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The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-02
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"After five years of peace, the BAD
ical party having full control over the
administration of the Government, the
stubborn fact appears, and from Radical
testimony, that the audited debt of the
United States is nearly sixty millions
more than it was them Hartford
City Democrat, Indiana.
Nothing is 10 be gained to the Dem
ocratic or any other party by systemat-
ic misrepresentation, and least OF all by
a stupid citation Of the condition of the
debt in 1865 against its condition in
1870 There is not one intelligent man
in the country who does not know that
on the 1st Of April, 1865, and before
the arrears due the army, then in the
field and about to be withdrawn and
disbanded, were paid, the books of the
Treasury Department did not and could
not show the true condition of the debt
incurred, but only so much of it as had
been audited and recorded. Within
the six months following the first of
April OF that year upward OF one hun
dred millions of dollars were paid 10 the
soldiers alone, and there was still float
ing debt to be ascertained before the
war debt could be known and reported.
A candid writer, with an honest pur-
pose to show what the comparative con-
dition Of the debt is to-day, would have
selected the year when the books Of the
Treasury showed its greatest aggregate,
and put the official statement of that
year beside that Of the present. If the
Hartford City Democrat had done this,
and so doing, had found the result to
be an increase of the debt Of "nearly
sixty millions more than it was them"
we should make no complaint of its
showing, but join it in condemnation Of
a party that had so wasted the public
revenue and mlsmanaged the national
finances.
IF the Democrat will examine the off,
cial statement of the state of the debt
January /, 1866, it will find that the
maximum was reached at OR alb out that
time, and that since that date there has
been steady though, until last year, not
a large reduction in the total. Let us
compare the condition OF the public
debt on the 1st Of January, 1866, with
its condition, as given by Secretary
Boutwell,, on the 1St Of April last, in
each case less the amoant Of cash in the
Treasury: a
January /, 1866. Se,716,8 1851 ,636
April |, lS70........, 2,432,562 1877
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-02
The pablo Debt.

.dt is said that figures do not lie, and
TO illustrate the sentiment, we give the
comparative figures to show what the
debt was, to use the language of Secre-
tary McCulloch, sat the time the war
was just drawing to a close and what
it is now, and we copy from the Official
statements
Debt, April /, 1870. so, 432, 562, 1877
Debt, April ], 1861. 1856, ,955 ,O77
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-02

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II tisno idle hnttnr,.

II - HV IWIV IIUIItTy
1t is tine worlds deep sympathy
That wreathes with flowers the poets brow
We honor our humanity
In pIaising wOrth,--aS we do now,-
For one mans greatness makes therest
More great his strength reveals our power;
His happier Swiftness unrepressed,
Outstripped our speed, and stands before
And to the world cries, "Follow meW
The paths he found for us we trace,
For he, too, shares our destiny,
And, when he rises lifts the race.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1870-06-02

The President issued the following
proclamation ... ...-.t
by the President of the United States
of America.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30

ROMANTIC STORY OF THE
GETTYSBURG BATTLE.

Grace Greenwood, in the New
York Tribune tells romantic story
OF the battle of Gettysburg. On the
day succeeding that sanguinary Gen.
ttllet, Northern soldier, clad in a
oergeants uniform, was found dead,
reclining against tree as though
merely reading, and holding in his
."o hands upon his breast o ferro-
Sype likeness of three little children,
On this cherished memento his ewes
had evidently rested until the last
moment of consciousness. NOTHING
was found upon his person by which
he could be identified, and he was
buried among the unknown. A
thoughtful officer, however, had the
picture photographed and advertised.
The pathetic little group excited
popular interest-its story went ev-
erywhere, until finally the family of
Sergeant Humiston, consisting of
wife and three children was found.
They were poor: through the sale of
the pictures of those three quaint
little figures, sitting all in row, clad
in their simple best, home was
purchased for them, and they were
soon made quite comfortable.
In the course of time other widows
and orphans were admitted to
share in the proceeds of the sale Of
the little picture and were also made
happy. Finally. with the hearty
of the widow, likeness of
,he father was added to the group,
md the sales multiplied sufficiently
20 form the nucleus of fund on
which the Soldiers Orphan Asylum
at Gettysburg, called "The Home
stead" was established. This insti-
tuition, having its rise 10 an incident
20 touching, has become the home of
he dead Sergeant's children and Of
hundreds as unfortunate.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
Queen of Canada"-An Opinion About
Annexation.

