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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17


males.
The amount appropriated last year TO
the State Prison was $4,000, together
with the sum of $3,296.24 paid by the
II. S. Government for the keeping Of its
eonyicts. and balance Of S1,377.12 paid
over to the present Commissioner, by bis
predecessor. This sum, in the aggregate,
is less than any amount devoted to State
Prison purposes since 1858. The Com
missioner reports balance on hand Oct
lst., 1860, of $5,298.49, besides the
amount due from the United States; and
he estimates that the sum of $4,000 will
be sufficient appropriation for the current
year The cabinet and shoe shops il the
Prison have earned the sum of $2,458.35
above their expenses. A large amoliat OF
work, amounting to several THOUSANDS OF
dollars in value, in the form Of prison wall
and sho,,s. We, has been done by the con-
v;cts durinu the year. The Report Of the
Commissioner abounds in valuable sugges-
tons, to which your attention Is invited.
INSANE HOSPITAL, STATS REFORM SCHOOL,
ETc.
Nv visits to the beaevolent and penal IN
stitutions OF the State have furnished the
most satisfactory evidence Of the economy,
efficiency and prudence with which the
affairs Of each have been conducted during
the past year. Both the Deaf and Dumb
and Blind Institutions have careful Boards
of Trustees, who devote themselves ear
nestly to the welfare of the institutions
themselves. They are men Of sound Judg-
ment aud sagacity, who feel she Importance
Of their several trusts. The officers and
teachers are apt and accomplished in .heir
several callings, and both Of these great
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7.
DEAR AND DuMB AsYLUM-The num-
Der Of pupils in attendance during the last
year was 81.
The Report Of the Trustees will be inn
mediately laid before you. The amount
appropriated lest year seems to have been
insufficient for purposes for which it was IN
tended, and small Indebtedness has been
left over. The Trustees ask for an appro-
pratt On of $l3. 800 for support and current
expenses, and for additional buildings,
steam heating apparatus, dc, a sufficient
amount to make the whole amount asked
for, S20,450.
BLIND AsYLUM-The Trustees of this
Institution report the amount expended
during the past year, to be S13,495.94,
which leaves a balance of the appropria-
ton yet undrawn, amounting to $3,250, Of
which about $3.50 will be needed to com
pIete existing contracts. They ask the
sum Of $4,000 for the year 1861, Of
which $4,000 is estimated for the sup
port Of the institution. The number ofpu-
pills in attendance the past year is Sc.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17
COMMON SCHOOLS.

In the interesting and valuable Report
of the Superintendent of Public lnstruc-
ton full details are given Of the condition
and working of our Common School sys-
TEN. Thenumber Of persons in the State
between the ages of 4 and 20, as returned
for 1860, is 2S8,984, an increase Of some
10000 beyond the previous year. The
average length Of time for which schools
II, +,,,aslt .
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17

from the sale of Swamp Lands, has Teen
very mnch abridged by the decrease in the
Iamount Of lands sold from year to year,
while the amount appropriated directly to
the institutions in which normal classes
have been taught has been lessened by the
payment Of agencies employed by the
Board IN carrying forward the work Of ed
|ucation; SO that the sum distributed the
last year was only IA, $40, or $40 to each pu-
pil taught. A more strict examination,
however, has so lessened the number Of
beneficiaries of the fund, that this sum ex-
ceeds the average amount distributed the
feyious year, by 81 to each pupil.
BANKS AND BANNING.
The Annual Report of the Bank Comp
troller for the fiscal year ending October Isl,
1860, is printed and ready for your in
spection. In addition, that officer has
furnished me with the figures embraced IN
the following statement, bringing the prin-
cipal items down to January i, 1861, and
presenting a comparative statement with
the condition Of the Department one year
ago:
Number of banks Jan. /, 1850, one hum
itai Of s7,7oo,ooo
Seven new banks organized in 1862 with
an aggregate capital Of $4,000
Twelve banks have increased their cap
ial by 100000
Total capital Jan. ]. 1891, an increase sS,365oOo
Five banks have relnquishel
business, With an aggregate
capital Of $3.50, 900
Twenty-Five banks have reduced
capital o7S,Ooo l.l2s,ooo
----
Total number of banks in operation Jan.
!, 1860, one hundred and ten, with cap
ital amounting to S., 23T 600
Decrease OF banking capital for past year $4,000
Whole amount OF countersigned notes
issued to banks and outstanding Jan.
/, 1861 Is s4,5Soss2I
Namely; To banks doing bus
mess S45s7 $50
To banks winding up, 1910
To ont sta t1iN or uta{fo e. spne 20
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17
SCHOOL FUND.

