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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
Foreign Intelligence.

The English Government has ordered a
man-oi-war to convey the remains of the
late George Peabody to the United States.
Inthe Spanish Cortes at Madrid, on the
18th, Marshal Prim announced, that Dep
uties Caimo and Sunor had been tried and
convicted of treason, and condemned to
death.
The funeral obsequies of the late George
Peabody were celebrated in Westminster
Abbey, ON the 18th, which was crowded
by people all dressed in mourning The
solemnity of the occasion was profoundly
felt by those present, many of whom shed
tears during the choral service. The
British Government will dispatch the re-
mains of the deceased to America in the
ship Inconstant
On the 18th inst, the Bishop of London
delivered an eloquent funeral sermon on
the late George Peabody, at Westminster
Abbey, before an immense congregation.
On the 9th ult. 100 men, women, and
children were crushed to death by the
falling in Of silver mine at Guanajuato,
Mexico, while the miners were eating
dinner just brought them by their fami-
lies, The day following the mine disaster
sixteen women, six children, and twelve
men were drowned in the River Mercaa
They had reached the river bank, and sat
down to rest before undertaking to ford
the river, which was swollen by rains,
when the bank suddenly slid off from the
main land, and every one persisted in the
stream.
On the night of the 18th second dem
onstration in favor Of Henri Rochefort
was held in the streets of Paris. The
people were not disturbed by the police.
The President of the Spanish Constitu-
ent Cortes entertained Gen. Sickles at a
banquet on the night Of the 14th
A letter from Havana, received in New
York on the 14th, says that not more than
one-fourth of the sugar crop will be har-
vested in Cuba, and high prices are pre-
dicted.
A Mexican letter received on the 10Th
states that extensive preparations had
been made in the City of Mexico for the
reception of Mr.. Seward. A gentleman
of distinction had been dispatched by Ju-
arez to meet the ex-Secretary and escort
him to that city. This is said to be the first
instance in which a foreigner has been
made the guest of the Mexican Republic.
A London telegram Of the 10th says that,
according to the new arrangement, the
government will dispatch the steel frigate
Monarch from Portsmouth, on the Goth,
with the remains of the late George Pea
body. The Monarch will remain at Spit
head few days until joined by American
vessels from the Mediterranean Squadron,
when they will sail for America. 1t is
more than likely that several French war
ships will also join the funeral fleet. .
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
George Peabody.

At half past eleven o'clock last night,
George Peabody, the distinguished banker,
breathed his last at his house in London ;
at twelve o'clock, every morning journal
in America had the announcementint type,
ready for the press, This man won his
title to such universal interest by his in.
tegrity of character and his almost uneX-
ampled munifisence. Two nations
claimed him-America by birth and rear.
in, England by adoption. lie loved both
loyally, and such was his impartial gener-
osity. and so true his discernment, of the
foremost needs of each, that neither ma.
ton felt Jealous of the other. Both will
unite spontaneously TO weave their chap.
let of honor about his liteless brow.
George Peabody was born in Danvers,
Mass, on the 18th of February 1875; SO
that he was in his 10Th year at the time OF
his death. His parents were poor, and he
"graduated" from the district school at
the early age of eleven, to learn the trade
of a grocer. After various vicissitudes in
like branches of industry, he found him
self, in 1915, while still minor, in charge
of a dry goods house in Baltimore, Elisha
Riggs. i silent partner furnishing the cap
ital His business throve SO well that
when. I'm 1913, Mr.. Peabody set himself up
asa banker in London, he was already
the master Of no inconsiderable fortune,
and established, almost at once a first.
class business reputation. lie was able,
thereby 70 do much toward reyiying con.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

Ar Calvert, Md, few days ago, while
a young man was trying to drive an OK,
the animal grew angry aud struck him in
the neck wi.h. its horn, seyering the iugu-
lar vein, and clusing he death in few
minutes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

