The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1866-04-04
DF THE WEEkA,
General Intelligence.

There il no truth in the report that gen
Grant il ahou. to make European tour
Alexander II stephens arrived IN hlch'
mond on Saturday night, on his way tt
Washington.
!, l. announced that all the colored troops
still IN the service have been ordered 10 he
mu ter Il out.
senator Trumbull has introduced bill
TO authorize the construction OF bridge
across the Mississippi River at Quincy.
Buchanan, the Indianapolis wife MURDER
er, has hcen sentenced 10 nineteen years III
the JeiI.Isonyilie State prison
TIE New York EFmiag Post states that
the American Schooner E'ma, had beer
captured in The China sea by their piraticai
iunks.
The flying squadron which is to be fitted
ont for cruise on the British North Ameri'
can coast, will, it is said, consist Of seven
vessels.
Advices from China and Japan report
that piracy is increasing to such an extern
in the China Sea as to seriously endange'
commerce.
The cattle plague is on the decrease go fal
as the number of new cases is concerned
but there is large increase IL the number
of animals killed.
Sixty persons have been arrested in Hayt
charged with being implicated in the late
revolution, aud ii is thought al least twenty
of them will he executed.
!, Intelligence from South America is &c
the 3D. The defeat Of The Argentine van
guard by 5000 Paraguvans is confirmed.
The loss on each side was about 600.
Olficial proclamation has bcen made OF
the ratification Of tie treaty between The
United States and the chiefs of The Mime
congin band of Dakota or Sioux Indians.
The two great oil pipes from Pitaole to
Tiiusville, q distance Of nine and a quarter
miles, with fall of 81 feet, have COM
menced delivery with capacity Of 1000
barrels day.
The Braziiians are very DESTROYS of a
immigration TO their country, and are hold
ing meetings to forward the matter. Great
inducements are offered 10 American farm
ers to remove thither.
Great excitement has been created at
Victoria, British America, by the report Of
the discovery Of ledge Of well-defined
gold bearing rock Of great richness fifty
feet in width, within fifteen miles Of the
town.
We have reports Of two fights in Mexico.
In the first instance. the ImperiAls defeated
the Liberals, but they afterwards attacked
the French, Killed one hundred, among them
French.
The Missouri Democrat Of the eth says
"Within two weeks from to-day, two thou
sand passengers, principally miners, and
three thousand tons Of freight, will have
left this port GU steamboats, for The Montana
and Idaho mines.
Ex-Gen. L. G. Baker, convicted of FALSE
Imprisonment in The case Of Mrs. Cobb, tht
by the Criminal Court at Washington, 10 {
fine Of one dollar and costs. The other in
diotments against him were Withdrawn.
At New York The construction of the i'm
mense iron-clad ram, Dnndcrhorg, fast pro
crosses toward completion, her engines AM
trrrcts being now located. and The last r'ec
of heavy iron work the smoke stack landct
safely OIL the upper deck. Ii is cxpeetet
that she will make the trial trip III July.
The alleged principal in the robbery o
$1,509, 090 from the office oi Mr.. I. !.
Lord. in New York has been apprehended
and there IS d strong probability Of th'
stolen property being recovered. The sup
posed thief was captured at Newburyport
Mass. Il has not get transplred whether
the missing bonds have been recovered
Gov McTayish was in st. Paul q few day
ago, en- route for England. lie reports that
large nuggets of gold have been found neal
Fort Garry, on The lands of the Hudson
Bay Company. The discovery was KEEP
secret fer some iimc, but finally became
known and there was much excitement il
consequence.
In the United States Court, in session
at keokul, the suit against lie Grand boy
ington, Of Iowa City, for a violation Of th'
Revenue Law in refusing TO fix stamps I,
various deeds and bonds, judgment went b.
default = Boyington making no defence
Fines amounting TO $1,000 and costs, in q
about 5 700, were assessed against him.
Tho Cnnra,no Conrt If Wigronein Marc
%, announced it's decision in the case Q
Gillespie rs Palmer, which involves tn
question whether the State Constitution we
J ,,amcnded at the election Of 1917 SO as t
allow coiorcd persons to vote. The orde
of the lower Court, deciding negatively
was reversed, with costs,-the Court bein
unanimous
# A Massa5hu sets Yankee has invented
cot ON picking machine which il is claimed
will do the work Of twenty men, gaiherin
cotton rs clean a. the most expert han
could do it, at distances ranging from s.
inches to six feet, aud taking il only froi
8 the balls which are ripe and well open, lea'
ing the unacvelopei pods uninjurca, an
not Aarming the plant.
Early in the week two young girls Of r.
spectacle Milwaukee families foolishly yiel,
ed to the romantic idea Of borrowing the
brothers Sunday suits and looking aho'
town to see how their heaux spend the
time. In this guise q friendly policcma
discovered them at an early stage of II
ID ~ ~. &ha.,, IN ctr