Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-01-03
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~ direction of the President, Firt Lieuten-
~ Samuel M. Swigert, OF the Twentieth Cav
3Irv. Is detailed IS professor Of military aeionco
,od tactics at tie Kentucky University, al
Louisville
TIE Postmaster General has ordered the
extension Of the mail service on the West
wisconsin, Railroad from Menotlinee 10 ftdd-
son, As miles, at an additional cost of 50, 800
per annum.
Dos MANUEL CABAz, citizen Of Ecuador,
and Manuel Chavero, Collector of Customs of
the Mexican Fort of La Paz have been arrested
N Can tr@hoisoo on warrant charging them
with piracy in seizing the American schooner
Greenwood, for alleged violation Of law, at
Magdalena Bay, Oct. 2Sth, The LoweE Cali
40rnla Company appears TO b5 the principal
niDgor III t1e prosecution.
CoECEBEING the California insurance com
panles we learn that the Occidental Insurance
Company has reinsured outstanding policies,
aud the Pacific insurance Company viii have
a deficit of over 500, ,000, which portion the
stockholders will make up by subscription
4 REToRE was presented to tie South Care
lima House CT Representatives. last Thursday,
by the Committee OF Investigation, headed by
@. Q. Bowen, to the effect that the state has
been defrauded by over-iHsue of S6,314. 900
The committee recommend that the House
take the necessary steps to hold accountable
thOse persons WHO violated The law aud ruined
the credit of the state.
THI War Department, in general orders an
nounce 70 the army the death of Brig. Gen.
Robert tndersoni of Fort Sumter memory,
and pays a handsome conpi;ment to his mill
tary services and private character. On the
arrival Of his remains on the ship-of-war
Guerrierre. orders viii be issued to do them
tFEoE
IHE President on Thursday sent to the Son
ate the name of George H Williams, of Ore
gon, to be Attorney General in place of kcker
tnan, whose resignation IS to taks effect Jan
Gary 10th; also the following nominations
Joseph NJ. Corey, Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of Wyoming: B. J. Sweet, of
Illinois. First Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue.
THE Lower House of the Missouri LegisIa-
ture has passed q concurrent resolution asking
Congress te pass law granting full amnesty
to ali who have beer deprive of their rights
as citizens
RETURNS received in Washington indicate
shat the cotton crop will yield three and one
third million bales.
Ell at the Jefferson Market Court, New York
end complained to Justice Shandley that her
father and mother were source of continual
annoyance to her and Miss Woodruff. She
complained specifically that they went 10 her
residence on Wednesday evening last and ere
ated great disturbance. A warrant was issued
for their arrest
The Erie Railway Company has restored the
ffrr oh, ,11,5r
bondholders.
Tue cotton firm OF VIM. Wright, Of New
York city, has settled on the basis Of seventy
five cents on the dollar, and viii resume
shortly.
PRIVATE letter from San Domingo saws the
two years lease of the Bay of Samana having
expired, the United States flag has been hauled
down.
The wool crop of the United States for the
year ending in June, 1870, according to the
census returns, amounted to S1O1,2S4 .678. in
Guiding S47 ,929,647 from the Northwestern
states.
UFwABDs of eighty buildings have been
erected at Holland since the fire, which de-
stToyed most of the town in October. Manv
are shantias aad temporary structures. but
there are some far letter than we're ever built
there before.
Mr.. CALLANDoR, the National Bank Exam
iner, was arrested in New jersey, on Tuesday
evening, on warrant issued by Commissioner
Osborne, on charge of receiving bribe of
$4,000 from the Ocean National Bank.
THE New York Colonization Society, at their
annual meeting, reelected Prof. Morse Presi-
dent. The contributions in the state, the past
year, IN aid of the American Society amount
TO SIS, 600.
TIE Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court of
the United States has announced to the bar
that the opinion in legal-tender cases will be
read at an early day after the recess, and that
the delivery of these opinions had been post
poned at the request of the minority.
FHE Board of Arbitration of the Lehigh
region unanimously agreed to continue the
rate Of miners wages as paid in the year 1871
for 1892
PASSENGER train on the Pittsburg and
Connellsvilie Railroad, ran from the track near
West Newton, Wednesday morning Twelve
persons were injured, two seriously
JUSTICE HARTMAN, of New York. has been
indicted for forgery in privately altering the
Judgment of another court
THERE is a rumor in Printing House Souara
that Horace Greeley will soon publish a long
letter declining political honors under any cir
cumstances, and refusing the use of his name
or any office. It is believed that he takes such
curse to prevent all disharInony among Re
ublicans.
THz Duke d'Aumale and Prince de Joinville
took thair seats in tie National Assembly on
Tuesday. They sat in the centre of the mem
har nf ba EiCr1,t hair
no sensation in that body
The budget of the French Finance Minister
shows a surplus of Il GOO, 900 francs.
\ MAN named Levi Gassett, from Monticello.
Jones county, Iowa, shot himself in the cars
near Coburg, Ont, on Friday, and has since
died. Considerable money was found on his
person.
An indictment has been found against +. 4
Marden, charging him WI Uh embezzlipg 80
600 of the United States. and against Seth
johnson, charged with embezzling 10,OOO.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY GARvIN. of New York,
states that to his knowledge the name of
John G. Heenan has not even been before the
grand jury, and he is not aware Of any indict-
ment against Heenan-
A MOB of negroes took John II. Saunders.
Jasper Dugeen and Curtis Garrett from jail
at Lake City, Arkansas, where they were con
fined for the murder of a negro lawyer named
WymaD, and shot them to DEATH After kill
ing the prisoners the mob took possession of
the town which they still held at last accounts
and many of the citizens had fed for safety.
Two freight trains on the Michigan Central
Railroad collided near Niles about ten O'Clock
Friday morning. The locomotive attached to
each train was demolished, and ten or twelve
cars were thrown from the track and broken
into fragments, the road being covered with
the debris. Three men were killed instantly
thu engineers and the firemen of the up train
and two severely injured-the fireman of the
down train and a brakeman. The names of
the victims are not given.
Foreign.
A QuEBEc special states that on Friday night
in the House of Assembly, one OF the leaders