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T0AsHION ABLE CLOTHING.-We have on hand a la rye
4 and elegant stock of read y-made goods for gentle
Fine dress and frock coats dOrsay coats overcoas
of various styles and qualities
Pantaoons and in great variety, with every other
article of dress outfit gentleman the best style and
without delay.
Some very handsome white silk and other for
ming
Also, ins shirts white, black, and other kid gloves.
With cravats and many other pretty and desirable goods
for gentcmen's
We also prepared make up garment to order at
short notice in the best style.
Terms cash, to prompt customers on short credit
Only price. YOUNG " OREM,
Feb l6-3taw4wif doors of Browns Hotel.
J.NOR SALE RENT an exceiIent tyvo-story Brick
House, property of Mrs M C. Meade A sale prefer
red IL is situated on west, square 49, very
short distance from the War and Navy Departments,
manng an extensive view of the Potomac and surround
ing country, and well situated saluby and society
contains eight bed pnrlors basement
ors clubhouse Tor servants, Kitchen and basement cellar
pump of good the kitchen door bath for
hot and cold water, with large garden and kitchen yard
For terms apply to j. Mason, jr., OF G and 2th
streets.
Feb I4-3td3wlaw
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TNLECTRO Magnetic Power Stenm-gal
T. light, dehagraons, PROFESSOR PAGES third
lecture will be given this evening 2lst instant the Lee
Room OF the Baptist Church street,
at half past seven
On this occasion will be shown the striking experiment
raising ponderous OF iron without visible
port the power of the huge electro and the pract
cal operation of the large electro magnetic engines. A
heavy lathe turning wood will be driven by of the
engines Some beautiful experiments in magnetic cleo
triciy will also be Introduced.
Tickets so cents, the door,
Feb 81
osF-on saturday evening. In passing from r
~ street, near 18th, through the Pennsylvania avenue,
lava bracelet The finder will b, ewaded by leaving it
al Mrs Peyton's, corner Al street and tho avenue
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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
NEVER GIVE UP !

Here is something for those who are
mourning under misfortune, from the New
Y DIRK Morning Star. Read it, and "try
again"
All young men have to be ruined once-if
they begin rich or prosperous. Nothing but
a miracle can save them. They either get
ma, ried before they can afford the luxury of
a wife-or fail, and then, and not till then, are
they good for anything. Men are not made
by coaxing. They seldom thrive long Oh
sugar plums. To be men they must tough
it, And the sooner they begin the better
Oaks are rooted in wind and storm. Oaks
therefore are trust WOE thy. Hot house plants
come up in a few days, and perish according
ly.
Look about you, and yea will hardly find
an old or rich man, who has not been at some
period of his life, bankrupt either in health
or in property. SUCH men having learned by
Gods provldences/ the value of what they
have lost and being undscouraged have al
ways found themselves strengthened by their
fall
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
THE TEACHER.

No other class ought to fill more com
manding place in public estimation, and yet
scarcely any holds so inferior a position. The
celebrated DIR. Rush has wisely said, that
.'mOthers and schoolmasters plant the seed
of nearly all the good and evil in the world
4 glance at their influence verifies the truth
OF this remark, and yet how inadequateIy is
the power appreciated by public sentiment.
The professions of Theology, Law and Med
icine,-the three controlling moral and intel
lectual agencies Of our country,
receive an estimate proportionate to merit :;
and yet even the highest-the pulpit-does
not exercise predominant an influence. in
moulding character as do the teachers of our
country. Report of Ohio State Superin-
tendcnt.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
NOBLE SENTIMENT.

