The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1866-10-31
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The --latest.
In a speech delivered at Cooper, Insti-
tute,g N. Y, by Wendell Phillips, recently,
he made very bitter attacks upon the Pres
ident, Gen. Grant, the Cabinet officers,
Gen. Wilson, Horace Greeley and Henry
Ward Bcecher. lie urged that the Prcsi-
dent should be immediately deposed, and
his Office scquestrated pending impcacll-
mcnt.. Latest reports from Washington
say the French are making preparations
for u general evacuation Of Mexico.....
Geo. u. Prentice, Of the Louisville Jou7m-
al, is seriously i'll with Bronchitis. His
recovery is reported doubtful. .....A WASH
ington dispatch says: The grant for colon-
ization of the vacant lands of Lower Cali
fornia to an American company, consisting
of c. X. Garrison, Caleb Gushing, VIM. &.
Fargo, Gen. Butler, Francis Morris, Ed
ward s. Sanford, VIM. r. Travers, Geo.
Wilkes and others, has recently been con-
firmod by the Juarcz government, and the
parties recently received their formal ord
CT of possession through the Mexican Min
lister at Washington. This grant, it may
be recollected, was made prior to the arri-
val of Macmillan in Mexico. Consequent
ly its title is held to be without objection,
and also that the grant to an American
company makes it an American interest
which is entitled to American protection.
The colonists are authorized to make all
necessary laws and regulations for their
government, provided they do not conflict
with the constitution and general laws of
the republic.
A reported secret treaty between the
United States, the Emperor Napoleon and
the. Mexican liberal chiefs of which the
following are the general points First,
The Emperor Napoleon is to cause Maxi
milan to abdicate; Second, The United
States is to pay France Sl35,OOO, 600 in
full of the French claims Of Mexico; Third,
AL that part of Mexico which lies north of
line drawn from Fort Mcintosh to Quay
mas is to DC ccded to the United States !;
Fourth, Mexico is then to be abandoned to
the civil wars between the Mexican lber-
ais, is positively contradictcd. It's as
serted that the United States will not be
party to such an agrcement-will not pay
the French claims against Mexico !; nor
will the government interfere in any man
ner between the present government Of
Mcxico'nnd the Mexican people either to
set up the republic under Juarcz or to pull
down Macmillan. :. General Thomas w.
Swceny. late of the Fenian army, it is
said, will be restored to his former rank in
the United States army, on his own appli-
cation. THE Canadian parliament pro-
rogucd until December 18th.
In a recent speech at Jones' Wood, Jas.
Stevens, the Fenian head centre, said he
would ''Strike a blow for Ireland before
the dawning of the new year. He remark
n1 that mich had already hcen done in
Ireland. An army of 100000 mon had
been organized, the aristocratic tendency
Of her people rcpublicanizcd, and the ma
| ton taught to reject the political dictation
of her Catholic clergy. This latter he
urged upon the crowd assembled, while ad-
vising them to respect their spiritual advi-
scrs in all that appcrtains to their special
| calling. Efforts in. the cause Of Ireland
had failed heretofore, he said, because, of a
want Of sympathy and aid in America.