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Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-08-28


If you declare that the Union shall be restored and
the armies of the South be broken down. unite with
at the balOtbox in putting down this Abolition rebel
lion at the North. Those who feel it is your duty to
fght enlist, go yourself; don't buy up substitutes
You who don't choose to fight, should unite against the
Abolition Rebels at the North have only to repeat,
that III spite of what you have beard of what has been
said OF unfounded and damnable ies whoever adopts
this course from the dictates of reason is for the Union
The hour of trial, of vndication will soon come In
six mOnthsin six weeks it may be-the question will
be between eternal separation and union by COM
promise. Which will you choose 1t will come
Men must choose between the Union our fathers made
and eternal disunon. believe the Administration will
declare for separation. Then shall be found in favor
ct the Union and against secession The choice must
be made, and made soon. It cannot be postponed
We have an enormous debt-accumuating at the
rate OF $3,OOO,000 per day. How long we endure
this We shall loose some three-fourhs of our army
-Z0OOOO already having been lost in the same way
Yet you were told that it would end in twenty days
GU must soon decide between Union and separation.
am LOT the Union OF our fathers and will stand by it
-a1G ask you to stand by it. 1t is the palladium of
our liberties We are in the midst of calamities Our
pest paper money is 20 cents less than gold We have
neSVy TAX upon us-reaching everythiDg-w which can
not be repudlated tariff also, which increases the
duty from A to 40 per cent Man caonot Stand +h;
but short time. There is not one single thing which
not taxed except the bright sun of Heaven the air
we breathe, &C. These are terrible facts. Something
must be done. The voices of the people must he
aroused.
If the President wants success he must come back to
ne Oonstltution-he must abide by and execute all the
avs Say to Congress- Repeal your abolition legs
!auon-stay your hands" When this is doue in spite
Vi the loss OF life, the destruction Of property etc-in
sPe OF all, the Constitution will be maintained and
oea 70 power, and the Union Of our fathers will be
4S'nsnsa' and the old flag wave over land and sea.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
Amusing Dialogue.

Il very entertaining dialogue occurred a
few days ago in the Governor Office be
tween Governor Johnson and two ladies
OF this city, who came to complain of the
occupation of residence belonging to a
rebel husband of one Of the ladies by q
L. ). officer. The conversation was as
follows:
Lady | think it is too dreadful for
woman in my lonesome condition to have
her property exposed to injury and de-
struction.
Governor: Well, Madam, viii inquire
into the matter, and If any injustice has
been done, will have it corrected. But
your husband, you admit has gone OF with
the rebeis, AMI you have abandoned your
dwelling
L. My husband went off south because
1t was to his interest to do so. Ion must
not find fault with anybody for taking care
of himself these hard times i on know,
Governor that all things are justifable in
war.
G. Well, Madame, it appears to me
that this broad rule of yours will Justify
| the taking possession OF your house. Ac-
cording to your maxim. don't see any
good reason for helping you out of your
difficulty
L. Oh but then 1 don't mean in that
way
q. No, Madame suppose not. will
/ try TO be more generous to you than your
own rule would make me | do not be-
| Iieve your rule that "all things are Justfi-
able in war But it is just what you reb
els insist upon. 1t is perfectly right and
| proper for you to violate the laws. to de-
! stroy the government, but Is all wrong for
US to execute the laws and to maintin the
/ government
/ The rebel ladies looked around IN va
rious directions and seemed TO think that
4 they had opened knotty argument ON
dangerous subject, with very hard ad-
versary. Heaving long sigh, they re
/ tired to become, VIC earnestly hope, "wi
ser ana better men.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
q Ward and a. Lincoln

