The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-14
NEWS ITEMS.

1Hc iiouSe OF Representatives DaSSeC
bill repeating the Tenure of Office act
passed at the last session OF Congress.
General L. III. Rousseau, U S A
died at New Orleans, on the 7th finaa
nation of the bowels
The peace conference in session al
Paris will undoubtedly succeed in bring
ing about general peace in Europe
A proposition has been made to hold
a grand Inauguration ball in the hall OF
the House of Representatives on the
night of the fourth Of March.
The brig A. r. Dunlap, from Boston,
was wrecked near Halifax, Nova Scotia,
and thirteen lives lost. Portions of the
wreck have been washed ashore.
A Chicago dispatch says that the Cath
olic bishop Of that city has been cited to
appear before the Propaganda of Rome
to answer to charges arising from his re.
moval of Father McMullen and others.
The House Committee on Postal At.
fairs, at its meeting on Wednesday, di-
rected It's chairman, Gen. Farnsworth, to
report a bill prohibiting the use of fac
stnolle stamps Of the autographs of Con
grassmen and others i'll ranking public
documents.
The Congressional Investigating Tom
mittee are said to have evidence that
over $4,000 fraudulent votes were cast in
New York city, Soine repeaters swear
that they voted from nine to th;rtv-rine
tines aac1, L IS also expecte that they
viii find that about 1000 fraudulent
naturalization papers were issued
The Keoluk iron clad claim viii be al
lowed in part BY Congress. Mir Whitney.
lhe claimant, demanded sol 800, and the
committee cut the claim down 70 $40, 900.
1t will be remembered that the I>eoLuk
was a turtle-hack iron-clad, and was sunk
in one Of the many naval attacks Oil Fort
Sumter
/ Commissioner Capron has received q
large number Of varieties of Florida fruits.
embracing some Of the finest kinds Of
oranges, lines and lemons, and sneci
mems Of citron. They were forwarded b.
a gentle'uau who had devoted mach e;mc
to developing the resources OF that state
al.d the invoice has attracted much sur
prise and interest %.
The Reconstruction Committee stl
have under consideration the question
whether the election held in Mis-issipp
for The rat,hcation Of the new Constitu
sion vas Il fair one. Governor Sharkey
was before the committee Friday morn
ing. Il is believed that tie committee
viii make a report to the House recon
mendlng that said election be set aside
Advices from Alabama represent thai
affairs in that state continne IN a daplora
bic condition, and that murder OF Unior
men for voting for Grant continue tc
be Of almost daily occurrence. Severa
leading Republicans near Huntsville have
been warned to leave the state by a mem
Der of the hu- klux organization or b,
summarily dealt with az an early day
General Grants attention has been callet
to this condition of affairs, and it is ex
pected that he will give the necessary
orders to the military to arrest all viola
tions of the peace it being represented
that the civil authorities are enable t.
afford protection to Union mon.
\ Washington dispatch of the I'll
says: \ senatoriel caucus was held thi.
morning by the Republican Senators tt
see if some understanding could not bc
regarding financial matters, and the timt
they ought to remain in the business
order of the session: but after consider
able debate no decision was arrived a
| Several senators thought that some fnan
cal legislation shoGld be accomplished
at the earliest possible moment lookns
to the resumption OF specie payment
1t may be added here that many promi
nent Senators and members express tn,
: opinion, that nothing will be done OF
finances at the present session, owing tt
the varying conflict Of views and tn,
evident want of harmony, but that the
whole question will go over to the for
tieth Congress.