The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-08-08
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK.
General lntcIlixence.


A Washington dispatch announces the
death Of John Ross, the distinguished Cher
okee chief, in that city.
A heavy pressure is being brought upon
the Presi lent by the bankers and brokers,
to remove Secretary McCulloch.
The public debt statement will show
further reduction during the last two months
Of about twenty seven millions Of dollars.
Over zoe, 900 collins are now in Washing
ton, awaiting shipment to the different GEM
etcries designed for the burial Of Union
soldiers.
The President has signed all the bills
presented to him, with the exception Of that
for the admission Of Nebraska, which has
therefore failed to became law.
A Queenstown, Ireland, correspondent
says: The Fenian movement has produced
the most injurious effects on the material
and industrial interests of Ireland.
Attorney General Stansbery has given an
opinion that the nominations rejected by
the Senate can be legally made by the Pres
ident during the recess.
| The Presidents message to Queen VIC
toria, containing 4 words, passed through
the cable in II minutes, and was delivered
to the Queen almost Immediately.
The conscience fund Of the Treasury
Department is being largely increased by
contributions from small Government plum
ders. II is stated that there are in this
fund over $4,000.
The printing bureau Of tho Treasury de-
partment is now printing ten millions Of
stamps of different denominations for beer
barrels, as required by recently passed
law.
News from Mexico represents the situa.
ton of the Empire as daily growing more
critical. The fall Of Matamoras had caused
great dismay. The Imperial newspapers
are excited and petulant in their discussion
Of the situation.
The Senate has been very liberal, in con-
nection with the Executive Department, in
bestowing brevets for gallant and meritori-
I Gus conduct in the field. Brevets have been
conferred as far back as the first battle Of
Bull Run. In some cases no less than three
brevets have been eiven to one person.
The increased pay Of members Of Con-
gress amounts 70 twenty-eight hundred
dollars each. Although many members of
Congress voted against the increase Of their
salaries, it is pretty clearly established thai
every one Of them had drawn the extra
pay
1t is again announced that President
Johnson and Secretary Seward will leave
Washington on the 9th instant for Chicago,
to attend the laying Of the corner stone Of
the Douglas Monument, which will take
place about the first Of September. Per-
haps one or two other members Of the Cabi-
net will accompany them.
1t is estimated that the expenses incurred
by the Government by the passage Of the
bill for the equalization Of bounties, will be
about seventy five millions Of dollars The
Paymaster General says it will take three
years to examine the accounts Of soldiers
to whom this extra bounty is due, and the
amount, therefore, to be paid yearly, will
/ amount to twenty hve milhone.
A new revolutionary secret society has
been organized and put in extensive opera.
ton in New York, having for its object the
complete separation Of the Canadian Prov
inces from the mother country. Its num-
bers are not stated, but are said TO be on .
rapid increase-branches Of the Canadian
independence Association being established
in all the principal cities of the United
States. A similar organization Of Cubans,
to free Cuba from Spanish power, and sup
ported by influential Southern gentlemen,
has also been started. Members complain
that Cuba is preyed upon by Spanish
officials. Both are modelled upon like asso.
Citations which lately sprung up in England.
It is limited in Fenian circles that another
and more formidable invasion than the last
is in preparation against the Canadian prov.
inces. Arms and ammunition are being &C
cumulated in large quantities in New York,
and in several Of the frontier towns. II ID
rumored that Gen. Dick Taylor will com.
mand the Fenian forces this time, and that
the men will be well equipped and armed
with breech- loading rifles of the Spencer
pattern. The movement, it is said, will take
place In September or in the early part Of
October. The Fenian leaders are busily
engaged in perfecting arrangements for a
raid of great magnitude, and each member
Of the organization is to be assessed twenty
five dollars to carry out the programme.
We devote considerable space this week
to the details Of the successful laying Of the
cable and the earliest messages over it. It
may safely be pronounced the greatest
triumph Of human ingenuity the world has
ever seen. All honor to the immortal pro.
jector Of the Great Easternl He is dead,
but his works live after him. He never
dreamed that his great ship, after having
failed as On investment, and bankrupted it,
owners, would be turned to such wonderful
account. He never dreamed that he Va.
furnishing the world with ship that would
one day take $4,000 tons Of telegraph cable
in its bosom and lay it on the bottom Of tn,
Atlantic-the only ship that ever was, Of
perhaps ever will be, that could perform q
magnificent service to mankind.
The South.
The Navy Department denies the state
ment relative to the kidnapping Of negroe