The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1870-01-06
MEMS ITEMS.

The hrst reunion of the Sherman
Brigade took place at Mansfield, Ohio,
ON The 3Ist ult.
-Pere Hyacinthe's lecture in New
York Melted s$2,70O to the French Be-
ney0lenS Society.
Is reported that the city of Port
au Prince was captured by the Hayden
revolutionists on the right of the 18th ult
The Mutuals Of New York, defeated
picked nine in a game of base ball at
New Orleans, On the 3lst ult, by score
of 81 tolls.
/. William Cook. United States vice
consul to Glasgow, Scotland, has been
sentenced to seven years Imprisonment
at hard labor for forgery.
Martin Mcclure committed suicide
in jail at Hartford, Connecticut. on the
3lst, by hanging himself He was un-
der Indictment for the murder Of his
wife. $500.
The committee appointed by the
New York Union League to obtain sub
scriptions for Mrs. Stanton, expects to
raise 100000 A. T. Stewart heads
the list.
A terrible hurricane occurred at Linn
eric Ireland, on the 3lst.. Trees were
uprooted, houses demolished, etc. Ten
persons are known to have killed. and
many others injured.
DR.. James B. Smith, of Dawson,
was found dead in his room at the Amer
lean House, in Springfield, H., on the
30th ult 1t is supposed he died from
the effects of an overdose Of morphine
taken to relieve a severe attack of cramp,
from which he was suffering.
At Wheeling, West Virginia, on
the 30tb, a young lady named Botham,
who had been seduced by man named
McNash, visited his boarding house, and
calling him out, demanded the fulfil
ment of his marriage promise. Upon
his refusal she drew revolver and shot
him through sthe bowels. She then
surrendered herself to the authorities.
McNash viii not recover. He was to be
married to another lady in few days.
The President will submit to Con
gress a special message on the
Darien Ship Canal matter, accom-
panied by some important documents
regarding the operations, under the
treaty, the pnrport of which is not known
in detail, but is believed to refer to
some hitch in the proposed enterprise.
This government, however, is going
ahead with its part of the surveying ex
petition, and is preparing maps, &c,
for the same.
Gov. McDougall, Col. Dennis and
others arrived at st. Paul Saturday.
e Kendall, late treasurer of Boone
county, Illinois, is defaulter for $24-
600.
The accused canvassers and inspec-
tors of election in Brooklyn were arraign-
ed, and the trials set down for to-day.
"A misprint in the President mess
age is corrected. Instead of "the Unit
ed States is the first of all nations, read
.tieest of all nations.
The Memphis Avalanche has infor-
nation from Mississippi that Gen. Al
corn, Governor elect, positively refuses
to accept the provisional governorship
rendered him by Gen. Ames.
The French Emperor has signed the
decree confirming the new Ministry.
1t is reported Victor Emmanuel
has positively refused his consent to the
candidature of the Duke OF Genoa.
The government of Great Britain and
Portugal have made the President of the
United States umpire to settle the dis
puted claim to the Island OF Bolourd, on
the west coast of Africa. -es-
Havana journals report that the revo-
luton has ended, and that the Cuban
Junta in New York has issued CRU
lar ordering the insurgents to lay down
their arms. IF all the news is true, the
revolution may be considered as expire
ing. but confirmation is wanting.
The London Weekly Examiner has
an article on the Alabama difficulty. 1t
says that when the nature of the Ameri-
can struggle was understood, England
restored her sympathies to the north,
and that the reclamations now based on
the earliest wrongs are simply unduly
vindictive.
"A sharp engagement occurred on
Dec. 30th, between the imperial troops
and the insurgents, at Magua, in the
Cinco Villas district. Twenty of the
latter were killed, and &C captured.
Not one escaped. A large quantity of
provisions and munitions of war, as well
as some important correspondence, were
also captured.
Terrible gales have occurred along
the coast of Great Britain within a few
days, and numbers of shipwreeks are re-
ported. The American bark G. V.
Minot, bound from Mobile to Havre
with cargo of cotton, was badly damag-
ed, loosing two masts, but finally made
port. The bark Edna, from Montreal to
Greenock, was driven ashore on the coast
of Ireland, and the captain and seven Of
the crew were drowned. The vessel is
total loss.
The particulars Of the famous plot
to blow up the Spanish gunboats has