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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-31
Is Vote for John T. Jones for
County Judge.

PRESIDENT GRANT UNwELL.-A
dispatch to the Chicago Journal, dated
at Washington on the 9th, says;
President Grant is too unwell to re-
ceive visitors. The continued pressure
of Office seekers and their friends has
partially broken him down. He is suffer-
ing from a severe attack of nevous head
ache, and last night was unable to rest
In view OF The injurious effects of the
rush of callers upon the President, it is
propable that some means will be adopt-
ed whereby the number of persons ad-
mitted 10 see him will be less, and the
business and general leyees in the after
noon will be discontinued Otherwise
it Is the opinion Of President Grant s
Physician that HE health will suffer to an
extent which will render him incapable
OF attending to public business.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-31
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

II ENTUCKY BOURBON WHISKY.
The very best quality of Kentucky Bourbon
Whisky. can be procured Of the undersigned by
the pint, quart or gallon, at his Saloon High
street. JOHN HORN.
Mineral Point, March 3d. 1869. 13tf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-03-31

AT the conclusion, buzz of applause
ran round the galleries., and Senator'S
crowded around the speaker to congra tu-
late him upon his successful debut
Among the foremost of these, were Suns
ner, Trumbull, Howe, Schurz and Fen
ton. The speech was Il general theme
of talk, and it is admitted on all hands
that few Senator'S have made so fine an
impression at the beginning of their SEN
atorial career.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
InRRING NJ E,R.

Having given place TO the more important
nortjons of Mr.. PartOns late vIndicatioh oi
Congress from current imputatlonS Oh sioSs
venality, we deem II but fair to give the o'ner
side of the picture. Mr. II. V. Boynton' VINO
writes the letter from Washington herewith
printed has the advantage of much longer
and fuller acquaintance Win tio 9uoJoO' s,l a,
Mr.. Parton has had while we presume 1"On
sets forth his honest CONVICTIONS louhueu VII
observation and inquiry.
In so far as they agree, we may Couiu.""'
assume their substantial correctness. MT. boyh-
ton as well as Mr.. Parton asserts that the Vui-
Gar notion that Members of Congress sell thelr
votes "a q Wethersiield gardener sells his
onions is groundess and absurd. There nave
heen instances of such sale, just as there was
was once a Harvard Professor who comhltteu
murder and was hung for it; and ne VINO
thence concludes that Congressman sell theH
votes would be just as sensible as foreign
traveller who, happening III Boston ABOUT Iho
time of the Parkman tragedy should nave
written home that Harvard Professors were
strangely addicted to Homicide, but that their
propensity was held in check by occasionally
hanging one or more OF them.
Of that lndlrcCt JODDcIy WHlOh 10 '"''' -.
having friend put into every Dill lha'
"has money in it as director, trustee, con-
tractor, or whatever may be the function tha'
gives a key to the lucre, we believe there Is O
great deal in Congress-much more than there
was twenty years ago, when all the jobbers IL
both Houses might have been counted over Oh
the ten digits Some members take this method
of rewarding their trusty henchmen who pack
conventions and manipulate delegations il
their behalf; others employ it to take care Of
their relatives and crOnies; while some, VIZ
think, expect dividend of the swag, even Il
they do not directly bargain for it. These
last are the outright black sheep Of the flock
but, when you dig right down to the bed
rock, how much worse are they than the
more prudent, respectable Confreresf
| Members of Congress are now paid Literally
NOT by the day, but by the year-and al
things considered, this is probably best They
owe to the people assduity in attendance
diligence in service, and a most scrupulou
avoidance Of any mercenary faint in thel
deliberations and their votes. DO not mani
fall short of these requirements
The subject is fruitful and its ventilation
profitable We shall recur to it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The new Constitution of Virginia, baseo
upon the fundamental principle of the Decla-
ration of independence aud embodyinG all con =
ceivable guarantees for Equal Rights and Uni
versal Liberty is adopted by more than
100000 majority: Yes, 2lO,5S5; No, 9,l3G, The
Proscriptive clauses are voted down by 1880
and 4O0O2 majority respectively. The total vote
polled was 229,3l9: Whites, 125,1H; Colored,
97,2O5
Surprise is expressed that the vote was not
still fuller; and it is calculated that 24,631
Whites and 22,s9S Blacks failed to vote; but
this is probably mistake. The original regis
try was made nearly three years ago. very
full second registration was made few months
since; and thousands were doubtless registered
where they now live whose names were not
stricken from the registries of the counties
wherein they voted in 1867 Though equal
care were taken to strike off and to put on,
this could not but be; since nearly every man
would offer to register who had become of age
since 81 or had acquired new residence
while no one would have special knowledge
of every case in which right to stand on the
old registry was vacated by death, or felony,
or removal. We presume the vote cast Is
within 10000 Of the whole number OF legal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The World is aware that we seize every OPP
portunity to concur in its views when we con-
scientiously can and we find such chance
presented in the assertion in it's last that the
passage of the Legal Tender act prolonged
"the war" for the Union. 1t did that most
emphatically But for the passage of that act,
McClellan's and BuelPs abOrtive campaigns in
,62 would have left the Government without
means to prOlong the struggle: so 1t would
have ended in the exhaustion Of our resources,
the defeat of our arms, the establishment OF
the Confederacy, and the consequent restora-
ton to power in the North Of the sympathizlng
nd affiliated COpperhead Democracy. And
that is just why the whole crew so detest and
execrate the Legal Tender act.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
,JUDICIdL POTTER.

