Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-12-02

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Concern, about which so much noise
was made some months ago, have
been investigated, and proved not SO
bad as reported.
The steamer Nipsic has been de-
tailed to 60 to Panama for the pur-
pose of assisting in the survey OF the
Darien Ship Canal. The Government
/ having secured Il treaty giving it sole
control over the Canal, is determined
! to push the work and make rap;t!
progress during the coming winter
in surveying for the route.
y strong movement is being made
in Chicago to do away with corporeal
punishment in the Public Schools.
L. S. revenue officers have lately
seized considerable quantities of
opium that was smuggled into San
Francisco by Chinese immigrants.
The Cuban Junta in New York
profess to feel assured that among
the first acts of Congress ut the COM
ing session will be a formal recogni-
ton of Cuba.
The Governor of South Carolina,
in his Message to the Legislature last
week, took strong ground against
State aid to railroads.
NEW YORK, Nov. "a.
The Spanish gunboats have been
seized, and are now i'm the custody of
the United States authorities, await
ing the action of the Court.
1t appears that the state of feeling
among high Government officials in
England is becoming more and more
favorable to satisfactory settlement
of the Alabama claims.
A Congress Of Free-thinkers" is
to assemble at Naples, December Sth,
in opposition to the Ecumenical
Council, to begin at Rome the same
day.
Gen. Jordan, writing from Cuba,
says that full 10000 Cuban ladies are
now living on the Island with little
! food, and no shelter but the forest.
A Convention Of wholesale liquor
dealers was held in Chicago last
week, for three days. The object
was, to urge a change in the method
Of collecting the L. S. revenue on
spirits. The resolutions declare that
the whole tax, including fees, should
be collected at the place Of manuiac-
ture, by tax on the full capacity Of
the distillery. The plan they pro-
pose looks fair enough on its face, IL
the dealers consent to it; but there
may probably be cat in the meal
somewhere. The liquor dealers have
not hitherto shown special anxiety
to pay all just dues to the Govern
ment.
The Republican State Convention
Of Virginia has adopted an Address
to Congress, setting forth that the
election in that State was Confed-
crate triumph, achieved by intimid-
alton and fraud, and asking Congress
to order new election, to submit
the State Constitution as a whole,
and protect the polls by military
force. The Address was adopted by
vote of I2l to q. A minority Ad-
dress, representing different views,
will also be submitted to Congress.
A Dublin, Ireland, dispatch Of 10Th
inst. says that O'Donovan Rosa has
been elected to Parliament from Tip
perary. twill be remembered that
his wife was lately delivering lee
lures In Iowa, to raise funds to help
get him out Of prison In England.
Upwards Of 1900 American boys
and girls are now attending the
higher schools and educational insti-
tutions In Germany.
Mayor Cole of st. Louis, In mes.
sage to the City Council, estimates
the amount of produce sent from
there to points south of Cairo twice
as large as before the war, and the
amount Of manufactured articles ten
fold as great.
The Sd Annual Meeting Of the
Society or the Army Of the Cumber-
land Is to be held in indianapolis on
the 18th and 10th inst. Numerous
railroads make reductions In fare.