Mineral Point Democrat (Newspaper) - June 6, 1845, Mineral Point, Wisconsin MINERAL POINT DEMOCRAT PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY C C BRITT TWO DOLLARS PER DOLLAR FOR HALF A CENTS FOR THREE MONTHS PAPER WILL BE SENT UNLESS PAID FOR IN ADVANCE VOLUME I MINERAL POINT IOWA COUNTY W T FRIDAY JUNE 6 1845 NUMBER 9 For the Democrat stanzas on the Marriage of a Daughter Child of thy Caller's lui joy his pride what Since when in sorrow's luo trier Thy infant tears a mother's gravel was task each cluy Twos ilium to when anxious cures And adversity lind my wuv Thy smiles and my homo was lie not if a love Should to what ho thinks is dur But humbly strive in to prove All Ins fondness writes is true my wo must past Thy lot is b dm no command trusts tin to u lu art Then own ho thy 1 Should bright fortune's Still hn ihy u chasu jc v Should thy lion n s bun all J And should on thy tall lie willi uti llu with in Heaven the HV A Yo arc tlir around sad of the American service A real fire-eater was captain not only metaphorically but really for his nose glistened like a glow worm in tho night and his face shone as if it hud been tho to a tern It was wearing late when it came to the captain's turn for a long story and hemming twice after a dUh of apologies he You've heard lads of the private armed brig Yankee that sailed out of this port in iho last war a devil of a craft was she us sharp in the nose a sturgeon and could bent a Hying fish going into the of ho wind A fleet of once chased her just as sho got off Island here but she only shook her feathers at them and was off like LX duck Clean hull vass enough fur n small she was beauty boy and first mistress 1 ever had We sailed from here for the Guinea Coast about three months after the war broke out It was her second and I was the cabin boy a hard life 1 ted thereto bo sure for though we T i i t vv s v trc And ti bids to my 1 too -i my a j had a second Decatur for skipper tho lieutenants were not much to of and excepting the purser a weakly young fellow who was always writing poetry none of them ever gave mo any thing but kicks not my story Here's a health er to the captain and purser both poor follows in their graves twenty years We hail a fine run of it lo the We will do our said our loader but will you not go There is no need for you to expose yourself I would rather remain on deck said our see how ills your mistress is aboard the Alder Well for your sake 1 wish to do the craft and those in her as little harm as By this time we had come up wilhin a mile and half of the enemy and the con- versation was cut short by skipper's me to bring up American flag from the cabin und in a moment stars und stripes were ing over our gallant craft The wind now began to freshen and we were soon wilhin half cannon shot when we ed a brisk fire from our starboard side the enemy spiritedly returned You have never been in a sea fight havo you? Well it's not to be wondered at in these piping times of peace you've been in a si iff blow off light and after the vres preceding the first shot are over you feel in that you do in gale with u under you There is an ex- in the roar of the strife injhe cheers of the combatants but most of all in and uncertainty of tho conflict that no words can picture The contest on this day was one long to be remembered Tho enemy fought like fiends and our men with calm tion to conquer or die we forgot every thing about the poor skipper's mistress and thought only of disabling our antagonist by any and every means per while all crowded around him lor the guns had been instantly deserted and the whole crew had rushed aft You can do nothing by swimming God knows 1 would not for three prizes that this should have happened The sufferer seemed to comprehend the force of this advice and with a look of helpless agony submitted to wait till the boats should bo manned This con- scarcely a minute for a universal sympathy pervaded us all A fow strokes brought us to the One or two poor wretches dreadfully burned were swimming around her and these we took up The first man to leap on deck was Benson By the mainmast lay Captain Crowley his clothing burnt rff and himself mangled in the most dreadful manner while beside him was coast and had already made one or two Our guns 1 I've in when wo up will a hear t ins anu it to ins Yi a mi ot tad jer which proved lo be un English one and after a few shots made her captive Her skipper was as handsome a young fellow as I ever but looked fully down as if was no use Suing any longer in the The cause of it soon casne out ii wus not much iho loss of his ship as a love affair It i stt Ye I'll MS b v MIT i h's i Till ihu i iiris Anil n on o Mat it tin In in un odious I n ash rru lik r -i s SIM i t But hoi w ill- s ml ol In r J In these was a very pretty gill the of skipper from were worked quicker than The enemy replied as quick the still quivering corpse of a negro boy literally blown out of his skin We turned from the terrible spectacle and rushed aft to the scene of ruin Here the vessel was in flames the quarter deck was blown off and part of sides white scarcely a vestige of the cabin was left If this was the place where the captain's daughter had remained during the conflict it needed no soothsayer to tell her fate Her lover appeared to think this for he glanced hurriedly a- round the sea in the immediate vicinity though with half averted eyes IH if dreading to behold what somo irresistible power forced him to seek for A