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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
Talleyrand and Arnold,

There was a day when Tallcvrand ar
rived in Havre on foot from Paris Ii
was the darkest hour of the Revolution
Pursued by the blood hounds Of the reign
Of terror, Talleyrand secured passage
to America in a ship about to sail He
was a begrar and wanGerer to a strange
land, to earn his daily bread By daily la-
Dor
is there any American staying at your
house," he asked the landlord of the ho-
tel Il am bound to cross the water, and
would Ike a letter to person Of influence
in the New World
The Ilndlord hesitated a moment and
then replied
There Is a gentleman up stairs either
from America or Britain but from which
| cannot tell
lie pointed the way, and Talleyrand
who in his life was bishop, prince and
ministcr, ascended the stairs. \ misera-
bic supplicant, he stood before the stran-
gers door, Knocked and entered,
In the far corner Of dimly lighted
room. sat a man of fifty years of age his
arms folded and his head bowed upon his
breast From Il window directly opposite
"A flood Of light poured upon his forehead
His ewes looked from beneath the down
with Il peculiar and searching expression
His furm, vigorous even with the SHOWS of
fifty winters was clad in dark but rich
and distinguished costume
Talleyrand advanced. stated that he was
a fugitive and wish the impression that
the gentleman before him was an Ameri-
can. he solicited his Kind feeling and Off
COS
lie poured forth his history in eloquent
French and broken English
am a wandercr and an exile. | am
forced to fly to the New World without
friend or home You are an American
Give nae, then, | bcsecch YOU, a letter of
yours 50 that / may ye able to earn my
/ bread. | am willing to toll IN any man
ner; life Of labor would be a paradise q
career of luxury in France You viii
rive me n letter to one Of your friends
/ \ gentleman like YOU doubtless has many
/ friends
/ This strange gentleman arose. With q
4 loo}, that Talleyrand never forgot he re.
/ treated toward the door Of the next cham
/ her, his eyes looking still from beneath
/ his darkened brow. lie spoke as he re
/ treated Backward his voice was full o.
meaning:
am the only man il. the New Worll
who can raise his hand to God and say,
have not a iriend-not one IN America.
Talleyrand never forgot the overwAelm
/ in@ sadness Of the look that accompanied
/ these words.
Who are yod?" he cried, as the
strange man retreated to the next room
/ e our name
My name" he replied with smile
that had more of mockery than JOY in It's
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

An Ok WITH A WOODEN LEG.-A Penn
sylvania farmer had the following msfor-
tune happen to al OK: The OK was era
zing near where the farmer was at work
making fence and accidentally stepping
into post hole, broke his lee. As the OK
was too lean to kill. the farmer consulted
a physician who lived close by and the
result was 1t was determined to cut off it,
leg \ wooden leo was substituted in
proper time and when the OK was finally
killed it presented the finest beef in the
Philadelphia market Geceland Leader
When an editor undertakes to tell a lie
why don't he do it up brown We
know case that beats the Pennsylvania
OK all hollow \ gentleman Of our ac-
quaintance named p Ike, in Auburn
township, had Durham COW, that gave
birth. all ut one time, to a two wear old
heier. that had no legs at all Mr. I ke
took a five quarter au@er and bored holes
where the lcgs ought to be, and then drove
in the legs of the United Brethren mourn
er's bench lie then applied DR. Stafford ;
Celebrated Indian Hair Tonic to the legs
which haired them over in one night, and
brought out the hoofs beautifully. The
animal has since trotted her mile in ,. Is
and took the first premium at the last Hi
nois State Fair During the month of .Ju-
" she sucked six calves and gave ten gal
Ions of milk every day. She i to be pre-
scented to the Secretary Of War. Simon
Cameron, who will know how to use her.
Crauford co Forum
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
NUMBER 46.
Mason and SIdell

