The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-07-09
Foreign Items.


1t is said that the Pope of Rome does
not know his own age.
-Reinforcements left Nuevitas on the
oath for Puerto Principe.
The cholera continues in the towns in
the interior of Cuba.
The insurgents have burned Atalaya
plantation, owned by Col Albear.
The printers of Amsterdam have struck
for an advance of wages and for fewer hours
of work.
Heavy rains in Canada on Sunday did
much damage. great number of mill
dams and bridges were swept away
The dispessesssed Italian Princes pro-
pose to- sue Victor Emanuel for the restora-
ton of their oonfscated estates
Gen. Prim lately rejected a-portrait he
had ordered because the painter had left
out the cooked hat and trimmings.
Report says that a majority of the men
who lsnded from the Petrol, and from
other vessels, have either been killed by
the trc ops or died from disease.
C. G. Reiffenstein, chief clerk in the
Receiver Generals Department of Canada,
has been arrested, charged with appropri-
ating public money.
The republicans in the Cortes propose
to move vote of censure against Minister
Sagosta and Senior Herrare, Tor their recent
tyrannical conduct.
-Bismark has refused to recognize as
United States Consul at Barmen, Prussia,
MIR. Emil Hoechster, Of Chicago. lately
appointed by the President to that position.
"A Frenchman has obtained possession
of some of ex-Queen Isabella's letters to
her favorites, and is to have them printed
in fac sinale for sale. -,f.
Prince Henri de Bourbon has taken
the oath to support the new constitution.
A battalion Of soldiers in Barcelona refuse
to take the oath.
Mr.. Lowe, Chancellor of the Excheq-
uer, announces that Her Majesty's Gov
eminent intends to propose quarterly pay
ments of interest on public securities.
A revolution has broken out at Monte
video, caused by the disorganized condi-
ton of the finances. Caraballa has raised
the standard ofinsurrection in the province.
Carlos de Cespedes leader of the Gu
ban insurgents, was student at the Wes-
leyan University, in Middletown, Conn,
where he graduated in 1859.
The army in Greece is steadily follow
ing up the extirpation of brigandage. Sey-
killed. Among them are the famous Lingoa
srd I4amhres,
-The net result Of the French elections
is, IN House of 300 members, 213 pre-.
parod to support the government, " to op-
pose it. OF the opposition, AZ are reform
ers. 35 revolutionists.
The Great Eastern telegraphed ashore
on the LIST, eve are going to cut the ca
bic and buoy it, since which time no sig
nails have been received. No apprehension
is felt in consequence of the delay.
The Emperor Napoleon visited Beau
vais on Sunday He was received as be-
comes obsequious subjects, and told the
people as usual, in substance, that if they
were loyal to his dynasty all would go well
with them.
The general headquarters of the In,
surgents are established on the Elcercadc
plantation, and it is reported that the
Cuban Generals Puesada, Valdez, Castillo
and Bemoita have met there and united
their forces.
-Advices from Asuncion are to the 14tl
of May. The allied forces had commenced
their march into the interior, They cap
tured many prisoners on the way, and tool
the town of Yoilny by surprise. The Par
aguayans had abandoned their position a
Pattenho Cuonm.
The marriage of Lord Byron's only
granddaughter, Lady Anne Isabella Noe
| King Noel, has just taken place, and she il
now Lady Anne Blunt. Her mother wal
Lord Byron's only daughter, the Ada h,
| loved so DassiOnately
Prince Arthur will, it is understood
proceed to Canada in the autumn, wher
! he will be attached to the Rifle Brigade
On his return to England in the following
spring he will probably join battalion o
| the same regi'" mt which will be stationed
at Woolwich.
! The Gar of Russia has ordered one O
his naval squadrons, under the command
of Admiral Erbenten, to visit the principa
ports of our Eastern seaboard, and intend
sending to President Grant piece of ar
tillery embossed with the names of thos
places where Gen. Grant obtained his vic
tories over the rebels.
Interesting and instructive" statistic
have been issued recently by the Register
General of Scotland, upon the returns @
births and deaths from town and countr
respectively. He divides them as follows
and makes 1868 as the year for which h
| estimates,