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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06
Illinois and Michigan Canal.

The business Of the Illinois and Michi-
gan Canal, this present season, will far ex
coed that of any previous year Up TO
the third week in September the toll re
ceived amounted to nearly ten thousand
dollars more than the entire tolls Of the
year before Nearly two months of navi-
CATION yet, remain. and the shipments Of
lumber, salt, fish, etc. viii doubtless be
heavy during that period We shall also
/ yet receive no small quantity of the pro-
ducts of the soil from the river region,
and the first hogs Shattered at the river
towns will also be sent forward this fall
/ The tolls of the present year will certain
IL not fall short of : 90 600. and we shall
be by no means surprised if the amount
reaches $4,000.
BY the way we observe it announced in
our late New York exchanges that the
Canal Trustees will pay on the goth inst.
u per cent OF the principal of the Caual
loan, besides the usual half yearly inter
est. This payment with the others that
have been made viii reduce the $ 600
I 600 loan to 100000, which the Trustees
will be able to entirely cancel within the
/ VI
nois viii doubtless be gratifed with this
state Of facts as 1t furnishes an unmista-
kable indication of the general prosperity
/ Of our people. and is an earnest OF spec
\ div restored credit and ultimate freedom
/ from State indebtedness-Ch Chicago Jour
nal
GREAT YIELD-Mr. Owen Collins, of
this town, harvested the past season 81
bushels Of barley from / acre of ground
From the same quantity of ground, he al
/ so harvested ~ bushels Of spring wheat.
I We think he IS entitled to the banner
/ WATERFOWL Chronicle
JUsr THEIR LUCK. Among the lie
prisoners at Havana, there were seven
printers. OF the 80 executed eight were
printers.
A correspondence has been held be-
tween Lord Palmerston aud Secretary
Webster in regard to the expedition to
Cuba, in which the British were told to
mind their own business
Naval BATrLE-Thee editor of the Bell.
evue Democrat tells of a conflict with a
six-pronged buck, inflicted by himself, an
other man and boy, in the Mississippi
opposite that place. The bipeds were in
two canoes. and the quadruped in the wat
er. The latter gave in after struggle OF
tlc0 hours After such resistance, the
brave old buck should have been allowed
to march cut with the honors of war
Gal IdC
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

~ Late San Francisco dates announce the
arrival at that port, of the new clipper ship
'Flyig Cloud" in seventy-rine days from y.
York. This beats any former achievement OF
unsurpassed Yankee clippers.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

-sMES' CAST STEEL .SHOVELS.-25
doz. Ames' best sbosels on hand and for sale
Nv J. MILTON
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

Among the numerous discoveries Science has
made in this generation TO facilitate the business
of life--increase its enjoyment, and even prolong
the term of human existence. none can be named
of more real value to mankind than this contri.
button of Chemistry to the Healing Art vast
trial of its virtues throughout Tins broad country
has proven beyond doubt, that medicine or
combination OF medicines ye. known. can so sure
" control and cure me numerous varieties of pull
monary disease which have hitherto swept from
our midst thousands and thousands eTery year.--
Indeed. there is now abundant reason 10 believe
a Remedy has at length been found which can be
relied on TO cure the most dangerous affections Of
fhe lungs Our space here wiil not permit US &c
publish any proportion OF the cures affected By
IFS use. but we would present the following opiE-
ions of eminent men, and further enquiry to the
circular which the Agent below named, will al.
ways be pleased TO furnish free, wherein are full
particulars, and indisputabe proof of these facts.
From the President Of .4rSeyt CoEsge iae ceiebrc
ted Professor HITCHCOCK
Jane. c. Ayef-Sir: / have used your Cherry
Pectoral in my own case oil deep seated BFoEch
It's and am satisfied from its chemical constitution
that il is admiral compound for the relief 0:
larynglal and bronchial difficulties. II my opfE-
ion its superior character can be Of any ser
vice you are al liberty 10 it as you think pro
per.
EDWARD HITCHCOCK. L. J.. D..
From the tcidsly celebrated PROF STTLLM7N,
IL D., L /. D. Professor of Cheaisfry Mnsraio-
gy. 6r. Yale College Member Of the Lit HIST.
Med Phil. and Scientific SOcistie, Of -d1,eyiea and
Europe
deem the Cherry Pectoral an admirable com
position from some OF The best articles IN the
Materia Medica, and very effective remedy FOR
the class of diseases II Is intended 10 cure.
New Haven. CT. Nov. /, lS49.
MAJOR PATTISON. President of the S. c.
Senate states he has used the Cherry Pectoral with
wonderful success, 10 cure an inflammation Of the
lungs.
From one Of the first Physicians IN Maine.
Saco, Me. April goth ls+9
Dr. c. Ayers-DeaT sir | am now constantly
using your Cherry Pectoral in my practice, and
prefer il 10 any other medicine for pulmonary
complaints. From observation Of many severe
cases am convinced il will cure coughs, colds and
diseases OF the lungs, that have pot to defiance all
other remedies. ! invariably recommend lis use
ia cases of consumption, and consider II much the
best remedy known for that disease
Respectfully, yours, l. 5. CUSHMAN, NJ d
Prepared and sold By JAMES c. AVER, Practical
Chemist, Lolreli. Mass
Sold in Mineral Point BY Theo Rodof 4lm3
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06
Notice
To Miners and Smelters.

