Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-02-09

Die On Inc 9TH at White Plains, n. T.
Gen. W. T. Sherman has written letter to
Representative Dazell of Ohio, in which he
says: i never have been, am not now, and
never will be a candidate for the high office
Of President before any convention or the
people" He expresses preference for Gov.
Hayes for that office.
A Louisville dispatch OF the Sd says nine OF
the parties recently tried and convicted at
indianapolis for completely in whisky frauds,
were placed in the State Prison at Jefferson
vile, Ind, the previous evening The pris-
oners, prior to their present trouble, occupied
high positions, and were numbered among
the best citizens OF Evansville
POLITICAL.
The Union Republican Congressional Com
mittee, as agreed upon in caucus on the
night of the Goth ult., is as follows:
Alabama. Representative Chas. Hays; Arkan-
sas, Senator $. w. Dorsey; California, Senator A.
A. sargent; Florida, Senator B. Conover; Hi
nois. Senator John A. Logan Indiana, Represent
alive NJ. 9. Hunter; l. wa, Representative Jas.
Wilson; Kansas, Representative ". A. Phillips;
Kentucky, Representative John d. White Louis
lana, Senator j. r. Wet; Maine, Representative
Eugene Hale Massachusetts,, Representative
Henry L. Pierce; Michigan, Representative Jay
a. Hubbell; Minnesota, Representative II. y.
Strait; Mississippi senator JAS. l.. Alcorn:
Nebraska, Senator P. ". Hitchcock Nevada,
Representative VIM. Woodburn; New Hamp-
shire, Senator A. II. Cragin; New Jer-
sey, Representative G. II. Sinnckson; New
Y ork, Representative Thos C. Platt North Car
oina, Representative John A. Hyman; Ohio,
Representative Chas. Poster: Oregon, Senator
John II. Mitchell; PENS ylvaaia, Senator Simon
Camefon: Rhode Island, Representative J.. W.
Ballou; South Carolina, Representative A S.
Wallace; Tennessee. Representative Jacob NJ.
Thornburgh; Texas, Senator Morgan Hamilton;
Vermont. Representative G. II. Joyce Virginia.
Representative VIM. IL. II. Siowell; Wi.con .in,
Representative j. NJ Kusk; Idaho, Delegate
Theo. W. Bennett; Dakoa, Delegate j. p. Kid
der; New Mexico. Delegate ). y, Elkins Wash
ington, Delegate Orange Jacobs, Connecticut,
Delaware, Georgia. Maryland, West Virginia,
Colorado, Montana, Wyoming Territory and the
District OF Columbia have no representation
The West Virginia State Senate has tried
John S. Burdett, State Treasurer, on articles
of impeachment, and found him guilty and
ordered his removal from office, by a vote Of
twenty to three.
Senator Sherman haswritten a letter to State
Senator Burns, Of Ohio, in which he an
nounces himself in favor Of the nomination of
Gov. Hayes for the Presidency, as being, in
his opinion, the strongest candidate the Re-
publicans can put n the field. Speaker
Kerr has also written a letter to j. II. Real,
of Philadelphia, stating that he does not de.
sire to have his name used in any connection
with the Democratic National ticket this
year, but expressing mis- judgment that the
Democracy cannot do better than to nomi-
nate Gov. Hendricks for President.
At a Democratic caucus Of Senators and
Representatives, held in Washington on the
evening of the LIST, Representative Lamar
presiding the Congressional Campaign Com
mittee was announced as follows: Represent
alive Clymer, Pennsylvania, Chairman
Chaplin, Massachusetts,; Throckmorton, Tex
as; Hooker, Mississippi; Hewitt Robbins,
North Carolina, and Saylor, Ohio W. W.
Corcoran, J. +. Harvey and Judge Mason are
members Oh the part of the District of Co
of the committee, Senators White,
Maryland; Wallace, Pennsylvania, ard
Gordon, Georgia. The Chairman of the
caucus also announced the Committee on
Consultation as follows: representative Cox,
New York; Whithorne, Tennessee; Randall,
Pennsylvania Goods, Virginia; Buckner,
Missouri; Wigsinton, California; Hartridge,
Georgia; Blackburn, Kentucky; Tarbox,
Massachusetts,; Lynde Wisconsin; Eden,
Illinois; Payne, Ohio, and Caldwell, Ala.
bama.
The Connecticut Republican State Conven-
ton has been called to meet on the ooh inst
The Democratic Convention OF that State is to
meet on the 23d,
The Michigan Republican State Convention
10 elect delegates to the National Convention
will be held at Grand Rapids, on the 1oth of
May
AT u meeting, on the evening of the Sd, OF
the Republican Congressional Committee,
Simon Cameron WAS chosen Chairman, and
Judge Edmunds Secretary. An Executive
Committee, consisting of Messrs. Cameron,
Logan, Patt OF New York, Rusk Of Wisoon-
sin, s w. Dorsey, J. r. West, Hubbell of
Michigan, Cragiu OF New Hampshire, and
Sinnickson Of New Jersey, was appointed.
The Kansas Legislature has passed a bill
giving bounty Of five dollars per bushel for
grasshopser eggs and fifty cents per bushel
for juvenile grasshoppers,