Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24

late Arson Burlingame. At 81 eersburg,
SAYS that he shaliS Hone = bxhy his
e.sher's remains to Aner;ol ing Ham
burg on DE IA of April
ConoxsiD9 ~ Oneida d. : letter
hush he via o. pron,xe Merchant
~ Yokohsna ays: " CaptaI1 yre is q
relative of Governor Eyre, = Jamaica,
and the case Of the Bombay Z FL Oneida
has unfortunately teen ms national
one, the Americans and Run enounc-
ing Captain Eyre, Is . delib whole
saie murderer. II WIS JuH o salce
az the bay that the collision happcned, and
the night WIS clear and starlight. The
part Of the Oncida whore the rockets and
blue lights were kept was carried away as
well q one OF tn boats, % they bad
nothing to do but to 6re minute-guns,
which were heard here, even TO that last
smothered one just - the vessel sank"
The Count :Montalembert. chief Of the
Liberal Catholic party, died recently in
Paris, IN his Goth year. p ~
A Liverpool telegram Of the 18th states,
concerning the missing steamer "City of
Boston," that the ballet was general that
she would be heard from q; the Azores.
Confidence In her safety had bsen strength
ened BY the arrival Of the omidt."
A meeting between the Prince Henri de
Bo urbon and the Duke do Aontpersier
took place seven miles from the walls of
Madrid, on The 18th. The former was
shot through the head On the third fire,
and expired in ! few minutes. The Duke
was uninjured. aat ar95
The Havana correspondence published
in the New York World Of the 18th states
that the report Of the resignation of Gen.
Jordan as the COMMANDMENT Chief of the
Cuban army is untrue. He was doing all
he could to increase the efficiency of the
army. The summary execution Of Cubans
by the Spanish authorities continued
wherever the Spaniards had q foothoh.
The funeral of Prince Henri Bourbon
took place in Madrid, on the 18th. No
public demonstration was made.
Captain Eyre, of the British steamer
Bombay, who ran into and sank the
United States steamer Oneida, in Japan
csc waters, has been suspended by the
British naval authorities, because he neg
l~-.-a ~ inform himself Of the serious
ness OF the damage that had been entailed,
and because he took no measures to pre-
serve the lives of the drowning crew. i
A Rome dispatch Of the 14th states that
610 votes were sure for the fPapal infalli-
billy dogma, in the Ecumenical Council.
A London dispatch of the 18th states
that, owing to the threatening aspect OF
affairs in Ireland, arrangements were
being made for Strengthening the gar
risons throughout the island. A Dublin
telegram Of the 18th says disorder pre-
vailed in the County of Tuam, and large
bodies of troops had been sent to the To-
cality. -t.,..,..I atiY b.a.yste
In the Spanish Cortes, on the 18th, Gen.
Prim denied that he had sent propositions
to Senator Sumner for the sale or cession
Of Cuba to the United States. He also
stated that no election for Deputies to the
Cortes had been held 10 Cuba .e,a
Letters received In L6ndonSUssthe 18th
from Zanzibar, on the east coast Of Africa,
mention that the prevalence Of cholera
had deferred the movements Of the expe-
dition which recently set out to- ascertain
the whereabouts Of DR.. Livingstone.
General James Watson Webb writes a
long letter to the New York Tribune, from
Havana, March 5, favoring the accordance
of belligerent rights of the Cubans, and
saying if President Grant and Secretary
Fish had been permitted to know the
whole truth, they would have been con-
ceded six months ago. He says the Gu
bans have $4,000 to 10000 well armed
troops and as many more carrying pixies,
scythes, &c, and that on the authority Of
Spanish volunteer officer, II 400, 900 arms
could be landed, they would fad Cubans
to carry them, and Havana would fall in
Q fortnight. irq,if.. l.,.sliIft6. islla4i
A gang Of postage stamp couuterfeitsrs
has recently been discovered and broken
up In Canada. Postage stamps to the
amount of several thousand dollars have
been counteffeited and sold TO dealers at
a heavy discount. Several arrests were
made, and measures taken for the ,appre-
hension Of the whole gang. 13oiy 81
A cable dispatch was sent to New York
on the morning Of the. 10th, announcing
the arrival at Queenstown of the steamer
City of Boston, but subsequent report
shows the first statement to have been n
heartless hoax, and the New York As.
ISOLATED Press directed its agent in Lon
don To offer $500 reward for the detection
and punishment Of the author Of the
false report. Ilia9 98l ne si.g llati
hi The funeral of Prince Henri de Bour
bon was conducted by the Free Masons,
of which order deceased was 6 member.
When the remains were brought to the
church, the officiating priest, seeing the
Masonic emblems on the CONN, withdrew
the insignia Of the church and refused to
| perform the religious ceremonies. Tb
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