The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-04-18

John c. Breckenridge, and conciliating the
South generally.
OF the one hundred and seventy-fivc mail
routes prepared to be opened in Texas, the
expenses Of three of them will exhaust the
revenue expected from all, leaving one hun
dred and seventy-two to be supported by the
General Government.
A newspaper correspondent says that in
Georgia where Sherman's army made
sweep Of all the carriages, the ladies now 60
visiting in carts. They call them cartes de
ris'tes, and console themselves with the
thought that they are in the height of
fashion.
The steamboat men and merchants Of New
Orleans are drawing up memorials for deep
ening the ocean passes of the Mississippi
They call upon Western Chambers of Com
merce and the Federal Government for aid
The foreign commerce has outgrown the
former trade, and ships of heavy draught
are necessary.
Parson Brownlow, in recent speech,
said: "Our State Legislature is at lock
q members bolted. They have left 200
lunatics and 500 convicts to starve. have
provided money to feed them If the next
Legislature refuses to refund the money, l
will turn the crazy and the convicted loose
on Middle Tennessee. It will be the best
physic they ever had
4 tragic affair occurred in open court at
Helena, Ark, last week. William Hanley,
who once belonged to the 7th Illinois cav.
airy, was before the court for horse. stealing,
and his wife was on the witness stand, tes-
tifying to his having stolen several horses,
when he drew revolver and shot her, the
ball entering her head. second shot mar
rowly missed the Mayor Of Helena. 1t was
only after desperate struggle that Hanley
was overcome and committed to Jail.
Incidents and Accidents.
Mrs. Maria Boyer, captured by the Sioux
Indians in 1862, has been surrendered, and
has returned to her home
A western merchant was choked to death
last week at an eating room in New York, by
piece Of beef-steaA which he was eating.
The sacred bull owned by Dan Rice-the
only specimen Of the kind outside of Burmah
was killed near Philadelphia last week by
an accident.
sad mistake in giving medicine occurred
in kokomo, Ind, last week. A lady rave a
child large dose of morphine, thinking it
was quinine. The child died from the
effects Of the morphine.
A man named Jourdan and one Robert
Brown had difficulty on board boat in
Bon Secour Bay, Mobile, on Friday, in
which the latter was stabbed several times,
fell overheard, and was supposed to have
been drowned.
Patrick Farley, an infrm old man-switch-
man at the crossing Of the Rock Island and
Michigan Southern railroads, near Chicago
was killed, on the It'll inst, by a wretch
named John Mollison, who struck him on the
head with an iron car coupler. The latter
fed, but has been arrested
Edward Green, the Maiden murderer. who
has for months been the Master Barnardine
OF Massachusetts,, is to be hung on Friday
next at East Cambridge, all the stay appli-
ances Of his friends having been exhausted
in the refusal Of the lately sought writ Of
error.
A discharged German soldier, unable to
find employment, with starving family,
committed suicide at Philadelphia las. week.
by shooting himself with toy cannon be-
longing to one of his children, which he
loaded with powder and marble, and which
he fred into his mouth
The storm of the I'd damaged bridge No.
6, on the Prairie du Chen Railway. near
Wauwntosa, Wis, to such an extent that,
Immediately after the afternoon passenger
train had crossed it, it fell with crash
into the stream. The water was from five
to seven feet deep on the railroad track in
that vicinity.
The freshet in Cedar rivers in Iowa, has
been very destructive. Between GAINESVILLE
and Waverly the water rose 80 rapidly and
SO high that several families living near
the banks narrowly escaped with their lives
Five families were "a fled of while their
houses went down stream. There was
great destruction of sheep. One man, S.
u. Bryant, lost one hundred and fifty six.
The wife of Samuel K. Rose, Justice Of
the Peace of Hamilton county, Ohio, was
burned to death at noon on the 9th, while
preparing dinner. She was found dead in
the kitchen, her clothing entirely consumed.
and her body burned to q crisp. It is sup
posed that the unfortunate woman tainted
on discovering that her dress was on fire.
and was therefore unable to give the alarm.
Mr.. Whipple of Riga, Monroe county, N.
T., who, with his family, was bound with
cords on the night Of the 18th Of February,
and his safe robbed of about $26, 900 in U. s.
and county bonds, has recovered all of his
properly but $1,000 or $4,000, having re-
ceived through the mail package post.
New York, March ~, which contained all
the bonds except the amount above men
toned.
Dates from San Domingo to the 25th ult,.
give particulars of the great fire at Port au
Prince on the 10Th. The fire burned for
thirty hours. The cause Of it is unknown.
but it is a fact that efforts were made BIZ
some men to set on fire the houses that had