Hence in Ameri In financial integrity,
Which had been almost utterly destroyed
BY the TRANSACTION, connected with the
crash Of 1887, In many similar ways MI.
Peabody from TIME to time afforded aid TO
his native State and town, t0ahis adopted
! State of Maryland, and to Individual bust
ness men of whose worth he was satisfied.
Sometimes it was by absolute donations,
sometimes by strengthening their credit
with Ms own .s .
Mr.. Peabody continued actively engaged
in banking in London, up to the time OF
his.Tetifemept, sonnet hing oven syeM ago,
when he returned to his native country,
intending to- pass here the remainder OF
his days. The climate proved inimical to
his health, ,howeyet, and after Several at.
tempts to recuperate his strength and
soundness, lie felt obliged to seek these
boons, if they might yet be found, in Eng.
land again. His constitution had suffered
too great shock, and he sank into a de-
cline which terminated as we have re-
I corded. & tN
Nfr.P eabody's fortune has lately been es-
timated by those most competent to judge,
at $2O,000,00O His known benefactions
have been added up to the amount of
4 $S,000,000. OF this, $4,000, 900 goes to the
establishment Of free schools in the South,
the fund being administered by com
mission of seven prominent men, OF
acknowledged sagacity and responsibility.
! Nearly like amount was devoted to the
4 building Of tenement houses for the work
! ing people of London. Other needy oh
| iects in England have received benetac-
4 lions from his hand, while in America, the
/ city Of Baltimore is indebted to him for
I half million, devoted to the Maryland
/ Institute for the Promotion Of Science,
! etc, and his native town of Danvers and
/ the adjacent towns have to thank him for
| donations whose gross amount is counted
! by hundreds of thousands.
OF course the lesson to be drawn from
! George Peabodys success is the trite one,
that industry and integrity are the corner
stone and superstrueture of all substantial
wealth His noble fame, extending to the
remotest corner of the two greatest ma
\ tons of the globe, is a standing monument
of the superiority Of industrial effort over
political fnesse, as means Of personal
| elevation while the sincere and SYM
pdlHctlC tedlS VI illillloil9, sHcu, NV dt Ills
! loss of the world, but at the worlds loss
of him, attest again, as in these days it
needs to be attested often, the glorious
beauty of the character of an honest man.
1t is not our purpose to set up Mr.. Pea
body as demi-god without fault Foibles,
at least, he had, the chief of which was his
exceeding closeness in all his transactions,
even with his nearest relatives and per-
sonal friends. But his character, taken as
a whole, was an admirable one, and his
methods and means were in pleasing con-
trast to the methods and means which
have been employed by the men now most
prominently before the American public
as men of wealth and power Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

York, VS. I'd on the 1ai'erron the
! 18th.
I The President of the Cuban Junta Of
New York has requested Commodore
Higgins to notify the officers and men I'M
der him that they are honofab'y dis
charged on account of the detention OF the
privateer Cuba at Wilmington, but tina
the yuntawill be happy to utilize their
services in the future.
General Woors funeral at Troy was
observed with appropriate homer on the
18th. tits estimated that $4,000 people
were on the streets The PROCESSION was
half an hour in passing given point, q
Mr.. Folger entered upon his duties as
Assistant United States Treasurer at New
York on the 18th. ... 5.....t., ..
The New York World Of the 18th places
Nelson's majority over Sigel for Secretary
of State, at 2O,953 Champlain over
Townsend, for Attorney General, at 25,-
2Os and Allen over Greeley for Comp.
troler, at 33, 1870.
Ned 0 Baldwin, the Irish giant, has been
sentenced to eighteen months imprison-
ment in the Boston House of Correction,
for participating in the prize fight at Lyn-
field some time since
At Albany, N. Y, or ne 18th, in the
Shaker hGbeds corpus case of Sarah Ann
Barbour, against the New Lebanon
Shakers, for alleged illegal restricting of
her child, the court rendered a decision
awarding the child to the custody of its
mother and deciding that the Shakers it,
legally held and restrained her. The right
of appeal to the next general term was
granted to defendants -
General Wool left property valued at
S650,000, which will be divided principally
between his nephews and nieces. Among
his benefactions were $4,000 to the Rens.
selaer Polytechnic and $4,000, to the Troy
Episcopal Orphan Asylum. He added a
codicll to his viii a few days before His
death, setting aside $4,000 for a monu-
ment to his wife and himself. na
AT the annual meeting OF the General
Missionary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, held in New York, the fol-
lowing officers were elected Bishop
Morris, President; Rev. Daniel Terry,
Recording Secretary; Rev. Thomas Col
ton, Treasurer, and Rev. Luke Hitchcock,
Assistant Treasurer. The disbursements
for the past year amount to 1924, 179 ;cash
on hand S129,7S4.
The New York Post of the 10Th esti-
mates that the new State Constitution is
defeated by $4,000, and negro suffrage by
$4,000 There was some chance for the
Judiciary clause, but its adoption was con-
sidered improbable.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
The Agricultural Report.

