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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
More Troops ~ anted-

The President has called for 5oo,Voo
mere men for the war. The Governor OF
our st, te has issued proclamation call
inr for Eve ney regiments and a sufficient
nu.aber TO fill up those already in the field,
which We presume will require from four
10 five thousand more. The question nat
rraIlv arises how is this number to lie
raised We have no doubt there viii be
fo,nd a sufficient number ready to volua-
tecr at the call of their country to make
IN The number called fer; aad yet at this
time Just as harvest is about to commence
it may be difficult getting men as fast as
could be desired We have already init
nations that drafting may have to be re-
sorted to.
We do not believe, however. taat such
a course viii be necessary Wisconsin
has heretofore come up nobly to the work.
and furnished her full quota of men, and
We believe her brave soHs viii not now
f,alter when oar country calls for more help
to put down the unholy rebellion. lad
the war been pushed by cur commanding
generals in tue east as fast as II might or
should have been the west would have
furnished ali tire men necessary for the
emergency; ba5 the s'ow movements OF
MCCLELLAN and others, TO whom the PEG
pic have looked Tor vigorous suppression
Of tile rebellion, tend to dampen the ardor
- sf..N ,,af,,fe and E tho .3~ccasS Of raising
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

Nxw AeS-oF-W Aa c ,NPLErED.-The follow
ing new steam rnea-of-wAs have been compile
tel within the last two paths, and are re
ported resdy for sea:
The side-sheel steamer Aahratta at Ports
mouth, y. Il, ordered TO James river; gun
boat Tioga, nos on her trial trip from Bos-
toa; sla5oat Adirondack, ready for sea at
Brooklyn, n Y; ganboat Cimerone, finished
Il, Bor1eatown, New Jersy, and now being
armed at Philadelphia Pennsyl'a, side-wheei
steamer Genesee; steamer Sonora, at Ports
mouth, y H.; gunboat Junia.a, ready for sea
at Phladelphia gunboat Paul Jones, sailed
with sealed orders from Washington Navy
Yard. One Of those vessels is undergoing
trifing repairs TIE keel of another new gun
boat the Shenandoah, was laid at Philadelphia
II few days since
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

dred Mormon teams on their way to Flor
enee, on the Missouri, after emigrants for
Salt Lake We have about one hundred
mole to pass The emigration IS very
large this year. There are about one
thousand teams ahead Of US, bound for
Oregon, Washington Terrier, Salmon
River and California, a large per centage
of them For the Salmon River mines
We hear favorable news from the mines
Men are making $3.50 a day and upwards
SO it is said. | hope it IS true. Flour
is said to be worth 500 hundred there,
and other provisions in proportion. Early
in the season provisions were one dollar
q pound in the mines, but the Mormons
are sending in large quantities from Salt
Lake At Fort Laramie -four was SO
and corn IS SO
We have passed through the Pawnee
and Sioux Indian country, and are now
among tie Chaycnncs. The Indians said
to be troublesome are the Snakes, still
further on But UNCLE SAM has sent
500 cavalry ahead OF US, who have driven
the Indians back from the road so that
we apprehend no trouble 1t is said they
VIII attack nothing but small train, and
as we are near about one hundred wa
gons all the time, they will hardly disturb
US The grass on the plains is said to be
better this season than it has been for
fifteen years. We travel about twenty
miles day on the average, camping halfthe
day Sunday and Wednesday, to rest the
stock
We expect to leave the Salt Lake road
at Hams Fork, about fifty miles further
on than the old Oregon road 1t is re
ported that there is a good road all the
way to Salmon river We hear various
reports OF the war, but can get nothing
reliable. attended a Camp Meeting on
the plains two or three Sundays ago
There were two preachers, and we had
very good sermons. The congregation
was large
have been well since we left home,
though ! am very tired at night after
| NuANti9 lIGLu ten 10 H1tcSn miles IN the
hot sun / suppose there are yet nearly
two thousand teams behind us We ex-
pect to reach independence Rock about
the middle Ct Tie present week. Where
we shall spend the Fourth of July know
not would lie to spend it in Mineral
Point. hope you VIII have . glorious,
! patriotic celebration-suc a one as the
present condition of our loved country
calls for. We may lie by and have kind
Of patriotic outburst out here somewhere
! don't know where. The sun is get
| ting very hot and it is about time to hitch
up fer our afternoons drive, so | must
draw to a close II this letter should APP
pear disjointed and .jumbling you must
excuse it, for | have already given the
reason l intend to write whenever OPP
| portunity offers for sending a letter The
next place will probably be Pacific City,
on the mountains, about l56 miles from
here. Respects to all, &c, ED.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
PENSIONS AND BOUNTY.

