Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1866-11-03
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THE NE WS,

be Col. Lynch, Of Louisville, ono Of the
Fenian prisoners 10 Canadian custody,
has been convicted and sentenced to be
hanged. The execution will take place
on the 18th OF December.
The amour. Of gold in the trea sury has
reached $o5 600, 1000, including SH ,OOO,-
900 of certificates 24,OO0,O 900 were to
be disbursed on the lst inst. for the $50
interest coupons then due.
lis now considered quite certain that
the democrats will have more than forty
thousand majority in New York city alone.
This frightens Greeley, and he declares
if the radicals do not look arP and work
hard they will be badly beaten 10 the
state.
The trial Of Jefferson Davis has been
postponed to next spring The further
delay is attributed 10y chief justice Chase
TO the stupid laundering Of the last con-
gress in mead'iog with the geographical
boundaries Of the jud'cia! districts, with
out making the proper allotment OF
judges.
Some Of he abolition papers arc so
Disguised with the idea Of Gen. Sherman
succeeding Stanton that they coy the
Pre- sdent might as we'll take Gen. Lee
and be done with it. That is not . bad
idea, for either Of them would be immea.
surably superior to Stanton.
George ID. Prentice, editor Of the Lou
isville Journal, is seriously i'll with bron-
chitis. HIS recovery is doubtful
A committee of Irish citizens. appoint
ed at meeting in New York have visit.
ed Washington to induce the government
to take some measures to prevent the
execution of the American citizens now
under the sentence of tath in Canada,
on the conviction Of Fenianism The
President and Secretary Of State have
ALREADY taken the matter into consdera
ton. The Secretary has addressed
letter to Sir Frederick Bruce, the British
Minister, in which he says tina, the gov
eminent Of the United States is required
by the highest considerations Of national
dignity, duty and honor to inquire into
the legality, justice aud regularity Of the
judicial proceedings which have thus ia
ken place, and that after making such a
careful scrutiny, we shall expect to make
known to her Majestys government such
opinions as 'he President, upon due con-
slleration, shall adopt lie also directs
the U. s. Con.u! at Toronto to "procure
for the use o.! the State department, n copy
Of the record of the triaI AID conviction
Of Lynch and McMabon" The admins.
.-".'an "':n .a"'-" cva-r afpr+ ~ save the
lives OF the condemned men.
A letter has been written by Maj. Gen.
Sheridan, commanding the department
Of the Gulf, to Bst. Big. Gen. Sedgwick.
commanding the sub-ds,rict of the Rio
Grande, which indicates the firm and de-
termined attitude Of our government on
the Mexican question. Gen. Sedgwck
is ordered to give the hear,ies, sup TT 10
the ony government in Mexico recogni-
zed by our own-the only one which is
really favorable to US; aud to notify all
adherents of any party, or pretended gov
ernment in Mexico, as in the state of
Tamaulipas, that they will not be per.
mlt,ed to violate the neutrality laws &c
tween the federal government Of Mexico
and the United States This letter vas
prompted Fl ON Washington, and was in
tended specially to head off Ortega, who
is endeavoring to take hold Of the Mexi-
can republic On MaximiIian' resignation.
A dispatch from Leavenwor,h says:
DR.. Robinson, 0. Utah. superintendent OF
the only Christian Sabbath school in Sal,
Lake city, was murdered by the Mormops
on Oct. "A. Gen Conner. 70, merry com.
manding in Utah, telegraphs that the
Gentilss Of that city are panic-strieken,
and advises Rev. Dr. Norman Nc Leod
not TO return there.
Somebody has started the story that
Gov. Seymour, Of New York, was in ia
vor of the congressional policy Certain
gentlemen once started the story that
Christ perverted the people, but it did
not avail them much. .
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