This is an agreeable world after all. If we
would only look ut the subjects that surround
US in their true light, we should beauty
where we behold deformity, and listen to
harmony where we heared nothing but dis
cord. To be sure there is great deal OF vex-
alton and anxiety 70 meet; we cannot sail
upon a summer coast forever; yet if we pre-
serv a calm eye and steady hand we can trim
our sail and manage our helm so as TO avoid
the quicksands and weather the storms that
threaten shipwreck. We are members Of
one great family; we are travelling the same
road. and shall arrive at the same goal. We
breath the same air; are subject TO the same
bounty, and we shall lie down upon the bo-
som OF our common mother. 1t is not be-
coming. then, that brother should hate bro
Their; it is not proper that friend should de-
ceive friend; it is not right that neighbor
should deceive neighbor. We pity that man
who can har oor enmity against his fellow be
loses half the enjoyment Of life; he imbitters
his own existence. Let us tear from our
eyes the colored medium that invests every
object with the green hue of jealousy and
suspicion; turn deaf ear to scandal; breathe
the spirit of charity from our hearts. let the
rich gushings of human kindness swell up
AS a fountain-so the "golden age" will be-
come no fiction. aud islands Of the blessed
bloom in more than Hyperian beauty
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
HOW DO YOU SPEND YOUR
EVENINGS

We wish to ask the young man this ques
ton u and according as he answers it, we shall
be able TO tell him what his future character
will be. More depends upon the manner In
which this important season Is passed, than
upon almost any thing else. Whoever has
been an observer of men and things. can point
out many youth who has caused weeping
and sorrow to his family. disgraced his name !;
and become an outcast in the world. or sunk
to dishonored grave, who commenced his
career Of vice when he broke away from
Wholesome restraint and spent his evenings in
the company ofthe abandoned. Young man
listen to US. We would not deprive you OF
single pleasure, or debar you from any in
nocent amusement. We enireat you to be
particular where and how you pass your even
ing hours.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
{" / CAN'T"

les you can. Have you yet to learn, old
as you are, that can't never made sterling
character! Point US TO the man who made
his fortune by can't upon his lips Show
US the patriot and the talented, who rose TO
distinction with this motto on his forehead.
1t is impossible. The irresolute-the fearful
and trembling, who thought they could never
accomplish anything, never did, as you may
learn by visiting the aims house and the grave
yard. We care not how humble the occu-
patton Of a man may be, we are certain he
will not always plod along if he have good
spirits, determined heart, and be not easily
frightened. We have seen wood sawyers
and clam diggers, scavengers and hod carriers.
street sweepers, and printers even, rise from
their humble pursuits, 70 the accumulation of
wealth and to seats of distinction. The fire
oil energy burned in their bosoms and glowed
in their foreheads, when you would have
thought them deepest in the rnire and strug
Cling with the heaviest burdens. They be-
heved they could accomplish whatever they
undertook, and hence their success. Yet
you exclairn, 81 can't" when you are told to
Leap the Atlantic, or or Jump over the Andes
Make the attempt-have faith, and we had
almost said you will accomplish it. Never
die a tool or n drone. as long as you have
alth in your body. n single pules is left to
beat, and one drop Of blood continues to circu
late round your heart. We shall never be
10 fear OF dying SO long as we can move
We shall never give up doing some biting for
or others while we have strength
to move finger or open an eye. Away,
then, with your slothfulness-your drow-
sness-your laziness. Jump up at once and
take further start, determined to lie n the
gutter 10 longer. If you have been more
than dead, scrape off the dust from your
limbs, OIL them with energy, polish them
with activity, and go forth in the panopIy
of a Man - man created with God like J
capacities. Our word for it, YOU will live o
bless US for our advice, and If YOU survive !
US you will be the first to place tombstone |
above our sleeping dust.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
AMERICAN NOTIONS IN ENGLAND

The London correspondent of the National
Intelligencer writes:
Z 1t is curious 10 observe, On ramble thro'
few OF the principal streets of London, how
many more articles are advertised of :" Amer
ican'' origin than were to be met with even
two years ago. American Newtown Pippins
and other varieties OF American apples are ex-
hitited in the fruit shops; every shoe shop
has display of American Overshoes, -
" Philadelphia, Albany, and other American
Ales" are advertised at taverns and eating
houses :" American biscuits are found in ev-
cry cake shop: American cheese in the ap-
prppriate places, and American rocking chairs,
American wooden clocks, and American ba-
by jumpers. have their various places for sale.
saw Mint Juleps and other American drinks
advertised in a window there are two if not
more, regular importers Of American books,
and the American star spangled banner floats
from many tall mast in the crowded docks
and river. This is truly the best imaginable
mode of fraterniZing,"
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
WHOLE NUMBER 70.

