Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-06-02

considering Tue ulstaHco ltolH EIdih
markets OF parts Of Grant county, and the
heavy car transportation charges for for
wariing grain to eastern markets, our
farmers have been losing money on their
grain ever since the closing Of the Missis-
sippi as a war notwithstanding in q
NOR q, iolg Of Northern transport .'cn and
high freight charges. Such eta have
nearly doubled; consequently by so much
ave ri1es of grain ftl'e1 below what they
should have been. But for these freight
fnonopolies wheat, for the past two years,
would have brought sl.oo TO sl.40 per
bushsl and ether things like fair price.
The knowledge Of these facts begets a live.
" interest in The news from Vieksburg
end change Of hands will be highly ex-
citing on this account. The mastery OF
the Mississippi river is with the masters Of
Vicksburg, so that If Gen. Grant can be-
come the master Of that place the river
will be clear, slight casualties excepted,
from st. Paul to New Orleans; trade will
revive and movement of provisions
southwark will commence at every little
river station of the northwest. The PEG.
pie along the river below Vicksburg, are
10 great want, and there will be no condi.
,iohs annexed to their procuring all they
need, except an unconditional spbmis.
sion to the old constitution and flag and
WILLINGNESS to aid ia defending the govern
msnl. WAll this they will come to, not pre-,
tendingly bot purely and at heart, foltEey
have got enough of the rebellion. The in
halitants, black and white. viii take to
watching the river and keeping It clear Of
rebels and rebel annoyances; commerce
viii he free and there will be heasy de.
mand for supplies OF provisions, clothing,
aud other useful stuas fo,n the North.
Farmers Of Grant, you can almost rejoice
at the prospects, as you may in less than
q month, furnish IN part the supplies
wanted by the half dczen Southern states
that shall depart from the confederacy
and return to the old Union--a better aud
wiser people freed from the lead aud iufiu.
e9ee of their traitors and their ringers
IL few weeks We expect to print notices
FIR the Cassyille aud Potosi merchants,
reading AZ follows:
"WANTED.-By Kaltenbach at Potosi,
Tor Lafmye at Cassvile,) 10000 bacon
bans, 10000 bushels o. oats and coin,
5000 barrels four 1000 prs. seeks, and
other articles TO feed the hungry and
Clothe the naked down in Dixie, for which
the highest prices will be paid in cash.
Business, markets and communication
may be more or less Interrupted along the
lower Mississippi for some months, or even
years, by the rowing bands of white trash
which the rebellion may train and turn
loose with the license to rob and steal
from producers and dealers; but there will
be enough well-behayed Union men ard
niggers in that country to maintain the
laws, may be better than before the war.
The suhiugated rebels will maintain no
general organization bat what can be over.
come by Union mep. certainly so with The
help Of Northern Yankees, aholitionist,
and niggers.
SOUTHERN UNION STATES.
After the fall of Vicksbulu. the en-.
hire Mississippi valley will soon put on
the habiliments of loyalty. except 10 lower
illinois and other spots where Copperhead
democracy retains h:cSering existence.
As the Constitution OF the Confederate
states luckily aliows Gny state to secede,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana viii
very soon embrace the glorious oppourn.
~ Of seeding from thu Confedefacy, and
viii re.allhex themselves to the cid Union
mot as slave states but as free states, Rb.
clifton states Of course. for Southern Union
men all support the Proclamation and the
war without q 6at or an If Aud / order
not 10 be plunged into any more rahpllons
they will guard their future existence by
enacting laws that ''siarrry, eecept for
CRIME. sAau aefer exist sDithla tSeir
bounds" Such re-annexations and aholi.
ton snaeiments in slave states, late Of the
secession Confederacy, viii be followed
soon by Nerlh Carolina, Florida. Texas
and pe,haps Illinois. FOR the re- action and
return to the Union viii DO as precipitate
Is the exist Of Southern states from the
Union ia '6i.
Spch events viii hasten emancipation
action ID the States OF Missouri, Kentucky,
Tennessee. Maryland and Delaware, and i,v
The fall nf 'a4, lhree.fouiths of tho late dis.
loyal Southern States win be radically abo
Iitiun;xed free States, and viii elect Union
members OF Congress, Union legislature
aud Enion Presidential electors. Not
Southern State will cleo, Copperhead
cS-ctur. Some Of the Yankee States may
elect pro-savery members Of Congress and
even elect Copperheaa Governors. but MOI
Southern State will exhibit any such dis.
Loyalty hy a return to the niager as he
was. Revolutions never 90 backwards
especially those for liberty. Free speech
and /, free press, now being upheld IN the
South by the bayonct. viii soua aeaa;ra no
tunpolts lsH che common laws.