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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
Commissioner Delaa0's Report.

According to the report Of the Com
missioner Of Internal Revenue, the re-
ccpts from all sources, exclusive of the
tax on bank circulation and deposits, for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1869, were
$160,039, 34429 This includes the sums
refunded for taxes illegally assessed and
collected, amounting to 1860, 235.l2, nearly
all of which was Tor taxes assessed and
collected on previous years.
The receipts for the current year ca . es-
timated at $175,000,00o; receipts for the
first six months of the fiscal years 1868
and 1869 are compared, and comparative
statement is submitted, showing the total
receipts from the same general sources of
taxation for the first six months Of the
fiscal year 1863 to have been SOC, 10000;
for the first six months Of the fiscal year
1860, SCI, 296, 1888; total gain for first six
months of 1869, $1,1S6,35S. For the last
six months of the fiscal year 1858, the re-
ceipts from the same general sources were
$64,479,94S; same period 1899, S9J,542,-
$780, gain, 1869, s26,0o2,Si2. Receipts
from the same general sources for the six
months ending September 30th, 1869, were
$104,377,950; for same period 1868, $780,
543,0S2. The total receipts for the first
quarter of the fiscal year 1870, from June
3Oth to September SOth, 1868, show an ag-
gregate OF SAG ,64l, 415, against S3S620,S9S
for the same months in the preceding
year The aggregate receipts from June
80 to November 30, 1869, are S14,Sl6,704,
against s60,3s5,47l of the same months in
the preceding year.
The number of gallons Of spirits in
bonded warehouse, produced before July
/, 1868, was 24,5l6,637. The number Of
gallons produced from July 20, 1868, to
June so, 1869, was 37,515,417 showing
that from June so, 1868, to June 30, 1863,
the tax was collected on GO ,092, III gallons,
which was 55,3s2,Sil more gallons than
paid tax in 1867. During the eleven
months ending June 30, 1869. there were
produced and the tax collected on 3I575,.
is3 gallons Of spirits, which, with 1858.
sSS gallons remaining in bond, showsa to-
tai product for the eleven months Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
The West,

Gold has been discovered on the Della.
ware lands, fifteen miles from Leayen.
worth, Kan, and California miners think
good wages can be made in the diggings
The arguments in the case OF the expul
sion of the Bible from the public schools
OF Cincinnati were closed on the 3D., and
the case taken under advisement. 1t was
not known when decision would be
given.
Near Wheaton, in DuPage county Ill.,,
some OF the bones of mammoth animal
now extinct have recently been dug up
on farm The bones are of immense
proportions, indicating that the animal
must have measured over thirteen feet
from the boot Of its fore leg to the top Of
he shoulder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16

at Frankfort on the 9Th, md organized by
the election of P. II. Leslie as President
of the Senate, and j. H. Bunch, Speaker
of the House!E Tine Governor, in his mes
sage, iskes h cheerful view of the affairs
of Kentucky. If the outstanding bonds
were now due, and the $s40,S49.55 due
from the Revenue Department proper to
the State were returned, the resources
would be more than sufficient to pay off
the State debt.
Judge Hoke, Of the Jefersonville Coun.
ty Court OF Kentucky, has decided that
the act taxing incomes arising from United
States bonds is constitutional, and that the
act of Congress forbdding the act is un-
constitutional.
An Austin, Texas, dispatch of the 9th
says the Constitution is carried almost un
animously. The Legislature will ratify
the Fifteenth Amendment. A New Or
leans telegram Of the 9Th says that Davis
is probably elected Governor of Texas,
and that all the candidates for Congress
on the Davis ticket are elected, and that
both branches of the Legislature are car
ried by the same party.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
Foreign Intelligence.

