The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1861-01-11
Items of News.

IN Paris.
- Gen. Wool is next in rank to Gen.
Scott in tue U. S. Army.
"A fire in Frankfo fort ST., New York, on
Wednesday night destroyed 100000
worth of property.
- Henry Jarvis was frozen to death on
his fathers doorstep, at Richmond, Va,
on Saturday, after nights dsoauch.
=" Westinghouse is proposed as the
name Of the Southern Confederacy, by
some of the Alabama journals.
= The slave trade 10 persistentlv and
successfully carried on out of the port of
New York in despite of the laws.
"Htving" the Rnaways-A cave full
of runaway slaves was discovered in Hall
fax county, n. c., recently, by two gentle
men who were hunting.
ES- The coroner of New Orleans rev.
ports 50 murders in that city during the
year, 81 suicides, 100 accidental deaths,
10 deaths from intemperapce, and 1876
cases Of drowning.
- Commodore kearney, second on the
active List in the United States Navy, has
sent request to President Buchanan to
be placed on the Retired List, or if not
granted to accept his resignation.
= The Chiffon Times says that the wifs
of Patrick Connolly of that town, gave
birth to four living, perfect children-three
girls and boy. The children lived but
few hours but the mother is recovering.
Robbcd.-A German emigrant on his
way to Wisconsin was robbed Of $500 in
gold pieces on the Jersey city ferry boat,
last Friday, by two men who wedged
against him in a passage way. They were
arrested, but nothing was found on them.
= The Cleveland Plaindealer, compa-
ring the staple powers of the North and
South, says: Cotton is a convenience, to.
be sure, but corn is a necessity. A man
can live without shirt, but what can he.
do without whiskey
Great Want IN Oregon There is an
embarrassing dearth Of school mstresses,
and marrageable women in Oregon, and
the bachelor farmers want to know what
has become of Gov. SHADES Society, now
| that the Governor is deceased.
1t is announced from Sprinfeld that
President Lncoln's Cabinet is determined
upon. The names of Edward Bates, John
g. Fremont, and David Wilmot are given
out as part of the Cabinet that has been
Sc lected.
Queen Victoria has written an auto
graph letter to the President, through
Lord Lyons, expressing in the strongest
terms, her grateful acknowledgment Of
the cordial manner in which the Prince of
Wales was received by the people of the
United States.
ECLIpsEs THIS YEAR-The year 1861
viii be the first Of the 660th Olvmpaid.-
There will be an annual eclipse of the sun
On the 18th of January, another on the
18th Of July, and a total eclipse on the 31st
of December. There will also be partial
eclipse of the moon on the 18th of De-
cenber.
4 HERDS Grape-On a mangeCtreev
uuder which General Haveock is buried,
rudely cut piece of tin is Dailed, bearing
the following words scratched upon t.
"On this spot lie the remains of General
IIavelock. May he rest in peace" This
is all that marks the grave Of the hero of
Lucknow.
- The notorious George Law muskets
have been sold to the State of Alabama at
*13 apiece. The purchase amounts to 49,
600. Considerable fault is found with
the State authorities for makingit. There
has been a recent arrival of arms at Char
lesion, and more are soon expected
Whatever else comes Of it, secession is
proving good thing for Yankee gun-rna-
kers.
- A New York paper says there is
two thousand millions Of dollars worth Of
property Of every description in the city Of
New York, which, it is estimated, has de-
preciated at least 20 per cent. on account
Of the slavery imbroglio-or loss of four
hundred millions Of dollars, in New York
city alone. The almighty niger" may
be a fine thing to obtain votes, but we
scarcely distrust his being the best COM
mercial agent in the world.
= The London Tines Correspondent
says that the Command rim Chief of the
Chinese Observation-Disclosures no
other than an Irish ex-Marine, by name
Sam Collinson, who deserted from an
English ship Of war at Canton, in 1856,
and has since risen to high rank among
the Ceestals San CO. lin>sin, according
to Mr.. Boul5y, is the nearest approach
the phiIologists of the Flowery Land
could make to the Htbernian patronymic
OF Sam.
= The GAINESVILLE Gazette says that
Daniel Parks of that city was buried in a
we'll in the town of Harmony on Monday
afternoon. Mr. Parks was curling the
well, which was an old one and about 100
feet deep, and had built the curling up 25
feet from the bottom, when he discovered
signs of the earth caving in above him.
He Immediately gave the signal to draw
him up, and the men working with him
had raised him within perhaps 90 feet of
the top, when he was caught and buried
by the falling earth.
ADvERTlsING.-All seasons are good
for advertising and dull times are as good
as any for the advertisers, for what little
is going on they get, and while others are
grumbling, they pay their way, and with
a newspaper for a life preserver, swim on
! the top Of the water while others around