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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-01

operation, Stevens bename almost resi-
dent ut the bar, seldom leaving it. but he
Invariably betrayed the most intense and
childish curiosity rs to the result Of the
search Have they found anything p or
haven't they found anything yet ? and
at times he would remark, ell, | should
have thought they would have discovered
something before this time, were express
sions that frequently fe from his lips
1t was, | think, the fourth day of the
search, and Stevens had been Thinking as
was his wont, on the afternoon Of that day
a sack was found with human remains in
it, at the bottom of hole; and on the
evening Of that same day drink and great
excitement had rendered Stevens incapa~
bic Of taking care Of himself; and at my
suggestion he was con eyed to the lock up
for being drunk and disorderly. / too
though perfectly sober-affected to have
been ou. on a spree, and | was also locked
up in the same place with Stevens, and
my name also entered on the ni-ht charge
list as drunk AMI dsorderly. never saw
such a change in man as came over Ste
vens when he found was locked up with
him The effects Of the drink were passing
away, owing to the strong mental excite
ment produced by the discovery Of these
remains, and no sooner was the lock turn
cd on me, than he claspcd me by the hand
i. L., / 10.
friendly and began to cry piteoUsly like
a child His thoughts were running on
the murder, and | resolved to use the op-
portunity TO make this right l began
Il say, Stevens, do you know they have
found the Cd mans body? twas in
sack, and the sack was weighted with
stones, @nd one Of the stones SO they say,
was your lapstone The skull is broken
in two places, so that it is plain he must
have been murdered What made you
talk about him in your sleep just now p
Did [? what did | say You said if
they would let you of you'd show them
where his money was" (This he said in
his sleep.) Upon hearing this he gave
convu sive. .shrick, fell back upon the pal
let, and exclaimed, Yes, ! killed Jetfery
but don't peach on me; they can only
bring me up for being drunk and disorder
~ ana ! i give you man O 'i'' '.,Ii''s, !
say, groom, you wont peach, will you. |
un,e l,'1 100 i'00', "''i'NS i-'1 me : 'eel'
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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-01
Did dare

Did we dare
IN our agony of prayer,
Ask for more than lIe has done
When was ever His right haEd
Over any time or land
Stretched as now beneath the sun
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-01

Ring, o bells
Every stroke eIulting tells
OF the burial hour Of crime.
Loud and long that al may hear,
Ring for every lis-eEing car
OF eternity and time
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-01

For the Lord
On the VI irlwind is abroad:
In the earthquake he has spoken;
He has suitten with his thunder
The iron walls asuuler,
Ana the gates Of brass are broken
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
The Proposed Restoration OF Civil
Authority i'm Missouri.

ST LOUIS, March 20.-An important
general ordcr from General Pope is pub
lished to-day, which is the first step to-
wards giving practical effect to the views
of his recent letter to the Governor. 1t
directs that as soon as information shall
he received from Governor Fletcher of
the establishment of courts and civil
authority in any county or district the
The Provost Marshal will be immediate
ly relieved from all duties except those
strictly military. All prisoners in their
custody, charged with offences amenable
by civil tribunals, will be surrendered to
these tribunals for trial, the military au-
thorities reserving, however, the right to
try by military commission such often
ders as busnwhackers, guerrillas, and
other armed outlaws When they deem
il advisable, military officers are to fur
nisn assistance to civil authority in the
execution of processes, whenever called,
being careful in doing so not to super
eede civil by military authority. All
officers and soldiers are enioined to do
everything in theirpOwer to promote the
establishment Of civil law in the State.
but without relaxing theil efforts to hunt
down and destroy guerrillas. bushwhack.
ers and other outlaws.
The commanding General admits that
an attempt to restore civil administra-
'tion after four years reign of martial
law will be attended with difficulties
but be appeals to the candor and forbear.
auce of the people and soldiers to make
those difficulties as light as possible. 1t
regards gucrrillas, bushwhackers. armed
rebels and outlaws as enemies entitled to
no mercy. and requires them to be treat.
ed without mercy. but it strictly prohib,
its military officers and soldiers to te.
come lawlesS and tyrannical under pre-,
tence, of upholding law and enforcing
Justice, and enjoins upon them respectful
deference to civil authority,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
GENERAL SHERMAN.
Destruction of an Arsenal.
The Occupation of Goldsboro
Departure of Sherman from Fayette-
willie ON the 14th-DesiructiOn Of the
3 Largest Arsenal in the sOuth-The
Rebels to 9Iake Stand AT e OldsborO.
Press Dispatch.

