‘VHY W. a HAMILTON.TERMS.MB■ VH*«i « HJBLI1HK* WEEKLY)TUI MHIfifeM1 CTRftV MIPIT,At $.t.00 if paid In *dvanrp, «r $4.00 if i»t paiduniil feller ihe sxplrMkir *f the first quarter.■ r A 4nnMLtEB^ F»JEE*i \THE Pt.MUSEVCCB OF 0U* INSTITUTION! MUffT DMWODPW THE 1NTVLLI IfelfCI lt;IF TH* MEAT MAS* OF TH* rEOFLE.—GoV* Podjfr.VOL. I—NO. 33.MINERAL POINT, IOWA COUNTY, W. 1 ^FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1837.“OLD IRONSIDES ”m holmes.Tn* nobla*! nation* lyric I* generally cmirecled to be 7)rnko “Am*r)ciii' Flrtg.” Her* it a lyric Ly Holmes, witluiut its fo dts nod equalling rwbwuiUoH*poses of cultivation, An account of smelt* mg lead I shall give you when 3 weyou.The country is very well watered, and the finest springs* with clear, gravelly bottoms, are to be found in almost every direction,fora jbe jL* Many anecdote t are’related of their ecent exploits, When we were at Cadiz,* mrtyof English and American gen-tferacn a rived there, who had travellad ovot tend #r, Gibraltar* and been robbed oncall ul her hocae. He said, no, be did not intend to call any more. At that mpmontshe placed her hand in her neck or, and he:1c.heard the click of a pistqi-loctc. Tbs, sound was that of placing the weapon on full cock.be must give up collecting loll, and leafy filesituation, which he was obliged to do.As we believe that all these sialcmenfs*re fucte that can be relied on, so me ot them being made on oath, there can so longer bo