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Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
aSfm 3hbtrtismnts.
FOR SALE.
TAkRN UP.

F7,,iEes DT the subscriber, living In the town of
%k&a5 ID RldgeHav. about the last Of October.
TIa-.II.e. one yoke Of WORKING CATTLE, one a dark
browp-a slit from. under the left earthe other -ht
-indie-st from under the left ear,-ve six years
cid next Spring The is requested to CALL prove
property pay charges, and take them away
FREDK. THFO3OID.
January 18th, 1857. 3-iw.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
RAILROADS.

Our various railroad interests viii CLAIM, q
portion Of your attention. Lines of road lave
been projected TO nearly every portion Of the
State and those contemplated or in process of
construction. exhibit a healthy and prosper, sc
condition. No State in the Union has offered
crcnter inducements for the investment of cap
i:al in these enterprises than our own, and the
happy consequences are cYincea in tieir rapid
adj aneeIncnt during the past year. Two roads
trayersing nearly the eptire State, from North
10 South, and penetrating the rich mineral re-
giors upon Lake Sugcrior, and tie extensive
pireries Of Northern Wisconsin have already
been commenced, md their completion at IN
enrlv day is insured by the recent liberal dora-
ton of valuable lands TO and in their construc-
ton. The work upon several roads crossing the
State from East 10 West, and connecting Lake
MicLican with the Mississippi, is being pushed
forward with vigor. One Of these Will be com
pleted in few months AT the far.lesf and their
influence has already imrare ed fresh impulse
10 every department Of trade and industry
Our soil ia rich. productive, and easily cuItva-
ted our climate as s:lubrious and healthful rs
any uTon Il c continent: and with cur rapidly
Increasing facilities for intercomnunicaticr at
munic"tiou, both with the Atlantic States ard
these bordering on the Gulf Of Mexico. the ca gsc
ef our swift advancement md present prosper
itv, Is well rs the earnest IF their confluence,
are Ike apparent. IN view Of these facts a
liberal policy should be pursued towards our
rail road enterprises, and cTcry encouragement
gi7en thcn, consistent with prudence, and the
public interests.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
DEAF AND DUNE ASYLUM.

The annual report Of the Trustees Of the
Wisconsin, Institute for tire education of the
Deaf and Dumb, is herewith transmitted Tho
Institute Gives evidence Of nu able and econ
ornicsi adnlinistraiio l Of its affairs. and it is ia
florrishng condition. Tie rapid accessons
to the number of its pupils. renders necessary
the early erection of the MAN huilding, and
the propriety of an appropriation ot such sum
from The public treasury shall be deemed
sufficient for that purpose, Is matter urged
upon YOUR consideration
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
rNEQrAL AssEssMrNTs.


There IS universal complaint # tie present
mode Il assessing the taxable property Of the
State. defective, unequal and unjust. Tie
Statute requires the Assessor OF each town or
waid to szsess tie taxable real or personal
property III his RESI- eCtNe town. or ward & lis
full cash value. NotwitlstArdiUC his require
rnent q large proportion q the personal prop
sriy Of the State romaiEa ilnassoFsed while real
estate, CT the average, u assessed at not over
onc-ic1r;h q lis actual cash value
invite Iovr attention 10 the subject, trus. :
ing hat vau NAV tie atiC 70 devise some amend
ment TO the existing Statute which viii insure,
hca CATER Just and trCe 2ssessmcn. CT real md
personal property. Under tie present system
Of unequal aEd false assessments. = grossly CT
reraous aud inadequate idea Is veycd Of the
actual wealth and resources ef Tho STATE.
rIvr PER CENT. rUED.
The General Government has for several wears
pas withheld the amount due nu the five per
csHtana Il the nett proceeds. arising from Il O
sale CT government lands situated within ;lis
State, alleging hat there is ~ unsettled cal n
against tie Stale, growing out uf the disposition
Of q previous grant Of ia1.ca- The amoUnt thus
withheld is estimated. IN round numbers at
, S-5OU0h. ! weUtd rCct mE.end II at the 1.cCis-
lature n!Cn.crializc Congress cn the srititc CT Of
passing Gct 30 seleI>e lie State ircn The al
ieged claim against i. IN crdcr that sc my
ob'aiC the r.orev Ia which TIE Schcci Furd Is
its4iA SisIitASt- ItttIlS Tie car lEs:'tc
an earnest effort 10 eject {. sc.tlCmc1 cf the
matter, hut without avail ard am Convinced
II at soune actioF. tie part of lie Legislature
as here recommended, is Tic onlv plectical
method CT accomplishing The object desired
SWAMP AND OVERLOOKED LANDS.
During the past year, have made regeated
applications 10 the Commissiouer Of tic General
Land Office. to cause patents 10 be issued 10 he
State for the Swamp and Overlooked lands, in
order to pGriect tho title Of the State 10 the
same. The result las been tia: patents lave
oeen received a this Department. chiefly during
the past three months, for AL .i 49l 90 acres
OF such lands. The amount Of Swamp and
Overlooked lands already selected is .6.99lg
ei-i00 acres. The whole amount 70 which the
Stale Will ultimately be entitled under Ibis
grant will not fall far short Of Two MI Hens f7
hundred thousand acres. ] have caused to be
forwarded 10 tie Register Of Deeds cf The sev.
e-al counties Ct tbe State, descriptive list Of
the Swamp and OveTfiowed lands IN their re-
spcc.ive counties 4 portion Of these lands are
equal III value 20 any in the State. ard Tie
grant. "a whole, Is one of the mos: mU1ificert
ever received from tie General CcyCTrrsrt
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20