I'LL persons are hereby notified not to trespass
I mine OF dig upon the following Lands without
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06
DnUGS ANO MEDICINES.

IHEUUUHE hUUOLF,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL DRUGGIST
w Mineral Point, Wis has JUST received a very
large and well selected stock OF American, French
ard English, Chemicals, Drugs Msdiciaes Psrfsnae-
~. Dye-Stytfs, &c. At this Store Physicians car
rely on having their prescriptions carefully COM
pounded. My Goods are selected with great care,
and will be warranted as represented.
Resolving large and new supply OF DR.. D.
Jaynss Family Medicines. DR.. Rogers Syrup of
Liyeryort and Tar, and Smith Tonic Syrup.
FHPATs-A ehoics ~ az Lsseorn, Straw and
.z- II palzneal, iust received and for sale by
JOHN MILTON.
CIGARS -Isooo p 0~,;s C;oars ;r.sk red
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

A spondence has been held be
tween Lord Palmerston aud Secretary
Webster in regard to the expedition to
Cuba, in which the British were told to
mind their own business
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

JUsr THEIR LUcH.--Among the l16
prisoners at Havana, there were seven
printers. OF the 80 executed eight were
printers
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

A lettern from Maztalan says that
force of more than a thousand Americans
had invaded Sonora from California, de-
manding permission to work 5he mines.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

IL An ounce of quicksilver, beat up
with the white of two eggs and put on
with feather, is the clearest and surest
bed bug poison
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

The new Constitution of Virginia is
said to be adopted by vote of FIVE to one
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

A Model t0unfy.-At the recent term o
the District Court in Clinton Co, Iowa, there
was not single criminal case on the docket
nor did the Grand Jury find any true bills.
Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06
To THE PUBLIC.
JAMES r. Chiffon, NJ. D.,
EhSrois.

DR.. Chilton's name is surety that the elements
of this Extract are combined in the most correc,
and scientific manner and that II Is adapted 10 the
wants of the invalid, with the highest profession
al ability.
This we hope will be sufficient gnara1tts to the
public, and TO those purchasing DR.. 5. p. Towns
ends Compound Extract of Sarsaparilla. Such
may have no fear of getting one of the spurious
and baneful mixtures which fill the channels of
trade, and are concoeted without any knowledge
either of the nature of remedial agents, or the
lcaats of the human system trhea tGborg Hnder DIS
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Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1851-11-06

