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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-17
CONGRESSIONAL,

OOAa ~'ASAih1hSAS%s@Al
| WAsHINGToS March 1O.-Senats Tenure of office
resumed. Friends of repeal struggled to put it Oh it,
final passage, but it referred the Judiciary Com
mtee Ey 33 to 25 Bill strengthens Z public credit,
taken up Ferry introduced joint resolution that ;hs
act removing ineligible officers in Virginia. Texas and
Mississippi shall take effect until SO days after pas
sage. This resolution was referred to the Judiciary
Committee Bill introduced to pay loyal claimants in
late rcbcllons States. 1t contenpates three commits
aioners to be appointed by tie President.
WASHINGTON, March ll.-Ssnate-S l Sumner presented
petition of loyal citizens of Texas. asking provisional
government for hrir protection asserting if the pend
ing constitution is adopted the State will be handed
to rebels Wilson introduced bill relieving
tain persons from political disabilities. Referred to
Judiciary Committee. Pool introduced Iii! amending
postal laws, dispensing with test oath in certain inst,n-
ces. Bill to establish indian Department intolucel.
Bill strengthening government credit taken up and
two sections stricken ou-27 to II. Without further
action adjourned to Mon'lsv.
WASHINGTON, March l2.-Hou$e-Buter's joint
committee of three Senators and six Representatives
ordered to-day, includes all Indian affairs, including
legal and political status Discussion Indicated the
object of establishing the committee WAS to take from
the Senate and Executive tie exclusive nalsg rmeut
Of Indian atfairs Julian, arguing i'll favor of tic res
oiuon, characterised the contnct of the Senate
r'garis Indians corrupt and iDqnitlous Language
ruled unparamcEtary Julian withdrew the bold as-
tion and prc!aced it with words importing that he
was apprehcnsve that honest could hot be Oh
tanned from the Senate and House to act the pro-
posed committee. Resolution ordering joint Indian
committee adopted-93 to n. Concurrent resolution
to adjourn the 4th Monday i'll March, adoptcd-llS to
II. Banks introduced joint resolution authorising
cognton of Cuba when the President is satisfied
republican form OF government exists. Referred to
Committee Oh Foreign Affairs. Also resolution au-
thorsing the President to negotiate with the Govern
ment and people for annexation Same referred. Ju-
dietary Committee instructed 10 report bill preventa-
tive of naturalization frauds Bill strengthening pub
lie credit passed after erasug ID seetion-e7 to II.
Speaker announced Election Conlnrittce-Pairc lien
ton, Churchill, Cessna, Butler, Of Tennessee, Steven
son, Burdett, Bnrrand and Randall. Speaker stated
lie would announce the other committees Monday
Boutwel's resignation presented. Adjourned to Mon
I.y
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-17

"LEr Us HAVE FEACE"-Gen. Grants inaugural
speech should have stated that the truc policy of tho
country would be to buy their boots, shoes and hsts
from J. B. Lewis No Texas street.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-17

II EEPS constantly on hand full assortment of
IA Cloths and Trimmings for gentlemen. Particu
lar attention given to the manuc ure OF gentlemen
clothing to erder and lit guaranteed. Repairing and
cutting promptly attended to- ja2 If
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-17

EENGEs,
tSte, ttns etc, t etc.
F. R:AIS.iiS%Ss.. %s.
|'pt in a frsat Z.
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pared to fin
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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1869-03-17

SAMUEL WELLS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW,
SHREVEPORT, la.
gETII. practice in the Courts of Caddo Bossier De
W Soto and the Supreme Court of the State.
az; 0iice-TeXas street, over Hyams & Kennedy
Drug Store. Jas "
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
sA-A writer in the London Time

s-A writer in the London Times
says that the Russian serfs are laps
ing into a condition of 'idlen ess,
drunkenness and crime" Now there
are none to fog them "fully one
third have become paupers." We
don't know how true this is, and
rather question it, as we nave no
corroborsting authority for the state
ment. But the mistake in Russia
was that emancipation was not fol-
lowed by education. The spur Of in
teligent necessity, and the ambition
and pride and selfrespeet which
come with knowledge, are the nigh
est incentives TO labor. They give
it honor and dignity. In America
we gave the slave the spelling book
as soon as the chains fell from him,
and wc have no trouble. LABOR has
only to think to grow. How can il
think if, in freeing it from the bonds
Of authority, we continue to cloud il
with ignorance aud superstition
We presume the contrary is the
trouble. Intelligent Russia woulc
make the Cars power an uncertain
| tenure.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07

