The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-30
NEWS SUMMARY.

NEWS SUMMARY.
! Fifty deaths day are reported at Vera
Cruz from yellow fever.
! A dispatch from London states that the
broken cable will be repaired within three
weeks.
Franer, Trenholm & Co., rebel cot
ton merchsns at Liverpool, have suspen-
ded with large liabilities.
The Fenians Flood and Duffy have been
sentenced to imprisonment for life at
hard labor.
Jefferson Davis has arrived at Montre-
al. 1t is stated that he has purchased a
summer residence at St. GATHERINGS.
It is stated that monopoly of steam
river navigation in China has been grant
ed to two Anleriean firms. ,..-s.l.
A report reaches Us by way Of New
York that Commissioner Robbins has
directed the seizure of all unbranded
whiskey wherever found. I
A cable dispatch states that Earl Derby
has stated officially that the Alabama
clairns viii be amicably settled.
The Protectionists held an adjourned
meeting at New York, on the 22d, and
organized an American Industrial League.
Peter Cooper was elected President.
There is great panic among the
whisky distilleries in New York, in CON
sequence of the efficient action of the reve-
nue. officers. 1t is stated that only six
are now in operation
A plot against the lives of Bismarck
and the king Of Prussia has been discov-
cred in Hanover, and several prominent
parties in Berlin are said to be implicated.
Hon. John A. Bingham having deciin-
ed TO assist the prosecution in the Surratt
case, ex Representative Riddle, of Ohio,
has been engaged Secretary Seward
has also telegraphed to Governor Andrew,
Of Massachusetts,
The Union League of New York hav-
ing called a special meeting to consider
the action o.r Horace Greeley in the Davis
case. H. G. has written theul very
saucy letter, liz wh;e.. he says something
about block heads" &c.
The steamship Santiago de Cuba, from
Nicaragua to New York, went ashore
near Atlantic City, n. j., on the 2lst
inst, and seven passengers were drowned.
The boat was only Slightly damaged
A hundred million of dollars are said
to be involved in the State of Louisiana
alone in the recent judicial decision de-
claring worthless the debts incurred by
the sale of slaves before the war.
General Pope has deposed the Mayor
and Chief of Police of Nlobil.. and ap-
pointed Gustavus Horton and Colonel
Dimon respectively to those positions
Ex Mayor Withers writes very pathetic
letter on the occasion, and says that he
surrenders TO the argument Of force and
bayonets.
The propeller Wisconsin caught fire Oh
the. night Of the 2lst, while about two
miles from shore. at the head of Girardin
island, on the St Lawrence river, and
was entirely destroyed. She had Oh board
about seventy passengers, Of whom forty
two lost their lives. The boat belonged
to the Northwestern Transportation Com
pany, and was worth about $40, OOO-in-
sured for SIS 900
ST. PETERSBURG, MAY 25.-The gov
ernment of the United States has offered
to sell to the czar the famous iron clad
monitor, the Miantonomoh, a frigate, and
two new and very fast iron-clad war crui-
sers. The proposition has been favora-
bly, received by the emperor and his cab
inet and is likely to be accepted"
1t is reported that an American gun
boat has been bombarding a town in the
island of Formosa, where the crew of the
bark Rover were murdered after that ship
was wrecked.
The secretary of state has received dis
patches from London, announcing that
the capital sentences of the Fenian lead
ers, Burke and McCafferty, have been
comnluted to imprisonment for life.
LONDON, May 27, evening is au-
thoratively announced that the govern
ment has commuted all the capital senten-
ces pronounced against Fl Fenian prisoners
to imprisonment for life.