The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-05-09
Political Matters.


Gov. Hamilton Of Texas has ordered a
State election under the new Constitution,
to taxa place June 20.
The government, it is understood, fully
approves the course Of Commodore Rodgers
1t the commandment Of Valparaiso by the
Spanish feet
The Tennessee Senate has passed the
franchise bill by Is to 6, and it is now q
law. 1t enfranchises over nine-tenths of
the people Of Tennessee.
Should the President approve the bill
which recently passed Congress, Colorado
will enter the Union as the thirty seventh
state. 1t is not certain that he will ap-
prove it.
Gen. Cassius Fairchild. Of Madison, Wis
has been appointed United States Marshal
for Wisconsin, by the President, sics D. c.
Jackson, removed, and his name is sent to
the Senate.
A law recently passed in Virginia requires
foreign" insurance companies doing bust
ness in that State to deposit $50 600 to $50,
oo0, according TO their capital stock, with
the State Treasurer, who is to see that the
companies make good their obligations.
The Democrats and johnson men Of the
"Burnt district" in Indiana, have fused in
The nomination for Congressman, and will
hold a joint Convention on the 18th Of May.
Judge kilgore is named as the probable
nominee to make the race against Julian.
The reason why Gen. Frank Blair was re-
jected by the Senate has not ;ranspired
Much surprise is expressed at the result,
among others by Lieut.. Gen. Grant, who
says that to him the couAtry is indebted,
more than TO any other man, that Missouri
vas prevented from seeding.
The President has suspended the execu-
ton Of the death sentence passed on the two
South Carolinians convicted by military
commission Of q murder in Charleston, also
Of the execution Of five rebel guerilla, con-
victed by court martial Of numbering Eve
Union soldiers.
If you have Washington clerkship in
your eye, it will be sanitary to consider
some curious figures which present them
selves in the Treasury Department. There
are nearly $4,000 applications ON file for
clerkships. About 800 new ones per week
are received. There are no vacancies
The force in the Department is being re-
duced nearly 100 per month. There are in
the Department 8, O67 males and ia females;
total, 2.781 clerks Of all kinds.
The President has officially proclaimed
the Convention between the Empire Of ia
pan and the Governments of the United
States, Great Britain, France, and Holland,
providing for the payment to these Govern
ments Of the sum Of So, 900, OOOfor indemnity
and expenses. This Convention was made
in view of the hostile acts of the Prince Of
Nagato and Smoo, which were assuming
such formidable proportions as TO make it
difficult for the Tycoon faithfully to observe
the treaties.
The Committee on Reconstruction have
finally agreed upon o report, which was
presented to Congress on Monday. It in
cludes an amendment to the Constitution,
prohibiting any State from making laws to
abridge the privileges or immuni,ies Of citi-
zens Of the United States; apportioning re-
presentation according to numbers, exclud-
ing Indians; excluding persons voluntarily
aiding in the rebellion from voting for mem
bers Of Congress or for Presidential electors
after 1870; and prohibiting payment of any
part of the rebel debt. Bills providing for
the admission Of Representatives from the
lately rebellious States. and excluding GER
tain designated classes Of leading rebels,
will also be reported.