The number of votes polled at tie last general
election was, III round numbers, 10000 With
this basis for estimate. taking into consider
ation the large immigration during the past
year, not represented III the vote at the recent
election. the present population. at this time.
cannot lie less tlan 10000, and, il 1860, will
not fall short OF 900 600.
Wisconsin. althouqh among Ike Youngest
members Of the ceIfcderacy, already takes =
high rank, not only in material wealth and
prosperity but in the intelligence and enterprise
of Ter ctizeP5. Tie liberal spirit of our Con-
, stitu;ion and lars. invites Immigration Free
labor. undcgraded by competition with slave
labor, IS asserting upon our fertile praiIies and
amid our reeedng forests, its bcneficent results.
Under these GENIAL auspices, our progress in the
future promises 10 he even more marked and
rapid than in the past and the day now seems
not far distant, when in agricultural md mi :
raj wealth. IN commercial advantages, in edu-
cational facilities, and all that tends to make Us
truly great and prosperous State, VIC shall
be among The first in the Union.
COLES BASHFORD
III UNISON January - 1887
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
cENERAL CONDITION CT THE STATE.

a succession of houptiful larvcsts and con-
tinred prosperity in all Of raltmcuts of Iegiti-
mate industy. Lave tended TO produce general
relaxation rem the rules Of rigid economy, and
led 10 unnecessary extravaganza in Tic admins
tra;ion Of the affairs Of the State. The tend
ency should be guarded against, and the exper-
scs Of the State Government retrcnchcd in cv-
provisicns should be made for tie sun1ocrt nj
our charitable institutions; au enlightened and
liberal policy should be adopted in regard to
the Educational interests while tie State
should pay her officers IN ample conn eusafion
for their services, in the form Of Il fixed aud de
terlninstc salary, 81 the same time cutting of
all TcrQuisites, and holding them TO a strict &C
corntaGility.
The following statistics arc interesting. as OK
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
BLIND STITUTE.

Your attention is called to the able rerort of
the Trustees Of tie Wisconsin Irsi ute for The
stitution have been sufficient nearly to complete
a spacious and beautiful edifice and the Trus-
tees now ask additional appropriation To
finish and furnish il in proper manner, and
to improve TIE grounds. a liberal policy
should be observed towards Institutions of this
character.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20

7 SCOTT s CO., NEW YORK, ceng-p, :, ,-..
i. the following leading British Pz.ieJie,.. -
TIE LONDON QUARTERLY tCouserva.3-.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
AHEgDITE THE LAWS.

Another evil which may he appropriately
mentioned IN tins connection, is Ire propensity
manifested by rast -gislatIrcs for con-irua'ly
amend NJ. repeating. and rc-enacijug the gen
e7ai laws q The State, leading 10 great eonfu-
son anI Unosrtslty n tie laws. and giving
Use II frequent srd uGncceSsary litigation.
The general statutes should only lie amended
when there = mzr fest de- feet 10 lie reme-
died. ar manifest eccd 10 lie accomplished
t-e-eiv
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
COST REDUCED 80 1915 PER cFy7

GREAT INDUCEMENTS 10 S-7's~7
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-20
STATE DEBT.

