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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
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End of the Kansas War.


We find the following in the Missouri
Repu5licaa-good Border Rufan au-
thority:
BOLIVAR, No. DKc 3, 1860.
Mr.. EDIroR Before this roaches you
the majo1ity of your readers viii have as
certained that the ''invasion" Of the State
by Montgomery which caused so much ex
element, was, so far as the 'invasionn is
the mersst piece Of Munchau-
senism, without any foundation in truth.
How the yarn that Jim montgomery and
his gang 0 horse-thieyes had taken Fort
Scott" could cause any excitement in the
State Of Missouri, is a mysters; for every
one knows that he has had Fort Scott and
all of Southern Kansas for the last three
years. You have perhaps learned 10y this
time that the three Hundred armed OUTLAWS
who "inyaded the State" took Fort Scott, !"
and "broke up the United States District
Court" have dwindled down to certain
threats of Montgomery's and Jennison's,
and about Sirteen vagabond Aboltlonists
who lurked about Fort Scott for few
DAYS before the Court wds to hare been
held.
1t is true that Montgomery Is an anti
slavery fanatic, Of the John Brown school,
and that he has been to the North recently,
and returned with arms of different kinds.
Ut is true that he has distributed those
arms to about two hundred of his ragged
followers, who scatter to their dens at the
approach OF danger, and are whhGsd to
gether again, like a flock Of quails. It is
true that Montgomery is harboring few
fugitive slaves, and that Jennison has made
certain declarations Of waging war "upon
the curse Of slavery in Missouri and i is
tue that Iennison. Montgomery d Co,
have recently shot Moore and Bishop, and
hung Harrison, Hines and Sam Scott.
And that Is all Of it. Bad enough, to be-
sire: but all these outrages concern the
Territory Of Kansas, and not Missouri.
WHY it Is that the Federal Government
has not heretofore enforced the fugitive
slave law in Kansas, and checked the course
of the outlaws there. are matters do not
now propose to discuss. 7
Respectfully, yours, de-,
j. T. SNYDER.
Division Inspector, Sixth Military District
Missouri MiIitia,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
VIRGINIA has ! PERsoNAL LrBERr

VIRGINIA HAS A PERsoNAL LIBERTY
Built is a little curious after hearing
the clamorous denunciations Of the South
against Northern States for having passed
what are termed Personal Liberty Bills, to
find a similar law on the statute books OF
Virginia. This law authorizes any "person
conceiying himself to be unlawfully detan-
ed as slave to petition the Circuit or
County courts. The Judges are to hear
the petition of the slave at once; without
regard to other cases on the docket; the
slave may choose the court before winch
I IS case IS to be tried; he may have free
counsel assigned him; he IS supported at
public charge during his detention; the
claimant must give bonds to double the
value cf "the property" Cat present about
four thousand dollars to abide the eveut Of
the suit; and the trial must be by an IN
exceptioaable juryl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
From ne Atlantic Monthly. ]
ALL'S WE'LL.


SwxEr-volcED Hope, Thy fine discourse
Foretold mol half ifes good TO ms:
Thy painter, Fancy, has not force
TO chow how sweet it Is TO bel
TIL, wilching dream
And pictured scheme
To match the fact still want the power;
Thy pi Omge brave
From birth to grave
LIES boon may beggar in an hour.
AK and receive,--'tis sweetly said;
Yet what to plead for know not;
For Wish Is worsted, Hope o'ersped,
Aud aye to thanks returns my thought
III would pray.
I've nought TO say
But this. that God may be God still;
For Him to live
Ia still to give,
And aweeier than my wish His will.
o wealth of life beyond all boundl
Eternity each moment giveui
What pumrnet may the Present soundf
Who promises future heasent
Or glad, or grieyed,
Oppressed, relieved,
In blacklist night, or brightest day,
Still pours the dOod
0fgolden good, !.
And more than heartfull ella me ave.
Ny wealth is common; possess
No petty province, but the whole;
What's mine alone IL mine far less
Than treasure shared By svsry soul.
Talk not of store,
Millions or more,
Ofyalues which the purse may hold
But this diyinel
own the mine
Whose grains outweigh planets gold.
have stake in every star,
In every beam that ellis the day;
All hearts of men my Golfers are,
Nv ores arteriel tides convoy;
Fst.. 4l,oa IL
Aud sweet replies
or thought 10 thought are my gold-dust,---
The oaks, the brooks,
And speaking looks
OF levers' faith and friendships trust.
Life's Youngest tides joy-bnmniing flow
For him who lives above all years,
Who all-imnnortal maker the Now.
And Is not tIen in Times ~ ears:
His ifes a hymn
The seraphim
Might bark to hear or help to ding,
Aud To- his soul
The b0undless whole
Its bounty all doth daily bring.
can mine is thine" tile sky-soul saith;
s.The weat tn aal, must thou become:
Richer and richer, breath by breath
Immortal gain. immortal roomi''
And since all dis
Mine also Is,
Lies gift outruns my fancies far,
And browns the dream
In larger stream,
As morning drinks the morning. star.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
What will Become Of the Douglas
Parfy1

