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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

aeA- When the American people
shall came to be Indifferent to che
priv ate mo atty of their public ser>
wants, another Gibbon may stand
ready to write another Dcclinesand
Fall, more swift and disastrous than
that Of Rome, The much quoted
maxim, measures not men," like
many current saws, contains, with
its spice Of truth, not little false
hood, and often does much harm.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

a@- The Impeachment is taking a
ludicrous turn on the side of Presi
dent Johnson; Ben Butter on behalf
tie Impeachment managers, is too
much for Johnson's lawyers, and
keeps them boiling over. The fact
is, any day the whole thing may end
by an abandonment OF the defense.
and then all the court would have to
do would be TO convict.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
HOUSE and LOT FOR SALE

will sell at good bargain my brick house and two
iots north OF the Cong church The house 10 veil
built and pleasantly situated good cistsrn sad ihE
home iIn provements on tho premises sbm3
Laneaetsr April IL. 1868. ARe.J. COW.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
Is Grant q Musician :?

,la l. Sao ia gold given e fle a.Fsas eharea
lodge OF school procuring piano, org S aeseIe
81 customer Instruments 1t factory prices
Fire prsseats with Sewing Machines.
z sPAUEGiNG 70
fS.et ppb4aus. Iaa4
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
say- The bridge now in process OF

say The bridge now IN PROCESS Of
erection over the Mississippi at St.
Louis involves an experiment hither>
TO untried. The central span is to
be SIS feet between the abutmcnts,
and the other two 497 feet respective
~. No span of 500 feet now exists
in the world. Steel is TO be largely
used in the structure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

~ 4 4
meu ia al up. I. boat a os.: - ],
oa mp nj sea nae of them - 81 |,rosed
to bc GrenieIdE, the Chicago rebel
sonspirator, who recently escaped
from the Dry Tortugas.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
W Yra SIR

NV YORK. aFr,' ID
The steamship Ocean Qrcen. frpn
Asplnwall, April l. with one million
one hundred and seventy thousand
dollars ia treasure. arrived at
DOOu,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

JrOfall his works, Charles Dick
ems says ne likes David Copperfeld"
beat.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
ALBANY. April 8.

A bill was introduced in the Sem
ate to pay $500 for every mile of
railroad built in this State after the
first ten miles,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
AS CORSICA.

The thorough bred horss, C RsIoA s ofered for tho
service Of the public desiring 10 improve the stock
Corsica is a dark chestnut, silver colored mnns ana
tail 8 years CID, IL hands high For pedigree see
American Turf Register and Stud book or bills posted
N J. sCHL0SSER
45wl BARNEY RUSSELL.
Lancaster, April 9Th 1868.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

A4- An old book sold in Holland al
auction, short time since, for over
80 500. 1t is supposed to be the earl
lest printed book from movable types
extant.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

sea- That sport. rebel torment and
disgrace, Libby Prison, has been sold
at auction. Like Sumter, it is being
stripped to pieces by relic hunters.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
BUCK.gF TiiUNIt'i !:

Nj Lc aI Eteg Y
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

SEASON - 1865
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14
GtA- The Winterset IowaA III

s@-The Winterset (Iowa) Madj-
sonadn states that Mr.. Thomas G..
Barker, OF Madison county, has been
arraigned and fined 800 for making
several scalps out of one gopher, and
presenting them to the County Clerk
and swearing that they were genu-
inc gopher scalps, and receiving a
reward for them as such.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

s9- The Union Poetic railroad
will reach Fort Sanders III May and
cross the North Platte in July. and
Green river in November. The en-
gineer parties now operating between
Salt Lake and Sanders are said to be
pretty well showed in. They will
not be able to accomplish much be-
fore the middle of April.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-04-14

ses-On Monday, MIR. George b.
Vashon (colored), of Allegheny. Pa,
was admitted as lawyer in the Su-
preme Court of the United States at
Washington, Judge Nelson admins.
tering the oath. He was admitted on
the same credentials upon which he
was excluded few days ago from
the bar of Allegheny county, Pa.
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

% sDucrIoN or RATES or rRsloHr To oAllroR
II MA VA Panan - cents psr cubic fool, n PER
pound. he Pselsc Mall siesmshp Comsshl. s.:erner
Ior Per,icu.rs .ppy ~ frsaghi saca PIE. NoHh
r'v's. fs'A es Cam; 49, 49, sss.. Afa9 o Co.
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

