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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14
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The Three Sceptres A Vision.

[' Nation shall lift up sword against Nation nei-
ther shall they learn war any more.-Lsaidh."l
Bring forth the sceptres of command -
That awful Voice | heard
And let the subject nations stand"
The waiting world appeared:-
Then drew the sceptre bearers nigh,
Old Asia first crept covering BY,
Next Europe, with her troubled eve;
Then young America.
Each placed her sceptre, passed, and then,
Unveiled before the sons of men,
ASword, Crosier, and Pen
Upon the altar lay.
Again the Voice uprose, and loud
As battle cry it came;
And wildly, from that heaving crowd,
Echoed the shout For Fame y
Brother ganst brother fiercelv stood
The earth graves, the rivers blood
Kingdoms were crushed, as wasting food
Had swept DER crumbling clay;
Till mid the din dove appeared
The angels song of - Peace" was heard,
| looked-and with that heavenly word
! The Sword had passed away.
Then, like storm of ashes. hurled
! From 1Etna's burning height,
! A thick dark cloud rolled Ger the world
Blotting Minds blessed light:
| And men sank down in utter dread
Mailed warriors weak as infants tread,
! And monarchS, with uncovered head,
Bowed low the Cowl before;
And Superstition's iron reign
| Has scared the heart and shrunk the brain
lia. Thoughts strong grasp has rent the chain;
The Crosicr's sway is DER.
Pure a. the light on altar glows,
Lit by prophets prayer,
4 small soft, steady light arose
On earth, on sea, on air;
1t shines shed from seraphs wings,
Withering all vile, old, useless things.
Like scorched flax from the grasp of kings,
The reins of empire sever.
1t burns from Craft his mask of light,
lntemperance blasts with holy light,
And shows the Ethiop's soul is white =
" The Peu-The Pen, forever -
Thus sang the Noice-its trumpet tone
Burst like swelling river;
From land to land went sounding on
. The Pen, the Pen, forever"
| say Earth's joyous millions move.
Justice their shield, their banner Love,
While Freedoms Eagle, high above,
Scared with unslumbering eye;
Cool springs gushcd 'orth mid arid sands,
Bright flowers bloomed out in desert lands
And bands of Peace, in angel hands,
Were linking earth and sky.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

IF the earth was a cannon-ball, shot
at the sun from its present distance,
and with the velocity It now travels,
and if. simultaneous with the explo-
sion. telegram was sent to the solar
inhabitants. the electricity would pass
the intervening space of 95,0OO,0O0
miles aud the message be received IN
FIVE minutes the earth would be seen
coming toward them after the lapse of
eight minutes; the inhabitants would
have nearly two months to prepare
for the shock. which would be receiv-
ed over ten years before they heard
the explosion.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

\ POOR citizen Of Berlin was recent.
ly left some $4,000. Being very old
and feeble, be was puzzled as to whom
he should viii his money. Thinking
none Of his friends worthy of it, he at
last determined to leave IT to a bitter
enemy. who had large family. and
no money excapt his daily earnings.
lie made his viii to that effect; he
made it a condition however, that the
heir should always wear thin, white
linen clothes, and no extra under.
clothes. Should that condition be Vi
olated- even once, the money goes to
the executors.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14
Retros sp e ctIve.

In wagon, made of willow,
Wheeled | once little maiden,
RingletS shining on the pillow,
Rolling homewards, treasure laden,
Like boat upon the billow.
Ten years fled; oh how I missed bcr
W hen she left the village school
But she said she'd be my sister,
As she fingered by the pool,
And | pasSionately kissed her
Ten more hopeful wears renew il:
Little wagon, made of willow
Loving eyes are bent TO view it,
Loving hands adjust the pillow,
And we've fitted rockers to IL.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

No STAMPs OK AFFTDAvITS.-KE e
are requested by Gen. Henry Harden
L :. Assessor. to call attention TO
the fact that by an amendment to the
revenue law, Of March ID. 1867. all
afiidavits are exempt from stamp duty.
-JonnoI.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