In Il recent letter of .irtemus Ward in
which he says he is reeonstructins lis
show, having bought Il collect on OF
: wax figures of our prominent revolu-
tionary inreiathers at Il cost of about
" two dollars anl fifty cents per fora-
father, the great Snowman informs us
that he visited the President. lie don't
say that the object Of his visit was to get
a. Lincoln 5 wGx figure for the show.
but he gives the following account of it:
| kawled on Abe He received mo
kindly. / handed hymn my umbreller, *
:1ld hym have check fur it if lie
pleezed. That, sed he puts me in mind
OF little stoary. There wus man ows
in our parts who wus so meen that he TUX
hi wife kofiin out of the back winder
for feer he rubb the paint off the doarwa
Wall, abowt this time there Tus man in
a adiayccnt town who had a grean kotton
umbreller
Did it fit him well Wus it kustom
| made Wus he measured for it p
Measured for WHAT" sed Abe.
The umbreller"
" ALL as | wus sayin kontinued the
President, freezing the interruption with
| apparent kontemt, " this man sed he had
| known that umbrellcr ever since it was n
parasoL lIa, ha, ha =
es, sed !, larfin in respectful man
rer but what has this man with the
umbreller to do with the man who took
his wiles koihn out of the back winder? 2?
To be sure, sed Abe . what wus it
| | must have got two stories mixed to-
gethcr, which puts me in mind Of another
! lit
Never mind, your Excellcncv /
ksnled to Congratulate you on your i.a-
rcer, which has been an honest and n good
onc-unscared and unmoyed by Secesh in
front 4 Abolish at the back OF you-each
one o. which is little wuss than tie
other if possible. Tell T. Stanton that
his boidness, honesty and viror merits ali
praise, but to keep bis under garmints on
&. Stanton has apparently one weakness,
which 1t Is, he kant allus keap his under
garmints from flyin mp over his he'd.
meen that he suIntimcs dances in peck
mesure, d he.don't look graceful in it
| tux my departer Goodbye Old
| Sweetness, sed Abe, shakin me cordigily
| by the hand
Adoo, my Prahayrie flower = ! re
| piled, and made my exit. Twenty five
thousand dollars a year and found, | so
| lilirquized, as ! walked down the street,
. is putty good wages for man with a
! modest appytite, but reckon that its
wurth it to run the White House.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
NUMBER 26.
ContrAtsands Learning 10 II ad

\ novel and somewhat amusing piet;ira
is hung in tho window Of the American
Sunday School Union Depository. 1t !,
entitled Teaching the Contrubands -
The cut represents about twenty nesros:.
of all sizes, ages, and looks ilnaginable.
huddled together before a soldier who :.
pointing with his sword To some chara--
ters on a t-iL-,,et suspended from one Of
the Palniettoes. On examination we fnd
on this, printed in large characters The
words God, earth, created, IN, beginning
and, the, God, heaven, in, the, beginning.
and at the bottom they are arranged in
the sentence: In the beginning God
created the heaven and the earth The
whole IS an illustration OF teaching by the
Word Method, Il system not entirely
new, on which the " Bible Reader lust
issued by the nion, is constructed Tho
plan is to teach acords instead of tetters
Ii proceeds on the theory that the dul!
drill to which every child is subjected in
committing to memoty twenty six marks
called letters, in which he sees no connee.
ton one with the other, nor with the Ian
guage which he speaks, may be obyiated,
AMI elementary instruction. become a de-
light instead of drudge SO thought
Miss Edgcworth in her day, and so think
many Of oar most experienced instructors
now.
Bae whatever value this method NAV
possess in the case of children it seems
almost invaluable for teaching adults, amt
especially our national freedmen" Of
whom thousands are now within our
reach. The plan was tried few davs
since in Washington, and the experi-
menter writes
: have been greatly Interested In our
first efforts to teach the negroes to read
by the word method We spent an hour
yesterday in room in the old capitol
where the prisoners are held, and where
the 'contrabands' congregate Imagine
about sixty men and ten women hudd.ed
in a room not much larger than YOUR
dining groom, of all sizes but chiefly stal-
vert men of various shades of color, and
Of considerable intelligence. al from the
land OF Dixie; Dr. - and mvseif on
one side of the room, with five @. six
white folks to look on, and the card (or
tablet) pinned up against the wall. with
the first verse in the Bible After sing
ing hymn, and a prayer by DR.. -, liz
commenced the instruction, and within
thirty INMATES one-half Of the sixty could
read the verse, to their great delight
This method is in use among the ne
groes at Beaufort.
We expect soon to hear of many -four
ishing Sabbath Schools among the contra
bauds. Our brave soldiers viii act as
teachers, and will cooperate in every
way with the Sunday School missionary.
God speed the work.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
BEAUREGARD'S ARMY A WEEK BEF0EE THE
EVACUATION.
An Interesting Letter from the Rebel Camp.
Correspondence eff the Memphis Appeal
CoprNr-rr Mice M,1- ,