deep groan burst from him as a while object heaved upon the swell but no it was body of a seaman his of every one was taxed to remember or invent something novel The Yankees are proverbially ready of invention and the American did honor to his character as u man accustomed lo freedom of thought lie was frank and gay and entered into the and a- with that unaffected ment which a part of his fresh feelings to the most worn out ionists of party His good nature would have been sneered at of the proud cavaliers had he not been such a capital and he might have been quizzed had not tho ladies won by his respectful and pleasant civilities arid his constant attentions in drawing and saloons always showed themselves his friends But a combination was at last formed among a trio of dandies strong patrons of the Quarterly to an- the American They proposed to vary the eternal waltzing and piping by the acting of charades and playing at various games and having one uf those indefatigable ladias who always carry their point in the scheme it was voted to be the thing at rest Now 1 assert confidently that there is not a nation on earth where man is so truly beloved so tenderly so respectfully treated as in the republic of tho United States fore the American arc the fairest But and he again bowed low be- fore whom 1 now have the honor of ex- pressing my opinion were in my we should think them Americans The applause ter the mirth had subsided so ns to allow the judge to be heard ho adjudged the crown to tho Yankee AGRICULTURAL Ac Wisconsin From tne Milwaukee are to think oaU may bo advantageously cultivated in Wisconsin more extensively than they thus far have been In ground welt ed to this crop and properly prepared from 30 to 65 bushels per acre have been obtained The straw too ble ns feed for stock if tho oats lio cut when pretty as they After somo few ways may be without lessoning the yield continually shook the sky ter the first broadside however the thick and not that of rny God I cannot bear this he where is she? For the love of Heaven ell and lie looked smoke that lay packed along tho water nnd covered our decks almost the Englishman from view but occasionally could I do to help ringly at mo The tears came into his eye What a uff of the wind would reveal his en- ii w and dn Leone o was on tho const with her the two had Tallin in fortnight spent at Hut tho hither did not like the nu i I1 Sail in Oh And 1 IS Of chill it In inoni Yc Yu ti un ill d ill r hf i Ir -I M it u it iris it inn di r lulu ho clot ar mi: who though he said was too poo i After every other means liud tho lovers on running together and a provided and the of young fi lend lined up I'm his bride as neatly -is allow when gut wind of ir plans and put to sea so suddenly in the night with his daughter that the first the lover of it was when he noticed the empty berth of the schooner in the morning and lucking seaward saw her while sails far down on horizon M ck of distant foam sign Milt flying or a gush of continuous firo lighting up the sulphurous canopy would betray position of his hull In the occasional lulls of tho buttle we heard the men chei ring each other in their and it was apparent from the with which they fought that like us they were bsnt on victory or u grave tho eternal said an old Cape like devils just getting wa- ot iric It w 1 wilhi ru mnl all changes lif Who admit not hope tu n held out still And when toss i Still joint to Ye arc 1 To a il Though cast My mav on the sea ot niy tho ot around tuo ol how he raved from n Vou may well imagine but ii was no use Ho us soon as he could ready ho put to sea to prosecute his whether he should der they fight pepper em yet ked nnd will bring Hunker I nut of our elbows directly Wait till iho smoko lifts again I saw their skip per ut now and now my name Jack if I don't dismount the gun by his very sule Sho is he said sho is do and his whole frame shuddered as if in his mental eyo he saw her mangled form Then he sat down in tho warks burying his face in his rocking his body to and fro At his instant a shriek was heard from the of vessel and a woman's voice in tho mod piteous cents cried father are The lover started up I looked around the hatchway as il just emerging from stood a beautiful girl with her hair dishevelled and hands clapped posed of one gentleman begged leave to propose the called crowning the wisest played by selecting a judge of iho gume und three persons iher ladies or gentlemen who aro to con- test for the crown by answering sively the various questions which the rest of the party arc at liberty to The one who is to Irxvebfen I lie readiest end happiest in his answers re- the crown Our American much against his nation was chosen among tho three lie was aware that position in the society with which lu was ling required of him the to lain himself llu was to be ed with distinguished attention by his host hostess and generally by the party but tins was a favor to the vidual and none of the company under- stood the character of republicans or the republic Tin three wor thies had arranged that tin ir turn fur hin should fall in and bo the last The first one a fit exquisite nnd with an air of most ineffable put thU question 1 understood rightly tho mont of your country you acknowledge no distinction uf rank consequently you r Her lius were parted as if in have no court standard lor the i i 1 H i anxiety ami her eyas eagerly ed to of iho vessel At this instant nor gaze fell on the object she