Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-09

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has arrived in England with the first cargo
/ of tea of the season.
The recent amnesty granted by Napo-
/ leon does not extend to those who have
been convicted of an attempt to take the
/ life of the Emperor, or that of any other
political person.
News from 1ripoli state that two Eng
/ lish ladies and two attendants were muir
4 dered by their own camel-driyers while
travelling south of that city.
Ore million people witnessed the boat
race on the Thames, on the 27th, between
the Harvard and Oxford crews. Oxford
beat the Harvards, making four and a
quarter miles in 81 minutes and 20 80
seconds, and coming out four lengths
1 ahead
! A dispatch from Madrid on the 2Sth an
nounces the death of Escalante. Polo, a
leading Carlist, and his Secretary have
been sentenced to death.
Andrew White, an American, has been
released by the Cuban authorities, at the
request of Consul Plumb.
The Hayes polar expedition has been
heard from at lyightut, Greenland. All ON
board were well.
\ Paris telegram of the 9Sth says the
alarming rumors recently set ahoat con
corning the Emperor's health were Off
cally denied.
The London Pail Nall Gazette of the Both
ult. reports that in one large village in
Russia seventeen hundred persons--mem-
bers of new fanatical sect burned them
selves to death
| The Havana Dhri0 Of August 80, in its
semi-monthly review of the situation in
Cuba, regrets its inability to publish flat
tering notices regarding the suppression
of the instruction, but reiterates the
statement that the Spaniards are com
pletely in the ascendency in seven juris-
dictions in the Eastern and Central de-
partments.
! A London telegram of the Both ult.
says "the reports from Paris of the EN-.
peror's health continue reassuring The
/ Independence Beige asserts that the Empe-
ror Napoleon is confined to his bed with a
chronic malady, but that the present at.
tack is not of an alarming character
Paris newspapers Of the 31st Mt. assert
that Burlingame has received a dispatch
from the Chinese Government, expressing
its cordial recognition Of The treaties he has
concluded with America and different
| European States.
A grand fete was given at the Crystal
Palace, London, on the night of the 30th
ult., in honor of the Harvard and Oxford
crews, by the London Rowing Club,
The American legation at Paris contra
dict the report that conspiracy had been
discovered on board the United States fri
gate Sabine.
The ship laborers of Quebec were on
a strike on the 3lat ult, and shipping trade
was at stand still.
Havana journals Of August 81 give no
credence to the reports that the United
/ States Government has made propositions
| to Spain for the separation of Cuba from
the mother country, and declare that if
any such proposals have been made they
1 can have but one possible result-rcfusal.
A London telegram Of the 31st ult, says
the prospects were highly favorable for a
large harvest in the British Isles. ono
/ where in Europe has there been such a
falling off in the price of cereals as in
England and unless greater encourage
ment is given, it will be found that the
foreign imports will be on a much smaller
scale after the subsistence of the effects of
the late rise"
Notifications Of a convention for laying
a telegraph cable between France and
South America have been exchanged.
jeff Davis writes a Montreal friend that
he will probably continue to reside in
Great Britain the rest of his life.
The Emperor Napoleon presided at the
Council OF the Ministry on the list.
The Sucz Canal is completed. The
opening is expected on the nth Of De
ccmber
The Government organs at Madrid on
| the LIST say the endorsements about to
sail from Spain will be sufficient TO cxtin-
gush the instruction in Cuba Count
Nalma2oda has been appointed Gencml.in-
/ Chist Of the Spanish forces in Cuba.
Conclusion Of A Domestic Romance.
IN our daily OF the 18Th ult we gave the
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