The following statistics are from the
seventh annual report of the Commissioner
of Agriculture: w @
The value of cotton exports during the
year 1868 was-mw goods, 1852, S20, 1873
manufactured, $4S7l,054 For the year
1867 the figures were $20l, 470423, and
$4,608,217; 1860, $19l, $685. and so, 934,
796. The value of bread. stuff exports,
flour and wheat, in 1868 was $T9,046, 1877
in 1867, $409S3, 1853; in 1860, S26,9S9, 70S.
The exports of corn and corn meal in 1868
were 1862 466; in 1861 $16,426,677; in
1865, So, 1888, in 1860, $3,31l,Ss3, The
production of sugar has been as follows in
1864, 6,66S hhds; 1880 in 1865 Al 900 in
1866; 1851 in 1867; S4,256 in 1868.
The following table exhibits the value
of live stock in 1861 1868 and 1869, on
Eahr,,orv of ponh vaar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News. {

spa Hon. Robert J. Walker died at his resi-
,..sdence in Washington on the morning OF
/. the 11th.] M i 9ii.N.tt n. VIZ
's'a The customs receipts for the week end
ling November were $3,0l6,4oc
~ 1t has been definitely ascertaned at
Washington that only one thousand sheets,
with six on sheet, of sixty-pound coun-
- .erfeit tobacco stamps, were issued. The
government has captured five. hundred OF
a them in different places, so that but one
half ofthcm is still out representing about
$4,000 ,r
Some prominent Canadians were at the
White House on the 18th, and called upon
the President relative to annexation.
They also paid vist to The Secretary of
the Navy.
49, Hon. Amos Kendall died at Washington
10, on the 18th .Jl
Secretary Robson on the 18th sent a
cable dispatch to Admiral Radford, COM
ma. ling the United States European fleet,
directing MIN to detail one of the vessels
under his command for a convoy Of the
remains of the late George Peabody from
London to this country.
The Russian Minister at Washington
telegraphed the Consul at San Francisco
to have services in the. Russian Chapel at
that place on Thanksgiving Day.
e" The funeral Of the late Robert j.
Walker at Washington on the 1911 was
largely attended, most of the Cabinet and
=. many distinguished persons being present
Gen Spinner United States Treasurer,
was quite i'll on the 10Th.
- The Internal Revenue Commissioner has
~ decided that Special Agents of the Post
orc" Department shall be taxed only on
a the amount Of their salary over $1,000,
and not on extra pay for expenses.
y. Redcmptons of fractional currency for
the week ending November 10 were $780,
700.
The following appointments are an
nounced Oyrn J, Rose, of Illinois, to be
Consul at Ancona, Italy; James r.
Wheeler, Of Massachusetts,, Consul at
Kingston, Jamaica, rice Aaron Gregg, sus-
pended; John c. Robson, of Tennessee,
Consul at Tansier, Morocco, gice f, A..
Matthews, suspended.
A Washington special of the 10th says
heavy frauds had just been discovered in
the Paymasters Department of the army,
involving losses to the extent Of a million
Of dollars
General Spinner was better on the 10th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

