Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-14

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this acas the otlly t0rnllda5le enemy he had
10 encounter an tie Democratic ranks.
He brareiy con15atted, and for Tie time
completely suJiued 1t. But since his day,
under new Influences, 1t has rapidly IN
creased III power. until II arr0ga7ltiy as
Sat7les TO ntuke of tie Denl0crui1c organ l.
oatlon an abject slare, and To hola tie
Democracy of tie North IN as complete
suIIectfon rs II they qcere bor5a SerfS
South Carolina, which was his bitterest
enemy, is now one of the most certain of
Democratic States. Her councils, once
contemptuously rejected for their ultra
ism, mar possess an almost u3it0ancled IN
fuence.
Ii Is worthy of remark. also. that the
Supreme Court, whose decision IN regard
to the Bank of the United States was
constantly but vainly he'd as a terror over
the head of the old hero, 10 restrain him
from disChargiug what he believed 10 be
his duty, is now lauded as a sacred ora
Gle of political wisdom, before whose
alleged incidental expressions of opinion
all discussion mus cease, and all conflict
ing sentiments be summarliy surrendered.
Men must not wait for ils authoritative
decisions 10 adjust subjects which are le-
g!umately brought before II; but. accord
lug to the new ruling 4 whisper from The
trhunal whose right TO control the polls-
cal action of the nation, Jackson emphati-
cally denied, must become as biniing as
an omnipolent decree.-F6 F6lucy'S Press.
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C0l0rs Of Flowers Promoted BY Charcoal.
\ French amateur, in Tile Palis
HortiuAur0I ReUislc, states: " About a
year ago, | rade a bargain for rose
tush Of magnificent growth and full OF
buds. | wanted for them to bloom, and
| eXpeciep roses worthy of such noble
plant, and OF the praise bestowed upon it
10y the vendor. al length, when il bloom
ed, all my hopes were blasted. The
flowers were OF a faded color, ard dis
covered that | had only ,mddIng nzllI-
t5fora stale-coiored enough. therefore
resolved to sacrafce 1t TO some expert
nents which had IN view. MY atten-
tlon had been captiva,ed with the effects
Of charcoal, as stated IL some English
publications. then covered tAe earth
(ln The pot IN winch my rosebush was)
about half an inch deep with puiverIzed
charcoal. Some days after, | was aston
lShtd 10 see tie roses which b!0omad OF
as fine a lively rose color as | could wish.
/ determined 70 repeat the experiments:
and, therefore, wien the roaJ-.uoh had
doue Towering, / took OH the charcoal
and pun fresh ,arlh ou The pot You may
conceive that waited for The u.X: sprag
Iupaurily 10 Sc The r,sul! u t",s eA-
t-rml-nt. IS a.. - I'D bloom, The ros-s
we're, is al Grsl pale and d.acoi0vod, Lut
Hy applying The ouarcoai is before, thy
soon r. ysumtd d their rosy-red color trI.d
the powdered charcoal likewise in large
Quantities upon uy pctuuias, aAl found
That both tie white and violet flowers
were equally s-uolbIe 10 lis action. Ii
always gave great vigor TO the red or vio-
let colors of tue flowers, and the white
petunias became yeimed with red or VIC
let tints. The rIolels (coIorD became
covered with Irregular spots ot blush
or almost black INT. Many persons who
admired them thought that Il ey were
new varieties from seed. yellow flow
ers are, as have proved, iusens.ble 10
The Influence Of the charcoal"