u More whiskey is shipped from Gin
cinnati that from any other part in the Union.
Large quantities. however. are retained fo'
home consumption, as the records ofmortalIly
show,
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We notice, says the Philadelphia Daily
Sun, aninvention by Mr.. Solomons, of Gin
cinnati of what he calls perfect substitute
for steam. From common whiting, sui
phuric acid and water, he obtains cardon
in the gaseous state; and with the power
exerted by this gas, he asserts that he
now drives 25 horse engine, and for
one fortieth the expense of steam, lifts
and lets fall II, 900 pounds five times in
minute. This fluid, without any heat
applied at all, exerts pressure of $40
pounds to the square inch, while water in
the same unheated state has no pressure
but that of gravity Water, heated to
the boiling point yields power of fifteen
pounds. This fluid, with the same heat,
would yield a power of nearly $4,000
pounds! And what. is more, handful
of charcoal, and boiler the size of tea
kettle, will produce, at an expense of a
few cents, the whole of this tremendous
energy! Fifty dollars expense in carbon
would carry one of the Collins steamers
from New York to Liverpool.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Hail Storms

Have been remarkably frequent in the
U. S. this spring and summer, and they
have not been confined to America. In
Europe we see accounts of them, and in
Hindostan we find the following state
ments: On May 22d extraordinary fall
of ice occurred near Bungalore; during a
storm of thunder, lightning, and rain
The hail stones which at first made their
appearance were about the size of lines
and oranges, and broke through the tiles
and roofs of houses, and destroyed gar
dens and fruit trees. Some of the hail
stones found next morning were as large
as goose eggs, some as big as pumpkins
one block, found in dry we'll, measured
four feet and half in length, three in
breadth and one and half in thickness.
1t was probably the result of the cemen-
tation of several smaller pieces. Ice of
this size is not unfrequent in India. In
the reign of Tippoo Sultan piece was
found the size of an elephant, which took
several days to melt; in 1926 piece of a
smaller size fell in Candeish; in 1888 a
block of ice, apparently mass if cement
ed hail stones, was found near Dharwar,
measuring twenty feet in circumference
There is doubtless a general cause for
these phenomena, and they call loudly
for investigation by scientific men.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
John StrOIlHl.

This gentleman has been attacked by
the Locofoco press, with a malicious ear
nestness worthy of evil spirits, for having
voted, as they say, against supplies for
the army in Mexico. He voted against
the iesuitical evasion of declaration of
war, the sole power to declare which the
constitution vest sin Congress. He voted for
every appropriation to that army after
the recognition of the war, as the journals
of Congress will show He voted for an
appropriation of $780, 900 for providing
''for the comfort of discharged soldiers
who may be landed at New Orleans or
any other places within the United States,
SO disabled by disease or wounds received
in the service as to be unable to proceed
to their homes, and for forwarding desti-
tute soldiers to their homes" He voted
for increasing the pay of the private sol
diers from $500 to $1,000 per month,
which was defeated by Locofoco votes
This charge is therefore SANDER manu-
featured for the purpose of exciting the
veterans of that war, against their best
friend.
But who is John Strohm? An honest
farmer of Lancaster county, who earns
his bread by the sweat of his brow
By the kindness of the Wings of this
county, we were delegated to the Lancas-
ter Convention which nominated him, and
we there had the pleasure of looking
upon his sunburnt face, and listening to
his words of wisdom, after the Conven-
ton had declared him to be its choice
for Canal Commissioner; and his remarks
impressed US with his practical good sense
while his countenance bespoke honesty
and Roman virtue. In fact his integri-
ty has never been impeached, and cannot
and dare not be. He is the man, whose
services Pennsylvania needs, in the ad-
ministration of her public works: and
with him in the board, there will be no
more stupenduous Freeport Aqueduct
swindles, or no more passing of delegates
and others to the Reading Convention
over the State Improvements, free of toll.
In another column viii be found the evil
denee of the latter fraud and outrage on
the people of the Commonwealth; and
the only answer that the opposition press
gives to the charge is, that Mr.. Bigham
should not have told it. These men want
to live by plundering the State, and then
make the people pay the expense of the
robbery. Let us then have the honest,
intelligent, firm, hard working, sun
burnt farmer of Lancaster County in the
Canal Board, and leave the patent right
man of Clarion at home, to peddle patent
bee hives, force pumps, and experiment
in the mysteries of animal magnetism and
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Monetary Affairs.