! EAST 18TH ST, BETWEEN 30 AND 9TH Avs-A
respectable girl chambermaid and seamstress un
tands operating on Wheeler az Wilson and the Weed ma
es; or would do light housework Can be at her
place
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

S4 EAST 18TH STA COMPETENT WOMAN AS
= e0ok, and would 40 the washing and ironing OF q
aay hrst class city reference be given from her
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

WEST 18TH STA RESPECTABLE GIRL TO DO
chamberwork and waiting. Can be seen between the
IS of ~ and g.
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

\ 33D ST., BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 9TH Av
present employer.-A young woman cham beTmaid
ess and to assist with the washing and ironing is willing
obligng Best city reference.
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

l. & SyTH ST., BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 9Th
- -, ava woman as good cook in private famiy
baking.
The New York herald., 1868-05-09

AMERICAN WIDOW LADY, EXPERIENCED IN
housekeeping, desires the position as such In gentle
ms family Hi reference given. Address b. Herald
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23


SENATOR WILSON, of Massachu-
sets, in a speech at Boston during
the late presidential canvass, boast
ed that New England had twenty
six Senators in Congress. Twelve
of these come from the six New
England States and fourteen from
the dependencies in the South and
West. 1t is through these men,
with New England ideas and in
stincts, that that section, a mere
patch upon the map Of the United
States, is enabled to rule mot
only the South, but the rest Of the
country. The six New England
States cast in the presidential cleo
ton only 541 SOP votes, while New
York alone cast S49,751. Yet New
York, with a voting population of
300. 900 more than all New Eng
land, is powerless in the councils of
the nation. The States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, and Michigan cast over
5000, 600 votes, 100000 more than
the New England States, yet they
have only the same number of Sen
ators that the New England States
are entitled to. This explains the
influence of New England.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
HIsToRTCAL ACCURACY.


In his speech of welcome at the
army reunion at Chicago, Gen.
Sherman said: - gtisose@ 81
/, "You may search history In vain for
a more fragrant violation, more causes
less breach, of the national compact, than
that which resulted in our civil war.
Never before were q people more ruth
lsssly, more unwillingly, dragged into
long and bloody conflict; and never be>
fore was a government SO utterly unpfe-
pared for it, soaai p Hoi51iN''
Gen. Sherman was notvery felici-
tous in his reflections upon the
Southern people, He ignores the
efforts that were made through a
"peace congress- at Washington
to prevent a war, and that the efforts
of Southern men in that congress
were defeated by the efforts of a
class of Northern men, of whom
Senator Chandler is a type, who
desired to see "a little blood-let-
ting" and to "let the Union slide"
He should at least be just, If he viii
eensure. There are some facts
which should not be overlooked in
any historical "Reminiscences Of the
period to which Gen. Sherman
alludes. Here is a citation from the
record:
WASHINGTON, Feb. IL, 186l.-My
Dear GovernOr-Gov. Bingham and
myself telegraphed to you on Saturday,
at the request of Massachusetts, and
Neto York, to send delegates to the
peace compromise congress. They ad'
init that we were right and they were
wrong; that no Republican State
should have sent delegates; but they
are here and can't get away. Ohio, In
diana and Rhode Island are caving in
and there is some danger Of Illinois; and
now they beg US, for Gods sake, to come
to .their rescue, and SAGE the Republi-
can party from rupture. hope you
will send stiff, backed men, or none.
"Truly, your friend, 2. CHANDLER"
"P. S.-Some of the manufacturing
States think fight would be awful
Without a little blood letting, thu
Union aoiU not, in my estimation, b
aC0rth a curse"
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
THE GEORGIA MUDDLE-sIGNIFI-
CAN'T