Correspondence eff the Memphis Appeal
CoRINTH, Miss, May II
Forty eight hours ago, had one predicted
that decisive battle would not be fought
before the end of this week, his prophecy
would have been received with doubt
Yet to-day finds the army quiet, suspense
relieved, and expectations departed. Hal
leck has not come out, and we have re
lapsed into the attitude we occupied pre-
vious to the anticipated contest. 1t Is
now raining and should it continue, the
weather itself will be a bar to further OPP
erations until the condition of the roads
favers military movements.
i our city is doubtless rife with rumors
of battle, carried thither by travellers, but
You may set them down as mere ciphers,
since nothing is positively known con
cerning the designs of either army outside
| of official circles The same rumors have
been current here, but | deemed them
| unworthy of repetition, and, for pruden-
tial considerations, unfit to be mentioned.
Skirmish;ng along the lines has be
come such a matter OF fact as hardly to
| deserve record, and even an " artillery
duel, unless for an hour or two it fills
| the air with reverberating thunder ex-
cites little more than passing comment.
! SOmeIlmeS tneSc attacks are Initiated 'DF
US, but more frequently by the enemy, the
object being either to "drive in" orr drive
out as the case may be, and q fewmen
| killed our wounded is the general result
| The picket firing is more continuous.
Halleck seems by no means impatient
70 bring on an engagement Slowly and
cautiously he is massing his troops around
us, fortifying every pregnable point, and
bringing forward and planting the artil-
lery, which he expects viii prove the be-
SONS of cur destruction. Reinforcements,
too, are augmenting his numbers. Gen.
Sigel, one Of the ablest engineer officers
/ in the Federal army, has, according to
the statement OF prisoner, recently ar
rived at Pittsburg Landing, with 10000
! troops, and others are doubtless on their
way.
/ These 1novments indicate a very whole
some amount of respect for our strength,
and indeed it is a well-founded sentiment.
Federal papers accredit US with having
100000 men, and the Northern troops are
fully impressed with this fact All the
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

4 PRETTY RIpDLE.-3 gentleman who
was paying his addresses to a lady. 1T
length summoned up sufficient courage to
ask if they We're agreeable 20 her, and
whether he might fatter himself with "a
chance OF ultimate success2 The lady
replied " STRIPES, telling the gentleman
to transpose the letters so as to form out
Of them another word. which was her
answer. The reader who can find ont the
word need never fear OF being nonPlasscd
by lady. Those who cannot decipher it
must either wait till they overcome the
wooing.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

GooD PLUCK SrILL-Nearly all the
Rhode Island boys who have arrived from
Salisbury, n C., are anxious to re-enlist
They say that they enlisted for Uncle Sam
before, and that now they have some pri-
vate scores to pay -ProridcHce Jour
nal
The soldiers returned here generally
manifest the same good spirit. Some of
them haze been from home twelve or hir-
teen months and even longer. An intelli-
gent Westchester soldier said Yesterday
that he was taken at Manassas in the mem
orable July battle of last year Beaure-
gard addressed him after he was taken
prisoner, and gave him some tobacco, and
at the same time expressed great aston
ishment that there should be so many
New \ ork troops In the field I'VE ex-
pccted said Beauregard, that New
York would be upon the side of the South y
Beauregard must have forgotten that
when in Washington, en- Te1ttc for West
Point in 1860 that he declared, as Benja-
min did in California, that he was upon
the side o. The Union, and that TO assail
it was like the act Of those savages who
fired their arrows at the sun
When our Westchester soldier was ask
ed about his treatment at Richmond and
in Salisbury, \. C., he said that his father
at home in Westchester, fed his favorite
hogs a great deal better than the priso-
ners were fed by the Confederate Govern
ment. He and his comrades find some
compensation in the fact that the govern
ment owes them thirteen months pay, ra-
tons and clothing While the rebels have
had no pay for months, the Union troops
receive pay just the same when psisoners
of war, as when in active seryice-N I.
Express.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

EgA bold attempt to kidnap a 10y re-
Gently came to light at GAINESVILLE A son
of Darwin Aiken of that city, was lost,
and advertised. and after ten DAYS recoy-
cred The story told by the boy is that
a woman induced him to follow her out of
the city, and when far enough away re-
fused 70 take him back and even changed
his name. She then started for Iowa. but
was overtaken by man whose suspicious
was aroused, and the boy taken from her
and returned TO his father.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

