Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-10-28
News Items.

| will probably be suppressed as failure, both
as regards paper and engraving
Vera Cruz dates of the lst contain no news.
Gen. Forey had not arrived at Havana, and it
was rumored that he had died of yellow fever
| The Iri6tt,se's special says Admiral Porter
has taken advantage of the high water in
! the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, to 90
| with his squadron to points where he can
| render essential service to the army.
| St Domingo dates OF the 18th have been
received. 1t is probable that the Island viii
| be abandoned by the Spaniards Puerto Plata
has been burned by the rebels, who have es-
tabhshed Government at Caballo
The Paris correspondent of the Times saws
| that Maximillans answer is looked upon as a
civil refusal rather than an acceptance He
asks conditions that viii be difficult to sat
| isfy.
| Seven little girls, after a months prepare
ton, held Fair, last week, at private resi-
| dence on Milton Ill., Mass. The proceeds
were s2o3 81, which are TO be contributed
! to the treasury of the Sanitary Commission.
The Directors of the Great Eastern Steam
! ship Company have taken formal proceedings
/ IN bankruptcy, TO wind up the Company in
| order to stay various actions and insure an
! equal distribution of the assets.
| The Chattanooga Rebel announces the arri-
val of jeff. Davis in Bragg's army, to settle
| all household quarre!s. 1t says Rosecrans has
| fortified Chattanooga TO perfection. 1t is
| confidently believed that Longstreet or Johns
ton will be put in command.
From the Richmond Sentinel, of the Sd. we
| understand that in consequence of the action
| of the British consuls relative TO foreigners
| enlisting in the Confederate service, JEFF.
! Davis has felt it nis duty to dismiss them all
| from the Confederacy.
The Buffalo aurora, German paper,
| gives the following as the names of the Ro-
man Catholic Generals now in the army of
| the United States: Rosecrans, Foster, Gil
more, Newton, French, Stone, Corcoran, Ord,
! Nhipple, Shields, Meagher, Scammon, Multi
| gan, GibbOn, Crook, and Lawler.
WHY THE VoTE AGAINST VALLANDIGHAM
WAS NOT LARGER.-"Tell the people of Ohio"
said Gen. Garfield, before the election, sthat
the vote for Brough in the Army of the Cum
| berland viii be smaller than it would have
! been had not the friends of Mr. ValIandigham
| killed Off some thousands of our Ohio boys"
A committee of wealthy slave holders call
| ed upon the President to protest against
| sending negro soldiers into St. Mary's county,
Maryland to enlist slaves from plantations.
The President replied so far as sending them
| is concerned, that might be modified and
| white soldiers sent, but so far as negroes are
| concerned the government must have all the
slaves in Maryland and the border states
needed for military purposes.
THE INDIANA ELECTloN.-The indianapolis
JOnl71ol says of the late election in that State:
q In Indiana the rebels are simply beaten
| TO death. There is not enough left of them
| TO crow over. SO utter and humliating a
| defeat has rarely befalen a party at any elec-
| ton, and never at an election containing so
| few elements of popular interest In this
| county the Union majority will be doubled.
| In several others it will be largely increased.
| In none will it be diminished, as far a. we
now have news"
Gen. Custor reports that in the engage
ment of Monday drove the rebel cavalry
! from Gainesville to beyond Bucklands Mills,
| FIVE miles westward At this point Gen.
| CustOr's forces encountered rebel line of
battle, embracing infantry and artillery at
| least mile long. Gen. Davis cavalry brig
| ade and battery were at one time entirely
| cut off by the rebels, but he succeeded in ex-
Treating himself We lost about 200 killed,
wounded and nineing and several wagons
one of which contained the Official papers of
| the brigade.
The Mexican deputation to tender the
crown of Mexico to the Arch Duke Maxmil-
| liam was received by the Arch Duke on the
| Sd inst Macmillan, in reply said he must
| make his acceptance of the throne depend
ent on the whole country, that it would be
! his duty to ask for guarantees which are in
/ dispensable to secure Mexico against the dam
| ger which threatened her. Should the
guarantees be obtained and universal vote
| of the nation be given in my favor, | am
| ready to accept the crown, subject to the APP
proval by my brother" 1t is believed the
| conditions of the Arch Dukes acceptance of
| the crown are the same as those named in
| 1861.
| SHARP REPLY.-Ministers catch it as well
| as other people 4 minister was travelling
| where the road was difficult to find, and re
| quested man by the waysde to direct him,
| naming the place he wished to 90 Well"
says the hedger and ditcher, "keep on just
| as yol are now going, about mile and
| half; there at the cross roads you will see
minister, who will direct you to the left
| couple of mile, and there at the fork Of the
road is another minister, who will direct you
! to the right about three miles, and so on; at
| every fork and cross of the road is minister
to inform you which road to take" "Ah :"
! says the parson, "what do you call minis
tiers ?" Why" says the other, those
| things which stand up at the cross and fork of
the road, with something like hand on
| them" Finger-boards, you mean; why do
| you call them ministers?" said the preacher.
Because they are always pointing the way
to other people, and never go themselves"
/
| 4 BADGE OF FEMALE DIsLoYALTY.-Not to
| wear crinoline has become badge of secesh
| principles in the Southwest. Although hoop
ed skirts are plentiful at Memphis, the rebel
| women have agreed among themselves not to
wear them. 1t is their secret sign-their
| badge-their rebel flag. No longer allowed
| to flaunt past our brave fellows with their en-
blems of treason pinned to their dresses and
bonnets, they have hit upon this plan. They
will wear no more hoops That is their rebel
mark now; and one, the other day, when
asked if such was the reason, tossed up her
head and said: eyes, it is, and you Yankees
can't make wear hoops, neither"
CONDITION OF THE REBEL CURRESCY.-A
| very succinct illustration Of the state of the
| rebel currency is given by letter writer,
who tells of some conversations held across
the picket lines near the Rapidan:
Zone of the rebel artillerymen was anxi-
Gus to know whether a soldiers pay was good
for anything now. He was told that it would
buy thirteen dollars worth of goods, the same
as ever. We'll, said he IN tell you what
we do with ours. We tell off the battery in
to five and play poker till one man out of
five gets the money. The winners tell off
| into five again, and so at last somebody has