Occasional Of the Philadelphia Press.
thus refers Ia two notorious characters i'm
the South | haze Frequently referred
- Mason Y more arrogant offensive.
dlctatorial demag agorue never lived As as
tentatioys and Is stately aS Domhcv. he
may neaeri....eSs be called the Pumble-
chook Of thSSecess.oa conspiracy Vain
OF his mcdipcritv. which he mistakes for
statcsmans zip, he cannot see that he is
laughed ut nv his associates and despised
by every de -ent man His arrogance
would be InSuherahle. if it were not ride
u!ous, and all the fonlncss for aristocrat-
lc examples and opinions. which other
men would rather conceal, he takes pleas
ure in displaying on every OCCASION
W hat, then, induced the So-calIcl Pres;
dept Davis To send this wretched auack to
Engiand2 The answer Is because he il
the slave Of slavery the worshipcr Of
England, and the remorscless enemy of
everything like rational liberty. If he
dIS%uStS our English enemies by his con
celt and bluster, they will receive him with
open arms on account of his undyine ha-
tired OF all republican doctrines
! John Shdell Is 4 man of another tenn
permanent His first quality is a doggel
obstinacy in pursuing whatever he under
takes, without hesitation. to the bitter end
by birth a Northern man, he has for a lonr
! time been Fastening on the Southern re
I beilion. His ambition is unbounIcd. and
among his dreams for more than twenty
Years has been the idea that he might one
/ day be the head OF great pro-slavcry
( government H. abilities are of a hirh-
er order than Masons. Not much of =
I speaker, his strength lies in tho skill with
( which he diGcsts.eand the resolution with
which he presses forward his plans. Mar
ricd to a French lady, he talks French like
a native. Ills taste, are refined. and his
habits 81 life luxurious and expcnsivc-
Like Mason he has 4 decp-seated horror
. Of the c0HnIie and "mudsi,s of society.
lie IS = Travelled Is well as an ucated
man. and when he reaches, IL he ever does
reach. Paris. he VIII at once throw him
self into 81 sea of intri-ucs and toll with
unceasing vigilance to carry out the in
s5ruction~ of Davis has been his study
for years to establish intimate relations
with ioreiEn ministers 1T Washington. and
he Will use the advantage thus acquired
with considerable effect
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
Submerged Naval Battery.

The submerged naval battery. which
Edwin stevens is building at Borden
town, \. j. which is the famous Hobo
ken battery on u small scale, is nearly
ready to launch The length of the hull.
over all, Is 100 feet breadth o. beam 20
feet inches; depth Of hold feet The
whole structure, except the deck, Is strong
ly built of iron 1t Is possible the deck
will be plated with IRON which will render
the whole shell-proof There are lour
water tight compartments in the hull with
spaces for the accommodation of limited
number of gunners and men to manage
the vessel There are two engines of
great power securely placed beyond the
reach of shot and she'll The magazine
is in the same position There is one gun
near the bows, rifed cannon, capable of
throwing to a great distance 6S-pound
she'll Two full I2-pounders, enc on each
side Of the deck. occupying places near
the stern The steersman engineers,
fremen and gunners are nearly all out of
sight Only one man at time is neccs-
sary on deck, he to : ght the great gun
lie Is protected behind the cast-iron hous-
ing in the rear. while all along the sides
massive timber projection serves the
purpose OF double parapet against rife
balls and guard to prevent the rolling of
the vessel IN the water. The large guu Is
loaded from the hold, by the lowering of
the muzzle for the purpose, when it is in
stantly elevated and sighted for action
The striking popularity Of this battery is
this 1t Is all sunk nearly under water
The only thing perceptible of it at Il short
distance Is the low chimney rising out and
smoking from the waves The entire
hull, with the propeller, armament, and a
body Of forty practiced gunners, are sunk
/ down to a level with thesea The process
of sinking the battery can be accomplished
in one minute The whole structure can
! be brought up again to a surface position
/ in three minutes 1t can thus be sunk
and raised al pleasure, and made to serve
q double purpose in resistance and attack.
+ The principal point OF assault is the bows.
/ which are made of immense strength
! The ventilation and light are all that are
/ necessary for the comfort and convenience
+ of the combatants. The propeller, being
worked By two powerful engines, forces
the vessel along ~ ii rapid rate, 50 that it
can charge a line on shore, OF ships at
sea, retreat, advance, and change positions
1t the greatest possible advantage without
being in the least danger from the orli
nary weapons Of an enemy
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
Ghoi E pOetrp.
DIME UNION-IZED.