The Waukesha Freeman publishes a
table Of the valuation Of property in
Naukesha County aggregating S.
i47.324. Of which SI,847.J3I is per
sonal property. The average valua-
tion Of farming lands an acre Is SI6.-
80. Five head Of young cattle were
killed by lightning in Lisbon the other
daE.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

liz Is on THE LECTURE LIsT.-The
Old Pub. Func., James buchanan. is
to be in the lecturing business next
winter, and viii commence relieving
himself at Cincinnati. This soft old
sinner cannot retire to his well-earned
grave without nadseating the public
by driveling out long tale Of his base
and slayish conduct while holding the
executive chair Of the United States.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

THE internal revenue receipts since
the l-t of July have been very en-
couraging On the 25th they had
reached $50. 5000
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-08-14

= Who are YOU?
| blurted out with:
How came YOU here 2
The figure gazed still in specifies
though waking from its stuPefaction,
spoke
Are You Charles Morgan p
" Yes was my rather subdued an
sweF.
Well, then. Mr. Morgan. said the
figure. by this time speaking as calmly
and quite as digniicd as though IN the
drawing-room. - am May Stevens. and
was put into this room last evening
after an unexpected arrival. Horace
had gone over to neighbor's a few
miles off before l got here, and was
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

The BATTLE -FIELDs.-One who
now reviews tho fields whereon he
saw great armies contending, Oh
haply was himself in the van, battle
sounds have died away, the black
mouthed cannon are dumb in the
burrows once plowed by caison
wheels the daisy or tender violet
springs no longer the hills echo
the roar of artillery, and the plains
resound with the clatter Of hoof-
beats and the clink of sabres-a
four years story seems like fear
full dream that is gone. But as the
fancy kindles, 10 the ghastly scars
of the earth reopen, and again the
field is peopled with embattled ar
mies-the dun pail draws back over
the landscape, and out of its depths
rise the cheers of the victors and
the cries of the wounded-the tat
tered ensigns, blazoned with glori-
ous legends, epitomcs of history,
toss once more in the battle smoke
the clangor Of arms goes on. So
in story and Imagination the heroes
contend again; as wayfayers at
night, through m any centuries,
heard the neighing of the Persian
war horses and tho shouts and blows
of the warriors on the plains of
Marathon.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

THE NEXT LEGIsLATuRE.-The
next General Assembly of Kentucky
will, to judge from appearances, be
the ablest legislative body that has
met in this State for half a century.
A general feeling pervades the
minds of the people that the best
men should, at Il crisis in our affairs
SO critical in cvory point of view, be
sent to Frankfort. The prevalence
of this feeling throughout the State
which, under the circumstances, is
so eminently proper, has had the
effect of throwing far into the back
ground those petty politicians who
have too often been suffered to seize
upon Legislative honors as their pc
culiar property.
A Legislature in which such men
rs Hon. f. G. Phister, of Mason;
General Humphrey Marshall, of
Henry, and Hon. Jesse d. Bright,
of Carroll, are members, will be, in
point of responsibility and talent, Il
good deal in advance of Congress, as
at present congtitutcd. We rejoice
to sec that the people are demand
ing the services of such men, and
that they in turn evince a disposi-
ton to respond to the calls upon
them.-LouiSUUlc Courier.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

The "Queretaro Esparanza' pub
fishes the following letter from
MACMILLAN to his wife: My beloved
Carlotta, if God permits that your
health gets better, and you should
read these few lines, you will learn
the cruelty with which fate has
stricken me since your departure
for Europe.
You took along with you not only
my heart, but my good fortune; why
did not give heed to your voice
So many untoward events, so many
sudden blows, have shattered all my
hopes, so that death is but n happy
deliverapce, not an agony to me.
shall die gloriously; like king
vsnquished, but not dishonorcd. If
your suffcrings are too great, and
God should call you soon TO join me,
shall bless his divine hand, which
has weighed so heavily upon US
Adieu Adieu
Your poor MAMMALIAN.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