There is great deficiency of coin in the
country, and especially in the mines: the
| traders, by taking advantage of the PRESSING
| necessity OF the digger, not unfrequently com.
pelllng him to sell his ounce of good gold for
a silver dollar; and it has been bought, under
like circumstances, for fifty cents per ounce.
OF Indians. To this state of dependence Ia,
boring miners are now subjected, and must be
until coin is more abundant. Disease, con-
gestlve and intermittent fever, is making great
havoc among the dIggerS, as they are almost
destitute of food and raiment, and for the most
part. without houses CT any kind TO protect
them from the inclement season now at hand.
The commerce of this coast may be said to
be entirely cut off by desertion. No sooner
does merchant ship arrive in any of the ports
OF California, than all hands leave her; in
some instances, captain, cook, and ALL At
this moment, there are a number of merchant
ships thus abandoned at San Francisco: and
such Will be the fate of all that subsequently,
arrive.
The master of the ship Izaak Walton, that
brought stores for the squadron TO this port
offered, without success, $50 per month to
Callao, and thence $50 per month home, to
dasb0nded rofunteerS, not seamen. We were
obliged at last to supply him with four men
whose terms of service were drawing 10 a
close. This state of things is not confined
to California alone. Oregon is fast depopu-
lating; her inhabitants pour into the gold
dlggings, and foreign residents and runaway
sailors from the Sandwich Islands are arriving
by every vessel that approaches this coast.
Very respectfully,
our obedient servant,
THoS. AP G.. JONES.
Commander-in-Chief Pacific So.
Hon }. \. Mason, Secretary of the Navy.
four ships are all short of their compliments;
the Ohio is 145 short We can spare no more TO
our merchantmen.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
IMPORTANT JUDICIAL DECISION.

Galveston papers state an INTERESTING case
decided bv Judge Watrous, of the \ nited
States district court, sitting at Galveston
Thomas Toby sued David Random on two
promisary notes. amounting TO $4,000. The
defendant contended that the money was not
Justly due, as the property he received for
the notes was slaves, natives of Africa, who
were brought through Cuba. contrary to the
laws of Spain, and taken to Texas in 1885, IN
violation of the laws of Mexico. The plain
tiff coutended that at the time Of the revolu-
ton the negroes were held in slavery, their
condition was fixed by the constitution OF
the republic of Texas of 18th March, $40.
The Judge sustained the plea of the defend
ant, and gave judgment IN his favor n. y.
Mercury.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM THE
California Gold Region
OFFICIAL REPORTS TO GOVERNMENT
g Geld found an Lamps of Sizteer and Ttcen-
fyJfre Pounds'--Gold TO an immense amount
obtained by Digging and Washing,
From the Washington Union. Jan. 81

