Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28
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The President has appointed John II
tuA Chief Justice, and Chas. A. Tweed
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Cour
u Arizona; and Geo. P, Fisher, United
Htates Attorney ict the District Of 'Colum
bia. 8l.sts'" 3 Z,
A torch-light procession paraded TIL
stSeets Of Washington on the evening O
tho 10Th, in celebration Of the ratification
0f the Fifteenth Amendment and In favor
of the proposed change of government
for the District of Columbia. About
5000 persons were In line. A number o
residences OF prominent citizens were IL
Illuminated, o. also the house OF Vice
President ColfAx. President Grant was
serenaded, and in reply made few re-
marks, expressing the hope and belief
that those who have been enfranchised by
the new amendment will prove them
selves worthy Of 1t, and that all classes
VIII be benefited by the new order Of
things. =
General Order No. Al, from the head
quarters OF the army, assigns Maj. Gen.
6choAeld to the command Of the Military
Division of the Pacific. The Department
Of Alaska ID discontinued after July !,
1nd the territory attached to the Depart.
ment of Columbia, Maj. Gen. Candy com.
manding. A new department is created
which IL styled the Department of Ari-
xona, embracing Arizona AID Southern
California, Gen. Stoneman commanding.
Gen. Pope is assigned to the command Of
the Department of the Missouri when va
Gated by Gen. Schofeld, with headquar-
tiers at Leavenworth. The Department
OF the Lakes is enlarged to embrace the
whole northern frontier as far east as Lake
Champlain, and Gen. Cook is assigned to
the command.
Washington dispatches of the 10th state
that official information is received Of
apprehended Fenian designs on Canada,
but there is nothing on which the gov
eminent can act. Many prominent gen.
tlemen believe that the Canadian authori-
ties arc moved by fears rather than facts"
"Nothing whatever has been done here
toward the reopening Of the Alabama
claims question. Our government will
probably await the movement Of Great
Britain"
A Washington telegram OF the 18th
states that public business in Congress
was very much in arrears, and no one
thought of ending the session before the
first Of July.
The argument on the legaltender ques-
ton in the Supreme Court at Washington
did not take place on the 18th, but was
postponed to the 25th.
The members of the Ohio Legislature,
on an excursion to Washington, reached
that city on the morning of the Goth, and
were received with due courtesy by the
President and Congress.
The Supreme Court, on the goth, unan-
imously allowed the withdrawal OF two
of the legal-tender cases, and decided not
TO rehear the argument on the remaining
one, viz Hepburn o. Griswold. The
decision thereon remains as heretofore
made. The ChiefJustice announced that
the Court will adjourn for the term on the
Both Of April.
The President has nominated Mrs Eliz.
abeth Brown Postmistress at Logansport,
Ind.
.4b Tho East.
Gold closed in New York on the Goth at
1881.
BY the explosion Of the boiler Of .
steam tug, opposite Staten Island, on the
14th, four out of FIVE persons on board
were killed.
Mrs. Emma Willard, founder of the
Troy IN. ~ Seminary, died at Troy, on
the 18th, aged "a. -.
The First Congregational church and
some adjoining buildings, at Nashua, N.
A., including the post-ofice block, were
burned on the night Of the 10th. Loss
100000. Two fremen were slightly in.
jured.
Commodore Meade died In New York
ON the 18th, Of apoplexy.
Over seven thousand immigrants
arrived at New York during the week
ending April 16.
Major Hurlbut, father.in-law of the late
Gen. Rawlins, died on the 10th, at Dan
bury, Conn, from injuries sustained from
. runaway horse.
Several hundred ship carpenters in New
York and vicinity were on strike on the
18th, against reduction of wages from
$500 to $3.50.
At the annual meeting of tho New
York Tammany Society, on the evening
Of the 18th, VIM. II. Tweed was chosen
Grand Sachem, by vote of 242 to 20.
The New York San Of the 18th says it
has trustworthy information that General
Jordan has left Cuba on the road to this
country. he would probably arrive In a
5ew days, and disprove, by documentary
evidence, that he has abandoned the
Cuban cause. General Ignatio Agra
monte, who has been in command In the
Cuban ranks since the outbreak OF the
revolution, has been appointed temporary
Commander in Chief during the absence