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New-York tribune., 1870-10-19


c1enine sermon was delivered last evening, before
large congregation by the Rev. Dr. Eliot OF ST. LOUIS
He said
Nv sbec for this evening is briefly expressed Christ
and Liberty the Gospel and the Freedom of the Gospel
and the text which will chiefly guide me is from the hlt
onter Of st Pauls Epstle 10 the Galatians, the hrt
verse Stand fast therefore in the liberty whereWth
Christ hath set free, and he not entangled AGAIN WIN
the yoke OF bondage steadiast ID lreeao' s , ~ ~ @
freedom " hich Christ gives. Not waVerng NOT dfNeh
to and fro by every wind of doctrine. Not using bey
as IN II were exemption from law, but rather as tAe e
silssiop TO the Law of God What was the Hperty OF
ybich he spoke What vas the bondage from which we
are delivered 1t the bondage OF rituals ana IOiins
and ceremonies; OF superstition ana s ~ es 40
nniou II was the liberty OF spiritual life. The liberty
OF love which casteth out fear Inc liberty oI
individual thought and action responelOe , 10
Which we have escaped That IL the glorious liberty
of ne sons OF Cod which is brought TO us by the LOd
Jesus Christ. Spiritual freedom Is oppounity OF sell
direction aud secontrol under the law Of God ana only
when wisely used 10 this end can 1t insure snTltuIi
growth But the tendency is always TO extremes In
fbe ESCAPE from bondage always IN danger OF be-
coming lawless and with what Is evil too often throw
away the good. Rualism stl retains ts hold upon inc
mind, and not unfrequenty has taken the place OI re-
igon itself There are yet found Christian cnurche5
where snd seasons, fasts and festivals forms ana
ceremonies made 10 bury practical religion out OF
sight aud those who dare TO disregard them ana appear
IN Chrst's own words counted better than inn
dels. , 4,
declares that themselves they worthless. and II
rc0ar for Themselves, pernicOus. Two outward forms
alone are left with His sanction both symp0c, Baptism
d fhe Iords supper and even Of these, simple ana eh
pesiye ~ they II Is conteDded thai Wc cannot nn
ear and absolute command for their pefpetuity. After
reducing the ritual OF religion 10 us lowest point, csap
fsbing minimum Of forms, below winch II WOilu seem
tISf nothing remains, the manner 0r their Cd
Tauce and their observance itself are eii % the nd
,dual cor science Of the believer The Friends dHafea
s,re, ut thc necessity Of the compelled
,lnu, ruswafce 10 adopt or grow into others OF titt
own aud bY their peculiar language aad dress asd ~
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
Grand Army of the Republic General
Reunion Of the Soldiers of
the War.

The annual muster of the Grand
Encampment, Dept of Wisconsin, q.
A. r., was held at Madison, Jan. Goth
and 9th. Officers for the ensuing
year, including Gen. Tom. Allen for
Commander, were elected. A me-
mortal to the National Encampment
was passed, asking that the time for
decorating the graves of deceased
comrades, be changed from the month
Of May to some time in the month
of June. The body also memorial
lied the Legislature to pass laws ex-
empting disabled soldiers from the
operation of all laws in regard to
poll tax on citizens, and all laws re-
curing license from hawkers and
peddlers. The following resolutions
favoring q general reunion of the sol
diers Of the State were also passed
RESOLVED, That the Grand Commander is
hereby respectfully requested to procure from
each Post in this Department. the names of all
soldiers, whether members of Post or not.
together with their post office address. and
forward the same TO the headquarters Of this
State, and that upon the receipt thereof, there be
issued and SENT a circular invitation 10 each
respectfully requesting his attendance at a
State Convention of the soldiers of Wisconsin,
for The purpose of mutual change of express
sion relative TO the trying scenes and incidents
of the late war, and the cultivation of those
ties of love which soldiers bear to each other
RESOLVED, That convention of the soldiers
of the State of Wisconsin be called to be held
at the city of Milwaukee at time TO be nam
ed by the Grand Commander of this Depart
ment.
RESOLVED, That general and full attend
ance at said convention of all soldiers of this
State is earnestly and urgently requested, as
matters of material interest TO all returned SOL
diers will be discussed and taken into consid-
Grafton.
RESOLVED, That the Grand Commander of
this Department be and he is hereby respect
fully requested TO negotiate with the managers
of the different railroads for reduced fare in
going to and returning from said convention.
RESOLVED, That the scenes and trying incl
dents of the field of battle establish among us
a common feeling of sympathy for each other
that rises above all political or sectional con.
sderations.
RESOLVED, That the soldiers of other States
be and are hereby respectfully invited to attend
said convention, and all civilians are respect
fully invited to co operate with and aid US in
this our undertaking.
RESOLVED, That all newspapers of this State
are hereby respectfully requested TO publish
these resolutions, and also the notice (when
issued) of the time for holding said conven-
ton.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
Repeal of the Franking Law.

