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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

Drank in bumper, and responded to
By Mr.. Sibree.
Mr. Nichols was called upon and made
some excellent and appropriate remarks.
By Mr.. .Sibree
The poets Of America-distinguishe for their
loftiness of sentiment, purity Of dicsion and love
Of liberty.
By Nr. Nichols
The poets of the whole word.
Music by the band-"Yankes Doodle"
By Hr. Robinson
Our worthy Vice President, Ar. Johnston.
Drank in a bumper, and responded to
BY Mr. Johnston.
Mr. John Robinson sang
| cold King Cole"
BIZ Mr. Hodges,
/ The h~alth of John Robinson.
Drank with cheers and responded to by
Mr.. Robinson.
Mr. DECK related an anecdote.
Mr.. sibres sang
screen grow the rushes, o.
By Mr.. Walker:
! The health eff the landlord, Mr. Thomas Win
date, and his lady.
Drank with cheers. Music BY tho band
! By 4Mr. Beards!sy::
! May We all initiate the virtues and avoid the
| fo!ies OF the poet Burns.
| Mr. Anderson sang 4 comic Irish song
entitled
Judy Delaney"
| Mr.. Clark offered the following resolu
ton, which was adopted without dissent
ing vote
Rssolped, That the present meeting sha al
be hereby constituted permanent Burn.
Society, and that the present officers Of
this meeting be the permanent officers Of
the Society for the ensuing year, and sha
be constituted committee to report a
more perfect plan of organization, at some
future meeting to be called by them, by
public notice, at some proper time and
place, within the next six months
Which makes the officers for the ensu
ing year rs follows:
p reSident-HENRY SIBREE, of Kossuth.
Vice do. p. JoHssToS, Of Manitowoc
.Secretary-G. w. BURNETT,
At a late hour, after uniting in singing
"Auld Lang Syne, the company dispersed
to their several homes, all well-please I'd
and "unco happy
We hope that henceforth every rear
will witness social gathering Of a SINH
lar character, in Manitowoc, to perpetu
ate the memory of Scotland's fagorits bard
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Mason s. DIxGn,s Line.

On the 4th of August, 1868, Thomas
and Richard Penn, and Lord Baltimore
being together in London, agreed with
Charles Mason and jeremiah Dixon, two
mathematician and surveyors, to mark,
run out, seftIe and fix the boundary line
between Maryland on the one hand, and
Delaware and Pennsylvania on the other
Mason and Dixon landed in Philadelphia
on the 18th of November following, and
began their work at once. They adopted
the peninsular lines and radius and tangent
point OF their predecessors. They next
ascertained the northeast coast of Mary
land and proceeded 10 run the dividing
parallel of latitude. They pursued this
parallel distance Of % miles, Is chains,
and q links, from the beginning at the
N. Z. corner of Maryland, to the bottom
of valley on Dunkard Creek, where an
Indian war path crossed the route, and
here, on the 18th of November, 1912
years ago-their Indian escort told them
it vas the viii Of the Sioux nation that
the surveys should cease, and they termi-
mated accordingly, leaving 36 miles, 6
chains and so inks IS tho exact distance
remaining to De run west to the southwest
angle of Pennsylvania, not far from the
Board Tree Tunnel, on the Baltimsre and
Ohio Railroad. Dixon died at Durham
England, l777; Mason died in Pennsy Iva
MIA, 1887.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

The SPITzBERGEN WINTER.-The single
night Of this dreadful country commences
about the 30th of October; the sun then
sets, and never appears until about the
10th of February. a gimmering, indeed,
continues some three weeks after the set
ting Of the sun; then succeeds clouds and
thick darkness, broken by the light of the
moon, which is as luminous AS in England,
and during This long time shines with IN
fading lustre Tbs cold strengthens with
the year, and TIE sun is ushered in with
an unusual severity of frost. BY tho mid
die OF March the cheerful light grow.
strong. Arctic foxes leave their holes. and
tue sea fowl resort in great numbers to
their breeding places. The sun sets no
more after the 1lth Of May: the distinc-
ton of day aud night is then lost In the
height ofsummer the sun has heat enough
TO melt the TAR on the decks of ships; but
from August it's power dechuAs-it sets
fact. After the middle of September, day
is hardly di-tinguishable, and by the end
of October takes a long farewell to this
country; the earth becomes frozen, and
winter reigns triumphant.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