There Was no Improvement in the moneta-
ry market at Philadelphia last week. The
paper offered at bank was large, and private
lenders selected the very best at twelve per
cent. per annum. Several heavy failures took
place, and the prospects of change for the
hotter are by no means promising.
At New York, there have been some very
heavy failures, the liabilities of one firm alone
being reported at SSO0000, whilst those of
another are stated TO be also $S00,000, with
assets less than S3OO,OO0 A New York
journal of Saturday says
The brokers have found money very tight
to-day. This being settling day at the banks
many loans were called in, and the brokers
seemed all to be borrowers. On paper there
is more money offering for discounts, but rates
are rather tight.
At Boston there has been tendency to-
wards ease in the money market during the
past week. The Alias of Saturday says:
The Stock list has shown an improvement
in the prices of several descriptions Of securi-
ties. while the rates for money have gradual
ly and correspondingly lowered, although still
double the legal rates
At Baltimore, the stringency still contin-
ues. The Price Current Of last week says:
That there exists at this moment consider
able strlngency in the money market, cannot
be denied. The demand for money in the
street is very urgent and still we think, as
we have said in our previous reports, there is
no just cause for panic.
The offerings at banks, we learn. are very
large, a great proportion of which offerings
are made in anticipation of future payments
The banks, however, are all discounting to
the extent of their receipts, and vet such is
the demand over their ability to supply, that
very considerable amount of first class pa
per is thrown in the street, and must submit
to the rates of the day.
There is, as we have repeatedly stated, but
one way to restore confidence, and avoid the
general bankrutcy which now threatens us
Cur liabilities to foreigners must be curtailed.
We must run in debt to Europe no further
We mast buy less and manufacture more our
selves or panic will follow panic, until bank
ruptcy comes upon us. In short, instead of
encouraging foreign importations, as our
present revenue laws now do, and shipping
our gold'to Europe as fast as it arrives from
California, to pay for these importations, we
must have tariff which will encourage home
manufactures and create home market for
our farmers.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Gras>lloppcrs.

Throughout parts of Pennsylvania, n.
York Ney-Jersey, Delaware, and con-
tiouous States, these insects are reported
So numerous that in some districts whole
crops of corn have been destroyed by.
them. and the damage to young trees, 1t
is stated, is equally great. They collect
in such immense swarms, that in passing
through field, says an informant, 1T IS
with difficulty you can guard your eyes,
nose, mouth, and ears from their leaps
and the stencil arising from their de-
composition, after a rain, journal IN
Lancaster, Pa, seriously asserts rs SO
plainly perceptible, as sometimes to be
really sickening.' Farmers, in some coun-
ties complain that their corn crops will
not be worth gathering; and as this blight
falls upon an extensive area of country,
comprising some of the finest growing re-
eions in the North, the loss to the agri-
cultural classes will be enormous. From
the South, too, we have accounts of this
plague, but not to the extent as in the
States mentioned.
The clover fields in various parts Of
Hunterdon County, IN. j. the Lambert
vile Diarist states, present curious ap
pearance, in consequence of recent dep
relations committed upon them by the
grasshoppers. The leaves are eaten off
leaving the stalk bare; and in many fields
it is thought the seed is entirely destroy
ed. Buckwheat has also been attacked
by them, and the leaves and blossoms
eaten off. Other singular freaks have
been performed by this insect, in various
parts of the country. Among the rest
great swarm, entirely filling the atmos
phere, passed over the city of Reading
Pa, week before last, appearing like snov
flakes to the observer.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Discovery of Surgery.

