The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-12-16
THE NEWS.

The Spanish gunboats will take
clearance from New York for Cuba on
Tuesday.
-Pere Hyacinthe sailed for Europe
on the 18th on the Pereire. lie expects
to return again and make an extended
tour of the country.
Three financial bills are pending
before the Ways and Means Committee
of the House, but on which no action
will be taken until after the holiday re-
cess.
A protest is to be made to the House
against Lewis Mckenzie, Radical mem
Der Of the Alexandria district, taking
his seat, on the grounds that he cannot
take the test-oath.
The Chinese Emperor has ratified
the commercial treaty with this country,
which was some time since agreed upon
between Burlingame and his Chinese
Ambassadors and our government.
"A circular is issued from the Indian
Office forbidding visits of delegations of
Indians to Washington for the purpose
of transacting the business of their re-
spective tribes before the department.
The President declines to discuss
the subject of the removal of the capital,
and says it is not proper for him to take
sides one way or the other, it is a ques-
ton for Congress o. the people to decide.
The Ecumenical Council has adjourn
ed until after Epiphany. Much opposition
is expected on the reassembling of the
body, but the Pope is said to be sure of
cooperation of the American bishops.
There are reports that the Darien
Shipcanal treaty, rejected last win
ter by the Senate of the United States
of Columbia, will! shortly be reconsider
ed, and interested parties profess to be-
lieve that it will now be raised.
The statement of the condition of
the Treasury on the 18th shows a coin
balance of over s10S, 100000. Of this
amount $38. 900. O0O is for gold certif-
Gates, leaving s7o,oOO,OOO of gold be-
longing to the government. The curren-
CT balance is over s13, 100000.
The French Government has m ade
known to the Ecumenioal Council that
the infallibihty of the Pope is an inoppor-
tune question, from a religious view,
and I officially places France otherwise
than according to the Concordat and re-
leases her from the obligations then &C
cepted.
Speaker Blaine has given the House
notice that he will not tolerate such
abuse of the rules and prophecies of the
body, on Mondays, as were practiced at
the last session, and that, while the
rules remain as they are, he will endeay-
or to enforce them.
The House Committee on Teritor-
les have been considering the bill estab-
fishing territorial government in Alaska,
and though they have not concluded
their action, their indications are decid-
edly that they will report against it, and
allow the country to remain while long
err under military control. A bill regu
lating the seal fisheries viii be brought
In, however, after the holidays.
=@E-1
REV. HENRY WARD BEEcHER made
a somewhat lengthy yindicatory explain
alton of his participation in the Rich
ardson- NJ acEarland marriage and the
funeral cermony which succeeded. This
explanation was drawn out by member
of his congregation at the weekly lecture
last evening, He said, after making
statements similar to those in his late
card, that at the time of the marriage, at
the Astor House, he did not understand
that the laws of New York declared null
and void divorce obtained IL Indiana
He said if parties were of a legal age
for marriage, and presented themselves
before him and required him to marry
them, his duty in that regard was simply
magisterial one, and he was bound to
fulfil it. He had looked through the
civil code of the State and has been IN
able to discover any Definition of the
rage.
1t seemed to him that there was no de-
fined law about it in the revised code.
After the marriage and before the funer-
al of Mr.. Richardson, he had asked
responsible party as to the legality of
the divorce, and it was stated 10 him
that the divorce was quite correct. He
inquired also of another person whether
the divorce had been obtained on more
than legal grounds, and it was stated in
reply that it was granted not only on le-
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