From the Washington Union, Jan 81
Extract of a letter from Thomas o. Larkin
! Esq. late Consul and now Navy AGENT OF
the United States, to the Secretary of State.
| dated Monterey, November Is, Is4s, and
received in this city on Friday evening last.
The digging and washing for gold contin-
ues to Increase on the Sacramento placer, so
far as regards the number of persons engaged
IN the business, and the size and quantity of
the metal daily obtained
have had in my hands several pieces of
gold, about twenty-three carats fine, weigh
ing from one to two pounds, and have it from
good authority that pieces have been found
weighing sixteen pounds. Indeed. | have
heard OF one specimen that weighed TWENTY
hVe pounds. There are many men at the pla-
Ger, who in June last had not one hundred
dollars, now In possession of from five to
twenty thousand dollars, which they made by
digging gold and trading with the Indians -
Several, believe, have made more.
A common calico shirt, or even silver dol
lar, has been taken by an Indian for gold.
without regard to size; and halfto one ounce
OF gold-Say So to $I6-is now considered
the price OF a shirt, while from three to ten
ounces is the price of blanket. 500 a day,
Tor several days In succession was and is cen
sldered tar remuneration for the labor of a
gold-digger, though few work over a month
at time. as the fatigue is very great. From
July to October one-half of the gold-hunters
have been afflicted either with the ague and
fever or the intermittent fever, and twenty
days absent from the placer during those
months is necessary to escape the disease
There have not, however, been many fatal
cases.
The gold is now sold, from the smallest
imaginary piece in size to pieces of one pound
weight, at SIC per troy ounce for all the pur-
poses of commerce; but those who are under
the necessity of raising coin to pay duties to
the Government, are obliged to accept from
SO to S1I per ounce. All the coin in Cali
fornia is likely to be locked up in the Custom
House, as the last Tariff of our Congress is
IN force here in regard to the receipt of money.
Gould you know the value Of the California
placer as ] know it, you would think you had
been instrumental in obtaining most splen-
did purchase for our country, to put no other
construction on the late Treaty.
The placer is know to be two or three hun
dred miles long and as discoveries are con-
stantly being made, it may prove 1000 miles
in length-in fact, it is, not counting the in
termediate miles yet unexplored. From five
to ten millions of gold must be our export this
and next year. How many more years this
state of things will continue, cannot say.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
NAVY DEPARTMENT.


Extract from letter No. "a, October 25, 1913,
from Commodore Jones to the Honorable
Secretary of the Navy.
Nothing, sir, can exceed the deplorable
state of things in all Upper California at this
time, growing out of the maddening effects of
the gold mania. l am sorry to say that even
in this squadron some of the officers lit
tie tainted, and have manifested restlessness
under moderate restrictions imperiously de-
manded by the exigencies of the times, aa
you will perceive by the enclosed paper, 3D.
dressed to three of the lieutenants. am,
however, happy to say that have not been
disappointed in the good effect of the means
employed to prevent desertion, and to main
tain order in the squadron, as but one deser-
ton has taken place since the rush Of eight
from this ship on the evening of the 18th
instant; and that the views and opinions of
the few officers who were skeptical as to the
right and efficiency of the means employed to
prevent offences and to punish crime, have
undergone most favorable change, whereby
l shall be enabled to keep on this coast until
the whirlwind of anarchy and confusion con-
founded is superseded by the establishment
of some legal Government potent enough to
enforce law and to protect life and property,
which at this time is in great jeopardy every
where outside our bulwarks.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
TO YOUNG MEN.

Don't rely upon friends. Don't rely upon
the good name of your ancestors. But. If you
want to do any thing for yourself, off with
YOUR coat and set about it manfully. Thou
sands have spent the prime OF life in vain
hopes OF aid from those whom they called
friends-aud thousands have starved because
thew had rich father. Rely only upon the
good name which is made by your own exer-
lions, aud know that the best friend you can
have is uuconquerable determination, united
with decision Of character.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
Gen. \. Towson, Paym. Gen. L. S. A.
Washington, ID. G.

