Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10


z. N. Yerger, who has been il military
since June last, on charge q
Killing Lieutenant Colonel Crane, was.
transferred to the custody Of the
Sheriff Of Hfndsceunty, Miss, By IN order
from the Adjutant General OF the United
States Army. Lieutenant Wood, Adjus
tant General Fourth Military District, I'm.
mediately made an afadavit before Judge
Caban, charging him with the murder q
Colonel Crane. The counsel for Tie d.
fence waived IN examination, and Xerg4g
was committed without bail
The West Virginia L4gislature has
passed . joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution 20
- to enfranchise the negroes and ex-C Con-
federates. II has to be concufred in BY
the Legislature next winter, and then be
submitted t. the people in October, 1871.
Foreign IntelliseAce.
The missionary packet Morning Star
was wrecked on Strong's Island, Pacific
Ocean, on the 18th Of October, and was
total loss The passengers escaped and
were taken to Honolulu.
The Captain General Of Cuba hssissued
a decree granting liberty to over two thou
sand negroes, prisoners of war, who had
been hired out to labor by the government,
with the understanding that they were to
become slaves after . certain date.
Gustaye Flourens has been sentenced,
at Paris, to threA years imprisonment for
having aided the desertion Of two soldisrp
A Havaus Telegram nf the 25th states
that Insurgent Colonel Garcia, with five
officers and eighty soldiers, had surren.
dered voluntarily, at Villa Clara, and
taken the oath of allegiance to the Span
ish Government.
The four-oared rowing match for 81, 900
and the championship Of the world is
definitely settled between the champion
English crew Of Newcastle-upon- Tyne
and the Paris crew Of st. John, N. ;.
The race is to take place at Lachi1e,
Canada, in July next.
Three Of the editors Of the Marseindse
who were arrested in Paris for violatiorof
the press laws have been liberated.
Dr. Livingstone's brother at Ferna'do
Pc writes to London paper expressing
his belief In the safety of his relative.
1t is reported that one of De Isda's
guides, named Bars, or Bart, il thepur-
derer of Greenwald.
A cable dispatch states that Miister
Curtin will take charge Of the remai1s of
Mr.. Burlingame in connection with the
members Of the Chinese Embassy. The
body will be embalmed and lie in ststs at
the American Legation, and finally b sent
to America in charge of Representatives,
both Of China and the United States.
The submarine cable from Bombay to
Alden, at the mouth of the Red Sea, has
been successfully laid, and England is
thus placed in direct telegraphic communi-
cation with her Indian colonies.
Santa Anna has been sent to Nassar
from Havana, on Spanish man-of-war.
The United States steam corvette
Oneida, Of nine guns, was sunk, with all
souls Q20) on board, the latter part OF
January, about fifteen miles from Yoko-
hama, Japan, by collision with thu Brit
ish mail steamer Bombay, Of the PENN
sula and Oriental line
The funeral of Hon. Arson BurIngame
took place at st. Petersburg, on The 26th
ult. The English, French, and American
Ambassadors acted as pall-bearsrs. The
remains will be sent to America.
Dispatches received in London on the
list state that fifty-six lives were saved at
the sinking of the Oneida.
Late advices from Red River say that
Riell was unanimously elected President
Of the Provisional Government after the
adjournment Of the Convention which
framed the bill Of rights.
The Dominican Republic has formally
declared, by large majority, for annexa-
ton to the United States.
The attendance ct the Burllngame OBJ
sequies at st. Petersburg on the list was
very lafge The Emperor made personal
call upou Mrs. Burlingame.
The detailed account of the disaster to
the Oneida shows that the Bombay,
British mail steamer), with which il COL
hded, was hailed three times after the
disaster without effect, although the runs
were heard at Yokohoma, twenty miles
away. The Captain of the Bombay did
not stop to rescue those on board the
Oneida, nor did he, upon his arrival ct
Yokohama, report the accident or inform
the authorities Had the Bombay sent her
boats to the assistance of the Oneida, all,
or nearly all, might have been saved. The
feeling and indignation toward Captin
Eyre was terrible. None but his company
and few of his countrymen attempted to
shield him. The Oneida went down stern
first, in about twenty fathoms of water
with twenty officers and fifty-five men.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the oath, the House
amendment 10 the Political Disability bill was con
Cured IA bill was introduced and referred, tt
aid the construction Of the Burlington u South