How THE PEMBERToS Mills TOOK FIRE.
The New Y ork Tribune says the history
of the disaster by the fire, now accepted at
Lawrence, is, that man Jealous to relieve
suffering and save life, endeavored to pass
some hot coffee through an aperture into
space where several men and women,
unframed by the crash, were yet impris-
oned between the wall and the beams
To find his way safely in for his pitcher, he
first introduced lis lantern. 1t met with
some hard, resisting substance, and was
knocked from his hand 1t broke as it
fell, and the camphyne with which it was
charged, of course ignited while it was
scattered. The loose cotton took fire i'm
mediately, and the terrible consequences
are now history.
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The Administration and tho
Voice of the Country.

The Message of the President and the
Reports of the Heads of the Executive
Departments who are associated with him
in the administration of the Government
have been spread before the American
people; and already there comes to US
(says the Washington constitutional from
every quarter, BY letters as we'll as through
the newspapers, the verdcts of those who
have the most leisure and the strongest
intereststo form justopinions on these State
papers. Without at present going into
details, it is right and proper to say that
from these sources has been received the
highest testimony to the ability, integrity,
the purity, the patriotism, and the States,
manship of the Executive and his associ-
atss.
The country we'll understands that moth
ing is easier than opposition-nothing is
cheaper than fsult-tindidg; but the coun-
try acknowledges, notwithstanding per
sonal preferences and political differences,
that the practical work of Mr.. Buchanan,
the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War,
Navy, and Interior, (as shown in the Mes.
sage aud Reports,) is such as does the
highest honor to the Administration and
to the cause of free constitutional. govern
ment throughout the world.
Compare their work with that of the
public functionaries of any other nation
and the comparison will be eminently ia
vorable to America and those to whom
the American people have intrusted their
public affairs.
In this age of sensation" it may be
possible that the quiet, steady, consistent,
and productive labors Of such men may be
disparaged by those who are driven
from their propriety" by the declamations
of pl etenders, or the invectives of parti
sans. But the people who are not inau
enced by such causes will be just 10 them
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The Speakership.

The vote for Speaker of the House of
Representatives is getting to be very close,
and ere our readers will peruse these lines,
it is very probable that choice has been
effected, and that Congress has been or
gained. The Republicans have been
compelled to drop their pet, SHERMAN,
and are now voting for PENsISGroS, OF
New Jersey, while the Democrats and
friends of the Union have united upon
Mr.. SMITH, of North Carolina. The fol
lowing is the latest despatch received:
WAsHISGToN, Dec. 80.
The first ballot to day resulted-Pen-
nington lis, Smith 113, scattering s.
Necessary to a choice u.s. Two more
ballots followed, which resulted about tie
same.
We believe that the Democrats, who
have nobly opposed SHERMAN aud his
JOHN BRowN sentiments, will finally sue
coed in eecting man of their own choice,
or at least in compelling the Republicans
10 elect a reasonable and conservative
member Of their party, like Mr.. PENNING.
TON. All honor to the Democrats of the
House.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03
The Game Law Ought to be
Enforced.