Concerning the repeal of the frank
ing law and the injustice TO the
country press in not allowing news
papers to be delivered within the
county whore published without pre-
payment Of postage, the Chicago
Journal says:
eve notice that Senator Morton
is expected to make speech against
the House anti-frank bill. ale is
not opposed to tho abolition of the
privilege pure and simple" it is said,
"but is adverse to that feature which
restricts free circulation of newspa-
pcrs." At present there is no mail
charge on newspapers delivered
within the county in which they are
published. All copies sent by post
beyond that limit are charged. the
payment being exacted at the Office
of delivery. This encouragement to
journalism is for the advantage. al
most exclusively, Of country news
papers. The journalsof this CITY. for
instance, are, with trifing exceptions.
either sent out of the county or de-
livered by private carriers, while the
rural press is essentially a county
press. We therefore urge their
cause from essentially disinterested
motives. Indeed, if the metropoli-
tan press were to consult selcinterest
alone the proposition would be sup
ported by it, because if the present
privilege were taken away from the
country newspapers they would be
deprived of an important advantage
they now enjoy in competing with
the weekly press Of the city. But
we want no added prosperity at the
expense os the interior press. The
local journals are ofincalculable ben
eft to the country, and any measure
hostile thereto deserves the condem-
nation of all good citizens"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
Is Reputation q Democratic principIs.

The House of Representatives ON
Saturday spent the session in general
debate, chiefly among the Democratic
members, over the question whether
reputation was or was not q Demo-
cratic principle. Mr.. Golladay. of
Kentucky, led off with speech in
favor Of the reputation of the ma
tional debt. He said he favored the
reputation, for the reasons assigned
In the recent speech of Mr.. Munger,
OF Ohio, and for other reasons of his
own, and maintained that the party
tavoring Reputation was growing
larger every day. One Of his prin-
cipal points was, that the government
inaugurated reputation by forfeit
ing the slave property of loyal own
ers without proper consideration
lie said in substance that the Demo
cratic party stood square upon the
platform of reputation, but had not
the courage to say so in the face of
the country. Quoting Voorhees, as
a repudiator, on the ground of his
recent speech, that gentleman
promptly and Indignantly repudiated
the charge. Eldridge, of Wisconsin,
and Voorhees, manifested much anx-
iety to explain, and, being repressed
by Golliday, who had the floor, they
insinuated that he lacked courage
This the Kentuckian forced them to
admit was an assertion to be taken
in the Pickwickian sense. Later in
the day both gentlemen declared
themselves on the bond question
Eldridge said:
The Democratic party had ex-
pressed its views in no uncertain
words on the question of currency
and finance. The Endorsement on
five dollar bill was that it was ga
legal tender for all debts public and
private, except duties on imports
and interest on the public debt, and
interest on the public debt, and was
receivable on all bonds and loans
made TO the United States" Was
there any uncertain sound in that :?
Was there any want of courage in
it? The venerable leader of the
House who had gone to his final rest
(Stevens, of Pennsylvania), had de-
clared in this House that it was a
public crime to attempt to pay the
debt In any other way.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08

