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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
England and the EngIish---Strange Ineonsis-
feGeiAS,

1t is a credit TO their candor that they ac-
cept the name of Bull but when they have
an equal self-knowledge, | think they Will
recognize their type in this Megalosaurus
| with as . many-sided" life, in his way, as
/, the biggest man they have produced Made
part for water, part for air, part for mud,
part for solid shore, vast complex transit
Gonal creature is John Bull and is Megalo-
.aurus. Look at some OF this family and they
claim to be, in the words Of their Laureate
q the roof and crown of things" look at
others and the nastiest place in the cellar of
the Universe would be their place. Can YOU
read Tennyson or the BrowningS, and fancy
that you in a land where millions refuse
to elbow vaccination for themselves or their
children, because they believe It a kind of
evil witchcraft, or where Mormonism recruits
energies which elsewhere would die out? |
walked the other day through the hall where
stand the statues of Coke, Clarendon, Mans
field and Lyttleton, then sat down to read in
the mornings paper, that three men of Eng
land who had taken in their hay on Sunday,
seeing a storm coming, had been fined heavi-
ly, and upon refusing to pay, had seized one
a COW, another bureau, etc, in the name
and by the power of England.
Last week at old Carlisle, | was much in
terested in the trial Of poor boy of fifteen,
who had put his hand through a rich gentle
mans fence and pulled and ate one turnip-
The rich gentleman saw him, brought him to
the court, prosecuted the case himself and
demanded of his intimate friend the Mayor
the sum of ten shillings damages 1t came
out on trial that the lad was the son of very
poor End honest woman, whose family was al
most starving; that morning she had no
means OF giving her children even a piece of
bread for breakfast, and the boy driven by
the pangs of hunger had taken one turnip.-
Nevertheless the plaintiff persisted that the
boy should re imprisoned or the woman pay
ten shillings, which she did by selling some
remnant OF her furniture. All this happened
in open court. Yet this happened in land
ruled over by a tender and charitable Queen. |
can put my hand on men who roll in wealth
obtained from Government offices which exist
only in name, and imply not even the tying
Of one knot of red tape per annum; and these
within sight Of the close room, where last
month poor sewing-woman died for want of
air in her room, or of places where five or
six families inhabit one bedroom. And this
Is Albion-the country Of glory and shame
| inextricably blended, the country whose brain
touches the cmpyrean, whilst its body and
feet reach back, as / said, into the Megalos-
saurian realm. ] know not whether to hate or
love England. | never read the Times, or
walk the street, or attend parliament, or go
to hear any preacher, but / find myself haunted
by images of Centaurs, of Mermaids, or of
Beauty and Beast | must cry with George
Sand III ene 052ge on an demon, nlajS tt mes
pas BGlc creature hlnHaiHc.--H. d. COulrau.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

THE IDEAL AGAINST THE Actual would
fain live at peace with ali mankind; nay
more, | would tain love and do good to them
all but the villain and the oppressor come
to set their feet upon my neck and crush me
into the mire, and | must not resist? And
when, in some luckless hour, yield to my
passiOns-to those fearful passions that must
some day overwhelm me = when my
whole mind is darkened by remorse, and |
groan under the discipline of conscience, then
comes the odious, abominable hypocrite, the
devourer of widows houses and the substance
of the orphans, and demands that my repent
ance be as public as his own detestable pray
er And can | do other than resist and ex-
pose Them Ny heart tells me it was formed
to bestow why else does misery that cannot
relieve render me wretched 1t tells me,
too, it was formed not TO receive; why else
does the protfered assistance even of a friend
fill my soul with indignation? But i'll do my
circumstances agree with my feelings. ! feel
as if | were totally misplaced in some trolc
Of Nature, and wander EDWARDS IL gloom and
unhappiness for my proper sphere. But alas!
these efforts of uneasy misery are but the
blind groupings of Homers Cyelops around the
walls of his cave.-Ro5ert Burns.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

