Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-22
p0rcfga Intelligence.


II the French Assembly on the sth the
law prescribing the Orleans Princes was
sbrogated, and the election Of the Duke
d. Aumale and Prince de Joinville to seats
in the Assembly was declared valid by q
vote Of AS TO 113.
The Marquis Gallifet was assassinated
in Paris on the sth by the widow OF one
of the Communists who had been shot by
his order.
The funeral ceremonies in Paris, on the
7th, over the remains Of five OF the cleri-
cal victims Of the Commune were solemn
and impressive.
A letter received from Treasurer Spin
ner dated London, May %, conveys intel
| ligencc of the improved health Of that
officer, who had commenced operations in
connection with the negotiations for the
new loan.
The Emperor of Russia and his son
Alexis, with brilliant staff, recently ar
rived in Berlin. They were received at
the station by the Emperor William and
his staff, and escorted TO the palace by the
Imperial Guard.
Recent advices from Montevideo repre-
sent the condition of affairs IN the city OF
Buenos Ayres as not only not having i'm.
proved, but as having grown alarmingly
worse. About the 1st of May the yellow
| fever seemed TO be abating, and many refu-
gees returned. The disease again broke
out violently, and the returned citizens
| fed in panic The seat Of government
was about being removed to Rosario. At
| last advices all communication between
Montevideo and Buenos Ayres was posi-
lively prohibited.
The supplementary elections to the
/ French Assembly have been fixed for the
9th of July. II has been determined that
| the courts-martial shall treat offenders
against the government as military, not
political prisoners.
The Prussian troops remaining in France
begun their homeward march on the 9th.
A Paris special of the 9th declares that
| number of Communist leaders reported
shot were still alive, having escaped from
the city in disguise.
1t is now reported that brigandage has
been nearly extirpated from Greece Tur-
key has given valuable assistance by arrest
ing all brigands on the frontier
The idea of burning the bodies of VIC
tins of the civil war in Paris has been
abandoned, and they will be exhumed
from their present burial places in the
| Park of Monceaux and the Garden Of
Luxembourg, and transferred TO new
cemetery beyond the village and fort of
Vanvres.
1t has been officially announced that the
capital of Italy will be transferred to
Rome on July 1.
Cold weather has recently been expert
enced in England. There was Snow storm
of an hours duration at Birmingham on
the 10th.
A Paris dispatch of the 18th says the
harvest prospects of France and Prussia
were diApuraging. Much of the seed had
persisted. In the more eastern provinces
of Europe, however, the crops promised
an abundant yield.
1t is stated that the owners OF houses
destroyed during the recent fighting in
Paris are to be Unidentified by the govern
ment
The Communists who are to be trans
ported to New Caledonia will be allowed
to take their families with them, and form
colonies.
News from Buenos Ayres to May 10 is
to the effect that deaths from yellow fever
were diminishing at the rate of twenty
per day, and business was resuming its
wonted course.
News is received Of terrible famine in
Persia. In one district children were being
killed and eaten.
A Paris dispatch of the 18th says "The
public gardens have been reopened. The
work OF restoration in the Bots de Bou.
logne has begun. Laborers are replanting
trees and shrubbery, filing bitches, and
dwelling the works Of the troops. The
weather is warm and pleasant, and the
streets are crowded with people"
The Lord Mayor of Dublin died on the
18th.
A recent Berlin dispatch says there were
rumors of negotiations between the Ger
man and Swedish Governments, with a
view TO internal relations that may result
in the union of Sweden and Germany be.
fore many months.
Details have been received Of the total
destruction Of the Peruvian ship, Don
ivan, by fire, at sea-supposed to have
been set by Chinese coolies who were en-.
trap, red on board at Macoa. The crew
abano oned the vessel with $50 coolies
fastened under the hatches Five hundred
of the C, ,olies were roasted alive; others
escaped when the matches were burned
off
Hon. E. B. Washburne, United States
Minister to FIR snce, has received permits
sion to make short visit home this sum.
mer, and will vail himself of 1t should
affairs in France become sufficiently
settled TO make it practicable for him to
be absent from his post