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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
Gurowski on Grant.

The late Count Gurowski was one
Of the shrewdest observers and one
Of the best judges of men. and during
the war was constantly ut Washing.
ton 10 the highest society, and with
every opportunity of learning the
truth. March u, 1861, the follow
ing striking allusion was made ia his
diary to the man who is to day the
Republican candidate for Presidents :
Grant will not be intoxicated with
fattery, as was Mcclellan | never
met with Il man of 50 much simplici
~, shyncss and decision"
April 9th, 1864, occurs the fol-
loving remarkable passage in his di
AIRY:
Grant has lost nothing of his
freshness OF mind and righteousness.
dc avoids Washington and its vari,
our corrupting allurements; nay, he
runs away from them. And Grant
is right his good genius inspires
him. Grant is essentially a soldier
for the camp and field. All Grants
predecessors in command of the Ar
my o. the Potomac several CONS
manders Of corps, divisions, brigades
aud regiments-in one word, many,
many officers, and even the rank and
file, came to grief, and were ruined
by Washington influences. Even
Mcclellan was ruined by his soiourn
in Washington, provided that there
was anything to be ruined in Nc
Clellan. When with the army, the
thought aud mind of Grants prede
cessors were not in the camp, but in
Washington, in the various attrac-
tions and intrigues. The Ccmman
ders-Generals, &c, visit Washing~
ton when they can; its attractions
ruin them"
April s. 1864, Gurowskl draws the
following pen and ink portrait of
Grant:
How fond this giant is of violat~
ing the easy military regulations !
There Grant establishes his head
quarters ten miles nearer the army
than Meade had his. Grants head
quarters are almost amidst the sol
diers. That is a Western custom,
and not q Pot0moc army custom. Bad
precedent and an anti Mcclellan one.
Then Grant travels with the simple
ity of a second lieutenant, without
fuss, with q small trunk which he
forgets in his room. Mcclellan al
though not u Lieutenant General.
had splendid travelling equipments,
carriages, &c.-all this for campaign
Of one hundred and twenty miles
space, end in a coantry with rails
roads.
'lf Grant faileth, then curse is
on This Potomac army Grant is q
soldier to the core, and genuine
democrat (not in the party sense, J
Commander of a democratic army
from democratic people. Ii all
this, to be classical and Initiating,
is not Roman, Cincinnatus, and ma>
iron like, then | am at loss for pre-
cedents and for historical ilIustra-
tons.
Per contra Mcclellan tried as
much as he could to ape aristocratic
Europe. Brilliant receptions, repre-,
sensations, severity surrounded him,
and he thrived or them"
The final questionis: viii Grant
remain a diamond, resisting the dis
solving Washington acids ?"
April II, 1864 Grant again graphs
icaly depicted
From what | can learn of Grant,
he is no more afraid to take the res>
possibility of million men than OF a
single company, This is a very
praisworlhy feature in his character,
and the more so as it is not genera
ted by conceit or indifference.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

E@-It is curious to study the ori>
gin of words, and see how new ones
are coined from year to year and in
troduced into our language. A new
word is very easily started in life, if
it be only appropriate. When the
first schooner ever built on the coast
of Massachusetts first slid from her
stocks and foated gracefully on the
water, the chance exclamation of a
bystander, "Oh, how she scoons |"
drew from her contriycr and builder
the answer, "a schooner let her be
then = and made new English
word.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

Gg-T The irrepressible Anglo Saxon
proposes to run railroad through
the very garden of Eden, by substitu-
ting for the Red Sea and Indian
Ocean route to India, short cut from
Marscilles to Suediah on the Medi-
terranean, thence eastwardly to the
valley ofthe Euphrates, past Bagdad,
down TO the confluence of the Tigris
and Euphrates, thence through the
Persian gulf to Bombay.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

re- The Sentiment that was cheer
ed the loudest at the Democratic
Convention held in Tallahassee, Fla,
on the LIST inst, was that uttered by
Col. Davidson, in substance as fol-
lows: 1--WE appeal to Heaven for
dellverance, and if Heaven won't
help US we Unjust help ourselves. |
dislike war but, If it m ust come, let
it come"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
,en Tho Ricbland ,S,,t;,ol savs Il

sA- The Richland .Ssntinal says the
harvest through the section is now
compteted-wheat and oats are about
an average yield. Hay, light-gcn-
EARLY well secured, though rather
late, for want of help. Potatoes, in
many fields, are a failure, from
drouth and bugs, v hiein other fields,
fair, perhaps half a usual yield.
Corn promises an average. Hops
generally good-indicate large crop.
No danger opprehcnded at present
from the hop louise.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

