davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06
GENERAL ELECTION NOTICE.

\ Office ~ MERELY GIVEN rlI,T At THE
general election TO he held in the several iou Ms
wards and elcetJ, precincts M the State of Wl.con
sin on the tuesday succeeding II, first Monday. re-
ing the eighth day OF November next the following
officers are to be eleclea
representative In Congress from the first Con.
gressuns. district, comprising Tie counties ~ n.
waukee, Waukesha Walworh kaciny, auG Krnosha,
IN pl ceof ialher L. Paine whose term OF office ex.
pires on the lth day Of March next
representative IN Congress in the second m.
gressiona district, comprising the counties Of Rock
l'ane jefferson aud Go. mbia. In lace of David Al
wood whose term Of Office will ypire ON the fourth
day Of March next
representative in congress In the The third con-
gres'ional district conn rising the counties Of raw.
loru, 'raut, Green, own Ia Fay.tt hicnlnud and
sauk. In place ot Annsa Cuhb, whose term Of office
VIII expire OF the iour h day Of March next
representative IN congress IN the fourth congres-
$40 al district compris ma the counties ofDodge / ond
nu Lac, oZ'ukee, shehotgan, aud Washington. t.
place Of harrs tlirlge whose term of onlc.
VIII expire on the fourth da, OF aNhueNt
representative IN ougress in the huh congr,s.
SOMA district, COM rising the counties Of Brown.
lhlnmrt, Door, Green Lake, kewannee Narauetta
Nah'o""c, oconto, utagatnie, Shawano, Naupacca,
NauShaia, aud Ninnctagn, Ia the pla Of phi.rtuS
SeWNer hose term OF office VIII expire on the lOuth
day Of March next
representative In congress In the sixth congyes-
sonal district, comprising the counties OF Adams.
Ash'ahd Barron, tayhe d. Buffalo, Burnett lark,
'hippewa, Douglas, Dunn, Tau Clair, jack son,
Junean, La rose, Narration, Monroe, Pc in pietce,
PoIH, ortHge, I roiX, lrempeieau, Vernon, aud
Noop, In place of Cadwsader ashhurue, whose
term OF office viii expire on the fourth day Of War
next
\ state Superintendent to fill & e vacancy in that
once occasloutd ~ the death Il tleNaudvr j. Craig,
In pace OF Samuel FaIlo s. whose appointment 10
lhsl Office by he executive, will expire ON the ,lrc.
ton OF his successor
Also state senator in each # the following dis
trics:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06

Who wants cheap
Dry Goods! Every
body. Where can
YOU get them p! AT
Gundry & Gray's.
Extra inducements
offered! The Largest
stock, Best goods and
Lowest prices. Ev-
cry article warranted
as represented. One
price to all. Large
lots of New Goods
received w e G ky !
Great Bargains IN
Dress Goods. Shaw|>,
Cloak ngS, Clolh $,
CaSsimercs, Blank
cts, Flanncls, Jeans,
Prints, DelaineS,
Domestic, Cotton>.
&c, &c. Our Mer-
chant Tailoring De-
par''nent, in charge
of Nr. Anberg is I'M
rivaIed i'm this section
Tor style, durability
and cheapnees. A
choice assortment OF
our own manufacture
always on hand.
Call and be con-
vinced that you can
save money by max :
ing your purchases OF
us.
GUNDRY Il GRAY.
Enerrl Point. Wis,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06

S,ME Of Napoleon private correspond
ence has been eShumcd, and it PROMISES
to make some strange developments A
note, without date, and in the Emperor $
Handwriting has been published, which
indicates that he was at one time IN
trigung for the anneXiicn OF Belgium.
We thilk that enough will he found to
show that conquest was onsohiect otthe
Em"cror III engaging IN the present war,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06

continue tn same business at the ola stand where
WIZ al avs he f'un Flour Feed Grsiu. of all kinds,
Cornu'ta rocenes Couieci unry ruit etc Pro-
ducc OF MI kinds taken IN exchange Tor goods, aud
The highest market lfice paid thervfor
y, nlntrce ST North of iiigh AN UREN,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06
Call and Settle.

order TO he able to se',le up accounts the late
] firm Of usEN fsswaErH,, the und rsigued
surviving parner rrqeasts those indebted the firm
10 call aud All 81 the same at once
WILLIAM UREN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06
Sale OF Forfeited state Lands.