I'm glad live in land or freedom,
Where "e have no slaves nor do We need EN-, land
Look away. look away. look away 10 freedom ;
Bot every heart bea's for the Union rland.
Loo away, look ava, look away to freedoms
CHORUS:
. I'm glad I'm for The Union, huzza huzza!
On freedoms ground Pil e'er be found
To hght and die for the Union.
Huzza, huZza huzza, huzza for the Union,
huzza, hazza, hnzza, huzal Tor the Union
There's Bunker Hin and Lexington,
Where blood was shed and victory won band.
Look away, look away, look away 20 that : part tan
There's Benniuc and Saratoga,
Where old Burgosn proved fozy T and.
Look away, look away look away 10 That patriot
CHoAUs-O; I'm glad, &c.
There's Trenton Princeton ana Monmouth. too.
Where Wash ngton, with tire Jersey Blue
Look away. look away, iooA away TO Wasi ington
lnereS PUTNAM Green and Adams. : o.
And only one Arnold among the crew [band
Look away, look away, look away 10 the patriot
CHoRUs-O I'm glad, &c.
There's Chippewa and old Bridgewater.
Where Gene al Scott did give them slaughter
Loo- away look away, look a'.ay to iundy' Lane
Our noble Scott bled for the Unipu,
And ia s'xty-one is against disunion CLane
Look away, look away to { hero OF Lundy :
CHORUS:
o I'm glad he's for the Union huzza, huzza
Brave General Scott, he talters not,
But Is TN for the Union
Huza, huzzl, huzza, huzza for the Union
Huza, huzza, huzza, huzza for the Union!
And then again in thirty-two
Old Hickory frm and true /;
Look away, look away look away to John Calhoun
Twas he VII" hTs proclaimed disun'ou
But General jackson saved the Union NOW
Loos away, look away. look away to Charlesto n
CHORUS:
o I'm glad he's for She Union, huzza, huzza
Brave Anderson, with seventy men,
DID notly fight IA Sumter;
Huzzt, huzza, huzzl huzza for SUMTER
HUzza, hUzza, FOR tie hero Of Fort Sumter!
And lastly now in sixty-one,
We see q second Lexington
Look away. look away, look away to Baltimore.
The old Bay stale doth never faIter,
Bat pours the fist blood on the altar;
LouA away, look away, look away TO Baltimore.
CHORUS
o. I'm glad I'm for the Union. huzza. huZza
en- freedoms ground II r'er he found
To sing and pray for tine Union
Huzza, huzza, huzza, huzza for the Uuioul
Huzza, huzzt pray God 20 save the Union,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

ToUcHNG INcDENr-The health of tho
troops at Paducah IS generally good, yet
daily almost some poor fellow for the past
week or two has met here that saddest of
all fates, a death among strangers Hap
peniug to be down when the boat arrived
this evening, | saw one Of thos, 5acurren-
ces that proclaim war a stern reality,
freiehted, in onc way or the other, with
desolation for many home. \ rough
box containing the body Of an Illinois sol
dier, was borne slowly from the wharf to
the boat, and set on the deck \ Young
boy, some fifteen years old, came down
the steps of the boat with a valise and in
quired Of the escort the camp Of his broth
er when he discovered his name on tho
coffin lid. The boy had come from his
home in the northern part Of the state,
bringing gifts for the soldier brother
Letting the valiSe lall-its contents Of
precious memorial scattered over the deck,
while the bow threw nimSelf upon the
coarse box and refused to be moved du-
ring the long downward trip to Cairo
Missouri RepU5iieail
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
Oarieties,