If Judge Barnard has legal authority for the
recent arbitrary proceedings against the Albany
and Susquehanna Railroad Company, and if we
are liable to a repetition of the desperate
measures adopted in order to secure control of
that road under the same authority what
security have we in corporate property, and
what guaranty of personal liberty Upon or
parte statements entirely-upon the aflidavits
of one or two persons interested in obtaining
unchecked power over the funds, books, papers
and property of this corpOration--Judge Barnard
issues an edict that Joseph IL. Ramsey and
other officers of the Company shall cease
to manage its affairs, and at once
turn over to Mossrs. Fisk and Courier
their entire trust; these last named gentlemen
being at the same time appointed Receivers
No opportunity is given for evidence; not the
shadow of chance is offered TO Mr.. Ramsey
to prove the falsty of the statements made
against him and his officers. But 81 decree"
says the Judge, and forthwith starts Mr.. Fisk
to take full possession of the property of the
stockholders aud bOndhOlders, who had been
quietly congTatuating themselves that they
were on the high road TO prosperity under the
management of Mr.. Ramsey and his associates.
In this case it seems that Mr.. Fisk caught
Tartar, for the Albany gentleman had fore
stalled Messrs. Fisk, Barnard g. Co., and when
Fisk arrived he found IN opposition Re-
ceiyer occupying the seat to which he aspired.
Apparently in a rage, the Judge issues an order
to arrest Messrs. Ramsey and his associates
and hale them before the august tribunal at
New York. This movement having been fooled.
was followed by another order of arrest with
out the privilege Of bail, which proved as
aLorliye AS the preyiOus one. The details Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

A petty personal quarrel for precedence
among some Republicans of Maryland has been
magnifed by busybodies into movement for
the organization of new party, composed of
the special friends of Mr.. Chase and whatever
dissatisfied remnant can be collected from the
droppings off of the followers of the Admins
tration. This is a very small business. Repub-
lcans do MT mean to have any split in the
party, and have no reason for abandoning
their present leader. The so-called Chase
movement" is the invention of handful OF
wiseacres, who see signs and portents in the
most commonplace events. and do MT know
the difference between bout at fstIcuffs and
n battle of armies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The Cotton crop of 1869 is so well advanced
that we may safely estimate it at Three Aiililoh
bales-Half a Million more than last year
Supposing that it nets the planters % cents
per pound, (greenback,) it will bring tnen,
s3OOoOO.OOO which is more than they received
for the largest crop ever grown. Formerly, they
would have received less than S9CO'OOO'ooo lor
such crop. and would have owed more than
half of il to their merchants or factors Tor
advances. and still larger share to the negro
traders. for feldhands; 50 that, when marketed
and settled for, they would have still been
heavily in debt. Now they owe less than haii
thew will receive to their laborers, who VIII
sncnd the money at home, instead OF sending
if off North to pay for dead horse.
We have often heard that the South wouiu
never again grow a full crop of Cotton; ou'
we think differently. If we do not produce
Five Million bales within ten years from the
overthrow of the Rebellion, it will be because
the planters. can do better growing sugar
Rice, Tobacco, SC, than by pushing up the
Cotton supply to q maximum ana thereby
running down the price The South never uio
better business than she bids fair to do this
wear.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