E&s- The Providence Press we'll says
What would this country have been
without carpet baggers? Since 1900
the citizens of the earlier settled
States have been migrating westward,
till State after State has been planted.
Tie essence ofthe cpl that's proscrip-
tive. let our forcing born citizens
note, that when Democrats are de-
nouncing carpet-baggers. shot is
aimed at every man who ONES from
a foreign land. Such : proceeding
may be according to rebel Democracy
but not according to Jeffersonian."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

sa- The Boston transcript gives
the following questions for Copper
heads to answer: How can the Re-
construction acts Of Congress be ''un>
constitutional, revolutionary and
void" when the Supreme Court has
recognized legislation based on these
acts, and the Executive ofthe coun-
try has agreed to protect q State, the
organization of which was made by
virtue OF them ? We rather think
many leading Copperheads would
like q satisfactory answer to this
oeery."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
6~The ALBANY ,J0urnel saws :

s@The Albany Journal says -
"Let the fact be borne in mind. The
Democratic party before the war was
a party Of secession. at the COM
mencement Of the war it was a par~
ty of rebellion. Toward the close of
the war it became party of submis-
sion, and now it is openly proclaimed
by its leaders and organs as party
Of revolution"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

e3- The celebrated Prof. Book, of
Leipzig, one Of the greatest German
physicians, wages an memorable and
highly successful war agai nst all sorts
of patent medicines and nostrums.-
Whenever q new panacca OF this des :
cription makes its appearance in the
market Dir. Book examines t. and
then publishes the ingredients of
which it is composed, and what it
costs the manufacturers to get it up.
In this manner the sale of German
patent medicines has lately much de>
creased.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
ra 1t shonld be known TO all M

sa-It should be known to all per-
sons that to have plants in a close bed
room at night is a practice detrimen-
tai to health. Even plants not in
flower, and without smell, injure the
air during the night, and in the abb
senoe of the sun, by impregnating il
with nitrogen and earbonic acid gas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

"A Southern paper says that the
rebel yell the coming election will be
as effective in driving radicals from
the field as it was in winning victor
les during the war. Well, sir, Demo
oracy is pIacing nearly its whole de- e.:
nendepoe upon the rebel yell IN ms
struggle.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

POST Office address, Lancaster, Ws.)
Judge OF Circuit Court. T. MILLS.
Judge of Probate Court-WM hcGoNIGAE,
Treasurer-V. +. KINNEY.
Sheriff.. ?. Cox.
Register Of Deeds-JosEPH Book.
Clerk of Circuit Court w. BLANpING.
Clerk of Board of Supervisors +. Il. PARSONS.
Chm of Board of Superysors-ADDI BURR.
Superintendent of Schools. p. HUBBARD.
County Surveyor-JoEL BARBER.
District Attorney-G. c. IIAzELToN, Up. o. Boscobel)
Coroner-CHAs. DIcKEY, (P. o. Dickeyvlle)
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
ssrThe Democrats No. 4 re,

s1~ The Democrats have very
simple receipt for making political
capital. 1t is to get up a riot, an in
surrection, or war, and then to
charge the expense and trouble of
putting it down to Republican ex~
travagance. This is the substance OF
all their charges against the Repub,
lican party.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

sa- The Milwaukee Wisconsin, says
Gen. Ii. G. Hobart has been oppoint
ed Special Treasury Agent to run the
New Orleans Custom House until
the successor of Mr.. Kellogg, elected
United States Senator, has been app
ointed and confirmed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
sgWo have three friends that a,

wWe have three friends that are
useful to us-a sincere friend, faith.
full friend, friend that hears every
thing, that examines what is told
him, and that speaks little; but we
have three also whose friendship is
pernicious-a hypocrite, fatterer
and a great talker.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

e@Quite a number of English
sportsmen are reported to be in this
country, on their way West, to join in
q grand buffalo and antelope hunt,
which is to take place on the plains OF
Nevada this autumn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

wA dispatch from Omaha says
fifty additional miles OF the Union
Pacific Railroad are now finished,
making $50 miles from Omaha. 1t
now seems probable that l 900 will
be in running order before the close
of the year, and that the whole line
to the Pacific will be open for bust
ness in 1869.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

sa-The Irish Republic, started in
Chicago less than two years ago, but
now published in New York, has q
weekly circulation of forty thousand
AT present it is doing excellent SER
vice in the Republican ranks.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

rM-fhe Democrats of the Fourth
New York District threaten to turn
John Morrissey out of Congress-
They 90 not complain that he is un-
faithful to the party his offence is that
he bets on Grant and Colfax. John
makes betting q matter OF business,
and puts up his money to win.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

say Cotswold sheep are said to be
IN greater demand in England now
than ever before-at a late sale fifty-
five averaged s15O in gold.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

JOHNSON RECOGNIZES REcoNsrRuc-
TOMAS. one Of he signs OF the
times, President Johnson has con-
cluded that it will do TO recog nize the
State Government of the South that
have deem formed under Reconstruc~
ton acts, as legitimate and legal bod
les. The ice in this direction was
first broken by Mr.. Seward, in his
proclamation notifying the world,
that the Fourteenth Amendment OF
the Constitution had been legally rat
flied. He has since, in response to
the Governor of Louisiana, ordered
military aid to be given to that State
Government, thus sanctioning direct,
~ its legality in its present FORM
The President has evidently seen q
thing or two since the New York
nominations, that appeared quite OBJ
seure to him pc J. horgh perfectly
plain to othe's.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
Enterprising School Boy in Georgia.

