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

E. n. yerger, who has been in military
since June last, on charge q
killing Lieutenant Colonel Crane, vs.
transferTed to the custody Of the
Sheriff of Hfndscounty, Miss-. byan order
from the Adjutani General Of The Unite4
States Army. Lieutenant Wood, Adjus
tant General Fourth Military District, In;
mediasely made IN afndsvit before Judee
Caban, charging him with the murder =
Colonel Crane. The counsel for ne -
fence waived IN examination, and Hp4BF
was committed without bail
Tho West Virginia L4gillsture has
passed . joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the State Constitution 20
- to enfranchise the negroes and ex-Con-
federates. 1t has TO be concufTed In BY
the Legislature next winter, and then be
submitted TO the people in October, 1871.
Foreign Intelligeace.
The missionary packet Morning Star
was wrecked on Strong's Island, Psci6c
Ocean, on the 18th Of October, and was .
total loss The passengers escaped and
we're taken to Honolulu.
The Captain General Of Cuba hasissued
a decree granting liberty to over two thou
sand negroes, prisoners Of war, who had
been hired out to labor by the government,
with the understanding that they were to
become slaves after . certain date.
Gustave Flourens has been sentenced,
at Paris, to threo years imprisonment for
having aided the desertion Of two spldisSe
A Havsus Telegram IT the 25th stated
that Insurgent Colonel Garcia, with five
officers and eighty soldiers, had surren.
dercd voluntarily, at Villa Clara, and
taken the oath of allegiance to the Span
ish Government.
The four-oared rowing match for 3d. 00
and the championship of the world il
definitely settled between the champion
English crew of Newcastle-upon Tyns
and the Paris crew Of st. John, N. ,.
The race is to take place at Lachi9e,
Canada, in July next.
Three of the editors Of the Mdrseiudse
who were arrested in Paris for violation of
the press laws have been liberated.
DR.. Livingstone's brother at Fernatdo
Pc writes to London paper expressing
his belief In the safety of his relative
It is reported that one of De 1sha's
guides, named Bars, or Bart, Is thepur-
derer of Greenwald.
A cable dispatch states that Minister
Curtin will take charge of the remaiis Of
Mr.. Burlingame In connection. with the
members of the Chinese Embassy. The
body will be embslmed and lie in ststs at
the American Legation, and finally b cent
to America in charge of representatives,
both Of China and the United States.
The submarine cable from Bombay to
Alden, at the mouth of the Red Sea, has
been successfully laid, and England is
thus placed in direct telegraphic communi-
cation with her Indian colonies
Santa Anna has been sent to Nassar
from Havana, on Spanish man-ofwar.
The United States steam corvette
Oneida, Of nine guns, was sunk, with all
souls (120) on board, the latter part oi
January, about fifteen miles from Yoko-
hama, Japan, by collision with thu Brit
ish mail steamer Bombay, Of the PENN
sula and Oriental line.
The funeral of Hon. Arson BurIngame
took place at st. Petersburg, on The Goth
ult. The English, French, and American
Ambassadors acted as pall-bearsrs. The
remains will be sent to America.
Dispatches received in London on the
LIST state that fifty-six lives wee saved at
the sinking of the Oneida.
Late advices from Red River say that
Riell was unanimously elected President
of the Provisional Government after the
adjournment of the Convention which
framed the bill Of rights.
The Dominican Republic has formally
declared, by large majority, for amen
ton to the United States.
The attendance ct the Burllngame OBJ
sequies at St. Petersburg on the 1st was
very large The Emperor made personal
call upou Mrs. Burlingame.
The detailed account of the disaster to
the Oneida shows that the Bombay,
British mail steamer), with which II col.
lided, was hailed three times after the
disaster without effect, although the runs
were heard at Yokohoma, twenty miles
away. The Captain of the Bombay did
not stop to rescue those on board the
Oneida, nor did he, upon his arrival ct
Yokohama, report the accident or inform
the authorities Had the Bombay sent her
boats to the assistance of the Oneida, all
or nearly all, might have been saved. The
feeling and indignation toward Captsin
Eyre was terrible. None but his company
and few of his countrymen attempted ia
shield him. The Oneida went down sterr
first, in about twenty fathoms Of watel
with twenty o@cers and fifty-f men.
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