TIE PRINTER.-The following
beautiful tribute to the followers Of
the "stick and rule" is from the
Chicago Evening Journal:
The printer is the adjutant of
thought, and this explains the mys.
terry of the wonderful word that
can kindlc Il hope as no song can
that word I'VE" with handin-w warm.
tn in it-for the authors and tho
printers are engineers together,
Engineers, indeed When the lit
tie Cprsican bombarded Cadiz, at
the distance of five miles, it was
doomed the very triumph of engin.
eoring. But what is that range to
this, whereby they lombard tho
ages yet to be +?
There at the "case" he stands and
marshals into line the forces armed
for truth, clothed in immortality
and English. And what can bo
noblcr than tina. equipment Of q
thought in sterling Saxon-SaSpl
with a spear or shield therein, and
that commissioning it when we are
dead, to movo grandly on to the
''latest syllable Ct recorded time"
This is to viii victory from death,
for this has no dying in it.
Pho printer is called laborer,
and the office he performs is toll.
Oh, it is not work but sublime
life he is performing, when he thus
sights the engine that is to fling a
warded truth in grander curve than
missile e'er before described; fling
it into the bosom of an age unborn
He throws off his coat indeed but
we wonder the rather, that he does
not put his shoes fran off his feet,
for the place where he stands is
holy ground.
A little song was uttered some.
where long ago; it wandered
through the twilight feebler than q
star; II died upon the ear. But tho
printer takes it up where it was ly-
ing there in the silence like woun
ded bird, apd he sends it forth from
tie ark, tsat had preserved il, spd
il flies on into the future with the
olive branch Of peace, and around
the world with melody, like the
dawning Of n spring morning.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10
TRAITORS" Caught In the Act

A number of prominent Conser-
vativcs Of Richmond, Va, (some q
whom had been sccessionists,) } wens
several miles into the country with
their families on the Fourth ofJuly,
and proceeded to the enjoyment of
one Of those old fashioned celebra-
tions which have become so rare of
tie years. Their proceedings,
however, had been, carefully watch,
ed from the start by one of those
vigilant military guardians of "re-
construction" n dapper little Lieu
tenant, who evidently smelled trea-
son in the wind. Following unob-
served, he watched the preliminary
proceedings from a neighboring
thicket. Upon perceiving one Of
the suspected conspirators mount
ing platform and commencing the
delivery of what Of course could be-
nothing chs Q than reasonable
speech, he quietly made his way
toward the assemblage and listened.
His suspicious were confirmed.
The orator was declaiming from
written speech in the following
reasonable strain, evidently level
cd as the General commanding the
First Military Department:
"lIe has made judges dependent
on his will alone for the tenure Of
their offices, and the amount and
payment of their salaries;
"IIc has erected n multitude OF
new offices, and sent hither swarms
of officers, to harass our people, and
eat ont their substance;
"lle has kept among us, in time
of peace, standing armies, without
the consent of our legislatures
'lIe has affected to render the
military Independent, of and supe-
rior to, civil power;
"IIe has combined with others to-
subject us to Jurisdiction foreign
to our Constitution, and unacknowl-
edged by our laws; giving his as-.
sent to their acts Of pretended legis,
lation;
"For quartcring large bodies of
armed troops among us;
"For protecting them, by mock
trial, from punishment for any mur.
ders which they should commit on
the inhabitants of these Stateai
"For imposing taxes on us with
out our consent;
"For dcpriving us, in many cases
Of the benefits OF trial by jury"
The Lieutenant could stand no
more such unmitigated treason,
and, bursting into the crowd like o
bombshcll, he ordered the assem-
Llage ia disperse, threatening every
man, wQman and child with immo-
diate court martial if not obcyed.
Ofcourse such u sudden and violent
military irruption created mOmen-
tary confusion and astonishmcnt
among the people, but, in a few
minutes, the officers misapprehen-
sion was discovered and rcctificd.
He had mistaken the Decioration Of
Independence for a reasonable speech
against his commander and the Rump
Congress-!
No amount of persuasion sufliccd
to induce the Lieutenant to stay
for dinner, and he went away,
wondering how a document written
nearly a hundred years ago against
Il tyrannical foreign dynasty could
fit the present officers of our gov
crnment S o exactly.-Harrisbur9
Patriot e. Union.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

