to the favor
able difference in freight charges Of th'
NJ. q NJ. Railroad, and the fact that Mil
waukee is always higher wheat marke
than Chicago, Boscobel and other gran
dealing places along that road pay highe
for wheat by 8 or cents than is paid q
the trading places on railroads south Q
here.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

The Crops IN CALIFORNIA. A mer-
chant in San Francisco estimates that Cal
iforuia will produce this year 100000
bushels of wheat, winch, after deducting
for consumption and Seed will leave a
surplus Of 3,525,0o0 for export. The
barley crop Of the State is said to be
greater than the aggregate Of the entire
crop throughout the United States, and is
estimated for the present year at 100000
bushels; which will leave a surplus Of
4,333,OOO bushels.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

|
FN.M MoRToAGoR's AppEEss.-The
Farm Mortgagoss of Wisconsin have issued
Ia lengthy and able address to the public,
which all should read. This, like many
other papers Of great public interest, is too
lengthy for our short columns. 1t will
probably be generally distributed in pam
phlet form, passed from hand to hand and
read by all our leading citizens. The de-
sign Of the Mortgage League is to accom-
plish any one of the following objects:
Fsrst.-To have the stock of the Farm
Mortgagors placed in the best class of pre-
ferred stock of the Company, under its re-
organization. Or Second. To induce the
Company, on surrender of the stock, to
pay off the mortgages, or otherwise save
the mortgagors harmless. Or, Third
To prevent, if within the scope of proper
means, the forced collection Of the mort
gage debts.
The League feels able to show that the
design and intent of the Railroad Compa-
mics was, even before the people mortgag-
ed their farms, to cheat the latter out Of
every dollar Of their interest in the road
that enormous swindling was carried on by
the Directors in the road contracts; that
they procured legislation 70 further Their
yillainy, and many other things did they do
which are possible nowhere else on earth
but ID this highly civilized country, and ex-
ceIled in crime nowhere but in christendom.
# the tenth part be proven of what is al.
legged, some Of the brick blocks about Mil
'waukee, erected by men poor enough be-
fore their connection with the road for small
merchants and bankers, should be labelled
eternally, "seputehres cfhe living damn
ed, built By robbers"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
From New York.

DEC. 22.-The Tribune states positively
that Mr.. Lincoln is utterly opposed to any
concession or compromise that shall yield
one iota Of the position occupied by The
Republican party on the subject Of Slavery
in the Territories.
Com. Kearney has resigned his position
in the Navy.
A letter from the African Squadron re.
ports the capture of the Mohican, enothel
SLAYER with 900 slaves.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

GE-A Methodist Lay Convention, rep
resenting the Baltimore, East Baltimore
and Philadelphia Conferences, was recent
ly held in Baltimore, and adopted report
favoriEg the withdrawal Of the Balti-
more Annual Conference from the Meth
odist Episcopal Church, in consequence Of
alleged aggressive action on the part Of the
General Conference in Buffalo lat May.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
ON THE Back TRAcK.-W Whatever

ON THE Back TRAcK-W Whatever Of
concession feeling was felt among Republi-
cans three weeks ago, has departed. Even
the fusionists and Douglas men are getting
ashamed Of the word --especialts-since the
cotton states spurn all offers Of compromise
and say they will GO anyhow. The north
ern states, with several i the southern
states, it is now believed at Washington,
will be together and all parties unite for
the constitution, laws, ana the Union--by
force il necessary.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

WDr. JEwErr, distinguished and
eloquent Temperance advocate, will appear
N Wisconsin to lecture, about the first Of
January. Applications for his services
should be made by letter to the Secretary
If the State League, Geo. L. Sickels, Mil
waukee, Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

GET The same men who some weeks
ago were clamorous for Lincoln to resign
are now signing petitions in New YorA
asking Buchanan to resign. In Pennsyl
vania the Douglas men and Republicans
talk Of. buying out Wheatland and per
suading old Buck to never return to tho
State.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

AcoUITrED.-We notice a report ia the
papers that Mrs. McCraney, formerly Mrs.
Baker of this county, has had her trial on
charge Ct poisoning Miss McCraney, IN
0tsego County, n. Y, and was declared
innocent, there being e'no just cause for sus-
picion."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

GE Secretary Floyd, it is reported, mas
sold 100000 stand Of arms to the Cotton
States since election, at a mere nominal
sum, considerable portion being the new.
est and best style Of weapons belonging .
the natter.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

EDWARD BATEs.-The st. Louis Demo
crat of the 2lst announces by authority,
that MIR. Lincoln has offered Edward Bates,
Of Missouri, seat IN his Cabinet, and that
the latter will accept the position, when
will probably b. that Of Secretary Of the
Interior.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

RE~The Hartford Press says; Let Inc
Republican party trust in God and stanu
firm. It's now evident that the real pui.
pose Of the great disunion panic, botn ~
Congress and out, is 10 force through a
Stare code TOR tho Territories tefore nc
4th of March merit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
rwTha Demokrnt. 4 e.

