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

| Hon. Samuel :. Phelps. He was re elected
in 1866, and again in 1862, and at the. tim.
of his death was in the fourth year of his
| last term.
The bill introduced in the House by Mr..
Grnnell to establish manufacturing divfs-
ion in the Treasury Department, has for its
general design the acquisition and diffusion
of Information relative to manufacturers
aud to aid Congress in It's legislation. 1t
provides for the appointment o.; Commits
sioner, with salary of So, 900 per annum,
whose duty il shall be to collect, digest and
arrange information in regard to mannfac-
lures. consumption of raw materials, &C.,
and the general course of trade with for
eign countries. He is to be allowed three
clerks, but no expense is to be incurred un-
less approved by the Secretary of the
! Treasury.
The Great American Prize Concert of
MS advertised at Smith & Nixons Hall, Chi
cage and n part of the drawings. The
meeting was rather boisterous, and the gem
/ eral impression was not favorable TO the
trainers Of the enterprise. A young girl
was selected to draw, and tho first ticket,
No. 92,350 drew the $4,000 grecnbaek
prize; the second, No. 222,295, drew the
$4,000 IT, S. Bonds; the third, No. S1,961 !,
drew the house and lot near Chicago,
valued at 5000. The following drew pia-
nos valued at $500 each Nos. 62,Sl5, u.s.
15s. 1901. 1856, 21,S37, s6,9oS, 9.5l0,
1 81, o4S, 52,C93. The rest Of the leading
prizes will be published next week.
Information in the State Department
shows that the entire rebel strength east of
the Mississippi, on the 18th Of February,
1865. was To-, 600 and west Of the Missis-
sippi $4,000 Lees army was $4,000
Hood lost o9,5OO in the Tennessee CAM
pagn. n the testimony before the Com
mittee of the rebel Senate, Gen. Lee on
Jan. "a, 1865, said the Confedcracy had not
troops enough to last till midsummer. BY
freeing and arming the negroes, they might
carry on The war year longer. The senti-
ment of the army was almost unanimous for
peace. lie was willing to take any position
that might be assigned him. but no human
power could save the cause. The best solu
ton of their difficulty was peace on Mr..
Stephens plan.
Mr.. George w. Blunt publishes state
ment in which he says that Mr.. Lincoln
was, from the 4th Of March, 1851, pressed
very hard by some around him to abandon
Fort Sumter without struggle. This he
declined to do; but about the 1st of April,
he sent for Mr.. Summers who was attend
ing the Virginia Convention. Mr.. Baldwin
went in the place Of Mr.. Summers. The
President proposed that, if the Virginia
Convention would adjourn without any
further action, he would abandon Sumter.
Mr.. Baldwin replied, "This not enough.
You must give up Fort Sumter and Fort
Pickens, and agree not to enforce the rcve-
nue. laws in the Southern States" The
President babe him good morning. and sent
fer Mr. G v Fox. end desired him.to fit
out an expedition to relieve the fort : he de-
| tails of which have been published by Mr..
/ Fox.
! The Criminal Court commenced the trial
/ Of Gen L. G. Baker on the Goth, on a
charge Of robbery preferred by Mrs.
| Lucy Cobb, we'll known rs a pardon-broker.
The specific charge made by Mrs. Cobb is,
that Gen Baker, while she was under con-
siraint from him, robbed her Of $1,000,
which she had received from Il man named
IIne or Howell for procuring him par
! don This is the second trial of the &C.
cnsed It will be remembered, in connec-
/ ton with this case, that he having been in
January tried and convicted for her false
/ Imprisonment, there remains to he tried the
charge Of the false imprisonment of Joseph
i r. Cobb The accused demurred to the in
dictment pleading former conviction. This
point was argued, and the Judge said be
would give his decision the following day
Which he did, dismissing the case upon the
ground urged.