A writer in the Monteal Gazette of
the 9th instant says: Annexation
means civil war - independence
means death-as we are, means edu-
cation. We loyal Canadians look
forward to complete independence
when we are of age, and it is expe-
dent. AT present we are in our
teens. We don't care what Huskis-
son, Gladstone, or any other dead or
living Old Country statesmen have
said or may say. We look to our
selves and to the Queen Of Canada,
our most gracious sovereign lady,
Queen Victoria. We trust in God
and our righteous cause, and to our
own stout hearts and strong arms,
and our kinsmen in the old country
will not desert us. We are indie
pendent of the House of Lords aud
Of the House of Commons of Great
Britain and Ireland. Those of us
who are not Canadians by birth
adopt our country in order to remain
subjects of Her Majesty. We will
not be led by selfish, ambitious or
designing politicians or rogues.-
God save our Queen"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
Order Concerning Claims for Bounties.

The Second Auditor of the Treas
ury Department has issued circular
under date of August 18th, in which
he says:
"No action can be taken on claims
for bounty, under the decision of the
Supreme Court of March IA, 1870, by
the accounting officers until further
legislation by Congress, as the Adj
jutant-General cannot designate
the.regiments to which the decision
applies the Presidents proclamation
and the general orders of the War
Department, upon which the decision
was based, having authorized the
raising of only forty regiments while
eighty-two were accepted. By the
act Of July Is, 1860, the fourth Sec
ton of the act of March 8, 1869, en-
titled IAN act in relation to additional
bounties and for other purposes is
repealed and the time for filling boun-
ty claims under act of July l8, 1866
additional bounty, is extended to
January l3, 1871. No law granting
bounty was enacted by the Forty
first Congress, nor has any such law
been enacted since the act of March
3, 1862"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
KOSsUTH IN HIS OLD AGE.


Some years ago the Boston Lyce
um Bureau commissioned a celebrat.
ed lecturer to travel through Europe
until he found Kossuth, and as il
was reported that he was poor, tc
offer him series of lucrative engage
ments with lyceums in the United
States. The Boston Journal quotes
from the gentleman referred to,
dated Geneva, July 10:
81 hasten to report the execution
of the commission which you intrust-
ed me.
: = In a retired quarter of
the royalty forsaken city Of Turin,
piazza Cavour, over a humble wine
tavern, found the lonely Magyar
"a mild, sedate, rather dignified
looking gentleman of apparently
sixty years of age, whose demeanor,
though grave, exhibited much affa-
bility and courtesy. When | had
laid your proposition before him, and
conveyed an assurance of the delight
which his acceptance of it would
afford the Republic, he expressed his
deep regret that it was beyond his
power to entertain it, averring that
he had retired entirely from public
life, and was now a recluse from
worldly affairs. To this, as reioin-
der, in order TO remove any impress
sion that visit, such as was proposed
to America, would involve his inter-
ference in or contact with political
matters, described to him the char
acter and organization of American
lyceums, and the work done by the
Boston Lyceum Bureau for them,
showing that the discourse you de-
sired from him would require only
his views upon some social or literary
topic, apart from the atmosphere Of
politics altogether. l added, like
wise, that while gratifying and in
structing others, it would scarcely
fail TO be subject Of intense interest
to him to have an opportunity of
comparing the America Of his day
with that of the present, and of OBJ
serving what twenty years could do
In the Great Republic. He then
warmed in conversation, and said /:
81 dislike giving you a cold negative,
but | am not the man | was | have
had heavy domestic Affections /
want nerve, and as for addressing
number of people, | have almost for
gotten what public speaking was |
am in truth changeling. Were l
to go anywhere it would be to
America. But" he added, "why
want me. Are you not a nation Of
orators ?" "But," / said, "none,
Signor Kossuth, such as YOU"
l then touched upon the delicate
ground of pecuniary considerations,
and he Immediately observed: ~
have very little money, but l have
very few wants and | am content"
"Will nothing move you, Signor?" l
said. 81 repeat" he added, "were |
to go anywhere it would be to the
grandest country in the world, your
America but think, from the sam
pie before me, you can do without
Kossuth."
Oh spare my bushes, but | am a
faithful witness, and he had to pay
a compliment in return for mine.
The upsho however, was his en-
phatic determination to speak in
public no moro, unless duty to his
own country demanded it. He re-
quested me to say, however, that he
felt highly fattered for the invitation
and grateful for the consideration
regarding his circumstances.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30

