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The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13
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The Appleton Crescent takes up the
case of Emil Rothe and attempts to ex-
plain it to the satisfaction of the Germans
1t says the best answer to the allegations
that Rothe has been treated unfairly is a
statement of the fact that he has been
repeatedly nominated on the Democratic
State ticket, has been elected to the
Legislature. and supported twice, we
think, for Presidential elector. But there
is still difficulty in the way. A noml-
nation for State Office on the Demo
cratic ticket in Wisconsin is worth what ?
1t is an empty compliment. The nomi-
nee has no show of an election. He is
expected to work and spend money
merely to keep up the party organization
and contribute to the success of loyal
candidates. The election to the legisla-
ture is but little better. Rothe had be-
come satisfied with such compliments.
He wanted a nomination for an Office to
which he could be elected by the party
and which paid moderate salary. Sud
denly the party so eager to secure his
services in the past sold him out. They
refused to nominate him, and heaped op-
probrious and scurrilous epithets on him.
They call him "a nondescript scalawag, y
and say that he lacks brains and decency.
Why then have they repeatedly present
ed him as candidate for Secretary of
State? Is that the kind of timber the
Democracy ask the people to accept? A
''brainless," indecent" "nondescript
scalawag!' And let the Democratic
State Committee consider him proper
parsonage to go about the country in
structing the Germans respecting their
political duties. Stats Journal.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

A WELL DESERVED COMPLIMENT
The Washington Correspondent of the
New York Independent renders the fol-
lowing well merited compliment to our
fellow citizen, Ex-Governor, Edward Solo,
mon, whose qualifications for foreign
appointment are obvious to the most casu.
al observer:
A fortnight since, Ex-Gov. Solomon. Of
Wisconsin, was here willing to take q
foreign mission. He is pure and able
man, thorough Repubiican-in fact, a
statesman who would honor the country
in any position. After looking over the
field, and seeing the scramble of rude
men for high Office, he went home dis
gusted. The Government should ap
point such men to Office, and trust the
people.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

A Coop SToRY.-There was a certain
man whom we shall call Smith, because
that wasn't his name, and he courteI a
girl, or rather wanted to, whose name we
will call Brown. Now Smith wasn't so
smart in matters matrimonial as he mi ght
have been, and fellow named Jones
sailed in" and cut him out Jones
married the girl, and in due course of
time Mrs. Jones presented her husband
with nice daughter. About fifteen
years afterwards, Smith was strolIing
around in the neighborhood where his
former sweetheart used to perambulate.
Meeting Jones daughter returning from
school, Smith thought he could detect in
her countenance the well known and
fondly remembered features of her moth
er. Wishing to engage in conversation,
he confronted the damsel, when the fol
lowing dialogue took place:
Smith, (who lisps little)-"Ain''
your name Jonesth? ?"
Miss Jones-"Yes sir"
Smith-''Ain't you Misther Than
Jonesth daughter?'
Miss Jones-''Yes SIR"
Smith-''Well, Miss Jones, I cam
rlagaoy near being your tather ,oonth.t
It is needless to say that MithJ onesth'
| travelled.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

"A friend says that spring rays bring
out smiles on peoples faces, as they bring
out dandelions on the grass. This is true.
Atmospherical and meteorological influ-
ences have much to do with the human
feelings and the expression thereof. =
Spring warns the human frame, and re-
inv,gorates it, according to the same
principles which guide her in the renewal
of the life and activity of other things.
We do not exactly put forth leaves and
buds, but we do have our minds and tenn
per freshened, and our muscles and nerves
braced and strengthened, and set ire fall
and healthy play. by the influences that
green the pasture and cover the branches
of the trees with beautiful foliage.
The Office of the Deputy Collecto
of Internal Revenue may hereafter be
found at the Banking Office Of T. G.
Shove ST
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13
Who shall be our next State Treasurer