INDIANS AT A REvIvAL-There
lately lived among the Winnebagoes
an old Indian called Dandy" who
was member Of the first delegation
from that tribe that ever visited
Washington City. While en- route to
the national capital the party was
detained at Galena some time. in
waiting for steamer to descend the
Mississippi and as they were stroll
ing about the town one day. they
came near a Methodist Church.
where service was being held during
the season of a revival. Greatly as
tonished at the first sight of this
strange novelty, they hastily drew
up around the windows, and saw the
house crowded with people, many of
them, under the Influence of the
preaching, becoming intensely ex-
cited, some clapping their hands,
others stamping, jumping, and max
ing mysterious gestures and contor-
tons of limbs and body, while at the
same time the entire congregation
were shouting at the top of their
voices-all of which was perfectly
incomprehensible to the Indians,
who looked on the spectacle with
wonder and amazement, and made
various random coniectures as to the
meaning Of these unusual proceed
ings.
One OF them suggested that the
"Big Medicine Man" (the preacher)
might be exerting his powers of in
cantation to exercise and drive away
bad spirits which had got possession
of the people. Another one surmis-
ed that possibly this was a big pale
face war dance. And one even went
so far as to pronounce the whole
company stark raving mad. But
none of their opinions seemed to
meet the concurrence of the major
ity of the party until Dandy, who
had looked on with great interest for
some time, at length assumed an air
of Importance, and exclaimed: 81
have it have it I'll tell you what's
the matter = Then pointing his fin
ger to his head, he added: "WhiSky
100 much Whisky too much I" And
they all walked off in disgust, verify
believing that the good disciples Of
Wesley were on q terrible Spree
@drcy's Border "reminiscences in Rar-
perS Monthly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07

The House of REPRESENTATIVES
of Washington Territory has elected
Miss Elizabeth PEBBLES, formerly of
Otsego County, in New York, to the
office of Enrolling Clerk. Miss Peeb-
les received tho vote Of every Re-
publican member. She is one of the
most successful teachers on the Paci-
fic coast.
Isabella, lately Of Spain, has
purchased the estate of Neustadt. in
Bohemia, for half million offlorins.
The fabulous fortune which this
woman was allowed to take away
from Spain shows that the Spanish
people do not yet know the first ele.
ments Of revolutionary justice.
Several sprigs of the law at AL
exandria, La, took offense. the other
day, because the Grand Jury came
IN composed mainly of colored men.
snatching up their briefs, "secedei /"
from the court room after the most
approved Southern style.
Premium on igold On the oath.
was lower than before since the close
of the war. The only time since tbe
war when it touched 125. vas in the
spring of 1866. On Wednesday it
touched 1874
The national debt reduction dur
ing the month Of November will be
between seven and eight millions of
| dollars. The United States Treas
ury now has about s1O8,OOO, 900 in
specie.
Peter Oleson, who has already
served three terms in the State Pris-
on for horse stealing, plead guilty, at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, yesterday, to the
fourth offense, and was sentenced for
another term of twelve years.
The Little RocI. Journal says -
Hundreds OF eolored men in Arkan-
sas have made each their 81, 900 this
| year, and can do it any ordinary
year with a good span of mules"
Tho old-fashioaed arms used by
the soldiers of Prussia in 1866 have
all been remodeled, and the Govern
ment has now $4,000 needle guns
at its disposal.
-Ex-President Johnson has en-
gagged quarters at Washington for the
winter.
The Bible-in-schools agitation
has begun in Psnsilvanis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
Thanksgiving = Grant County Pork
Business.