To disabled Soldiers Seamen ard Marinss and
or other heirs Of those rho hare died bees
4 Was: e TUCKER, Attorney for Claimants. Boun-
u ty Land and Pension Agent WASHINGTON tity.
d. {. fens nor procured for Soldiers seamen and
Marines OF the presen war; who are disabled bv rea-
of wounds received or disease contracted whiIe
In service and Pensions, Bounty Money aud Arrears
of Pay obtained for widows or other heirs of tbssc
who have died or been killed while 10 serr;cs
Bounty Land procured for services in an army or
the other wars CHAS. C. TUCKER,
Washington, d. C,
and ALEX WILSON
Mineral Point
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
Henry IL ELLIOTT, 4. A A. G.
To Col. Z. Ii. Paine, 4th Wis vols
Headquarters 4th Wis. Reg t.,

I1eaQq uarteES 4th MS. Reg t.,
Baton Rouge, June 18th 1862
LIEUTENANT In obedience to an or
der Of this date from brigade headquar-
ters, informing me that my letter of the
5th inst is not sufficiently defenite, and re-
curing me TO state categOrically whether
or not / will obey general order No 46,
have to state that for the reasons given by
me in detail in that lett-r, | cannot obey
the order. l Supposed the letter would
be so understood
Your obedient servant,
IL f. PAINE, Col 4th Wis Reg
To Lieut.. IL Ii. Elliot, A A. A Gen
Headqrs ID Brig Baton Rouge,
June 18th, 1862
COLONEL In consequence of your re-
fusal to obey general order No, IS from
these headquarters, June 9th 1862, you
are hereby placed under arrest Your
limits will be the enclosure Of this garri-
SON The command of your regim ent will
devolve upon the next ranking officer for
duty. l. WILLIAMS,
Brig. Gen. Vols. Com.
To Col. E. II Paine, 4th Wis Reg. vol
A correspondent of the Boygan Times,
who sent the correspondence to that paper,
says:
The correspondence was read at the
regimental dress parade nearly III front
of the generals headquarters; the regi
ment gave three rousing cheers for Col.
Paine As soon as parade was dismissed
they gathered round the colonies quarters
and began to cheer him lie came out in
full view from the gem rails quarters and
made an earnest eloquent and stirring
speech, characteristic of the man then
three more lusty cheers and Wisconsin
tiger. Col. Curtenius of the Mich 9th, is
also under arrest | think If the general
wants that order enforced he will have TO
do it himself, for we have not an officer in
the regiment bat will follow the course of
Col Paine, if called upon to enforce that
order
! would ike to say more. but the mill
tary law prohibits it Col Paine is sus-
tanned in his conduct by his regiment, and
/ believe viii be By the State Of Wiscon-
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
The Confessions and Experience of an
Invalid

PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT and as warning
and caution to yoang who suffer from Nervous De
by Premature Decay, &c, supplying ut the
time the of Seif-Cure. BY who has cured
himself after being put to great expense through medi
cal imposition and quackery BY inclosing post pac
addressed envelope Fsay be had OF the
author, NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, Esq, Bedford, King
County, New York 1y-f3
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
To Ass SsOr3.