In about four months from now the
Republicans of this State will meet In
convention, by their delegates, and desig-
nate the candidates they intend to elect
for the next State officers. 1t is quite
apparent that many changes will be made
in the ticket from what it was two years
ago. Gen. Thos. S. Allen will be a can
didate for reelection to the oflce of Sec
rotary of State. as he will be backed by
every soldier in the State, his nomination
may be regarded as foregone conclusion.
Gov. Fairchild would probably be re-
nominated for his present position, were
he to go into contest for it; but in his
published letter he declines to do any
such thing, and several gentlemen arc
preparing to step into his gubernatorial
shoes Among the gentlemen who will
be prominent candidates is Hon. Wm.
E. Smith, present State Treasurer
whether successful or not, his candidacy
for the office of Governor will preclude
his nomination for his present position,
so new man has to be looked up for that
place. Among the gentlemen who will
be urged for the place is Mr.. Ii. Breese,
of this county. Mr.. B. has filled The
position of treasurer of Columbia county
for six years, and is at present one of our
most successful merchants. During his
official career he gave the most unbound
ed satisfaction to the people, and display
ed, in such an eminent degree, all the
qualifications of financial ability, honesty
and integrity together with his personal
worth as citizen, that his friends natur-
ally thought of him as most proper man
to present to the people to fill the Office
of State Treasurer, knowing that he
would fully sustain, in that position, the
high reputation gained by his predeces-
sors, Hon. S. D. Hastings and Hon. VIM.
E. Smith. We haye every reason to be-
lieve that Mr.. Breese will receive UNI
ted and earnest support Of the delegation
from this county to the convention, for it
would be all but impossible to pick dele
cation who would not strongly second the
effort to place him in nomination. Mr..
Breese is Welshman, and is the un-
doubted choice of his countrymen in this
State for State office, when the time
shall have come to give them represer-
tation on the ticket. In times past We
have consulted the wishes of the Ger
mans, Hollanders, Norwegians, &C., in
the composition of our State ticket, with
manifest advantage, but have never thus
complimented our Welsh citizens. Now
that they present candidate with perfect
unanimity, and Of whose qualifications
there is no doubt whatever, let us give
their claims candid consideration. In
dependent Of nationality, there is no more
| suitable man in the State, for treasurer,
than Mr.. Breese. Let the Republicans
of the State do themselves the credit to
elect Eim.-.State Register.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

But seventhly and lastly, the demand
for statesman in the Attorney General 8
Office is peremptory. Judge Hoar is only
lawyer; only a man of a strong, well
cultivated intellect, thoroughly versed in
the general principles, and deeply read
in the vast learning of his profession
withal man Of clear perceptions and
broad views. IF he were only one Of
your keen, hair-splitting lawyers, now,
who could have demonstrated that An
drew johnson was not improbable be-
cause Andrew johnson had not stolen
copper cents off some dead negroe' eyes,
he would do. But be is not that kind of
lawyer, therefore he is not statesman,
and statesman must be had to take his
place.
President Grant has doubtless done
some things which he ought not to have
done, and left undone some things which
he out to have done. But it is the
simple truth to declare that his own intu-
ition, his OWE judgement, are responsible
for the most of the good deeds of his
Administration; and that for the mis-
takes which have been made the politi-
clans are in the main responsible. Their
nepotism is infinitely worse than his
nepotism land theirs or his is unmixedly
bad,) and their blunders, forced upon
him by an outrageous system, whose pow
er cannot be suddenly broken, are worse
than any blunders which can be charged
upon him by any one having the fear of
God before his eyes.
The craftsmanship which the times de-
mand is to get cid of what is called states
manship. There is no statesman-sover
eighty in this country. 1t is Republi-
can theory and practical fact that the
wisdom of the many is superior to the
wisdom of the few. 1t is your Estates
manship'' that has bound the people,
hand and foot, with the thongs of imper-
tinent law, hindering progress, obstruct-
ing freedom, canonizing nonsense. The
people, of their own notion, do more for
themselves every year than the Estates
men" of an age; and it is undoubtedly
the fact that the people are with Presi-
dent Grant with singular unanimity and
remarkable earnestness, in the behalf
that the conduct of oul public affairs
must be wrested from the race of profess
sional politicians, by courtesy called
statesmen, and give into honest, and
therefore better, hands.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