There were over one million Of votes
cast for Mr.. Douglas IN the free States;
now it becomes great question, with
whom will this vast body Of voters &C.
alesce9 Breckenridge has carried six cleo
toral votes to one for Do~glas, and OF
course, the Breckenridge party will be the
future democracy of the Nation. They
have shown the strength Of their section
Of the party, and therefore must become
the Democratic section--the Douglas men
in the free States must therefore join either
the Breckenridge wing, or be left outside Of
the party. Now it is quite clear 10 us that
tho disunion and secession movement at
the South, will not be sustained by thc
friends Of Douglas, and hence they must,
per force, act with President Lincoln, whose
policy on the secession question viii be yery
similar to that Of President Jackson We
have hence come to the conclusion, that II
the Republican PARTY pursues wise, mod
crate. and iudicious policy, the greater por-
ton &C this million Of voters VIII support
President L;heolns Administration. Of
course, the real pro-slayery men in the
Douglas psltr at the North, will sympa-
fbise with the disunion and accession party
Of the South. They will sustain the cause
Of South Carolina and Georgia. but for
tlnately there are so few Of these that they
are mere atom ia the vast mass Of tho
Douglas party, which is essentially a Union
arty-4Mll0dukce Wisconsin,.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
[Reported for the Herald.l
Synopsis Of Dr. Th0mpsoa'S Lecture
ON SELF-CULTURE.
DELIVERED AZ he Baptist cAareh Laneastsr Dec TO- lse

After brief exordium, in which was
explained the idea OF Progress, showing
that change is not only a law Of nature
applicable to the seasons and to the three
kingdoms Of the earth, but is also law o.
human life and applicable to every possible
phase thereof, the lecturer said, that to
cultivate anything, be it plant, an animal,
or the human mind, is to make it grow
that growth or expansion is the end-and
tina: nothing admits Of culture but that
which has principle Of life, ~, in other
words, is recipient of life. BY self-culture
he did not mean tho acquisition of skill in
ones trade or profession, nor storing the
mind with intelligence and knowledge; for
these were but the means, not the end.
He would have us look at cllture from a
higher point OF view than to become a
mechanic, merchant, or professor Of any OF
all the arts and scences-with view to
become Man. This is the end for which
we were brought into existence, and if it
be not STAINED, all else fails and becomes
worthless.
Mans powers are to be unfolded solely
on account of their inherent worth and
DIGNITY, not on their outward direction.
We are too ap. to disparage human nature,
and to look upon some Of its phases with
Indifference, if not with contempt. He who
possesses the divine powers OF the human
soul is great being, be his place or posi-
ton what it may. You may clothe him
with rags, you may immune him in dur
geon--may chain him to slayish tasks
but be is still great You may spurn and
tranlple upon him, and shut him out OF
your homes-but God loves and receives
hin, and opens to him heavenly mansions.
He indeed may make poor show in the
streets of your splendid cities, and be UNI
needed by those who claim and own the
wealth that is there aceumulated--but u
clear thought of God, a pure affection, the
resoIute act of yirtuous will, outshines it
all, and has dignity and worth above all
the architectural magni6cence that sur
rounds him. But this dignity and grandeur
of human nature does not appear to the
superficial observer. who makes no Intelli-
gent effort toward self-culture.
TIE body soon reaches its limits OF
growth; but intellect, affection, moral ener-
gy, continually tend to further enlargement,
and every acquisition is an impulse to
something higher. Mans powers OF intel
llect, Of conscience, of loye--of knowing
God-of perceiying the beautlfll-of act
ling on his own mind, on outward nature
and on his Acknowledgements glorious
Iprerogatiyes. Chief among these Is his
prerogative Of freedom. Man is a FREE
being, created to act from an impulse
within bis own mind--to cooperate in bis
own formation, and to decide bis own des-
tiny BY giving or withholding that CO
operation: Connected internally with
mature, 10 he is not enslayed to it; Con-
lnected sill more strongly with God, yet he
lis not enthralIed even to the Divinity, and
NAV give or withhold the service due to
Ihis Creator: Encompassed BY thousand
warning forces by physical elements, with
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
DOCTOR A. THOMPSON,
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN,