llt School Fund, owing to the forfeiture
'at large quantities of lands heretofore
Land estimated as portion OF the pro-
tie fund, bearing 7 per cent. interest),
aalts large diminution in its nominal
a and actual revenue. The extent to
-a this diminution has gone, will be
la By an examination of the Report
Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
'lch the condition Of the Fund is
\! very fully. The number of acres
@aool Lands, thus far, forfeited for
Ayment Of dues, and yet unsold, De-
" !, 1860, was 352,840, while the
8,ion OF loss to the productive School
NY Y the forfeiture of Swamp Lands,
> % that date, 247,130 acres. With
laa'not prosperous times, in the course
" succeeding year, these lands will
y Oe sold and added to the productive
~ The Superintendent estimates the
, .,rye School Fund, October j, 1860,
i r II u
I. .','Ss 'o94; and supposing the lands at
'l1' Velooglng to that Fund to be sold
St ~ minimum a appraisal, he estimates
I'M. Jug Fund will reach $3,234,156 from
4 resources; while there viii be added
~, y IN the future, the proceeds Of six
IN. IN S Y lands not yet in market, one
l, III " lne proceeds Of the sale Of Swamp
III ~ not yet offered, besides tie avails OF
n qa'aed for tue General Government,
s,,5 1e long-withheld 5 per cent. fund,
NJ Iast eventually come to the State.
se hcport Of the commissioners 81
so, o' and University Lands viii be laid
sa,o,, ,Ga' Containing information and sug-
so gas n relation to the business entrust-
A. ,u.lf charge. Your careful attention
ii, g.s subject is imperativelv needed. ii
assn ,,i'' y judicious legislation, proper
apo,,a 'os may b placed around these
l5S .ia' funds, which have been much
slag 0y careless invest in past
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17

invite your early and careful attention
to the suggestions and recommendations
contained ID the Superintendent Report.
NORMAL SCHOOLS.
The report Of the Board Of Regents Of
Normal Schools viii be laid before you
The fund a, their disposal, arising entirely
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17

This fund shows decrease of some
$4,000 from last year, owing to the same
causes which produced the diminution of
the productive School Fund.
The report Of the Board of Regents of
the State University, made according to
requirement Of law, will be laid before You,
exhibiting the condition Of the Institution.
There is no maxim more sound than that
frequent changes in the policy and admin
istration Of such institutions is in the high
est degree detrimental. With its buildings
now completed, at an expense of not less
than 100000, and affording ample ac-
Icommodations for years to come, what the
University mainly requires, is to be let
alone, to pursue quiet and even course Of
usefulness and progress. Earnest effort on
the part of its Faculty, undtr the judicious
supervision Of its Regents, with an estab-
lished policy, steadily pursued, viii without
doubt, with its advantages Of situation,
place it among the most important institu-
tons of the State.
SWAMP LAND FUND.
The Swamp Land Fund, on the 1at October,
1870, amounted 70 SSl5sS20 81
amounting to 5e.9s7 "a
is appropriated by law, in the following
proportion. viz
To the School Fund, 25 per cent, or sl4,24l CO.
TO the Normal School Fund.- rs per cent or 1921 90
To the Drainage Fund, 30 per cent, 284s2 90
During the past year, approved lists Of
Swamp Lands coming to the State, under
the Act Of 1850, amounting to about
100000 acres, have been received at the
Executive office, and requests have been
transmitted to the General Land Office,
that patents therefor should be issued to
the State. These.lands are a part Of those
conceded bv the Government to belong to
the State, no settlement Of the questions
long at issue with the Department, having
been effected.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1861-01-17

Stockholders, and individuals whose
money has been honestly invested in rail
roads, have / right to some further pretec-
ton and security by law. The early stock
holders and men Of comparatively small
means. furnish the basis OF all the subse-
qucnt credit Of the company, and are al
ways the first men plundered, and the last
men secured, by the pablic-sprited, self
devoted, patriotic railroad operators. #
the acts Of interpretations are public acts,
as they declare themselves to be, and if the
proceedings Of Boards Of Directors are
public, and their records public, as to ail
persons dealing with the company snen
the interests and rights Of the original stock
hold rs are noticed to the world, and any
trade or contract made. or fraud commit
ted. bv the directors or agents Of the com
many cannot diyest the stockholders Of their
rights IN the road, without their expressed
consent. Their money rs IN the roads, and
they ought to have an equitable lien and 2
rioht to follow their money into the roads
themselves. The railroads should be made
10 pay the money that built them, and the
laws OUGHT to create in all corporations ;
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-13

