Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-08-11

Coin ei0a. 9302 0G 70
Curency. ............. asO6s G23 10
Total. ...................... $40 s3syszs 40
Debt less amount IN Treasury a, 800 ss4,l76 90
Decrease Of debt during the past
Decrease since March i, $50. 49, seSo4y0o1 il
Pacific Railroad bonds outstand-
Interest thereon accrued ana not :. :. :.
Interest repaid ~ transportation . q. !. .I !.
Bslanc asn d interest," paid by tho "
United States. ...............,.. o,ooo,OA 10
Commissioner Delano fell from q wagon
1t Mount Vernon on the Goth ult., and
fractured his right arm very badly. The
accident Will keep him at his home for
several weeks. a
Returns at the Census Office in Wash
ington, on the I'd, indicate that BY the
18th Of August about half the country
will have been enumerated, and It was
thought that the LIST Of September will
witness the completion.
About two hundred applications for
banks under the new currency law had
been received up TO the I'd by the Comp
trollsr Of the Currency. The majority
were from Illinois, while almost the en-
tire number Of applications were from
the West and South. Several had been
received also from New York, Nsw Jer-
10y, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
The French Minister, on the 3D., by OF.
der Of bis Government, notified our Gov
eminent at Washington of the war be.
tween France and Prussia. The Emperor
ssys he declares war to protect the honor
and dignity Of France.
On the I'd, Secretary Robson ordered
800 more men to be engaged ct various
navy yards, and the work Of repairing
and remodoling the vessels on hand, and
those being daily placed out Of commits.
sion, Il 70 be vigorously carried on.
The East.
Gold closed In New York on the I'd
at 1914.
The Independent Prohibitionists Of
Massachusetts, propose TO hold oonven-
tion In Boston, August II, 70 nominate
State officers.
The two racing yachts-the "Cambria,' =
Of England, and the "Dauntless," Of New
York-reached New York on the evening
OF the 9Th, tho "Cambria" winning tho
race across the ocean, arriving hour and
% minutes ahead Of her competitor. The
time Of tho trip Was twenty-five days and
Ave hours.
Lady Sir John franklin arrived In
New York city from the West on the
seth ult
Il u reported that Dexter recently
trotted half mile In 1:06A to road
wagon.
The Fenian General 0'Neill, has been
convicted ct Windsor, vt, Of violation Of
the neutrality laws and sentenced to two
years imprisonment and ten dollars fine.
Col. J. II. Brown was sentenced to nine
months imprisonment and i've dollars
Ane. Captain Monahan was sentenced TO
ak months imprisonment and one dollar
Ane. f,
The Republican State Convention of
Massachusetts, u 10 meet u Worcester,
October 3, to nominate State ofacers =
Wall-executed counterfeit tens on the
First National Bank Of Poughkeepke. N.
r., ere In circulation ct thu. East. IS Fl
On the morning Of tho 90th ult, Mr..
Benjamin Nathan. . prominent Wall
street broker, was found murdered In bis
own house in New York city, whore. ct
the time, his two sons and two daughters
we're sleeplng without bsing sware Of his
dreadful fte. 8a nda ~.l tl{H
The Central Bank Of Brooklyn, N. u,
suspended payment on the ID. ili.i4,
A New York dispatch Of the I'd mys:
Notwithstanding the indignation OK.
pressed by the papers end Jews at Sum
day paper charging Warrington Nathan
With numbering his iatAer, the H6u1d
to-day publiahss nearly ssven columns,
strongly Alntine 1t the sane hct, and
says every detective believes that 3 meme
bcr or empl0ye q the family committed
the murder. They ground the suspicion
On tho facts, first, that he Wa the last PEI.
eou 10 see Mr.. Nathan alive, and the 1rst
20 discover the murder; second, that
y had blood on his clothing, and that
there Il no evidence about the psemiIss
that the murderer, whose fest must heyA
been dyed Ia blood, lett the hOeSe; third,