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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

The New York Tribune publishes the fol
lowing, and vouches for it as a genuine letter
that has in some manner fallen into other
hands than those it vas Intended for:
CHARLESTON, Nov. s.-Dsd, Cousin. Fred
has consented at last TO let me come 10 Ma
con, 80 you may expect me in a very rev
days. The other day ankee shell exploded
just around the conner from our house. tearing
a building TO pieces and setting two others on
ire No one was injured, as all the buildings
were vacated some weeks ago | don't be-
Heve there are two hundred ladies in town
who are able 10 get away, but Fred declared
we should not leave while we had roof over
US; but now that he sees the danger we are
in, he Is glad to hurry Us off Most of the
families have gone TO Dorchester, Summer
vile, Comboher, and WATERFORD, and every
house in those places is crowded Nearly
every room Is filed with beds and every bed
has 10 accommodate three or four persons
so much for war; but | would willingly live
IN pig7sty the remainder of my life, if it
would keep the Yankee miscreants ont OF
our city.
majority of our people have left most
OF their furniture in their houses, expecting
In few weeks TO return to them, but OF
course they know that if the Yankees take
the city, their houses and furniture will all
be destroyed.
Gen. Beauregard caused information TO
reach all, that if he finds it impossible to hold
the city he will leave it a mass of ruins
No one viii complain of this, as they know
the barbarians have sworn to destroy eyerv
vestIgc OF the secession nest If they can take
it. If they should ever enter our house may
God have mercy on them, for l can't. If
they ever enter the city you will hear of the
greatest earthquake ever caused by human
agency.
1t will be a consolation, Louise, for YOU to
know that should the Nandals ever get here,
they would never be able TO reach Macon
Gen. Beauregard is confident they could never
get ten miles beybnd the city in that direc-
ton, but he is equally confident they can
never come here.
1t is mournful to look through our streets,
once alive with beauty and fashion, and see
them entirely deserted, with the exception
OF now and theu one of our colored people,
or squalid Irish woman. But | am to see
you so soon, l will not write long letter.
Fred. sends his love, but says he win not
write, until dipping his pen in a Yankee car
cass, he can write with red ink.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
Gems.


GRIEF AND PATH.
che that wants faith and annrabsr,4-.
Because he wants 1t. hath a true beiieq
~ ne that grleFes because his griefs 40 small
rue sriei' and the best Faith Of all >
-QuarIes
lre ana that action is another thing
tn a. %aat they in diseoUrsing papers read
W az : AFFAIRS require in managing
Its than those wherein YOU clerks Dro
-Da1ieE.
6 Nv many Thousand, never heard the name
And vet hTa2e OF faf o. spenser or their books
ana seem TO bear down ali the wa-ti ;.t
looks" '-ie WORTH with
s'Let us set so Just
Inc poets sentence and not still 49, 'i"st
hach art is to itself fiatterer''
-HabiHgtor,.
EVENING
"a very, little. little flock
2nhdes thrceethe ground that it would stock.
nhllst the small stripping following them
appears mighty Polypheme'-
-choylss cotton.
MORNING On TIE MOUNTAINS
And now the taller sons whom Titan warns
VI 4shorn mountains blown with easy winds
Dan lie the mornings childhood in their arms
Aud, if they CHANGED to slip the prouder pines
To gid their leaves"
-Gaes Fletcher.
Az OLD PoEr.
= Next Marlowe bathed in the Thespian srrfpgs
L al IN him those brave tTansIunsrv tIip+s
Ihat your first poets had his ranf1lres w.,
Al III al az anu hre, which made his verses clear
For that tine madness still he did retain
y ulch flghtly should possess poets brain -
-DF0ytJz.
ROME
" home hFIng was the worlds sole ornament.
Ana dead IS now the worlds sole monument
With hes own weight down pressed now So lfz
And by her heaps her hugeness testifes. ?,
-SYeHser.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

ing still more. The two were just alike; the
wind stirred the vine leaves, and they fell
stirred the old mans hair and it whitened vet
more. Both were waiting for the spirit in
them to be fully ripe. The young man looks
forward; the old man looks back. How long
the shadows lie in the setting sun the steeple
4 mile long reaching across the plain as the
sun stretches ont the hills in grotesque dnen-
sions. So are the events of life in the old
mans consciousness - Theodore Ptuler
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