There is boy seventeen years OF
age living in the county below US,
who has twenty one acres planted
in cotton, He hired one man early
in the spring, prepared the laud and
bought about 500 worth of guano
and put upon it. After getting il
planted he started to school, which
be has regularly attended during the
summer, with the exception of about
two weeks, which his crop required.
lie works an hour or two every NOR
ming, In the afternoon and el cry
Saturday. His cotton is looking very
fine, and he expects to get at least
fifteen bales off thetwenty one acres.
Estimating each bale at 500 pounds,
and that he will get % cts. per pound,
the gross receipt will be S1,875. His
entire expense. including the guano.
will not be over S500-which will
leave Sl,375 as the net earnings of
this school boy. Give him the bene.
fit of every doubt, and he viii make
81, 600 clear. We commend this to
young men moaning and grieving
over Their fate, complaining they can
get nothing to do, and can make no
money.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

OLD~FAsnIoNKp JUsrIcE.-The
Boston Advertiser says: "a menu
Der OF the bar in looking over the
Court records OF Norfolk county,
Mass, few days since, saw the fol-
lowing judgement, passed in March,
1901, on one, Andrew Bartholomew,
for breaking into the house of Abb
gail Gay: 1T is, therefore considers
ed by the Court hero that he be pub.
licly whipped on the naked back
thirty nine stripes that he be set on
the gallows for the space of one hour,
with a rope about his neck and one
end thereof cast over the gallows;
that he pay to Abigail Gay, the par~
ty injured, six hundred dollars, which,
with the goods restored, is treble the
value OF the goods stolen. And fhe
does not pay the same within thirty
days, then it is ordered by the Court
that the said Abigail may dispose of
him IN service to any person whom
soever, for the term Of seven years,
to make satisfaction thereof that he
pay cost of prosecution, and stand
committed until sentence be per-
formed.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
ss sRE --VOI.. 20, NO. u.
Obituary.

Died, Ang. u, 1868, AZ Pottsdan,
Junction, n. Y, Mrs. Caroline Bev-
ans Bayley, wife of E, Bayley, Esq,
OF P.atteville, Wis.
The deceased at the time of her
death was travelling in company
her husband and family, and until
within few moments Of death, was
in the enjoyment of her usual health.
Thus very suddenly was she taken
from an affectionate family and from
a wide circle of relatives and friends,
whose hearts are filled with sorrow.
They weep however only for their
loss, being assured that to her, death
has been an infinite gain.
Mrs Bayley was born in st. Louis,
Mo-. March %, 1925 but since her
childhood. has been q resident OF
Platte7ille and vicinity. In 1914
she was united in marriage to Mr..
Bay ey, and for nearly twenty-five
years, has with singular tenderness
and fidelity filled the duties of wife
and mother FITNESS.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

aA-Shall the rebels and copper
heads, who tried for five years to des-
troy the Government by force of
arms, now be placed in official poss-
ession Of that Government by the
votes Of the American people? This
is the great question to be decided in
the approaching Presidential election.
Other questions or issues, which the
copper heads arc dragging into the
canvass, arc in fact not Of the least
significance at present, and are
sprung upon the country only for the
purpose OF deluding the people and
diverting their attention from the
real issue. The more men think of
this matter, the more carefully and
candidly they examine it, the more
apparent this fact becomes.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

HARD UPON LA CRossE.-The New
York Evening 4Nda, speaking of the
new journal (Which Brick" Pomroy
is about to issue in that city, says.
"On curb stones and on black walls
we are everywhere met by the an
nouncement Of the new Journal, con-
joined with the most shameless oaths
We are astonished at this bare faced
and causeless profanity. Even vic
ked New York will not sanction this
sort ofthing 1t may do in La crosse
the most notorious den Of iniqulty IN
the IVesf-but it Twill not do in New
York. Such "a paper cannot reach
the homes Of this city. The worst
men do not want such sheets in their
family circles"
A VOUCHER FOR SEYNoUR.-At q
recent Democratic ratification meet
ing in Kentucky, Captain Edward
Marshal, brother Of Tom Marshal,
gave the following voucher for Sey-
mour's Democracy
Although Seymour was called a
War Democrat, he bad never given
any aid or support to the Govern
ment in the prosecution of the war,
uhen 1t couid be droided," and that
when called upon by the Government
TO furnish troops TO expel the rebels
from Pennsylvania, he answered IN
the same manner, If not in the same
language, as the Governor of Ken
lucky, in 1861, to wit: That be
would not send them, though he did,
however, for the reason that he udS
unable to do otherwise"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25
BoScobcl, Wis,
JAMESTOWN HOTEL,
BLOOMINGTON HOTEL.

