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Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16


from the horizon; yet there is but
little practical evidence of despair,
and, tor all material purposes, the
South i. Just n rraulutc al tins mo- .
mcpt rs the day she opeuri her guns .
upon Fort Sumter.
We earnestly submit, therefore, !
that, if the people desire this war to /
terminate, every possible effort be .
made to get our best citizens to fill |
this draft, and in the full numbers
called for by the President. There
is no other sure means of succcss.-
Moral forces are we'll hut the force
of arms is all We havet to- do with now;
we can rely upon no other and. al
though we should b" abundantlv hap
pv to believe that Lee would play
the role ct General Monk, We can see
not the slightest cause of selt-con-
graduation in these indications of his
becoming dictator. 1t means war,
not peace.
The Times W arms its readers against
cherishing any hop" that Blair'~ Iuis
sion will reveal the fact that the Com
trhrratrS are about to :" back down.
As for the views of President Davis,
the writer thinks they will be the
same as given 10 jacques. lie viii
"',irhrr secure the independence of
the South or perish i'll th" attrmpt.'
II does not "nsw~r to aaSun" that
the situation of the Rebel clrit is al
ready So dr-pnraIr that h" must be-
thinking Of submission. There are
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

The Alexandria Democrat comes
to us this week as a Semi Weekly.
We welcome it with pleasure.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

Thanks TO Mr.. Jas Burke, Of
Houston, Texas, for paper Of I'm
brella China seeds. We intend to
have some nice shade trees from them
some days hence.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

The latest dispatches received
since Tuesday appear in this issue;
if true, though not seemingly of much
Importance, they afford much room
for speculation. Hood, it is insinu-
ated is to be assigned to some impor-
taut command in this Department..
The old rumor Of peace by neSotia-
ton is again revived, under more ia
vorable circumstances, as it emanates
through the reliable gentleman, who
has been assured by foreign gentle
man of high position, that Napoleon
will assert our Independence, and
support his course, if requisite. by
armed intervention. We are pleased
to know all this, and our readers, no
doubt, are overjoyed at the intelli-
gence, as it is what a great many
look for, yet we cannot lorbear from
throwing cold water upon the whole,
as we think it looks very we'll as it
is-in print. Don't grasp too eager
ly at the intelligence. The only
item in which we can confidently
place confidence, and which gives US
renewed hope as to our prospects be
ing fair, is the defeat of the bill in
Congress, Of armipg negroes and pla-
cling them in the field. This, We
think, speaks volumes as to our tru,
condition.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

Our accommodating friend james
Burke of Houston, has kindly sent
us another package of assorted gar
den eeds, Persons needing any
thing of that kind should send to
Mr.. Burke, who viii fill all orders
promptly.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16
Communicated.

are dismountcd, because they We're .
consuming the subsistence of the !
country, and rendering no valuable !
also | think, with every citizen and
soldier that the mtuner in which
they were dismomtcd is disgraccful
to the originatorS of the order. and
no good results will grow out OF it.
But, in my humble opinion, it was
still worse policy and wholly wrong
and unj ust for the Government to i'm
press the horses Of the dismountcd
men, and not pay them i'll many in
stances more than oue-tourth the
price the horses cost them. These
| soldiers should have been allowed to
send their horses home or to sell
them at the highest prices which
could be obtained i'll the market.
Justice and equity, to say nothing
of policy, ough to have pointed out
this course. 1t is said by some
quarterma-ters that the horses taken
were poor and very inferior, and not
worth at highest market prices more
than the Government paid, If this
! bt. true, | would ask what does the
! Government want with poor. broken
down horses Does it expect to
have them fattrned : If 50. it viii
hc the first lot of poor horses that
have been tatten"d or put in good
condition by Government. Bat this
is not the question. Many Of these
soldiers have been fighting tor their
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

We proposed some time since, our
readers are all now probably aware
of what we proposed to do. The
Semi Weekly speaks for itself.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

The Houston IIcSruPA and the
Houston Nc,cr, are both published
daily now.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