1t is assumed that Virginia is already vir-
tually reconstructed, while South Carolina is
not included, because she has cast hitherto no
popular vote for President, though doubtless
her unrepublican system will hereafter be
abandoned The table shows that the work
of reconstruction will not be difficult under
the Presidents amnesty proclamation, and in
some Of the States might almost be COM
menced forthwith. The four thousand in
Louisiana, for instance, might be found to
day, as might the five or six thousand in Ar
kansas, and the six thousand IN Texas proba-
bly, also, the fifteen thousand il Tennessee.
The only question probably is whether THE
Federal Government can as yet afford the
minorities of Union men sufficient protection
against the rebel majorities in those States
In a little while the majorities will have de-
creased and the minOrities increased. 1t IS
suggested that can fight for the territory
thus reclaimed as well after loyal govern
mcnts have been organized as before. We
incline to the opinion, however, that the
wiser policy viii be to avoid such conflicts
after reorganization, and to wait awhile rather
than incur them.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

How GEN. BRAGG GAINED HIS FIGHTING REP
UrATIoN.-The reputation of Gen. BRAGG of
the Rebel army as military man, al the be-
ginning of the present war was founded upon
his exploit at Buena Vista Gen. TAYLOR
gave him, it seems, more credit than he de
served. The Nashville Union gives the fol-
lowing new version of his conduct in that
battle
From a conversation several years ago,
with member of Gen. Taylor's staff, We
learned that Bragg's battery, in that battle,
was placed so as 10 sweep a plateau, which,
if possessed by the Mexicans would give
them an opportunity to gain the rear of the
American army by the weight of numbers.
After defending the pass for some time, Bragg
sent to Gen. Taylor for reinforcements stat
ing that he would be obliged to retire, if left
unsupported Gen. TAYLOR had no men TO re-
inforce him. He therefore gallopcd to the
spot and said: 81 sciU reinforce vou, CAPT
Bragg ~ And there he remained, sitting
with one leg thrown over the pommel of his
saddle, as a lady rides, occasionally SAYING
- Gre EN- a title more grape, Capt Bragg .
The pass and the day were saved But had
not Gen. Taylor gone forward, and remained
there, Bragg would have withdrawn his guns
and inevitable defeat resulted. Bragg was o
a , -irutg disposition then, and is still. III
has in this war, retired successfully from
Perryville, Mu-freesboro, Tullahoma, Chatta
nOoga, Lookout, and Mission Ridge. AnC
now he retIres 10 private life-in disgrace
There let him await traitors doom.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
How Reconstruction will Work.
the WASHINGTON Chronicle. ]

LIIVIl tIlt " asIlIIlgIOn CnTOnlcIc.
Examination into the basis of the Presi-
dents plan for the reconstruction OF the per
feet Union, shows that the Chief Magistrate
had thoroughly examined his ground before
he planted himself upon it. The following
table has been compiled to show the number
Of loyal votes required in the respective
States in order to the proposed reorganiza-
ton:
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
1 Den of Thieves.

The Military Commission, of which Gen.
Wistar Is President, has been in session at
Norfolk, Va, during the past week The
case Of J. NJ. Hunt, the Superintendent of
vessels at Fortress Monroe, is under trial and
the developments are exceedingly interest
ing Among the points elected are the pay
aaezt Of three Thousand dollars ne fees to Senator
HUE By HINT to obtain his release from the
Old Capitol Prison.
To-day, Capt. Cone, of the steamer .IoL5a 4
Warner, testified that the boat was worth
about S65, 900 when she first went into the
Government service that at the rates of her
charter she had earned z73, 900 up to date ;
that the Government had supplied her with
coal that her average running expenses
were from l 900 to 1920 per month, which
were betrayed by goods sold on board, and by
profits on meals and berths; and that she be
longed to the Delaware River Steamboat
Company, of which John Price Wetherell
of Philadelphia was President. and Andrew
NJ Anderson, Vim. :. Allen, Willett Paxson,
and Samuel Harlan, jr., Directors.
Capt. Tucker swOTc that her first charter
was made with John Tucker, late lst Assist
ant Secretary of War, and the second with
Quartermaster General Meigs. The prosecu-
ton has overhauled other fat Jobs in the
steamboat line. As the evidence stands thus
far, it appears as if there had been a ring of
contractors InterlOcking with the one at Bal
timore, with which Belger was connected.
The steamer IVest End, an old boat, was
offered in New York at So, 900, but charter
ed TO the Government from March 80 to DC
tober 80 at $50, 500 per annum.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

