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

Oh her way from Louisville to New Orleans,
killing large number, among them Mrs.
Jacob Hofrner, wife of one Of the Oldest and
most estmable citizens Of Cincinnati
The reported intention Of Napoleon to
withdraw the French troops from Mexico is
G. nfrmed by letter received at the State
Department. The only condition cxactod is
upon the part of the United
States. Many of the Southern rebels who
went to Mexico upon the inducements Of
Maury are returning Disguised, as 10 allo-
ments Of land have been made Rumors
are prevalent, that Napoleon has announced
TO Macmillan his inability to help him any
longer, and that Maximilian has expressed
his willingness to abdicate in favor Of Itur-
bidc. @
The latest .adviccs from China report an
apparently complete suppression Of the re-
bellion.s
Gems. Grant. Sherman, Thomas, ard
Meade arc holders of regular sessions at
Washington for the consideration of the
army bill......Gen. Grant has ordered the
organization Of permanent board to con-
slider all questions relating to the artillery
service.
A report has obtained currency that Brig
ham Young has purchased, or obtained the
refusal of, two of the Sandwich Islands 10
which he intends removing the polygamous
paradise, when compelled to make his hegi-
"a from Utah.
A bill has passed both houses Of the Min
nesota Legislature and become law, locat-
ing the Normal School at Winona.
Late advices from Japan announce that the
ports Of Ossaca and Hiago are opened to
foreign trade. Hiago is designed as port
where foreign vessels may lie, and foreign
ers reside, and Ossaca as place where
trade may be carried on without the privi-
lege If residence.
Gen. Mcdowell, in command Of the de-
partment Of California, is about to inaugur-
ate o vigorous war against the hostile
Apaches.
The President sent to the Senate on the
I'd, report from Gen. Sherman, relative to
affairs in the division of the Mississippi.
The General favors the completion and re-
pair of certain railroads in Arkansas, and
recommends the employment Of negro troops
to do the work.
Bagdad was abandoned Jan. Goth, by the
Republicans and United States forces, and
reoccupied by Imperial forces. A Federal
commission is investigating the crcumstan-
ces Of the capture of that place.
A New York weekly paper announces. as
if by authority, that the Government has
decided to try JEFF. Davis for treason and
ether high crimes, before military COM
mission.
The war expenditures Of the loyal States,
which cannot be audited and paid by the
General Government under existing laws,
exceed, il is estimated, S5OO,000,000.
The cities Of Minneapolis and ST. Anthony,
Mimi, are to be consolidated under the for
mer name. They now contain population
Of 5000
In the pardon brokerage case in Washing
ton, on the 1st, the jury found Gen. Baker
guilty of false Imprisonment, and not guilty
Of extortion.
The full report Of Col. Bulkley, engineer
in-chief Of the Russian telegraph expedition,
is very satisfactory to all concerned in the
great enterprise Of uniting the two CONT
nents by telegraph.
A bill has been introduced in the Iowa
Legislature to regulate the rates Of freight
on railroads.
European advices by the steamship Afri-
ca are to Jan. 81. Among the passengers
by the lost steamship London were the Rev.
DR.. Wolley, the new Bishop Of Sidney, and
Custavus V. Brooke, the actor. Gibson, the
sculptor, is dead. The cattle disease con.
tinues on the increase--the number Of ami
mails attacked in week approaching 10 900.
The Macon (Ga. Messenger says two-thirds
Of the freedmen in that part Of the South
are disposed to 60 to work, but, as a general
rule, they are opposed to hiring out to their
former masters. They wish to swap planta-
tions, as that gives them sense Of having
secured their freedom not otherwise attain
able.
A fire at BennehoT Run, Jan. 31st, COM
municated TO eight flowing wells, and de-
stroyed, beside, 1000 barrels of crude
petroleum. Loss, 100000.
At Bloomingdale, Du Page county, H.,
Jan. Goth, the store Of Mr.. Deibert was en-
tered by burglars, who broke open the safe
and took therefrom 5000 belonging to Mr..
D. and his neighbor.
tits reported that the United States Ex-
press Company lost 100000, Jan. Both, by
the burning of a car on the New York and
Erie Railroad
The pirate Semmes has submitted to the
President an elaborate argument in his be-
half, claiming the benefits Of the Sherman
Johnston parole.
The Strong divorce suit is to be fought
over again in all the length and breadth Of
its disgusting details. AS the excuse for its
publication in all the New York papers was,
that it was q matter Of current news, il is
probable that readers will be spared Sec
ond infiiction.
There was large Fenian meeting at Gin
cinnati, Jan. 81, at which speeches were
made by Col Roberts and Gen. Sweeny.
They promised to conquer some portion of
British territory, and use it as base for
future operations.
A despatch from Milledgeville, Ca, to
The Cincinnati Commercial, says that both