The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-11-14

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A cable dispatch dated London Nov.
10th, says: At recent banquet, Lord
Derby, the English premier, made a friend
ly allusion to America, in which he hoped
that any question between the two govern
ments of the United States and Great Brit
ain might be approached in a forbcaring
and conciliatory spirit which might remove
all bitterness, and cement tho friendship
Of the two nations. 80. The American brig
Lubia was boarded by pirates on the coast
of China. No date. The Captain and two
men were killed and several wounded. .....
A United States company has got the con-
sent of the Emperor Of China to lay cable
from the Western Union Extension compa-
pany's lines, on the north, to Shanghai. -.
A fearful typhoon has occurred between
Japan and Shamhac. No disasters to the
shipping have been reported. :. The French
admiral was awRiting the arrival of his
squadron at Shanghae, in order to proceed
to Conca.. lit is stated that Head Center
Stephens has left this country, but where
he will turn up no ono knows: it is sur
missed however that he will return to Ire
land to engage in deadly conflict with the
cisco since Oct. 9th. amount to 1866, 900. ;. !.
An Eagle was shot last week in Washing
ton Co., Tennessee, measuring, from tip
to tip of wings, 7 feet and 2 inches. Gen.
Stccdman's sudden arrival in Washington,
on the 10th inst. Immediately renewed the
old ,rumors that he was called hithcr to
to take the war Office. lH
The committee appointed by Gov.
Humphrey, of Mississippi, at the request
of the legislature Of that state, to prcscn,
its resolutions in favor of the release of jeff.
Davis, arrived at Washington, and have
already informally seen the president on
tho subject. They will probably have a
formal interview on Monday. There is no
probability of their meeting with any sue
cess in their mission. Washington
special says: a mass meeting Of Fenians
was held in Washington Nov. 9th, at which
Gen, Heath, Capt. Geiscr and others deliy-
cred speeches. Resolutions were passed,
protesting against the sentence Of Lynch,
and Mcmahon, and thanking the president
ard Secretary Seward for their interference
in the behalf of the prisoners. :. The
New York 1ribune's Washington special
says: It is currently reported that Mai.
Gen. Fitzpatrick, United States council to
Chilli, is to bc recalled, and A. j. Rogers,
Of New Jersey, will be appointed to fill
that mission. SIS. Commodore John Rogers
has been appointed to command tho Boston
navy-yard in place of Admiral Strinsham,
whose term Of service has expired. a
Herald correspondent, from the Northwest
coast, writes that while thcShennadoah was
in the North Pacific, in 1865, she burned
the whalcship Harvest, belonging to the
Pfugcr Bros. of Honolulu, and sailing
under the Iawain flag. A statement Of
tho affair was sent to London, and the bill
for the ship was promptly paid by the Brit
ish government. This would seem to be
an indirect acknowledgment that the Shcn-
andoah was an English pirate ship, rather
than rebel cruiser. 1.-THE cholera has
broken out afresh in England and Scotland
.....In Gambia the Turco-Egyptian army
had gained a decisive victory over the i'm
surgcnts. Mustapho Paha with $4,000
troops, captured kcranirs, and subscqucnt-
~ pushed forward to the mountains, where
he was defeated after four days' fighting.