According to the New York Herald Of
the nth, the recent unusual activity in
naval matters, and certain important orders
tp the commanders OF war vessels, indicate
that our Government is about to take a
decisive course on the Cuban question,
and in favor of Cuban independence.
The soldiers monument at Paramount
Cemetery, at Newark, N. j., was dedicated
on the nth.
The New York DAILY Ners of the nth
says an important meeting of the leading
merchants and importers of New York
was held on the evening of the l1th to
discuss the subject of a return to specie
payments, and 1t was unanimously de
cided that the sooner greenbacks were
received in paymen, for custom dues the
better.
In the great potato region of Northern
New York, potatoes are rotting in the
ground. 1t is stated that at least one quar-.
ter of the entire crop will be destroyed by
the rot.
The investigation of the drawback
frauds in the New York Custom House
has resulted in the discovery that the Gov
orrment has been defrauded Of from $780,
600 to 81 100000. It is claimed that Mr.,
Blatchiord, who had charge of the draw,
back department. received 10per cent on
the trauds, amounting to $250,0O0.
After the conclusion of the ceremonies
on the occasion of the recent reunion OF
the Presbyterian Churches at Pittsburgh,
the following telegram was sent;
10 Etc, Dr, Buchanan, Glasgow,
The two great Presbyterian Churches In America
this day united greet the Presbyterian Churches OF
Great Britain and Ireland, and pray that they also
may be one,
(Signtd) "GEo II STUART,
JNo. HuJ.
"WM. f. nopGE.'
The General Assembly of the United
Presbyteran Church will meet at Phia.
delphia the third Thursday in May. The
Churches are called upon to celebrate the
reunion by raising the sum of S50O0,00O
tor mission purposes
A resident Of Boston, who recently left
respectable business and good prospects
20 engage in gold spcculations, has been
sent to the Insane Asylum
The bronze which surmounts She west.
crn front of the now Hudson River Rail.
road Depot, in New York city, and which
is intended 10 illustrate the life and ser.
vices Of Cornelius Vanderbilt was I'M
yelled On the 10th, IN The presence Of a
large crowd The work ia about one hun.
dred and Gfty feet in length, and thirty.
one feet high in the centre, and is very
costly
Edward Il, Ketchum, the toreor, ha,
served out his term Vt imprisonment At
sing.sing, and was discharged on thu
18th
The first stone Of the main editioo 8, ,hJ
new Post Office in City Hall Park, New
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
The West.

In the Presbyterian General Assembly
at Pittsburgh, on the 18th, basis OF re-
union was agreed upon and the meeting
adjourned sine de.
A destructive condagration at Chilli,
cothe, ILL.,, on the 10th, destroyed flour
mill, elevator and warehouse buildings.
Loss about $4,000 insurance, $57500,
The full returns Of the election for mem
bers Of the Illinois Constitutional Conven-
ton indicate that politically, that body
will stand A Republicans, al Democrats.
A Detroit telegram of the 18th says that
full returns from the late special election
in the Second Judicial Circuit establishes
the success of the Democratic candidate,
Daniel Bhckman, of Cassopolis, by about
400 majority.
1t was reported in Des Moines, on the
18th, that Mrs. Clark, the mother of three
murdered children, at Edenville, Marshall
county, Iowa, after restoration of her
reason, had confessed the crime, stating
that she did lot know what she killed
them with, nor why but knew she had
committed the act.
Governor Palmer, of Illinois, has sp-
pointed John Jones' a wealthy colored
resident of Chicago, anotary public,
The Republican Wigwam' in Chicago
was entirely destroyed by fire onthe night
Of the 18th. The "Wigwam' was erected
in lS6O,.by the National Republican Com
mittee for the use of the National Republi
can Convention which met in Chicago in
May OF that year and nominated Abraham
Lincoln for the Presidency The building
had been parttioned off into stores and
warehouses, and was in use for commits
sion and other business purposes at the
time OF its destruction.
The jury in the case of the Rev. l. b.
Smith, recently on trial at Geneva, Kane
Co, ILL.,, uponan Indictment for the murder
of his wife, who was drowned in the Fox
river near Elgin, last sprint returned a
verdict ON the 18th, acquitting the
prisoner.
II ClauseniuS has been recognized by
the President as Consul OF Baden at Chi.
cago.
A terrible railway accident, whereby
ten to fifteen persons lost their lives, and
fifty were more or less seriously wounded,
occurred near San Leandro, Cal, on the
18th, by the collision of a Western Pa
cihc railroad train with the Alamada Ferry
one The accident is attributed to the
gross careleSsness of switchteuder.
During fencing scene at Gaiety Theatre
Milwaukee, on the evening of the 18TH,
one ofthe mpiers struck a kerosene lamp,
which exploded and set fire to the build
ing. Before the audience could all escape
the building was enyeloped in danes, and
several persons were badly burned. Up
to midnight two dead bodies had been
taken from the ruins and i was thought
that other bodies were still buried under
the rubbish
Alexander VI. Baldwin, United States
District Judge Of Nevada, was among the
killed by the railroad accident near san
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
Leandro, Cal, on the 43th. Seventeen
dead bodies had been recovered from the
wrecked cars i the 14th ~ =


