Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

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The National Executive Committee Of
the colsred men have Issued proclama-
ton announcing the ratification Of tho
Fifteenth Amendment
The payments Of the Treasury Depart
ment during March were: For civil and
miscellaneous, t4,gis.s3i; War, t4,15l,-
lSi; Navy, e1,s7s,0S0; Interior Depart
nent, ts,509S?5. Total, el6,55G,l7o
This announcement does not include the
payment Oh account Of interest and prin-
cipal Of the public debt.
The widow Of the bate Cen. Thomas tel
egrxpbed 10 General Sherman on the I'd,
expressing her regret that she could not
yield 10 the desire On the part Of Gen.
Sherman and others to have the remains
of her husband buried at West Point. As
Troy IL TO be her future home, she felt
that she must bury her husband In her
family lot ia the cemetery there.
A Washington telegram of the I'd says :
1.-THE Presidents organ, this Chronicle Of
this city, is out to-day In opposition 70
sbe continuance ~ th@ income tax, and
c0ntests The ground taken by Secretary
Boutwell,, that the tax Ii indispensable To
maintain proper standard Of revenue.
The article Ia understood TO be the result
Of an interview with the President on
this subject, last evening This matter is
likely To result in serious difference be-
tween the President and Boutwell,"
Among the nominations TO the Senate
by the President, on the 4th, were: Joseph
Hobson, Assessor of Internal Revenue for
the Third District Of Iowa; Moses Hal
Let, Chief Justice Of the Supreme Court
Of the Territory Of Colorado.
The Secretary Of the Navy sent TO the
House, on the 4tb, all the information in
his possession relative TO the Oneida dis.
aster. The report says that the disaster
occurred through the bad navigation of
the Bombay, and reckless disregard of
human life and Of the common. oblig cations
Of humanity. 1 0A
Commissioner Dclano has received q
letter enclosing whisky stamps to the value
OF $465, which the writer says he stole
from the Collector Of the Second Ohio
District, and wishes 70 return. i3t
Commissioner Delano has forbidden the
publication Of annual lists of assessments
Of income returns. eit 5slt fa :. &
A Washington special OF the 9th says o
general court-martial had been ordered
Tor the trial Of an army officer of high
rank, on several charges, which, however,
the War Department did not wish 10
make public. For the same reason his
name was suppressed. The order created
quite Hutter In military circles. 81.
The nominations sent to the Senate on
the 9th were: Joseph p. Root, Of Kansas,
Minister Resident at the Hague; Hugh L.
Bond, Of Missouri. Judge Of the Fourth
Judicial District Circuit, vice George A.
pearce, Withdrawn. ~ I,dt rs.
The East. 4. t3al
Gold closed In New York on the 9th at
112.
The adoption of the Fifteenth Amend.
ment will be celebrated at Boston on the
18th Of April. ~ ayaf.
A terrific boiler explosion occurred 1t
tils factory Of the New Haven Comm
Folding Chair Company on the 1st Two
persons were killed and several wounded.
Part Of the building was torn down, and
the boiler was thrown over thirty feet.
In consequence OF the 'ex haustion OF the
Of Congress for the Con-
Department, 400 workmen were
discharged from the Brooklyn Navy Yard,
d the 1st. 2ftl AZ lsf.l4 iteo
The New York Democratic State Con-
vention 10 nominate candidates for Judges
Of the Court of Appeals, 10 appointed for
April 81, at Rochester.
The Governor OF Maine has appointed
April IA as Fast Day. .ih
A meeting Of the officers who served
under Gen. Thomas was held at Boston
pn the ID. Resolutions were passed eulo.
rizlng their old commander, and . COM
nittee was appointed to attend the fu-
,eral. talg4e - ..,s.4 4fs,-,