nIT,-ar IE-,yl.n IIgT,,.,- -..-.,.,,,.-, -
letter desiring Ill arroor3nL bas sent III
following To the Ciuein,,gri Soritsr, Far.
"ASilN'r"N' zee. H. 1919
DEAR SIR y GU ask me for list of ques-
uons IN Natural History, with answers sub
Joined, Tor the use Of the Instructor. / sub
nit a few, which, think, viii serve your prr-
pose for the proposed Examination Of the
Scientific Glass:
l. What animal produces one Of its own
parents
AusWer-lhe beaver, which Is well known
TO construct lis own dam.
g" ,. Is the Dodo extinct
j" Ans.-lt Is not, as shown by the following
hIlI III my possession:
g Mr.. --- to Y, DR..
One mongreI goose. 90
One do do Observation-Disclosures. 3 90
50 90
" .. What Is the largest quadruped:
" Ans.-The mole of Adrian.
" t. What is the lightest quadruped?
than an ounce.
" .. When does a horse stand on six legs
" Ans.-When he stands on his fore legs
and his two hind ones also.
- o. What other insect is the bee AFRAID
OF
Ans The beetle Scare-a-bee u.s.
:. Is the otter OF Roses obtained from
that animal when fed on other vegetables
cabbages, for instance
"Ans.-Probably. The musk deer furnishes
IS. What instance can you give of the
cunning OF serpentsy
Ans.-Ihe simple fact that they secrete
their venom where they can ind II when
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
The National Folly.

The Washington National h,te2igeacey pub
fishes an abstract of the official report of for
eign imports and exports at New York for the
eleven months ending December /, 1866
The figures are appalling, and eyince a reck
Iessness and extravaganza more threatening
to the nation than any army yet brought into
the field by the Confederates. Look at the
comparative table of imports
FOREIGN IMPORTS AT NEW YORK FOR ELEVEN MONTHS
1861. 1862. 1863
End tor c'nst So, 9l1 475 $97 652 91I Sl0 $50
Do for wareh'g 3a,725,S4l 44,273,7O6 81, 467 382
Free goods Z7,7196IO q ,34l ,l2l 1873, 92G
Sp Gle and BIN 3G,734 ss3 l,3II,96l 4O9.3l8
Total entered
at port l53,l51,s6g I6i ,579, sgg I7O45s 47e
Withdrawn. 36,055,372 40,2S0,s4G A. I3G, s73
These are gold values, we must bear in
mind, and by converting them to currency,
we arrive at the following results:
1851 1862 1903
Sl53,000,000 sl6I 600, 600 $40 900 900
Add pre- IN on gold sO,O00,OOO g., O0c 900
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

= NJ. Sturgeon, the London preacher,
lately demonstrated with the young ladies of
his congregation for fainting away so often.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

Is \ physician examining student as to
his progress, asked him" Should a man fall
into well forty feet deep and strike his head
against one of the tools with which he had
been digging, what would be your course if
called in as a surgeon :"
The student replied, +" l should advise them
to let the aIan lie, and fill up the well"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

\ NEW MATERIAL n WAgFARE.-Chloride
OF nitrogen Viii. il Is said. soon Toe utilized
= an Implement of war. It's employment
would seem likely 10 put an end to all war
Mr. Isham Bags, an English chemist, in an
uouueiuE his discovery, proposes TO carry up
his composition in balloons and drop il from
the air in the midst Of armies ana torJressss.
" The very mention of this compound"
he goes ON 20 say, " as a proposed element
In modern warfare, may possibly provoke
smile among chemists who know that the
most accomplished of their number would
scarcely dare 10 experiment with IL in guam
titles larger than grain of mustard seed,
even then only N "a respectable distance. and
under guard at the moment of its defamation.
And Vet net one of these chemists would be
bold enough TO deny rhat with two or three
chemically clean carhoys of rhis terrible com
pound present IN city or fortress, however
strong. the slightest cuttings of phosphorus
or single drop of olive oIl coming in con
tact with It, would in one instant decide the
fate of the place and its inhabitants" Mr..
BaEgs then. proceeds to affirm that he has
discovered a method Of overcoming the con
tingent difficulties, and that he is able to
manufacture this deadly material with per
feet safety. and in any required quantity, and
that ii can be safely conveyed TO its destIna-
tion.-.SsagaQry Of Medical Science.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

