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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
CALF ORNiA GOLD.
DISCOVERED By
Sisn0r D'Alvear'S Goldometer,
THE GOLD SEEKERS eUIDI

mt bUIU OttkEh GUIUts
O' Secret f1t Of finding Mines of Gold Steer, Iron,
Lead, Copper, Coat, and other Mineral Riches
The first discovery of Gold in California was
made by DON JOSE D'ALVEAR an eminent
Spanish Geologist, Chemist and Natural Philoso-
pher, by means OF newly invented Magnetic in
strument, called
IlSf u @ o II d O N 81 n Err
OR GOLD SEEKERS GUIDE!
Signor D'Alvear has just arrived at New York
from the Gold regions of California by way of Pa
mama, Chagres, and New Orleans, bringing with
INN very large quantity OF Gold ore, valued al
nearly one million of Dollars, which he collected
there. long before the existence of the Gold mines
became known 10 the residents of California gene
rally
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
Eeady-qnlade Clothing

BOOTS AND SHOES
Iron, STEEL, NAILS, GLASS, &c. &c.
Which he will sell on the most reasonable terms.
Adopting for his motto SMALL profits and LARGE
sales" he would invite all who wish for good bar
gains TO call at the store recently occupied by Vi
Wan & Davy where they can find every variety
usually kept in the west, which Will be sold at
prices TO suit the times.
THOMAS DAVEY
February2, 1S49-7Itf
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

y q HALF Barrels superior WHITE FISH in
-e store and for sale by c. w COBB
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
Ladies and Gentlemen

TF you wish TO see the most splendid stock Of
- FALL AND WINTER GOODS. (selec,ed
expressly for your benef) ever before offered in
IN this market lust call in at
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

YOATENT Fish-Hooks, Percussion Caps, Wood
- Pocket-Conbs, and all sorts of Yankee fir
Iias at the BOOK STORE
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

NIAMMLIN HOUSE.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
CHRISTMAS & NEW-YEAR'S PRESENTS

h5s S MSeb lot be of 5s b 1o5 the
deilN dr 10 his customers until after the Holydays
are past. Call at the BOOK STORE.
+. 5 Don't forget to bring the dimes. IL
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

a. WAN SKINS, for Miners wear, Just received
~ pieces direct from the English manufactu-
res, for sale by JOHN MILTON.
Oct 20 1918
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02
Eire. Fire.,

l. MILTON MARSH, Agent for the Milwau-
kee Mutual Fire Insurance Company is prepared
to receive applications for insurance Buildings
or Property in this vicinity. Office at the Book
Store. g.
Mineral Point, Nov 10, 1s48
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

a. AND PAPER.-A first rate article, at the
~ BOOK STORE
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

hn CASES BOOTS & SHOES, direct from
III the manufacturers which viii be sold low
or Cash 3No nil>loNs
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

- AMP Gill; barrels of the above, firrc
~ winter strained article, just received and for
sale by JNO. MILTON
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

~ deon TO Jews Harp-just call and ex-
anime, at the BOOK SIOkE.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1849-03-02

DOOTS & SHOES just received and for sale
ID by BEECH & TILLEY
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

New Observation-Disclosures $40
notes on the Lancaster County Bank, have
been offered in tn is town during the past
week. Not being able to see one, we can
give no description, except that they are
represented to be of darker appearance
than the genuine. There are counterfeit
$40 on the Lancaster Bank, and when we
heard Of those on the Lancaster County
Bank, we supposed the names had been
COMPOUNDED, but upon enquiry are assured
that the distinction was noted. Persons
living in the Fourth District of this coun-
ty, in New Castle county Del, and Ches-
ter county, Pa, are, for special reasons
warned to be on the look out.
In regard to the counterfeit $40, on the
Lancaster Bank, the National Police Ga.
zette, states they are dated January LIST OF
2nd (could not distinguish which) 1874
letter B, signed Christ Bachmar, Cashie!
James Evans, President. Vignette, ma
ked female sitting with a staff in her righ
hand, her face turned left, no spots visible
on the eye, a spread eagle on her left side
1.-THE right side Of the Vignette,) resting OR
a shield; ship, all sails set, on her right
badly engraved; the hull or bottom Of thu
ship looks like floating saw log, square
at both ends. Double medallion heads or
the right end of the bills, also badly exc
cuted. The other figures on the bills arr
said to be good. These bills are not des
cribed in any of the last Detectors.
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From The Del. Journal.
WILMINGTON MARKET.