The Atlanta Near Era was the
first paper in Georgia, if not in the
South, to advocate the nomination
and election Of Gen. Grant to the
Presidency, and that paper did good
service for Grant during the late
canvass. Its editor, DR.. Samuel
Bard, has recently been on visit
to Washington, and of course his
position enabled him to have as free
an interview with Gen. Grant as
any man, not a trusted advisor,
could have, and to learn his views
as far as such person could. DIR.
Bard has returned to Atlanta, and
in his paper of the Goth inst. pub
fishes the following paragraph:
1T is our opinion, and we hope it
may prove true, that the Georgia mud>
die will be postponed by Congress till az
ter the 4th day Of March, when Gen.
Grant will be President. There are
many strong reasons to our mind why
postponement should be made.'
The same day that this appeared
in the New Era, the Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette telegraphed to that paper
that "Gen. Grant freely expresses
himself as opposed to the Edmund's
bill, or any other bill remanding
Georgia to a provisional govern
ment." As this measure is a test
of Radicalism, we take it that
Grant does not 60 with that faction
of the party that elected him. DIR.
Bard had evidently possessed him
self of this information while in
Washington, as the course of his
paper indicates. The country will
hail with pleasure this indication
that Gen. Grant refuses to go with
the Radicals in their mad work OF
destruction.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

THERE is but one man living or
dead, either during the civil war or
since, who has attempted to asperse
the personal or military fame of
" Stonewall" Jackson. His name
is Townsend, and his trade is scrib-
bling and lecturing. He was an
"Our Correspondent" of one or two
Northern journals several years
ago, and his literary pinfeathers
first appeared in letters describing
battles he never saw. This upstart
proposes to prove that Gen. Jack
sons soldierly merits were greatly
overrated. 1t would do wrong to
his memory for one to defend it
against such fellows attacks. Not
a truly gallant foe that ever met
him but would tread lightly and I'M
cover his head in respect at the
mound beneath which he rests, and
his fame is secure against Bohemian
criticisms. Id.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
UR.FESsION AND Practice,

The Radicals have made great
flourish of trumpets over the reso-
luton adopted by Congress last
week declaring " that all forms and
degrees OF reputation of national
indebtedness are odious to the
American people, and that under no
circumstances will their represent
atives consent TO offer the public
creditor as full compensation a less
amount Of money than that which
the government contracted TO pay.
II will be noticed that this resolu-
tiop is couched in the studiousiy
ambiguous phraseology Of the Chi
cago platform. What kind Of mon
CIV was that (Which the government
contracted To pay? p Oh! gold,
say the Radical organs in the East
ern States. No! greenbacbs,
sinos the whole West IN one
chorus in which Ben. Butler and
several other prominent Radicals
in the East ioin. But what signifies
this resolution OF Congress. That
body in 1861, adopted a resolution
declaring that the war was not
carried on with any intention OF
abolishing slavery or depriving the
Southern States Of any OF then
rights. but for the preservation Of
the Union "with all the dignity
equality, and rights Of the several
S.. ,es unimpaired." tits matter OF
history how shameiessly Congress
disregarded their solemn pledge
Congress viii be as ready to violate
the latter as it was to gve the he &c
former Even on the day when
this resolution was adopted in the
House a Radical who had offered q
similar one in the Senate could moi
be induced TO say that the public
debt was to be paid in gold
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
O.RpEr-RAGGERs Aztec sPOHLs.

The Radical quarrel in Florida
is bringing to light some facts
which show that the carpet-bag
gers are seeking spoils, and the
means to which they resort TO Sc
cure them. Gov. Reed, sat the
earnest request of leading colored
men, it is stated, addressed a pub
lie meeting at Jacksonville, Fla, in
his own defense, on the 18th inst.
In this speech Gov Reed made the
following developments:
"The Legislature had authorized the
issue of bonds to the amount OF $685.
600. and they were anxious to control
these bonds. Gleason went to Wash
ington and arranged the following pro-
rramme with party there. This party
was to take all the bonds at 70 cents-or
rather they were to be pledged to him in
advance at that price; then he was to
buy ND State scrip at 80 or 60 cents, or
as low as he could get it and pay for the
bonds in this scrip. In this way he would
actually get the bonds at about 30 cents
on the dollar, making an immense profit
ont of the transaction, and Gleason pro-
posed TO me that the bonds should be
disposed of in this way and that the
profits should be divided between us. /
refused to sanction such robbery upon
the people, and SO | must be removed IN
order to enable Gleason to get the bonds
under his own control, to dispose of for
the profit of the ring. And how bad ]
attended Senator 0sborn2 i had re-
fused to make appointments at his dc
tation and so allow him to control the
State, regardless of my own Judgment;
hut, worse than this, j had blocked one
of his schemes for plumber. Senator
Oshorn proposed to me that We should
obtain from the United States governs
ment the grant Of a large tract of land at
Pensacola for the State, and that should
then influence the Surveyor General so
that this land might be sold at o mere
mammal price to Senator Osborn. re-
fused to countenance this scheme, aud
So must be removed, that q more plant
tool might take my place, and the ring
might plumber to its hearts content
We have here portrayed, by a
carpet Dagger too, large class OF
odventurers who have fastened
themselves upon the Southern
States like leeches. Look what a
nice little arrangement this fellow
| Gleason had blocked out to make a
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