prison, but Gen, Diaz did not acccde
to the request, Vidaurr also re,
qucstsd postponmont of his exc
cution until President Juarcz should
arrive, but Gen. Diaz, lookinga tho
law Of the 2lst Of June, was sorry
he could not grant tho pctition,-
He manifested n desire TO see his
son, and when this was denied him,
he burst into q flood of tears. He
said he was prisoner in the house
where he was hidden, and was salts.
fled that he had been denounced,
and had been endeavoring to bore
n hole through the back wall and
that had he succeeded he could have
made his escape through the baths
Of San Camille.
Vidaurri requested that Of the
five ounces in his purse, two should
be given to the priest to pray for
his and his witea souls, and three
ounces be given his son to pay his
burial expenses, to whom he re-
quested his body to be given,
At four o'clock in the evening he
left the depUtation and from thence
he was escorted IN o coach by Il
squadron ofcavalry, under command
of Gen. Carvajal, until reaching the
little square Of Santa Domingo,
where he was shot. The body was
taken to the Municipal Hospital,
We are sorry to see Carvajal, who
was educated in the United States,
and once lived in Texas, turn butch
er for such tigers as now rule in
Mexico. He was form arly regarded
as more humane than most Mexi
cans, and favored Texan captives
who were in his power.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

HoRRIBLE.-The New Orle n 8
Times, speaking of the execution of
Maximilian, says: .
"The only favor he condescended
to ask of his barbarous captors was
that his body should not be treated
with indignity. What did the fends
do? The hand trembles with indig-
nation as we write that this noble
man-his birth and rank shall go
for nothing-this prince among ma
lures gentlemen, was dragged from
his place of confinement, and placed
before his executioners naked as he
was born. Thus ends the saddest
story of The present epoch-a trag-
edy TO which there are happily but
few parallels"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

THE TRAIToR's REwABD.-After
selling Macmillan and his generals,
Lopez went to Puebla to visit his
wife. Leading her little son, she
met him coolly, and thus add-Sssed
him:
"SiF, here is your sGn we cannot
cut him in two. take him. You are
a base coward and traitor. You
have betrayed your country and
vour beDefactor. From this hour
VIC arc strangers, for | shall this
dav retire 10 nlv family. Go
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10
The Jolly Old Pedagogue.

There was q jolly old pedagogue, long ago,
Tall aud slender, and sallow and dry
His form was bent and his gait was slow,
A nd his long thin hair was white as snow,
But q wonderful twinkle shone In his eye;
And he sang every night as he went to bed,
"Let US be happy down here below
The living should live, though the dead be
dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
lie taught the scholars the Rule Of Three,
Reading, and writing, and history too;
lie took the little ones on his knee,
For kind old heart in his breast had he,
And the wants Of the littlest child he
knew;
'Learn while you're young" he often said,
"There is much to enjoy down here be-
low;
Life for the living and rest for the dead u
Said the jolly old pedagOgue, long ago.
With the stupidest boys he was kind and
cool,
Speaking only in the gentlest tones;
The rod was scarcely known in his school
Whipping TO him was barbarous rule,
And too hard work for his poor old bones;
Besides It was painful, he sometimes said |;
awe should make life pleasant down here
below,
The living need charity more than the dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
lie lived in the house by the hawthorn lane,
With roses and woodbine over the door !;
His rooms we're quiet, and neat, and plain,
But spirit Of comfort there held reign,
And made him forget he was old and
poor.
~ need SO lit le," he often said;
"And my friends and relatives here be-
low
Won't litigate over me when am dead"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
But the pleasantest times he had Of all
Were the sociable hours he used to pass,
With the chair tipped back to neighbors
wall,
Making an unceremonious call,
Over pipe and friendly glass;
This was the finest pleasure, he said,
Of the many he tasted here below;
"Who has no cronies had better be dead,
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
The jolly old pedagogue's wrinkled face
Melted all over in sunshiny smiles;
lie stirred his glass With an old.school
grace,
Chuekled, and slipped, and prattled apsos,
Till the house grew merry from cellar to
tiles,
"Im IN pretty old man." he gently said,
"Pve fingered long time here below;
But my heart is fresh il my youth is fled !"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
He smoked his pipe in the balmy air
Every night when the sun went down;
And the soft wind played in his silvery
hair,
Leaving it's tenderest kisses there
On the jolly old pedagogue's jolly old
crown;
And feeling the kisses, he smiled and spid:
"'Twas glorious world down here be-
low;
Why wait for happiness till we are dead ?"
Said the july cd pedagogue, long ago.
He sat at his door one midsummer night,
After the sun hand sunk in the west,
And the lingering beams in the golden night
Made his kindly old face look warm and
bright,
While the odorous night-winds whisper
ed "Restp'
Gently, gently, he bowed his head;
There were angels waiting for him,
know;
He was sure of his happiness living or dead,
This jolly old pedagogue, long ago.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10
SLAVERY IN FLORIDA NOT DEAL