A FEw WORDS TO FATHERs.-Take your
son for companion whenever you convent
emily can; it viii relieve the already over
burdened, anxious mother of so much care
1t will crafty the boy; II will please the
mother; it certainly ought to be a pleasure
TO you. W hat mothers eye would not bright
en- when her child is kindly cared for: And
when his eye kindles, his heart beats, and his
tongue prattles faster and faster with the
idea of going with father" does she not
share her little boys happiness, and is not
her love deepened by her husbands conside-
ration, so just, and yet too often SO extraor-
binary? 1t win keep him and you out Of
places society and temptations into which
separately you might enter 1t Will establish
confidence, sympathy, esteem, and love be
tween you. 1t viii give you abundant and
very favorable opportunities to impart instruc-
ton, TO infuse and cultivate noble principles,
and to develop and strengthen true man
hood 1t will enable him to see the world,"
and to eniov certain liberty which may pre-
vent that future RIGHTEOUSNESS when so often
results from a sudden freedom from long re-
Straint
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
for about year at war With the whites in

| tor about year st war With the whites in
/ New Mexico and Arizonia, and have killed a
| number OF persons, say 100. Among others
! they have killed one mail carrier and robbed
the mail twice, betweed Fort Craig and the
town of Dona Ana. The road between these
| two places passes ever the Jo.3daGo del HueIfa
| {lourney OF death), SO named from the num-
Der OF Indian murders committed upon it.
and from the natural dangers of the place
1t is high, dry plain of IS miles with no
| timber OF water, except at times water is
found standing in pools at three places
There is very good grass nearly the whole of
the way. The road along the river is equally
dangerous as to Indians, and is very heavy
sand, while the tornado is hard and smooth
Beside the murders committed, the Indians
have stolen large quantity of sheep and
cattle, besides more than hundred horses
from the government troops and half that
number from individuals When they make
a descent upon flock until they have driven
1t TO place OF safety, or when they fear de
lection or pursuit, they drive upon the full
run, and lance every animal which shows arv
disposition TO lag behind. By this means
alone they may often be followed without
any regard TO the trail They never leave an
animal behind them alive The war against
them il pow prosecuted on both sides By tax
in Q no prisoners. That course was begun by
render. Many of them armed with good
rifles and guns bat these are seldom used
more than once in fight. After di.charging
their guns they resort to their bows and ar
rows. which are as deadly and more accurate
than reyolyers.
On account of the Indians on the tornado,
the mail coaches from Santa Fe south have
not run until this week, when Gen Carleton
ordered an escort TO be given it. In attempt
ing to make the trip over the Tornado about
a month since, the Indians robbed it of eight
mails, and got the mail bags, which they stole,
but scattered the mail matter to the winds.
The order now is that an escort 90 with the
coach over the Tornado every trip. And now
if line could be again pat on the road to
Tucson from NJ esilla, there would be mail CON
veyance TO the neighborhood of the two
mines, from the States, and the whole trip
from Leavenworth or Kansas City, could be
made in less than a month As it is at pres
ent, Mesilla- is the furthest point which can
be made with public conveyances. X
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

Now Orleans have scarcely felt change
have n, SEED many an October in "iscon-
in ,-,,,,a,. ,,.-&n it is here A cool, fresh
breeze comes from the Gulf as write this
ouite as cool as from Lake Michigan, requir-
ing plenty Of flannel ant heavy eiothing'-
Indeed, we all wear the same clothing as
when at home with perfect t>'i''iof' ne
stories about the I" heats" we have D'saiu -
much OF are all bosh, and Northern si' S-'4i
live anywhere in the Southern States, ~
especially they can be quite as sure of health
and a pleasant climate in Kentucky, Tennes-
see and Northern Mississippi, as in any North
ern State, while the charms of profitable Ia
Dor at the close of the war viii be far better.
The frightful stories of yellow fever were
the g raw heads and bloody bones" which
slavery used because it wanted the country,
and did not want Northern labor compel
itor. Men Of the North, seeking new loca-
tons viii do well to heed this Y.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