"A disgrace to journalism has been
perpetrated in New York by the edito.
of the SIN publishing large mass d
private letters written by John r: Young
the managing director of the Tribune, te
q friend in Philadelphia, who proved
unworthy of his confidence and treacher'
Gus to his friendship. Oshkosh North
tcesfc7U.
Sound. We have always been of the
opinion that the publication of private
correspondence was an action too base fol
any decent man to perform.
The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-05-13

The St. Joseph Union states that a
lawyer of that city became enamored of a
clients wife. It was not convenient for
the client to settle the little professional
bill that had accrued for legal services
rendered, so the legal gentleman was
Obliged to call often to see about it. The
clients wife arranged for q secret meet
ing. and then got the lawyer wife to take
her placs. The denouement can be
guess ed at without difficulty.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
THE VAR IN CUBA,

4 WASHING TON, August 5-The Cubans have
e official advices to the 25th ult. Quesada still
holds the communications between Puerto
Principe and the coast There is gseat suffer-
ing at Puerto Principe from want OF food aud
+, the outrases of the volunteers. The force be-
N fore Jordan hos been reinforced by two reg:-
#ments OF volun teers and battalion of regulars.
81 The Spaniards drove Jordan from his position
near SAINT iaeo de Cuba with some loas. Jordan
rallied his forces and being reinforced regain
D I'd his position.
1t is reported that q foraging party Of Cubars
near Remedies, and another near sagua Ia
Grande, were captured The two expeditions
numbered eighty, and it is feared they were all
executed. The Cuban troops are free from
disease A decisive actioni is expected in about
I twenty days, which, if successful, will give the
Cubans control Of the eastern frontier of the
island.
HAVANA, August 5.-The Captain-General
has auth orized the Spanish Bank to issue
SECOND loan. the proceeds Of the confscatsd
ties being specially pledged for it's redemp-
4 hTfA The nu mber Of volunteers in the island
len 600. the previous reports being incorrect.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
THE DUELLo xNTHE STATE PRISON.
Bloody Affair.


An ''affair Of honor" cams of ct the Auburn
IN. ~ State prison Friday morning. The
principals were Mr.. Deming. Esq. X. O.,
(kitchen cook and the Honorable Mr.. Gibson,
waiter in the collar shop. @
Deming keirg the challenger, Gibson had
the right to choice ofweapons, and being inca
pacitated byrees0n or heart disease from using
fists.. declared for swords or knives. The
s@ordsI not being nfDrniBhsd by the State
knives were accepted, and by their arbitra.
menS the arbitrators were 70 stand or fall.
Prelimina ries arranged, the BladensburH of the
encounter was located in the ice house. to which
Deming repaired armed with his professions al
Weapnn, q keen-edecd Dam ascene bread knife.
IiDson pdeEyousing ct the spot with 9 trusty
shoe.k4ee nom his collar shop: With IN.
donRhty knights of1he stripe proceeded with
sheiT professional tools to mortal combat, their
attend ant.sQuire8 at hand and eager for the
fray. AZ they met sDemin9 with his bread.
knife sliced his opponents skull with ten-
lnch cut Of tho scalp, receiving in return a
sclentIhc leather-cut from the aquare.ended
shoe-knif9, which inflicted flesh-W0und from
tho side around to the stomach, some three
inches deep and ten inches long. touching M
the E1bs and developing sanguintously. Al
this ptage OF the affair q professional from tb g
meat cellar rushed IN with his beef cutting mn
plement or battle-ase, TO the rellef or his prin-
cipal, when the further progress OF the duel
was obstructed by descent OF the "poiice. I"
and the wounded men were turned over to the
surgeon. b
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06