! had nobody TO talk to nor nothin to
talk about, howsever, aud was very
lonely. specially on the fast day; SO when
he ialer arst my lonely sell, put the
few stray hairs on the back part Of my
he'd I'm bald row, but there was time
when wore swee auburn ringle,s into
RS dish.heviled q state as possible, Il roll
in 'py eyes like manyyuck, cride:
Stay. jaltr, stayl am not mad but oon
shall be it you don't bring me suhin to
ak !" tie brung me sum noospapors.
for which | thanked him kindly.
AT laist got interview with Joh,r-
son Davis, The President Of the Southern
Conthieveracy He was quite perlile and
axed me to sit down and stae my case.
| did 1t, when lArfed and said his gal
lsnt men had bin little too enthusiastic
in coufslicating my show,
eyes" seq |, ",hey conf siica,cd me
too muchly. | hal sum ho ,ses confisti.
Gated in the same way, onct, but the con
Gsucatcrs are now pouadin stun ia The
States Prison at lpi nuspylus."
"Wall, wall, Mister Ward, YOU mir al
liberty to depart; you are friendly to the
South, | know. Even now we have ma
ny lrens in the North who sympahisr
with us,a1d won't mingie with this fight"
- Davis, there's your Y, ale mstaik
Manv of us was your sincere friends, and
thought certain parties among us was
fussn about you and meddlm with your
consarns entirely too much. But j. Ds
Wis, the mint you fire gun at the piece
of dry goo Is called the Star SpangleC
Banner. the Norh gets up aud rises cI
massy, in defense of that banner. No
/ ag'n YOU as individuals-no agin tn,
South even--but TO save the 6ag. W.
/ should indeed be weak in the knees, un
sound in the heart, mlkwhite in the hv
er, and soft in the he'd if we stood quietl
by and saw this glorus Govyment smash
I'd to pieces either by rurrin or ntestin
foe. The gentle hearted mother hates t
take her naughty child across her knee
but she knows it is her dooty to do it, 5
we shall hate to whip the naughty Soul
but we must do it if you don't make bac
tracks at onct, and we shall wolup yc
out of your boots Davis, it is m
decided opinion that the Sonny South
maxim egrejus muttonhead Of herself.
e" Go on sir, yoa're safe enuh. Your
too small powder fer me ! sed the Pre-
ident of the Southern Conthieveracy.
Wait ill go home and start out IL
Baldinsvlle Mounted Hoss Cavalry J.
I'm Gaping of that Corpse, and j, Davi
beware Jefferson D., now leave yol
Farewell,my gay Saler Boy ! Good by
my bold buccaneer pirut of the de,
blue sea, adoo adoo p
My tower threw the Southern Co
tLieyeracy on my way home was thrill
enough for yeller covers 1t will for
the suhjeck of my next. Betsy Jane al
the progeny air well.
Yours Respectively,
i Vanity Far. A. WARD.
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DITCH LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday, the
Sd day of July next at the brick school house near
j Harpcls in Lake twp will let in separate sec
tions to the lowest bidder the making of the drain
known drain No. %; commencing at or near the
northwest corner of road tract no. of the Maumec
and Western Reserve road lands in the bed of Dry
Greek; thence down said creek in a north-castcrly
direction to the county line whereat terminate.
The work comprises 176 sections Of 20 rods each,
and of 40 rods each, with width ON the bottom
as follows: from commencement to sec. II, 3 feet
from IL to 10, inclusive, four feet from Al to 13S,
inclusive, six feet; from 1873 to end, the timber to
be cleared out 50 feet wide. The banks to have Il
slope of y to foot in depth, the earth to be renov
ed feet from the slope of the bank. The work to
be completed by the st day of October, 1861, in ac-
cOrdance with the plat and profile of the engineer
in charge of said work, and TO the acceptance of the
county commissioners. Sale to commence at ten
O'Clock, n. m. ADDISON SMITH. Auditor.
Auditors Office, Wood county, o.
Perrysburg, May q, lS6l-4w5S6 Is.
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BITCHES.
DITCH LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 2lth
day of June, 1861, at Milton Centre, will let 10 the
lowest bidder, in separate sections, the making Of
the drain or watcr-cOursc known as drain number .
commencing about 40 rods north of the southeast
corner Of section 81, town range o. thence north
section line TO that branch of Beaver Creek which
intersects said line thence down said creek in a
northwesterly direction to the west line OF the south
east quarter of section 49, town 5, range 81 whereat
to terminate. The work comprises l02 sections of
20 rods each. It's width the bottom is as follows
the first 20 sections feet, the next % sections 3
feet and the balance feet ON the bottom The bank
TO have slope of y feet to in depth. The earth
which is taken out OF said drain to be removed at
least feet from the slope of the bank, and to be
thrown on the side of the county road where it
along the same. The work to be completed to the
acceptance of the county commissioners or before
the 1st day in October 1861. sale to commence IT
one o'clock, p. m. ADDISON SMITH, Auditor.
Auditors Office, Wood county, o.
Pcrrysburg May l5, lS6l-3wJ$6 7j.
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DlTCH LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that on Saturday the Goth
day of June next at the ten mile house in Webster
township will let to the lowest bidder in separate
sections, the making Of the drain known as drain
No, 20 commencing where the Tousslnt creek
crosses the McCutchcnvillc and PcrrySburg State
road, in sec. |, town 5, range cast thence down
said drain to the county line terminating on road
tract number rs Of the Maumcc aud Western Re
serve road Lands. TIE work is separated into two
divisions Division No. | comprises that part of
said work in Webster twp consisting Of 76 sections
of 20 rods each, the width of the bolt to be II
feet for the first 30 sections and fourteen feet Tor the
balance. Division No. comprises that part in
Troy twp, consists of 81 sections Of 90 rods each.
the bottom to have uniform width Of lG feet. The
timber, oodwood and earth to be cleared out 80 feet
wide the whole length of drain. Banks to have a
slope of = feet to in depth. The whole to be
completed t. the acceptance of the county commits
sioners by the day of October, 1861 and in ac-
cordance with the profile and plat of the engineer
in charge of said work. Sale to commence at ten
o'clock a. m ADDISON SMITH, Auditor
Auditors Office Wood Co., o.
Pcmysburg, May %, ls6l-$7 80.
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Compliments.