Io"u : a." ; seeu whose blossom Is
sarva' = ,yirho,,f = cbsrac|er ~ ''A's 'iis
- ~ u''u "io taxes oHehce generally
Tber.. a,e -. - NIL u.f.,i.,.,
consist. II LI,lip., mn u,nto
security a1.ai,.st MI n '',e
- - ,'-s ...e - '-i'' ,.iei. i,'o9' Htq uent
=! f''5 ."' N''''e = anu "''''e' tue deuce
Let friendship creep gently to a height !;
II " rush 10 Il, 1t may soon run itself out ot
breath.
~ recruit in Chicago measures six feet
ten ehes. IN his stockings. He enlIsis Is a
nigh private.
+ ~ Eating ones meat with silver fork +,
"hIie ihe butchers bi.l has not been paid >
called GenteeI
- Picture If despalr-a poor pig with Lis
nos, through a garden fence, almost tUuchIug
caoba5e stalk
- IN the 9Th century the eoithet miss. g"
applied to females, was considered a term Of
+ reTroach
- The pursuit Of pleasure is Improbable
business The more YOU catch it, the more
+ il escapes from you.
- If We lack the saracit,- IN discriminate. ..
nicely between our acQuaiutauces and our
friends, misfortune Will icadIly do It Tor Us.
"'y 'o'o'iI lHiHo'I''e "i n"h'f' 4
'''''' '''' >
- The road ambition travels is too narrow
FIR friendship. TOO crooked f'r love. too rug
Eed Tor honesty and too dark tor SCIENCE.
IT Gentlemen who smoke alle@e that 1t
makes them calm and complaccut They
tell Us that the more they fuine the less they
fret
~ There are as good horses drawing IN
carts as IN coaches aud as good men are en-
gagged IA humble empioyneuts as IA The
highest
= The Great Eastern Is to be repaired, and
VIII resume service between Liverpool and
New oIk.
a hypocrite may spin so flir a thread As
to deco.ye his own eye. He may admire the
cobWeb. and not know himself TO be the
spider.
- The sublime mystery of Providence
goes "a il silence. and gives no explanarIon
ct iiseit-- no answer to our impatient ques-
'i'N'us.
IT by are the rebel leaders like ,urkies
Because when their uecks are stretched
there viii be throughout the country gen
eral than k~giving
TT Many persrn are purlhet and exalted
by sickness. IS # the hand ui disease had
neen stretched out over them only 10 make
tiie sIgu "i The cr"ss upon their souls
- A good question for debating society !;
9 inch Is the most delightful operation. 10
vo,,,.,,' ~, = fan -,,-i., -
~ an ,',,'''9I man II me noo'esI "ofS OF
eH'"u>'ts"cdIly eAc!a4tned
"'t Isl ana ihen. an r pause
~ 'i-e LORD h'lsn had a JOB ior
''' '''rs e'''S
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

The BURNING WELL.-Some Rochester
gentlemen furnish the Democrat with a
report of the burning oil well in Nenango
county, Pa, as follows:
While in the oil region. our townsmen
had an opportunity to witness the terrible
vet magnificent effects produced by the
ignition of the c~.de gases which escape
from a newly opened shaft. The men
who were boring suddenly struck oil at a
depth of about four hun red feet and be-
fore they could withdraw the drill or ex
tinguish the fires under the boiler of a
steam engine used to work the boring APP
paratus, an immense jet of oil and gas
mingled, sprang into the air. The gas
was forced in a lateral direction far
enough To communicate with the furnace,
and an explosion Of terrific vchemence
took place \ perfect sheet of fame for
a moment overspread the earth for some
distance around, and then the ascending
column of oil took fire. The spectacle
was inconceivably grand and imposing,
particularly after nightfall The force OF
the jet was such as to send the oil to a
height of one hundred and fifty feet 1t
was literally fountain of fire.
The explosion occurred nj 5 0 clock
Wednesday morning and when the Roch-
ester party left the well was still on fire,
Measures were being adopted to suppress
the flames Four men We're severely
burned by the accident; one Of them 50
badly, that he is not expected to live.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