A formidable conspiracy among the ne
gro slaves at Sagua was recently dis
covered, by which they were to massacre
their Spanish masters, burn the estates,
and declare themselves free. Twelve of
the leaders were summarily shot.
A Paris dispatch of the Sd says the re-
ported difficulty between Paris and Wash
ington about the landing Of the French
cable on the American shores, has been
amicably settled.
A telegram from San Francisco on the
3D. says Sonora has been devastated by In.
dians and Durango has suffered severely
from rains. Three water-spouts destroyed
village Of 300 houses, filled the mines
with water, and damaged the fields.
The constitutional guarantees of Spain,
which were suspended not long ago as
measure of public safety, have been re.
stored
The Chinese Embassy has been received
blythe King and Queen Of Prussia with
most imposing ceremonies. The recep-
ton was grand affair.
A dispatch from Rome, received in
Paris en- the 9th, says all the Italian Bish
ops, except five, have taken the oath of
fidelity to the Pope.
The Empress Eugene arrived in Paris
on the 9TH
1t was stated on the 18th that the State
Department at Washington had reliable
information that the Target force of Gu
ban insurgents in any one body would not
exceed 800 men, and that they did not
hold single town or city.
A correspondent of the London Times
has been prohibited entering the Papal
States.
The intelligence from Fort Garry, as
published in the Toronto Globe of the 9th,
indicates that the instruction was dying
out. Only fifty insurgents were under
arms, and the remainder had disbanded,
and portion of them had left for the
plains on Buffalo hunt.
a letter from Dlaurld, received IN New
York on the 9th, reports the progress of
Gen. Sickles' Cuba diplomacy with the
members of the Span ish Cabinet to the
7th of November The native prejudices
were being dissipated rapidly, and the
question of the sale and transfer of the
Island was talked over quietly during a
series of very pleasant ministerial feasts.
The bark Noel, the first vessel that
passed through the Suez Canal, has been
totally lost in the Red Sea
The Ncumenical Council was opened
at Rome, by the Pope, on the sth. The
ceremonies excelled in grandeur and mag.
nifcence any that have taken place in
Rome within the present century.
General n p. Banks arrived in Paris
on the 9Th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
The South.

William Ezzard Democrat, has been
elected Mayor Of Atlanta, Ga.
The Tennessee Senate on the Cd recon-
Sidered the first vote on the bill reducing
the State tax 80 per cent, and laid 1t on
the table,
There was great confagration in Gal
weston, Texas, on the morning of the Sd,
which destroyed nearly five entire blocks
of buildings, The loss was estimated at
from 100000 to 100000.
A Jackson, Miss, telegram of the Sd
says the whole Radical ticket, with few
exceptions, is doubtless elected.
The. Tennessee Senate on the Sd adopted,
unanimously, the House resolution re-
questing Congress to remove all disabili.
ties imposed by the Fourteenth Amend
ment
Governor Senter sent message to the
Tennessee Legislature on the It'll, stating
that there We're COG eonvicts in the Peni.
Tertiary that said institution is $50, 900 in
debt and that II cannot purchase the nee
essary supplies Of provisions for ITS
wants
Tie General Assembly Of Kentucky met
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
The East.