NOV 20, lS49.
Wheat Flour (from STOREY 525s $50
Wheat, (prime) 10
New Wheat lO5
Oats (trom wagons) %
Corn, from wagons, IS
Corn Meal, per bushel; 10
BALTIMORE MARKET, Nov, 22.-Sales
700 bbls Howard st -four at $4,93., and
about 200 bis at the difference between
$4,S7A and $4,93!, some holders refuse
to sell at less thaa IS. No sales City
Mills. We mole further decline in
wheat, and quote sales Il l,02 ! ,O4
for prime rcd, and ! ,O5 los for white.
No change in Corn. sales white 81 SO
and yellow Goa Gle; new 81 a Sac, as
in condition for shipping, Oats 81 33c.
Photographed for the Baltimore SUM-
PHILADELPHIA, Nov, 22-6 P. NJ.
Condition ofthe Markets
Flour is steady-small SAILS OF com.
mon brands al s., and better qualities
5,12l 1923, corn meal SO, Rye fl, ur
50. Wheat is steady sales of red at
03a 08; white1 l0al IS as to
quality. Corn is q'.iet-small sales Of
white at SO 81, and yellow e. a 63c.
Oats % 32c. Rye g. 63cts.
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COM M UNIC rio ~ -
For The Cecil Wing.
A Talk With Poets.
Done INFO rhyme by a Ssragsnarian.

II was my fate 10 know poet once.
Judging by whom deem'd each bard Ounce,
And not until acquainted with another,
Was roy opinion changed about his brother;'
For when the pro and con we're rightly reckon d,
found the first wrote better than the second.
IF they leave US to find their meaning out
We, II never know what they have writ about I
Ia Byron-anywhere-I'v forty times
Bv accident, asleep found better rhymes
The dullest leaf Of Cowper open,d by
The wild with softer verses greets the eye.
All Bards are boobies il they do not write for pay
And earn their bread by what they have to say;
If less than this they write for, they must cheat
The stupid world Of all they get I" eat
For If to nothing you add nothing more,
The deuce bit it will increase your store
So, if the Bard bcstow his time and poems gratis
Hell get in debt-and every body knows what
that is I
Therelore-excuse this prosy epigram
The poets prospect isn't worth a clam.
Notes by Printers Deyll.-"Expset he means
Eugene: tPity TRUE.
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New AcquIsIrIoN.-Mr. Squier, the
U. S. Charge at Nicaragua, appears to be
doing large business on account of gov
eminent. He has negotiated treaty with
the government Of Nicaragua, by which a
ship canal is TO run through the Mosquito
territory-pledged the United States to
protect the republics Of Central America;
and more recently, has obtained from the
Honduras government the cession OF the
island of 1igre, in the Gulf OF Fonseca'
Nay more; he has apprised the agents Of
other governments, "that the United States
have acquired interests in the Western
,slands''and coasts OF Honduras, which will
not permit her to look with indifference
upon any measure which shall affect the
present order of things in that quarter"
This is a novel proceeding. 1t is the
first time, we believe, that any agent Of
our government has assumed the authority
to annex territory to the Union, and warn
trespassers to keep off. Is this to be con-
sidered the commencement of a colonial
saystem! What interest have the United
States acquired in the Western islands and
coasts of Honduras, and how has it been
acquired? Mr.. Squier cannot have beer
authorized to accept either real or sham
cessions of islands or other territory. But
it is said that England was about to seize
the island OF Tigre; and that, to prevent
this, it was transferred to Mr.. Squier. II
appears to us, that the design is, to force
England and the United States into hos
tile attitude towards each other, but il so
we hope that it may fail, for we have nc
desire to see war provoked by agents o
either nation.-BaN. Clipper.
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The Force OF HABr.-A homily I'M
der this heading would be apt to be trite,
SO be patient, good reader, we do not IN
tend to read you one. The subject was
brought to mind by recent local circum-
stances, going to show that 1t IS well nigh
as impossible, for those who have lived
long under the influence of the habit Of
drinking to intoxication, to break from it,
as for the "leopard to change his spots, or
the Ethiopian his skim" From careful
observation, we come to the conclusion,
that OF the men who attain the ages of forty
or fifty years, in the frequent practice Of
drunkenness, scarcely one in hundred
ever reform. The habit becomes so strong
with them that they almost invariably re-
main drunkards TO their death. This is a
fearful consideration. Alas how few OF
them think OF their inevitable destination
"a drunkard's grave. Take care young
man-when spoken to kindly about drink
ing, you reply with sharpness, that you
can drink, or you can let it alone. So you
can. But-beware!-it will not always
be so. The day will come, when with
anguish of heart and tears that scald, you
will try to abstain, but without avail. Poor
besotted wretches, you will rally and
struggle-the power Of your habit will
overcome you-you will return to your
cups, and die. Look around you at the
examples the day and the place afford
learn wisdom, and while you have strength
stop.
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gross misnomer. That is one Of our opin-
ions nothing more.
In regard to the charge against Hon.
John M. Clayton we have NJ disposi-
ton to take business out OF the hands of the
"wh,g papers Of Delaware" but we deem
1t rather cool proceeding on the part of
the Delawarian, to talk about establshing
the tal,i,y Of the charge it makes. Prove
your charge sir prove your charge. All
you show is that certain reformers, elected
by locofoco votes, didn't vote agreeable to
the bere ain between them and their loco
foco allies. You throw out insinuations
against Mr.. Clayton--that is all. And
now, having carefully read your article
of the 18th inst, against the Hon. Secre-
tary-we allege, that it is utterly unwor-
thy of paper protesting to be free from
partizan bias; and having considered the
merit and strength of the charge against
him, as made by you in that article, we
further allege, that your expression, that
it "was sufficient to damn him to all eter-
nifty as monster of the deepest dye" is
unworthy Of any paper except the most
bitter, red-mouthed, and INSCRIPTIONS par
titan print that ever emanated from press.
These, friend Harker, are others of our
opinions-take them Tor what you think
they are worth.
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A REJo,NpER.-1ft the independent Del.