Gen. Scott has received an ear of green
corn with the compliments of jeff Davis
Private Secretary. 1t is genle bint
that the South have still me means ol
support. About the time Gen. Scott re-
ceived this, an elegant boquet was pre-
sented 10 him, with the compliments Of
Mrs. Lincoln. The General, with great
promptness, requested his Military Secre-
tary, Col. Hamilton, to bear his kindest
regards to Mrs Lincoln for the beautiful
gift, and at the same time TO present hel
The car of corn as the latest curiosit, sur
rendered by the enemy, and to add. thai
from the appearance Of the ear, II it was
a fair specimen of the whole Southern
crop. our army would be down there soon
enough TO gather il fos them.
The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1861-06-13
D1TCH LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that on Monday the first
day of July next at the school house of Andrew Ad
ans in Perrysburg township will let to the lowest
bidder, in separate sections the making of the drain
known as drain No. II: commencing in Crane creek
where it crosses the Perrysburg and McCutchcn-
willie road in section % town 4, United States Re-
serve (Perysburg twp., thence down said creek
TO the Maumce and Western Reserve road, ternin-
ating on road tract number 23 The work cOmprs-
es 81 sections 20 rods each, with uniform width
the bottom Of 10 feet The banks TO have slope of
4 base to | vertical. The cuttings TO be made in
accordance with the profile of the engineer in charge
of said work. and the whole 10 be completed by the
1st day of October, 1861 Plan and specifications
Of the work will be exhibited and conditions made
known on the day of sale. Sale TO commence at 10
o'clock, a. m. ADDISON SMITH, Auditor
Auditors Office, Wood county, O.
Perysburg, May %, lS6l-4w5S6 90.
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A EsiOa.

