The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1865-10-04

The steamer America win Tour days iat'f
news from Eurors, arrived on Saturday
night, the lat inst. The cattle plague con-
Times 10 increase and the London COW
houses arc lecmatc,,. Donald Mckay the
Boston ship builder, il in conference with
the English admiralty on the torpedo qucs
,ien Judah i. Benjamin, the fugitive rebel
Secretary Of War is about to Join the Lon
don bar.
The theatrical, managers of New Work city
have united in resolution To Withdraw their
advertisements from the HeF I'D i'll consc-
qucnce of its grossly Indecent attacks upon
Maretgek. the manager Of the italian opera.
The Wirz commission drags its Slow length
alon", aud hardly that but hide being &C
comrlishea during the past week nn account
Of Wirz' illness. or that of some Of the court.
Letters. said to have been captured in the
rebel Aliu,ant's office at Andersonvillc,
have been secured Ivy the Government.
They not only condemn Wirz, but show the
completely Of high rebel officials in the
atrocities Of that den
The defense was endeavoring to prove that
Wirz was sick and absent during large
portion of the time when the atrocities were
committed and he was not responsible for the
X bad condition OF the prison. suhr"nas have
been issued in behalf Of the defense for Gen.
Lee, Howell Cobb. ex-Gov. Brown, Gen. Joe
Johnston and Robert Onll
1t is understood that after the trial of Wirz
viii he an investigation Of the Salisbury. and
other prisons Of the South. in which Union
prisoners were confined and maltreaed
The N. Y. Times Of Sept @oth says THE
President has cleared his desk OF all pardon
applications, he having granted nearly 300
pardons within the past three days. An in
.neetjon of these lists shows the names to
belong almost entirely to the 100000 clause
with very few Of political prominence.
The only case of pocket picking that has
came t" light at the late GAINESVILLE (Wis)
State Fair was hat Of the Jancs,iIr Chief
of Police, who lost his purse. General Sher-
man was. he orator of the day.
The eleven gun first class United States
gunfoat .Galatia" has been purchased by
the Haytien government
The printers of Denver City presented
Hon Schuyler Cniay with gold compost
ton rule on his recent visit to that city, he
being one Of the craft" May ne always
keep " the golden rule
Rev Dr. Francis Wayland. who was more
than twenty years President Of Erown mi
yersity a, Providence, was Frustrated by
paralyt,c stroke on Tuesday. The .sth, anl
died on Saturday afternoon, the Both inst,
aged sx,y-nine years.
Boureicault's sensation play OF ..Arrah-na-
pogne has been withdrawn from the Eng.
lish boards. owing 10 The Fenian excitement.
The Alabama convention has adjourned
sne d.. Seventeen Of the delegates refused
to sign petition for the release Of JEFF
Davis.
The convention in Mississippi rejected =
resolution submitting the constitution it had
adopted to popular vote.
Duke" Gwin and eN-Goy. Clarke Of Mis-
Texas, surrendered themselves to our forces
and are now craving pardon.
Trains are now running through regularly
from ST. Louis to Kansas City
The demand for all kinds of labor at st.
Paul, Minnesota, is far in excess Of the sup
ply. The St. Paul and Winona Railway adj
vertise FIR 500 men the Superior and st.
Paul Road 500, and the ST. Paul and Pacific
Road want men. horses, wagons and carts.
The Minnesota Valley and Central Road want
men to lay track, and carpenters are wanted
to complete two large hotels, which are com
menced, and several dwellings, and blocks of
stores in process Of erection.
The Cuba brings very interesting news
from Europe The Fenian excitement grows
more and more intense. The English au-
thoriiies are moving vigorously in the matter.
Numerous arrests arc being made, and the
Itsh People, the organ of the Fcnans, was
placed in the hands Of the police and several
inmates of the office arrested. A British
feet is of Cape Clear. and project is under
consideration for laying torpedoes, in case Of
war, in the channels leading to British har-
bors. Another plot against the life Of the
Emperor Napoleon has been discovered.
Among the parties concerned in it was a
relative OF Ursini. -. The cholera is on the
increase at Marselles.
The official report of the trial of engines
between the Winooski and Algonquin awards
the superiority to the former vessel
4 fire at La Sale. Illinois. on Wednesday
night, destroyed the works Of the Northern
Illinois Coal and Iron Company, causing
loss of $4,000 to SlOo,0 600.
MAMMALIAN il to establish line Of steam
ers between Vera Cruz and New Orleans.
Matamoras is besieged by the Liberal
forces under Gen. Escabado. The garrison
consisted Of 800 men, while the force Of
the Liberals was 2, 500 or 1900 men.
The liquor dealers of Indiana have formed
An association in opposition to the anti-lcense
people.
Two negro women and young man called
on the President on the 9th to intercede for
the pardon Of their former master
On Friday, the 2.l, splendid mirage oc-
CURED on Lake Ontario, opposite Oswego.
While not n sail wae yisihln on tho laka nina