sought and with a cry of terrible agony IIII I I II U 11 J ll J i r Jo vou hear tho Tho sprang forward and cast herself on the almost lifeless body of mints have got it among their spurs any in- und my soul and Teach trach HIP rod u flic And in is pause not tiU it id trouble and O to bend to thy lib to 1 ever behold his mistress lie was follow that he ed lo lake his rapture us n matter of coi rse and be indifferent whether he lost or Avon either life or wealth We had run down to within six gri os of tho lino and tho weather getting intensely hoi and with thunder continually most awful have ever seen when one morning wo descried a sail ahead ami instantly gave noon it camo un calm with a smooth sea so wo got out the sweeps on sides and sent thf boats to gain ners nfn will you favor me with information where ym r best school of politeness is lo bo For your ed tho ican smiling calmly 1 would mend the Fulls uf Niagara a i As soon as her I The Guinea Coast STOltY Tlir LAST WAR ahead to tow Wo now on the stranger hull visible nnd even before thu English skipper begun to show in and ai last told us that the ahead was the Alder u armed nnd iho very one to the er of his mistress Here was a bit of As you may well suppose the Nahant Cape May included i worth a compared to BY I havo told you what a merry day wo had at bin Lend it was nothing to one at old Tommy at Newport Talk of wa- tering places in tho same breath with hall there is not one from Saratoga lo is compared to in fides around iho not to be despised off light picnics billiards nnd shoals of pretty What else would you have or you get to make up an earthly was a good many years ago Tommy Townsend was in his glory thai a party of us mut there one evening to dine We had been out all nnd brought in a wholo load of tautog BO you see we were in a high glee and disposed to muken night of it A merrier parly never U-u he ost of tho sol was old Captain Chowder a thorough man and had been out as a lad in tho lale war nnd af won hif commission in the S nows sprea from tho quarter dock to the men and soon every one was re- dun bl inn his exertions to come up with he foe The young skipper in the mean hue seemed a prey to conflicting ions he who un hour before wo ild have riven worlds to meet his mistress now for her safety in case of an ion how As he spoke the gun wus run out and the old follow whirling his match to en- liven the fire prepared to discharge his piece Just at this crisis an eddy away the smoke from the after part the enemy und revealed as the old man had the English captain at haltr cheating his men a party of whom had levelled a stern chaser and wero bout discharging it on us as the schooner filled Quick as lightning the old follow down inn his eye along his gun and applied the match Give it to Vin rny hearties Ho has it there by tlin Simultaneously with the old fellows shout of exultation we saw the bull on its errand Rapid as its course yet distinctly traced it with my eyo It struck the piece at which il was aimed and o tho bled it transversely deck and no doubt carrying death it But of the ruin by iher 1 the instant it struck the gun he heavy piece tumbled heading on broke through tho planking and with all its fiery it was just the which had been placed abaft tho cabin Instantly with roar batteries whole after part of the vessel blew up The catastrophe was tho work of an I had no oven a second breath during j i lev It was his daughter who had taken I lion of that stupendous wonder in the hold during the fight and alone of that ill-fated freight had escaped The narrator here paused for his voice choked He furred down his emo- tion and after a moment resumed Gentlemen I cannot picture to you that scene But it is as vivid to me now as though it happened only yesterday and the memory of it I shall carry with me to the judgment seat You must im- agine for yourselves its varying emo- tions Poor Captain Crowley lingered till day but before ha died ho gave his free consent to the marriage of his daughter to She is penniless he said Take her with a dying mans blessing It is all he has to give humanity lo the proudest ami human nothingness to the Il rebukes iho trifler and arouses tho most stupid in short il turns men from idols and when we acknowledge that Jod only is Lord we that men our equals A true Christian is always There was a murmur among iho but whether of e or censure tho American could not as he did not choose to any anxiety for the by a scrutiny of the faces which he knew were bout on him The second now proposed his question lie affected to be a great politician was mustachioed and whiskered like a diplo- matist which station he been His voice was bland bal his sis was very ih of grain Chemical analysis affirms that 195 Us of oat straw are equal to 100 Ibs of good hay to 374 Ibs wheat straw and 412 Ibs of rye straw much more easily cultivated than cornt and can be grown cheaper than almost any other grain crop If oats be cux when tho grain is in tho milk be well cured tied up in small and stacked with care leaving un air hole in the centre of the stack to let which may tuke place and prevent heat nnd must they will be found most valuable feed for all kinds of They should be cut up before feeding straw and grain together A straw cutter is best for ibis purpose but the may be performed wilU easi nnd facility with a broad by placing the oats on the head of a block some three feet high Oats are u more healthful food for horses mules and oxen than Indian