b. strange case has attracted con
siderable notice III England recently, in
which the principals are a grand daughter
of the late Lady and Sir f. Burdctt and
a nephew Of Nj. Guinness, the Dublin
banker and brewer The lady on her
marriage became entitled to a splendid
fortune-el4.OJ0 vcar-in which the
husband had IL life interest. and in the
event OF there being no children. the in
come would fail absolutely to him. suppo-
sing that he survived his wife This was
the position of affairs at the birth OF MIR
and Mrs. Hills first child, a boy. and that
gentleman now stands accused Of having
had the infant registered under Il false
name, and informing his wife that it was
dead, when, In point Of fact he had han
ded 1t over to a London begoar to be used
rs an instrument OF extOrting charity
from the miscellaneous public. The cou-
pie do not appear to have lived very hap
PLY together, and Mr Hill sought refuge
IN brussels. Owing to the investigation
OF a detective, this child the heir to
prlncely income, was traced AMI restored
to its mother. Hearing Of this circum-
stance Hill left his quarters in the Beigi-
an metropolis and proceeded in disguise
to England, where hc was immediately
.'Iio0te'-' anu preliminary ma2iSJeFidI
investigation has taken place at Rugby
which has been adjourned for a week.
1t Is long time since the world Of scan
dal have had such d bonnie bouch on which
to feed, for IN this case are all the ele-
mcnts OF the romantic-birth. fortune,
youth. wealth and beautv-evervthing, in
short that can fix the attention of an in
quisitive world Mr. Hills position in a
lc-al sense, is very perilous unless his
injured wife can be induced To show him
Iuercv.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

SPUNEY HoRSE-At the commence
ment of the battle Of Manassas, Lieut.
ilasbrouck, OF the West Point Battery
was riding little sorrel horse In a shore
time he was shot three times and from
loss Of blood became too weak for further
service He was stripped of bride and
saddle. and turned loose as his owner
supposed. to die In the neat Of the con
test nothing more was thought Of the lit
tie sorrel, nor was he seen again until the
remnant OF the battery was far towards
Washington on the retreat Il paused at
Centreyiile, and while resting there Lieut.
Hasbrouck was delighted to be Joined by
his faithful horse, which by a strong IN
st net had obeyed the buele call to re
treat; and had found his true position with
the battery. which Is more than most of
the human mass engaged ON the field can
boast of doing He arrived safely in
Washington; Is now recovered OF his
wounds and ready for another fight
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12
How the White Bear goes a Sealing

