Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-17

WAS tlcCtcu-
The west.
The steamship Golden Gate was wrecked
on the Pacific Coast on the 22d ult The
vessel is . total loss, but all her crew, bag
gage and freight were saved.
The Michigan State debt IL sass, 074,
with 4493 $40 cash in the Treasury.
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned
zine die on the 4th.
A Grand Jury on which were several
women was organized in the District
Court at Laramie, Wyoming Territory, on
the 7th, under an act Of the Territorial
Legislature declaring the political rights
Of the sex.
Cbas. r. Steele was elected Mayor Of
Waukegan, ILL.,. on the It'll.
Governor Austin, Of Minnesota, has re-
fused to approve the Female Suffrage bill,
for the reason that the clause submitting
this amendment TO the vote of females as
we'll as males IL unconstitutional, as fe-
males are not legal voters, and therefore
incompetent TO vote upon this or any
other subject until their disability is re-
moved by vote Of the male voters. The
Governor also objects to the proposition
as being premature.
Colonel John Wilder, editor Of the Kan
sss City Journal Of Commerce, was shot
and killed by man named Hutchinson,
on the morning Of the 9th. The murderer
was arrested.
The bill for the removal Of the State
Capital Of Wisconsin to Milwaukee has
been defeated in the Legislature.
The South.
The Legislature Of West Virginia has
adjourned zine die.
BIZ. Whittemore, late member OF Con-
gress from South Carolina, has published
letter defending his sale Of the cadet
ship, and announcing himself as candi-
date for reelection. He says that recent
Developments have satisfied him that his
resignation was hssty and unnecessary
step.
At the recent charter election Of Louis
vile, KY, the vote for Mayor was: j.
Bruce, SPA; J. q. Baxter, 1924.
CnOw Nrf1 at DioLAavnd, v.., on tile 9th
to the depth Of nine inches.
In message to the Virginia Legisla.
ture, on the sth, the Governor shows the
debt to be $45,S72,0 900. This can be re.
duced by selling out the interest Of the
State in railroads, which would bring
into the treasury over $10,000,0O0.
The Mississippi Legislature met at Jack
son on the 9Th.
Governor Holden, Of North Carolina
has issued proclamation declaring thu
County Of Alamance in state of insur
rection because Of various outrages by
bands of men, armed and disguised.
Foreign Intelligence.
A notice has been served upon Primes
Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte to appea
before the High Court to answer in tn
matter of the Victor Noir homicide.
A Havana telegram states that ty.
hundred and twsptyMaH .."a Iron ron
the Puerto Principe region on the I'd, an
voluntarily surrendered to the govern
ment authorities, near Villa Clara ant
lao more presented themselves at Ii
Menas and Ricas, and asked to be Above,
to take the oath of allegiance to Spain
The New York World Of the Sd publishe
correspondence from Havana which state
that the black flag was flying on boil
sides, and war of determination had &c
In.
The Emperor of Russia has sent com
munication by telegraph to the govern
ment authorities at Washington and Pc
kin, expressing his profound sorrow fol
the affection both nations must bear in the
death Of Arson Burlingame. The En-
press has written tender and consolins
letter to Mrs. Burlingame.
Advices from the insurrectionary dis
tricts, received In Havana on the 4tb
confirm former report Of Jordan's resig
nation of the chief command of the rebc
forces. The appointment was offered tt
Napolcar Anango, who refused it, and i,
was finally conferred on Bembetta.
Seven members of the editorial staff OF
the R,Jorme newspaper, Paris, have beer
convicted of violation Of the Press law
and received sentences of one to -four
months imprisonment and total fines o.
10000 francs. M. Baziere, one of tho
writers of the Marseillaise, who, on seeing
the Emperor one day, shouted "Vive Ia
Republique," has been condemned to inn
prisonment for three months and fined
five hundred francs.
In Havana, on the 9th the police ar.
rested fifty one members of the Masonic
fraternity, who were holding mourning
services at their lodge. The arrests were
made for violation of the law prohibiting
assemblies without permission of the au.
thorities. Several foreigners present were
not molested
The New York World of the 9th pub.
liahes Paris letter of the 21st ult., in
which 1t is stated that, according to the
gossip of the French salons, the Emperor
Napoleon III. died on the 9th of Septem.