School AND UNlvtptiTy L,Nps,
MADISON, WIS. August Goth, 1870.
Notice is herhy given that all the School Universe
ty Agricultural College, Forfeited hortgsged aud
swamp Lands In the state OF Wisconsin, ahich have
been forfeited by reason ~ The nnn-payment OF In.
terest for the ear 1870, will he offered for sale at
public auction, at the Capitol In Madison on the - h
day Of December A. D. 40, unless sooncr redeemed;
said sale 10 commence at o'clock A. NJ. aud CON
tinue from day day until all OF said lands shall
have been offered. Said lands viii be offered by
coun,ie. arranged In alphabet cal order
Among these are the following described lands 10
Iowa County, which will be offered Mt the price
named opposite each tract tunder the heading 40.
ia Amount due Siate,") which includes the princi-
psi due at the time Of forfeit ure the interest on the
same to January ], 1871; All taxes which have been
returned against The land and remain unpaid the
cost o advertising, and three per cent. damages.
said lands viii be sold subject To an unpaid taxes
assessed against the same not included herein.
Tho percentage payable At the time Of purchase
VII be fixed by the Commissioners at the sale.
LLYwkLYN BREEsE,
HtsRY RITZ,
eFEPHsN $ BARLOW,
Commissioners Of State and Eairers,fy Ligds,
ADVERTISEMENT on FORFEITED SCHOOL LANDS rs IOWA
COUNTY,
WI. Bennett sw So. No. Of certificate. ~
sec l6, town I, east. ~ acres Amt due $50 go.
Amount Of Interest due ~ %; amount Of penalty
81 0s amt. Of taxes sos amt Of interest penal
~, taxes and advertising SEN Total amount du'
state, s49il, lesr for which interest isdue, $40
100000 ACRE TRACT.
John A. johnson, sW Sc. No tot certificate 222
see SO; town D. range 3 east W acres amt. due
$1,000 amt. 81 interest due, ~ o., amt 81 penal
~ a 90; amt. Of interest penalty aaaiadyrrsing
| ,l2 IL Total amt due State, sil3.l8, gear, io
| vi oh iterest Is due $50.
| roRpKlrgD soRTGAGFD LAND.
| C. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06

Y y y REMEMBER TIE PLACE y y q
7wo Doors ABOVE tile Bank.
Jan. 10. xxnIl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-10-06

spective term Of Office will expire "a the day proceed
Ing The the first IN January next.
also, member OF the ssembly in each assembly
district In the state, aud such county officers as are
required to he elected NJ such election
Also proposition ior an amendment TO the con.
Siutlon OF ia ate Of Wisconsin 5 to be sulmited
to vote OF the electors set 70 til in the following
nc
AN ACT to submit tothe people ao amendment to
section eight ~ Of article one q OF the conslitu.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
"DIsOP THE NEtsliO,o

The Radical papers at the North are
all cchoing the cry, 'drop tho negro"
They instinctivcly realize the fact that
his popularity is on the wauc, and he
must soon assume his real character in
the great theatre OF American politics.
or course they are as yet cautious in
this hcrcsy, aud confnc themselves to
abuse of Philips, for wishing to eppro-
pirate land to Sambo Howard, for wish.
ing to give him money; Summer. for
wanting to charge the nation with the
education Of pickaninuics; Revcls, for
presumingto scat in the Senate.
These are only the outposts now being
engaged, but the citndel which en-.
shrines tho ebony idol is plainly in
great danger. His high priests aro
being tnraed upon his party, and ir a
very short time, he, too, will DO left to
hoe his own row Now if Sambo is
clever, he will realize :h:J fact aud ac-
cept the situation, by honestly working
in his own sphere. Directing newly
acquired privileges toward legitimate
result and properly discriminating be
tween his real and his .deceitlul friends,
he can become most useful mcmbor of
society, and require by merit that station
aud Importance Of which he is soon to
be deprived, whom tho Radicals "drop
the negro"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
wHKrTEmoRR AT sUMTRR.

