Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-10-18
Otis HoYt


In accordance with a programme made out by
r s Land officers, Post Masters and others, Oh
Sunday evening last, this gentleman, who is one
of Gen Pierces Land office receivers, as well as
the Nebraska candidate for Congress IN this Dis
trict addressed meeting at the Court House on
Monday evening We could discover nothing Pc
cular about his remarks except lame effort to
sustain the principles of the Nebraska Bill, and
Sqnatter Sovereignty, together with rehearsal OF
Douglas thrusts at the Know Nothings. Mr.
Howl had discovered that Adam the first Dem
ocrat. whose conversion to that doctrine probably
dated with his accepting the apple from the wo-
| man which accounts for some statements hereto
] fore made in the Democrat about Native Arneri-
| canisrn Mr. Hoyt, of course, accused all the
Republicans of being tories enemies TO law and
order Know Noihngs &c, but as his speech
amounted to bur little, we have but little to say
of 1t.
Theodore Rodolf,
| Another OF PIerce's Land officers, next IN order
on the Programme, appeared, as he SAID, Tor the
purpose of nlightening his German friends upon
this great question: which he thought them unable
to understand without his aid. II certany
com plimentary to our German citizens, for Mr.
Rodof to say that their inability to understand
what they hear and read, had been the great rea
son that had induced him to leave his home anc
very pressing business, 10 come TO this place te
enli ghten them He must either consider then
very ignorant, or himself very wise.
| Judging from the character of the man, w
presume his German speech was euiogy upor
! Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, and al
assertion that those who oppose his party are tories
federalists Know Nothings and Native Americans
Such are his usual modes of reasoning, and W.
presume he did not alter his course on this occa
sion. After Mr. Rodof had concluded,
c. c. Washburn
was called upon, and if we correctly informed
by Democrats who were there (for we left befor
his remarks) occupied few moments to yer,
good advantage, in exposing the fallacies of Messrs
Hoyt and Rodolfs arguments He called upol
Mr.. Hoyt to say whether he approved or disap
proved the Fugitive Slave Law, which that gen
teman at first declined to answer but finally sal
that he approved the act entire. After Mr. Wash
burn had concluded
Moses N Strong,
fearing that Dr. Hoyt had made nothing by hi
visit to this place, took the stand and in his usua
gaseous, bombastc style attempted to help hin
out of his difficulty. His hobby this occasion
was Abolitonism and dissolution of the Union
Mr. s had probably forgotten the platform O.
which he elected to the Assembly in $40 b
and his friends, about in the predicament O
the fly in the spiders web the more they kick
the more they can't get loose"
40 lav Fl, l. ~;
week, but may refer to the speakers hereafter
MISISG OPERATIONS Done EvILLE-Th
new engine works of Messrs. Washburn & Wood
man, now in course of erection at Dodgevie, 70
the purpose of conducting the Mining business OF
extensive scale, are rapidly progressn:
towards completion. While on a visit to that vii
Iage last week, we were shown the machinery
&c, by GEO MEssERsMIrn, Esq. the agent il
that place by whom were informed that tn
engine would probably be in operation in abou
four weeks. 1t is sufficient for all purposes 70
which ii is intended We congratulate our Dodge
vile friends on the prospects before them, ant
trust that this effort to more perfect sys
tenn of mining will prove successful to all parties
engaged in the enterprise
IL The following ticket has been handed u:
for publication. Several gentlemen whose name,
are on it, we will bolt" when they see
their names in print
Peoples Ticket.
For Senator-AnAsA Conn.
For Assembly-D A FAIRcn1LD,
For Sheriff-LEvI STERLING
l. Clerk Board-SAML ZoLLINGEn
/ Clerk Court--JsMEs HurcRIsox,
Treasurer j UREN,
! Register--E G. RIEDEL
! CoToner-JoHS CovILLE.
County Sarveyor--GEo. MEssERsuIrH
MoRE BoLTIsG.-The Appleton Crescent, one
of the most pure Democratic papers in the State re-
I fuses TO support John B. Macy for Congress in
the 81 distrsict. The editor says:
Ole nomination and election secured bv bribe.