Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12


Hxrrodsburg Ky.
n spoears from the returns made at the
census Office in Washington, that the COL
ors1 population in 1870 in 1850 counties,
ID l,5O7,0li. In the year 1850 the coioreo
incubation in the same counties was AL
4oa The gain is little over AZ per cent,
and leaving out the Northern States, which
were included, the total gain would be less
than 8 per cent
Owing to the death of Mrs. Belknap,
and in order to show proper respect to her
memory, there was no public reception at
the Executive mansion on the I'd, nor did
the families of members of the Cablnet
keep open houses on that day.
The following is the public debt state
ment as published on the 3D.:
To&al outstanding debt. ......... t2,4zSlS5.oo.V0
TEAL principal and interest, IN
eauding interest due ana nm .nc m
pa3d. SsSso'Ao''"'
a,. ,r N. r,essuyv sos. Str .00
~ L. smouni IN treasury. 3,s37. 067. 7a3. 20
Decrease during the month 80 e eS m
Decrease since March !, l5W.....; AosSO'"0"."'
Donds issued TO Pacific Railroad
Companies, interest payable In
lawful money .x..s On. N
AMOUNT outstanding. ............. Os,ols,os1.U
Interest accrued and not yet paid ldso,ov "4 ~
Interest paid by the United States e'slo'Sao.W
Interess repaid BY transportation .so o,o M
Of mails ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. S.f"o,oA"vo
BY the official report of United States
Treasurer Spinner, the conscience fund
during the year ending June 30, 1870. is
shovn to have increased "a, 40G.03, and the
total contributions to the United States
Treasury since 1863. through the agency OF
the silent monitor" is $l17,397.si.
The Commissioner Of Pensions has re-
Gently decided to strike from the list OF
examining surgeons employed by the
Bureau of Pensions the names OF all sur
xeons of the homeopathic school. The
grounds Of his decision are, that all the
surgeons should belong to one school, and
have but one theory of medicine, and that
the homeopathic system is not recognized
by the Bureau.
Among the nominations sent by the
President to the Senate, on the 4th, were !:
A. E. Lyon, Surveyor Of Customs at Du-
buque, Iowa; N. d. Leggett, OF Ohio, to
be Commissioner Of Patents. Post
mastery. NJ. Foreman, Parkersburg,
lib. Wells, Dowsgiac, Mich. G. b.
Beevc, Beaver Dam, Wis. j. L. Parmelee,
Aurora, Ill.
The new tariff went into effect on the
list. 1t changes the tax on teas from 20 TO
Is cents; coffee from s to cents; new
sugar from 81 to IA cents; sugar above
No. 2, from TO 2 cents; refined sugar,
from 8 to 4 cents; cane molasses, from 8
TO 5 cents; brandy, from % to ~; liquors,
from $3.50 to % per proof gallon; wool,
from 30 per cent. to IL and 10 cents steel
railway bars, from "a and 10 per cent. to
IN cents pig iron, from 80 to 81; cast
and wrought scrap are each Increased 81
per ton. Fifty-two articles, mostly drugs,
are placed on the free list; and the tariff
upon forty reduced.
The West.
According TO the annual report of the
Directors Of the Northern Penitentiary Of
Indiana, the institution for the first time is
self-sustaining. The excess Of receipts over
expenditures was $1,829.38. The whole
number of convicts is $50; pardoned, 22
discharged from all causes, 1879. Most OF
the convicts are hired out at fifty cents per
day.
On the night of the Goth ult the jury in
the jerks murder trial, at La Grange, Ind,
brought in verdict of guilty, and SEN
fenced the prisoner to the Penitentiary for
life.
Colonel A. II. Conner, of Indiana, has
accepted the appointment of Governor OF
Idaho Territory, rendered him some days
since, and will assume the duties of that
Office ON March /.
The Minnesota Legislature met on the
I'd. In the Senate, #. 4. Snow was chosen
Secretary; A. A. Howard, Assistant Score
fary;- John T. Williams, Sergeant.at-arms
CT. Tuthill, Enrolling Clerk; c. T. Ram
bush, Engrossing Clerk; Rev. j. Marvin
Chaplin. The House organized by elect
ing Colonel John.Merriam Speaker; Gen
eral t. p. Jennison, Chief Clerk; G. II
Slocum, Assistant Clerk; M. B. Scrusner
Enrolling Clerk; A. M. Kimball, Engross
ing Clerk; s. M. Phelps, of Olmstead
Chaplain.
The Ohio Legislature met on the 3D., ant
the Governors Message was read.
A motion has been made for new tria
in the jerks murder case, at Lagrange, Ind
The Judge reserved his decision in TIL
matter until the March term.
The Michigan Legislature met an
organized ON the 4th.
The Illinois Senate organized on tn
Ath, by the election of the following o
ficers, all Republicans: +. II. Grigg
Secretary; T. 8. Swan, First Assistant
Second Assistant, o. b. Knickerbocker
Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk, II. L
Gcttemy; Assistant, G. Martin; Sergeant
alarms, L. Zeigler; First Assistant, J. i
Moore; Second Assistant, B. V. Harlan
Post Master, j. b. Turchin; Assistant
II. C.Staples
The East.
Gold closed In New York on the q
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