He Arriues at / o'clocE on Saturday,
12M-One colored man escorts hin,
from the Depot-he comes ,oith bold
front through the business street and
goes directly into the Sheri9's Office
Hc spcaks-smaN attendance Of his
constituents.
On Saturday last, when it was an
nounced on the streets that Whittemore
had arrived, the feeling produced among
the whites was akin to that excited by
the approach of a menagorio. All eyes
were turned in the direction of the said
road-a considerable number Of colored
people were on the street at the time.
These seemed to be rather confused,
and stood in motionlcss silence. He
comes With bold front and quick
step--holding an umbrella over him
self, one colored man with another um.
brella, walking by his side. He moves
rapidly, his eye glanciug quickly from
side to side as he approaches. He seems
to have no words with his escort,' and
darts into tho Shcrff's Office? The
colored people stand vff at respectable
distance and look on, as though they
were almost ready for STAMPEDE.
Soon it leaks out that he has failed
to oct the use of the Court House in
which to display his oratorical powers in
appeal to his constituents, Cor sympathy
and redress of his terrible grievances,
and that he will hold forth at the
Emanuel Church, near the Rail Road
Depot
Soon he moves out from his retreat
(after proclamation by the sheriff. in
the direction of the place Indicated
But few seem to follow. There is Ger
taiuly no general movement on the part
of the largo number of blacks that now
stand on the streets. Hero VIC loose sight
of the honorable gentleman.
We learn that he speaks to small
crowd OF colored people, aud, pouring
forth the story of his wrongs, with clo-
qucuco sublime, and pathos touching,
and feeling deep and moving, he finally
gets up some little enthusiasm among
his hearers. And when he finally puts
tho question, "will you vote for me
again 2" eyes" is heard in reply
from number of voices.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
GEN. II. r. BUTLER AND SIlE ED.
WARD DULNvER LYrrON BART.

Gen. Butler has a great dislike to
Bulwcr, as tho English Novelist is
generally called, and this dislike is Of
very recent origin. 1t is said that he
read the novel called GA Strange Story"
to certain passage, which proved SO
offensive to him, that he threw down
the volume il great wrath, and declared
if Bulwcr had been az Pompii in its Last
Days, it would have been better for the
world. A gentleman who was present
at this outburst of passion, picked up
the volume rs the General flung out Of
the room with mighty strides, aud found
it open at this place: "Aye, true; the
vulgar provcrb says it is good to be born
with silrcr spoon in ones mouth so it
is when one has ones own family crest
on it; but when it is spoon on which
people recognize Mcir family crest, and
cry out, Stolen from our plato chest J.
it is heritage that outlaws babe in
his cradlc"-p.p p. 155-Globc edition.
This scene occurred just after the ex-
pulsion of the Rev. Mr.. Whittcmore.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16

sUMTRR CONFEcTI0NERY. BY JeAn W.
Dargan-Rins sassrs and suokisg Tobacco,
Pipss, Ae.. Orcskery and Glass Ware Fins Can
dies at reduced peices. and, cheering TO hear
specie pays.sst ressmsd. SEQ Advertisements
FANCY GOODS, CANDIES, &e.-Fs.nt
Folsom's Headquarters for cheap goods eontin-
ues to DO place Of attraction for the ladies. He
gives particular attention to tho Fancy Depart.
ment, and Mrs. r. 70 tho Confeetionery- Tho
6oa6on and department Of goodies generally
Look TO tho advertisement.
JOHN s. HUGHSON, under tho Photogrsp
Gaiery-Fruit, Confectionery, Fancy and Heavy
Groceries, Glass and Crockery Ware, Fine Sc
gars, Merchaum Pipes and Smoking Tobacco. -
All these ut very low prices. See advertisement
SUMTER BOOK STORE Some moro new
Books, some of which arc mentioned In adver.
tise,nent, and various grades Of writing papers
OF astonishingly low pricos.
LIFE INSURANCB-Piedmont and Airing.
ton Life Company, Of virginia-Leaphart, JEFF
ferson 4 Ransom. General Agents. Capt. Geo
B. Lake. Of Edgefeld O. H., Superintendent o
Agencies for the State Of South Carolina.
SALE, by T. j.. Coghlau, Sheriff, on tho nrs
Monday in April, Of eleven hundred and forty.
Eve acres Of land in Sumter County, in the case
Of l.. p Loriug vs.. Harrington r. Jennings.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
Liberal

The House Of Representatives before
it adjourned voted Speaker Moses FIVE
hundred dollars extra, besides his six
dollars day. This was quito liberal
with other peoples money. What
right had these members of the leg
islature TO take five hundred dollars OF
the public funds aud give to Frank
Moses If they wanted to make him a
present why did they not take tho
money out of their own pockets to do i,
with? Fifty cents day is what tho
majority OF his constituents hire for
and why should he be paid ten dollars
Such extravaganza as this is the cause
of high taxes and low wages, Wake uI
arkics.-Kingst,ce Star.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
THE CADETSHIP PEDHLEI,S.

