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The New York herald., 1868-03-22
The Proposed Passenger and Freight Tariff
ON the Pacific Railroads.

ON the Pacific Railroads.
The House joint resolution to regulate the
tariff for passengers and freight on the
Union and Central Pacific Railroads and their
branches was taken up in the House of Repre-
sentatives on Friday and discussed. ''The
bill" says the report, constitutes the Secre-
tary of War, Secretary of the Interior and At
torney General a Board of Commissioners to
establish annually tariff of freight and pas
sengers on those railroads, not exceeding
double the average rates on the roads between
the Atlantic and the Mississippi river north of
st. Louis"
This is a step in the right direction, and it
meets with our hearty approval. The Pacific
Railroads and their branches have been and
are being almost entirely constructed by the
government, and it is only right that their rates
of charges shall be regulated by the same
power that called them into existence. Unless
this is done there is every danger of these
roads becoming the same grinding monopolies
that we witness in nearly every section of
the Union. Taking the Illinois Central as
an example, we find railroad which
was built by the government present
ing during the war an enormous bill for
the transportation of supplies to the army, al
though the original agreement was that all
government property should be transported
free of charge. This was because the national
authorities had permitted their right to control
the road to slip from their grasp and as we
have witnessed what the result has been in this
instance, t will be necessary to avoid such
mistakes n the future. The interest of the
government and of the people at large in the
Pacific Railroads is very great these lines of
travel belong to them in fact, and it is the duty
of Congress to see that they do not become
close corporations. In the course of another
year all o the roads will be completed, and
as for many years to come they will, perhaps,
be the oily routes of communication across
the ContiIent, their business of transporting
freight ant passengers between New York and
San FRANCISCO will be immense. Being, then,
Of such vial Importance to the whole nation,
care mustbe taken that they do not oppress
the people The directors and managers must
be restrained by Congress from charging ex-
orbitant rates, and everything relating to those
rates mus be regulated by law or by the pro-
posed bogd.
The New York herald., 1868-03-22

THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the
gear. Four cents per copy. Annual subscription
price S14.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
How Our Ancestors Lived.

The Improvement in the social com
fort and Refinement over past ages is
strictly shown in the following para
graph
"Erasmus, who visited England in
the early part OF the sixteenth cen>
tury, gives a curious description OF an
English interior OF the better class
The furniture was rough, the walls
upholstered, but sometimes wainscot>
ed or hung with tapestry, and the
floor covered with rushes. leaving
what they could not eat 10 rot there,
with the DRAWINGS of beer-vessels aud
all manner of unmentionable abomin.
atoms. There was nothing like re-
finement or elegance in luxury of the
higher ranks; the indulgences which
their wealth permitted consisted in
rough and wasteful profusion. Salt
beef and strong ale constituted the
principle part of Queen Elizabeth's
breakfast, and smaller refreshments
were served to her in bed for supper.
At series OF entertainments given
by the nobility in 1859, where each
exhausted his invention to out-do the
other, it was universally admitted
that Lord Goring won the palm for
the magnificence of his fancy. The
description of his supper will give us
an idea Of what was then thought
magnificent. Ii consisted Of huge
brawny pigs, piping hot, bitted and
harnessed, with ropes Of sausages, to
a huge pudding bag, which served for
a chariot"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

LEARN TO SWIM Everybody should
learn to smim Steamboat disaster
would be less terrible in loss of life,
if all could swim. No girl, even,
should be called educated who can.
not swim mile and dive to at least
a dozen feet. Recently in England,
two girls aged eight and fourteen,
walked with their governess, and be>
ing a little behind her, the youngest
fell into deep pool. Her sister
Immediately jumped in to her rescue,
and pushed her on to rock, where
she gained her footing, but in doing
so the latter herself was carried un-
der water ont Of her depth. She
came to the surface twice, when her
screams were heard by the govern
ess, heroic young lady OF twenty
one years, who Immediately ran to
the spot, saw her again sink, and
jumping in head foremost, caught
hold of her. and succeeded in holding
her head above water for fifteen
minutes, while the younge. sister ran
for assistance. Both were under
water except their heads for q quar-
ter OF an hour. The whole party
was rescued and saved.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
Sensible Advice.

