Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1861-10-15
Oarletles.

- The number Of troops now re-
manning in the State of New York, at
. ne various eucampments, is nearly sev-
euIeen thousand.
E@5 Newspapers are again reviving
the story that Ben McCuli1ch was killed
At the battle of Springfield.
f1 Another comet has been bv
London Astronomers. Il appears fast
approaching the earth, and will shortly
be percepuble 10 the naked eye.
- Professor LaMounta;n, Of Troy,
has been ordered 10 report. with MS
balloon, 70 Gen. Mcclellan al Wash
iuglou. Il IS thought TIA, ne Will lie
attached TO Tie Commanding Generals
staff.
~. Take notice that whenever sou
fad suob or lluukey, male or female,
you fiud Il SecessIOnIs.. There seems
70 BE sort Of elective affinity that
draws The species towards the thing
One encounters, d; times. specimens Of
the kind IN society -braIn,ess creatures,
who being unable 10 .eel what there is
noble agt d.Eulfi d in sharing The Ideu-
Ily Of n great nation, drIvel out their
frg;ie aaI !li0.ic saecrS, and Jhin1 Ii,
fine, aris.ocrauc ID be 4 secps>Iouist.
These miserable t1adies are Infinite
ly more offensive than Out aud oul trait
OrS Il sometimes becomes a duly 10
-qu-Ieh an insect Of this kind do 1t,
lhJugh lhe operation disgusls You.
Fl Ridiug cannon Is being carried
On a Pusburg upon an improved plan,
at the rapid rate Of eight guns per day.
There ere six or sereu establishments
uabluc. riGug and finishing up IRON
aad aFeel cannon Il Piu>burg. RlIsd
twelve inch guns, throwing an elou-
gated saJ- u nearly four hundred
pounds are cast Iu that ciJy. Forty
tw5 pound ColamJlads Of The old pat
yefu are being rIG-d. These are 10 g..
followed up Uy HE Tilinr Of guns of
even larger caibre. The fogly-two
pound lal ia r1-d elongated proiec-
a.es would give place to q She'll Of
about tie same weight, or sO.Id shot
much heavier.
I- What's in a name 3" \
good deal, especially if i bad enc.
lugeue sue, Ill Ills JIys'clIcS of ParlS.
happened 10 choose a very e>pectab!e
street as the sceue of some of the worst
ANA mos, revolving Of all the crimes
which abound III ghat book The effect
was prolgious. Rents fell some of
The basl fauiiles moved 10 other streets.
ard great was the grief Of all the
huJltues thar, for 10 fault of their own,
lhe!r neighturhood was regarded as
I.tie better than infamous. A. last.
however, il Of urred 10 some clever fell
loss 70 have The name Of Jhe street al
tered. Il was done. and, pr SO, all
was right agaIu The novelist was
conquered, aaI tie good peoTie were
as respectable and jolly as ever.
30 One Of The soldiers ia the Yer
mont regiment 10 which private Scott. +
!Ec soldier sentenced 10 be shot for
sleeping up3n his post, belonged, re-
.ates au incident which shows III
slroug ilgLt tie kind-hear,yd character
g. uur President. ; .lu was 10 be shot
early ii the tu0rainL. o. tie after
noon before. ii was decided 10 pardon
AlHi. ut The place Of his contlnemen,
vas ~ q seven miles from Nashlag-
ION, PRESIDENT Lincoln telegraph q .
" ,Ae oiileeF IN charged OF the eketu-
,lon. tui getting no reply, AMI fearing
ilat ms message might nave n!scaF-
rIed, lie went himself after dark TO the .
encathp hphei'' % make sure lha' al was
llsh''
f5g- \ lady of York. ENGLAND. who
has received he cornon9n Of The
Railway Queen. is IN he hatit Of Civ
Iug Gut parties 10 lhe inhabitants Of
liza, c.,r aui lis uejrhborhood. Ga
one # lie occasions. Wishing 10 snow