The Senate Committee on Indian
Affairs have considered the House
bill transferring the Indian Bureau
from the Interior to the War De-
partment. They have decided to
report against the transfer, and in
itsstead unanimously recommended
the chairman to prepare a bill
erecting that bureau into asepArate
department, with the same func-
tons as the other departments Of the
government, and they assign as
their reasons for adopting this
course, the suggestions and recon-
mendations contained in the report
of the Indian Peace Commission
made last summer as volts gel
.noIf the relations of the govern
ment with the Indians continue to
be mismanaged as they have been,
it viii take something more than a
department ito setthem right. The
government has been fighting
them at q heavy expense for some
time and TO very little purpose. 1t
makes treaties with the tribes and
then lconnives at rascally agents
who violate them; and congress
sional committees and military Off
GERS form "rings," as the slang of
the day goes, to get up huge sound
ing contracts to coerce the " untu-
tored Indians" into submission.
This is about the gist of the trouble
on the plains. l-4 .s 1aar 81
The red;man in his wild way, is
slight obstruction also to Yankee
Pacific railroad avarice, and in the
place of dealing honestly with that
fast decaying people, in the
performance of simple stipula,
tions, a department is suggested
to red-tape and circumvolute a lot
of swindling jobs. The next thing
we will hear of will be a Mormon
Department, and Brigham Young
and some New England Congress
man as chairman of a committee oil
Secretary of Mormon Affairs, will
have two or three million each OF
private account in the Bank of Eng
land, extorted from the taxpayers
Some one suggests that, instead o.
fighting Black Kettle and Other
chiefs at the rate we now are, i
would be cheaper to feed them, and
indeed board them at the st. Nicho
las Hotel, New York and we thini
that a better plan than new de
partment. 1t would certainly COS
less.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

handsome fortuae. And he has
been working with might and main
to get Gov. Reed out of the way SO
that he might consummate this
arrangement. The latest reports
from Florida look as though he will
finally succeed in ousting Reed
upon some pretext or other. Gov.
Reed has exposed a systematic plan
for robbing the people of Florida,
and if they submit to it now they
deserve to be plucked. df
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
pie are kept alive.

How folly may run mad was
proved by Theodore Tilton in
public lecture in New York few
days ago. He is reported to have
said that he "would have the jails
reorganised, andein them should be
the library, the church organ, the
Instructor, and the possibilities of
manhood" Such a prison would
be more of home to many than a
place of punishment. There is no
doubt that the jails in this country
need reforming, but not to the ex-
tent Tilton would go.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

THE New York Tribune, with an
efrontery that has scarcely par
ailsl ip American Journalism, do
aares that /" the Ku-Klux continue
their work" in Arkansas zealously
and that "peaeeable people are fee.
ing from their homes" 1t is by
such impudent Misrepresentation
that the prejudicesY of Northern
Radicals against the Southern PEG
pie are kept alive.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

BEFORE and during the war it
was asserted by the Republicans
that a State could not withdraw
from the Union. 1t was to estab-
fish this principle that the war was
fought. The principle having been
established by the gauge of battle,
the Radicals found it convenient to
treat the Southern States as out of
the Union. They have readmitted
several of these States, among them
Georgia, and now they are seeking
by congressional action to turn that
State out again. This is a peculiar
trait of the Radicals.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
WANrED