SLAVERY IN FLORIDA NOT DEAD.
Slavery is not extinctin this coun-
try. The Seminole Indians, who in
habit the lower portion of Florida
called the everglades-have al
ways held a number ofnegro slaves,
and still hold them. Not long since
a surveying party from Northern
Florida went down among these In
dians, and while there number of
negroes were offered for sale to
them. The whites told the Indians
that slavery had been abolished in
the United States, but the Indians
replied that it hadn't been among
them, and couldn't be, by any act Of
Congress. The Seminoles hav 9
slaves enough to do their farming,
and it is reported that the number
is constantly being increased by
kidnapping. The Everglades are
occupied exclusively by Seminolesr
and are seldom visited by whites.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10
ARMY OF OPERATIONS,
Ouarfermasters Dent.

The Commander in Chief orders
me TO make known to whom 1t may
concern that, not wishing to be
obliged to commit acts of severity,
such "a praeticed with Don Santiago
Vidaurri. has ordered to be conceded,
that the individuals spoken of ia the
decree of Jan. 21st may have furth-
er time in which to present them
selves, a new time Of twenty-six
hours will be granted in which to
surrender themselves as prisoners,
the time to expire on the 9th, at B
O'Clock P. N, Mexico, July.S, 1867.
JosE j. AJvEREZ.
.Vidaurri. in anote requested Cen
Disz 70 come and see him ~ hFs
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

HEAD r. sToNAcH-The question
why printers do not succeed 80
well as brewers, was thus answered:
Because printers work for the head.
and brewers for the stomach, and
where twenty men have stomaehs
but one has brains
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

GONG TO TUxpAN.-The follow
ing true and timely remarks are
from the Ranchero. The writer is
we'll informed in regard to the char
acter and habits of the Mexicans:
We regret 10 put our foot down on
the Tuxpan scheme, for some ofour
very best friends are in the enter
prise, but duty sometimes overrides
the strongest ties of friendship.
Almost any observing mind could
write the history of the Tuxpan
Colony, to-day just as faithfully
true, as to wait a dozen years. For
Americans to attempt the establish
ment of colony in Mexico is so
suicidal a step that We must enter
our solemn protest against it. We
make no doubt that the Tuxpan Col
opy would flourish, and that the en-
igrants would realize their highest
hopes, but. in the success Of the col
ony lies the danger. We all know
that success and wealth would at
once bring the robbers, prestamo-
makers and bandittis down upon the
colony. Should the colonists resist
being robbed, as they doubtless
would, the last one Of them would
be put to death. Just so certain as
the Tuxpan Colony should grow in
to fourishing town, and become
possessed of available wealth, their
doom would at once be sealed. 1t
is useless to go over the grounds and
discuss the thousand and one pre-
texts which would be found tojusti-
fy the pillago, if not the massacre
Of the colonists. While yet there is
time, we say beware how you put
your foot in outlawed Mexico.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

We are glad to learn as we do
from a note in our paper Of to-day,
from our fellow citizen G. Schleicher,
ESQ.,, Engineer for the Contractors,
that there will be no failure in the
building Of the S. A. 4 NJ. g. r. r.,
as per contract heretofore entered
into by the company with certain
English capitalists. For the pres
ent the prevailing epidemic viii
cause some delay, but the contract
viii be carried outs. A. Herald.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-08-10

ARE THEY DeYAL-A SUGGEsTIoN
FoR THAD. SIEvESs.-A northern
conservative man, a few days ago.
met Texan, and asked him, "Do
Won think these people are loyal ?
iPerfectly," said the Texan; 'they
are thoroughly reconstructed. Il
can't see il, said the Yankee. Il
don't believe there are a dozen 10y
al men. white or black, in this sec
ton Of the State" "Why1" said
the Texan, because, said our
Northern friend, "nOne Of them
work the roads or ike 10 take green
backs."