The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-03-14

to speedy trial, and, if convicted, should
be punished.......T Iowa House, on the
same day, adopted, by a vote of IS to l3, a
the right, and il is expedicnt, to limit the
charges of railroads.
What was pompously called an interna-
tional wrestling match. between one Prickett,
American, and Mitchell, English, for the
championship of America, took place at
Pittsburgh on Tuesday, for $1,000 a side.
1t is consoling to our national pride that
Mitchell fell under. The Pittsburgh Ga
zeue says ST, 500 extra changed hands on the
result
The examination of 3. II. Green, Presi-
| dent of the Connecticut Fire Insurance
Company, who killed his wife in November
last, by cutting her throat with a razor,
and then attempted to take his own life with
the same instrument, commenced at Hart
ford, Conn, on the 9th. The defence is in
sanity, and will unquestionably be sustain.
ed, the testimony all leading that way.
The Fort Garry Nor Wester is alarmed at
the threatened disturbance of relations be-
tween the Indians and the English settle
ments. Hitherto under a solemn treaty of
parties have been unmolested, but now it is
strongly urged that military organization
can alone protect the British posts. The
alarm is based on grounds apparently real.
Quartermaster General Meigs has issued
another pamphlet, containing the names of
soldiers, the victims Of the rebellion, buried
in the national cemetery, Alexandria, Va.
The total number OF interments is 1872
whites, and 800 colored; total, 3,691.
Well-kept gravel walks traverse the grounds.
The graves have been sodded, and white
tablets, lettered in black, are placed at the
head Of each, giving the name, rank, regi-
ment, and date Of DEATH
A strong effort is being made for re-es-
adjustment of the Government gun-shops
and arsenal at Harper's Ferry. 1t is esti-
mated that $2,O0O,O0O, or thereabouts, will
replace the Government property at that
point destroyed during the war, and the
Shenandoah Valley people are anxious that
the same should be appropriated. Mean
while, orders have been issued by the Ord
nance Department for the removal Of the
small remaining portions of machinery and
other armory property at the Ferry to
Springfield, Mass.
The testimony of Major General Thomas
81, ~ fho
status of loyalty in the southern states,
states that the evidence is overwhelming
that the spirit of disloyalty still exists; that
secret organizations, hostile 10 the Govern
ment, are in operation, and that they are
only waiting for the opportunity Of for
eign war again to carry out their reasonable
scheme. This testimony is corroborated by
the equally important testimony Of General
Swayne, General Gricrson, General Howard,
Miss Clara Burton and others.
In the Texas Convention, the effort to
base representation in the Legislature on
the number of free persons, failed. The
Committee on the Legislative Department
expressed unqualified opposition to negro
suffrage. A minority report favored un-
limited suffrage. Provisions have been
made for the election of State officers as
soon as practicable. The Finance Commit
tee reported an ordinance declaring all
debts contracted by the State in the late
war null, and forhidding the Legislature to
assume the payment thereof. The Conven-
ton passed an ordinance making five years
residence necessary qualification for legis-
lators White suffrage will probably be re-
stricted, in order to cut off black.