GEN. TRoCHU.-This officer, who
it is reported has been appointed
Major General of the French army,
under Bazaine, as COMMANDMENTS
Chief, and designated to command
the army of the Rhine, is man So
years old, and it is stated is in the
full vigor of his faculties, and special
ly fitted for the present campaign
by thorough military study of the
Rhenish frontier. He was leuten-
ant in the army in 1910, and has
since served and gained promotion
in Algeria and the Crimea. The
New York World says, with his &C
cession to command we will, doubt
less, see a change in the French
strategy. So far, conditions have
been reversed and while the fiery
Frenchmen have exhibited the rigid
adherence to precedent and the some
what sluggish movement formerly
attributed to the German mode of
war, the Prussian army has been
handled in the favorite method of
the great Napoleon-that is by hurl-
ing it in immense masses on particu-
lar points in the enemy's line. 1t
was in this way that the battles OF
Saarbruck and Haguenau were won.
= With Marshal Bazaine in
supreme command, and Gen. Trochu
as Chief of staff, it is not likely that
the Crown Prince will be much long
er allowed to monopolize the Great
Captains mode of war"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30

Present number OF Democratic members 60; expect,
Lain. % tntal l3l; necn.snrx for q mninrlty. DO

Present number OF Democratic members, &c; expected
gain, 60 total l3l; necessary for majority 49,
In the South the Democrats will
probably gain some members, be-
cause the rc bells are strong and united
there. They hate the party that
now controls the government they
tried in vain TO destroy. Patriots
must expect the enmity OF traitors,
and DO prepared to receive their at
tacks. For this reason the utmost
vigilance is required in putting the
very best men in nomination and Sc
curing their election.
The mission of the Republican
party is not yet ended, nor will it
cease until the South has rebuilt her
ruins, has ceased TO mourn for the
lost cause until peace reigns in ev-
cry precinct, and questions concern
ing the national debt are settled, so
that reputation will be impossible
and unpopular.
The Northern people understand
this and they will not be so blind to
their interests as TO surrender con-
troll of the government now. The
Democrats count too confidently on
gains in the North.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
A War of Races and Religions.

A distinguished officer of our army,
who has studied the French in their
own country, writes as follows about
the war and its significance
! think this war is working out
deeper aesthetic problem than is gen.
orally supposed. 1t is really one Of
the old Latin race against the Saxon,
one Of Catholicism againstProtestant-
ism, one Of iiliberality and ignorance
against progress and learning, and |
believe the victory was wrought out
in the school houses of North Ger
many in years gone. Races, like
individuals, arc born, mature and die.
The Latins are in their old arc and
demented, while the Saxons are yet
in their early manhood, and one
finds them everywhere working out
the problem of progressing humanity
in their own vigorous way with hand
and intellect. Not so the other.
We find besotted ignorance and I'M
reasoning fanaticism resting upon
all their lands and countries, except
an occasional ofshoot OF learning
and science, like vigorous branches
from decaying trunk, while they
neither omigrate nor COLOMBO, but
remain torpidly about the scenes of
q life nearly spent.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
The Notifications of Paris.