1t is not strange that. the Ohio Democracy,
having nominated in sheer desperation the
dubious PendletOn, should now DO bowling for
o general Act of Oblivion. Mr.. Pendleton,
when the very existence of the Republic was
at stake, protested yehemently. and with all
his signal ability, against coercion. His sup
porters think it hard that this popularity of
his past political life should now he revived,
and they charge the Ohio Republicans with the
resuscitatiOn, untimely and ungenerous, of
dead Issues" 1t would take double convex
extra gas microscope to discover the force of
this petty cavil. Has Mr.. Pendleton ever
changed his opinionsP Has he ever done PEN
ance for his trtorsP Aud if he is of the same
mind now as in the early pant OF tho present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The Free Public Baths Of Boston continue
to be decidedly successful. During the month
of July those who availed themselves OF the
privilege were 4O7,467 in number-an increase
of 1880 over the corresponding month last
year tits astonishing to cemputethe number OF
free delights of which Boston can boast-free
churches free libraries, free schools, free concerts
free baths !-everythng, in fact, free except free
fights even little free thinking and great
deal of free speech being included. The de-
mocracy of old Athens was treated to the best
of everything without money and without
price. and the modern Athens seems to be fol-
lowing in the footsteps of her illustrious pre-
daceasOr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The Saturday Review is quite as emphatic as
our own correspondent in assuring us of perfect
ly fair play for the Harvard crew in the coming
race, reminding us that this is not prize
fight, but a contest in which both actors
aud spectators are gentlemanly and re-
spectacle people. The predictions of The
New- York Times, to the effect that England
would never permit the loss of race npOn
which so much of her money depended, it there
fore sets down as the sick fances of an appre-
hensive mind; besides indulging in some very
irreverent fun as to the fearful and wonderful
knowledge of boating displayed in that sheet,
and the probabilities, reasoning from its
present performances, as to whether it would
be capable of telling what was or what
was MT fair play We dare say it will be an
honest race, and if steamboats, on the Thames
embarrass the boats by following too close in
their wake, they will annoy one just as much as
the other. The betting already is far more
favorable to our crew than it was at first.
Perhaps by next week England will have far
too much money staked on the Americans to
allow them to be defeated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The N. T. Times is in love with Income
Taxes-an affection which it may cherish with
out chance of arousng the greeD-eyed
monster Jealousy 1t closes with
1--WE doubt whether any nation which once tried the
impOs would aferward be willing 20 dispense with IT, az
least while the pressure for money was very great"
We venture to name this nation as ono
which has D." tried the impost," and will yet
"be willing to dispense with it, at the earliest
day. And this for many reasons, but especially
because it is supereminently tax on honesty.
About half those who ought 10 pay do not :
half the residue pay but half what they should.
If only to limit Perjury. we should abolish the
Income Tax at very early day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

