Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-22

-worui~x u shefssn, xfsef TDrief illness. He
was sixty -four years Of age.
Daniel Drew, the famous Wall street New
York; operator In railway stocks, Is reported,
in dispatch Of the 18th, to have gone into
bankruptcy; with liabilities estimated at ST.
500, 600, partially secured.
Josephus Sooy. New Jerseys defaulting
State Treasurer, has been sentenced TO the
State Prison for three years, and until the
costs Of the prosecution are paid. He wept
bitterly On hearing his sentence. He is over
sixty years old, and has family who are
highly respected.
In a statement made to his congregation
on the evening Of the 18th, the Rev. DR..
storrs, OF the Church OF the Pilgrims, Brook
Ign, gave his reasons for resigning the
Presidency Of the American Congrega-
tional Union. He condemned the rules laid
down by the late Advisory Council for the
admission OF members and the guidance Of
Congregational Churches, and spoke dispar-
agingly Of many OF the other acts Of snsh coun-
ell. He also thought the request of Andoyer
and that the council had no more right 10
deal with the matter than it had TO conduct
the trial Of Gen. Babcock. At business
meeting Of DR.. Storrs' church ION the evening
of the 13h, resolutions were adopted by a
| large majority, repudiating the action OF
the Advisory Council, renouncing fellowship
with churches which adhere to the findings,
and demanding thorough investigation Of
! the Beccher scandal. ~
! President Grant, on the 18th, appointed r.
p Derickson, OF Chicago, to succeed the late
j. d. Webster as Collector OF Internal Reve-
nue. for the First Illinois District.
| The wife Of ex Senator Schurz' died In New
York city on the l4th.
III POLITICAL.
The Senate Of Mississippi have found
Lieut-0ov. Davis guilty as charged In the
articles OF impeachment by vote OF 80 to 4.
| The Democrats OF the Third Connecticut
| District have nominated David A. Wells for
Congress, to fiji the vacancy caused by the
death Of the Hon. II. II. starkweather,
| The Michigan Greenback State Convention
| has been called to meet at jackson on the Sd
Of May, to elect delegates to the National
Convention and nominate Presidential elect
ors
| The Democratic members Of Congress, In
caucus on the night of the 18th, agreed upon
the Payne bill, by vote OF 60 to 46. This
! bin provides for the gradual resumption Of
| specie payments by making II the duty of the
Secretary OF the Treasury annually to retain
| in coin an amount equal to three per cent Of
1 ta,r Il l..
tute II resumption fund, and also requiring
/ National Banks to set aside an amount Of
coin equal to three per cent. Of their circu-
| lating notes. The bill, In addition. provides
| for the repeal Of so much Of the Resumption
act Of Jan, IL, 1870, as designates the LIST Of
January, 1870, as the date OF resumption.
| The New York Greenback Convention met
at Syracuse on the 18th. Richard Schell was
elected permanent President. The resolu
tons adopted declare opposition to any repu.
diation of the Nations obligations, but assert
that the act Of Congress of March, 1869, prom
Using to pay the 5 20's in gold, is gross yio-
ia,ion of the contract whereby said bonds
were issued, and said law was passed by
fraud; that the effort now making by the
Secretary Of the Treasury to pay fractional
currency In silver should be immediately
prohibited, AS silver is worth less than cur
rency; that legal-tenders are standard Of
value, while gold constantly fiuctuates for
various reasons, that the amount Of money
required by the people depends on their in
telligence, that legal tenders should pay the
bondholder his interest and all other debts,
/ private and public, including duties on i'm
ports; that the act pledging resumption in
| 1879 Is failure, aud its immediate repeal is
4 demanded; that Congress should enact laws
/ for the encouragement of labor, agriculture
and all other industrial interests, and for the
development OF the Nations resources and
wealth by the people TO The exclusion of mo.
nopolies.
! The returns received up TO the morning of
the 10th from the New Hampshire election
Indicated the reelection of Gov. Cheney rep }
by a majority OF about 5000. The Council
stands four Republicans aud Que Democrat.
The Republicans elect nine out of twelve
Senators, and will have a majority Of twenty.
five or thirty in the House. The total
vote is nearly $1,000, being the largest
| by over 1000 ever east in the State
The Wisconsin Legislature adjourned spc
die on The 18th, aud The Iowa Legislature on
/ the 10th.
The Virginia Democratic State Convention
has been called TO meet AZ Richmond, on the
cath OF May.
The Democrats OF Rhode Island have NOM
mated For Governor. Gen. q. Lewis Cooke
Lieutenant-Goyefuor, b. o. Slooum; Secre.
tary nj stain John : Pri,a. ltt,rr.,- A. 80,