Tie Ripon Commonwealth says
that at the Methodist Church there,
last Sunday evening, Mr. Haddock
announced that hereafter, when
gentlemen were seated in pew
and ladies were to be admitted to the
same pew, that they need not arise
but simply move along and admit
the ladies. This is decidedly sensi-
bic and sound advice, which we
would like to see followed every>
where. We never could see the pro-
priety of lot of men filing out of a
pew to admit ladies, and hope the
custom will be abolished by common
consent in all our churches. If it
had not become custom, what would
look more ridiculous than to see
four or i've men arise and file out of
q pew to admit one lady, and then
resume their seats again The GUS
tome originated in early times when
men took their guns to church with
them to be prepared to fight Indians
and British marauders, and then it
was necessary that the men should
be seated so az to meet any emer-
gency. But there is no need OF it
now, whatever, and is an absurd and
ridiculous custom, besides giving
great annoyance to usherers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
Kit Carson.

Kit Carson, who died at Fort Ly>
on, Colorado, on the 23d May Of q
rupture of an artery in the neck. was
one of the most noted OF that intrep,
id race Of mountaineers, trappers,
and guides that have ever been the
pioneers of civilization in It's advance
ment westward across the Western
continent. The New York Tribune
says he was born in Madison county,
Kentucky, Dec. q, 1909, and while
he was Il mere infant, his parents en-
igrated to what is now Howard
county, Missouri but what was then
an almost unbroken wilderness. At
the age OF fifteen he was apprenticed
to a saddler with whom he continued
two years, after which he joined a
hunting expedition and thus COM
menced the pursuit he followed dur
ing The remainder of his life. For
eight years he was on the plains
leading the adventurous life OF u
trapper, which he relinqnished only
on receiving the appointment of hun
ter To Bent's Fort, where he contlnu-
ed eight years more. At the eXpira-
ton of this time ne paid a short visit
to his family, and on his return met,
for the first time, General, then Lieu
John c. Fremont, by whom his ex-
perleuce in the backwoods was ut
once appreciated, and by whom, also
he was engaged as guide in his subse
quent explorations. La this position
he was eminently useful, and TO him
is probably due much OF the success
ofthose explorations. In l847, Car
son was sent to Washington as bear>
err of dispatches, and was then appoin-
ted Lieutenant in the Rife Corps of
the United States army. In 1898 he
drove $500 sheep over the mountains
to California. very hazardous un~
dertaking at that time, and, on his
return to Laos, was appointed Indian
Agent in New Mexico Since this
appointment be has been largely in
strumental in bringing about the
treaties between the United States
and the Indians, and en- mission OF
this kind he visited Washington q
few weeks ago in company with \
deputation of the req men, and made
a tour Of sew eral Of the Northern and
Eastern cities.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
Impeachment In Europe.

y glance At the expression of look
er7 on upon the great state trial
may not DC uninstructive. La G ca
bic dispatches give the following OK
tracts from the leading journals of
France.
LOpinioa regrets the vote OF the
seven Republican Senators for ac,
quittal, AM attributes their action to
fears that the conviction Of the Pres.
ident might prrcipitate a crisis.
The Pr.sse thinks the result is not
final, and believes the nation will de.
eide the issue in he coming Presi-
Dental election.
The Temps Dcmocralic) says
that Johnson was saved by legal
forms only He has been deposed in
the minds of the country.
The Jouruml Des Babut~ ;OrleanisD
says that while Johnson is acquitted,
the vote is such rs to render him
powcriess thereafter
La Liderte (Radical Opposition)
says simply that the verdict shows
that liberty is q hes; guaranty of
justice.
The PrssSe Aastro (Catholic) ven
lures no decided opinion but confines
it's remarks 10 the admiration and
vitality Of republican institutions
which permit the chief magistrate of
forty millions ofpeople to be brought
TO trial without bloodshed or nation
al disaster.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
James Buchanan.