The San Antonio News has re
sumed its Semi-W eekly visits. Good
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16
From Il late foreign paper We copy
he following Mexican News:

ct liS action
From Il late foreign paper We copy
the following Mexican News
TIIr PUBLIC DEBT OF MEXICO.
The Emperor Maximilian has is
sued Il decree which is expected to
carry great amrlioration into the state
ot the finances. and which appoints
Il commission charged to proceed
with the examination of the domeS-
tic debt # the Republic, in order to
fix tn" amount OF it, by accepting
only the real and legitimate bonds.
\ space of time, from two 20 six
months i granted to the creditors
living in Mexico, and Cuc OF cighr
months t. those who are abroad -
.TIr Government, which has arraug-
I'd its debt with Great Britain as
w~.i - France, d~,i.c> to Introduce
,Lr Same order, the same clrarli,- - in
She arrangement OF it's domestic Oh
....tiou.
Hey. is the decree:
">N.v''I,\. rNrGEuE OF NrNICo.
IA u.-r-cl I" thu rrurrt of the
,.Iu.~-t1r rI, Hlu1uo", We, by ad
vie. O. uur Minister'S, do decree ~
Article / In ORDER 10 fix thp
a.Ho.uH rt 'h,. apnr-ti. debit of the
Umpl,., and the time having come
Z, ja... ..... - :"r.,N: uiun'i.r Of that
dr.r. ...n. N.'lb bee :ogm.a a, the nj.
y..~it,. Il IIu.4cr Il commission OF
. 'i.l.,., .,..r-D.l~ ,D =, InIl tin. holders
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

AtteMtiO n:-persors arriving
with, or receiving, late southern or
northern papers, will oblign us and
benefit our readers, by loaning them
to the editor, if only for an hour
Items of news also solicited.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16

1t is said that the garrisons from
the forts and the crews ot the r'lr'
gunboats at Charleston wer" ,ont to
Wilmington.
Semi-weekly news., 1865-03-16
Ca,l~e OF Gen. Buffers Reno

7
val.
The St. Louis Republican Of the
lSth remarks :
We published yesterday an ab
stract of the report of Gen. Butter in
regard to tn" Wilmington affair."
Upon the back of this report Gen.
Grant wrote an endorsement, contro.
vcrting tn" statement Of Gen. Butler
relative to the instructions about re-
ctrbarking the troops after the as
sault upon Fort Fisher had failed
General Grant says that arcmoval of
the troops after the landing had been
effected was not contemplated in the
instructions. The Lieutenant-Gen
eral attributes the delay in the NOV
ing of the expedition to the time lost
in waiting for the preparation of the
powderboat. The idea of the pow
der boat belongs to BLtler.
But the most remarkable part of
General Grants statement is that in
which he says it was never intended
that Butler should accompany the
expedition Gen. Wcitzel being
specially named az the commander.
This puts Gen. Butler in a peculiar
ly awkward, not to say disreputable,
position. 1t charges him, in effect,
with deserving his place at the head
Of the Amy Of the james and pro-
ceeding 10 Wilmington without or
ders and without leave.
\ Washington, correspondence in
the same paper says
General Buffers failure at Fort
Fisher and Dutch Gap, capped the
climax of his military blunders, aud,
ut the same time, convinced the Gov
ernmcnt it could carry his worse than
dead weight no longer with safety I
The appointment of Brcvet NJ ajor-
General Godfrey Weitzcl, to a full
Major Generalship, simultaneously
with his removal, shows conclusively
that the Government holds him alone
responsible for the Wilmington fail
urr. 1t is understood the complaint
/ against him is, not that he declined
to assault the fort, but his indisposi-
tion to fully cooperate with Admiral
Porter; the re-cmbarking Of his
troops without consulting him, and
ms F." ''l'''"'I "''""rt""1 oI 'h'
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mcsIu- Thought the eu"r~r- OF the
tNprUt,iru had been tcl.GuStcd, and
"H- willing to try another bombard-
m"ut, and attempt at assault. Though
officially called upon /" rNplain his
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
Cotton in the South.

