Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-19

beers, and the House III. VI the I1s, 10
are Republicans and "a Democrats, and 9
call themselves Independents
According to the Auditors report, the
State debt Of Indiana On the 9TH was:
Foreign, SITS, 900 domestic, "a, 792, 60l.l5.
The State debt of Minnesota is nom
inally t3J0Oo0; sccumulations OF the
sinking fund, 464,4 96. The total value OF
the taxable property in the State in 1871
was returned at 4S5, 4O6, 877.
The, Ohio Democratic State Central
Committee met ct Columbus on the 10th,
and decided to hold their next State Con-
yention at Columbus, on the first day OF
June.
The Ohio Supreme Court has pro-
nounced the law by which the recent an
nexations have been made 70 Cincinnati
unconstitutional ,4a ~
Hon. B. Graft Brown was, on the 9th,
inaugurated as Governor of Missouri.
The Ohio house has adopted a resolu-
ton, by vote of SO 70 10, granting per-
mission to place memorial Of Lincoln in
the rotunda OF the State House.
The. Kansas Legislature organized on
the 10th. ~ 90 ~ 81 81 Hh'31
Information received at Omaha on the
18th from Fort Laramie says large num-
Der Of Indians, Sioux, Cheyennes, Arrapa-
hoes and Gros Ventres were coming in at
that point They report great scarcity
Of game, and that they were nearly starv-
ing, and begged for food ' 'ft
A bill to make the reading Of the Bible
in the public schools unlawful failed TO
pass the Ohio House on the nth The
vote stood IA yeas TO 70 nays. aa aas.
The Wisconsin Legislature organized on
the nth. Hon. VIM. f. Smith, of Dodge,
was elected Speaker Of the Assembly.
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ga The South. a. n
At the municipal election in Brown
vile, Tenn, on the 7th, the Republicans
elected their entire ticket, except one AL
derman. fsgesIs., 81 '4g
A Democratic State. Convention for
Texas has been called TO meet at Austin
January 90. for the purpose of effecting .
Reorganization Of the party. e
The connecting link between Montgofn'
cry and Selma, Ala, has been completed,
giving through line Of railroad from
Vicksburg TO Savannah. 1 - !" -
In the Arkansas Legislature, on the nth,
Governor Clayton was elected United
States Senator, by a vote Of "a TO 8, on the
first ballot.
The Louisiana Legislature, on the 10th,
elected J. r. West, United States Senator,
on the first ballot, by large majority.
There was great rejoicing among Cover
nor Warmouth's friends. s5 - ffi i,
Gov. Bullock. Of Georgia, has given GER
tificates to the following Members Of Con
gress Paine and Mcintyre, from the
First District Bethunc, Third District !;
Price, Sixth Districts; Gen. Young,
Seventh District. .eGta
Twenty-ope bills passed by the Louisi-
ana Legislature, and covering appropria-
tions amounting TO 40,sr5, 900, and 100000
acres Of land, have been vetoed by the
Governor ~ t-ui DE 9Hi nai
Many persons, including Judges Of the
Supreme Court, Circuit Judges. the At,
torney- General, and magistrates, have
been indicted in the Federal Courts for
holding Office in Tennessee In violation Of
the Fourteenth.amendrn ent eH 2la' ~
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I -as. Foreign Intelligence IA e,i1g
A London dispatch of the 4th, says it
was known in the highest German circles
that desperate efforts to reduce Paris were
being made. THE Paris correspondent OF
the London Times Of the 5th thought that
further resistance by Paris would be brief,
and that food will fail before the end of
the present month. vIBlha7b a9ya int
Gsribaldi, was at Dion on the 4th., ..e,a
The London Times of the 9th has an ar
ticle on the Alabama. claims question, in
which II says England only desires by fair
concessions and frank allowance to bring
about settlement o., this foolish quarrel
which alienates two great nations, g..
The new Spanish Cabinet has been com
pleted, as follows: serrano, President Of
the Council: Martos, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs; Montero Rios, Minister Of Justice;
Bennger, Minister Of Marine; Sagusta,l
Minister of the INTERIOR Eiioa Minister
Of Public Works; Ayala, Minister of Col
onies. edt ayas NlSe espD OH
A Yeraaiilea dixratch Of The 4 4sl says Tie
bombardment Of theiouth forts Of Paris
commenced ate O'clock Q. m. on that day.,
Agreat battle isi reported TO have Or
CURED on the Left bank az the Seine On the
3D., In which no decided advantage was
gained by either party. The loss on, the
part of the Prtissinns was very heavy, and
the French troops showed remarkable
spirit and daring. 4 II il also reported that
the Prussians, on the morning Of the 9TH,
and dispersed the French force
on the left bank 81 the Seine, near Roueh,
tfitee stands q colors, two can.
non, and 4sO prisohefs.ss ~ ,eh'o9iiiiao
A Lohdon d&patck Of the eth says the
classmates df FostI issy snd Vsnvros werc'
battered down sttr Ai6tht Of eight hours
dursti0n- Private adYices from Versailles
to the 9th inst. state that thergeneral bonn
bardment, Of the, forts southeast and north