Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-08-31
GENERAL MEMS.

Kansas is excited with reports of In
\ dian outrages on her western border
The Governor of that State calls for
help.
Dean Richmond, one of the most
prominent and widely known citizens
Of the State of New York, died Sunday
night. 'aa
Great military and naval preparations
are reported to be progressing in Cana
da to rcpel the anticipated Fenian inya-
sion.
Messrs. Seward, Weed, and Raymond
are said to be making desperate eff
forts" to retain Secretary Stanton i'll
the Cabinet. "@
A report from Washington con excel
lent authority" states that jeff Davis
will soon be released on bail or parole.
Very likely. ,f."~ -.... ... .
Maximilian's reign in Mexico has
about reached its crisis. 1t is expected
that his fate will be definitely decided
by the 18th of October.
Samuel Covert, the inhuman murder
er Of the Roosa family, near Lebanon,
Ohio, was hanged at that place at noon
last Friday. \. .. s-. -..
The Legislature of the reconstruct
ed Estate of Texas has elected o. M.
Roberts, who was President of the Sc
ccssion State Convention in 1851, to the
| United States Senate.
The Governors and other State off,
GERS of Wisconsin, Michigan ard Indi-
ana will attend the Convent ton of loyal
southern Unionists at Philadelphia on
the Sd Of September. .... .9u
The President is reported to have re-
quested General Howard to resign his
! position rs Chief of the Frcedmcn's Bu-
! reau, but the General declines, and it is
expected that he will be removed.
! Fred. Douglass, the colored orator,
has been appointed delegate to the
! Convention OF southern Union men to
be held at Philadelphia on the 3D. OF
! SSeptcm Der. by Republican CouYen-
ton at Rochester, n. Y. >""
! A Convention Of the managers Of the
National Banks in the Northwest will
| be held in Chicago on the 18th of Sep
/ TENDER, to consider the question of re-
tdemption and other important matters.
Several hundred banks will be repre-
scented. t.t.4 .F "t
\ train of cars loaded with petroleum
was wrecked at NarrOwsburg, on the
| New York and Erie Railroad, Sunday.
The oileaught fire and exploded, setting
fire to and destroying several buildings
I adjoining. One man and his two chill
dren, whom he tried to rescue, were IA
q, tally burned. ~" -.@-aL A..
I Cholera is decreasing generally In
New York but three cases were report
ed WednC sday, and in Brooklyn two
In st. Louis there j. slight in .rease.
The President and his party left
Washington Monday morning for their
journey to the West, ria Philadelphia
and New York. A list of the distin-
4 guished members of the party is given
in our dispatches. Among them are
Secretary Seward, Secretary Wells
Postmaster General Randall, General
Grant and Admiral Farragut.
1t is now reported that General Sher-
I idan has been superseded as command
ant Of the Department of the Gulf, by
the appointment OF the conservative
General Steadman. This is the Presi
dents punishment OF General Sheridan
for not becoming his supple tool aga.nst
the Cnionists of New Orleans. T..
The rebels in Texas are represented
as being more reasonable, defiant and
laWless than they were during the war
i Another outbreak, more desperate than
that of the rebellion, is anticipated, un.
less troops are kept in the principal
towns. The national laws are ignored
slavery adhered to in some parts of The
State, and Union men are terrified int
passive silence, ..f."