Mr.. A. ID. richardson died in New IOrk
city on the morning of the I'd, from the
effects of the wound he received at the
hands of Mcfarland.
During the present year up to the I'd
inst. 249,000 emigraEts, including $1,000
Germans, arrived in New York.
Considerable advance in passenger fares
and freights to the West was announced
in New York on the I'd. The new freight
rates are as follows For first class goods:
Chicago, $3.50; st. Louis, $191; Cincin.
NATL $1.42; Louisville, $173 San Fran
cisco, $500.
The New Hampshire Republican State
Convention is called to meet in Concord
on the It'll of January.
Major Chadwick, Republican candidate
for Mayor of Boston, declined the nom-
nation on the 3D..
AT a meeting in Fanueil Hall, Boston,
on the evening of the Sd, DR.. Shurtleff,
the present incumbent, was nominated as
Citizens candidate for Mayor.
The majority in the recent New York
election against the equal suffrage amend
ment to the Constitution was 31,743-
S,226 more than Nelson over Sigel. The
total vote was 531 100, or 10, 53S less than
for Secretary Of State.
An auxiliary to the American Colonial
ton Society has been organized in New
York, with Professor Morse as President,
and board of managers composed of
many of the most prominent men of the
city
The recent charter election in Hudson,
N. T., resulted in the reelection of Theo-
dore Snyder, Democrat, for Recorder, and
the balance of the Democratic city ticket.
The Republicans elected two Aldermen,
and the Democrats two.
At the inquest on the death of Albert d.
Richardson, in New York city, the jury
returned verdict that Richardson came
to his death from the effects of pistol
ball discharged by Mcfarland The pris-
oner, on.bein. examined, made .briot
statement by his counsel that he waited
for his yindication in the impartial trial
guaranteed him by the laws of the State.
He was committed to await the action of
the Grand Jury.
A New York dispatch of the It'll says
that at the recent municipal election in
that city Tammany was victorious in every
quarter, Mayor Hall will continue in
office two years more. Several arrests
were made for a''empts at illegal voting.
In Springfield, Mass, on the It'll, w, l..
Smith, Democratic and Workngmen 5
candidate, was elected Mayor. The Re-
publicans have majority of the City
Council AT Lawrence, Mass, Melvin,
Democrat, is elected Mayor. Whitley,
Republican, is elected Mayor of Haver-
hill, Mass
/ The Committee Of the State Temper.
ance Alliance of New Hampshire have
passed resolutions denouncmg both politi-
cal parties and calling State convention
for the 19th of January.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16

The junction City (Kan0s) VHton;nys
Charles Brown, who has just escaped Nom
three years captivity among The Chey-
ennes, says there are more than twenty
white children captives in the differea;
bands of that tribe. M
Several prominent colored men OF ST.
Louis have published cali for mass
convention, to be held nj Jefferson City
January 10, 70 consider and put into eff.
feet the best means for promoting the
education of the colored people of Mis-
souri, They desire some modification Of
the State law for the establishment of a
normal school, &c.
A Female Suffrage bill has passed both
houses of the Wyoming Legislature.
The Governor Of Indiana has appointed
and commissioned Hon. William c.
Hanna, Of Laporte, and Hon. Richard w.
Thompson, of Terre Haute, as Trustees OF
the State Normal School.
The California Legislature organized on
the 18th. The nominees Of the Democratic
caucus were duly elected and installed.
On the afternoon of the 9Th the rotary
bleacher in Black Brothers paper mills,
at Marseiles, H., exploded with terrific
violence, completely demolishing the
building, and burying the operatives in
the ruins. There were ten women and five
or six men at work in the building, which
was of brick and four stories high. Two
women were instantly killed, and several
other persons seriously injured.
The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-03-10
THE LODI MANUFACTURING co.
4.,st.tg. Established 1S40.)

INVITE PLANTERS AND FARMERS to
send for phamphlet descriptive of their Fer
tiiZers.
We offer our Double Refined Poudrette, equal
to the best Super-phosphate at the low price of
$500 per ton. The Company also make su-
perior article of Nitro phosphate and pure Bone
Dust See testimonials:
E. NJ. TODD, Smithfeld, Va, says where he
used the Double Refined Poudrette on Corn it
doubled the yield. -i-sa.F-
WILLIAMS BROS. Dover, Del, says it gave
their Rhubarb and Tomatoes vigorous growth,
ripcning the latter two weeks earlier.
P. W. HUTCHISON SEN, near Cherokee,
Ca, says 1t nearly doubled his yield of Cotton.
Hon ELI. s. SHORTER, Eufaula, Ala, says
his Cotton was fully equal to adjoining fields
manfred with the best Super.phosphates.
8. MONTGOMERY, Ellaville, Ga, says it in
G. s. OGLESBY, Marietta, Ca, used it on Corn
and Cotton and says ii more than DOUBLED the
yield. de regards it the cheapest and most re-
liable Fertilizer within his knowledge.
Ex-Gov. SMITH, Warrenton, Va, tried it with
three several crops the last and present years and
says: ~ PRONOUNCE 1T WITH CONFIDENCE A
MOST VALUABLE MANURE" F
The Superintendent OF GEN. W. r. COX, Polk
Island Plantation n c., says: :" think the
Poudrette used Tor Corn cannot be surpassed
used it also ON Gotten which produced large
yield"
DOCT. E. NJ. PENDLETON, Sparta Ca,
says: THE Nitro Phosphate of Line. used on
Cotton made 24S per cent the first year.
PRoF'R GEO. II. COOK, of the New Jersey
State Agricultural College, at New Brunswick,
says: The Double Refined Poudrette and
Nitro-phnsphate OF Lime paid us full 100 per cent
above their market value in the increase OF crops
this year."
Address LODI MANUFACTURING CO,
Boz 3139, New York p. o. O..
Office &c Cortlandt Street
B. &. Graham, Charlotte and Hinson & Brown,
Kenansville, Agents for The Company.
jan Is 2-w3m
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A HOME INSTITUTION. 10
NORTH CAROLINA
Life Assurance, Annuity and Trust Company.
OFFICERS:

r
W. E. Pell. President, R. W. Best, Vice Presi-
wood NJ. D., Consulting Physician, Hon. A. s.
Merrimon, Counsellor and Attorney, and w. b.
Jones, Secretary pro. ten. ,-.,i . +, -..--. q
DIRECToRs:-R. W. Best, W. 81. Jones, Jas.
A. Moore, and Willie J. Palmer, Esqrs , Gen. w.
r. Cox, Gen. Matt. W. Ransom, Rev w. E. Pell,
Col. VIM. johnson, Gen. Willie D. Jones, George
Harris, ESQ.,, Hon. F. E. Shober, Col George
Little. DR.. W. r. Miller, Gen. R. B. Vance and
O. Busbee, Esq @ at g! ~ IS
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE George Little,
Willie j. Palmer and j. A. Moore. -.
Office of the Company at present at the store
of w. H. Jones & Co., Raleigh, N. c., where the
officers may be found. SEA sfs5b .1 II
This Company is now ready to receive appl-
cations for insurance on the mutual plan and to
issue policies. This scheme is fully explained in
Circular addressed to the people of North
Carolina to which special attention is called. 1t
can be had by addressing the Secretary, or from
our Agents. 1t is believed that our mutual plan
offers Inducements to the people at large, not
cqualled by other Companies. = sfa.a q
The Company has issued Prospectus to raise
Capital Stock, to enable it to take Life-risks on
the stock plan. When this is done, the Com
pauy will offer very superior scheme of Life
Insurance on this plan. III E
4. We want Agents in every city, town and vii
lage in the State. The Company will be man
cheney, for the benefit of the insured and all in
terested. t M ,,.,itt.i,. al t,,stt .,f,,
We must build up, our Home Institutions, and
as far as possible keep our money at home to
promote home enterprise, home industry and
prosperity. asldga WILL: E. PELL, HesTtt
WIN VIM ! b. JONES, Secretary ys pro ten. Is
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Superior Court, Spring Term, 1869.
Francis W. billiard & wife and others, plaintiffs.
VS.. 4r
Angelo Garibaldi and John c. Ran q,
dOlph, Adm'rs de bonis non Grim tes- -a
tanento amigo of the late James C. Defen6'ts
Johnston. 20
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
i that the following persons named as defen-
dants in the above rccited cause reside beyond
the limit of the State, namely, James C. John
ston, Edward Warren and vile Elizabeth, Cad
walader Iredell, Cadwaader Jones and wife Anna,
Helen lredell, Thomas q. Manning and wife Eli
zabeth, George Blair, William Blair William D.
Laother, Fl. G. Jolly and wife Margaret, Mary
Laother, Lemuel Sawyer, Edward A. Ayres and
wife Sarah, Fanny Sawyer, Lama Sawyer, William
Daniel and wife Margaret Bette Hoyt, Anna
Hoyt, Philip Aston, Gabriel Johnston, William
j. Britton and wife Fanny, George c. Harris and
vile Helen, E. G. jenkins and wife Fanny, and
William johnston. And it further appearing
that there may be, and probably are other per-
sons not named in said proceeding, who are heirs
und distributes of said James G. Johnston,
whose names and residences are unknown to the
parties in this proceeding il is ordered that pub
lication be made in the Raleigh Standard"
newspaper published in the city OF Raleigh, North
Carolina, once week for the space of six weeks
to the end that the said non-residents and heirs
and distributes may be notified to become par
ties to the above proceedings at said Couit to be
held at Edenton the sixth Monday after the first
MOhqay Oh Octooer next, or decree pro c0nTesso
will be entered against them and also that all
such persons who may be heirs and distributes
as aforesaid, and not named in said proceedings
because they are unknown, may make themselves
known and become parties thereto, and unless
they do SO they shall be bound by the proceed
in this case 2ir stts ~ its
"a 1t is also ordered that summons with COPY
of the complaint, he forthwith deposited in the
post office directed to the parties herein named
at their several places of residence il they can be
ascertained. G. C. POOL, US. C.
Feb 20 AH t7i.' 343-1aw6w o
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MARRIAGE GUIDE,

