Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-05-22
Here and There.

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PARIs. Nav little President of
the Corps Legislatif has officially an
nounced TO that BODY that the peace
OF Europe viii not be disturbed.
DuBUQuE. MAY lit Is believed
| that the prospects for an unusual crop
of fruit ia this vicinity are gathering.
the buds not having been injured BY
the late severe frosts.
Mas. f. GREEsMAS. Of Conris. near
Marshall Mich. committed suicide a
short time since, By taking strvchEine.
Although alleging a motiv,. existed
she refused to disclose it.
The Lt3el,endent announces that it
Will not hereafter he in any sense ar
degree an organ of the Congregations
alsts. bnt weekly religious journal!
abandoning the discussion of doetsincs
and creeds.
OK TO RICHMOND. Thu, was the
Tribune bugle call in 1862. and now
jeff. has taken it up and called Gree
y ION to Richmond in 1867. How
true it Is that times change and men
change with them
NEW York ELECTION -Tlsc total
vote pollcd in the State of New York
at the recent election for delegates 10
the State CONSTITUTIONAL Convention.
was 80. i05. The arera ge Rrpubli-
can majority in the State Is $1,000.
NEGRo-sELLISG DERrs OCrLAwED-
| Washington, May LITTLE Supreme
| Court yesterday decided. bv Il MAORI
ty OF one. that notes for negroes sold
before the war are invalid The de-
cislon involves many million dollars.
WHAT \ DEMOCRATIC PAPER THINKS.
The New York SmIqy Nercufq has
the following fling at President John
| son. II comes from IA Democrat. and
wOnld lead rs 10 the belief that the
other side Of the house has less conf
dencc in the President than it former
" protested.
| SECRET SERyiCE.-Scuator DooIit-
tie has been appointed by the Presi-
dent special agent to visit the Rus
sian Government on secret service
mission. 1t is generally supposed it
refers to the recently ratified Russian
| treaty. lie had an audience with the
President to-day, preparatory to his
| departure.
ADvIcEs from Mexico state that
Vera Cruz is still besieged by the
Liberals, though little progress has
| been made toward taking the CITY,
1t was confidently expected by the
Liberals that the City of Mexico
would soon fall into their hands,
Gen. Diac is investing the city with
about 10000 men, which number is
constantly being augmented.
WNRussIA.- Travellers represent
| the past season in the TERRITORY as We
~ gay; the principal balls Of the sea
| son, snow balls, were round of en-
! loyment to the projectors. and the ac-
knowlcdged hits of the SEA on, by
those who came in contact with them.
The nppeF provinces played their
cards well, and ''old sledgc' Is popu-
lar. Esq Maux. a Justice Of the piece
IN some OF the upper counties. has pc
titloncd for them to be set off as a
new state, to be entitled l.. s (pIace
Of the seaD.
New y oRK, May l0.-At the ses:
| sion of the Equal Rights Associa ton
/ to-day Henry Ward Beecher was
| among the speakers. Resolutions
| Were otit red IN favor of suffrage To wo-
men and black men. and endorsing the
action of the Legislatures Of Kansas.
and Wisconsin on the subject. as the
| first practical illus tration of equal
rights. dispatch was read from
Secretary Stone. dated \ tchison stat
ing that impartial suffrage could be
carried IN Kansas by an overwhelming
majority. The session is not finished.
Two MEN, named Gay and " ebb.
respectively, were hunting for turkeys
IN Georgia. Both initiated the pccul-
| lar noise of the turkey to perfection.
and were approaching each Other slow
", little dreaming of the imminent
. peril they were both in. Soon Webb
obtained glimpse Of a portion Of
| Gay : clothing, and, deeming it tur-
! key, fired. On reaching the spot he
| found he found he had shot his neigh
Dor and friend through the throat
The unfortunate man was unable to
| speak. He gave directions IN pencil.
and soon died.
p" Our Washington correspondent
informs Us that the President is about
to pay visit to Raleigh, \. c.. and
that on the way he will probably ad-
dress the people. We Sincerely trust
he Will do nothing of the kind. Let
him play base bali or e,lehre, or dance
the polka or the tight rope, or say
prayers, by way of variety; but let
him not make speeches. Let his as
pirations take any shape but that
Raleigh is a terrible place for bad
whisky, which kills further than
needle gun and if. uss1er It's influence.
the President should set to speechifv-
ing, as he did last year, he woTlld give
Radicalism new lease for-irs fife
We hope; therefore. he well eschew
e oqnerrce and bourbon plain. and 60
IN for silence and light potations"
SOLDIERS BoUNTTEs.-The soldiers
will be glad to learn that the settle
mcnt Of their additional bounties i