The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-04-24
ouR wAsHsNGroN LETTER.

night few yards from the convicted
mans dwelling. cold in death, with his
head and face so fearfully mangled and
disfgured that it was difficult to identify
him. Wright has ever since his arrest,
I been seemingly cool and unconcerned, F.,
talking and laughing with any one that
would converse with him; but yesterday,
when the motion by his counsel for new
trial was disallowed, he became low spiri-
ted. When howeyever the judge asked
him if ne had anything 10 say why Judge
ment should not be pronounced. he took
| courage and disclaimed knowing anything
about the murder. and when on his way
to the jail and at the Jail, he boasted Of
his nerve assuring his brother prisoners
that he would die game.
It will be remembered doubtless by
| many of your readers visiting Washington
that when entering he rooms of the ma
| tional depository of the inventions the age
! (the e. S. Patent Offce) there was before
them box of glass-with walnut casings,
printed over it an invitation to contribute
| to the fund of the Mt. Vernon Asso. for
| the completion of the Washington Mon
| ument. This box being glass the daily
contributions consisting mostly OF five
cent pieces. ten, fifteen, twenty, and fifty
cent fractional currency notes and occa-
sionally dollar bill is to be seen, ana
once on time when greenbacks were
more plentiful, it is said, So. bill was
noticed in it. The employees in the model
rooms talked great deal about it on the
Gay of its deposit. One said the doner
war a wealthy banker; another, that he
was an Euglishman and so on. None
appeared to know to certainty who the
patriotic individual was. Prophecies
were in order and of course they were
numerous. 1t was intimated that it was
conscience stricken individual who
| might have considered it better for his
| soul to deposit his ill-gotton gains for the
completion Of the Washington Mouu-
ment, than to return it to the Uncle
Sans treasury box. The excitement
subsidized the next day when in company
with policeman a tall, lank and not al
together good looking soldier, (who was
noticed there the day before in an ex-
ceedingly happy mood singing 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner'') inquiring after
the keeper of that our George Washing
ton box. stating that he had made a de
post the day before. when he felt rich
and that he would like to withdraw his
deposit to settle his lodging at the station
house.
just twenty years ago to-day Zachary
Taylor, then President of the United
| States, look the first shovel full of earth
preparatory to laying the corner stone OF
the Washington Monument. The corner
stone was land the 4th of July following
in the presence of the President, Sena-
tors and Members of Congress. The
orator of the occasion was Robt. G.
| Wenthrop, then Speaker of the House.
The fund of S23O,O00 was exhaust
ed in six years, when 5000 600 was asked
from Congress and was refused Since
that time under the direction of the So
ciety Incorporated by Congress but fe "
feet have been added. There is hardly &
school district in the land that has moi
been visited by agents asking aid for It.
completion, but up to date with all tht
money given, it remains about the same
as it did Just before the rebellion living
disgrace to our country End anything bu
an ornament to Washington. Its present
hight is ia feet
What L. L. Cr,unse has to do will
i the Modoc treacbery more than any
other man, is question your correspon
dent thinks pertinent to ask. IF thii
, letter to Secretary Delano and the reply
is intended as an advertisement for him
self, the people here feel chagrined. ]
the object is to interview the Secretary
) and get from him, for the benefit of The
, readers of the New York Times, the true
j statue of things, appropriately asks
would it not have been better for Mr.
Crounse to have gone personally to Mr.
Delano and reported the interview A
{ query.
: 1t is given out that Mr.. La Barnes
| white. an ex Delegate of the Distric
: Legislature and a candidate for Dele
gate to Congress. is to be married TO Mr
l Downing's daughter, colored lady
! The people are indignant Mr. L.
: Barnes has professed to q free-lover, anC
!. on one occasion told young white lady
| with whom he was keeping company
that he never intended to marry. ii
+. was not asked to call again.
! The country a; large is but fttl
; aware Of the extent to which the Potc
mac fisheries have been worked. Hith
erto the methods of 1isposing ofthe catcI
: have been by auction and consequent
i exposed to rascally combination of th
:, buyers The seine men however, hav
! checkmated this movement by establish
ing In Alexandria packing house o
their own, where fish held over are pack
ed in ice awaiting the future rise of th
market The ice packing business Is al
so increasing 10 this city The old con
= fiets between the middle men and pro
ducers is here again exhibited.
The military of this city, have chroni
eally resented the withdrawal of the man
aeement OF the Indians from their hands
: They accepted the late treacberv of th
IS Modocs rs complete indication Of tn
warriors method of disposing of the In
dian problem and public opinion, for tn
time being, appears TO fully sustain them
I The question whether you can put a
J Indian to any better use than killing hiI
seems now to be settled in the negative
The deyotions of the religious portions {
our immunity we're sadly disturbed b
the news freq, the Pacific coast and man
thoughts ofvengeance doubtless mingle
n { nth for morrow nd for the aorr-