Paris was fortified city in the
middle ages, and its walls have been
several times demolished and recon-
structed amid the vicissitudes to
which France has been exposed
Her present Notifications were con-
structed under Louis Philippe, to
which large addition have been
made under Louis Napoleon. They
consist of Fashioned and terraced
wall, with "a feet of escarpement,
faced with masonry, presenting ga
angular fronts, and continuous
ditch % miles in circuit, embracing
both banks of the Seine. This sys-
tenn of defence is completed by II
detached forts, each in itself q
strong fortress. Within the fortifi-
cation is a continuous carriage road,
and within that q railroad which
connects with the five grand lines of
railways that radiate from Paris to
the boundaries of France. The So
900 troops usually garrisoned within
and around Paris are quartered in
thirty barracks within the lines Of
Notifications. Besides these troops
the city has a national guard, num-
bering 10000 men, in which all citi-
zens between twenty-five and fifty
are liable to be called into SERVICE
Paris is, therefore, a vast intfenched
camp, bristled with outlying citadeIs
constructed according to the most
approved rules of modern military
science, supplied With every article
of defense, and intended to be i'm
pregnable by any force that can be
brought against it. This is what
Prussia, if she succeeds in reaching
the environs, will have to encounter
before she becomes master of the
Capitol.-Cincinnati Gazette.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
Great Mems Wives.

In one of the towns of Michigan
resides legal gentlemen of fine
abilities, an eloquent talker, a thor
ugh lawyer, and good fellow gener-
ally but he tippleth too frequently,
and this habit has retarded his ad-
vancemeDt. His party had frequent
ly promised him position, but the
poor mans failing had as frequently
rendered it inexpedient Just at that
time. Finally the time came when
the Congressional nomination was
within his grasp. He had wife,
She, too wished to so to Washing
ton. Other representatives took
their spouses to the Capitol. She
mentioned that fact to Robert.
"You expect to go, my dear, don't
your"
dyes"
"And to do as other Congressman
do ?"
"Yes,' grufly.
"Well, as other Congressman take
their wives, you'll take me ?"
Il don't care , you may go.
"But, dear, you know I've never
been there, nor never been out much.
How do you think ri appear among
other great mems wives 2"
"'Pear we'll enough pear we'll
enough replied Robert, beginning
to get little riled. "All great men
have COMPOUNDED fools for wives"
Unfortunately for Robert, the
people did not see in Robert the
representative the exigencies of the
time demanded, and elected the 9TH
er man. But what an attrocious
sentiment Robert uttered
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
STRENGTH OF METZ.

The following, from an exchange,
gives a more extended description OF
the Notifications that surround that
city:
"Metz is the center of the triple
range OF fortresses with which the
celebrated Vauban, the architect of
Louis XIV, attempted to defend
France against Germany from the
north and tho east. Round these
frontiers he constructed no less than
lightweight fortresses of which Va
lenciennes in the north, and Metz in
the east, are the strongest. As said
before, Metz lies in the center of the
triple range, having as advanced post
Thlonvllle, and in the rear Nancy.
The Mosselle here is still very small
and scarcely practicable for small
steamers, that go down with the
current to Thionville, Sierck and
Trev es. At Coblentz it flows right
through the city /; one part of the
river is still water. Metz is very
irregularly built, has a population of
about $4,000, and something like
$4,000 men garrison. 1t is surround
cd by three walls, forming two
bitches, which are about eighty feet
deep, and, being connected with the
river, may be inundated at five
minutes notice. On each side of the
place is situated a kind of natural
fort, called on the right side of the
river, the Fort Belle Croix, and on
the left side the Mount st. Quentin.
On the top Of this latter, command
ing a view of about twenty-five miles,
is an optical telegraph, the signals of
which may be seen from the cathe-
dral of Metz. The cheUaur de frise,
or foSSeS GuC l0ups, consist in deep
bitches, filled up with bayonet,
swords, shells, grenades, ETC., which
are covered with ground so carefully
that the most practiced eye is scarce
ly able to detect them. All the
buildings outside the place are wood
en- framework, so that they can be
destroyed at moments warning.
The Fort Belle Croix COO is COM
pletely undermined, and the mines
are connected with the Arsenal OBJ
so that they can be blown up from
this latter place. The Port des Al
demands is historically curious
place, and the only remainder of the
old fortress as it had been construct
ed by the Duke of Lorraine. This
gate was assaulted, in 1915, by
Charles ", Emperor of Germany
and King of Spain, but the Emperor,
victorious on all other points, was
defeated on this by his eternal enemy,
Francis /. of France. 1t is not to be
expected that the Prussians will
carry this fortress as easily as they
seem to have carried the little, but
strong place of Bitsche, and the ex-
perience of the Prussian Generals
will scarcely allow them to leave so
strong o place in their rear, so
decisive battle may be looked for in
the plain surrounding Metz"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
EXPERIMENT OF THE INTERIOR, I
GENERAL LAND OFFiCE. Aug 8, 1870,