0ass bis services to the community in curing Acnft
ad Chronic Diseases III the most speedy. safe ana PEE
manner DR.. Thompson may re consulted ualis
On m diseases ~ the human system Persons living al
sisnce can do so by letter, and By iuclosing rec
iAnp thew with receive an answer. -,
Particular attention given to female complaints, ehii'
t7n's as ases and diseases Of the Eye.
tF0FRoE, in Burr new building, opposite Onl.e0
States Hotel. Lancaster. Wisconsin. toit
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
DENTAL.
nR. THOMAS W. BALTZELL,

Having permanenty located in Lancaster will give hi
undivided attention to the practice of his profession
~ Physician and Surgeon.
He may be found at all times at the Drug Sto4e-un
less professionally engaged. :,
general supply Of Family Drugs and Medicines VII
kept for sale ut the old stand Of Bradshaw bazel
prepared by myself. ,o.s
Lancaster, May 26th, 1856 W-u
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

EE A couple Of green ones at the Patef
House. St. Joseph, the other night, blew
out the gas in their chamber, and came
near strangling bsfsre it was discovered By
The attendants.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
L ANoASTER HOUSE.
'sH AND lMglTlN, ARRANGEMENTS.

sos ssre ~, ha ing purchased the Tavern Stand
soEe The BsgtS she publie square, below ard OPP
ssase 10 reest oiee oadingsan gone 70 heavy cx-
Is odgag M AND furnishing the same. aud supply
Persons also Siafing accommodations for neatly
ss. sarge Barn and stable
ags seF 70 horses he now ;n;,,s oli,...t ,,.ro,,
-s in aapss,dle NV and the fare good as at any
~. eau Is es FOR teaEas no better aceoninloda-
4. q town. Good water the preIni.
V-eestaF Seot a., HARLOW q. HYDE.
sns 1Sses H-H
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

EEL plows. Isows. ! roaps. mows' !
gets up wood for winter; | digs, ! hoes,
4 and taters grows; for ought ! knows owes
the printer. do suppose all knowledge
flows right from the printing press; so OH
| goes in these ere clothes, to settle up
guess.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
MILLS Il MCKEE,

MILLS Il MCKEE,
NJ ATTORNEYS AT Law,
LANCASTER, GRANT COUNTY, WIS.
Ne, hD stairs) in Meyers Building, on Madison
S"' ~ Street, opposite Court House
VIII Oraece in the Circuit Courts and in the Supreme
I'VE Viii pay taxes on lands OF nonresidents and give
glar attention to any business relating 10 reat es
H. wbioh NAV be entrusted to our care
EgColecons promptly atteaaed 70 ana
made on same Immediately on collection
JOSEPH T. MILLS, David AcAEA'
Lancaster Oct. nth, 1859. B-u
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
HOTELS.
DENNIsToN HOUSE.

Cassville, WISCONSIN.
ae shove we'll known Hotel at Cassville has been
'e by the subscriber and will be properly managed.
CasNille, MAY lat. 1850. l.. S. MASON.
46-y1
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
BARNETT HOUSE.
BoscobeI, Wisconsin.