NEW YORK, September l.
Correspondence from Augusta Georgia
says: ' Travelled recently eight miles
along the line of Sherman's march, and
not n bale Of cotton. or Il Gin, or a house
had escaped the torch in all that region,
but it was only twenty miles in width
and constituted but sma portion of the
State. There is full crop left in Georgia;
and this, at two or three times old prices
makes handsome sum for our ;mpover-
ishCd people. The average crop is about
100000 lales for the State. and about
10000 bales were within the limits when
the war closed. South Carolina is sma Ter
than Georgia Shcrmans march was
through a larger portion Of her territory
but 100000 bales are vet To be found with
in her limits. The burning Of cotton at
Selma and Montgomery by General Will
son and the Confederate authorities was
more destructive than the ravages of
sherman in Georgia, but 100000 0ales
will be carried 20 the sea-ports from Ala
bama. The production of Florida is
small and from Mississippi, Louisiana
and Arkansas large part of the cotton
had been transported before the close
of the war. These four States will
furnish 100000 bales more From the
western Tart Of Texas, much of the cot
ton had found is way out through Mex
leo but IN the middle and northeastern
portions, the production had been large.
and neither Federal nor Confederate forces
had destroyed 1t, 50 that 100000 bales
Will be furnished from that State. TIE
present year crop viii add hut little to
the resources Of the Southern States
Peace came too late in the season 70 in
duce planting, ana the low price oC cotton,
compared with corn and provisions. dis
couraged Its production In n Journey Of
800 miles wieh | recently made through
his State. | saw bat one field of cotton.
and reports from every part of the country
are the same \ few fields of corn were
pIowed M TO give place to the cotton when
the news of PEACE arrived, hut the season
OF year was too far advanced t. make this
general Not 100000 bales will lie raised
this wear IN South Carolina, Florida and
Alabama.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
Saufhern NInsnrrAction.,'

So much is said of the INSTRUMENTATION
of the negroes at the South, that IL pe-
comes subject of National inquiry 10
know the truth. whether Sambo IS only
occu,;ed nv schemes of vengeance. An
otber race than the patient African might
have developed tiger-like qualities IN the
slow torture of their prison>house but IL
has been claimed of the blacks that they
have come forth from the life of bondage
with gentleness and teachableness that
promise valuable fruits TO benevolent
efforts for their culture and elevation -
There is an incident Of special point
bearing on this subject, told In recent
Savannah letter in the Boston 1drertiSeT
one of a series embodying the results OF
Hon Carl Shnrz's mission. 1t throws
little light on these insurrection stories,
the portion of Georgia referred TO beng
the reported seat Of the worst disturb
ances now threatening the South.
One of our military commanders were
recently visited by doctor living in one
of the southea stern counties of this
State The doctor looked very much dis
turhed
Genera" says he, "thc negroes in my
country are in Il terrible state of insubor-
dination and we may look for an outbreak
every moment | come to implore your
aid"
The General already accustomed to such
alarming reports, takes the matter with
great GOODNESS. Doctor" saws he, .
have heard Of such things before. Is not
your imagination lit excited; What
reason should the negroes have to resort
to violence p
Well, sir; will tell you of case
that has happened right in my family !
have n negro girl, eighteen years old,
whom ! raised For ten wears she has
been waiting upon my old mother-in law,
who lives with me- 4 few days ago the
old lady was dissatisfied abont something.
and told the girl that she felt like giving
her a whipping Now, what do YOU
think the negro girl actually informed
nv old mOther-in-law that she would not
submit 10 Il whipping, hut would resist
Nv old father-in-law then got mad and
threatened her, and she told him the same
thing. Now, this is an intolerable state
of things"
The General laughed and said: GMv
dear sir, that girl is n free girl. and YOU
haze Just as little right to whip her as you
have to whip your neighbor's daughter =
She Ought to resist when YOU offer har a
whipping, and hope she will. And |
viii tell you another thing Amonn your
slaves there are probably men who have
seen their mothers whipped by your order
| think the negroes deserve n great deal
OF praise for their moderation Another
race, If suddenly freed after such exper-
lences, would probably have proceeded to
cut ,he throats of those who were in the
habit of whipping wives and mothers
Now 90 home. treatsyonr people well and
pay them fair wages, and DO not come to
me and clamor abont danger and insur-
rectiOn, when the freemen working on
your plantation dance and sing. and v hen
the girls refuse to accept a whipping"
The Doctor left, sorely puzzled with the
mysteries of free labor
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
The freedmen.
New I DIRK, September ..