UNSAFE CorDITIOS OF THE RECORDS.
call vsur attention 10 the various recon-
3atJoa4 ii said Report. The uusaI> condi-
tIea il case Of fire, Of tLe records pertaining to
ne School Land office. merits your serious con-
alteration. All the records of the various
state officer. are IN ike danger Of destruction.
some provision should he made, by which our
records should be rendered mere secure.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Come TO the POIl.!

Next Tuesday is the election. The peo.
pie of Ohio will be called upon to elect State
and county officers. The constitution and
laws confer upon every citizen, the right
and privilege Of going TO the polls, and by
his vote controlling in measure the inter
ests Of The State. 1tisnot only privilege,
but an IMPERATIVE DUTY. The Dem.
ocratc party proposes to the people that
great measure of reform, an Independent
Treasury. The measure is just, right and
practicable. Let every Democrat, there
stand at his post, ready for active end eff.
cient service, on the second Tuesday in Oc.
tober.
Go to the polls and vote! Go eory, ard
when you have deposited your ballot, see
that every Democrat in yotr neighborhood
comes also, and casts his vote. We are on
the eve of an important contest. If we do
our du:y, the victory is ours.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Hat BlimdfosGiuy EsrI,nDIic:s!s.

Reliere thdt Story Tcr1ng which OUGHT NOT
10 be true, ana you are suIe-and in such a
course only re you safe.
Nov. donI disirast yot:r friends. and don I
6el'eUe The statements Of enemies 5 the hurt Of
friend" -Dem6crat
The Republican leaders must be dcsper.
ate indeed. when they are thus forced TO urge
upon the people the necessity of stoppin,
their ears to every thing that pertains to the
election. The plain meaning of the above
paragraph is: "Repubicans. shut your eyes
and 60 it blind" It implies ,hot The Re.
pubiicans are incompetent TO read or renson.
Such un observation won't be very thankful.
ly received by some men in Portoge county.
They have been led b,indjolded long
enough. They have been led biudfoded
while their property and their rights have
been Plundered But their eyes are opened
now, aud they begin to ZEE things as they
really are. They have been deceived and
outraged long enough. Thcy are done with
RepubIicanisni and The Republican uar,y, as
their votes will shcw when the billots cotne
to be cotnted.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Skies Bright.

Every despatch and letter from the differ.
ent portions Of the State, brings Us cheering
news. The Democrats are buckiing on
their urmor for the conflict. The ralIying
cry has gone along the line, and is echoed
and re-echoed by thousands of brave, true
mon. They are determined, and they ,0ill
achieve victory. Shall the Democracy OF
Old Portage do their duty in this glorious
contest, or will they lie down in supineness
and Incidence while the battle is going on!
Fellow Democrats, are you ready! Are
you strong! Are your townships and school
districts organized! Are your arrangements
made to get out all the voters on the day ol
election! If not, 60 to work at once, and
lessen not your efforts till the last ballot il
cast,
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
The Ravenna Bank.

in the Sentinel Of last week, we published
an article, in which we asserted that banks
were breaking everywhere around us
that thousands of luborers were left penni-
less by fsilures-snd that every bank fail
ure was an argument in favor OF an Indepen-
dent Treasury. We are of this opinion
still. We are compelled, in all candOr, to
say that we have but little sympathy for
these banking institutions, which after hav-
ing lived by special privileges, without pay
ing their Just proportion Of taxes, finally
when the labOring community have conf
dence in them and made their deposits with
them, suspend and fail--thus robbng not
only the State, but the laborer of his just
rights.
While we say this, we are equally COM
PEELED in candor and justice to say, that we
had nd intention or purpose, in our article
last week, TO emJSrrass any banking inst-
tuition whatever. There is panic enough,
without our adding anything to it.
Thus far, the Rovenna Branch of the
State Bank Of Ohio, and all the other Bran
ches Of the State Bank, have stood up nobly
sgianst the storm, and we believe they are
fully Hblc to do SO in future. While East
ern banks have by hundreds suspended
specie payment the Board of Control for
the State Bank have unanimously resolved
that they will not suspend-that they will
continue to redeem their circulation-that
they are abundantly able to do it, and that
in every instance required by law or no nor,
they will perform their whole duty to bill
holders and depositors. This is just as ii
should be.
We look, therefore, upon the action of the
State Bank of Ohio us highly creditubIe, and
we regard the bill holders and depostors us
perfectly safe. The course pursued by the
Branch at Ravenna is open and fair, and
n fladk 10 non, I.1
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
areKn0w Nothingss