BoscobeI, Wisconsin.
me above we'll known Hotel at Boscobel, has been
Saa'el By the subscriber and put in good order ior
ACCOMMODATIONS PROVIDED FOR TEAMS.
.a .aseera may be accommodated with horses and
= : - JAMES BARNETT.
s'''OSe5 Dee /, 1850. 24-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

ETA Scotchman visiting church
yard with friend pointing to shady quiet
nook, said:
'sThis is the spot where ! intend being
laid If am spared"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
PHYSICIANS.
I Il HYDE. NJ. D..

T H. HYDE, NJ. D.,
" CLats Of Potsdam, N, ~
Having permanently located in Lancastero hisffo-
.ssional Services as
Physician and Surgeon.
r.,.;.o has heep over 20 years. Residence and of
Dee, a. ths pi"ee Jan list, 1856. 29-tf
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

GE-"I think wife you have great many
ways ofcalIing me 2 fool"
II think you have great many ways
Of being one"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

IRON the Paris constitutional, Nov. 49,
View of the Prince of
Wales Visit to America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
DR, LUDWIG.

OR. LUDWIG.
4 The reques: of many friends, the undersigned na'
Iu m bis residence in this village where ne O. pecls
10 continue the practice OF his profession ne ae -
,rnssee If ftv years enable him 70 give satis
Seao ID III Who NAV call him for advice or assist
Anee. - - rY-nuytc MA noctor
Lancaster Nov. !, 1850. A-mo-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

gg Breckinridge's majority in Texas
will exceed 10000.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
CITY HOTEL.

CITY HOTEL.
rorosI, WISCONSIN.
" |. ENNoR, PROPRIETOR.
ssv s reeentyre6ted and re-opened this House, Is
prepared to accommodate Travellers and Boarders,
''S'eesto suit the times.
HoRSES-A GOOD STABLE
Aas g the premises with attentive and nhiiging
Fes o., uoserye the sign Livery Stable"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

EF Waushara County pas . bounty
az $1,000 on wolf scslp@
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22
MANSION HOUSE.
LANCASTER, WISCONSIN.

LANCASTER, WISCONSIN.
y A. HYDE, PROPRIETOR.
earsSt ~ me patronage extended to me for several
1e saus ne Old Mansion, in Lancaster would in
Pains tS;auon Of the same. | have taken sotut
hA ne 1919 70 re.paint, cleanse and better furn-
hes, Il The stable the promises is one OF tbs
country, and is Away we'll superintendent.
''''s'er, June Isl, 1859. soft
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

The following letter is from South Car
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-12-22

Division Inspector. Sixth Military District
missouri MiIitia,
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28

In happiness of climate, adapted to pro-
ductions of special value in exhaustless
motive power distributed throughout its
space in natural highways, by more than
fifty navleabe rivers, never closed by the
lgors Of winter, and in a stretch of coast
along ocean aud gulf, indented by hospi-
table harbors-the whole presenting in-
comparable advantages for that true CIV
ilization where agriculture, manufactures,
and commerce, both domestic and foreign,
blend-in all these respects the Slave
States excel the Free States, whose eli
mate is often cliurlish, whose motive
power is less various, whose navigable
rivers are fewer, and often sealed by ice.
and whose coast, while less in extent and
with fewer harbors, is often perilous from
storm and cold
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28
No Paper Next Week - Plain
Talk.

We have concluded to give all hands
a respite of one week, in order that We
may all be enabled to get up our enthus-
iasm to patriotic pitch for the Fourth Of
July, which comes off next Wednesday
We do not offer this reason as an apollo
gy, for we do not owe many of our reod-
ers an apology-most of them, on the
contrary, being in debt to us; we only
state tho fact SO that the paying readers
may not wonder at the non-appearance of
the JOURNAL next week.
We hope to issue our next paper to a
largely increased list Of subscribers. We
have published the paper for nearly four
years entirely from its own income ;/and
we are becoming weary of laboring for
wages at which day-laborer would turn
up his nose Three huRdred Of the 1900
Republicans of Potter County subscribe
for the JOURNAL, and many Of those ask
us to discount the price while they offer
us farm produce at their own prices. A
number of Democrats take the paper from
necessity, and We send moderately large
list out Of the county. We cannot de-
vote our energies to the interests of Pot
ter County much longer unless we are
better renumerated for them. We would
be sorry to discontinue the JOURNAL In
the very beginning of Presidential eam-
paign but necessity will compel it unless
our subscription list is nearly doubled
within the next three weeks 1t can be
done with little effort if every one in
terested ia the matter will make bat lit
tie effort, III the true spirit. Stand by
us and we will stand by you, Republicans
of Potter County. Let the National
Anniversary and the days adjacent there,
to be rendered joyous to us while it adds
to your welfare, by our receiving 200 or
800 new subscribers-accompanied by
the money, of course.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28

