Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-01-25
Editorial Correspondence.

dear lET1rSE Here | am, safe and
hearty al the Capitol House, meeting with
many "a friends from The army and in
civil iiIe, Madison, at present Is lively,
The Legislature and Supreme Court ara
in full blast, besides the various recruit
ing Departments which @ 10 make the
Capital tie scene Of acIirity. Having 4
desire 70 see al that knew, (old friends)
/ sauntered 70 the Capito'. Here | found
our popular Secretary of State, a gala,
noJ'c, generous fclsow-cvory bodv's
friend and once tlfo 'Co'o1el of the oil
ID IIG expressed a desire to renew Il
lie in ca,ap We Silently wished he were
again our "B5ss" Oar FELLOW townsman,
Chas. + Lasate, a good old soul, as lively
as ever there, interested heart and hand,
in the country cause. the soldier and his
family -extremely popular-hard at work.
John Mc"ormae, once a resident Of the
Point, now occupies position in the Sec
retary's Office looking, and doing we'll
Many othsrs are here in this department,
old comrades, noble good fel ows, hale
and hearty. VIC found our old friend
HAusER former of the Oh Wis Vols,
doing duty Gen Gaylord is absent Oh
pleasure excursion In the Governors
room W, found our old friend FESToS, in
good he lith ami hapPv The Gogernar
seems to G joythe honor of extraordinarily
and Ger ready to give ahelping hand to
fill quotas anJaexpressed a desire to see
the State relered frori the horrors Of
draft. His late Message is highly spoken
orbv both parties. TO say the lcas., i. is
a feather in his cap. In the Senate We
found Senator ". L. LINCOLN, attentive,
IS might be expected from his past career.
He stood high in the minds Of his fellow
Senator's lows County Is molly repre-
sented in the Senate, II the Assembly
FEAHcIs TLrrLE seems to enjoy the good
will Of all decidedly popular, while his
colleague from the northern district, APP
pears ike one lost sheep ready to. sink
under the heavy responsibility Of repre-
s,ntius the wishes Of the brace democracy
Of the northern district Of Iowa County.
We called at the Journal Office, and
found RuLlee aaI Atwood with the Lccll,
scissors in hand, too busy to talk, yet hap
py as editors can be. Tn. Jonmog wields
powerful inAuenee, and considering the
number Of hands employed, we judge they
haze things about their own way.
,JErr. at ths american, was lively and
happy. and declares that It is immaterial
whether school keeps or moi, draft or no
draft, the American IS bound to be kept in
order Attho Capitol that IiseIy, whole
souled landlord, Wsl- Z Mason, keeps his
guests in good style, With GEORGE as
Clerk, the traveller need know no want
We might cnumeratc many more that
we taok by the hand, but time and space
vi no. admit TO say the least: the old
~chums arc al awe, and heartily at
work.
Our legislators arc little troubled
over the late crash IN the rotunda OF the
Capitol \ fear has come over some lest
tbe entire wall Of the rotunda should fall
/. will doubtless hasten the adjournment
Of the Legislature
IA the Senate on Friday, Senator REED,
of Manitowoc. introduced a resolution re-
,at:ns to the State printing, proposing that
the amount expended in the printing Of a
yolulaiuous document. meaning the Gov
crnar's Message lie appropriated for the
beneGt-or Soldiers families. This was all
wei cnoueh.lbpt when supporting his res
-olution, he declared himself lavorably dis
posed towards the soldiers, vet he asserted
thae the righ, Of suffrage 10 the soldiers
was not privilege for which they thanked
anybody lie declared it was bus giving
tom the prirI,e5e OF being slaves to the
wi Of their officers lie thought dcmoc-
racy had Independence TO stand by the
Constitutions and 70 vote right The Sem
ator would have made So endid speech
had he been undressing the democratic club
n Mineral Point, but here in tho Lcgisla-
turc Il carried no weight Finally Soma
.o~ rtrE took the gentleman from Mani-
rewoc - tass. anj most uoblv raked him
lar his scaui.lous assertions Pors was
more thaa . match tor him. Fl, dealt
-,Et Y witt hjS eP2one0t, vet hc gave him
To understand that the soldier; wcro doubt
, less Is wise ja.the conclusion rs he thar
. rer-cScnts Nauitowac.
fhe l. iSaturc has plenty Of work he
, Fore it.taourh Is sessions are not more
i than "a ave hours, d0ratioa each day.
Nosiiu1 > set heard Of ihe actual quota
. Nt the S-ala,
! ErcryG,1y feels good ovc- tao news
( from TIE armies The neare rurnors are
1 I'LL the ta}S each interested person hoping
ttat there my ac some truth in the Biairs
mission q Richmond
! shall lc homc On Sunday
5Gss. Yours 1ra1ernaly. -
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CAPrvRE or FoET FTsHER-N publish
7 n another column the Official account of
the car.ore Of Fort Fisher, which. We
-trus: viii pretty etTeetu7liv c,ose the book
I ado running - ard from Wilmington
say- \ band of Cuerrillas crossed the