CURE FOR NAILS GROWING INTO TIE FLESH
An eminent French physician has published
an account Of the efficiency of the scsquich-
loride Of iron for curing the growth of toe
nails into the flesh, and as it Is of Importance
to both the soldier and the citizen. we give
The result Of am experiment 10y an army sur
geon. He says:
E. I may here remark that ulcers about the
nails are occasionally observed among our
soldiers having escaped the attention of the
medical boards, or being caused by the press
urc of the boot during forced marches. Tn
der these circumstances a prompt ana pain
less cure may be effected by Inserting the
dry scsquiChlOTide between the nail and the
pr0trudinE flesh, and powderine the latter
with the same substance. 4 large bandage
should be applied over all, not impregnated
with the liquid scsquIchloride of iron a pre-
caution which may, however, be use ful, as
tAc folds of the band dry rapidly. and pre-
serve their situation IN more exact manner.
ON tile following day the exuberant flesh Is
found 10 have acquired the hardness of wood !:
~uppuration speedily ceases, and a cure fol
lows after two~ or three applications. This
simple and mild treatment Is obviously far
ares hitherto recommended. Ia the course
Of four or i've days, or in a week ~ the fur
chest, the original pain ceases, the swelling
subsidies, and the patient Is able to walk
NaU-lt remains but the hardened prOtru3iuC
flesh, which falls away about month after
the application of the sesquIChloride of iron. =
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

~ \ New Orleans letter says that work
ingmen are prosperous, wages being very
high. There are no slaves, and every able
bodied servant expects twenty dollars per
month. The " Yankees have come in with
the " currency" and they want "help- -
They have taken the stores, put up big red
and gilt signs of Dry Goods, :" Yankee No
TONS" 50 Produce" &C., ana gradually they
are making new city.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

CHARLOTTE CoEDAY'-Ihe details gwen by
Samson of this remarkable Incident in the
Reign of Terror are, as might be expected.
more minute than any that have vet been
given to the public; but they show the cir
cumstances OF the case, as depicted by Mr.
Wards pencil from previously existing data
10 be perfectly correct Charlotte had not
returned ten minutes from her trial at which
she had conducted herself with unexample
irmness and ability, when ". Hauer the ar
list, was introduced. She conversed with
the artist, while engaged in his task, with
perfect calmness for an hour and a half,
when she suddenly remembered she had for
gotten to write letter. She had only pen
ned a few lines when Samson made his APP
pearance. She went on with her work nos
outstanding, and when she had finished
she placed her chair in the middle of the
room, and let down her beautiful hair to be
cut OFT Since NJ de la Barre SAYS San
son, Il never witnessed 50 much courage IN
DEATH We We're there, six or seven citizens,
whose business Is not of a nature TO soften the
feelings, yet she appeared less affected than
any OF Us, and even her lips had not lost
their ccior. When her hair was cut off. she
gave half 10 the artist, and the remainder TO
Richard, the jailor, for his wife, who had Imam
I Tested great interest in the unfortunate young
/ lady" She went to the scaffold with the
same remarkable iutrepidity; there was not
an atom Of bravado-a simple, mild, piouz
resignation, or - penetrating and irresistible
sweetness" as the master of high works de-
scribes l. Robespierre, Desmoulins, and
Danton we're at j window in Rue Saint Hon
ore, on the way, thinking, no doubt, when
their turn would cone. Arrived at the scat
fold, she threw herself upon the fatal plank
and Fernin, one of the aids having let loose
the string. all was over in moment. San
son declares that he was at the foot of the
scaitoId, when a carpenter named Legros
having taken the head, was not satisfied with
holding it up TO the crowd, bct actually slap
ped the face-a face ADMITTEDLY of extraor
binary beauty. This was too MT ch even fol
a revolutionary tribunal, and Leg os was justly
punished for this act of sacEilege-C ol5la'n,
Neac Monthly 1Nagazi,se
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
ROME

: Acme hFIng was the worlds sole ornament.
Ana dead IS now the worlds sole monument
tn hes own weight down pressed now sic lies
Aud by her heaps her hugeness testifes >
-SgsHSer.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
$4,000, 900 POI ,GO0. 900 23s. OOo, 600
Deduct exp'ts l24, 600 I4I 900 900 l57 goo 600
500. BOZ. 600 SO GOO onn =


500, 100000 $50, 900, 600 $sI 900, 900
These exports are exclusive of specie, and
show the net balance payable in coin and
bullion. To these balances add the probable
amount due and paid to Europe for American
travel and for interest on bonded debts, and
about forty millions must be added annually.
Our export trade with foreign countries for
the eleven months of this calendar year
shows as follows:
EXPORTS PROM new YORK 70 FoREIGS PORTS FOR TIRE
ELEVEN MONTHS PROM JASuARYI.
Domestic pro- iS6l. 1852 1868
duce sl17 ,57i, 55l s134 4,i79 Sl5l 403, 626
Foreign
chand'zfEee 2,o7e.473 2,745,9se ss1 ,s57
Foreign mdz
dutable--. A. 9,445 3,54s,4 $4,000!
Specie and
bullion -. $685. S7 55,7os, 90s A,495,oI
Total expts. FOG Sl97 Sol, s45, 73e
Do, exclusive
Of specie I24, 1863, $50 III, 6es, 3l9 I57 550,ssi
At this rate all the gold of the Pacific will
be required to discharge the debts contract
ed liz Europe for cotton and WOODEN goods,
silks, hardware, iewelry, trikets, etc.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