corn It has been abundantly proved by fully conducted experiments that corn owing to the abundance of oil only makes the animal fat whereas oats give hard enduring muscle We apprehend but few farmers are aware of fact or duly appreciate Us tance anJ it is of the very first importance to their The hurdy peasantry of Scotland gel their injuring flesh from outing oatmeal upon ii Unit is better not only for had men but for hard working cattle loo than com meat SALT rnn seem opinion that salt U service if not necessary for farm stock Hence every judicious farmer gives salt to his sloc subject with which 1 am conversant would We soon made out eight ports n side the enemy and about two after on were near enough to fire a gun which we did hoisting English The chase made no answer so we held on nnd in another half hour gavo her shot on which she hove to run up the British flag and for action my old said the you are stripping for iho fight are you grief was to a few clays before made hiin her tain and sent him with our prisoners to Sierra Leone I learned a few years wards that he had married Miss Crowley and prospered pro a young London n Well lads you might as same While the men well do the wero collecting at their stations the English of the whole affair I saw the its rapid flight arid ig of the then a sheet of fire high up in the air in the midst of which timbers and mangled human bodies wero terribly discernible Had a thunderbolt fallen at our had a opened beneath us we could not been more horror struck The first thought of every man on board was for the poor girl I looked ly for her lover Ho stood for a ment like one suddenly struck insane and then rushing forwards he would into the sea had wu ho exclaimed our captain You will have very nearly your said he Captain Crowley has his all on board nnd ho is a desperate man have dashed him riot held him is dead You havo murdered her Brutes villains let mo and he struggled like u maniac in our hands Calm yourself Mr Benson we will get the boats said our A Yankee the Aristocrats Not many years ago it happened that man from New York visited His father being connected with several of the magnates of Brit- tish the young American was introduced to iho fashionable circles of the metropolis in of his very fine personal appearance or that his father was reported lo bo very rich or thai ho was a new figure on the stage ho attracted much attention and became quite a favorite of tho lailios This was not nt all relished by the Brit- ish beaux but as no very fair pretext of- ns a rebuff they wero compelled lo treut him civilly Thus matters stood when the Hon M P and ludy mado a party 10 accompany them to their try seat in Cambridgeshire and the A- merican vas among tho invited g Numerous wore the devices to which these devotees of pleasure resorted in or der to kill that old fellow who will meos ure his hours when he ought to know they are not wanted nnd the iii rec stock frequently U con- duces to health and thrift An ob- serving farmer who has kept a good deal fur many years has latterly a- plan of placing salt where k can daily access to it und is that this is much of salting lie says men take salt daily with their food and for similar reasons cattle should have it daily He fays ho has never known an animal to eat loo that lie adopted his present practice helms had of disease among his stock in all respects the tle seem to have done belter Ho puts leant She salt in troughs under his sheds and ho States what the troughs lu bo without it Arabs melt their butter over a slow which ox pels all tho watery It will then keep long even without salt The Irish havo ed with success a similar modo of paring butler for iho English worthy of iho attention of our Wisconsin farmers who mean to turn their attention 10 butler making farmer in Detroit The last season I about a bushel of tho sugar beets to a fine pulp and pressed juice therefrom ol which 1 obtained six gallons 1 put the same in a vinegar which was entirely empty and in less than two weeks I had us good and as vinegar as I ever obtained from cider and was equally as strong and clear skill of man ever and that a de- is utterly barbaro is My are proverbially fond of and will meet yoj 01 questions and if you choose wiU argue with you to the end of your life The murmur was renewed but still without any decided expression of the fueling with which his answer had been The third then rose fro n his seat and with an assured voice which announce a certain b 1 require your i on a delicate question but the o the pastime warrant it nnd also a You have seen the nnd ladies Which are thu The voung republican around the circle It was Hashing eyes and the sweet smiles cd many a lovely lip migl t have won 1 less determined patriot ance He did not hesitate though bowed low to the ladies a- he Tha standard of female beauty is 1 believe allowed lo bo the power of ting admiration and beguiling love m our sex and consequently those ladies who are most admired and beloved and by n be the Will you do it Every Democrat in Territory ought lo consider himself a committee of to circulate documents from now until Many a good Democrat does nut relied that it ia of importance what paper he whether ho takes any paper at all A subscription may seem a small a single number of a newspaper may havo but n trifling influence yet sum of such trifles sways tho political of the the destiny of tho world Let no man then hold back imagining that the he can do worth Courier