A REJo,NDER.--1f the Independent Del
awarian believes its course to be indepen-
dent Of party bias, and free from partizan
political feeling, and induces its readers to
believe the same thing, we are perfectly
satisfied. Nor can we have any objection
to its being rabid looofoco paper, If it
elects to be so, provided it nails the proper
flag to its mast. We said that if it meant
by the title "Independent," to signify that
it is not partizan print, the word is a
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4 !, ig.m the State could not be hall so ad-
vantageously expended in any other man
ner; inasmuch as it is this which sup
ports them and enables us 10 have a
place where our youth can receive the
benefits Of classical education at small
ex pense.
Rich men can send their sons TO
Princeton or Yale. Perhaps Juno is OF
this class and would like TO grind the
poorer part Of our youth down to common
schools.
Nov. %, 40. SPECTATOR.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

The MEETING OF THE LEGIsI AZURE
We see II stated IN the Snow Hill Shield,
that the Legislature OF Maryland will
commence its session on the 4th Monday
of next month. This is a mistake. By
reference to the law creating Biennial
Sessions, (See Act lS45, Chap. 269, Sec.
81 will be seen that the last Mon
day in December is the day; and this year
it is the fifth Monday-the 31st day OF
the month.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

SAD PICTURE OF HUNGARY "A letter
from Berlin gives this picture of unfotu
nate Hungary:
"The aspect ofHungary IS said to fill
the traveller with sadness. On every
SIDE the eye rests on the blackened and
ruined walls ofburnt villages, heaps of
rubbish which mark the site Of destroyed
castles or farm houses, and, not unfre-
quently, on the bleashlng skeleton OF
one of the rany victims Of war or fam
inc. In the South, many villages built
OF wood have entirely disappeared. a des
olate tract covered with ashes and Gin
ders is all that remains on the spot
where once stood thousands OF happy
homes. Members OF long dispersed FAM
lies, brothers and sisters, husbands and
wives, who have not seen each otlle,
for many months, sometimes meet fol
the dea tine, in visits to these sac
scenes.
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Photographed for the Baltimore Sun.
BATON ROGUE, Nov; 90.