I WANT A MAN To TAKE THE AGENCY
4 for BlOyd's Great Double Revolving Maps OF
Europe and America. with the 1, 600 county col
sued to-day. and needed BY every family. school
and library in the land. with patent reVersers.
By which either may can be thrown front Zach
and doubled-facsd rollers; cost 100000 ard
three years labor. Price s. WOrta $50.
small capital viii do 20 start with. $40 = copy
can be gOs for these maps Send for circular,
terms, etc. Twenty new maps under v8v.
- J. T LLOYD
noy:O DAWN P.O. Box 122 Atlanta. Ga
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23

ONE of the last disclosures pub
lished is with regard to alleged
operations in the Postofice De-
partment, by which the company
under contract to carry the mails
from the Pacific Railroad terminus
on this side TO the terminus on the
other side has obtained twice or
three times over in money what the
service is worth that is to say, one
million seven hundred thousand
dollars a year is given to this com
pany, when one of the bids for the
contract amounted to only three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
No doubt this latter sum would
have been sufficient remuneration
for the service but the parties
bidding played into each others
hands. and the Postmaster General,
it seems, suffered himself to be
humbugged or Influenced by them.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
THE Louisville Courier-Journ

TIE LOUISVILLE COurIef-J0uT'7ldI
learns by private letter from Wash
ington thatthose who affect TO exist
within the inner circles of the con-
fidential Radical ring predict that
Horace Maynard, Of Tennessee, will
be Grants Secretary of the Navy.
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
BUY AT HOME.

prepared for manufacturing sash.
Doors, Blinds, iusids and out. Pivot and
Stationary Stats, Frames Of every description,
Brackets, COrbices. plain and ornamental,
MRnte pieces, MOuldings Of all kinds, Base
Boards, Flooring, Poplar and Pine Ceiling
Plank. Misunderstanding. ard Building Mate
rial generally Also, Builders and Contractors.
All at as low rates as can oe imported OF equal
quality. Send orders. Puaetuality and dis
patch are our business crssd- Oaics and Fac
tory adjoining n ashviiie aad ChattsnOOga Rail
road Locomotive Shops. Cedar street. Nashville.
Tenn essee.
TURBISILLE q FULsCHER
apr4 dkvly
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
AGENTS WANTED.
PLANrERs, RANK NoTE.s

IN ACCOKDANCE WITH An ACT OF The
Il General Assembly OF the State OF Tennessee.
approved Decen Der T. 1866, entitie1 an asst 70
expedite the distlIUuliyu y the effects Of Banks
Uhics cave or W@y assignments among
their creditor notice l. hereby gwen % the
[ Iders % .bs notes of the Planter Bank Of
az the DRnk in Nashville tor payment between
row and the FIRST day Of January. lS59. OF they
viii be forever barred.
D. WEAVER Trustee.
f-aa aEr.fIiarl 81
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
FOR SALE.

ATY STALLION, LOTTERY, SIREDBT JOE
wi Lottery. his dam Morgan mare. raised in
asDer county. Georgia; grandsirs Burress' Joe
Lottery, ft0T Connecticut lie IS l154 hands
biRh-nOt grown yet-5 years old past; beauti-
fui chestnut sOrr-l. and an excellent traveller in
single or double harness. He IN show some Of
the best colts in the State. Apply 20
". C. HOOD,
does w}m Bsrnesviile. Gsorgia-
Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1868-12-23
CIRCULAR.
To Manufacturers and Merchants !:
OFFICE KNOXVILLE CITY DIRECTORY
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. Dec. IL. 1868. !


DEAR SIR; 2
. propose to publish, and will issue about
the first Of March 1869. General business
Directory 70 the CITY of Knoxville.
1t will contain q careful compilation of the
names residences and occupations of the inhab
itants of the city of Knoxville. and of the towns
Of Cleveland, Athens. SWeetWater. Philadel-
phia London, Morristown, Greeneyille, JOnef
borough and Bristol, situate on the GREAT
AIR LINE ROUTE between Memphis and the
Eastern cities together with predatory articles
descriptive of the soil. climate and resources of
the country in which it will be issued.
The edition for 1859 will be 1900 copies. Oc-
tavo, substantially bound. and circulated in a
country hitherto almost entirely isolated from
the commercial world. 1t will therefore. offer
to Manufacturers and Merchants a desirable
channel through which to introduce their houses
to our community. H- ".
Respectfully soliciting an advertisement from
your house. | am, yours, very truly,
JOHN z. HELMS.