Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-12-24
NEWS SUMMARY.

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IL turns osif that Is. u. Wake,
and w. w. Warden, received q fe,
Of $50 ,o0 from Russie, Cor their ser
vices In making ths sale OF AIaskis
70 the Unifm SlAtss Haiso appear
that q. G. Forney, publisher OF tn,
CAsunSots received $S,006 In golc
from the Russian government fol
lbs serviess IN tbs transaction.
/ A bill was offered In the Senate on
yesterday, repealing the act read
uniting Georgia into the Union, alid
| provi Ing AR provisional govern.
sEsept for tIasg State.
4 bill was also introduced provld,
ing for the purchase OF 90 acres o
ground, and appnpriating si25 ,pOl
for the purpose of erecting a Prtsi
dents mansion upon it.
The joint resolution pladging tht
faith Of the United States for thu
payment Of the public eiehs In gold
Was taken up, and tbs amendmenl
p<oposed By Mr. Davis of KY, de-
eaasing the true axkl sanitabae meas
urs 0f liability o. the United States
upon these bO<xIA Was what was re-
eeiyed by the government for them
with interest thereon, was tabled.
The reso ution Of Dir. Sumner, Ok.
pressing sympathy with the people
of Spain, snd appealing to ihen,
not to let the present opportunity
pass without securing the haal abo-
IiEion of slavery throughout the
spanish D0minioss, was adopted, Al
to5.
In the House, Mr.. Wassiburne re-
ported pension bill appropriating
~, 0o0, QUO, which was ordered to be
printed.
Dir. Tat introduced q resolution
instrsactlng the committee on the re-
vision of the laws 10 consider the
propriety Of extending the time al
lowed hankrupts to avail themselves
OF the provisions of the act, and re-
ducing feesr which was stsupsrrF.
A professional thief by the name
of Cady, was shot last night in Chi
cago by q detective, who attempted
to arrest Gladly, and was resisted by
him and other roaghs In his compa-
ny.
1t was officially announced on yes
terday Mt Constantinople, that the
Sultan had resolved 10 enforce his
demands on Greco, and had sent four
frigates for the Archipelago.
The London Times says Reverdy
Jnhnson's assurance that the Ala
bama negotiations are closed must
be accepted though with surprise. =
He increased his demands afaer
Lord Stanley had surrendered all
that could be abandoned honorabiy.
1t regrets that SO much has been
nlaue pussafc aSesk ssso as<gosfassossp.
The Telegraph thinks Mr.. John
son would have Jared better had he
been less zealous for peace.
The Standard asked IL Radical zeal
for American interests will continue
in the Government /?
A telegram from the East states
that a Greek steamer and a Turkish
cruiser had an engagement. Par
ticulars of the fight have not yet
been received.
Mrs. Van Camp, who was 50 dan
gerously aud mt one time supposed
20 be- fatally Injured by q runaway
team i'm Omaha yesterday, was alive
this morning and the symptoms are
favorable. Some hopes are enter
tanned Of her recovery.
The Iowa war claims brought be
fore the House from the Military
Committee are based on the report
made last week by General Baehan-
an. The bill provides for paying
the State two hundred and thirty
seven thousand dollars to reimburse
her for the amount paid 20 soldiers
VITO served during the war on the
borders Of the State, Tt wiz go
throngh the house whenever 1t b
again reached
The Sueg Canal Is 20 nearly COM
plefed that arrangements have been
made for formses opening. Steam
vessels will be able to pass through
from sea 90 sea 10 sixteen hoass.--
Saillag vessels sswed by steamers
viii make tine trip In about twenty
two hours. ~
The Golden Horn, the aass steamer
of the new line between Charleston
and Liverpool, cleared from the
Palmetto City on the 10Th Inst, wish
cargo Of two thousand Ave hundred
and fiIty-three bales of upland and
one hundred and eighty eight bags
NJ Sea Island Cottan.
The importation OF goods from
Canada into Che LATED States, has
been suhiect 10 new series Of reg
ulationss The Oonsnl ii the point
At sAiement i NET required 10 zee
ti,a ear loaded. hut n II ", sssaira osst