.DEING a private Instructor for married per-
ID sons or those about to be married, both male
and female, in everything concerning the physi-
ology and relations Of our sexual system, and
the production and prevention OF offspring, In
1 Guiding all the new discoveries never before
given 10 the English language, by VIM. Young,
M. ID. This is really ayaluable and interesting
work. 1t is written in plain language for the
general reader, and is illustrated with numerous
Engravings All young married people, or those
contemplating marriage, and having the least
impeachment to married lite, should read this
book. 1t discloses secrets that every one should
be acquainted with; still it is book that must
be locked up and not lie about the house. 1t
will be sent to any address on receipt OF so cts.
Address, Dr. VIM. YOUNG, No. 4l6, Spruce
street, above Fourth, Philadelphia.
~ Afflicted and Un fortunate.--No
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place yourself under the care OF any one OF the
notorious QUACKS-natiye and foreign-who
advertise in this or any other paper, get copy
of DR.. Young's Book and read 1t carefully. 1t
will be the means of saving you many dollar
your health, and possibly your He
DR.. Young can be consulted on any of the
disease described in his publications, at his
office, No. 416 Spruce street, above Fourth
Philadelphia. :.
June 90, 1868. 25-wly.
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B sHroTrCE.ai
Eastern and Western Railroad.

DOCKS of Subscription will be opened from
ID and utter to-day, until further netice, at the
following places, under the direction OF the fol-
lowing persons, viz: ~ II ,B4Itf
AT HENDERSON, Granville county,. J. Young L.
H. Kittle W j. Hawkins, Jas. G. Bullock, j. IT, 1ancey
j. w. Ragland and A. B. Andrews.
AT OXFORD Granville county.-R. W. Lassiter, X. D.
Barnett, Eug. Grissom and H. C. HerDdon.
At RoxBoBo', Person county.-C. 8. Winstead. =. e.
Rcade John Barnett, c. Hamlin. s. G. Barrett, j. T.
Sergeant, II. d. Bumpass and G. W. Norwood.
AT YANcEYyILLE, Caswell county.-Geo. n. Thomp-
son. j. w. Stephens e. B. Holden, Jas. Z. Lea +. A.
Donaho N. M. Roam, A. B. Davis, J. Graves and T. j.
Foster.
AT WENTWORTH, MADISON and LEAKvnLB,
Rockingham county, NJ. Lindsey, Thomas Settle,
Thomas Reynolds, T. W. Patterson, M. s. Black and
Thomas A. Ragland: a.--.t,, :.
Ar DANBuRY and GERMANTowr, Stokes county w.
W. McCanless A. H. Joyce j. j. Martin, r. d. Golden,
W. A. Lash, Samuel WALL VIM Davis apd JAS. Davis.
A meeting Of the stockholders for the purpose
of organizing the company, will take place at
Henderson ON the 10th day of March. Commits
sioners will please attend with Books of Sub
scription Five per cent. win be required to be
paid in before the stock can be represented. 1t
Is desirable to have full meeting. stockholders
will please attend either in person or by proxy.
Milton Chronicle please copy and send bill to
President of road when elected. Feb Eft
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
'' CHowAN COUNTY.
Superior Court, Spring Term, 1869.
Margaret A. Johnston and others, Plaintiffs.