The New York Tribune intimates
that the pcdders in cadetship will be
vigorously dealt with to the last man,
and the Rodcrick Random Butler has
"only aggravated his punishment by cf.
forts to delay it," Says tho Tribune
"Mr II. H. Butler, OF Tennessee,
only aggravatcs his punishment by cf-
forts to delay it. The defiant air OF
Mr.. Whittemoro robbed him of all pub
lie sympathy, the Instructions which
Mr.. Butler attempts to throw in the way
of his proper punishment for on offence
which he does not deny and hardly at
tempts to palliatc, will bring upon him
the public contempt. The public cx-
poets the Military Committee to do It's
full duty in this matter; and there is
not the least occasion to suppose, what.
ever Democratic papers may sugses
that this painful duty will bo cvadcd
either for political or personal reasons" !"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
WHErTEMORE, E,s DEFENCE.

The expelled carpct-bag Congress-
man Whittemore, has published let.
ter defending his sale Of the cadctship,
aud announcing himself as candidate
for reelection. lie says that recent de-
vclopments have satisfied him that his
resignation was hasty and unnecessary
step, and adds /: "I do not hesitate to
say that the Republicans and Demo
Gratis regard the whole transaction as
unparalleled in haste and severity; and
furthermore repeat that General To-
gan himself, the day after my rcsigna-
tion, did not report resolution Of cen
sure Instead of expulsion, that he did
not believe my intention wrong, that he
hoped would be returned to Congress
and that he would be the first man to
welcome my return.
"Such has been the change already
which, ofeourse, brings little balm to
the wounds inflicted. The hope cx-
pressed by very large number Of the
members of the Huuse that I may be
returned to Congress is the evidence
that, while they were pressed into q
seeming acqniescence in this hasty ac-
tion OF a few Hotspnrs, they are still
openly friendly, and they express every
confidence in my honesty aud integrity
in this whole matter l shall come
again to my constituents, whose conf
dcncc | have never violated. I shall
ask them to give me Shcir votes and
send me back to my place, made vacant
by no dishonest action"
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
OBITUARY..
MRS. MARY ANN SWINTON, the subjsc
of this notico, was born June rs, 1882, and diet

MRS. MARY ANN SWINTON, the subjsc:
of this notice, was born June rs, 1882, and ded
February 25, 1870.
Affections do not often como alone. The war vic
timized one brother, disease shortly after bore of
tho excellent mother, and then her noble husband
died while yet in the full vigor Of manhood, in q
dstnnt city. wither he had gone to engage in
business. having, like thousands. lost all his
earthly possess ions by the casualties Of war;
The desolnte and bereaved widow, With shattered
health, brought buck his mortal remains and
deposited them in kindred earth. She came
back, like Naomi of old, seeking consolation
from relatives and the friends of her brighter
days. She wus widow indeed.
But tho long catalogue OF her sorrows was not
yet filed out suddenly, death directed another
shaft against the family, aud the youthful moth
er, the wife Of n deur brother. fell pierced to
the heart, leaving behind heart broken hus-
band and dear little one unconscious of its
enry bereavement. Thcn it was that this geDer.
GUS lady and loving sister stepped forward and
offered to be mother to this motherless child,
and TO continue IL homo for her bcreuvcd brother.
Ii seemed proyidcntiul, that such an arrange.
mont should bo made. Friends hoped that her
own grief nigh; find alleviation in tho cures
necessary to DO devoted to helpless infaucy and
in the snperintondnnce Of household affairs.
Bot how circu Inscribed is human forecast
When all seemed to point to ns much pernnnen
cy us man can naturally calculate upnn, death
again invaded this already repeatedly smitten
tuuHS * Win raplulty, struck
down this second moher-this mourning sister
and daughtcr-this deeply desolate widow, and
transferred, in q few days. her body to the same
grave, where tvo months ngo she had deposited
tho remains Of her husband. just little before
she was smiten by tho nalady which resulted in
her denth, she had erected a beautifully chaste
monument, with n tou' bingly simple inscription
to his mc'uory, and while engaged in this sor-
omGul task otlove, she remarked to the gentle
man who executed tho work, that it would not
DO long before he would have to extend the
inscription by putting hor name also there. And
there dced do her remains lie in tho snme grave,
tho same head stone answering for both. "They
were lovely and pleasant in thoir lives, and in
their donth wero not Qong) div cd"
Mrs. SwISToN had for years been professor
of religion, having carly ih life, connected her
self with tho Baptist Church, Of which she con i.
tinued to be an acceptable member to the timo of
her death. She was a Indy Of grea. enoTSy of
character, and Of ardent affections Her funeral
wns largely attended by weeping relatives and
sympathizing friends.
To live, to lovo, to weep and die,
Is this our his'try here2
look, p""r mortal, look on high,
heavenly home is near.
'Tis sweet to live In sorrows land,
lis sweet to suffer pain,
1t so. at Inst. at Gods right hand,
Forever more we reign.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
"IOHIE IS THE DEAREST SPOT ON
EARTH TO ME.,s