ehlhf AND FAITH.
HE that wants faith aud spnreb a. $50
DecauAe ne wants 1t, hath a true befiaT
ne tIal grleFes because his grjeTss a. z,,7I
a4s true grief, and ne best Faith Of ali, , ''
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
characteristic.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, IN response TO
letter desiring his autograph, has sent tie
following to the Cincinnati Sanitary Fair:
" AsuINGrnN Doc IL 1862
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13
ACTION

r. ma that action is mother thing
rt Hdn what they in discoursing naneTs rad
~ Nofio affairs require in mauaging
nore arts than those wherein Won cla-ts -
ceed.'' ~ SieEhs pro-
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-01-13

bgS many Thousand, never heard the name
Ana va lu t1 or OF spenser. or their books
80 ~ brave fellows, and presume of fame
looks ,, ao"h all the world with
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-16
MYaTERIOUs MURDER.

On last Friday morning, the dead
BODY of woman was found in q. W.
Grergs woods, south Of Circleville.-
She is an entire stranger in this part Of
the country, and no clue has yet been
found as 10 the persot who caused her
death. ...H
Sho was medium seized woman,
round face, and was dressed in brown
calico dress, with small whitc and red
sno.s worsted draS dustor, black etraw
hat, and green vail.
She was frst seen in this neighbor-
hood on Wednesday evening, and left
her carpet-sack at Volts Grocery
| She was afterwards seen at the depot
about 81 o'clock, P. NJ, and was sect
no more until her dead body wasfound
sbo cave her name as EMMA Lawson,
and said she had . husband IN the
73d Ohio Regiment.
Jason Case, Esq, in the absence OF
ltbe Coroner, empanneled . jury, npt
no additional facts, were elicted in re-
GARD to the murder. She was struck
e en the side Of her neck with some
Seavy W. instrument; no doubt causing
instant death. '' - -.
eMavor Case and his officers have
done ali in their power 70 ferret ous
the guilty party or parties, but tevS
/, far nothing las BEEN ascertained i4 ye'
Ssrd 10 IL, beyord the facts above
Gwen. Aey person having apy 4 lSes =. " y
sdpe Of the woman are respectfully "a.
nuSsted 10 advise Mayor CAGE q tns
fact, rICirclsrille Uhicn'
The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1864-06-16
GIN. cocHRAYE's LETTER.
NEW YoRK June 4. l

NEW YORK, June 4, 1864.
GENTLkMEN: l have received your
note informing, me officially of my
nomination by the Radical Democracy,
at Cleveland on the 3lst ult,, as their
candidate for Vice President Of. the
United States on the ticket with John
c. Fremont as their candidate for Pres
ident
/ have beer accustomed to regard
simply as duty performed what you
are pleased TO represent as personally
mcritous, and to regret the physical
disability which alone withdrew me
! from the Immediate scene Of war.
concur in tho action, and agree
with the principles of the Convention,
where, by its twelfth resolution, the
question Of reconstruction is referred
70 the constitutional action 6f the peoA
pie. 1t wisely committed to them an
Issue peculiarly within the province Of
the future, and not yet sufficiently em-
erged from war to warrant positive
opinion.
While have ever supposed confs-
cation and use of the property of an
enemy in arms to be a laudable exer-
else Of an established and essential rule
Of civilized war, / am pleased to OBJ
serve that the Convention, when asser-
q. ting the Justice Of the principle, intend
, cd TO remit its exercise TO the discre-
ton OF the people, hereafter maniiest-
/. Cd, through their representatives IN
G Congress, when considering the para
FiH0dnt question of reconstruction
r This was iudicious; for, indeed, 50
d blended must bo tho various methods
h --scouestration, confscation, military
( absorption and occupation-that shall
y hereafter cooperate TO EVOLVE order
>. from confusion and TO restore the
g Government. that it is difficult, if no
y impossible, now, when affirming the
h princinic, to provide for its applica
le ton, ...
st have the hohor gentlemen, TO ac
N cent the nomination for Vice President
lg ofthe United Statos, which you hav'
at tenderod TO mo under the direction o
10 the Convention.
al am, very respectfully yours,
yui john CocHRANE.
he To Wor.hington &. Snethen. of Mary
a. land: Edward Gilbert, Of New York
rs. Caspar BE!z, of Illinois; Chas 3. Mos;
of Of Nj souri,; \. P. Sawyer, of Pennsy
Il vania, Committee, &c.