Twelve lines Nonparei type, compact matter or lelr
.anivalent in space will be counted as square.
iprnfassionable and Business Cards, 81 line, per
year for the frst FIVE lines and fifty cents for each ad
ditional line.
Estray Notices, published four weeks 81 for single
animal aad fifty cents for each additional animal in
same notice
Legal Notices at Statute rates
special Notices loaded and kept inside having prece-
tence ordinary advertisements so per cent advance
On ordinary rates.
Notices Of meetings, charitable societies. &c, nall
price. -
Advertisements not accompanied with directions VIII
BE- inserted til. forbid and charged for accordingly
HI transcend advertisements must be oSd foF t1
srde1Hce This rule will not be varied from.
Yearly advertisements allowed the privilege OF chang
ing quarterly,
No Advertisement considered less than a sluart
l. coll ,RI-e ARrERLY.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
THE AMERICAN
SoLLECTING GENCH

NHosber 30 BroIdsrGR, Ne3c York
CHAINS of all kinds against the General Government
y state 6oyernnent, the City. private parties
prosecuted and collected al 0't risk and es s2se-
Against private parties possess superior facilities for
collecting claims everywhere IN the United States aud
tanadas, relieving merchants assgnees and others oi
the care and arespensihiity Special attention given
10 old debts, hard cases divorces, wills estates &C
soldiers pensions, and bounty secured for them
OF their heirs Fer that purpose and for prosecuting
claims against the Government have branch oiice
icctea -
information and opinions given, and investigation
without charge upoa claims proposed place
'' hsilss For particulars, address
IL HUNTINGTON LEE &C O.
n 2tA broadway. Nsu YORK.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

Ez \ shameless coteinpsrary, bach
elor, Gays The reason why women do not
cut themselves in two by tight lacing, ia
because they lace around the heart. and
that is so hard they cannot affect it, lie
ought to lie kicked TO death by female but
teriies
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

30 THE nervous and consuIaptiye of both sexes.
Retired clergyman having been restored to health
in few days, after many years OF great suffering, Is
willing assist others by sending free, on the receipt
of a paid directed envelope, copy of the pre-
scrption used Direct the REV. JOIN ". DAGNALL, 1s6
Fulton street Brooklyn, y. Y 24-4m-
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
DiSSo1uIion.

TE7HE COMPREHENSIVE heretofore existing between
] the Subscribers in the Ailing business, has been
dissolved by mutual consent All persons indebted to
the late firm notified that payment must be made
without delay and all those having claims against the
firm are requested present them for settlement.
The Milling business viii hereafter be carried on by
VIM. Lanyon, sr., who IS now proprietor Of the same.
WM. LANY0N Sr.
MICHAEL PODE.
Mineral Point, June 2, 1s62-243w
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

DENSI0NS procured for wounded and disabled Sol
Il dierS, SedaveRt and Marines Of the present War
and for widows and orphan children of those who have
died been killed while in service. Also Bounty
Money and Arrears Of pay for the widows and other
heirs OF deceased soldiers
NOTICES OF TnE PRESS.
SNYDER Coos & Co.-This firm is composed Of men
Of established reputation. - Chicago Daily tribune.
I'VE arc assured that they combine the rare qualities
legal worth, integrity and responsibility They are
the 10 eTnPloy-"- Chicago Eceaiay ,IoUFRG{.
- We would recommend war claimants SNYDER,
Cook & CO. They only reliable lawyers, but are
well worthy the immense business they doing v
Chicago Daily Times.
Having secured the Agency for Iowa, La Fayette,
Grant and Green Counties of the " Peoples Pension
bounty Norssy War Claim ofice' the most reliable
house Of this kind in Washington City, hope to meet
with the favorable attention of the applicants in these
Counties. r = ChhCLEh.
once one door above the Pest Office. S-3rn.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

The navy of the Mississippi river viii
soon number one hundred war vessels
consisting of gunboats, nsorter boats and
rams
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
FASHIONABLE.
- - u - a.
.pRrDI\C AND HAIR DRESSING

