Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-27


A Paris dispatch of the 18th says dele
gates from the Commune TO Versailles had
returned with Theirs conditionA which
rendered the insurgents very violent.
Rochefort demanded that vinroy, Gailipel,
Favre, Picard and Mcmahon should be
brought chained in couples to the Champs
Elysees, where the relatives Of Nationals
killed should be allowed to do what they
Insurgent successes are reported at Paris
on the 18th. E51 .5g1 9@e aL1
An official and explicit denial has been
given to various charges Of cruelty at
tributed TO the Versailles authorities, both
civil and military.
According to cable dispatches Of the,
18th there was little change In the situa-
ton around Paris. The insurgents were
reported to be holding their own, and
claimed that the situations was everywhere
TO them. A special from Paris
to the London Times of the 18th says It
was reported that the Prussians would in
tervene in the affairs Of France in case the
Commune should be victorious over the
Versailles government. ya tseF .gf
A slight earthquake shock was felt IA
Scotland on the morning of the 18th.
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-saratn,, ,Oongreadonal. isauilu9i1N
In tho Senate, on the 18th, the debate
on the Ku-Klux bill WAS procesded with, ana
amendments were agreed to--extending the time
within which the President may suspend the writ
OF aoeaS copus to the END o. the nea' segn,sr
TO persons and property upon iocallues IN when
outrages are committed; striking out the Glance
repeating the test oath fcr United states Jnrors.
adopted, and the bill was psssed-4S 70 15.Messrs.
Hilf Robertson, 6chufz, Upton and Trumbpll, Re-
public voting with the Democrats IN the mega
tive. Messrs. Pool and Pratt were appointed On
the Southern outrage investigation, rlcs Mesers.
Wilson and Nye, resigned. Adjourned. it's'.
In the House, on the 18th, resolutions
were adopted caitfng for report az to the expe-
diency OF Custom House and PostOfYice build
ing IT Oshkosh, Wis; calling on the Secretary Of
State for information received at the State Depart
1nent concerning iron and Other ship building IN
ana PEI
Of printing tEeir own notes Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 10Th, an effort was
made TO pass an amendment TO the order Of bust
ness, so ~ 70 allow tho House Amnesty bill to be
this session, and pending motion TO
defer the vote ON the pending motion, on which
Into executive session, and afterwards adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, the remain
ing Senate amendments to the Deficiency bill
were considered and disposed Of, and motion 10
~ A~ig - 49, -
nays 12D-when . Conference Committee was or
amendments 70 the Kn- Klux bill were taken up,
and The 1, the Ight to s
the end Of the next regular session OF Congress,
Instead Of till June II, 1872, was rejected-yeas 80,
nays %; the amendmentin relation to the oath of
amendment Assessing DAMAGES on localities was
also rejected-yeas III, nays l35-when Commit
tee q Conference was ordered on the dissg5eeing
Kerr were appointed. 9. Adjourned + "a n
In the Senate, on the 18th, Mr.. Sumner
was chosen President pro tenn. OF the Senate, in
the temporary absence OF the Vice President. "A
motion that the Senate recede ft0m the three
to the Ku-Klux bill nonc0ncurred In
by the House was rejected 1T TO 88-and the bill
was referred to Committee Of Conference consist
-. a Committee Of Conferences was also ordered
on the disagreeing votes Of the two houses on the
Appropriation bill, and Aessrs. Cole,
Morrill, S and Bayard were spnonsed
james Henry, of the Smithsonian Institute to &C.
cept title and decoration from the King Of
Sweden, House bills were passed .donating con-
Ia Philadelphia, for their cemetery; authorizing the
name OF the vessel William Ii. Slower to be
changed to Hamilton Fish, and to grant new
Adjourned. a,.,
In the House, en- the nth, bills were
granting bounty lands to those who
served in the army navy during the rebellion; TO
promote commerce among the States. and to
cheaper transportation; to incorporate the Louis
for bridge across Portage Lake, Mich. for pay,
ment to the State OF Arkansas Of money expended
for tho United States for enrolling, provisioning
and eqnipping militia to aid IN suppressing the
education; providing for commission to deter
mine the claims for damages committed on Amer-f
can commerce by the Alabama, Shenandoah,
Florida, Georgia, and other British cruisers; joint
Of the Legislature Of Mississippi re-.
q lands 70 the Mobile Northwestern
81. i louis County County, Woman Suffrage Hsspeis s
ton. The preamble and resolution declaring
that the money annually raised ny taxation upon
COO, and disappearing of the 'inordinate taxation
heretofore practided BY the Secretary Of tile
ilIeueuIy, anu Inc sum lOT the pfluClpdl
said debt to TX, ,OOO," were considered, and
motion to- lay on the table was rejected-3 to 1884,
and the House refused to second the previous
question on the adoption OF the revolutionary to
~ Messrs. Dawes, Kelley and Beck were ap-
cheney bill "A telegram was read announcing
Mammals, OF the United States, in White County,
Tenn, while attempting to serve Q process -.
Resolutions were adopted requesting the Presi
don't to intercede with the authorities OF the
Dominion OF Canada for the release Of American
citizens now confined in Canadian prisons; author
izing the Committee on Elections 70 take testi-
mOny In relation to the credentials Of the sitting
members nom Mississippi the validity OF the cleo
ton under which they claim seats. with authority
passed authofising the Legislature Of New New
Mexico to convene on the first Monday Of Decem-
Der, 1871; Senate bill to enable the Leavenworth,
Lawrence v Galveston, Railway Company to re-
locate portion offs road. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, a resolution
was adopted requesting the President to detail an
ofhcsr Of engineeFs to ,assist in the survey now
being made under the auspices Of the State Of
Louisiana for strengthening the Mississippi evees
II that State. "A report was submitted nom the
Conference Committee on the Ku-Klux bill. I.
WHICH, after considerable discussion was adopted
the jurors' test oath, aspfoyiAion repeating that
encouragement Or Sid to the rebellion, either al
fr n.o9 Si a
CrutiUu4rY With -, 80.