Margaret A. Johnston and Others, Plaintiffs.
Edward Wood, Ex'r of J. C. John
ston, and Others, heirs at law
and next of kin of Jas. C. John
ston, Defendants.
TT appearing to the satisfaction of the Court
i that the following persons named as dcfen-
dants in the above recited cause reside beyond
the limits of the State, namely, James c. john
ston, Edward Warren and vile Elizabeth, Cad
walader Gredell, Cadwalader Jones and wife Anna,
Helen Iredell, Thomas G. Manning and wife
Elizabeth, George Blair, William Blair, William
d. Laother, H. G. Jolly and wife Margaret, Mary
Laother, Lemuel Sawyer, Edward A. Ayers and
wife Sarah, Fanny Sawyer, Lama Sawyer, Will
liam Daniel and wife Margaret, Bette Hoyt,
Anna Hoyt, Philip Aston, Gabriel Johnston,
William J. Britton and wife Fanny, George c.
Harris and wife Helen, E. C. jenkins and wife
Fanny, and William Johnston. And it further
appearing that there may be, and probably are,
other persons not named in said proceeding who
are heirs and distributes of said James c. John
ston, whose names and residences are unknown
TO the parties in this proceeding it is ordered
that publication be made in the Raleigh STAN
dard,' newspaper published in the city of
Raleigh, North Carolina, once week for the
space OF six weeks, to the end that the said non.
residents and heirs and distributes may be noti-
fled to become parties to the above proceedings
at said Court, to be held at Edenton the sixth
Monday after the first Monday in October next,
or decree pro contesso will be entered against
them; and also that all such persons who may
be heirs and distributes as aforesaid, and not
named in said proceedings because they are un.
known, may make themselves known and be-
come parties thereto, and unless they dc SO they
shall be bound by the proceedings in this case.
1t is also ordered that a summons, with a copy
of the complaint, be forthwith deposited in the
post office directed to the parties herein named
at their several places of residence if they can be
ascertained. C. C. POOL, j sc.
Feb 20 3l3-1aw6w
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.TAway with Care.
= Away, away with signs and tears, ~ 80
t, Away with care and sorrow; 4si
The storm that wrecks our hopes 10 Gay
'h@'a May bury grief tomorrow
1t Is not meet that man should mourn,
Amid this world OF toilng;
70 For he who looks in Natures face
Will always find her smiling. 7HiN'
It's true, Old Winter did return, f,G
To show his different phases;
50 But Spring, we know, Will come at last,
30 To strew the fields with daisies,
Then come-away with signs and tears,
Away with care and sorrow;
The storm that wrecks our hopes to-day
iLla May bury grief tomorrow N~
Little Fingers.
Busy little fingers,
= acny71 Everywhere they go; hainEAfa
Rosy little fingers, eis
-,ss The sweetest that know! ,e
Now into my work box,
2'i''if All the buttons finding, -'i
-gnli IG'Tangling mp the knitting, -fa!
Every spool unwinding!
Now into the basket
Where the keys are hidden,
-ios So mischievous looking,
Knowing it forbidden. s4.
Then in mothers tresses,
Now her neck enfolding,
With such sweet carrsses
elssF = Keeping off a scolding.
Darling little fingers,
Never, never still,
l4a Make them, heavenly Father, fll-
One day to do thy will. -ie-t.,
-Children's Rct,ys Magazine.