Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-10

him to seat candidates. haJIng the next
highest number Of votes, IN plece Of per-
sons found to be ineligible. w
The Tennessee Conhntion, IN the 18th,
adopted 80 TO 16-anh mendnent 70 the
State Constitution, c4fsrzipg the right
Of suffrage on oil mae elftzenssof the
United States twentypns. years Of age,
who shall have been relidents Of the State
twelve months, and d - county In
which the vote il Offered IL mbnths pre-
vious to the election. ~
The Georgia HOUSE. pf~AA asth,x de
cided-ee to S6-to qualify and sest thbse
persons who received the next highest
votes to members who were declared in
eligible, and those whose seats were de-
clared vacant by Gen. Terry. Nine mem
beers were sworn in, of whom three Were
colored.
The Georgia Senate, on the 10th ult.,
received q communication from General
Terry, through Gov. Bullock, declaring
two Senators elect ineligible and u Veat
of another vacant. A resolution was pass.
ed to give the seats to the persons receiv-
ing the next highest vote. Two white
men and one colored man were then
sworn In to the vacancies.
The whole of the Mississippi delega.
tions were in Washington OIL the Slst
ult, with Gov. Alcorn, and submitted
their Constitution to the President and
Secretary of State.
Six hundred and sixty men were dis
charged, on the 3lst ult, from the Con-
struction and Steam Engine Bureau at the
Gosport (Va) Navy.Yard. All work in
these departments was entirely sus'
pended.
John M. Msyne, Jr., Of Fredericksburg,
has been appointed Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia, by Governor Walker, to oil
the vacancy occasioned by The election
of Lieutenant Governor Lewis to the
Senate.
The Alabama Senate has passed bill
allowing Senators to retain their seats till
1875.
On the S1st ult., Gonzolo Castanon, edi.
tor of the Voce do Cuba, Havana, who had
gone to Key West, Fla, to fight q duel.
while standing on the porch OF the hotel
in that city, was attacked by several Gu
bans, who opened nre on him with pistols.
He returned their fire, and had wounded
three of his assailants when he received
shot from which he died in fifteen min.
utes. Several arrests were made. Con-
siderable excitement existed in the town
on the LIST, and the United States soldiers
stationed in the vicinity were called out
to preserve order.
The Georgia Legislature, on the LIST, rat
flied both the Fourteenth and Fifteenth
Amendments to the Federal Constitution.
A recess was taken until February IA.
The South Carolina Legislature, on the
list, elected J. j. Wright, colored State
Senator, to fill the vacancy on theSupreme
bench caused by the resignation Of Con.
gresham Hoge. Mr.. Wright is from
Pennsylvania.
Foreign Intelligence.
The London Telegraph sf4he 27th as-
serts that the French Government has
discovered the existence Of . conspiracy,
spreading throughout France, duplicating
trades unions, the English international
Secretary, and Mazzini.
Salnave was captured Oh the 18th and
shot on the Goth. One hundred and fifty
of his followers were captured with him,
many of whom have been shot.
The London Pail Ms4 Gazette Of the
2Sth states that negotiations on the Ala.
bams claims question have been sus-
pended.
The lands belonging to the estate OF the
late George Peabody, in England, which
were recently seized BY officers of the
Crown, have been released by order Of the
government.
A cable dispatch of the 2sth says the
Pope has issued q special elimination
against the Fenians, both In America and
in ireland.
A Madrid telegram of the 2sth says that
in the recent election the Monarchists
polled fve.sevenths of the popular vote.
The capture of Gusmara by Gen. Pueblo Is
reported. He was obliged to return to
the coast on account of scarcity of pro-
visions.
It is reported that the Pope has yielded
to France, and withdrawn the project Of
infallibility.
In the ha6eas corpus case Of Robinson,
held for extradition, at Toronto, Canada,
on charge of arson in Massachusetts,, the
Judge ordered the discharge Of the
prisoner, on the ground that the warrant
of arrest was defective, and that deposi-
lions in the United States are insufficient
In evidence.
A Havana telegram Of the 10Th ulf.
states that General Pueblo had returned to
Nuevitas He did not reach Guamara, and
was beaten by theinsurg6nts under Gen.
ersl Jordan. Pueblo lost thirty-six officers
and four hundred men killed and wound
ad HE h0rsa uas killed under him