The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-04-18
The Chamber of Commerce of Honolu-

The Chamber OF commerce OF dOnOIu-
lu is agitating the question of reciprocity
treaty between the Islands and the Uni
ted States. From the statistics of 1866
it appeared that the exports from the
United States were larger than from any
other country.
Advices from Gen. Hancock's Indian
Expedition have been received to the I'd
of April. 1t was then at Fort Harker.
A conference has been held at Fort Dodge
on the oath ult.. between Maj, Dodge and
several chiefs of the Kiowas, in which
the latter professed much friendship to
the whites, but indicated that general
confederation of Western and Northwest
ern Indians had bsen made to carry on a
bloody war.
Mr.. Elwood Heath, newly appointed
Mayor of New Orleans by Gen. Sheridan,
! is a native of Maine, about forty-four
years of age, and resident of Louisiana
about twenty years, his occupation
being that Of merchant. During, and
since the rebellion he has been an ardent
Union man. He was active in furnishing
comforters to the Union prisoners during
the first Bull Run
| A few nights since the safe Of the
Adams Express company, while in charge
Of messenger on the Monongahela river
boats. was opened by skeleton key and
robbed of ten thousand dollars, which
was the destined for Brownsville. The
messenger at the time was sleeping, and
had his keys and revolver under his pill
tanned.
| United States Senator Sherman, of
Ohio, in an address in New York on
Thursday night, declared that if Con-
gress had yielded to the counsels which
prevailed with President johnson, "the
rebellion would have been resumed, and
war would at this time be desolating the
country He also stated that he had
just received letter from Governor
Brown, Of Georgia, saying that the recon
struction movement is rapidly pragress-
ing, and the measures of Congress would
soon be acquiesced in.
A hundred people gathered to hear
the decision in the Supreme Court in the
Mississippi and Georgia injunction cases
The opinions, read by Chief Justicel
Chase, the Court being unanimous there
in, held that the exception taken by the
Attorney General to the Mississippi Bill
namely, that it is, in legal sense, scan
dalous, because IL makes the President a
party in a suit, is entirely proper, and
leave to file the bill was refused. The
Chief Justice further said by direction Of
the entire Court that as the Attorney Gen
eral made no objection to motion fo!
leave to file the Georgia Bill, which
!. pravs for injunction against the Secretary
of War and General Grant, it would bt
granted, and the bill might be filed Al
once. The Court gave notice that i
would hear the case further next Thurs
day.
THE LATEST.
The n. Y. Heralds Nashville specia
of the 10th says the Tennessee State
Conservative Convention was held il
Nashville yesterday. The representation
of negroes was very small, only six beins
present. Speeches of most violen
character denouncing Congress and the
radical party, and applauding the Con
fcderacy were delivered. Emerson Eth
eridge was nominated tor Governor
Intelligence from the British Colum
bia mining districts is encouraging; claim
| are paving well and many new discover
les have been made. Great confidence /
felt in the future diggings.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE average ma
jority for the Republican ticket yesterda,
was 1851; that for mayor being 1888
: The council stands "a republicans and ;
democrats. The vote was less than 20,
600
Accounts from upper Missouri say tina
the high water Of the Platte river ha
, caused great damage to the Oman;
) branch of the Pacific Rail Road. N
trains are runnInp ar prnSont