Under this head the New York Frening
Post deems 1t an act of kindness to inform all
who are absent from the army without leave
that their chances fer remaining away undc-
tected, or OF escaping the hands of the Pro
vost Marshal, are very slender The arrange
ment for capturing all who come under the
denomination of deserters are now very COM
plete. 1t required much time to make them
so; but we are informed that the Provost
Marshals have now in their hands full dcscrip-
tive lists, obtained from colonies of reai-
ments and captains of batteries, of all their
missing men; and these lists are so complete
that 1t Is scarcely possible deserter can es-
cape the vigilance of those on the lookout
for him.
Under these circumstances the best course
for all who are absent without leave, is to
give themselves up, or return to their reci-
ments at once. BY this voluntary return the =
escape punishment; and there Is no other
way in which xthey can avoid it. We advise
the parents and friends of such offenders to
see TO it that they return at once to the army;
they are needed there, and they lay up for
themselves store of punishment by linger.
ing about home.
We think it advisable to give this notice
because We have heard of several instances
in which parents of men absent without leave,
or who have overstayed their leave, are help
ing their SONS TO remain at home, under the
mistaken idea that by using their influence
with persons In power they can obtain pardon
Tor the offenders These should understand
that the only way to their sons from Sc
we're punishment is to send them immediate
~ back to their regiments. No official inter
/ ference can help them after they once fall
into the hands of the Provost Marshal.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
BurLrB OK RIGHTS OF REBEL STATES.

BosToN, Oct. IS.
The State League of Massachusetts has
elected gen. i. T. Butler, of Lowell, and Mr..
Ciaittja of Newton, Delegates at large TO the
the National Union League which meets at
Washington in December. Delegates from
each Congressional District were also chosen.
Gen. Butler addressed the meeting mt
length, taking ground with those vino believe
that the seeded states have aunihilaJed
themselves as states, while the power of the
General Government still remains active
over their territory. He opposed the posi-
ti5n of q member of the Cabinet that rebel
commonwealth, by throwing down their arms
should BE received into til. Union with unim-
paired rights ana with all their local iustitu-
tions.
His reasons for debating terms before all
lowing the Incorporation into the Union of
these retofore hostile sections, sprang from
vital considerations affecting the interests and
safety of the nation. II the Confederate
States were re-aduitted and their repTeseu-
tatives take their seats in Congress before
some radical change Is effected. what guaran-
tees are there that the Federal national debt
u iII not be rcpudiated or made to stand upon
the alternative that the Confederate debt
must likewise be paid; and let this come be
fore Congress and all the appliances of cor
rqlation would bc set in motion TO secure
such a decision would place the Federal
and rebel indebtedness upon the same foot
ing.
Gen. Butler conte ntled that the rebel states
must be regarded rs destroyed. or it would be
almost impossible to choose another Presi-
dent for the reason that no candidate likely
To Ha selected would receive such a support
in tie North a. to give him majority of the
F.. whole electoral college, constituted OF all the
states called loyal and rebel Transfer the
( question 20 the House OF Representatives,
I where each commonwealth casts only one
! vote, majority Of such votes is required and
/ the difficulty VIII lee greatly increased. The
( p7Iey u safety and justice was to restore the
! privileges of the Union in the South only as
fast as the principles OF freedom and LOYALTY
are extended into the now rebel domain,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
Gen. RoseeranS---His Farewell to mis- Army.

