Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-20

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a Warrington dispatch of the 9TH says
ths President had decided 70 pardon al
ne yenians who were engaged IN the iAse
said, 0snseal O.Neil among the rest.
This i done BY the President because ne
thinks they have besn suncisnsy
punasAsd, ard beoaase thsy promise 70
respect the laws Of the country IN she
future.
a proclsmstion was Issued BY the Pres
Nent, On the 9th, declaring ihat the bays
wssers and harbcrs Of the United Stsles
han NOT be used in preparing for war BY
hsIligseent partiss; that the dhips'ci-waf
q slthsr belligerent shA1 mot lesve any
pors a the United Ssaass within twenty
mn hours aSssr the departure Of mcr-
chnntuan Of either bslligsrent Thewar
veansls a. either bcIligercnt albsn noe re-
I'm IN I United Bsaaes port more than
swsusy.luur hcurs, unlss Tor nseded re.
paas on supplies; and var vcael on
satAer party, sfser having cncs entered
Uaised Ssaaea pors shAI mot re-snssr .
Unissd Hsases p0t unkl sisez having Wa
hed : Rzropsan per- Of IN own govern
0anA
On Tie Sth The President received dis
usarh from Minister Bancroft announcing
90 General Baruzsde had ofely passed
ncth tie PYusssan and French hnea, and
chained important dispatches nom Min
isner waahburne, and expected TO reoefve
more slG Berlin shortly.
The following appointments OF Post
masters were made ON the 10th: Daniel
Mcdonald, Princeton, H.; w. +. Sperry,
Narengo, Iowa; o. Brown, Atlantic,
Iowa. Samuel woivcrton, Winons Sta
1ion, M; James A. Hudson, Saginaw,
Nieh W. ]. n. Sheets, Paris, Ill.
The Comptroller Of the Currency on
the 10Th authorized the following new
banks to begin banking st once: The
Finn National Bank of Ottawa, Kan, cap
ital 5000 and the Jacksonville Nation
Il Bank, Of Jacksonville, Ill, capital $780,
600. He also authorized the organization
Of Q nsw bank q Burlington, Iowa
II East.
Gold closed In New York on tho nth
as i13T.
Ix-Gov. Corey, Of Maine, died at Au.
gusta on the 9Th.
The Legislature of Vermont organized
On the 9th, electing Hon. @. a. Heath
Prsddsst Of the Senate, and Col Q. II.
Joycs, Speaker of the House.
The Massachusetts, Republican State
Convention met on the 9th and nomi-
mated: For Governor, VIM. Clanin;
Lieutenant Governor, Joseph Tucker
Secretary Of State. Oliver Warner; A.
sorney General, ChasIss Amaa Auditor,
i. End,cott and Treasurer, CHARLES Ad-
ams, il. This u the old ticket with
TIE exception Of Treasurer, the old Treas
urer going out under the law. A resolu-
sAon in favor Of woman suffrage was
brought before the Convention, but failed
70 get majority Of votes. The vote ON
II was: Yeas, 180; nays, 100.
A Hartford, Conn, dispatch Of the 9th
says: In eighty. three towns, tho Republi-
cans have secured the control Of the Boards
Of Registration Of electors, and the Dem
ocFsts in sixty towns. Sixteen towns are
equally divided -Four towns unhsard
rom. jafJ a.i- 8a-laa Il
On the night Of tho 9th there was .
frost In Maine, New Hampshire and Mas
sachusetts.
A recent game 1t New York, for the
billiard championship Of tho United
States, ibstween A. P. Rudolphe and Jo-
seph Dion, was deolded In Afsy-thses
innings, with Rudolphe the winner. The
total score stood: Rudolphc 1901;
Dion, 1892.
At convention Of the young Democ.
racy Of New York city, on tho 10th,
Judge Thomas A. Ledwith received the
nomination for Mayor,
A horrible tragedy occurred at Haver-
hill. Mass, ON the night of the It'll. Mrs.
O ella BickSord, aged 90, widow of de-
ceased soldier, hrst killed her son, aged
10 years, and then killed herself.
Chiei.oEP Police Jourdan, Of New York
city, died on the morning Of the 10th.
The Young Democracy Of the Ninth
New York District have nominated Fer.
nando Wood for Congress. 81
According TO the returns received at
Philadelphia, ON the evening Of the 18th,
the election In Pennsylvanis resulted in
no material political change in the Con.
grsssional delegation. IA 5a.e
The West,
3 A STATE Temperance Convention was
held IN 81. Louis, Mo-, on the 9th, Tor the
purpose Of organizing > State Temper
ano1 Society. Hon. Geo. Partridge, Of
st. Louis, presided. Horace Greeley Cd
dressed the Convention, There was IN
effort made to organise political move
ment 20 far ~ voting only for temper
y. ~. 4. <x~~ nneun6 hspk II ~na ia.