New YORK, March 2l,-The Herald's
Wilmington correspondent writing on
the 18th, says all refugees, deserters and
prisoners brought in by Sherman are be-
ing brought to that place, two boat loads
arriving that day.
On the 18th Sherman left Fayetteville
marching toward Goldsboro. Before
leaving, the extensive arsenal was COM
pletely destroyed. 1t was the largest in
the south Every cotton mill and sew
eral residences were also destroyed. Six
small steamers were also burned. Ne
groes who have followed Sherman will
be sent to South Carolina, consigned to
the care of General Lester The rebels
will make stand, if at all, near Colds
boro, johnson having united with Bragg,
and large reinforcements having come
from Richmond, give combination with
which they hope to defeat Sherman and
Schofield combined If successful they
calculate to return and crnsh Grant.
Our released prisoners are sent North
Ms fast as possible Their condition is hor-
rible thirty or forty die daily
General Terry is to take the field int
mediately. . Is.
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Attack Expected az Haicher's Run
Sherman and SehOfeld Reported
Moving up the Weldon Road
Press Dispatch.

NEW YORK, March 2l-The CONNER
eiaPs Hatcher's Run correspondent. wri-
ting on the 18th, says our troops there
had been under arms So hours. expecting
ali attack from the enemy. Movements
for several days within the enemy lines
gave rise to this expectation that our
troops are eager to have the attack made.
An early evacuation of Petersburg is
looked for 1t is reported Sherman and
Schofeld are moving up the Weldon
road Our troops were never in more
magnificent spirits
The Commercials special from Trenton
today, says the Washington train was
detained two hours at Motuchin by the
breaking of an axle. Only two persons
were injured.
The Commercial says war clap will
soon be heard in quarter least expected
by friend or foe.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
SfinaulanIs.

From the ~ Y Journal OF Commerce.i
The high prices demanded for the or
dinary exhilarating beverages Ia which
the mass of the people have been ac-
custOmed in past years, have led Ia the
introduction of a new class ot stimu-
lants of far more dangerous character.
Tea is still retained, although neither IN
quantity nor quality is the consumption
equal to the average of former seasons
Coffee. in its purity, is hardly known in
majority OF private families; and eX-
cept in first class hotels or saloons, the
decoctions furnished to the public under
this name are notOriously either adulter-
ated or wholly spurious The vegetable
kingdom has been ransacked for sub
stances which can he made to take on
the appearance of ground coffee, and no
sooner is IN article discovered that can
be successfully used for this purpose,
than it. too is initiated, so that we have
authorizations of the adulterant, and
counterfeit mixtures to resemble the first
limitations. Chiccory is not unwhole-
some, when pure, and may be added to
the coffee berry, as an economic measure
without injury to the digestion. But al
most every species of root is now used
to initiate ehiccory. and these prepara-
tious. made pungent with aromatics. and
swcetened with liquorice, are sold by
wholesale to the adulterators. until even
m expert chemist could hardly tell By
analysis of what the final compound is
composed
But the greatest changes have been
made in alcoholic drinks The manufac-
ture and adulteration of wines has been
carried on for long period; but until
recently the more common liquors could
be purchased comparatively pure. For a
generation past West India rum was ac-
tually what il purportcd TO be-the pro-
duct of the cane; brandy was little
more suspicious, but good article could
still be bought of any well known im-
porter of liquors at price which left a
handsome profit to the retailer and a
Gust omer who insisted on his dram could
find AZ all the better class of tayerns a
reasonably pure article under the name
of any ordinary alcoholic drinks We
should be far from recommending the
habitual use of any Intoxicating bever-
age but we cannot agree with those who
argue that sudden death from an over
dose of fiery corn whisky, is a far better
fate for the dran,-drinker than a forty
years campaign with the best Santa
Cruz" as the old ST. Croix rum is still
called in New England Since the high
tariff, almost prohibitOry, has been levied
upon imported liquors, very few of them
have been sold from first hands here !;
and there must either have been heavy
stock stored in the retail shops. or the
latter are selling much more dangerous
article to their customers than they have
But this is not the most. dangefsss
use of stimulants. II may not be knoFSn
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
FROM THE SOUTH.
The Latest Sensation Item.
The Abdication of jeff. Davis.
Reported Abdication of Jed. Davis
Gen. Lee supreme Dictator.
GPress Dispatch.