Our Thanksgiving, and that Of our
"betteI-half," was spent with friends
in Grant County, aud that it was
spent pleasantly we do not need to
say. The trip was made to Patch
Grove on Thursday morning by stage
and it was sleigh ride very much
such a one as might be enjoyed du-
ring "dog days." as far as snow was
concerned.
Arriving at Bridgeport, the "Pork-
opolis' OF this region, we were great
ly astonished to behold the numbers
OF fat swine congregated there. The
sight would surely have disgusteda
Jew, when he should think that the
Gentiles would eat the flesh and pick
the bones of all those unclean beasts,
and we must confess that the sight
made Us feel little Jewish, it was
"hogs to the right of us" 'hogs to
the left of US, and we never had
much love for the animals any how.
But to facts and figures, til ere
were in the yards on that day hogs
TO load ten cars, and droves OF from
ten to fifty were coming on every
few miles ofthe roads leading through
the different portions of western
Grant. Pork is now bringing from
seven to eight and a quarter cents on
foot and tens of thousands of dollars
are daily received by the farmers OF
that section for the most Udluable crop
ever produced By them. We venture
the opinion that the pork of Grant
County this year will bring one third
more money than did the best wheat
crop ever produced in it.
During four or FIVE days spent
among farmer friends we heard nc
complaint of hard times or difficulty
in paying debts, but on the contrary
all declare the past half dozen year:
as the best that farmers ever saw il
the West, and we know that they
are.
At Bloomington we spent a day
pleasantly with friends, and notice
the business of that greatest trading
point in the country for village o
its small population. The principa
street was crowded with teams thu
most of the day, and the leading mer
camille houses are doing a very large
business. A wonderful change from
the few years ago when we passed
over the village site and there wa
not human nabitation to be seen il
any direction.
Mr.. John Battle one of the well tt
do farmers of Bloomington informed
US that he will start cheese factory
in the spring, commencing on q small
scale but hoping to use the milk 0
200 cows. He is in the midst of larg
farms, and those admirably adapted
to the business Of dalrying and We
have no doubt that bis cnterpris
will be rewarded with the best 0
SUCCESSFULLY ie da Chen Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07

THE KING OF Prussia on RELIGIOUS
THANKsGIvING.-The King OF Prus-
sla, when at Baden Baden lately Is
sued the folio wing decree
The great movements which in
our aye are making themselves felt
in the religious life, both of nations
and individuals, and are pressing for
ward to a decision, and the tasks
they impose on the Protestant church
Of ny country, are apparent to all,
and admonish US to entreat the sup
port Of Almighty God. 1t is there
fore my will that day be set apart
in the Protestant churches OF my
country for special prayer that God
may pour out His blessing on the
present important deliberations as to
the constitution of our church, and
to implore him to protect the Pro-
testant church from all dangers that
threaten it, and to strengthen the
ties which unite the members to each
other and to the church universal.
| have appointed the 10th day OF
November, the birthday of Martin
|. Luther, for this purpose, and hereby
commission the minister and the
highest ecclesiastical authorities of
Prussia to make the necessary ar
rangements. WILLIAM.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
sa-There are no mountains

n@-T There are no mountains in
Wisconsin, although there are sever
al "hillocks' worthy of note. The
Blue Mounds in Iowa and Dane
counties are 1892 feet above the sea !;
the Platte Mounds 1881 feet, and
the Sinsinawa Mound 1859 feet in
Grant county. There is prominent
ridge or elevation of land along the
sources of the tributaries of Lake
Superior, which, near the Montreal
river, is 1900 or 1900 feet above the
sea level, gradually diminishing to
about 100 feet at the west line of
the state. The cslcareous cliffs along
the shore of Green Bay and of Lake
Winnebago extend south through
Dodge County and form In many
places bold escarpments some of the
higher points are 1,400 feet above
the sea. A series OF still more prom
inent "bluffs" extend along the banks
of the Mississippi river, forming some
of the most picturesque scenery in
the country.-Daily Wis.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
Facts for Country Merchants.