The law provides that "No person in
this State, except Indians, shall kill any
wild buck, doe, or fawn, during the
months of February, March, April, May
or June, and any person violating any of
the provisions Of this section, upon convic-
ton thereof shall forfeit sum not more
than ten and not less than FIVE dollars, and
costs Of trial y If the people would have
an abun lance of game If this kind, they
must strictly observe these provisions of
law, and place strict watch over the game
in our forests, or we shall in very few
years be deprived of the pleasure of last
ing most delicious meat. We regard
this subject of so much Importance to
the happiness of the people of the State,
as to venture the suggestion that the
prompt interference of the Executive of
tie State is demanded in the premises, and
would mos. respectfully recommend that
the Governor appoint some suitable per-
son, game keeper for each of the forest
counties Of the State, wherein deer do
roam, at a salary of 81 500 per year and
expenses paid by the State. Should the
Governor be at loss for suitable persons
to fill all these places, he might confer the
appointments upon his " Timber Stealing
| Detectives and we would recommend
Capt. SMITH, of the Tribune, as worthy of
the place Of Game Keeper for the County
of Shawano, as he would have no scru-
PIES about drawing double pay, as he
would insist that he had discharged double
duty in the woods, and at the same time
run the Tribune for the benefit of his par
ty. These protectiyes of the timber and
game of our forests will not cost more
than $60,0 600, while the Governor before
the next election comes around, will he
able to show to the satisfaction of his own
party, by the sfidavits of these Detectives
and Game Keepers, that through this
operation he has saved the State $500, 900,
and at the same time supported host OF
political paupers, too lazy to dig for an
honest livelihood.
If we add this sum to the amount saved
by the Governor during his last term, to
the State Swamp Land Fund of $500, 900
by the expenditure of the paltry sum OF
$50 600, we will find that the people will
have been enriched at the end of the two
terms of RAsDALL's Administration, mil
lion Of dollars-suffcient to support the
Government for six years on the Republi-
can hypoth isis, that $4,000 annual tax
will support the Government.
But seriously, and to come back 20 the
game laws and their Observance, we have
only to say if the people would have game
they have only to do as they have done
during the past four years, consent to be
made game Of by continuing a Republican
Naturalization
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

EPISCoPALIANs IN AMfEIcA.-Accord
ing to the Church Almanac for 1860. the
Episcopal Church in the United States
contains 33 d'oceses The number of Dish
ops, provisional bishops and assistant bisb
ops is 43 priests and deacons 2030; par.
ishes, 2, 10. There were ordained during
the year rs deacons, and 90 priests
Number of candidates for holy orders Isl
churches consecrated 60 The baptisms
were as follows; Infants 34,415; adults
5,12l; not stated 4S7; total 30,023-
Number Of combinations IA, 500 commu
nican.s added 14,794 present number So .
767 marriages, 1859; buraIs 12,4f2
Sunday school teachers IA, 091; scholars
11S,069 Amount of contributions for
missionary and charitable purposes ST.
627,12.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

Another Dreadful ACCIDrsr.-Six
Persons Burned to DeaM-Last week i,
was our painful task to record, in por-
ticn of our edition, the particulars os the
burning of a house in the ,own of Glen
more, in this Co., about I or s miles from
Depere, by which Mrs Berney and two
children were burned to death. Now we
have the news of a similar accident in
Washington lIarbor. Door Co, which was
attended with still greater loss of life -
We learn BY letter from VIM. J No
len, Of Washington iIaIbor, shown us By
DR.. j. Wiley Of this city, that on the
night Of the 10Th of Dec, the house occu-
pied by Mr.. James Mcdonnell took fire,
probably from something connected with
the stove pipe. The family were all asleep,
and the flames made such rapid progress
that nothing was saved. Four children
were burned to death in the house, ano,h
er injured 30 that it died next day, and
Mrs. Med. died from her iniurie. on
Thursday. Jan 5. Mr.. Mcdonnell, and
one child who is also badly burned. are all
that remain ofths family Green Bay I'D.
roc1ie
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

WELL DoSE.-The attempt in the Leg
is!ature to reduce the rates of Legal Ad
vertising has signalIy failed. The Madison
Patriot gives the following as the finale Q
the affair:
"Ths Senate to-day, with but one dis
senting voice, voted to recall from the As
sembly the bill they passed the other day
on the subject, and wesre assured nothing
more will be done in the premises.
There is no doubt that the matter, wher
first preached, was little understood, anc
many members voted for the bill who at
forwards assured us they would not have
done SO, had they fully appreciated the Of
feet on the craft.
We congratulate our brethren of the
Press on what we conceive to be happy
termination Of this question, on their aec
siye action. Not a member has seen any
urgent demand on the part of our profes
sion, and so far as we know, it is nearly
unanimous conclusion to let the laws re
main as they are, without giving cause fol
further alarm to the printers of the State
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

POISONED FLOUR The Fond du Lac
Democratic Press relates singular case
as having occurred in the eastern part OF
the. county. Several of the residents
have been afflicted during the winter with
intense pain in the lower part Of the stom-
ach and bowels, and upon inquiring into
the cause, they found that the miller who
had been doing the custom work for the
neighborhood, in grinding the wheat, was
in the habit, as the grooves in the stones
were too deep, Of filling them up with a
preparation Of white lead, and repeating
the operation as often as required Some
of the flour that wa, anslyzed, was found
to contain considerable quantity of lead.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