New York, MaitL q The Herald's
special says: Il was reported in Wash
ington yesterday, that jeff. Davis had
abdicated the position of President of the
rebel Confederaey, and handed over the
reins of his sinking Government to Gen.
Lee, with the understanding that the
latter, as supreme dictator, would make
one last desperate effort with such re-
sources as are left within his control
All kinds of provisions are now bringing
fabulous prices in Richmond, and every
male in the city capable Of bearing a
musket has been pressed into the army
A cabinet meeting was held at Washing
ton yesterday, at which it is understood
that the present condition of affairs at
Richmond formed the subject of consid-
Grafton. s.
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Order from Gen. Washburne.

CAIRO, March 20.-The steamer Belle
of ST Louis, from Memphis, has arrived,
with 300 bales of cotton for ST Louis
To prevent goods from being sent into
the enemy's lines by land or water, by
means of fraudulent permits, Gen. Wash
burne has issued orders which prohibit
the permitting of goods to go beyond the
lines of occupation, except to persons
who actually come from beyond such
lines and bring in cotton and other pro-
ducts, and dispose of the same to Gov
ernment purchasing agents. The order
abolishes the system by which steam
boat loads of goods have been allowed to
leave Memphis to be traded with the ene-
my
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
The 7.3O Loan,

PHILADELPHIA, March 2l.--Snbscrip-
tions received yesterday at the govern
ment subscription agency amounted to
S3,l25,656 Interruptions by flood of tel
egraphic and mail communications for
the last three days have seriously dimin-
ished the amount 1t is almost certain
that the 7-30's now in market will be en-
tirely gone before Saturday night Only
$4,000 900 are left The anxiety to Sc
cure investments, which increases with
the decline Of gold, promises to lead to
the absorption of the whole of this issue
within n few days
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
South American News.

New YORK. March Give have news
from Venezuela dated Caracas, oath of
February. The country is described as
in a most wretched state of anarchy
Most of the provinces were isolated from
the capitol, all mail communication be-
ing destroyed by the warning factions -
Only two of the legations OF the Repub-
lie, one in Paris and the other in Lima.
Peru. We're in existence Ell Federaldso.
the organ of the Falcin Government.
says they are shedding blood, nobody
knows why In Tripillo. called the Sow
ereign State of the Andes. many believe
that independence is disorder. murder.
arson. &c
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22

TO a majority of our readers, but it la
mentally true that, as a people, Amerl.
cans are greatly given to the use OF
opium. For onr present purpose we need
not decide whether thepeculiar nervous
ness exhibited by the people OF tins coun-
try is the cause or the effect OF thus hao-
it; but the statistics which mark the IN
creased consumption of the eastern mar
cote are quite alarming: - 80
Several months since We prepared for
the use of a-medicA writer in this eitya
statement of the annuais imports i-of
opium into the United States since the
wear lS40 We UNDERSTOOD ct the time
that they swould be given tor the public
in shape to be especially useful IN the
way of warning and rebnke, and ii may
be that. such use has been made of them
in some medical Journal which has not
fallen under Our n0tiee,9 We have be
fore us the figures then complied, which
show that while s40,s ,s74 paid the foreign
cost of all the opium imported at the
ports of the United States i'll ls4O. II took
s932 S51 to pay thateost'in the year ehd-
ino june 80, f362. an increase From forty
thousand to nearly one million dollars IN
less than % years. is tJ.9a- -.i-' go
nor the large sam last mentioned, 30, ,4S2
pounds valued DIT s96,l74. We're landed At
Boston; l63.255 pounds, valued at s514,.
443, at New York; while the vaIhe of
s2sL7O6, mostly prepared, P,Opinm. WAS
landed on the Pacific, chiefly for the use
of the Chinese in California. o. IL is tu,e
that the medical bureau connected with
the army is responsible for a portion Of
this increase since the war began; bnt
the statistics show very heavy con
sumption of opium pfeyiotts to the war,
the imports for the five years ending
June 30, 1860, averaging oyer one hun
dred and twenty Thousand pounds per
annum. This is an enormous amount Tor
the consumption of this country, and
shows that a large number of people
must use this drug habitually in some
form for the qualification Ofstheir cray
ings for stimulant. There may be less
disgrace connected with its use, but the
effects, mental aud physical, are far more
injurious than those which follow the
abuse of alcoholic drinks, while the habit
is much less easily cured or restrained
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
Batteries SilenCed i'm Mobile BAY
Rebel Gen. Hindman Killed.
Press Dispatch

