Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-25
The total State debt OF North Caro-.
lima is $29,315, ,O45.


lima is s29,3l5,O45.
Vallandigham says that for year
he has paid no attention to politics
and adds: 81 doubt whether single
accepted issue of the day will, at least
| in the present shape, constitute any
part of the subject of discussion in
1872. 1t seems evident, too, that the
position of public men and Of leading
newspapers will, by that time, be
greatly changed"
The Alabama Legislature has rati-
fed the Fifteenth Amendment by q
vote of "a to none in the Senate, and
| 60 to Is in the House.
Geo. Peabody donated some seven
or eight millions of dollars to public
objects, and left fifteen hundred thou
sand to relatives.
The Quartermaster's store-house at
/ Fort Sully, Dakotah Territory, was
lately destroyed by fire, with some
500, 900 worth of Government prop
erty. 1t is thought that soldiers and
Indians in that region must expert.
ence great hardship before the sup
plies can be replaced by the slow
conveyance Of wagons, as navigation
has closed.
The schooner "Arrow" was lost on
Lake Michigan, 12 miles north of
Chicago, on the 18th inst; and her
captain and crew, seven men, were
drowned before help could reach
them.
Outrageously large and be-pow-
dered chignons are coming into
fashion. Oh, mercy!
The National Woman's Suffrage
Convention will be held at Cleve-
land, Ohio, on the oath and 25th inst,
for the purpose of forming an Amer.
lean Woman's Suffrage Association
1t now appears, from the report OF
the Investigating Committee, that
Capt. Washington, commanding the
steamer "Submarine No. 3" did neg
lect to render assistance which he
might have given to the sufferers on
and around the wreck of the burning
Mississippi steamer "Stonewall," /"
whose loss was reported not long
ago.
CHICAGO, Nov. 20.
The entire roof of the Wabash Av-
enue Skating Rink fell in about s
o'clock last night, under the immense
weight Of snow upon 1t, carrying
with it the whole building except
one wall.
| MEMPHIS, Nov. 20.
Jeff. Davis has been elected PreSi-
dent OF the Carolina Insurance Com
pany, of this city, and will reside
here.
PORT STANLEY, Canada, Nov. 10.
The propeller Burns arrived last
night and reports the brig Concord,
Of Detroit, sunk three miles from
shore off Point Bruce. The Burns
rescued three men from her mast
head, where they had been ciinging
forty-eight hours. The rest Of the
crew, five in number, were drowned.
| On the night OF the 18th propeller
was seen drifting down the lake in
apparently Il helpless condition..
Dispatches have been received at
Washington, telling Of battle in
the Upper Brazos region, some time
! this month, between two hundred u.
S. cavalry under Major Bacon, and
four hundred Indians. After four
days. lighting the Indians fled. Our
loss was eight men killed and Capt.
Hooker badly wounded.
A locomotive exploded near Pu-
laski, New York, last Saturday, kill
ing the engineer and wounding two
other men.
Pres't Cespedes, Of the Cuban rev.
olutiOnary movement, has forwarded
to the Cuban Junta at New York a
collection of jewels worth some $50
900, the gift Of Cuban patriot ladies,
civilians and soldiers, who forward
them thus to be sold for means to aid
the revolution. At least, so say the
dispatches.
The steamer North America, from
Rio Janerio, brings news of the wreck
Of the English ship Royal standard,
off that port, and eight passengers
drowned. 73 We're saved,
WAsHIN6YQk, Nov. II.
The President has promoted Rob-
NJ. Douglas, son of the late Senator
Douglas, to Private Secretary; Jas
r. Ely, Of Illinois, taking Douglas
former position as Assistant Private
Secretary.
The colored Minister from Hayti
was formally received by President
Grant on Monday, and welcomed
with cordial words.
The Boylston National Bank, al
Boston, was robbed Of a very large
amount Of money, estimated at ovel
4OO, 900, some time between last Sat
urday night and Monday morning
The money oil belonged to depos
itors.
Judge Johnson, Of Virginia, in
acknowledging the receipt of his
credentials as u. s.. Senator, writes
to Gov. Walker, indOrsing the prin
ciple of the 18th Amendment ant
hoping It will soon become part O.
the Constitution, and advising thu