The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-01-03
SUMMARY OF Tfss WEEK.

la.ion of 3.S3l,177, decrease OF A.,
since 1850 according to the national cen
stfs Of that weary, but an increase of $780,
coo. since The. state census Of ten years ago
The total number Of voters is s23,i26, Of
whom $50, 594 are native born and 239, 49,
natural;zed. The resident aliens are 500,
356, and colorcd persons not taxed 80.
The ropulation, therefore, deducting aliens
and colored persons not taxed, is 1898, loo.
La Crosse, Wisconsin had night OF fires
on The 2sth. The second and most destruct-
i've. eonlagration swept along Third street,
taking OH fourteen buildings: total loss
$4,000.
On Christmas evening. passenger train
over the Louisville, New Albany and Chlca-
90 railroad, was fred into twelve miles from
New Albany the shots striking the ladies'
car, but fortunately hitting no one. The
train was stopped, and one of the gang by
the name of Jacob Doylcs was caught. and
taken 10 New Albany. His comrades will
no doubt he arrested, as they are well
known.
Englands offer to mediate in the Chiliau
affair. is reported 10 have been accepted by
Spain
semmes has arrived at Washington. and
il confined in the Navy Yard.
A special election is relation to negro
suffrage, was held on the o3d, at Georgetown
d. c. OF 100 votes cast. but one was in
favor of the measure.
A Judge Of the Jupreme Court Of Mexico
has abandoned Juarez, protesting against
his continuance in the Presidency.
Twelve hundred French troops landed at
Vera Cruz on the 9th Of December and 800
more on the 18th.
Macmillan has established drafting in
Mexico. The lime of service is six years
and those liable are between the ages OF
1s and 50. The clergy. teachers, and some
other classes of people are exempt. Per-
sons drafted can commute for $500.
Reports from the vermillion Lake mines
arc to the effect that gold is found there in
immense quantities, The Chippewa chiefs
occupying that region are to be invited to
Washington, for the purpose of ratifying
new treaties.
The new FIVE cent fractional currency will
be issued in few days.
The new national bankrupt bill, which
has been introduced in Congre: 8, provides
system Of voluntary and compulsory bank
ruptcy, and is clear and simple in its details
Two chiefs of the Red Lake Indians have
arrived at St. Cloud, Mimi, to ask Bishop
Whipple TO send them missionary and
teacher, whom they offer to pay salary out
of their annuity One-third of the tribe
propose TO separate from the rest and at
tempt to initiate the civilization Of the white
race.
Washington Territory has accepted the
national currency-g reenbaeks. California
won't come to it for some time yet.
the Macmillan Express Company, arc max
ing shipments Of various articles to Mexico.
Affairs in the interior Of Texas are de-
scribed as being in q deplorable condition.
Bitter hostility to the national Government
is manifested, and general lawlessness pre-
was accidentally shot, all the surgeons
in the neighborhood refused to render their
services, on the ground Of his relationship
to the President, and his death is attribute.
BILE solely to the want Of prompt surgical
aid
A Paris paper gives q report that an mr.
rangement has already been concluded, with
the consent of England, by which Antwerp
and the ea-coast Of Belgium are TO be CIV
en- to Holland, Flanders and Brabant to
France, and Luxembourg and part Of Lin
burg to Prussia.
Heavy SHOWS have fallen on the plains.
Over. twenty trains are snow bound at diff
fcrent points, and large number of animals
are dying from starvation and cold weather.
A Washington dispatch states that the
Secretary of the Treasury will not accept the
offer Of the national banks Of a temporary
loan of $lo0,0oo.000, but will probably
adopt the usual mode of obtaining loans.
A LOT of elegant furniture, including q
pieces, has been prescntedto Mrs. Gen. Rob-
ert E. Lee, by some Of the ladies' Of Bal
timore.
The foreign files by the City of Manehes-
ter state that the Great Eastern will posi-
lively lay the new Atlantic cable in Jun'
next, and take up the old one.
Five regiments of Illinois troops, now OIL
duty in Georgia and Alabama, have beer
ordered TO be mustered out Of service, ant
ii is supposed all others now in the field viii
be soon discharged
The London Observer has report tina
Macmillan is about quitting Mexico, ant
will shortly be in Europe, and that Napoleon
has sent the Mexican Minister to dissua d.
him from such step.
The United States Telegraph Company
have extended their lines from La Crosse t.
Winona, and propose to penetrate Minneso-
ia TO its farthest settlements as fast as posi-
BILE. But as the poles crossing the Missis-
sippi are set in the ice, the La Crosse
Republican thinks new arrangement will
have to be made in the spring to accommo-
date steamboat navigation.
The Legislature Of California finally rati-
fed the slavery-abolishing Constitutional
amendment on the 28th, making the twenty.
ninth State that has done So
It's reported that Secretary Seward ani
his family intend to make a foreign trip
General James Watson Webb. our Minie
ter to Brazil, is lying i'll al Washington.