The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1869-11-25
From New York.
NEW YORK, November %.

NEW ORk, november Z2.
West India advices by mail state that the
cholera, yellow fever and smallpox are
raging tearfully at Santiago dc Cuba, 800
deaths having occurred from cholera alone
within period of thirty days. 1T was
found impossible to & We the dead proper
burial, the bodies being covered with only
few inches of earth, and as consequence
the stencil from the cemetery las almost
became a peStilence.
The Cubans in the interior seem to be
confident of success, and ore giving the
Spanish troops much trouble.
4 cargo Of AGO coolies, sent out by an
agent from Calcutta, have arrived at Dem
erara. The scheme meets with no favor,
and will prove great loss.
The governors of Bermuda, Barbadoes
and Jamaica, proposed to send conyicts
from these islands to Demarara to serve
out their sentences, Demarura to receive
the benefits Of their labor, but the governor
declined to have the colony transformed
into penal settlement.
Andrew Moran, of South Carolina, said
to be wealthy southerncr, has been ar
rested and imprisoned on the charge Of ap-
plying to Mrs. DR.. LASER to perform an
abortion upon Miss Fuller Morsn was
stopping at the St. Dennis hotel, with his
wife and family. Mrs. Lasier is president
of the working women society, and is said
to have refused large bribe to withdraw
the prosecution.
At meeting Of Fenan leaders yester-
day, at headquarters. proposition to aid
the " inneplg insurgents was discussed
with much animation.
One member declared as the insurrection
was against the Canadian confederation,
and not against Great Britain, the infer
encc on the part of declared enemies of the
mother country would probably be unwel-
come to the Red river hall breeds, aud then
urged that the coldness of the winter in
the Hudson bay region would prevail for
some months at least. Another speaker
created an unpleasant impression by draw
ing q contrast between the conduct of the
oppressed Irish and that of the oppressed
half breeds, as unfavorable to the former.
After brief but lively dircussion, the
further consideration of the subject was
deferred till another occasion.
President Cespedes has forwarded to the
Cuban Juuta q casket of jewels valued at
$25, 600 in gold, which he desires to have
sold for the benefit of the patriot army.
Among the articles Of greatest value is
cluster pin containing about twenty dia>
monds, for which he paid $4,000 in gold.
Several diamond and pearl rings of rare
design and workmanship, and a number Of
watches, chains and unsal stones are
among the collection. Dova Cespedes
contributes four bracelets, one of which is
worth $4,000, and is q most beautiful
work Of the jewelers. art. Several patriot
ladies of Cuba have contributed valuable
ornaments, and even the soldiers in the
field have offered their watches, seals and
finger rings to be converted into cash in aid
. of the cause The money value of these
patriot offerings is little short of $50, ,OO0
The Tribune editorially says if congress
does not see fit TO resume specie payment,
it hopes the supreme court will.
The lines thinks the financial question
can be solved by the adoption of free
banking system with a national circulation
enlarged to four hundred million dollars.