Photographed for the Baltimore SUM-
BATON ROGUE, Nov; 90.
Further from the explosion ofthe steamer
Louisiana.
The boilers of the Louisiana exploded
on the 10th instant. at O'Clock in the
afternoon. opposite Gravier street. The
glass in houses fronting on the Levee
was shattered to the distance OF 900
feet from the boat by the conclusion, and
the shock was felt 10 the furthest ex-
tremIty Of the city.
The officers Of the boat state that there
were about so cabin passengers on board &,
but as the cabin att the wheel. house
was not injured, hopes are entertained
that many were saved.
The accounts differ as to the number
OF deck passengers. The reports of the
total number of lives lost, range from 80
to 1870, but at last accounts it was diff
cult to ascertain.
The Louisiana had rung her last bell
and was about pulling alongside an emf
grant ship to take on board 200 passen-
gers, when the terrible explosion took
place. In few minutes the wreck
slipped into deep water and sunk, and
twenty or thirty who were saved had to
swim for their lives.
The Bostona which was alongside at
the time was dreadfuly shattered. and
it is feared that Capt. Dustin, her COM
mander IS mortally wounded.
The steamer Storm, had just arrived,
and had not made fast, yet several of her
hands were killed. She is also greatly
injured, but fortunately there were no
Passengers on board.
The killed wounded and missing belong
chiefly to New Orleans and the up-river
towns, including large number Of pas
sengers.
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Snow IN Notwithstanding la:

Snow IN Notwithstanding last
week there was fall of snow, more
than two feet in depth, on the mountains
in the western part of Allegheny county
Most of The trees not having lost thelr
foliage, whole tracts of them, to grtal
extent, were born down by the supern-
cumbent snow, and the roads were in
consequence BADLY blocked up.
At Cumberland, at the foot of the
mountains, the weather was as pleasan
as summer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

THE TRAGEpf - II Gao. We find in
the Republic the following official letter
10 the Navy Department, from Captain
Geisinger, relative to the murder oi the
Portuguese Governor Of Macao. 1t will
be seen that Captain Ceisinger acted
with praiseworthy promptness, and TO
the full extent OF his means. The follow
ing is the letter:
U. S. Flag Ship Plymouth,
MACAO ROADS, August 70; lefS.
S,R-I have the honor to communi.
cate to the Department info' nation OF a
ho,rid tragedy, attended with circum-
stances of unusual atroci:y and baroarity
which occurred in the immediate neigh
borbood ofthe city OF Macao, on the af-
ternoon of the 22d instant. His Excel
lency, ]. NJ. Ferteria de Amaral, Gov
ernor Of Macao who was taking HI, Gus
tomarv evening ride Oh horseback, &C
c,mpanied by his aid-de-camp, both un-
armed, was waylaid by some Fix or eight
Cinnamon, and brutally as>assinated, O."
the public road, at short distance with
in the barrier gate that separates the
Portuguese from the Chinese territory.
His body was much mutilated, and his
head and hand, The had formerly lost
his right arm) were cut Oft and carried
away. No clue has yet been had to the
perpetrators OF this foul deed.
By this deplorable death her most
faithful majesty has lost an energetic and
trusty servant, and the colony OF Macao
an upright, public spirited, and much
loved governor.
You will perceive from the protest Of
the council Of the government, ia trans
iation OF which is herewith enclosed
that allusion is made to placards that
have appeared from time to time at Can
ton, offering a large reward for the Gov
ernor's head, and that the suspicion is
cast upon the Chinese authorities of Can
ton, OF conniving and sanctioning the
crime.
The audacity of this cruel and premed
itatrd murder filled the public mind with
as,onishmen, and CONSERVATION; and so
great were the apprehens,ons ofthe for
eign community here, that lat the re-
quest and with the consent Of the author
ities) instantly ordered a force, neces-
sarily small, TO be landed from the "Dol'
phin," for the protection Of our country
men on shore in case of need, and des-
patched fast boat to Whampoa with or
ders for the Plymouth to repair to this
place with all despatch.
Upon receipt Of the intelligence at
Hong Kong, her Majesty's steamer Me-
dea having the ship Amazon in tow, pro
ceeded to this place. and arrived here on
the evening ofthe 23d instant.
have the honor to be, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
lSigned) D. GE,sINGER,
Commanding u. S. So dadron East Indies.
Hon w. B. Preston,
Secretary Of the Navy, Washington.
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CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS Last Saturday
was day OF fearful accidents in this Sec
ton of country. Mr.. George Rambo,
mason, of Newark, Del, fell twenty eight
feet from scaffold at the Catholic church
IN progress of building, in this town. He
fell upon pile Of stone, and one or two
hundred weight of stone fell from the scat
fold with him, and on him. His skull was
fractured and he was bruised and injured
very much. Though still in very crit
ical condition, we understand, there are
hopes of his recovery,
Two men, strangers, whose names we
have not heard, were taken up by the
"cowcatcher' on the mail tram OF cars
from Baltimore, on the same day. One
was killed instantly, and the other injured
so that, If not already dead, there is little
hope of his recovery. They were drunk
lying on the track, and in the language of
passenger on the cars, in relation to the
one killed, chs dying breath was strong
with the smell of whiskey." The cars
came suddenly upon them around curve,
and could not possibly be stopped.
A lad, son of Mr.. Coulter, residing
near Newark, was OH the same day, run
over by a wagon and killed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