The Uera2dS Washington special saws
Reports to the F.eedmcn's Bureau from
North Carolina state that the number of
whites and blacks supported by the Gov
vernment in that state is greatly reduced
now amounting to only 10000. The Freed
men are making fair crops on Government
farms.
Offenders in eases Of cruelty to ne
"rOes have been arrested and are awaiting
trial In some cases the blacks arc treated
with fairness, but more frequently they
are abused and oppressed to n shameful
degree The right to punish them is still
tenaclonsiy claimed by their cmpl, vers,
and few assert that they will either have
the blacks as slaves or exterminate the
whole race. The action of the blacks in
great number of instances is equally
unfortunate and pitirul Some are deter
mined to he dependents, and idly roam
ahont, refusing steady employment, being
so filled with suspicion, that they will as
sent to no contract
" From East Tennessee it is reported
that not more than one hundred negroes
are supported by the Government Freed
mems schools are hnuri@hine. and in
GreenvlIlc, President Johnson's home. the
negroes have contributed 800 per month
for teachers"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06

rsg~The following anonvmor. letter.
addressed to Capt A Powell, acting Pro
Vost Marshal At Mobile, may he read with
interest by some persons in the North:
To the Prorost NzrsHal Mobile .~A
In the year 1868 the writer hereof was
IN the city Of New York-whither he had
gone On business Of the Confederate Gov
eminent While there he had an inter-
view with a most distinguished man. then
and now at the head Of the democratic
party. It would be tedious to state m
nutely what passed at that interview. and
It's written under three heads:
!. Advice that the South should con
tinue the wa--tIat sooner or later there
would BE revolution at the North.
: Assurances that En- gland or France.
IT perhaps both, would certainly intervene
IA the war.
) The belief that nothing would SO
change the aspect of Northern politics
be Of greater benefit to the South. nor
sooner end the war, than the death OF
President Lincoln
The substance of this conversation |
requested the party to write down he
sand it would lie unsafe both to INN and
myself but that when returned to Rich
mond he wished ne to report what was
said to me- TO President Davis. which |
accordingly advised President Davis of
on my return to Richmond. The above
and much more
regarded i At the time, and do 50
now, as advice insidiously given to pro
cure, by Southern means. the death Of
President Lineoln-that and nothing less.
These facts are at the disposal of the
Government-and if their possession
would be of Importance, or cut any frcre
ut the present time, will give full and
detailed statement of the whole matter
Provided, however there results
J. No evil consequences TO myself
That 5000 be paid me to defrsy my
expenses to Virginia to get possession of
my papers, to substantiate such statement
as | shall make
In the 4drertjssr and Register of Mon
day evening. if the Provost Marshal, un-
der the nonan,e de plume of "Lioertv,'
viii indicate his wishes may meet them
If not this page of history may forever
remain unwritten BEE
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
4 Sensation In New York,

The inhabitants of the Sixteenth Ward
this morning wake up to new sensation
Mysterious chalk marks had been made,
by some unseen hand, on the doors of
some three hundred dwelling houses in
the Eighth avenue and the intersecting
streets. The hiero.lyphics in question
had the look of brief photographic sem
tence, and experts in photography nc-
cordingiv were called in, as Belshazzar
called in Daniel, to interpret, but, un ike
Daniel, the phonogs were unable to make
anything ont of them. They were not
photographic characters at all The
sarans of the neighborhood say they are
n sort OF cross between Greek and San
scrIt BE that as it may, the marks were
on every mans door, and the strangest
part OF the story is that though policemen
were plenty all night, patrollng up and
down the sidewalks, no visible agency.
producing these singular chalk marks,
came within the range of their proverbi-
ally sharp optics.
OF course there is 10 end to the con-
lectures and speculation to which these
strange "signs and symbols" have given
rise. Some are inc ined to think thew are
| the product of some secret society, having
some occult purpose in lew, while Others,
who are gwen to superstition, are certain
| that they are supernatural signs that the
cholera or the hgue, or some other cal
amitv is coming Barnum has his enter
prising agents making fac similes of the
mysterious marks. and one or two photo
graphcrs, am told, are also ut work TAX
ing copies. The "marks" are all the ia TX
in Il saloons and corner groceries in that
part of the town, and a good deal of bad
whisky mast have been sold on the strength
of tn 7 Paper, august %.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
Iowa County Onion Nominations
Tnion County Convention.

