Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-03-17

niaiSn' noiH haduisoi, SHSS XII VIC hHON
OF late about the Legislature
FRIEND Cover :-A law has been Pass.
ed fixing the time for the payment Of in.
terest on School, University and Swami
Land, and loans from the school fund init
the last day Of May, and to remit certain
penalties.
The bill provides that an apportionment
shall be made in March and December for
the year 1860, thereafter between the 10th
and 18th Of June. The object Of the
change Of time is TO fix it at such time
when the legislature viii rot be in session,
thereby saving annual legislation upon that
subject.
A bill has been introduced in the Assem-
bly,, to reduce the legal rate OF interest from
twelve to seven per cent. the penalty to be
the same as now.
The Legislature after being in session 60
days, begins TO show disposition to adj
iodrn sometime the fine, warm spring Ike
weather We are now having begins to make
the members that are farmers, feel little
restless, their services they say, are worth
more to them at home than they get by
staying here.
The Senate has not vet passed the AS
sembly resolution to adjourn on the 9th,
out will, have no doubt--one thing il
quite certain and admitted BY all, that if
we adjourn on the 9th, much important
business will be passed over in the hurry
incident 10 an adjournment characteristic
of former legislatures. As yet, little more
than repeating and amending statutes, and
passing laws Of local nature have been
done, aud one-haif Of tnem might have
been done BY Courts and County Boards
Of Supervisors.
A bill has passed the Senate to discon-
tinue the survey of the Swamp Lands until
the general Government recognizes the title
of the State to the same; it is very i'm
portant bill-it has not been acted upon
IN the Assembly as yet.
A bill for a general Railroad law has
been introduced in the Senate. The bin
meets with favor, andwill probably become
q law unless laid aside for something Of
less importan, ).
The most important and weighty matters
have yet to be acted upon, and if left to be
acted upon at the last hour, may do an
amount Of evil. The most I'M
portant bills vet to be acted on. are the
Assessment law, several very important
Railroad bills, the question Of taxing Plank
Roads, Railroads and Banks, are questions
vet untouched. And also, the question off
County government is a matter Of very
gseat importance, and will not ,,e passed
over without a severe Struggle in both
Houses. The friends for and against tie
measure appear = Be pretty equally divided.
F'ht''. Aif'rsy Between Students.
JohnB. Brownlow,son Of Dr. BrowuIew
IF the Knoxville Wing, had difficulty At
Emory and Henry College, Virginia \
ew days since,with stads'it from c,eorria
named Reese, and the former struck fhs
after with a stick Of stove wood and kiI.,l
him. The Nashville B amer SAYS:
Itseems that Broynl3w was a canlilate
for President ofgne N the literary societies
q the COLLEGE, an.is was denosuced by Reese
& incomr ,eteR. fol the duti IS 5f the position.
lis .angdage WAS quite oteasiges and
BROW nlow retorted with some scyerily.-
I ney subsequently INST, and Rgese attacked
Brownlow, threw him down and was
beating him severely, when little bow In
telfered and saceegled in partially separa-
tins them. The attack was renewed by
Reese, when Brownlow seized stick Of
store wood, with which he struck Reese
an tho head, killing him instantly. 1t Is
not supposed that Brownlow intended to
kill him, as the stick was small, and III
blow did not seem to be aimed with much
force. The letter also states that Brown
low is justified BY the Faculty and students
of E nory AMI Henry.
Brownlow's age is about twenty years.
He is quite tall, weighing only about one
hundred and ten pounds. Reese wassome-
what older and much larger, weighing
one hundred and seventy pounds. He
was farsuperiort to his antagonist in strength.
THE BooTH CASE ASo THE CHEF JUSTICE
sHIP.-Ths editor Of the Racine Journal,
Mr.. CLEMENT, in writing recent letter
from Madison to his paper, has a couple of
paragraphs, the first of which strikes us as
rather facetious:
There is no question but that Mr..
Booth can recover very heavy damages
against Judge Miller, for false imprisonment.
The best lawyers in the State admit it
The end Of the Glover case is not yet, al
.hough this is all | have to say about it at
this time.
The disafection with regard to the
nomination of Judge Sloan by the Republi-
can party is more widespread and deep
Gated than | expect, both at Milwaukee
and in this city, where have taken pains
to enquire into the subject. In fact, the
feeling is, that any candidate who was sup
ported by Judge I. Q. Howe and those
Who sympathize with him in the State
Rights question, cannot suit those who
believe in State Sovereignty as expounded
by the Hon. A. d. SINH, and believed
by majority Of the people of the State
If is very evident that somebody is to be
fooled, either those who agree with Dixon
or those Who oorpa with Smith To as