new ORLEANS. March l3-The Plea,
yune's extra says: On Saturday last an
attack was made on two batteries de
tending Mobile bay by monitors. Two
of them silenced the batteries. driving
the men from their guns We obtain
this from an eye witness OF the engage
ment.
1t is reported that the rebel General
Hindman, while ell route to Mexico, was
shot by persons unknown, but supposed
TO be Confederates, between Oak Hall
and Rio Grande He had d number Of
wagons aud ambulanees freighted with
tobacco, and ii is supposed in addition
considerable plate and coin. When kill
ed he was in advance Of the train
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
Sheridan al the White House on the
H 10th.
Press Dispateh.l

NEW YORK, March 2l.-The Herald's
City Point correspondent, writing on the
Goth, says Sheridan reached White House
on the 10Th. He lost only fifty men and
two officers Nearly 200 negroes came
in with him, and he had to turn back u
large number, as he was wholly unable
to feed or protect them. Latterly, how
ever, he could do better, and the negroes
managed to procure theirOwn subsistence
on the march. Il
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22

GaLLETn, popular Italian prima
donna, lately sang in Norma at La
Scala, Milan, and Partisan who was
present expressed his astonishment at
the enthusiasm the lady S singing evoked
He expressed the opinion TO gray-head-
ed old militaire seated by him that he
had never witnessed anything so extra
ordinary Mic Signore," replied the sol.
der, ION this very stage saw Malibran
make her first appearance in Norma,
and her success was so prodigious that
on the fall of the curtain she was re-
called for forty seven times, and when
she refused to come on the forty-eighth
time, the audience became so infuriated
that the military had to be called in and
the riot act read before the theatre could
b cleared" .-.....-
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
New York Items.

New YORK, March 2l.--The Central
Bank was robbed yesterday of 1910 and
$50 bonds to the amount of $4,000.
The monitor Dictator arrived here to
day from Hampton Roads. Her officers
speak of her in the highest terms. A por-
tion of the time she made II knots per
hour, using only "a furnaces ont of 56.
There has been more activity in gold,
principally from the buying of the shorts
to cover their late sales. The price has
Huc tuatsd between 81 50 and 81 59t
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
New Orlenna.

A conversation with a gentleman VINO
1 enth revisited New Orleans has gwen
! "a more perfect conception OF the pecu-
i of running a government
Don high moral ideas" than we ever
il before. There are hali-doleh
-tlcs of authorities there, all "f them
mrrtent to imprison and conhscate,
ue able to release N restore. The
ends of the last Iuier are engaged III
1pOsing those of the former, ana the
EIcst passport to the favor OF tie form
b is. cnmity TO the latter Slavery is be-
IScd by all to he dead, aud tho negro
F, ,y. to he fast following the Indian race
Tie tomb 1t seems tO be the mania
b hose i'm charge of the negro 60 make
lArnds for his former inferiority tn the
Futc man 10y superiority which shall
llan,, the account, the black is begin
} to believe that the paradise of all
b. and no work is dawning upon him
Nuonp finds any profit in working cap
furl plantations III fact, no man with
j., old American horror of being med
Pill with by officials would hire a black
lniu at all. As for any Union sentiment,
ihprt Is about as much rs there is OF
Russian sentiment in Poland
TIL, northern men who so down there
/ make money out of the remnants of
southern property are looked upon as a
llu would he here who stole a ring from
corpse The presence of large army
l.ak,s, of course. a great deal of busi-
r>, hut outside of that there is little
hm- Starvation or perjury, hypocrisy
pr deportation, are the alternatives pre-
eHtcd 10 the inhabitants. Estimates
vary Of the number of negroes buried in
Srw Orleans within the last two years,
rrm sixty to two hundred thousand
lH> Is q goodly picture, and must de-
-ht any man with high moral ideas" "
-ii..'i
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
Davi, Instruction. to Lee.
lPress Dispatch.