II lie DeHsUNTU9, NeFman paper q
ST. Louis, hasing counselled last week no
concession to the cotton States, the article
was translated into English and caused n
arror. Meetings have since been held By
pro-slayery citizens. and warnings are given
10 some Of the principal Lincoln men to
leave the city. An attack on the Demo
,Erat Office was meditated, but measures
wore taken to resist. Tho free soil element
being so strong at Sd. Loais, we hardly
think the right Of speech and press and
she right to think and vote as men please,
Eill fail just yet,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
lFrsm the Chicago Tribune
business Reviving-R
Stocks. Sec. F"Fts~

sArrRDAy EVENING, De-, 9,a =.
To-day has been decidedly - 1850
cheerful day Of the week. The r. r. most
news, published by US this morninn UPsau
stimulating etEsst upon the grain sr1 1aa
vision market. The continued Iarr u pro
ports from New York are REDUCING s. s.. e.
the surplus placed there before tbss ~ llapaly
navigation, and present prospects ws' ~ q
the conclusion that heavy drs,ts Mill
made by rail upon the West befora "nI Dc
opens. The following from the Man 9S E
Courier and Enqairer Of the lob ;oik
will bear repetition here: s'
The exports for the week past avo.,
value Of three and half millions ~ y
lars, and include foreign goods, prirc !; uUE
sugars, to an unusual extent. But tbae suy
port Of domestic produce has been ~ sA'
continuation Of the grand scale he,atot,a
alluded to; for instance, the exnor ts'O's
clover seed, an apparently insipniIcaNs y
ticle, are to the value Of about one L,'
dred thousand dollars. There were 4 .l
$4,000 brls flour, (of which about s. o osO
brls went to Liverpool, London. Cas- ,sOV
and Bristol,) 100000 bushels wheat 10 IC'
600 bush corn, 200 brls beef, 77e COO n.
bacon, 4Os,O0O lbs lard, over loon ooo
lbs cheese, $4,000 lbs butter. 10 so0
bales cotton, $4,000 brls naval stores ana ana
|I,169, 900 lbs tallow, besides Other !.
ticles, such as oil cake, DC, in laroe onon
titles.
The export Of breadstufs has been GREAT
ly in excess of the receipts, and if confn
ued, must soon exhaust the supplies at hi.
market, especially in wheat. Corn. Il
though in no better supply than wheat, !.
not SO much wanted, and yet the slim.
ments, latterIy, have been liberal. FoS,
is in small stock, but supplies can be kep.
up by means Of the railroads."
The freighting business on the lines q,
our railways Eastward has become mors
active already, and should the European
demand continue, we may look for lively
times as soon as the holidays are cysI
Our four great Eastern lines are equal 10
almost any emergency. 1t is withal cheer.
ING TO know that the West can honor drafts
on her for flour, grain, pork, beef, lard and
provisions of all kinds, to almost an un.
limited extent, and still ask for more. On.
less some unforeseen event should occur
there are better times for the exchange
market in store not many weeks hence
Another significant fact deserves notice.
South Carolina has passed the ordinance
of Secession; but stocks are better. The
New York market is firm with an advance
of from to per cent. This news will
sadly disappoint the traitors of South Car
DINA, who have fondly hoped that ever
thing would 60 to "eternaE smash whei
they went ont Of The Union. If the
would 60, bag and baggage, beyond th
seas, or to a country said 70 have YER
warm climate beneath them, stocks woulC
rise ten per cent. or the announcement 0
the joyful news. Treason would then hav
no cesspool in which TO hatch its brood o
horrors. The country has begun to thinl
that these "horross" don't amount to mucl
after all, as the movements OF the Nev
York Stock Board to-day show.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

CocKADEs.-A wandering DisunIonls'
from Yazoo, Miss, with cockade, soine'
what less ia size than saucer, on his has
visited Mr.. Lincoln ut his rooms on Weu'
nesdaY, and was courteousIy received.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

GE a golden shower has begun to pour
in upon us. Last Saturday California sent
us million, on Sunday the Europa
brought us $40, 700 from England. The
Etna came on Thursday with $3So,ooo, on
Wednesday the Atlantic brought $S5o,OOo
and yesterday came the Persia, with 49,
100000, to which the Quaker City, from
Havana, added $107,7ls, and The Borus-
sia, from Hamburg, $4,000, making the
receipts Of yesterday $s,225,2ls, or 49,
945,21s since Saturday last Comment
may be dispensed witty r. Tribune,
2Ist,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
Galena Prices-Dec. Cd.

