Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-10

him 70 seat candidate HAVING the next
highest number OF voes, IN pepce Of per-
sons found to be ineligible.
The Tennessee invention, On the 18th,
adopted 80 TO 16-anA mendDeot 70 the
State Constitution, chfex1tpg the right
Of suffrage on al mae eitizcnsso of the
United States twensypns, ysan Of age,
who shall have been rciidcnts Of the State
twelve months and d - county In
which the vote ID Offered ~ uonths pre-
vious 70 the election. 49,
The Georgia Hours, vaNAA aeth. de-
cided-ee to Se-so quality and eat thbss
persons who received the next highest
votes to members who were declared in.
eligible, and those whose seats were de-
ciared vacant by Gen. Terry. uine mem
bcrs were sworn in, of whom taree 0ere
colored.
The Georgia Senate, on the 18th ult,
received Z communication from General
Terry, through Gov. Bullock, declaring
two Senators elect ineligible and u yeas
Of another vacant A resolution was pass
ed to give the seats TO the persons receiv-
ing the next highest vote. Two white
men and one colored man were then
sworn in TO the vacancies
The whole OF the Mississippi delega-
tons were in Washington Oh the Slst
ult, with Gov. Alcorn, and submitted
their Constitution to the President and
Secretary of StatA
Six hundred and sixty men were dis
charged, on the 3lst ult, from the Con-
ssruction and Steam Engine Bureau at the
Gosport (vA) Navy.Yard All work in
these departments WAS entirely sus-
pended.
John NJ Mayne. Jr.. Of Frederickshurg.
has been appointed Lieutenant Governor
of Virginia, by Governor Walker, to oil
the vacancy occAsioned by he election
of Lieutenant Governor Lewis TO the
Senate
The Alabama Senate has passed = bill
allowing Senator's 10 retain their seats til
1878.
On the sist uit., Gcnzolo Castanon, cdr
tor of the Voo de Cs1a, Havana who had
gone 70 Key West, Fla. to fight . duel.
while standing ON the porch OF the hotel
in tha, city, was attacked by several Gu
hama who opened Ore ON him with pistols
He returned their Are, and had wounded
three Of his assAilAnts when be received
shot from which he died in fifteen min
utica Several arrests were msde. Con-
siderable excitement existed in the town
on the Isl, and the United States soldiers
stationed in the vicinity were called out
to preserve order.
The Georgia Legislature, On the lst rat
ified both the Fourteenth snd Fifteenth
to the Federal Constitution.
A recess was taken until Fehuxyl4
The South Carolina Legislature, on the
LIST, elected j. ]. Wright, . coln,ed State
to fill the vacancy on theSupreme
bench caused by the resignation of Con.
gressmAn Hoge. Mr.. Wright is from
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The London z14crapA efsAe 2.th 49,
serts that the French Government has
discovered the existence If conspiracy,
spreading throughout France, duplicating
trades unions, the English international
Secretary, and MAzzini-
Salnave was captured % the 18th and
shot on the 20th- One hundred and fifty
Of his followers we're captured with him,
many Of whom have been shot.
The London Pail Nall Gazette Of the
18th states that negotiations on the Ala
hama claims question have been SIS
pended.
The lands belonging 70 the estate Of the
late George Peabody, in England, which
were recently seized b. officers Of the
Crown, have been released by order Of the
A cable Dispatch of the aSth SAYS the
Pope has issued . SPECIAL elimination
against the FeniAns, both n America and
In Ireland
A Madrid telegram Of the 2ssh says that
in the recent election the Mnarchisis
pollei fve-seventhx of the popular vote.
The capture of Guamara by Gen Puello Is
reported. He was obliged 70 return 10
the coast on account Of scarcity of pro-
visions
II is reported thai the Pope has ieldea
10 France, and Withdrawn the project Of
In the hahaas eo-Pus case Of Robinson,
held for extrAdition, at Toronto. Canada,
on charge Of Arson in Massachusetts, the
Judge ordered the discharge Of the
prisoner, On the ground thai the warrant
Of arrest Was defective, and that depoG-
lions in the United States are insufficient
IN evidence
A Havana Telegram Of the 18th ult
states that General Pueblo had returned 70
Nuevisax He did not reach Guamara, and
was beaten by the insurgents under Gen
eral Jordan. Pueblo lost thirty eficers
md fou, hundred men killed and wound
3D. His horse vas killed under him