BARBERING AND HAIR DRESSING.
sslfR Subscriber having recently opened shop in the
room adjoining the Post Once is prepared e wsit
,rof, customers at any hour Of the das. SHAVING
SHsMPOoING HAIR DRESSING, SC, done in the
best manner and most fashionable styles
By strict attention his business and ardent desire TO
please he hopes merit and receive share o the pat
yora,s Of the citizens Of Mineral Point.
siiusrai Point June 3rd, 1851 ". ?. TURNER,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

MAS OPENED At HIS OLD Saloon on High -
| Street and supplied his Bar with the best e
quality Of liquors. He viii be pleased TO see
hts old customers at any time, and invites the a
patronage Of the public generally
May 81 1862 23d
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

1sFNERAI. Dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries Provisi-
II ons, Hardware, sc, Yellow Stone Wis
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
Mineral Point Hotel.
WILLIAM WALKER Proprietor

rz>n HAVING fitted up my building east and al
s. most opposite the r K. Depot am prepar-
r ed to accommodate the Travelling Public in first
class style and ai prices 70 suit the times.
R0ARDERs by the day week viii be furnished with
excellent accommodations at moderate charges.
ses~ Good Stabng and . cattle Yard attached 10 the
premises no-2Z II.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
\ COBB JAS Z y
CARR x SifDDtTTU.

:. AwYERS Mineral Point, Iowa county, Wisconsin,
I Successors to Cobb & MessTnore, and Cobb, Mess
more i Sudduth attend professional business
and correspondence he "tofore- Office opposite court
house, up stairs. L'-ti
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
NEW a,rBRoTyPE GALLERY

eJ,Ilr Proprietors Of the New Aubrotype Gallery are
l now ready 20 take
Il X f \ f s s + s
in all the latest and improved styles having the advan
tage of 4 northern light, and frst-c:ass Camera,
THEY WARRANT THEIR WORK.
share q the public patronage is respectfully solic
tied
kendall & BROS.
October IS, 1859. IL
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JOHS III. WESTON,
RENf. q eCnTT

NOTARY Public, Conveyancer and General Agent
Linden, Iowa county, Wls io-iL
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SAMUEL. w. Il EESE,

4 TroRNEY at Law and Notary Public, Dodgeville,
\ Iows County, Wis Particular attention paid tc
collecting. Refer to lion. C. c. Nashburn, and Cobb
4 Sudiuth 81
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
F,suIoxsBLE BARBER

IEoRGE APPEL having fitted up his Shoa n the
IT most approved style, Is prepared 70 shave Dress
Hair shampoo etc, al Who may favor him With call
lie will also attend Bleeding, Cuppng and Leeehing,
n short notice and in the best manner of the science
ae mos; perfect satisfaction warranted in all cases ~
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

DIX. wai. HiLDERBRANE3-
nHYSICIAN, Surgeon, aud Accoucheur Mineral
Point, Wis. offlce opposite the United States Ho-
tel High Street. ~
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

OFFICE in Mofett's Block, up stairs, Mineral Point
" Wisconsin Sl-I y
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
Native Wine

DURE Native Catawba Wine, by the bottle or glass
i at FRED MGLLERS'.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

.soUNsELLoR At LAW.-Ohice in Ross Building,
opposite Tribune Office up tairs, High Street Min
srsl Point, Wisconsin
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
GARDNER c. MEtGS,
DOCTOR DsLGAIIINS,

~~OTARY Public, Land Agent, &C, &c, Arena, iowa
county, Wis VII attend 10 the pay inelit el taxes
&c with accuracy and dispatch o.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
CIIilslES 4. LOEBER,

DHYSICIAN and Surgeon, Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Office one door above pulford's Drug store. tlgh
So, Iy20
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aLExANDER WILSON.

v sWYER Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Office in the
l rountv building VIII attend to the claims OF sol
diers for Bounty and Pensions Agent for the Mutual
life Insurance Co, Milwaukee, Wis
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25

4 TTORNEY at Law and Solicitor in Chancery, Min
Il era! Point Office in Miton's Block.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1862-06-25
THE MINERAL POINT TRIBUNE

Is PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY.
q the old Eagle Saloon, corner Of High and Vine
streets, Mineral Point, Wis, by
BLISS 81 8 O NJ
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GEORGE W. COBB,
=. III. CHAR ".

nRoDUCE and general Commission Merchant deal
er in Salt Water Lime, &c. stone warehouse, neal
r. r. Depot Mineral Point. lo4Z.