Died, June lst at Wheatand, Ian
caster county Pennsylvania. James
Buchanan, NJ the age of seventy-sev-
en-.
He releases his hold upor life with
fewer regrets at his demise than at,
tend the closing scenes OF most OF
those whom the public have honored
with their trusts. The fruit was
withered long before it fell. Bu>
chanan has been virtually dead since
he staggered feebly off the public
stage, appalled, at the terrors of re-
volt his weakness, to call it by no
worse name, had helped into full
strength. Thirty~onc years he pas
sed exclusively in the service OF the
people. From the Legislature Of
his own State he entered the halls OF
Congress, mingled much in our for
eign affairs, aud not discreditably
his diplomatic reputation becom
ing a solid one as President Folks
Secretary Of State
In all his public career he was
full bloodod Slavery Bourbon,
believing in the infallibility and in
yincibility Of the system of man~
stealing, and 10 the fullest degree
impressed with the deep vulgarity Of
all sympathy with the black race
Thus shaded aud seasoned, he was
unlikely to disappoint the builders
in the temple of Oppression. and the
campaign of 1856, as the last triumph
OF the Pro-Slavery Democracy, made
him the President Of the United
States. The place he holds themes
forth is woven Theoretically into the
TAPESTRIES of history, which will
stand through all ages of mankind,
luridly Illuminated by the fires Of
the Great Revolt. The historian
may not call James Buchanan trait
or, but cannot defend him from the
charge OF shielding treason untilits
hands were fast clutched upon tie
nation. He did not, indeed, apply
the torch, but he held back the ma
tional fire department, and kept the
engines under lock and key, while
demoniac hands were feeding the
flames of the rebellion. If quick
conscience was left him among the
failing faculties Of his life, skeleton
hands may have beckoned to him
out Of bloody graves Of Freedom
earlier martyrs in Kansas There
are sins Of omission and Of commits
sion and the scales of justice must
seek their most delicate poise to
weigh the crimes of James Buchan-
an, and the sentence passed is ire
versibe. Buchanan, fancy, and
their compeers, will stand like the
ranged pillars of Stonehenge marks
ing in.history a worse Druidism than
that, which was scarcely more dark
even in the worlds darker age
Such instances are full Of warning TO
our public men. There is a Nemesis
they cannot escape, and for which
the trumpery rewards of perfidy or
weakness are no recOmpense.-
James Buchanan dies without coun.
tryman to mourn him or mark
with affection his resting-place He
was false to the people, and false to
great trust; and this will live
against him when lying epitaphs
have crumbled to dust. Chicago
Reu1yhIjc0u
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

MANUFACTURES or DIGNlTIEs.- The
London Spectator says 1.-The man
ufacture of dignities has gone on
pretty rapidly oe late years. With>
in the last thirteen years the Crown
has created sixty>one peers and sev>
enty-one baronets a few OF the
peerages, however, being mere pro-
motions. The peerage ccrtainly
does not perish at that rate and if
the system goes on,swe shall one day
see every rich man a peer, or Pitts
idea will be realized--that every man
with ten thousand acres should sit In
the Lords. Even as 1t is, there are
very few men with that amount OF
land particularly if held in one block,
who are not labeled in some way.
The demand for baronetcies is a
special and very curious feature in
English society. They really give
nothing except an hereditary label /,
yet they are evidently objects OF
very keen competition. We wish IT
were possible to put two or three
peerages and baronetcies up to auc>
ton, and see what they are actually
worth in the estimation Of million
aires.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

GooD.-Intelligence received in
this, city from Eastern Nebraska and
the NV estern part of this State re-
ports that the grasshoppers, which
have been so destructive to crops for
the past few years, are dying off by
the million, an epidemic of some
kind having suddenly broken out
among them. 1t is said that in local.
tiles where they were the thickest.
their dead bodies can be scooped up
from the ground in bushels, and that
there arc now but comparatively few
of the pests to be seen around. In
Nebraska the corn is coming up fine,
ly and bids fair to get along without
being troubled in the least by these
pests. This. news will be received
with ageneral chuckle of satisfaction.
1t is only to be hoped that the
plague will extend until every ento-
biological insect of the grasshopper
kind is knocked into cooked hat
NuScatine (Iowdl Jonrndl.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
Gen. Grants Letter of Acceptance.