New YORK, March 2l-The correspon-
dence between Davis, Lee and Grant, con
cerning a military convention to settle
ouI difficulties, is published, and contain
no new facts except the one that Davis
closed his letter with, giving Lee author
ity to act with these words: Enter into
such an arrangement as will cause at
least temporary suspension of hostlli-
ties"
The suspension of James Dart y Co,
is reported, Several others are said to
have gone under
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-03-22
From New Orleans.

CAIRO, March 20.-The steamer Stick.
ney, from New Orleans 18th, has arrived
With $50 hogsheads of sugar for St.
Louis. The boat had just landed when
she was discovered to he on fire, but il
was promptly extinguished without iu-
jury TO the boat
There was inquiry for cotton in the
New Orleans market. but no sales Small
sales of sugar at 30c for prime and 23a
241c. for yellow clarified Molasses at
Sc for old crop; ST 20 for prime new
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4gBbING REGISTER
MORNING. MARCH % 1900
rsiearnphic summary.

, ,ased at the regular board yes
At i 81. and at the evening eHI
-,, at 81 j53 .,,
''5 III. Wilmington correspond
80. that sherman left Fayette-
c,l5sbcro ON The l4th. destroy
,re he left the most extensive
~, fbe South, cotton mills, sever
49, ',....e. and SIX small steamers
respondent surmises a stana 'S
incl, at GoidsGoro.
J.V YorL Herald special gives a
.,r,snt in Washington, that Jen'
lac Indicated and that Gen Lee
IN rr,ated supreme dictator. The
cement is highly sensational. III
d.. Cabinet at Washington has
an,ilcring the state Of aifairs at
.,J With what view 'deponeht
.h ,,.;,a
,rker portion OF the population
lille relieved themselves of a
| .rlble quantity OF glorious sensa-
IL, 10Th, BY way of a procession
,,., the ratification of the revised
,.,,,n which gives them liberty
A P,pe has issued an order di'
rLa, when the Governor OF MIS-
...,.,it, information OF the re-es'
-. mani of courts and civil authori-
.,,n,, or district the Provost
.' ,,I.l,,l be relieved OF all dnties eA'
,I.,.. ny,r,salily pertaining to his
.,ontry Where civil law is IN
.n,n Pope reserves the right to
..,.,,Lo.krr, aud military outlaws
.a;,,r, commission Military assist
.,a".r. be extended to civil officers
..,, # !, de,med advisable,
n. H,a!I, 9TH army corps CORES
liant r.nart- tho occupation OF Burks-
.r Junction
.n,r,hy prevails at Venezuela.
..np-Jy arrested as a spy. will he ex-
r.d On saturday
..r.,al Washhune has issued orders
u.,rnt goods from being sent into
.prpn ., liur, by means Of fraudulent
m1-
r >ltuldaN two monitors attacked
.r,r,r, defending Mobile and silenced
.L,l,b,l General HindmaE is report
Killed
,u, Point correspondent says Sher-
III reached White House on the 18th,
h q los, oi hut ifty men and two
.tts
rw, reached city Point on Sunday
sherman had occupied Goldsboro
rncyt,da a Junction with Srhofield.
Hatcher RIM correspondent Of the
= York Commercial says rebel attack
,ouIly anticipated and gives a report
Il sherman and Schofeld were march
up fbe Weldon road
f. believed that all Of the 30 loan
offered will he disposed OF before
Iriay night
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Negro Gloriacaiion in Tennessee.

NASHVILLE, March 20-The colored
citizens of Nashville had grand process
sion to day in celebration of the ratifica-
tion by the people of the revised Consti
tuition of Tennessee, which declares ali
slaves forever free. Upwards OF 500
Joined in the procession to-day, consist
ing of colored soldiers, BARRIERS, sc, pre-
ceded by band of music. The ceremo
MES wound UP by an ~oTation and
speeches by colored orators
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Bearer of Dispatches from Sheridan.
Press Dispatch. !

BALTIMORE, March 21.--The steamer
Europa has arrived at Washington.
bringing Major H. B. CoultOn, bearer of
dispatches from Major General Sheridan.
He also brought with him IL rebel bat
tie flags, captured by Sheridan during
his raid, seven ofwhich he captured him
self from Gen. Early S headquarters.