Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-04-27
Timber Piracy,


have sunk in better causes We pity the raft
that can't knock Jesuitism out OF that craft and
change her TO Let er sink We wonder II
the MarshaIS paid for the Berlin out of the money
which they owe Uncle Sam We wonder how
much they charge, per acre, III advance, Ter the
privilege OF stripping government lands OF TIM
berg We wonder how many hands they have
employed 10 get out railroad ties public lands
We wonder now much they have paid ove- 10 the
L. ) Treasury Of the halfa million received OF
lumbermen: and if over one cent. then how many
cents What have they done with the SOU re-
celved from various persons IN Lancaster 10 pay
for the privilege of cutting tmberl We wonder
if pioneer clubIaws apply to Marshals as we'll as
to land pirates. and others who act the jesuit
part In dragging people over TO the Atii"aukee
u. 5. District Court al hundreds Of dollars ex
pense TO stand suits upon taX-tIt'es. while shch
suits can just as well be tried at home before our
/ Circuit Courts at a very trsiiing cost nave
Marshas any better right 10 rob Uncle sam than
I common people = Grant County Herald
: We wonder whether the author of the above
precious string OF nonsense, cowardly insinua-
+ tons, and contemplate SANDER is natural fool
or one OF those who are particularly Interested in
/ the lumber trade We suspect that he belongs to
/ the latter class If not he certainly must belong
1 % the first. When a public newspaper calls the
attempt Of government officers 10 discharge their
/ duty by the name of piracy. we cannot but Won
/ der where It's Fourth-ofJuly patriotism comes
/ from. Has any one a right to rob Uncle sam
/ We don't think they have. Is it honest and right
TO endeavor to impede and harass public officer
in the discharge of his duty, that duty being to
prevent the robbing of Uncle San7
Il the Herald meant its remarks. OF a part Of
them. to apply to Deputy Marshal OrIs, it must
O. ~
man. He is one who viii conzcieHtiously dis
charge his duty, but viii 90 farther than it
necessarily leads He has been but few months
in the office and has had little opportunity for do
ing any part O. that which the Herald insnuates
against somebody.
It is very common, now q days, 10 rdicnle and
malign officers of government, who. in offending
are merely discharging their duty. This ; dis
graceful to the press, that free and intelligent
press, which boasts 50 much of lis individual and
collective power, and which should strike at the
cause and not the agent. But then it IS easier
and safer to abuse common men. than to change
the policy of government or to attack the high
officers OF nat government The Marshals and
Timber Agents act under Instructions from their
superiors. They DO not originate the prosecu-
tons of the depredators on the public lands
they only obey those instructions, which are plain
and strict Why not condemn the principle and
It's authors without abusing the subordinate agents
in carrying out those principles. This new
phase Of modern patriotism, which attacks men,
instead OF measures and governments is bad
enough while confined to the State OF Milwaukee
and lis suburbs. We are sorry 70 see it making
its appearance in Western Wisconsin
About that hall million " Roorback"-(for yEe
believe it to be that and nothing else)-it ought
TO have better authority than tie word of John
Wentworth. before editors use it as fact. Il
half million of [ money has been Pocketed
by the Timber Agents, then the officers of gov
eminent at Washington are very much to blame,
they are directly responsible to the people and are
the ones who should answer such charges Even,
however. if there has been corruption and fraud
on the part Of public officers, it makes out no
better case for the depredators public lands.
nor has it any application TO present ciIcum-
stances
CHoLERA AT KEoRuR We learn from the
clerk of the York State lat ten or twelve deaths
in all have occurred al Neollul from cholera, or
one citizen of that place had died. Iheothcr
deaths occurred among party al emiErauts who
were going west The disease, we are informed.
is abatiug and nc sew cases have occurred for three
or four days past. The citizen of Keo5suk, who
died was named Fipp. He was empuy"d as ware
houseman by the firm OF Burns s. Rentzen.-Isr.
Louis Republican
Coal on The N.aues9sa-A gentleman who has
long been a resident Of the Territory, and IS well
acquainted with the Minnesota country, some
time since showed US piece of Coal taken from
a vein two feet thick, which has been found on
one Of the tributaries of the Minnesota. Some Of
the Coal was taken from the VEN and was tested
in Backsmith's furnace at Red Wood, and wa,
pronounced 10 be Of an excellent quality for ne
chancal purposes. It's value to the Territory.
and 10 The Minnesota country, particularly, can
not be estinated-rN Minnesota Pioneer
Shjp1-zvr.s-Lass Of LEA telegraph dis
patsh dated at Philadelphia on the 18th, says:
The vessel lost at Barnegat is supposed TO be the
British ship Humboldt She had between 300
AMI 100 passengers all OF whom, 1t Is feared.
have persisted The ship Powhattan came ashore
t
one Of whom were saved. Not a vestigo of tne
I wreck is left The schooner Manhattan was also
: :, rr,ked near the same place. All on board per
! i=Iad save one, who Is in such condition as to
be unable. % give any par'ieulars-lGal. Adv,
4 legislation ia Hiscossin-The Wisconsin Leg
stature at its recent session. turned of the fol
/ lowing aggregate OF business:
Appropriation Acts, l73
! General Acts, loo
/ Private and local Acts, 32s
Memorials, 80
! JOINT Resolutions,
Total, CAT
Solelcga 1iicjjgGa Raj Road.-About the lst
Of May another Express passenger train viii be
pat on this road. 70 accommodate the immense
amount of travel ever IT, The trains leave Chi