Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-02-27
News Of the Past Week.


ployment, and are represented as
begging their liz ing. @
TIE impeachment matter is said
to be sustained BY some startling
facts, to be divulged by the commit
tee il charge Of it.
MARagIz. after the French had
evacuated the City of Mexico, de-
clare3 martial Law, The effect Of
this upon American citizens IS nm
known.
ADv1cEs from Mexico indicate that
the Imperial forces are badly demon
allied. The Emperor now claims
only to be the chief Of national
party-whatever that may mean.
TluE New York Times special says:
g The Judiciary Committee Will re-
port on the inlreachm cnt matter as
soon as certain witnesses in the South,
sent for, have been examined.
The Senate refused to CONCUR with
the House in transferring the Indian
Bureau to the War Department. A
Committee Of Conference will now
take up the matter.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON, It is said, OBJ
jects 70 the Reconstruction bin prin-
cipally because it divides the States
into military districts. He would
have preferred the Blaine amend.
ment.
TIE Tariff bin and the Bankrupt
bill are in danger of being defeated,
and the President favors a prompt
veto Of the Military Reconstruction
bill, which IS being inspected by the
Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, February %. - Dis
bursements for the week, S7,90s, $40,
Of which S5,3f7026 were for the
War Department.
INTERNAL REVENUE REcEIPrs-Re-
ceipts from Internal Revenue for the
week, S2,460. $50.
CUsTosts RECEIPTS Receipts from
Gus toms for tho week New York,
S2,9l7,205; Boston, $285:6l9; Phil
adelphia, $500 $40; Baltimore, ST.
Al; New Orleans, Sl35,l24
\ SAD accident occurred at Shulls-
burg, on Monday last. y German
miner, whose name our informant
could not recall, while going to his
work in Earnest's diggings, Slipped
and fell into Shaft thirty feet deep,
breaking both his legs and otherwise
bruising and injuring him LA Fayette
CO. Union.
The following item appears in 4
Dublin Uewspa per Died, Jan. I, at
Milford, Mayo county, Ireland, Peggy
Walsh, aged l24 years, servant in
the family Of Miller, of Milford, since
ISL. Jan. ), Mrs Elizabeth Nc
Kinlev, Of Coleraine, Antrim county.
aged lO7."
THE meeting between Surratt and
his sister was extremely affec ting
The sister encouraged her brother to
keep a stout heart, but the Converse
ton was chiefly on domestic affairs
The Judiciary Committee have not
yet examined him concerning the
completely of jeff Davis in the assas-
sination, nor is 1t likely they Will do
SO until it IS known what will be the
proceedings against him.
The great Snowman 2. T Barnum,
was nominated recently for Congress
by the Republicans Of the Fourth
District of Connecticut. now repre-.
scented by Hon. John H. Hubbard.
His election : certain, as the district
IS Radical by a large majority, and he
Is the leader of the Radicals Of the
district. His vote will be right and
on the side of human rights, every
time It is cast.
\ SUPERSTITION The Detroit Tn
5ue says - At the police court, yes
terday, colored girl was called as a
witness and told to take the stand
She surveyed the witness box a few
moments. and, after mounting the
highest portion Of it that she could
find. directed the court to 90 ahead
wild de sale evidently supposing that
she was to be sold. In fact, so decid-
cd was she in this opinion that it was
with difficulty she could be made to
believe otherwise
THE Hera1ds City of Mexico cor
respondent Of the 5th says: The
entire road from Puebla TO the capital
IS strewn with the debris of the re-
treating army The Liberals were
prevented from attacking by strict
orders from Diaz, but Appearances in
dictate that q slight demonstration
wouid convert the whole march into
grand route.
The American Consulate is gar
risoned 70 protect American citizens.
Naximiiian tells every one he
does not consider himself Emperor.
but only the chief 4 national party"
CoLoSEL BAKER, the Government
detective during the war, has i. is
alleged, testified before the Judiciary
Committee Of Congress that while
Andrew Johnson was Military Gov
ernor Of Tennessee he saw 4 letter
from him. addressed TO jeff Davis OF.
fering to sell himself and Tennessee
10 the Southern Canfa1ararv IF