Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-09-03
NEWS ITEMS.

malned upon the head until decom
position commenced. Parties are
looking after the body in the vicinity
where the hat was found, but up TO
this time the body mae not been re-
covered, although seventeen days
have elapsed since the suicide.
ssg~The resignation Of most of the
Cabinet officers il reported. We hope
that it may prove trne Mir. John
son can hardly select less popular
men, but he may select men who will
answer his purpose better. And, at
present, the further Mr.. johnson
goes in mischief the more sure it is
that his term of mischief making will
expire in November.
ssA- The rebel Generals Beauregard
and Magruder, who have been re-
ported as visiting the New York
Stock Exchange, were passengers on
one of the Hudson River boats from
Albany. Gen. Magruder applied to
a gentleman on board who was qui>
city smoking his cigar, for a light,
but the gentleman replied You
will have TO excuse me. | have lost
two sons by your Internal rebellion,
and have sworn to have no friendly
intercourse with any man who took
a willing lot or partin your treason"
r0- General Grant is about TO in~
augurate more measures OF economy
and reform in the War Department.
Fifty additional clerks will be dis
charged, and large number of build
ings for which exorbi:ant rents ere
paid, are to be surrendered, rs no
longer required for the public SER
vice.
sA-The leading gamblers of New
York held q private meeting recently,
for the purpose of taking measures
to protect themselves against the
Anti-Gambling Society. 1t was fin
ally agreed, after some preliminary
discussion, to tax each establishment
one hundred dollars, to raise q fund
for the employment of lawyers and
other purposes.
No. Beauregard, who recently Wis
tied Chicago, is travelling as manager
of the electrical Brake Company OF
America" which it is claimed will
change railway speed of forty five
miles "a hour to dead halt in fifty
yards. Pity he could not have got
bis brake in use on the train OF
events that led to the rebellion.
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Postal CURRENcY.-It may be in
teresting to our readers who are
bothered with mutilated postal cur.
rency to know that postmasters are
obliged to receive all treasury notes
for stamp or postage, if clearly gen.
uine, no matter how worn or defaced
that may be, provided that one
, twentieth, part thereof be not missing
, and fractional currency, if not one
tenth part be missing. This is the
law.
ny Horace Greeley says "Great q,
Grant is, he cannot carry our ban
: ner unless he wears our uniform
) Our imagination absolutely breaki
down under the pressure of such ,
; conception. Conceive Grant parad
, ing on Pennsylvania avenue in Tho
, motley garb of the Philosopher" =
SLOUGH hat, exposed boot-tops, ex.
cellsior trousers, and all
rea- Among the propositions which
) number of friends Of the adminis>
tration from the South and North
are urging on the President is one
for proclamation OF universal am
nesty. The matter is represented BY
these gentlemen to have been under
consideration at the White House.
sss- The Government has taken al
active interest in saving the life O
Santa Anna, and has sent dispatches
to our acting Minister in Mexico tc
urge President Juarez to deal will
him literally. In addition to this s
co with instructions to secure, if pos
sible, the lenient treatment Of SAINTS
Alma while he is in prison.
nea-Thc President says he shall &C
comphish the removal of Sickles by
the order mastering ont volunteer
officers, which will leave him Col
onel. He has also indicated pur
pose to assign General Candy tc
: Sickles' district.
HW- The Omaha Republican soy.
so many young men are out of en-
ployment, and cannot get work
that even the recruiting officer foi
the regular army has been obliged to
suspend operations, because more
: applied to enlist than could be receiv
ed.
; No. Four men, whose names are
unknown, were carried over the
Niagara Falls, on the evening of the
22d. They were two ferrymen and
two passengers, and their bodies have
not been recovered.
, ~ The Michigan Constitutional
Convention has voted down clause
extending suffrage to females by =
vote of 46 to %, and proposition to
submit the question offemale suffrage
to the people separately, by avote of
80 to "a.
s@According to the latest intelli-
gence from Washington, the official
axe is about to descend on the head
of Gen. Pope. The trouble with him
is that he is hurting the rebels"
sM-The lately dismissed female
clerks have made raid on Andrew
johnson for reappointment. We trust
they will badger him well. He needs
it.
se-The Comptroller, Treasurer,
Attorney General and Commissioner
of the Land Office of Texas have been
removed for disloyalty.
sa. Con. Tom Thumb has temper
arily retired to private life, at his
country seat in Bridgeport, Conn.,,
in order to recruit for his public SER
vices in he fall and winter
Ex-Governor Fairchild has par
doned Michael Dormody. who was