Wheat--55 to go cts.
Oats-20c.; Corn-lSc.
Potatoes--15 cents.
Lard-l1 to IL cts.
Hogs-$4.50 to $500.
1t IS probable that Galena prices are
shade better than the quotations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

HOMESTEAD BrLL.-Among tie first
matters Of business of the House Of Rep
resentatives last week, was the passage OF
the Homestead Bill, nearly in the same
shape it was originally brought before the
House at the last session of Congress.
The bill passed the House by vote Of l52
to rs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

EEThe largest horse il the world = a.
English horse, Of the Clydesdale bre ecu
now at Newcastle, PA. He weighs -"
pounds.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

SPEAKERsHIP.-Gen. Cobb Of Mineral
Point viii be candidate for speaker Of the
Assembly. Gen. Atwood of Madison is
also candidate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29
New Yorls Times cerresnondance. !

IMPORTANT FaoM CHARLEsToN AM
WAsHINGToS- WAsHNGToS, Dec. 2O.-
Orders have been issued to Major Amber
son to surrender Fort Moultrie, If attacked
| am reliably informed, that Major Ander
son telegraphs here, that he lad surrender
ed a large number of arms, which bad been
removed from the Arsenal to Fort Morltri'
TO tho authorities Of ,~-.--.ssston, on de
niand being made for them. This was done
in obedience, he says, 10 the spirit Of orders
he has received from Washington.
re- Gam. Medary, Governor Of Kansas
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

FARM MoKreAGoRs.-Tho quarterly
meeting Of the Grand State League b
Farm Mortgagors will be held in Water
town. on Tuesday the sth day Of January
next.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-29

re- Sam. Medary, Governor Of kansas,
has resigned,
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-27
NEW SERIES-NO. 215

In l848 Mr.. Macaulay was chosen lord
rector of the university of Glasgow, and de-
livered an inaugural address, memorable for
it's ability. In l849 he was nominated pro.
fessor of ancient history in the royal acade-
my. In 1852, when general election
occurred, he was by his friends put in nomi-
nation for Edinburgh! Mr.. Macaulay, how
ever, stood haughtily aloof from the stirring
contest neither issuing an address, nor ap-
pearing as candidate before the hustings.
Nevertheless, the electors restored themselves
to the good opinion of the world by replacing
him in his former position; and gowing
northward in the autumn, he delivered
speech that did much to clear way for the
coalition government, which he subsequently
supported in the house of commons, by two
oratiOns deemed not quite worthy of his an
cient reputation. In 1853 Mr.. Macaulays
various speeches were collected and pub
lished. In 1855, the third and fourth vol.
umes of his history of England were hailed
with an enthusiasm which marked them out
for popularity hardly less extensive than
that which attended their predecessors. In
1856 Mr.. Macaulay resigned his seat for
Edinburgh, and on September 10, 1857, be
was raised to the peerage; but chronic
cough, which of late years prevented his
speaking for more than short time, proba-
bly, induced him to refrain from ever ad-
dressing tn upper house.
In the introduction of his last and great
est work, the author expressed hope that
he might be enabled to bring down the his
tory of his country to a date within the
memory of living men, but unhappily this
hope is far from being realized. For some
time it has been currently rumored that the
fifth and sixth volumes of the work were
about to appear, but we are enabled to state,
on good authority, that, whatever materials
may have been accumulated, no such exten.
sive addition to the history is nearly ready
for press.
The speeches and writings of the deceased
peer are familiar wherever the English lam
guage is spoken. AS an orator, an essayist,
poet, and historian, he has occupied
leading position, and his death at such
moment, when the nation was anxiously
looking forward for another installment of
his great history, will be theme for uni
versal lamentation.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-01-27
VOL. XI.-NO. AZ.
THE TWO TONGUES.

From Bsyley's Ballads.
oh did you not hear in your nursery,
The tale that the gossips tell,
OF the two young girls that came to drink
At certain fairy well?
The words of the youngest were as sweet
As the smile of her ruby lip,
But the tongue of the oldest seem'd to move
As if venom were on its tip
At the well beggar accosted them,
"a sprite in mean disguise y
The eldest spoke with scornful brow,
The youngest with fearful eyes.
Cried the fairy. whenever you speak, sweet
girl,
Pure gems from your lips shall fall
But whenever you utter word, proud maid,
From your tongue shall a serpent crawl"
And have you not met with these sisters oft
In the haunts of the old and the young
The first with her pure and unsullied lip
The last with her serpent tongue?
Yes! the first is Good Nature-damonds bright
On the darkest theme she throws;
And the last is Slander-leaving the slime
Of the snake wherever she goes.