The Portage Democrat still continues to
circulate its lying statement, that the De-
mocracy and the Know Nothings, have, and
are fusing. AS an evidence of this, it char.
ges that DURBrN WARD and JOSEPH GIeER
are stumping the State for Payne and the
Democratic ticket. Neither, Durbin Ward,
jor Joseph Giger ever joined or acted with the
Know Nothing party in Ohio. They are
unalterably opposed to the odous and trea-
sonable doctrines of the order. They des-
pse and condemn the secret, midnight,
Vaccinations of both the Republican and
American parties. They were both old line
wings, and when the whig party died and was
buried, they came ever and Joined the De.
mocrutic standard.
We repeat, that whoever charges fusion
between Know Nothings and Democrats,
charges a faIsehood. We repeat further,
that the leaders Of the Republican party in
Portage county are all sworn members of
Know Nothing lodges.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Their B ,scMcss Openly AvOMcd

Now, friends, ono more blow ut the nod
of the oppres.or. AS goes Ohio now, 30
may go the Nation in 1860. Then up for
freedom. free labor, free territories, free Kan.
9aS and free men !.-Democ"at.
The above furnishes o key to the purpose
and hmotives-of the Republican party. This
is State cohtest-for Stute officers and up
on State issues; but it seems that the Re.
pubIicuns ignore all State and local interests;
despise these practical questions which con.
Germ the rights Of the citizens here in Ohio,
and are Iaboring simply To secure Presiden.
ttol triumph in 1860. They are willing to
sacrifice the prosperity, credit, safety and
honor of the State of Ohio, iD their mad rash
after the spoIs of Office which belong to the
Federal Government. o, shame How
dare you thus openly avow that your sole
motive in this election is to secure Preoi.
dental victory
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Gov. Chase aud his Failure TO
Perform his Duty.

II ever a man wss "weighed In the bal
ancs and found wanting" that man is Gov.
Chase. His whole administration has been
marked by unparalleled disasters, mainly
arising from bis gross neglect of duty. Let
US call attention to q few of the prominent
features OF his administration.
He advised and approved Of the postpone
ment OF the payment of the public debt of
Ohio. In consequence of this rn fortunate
measure the stocks State have fallen from
$I,l3 10 Slo3 on the dollar - from
Slo3 down to 9lI cents on the dollar,
and from 9l4 to 81 cents on the dollar.-
Thus is Ohio humiliated-Ihus is her credit
lost. By this measure, hundreds OF thous'
ands of dollars were lost to the people OF
Ohio, and an unnecessary tax burden Of
$26 100000 imposed upon the future gener-
ntiOns of our people. r,
By his advice the Ohio Life Insurance g.
Trust Company was made the depository @ +
the bonds and moneys of the State, and in
the failure OF that immense banking house,
Ohio has lost larger, though as yet, un.
ascertained amount of money.
lie neglected to guard the public Treasury
at Columbus-refused to cause the proper
examinations TO be made-refused to exam
inc Gibson under oath-refused to examine
his books, and not until the money was
gone from the treasury vaults, did he mike
any exertion to ascertain the financial cor
dition Of Ohio.
He neglected to report the result Of Audi
tors Wright's examination to the General
Assembl ly, as he was commanded to do by the
law.
He neglected TO examine the loans made,
and the bonds by which the same we're Sc
cured, in cases where the public moneys
were farmed out 10 bankers and brokers. In
this, he neglected to perform an IMPERA-
TIVE DUTY. By this, hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars were lost to the people of
Ohio--lost beyond the hope Of redemption,
beyond the hope Of recovery.
He has in no single instance, watched
over the public interests as he was com
manded to do, and as the best welfare of the
people required. He has disregarded the
home concerns of the State, in n vain and
and insane attempt to Manufacture political
capital in Kansas. He is row going from
county to county Cx using, palisting and
covering up the vlluiHies oil his admlisra-
ton.
A governor whose whole course of con-
duct has been marked by such gross neglect
of official duty, is Vi fit to become tine Chief
Executive of free and independent people.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Hon. David Tod.