V. B. PALMER's ALMANAc.-Wew would
like to keep it before the people, that The
Business Mems Almanac for 1850, pub
lished by V. B. Palmer Esq, is one of the
best publications of the kind ever offered
to the public. 1t is very valuable and we
hope they may be circulated through the
community. A specimen can be seen at
our office.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

Curious CIRCUMSTANCES One of the
French National Guards, who was sup
posed to have died from indigestion, pro-
duced by drunkenness, was recently bur
led in the Department of the Mayenne.
He was buried with military honors, and
on the firing of the last volev, a groan
was heard to proceed from the coffin
which was instantly taken up and OPEN
ed, when the supposed dead man rose mp,
and, on examination, it was found that
the sergeant had neglgently loaded his
piece with ball cartridge; the ball had
passed through the thigh of the man, and
and thus prevented his premature inter-
ment. The resusitated man, who was
soon cured of his wound, has evinced
his gratitude by commencing an action
against the Sergeant, to recover DANA
ges for the injury.
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sEnquire Of Mr.. John c. Anderson Et

DEFICIENCY IN THE REVENUES. 1t is
announced in the Washington papers
from an official source, what, IN the a
noun. OF revenue which will be requisite
to meet the expenditures ofthe govern
ment for the fiscal years ending the goth
of June, 1850, and the 3oth of June, 1851
there will be deficit of between fifteen
and twenty millions Of dollars" This de
fciency, it is said, has been occasloned
sby the eAtrae rdinary expenditures grow
ing out OF the Mexican war, and the
treaty with that country"
From remark in the Union some
weeks since, we presumed that the reve
nues Of the country would prove to be
sufficient for all purposes, and that the
public debt of the country could be rap
idly ext,nguished. But it now appears
that government will have to borrow a
large additional sum of money to meet
extraordinary expenses which have beer
incurred The report of the Secretary
Of the Treasury will give the particular.
which have produced this unexpected
condition of affairs Bah, Clipper.
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The EplroRIAL CoNvEnrtoN,-The Frederick
Examiner, in abiding to the discussion az 10 the
place Of holding the proposed convention OF the
county editors of Maryland, says !:
1--WE 90 for annapolis. 1t will be during the
session Of tho Legislature which will add mate
riaIly to the interests ofthe occa sion. We like
the ancient city. We like her SOC iety and her
hos pitality and we look back with great pleas.
ure to the period when We held temporary
res idence thoIe."
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PLAINNEss OF SPEEcH.-The French .4,sem-
bly, has introduced into It form Of speech more
remarkable for its plainne,s t.,an its polteness
II is ia lse and you lie " are amenities Of
speech which fall daily from the tribune. and
give animation to almost every political discus.
sion. 1t was thought that our representatives
nj Washington INDUCED more frequently in this
way than any other people. But Their rudest
speech is poIieness itself compared to the ,ia lily
rhetorical obiurgatlons of the French Assem-
bly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1849-11-24

ESCAPE FROM JAIL.-Two prisoners,
Henry Pritchart, who was fined at the
last court for selling liquor without license
and detained for non-payment, and also
who was awaiting the requisition of the
Governor of Delaware, on the charge Of
stealing wheat in that state, and Randall
E. Lewis of Pa, imprisoned for selling
shoes without license, escaped from Cecil
county Jail on Thursday morning last.
Planks had been thrown over the wall to
them during the night, with the help Of
which, and blanket ropes of their own
manufacture, they scaled the wall, after
the doors were opened in the morning.
The sheriff was absent from home.
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DEDICATION POSTPONED.

In consequence of the existence of cir
cumstances over which the undersigned
could have no control, the dedication of the
new Bethel Church at Maryland Bridge
is hereby postponed until Sunday, the 9th
day of December, at which time the cere-
monies will positively take place.
N. BIDDLE, Chair'm Com.