The following remarkable Vision was
seen during the year 1903. by Joseph
Hoag, veteran soldier and minister of
the Grspel of the religious society OF
Friends which at that time was retained
in the hands of few of his re atives, and
was not until recently aloSed general
publicity. How near it has thus far been
fulfilled, is left to he reader TO determine.
He says: "WLile walking alone in the
fields, observed that the sun one clear,
but mist eclipsed the brightness of its
shining, and while rejecting on the sin
gularity of the event, my mind was cloth
ed with feelings the most SOLEMN ev,r
remember to have experienced.
"While querying with myself what all
this should mean, | ht ard voice, as if
from heaven, saying:
"' This thou seest which dims the
brightness of the sun. is sig Of u o
present and coming times.
60 took the foreia'hers Of this country
from land Of oppression; l plan el the m
here amongst the people of ihe forest /
sustained them, and while they were hum
be, blessed them and fed them, and
they became a numerous people; but
they have now become proud and lifted
up, and have forgotten me who nourlshed
tlem ia the wilderness, and are running
into every abomnation and evil practice
of which The peop'e of the Old World
were guilty and therefore have taken
qaietude iron the land and suffered di-
ydirg spirit to come uEon them.
+" Lift up thine eyes and behold
Z" And looked and saw The people dl'
vding in great numbers. This division
began in the Church upon poiAts of doc
trne. 1t commenced with the Presbyte-
riaus, and in its progress it entered and
pissed throu 5h the various religious de-
nominations the society OF Friends be-
ing no less affected than otEers had been
during the painful conflict, and suffering
perhaps more than others for the malnte-
nance of their original doctrine and testi-
monies. 1t next appeared in the Lodg s
of the Free Masons, and broke out IN ap-
D arance Ike a volcano, inasmuch as II
set the country in an uproar for n5th
of time. 1t then entered politics Trough
I o 1t the United States, and dil not stop
until it created a civil war, An abund-
ance Of baman blood was SHED in the
course O. the couhcl; the S uthern States
lost ih,ir power, and slavery was annlhi-
lated from their borders.
"rhen monarchial power arose. took
the government of the States, established
a national religion, and made all societies
tributary 10 its support saw them take
property from the Qlakers to large
amount.
81 was amazed at all this, and heard
a voice from Heaven again proclaiming
"'T This power shall not always exist,
hut with this power | will chasIlse my
Church until they reiurn TO the faithful.
ness of their forefathers. Thou seest
what is coming upon thy native land for
their iuiquiiy. and for the blood OF Afri-
ca, the remembrance Of which has come
up before me. This vision is not for ma
ny days."
The death of this individual occurred
on the Gist day ot August, ie46. aged
s5 years.
All that some young women need 10
inf 4me their hearts is spark.
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SHERIFF SALES, &C.
: cHERIFF's SALE.

- ERIFF'S SALE.
State Of Ohio for the us1 Of Caharinc Bradford by
her next friend John piadfcrl. plaintiff, vs. George
A. Wallaham and William NJ Wrghtdcfcnlants.
by virtue OF an order Of sale issued in the above
case by the Clerk Of the Court Of Common Pleas Of
CoumOiana county, Ohio. and to IN, directed and
delivered, will offer for sale public vrnduc at the
door of the Court House in the town of Perry sbug,
Wood county, Ohio, ON
Saturday, the 22d day Of june, 1851,
between the hours of 10 a. M. ana p. M, Of said
day, the following described Lands and t'rcn,,nS,
to-wit: a part of the or. s.c. D. town 3 nyrlh,
range IL east, in Wood county, Ohio, AMI running
u line across said or. so as 10 cat oil sixty ac.vs
from the north side Thereof, appraised at $500
O.. j.. GuYER, sasrh.
M,r % lsnt c,5c9 a;
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DITCH LETTING.

Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the first
day of July next at the house of Andrew Adams, in
Perrysburg township, will let 10 the lowest bidder
in separate sections the making of the drain known
the northeast of section thirty town four
United States Reserve, in the bed of Crane creek;
thence down said creek to the Perrysburg and Nc
Cutchenville road whereat TO terminate. The work
comprises SO sections of 20 rods each with width
of bottom of feet for the first five sections and of
3 feet for the remainder. Bank slopes = base to
vertical. The earth to be removed at least feet
from the slope of the bank. The work to be COM
pleted to the acceptance of the county Commission
by the 1st day of October, 1861. Sale to conf
mence at one O'Clock p. m. ADDISON SMITH,
Auditors office, Wood Co.,O. Auditor.
Perrvsburg Nav 26 186l-4w5$5 50.