Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
General News Summary,


The total amount Of money received n
the Treasury Department In Washington
since November 50. 1863. and credited 10
wlsai j. known a. the " Conscience Tund,
Is fl25f4. OF this srnouni s., ~ was
received during the fiscal year ea1ing
June %. 1871.
TIE Examiner designated i,y tie Comp
tfUll.r q the Currency 10 make lnTe-ii-
yxtjon II the affairs ~ the Chicago Ma
tiozAl B4nks, damaged by tie lsse flfe.
r5sor1s thai the losses viii re ia reality
nagt2l ks-s than wgs estimated 5zsi after
TIE ire. and thzi nrler the circumstance
Tie coa1iil q the banks IS excellent.
Secretary gs,t-s@pn has isssed an order
sKj,.IIi1g six iaore cadets FROM the Naval
he4zemY 1T Annapolis FOR hazing. and
SAY. LIZ I; be distinctly understood
thu; Tire iesGcsay vii be purified q this
siarr@eful prsc7iee and defiant spirit.
yitiel B9s invoices IT. action. by the dis
nlisszl, II necessary. Of every cadet 10 the
VERY Ia.i Vi no refuses the fullest obedience
u tie regulations on this subject.
The American and British Commission,
In session IN Washington. adjourned on
;he 1.th until the 9Th Of December One
eI4iia sa- rejected because o. an Insult.
sieBeY VI proof
II j. stated that General Spinner viii
x.or1Iy is-iie circular concerning the re-
4eniptigu u mutiIated currency. II will
Srr,.iie that after January I 1s:,Ta than
BALI a note will be redeemed al IT, full value;
clearly iIa': note at one-half the value Of
the original. and icss than half d note viii
rot be redeemed unless there is positive
proof q the missing part having been
scstroyed
The Secretary u The Treasury has dc.
eidcd that iron barge. Of foreign build can.
not be used on the Mississippi River in the
p0rtaiion Of grain from ST. Louis to
kew Orleans
Datus T. Coon, Of Alabama, has been
appointed United States Consul at Rio dc
Janero. and Charles q. Dycr.sof Illinois,
Consul General at Beirut.
The President has appointed Morrison
Y. Waite, Of Toledo, Ohio, Counsellor TO
Geneva, vice Curtis, resigned
Tic agricultural report says the returns
indicate larger production Of cotton than
was expected in October, and promise fully
to make good the moderate expectations
OF izaIy and August. There had been no
killing fgosis, and the quality was good IN
all sectors; The yield per acre, as indi.
Gated by county estimates, is largest in
ArkaHsas.
The total registration Of voters in the
District ~ Columbia shows IL, l57 whites
and 9,255 blacks.
4 Washington dispatch of the 20th
says: The Secretary Of the Treasury
i,as written letter to the Collector Of
Customs Al Port Huron, Mich, declining
10 grant free entry Of beef purchased in
Canada for the sufferers by the recent
fires In Michigan. The department letter
nj the 18Th Of October, under which the
requests we're made for allowing free en-
try Of articles contributed for the relief Of
The Clicagt sufferers, has been modified,
aud hereafter only blankets and articles OF
eIoth:us are 10 be distributed for the re-
lief 81 sufferers in Chicago Michigan, and
Wisconsin, this privilege only extending
10 January fst.
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
rules tliat the principal and interest Of
nca bonds are exempt from taxation in
any form. and that this interest need not
DO includ cd IN the amount upon which Il
dividend or other taxes are required to
be paid.
The following appointments were made
ly the President OF the 2lst Francis A.
Walker, present Superintendent Of Cen
sux. IS Commissioner OF Indian AfIars I;
NJ. w. Reynolds, Receiver OF Public
Moneys At Humboldt, Kansas
Treasurer spinner reports that the re.
seipts If the fiscal year, including a
balance Of $40, 502,47 in the treasury
June 30, 1870, were $3.50 BAD expendi-
lures. $3.50, 1896, 872 balance in treasury
June 20, 1877, &lO9,si7,4T The total
number of National Banks June 30, 1871,
was $50