STATE ITEMs.-The Sheboygan
County Herald challenges cheat
to the COW from whose milk S1O3
worth of butter was made the past
year, besides furnishing plenty OF
milk and cream for family of four
persons. nH
A model reporter epitomizes the
condition of affairs Id Ellsworth,
Pierce Co., as follows: Cuisines
dull, times hard, sleighing good,
money tight, whiskey going down,
trade slow, sales high, lyceum all
lovely, religion scarce"
The veterans of the war of 1872
assembled at Madison on Wednesday,
and adopted memorial to Congress
asking that life pension be granted
to surviving members Of the war OF
1912, or to their widows.
Lead has been discovered in Orion,
Richland County, Wis, it is mostly
surface lead. Chunks weighing over
hundred pounds have been taken
out. Ten or twelve men are at work
at the diggings.
The Chiffon Times says, Mr.. Van
derwort, Brothertown, butchercd
two hogs last week, which weighed
about 700 lbs each, dressed.
The Chicago Bureau says James
vile has labartory where perfumes
are made in quantities that rival
those of Paris and Cologne.
On Tuesday night the safe of the
American Merchants Union Express
at Darlington was broken open and
$2,700 taken therefrom.
Watrous, of the Fond du lac Cone
monWealth, says there are now fewer
drunken editors IN this State than at
any time since it was organized.
A woman in Pierce county smoth-
cred her child to death By wrapping
it to closely while on q sleigh ride OH
New Years day.
Lake Winnebago, in Wisconsin, is
said to be the largest body of water
entirely within the limits of any
Western State.
A number of the papers of the
state fas or the proposition to go back
to the old system of county govern
ment.
Weyauwega boasts the champion
wood-chopper. He cuts three cords
per day and quits at 3 o'clock.
Oshkosh wants a theatre, Milton
wants a cheese factory, and Polk
county wants 8 jail.
VIM. A. Croffut, of Madison, takes
place on the editorial staff of the
Chicago Republican.
A hog weighing 7SOtbs was exhib-
tied in Oshkosh few days ago.
Racine manufactures the past year
amounted to 1895, 1861. 'fgy
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08

The question of who shall DO nom
mated for the Circuit Judge Of this
district is ,ons exciting considerable
interest. 9uiee a number of the legal
fraternity W.. believe are willing to
bear the responsibilities and perform
the labore Of: the Office, and among
theae are gentlemen we'll qualified to
do so but Judging from the tone of
the press aud srOm the expressed will
of the people, the arbiters who are to
decide the case, we think the Hon
j. 4. Mills - the Coming man."
The office is one of great responsible
ity, and he holds that it should be as
free AS possible from oil bitterness of
political partEanship, one above be-
ing infuenbe by base motives, fool
ish prejudicee. and one who has suf-
ficiont neAve:and moral stamina to
carry cut on Jail occasions his con-
victions Of duty. We think there is
no man 10 the district who will come
nca,er meeting these requirements
than Judge siills. He has the tai
ent, learningf and experience requi-
site for the eosition, and while he
may have faults, and we all know he
has, yet he has no more than are the
common Inheritance of a race whosa
presence III This world has made
laws, courts, Judges and juries ne
cessity.
The Grant: County Herald has de-
clared fer has denomination. The
Riobland Coanty Republican ditto,
and we accord him our humble aid.
and hope thtt the people of Craw-
ford county fvill send to the Judicial
Contention, delegates who will cor
daily cast aheir ballots for j. L.
Mills.-PrGisie du Chen Union.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
The Currency Bill.