The following paragraph from Gov, Sal
onions proclamation calling out five new
regiments and volunteers for filing mp
the old Regiments, IS commended to the
attention of Assessors The law makes it
their duty to return, b the lst Of Septem-
Ter, list Of able bodied men between the
ages Of IS and IS years, and the governor
calls upon them for the performance Of
that duty.
1y~ / here call :he Att ention Of the sew
eral Town Assessor, in this state TO see
tons and IL Of chapter 81 Of the Reyis-
Cd Statutes, and chapter 500 ct the Laws
OF 1860, making it the duty Of assessors
to make out and return militia LIST of
all free able bodied male persons between
the ages of Is and - in their respective
towns, between the first Monday Of July
and the first Monday of September of the
present year, and providing for 8 penalty
II between $50 and 500 for neglect Of du-
". Assessors wiii be expected to perform
their duties strictly under these proyis-
ions Of law
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
Letter from the Plains.

The anxiety of many to hear how the
emigrants to the SALMON River Mines are
progressing, induces US to publish the
following letter, from the Junior of the
TRIBUNE, though it was not written for
publication, and relates mostly to the
progress Of his own company.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
Nom NNrl InIr

new l2rh, July ~
The En- press SAYS that dry goods importers
decline to rake sales except in small lots,
and credits are to end until prices of exchange
will slow them to know what they are worth
Exchange is quoted ct 1885,.
ADDITIONAL BY THE Cry OF NEW YORK.
Lord Palmerston, in the British Parliament,
reiterated his declaration against the feast
bility of meditation at present. He'eontends
that what Is waite, il order that the war
NAV come to an emo i that each party be
brought TO apprehend its real interest When
that IS seen nothing viii prevent the conciu-
sion of peace.
The Paris correspondent of the Times SAYS
disaffe ction with Mexican policy is openly
expressed, and letters from Mexico convey
the same feeling.
Lorrence's official report of the Gaudalolsoe
affair, admits his defeat owing to illusions
and false information.
Washl ston, July IL.
Accounts brought by the Presidential party
from the headquarters of the army of the
Potomac give cheering view Of the position
of things in that vicinity.
1t is represented that the entire losses on
our part in the several battles will not ex-
coed, in killed, wounded and missing, IL 600
men. Stragglers are continually coming in.
The loss of the enemy is no doubt exceed
ingly large.
1t is understood that previous to the late
battles before Richmond, Gen. Mcclellan ar
ranged with the rebel authorities for a gen
eral exchange of prisoners, and that General
Dix has been instructed to communicate the
same under flag of truce
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

TuArs ss.-Tae Baltimore l'as'i'aA of a
recent date says:
This rebellion is not t. 3e put down by any
kina II :, conservative. oratary or "resoiu-
ton making That Nss tried thoroughly st
first, and with tie .sCrittenden compromise
resolutions re asrocious foolery of that
reriad EVEN now makes one feel indignant, as
We think If the part taken by suck men as
Mason, Benjamin DAVIS and others, in ma
nos.iverinS merely % gam time, and with no
purpose Saatavsc &c accepting amy terms st
all HhIch should stop them short Of an appeal
u arms. They sought the latter. Insisted up
on il; Let them get sHFleiency Of what they
are after, aud let the asJion flown down sll
attempts to make see7ns for them until they
are thoroughly wAip9e Ia tssr richly De-
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

Gg@ The array correspondent Of the
Philadelphia Press says that Gen. S5churz
Is immensely popular with the army, and
Is indefatigable in attending to the we'll
being of those under his command
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
%ElzR MANHOOD;
aAAazs-W How Lost How Restored

,Ttfst IIftIlsIeI q St1seI 1-tsevIe+ 4 TIE Ct5
A Iecture ON The Nature, Treatment and n ad-
c,l c,,re of Spernaforrhoea Seminal Weakness In
Voluntary Emissions Sexual Debility and Irnpediments
10 Marriage generally Nervousness. Consumption Epil
esv and Fits Mental and Physical IDcapacity result
ing from Self Abuse, &c--By ROBERT J. CULVER
WELL, 81. D., Author Of the Green Book. De
The world renowned author in his admirable lecture
clearly proves from his experience that the awful
consequences of selfahuse may be efectuay removed
without medicine and without dangerous Surgical OPP
eraons, bouges instruments, rings cordias point
ing out mode of at certain efrectua
which every sufferer matter what Ills condition
be, may cure himself cheaply privately and radically
This lecture Will prove boon TO thousands and thou
sands.
Sent under seal, in plain envelope to any address
- the receipt of six cents postage stamps. by
addressing DR. CUAS j. c. KLINE
1877 BoweIy Few York Post ONCE Box, 1880.
f2sl
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
AR r sE ID.