/ NhshhAL LAND OFFlOEs Aug. ., loTO1
GENTLEMEN The following is the
twenty-ffth section of the act of
Congress approved July 10, 1870,
entitled can act making appropria-
tions for the support of the army for
the year ending June 30, 1870, and
for other purposes" viz:
SEC. rs. And be 1t further enacted,
That every private soldierand officer
who has served in the army of the
United States during the rebellion
for ninety days, and remained loyal
to the Government, and every sea-
man, marine and officer, or other
person, who has served in the navy
OF the United States, or in the marine
corps or revenue marine during the
rebellion for ninety days, and re-
manned loyal to the Government,
shall, on payment of the fee or COM
mission to any Register or Receiver
of any Land Office required by law,
be entitled to enter one quarter
section of land, not mineral, of the
alternate reserved sections of public
lands along the lines of any one of
the railroads or other public works
in the United States, wherever pub
lie lands have been or may be grant
ed by acts of Congress, and to re-
ceive patent therefor under and by
virtue of the provisions Of the act to
secure homesteads TO actual settlers
on the public domain, and the acts
amendatory thereof, and on the
terms and conditions therin prescrib-
ed and all the provisions of said
acts, except as herein modified, shall
extend and be applicable to entries
under this act, and the Commissioner
of the General Land Office is hereby
authorized to prescribe the necessary
rules and regulations to carry this
section into effect, and determine all
facts necessary therefor.
By these provisions the Home
stead law of May goth, 1861, and the
acts amendatory thereof, are modi-
fed as to allow entries to be made
by the parties mentioned therein of
the maximum quantity of one quar-
ter section, or 100 acres of land held
at the double minimum price of $500
per acre, instead of one-half quarter
section, or eighty acres, as heretofore.
In case of party trying to avail
himself thereof, you will require him
to file the usual homestead applica-
ton for the tract desired, if legally
liable to entry, to make affidavit
according to the form hereto annex
ed, instead of the usual homestead
affidavit, and on his doing SO allow
him to make payment of the ten
dollar fee stipulated in the act Of
May, 1862, and the usual commission
on the price Of the land at $3.50 per
acre, the entry to be regularly num-
bered and reported to this office in
your monthly homestead returns.
Regarding SETTLEMENT and cultiva-
ton, the requirements OF the law in
this class of entries are the same as
in other homestead entries.
Very respectfully your obedient
servant, JOSEPH S. WILSON,
Commissioner, lister and Receiver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30
,ss- The Demooratic Conpression

s1- The Democratic Congression-
al Convention of the Fifth District of
Iowa, met at Des Moines on the 18th,
and after organization, passed resolu-
tons endorsing the State Democratic
platform, and also that no nomina-
ton for Congress be made, but that
the democracy are willing to unite
with the people against the office
holders of the district in electing a
Congressman. This means that, see
ing no hope of electing candidate
of their own, they are willing to
unite with any sorehead republicans
there may be in electing an indie
pendent candidate, who, of course,
would be chosen from the ranks of
the democracy. But the game will
not win.-MiIlCaukee Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-08-30

@-Dickens' personal taste in dress
was always cloud" He liked gay
vests, glittering jewelry, snowy sat
in stocks, and everything rather
prononce, yet no man had a keener
or more unsparing critical eye for
these vulgarities in others. He once
gave to a friend vest of most gor-
geous shawl-pattern. Soon after, at
a party, he quizzed bis friend unmer-
cifully for his stunning" vest, al
though he had on him at that mo-
ment its twin brother or sister
whichever sex vests belong to-
This inability to turn the bulls eye
on himself, with the same searching
fearlessness he be did on others, was
q defect in his idiosyncracy; for
despite mans self-love and vanity,
there exists in men a little self-con-
seriousness.