Nearly 15Q colored emigrants, from Tex
as, Tennessee, and North Carolina, who
intend to settle on the st. Paul's river, in
Liberia sailed from Portsmouth, Va,s q
few days ago. Ex.Presdcnt Roberts &C.
companies them to their new home.
In the Tennessee Legislature on the
10Th, the House Committee on Federal
Relations reported in favor of the rejec.
ton of the Fifteenth Amendment to the
Federal Constitution, and the report was
made the special order for the 10Th. The
Conventioa bill was compromised by fix.
ing the humber Of members at seventy
five, to be elected on the third Saturday in
December, and the Convention to meet ON
the second Monday in January. uala.
The Alabama Legislature convened on
the 18th, when the Governors Message
was read in both houses The message is
reported as very conservative.
Up to the 18th sixty one bodies of the
victims Of the Stonewall disaster had been
recovered. None of the officers bodies
had been found. teifg'> lnG sh7i
The Alabama Legislature has ratified
the Fifteenth Amendment by vote of "a
to none in the Senate, and SO to 16 in the
House.. ,.,..,..
b, 1t is stated that Jefferson Davis does not
intend to settle IN America that he mere
ly proceeded to Mississippi to settle his
private affairs, and will soon join his fam
lily in London. adt't r- y q
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

Total net revenue from postage -, s10,O96 1917 II
The amount, Of letter postage paid in
money was S419, 2S2S5 The number of
quarterly returns of postmasters received
and audited was 102,35S, on which $l0,-
096, 1917 was paid.
The following table shows the receipts
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
Internal Revenue.

THR following table exhibits the amount
of internal revenue collected In each
State and Territory, during the last year,
and the proportion which the collections
bear to the total of assessments:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
nc IUIUNIIIG5 VuUIC hIIVWN tIIJ INOCIp-s
Of the department during the year:

The expenses during the same period
amounted to $23, 1893, 131 .50,,of which 3d.
4S5, 40615 was paid for transportation of
the mails, etc $4A6,95S4 3 as compen-
sation to postmasters; $1,1S3,915.31 for
compensation to letter carriers, and 81
295,35346 for compensation to postotfice
clerks. t.-4
Under the operation ofthe letter-carrier
branch, 80,071, 052 mil letters, 18,3S0,677
local letters, and 21,9H,S9S newspapers
were delivered, at a cost, as above stated
Of $1,1S3,915.31.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

TIE duration Of human life in the prin-
cipal countries &C Europe has recently
been estimated as follows: Prussia, AZ
years; Belgium, 4l5; France, Az Eng
land and Wales, 4J,4 Sweden, 95; Dem
mark, So, Schleswig Holsteip, 527.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25
WOULDN'T PorNT RIGHr-A story

WOULDN'T PorNT RIGHr.-A story is
told .. an old hunter In Michigan, who, when The
county was new got lost In the woods several
times lie was told to buy pocket compass, when
he did. and friend explained to him It's use. lie
soon got lost and lay ont as usual When found, ne
was asked why he did not travel by the compass
He stated that he did not dare TO He wished 10 go
north and he tried hard 10 make the thing point
norh but waut no use: twould diddle, diddle,
diddls, right round, and po'ut southeast every
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-25

since the organization OF our Govern
ment, 80 years ago, a people OF 100000
of European extraction, have become 40
100000, not altogether by natural increase,
but in part by immigration, in a ripping
stream at first, which has gathered vol
ume until its current is equivalent to a
third of a m lion annually, and its total
aggregation 100000. 1t is one of the
marvels of he eyentful nine years since
1860, that one-tourth of all the immigrants
who have ever sought our shores have
come during the frightful civil war or
since its close. Two millions OF human
beings, two-thirds as many as fought the
war of the revolution, have thus been
added to our numbers since the taking of
the last census.
During the past nine years the arrivals
of immigrants make an aggregate of p
TAI, 403-SS6,5 $40 from great Britain Ore
land 390,032 J Germany, 616,26S; British
America, S7,602 China 4668l. Every
quarter of the globe has been represented,
even Africa and the isles cf the Pacific.
The German immigration has been large
since the war; amounting to 343,lS3, and
the total for four years past exceeds the
aggregate number OF the nine previous
years. The largest influx from Great Brit
ain was in 1e6G--l8l 500 immigrants and
the LARGEST from Ireland was 69,9il, in
1867. The greatest movement from Ger
many was also in 1867, numbering 12i,-
240.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-12

Reflect that Q sound o.
most necessary cqult.is
happiness. Indeed, ua
through life becomes
prospect hourly dArtens
becomes Swallowed viii
the melancholy rrfc,,.g
another becomes blighistt