-. ,rocoedinps have been spread be-
80 AZ nublic in the daily reports,
ond II il needless to recapltulate thenn
Rut if in free country such hlgh-hanueu
measures can be carried out III the name Oh
law what n mockery is our boosted liberty
Similar proceedings would enable any ScoGluiei
70 obtain an injunction against az BANK
Insurance Company, or Savings lnstituton' 10
d;snossess the officers and to obtain control Oh
tbo funds. Judge Barnard has but to consider
fine case as one demanding the appointment Oh
n Receiver. and out go President and Directors
oud in goes the scOundrel as Recelver-Juuge
Rornard. of course, not knowing that he Is
scOundrel. ,r. 81
This ouestion involves personal liberty ana
tbo safety of millions of property. III Judge
Rornard is acting within the scope OF his
authority; if, without notice to trustees Vi 1oi
porate property, he can, upon the ail'''''Y "a "
an interested party, dismiss the trustees al"
appoint their successors, under cover Oh lnJuno-
tions and receiverships, what protection n'S
| the public against the designs OF sharperS anu
thievesq As if enough had not already been uoho
! TO bring the Judiciary into contempt Judge par
nard on Saturday last made decree appoint
| ing a Receiver for certain stock lssueu Dy tho
! Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company
to the amount of 2,4OO shares and through Tue
Receiver. backed bv Deputy Sheriff. demanded
the delivery of the stock in the hands OF pri-
vate PARTIES who had bought and paid Tor IT,
The Receiver had given bonds in the magnih-
cent sum of $4,000 to secure the custody OF
s24O,OOO One gentleman thus attached, to pro-
tect other valuables from seizure and posi-
BILE loss, actually delivered his certificate Tor
900 shares of stock 100000 to the Receiver
and obtained a receipt therefor. Is 1t not time
that men of influence turned their attention 10
these movements against the security OF prop
erty and against personal freedom itseltf is
il not time that we should know whether
Judge Barnard is king and whether we have
apy protection whatever under the lawsf II
is not alone the Albany and Susquehanna Rail
road Company that is involved in this contro'
yersy: it is the safety of our banks, savings
institutions, and other corporate and lndi'
vidual property rights. If the facts no"
plainly before the public do not incite them
to measures for protection, they must DO DINO
to their own interests.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

Will the coming woman pull teeth This is
a question now agitatng our friends OF tho
Dental persuasion. The local associations haV-
ing referred the matter TO the American Den
tai Association, that learned and respected
body of torturers has solemnly resolved that it
has no jurisdiction in the matter, but that the
local societies must settle it for themselves.
We are in favor, ourselves, of " female" den
fists. The extraction of tooth is probably
the most excruciating operation to which the
human frame can be subjected. What says
the poet concerning lovely womanG When
"pan and anguish wiring the brow, A minister
81 ing angel thou" Now, just think of having
n Dentist and Ministering Angel all in onol
We are for female tOoth-drawers now and
forever
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
TERMS OF THE TRIBUNE.
2rem,31orIt Duilu Grih11rrf,
THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1869.

Tho soa,ish Cortcs has been summoned for September
t. ON account Of growing troubles among them the
Esbon ~ Joeus denial OF the Regents jurisdiction and
his appeal TO the Pope ana the threatening reappear
ance of te Crli,ts Napoleon has been able to attend
Council and Prince Napoleon will go to the opening OF
the suez Canal The present military organization OF
the Austrian frontier to be gradually abandoned In
Cuba tho slaves rebeng and in several contests the
negro troops are SAID held their own against the
spaniards salnave was about to capture Aux Cages
and had already taken Jacmel. The Egyptian NicerOy
has sent cOncilatOry answer TO the Sultan
The National Labor Congress has finally turned Miss
Anthony out by heavy vote. The feature OF the Ldu
rational Convention at Trenton yesterday was
debate on Primary Schools in the meeting OF
School superinterdents great camp-meoting be-
gan at Sing sing yesterday with about LOCO per
sons present. plot TO burn the bridges ana
otherwise obsruct the Central Pacific Railroad has been
discovered ana measures taken 10 preventt IL Is
roposed to organize corps of picked men to hunt down
th outa Hudebrand Several large cOieries at Potts
vile Penn have suspended operations for want Of or
ders President is in the coal region OF Pennsy
vania.
Judge Barnard granted orders for to be
shown why Fisk G should not be receiver Of the
susauehauna Railroad instead Robert II. Pruyn, and
why Judge Peckhams lujunctiOns should not be set
aside and has also appointed special receiver on the
alleged fraudulent stock. The body Of James McSOroy
probably murdered found Monday in pond near
ITf,haye NewYork. The Board Of Health reports the
death rate steadily decreasing number of the Fernan-
do Pc oxcs reached this city yesterday by the Scotia
Gold 1922, 1883, 1884 Thermometer, g. 65, 81, 70.
We print on the second page Foreign News by mail,
accounts Of the Marthas Vineyard Campaigning, job
berry at Washington and Genera Miscellany; on the
third page Local Miscellany and Letters from the People
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
%mnstmrnis. &c.

