Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-18

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Our Government also details ship
to convoy the remains of George
Peabody to this country. gi
jeff. Davis Is now In Mississippi.
Louis c. Gernier and others, Of st.
Louis, have entered suit against F.
A. Dick, for sums assessed against
them during the war as rebel sympa-
thizers, and collected By said Dick
while Provost Marshal Of that Dis
trict under Gen. Halleck. We hope
they may have a good time about It.
NEW YORK, Nov. 12.
The entire Custom House frauds
are estimated at $SO0, ,O0O. They were
committed In 1856, '67 aud '66. The
principal offender is known but not
yet arrested. A few weeks ago VIM.
J. Korn and VIM. III. Winstead were
arressed on charge of being engaged
in the frauds. KOrn made a state.
mentimplicating Blatchford, Roman
f. Mulligan, and three brothers
named Caldwell. The guilt of
Blatchford depends on the genuine
ness Of his initials on the drawback
claims. 5.e. =,
+ CHICAGO, Nov, IL.
Governor Palmer has appointed
Jno. Jones, well known c0lored
man of this city, Notary Public.
This is the first instance Of negro
holding any Office in this State.
The Russian Minister to this coun-
try has instructed the Russian Consul
at San Francisco to have Thanksgiv-
ing services celebrated in the Russian
chapel there today, and all Russians
invited to attend.
The obsequies Of George Peabody
were celebrated at London last Fri.
day with imposing ceremonies, and
attended by many dignitaries and
an immense concourse of people.
DOsToN, Nov. ~.
A gentleman of this city who re-
Gently left a respectable business and
good prospects to engage in gold
speculatiOns, has been sent to the
insane Asylum.
| ~ SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. ~.
Quantrell, the leader of the Law
renee massacre, was tracked to this
city by detectives, where he enlisted
in the army and was sent to Camp
Scott, Nevada. Orders for his arrest
reached there too late, he, with 9TH
ers, having deserted.
Sugar.beet cultivation has been
commenced In California on an ex-
tensive scale, and experienced work
men and the best machinery for
making sugar have been imported
into the country from France.
Maj. Gen. Wool, whose death is
mentioned above, had been in the y.
s. Army over flfty-seven years.
Hon. Robert J. Walker, of Missis-
sippi, Pres't POlk's Sec'y Of the
Treasury, and afterward Governor
Of Kansas under Buchanan, but for
the last seven years a resident Of
Washington, died in that city last
Thursday, aged 6S years.
The Keokuk Gate City speaks of
the decline in prices of cotton and
cotton goods, and says:--"The pecu-
mary interests involved In the mills
and manufactures of cotton amount
to over one hundred millions of dol
lars; and a constantly declining mar
ket, with its attendant and wide
spread evil consequences, will be felt
as a calamity even outside of New
England" ~ z f''s
The Missouri Republican claims
the character Of a model Democrat OF
tho strictest order for John Quincy
Adams. But John Quincy Adams Is
in favor Of the, Fifteenth Amend
ment, and Of the payment Of the
National Debt In coin instead OF
greenbacks. And he is gradually
"petering 0ut''s In Massachusetts,.
He has been candidate for Governor
three times, and polled smaller
vote the last time than ever before.
TAUNToN, MASS, Nov. 10.
Wilcox & Gibbs Sewing Machine
manufactory, P0tter's machine shop,
and Cushain Il COggshali's tacks
works, were totally destroyed by fire
this evening. Loss $3.50, 900. Insur-
ance unknown. q.il f.a
A letter from Mexico states that
on the 9th ult., one hundred men,
women and children were crushed to
death by the falling In Of silver
mine at GuaraxuatO, while the
miners were eating their dinners
lust brought to them by their families.
The day following the mine disaster,
sixteen women, six children and
twelve men were drowned In the
river at Merecala. They had reached
the river bank, and sat down to rest
before undertaking to ford the river,
which was swollen by the rains,
when the bank suddenly slid of from
the main land into the stream, and
every one perished. The bodies
were found lower down stream.
rs PHILADELPHIA Nov. IA. J
AT medical lecture in tho Penn
o,,t,,ocia IIoapffo1 fhia forenoon a