Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-10


The Offices for January, the aggregate
amount would have exceeded t200, 900, or
u the rate Of t2.400,OO0 per annum.
A general order from headquarters of
the army states that the Fourth Military
District has ceased to exist, and, by direc-
ton of the President, the State of Missis-
sippi is attached TO the Department Of the
Cumberland, Brevet Major General Cooke
commanding.
The following is the public debt state
ment for March /:
Debt barring edtPriR; ~ ig7 asa 5000
Debt bearing no interest 44O, 40. 75s
Total. .sasI1 slos4aa
Interest. ........................ S0,757, 941.a1
Total ......................f2,S 51 SOS, 795. 43
Amount In Treasury:
Coin. Sio2 400, $50 81
Currency. ........................ 10. 20 ass. %
Sinking fund bonds and interest. 27s7s's20.O0
Special fund bonds and interest,". n, 1872 81
Total. ............."...... $2is $40, 1885
Debt, less each In Treasury q 43s, 32s AT II
Decrease IN the month. ........ 6,4A.6f1.75
Decrease since March 1. 1879. 67.l8g, 7s2 81
BoSds issued 10 Pacific Railroad
Companies. interest payable in
lawful money, amount outstand-
Interest accrued and not yet paid. 637.5fi 30
Interest paid by United States 6,Ss1 GG4 81
Interest repaid BY transportation Of
Balance d interest paid BY the '''''0'''
United States. .....,......'...... 4,ss7,5so.sS
The Senate, on the LIST, refused to re-
consider Its vote confirming Hon. Will
liam Strong, Of Pennsylvania, ~ a Justice
Of the United States Supreme Court.
The consideration OF the nomination of
Mr.. Bradley a. Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court was postponed on the Cd,
by the Senate, to the 21st instant 81 to
70.
The following we're among the nomina.
lions sent to the Senate on the I'd: Charles
H. Lewis, Of Virginia, Minister Resident
70 Portugal; Richard H. Whitney, Asses.
cor Of Internal Revenue for the Fifth Dis.
trict Of Illinois; Geo. d. Orner, Collector
Of Internal Revenue, Fifth District, Mis-
souri,; ]. G. G. Haskins, Postmaster, Sioux
City, Iowa
Tho East.
Gold closed IN New York on the I'd
as 1851.
The Maine Senate, on the 23d, voted,
nearly three to one, to abolish capital
punishment.
The Workingmen's Protective Union,
n Boston, has unanimously resolved
against woman suffrage.
The Massachusetts, House OF Represen.
tstives, on the oath, passed the license
law TO be engrossed-128 TO 80.
The Mormon preachers were recently
warned out Of the village Of East Mea-
dow, L. l., by vigilance committee, on
pain Of being mobbed. They left for
Potchoque, but expected to return, when
. serious disturbance Was feared.
Ex-secretary Seward arrived in New
York city on the evening of the 25th.
Counterfeit twenties on the Market Ma.
tional Bank Of New York were put In
circulation In that city on the 26th ult
In the Maine Senate, on the goth ult.,
resolution for payment In coin, Of State
contracts prior to February rs, 1852, was
tabled.
The boiler Of heating furnace At the
railroad iron rolling mill of the Lscka-
wanna Iron and Coal Company, Scranton,
Pa, exploded on the 28th ult. A portion
Of the roof with all IT. heavy timbers,
shafting. ETC., 10 feet by 95 feet, was blown
into the cir, and fell with tremendous
crash. The noise Of the explosion shook
half the city. Twenty or thirty men
were buried in the ruins, several Of them
being killed.
About flfty persons left New York city
On the 1T, for Kansas, under the auspices
Of the Excelsior Colony.
Ata meeting of the Cuban Junta in
New York city on the I'd, General Que
sads was present, and gave en- encouraging
report Of military affairs In Cuba.
In the recent charter election ct Troy.
Il. r, MI. Gilbert, Republican, was elect
"a Mayor BY % majority. The Common
Council stands II Republicans and II
DemOcrsts
A terrific explosion Of nitro-glycerine
occurred on the I'd, at tho Fleetwood
Race Course, now being constructed In
Norriania, N. Y. John Sullivan, work
man, wss killed, and nine others severely
wounded.
The dye works at Neponset. Mass,
were destroyed BY hre on the morning OF