Those are the words Of youth Of our
community, now absent from home, as
contained in recent letter to his
parents.
Feelings and expressions of love for
homo and the dear ones who gather
about the domestic hearth, arc en-
nobIing; and when comminglcd with
that more sacred aud purifying sense
that comes from the inspiration of tho
love of God in the heart, produces an
elevation and satisfaction of the soul far
richer and more precious than anything
which can come to US, from associations
and comminglings with the outside world.
The softcuing and holy tears oc affection
flow, when We dwell upon the one, whilst
Joy serene aud undisturbcd and full
Of unuttcrable bliss, swells the heart,
when we drink deeply OF the 9th
or.
"Homc is the dearest spot on earth
" uS. AAoW oitcu HAS tue CmOtlOn,
inspired by feeling such as this, sud.
denly checked the wayward youth, or
j. may be the man of stcrucr years, in
the pathway of dissipation and ruin
Thoughts Of mothers tears, and a
mothers praycrs-of her sweet, gentle
attontions-of fathers love and do
votion-of dear sisters and brothers
gathered within the charmed circle of
home, have come flooding tho soul
opening up again its fountains Of tender
ness, and bringing contrition and re-
morse, when they are insensiblc to all
other influences.
How careful, then, should parents be,
in making those impressions of them
selves and homo, upon tho minds of
their children, which they arc to bear
with them when they leave the parental
roof, and go out to battle with the.worlJ,
and brave the fearful tide of its tenn pta.
tiOns.
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
OPERATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS


Now that the great fight has been made
over the civil rights bill, and it has
become law, the workings of it do not
seem to give satisfaction to those who
cIamored most for its passage. The
truth is, the mass of the colored people
care nothing about it. while those of
better reason aud Intelligence aud moro
modesty do not care to thrust themselves
into positions which prodtco mutural
unplcasantness and we apprehend.tla
this new law will produce but little
change upon former usuagos in this
respect.
A lettcr written from Columbia, at
tho time of the adjournment of the
Legislature, has tho following:
TO night small crowds of negroes arc
making practical experiment as to the
effect Of the Civil Rights Bill. They
have visited bar-rooms, and have boon
refused, tried to BIO shaved in barber
shops ; one or two have been Knocked
down by irato colorcd BARRIERS and ap-
piled for admission to hotels.
In one Of the,bar rooms the proprie-
tor Ind tho wip handle of them. lie
had been reading tho Courier. When
they asked for drink ho said thoy
couldn't have it. "Why, because
don't like you; ] ssll liquor to whom
pleass ?" swell. why don't you like 7''
| ~ don't like your clothes; I don't
The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-03-16
STATE CRNsUs.

The census Of 1870, as compared with
that of 1860, shows total decrease Of
population of the State of42 600. or this
decrease, it is significant fact, that of tho
colored population largely prepoadcratcs,
the decrease of whites, being 10, 427 and
of colored 42,609. Whom the greater
number of colored is considered 1856,
1873 to 274,961 white-aud the decima-
tion Of whites by the war is taken into
account, the fact stated is striking
Many blacks have left the State since
the war, and yet the same may be said
Of the whites, aud we must therefore
conclude that the mortality of the form
er has greatly exceeded that of the lat
ter, and that this mortality has largely
increased since emancipation. Iu 1860
just previous to tho beginning of the
war, it stood, whites, z9l 1888 T; colored,
4l2,32O-colored majority, 12O,o32. In
1870, whites, 274, ,96l colored, 3S6, 1873
-colored majority, Ill, l,l77-a decrease
of the colored majority of 9,755. If
the fcorful mortality of whites, from tho
results of the war, could bo correctly
estimated, it is likely that at least 1O,-
600 more would be added to this de-
crease of the colorcd majority.
Sumter is one of few counties in
which tho whites have increased and the
colored people decreased since the
war.