The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-02-07

9Th Of October next. IL, <ass
About 1900 deaths / > kGg
thus far taken place in t'''''' II
: loupe, in the West Indies.the Ny nv
despatch from Memlhe wv"
ported that Gen. Forrest, undt. 4
of retiring from business in Meisa SON. hi.
plantation, has gone to Mexico, in consc
quence of having been notified to appea,
before military commission in Washing
ton.
Secretary McCulloch has ordered the s.
cent currency to be called in, and another
plate prepared, as over forty different coun-
terfeits of the note are in circulation.
, The Council of the Irish Republic have
, issued m address, under date of Dublin, to
the Fenians of America, asking for loan
payable six months after the establishment
, of Irish independence and declaring that an
: Irish army will soon stand face to face with
the enemy. Col. O'Mahony, in card, in
; dorses the address.
DR.. Mott, for 90 years President Of Union
College, at Schenectady, n. Y, died Jan.
20, aged % years.
Gov. Brownlow writes to Speaker Colfax
that he favors the admission Of the Tennes.
see Representatives to Congress, but not if
such admission is to be followed by the with
drawal of Federal troops from the State.
He says that, unless law be enacted for
rebel disfranchisement, and force retained
to carry oct that law, Tennessee will pass
into the hands of the rebels.
The rebel Gen. Mercer, tried at Savannah
by military commission, on charge of
numbering seven Union soldiers, has been
acquitted and released from prison.
number of returned bushwhackers rode
into Macon, NJ, one day last week, and
commenced assaulting loyal citizens. They
finally came upon two gentlemen who had
formerly been captains in the United States
army, and drew their revolvers to shoot
them: but the latter were on the alert. and
Immediately killed two of the ruffians.
The remainder fed but were pursued and
captured.
There are over 5000 applicants for thu
400 vacancies in the regular army, ant
about $4,000 applications for clerkships il
the Treasury Department.
A riot occurred at Sulphur Springs, vii
Hanson County, H., a few days ago. during
which William Burton and q Mr.. Mcmahon
were killed and some six or seven persons
injured.
The capture of Bagdad is now said to
have been effected by miscellaneous crowd
Of Mexicans, suffers, adventures, and
oilers; and if any United States soldiers
were concerned in the affair, they were
present on this side Of the river at roll-call
next morning. The capture is said to have
been planned and executed without the
knowledge Of Gen. Crawford
The military districts of Michigan and
Wisconsin have been discontinued.
The four murderers Of Mr. W. Heffernan
Berry, Knight, Crab, and Lysaugh-all
under twenty years Of age, were hanged at
Nashville on Friday the 26th.
Gen. Sherman visited the Senate chamber
on the 26th, while that body was in session,
and SO general was the greeting extended
him by the Senators that business was al
most suspended. He is at the capital OF
official business, Gems. Meade, Thomas, anG
: Sheridan being also ordered to Washington
e for consultation.
Gen. Terry, commanding at Richmond
+, Va, has issued On order forbidding the en-
forcement of the vagrant law relative to tn,
e negroes, recently passed by the Virgins
;. Legislature, upon the ground that it will re
ducc the negroes to state of servitud
: worse than that from which they were re
Y Gently emancipated.
! A despatch from Washington states that
in a conversation between the President ant
e a distinguished Senator. on the 28th, Mr.
Johnson expressed doubts as to the proprie
ty of making any further amendments t,
the Constitution; but said that, if amend
t ments were to be made changing the bas
f Of representation and direct taxation,-
5 which he did not deem at all necessary a
present,-he favored making the number o
) qualified voters the basis Of representation
: and the valuation of property the basis o
direct taxation. The President also ex
: pressed the opinion that the agitation of thu
J question Of suffrage in the District Of Col
umbia was "ill-timed, uncalled for, ant
E calculated to do great HARM" that it would
prove the entering wedge to agitation Of tn,
subject throughout the States, and, he be
, lieyed, would result in wal. of races, ant
the certain determination Of the negroes.
st. Georges Church REV. DIR. Tyng's
at New York, which was burned down few
weeks ago, is to be rebuilt at once, and in
exactly the same style as it was before. All
the contracts for the work have been
awarded. The furniture Of the resuscitated
edifce will be of oak, as it was formerly
The walls are still in excellent condition, SO
that they will not require rebuilding. AL.
ready the timbers are being got ready, and
Q when we shall have had warm weather once
t more the work will be proceeded with, and
| the church will be ready for worshiplby next
. August or September. The cost of recon
, struction viii be $15O,OoO In addition to
this, the clock in one Of the towers will cost
f $4,000.
"A monstrous wild bear, weighing $50
pounds was lately killed in France.