On Thursday, judy 1oth 1862, by Rev. }. Knibbs,
Mr.. JosEHH J. Y. RUS, of Linden, TO Miss GRACE
Fault OF Dodgeyiie.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
S175 to $500.
GR0vESTEEN & HALE,
WAR CLAIM AGENCY.

THE UNDERSIGNED procures Arrearages, Bounty,
Pensions &C. for Soldiers and their Heirs; the STATE
BOUNTY TO FAMILIES; attends to the settlement and
collection Of MILITARY ACCOUNTS AGAINST TIE SrArE
and the United States, and any BUSINESS WITH FWs
STATE DEPARTMENTS ~ Send for Circulars.
Address with return stamps,
fl4tf. i. b. gunner, Madison.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16
eaeut advertisements.

list OF LET-TEIE<.
ID EMAINING uncalled for in the Mineral Point Post
sO Office July 10Th, 1862.
Allen, Geo. Lynch, Timothy
Bauer, Peter Monnahan. Eliza Jane
Burns, VIM. II Marshall, William
Bastian Mrs. Jane Norman, John
Bennett, John w. Nichi, SON. John
Blau, Christian North Rev. T. l.
Barry, Edward Nowlng, Rev.
Chinn William Pruches, Joshua
Cleary Pat POTTS. Thos. d.
Campbell, G. W. Rollins, Ashford
Carsen, Joseph Rudersdorf, Mr..
Davis. Daniel Starke, Ii
Hollis, Mrs. Maria Stephens, Samuel
Hubanks Elenar Van Meter, Yrs Jos. H.
Huxtable, Richard Willard, l.. D.
Jones, Nelly Walker, Mr.-=s1rvey.
johnson, Richard Waterman, J. w.
James, Eles Wilson, Spencer
Lewis, Thomas Wells Rev. w.
Persons calling for the above letters viii please say
" Advertised
JOHN H0LLINGSHEAD, p. NJ
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16


rsHHE present number commences new Volume, the
Tenth, of the Atlantic Monthly" Arrangements
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The author Of s'My Garden in the Nav Number ba
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FROM CAIRO AND BELOW.
Cairc. July u.

Cairo, July Il
Comm odore Farragut, by order of Gen
erai Butler, confiscated three thousand
slaves who are employed on the Nicksburg
canal
We have no explanation of the cannon
aiding ut New Madrid
SIX fort Donelson prisoners, who esca-
ped from Camp Butter, were arrested at
Paducai and sent here yesterday. They
will be returned to Springfield.
The Claims Court have allowed $50
claims amounting in the aggregate to
$4,000 Large claims are under consid
Grafton yet. Congratulate the country on
the ability and integrity Of the Commits
sion. All claims are examined with ex-
treme care.
Memphis, July 9, via Cairo II.
Business continues to revive. Merchants
from Northern cities with new stocks of goods
are opening stores, and the people OF the city
are patronizing them more freely than here
toe or.
Nearly 5000 letters were sent North from
the Post Office on Monday Mails are sent
North daily, but are received irregularly,
owing to the delay at the Cairo Postoffice
Several citizens sympsthyzing with the re-
bellon, were yesterday arrested, and passed
South.
yicksburg, July I, gia Cairo July II
The bombardnent Of the city still continues
from mortars above and below the city.
The rebels have recently made attempts to
strengthen their earthworks on the bluff, but
have been driven away by shell from our
MOI tars. Most of the houses in tue city are
ridded
Small squads of rebels occasionally appear
| on the upper batteries in front of the city,
but have fled as soon as guns from our feet
open on their works.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

nRIED FRUITS Dried Fruit and
II can fruitat wHEELER'S.
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W LILA i IlEN
Alto RN z AT La
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN
Has .. complete Abstract of Title 10 all Real
in Iowa County, kept up to date by posting en-
the Public Records: he 80 pro at entic 20 al
business pertaining to Real stSs and at
tend to soldiers Claims for Pensions Bounty Lands
back pay, SC, make Collections and
BUY AND SELL SIGHT DKAFTG
OF ali principal cities of the United States cad Bu
rope Deposites received and accounts kept
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