WAS HINGroN D. c., May 20, 1868.
Gen. Jos. r. Hawley, President of
the National Union Republican Con-
vention:
In formally accepting the nomina
ton OF the National Union RepubIi.
can Convention, of the Dist of May,
inst, it seems proper that some state>
ment of my views beyond the mere
acceptance of the nomination, should
be expressed, The proceedings Of
the convention were marked with
wisdom, moderation and patriotism,
and believe express the feelings Of
the great mass OF those who sustain>
cd the country through its trials. |
en- orse their resolutions. If elected
to the office of President of the Units
ed States twill be my endeavor to ad :
minister all the laws in good faith,
with economy, and with the view of
giving peace, quiet and protection
everywhere In times like these it is
impossible, or at least eminently inn
proper, TO lay down a policy to be ad
hered to, right or wrong, through an
administration of four years. New
political issues, not foreseen, are con-
stantly arising. The views of the
public on the old ones are constantly
changing, and purely administra-
tive officer should always be left to
execute the will of the people. | al
ways ave respected that will, and all
ways shall Peace and universal
prosperity its sequence, with econ-
omy of administration, will tighten
the burden of taxation, while il con-
stantly reduces the national debit
Let us have peace.
With great respect,
Your obedient servant,
e. S. GRANT.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

nA-A Lawrence, Kansas, CORES
pondent of the Boston transcript
writes concerning Senator Ross +:
" He has always been poor man !;
few, if any, now doubt his being
very rich. The feeling for him in this
city is intcnse-a feeling extending
throughout the State. His charae-.
ter is forever blasted as that of an in.
famous renegade and traitor. On
the 9th instant, after the Trial Of
Johnson bad closed, he wrote to a
lend in Lawrence that the case had
been made out, and while express
ing fears that some Senators would
be recreant, imperiling the result.
declared unequivocally for convic-
ton"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
Lands for Sale in Northern Wisconsin.

The following letter, giving inior-
nation concerning e. S. public lands
in Wisconsin has been received by
Gov Farchild
LAsp osrIcE, FAILS 81. csOix,
May 10th, 1868.
We are il receipt Of your letter Of
the 18th inst., requesting an estimate
OF the quantity of public lands re-
naming unsold in this district, and
subject 70 entry under the laws Of
the United States, and especially un>
der the Homestead act, and in re
ply we have to say, that there are
about 100000 acres Of public lands
subject To sale ia this district. All
OF these lands are subject to homo
stead entry under the homestead act
OF 1862, but a portion Of the same is
not desirable agricultural land, being
pine barrens Of light sandy soil,
much Of it, however, containg con
siderable pine timber We think
there are about 300, 600 acres Of this
class There are, we estimate, about
5000 acres OF good agricultural
lands, the larger portion of which is
OF the very best quality Of soil aud
timber, and generally we'll watered.
The timber generally on this last
mentioned lanl is sugar maple, bas-
wood, ash, elm, butternut and oak
Spring brooks and lakes abound in
all parts OF the district, filled with
variety Of fish, the most important
is the brook trout, which are very
abundant
In addition 10 the $50 900 acres
above mentioned, there are about
100000 acres withdrawn from the
market for railroad purposes. These
last mentioned lands embrace very
much Of the finest portion OF the
land in the district, and equal to any
in the Northwest and which has
been kept out Of market for about
twelve years seriously retarding the
settlement of the country. We have
no hesitation in saying, from what we
have heard and can learn from the
various parts Of the district, that if
these lands were subject to entry, at
least one>half or more of the same
would have been entered or taken as
homcsteads ere this,
The 'dog in the manager policy
Of the Hudson and Lake Superior
Railroad Company has not only been
a curse TO this district, but to the
State and the General Government,
and it is cheering that the people of
this district begin to hope that the
time for their deliverance from the
curse SO long resting upon them and
the reign of this soulless corporation
are soon 10 end May, 1869, is looks
ed for with eagerness, when the time
limited by Congress in the grant ex
pires, and the lands may be subject
to entry soon thereafter.
Very respectfully,
NJ. FIELD Register.
NATEJNS
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

