Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-23
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The Executive Committee Of the Far.
rsgut Memorial Association has sent 9 cir
culAr TO the principal cities with regard to
. suitAbls memorial 70 the late Admiral. =
Gpye apprehsndons ware entertained
IN Washington ON the 9th with regard to
rs SaSety OF the Tennessee, which con-
vsysd the San Domingo Commission from
Now York. She had been twenty three
dsys out, and no intelligence had been re.
osived Of her from any quarter. A rumor
On tie 9Th that the Tennessee had found.
cred, and that all on board were lost, was
not confirmed. A Havana dispatch Of the
Sfh ssys nothing 80 far had been heard
nom the missing steamer. FL
No news, either good or bad, had been
yeosived u Washington from the steamer
Tennessee up TO the nth. It was stated
O tho 10Th that the government would
dispatch steamers both from Key West
add Savannah in search of the missing
vessel. .. o,a0,
The following nominations were sent TO
the Senate on the 10th: Postmassers-J.
l.. Bryan, Lebanon, O.; Thos. L. Reynolds,
&. Joseph. Mich r. 8. Stackpole, Deer
Lodge, Montana; Philip Lawrence, Mineral
Point, Wis Il. II. Armsley, Atlanta III |;
Jno. Kshl, Shelby, O.; ]. r. Vaughan,
IAwrencburg, Ind; NJ. G.. Woodruff Iowa
Falls, Iowa; II. J. Brown, Anderson, Ind
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th
says: "In regard to the repeal of the in
come tax, the President states that while
he would have been glad to have the IN.
come tax abolished, he is satisfied that the
position OF the Secretary Of the Treasury
will meet the appreciation Of the country.
He thinks it is, perhaps, best that the rev.
enue be kept up to its present standard, at
least for the present"
A Washington dispatch of the 18th
states that Secretary Robson had written
Representative Sargent that there was no
ground for fear concerning the Tennessee.
The general opinion in New York on the
18th was that the steamer had gone down
with all on board.
The President sent the following nomi-
nations of Postmasters to the Senate on
the 18th: William II. Streeter, Houghton,
Mich. J. II. Shattleworth, Clarksburg,
w. Va James Ii. Fetler, Peru, Ind; Ed.
ward w. Freamin, Kokomo, Ind; j. II.
Mills, Gold Hill, New. .a s
News was received in Washington on
the 18th that it would be impossible for
Sir John Rose to serve on the Joint com
mission to settle questions at issue be-
tween the United States and England 1t
WINS believed that the commission will not
begin its session until about the LIST Of
March. The Commissioners, on the part
of the United States, are Secretary FISH,
Gen. Schenck, ex-Attorncy Gen. Hoar,
Judre Nelson and ecnatnr Williams.
The r..caspes Of the United States Treas
,ay for the quarter ending December 81,
1870, were $S5,O97, 100; expenditures,
$74,115,723.
Russell Hastings has been nominated by
the President to be Marshal Of the North.
crn District Of Ohio. ~ 81 ~ s
Among the nominations by the Presi-
dent on the 10Th were: B. 9. Whitney,
Superintendent Of Indian Affairs In Cali
fornia. Postmasters-John McNeely,
Petersburg, H.; II. B. Fargo, Greenville,
Mich; w. II. Martens, st. Charles, Mo-;
J. Il. Williams, Baxter Springs, KS; e. ].
Stewart, Chettapah, KS; 8. o. Mcdowell,
Columbus, KS. A. II. Hamilton, Ottum-i
wa, Iowa; Charles Weir, Cedar Rapids,
low" Ntsa DIR. ul sir5'asst'4
The East. e.tf,,.e. ~
Gold closed in New York on the, 15that
Xix. 80
Both houses Of the New York Legis-
lature met In joint convention on the 9th,
and elected John Lewis and H0ratio War
ner, Democratic candidates, 90 Regents of
the University Horace Greeley and d.
w. Bristol were the Republican candidates
The Fenian exiles received . splendid
ovation In Tammany Hall, New York city,
on the 9th, from members Of the Tam
many Society. 4 ll 'sttsis ''a ~ ss''f
Il xas -repos4sa IN N e + Fork city on
the 9Th that four more ibodies-one that
of . Western merchant, IL II presumed,
from papers found on his person-had
been discovered at New Hamburg, Upto
that date the victims seem to be twenty