The convention of the Union party of
Iowa county, held at DodgevilIe on Sat-
urlay last. was not as we'll attended as
we would like to have seen it. though
most Of the towns were represented. Col.
Amasa Cobb and T.. W Joiner, Esq,
were selected rs senatorial delegates to
the State Convention Mr.. SAMUEL PARKS.
of Avoca, was Nominated for County SUI
pcrintendent of Schools. Mr. Parks is n
gentleman in whose qualifications Tor the
Office we have the utmost confidence. lie
IS a gentleman with whom we have had
but short personal acquaintance, bnt
by those who have enjoyed his acquaint>
nncc Tor years we hear him spoken of in
the highest terms of commendation, ana
well fitted for the position, by experience
In teaching and deep interest III our pub
lie schools
After accomplishing the business of
the County at large, the Convention scpa-
ted into District Conventions, for the
selection Of Assembly delegates to the
State Convention, and the transaction of
such other business as was deemed al is
able For the Southern Assembly Dis
trict, Dr. Geo D. WILDER and Geo w.
Bliss were chosen as de 'egatcs, when the
District Convention adjourned without
further action.
In the Northern District, Francis Wv
ian, Esq, and Hon. w l. Lincoln were
chosen as delegates The convention
deeming it advisable TO make then nomi-
nations for the Assembly and County
Commissioners, the fol owing gentlemen
were selected as candidates: For the As
semhly, PATRICK NOLAN, Of c yde; for
County Commissioner from the North
District, OLIVER 7 UNDERWOOD. Of Avoca.
for the Middle District, WM H. VIRGIN, Of
Ridgeway
Mr.. Underwood and Mr. Virgin are
gentlemen of whose qualifications it is
unnecessary for US to speak They are
too well known as business men who feel
IN interest in our County matters to re-
qujre a notice from ~ We look upon
tho nominations as such as the people will
inlorse at the ballot box in November,
and if elected, We feel the utmost conf
dence in their ability to discharge faith
fully the duties of the Office, and have no
doubt they will satisfy the people
With Mr.. Nolan we have no personal
acquaintance, though he is vouciod for
by those who know him, As man suitable
FIR the Office For which he is = candidate.
lie was prominent democrat until the
commencement of the rebellion, when he
preferred the Union to party. and has
since been an active supporter of the Gov
ern-aent and Union measures. We hone
to see him elected
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06
W hat an Irish Norman can do.

In 1860 an Irish widow woman with
four children, AMI 500 in her wallet.
settled upon the solomon river in the west
ern part OF this State She had brawnv
muscle, enduring pluck. and some assist
ance from two OF her children. being hoys
oAe commenced cultivating patch of
ground and has now about one hundred
acres under cultivation. And now Tor
She proceeds and results of her farn;n,,
She has Just finished selling 200 bushels
Of corn, 1T p 80 per bushel; 900 pounds
of butter 1T - cents per pound: - head
of cattle at SIS per bead. She has field
of 65acreS Of corn that is estimated to Weld
- bushels to the acre: on hand % tirkins
OF butter: has increased her land till she
now owns 1900 acres, has POO chickens.
100 ducks. and loo head OF cattle To
recapItu!ate by table:
one thousand two huaared bushels co-n....- .o00
Nine hundred pounds huttsr
twenty-five head Of cate. -.....-.-...... $50
- <
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-09-06

The MOTHER OF HARoLp-Tbere ! =,
singular fact with relation to the GREAT
conspiracy which has heretofore escaped
publicity. The mother of Harold, who
was 10 assassinate Gen. Grant. is A strono
unionist, and had many times protested
against her sons secession tendencies
Alter ms part in the assassination Mot
became known she stifed al, the natural
feelings OF mother, and resolutelv said
that she had tried in vain TO teach him
better connsels, and now he must take the
results OF ms wicked conduct without ex~
pec'inG sympathy from her Although
ms sisters visited him frequently during
ms Imprisonment, and did all in their
power TO secure a pardon for him, his
mother would do neither. but maintained
her singular resolution with more than
9parton hrmness to the last-Sprinqfeld
Republican