@-General Halleck never liked
General Grant, but ia his official re-
port he said concerning the great
Vicksburg campaign
We capnot but admire The skill
and daring of the commander. No
more brilliant exploit can be found
in military history. 1t is
hardly necessary to remark that
General Grant never disobeyed an
order'or instruction, but always car
ried out to the best of his ability ev-
cry wish or suggestion made to him
by the Government"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

ssA- The Chicago Times Dom. in
recent issue, said that the Republican
party :. has carried with it n major
ity of the pulpits and a great share
of the religious element !" and that
= it achieved a success in the Begin
ming by its devotion torprinciple: by
its invariable preference of measures
to mon, and by its unhesitating
Willingness to submit to defeat rath-
er than to secure q victory by means
which were, in tho leass, in conflict
with its infexible ideas of right"
Yes; and the Republican party ie
continuing on in this same course
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

asa-The Evansville (Ind) Journal
says that gentleman of that city the
other day discovered a bird hanging
from the caves of his residence, sus-
pended by the neck by sewing
thread, aud with a bundle of hair
thread in its claws. 1t is of the
species generally known as the "chip.
ney bird" 1t was cold and Dead
The thread was drawn tightly around
the neck. Whether it was an accid
ent or case OF premeditated suicide,
is unknown.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

sA-A new fashion ia announced in
Paris. Ladies carry their parasol.
umbrellas-we believe The technical
name for the implement is an en.tout.
cas- hitched to their sides like
swords, which confers On them (es-
pecially if they wear hatsand plumes.
and high boots with high heels1 de.
cidedly military appearance.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

sA-A Washington letter says -
The election of Grant will leave at
the head of the army the great gen.
Jus of the confict-Sherman. Here,
after the head of the army will be
the poet laureate of the world of ac~
ton, who made march like the
swinging of a mighty rhyme. To
the head of the State will go the
practical civil soldier, Grant. Grant
loves Sherman and believes in his
genius beyond any caption or warm
ing. He does well to love man
who is too quick upon hist honor,
and too positive upon his belief, to
be ever popular with that large SEN
timent which recognizes success
but cannot appreciate an inspiration.
The country and the army arc to be
benefitted:by their mutual promotion
canton in the civil office genius
in the soldier.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

Horace Greeley had but one son,
precocious >ehild, who died many
years ago his two daughters, Ca
brieIIe and Tda. aged respectively
nine and eighteen. are said to inherit
much OF their fathers intellect and
their mothers strength Of character.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

u. S. SECURITIES IMPRovING.-Uni-
ted States bonds continue to advance
since the nomination GRANT and COL
FAX, and the adoption of the financial
plank in the Chicago platform. Five
Twenties (new) were quoted in New
York Friday at Liz, aud Seven
Thirties at 1901.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

EF At caucus of the Republican
members of the House Of Representa-
tives, it became apparent that there
will not be an early adjournment Of
the present session OF Congress. The
disposition is to complete the new
Tax bill, and to finish up all other
pending business before the adjourn
ment, which, it is now believed, will
not take place until August.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

-Putnam's Magazine is authority
for the assertion that American moth
ers believe in Schuyler Colfax, and
that there are more babies named for
him than for any public man since
CLAY.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

say- President Johnson, now an
unwilling witness, in his message to
Congress last December, says of
General Grants administration of
the War Department :" Sanitary re-
forms have been introduced by the
Secretary ad interim, and great re-
auctions of expenses have been eft,
fected under his administration of
the War Department, to the saving
of millions to the Treasury"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09

When General Grant was asked
whether be could receive two COM
mittess in one day, sent by two diff
ferent conventions to inform him of
bis nomination to the Presidency, be
said that his speeches were not so
exhaustive that he couldn't make
two Them on the same day.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-06-09
rea- The Democrats Of Tennessee

nA-The Democrats of Tennessee,
in convention at Nashville, have pass
ed a series Of resolutions, strongly
copperheed, favoring the success of
Democratic" principles generally,
and State rights and the payment of
the national debt in greenbacks par
ticularly. The acquittal of Johnson
was also commended.