The following farewell order was published
to the Army of the Cumberland, after Gen.
Rosccrans' departure:
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF THE CUMBERLAND
Chattanooga, Tenn, Oct. IL, 1868. {
GENERAL ORDER No 242.-The General
commanding announces to the officers and
soldiers of the Army of the Cumberland, that
he leaves them under orders from the Presi-
dent
Mai. Cen Geo II. Thomas, in compliance
with orders, will assume command Of this
army and department. The Chiefs Of all the
Staff Departments viii report to him for or
ders.
In taking leave of you, his brothers in
arms, officers and soldiers, he congratulates
not as 4 stranger. Gen. Thomas has been
identified with this army from its first organ
ization He has led you often in battle. To
his renown, prescience, dauntless courage,
and true patriotism, you may look with conf
dence that, under God, he will lead you to
victory.
The General commanding doubts not that
you will be as true to yourselves and your
country in the future you have been in the
past.
To the division and brigade commanders lie
tenders his cordial thanks for their valuable
aid and hearty cooperation in all he has I'M
dertaken To the chiefs of the staff depart
ments and their subordinates, whom he leaves
behind, he owes de0t of gratitude for their
fidelity and untiring devotion to duty.
Companions in arms, officers and soldiers
farewell, and may God bless you.
IOffciaL1 w. 5. RoREcEANs, MAJ. Gen.
&. GODDARD. \ \. u.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

THE CoNFEssIoN.-A cloud was seen to
pass suddenly over the fair features of the
gentle Maria. The Iustre fersook her dark
eyes. Her spirit seemed troubled
g Triumphs the lily now on that young cheek,
Where bloomed the rose
Ten times that evening did Harvey impor-
tune her to acquaiHt him with the cause of
her sadness, but not word escaped her lips
Sadly and family she sat
&c And now and then sigh she stole,
And tears began to now."
" Breathes there wretch so base as to in
iure you, my dearest, by word or action =
Tell me, and by thine heart, as pure as heav-
en-, | swear never to rest till | have redressed
thy wrongs Is it an awful mystery locked
up in thy bosom, that l must not know Tell
me thy secret, and by the ringlets of thy hair,
III swear never to reveal it, though the black
torments rack me! Pour out thy soul; tell
thine own Harvey what lies heavy on thy
breast?"
She blushed-she placed her fair hands
across her boson--looked languidly in heI
lovers face and softly, like the low breath
ings of an expiring saint" she thus confessed
"'I5s them apples, Harv!"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
NJ A.ILNHrnN Or % ~.

N"IIINHIJN, VII. IoUDN
To the Ladies having in charge the North
western Fair for the Sanitary Commission
Chicago, Illinois
According to the request made in your be-
half the original draft of the Emancipation
Proclamation is herewith enclosed. The
formal words at the top, and the conclusion,
except the signature, you perceive, are not
III my hand writing They were written at
the State Department, by whom | know not
The printed part was cut from copy of the
preliminary proclamation, and pasted on,
merely TO save writing.
| had some desire to retain the paper: but
if it shall contribute to the relief or comfort
of the soldiers, that will better
Your Obedient servant
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

SAVE TIE mANURE.-It takes but short
time for any one who has had any experience
in cuItivating the soil, to learn that the great
lack III the way of raising renumerative crops is
manure. Just in proportion as we increase its
manufacture, just in that proportion does the
fertility OF our fields increase, and their ca
pacity to increase crops in increasing quaint
ties. In our experience on the farm, we have
endeavored to keep this idea in view, and
among other places we have had to resort to
for the purpose of replenishing the manure
heap, under the barn stands most conspic-
uous. In fact we have made a respectable
barn cellar by composing the earth with ex-
crement after being thrown from the stable
or throwing it up for bedding, where it has
been mixed with the droppings and liquids
in the tie-Ups. With a little care and perse-
verance, manure heaps can easily be
doubled by hunting out those places upon the
farm where elements Of fertility may be OBJ
tanned. How many thousands of barns are
there in the State, covering hundreds Of loads
each, that hen composted would make the
best of manure and how many thousands of
adjacent fields are becoming sterile for the
want of this very material. Clear out under
YOUR barns. Hunt up the muck deposits
Keep the hogs at work-and let the manu-
ficture of manure be made the leading busi-
ness of the farm. Then you viii raise good
crops, and your fields will increase in fertiii-
ty.-aOaaJtat Of agriculture.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