~ The New York Herald publishes
letter dated Monterey, Cal. Nov. I6, 1913,
from which we quote as follows;
Perhaps it is fair that your readers should
learn that however plenty the Sacramento
Valley may afford gold, the obtaining of it
has its disadvantages. From the LIST of July
to the st of October, more or less, one-half of
the people will have fever and ague, or inter-
mittent fever, which takes them from the first
day of digging until they have been one hun
bred miles from the placer fifteen or twenty
DAYS. In the winter it is too cold to work Ia
the water but from next April to the follow
inc July one million of dollars of pure gold,
or more. per month, will be produced from
this gold region, without digging more than
three feet deep. Some work in the sand. by
washing from the surface In a wooden howl
or tin pan; some gouge it out from the rocks
or slate; the more lazy ones roll about and
pick up the large pieces, leaving the small
gold for the next emigration.
In this tough, but true, golden tale, you
must not imagine that all men are equally
successful. There are some who have done
| better; even to S4 200 in a month; many
| 81 900 during the summer, and others, who
refused to join company Of gold washers
who had cheap made machine, and receive
one ounce per day, that returned to the settle
ments with not vest pocket full of gold
Some left with only sufficient to purchase a
horse and saddle, and pay physician six
ounces OF gold for one ounce ST quinine, Gallo
4 mel and ialap N proportion. An ounce Of
gold for advice given, six onnces visit, brings
the fever and ague to be rather an expensive
companion. A well man has his propornon
ate heavy expenses, also. to reduce MS psie
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
4D@gGTp.
THE STRANGER ON THE SILL.
BIZ r. d. READ.

Between broad fields OF wheat and corn
Is the lowIy home where was born;
The peach-tree leans against the wall,
And the woodbine wandcrs over all;
There is the shaded doorway STILL
But : Strangers foot has crossed the sill
There is the baTu-and as of yore,
/ can smell the hay from the open door,
And sac the busy swallows throng,
And hear the pewits nournful song;
But the stranger comes-oh painful proof
His sheaves are piled to the heated roof
There is the orchard-thc very trees
Where nv childhood knew long hours OF case,
And watched the shadowy moments run
Till nv life imbibed more shade than sun
The swing from the 5ough still sweeps the air,
BIT the strangers children are swinging there.
There bubbles the shady spring below,
With It's bulrush brook where the haZles grow;
Twas there found the calanus root,
And watched the minnows poise and shoot,
And heard the robin lave his wing,
But the strangers bucket is al the spring.
Oh We who daily cross the sill,
Step lightly for love it still;
And when you croud the old caves,
Then think what countless harvest shelves
Have passed within that scented door
To gladden. eyes that are no more.
Deal kindly with those orchard trees;
And when Your children crowd their knees,
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart,
As if old memories stirred their heart:
To youthful sport still leave the swing,
And IN sweet reverence mold the spring
The barn the trees, the brook, the birds,
The meadows with their lowing herds,
The woodDine on the cottage wall
Nv heart still fingers with them all
Ye strangers on my native sill,
Step lightly for love it still.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16
mo. 36.l
Flag Ship Ohio,
Bay of Monterey, Nov. ?, i846. !

Bay OF VI onterey, NOV =, 1910
Sir. In nv letter No. "a, from La Paz,
recommended the retention on this coast of all
cruizing ships Of the Pacific squadron, and
pointed out how they could be kept In repair
and manned without returning round Cape
Horn to the Atlantic States. When that re-
commentator was made, had no conception
of the state of things in Upper California
For the present, and fear for years to come,
it will be impossible for the United States to
maintain any naval or military establishment
in California; as at present, no hope OF reward
nor fear of punishment is sufficient to make
binding any contract between man and man
upon the soil of California.
To send troops out here would be needless
for thew would Immediately desert. To show
what chance there is for experimenting deser
tiers, / enclose an advertisement which ha;
been widely circulated for fortnight, bu
without bringing ina single deserter. Among
the deserters from the squadron are some 0
the best officers and seamen, having but few
months to serve, and large balances due them
amounting in the aggregate to orer ten thou
.zrtI dollars.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-02-16

Posr MASTER GENERAL.-The first man
who held this office in the United States was
DIR. Franklin. His salary $1,000 per
wear. He did not think that folks would one
day, talk by lightning. well acquainted as he
was with the subtle fluid