Bloomington Wis.
SINE wOODHoUSE, PROPRIETOR.
Successor 10 Harger)
Good stabliug attached and the rooms in good order
wolff
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-25

PoMERoY's PApER.-''B Brick" has
posted flaming placards all over the
city announcing that his daily will
make its appearance on Saturday.
The following are specimens Of these
placards: "Red Hot For Radicals,
The Daily Democrat beats the
world, Pomeroy's Daily Democrat" -
damn it, Damn it. In big letters.
But read the Daily Democrat" l
learn that the paper proposes to
pitch in generally, and fro right and
left into the Democratic as we'll as
Republican camp. Any foul story
or scandal that hepaper can gee hold
Of il will at once print. Everything
that is low, vile, pvoiane and sacrileg
ious will be grist to its mill; at the
same time all profanity and tobacco
smoking ioiU be strictly prohibited, both
in the editorial and printing rooms
Brick intends to open war at once on
the World, and seek to draw away
its subscribers.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-11-17
Chatham Railroad Bonds.

Some OF our cctemporarics, III stating the sub
stance of our recent articles upon the subject of
the Chatham Railroad Bonds, say that the Jour
mai lntlinatcs that the State will hereafter repu-
dlate these bonds. We are the last person to
advocate or even intimate the reputation bv
North Carolina Of any legally contracted debt
and the refusal to pay any other is no repudia-
ton We attempted to show, and We think sue
cessfuIly, that the Legislature made the apr,ro-
Prlation in defiance of the Constitution of the
state, and we know that they will never be paid
until decision Of the Supreme Court is had
upon their legality. If that tribunal hold them
to be just obligations. and the honor of the State
is involved IN their payment, however rnuch her
dlshonor was involved in their issuance the
holders will find no stronger friends than our
selves IN demanding prompt payment thereof.
Lut SO long as there is doubt in regard to them
We shall be stout in our resistance North Caro-
lima is not in condition at this time to increase
her public debt, and unless bribery was used. as
charged, we cannot see how faithful representa-
tlves could have so sacrificed the interest of the
State. Our old Bonds lie in the strong boxes
OF their holders, with coupons unpaid, and the
interest rapidly accommodating For these the
people Of North Carolina have value received
and yet they find it impossible to meet these
honorable and just demands And vet STRANGERS.
who were borrowing the money with which their
"a, "'em was paid, voted away illegally. incon-
siderately, and, we fear, corruptly, millions of
dollars. Can they really desire to force the
State INTO bankruptcy p UIImiqton Journal
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-11-17
Foreign News.

The Common Pleas Court in England (fru
bench) have decided that the common Law d E,ul
confer suffrage on women
The London Times publishes the basis Of co.
Element of questions between the United Stata.
and Great Britain. Mixed Commissions Tvs
from each country, are to be appointed to al
judge of all questions since 1853, the date of tho
last Commissions expiration. England respon,
ssibility for the Alabama's operations were re-.
ferred to Prussia: If the decision is favorable
the American Commission will investigate tLo
claims. America valves the question Of recon
milton of the Confederacy. The San Juan aHar
is referred to Switzerland for arbitration.
A special dispatch from London to the No,v
York Herald, says that the conviction prevails
there that the United States is being hum.
plugged and Reverdy johnson used by British
with the rebellion" and Southern
exiles in England.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1868-11-17
A CARD.

would respectfully inform my numerous friends
in this section of the State, and the adjoining Dis
trcts OF South Carolina that the end for which NY
Physician recommended my engaging in some active
pursuit for the restoration of my health, broken
down IN the active duties of tho Gospel Ministry
having been sufficiently restored to enable my early
return to that work, have now determined to close
out my entire stock of Goods by the LIST of January
ensuing At that time expect, Providence permit
ting to resume my ministerial lahors; and in order
to enable me to do my friends can aid me by
calling and purchasing my stock, which guarantee
TO sell them at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Those who know me need not be informed that this
Is no advertising dodge to procure trade but plain
statement of facts. The public who may favor mo
with call, well the interests of the Church of
which am a Minister, will, it is to be hoped be
benehtted by aiding me in so laudable n purpose,
A. SINCLAIR,
Now, 1868. Springs Corner Charlotte