Among the scientific critics in Berlin. ac-
cording to the correspondent of the Philadel-
pha Bulletin, there has been some interest
lately in newly claimed discovery of the
application of chlorine to cure cases of pain.
The difficulty in the use of chloroform, thus
far-and a difficulty far more felt in Europe
than America-has been the danger of suffo-
cation, or otherwise injuring the body by a
total stoppage of some of its functions. This
new application claims the merit of escaping
the danger. According to this account, the
fluid, (some 10 or 20 drops,) is dropped on the
part affected, or on lint bandage slightly mois-
tened with water, and then applied, and all
bound up in oil silk, and linen band. After
from two to ten minutes the part becomes in
sensible. and the pain is no longer felt, wheth-
er it be from rheumatic, nervous, or other
disorders After time it returns again, but
usually weaker, and with several applications
it is often entirely relieved. The discovers
name is Aran, and he has already presented
memorial on the subject to the Academy
at Paris. :.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04
Rit by "a Raitlesnake.

A son of Mr.. Edward Hulse, of .Dingman
township, while ploughing in field near his
fathers house, was bitten by rattlesnake,
lust below the knee. The boy endeavored
to capture the animal for the purpose OF ap-
plying its flesh to draw the poison from the
wound; but failing in this, he went directly to
the well, made hole near the curb, deep
enough to admit the lowest part of his leg.
He then drew up some water, poured it IN the
hole, and mixed quantity of the soil with it.
After he had arranged mqtters to his entire
satisfaction he laid himself down on the
ground, placed his wounded leg in the hole,
and remained in this situation until about
nine o'clock at night, when his parents, who
had been absent, returned. home and conveyed
him in the house. They however continued
the same treatment, and strange as it may
appear, the next day he was again sup and
doing."-Pike County Democrat.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04

Cuba.

The accounts from Cuba since our last are
very contradictory. The latest news is, that
two hundred and five men were taken in three
different parties by the Government troops
The remainder, with Lopez at their head,
who was wounded, fed to the mountains
The troops pursued. them, and it was thought
they were captured to a man. The 205 men
taken, were shot soon afterwards.
Previous intelligence represented Lopez as
carrying everything before him; and that
Capt Lewis, of the steamer Pampero-who
took Lopez to Cuba-has since landed at
Bahia in safety, Gen. Gonzales from Jackson
Vile, Florida, with large party of men and
munitions; that the troops under Lopez have
possession of Fort Mariel, where there is
good landing; and that the Invaders had cap
tured the Spanish war steamer Pizarro, which
had been run aground.
So contradictory is the intelligence, that
it is utterly impossible to reconcile the va
rious conflicting reports received respecting
the progress and present condition of the rev.
olutionary movement in Cuba. Whether
Lopez has been mainly successful or fallen
victim to the vengeance of the Spaniards is
yet wholly uncertain.
We do not look Tor any reliable news from
Cuba, before the arrival of the steamship En-
pre- City, which is expected at Ncw-York, on
the oh or 9th Of this month.
Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1851-09-04

The Washington Republic of the 25th
nit. saws the wholesale butchery of pris-
oners incapable Of further. mischief, with
out trial, and without hearing, is an act
of cold-blood atrocity that shocks every
sentiment of humanity, which has receiv-
ed, as it demanded, the prompt attention
of the Government. It. states further
that, upon the receipt of the intelligence,
measures were Immediately taken to as
certain whether any of the persons so
summarily put to death by the Spanish
authorities were American citizens, and
if they we're such, by what evidence their
Guilt of crime deserving SO sanguinary
. punishment was established, as also to
ascertain the facts in relation to the al
legged firing upon the United States mail
steamer Falcon by Spanish ship of
war, and how far this proceeding, if in
contraventidn of our national rights, was
authorized or approved by puplic author
ity, and that for this purpose Commodore
Foxhall, A. Parker, Commanding the
Home Squadron, will sail from Norfolk
| for Havana in the steamer frigate Saran-
ac tomorrow. While taking this step,
however, the proper officers of the Gov
ernment have been instructed to be vigi-
lent and active in preventing military
expeditions from fitting out against that
island in contravention of our treaty
obligations, and the public-statues in such
case made and provided, as enjoined by
! the proclamation of the President.