Prpp1NG.-A young lady, when invited to
partake of the pudding, replied, " No; many
thanks, N. dear madam. By no manner of
means. have already INDUCED in the clam
orors calls of a craving appetite, until man
ifest sense of internal fulness admonishes rn
stay; my deficiency is entirely and satisfae-
torilv supplied"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

STREETS PAVED WITH SILyER.-The Virginia
City Nevada Bulletin says it is absolutely no
figure of speech TO say that the streets of
that place are paved with silver. Thousands
Of tons of rock which, in other countries.
would pay well to extract the silver from, are
used to level and macadamize the streets
Rock that will not pass through the screens
at the quartz-mills is carried on to the roads,
though some of it in many other places would
be considered rich.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

DRAFTED MEN IN BATTLE.-A correspondent
of the Washington Chronicle, in giving an ac-
count of the fight at Bristow's Station, says
4 am here compelled to say word of
truth for the conscripts. Gen. Webb, who
had large number in his division, speaks of
them in terms of wonder and admiration
They stood in their places and fought. No
more can be said of the bravest modern war
rior. They did more. They cursed-but be-
cause the could not load and fire as rapidly as
our veterans
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

1t is very good maxim TO :" let well
alone; but the New Haven lady who drew
up her missing wallet in a bucket of water
dosen't think its application is uniY ersaL-
All dripping with gree,e5acks it rose from
the we'll"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
The Original Emancipation Proclamation,

In response to a personal application, on
behalf of the ladies, made by Hon. |. n. Ar
mold, during a recent visit to Washington.
President Lincoln has sent to the ladies of
the Sanitary Fair, now in progress in this
city, the original manuscript draft of the
Emancipation Proclamation. 1t was received
this morning, and is accompanied by the fol.
lowing letter:
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

DEATH or LORD LYNDHURsT.-The last steam
CT from Europe brings intelligence of the
death of John Singleton Copley, Lord Lynd-
hurst the distinguished iurist and statesman.
\ son of the famous selt-educated artist Cop
ley, he was born in Boston, Mass, in 1872,
and in his third year removed to England.
He was educated at Trinity College, Cam
bridge, and received the highest honors of
the university Soon after he revisited
America, returning to England in 1898 to
prepare for the practice of the law, which he
commenced in 1904, and slowly but surely
toled his way up to eminence in his profes-
sion, leaving his name upon the records of
some of the most important state trials His
success was from this time continuous, and
be successfully filled some of the highest of
fees of the state, being solcitor-general, at
torney-general, master of the rolls, and final
ly, in 1927, chancellor, under the title of
Baron Lyndhurst. Originally a liberal, he
entered parliament in 1918 a tory, but after
wards accepted the great seal under the lib
eral cabinet of Canning, and retained it thro'
three administrations, in the last tavoring the
Catholic emancipation scheme, which he had
opposed two years before Under the ad-
ministr2tion of Earl GREY, he was appointed
lord chief baron of the exchequer, and on
the nomination of the Peel cabinet of S34
was restored to the chancelIorship, but re-
signed soon after and became an active lead
er OF the opposition.
BY his first wife, the widow of Lieutenant
Colonel Charles Thomas, he had three chill
dren, and three years after her death he mar
ried at the age of sixtv-fiye a young Jewess
beauty, Miss Goldsmith, and by her had a
daughter. His power as p speaker was very
great, and his opinions carried the greatest
weight.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04

- Shakespeare's 3o0th birthday takes
place in April, 1854, when there Is to be
great time in England in his honor Prof
Rotscher, of Berlin, calls upon the German
nation also to have celebration TO one who
is not only the poet of all time, but of the
whole world
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-11-04
4. LINCOLN.

The Proclamation viii be on exhibition du
ring the Fair, and sold for the benefit of the
soldiers. We learn that the Chicago Histor
zeal Society is now making up large fund
with the design of purchasing it for the ar
chiyes of that institution hicaqo Journal.