country. The land is of the very best quality.
put there J; has never been sufficient cheap labor
Of cotton is still in its infancy. On fresh lands
was looked upon as a good yield On David
Dickson,s farm IN Middle Georgia, since the
var, War VI With fertilizers and improved culture,
bales anda half Of cotton to the acre.
Since the war it has been discovered that in
the heart of the "Great Cotton Belt" nature
mas deposlted the means OF eorichlng the old
wornout cotton fields. The writer has before
him pamphlet about these phosphate Beds
Of Sossh Carolina" compiled and written by
~ ~ Pratt, professor OF chemistry &C. Thirty
valuable fertilizer, capable Of yielding twenty
n1lllions Of tons Of superphosphate of lime
superior to the Swans Island, Patagonian and
other imported guanos.
Let Us, then, by all means have a million of
Chinese to turn these millions of tons of guano
into Int o. millions Of bales Of cotton: The man who
bales Of cotton wond never be produced again
ct the South in single season. may live to
Let us have Chinese.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
THE CALIFORNIA FILING MA-
CHINE.

From the San Francisco Bulletin July 261
Al a meeting of the Eeral Navigation Com
pany. held yesterday, it was voted to raise the
necessary funds to construct an improved
Avltor OF large size. The opinion of the en-.
gineers OF the company was unanimous as to
success 80 far, and the feasibility and success
of the projected fying ship. 1t will be about
one hundred and fifty 1eet in length, twenty to
forty feet diameter Of the gasometer, with
propelllng blades on each side of the centre
describing o radius OF about sixteen feet.
The propellers are shaped like O. steam
ships, with two blades, each very light.
They will be driven by o steam engine of
hve horsepower, weighing, with boiler, con-
nectioDs and water, 430 pounds. The planes
on each side for floating the machine will bo
about twenty feet wide at the centre of the
machine and made in sections, SO they can be
depressed or elevated at pleasure with the
rudder, or tail. The framework viii be made
by Kimball d Co., the carriage makers; the
gasometer will be made in sections, so that in
the event Of accident to one section the re-
mainder will be sufficient for all practical pur-
poses; indeed, ii Is claimed that the strip can
ny through the air with such speed that the
sustaining power Of the lines alone will be
sufficient to maintaln the Avitor in mid-alr.
The gasometcr will be made, probably. OF thin
~ musiin or silk, saturated wit.a gntta percha.
It is to carry four persons. and will be ready
for trial in sixty or ninety days. Tue result Of
this experiment will be looked for with great
interest all over the country.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
FIRE IN PHILADEL-
PHIA.

NASADELRH1A, August Patterson's bond
\ e% arehouse, at the foot Of Lombard street,
0lSAjaing forty thousand barrels OF whiskey,
ha4Eseen burned. The fire has been attributed
z tssIhe breaking OF the floor over the engine
room. The streets were Hooded with bnrnino
whiskey, which greatly impeded the firemen.
h Al last accounts the fire was still raging, but
k&bere was no chance Of it's extending. The
Eaoss is estimated at five millions. No lives
were lost.
N MTER.-The total insurance on whiskey j,
twS million two hundred and eighty-eight
4 thousand dollars. New York and Eastern Com
" panies are the heaviest losers The London
and Globe Companies lose one hundred and
eighty-thousaddg the Imperial three hundred
thousand; the InsuIanoe Company of North
Z America at Philadelphia one hundred and
twenty seven thousand. The Philadelphia
! companies will probably lose four hundred
i thousand dollars.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06

