Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-01-25
UNITED STATES NEWS.

a New Orleans despatch reports great
rejoicing over the recent test oath deci-
sion of the Supreme court. ...
Hon. r. o. Howe has been reelected
U. S. Senator from Wisconsin, by q
large majority. '..'.. lea.
Resolutions have been passed i'm the
Wisconsin Legislature, directing Sena-
tor Doolittle to resign his seat in the
United States Senate. 70 ..ls'.-... ...-
General Logan is in Washington.
He is reported as saying that the people
impeaching President johnson.
A fire in Washington, on Friday
morning last, destroyed the Conscrva-
tory of the Presidents mansion. The
loss is estimated at 100000. .' t.-.t..s
The Govcrner of South Carolina has
been in Washington. He declares that
his State will never ratify the constitu-
tional amendment, and prefers the pro-
posed Territorial condition to that.
Gen. Butler has addressed to DR..
CadrieuS, of Montreal, letter express
ing the opinion that the annexation of
Canada is both necessary and inevitable
States. .& .'.. 80 se1#s ssa
A New Orleans special says that a
number of the police in that city, who
participated in the July riots, have
been arrested under the civil rights bill,
OH The complaint of freedmen.
Reports, official and otherwise, indi-
cate that war of determination and
plumber against the whites l. about be.
ing inaugurated by majority of the
Indian tribes on the Plains.
The South is to arouse herself a
realizing sense of her condition. One
hundred and ninety thousand negroes
have left Virginia.. Rebellion still
crops out in North Carolina and law.
lessness prevails. .
The rebcl-sympathizing Legislature
of Maryland on Monday, legislated the
! present Republican Mayor and Com
mon Council of Baltimore out of Office
! by ordering n new election in February
The. Irish citizens Of New Orleans
are excited over All expedition that il
about to sail from Mobile for mystic
rious purpose-some think a raid upon
British commerce OH the ocean, Others
that San Domingo Is the objective
point"
There is still some hope that the rebel.
sympatliizing Governor Swan, of Mary
land, will be disappointed in his aspi-
sations for the United States Senator
ship. There is dead lock in the Leg
islature Of that State, which promises
| to defeat him. -...
According to q law of the last Con.
gress, United States Senators must be
elected on the second Tuesday after the
organization of the respective Legsla-
lures. New Senators, under this law,
have been selected as follows: New
York, Roscoe COnkling; New Jersey,
f. T. Frelinghuysen; Pennsylvania,
Simon Cameron; Indiana, Governor
Morton; Missouri. c. d. Drake; Neva-
da, james w. Nye; Illinois, Lyman
| Trumball--all new members but the
last two named.
| In New York the liquor dealers, in
view of the Supreme Court decisions
against them. are displaying awOnder-
full alacrity in adapting themselves to
circumstances. Many of them are TAX
| ing down their signs, and instead of ad-
vcrtising brandy, whiskey, and beer,
notify their customers that hereafter
they will only sell coffee, chocolate,
| tea, confectionery, and other things oi
| that kind. The poll ce are naturally
suspicious as to the sincerity of these
sudden conversions, and it is ietermin-
ed. therefore, that if any saloon keeper
be discovered putting spirituous liquor
! in the coffee, the chocolate, or the
tea, he shall be summary dealt with,
besides having his place of business
closed altogether. #.H -a.