The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-09-26
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See. Seward has recovered sufficiently to
resume his official duties. 49,. The Canadian
government has issued an order to county
attorneys and police magistrates instruct
ing them to seize all arms in the possession
of parties whom they may consider dam
gerous to the public peace. All persons
known or suspected of having connection
with the Fenians are to be vigorously pros
ccuted. -. The difficulty between the Unit
ed States and Brazil and Argentine RepuL-
lie has been satisfactorily settled, Mr..
Washburne being allowed to proceed upon
his business up the La Plata river......A
dispatch from Montreal, Canada, states
that rumor is prevalent in that city that
the Fenians arc gathering in force on tho
Vermont border. is believed the trial
of jeff. Davis vii commence at Richmond
on the l4th of October. The headquar-
tiers of the department of Tennessee has
been transferred from Nashville, Tenn,
to Louisville, Ky..... James X. Hood, of
Tennessee, has been commissioned as Sc
cretary of the territory Of Colorado......
The corn crop throughout the states of ILL
nois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio
has been seriously damaged by the late
frosts. The president has decided to
| 49,. .Archdeacon Bethune, of Coburg, Cam
ada, has been elected coadjntor bishop of
the church of England. The Oregon le-
gislature passed the constitutional amend
ment by vote of 25 ayes to % noes......
Horse flesh is given to the poor at Paris.
49,. Dispatches by the Atlantic cable, dat
ed Friday evening, announce the conclu-
sion of peace between Prussia and Saxony.
The king of Prussia has issued decree of
amnesty for sundry offenders. Napoleon
is at Biarritz. Aurtria has sent a charge
d affairs to Berlin. Dispatches of Satur-
day state that the reported peace between
Prussia and Saxony is premature, but that
the negotiations are progressing favorably
Quite a number of Fenians were arrested
at Liverpool on the I'D, and a considera-
bic quantity of arms and munitions of war
seized by the authorities. A memorial is
being extensively signed in Frankfort for
the independence of that city. The Duke
Albecht has been appointed commander.
in-chief of the Austrian army. Il.
News from Mexico gives glowing &C
count of Maximillian's prospects. Presi.
dent Juarez was about to remove his cap.
ital to Monterey. Arrangements were
about being made for general exchange
of prisoners between the imperialists and
liberals. There seems, however, to be nc
indications that the French troops arc
about to depart. Parts Of French regi
ments had offered to enlist in the Mexican
E army, and money is being furnished to the
imperial government. Macmillan has ap
pointed minister to Rome. A new cffor
is to be made by the imperialists for til,
recaptura of Matamoras and Tampico...
The National Universalist convention
which met at Galesburg, ILL.,, on Tuesda,
the 18th, adjourned on Thursday to NEE
E in Baltimore, next September. ....A on
! half interest in the celebrated trottin,
horse Dexter was sold by the Executor o
J the late George Trussell, for $4,000. Tn
5 nett profits of Dexter's turf performance
, for the last three months foot up over So,
OO0.. The pugilists, Morsissey and IIee
|, nan, have become fast friends. TIL
birth of boy in New York was called t
; London at cost of 20 pounds making
the baby twenty poundcr.... 1.-THE Ear
of Shaftesbury, the English abolitionist
f is raising fund for General Lee. Tn
: heir to the French throne is in dclicat
health. An accident on an English raj
{ way cost the company in law suits $40
: 900. The radicals talk of running Ere
| Douglass for Congress in the Rocheste
9 N. " District. Every state electio
G held thus far the present year, except ths
of Maine, shows Conservative gain O
!. the popular vote. 1.-The Vermont election
as per showing of the N. Y. Tribune, give
: a conservative gain of $500.