EMI0RArIor TO SPArw.---The Loudon eorres-
pondent of the Manchester Gua7ssian comnu-
nicates 20 that journal q singular project whlch
he asserts has been set on foot In London and
now sparsely peopled, by emigrauts from the
Southern States Of the Union. The writer as
serts that "sofne Of The men who headed dis
tiu9uished commands in the Confederate o.
my are ready 70 lead back to Europe the de-
Scendante OF those who two centuries ago
planted the transatlsntic Dominion They
ind u impossible TO reconcile themselves Ia
the altered condition of things that has arisen
since the OWL war. They have bean used to 4
lana OF tradition and Of mem ories, associated
with Old World Institutions; and sooner than
give these mp they aro willing 10 cast Ia their
future lot with Catholic and aRlNtocxatt0 Spain.
General Prim 10 said TO favor the pro5est, for
70 ,ee and not nnnsturaily thiaGs that the In
fusion q new blood would be Of no little value
to hts country. y gss sy5 IA 3sIyst 4 i .eg .1s
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
BY -TELEGRAPH.
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

WAsHINaToN, August 5.-The Revenue TO-
day was seven hundred and seventy-two .hous-
and dollars.
Between four and five millions OF en-torties
have been substituted for 6ve-twenties, as
security for the National Bank circulation,
since Boutwells order allowing the substitu-
tiOn. 45
The Ministers Of France and Peru are at New
York, about the seizure of the gunboats.
The Revenue Department has a letter from
RichEnond ouocing the arrest Of the deputy
Collector for withholding collections.
Colonel Banziza, counsel for Brown and 9th
crs, charged WI th the murder Of Dr. Maxwell.
at Bryan. Texas, is here to have his clients
placed on the footing ofYerger, in Mississippi.
The Tribune, in TN editorial headed .tOld
Virginia" saye: s'Weprotest against the exc
'cution Of the test,cath as meditated by General
Canby. We want the leading Conservatives 70
take their seats in the new Legislature, swear
fidelity to the new constitution, and ratify the
Fifteenth amendment, and we want the State
admitted thereupon to representation in Con-
gress and to all the rights Of self-government,
and 80, we are confident, do very large ma
jority Of the Northern people,"
The President and Secretary Fish will be
here on Tuesday for consultation regarding
Cuban and Mexican complications.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-06
AFFAIRS IN THE STATE.

NeSvberry.
Newberry is still agitatlng the question Of
building telegraph line to connect THAI Place
with the outside world.
Clarendon
The Press says: Heavy rains have been
falling during the past week, and every part
OF the country that we hear from has been
visited and refreshed. Planters are moro
cheerful, trusting that the perishable crops
may revive and made to yield yet. beyond our
present anticipations."
Marion.
Dave Wall, q colored man, well known in
this county. was KILLED by lightning near
u The , STAR says sS' "sai Me have haasbountifol
o%s6s hs ssn e s s2e i b1 rses
have been general. go tar as we can hear, tor
the last week, and in our immediate coriimu-
nifty few days Of dry weather would be bene-
.I-" sdgeaeId.
The Advertiser says: Monday last having
been sales-day, there were representatives in
town from almost all sections Of tho district:
reports OF the coming crops, cotton and corn
both promising an abundant yield. Rains have
at last b zen general and abun liant. In some
sections. however, they have come somewhat
country, and In the nnrSh west portion OF the
dlstrlct generally. In these sections corn par
tcularly has been seriously cut off,"
Williamsbur urS.
The Kingstree Star says "The recent and
continued rains have greatly revived the crops.
Corn that two weeks ago looked like dyiog is
now green and vigorous, and where it has
Teen well cultivated the yield will be good.
The young corn will make nm average yield.
Cotton has improved wonderfully. The crops
generally promise much better than any one
would have supposed tlscy could a few weeks
A negro man by the name Of Bsn Eulton was
killed near the Kingstree depot on Saturday
morning last by the carr. The tram was run
ming down grade VIII IN this negro was discov-
cred lying across the track. The engineer en-
deavored 10 give the alarm and to stop his
engine. but failed. Ben was tnstsntly killed
By the train Of cars passing over his body, cut
Ing open his head and otherwise mutilating
the body. He had been up several nights in
Succession attending preaching. and, es It is
said by his acquaintances. that he was not in
the habit Of drinking spirits. it is supposed
that he. on his WY from preaching. went to
sleep at that place. and did not hear the com.
ing Of the train.