Ae somo OF our readers may not
have read tho currency bill which
lately passed the Senate, and which
may become law, we give some
Of its essential features. The bill
provides for the issue Of GAS, OOO, 900
Of national bank currency, addition
al to the $500, 100000 provided for
by tho national banking law, which
shall be furnished to banking sssoci-
atoms organized, or TO be organized,
in those states and territories which
have less than their share Of curren-
cy as provided by the banking law.
At tho end Of each month the Con-
troller Of the Currency is to report
TO the Secretary Of the Treasury the
amount of notes issued under this act
during the month, and the Secretary
is to redeem and retire an equal
amount Of three per cent. loan cor
tifcetos, issued under the acts of
March, 1867, and July, 1868. II
necessary TO secure these certificates
for redemption, he is authorized to
give notice that certain of them
which he may designate by number
will not boar interest after q certain
time. IL also provides chat national
banking associations in states having
more than their proportion of circu-
lation, may remove TO states having
less Banking associations which
shall deposite goId-interest-bearing
United States bonds in the treasury,
will be entitled to receive eighty per
cent. Of TIE par'value Of said bonds
in notes for circulation, which notes
shall bear upon their face the prom
ise of the association to pay them in
coin of the United States. This sec
ton simply provides for the forma-
tion of banking associations upon q
specie basis. Another section pro-
Vides that within one year, ciroula-
ting notes 90 tho amount of 100000
600 may be withdrawn from bank
ing associations ia states that have
q greater amount Of currency than
their proportion under the banking
NV, and distributed to associations
in states having less than their pro-
portion.
These arc tho essential features of
the currency bill. Should it become
law the effect will be to initiate the
currency TO some extent. In the
South and West especially money
will be more plentiful and prices
tend upward. Tho imitation OF the
currency and consequent depreciation
Of It's value for time would also
tend TO postpone the day of specie
resumption.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
The Colored Senator from Mississi ppi.
Jackson Miss, Jan. q, Despatch re the Cincinnati

jackson, Miss Jan q, Despatch te the Cincinnati
Commercial.
Your correspondent has interview
ed the Hon. Hiram r. Revel. the
c0lored Senator from Mississippi. and
heresls the picture Of the new Ethiop !.
He is q tall, portly, man, of light
complexion, has benevolent features.
a pleasant voice and gentle WAYS,
He is thoroughly respected by his
own people and by the whites. Born
in freedom, in North Carolina, in
1922, craving al education, he remov-
ed to Indiana spent two years at
the Quaker Seminary in Union coun-
ty entered the Methodist ministry +;
afterwards received further instruc-
tions at the Drake County Seminar y,
when he became preacher, teacher
and lecturer among his people in the
States Of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and
Missouri.
After the breaking out of the war,
he was ministering at Baltimore
He assisted in the organization of the
first colored regiments in Maryland
and Missouri.
During portion OF 1868 and 1864
he taught school in st. Louis; then
came to Vicksburg, and assisted the
Provost Marshal in managing the
Freedmen affairs followed on the
heels Of the army to Jackson organ
lied churches, and lectured spent
the next two years in Kansas and
Missouri, in preaching and leoturing
on moral and religious subjects re-
turned to Mississippi, and has been
in Natchez ever since.
He is presiding elder Of bis church
for the Southern portion OF the State,
and since July last has served the
City Council, his friends say, with
ability and honor.
He consented to run, and was elect
ed to the State Senate, Yesterday
he was selected as the fitting man to
represent the State in the United
States Senate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
Communicated
Information Wanted.

Will some of our politicians be SO
good az to explain TO us few things
that we can't understand
We find an appropriation, made
last winter, of 1900 to the State
Superintendent of Public instruction
for travelling expenses and we find
that at the usual rate of railroad fare
that would take him 80, 000.miles, and
if he travels in q straight line he viii
then be nearly that distance from
this little planet, and he would prob
ably be attracted TO some other,
where the inhabitants were not pre-
pared to receive him. And how
could our children learn TO read and
write when their Superintendent was
up in the moon?
Please also explain the following
transaction
We find that there were something
like a bakers dozen of our legislators
that stepped into car and took a
pleasure trip-gone day or two
called at some of the State institu-
tions, whore no doubt the dinners
were good, the wine better, and the
brandy best snd when they returned
they votedlthemselves 800, each, for
the trip. Many of as can see no diff
ference in the morality of that trans
action, and the stealing of a horse
worth 800. If it was q part Of their
duty as legislators to go on that trip,
they received their pay in the year
ly salary if it was not, then they
were guilty of deserving their posts
so it appears to US but then we
don't know much law, only the old
moral law that used to be in vogue
years ago, which said "Thou shalt
not steal !" but suspect our legisla-
ture has repealed it, as | see no allu-
sion to it, of late, in any of their
transactions; or they may have
amended it so as to release them
selves for the time from its penal
ties. That they have done, or think
they have done, something that will
clear them from the penalties threat
ened in the moral law, there can be
no doubt, otherwise, their conscien-
ces, if not scared, would give them
no rest. LUTHER Brown.
p,tch Grave Fab eth 1870
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08

