Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-12-22
news ITEMS.

rs The cutlrc vote of Louisiana at the late
election Was only some $4,000 votes.
- OF the twelve members of the Canadian
Cabinet recently cons ituted, eleven are lawyers
the other beng an auctioncer.
- TBc Albany .yournai says, non " ms anu
Ing The hard times, the usual number Of public
lecturers appear to be in the field, all busy and
doing doubtless profitable business.
80 \ fugitive slave recently in e>caring.
pun cayenne pepper In his tracks, the effect Of
which was to effecfually stop the blood hounds
sent to hunt him up.
~ The commerce on the Mississippi is in
crea,ng rapidly. The Rock Island Arg,ts says
That ten hundfed and fortv-five steamboats, and
five hundred and uincty-nine RATS have passed
through the bridge at that place this season.
- There IS some talk among the southern
Senators al Washington, of excluding Douglas
from the Committee on Territories of which he
has been chairman. They dare not do it.
"a The Washington Rcpablic of the 18th,
states that the war department Is dispatching
additional troops to Kansas Utah Is to be let
alone until spring.
IS Petitions to Congress soliciting aid to-
wards a new canal around the falls at Louisville
are now bct- circulated in Cincinnati, and, of
course, receiving great many signatures
- The steamer Africa for Liverpool last
week, took ont l,G9l,509,7I il specie,
~" \ large barn attached to the State I.un-
atic ASYLUM, at Brattlebnro. VI. was fired BIZ
an iuceudiary on Saturday night and burned
together with p head Of cattle and 100 tons Of
hay.
a55- Benedict Arnold's watch has been pre-
scented to the Connecticut Historical Society
- y 4 house in Spring street, New York,
$1,000 worth of stolen goods have lust been
seized by the police of that city. The plumber
was mostly Obtained by tral women. from dry
goods jewelry. lace and other stores, through IN
ttm2ey with young clerks and statesmen.
- There has been an anti-rent outrage in
SULLIVAN county. New York. Where Ira Porter
IN The keeger was warned to leave but, as
he dii not. twenty-iour mU>ket balls were fired
mo Inc mousse IN the night, fortunately without
killing any OF the occupants.
- The Surrogate of New York ha, decided
the Parish VIII case, giving the heirs ut law a
urge slice OF the wealth OF the deceased million
aire.
- The Superior Chronicle saws that navi-
CATION has closed, and that provisio. there if
properly husbanded and distributed. are suffi-
Gent t'r The winters supply,
a. The expenses of the recent obscquies of
Gsn- Worth, at New York city, c3arggabe TO
me llfF ENcaeguer. Amounted to SGT7942-
One ~ the I5em> Is mgde'up by the Common
Council Committee, was 1922. for refreshments
al the 81. Nicholas Hotel Queer item to be IN
csadtd IN funeral expenses.
- On the fist day of January. 1853. the
mode of reckoning in Canada viii be changed
irom pounds, shillipse and pence, to dollars and
cents.
- large number Of squatters have taken
Possession OF Rock Island in the Mississippi. w
ing between Rock Island and Davenport. and
are cutting the timber from 1t a. the rate Of 30
cords a day. 1t w.ll soon be shorn of It's beauty
II this rate
- dispatch from Washington says the
bill prepared by Senator Douglas to enable the
people OF Kansas to form a constitution and
Sale Governments, Is similar in It's provision to
mat heretofore introduced by AIr. Toonbs
% Brigham Young has issued proelama-
'i"h oeGIafi1g the independence of Utah, and
urges the Mo-Inons 10 yield no allegiance or
ooediance to any laws but their own enact
Irents.
- It IS stated quite positively that the
President denied admission to Col Fornay
when he called on HIM. This i commentary
ON The fraiity of political friendships OnIv fLe I
other day tie President recommended for the 4
nlted States Senatorship a man on whom he /,
now shuts the door