A farmer commences trading with
a merchant in the spring, and prom.
ises to pay for what he may want
during the summer, as soon as he
can get his grain threshed and mar.
keted in the fall. The merchant car.
rles the farmer through the summer
and IN buying his goods, calculates
that during the month of October, all
the grain will be sold. and be will
get his money, and. so arranges to
TO pay for what be buys of the whole
sale merchants.
October comes, wheat brings eighty
to ninety cents; farmer says he can
not sell for any such price, it has cos t
him more money TO raise his grain,
he cannot and will not sell for less
than one dollar and twenty-five cents
bushel
Merchant has made promises to
pay his debts, and knows that he
must pay or have his credit impaired
and urges farmer to sell enough at
least to pay him. Farmer says he
cannot do it. Merchant says he
must sue hlm, and try what law can
do to give him his honest and Just
dues. Farmer says be might have
bought OF merchants competitor and
have had all the time he wan ted. and
If merchant sues him, be (farmer)
will hereafter trade with some one
else. THIS is great scare. merchant
thinks he must not, and cannot lose
his trade, and will risk being forced
into bankruptcy. his credit ruined,
his hard earned money swept off,
with all the individual troubles at
tendent, for the sake of Sartnq has
trrde.
Now supposing another plan was
to be adopted. In almost every
small town each merchant will lose
a certain number of customers, who
will be uajuStty angry aud go to his
neighbors to trade. We ask you
will you not get the trade your COM
petitor loses as we'll as they get yours?
Will it amount to any more than ira
ding customers? And will not your
competitor by doing all the credit
business you lose, meet:in the end tho
inevitable fate OF undue credit and
overtrading, lie bankruptcy? While
you adhere to ready pay and prompt
paying customers, you have the best
trade have the best credit, easy in
mind, u good conscience, pay your
debt promptly-everythingwil will be
happy aud prosperous, around you.
Your competitor Will always be hard
up, pushed by his creditors, aud
brought to stand-stii before he
knows it.
Will not the farmers learn that
they must not rely too much on their
owning quarter section or half sec
ton or more OF land, and so are good
and can pay when aud how they
choose
You sell them goods with their
promise 10 pay when their crops are
harvested, bat was anything said
about price of crops
Are we TO allow them to control
all the commercial interests Of this
great west, TO bring the name Of
"St0t0 pay up against all our mer-
chants
These ase no trifles. We must all
of us consider this question, and unite
to sop this growing evil.-Nazro's
Weekly Circular.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
The Custom Of Giving Brida, Gifts.

Speaking on this subject the New
York World has the following sensi-
BILE remarks
Gas things go now a-days, an invi-
tation to wedding is no laughing
matter. Those pasteboard squares.
with their ENHANCEMENT of mono
grams, summon us to take part in q
greas many absurdities of custom
put, OF all these the most sosurd and
6urdensome is that of giving presnts
Ibe fact is that MARRYING neonIs
practice upon all their friends IF H.
present day system of barefaced
extortion, without giving them the
right to resent or expose it. There
is no pretense of spontaniety or sem
timent in these gifts; they are pur-
chased because they must be, and
this the receiver well understands
The exaction upon people of moder-
ate means, rating their affections be-
fore the town by the number of dol
ars they are able or willing to invest
on the occasion, and mortifying them
if the gilt be small by psrading it,
with the name attached, in contrast
with the outlay of weather. friends,
IS so essentially vulgar and indicate
that 1t Is wonder how it ever came
to be tolerated in any society claim
ing to be refined. The custom ia ah-
surd, also, as we'll as valgur and bur-
densome, when ole comes to refiect
upon it. The matrimonial party re.
ally gain nothing, for they have to
pay the same in value when the do.
nors invite them to similar occas.
ion; so their gifts are simply loars.
How many times the bride must
have said, Thank you very much :;
how lovely it is % over this amount
of plate, when she knows that the
equivalent which must be given for
it in the future would purchase a
uniform service after her own heart
As it is, each couple find themselves
possessed of Heterogeneous mass Of
silverware, not only unlike in design.
but with excesses and DEFICIENCIES
which nobody could foresee. We
have heard OF one bride with self
control enough to smile secretly on
receiving her fourth soup-ladIe, and
her white lies of gratitude must sure
ly be pardoned to her for their very
herOism.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
The Wool Trade.
The experts of wool from Chicago for a
series of We ars has been as follows
BY Request. =

Wade Hampton, in his address be-
fore the recent State Fair in Georgia,
said
"My old slaves are cultivating the
ground they have lived on tor years,
and there has been a constant and
marked improvement in their indus
try since their emancipation, though
they have not yet attained the same
efficiency as laborers as they former
ly possessed. / have promised to
put up for them a school house and
church, and to pay portion of the
salaries of their teachers. Such q
system, if generally adopted, would
tend greatly to fix the laborers TO
the soil, and would, by adding to their
content and enjoyment, result in vast
ultimate benefit to the landlord
That kind treatment, just dealing
and sincere effort to improve their
condition are not without effect on
them is proved by the fact, crafty
ing to myself, that l am now on my
way to Mississippi, BY REQUEST
OF HUNDREDS OF NEGROES
besides my own laborers, to advise
them what course to pursue in the
approaching elections there"
Wade Hampton gone on political
errands by the request of the freed
men, Where is the late Chairman
of the Democratic State Centra
Committee What has become OIL
Nasty? Did Hampton ever read
the folIowing2
Ole Massa he trsbbels gone:
He leaf de land behind
De Lord bTeT bEoag hirs fsrder on,
Like cora-shuck in de wind.
De yam viii grow, de cotton blew,
Wen hab de rice aud corn:
o nsbber you fear, if nebbsr you hear
De driver blow his horn.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
Judicial Appointments and Preroga-
tlves.

