Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-03-31

HE farmers oil central ana southern
Illinois have commenced their spring
blowing
THE Territory of New Mexico applies
for admission as n State, she having the
requisite number Of inhabitants,
A TELEGRAPH cable has been laid
across the Red Sea Egypt IL now tele>
graphically connected with the East In
dies, and thence with England Ind the
rest of the world
THE Democratic Convention of Ore,
gon declared in favor of repudiatin the
National debt, and that the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth Amendments ought to be
resciadcd.
TuE bill 10 prevent and punish poly.
gamy in Utah passed the House of Reps
resentatives, alter being amended 1t
now goes to the Senate 1t is severe
aud sweeping in i $ provisions,
LATEST intelligence from the San Dies
90 gold fields are somewhat unfavorable.
Although number of good leads have
been discovered, it is said they will re-
quire capital to develop them. The
weather at the mines was cold and
stormy, and the miners unprotected, con
seqnently prospecting was slow work.
The case Of Cahoon against Ellison
for the Mayoralty of Richmond, was
heard yesterday, by Jude Underwood.
During the argument the Judge express
ed an opinion that the Enabling act, un-
der which Ellison claims to hold office,
Is unconstitutional.
FINANCE Ia calculation has been
made ut the Treasury Department and
was yesterday submitted to Secretary
boutwell,, showing that n sinking fund
OF SO, OlO,0UO per annum will cancel
the publ, debt in twentv>three and n
halt years, and that sinking fund of
SlOOO0o,u00 pei annum will cancel the
entire debt in ten years
ThE Kentucky Legislature proposes to
postpone the election of congressman
until August 1870, thus leaving that
State unrepresented in the next Congress
until that time II is boldly announced
that it is anticipated that by that ime n
pretty good understanding viii be mr.,
rived at as to how he accession of the
negroes to the voting population of Ken
lucky will affect the political status of
the State.
An EPISODE I'm the Illinois Consttu,
tonal Convention, last week, while Mr..
Medlll was speakinI, a gen leman on the
democratic side OF the honsr asked him
why is it that there was much more
crime in republican counties than in
democratic Mr.. Medill repled that he
DEM d such was the fact, but If il was
fact, the explanation is, that in repuh>
lican counties they enforce the laws
against rascals, while in democratic
counties they do not, for the a>on it
would greatly impair the strength of
their party
Our soldiers, especially the veterans,
IRE interested in the decision of the su.
preme court on Tuesday in the case of
bounty claim 1t will he remembered
that under President Lincoln's call for
troops in 1861 the war department prom.
Sed 500 bounty to every recruit Cons
1ress aiterward refused to appropriate
to' this bounty The supreme court has
now decided that every soldier enlisted
under that call and before the action of
Congress is entitled to his 500 even
though he was honorahly discharged be
fore serving the stipulated two years.
A WRITER in the Western MonhH
gives, as taken from the most reliable
statistics and estimates, the following as
The production of the lumher States of
the Northwest, during 1859:
Michigan. ..................2,0iO ,0oo, 900 Feet,
Wisconsin. r.. ..,......Si0,00 O,t00 ="
Minnesota. .................. 400, OUo, 900
Total. 49,. .....,......3,2 go 100000
This interest he estimates, gaze en-
p'ovment to 10000 men, used work
Ing capital of $2O,00O,00O, operated 700
milo onI clanraI n snrf, na nl .,hnut