History, OF WIscoNs1x.-One of the
best means of obtaining and perpetusting
the history of the State at any future pc
Rod, is by reference to the papers issued
from the press in the different counties,
But to have this valuable reference, SO nee
esssry to the future historian, the papers
should be preserved. While the Legisla
ture i. talking about newspapers and their
editors and publishers, would it not be
well for them to do one thing for the prin-
ters az well a, the State, by authorizing
the State Historical Society to subscribe
for, take and keep ore copy Of each of the
newspaper publications issued in the State?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

Eg The New London Star says that
NEAL Dow of Portland, the father of the
Maine Law ''has become ensIaved by the
terrible habit which it has been Of late the
effort of his life publicly to reform. If this
be 50, it affords another Melancholy exam
pie Of the ineficiency oflegal restraints to
preserve the purity or to correct the vic
ious practice of individual life.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

POSTMASTER AT WATERTowN.--Hon on.
PATRICK RoGAN has been appointed Post
master at WATERFOWL, in place Of Gen.
Potter, removed. Mr. RoGAS is h son OF
the Emerald Isle, one Of tie early settlers
of WATERFOWL, a thorough Democrat, and
an honest man. President BUcHAsAS
has done well.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

RAILROAD BoSDs.-Judee MILLER, Of
the U. S. Court, yhas decided that the
100000 in bonds issued by Milwaukee
in aid of the Milwaukee & Superior Rail
road Company were illegal and void, on
the ground that no act Of the Legislature
authorized the issue of the .ame.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03
Eg Tie emiUration TO Pike'e Peak

Eg Tie emigration TO Pixies Peak, il
would seem, has already commenced
The St. Joseph Gazette OF the 10Th, an,
nounces the arrival in that city of one
hundred and twenty gold seekersfrom Ohio
who were on their way to the land ofgold
en- promise. We learn that company
from Wisconsin crossed the river at Dun
lelth, en- route for Pixies Peak, last week.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03
INDIANs.-Tke Menasha ConSeryator

INDIASs.-TEe Menasha Conseruator
says:
Gas usual, at this season of the year,
our town is filled with wild, painted, fero
cious looking, but very inoffensiye Menom-
once Indians There is John Brown, John,
jim Brown, jim, little John, 10. John, big
John, Sqnabby John. and great many
other Johns. Their camp is on the point,
opposite the light house. They spend
their days catching sturgeon and musk
rats, and make the nights hideous with
their drunken rows, whooping and yelping
like mad panthers.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

III joins BANHIsTER, late Mayor of
Fond du Lac, and one of the oldest citiz-
ems, died at his reaidence in that city, on
Friday night last. Of as,hmetic consump-
ton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

WINTER WHEAT-Tbe absence Of snow
from the ground, and the late severe cold
weather, it is feared, Will do serious injury
to the wheat sown last Fall We hope,
b owever, that the fears Of the farmers will
p rove groundless.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

BURSs CELEBRArIoH-This number O
the Pilot contains full report of the pro-
ceedings Of the Burns Festival in this vii
lage on the 25th ut. The toasts, speech
Is, &c, we're reported for our paper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

~ The Washington correspondent of
the Milwaukee Neacs says that ALExASDER
T. GRAY, Of this state, has just received an
appointment to valuable clsrkship in the
Department of the Interior.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-02-03

EFT Senator THURBER and Assembly
man RASKS are prompt in sending US
d documents regularly from Madison.
, 1860-08-24
DROUGHT IN H&Na&9.
An Appeal to Illinois.
Ar~.ff HHh u