The report has been very industriously cir.
culated, by his enemies, that Hon. David
Tod has expressed determination not to
vote for Payne; and some malicious persons
have gone DO far as to say that this dstin-
guished gentleman has abandoned the De.
mocrutlc party, and gone over to the Repub.
licans. These reports are. Jalse in every par.
ticutar, and the ihen who report it are misin.
formed, or deliberate liars. We are author.
lied to say that David Tod is now, and will
be upon the day of election. one of Mr..
Payne's frmest and warmest supporters
He has never in any instance said or done
any thing which implies that he is opposed
to the Democratic ticket. The false report
which has been circulated is one of the means
which an unscrupulous and uDprincipled op.
position resort to, to carry q desperate case
and sustain failing cause.
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
Was Mr. sparrow a Borrower
from GibS ON, the DeEpuIter,

The Democrat claims that Mr.. Sparrow's :
Report, wherein he chnrges the defnlcation
upon BresEn, is conclusive, and that il is
valued evidence. We canhot better reply
to this than by publishing the following from
the Ne,oark AduocaL,:
We have been asked by several persons,
whether Mr.. Sparrow, the treasury exrmin-
er appointed by Chase, was not himself a
heavy borrower Of the pubic money during
Gibson's term as State Treasurer. We are
unable to give any furthe' Information on this
/ point than is to be found on pages seventeen
and eighteen, OF the report mad by the ri.
nance Investigating Committee to the Black
Republican Legislature in January last
On reference to these pages, it will be found
that the State Treasurer had at that date, in
his possession the unapproved bond OF Bart.
lett and Smith, with Thomas Sparrow as Sc
curity, for the sum of fifty thousand dolarS,
and that on this bond, the said firm had On
the 18th day OF December last, public mon.
cy to the amount Of ONE HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND DOL
LALS :! These men are wild cat bank.
ing firm that do busine in the city OF COL
umbus. They are unmitigated sharks as
well as shavers, and have been the chief op-
orators within few years past in putting
out the notes Of several rcketty banking in
stitutions whose paper hns subsequently rot
ted in the hands Of the people.
We have no means of knowing whether
MIR. Sparrow had any pecuniary interest in
the Treasury loans obtained by these men
from Gibson. Without an interest of some
sort, we are OF q loss how to account for the
relation which the Republican Investigating
Committee have shown he sustains to Glib. |
son as endorser for the piratical establish.
merit which has been using the money of
the Treasury to shave the creditors of the
State and start bogus banks.
QUERY. Does any body know whether
the loan OF one hundred and seventy one thou
sand dollars held by Bartlett and SIN til, on
the 18th day of December last, for which
Mr.. Sparrow was endorser, has been paid
Might it not be we'll to have another Inves-
tgation BY examiners who are neither bor-
rowers nor endorsers4
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
A MOnstrOus BIunder-.Whnt ncx,

The last State Legislature repealed the
old Jaw Furnishing the embezzlement Of pub.
lie money, and instead thereof, passed new
one. Distinguished legal gentlemen in Co.
lumbus and elsewhere, after giving the two
laws their careful examination, have cume
to the conclusion that the section of the
new law providing Idr the repeal of the old
one, dos not save TO The State the power
to punish BresIin criminalIy in cuse he be
proven actually guilty OF the offence of EN-.
bezz'ement. II such is really the fact, it
onl; adds another to the many unfortunate
bunders committed by the late Black Re-.
publican Lcgi> >lature.--
The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-10-08
New Election Law.

The last G eneral Assembly passed new
election law, which it wtu.d be we'll for
every voter to bear in mind and thoroughly
understand when he goes to the polls.
ltrequires that every man who votes, shall
sh III have been in the county Mrty DAYS
andln the township twenty days, next pre-.
ccdng the election.
One section declares, says the Portage
Democrat, that the judges are not Obliged to
permit man TO vote on his own oath if they
have doubts of his being a legal voter. Thi.
is an unjust provision, and was enacted ia
order that dishonest jud es may keep out in
many instances, the legal votes OF honest
men, as was done in Franklin and Nelson,
and other towns in Portage county, last fall
and spring. Democrats, stand to ycur
rights.