The time is near at hand for the
filing OF the judicial appointments,
Never before did such mass of lu-
dicial responsibility devolve upon a
President. The country is divided
into nine circuits, making that mum
Der OF appointments to be made at
one time. The following are the
| circuits
/. Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,,
| Rhode Island.
,. Connecticut, Vermont, New York
| 3. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
A. Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia,
/ North Carolina, South Carolina
t 5. Georgia, Alabama, Florida. Louisiana,
Mississippi, Texas.
q. Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee.
| Z. Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin.
| 8. Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Arkaasa s,
| Kansas, Nebraska.
9. California, Oregon, Nevada.
In addition to these circuit APP
pointments, ninth Justice of the
Supreme Court is to be appointed
no Justice having yet been designat-
ed to fill the place OF the Hon. James
NJ. Wayne, of Georgia, deceased.
The old system, still in vogue, i'm
poses upon each of the nine Justices
OF the Supreme Court, the Chief JUS
tice included, the performance Of the
duties Of Circuit Judge but the bus
mess Of both Supreme and Circuit
Courts has now reached such pro-
portions as to render the reorgani-
cation of the Federal judiciary ne
cessity of justice. Had il not been
for the unworthiness OF President
Johnson, the system would doubtless
have been adopted during his admin
istratlon.
1t is idle to speculate upon the
chances of the various candidates
named in the different circuits. At
torney General Hoa- will, it is
thought, be selected for the first cir
cult, and exhibited States Senator
Foster for the second In the sew
enth Judge Drummond is likely to
be prominently urged. Judges Dillon
and Wright, Of Iowa, and Loan, of
Missouri, IN the eighth, and Horace
Maynard in the fifth. The President
will use, we trust, the same caution
and judgment in judicial selections
as he did in military. 1t is of meal
cuIable Importance that legists of
irst-class ability and perfect prot ity
should be chosen to fill these life
offices.
The judiciary is in reality the SUI
preme authority 10 the land It's
rulings are absolute. If o law of
Congress is decided by the judiciary
To be null and void it ceases TO have
any validity. 1t is rumored that
Senator Drake will intI oduco "a bill
in Congress restricting the authori-
" Of the Bench, making the law-en
acting branch Of the Government
supreme; but there is nothing more
firmly established in the government
al system Of this country than that
State Judges eau set aside State laws
if they are inconsistent with the
State Constitution, and Federal
Judges national laws if Inconsistent
with the Constitution of the United
States. The oath of office binds u
Judge to respect the organic law q
the supreme chart by which to guide
his course. If ne honestly believes
any statutory enactment in conflict
with constitutional provisions he is
bound to obey the latter instead of
the former Chicago Journal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07
seESouth America is not tn

sa~ South America is not the
only quarter OF the globe menaced
by earthquake shocks. Slight move
ments have been felt in Germany
and Southern Europe, and Vesuvius
exhibits unpleasant signs of activity.
1t is, as it appears, gathering strength
for repetition OF its last years
work. The cause of earthquakes
has of late been a subject of increas-
ed interest to scientific men, but to
the mass Of people their occurrence
IS only a subject of dread, and it
does not seem possible that any re-
search can avert or diminish the hor-
rors of these visitations.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07

E-Judge Gillespie, of st. Clair
Circuit Court, has decided that the
power to regulate commerce cannot
be exercised by State Legislature !;
and that, therefore, the law prohibit
ing the importation of Texas cattle
into Illinois is unconstitutional. The
Legislature has no more right to pro-
hibit Louisiana sugar or Connecticut
clocks. This is very important de-
cision to the farmers and stock-rais-
ers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-12-07

The cafes of Paris number four
thousand seven hundred and eighty,
give employment to about ten thou
sand persons, and exchange their un-
substantial fluids and CONNECTIONS for
two hundred million dollars of hard
cash per year.