The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-12-27

II il intended to introduce n bill in Con-
press doubling the present rates ofPension,
which will increase the yearly expenditure
for that purpose to $50 10000.
A locomotive on tho Terre Hau,e Railroad
exploded Mt indianapolis on the 22d, severe
" iuinring the engineer and fireman.
fire at Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, on the
night Of the 2lst, destroyed from $4,000
to $4,000 worth of property. In Adrian,
Mich on the 22d. fire did damage to the
amount of $4,000.
Ats caucus Of the southern congressman
elect remaining at Washington it was deci-
dedthat the entire body should return home
and await the action Of congress
The Spanish admiral commanding the
squadron off Valparaiso. has given gross
insult to the American Minister to Peru. Mr..
Thos. II. Nelson
The Georgia Legislature has passed bill
making the freedmen competent witnesses
in civil cases where freedmen are defend
ants, and in criminal cases where the offense
is against freedmen.
Mr.. Bradford, Delegate TO Congress from
Colorado, was run over by street car in
Washington, on the 2lst and seriously in
jurci.
An election was has held in Washington
on the 2lst, to test the sense Of the voters
on the question Of negro suffrage About
1000 votes were recorded ag ainst extension
Of elective franchise to negroes, and only
about seventy-fve in its favor, The friends
Of the mea sure, it is stated. abstained from
the polls.
Miss Harriet Prescott the authoress,
was married to Richard s. Spofford. jr., Of
Ncwburyport, on the 18th
Burley, the Lake Erie pirate, is in Scot
land, writing the history Of his adventures.
The President has nominated Hon John
BiRelow as Minister to France.
Ford's Theatre, Washington is to be turn
cd over to the Surgeon Generals Bureau.
The safe Of the Sanitary Commission at
Philadelphia was robbed Of Sc, 450 in Gov
ernment securities on the o2d. A q. s.
paymaster was also robbed Of 5,OO0 in .
bank in Washington.
Two millions Of Mexican dollars coined
at Ell Paso, have been deposited in . bank
in Washington to the credit Of the Mexican
Republic.
General John A. Logan having declined
the appointment Of Minister to the Republic
Of Mexico, the President has nominated to
the Senate Hon. Lewis D. Campbell. late
member of Congress from Ohio, for that
appointment.
Senator Yates of Illinois in passing out
of the Continental Hotel, at Philadelphia,
the 2lst inst, fell and broke one Of his arms
Hamburg papers state that portion Of
the Highland Rock, having been long under
mined by the sea. has fallen and been en-
eulphed in the waves. Out Of Ave hundred
inhabitants on the island, seventy are said
to have perished.
Gillian privateers to prey upon Spanish
commerce are being fitted out in New York.
There have been GOT cases Of cholera
in Paris.
Rumors are current in Paris that in the
Spanish Gillian difficulty England and
France will maintain neutrality, and that
tho ITni ed States will espouse the cause Of
Chilli.
The Indiana Legislature has passed the
State debt compromise bill, and the enumer
alton bill.
company Of capitalists have agreed Z
construct the indianapolis and Vincennes
railroad. if the citizens along the line viii
donate $1,000 per mile, payable when the
iroad is completed.
St. Louis was visited by destructive
Ere on the 2lst, involving loss Of property
amounting to $4,000.
Charles Durkee. Of Wisconsin. has been
confirmed Governor Of Utah by the Senate,
executive session.
The Secretary of State has relieved Pro-
vi.ional Governor Perry, Of South Carolina,
and turned the State over to Goyernor-elect
Orr.
A Toronto letter states that prepara-
tions are being made for throwing up strong
ear,hworks around that city.
During the past season 500 marine dis
asters occurred on the lakes-a number
nearly double the average for the last FIVE
years.
The remains of Abraham Lincoln and his
son Willie were yesterday transferred from
Oak Ridge Cemetery to the temporary
vault near the cite Of the proposed monu-
ment.
A Washington journal gives rumor
that the French troops in Mexico are grad
ually approaching Vera Cruz, with view
Of returning home. The Marquis de Month
clon vaguely hints that such is the intention
Of Louis Napoleon.
A commissary warehouse filed with gov
ernment stores at Camp Douglas near Salt
Lake City, was burned on the Goth inst.
The loss is over 100000. The FIRE was
believed t. have been The work of incen-
diarism.
John s. Rarey the horse tanner, was struck
with paralysis vt his residence in Groveport,
near Columbus, Ohio, last Saturday evening
10th, but at last accounts was slightly i'm !.
proving.
At Davenport, Iowa, on the 10th, br lex
block was destroyed by FIRE. Loss $40, 600
TO $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
The New Hampshire House of Reforma-
ton near Manchester was burned on the
Goth. Loss $4,000. Insured for SEC, 600
The Wakefield Mills in South Kingst or
were burned on the 3Oth. Loss $4,000
Insurance light.
Forty nine chromometers were found OF