Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

Affairs were quiet in Richmond khe
ua. In General Canby's .rsply t01kfy-
amor Walkers letter, he says - konssrs
ftllyin th4 GoTernor's statemsnt n. c&n-
stitutionAl md etate laws in fllsf3on TO
the emplcynbent d the miiiteiy asm Of
|. the govern ent against domeGtis viole1ce,
| but says his Instructions from ~ Rresi-
| dent and Secretary of War relsts y ex-
ceptional cases.
4 RichnoDditelegfsm q ~ { y
that the conflict between the rivsf 1fsy0rs
was at an end 20 far ~ force wss con.
cerned, and the matter would be- udicially
settled. .TfHin Igati 5000 .tEusf
| A Nashville, Tenn, dispatch Of the ED
says: Numerous contracts for building
In Nashville have been suspended on &C.
count Of the proposed Congressional in
reference with the government Of the
State. Governor Senter declares that he
is opposed TO such interference; that he
calls upon the President for military aid
merely TO be prepared for emergencies"
| The case Of Chshoon against Ellyson,
for the Msyofslty OF Richmond, was
heard on the 2Sd, by Judge Underwood
During the argument the Judge expressed
an opinion that the enabling act was I'M
constitutional. 8t..gp., 4o1s4i
Foreign Inte1igenees
The London Post Of the 18th says the
false report of the arrival Of tho City Of
Boston originated It the Stock Exchange
In that city. There was universal indig.
nation expressed on account of the cruel
hoax. The Agent of the Associated Press
in London telegraphed that the Dispatch
announcing the arrival OF the City Of
Boston at Queenstown reached London
via Manchester, and that the news was
accepted in London without question.
IAN alleged cable dispatch Of the 18th
says o collision between the mail steamer
Normandy and the steamer Mary, from
the Danube, has occurred in the channel
on the Guernsey coast. The Normandy
was sunk, carrying down with her the
Captain and thirty persons, who were
drowned. go
St. Patrick's Day was celebrated through
out Ireland, On the 18th, in the usual man.
Dcr. So far as heard from on the 18th no
disorders occurred, and the extra precau-
ton taken by the authorities to guard
against rioting was needless. W
The High Court for the trial Of Prince
Pierre Bonaparte, for the homicide of Vic
tor Noir, convened at Tours on the 18th.
Prince Bonaparte arrived there on the
10Th in charge Of an, officer. The city
was excessively crowded with strangers,
eager to witness the trial. ltaltit.rs
News from Yokohama TO February %
states that the affair of the Oneida had
agitated the community for an entire
month Captain Eyre was allowed pas
sage In the Bombay, notwithstanding re.
peated requests to prevent him. There
was great pressure upon the British au-
thorities for his arrest, criminal trial, and
punishment. The sentence Of the court
suspended Captain Eyre six months
The vote in the city of San Domingo.
on the question Of annexation q the
United States, was 1905 for to 9against.
In Zorro the inhabitants are said to be
largely in favor Of annexation.
The trial of Prince Pierre Bonaparte
commenced before the High Court Of JUS
tice at Tours, France, on the 21st.
The Canadian Parliament on the BED,
by . large majority, voted to open negoti-
atoms with the United States drought the
British Minister, at Washington, for a
commercial treaty. ''l i3fi5sfia} - gus
A London telegram of the Esd says
the testimony given by the officers Of the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Bombay,
before the court of Investigation at Yo-
kohama, had been received. 1t goes to
show that no one on the Bombay was
aware of the condition of the Oneida,
while there was much alarm for that Of
the Bombay, and II was deemed necessary
to make for shoal water with oil speed.
According 70 the news received from
Paraguay by the recent arrival Of the
steamer Merrimac, from Rio Jsneiro, the
country was one vast ruin. Towns were
depopulated, and the people were literally
starving. Il Gangs OF deserters were prowl-
ing through the country, robbing and
numbering Lopez was in the mountains,
succored by the Indians. but the Brazil
ians held possession of the whole coun-
try with that exception. 'h .,, = wv ~ i
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pdl ~ i9 Congressional. 1sasii 7.
IN the Senate, on the 17th, petitions
were presented from conventions Of Friends FOR
an appropriation for the benefit Of the Indians Of
the Northern SUPPLEMENTARY for an appropria.
ton of $4,000 for the BENEFIT Of the colored stu
dents An Wtberforce University, A bill abolish.
Ing the ranking privilege was made the spscall
ganixs the Terntory or Oklahoma and .cpnsolidat-i
Ing the Indian tribes under Territorial Govern
ment The new Territory IL bounded north by
Kansas, west by New Mexico and Texas, south by
Texas, and east by. Arhansas and Mias0urt q. "A
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