The Subscriber woui.. respectfully inform those in hhs
debt that his accounts lust be settled without delay.
For the next month he viii be in this City saturda.
each week, prepared settle with those 10
terested-
Necessity compels collect in my dues, rs have
building do in place OF that just burned down, WHICH
win require all my
Unless this notice is attended to- shall be compelled
place my accounts in the hands OF officer for I'M
mediate collection JOSEPH AUENSTER.
Mineral Point. March 10, 1852.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-07-16

THAr's s5.-Tae Baltimore -iaa'i-aa of a
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-04

Gen. Rosseau has a novel mode Of
protecting his railroad trains down in Al.
ALBANIA. A general order from him SAYS
Almost every day murders are com.
mitted by lawless bands of robbers and
murderers firing into railroad trains. To
prevent this, or to let the guilty suffer
with the innocent, it is ordered that the
preachers and leading men of the churches
mot exceeding twelve in number) in and
about Huntsville, who have been active
secessionists, be arrested and kept in GUS
tody, and that one of them be detailed
each day and placed on board the train
on the road running by way of Athens,
and taken to Elk river and back, and that
a like detail be made and taken to Steven.
son and back. Each detail shall be in
charge of a trusty soldier, who shall be
armed, and not allow him to communicate
with any person"
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-04

DDATH OF GEN. KEARNY.-Ths body of
Maj Gen. Kearney was brouget to Wash
ington Tuesday evening, under cavalry ses-
cort, accompanied by members of his staff
A report was current that no wound had
been discovered, and that he died from heart
disease but on examination of the body by
had entered the lower part of his back and
traversed his body lengthwise, lodging near the
surface in heupper part of bis breast Gen.
Kearnoy is mourned in the army as an idol
lied hero. He was shot whileeadlng regl-
iment into the fight.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-04
TOWN QUOTAS.

We give below the quotas of the several
towns in this, Addison, Bennington, Wind
ham and Windsor Counties, of the three hun
dred thousand nine months men called for
by the Presidents order Of Aug. 4th, together
with the number of men which were required
on the first day OF this month to be furnished
to fill up such quotas. The publication OF
this has been crowded out of our last two
daily issues,
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1862-09-04
JUSTICES ELECTED.

wALLINaFoRD-J W Answorth, Hosea Eddy
Harvey Shaw, Nm Flint, Joseph Doty, William NJ
Con gdon, Levi FL Stewart,
BENsoN-Johu Carter j J Howard, 7 W Walker,
d King, David Crofoot, John Balls, Amasa
Briggs.
PIrrsFoRD-Isaac C Wheaton, j A Randall. Jer-
emiah Powers, Lathrop, Matthew Lorwth, j
Leonard, Dan p Peabody.
IRA-Bradley FIJI b, Joseph Tower, F w Wilkinson,
Carlton Giddings, jeremiah Thornton.
WEST HAvEN-R Abel, Nathaniel Fish, r
Field, Ed ward Adams I'd, Samuel Adams.
DANBY-G Locke, BuIk kiln, Chas ii Cong
dom Levi Barrett, Azariah Hillyard, John Pa iris
Heman Barnes.
TINNouTH-J II Rowel, Geo Capren, Cyrus
Champion, Ievi Rice Jr, Cook.
MENpoN-Ezra Edison, Frederick Csdy, John
x johnson, A c Eggeston VIM Green.
WELSH G Neal Joseph Joslir James Winch
ell, Merritt CLARK, Nelson Ransom Ira Clark,
Harlow Hosford, ii Fifeld. j Beaman, james
Dewey