BoorH's THEAIER Twenty third,st 3WuE. joseph
jefferson "a I,;fty-
CENTRAL PARK GARDEN. Seyenth-aTfSes. o am ISonas
pnibsL-This Bysung at a-Grana '"D''''
Levy. sIIoy %
FIFTH AVENUE THEATI,R--lh ms ENeh'ns'
Nj X I. Davenport Mrs Clara Jennings , ,r,rep-
c,>,,, np,,p, HOUSE cor Eighth-ave. and lwen-
. M F,sBipg Al a. Cynthia, Queen Of The "JP
Lgcile Western ~. q .E Arrah-
NrBIO's GRDEN.-This Evening az
N.Pogue" =, -. % Q The
O[y,Prc THEArER. - This Evening "a at Poo K.iaiS
H.w ps5torIrs: " Iiccory Decory Dock. MI " -
Troupe oTLo Oman of
rf,p 1,,,,f,NY.-This Evening" me Inc w" W
NJ, al he Oh Womsn that Lived ia Shoe "c,fp
W,I.cK's TnFATER.-Ihs Evening az
YEATS MUSEUM. Broadway and IhinI rue, I'M,
WOODS VI ~ Ste secrets" aud Laughing hyrna iD'
t 80 o. a. b -. Isla Rookh" WorrelASis'eIe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The Bishop of Jaen, one of the most fanat
ical and eloquent churchmen of the Cortes,
has denied the jurisdiction of the Regency and
appealed to the Pope. His conduct runs par
allel to that of several Austrian prelates, and
will be as Intellectual for good. Some of the
Spanish bishops have wisely and loyalty
Obeyed the order of Serrano directing them to
warn their clergy against Carlsm, and it is
well to remember that respectable clerical
minority, and we hope growing one, is on
the side Of the provisional regime. Span
however, if we are to credit The London Times
is no better than it was under GOnsalez Bravo
the wickedest of Isabella's ministers. 1t is
now reaping in revolution the harvests sOwn
in monarchy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

Poor Miss Ida Lewis of the Lime Rock Light
house can save her fellOw-creatures from drown
ing. but she cannot save herself from tho
impertinent visits of sightseeing jackasses
One of these creatures called and cross
examined her the other day, putting many
questions in rapid succession, as follows: do
"you realize much from the sale OF your
"pictures7 Do they all buy picturesf Arc
"you engagedf DO you Lore HIM Tho
gentleman" who is, no doubt marked with An
interrogation point somewhere, was substantially
told to mind his own business-and he left, we
suppose, to mind it. Now this is very ex-
asperating anecdote, but the worst of it is that
we are not favored with the "gentleman's'
name. We may not love him, but we should
like to know who (or what his father was.
So far, we also confess to curiosity
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19
decessOr.

The Sorosis War in Chicago RACES with una.
bated violence. and the fair members continue
(metaphorically) to pull each others caps ID
the newspapers. 1t is the queerest compound
of morality, politics, personality, and victuals
which ever came under our notice. The SOro-
sisian refectory, kept by an unfortunate woman
named Mills. is in state of quasi insolvency
because the SorOsisters will not pay for the
good things which they have called for and
eaten. Mrs. Mills announces to a gaping pub
lie that The SoroSiS newspaper owes her money
for editorials, and refuses to cash up. We
don't pretend either to report or aDalyze this
beautiful brOil; but a more decided scOlding
match was never investigated in a Police Court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-08-19

The Treasury tried to buy $2,OOOOOO of its
own bonds yesterday, but only $1,136,2OO in
all were offered all of which it took at the
owners valuation, and now advertises for the
remaining 1858, 800 to-day. We trust wise hold
ers will make haste to sell, and invest the
proceeds in State and Railroad bonds that are
held twenty per cent. lower, yet draw as much
interest as the Five-Twenties. 1928
Gold sold lower yesterday than for a long
time before.
o that the Secretary had given the gold
gamblers Ten Millions of coin to chew upon
when they ventured to put the premium up to
45 He would thereby have saved the Gov
crnment not less than One Million Dollars, and
at the same time broken the back of the most
'mpudent, unpatriotic speculation of the age.