JUDICIAL CoNvENTIoN.-It seems
the general opinion that tho calling
Of the judicial Convention at Dodge
vile was q grave mistake IS that
point is not easily reached from many
points of the district. Either Bosco-
bel, Muscoda or Avocs would have
accommodated greater number OF
delegates. The dissatisfaction in
some parts has brought out urgent
requests that the place of holding the
Convention be changed to some more
accessible point than Dodgeville.-
But we think that a change at this
late day would badly mix things, as
the call has already been published
by all the papers in the district, and
in most counties Assembly conven-
tions have been called in pursuance
with that order.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08

sH-It is currently reported that
Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, Rev.
I'll. w. Beecher pastor, at it's annual
meeting, held last week, decided by
a vote of two-thirds of the members
present, not to require Of candidates
for membership assent to the Con
fession of Faith, but only to the Gov
enant The matter was warmly dis
cussed, and the vote as reported stood
80 in the affirmative to % in the ne
gative. Tho meeting, as usual, was
small in comparison with the whole
number of members. At the end OF
the discussion Mr.. Beecher spoke
strongly in favor Of the proposition,
saying that there were good men
who were Universaists, or who 9TH
erwise varied from the creed, who
were excluded by the present rule
Independent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
Wonderful Physical Phenomena.
From the New orloass Times, January 20

From the New Orleass Times, January 70,
That celebrated physicist, Dir.
Priestly, while experimenting with
electricity, casually Illuminated one
of his fingers, so as to make it per-
fectly transparent. The curious phe-
nomena was noted in his journal,
though it does not appear to have ex-
cited any further inquiry. About
two years ago, under similar circum-
stances, the no less celebrated phi
losopher. DR. w. b. Richardson of
London, illuminated nearly the
whole Of his hand. This strange
fact was published in the London
Lancet, and copied generally in all
scientific journals throughout tho
world.
Recently, pr Thomas Nicholson.
of this city, has pursued this wonder
ful fact still further, and with c0nsid-
cradle success. By the aid of the
powerful incandescent light of an
oxy-hydrogen blow-pipe, or calcium
light, and large magnifying, lenses,
he has succeeded in completely illu-
minating the whole hand, the body
of frog, and other substances.
From the successful experiments al
ready made, it would appear that for
the illumination of the entire body il
is only necessary that the lights be
sufficiently vivid, and the lenses suffi-
GENTLY powerful. IF the whole in
ternal machinery Of the human sys-
tenn could thus be brought directly
under the inspection Of medical prac-
titioners, the advantage to science
and to humanity would be incalcul-
able. Every person will remember
the Bemi-transparent appearance of
the hand, when held between the eye
and powerful light, and if the Wis
ion be aided by artificial appliances
there 10 no difficulty in imagining an
immence increase Of our clairvoyant
powers. We may thus be enabled to
discover structural aud functional
which are now wholly hid
den from human sight, and apply re-
NEEDLES with an exact knowledge of
what we desire to accomplish.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-08
From the Red River Region.
81 PAUL, MINI. February

ct PAUL, Mlnu,s l.
The startling news comes from
Fort Garry ola Pembina, January
20, that RielI has been ousted from
hls brief, but absolute, dictatorship in
The Red RIVER settlement, aud the
old Hudson's Bay Company's govern
ment reinstated under the title OF
Governor and Council of Assiuiboia,
with Governor McTavish at its head
For some time dissatisfaction has ex-
listed among the half-breeds On ac-
count of Reill's inetficiency or inactiv-
ity; and, taking advantage of his tenn
porary absence, the old regime was
reinstated. A guard met Refill Oh
his way back to Garry, and after
some faint resistance he was taken to
Garry. The correspondent adds that
Refill is master of the situation again,
and that the report of his arrest
needs confirmation but the case as
above stated is undoubtedly s true
ono. The object Of this coup detat is
to hasten the accomplishment Of the
original designs of the halfbreeds.
They will petition the Canadian Gov
eminent first, and if unsuccessful,
they will resort to annexation to the
Crown Colonization.