LA~tsxer, Auxaft, 9Th 1867.
Il. .. I1r1p:-Dkar br.--tn consequence Of
tbs long and reverb drou.h, throughout the
country, there has been au alnoat eniiro failure
Of the wheat crop, and failure Of iarRe part
ofthe corn md other crops. The time lor sow.
ing wheat Ia at hand, there IL but very ANAL
quantity Of wheat for seed in the country, and
: IN contequsnce ofihe failure Of crops, the far
meFs are dea:i.ute Of this ns1na to procure whe2t
for seed. The farmers have 4 large quantity Of
land IN good condition to BE- planted In :Thee:.
What can be done to enable them to procure
seed FEcat on one years time; al they want Is
tme to make crop. The business men ot Law
renee TIA willing, 10 guarantee the payment OF
~ hve or nix thou1aud bushels OF aeed wheat
you think it would b possible 70 obtain four OF
nTe thousand bushels in the State of Illinois On
tuue7 L ID Of vital importance to III here. We
must su!1er EercTely for years unless Nc can OBJ
tain the means to put in the crop.
Please write Immediately and let ms know
what you think about the possibility Of getting
any aid, in Chicago. Yours, ]. Btoon.
cH.cAao, Ausu,t ID 1sso.
The writer of the foregoing, M. James Blood,
at present Mayor Of the citJ Of Lawrence, will
be remembered AZ the Treasurer ofthe Central
Comnnsttee in Kansas during the tfouhles Of
1855 and 1857. lie il a gentleman who am
satisfied hes the entire confidence Of the people
Of Kansaa. His letter MAS aot written for pub
licatlon, but as am u1ablc to answer the en-
quiry myself. know Of no better way than to
submit it to the public In ths spring Of 1857,
the National Kansas Committee, sent seeds in
to the territories, which were distributed among
the settlerz, and sared them from = fa.uine
which would inevit4bly have followed the des-
troeslon Of the previous years. crops, by the in-
vaders from Missouri. That supply WIS pro-
rf,JHH $7Yr HjV hx $hA 4nh4<F9rfinn& 9f ffa
Enst. Illinois hos a bounteous harvest this
year, our brethren in in Kansas have none.
What ought ne to do. Yona, &c.
e B. Hr8p.
, 1860-08-24

We .es permitted 10 copy tn. following ex.
tfscts from letter addressed to Iii. John G.
Warner, Of Chicago, by Rev. II. II. Clark. for.
neEly pastor Of the African Mtthodist Epi.co-
pai church Of this city. The letter il dated .t
AonroTia, June e2d .1s6o. Ar Cla.k Is now Mfs.
slonatJ to Western Africa. The letter contains
important suggestions which we commend to
the careful attsntion Of all our colo.ed c,;s.n.
We have now been twenty two d.ys in Africa
aaer = ,rery pleasant AID agreeable passags of
thtrty line days from few York, 10 the bsrt
Aendl, Iessel chartered By Hess,a. Johnhon.
1rrpln;6 70. formally Of Nav York, but ali Of
whom bow lire IN this country. Thsy arc car
rying on pretty brisk trade between this place
sna .,a. .0s United s.sse., IL Palm oil ivory, dye
Of domestic consumption. Yesterday, June
flst, 3 small steamer, belonging to tie game
company hrrived from New York in this port
1t u to be q mail and packet steamer On hi.
coast. The Liberia Legislature has appEopr,s-
tsd TO ahs company six thousand dollars to car
~ tho mail on this coast
Ne-are pleased With the country, Whit ne
have seen Of it, and think decidedly that this is
peculiarly the biack mans countrT. Ths nstire
1ees h's lotdship in the soil aud in everything
IN Atflce- This he shows in his perfectI1 erect
*alk and undaupted look, ret be is mid and
heartily welcomes every colored man to bis
e oNn glorious home, and will. do anything for
MN, even TO earring bin On his back, either
On the land or in the water.
Wealth lies seatsered shout in unlimited
abundance, and Ill that is needed to amass il IN
pTlneely magni6cence is capital and Anglo.SAx.
q1 60 a-headism. Bntthesa t~o indfspeusabies
fear bur men from Ameriea here viii not, ex.
eept it be ia the next one or two eeuerationa.
acquire I believe, however, that the founda.
ton for both wealth aud business habits Is Rrm:
u laid in this republic. There is germ Of
mercantile business laid here which viii doubt
deepen till it shall be I'll and respected The
world round And il education lays tho basis
Of all business habits and ard go-aheadism
then that baais il laid md well laid hire
Young men here versed in Latin, Greek.
Hebrew, and the higher mathemsties, arc
Common class Of citizeus.
!, 30, ny dear friend, you may conclude that if
these things be 80 there are hopes foe Africa.