Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-24

TIE South.
John Mckinney las been appointed
judge Of the United States District Court
for The Southern District Of Florida
An accident occurred on the Greenville
q Columbia Railroad, twelve miles above
colnmbus, s. C., on the 1oth, BY which 8
mail car. one second Glass and two other
passenger coaches fell through trestle
work TO the distance Of twenty-five feet.
Pour u the passengers were killed, three
fatally and several others severely injured
Fosty indictments have been found in the
United States Court It Memphis, Team,
for holding ONCE contrary to the -Four
tenth amendment Judge Porter, Of the
State Circuit Court, one Of the number, has
BEEN arrested.
The case OF ex- Mayor Chahoon is before
the courts again, q writ Of error ha.ing
been granted by the Court Of Appeals at
Richmond, Va
The Court Of Appeals 1t Richmond, Va,
ON the 18th, declared unconstitutional that
part Of the Enabling act empowering a
court " review decisions Of the same court
when it was composed Of military appoint
ees Only two Judges dissenfed
The steamers Cornelia and Bessier were
burned near New Orleans ON the morning
! Of the 18th. Both were owned al St.
/ Louis. The former was valued at ~, 600
and the latter ut $4,000
There was heavy frost at Mobile, Ala,
on the night Of the 18th, and ice an inch
+ thick formed few miles from the city.
Foreign Intelligence.
Theirs and Lanrier arrived at Tours
from Paris, by balloon, on the evening of
the 9Th.
The London Times Of the 9th discusses
the Alabama question 10 show that Eng
land can 60 no further in the way Of con
cessions 1t says: "The Clarendon treaty
abounded in concessions. Many English
men thought tina, it yielded so much tina:
the genial, exuberant johnson had outwit-
ted Clarendon. As the rejection Of the
treaty by the United States Senate was due
10 political irritabiity, England now
stands free Of all blame"
Gable dispatches on the 10th announce
important French successes before Paris,
through the capture Of several Prussian
camps. Garibaldi is reported To have been
again victorious, having routed force Of
Germans 5000 strong. The intelligence
from the Army OF the Loire Is that there
had been three days continued fighting
without decisive result. The losses Of the
French were frightful, but the enemy were
driven back ten miles.
Adyices were received at Tours on she
10th Of series Of engagements near Or
leans, in all Of which the French were
successful. The French were pressing
toward the city, and, as their movements
tended to surround the enemy, the latter
were obliged to evacuate the city. The
Prussians lost considerably in killed,
wounded and prisoners. The Prussians
evacuated Orleans on the 9th, in great
haste, leaving about 500 sick and wounded.
The day before the French gained
marked success at Coulmicrs. The Prus-
slams had strongly entrenchcd their posi-
ton, but were dislodged, suffering heavy
loss General Won der Tan rctreated.
The French moved forward to Geminy.
Advices by balloon, from Paris to the
9Th inst, state that Favrc had issued cir.
cllar to the representatives Of France in
foreign countries, : assuring them that
Prussia must assume the responsibility of
rejecting the proposition for an armistice.
Prussia proves anew" says Favre, in
rejecting the armistice, that she makes war
for personal aims merely, and not for the
interests ofGermany. Nothing can appar
emily induce her to relinqush the pretext
Of the French refusal to cede her prov
inccs TO Prussia She seeks our destruc
ton, and will be satisfied with nothing
less"
Private dispatches received in London
on the 10th state that the French fleet
were bombarding Hamburg.
The Austrian Government has officially
approved the Italian policy at Rome.
At the annual Lord Mayors dinner, in
IOnuoIl, Oh Tic Jtn, MI. tIuustOnc anu
Lord Granville made speeches chiefly de-
voted TO defending the neutral position of
the Government in the European war
Lord Granville said Queen Victoria had
personally appealed to the King of Prussia
in favor Of peace; and that the Govern
ment felt justified in seeking TO prevent
the bombardment Of Paris. Mr. Gladstone
insisted on. the necessity of providing for
the defense of the country, and taking ad-
vantage of the lessons Of experience fur
nished by the war incidentally, one Of
the Ministers read dispatch from China,
just received, announcing that there was
no longer danger to foreigners in the north
ern provinces. u.
The Tours journals Of the 18th report
that the Prussians had lost over 10000
killed and wounded, and 1900 prisoners in
the battles around Orleans, and were re-
treating toward the Chartres and Etampes
A large number Of guns thrown away by
the enemy had been picked up and distrib-
uted among the National Guards at Orleans
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