Anybody who reads the nevspap1|
and is not accustomed to our election
must think that we are giving, by 4
votes, the highest offices in the caurtl
10 the wo, ST scoundrels and rascas i
ever could think of because the cam
dates are treated by the press, the stuu
speakers and the one horse pulitic,s
with the meaneSt of language, Wl
must fill the strangers heart with Al
gust. This begins to be the case nov
the Presidential campaign. Hardly Vi
Lincoln nominated when democratic b
pers burst upon him in the most abomia
Bile way. 1t is said he got pair Of BID
on account of the United States, &C.
The public is fed in abundance witha
ries and even the grossest falsehoods
The candidate of party is the reIr
sentative of the party, which by ceri
principles distinguishes itself from anoa
er, and therefore should it be camp.
of the principles and not of the Han
though we make allowance to eveDM
who is able to prove that candidate d
not entertain the principles aforesaid
In such cases 1t would be great blessl
to the party, but ia the case Of persona
ty it is nothing but absurd.
That Lincoln made his living by h
est labor is truly worthy of praise; b
rail-splitting is not tue quality for pro
inent statesman therefore we wish
Republican friends would thow So
small, laughable matters overload, a
Let the opposite parties spend their I'll
herewith. We will not ask how tall
big the democratic nominee iS-Gelth
if he be a shoemaker or a carpenter Al
how far he is a good one. No. we hs
to deal with the politician, the stat
man, the party and it's platform.
think it our duty to show the prlncr
Of our opposition just as they are, vi
meaning is given to them, and Whctl
the candidates is the embodiment Of tb
or not and, to defend our platform
principles with true Republican just
and freedom, the only way to uphold
dignity and integrity of our party a
this is what we believe to be real party
lcmics.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28
The Hon. Edward Bates and
the Chicago Nominations.

We make the following extracts from
recent able letter written by Hon. Ed=
ward Bates of Missouri, to O. II. Brown
ing of ILL.,, in which he gives his reasons
for supporting the nominees of the Chi
cago Convention. We have selected the
following extracts as expressive not only
his chief reasons, but also his determina-
tion with regard to participation in the
canvass
"To me it is plain that the approaching con-
test must be between the Democratic and Re-
publican parties and, betweez them, prefer
the latter
"The Democratic party, by the long posses
sion and abuse OF power, has grown wanton
and wreckless has corrupted itself and per-
verted the principles of the Government: has
set itself openly against the great hoMe inter
ests of the people, by negleeting to protect
their industry, and by refusing to Improve and
keep in order the highways and dcpots of
commerce and even now is H. glng a meas
ure in Congress to abdicate the constitutional
power ana duty to regulate commerce among
the States, and 10 grant TO the States the dis
cretionary power to levy tunnage duties upoa
all our commerce, under the pretense Of i'm
proving harbors, rivers, and lakes has chang
ed the status of the negro slave by making
him no longer mere property. but politician,
an antagonist power in the State, n power to
which all other powers are required to yield,
under penalty of dissolution of the Union !;
has directed its energies TO the qualification
ofits luSts of foreign domain, rs manifested
in its persistent efforts to seize upon tropical
regions, not because those countries and their
incOngruous people are necessary, or even
desirablc, to be incorporated into our nation,
but for the mere purpose of making slave
States, in order to advance the political pow
er of the party in the Senate and in the choice
of the President, so rs etlectually to transfer
the chief powers of the Government from the
many to the few; has in various Instances
endangered the equality of the coordinate
branches of the Government by uTgent efforts
to enlarge the powers of the E1ecltiye at the
expense of the Legislative department has
attempted to discredit and degrade the Ju-
dietary, by affecting to make il, at FIRST, the
arbiter OF party qaalTels, p become soon and