Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1852-10-14


er" and make more money.
Gro. WITHERELL.-A correspondent Of the
Buffalo Express, writing from Northern Hich-
igan, gives the following explanation Of the
troublesome question which NT. WItherell
put to Gen. Cass al Cleveland
almost forgot to mention that we had on
board "that same" staunch Old Scott Demo
crat. George Withrrell. whom the loco focos
hustled out Of the Cass & Douglass meeting at
Cleveland, for asking civil question. lie
explained his motive. He had bet ten dol
lars with some verdant Pierce man shat Pierce
never voted for a H4rbor and River appropTi-
alton, and agreed to leave the matter to Gen.
Cass when he arrived During Gen. Cass'
speech, Mr.. Witherell, with eye upon his
ten dollars, had the audacity TO ask Gen. Cass
the plain question. which he promptly an
swered in the negative, and Mr.. WItherell
pocketed the stake. Mr. w, is a stern Dem
ocrat, and has been all his life time, but goes
il strong for Scott. lie is a man Of character
and influence, has been government con-
contractor in building light houses for sever
al years, and was now on his way 10 repair
the light on White Fish Point.
"FuNvY Does''-Mr. Nutter. agent Of the
BaTnum, IS exhibiting in Juneau's Block, two
curious Sea-Dogs, which are thus described
in the Chicago J0.rrral,
"Mr. Nutter, the aEentof Mr. Barnum, who
visited Ceylon for the purpose Of procuring
animals for his Nam moth Museum has arriv-
ed In town with several rare and interesting
species, including a Sea Dog, with her young
"a pair of Ouraug Outangs almost human,
and hairless mare-a beautiful animal with
skin as soft and glossy as velvet.
He also exhibits a lump of gold from Cali
fornia, weighing 65S ounces-which as mer-
chandize, would be equal to Sll,536.
The curious should look in al Mr.. Matters
exhibition, and CRAFTY their curiosity
UNITED STATES MI~r.-Fhe- Journal Of
Commerce publishes a complete table Of the
coinage and deposits at the Mint and all the
branches, from the lst Of January. down TO
the Ist Sept. A statement of the deposits Of
gold at all the MINIS from Jan. ! 10 Aug. 81,
this year, compared with the same period last
year, exhibits the following results
1851 1852.
United States Gold s3,s5fJ79 3A577,2sI
Oeher Gold 6I7.105 96L970
Total aI.50e.3s7 s5.512.a5I
It viii Be seen thar there has been an iu-
crease in the deposits Of gold f.5 tile eight
months. 81 HuIe over 100000
The total c0iauLe at all the MINIS from
Jun. to Aug. 81. jhfs year, was IS follows:
t1Id S36.f9t.Ifs sj'-er. s. -1.of3; copper,
s39,l22,6I. Total 037,060.5Is,Ci-
WAsHIvGroN MoSuHz>T.-Fh Kentucky
block of marble for the Washington monu-
meut has this inscription: "Under the aus
pieces of Heaven and the precepts Of Wash
inton, Kentucky vii p tie last to give up
the Union"
ia eccentric man in Bath. Me-, was ask
u to contribute to foreign mIssion.-lle gave
quarter Of dollar, but stopped the agent as
he was departing, and said "Here Is . dol
lar Is pay the expense # getting the quarter
10 the heather.
~ 4 writer in the y. Y. Tribune esti-
mates that tea could be produced in the Uul-
ted States, at from II 10 : ID cents per
pound.
Geo. H. Derby, the We'll known publisher,
died in Buffalo on the 18th alt.
~ There are 1906 Presbyterian Minis
tars in the L nited States.
CF@There are SIX hundred steamers now
plying 81 the Mississippi River.
- The father Of President Fillmore cult
Yates a small farm in Enc Co. \. y.