The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-03-23

A clergyman recently travelling in
the oil region. saw a chill in the road
stumbling and falling. lie kindly pick.
cd her N, saying, "Poor dear! are you
hur,?" When the child cied out, II ain,
poo'! Day struck lie well ycs,erday!'
We learn from J A. Harvey, Reg.
lister Of the State Land Office, lwho has
Just returned from Fremont county that
Southern Iowa is filled with secesh emf
grants from Missouri, who are beating
the most hasty retreat possible ftom
their State to the westward, mainly be-
cause of the Consti.tutio Convention
abolishing slavery, and DISTINGUISHING
traitors. This hegira is q glorious sign
Of the future prosperity Of Missouri
State Register.
THE SovERElGNs OF EuRorE.-
There are in Europe forty three reign.
ing Sovercigns, not including those who
possess titles only. OF those forty
three nine belong to the Roman Catho.
lie religion, but one Of that number is
accommodated ; thirty."ne are Pro,
testants, one is Ct the orthodox Greek
Church, one MohammeAan, and the
forty-.hird is the Pope. The Catholics
are two Emperms-Anstria and France
four Kings or Quecns-Bavaria Spain,
Portage! and Saxony; two Pr,rce of
Lichtcnstein and Monaco. The cx.
communicated Sovereign is King Vic.
tor Emanuel.
TUE TENNESSEE ELEcTioS.- The
vote for ratification Of the new Free
State Constitution was carried on q g
cd ul.ir,o ny something near $4,000
votes majority of all the voters in the
State at the time. The ticket for Gov
ernor and members of the General As
sembly, it ia believed, has been carried
by still larger vote, and is, OF course,
elected. The Legislature, under the
amended Constitution, meets on Mon.
day, the 81 day Of April.
- Mr.. Mil'inrr. Of Rochester, N. Y,
one Of the five surviving Revolution
pensioners died on the evening Of
March 18th, la.:kiug few hours Of
being one hundred and five years old.
The number Of persons locked up
for the right for being disorderly drunk
in tho streets Of New York, for the past
year, was So, 929. Should you add TO
this those who were quietly drunk, the
army would be in creased to an indef.
mite number.
The Chamber of Deputies Of the
kingdom of 'yur,embury has just pro.
nounccd in favor Of the abolition Of
capital punishment by fifty six votes
against twenty seven.
New York has 1852 State prison
convicts, 15S Of whom are females,
725 are foreigners and 173 are negroes.
The prison expenses last year were
1927 900, aud the receipts were $3.50,
900.
The population Of Paris this year
is .G67,sH souls, exclusive Of . gar.
rison Of % 300 men
sY- The first issue Of the new 5000,
OOO. 900 loan will be $500 .OOO, 900, on
the 18th Of June next.
The Legislature of Michigan has
passed joint resolution to submit 10
the people, at the fall election Of 1866
an amendment to the Constitution 10
allow negroes to vote.
-. General A. J. Smiths cnmmani
were at New Orleans on the 10th in.
stant, ready for the contemplated move
ment on Mobile.
School llousE-By the Sccretary's
report of the school election in this
place on Monday Of this week it will be
aeon that school house is to be built
the coming summer as large AZ the
present ono. This will enable us OF
mako our public school what it ought
to be the equal Of any in the STATE.
The cost of the new building will prob
ably not be much less than ten thous.
and dollars. Linn Co. Register.