The white bear. rs is wei known. sub
slsts principally on seals, and he kills
many OF them on these sheets of fast"
Ice; but how ne manages To ret within
arm : length of them there Is bevond what
can 'mprchenl When the seals are
floating ahou1 on loose drift lee bruins
little game j. obvious enough lie first
finds his seal by eyes or nose, in the use
ot both o! which organs L. nluriHattts is
unsurpassed By any wild animal whose
acquaintance ! have ever made and then,
slipping into the water half a mile or -
to ieewarl Of his prev, he swim, silently
and slowly towards him, keeping very lit
tic of his head above water Onapproch-
ing the Ice ou which the seal i, Iyinn the
bear slips along unseen under the edge of
1t, until he Is close upon the hapless seal
when one jump up ami one blow Of his
Tremendous paw generally settle the busi-
ness. The seal cannot 90 fast enough to
escape by crossing to the other side Of tho
iceberg: II he jumps down when the bear
Is close to him he d 5 the best he can for
Als life, for, IL BE does not Jump actually
into the arms Of his foe and @cts into the
water he Is very likely to escape, the bear
having no chance whatever when the seal
IS once fairly a!ioat 1t cannot be very
easy, even for an animal Of such prodis-
ious strength as the polar bear. to keep
hold of a six hunired weight seal durin.,
the first coatortions Of the latter anI a
furious struggle mast often take place
inat the seals often escape from the grasp
Of the bear is certain, Tor we ourselves
shot at least half a dozen large seals which
were deeply -aahed and scored bv tho
claws Of bears 1t is evidently fear Of
,be bear which makes the seals 50 uneasy
and restless when they are on the lee, as
very many Of these seals in all probabili-
ty never saw a man OF boat in all their
liycs.-LamoHfs Is Poin' Voyage.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

BSg@ Barnum has been sold \ few
days since, a countryman appeared at 5hc
Museum, and upon admission to the I.an-
aver, declared he had a great natural Gu
riositv, no less than cherry colored
cat Barnum has seen cats many. but
never a cherry colored one, and speedily
paid 50 for the curiosity. which was 10
be delivered the next day At the ap-
pointed time came the countrvman and a
bag, out Of whica he produced a cat OF
the color Of a Jiock cherry! Barnum
was sold, and relates the joke with great
gUstp.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

THESTBENGTH OF MANASSAs-To attack
the Confederate forces mt Manassas with
a vast army Of even the best troops in the
world, would be a mighty undertaking.
The Richmond papers boast, that, In that
stronghold, 4 hundred men can success
fully resist and repel thousand Per-
haps they could If the attack were as rash
and preciptate as some of our Eastern
civilians evidently think that it ought to
be. The greatest Southern Generals and
civil engineers selected Manassas as the
strongest position by nature in Virginia.
and such it undoubtedly was For six
months they have. with all possible reSour-
ces at their command, been aiding to its
natural strength by all the modes Of for
tihcation known to military science
From the two thousand heavy cannon.
many of them Of monstrous size. seized
by the Contcderates in the GoSport Navy
4 Yard, and from the many hundreds of
columbiads and guns Of an calihreS man
ufactured at the Tredegar Works in Rich
mond they have received Just rs many
and just such pieces Of artillery as thev
could plant TO advantage. If thev wanted
fifteen hundred pieces Of heavy ti.lerv
u be placed in hundred batteries. they
have had them. and placed them according
70 their pleasure. At several points OF
necessary approach 10 their main posi-
tionS they have placed mines of gunpow-
der To be sprung ut any moment. and car
ry horrible slaughter among their assail-
ants. These are facts, and. although
thoughtless editors. writing 10 create a
sensation. may ignore them, the command.
e-s of our armies viii scarcely DO 50.
We have confidence. strong confidence
that in spite Of all obSr3cle les however r,a
mendouS they may be- Gen Mcclellan will
accomplish the great purpose for which
he stands at the head of the mi-htiest ar
my in the world. but he must accomplish
it, if q. all. in his own time and wav
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

OPEN VS. COVERED DRAINS.-Mr. Me
chitus explains ;he reason why covered
drains are 50 much more effectual than
open ones: '' \ deep open ditch viii not
drain adjoining soil. because when the
sides are dry the water rises up towards
the surface by capillary attraction and
thus heads back the water behind it. Put
pipes in the bottom of this ditch, fill il
up and it will then drain the adjoining
soil
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-11-12

Albany, Nov 4-Thur,ow Weed and
Archbishop Hughes are about starting for
Europe, probably by the steamer africG
on Wednesday, to endeavor to counteract
the operations of the Southern Commits
sioners, and to prevent the recognition OF
the Southern Confederacy by France and
England. 1t is understood that Gen Scott
goes out in the same steamer.