Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1866-08-22

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4 Degenerate Son-Young Quincy
Adams, son of Charles Francis. the min
ister to England, heads a call in Quincy
in favor Of the Philadelphia Convention.
This Is the first live, independents Young
American that the Johnsonians have can.
tured IN Massachusetts,, says the Spring,
fed Republican,
Ezs7~ The days Of guerrilla warfare do
not seem TO have gone by. \ railroad
train, on board of which was Coy Curtin
and Gen. Geary, and a party of soldiers,
was attacked near York Pa. On Thurs>
day Several shots were fired, and one
person was killed
AHotIer case of Conscience CONGRESS-
man HUBBARD, Of West Virginia. has sent
TO the conscience fund" of the United
States Treasury, the extra s.. 600 which
Congress voted itself, saying that he voted
tor the increase of pay because he could
not otherwise vote the bounty to the SOL
dicrS.
sSt-A letter from Dalton, Ga. saws that
one company there took out ten thousand
dollars worth Of gold from the Mines 10
one day, and that capitalists of New York
ana Boston are about to shin EXPENSIVE
mining machinery to that place for tho
purpose Of more fully developing tho
mines.
A little girl near Milton, Pa, wn.
sent to the fields, few days since, to car
ry lunch to the iicle-hands. Remaining
longer than was necessary, search was
uade for her, when she was found stranr-
led to death by a black snake. The rom
tile had coiled itself several times abant
her neck, and had to be cut in two before
he would release his hold
POISONED BY Fly FAgza-kq rule Il
Is not advisable to eat ilv-poisoninc paper.
\ little girl named kennedv,in Pittslurr.
Pa, did so the other day. Her paren.s
came to the conclusion that she was pois.
oned. administered an cmctic of sweet
milk, and summoned n physician. who
said she would have died if they had not
done so.
A negro and his wife were taken for
clbIy from their house into the woods six
mi'es from Memphis, recently, and being
tied To trees and gagged, their eyes goug~
ed out and ears cut off, in which condi.
ton they remained from midnight until
four 0 clock, the extaiternoon, when they
were discovered by a party Of stolling SOL
diers. The blacks claimed that two of
their assailants were policemen.
A fire occurred at Whitewater on tho
9Th, destroying c. d. ChaTtes sash fac.
tor1, the furniture warehouse Of IT r
j.inrcrman's : blacksmith shop. and n FARGO
srious parties. The principai iI',5 i5sIlirIs IliI
Were Chatfee and Thistle d Co, who lost
aDout $1,000 each. The latter was ins1r-
ed for - 900 The total damage is esti-
mated at $1,000. 4 NJ Littleiohn Ium-
Der dealer, lost 81 600.
An arJ mt temperance man was talk :
ing to n crowd of drinkers Mt Sahron
Springs, telling them ot the awful effects
of drinking ardent spirits 4 noted toper
in tie crowd said Now, Mister. ! lust
want to tell why take Il dram OCCASION
ally. / knew q man once that believed ex-
actly as you did, never drank ANYTHING
but cold water. He died suddenly, as the
doctor said of aroplexy but when they
came to open hIm they found him full Of
isicles T.
ss4r Hon. a. H. IT. Stuart, in his re-
cent address before the University of Yir~
ginia, speaking of the landed estates in
that state. said "All this must now mas.
away Large estates must be subdiyided
and sold; "a hardy race of yeomanrv who.
viii then till the soil with their own strong
arms, viii supplaut the large landed pro-
prictors. Land viii improve in produces
tiyeness and value. and the wealth Of tho
country Will be augmented. Thrift and
economy viii be substituted for the lavish
expenditure and the wastclul profuson Of
the ancient proprietors,' ~
as3~ The st Louis Il puJ1ie1lis st 10
seph special says a dispatch from Fort
Laramie states that the Indian war has
commenced again Several white men
have been killed near fort Reno, the Indi-
ans stealing and driving of large numbers
Of cattle Another dispatch dated Jules
burg p, says a goyernmect herd at Fort
Laramie, and a lot Of cattle belonging To
a rancheman. one mile from the Fort,
were driven of by the Indians, who also
burned thrcc forts on Powder River, and
killed thirty fse men. Fort Connor is de-
str0ycd Several trains in that vicinity
have been attacked, and a number Of pe0-
pie killed.
rag~ General ButIcr, a a social gathers
ing "A few evenings since, in referring -
the New Orleans massacre, spoke of May
or Monroe AZ renegade son Of Massa-
! chrsetts. who after being imprisoned by
him as traitor. was about to be released
upon taking the oath Of allegiance, and
bad actually TIE pen in his hand to affix
+ his signature when word was brought in
+ that Mcclellan had been defeated by tho
rebels with . loss Of forty thousand men.
Believing this canard. Monroe refused n
sign. threw down tire pen, and was taken
back t. prison, from which he was after
wards released by the action Of the au-
tLorities at Washington.
p=a The Freeport (IIl) Journal says
. that a suit Of great Iatsres. 70 the citizens
&c that vicinity has recently been tried
iu the Circuit e urt of Lee County, be-
fore Hon. w Iiea on, Circuit Judge, IL
was originally commenced IN 10 Daviess
county, and taken by a change Of venue
% Lee. The suit was brought hv James
Mitchell ct al, against Thomas Deeds, o.
Pleasant Valley, to recover judgment fol
the amount ot note given To the Racine
and Mississippi Railroad Company, aud
secured by mortgage in the same man
ner with a large amount Of paper gwen
Is that company, in the year lo1o' ~ 'he
ckszens 3f that and adjoining cou..tie7--
= The suit was fought with great abliity ana
/ perti0aeity on both siae~ anu ai''! = 'ii
, Of eight davs Il verdict was gwen IN 'd'"i
,f ,b, defendant The case h@s, ws un-
derstanl. been taken on appeal to the su'
preme court