Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-16
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News.

as Virginia llau COlnplieu WIN .hS PA"''S
ions of the reconstruction laws, there
would not be, in his opinion, any great
/, opposition made in Congress to her admis-
sion. So far as he himself was concerned,
he was in favor of the immediate restora-
, ton of her rights as State.
So 1t has been officially announced that on
and after January /, 1870, the single rates
of postage on letters from the United
States to Great Britain will be reduced to
six cents. The newspaper and book post
age remains the same.
The President has appointed James H.
Fisk Commissioner to examine and re-
port upon the Oregon Railroad Company
stce Jesse Apologize, declined.
The aggregate value of imports into the
customs district of the United States
during the fiscal year ending June &c.
1862 was $437 ,309,S6S.
Receipts Of fractional currency for the
week ending December A, $65S,500; ship
ments, 1921, 29l amount destroyed, $446,
300
The Secretary of the Navy has issued
an order for the building of twenty .torpe
do boats, similar to the one experimental
on few days ago.
A large number of Cubans called upon
Admiral Porter on the 4th, and assured
him that they had travelled across half OF
Cuba and in all their tour did not see
Spanish officer or soldier. They stated
that the Spaniards admit that the island is
hopelessly out of their grasp.
The following is a statement of the
United States currency for 1868 and 1869;
Nov. l. 1858 Nov. /, 1869.
Legal tenders 1856 OIL 8 Legal tenders 1856, 25S
Fractional Fractlonal
currency S3,413,9sS currency. 37,O35,442
$3.50 ,485, O5s 1898 lis, 200
1886, 4S5 05S
Total increase ............,.,.... $3,71S,6i2
Increase Of legal tenders. ............. s92,ls5
Increase OF fractional currency ..,.... 1924
The Secretary of the Interior has re-
Gently given decision in the matter of
the amo, mt of pensions to be paid to chill
dren of soldiers and sailors who lost their
lives in the service of the Government
He rules that where there are more than
one child, each Child is entitled to 81 ad
ditional to the regular IS per month that
is after the death of, or marriage Of, the
mother.
4 telegram from Washington on the
18th says both Houses were flooded with
documents in favor OF the removal of the
Capital to the West, and the friends of the
project were there in force.
District Attorney Pierrepont says there
is no testimony in his possession to war
rant the detention of the Spanish gun
boats.
The Postmaster General estimates that
$25,5S1,000 win be required by his de.
partment for the next fiscal year.
In the National Convention of Colored
Men, at Washington on the It'll, a resou.
ton was adopted that distinguished fool
ored and white men be admitted to seats
as honorary members.
The Spanish Minister at Washington
has signed paper stating that the gun.
boats were not to be used in any way
against the Peruvian Government, and
the Peruvian Minister has expressed him
self satisfied with the statement.
The Senate on the Sth confirmed the
nominations of General Belknap, as Sec.
rotary of War, and Mr.. Robson as Secre.
tary of the Navy.
Among the nominations sent to the SEN
ate by the President on the Sth were the fol
lowing, for Circuit Judges Geo +. Sheplev,
of Maine, for the First Circuit; Lewis b.
Woodruff, of New York, Second Circuit;
VIM. Mckennan, of Pennsylvania, Third
Circuits Geo, A. Pearie, of Maryland,
Fourth Circuit; VIM b. Woods, of Ala
tans, Fifth Circuit; Geo ii. Yeaman, of
Kentucky Sixth Circuit Thos. Drum.
mond, of Chicago, Seventh Circuit; Lo.
renzo Sawyer, of California, Ninth Cir.
cult.
Changes were made on the Sth in the
Senate committees named below, which
are now composed as follows;
Foreign h,iat,ons sumner, Cameron Harlan
Morton, Patterson, Schrurz and Cssserly
appropriations. Morrill, (Msinol Wilson, Cole
sprsgue, Sawyer Poole and stockton.
Nou1 .Nnrs -Cmgin, Anthony Nyc Drake
Scott, Osborne and stockton.
=, Pdtsa's-Wiley Terry Carpenter, Norton aud
Hamilton.
Lbrdry -Cattcll, Howe aud Morrill, (Me)
10 Audit md Control CONTINGENT FfusBses- -
Terry, kdmuuds aud Davis.
The West.
Gold has been discovered on the Della.
ware lands fifteen miles from Leaven.
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