Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-09

A Paris telegram Of the 9th says:
"The preliminaries of peace were signed
! Yesterday, at s 30 p. m. France cedcs
Alsace and Metz. Belfort Is retained
The war indemnity is fixed at five mil
liards francs. For payment three yean'
time is granted. The ~Germans are 70
hold the fortress till paid. The armistice
is prolonged week. The Germans enter
Paris Immediately"
A London dispatch of the 9th says the
triumphal entry Of the Germans into Ber-
lin has been delayed two months, as the
whole of Germany will observe six weeks
of mourning for the victims OF the war.
The London Times special from Yer
sailles, ON the 2Sth ult, gives additional
particulars of the treaty: "The fortified
cities of Lunncville, Nancy, and Beifort
are left to France; Longwy, Thionville,
Metz, Saarbruck and the iron district will
go to Germany. Rotchschild promises to
pay the entire indemnity to Germany
within year, by which the army OF occu-
patton will be got rid of; at the end OF
that time Prince Frederick Charles Is TO
be Governor of Champagne, with head
quarters at Rheims. The Emperor William
will merely pass through Paris and his
new possessions en- route to Berlin.
Dispatches from various parts of Ireland,
received in London on the 28th, report
that several acts of agrarianism had oc-
CURED, in which several persons were
killed
The French Assembly on the LIST ratified
the preliminary conditions of peace by q
vote Of 546 ayes to 107 noes. The Assem-
bly, enthusiastically and unanimously
voted, by reclamation, resolution decree
ing the fall of the empire, and stigmatizing
Napoleon as the author Of all the mis-
fortunes Of France.
The grand entry into Paris of portion
of the German army occurred on the 1st
The streets are reported to have been al
most entirely deserted by the inhabitants,
and no disturbances occurred. The shops
and windows Of the chief thoroughfares
were all closed, and the aspect Of the city
was desolate. Only few Italian, Amerl-
can, and English flags were flying, and one
single French flag hung over the Palace
of the Corps Legislatif.
The widow Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the
author, died in Kensington on the goth.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the 23d, the House
Joint resolution relating to Panoche Grande, being
the MGarrahan claim, was received from the
House and temporarily disposed OF by being laid
on the table :. The Texas Pacific Railroad bill
was also received from the House, and action
postponed until the bill IL printed Bills were
passed-House bill TO extend the provisions of the
fifty fifty section Of the banking act Of June, 1864
furnishing cmbezzlement by bank officers, TO
banks organized under the provisions OF the bank
ing act Of February, 1885, Indian Appropriation
bill; Senate bill TO amend the bounty laws, pro-
viding that all soldiers who were mustered into
the service Of the United States for three years,
between May 4 and July %, 1861, and who were
honorably discharged before serving two years
by reason of disability contracted in the service
are entitled to receive 800 bounty. Bills were
reported Army Appropriation bill, with amend
ments to facilitate commerce between the
United States and China, Japan, and countries of
ASIA incorporating the Asiatic Commercial Com
mercantile dnd shipping business, with amend.
ment; adversely, to increase internal revenue
arising from lotteries and other purposes. .Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 23d, bills we're
passed-reative to taking depositionsin Courts of
the United States for extension OF the time for
the completion Of the Portage Lake and Lake
Superior Canal; making appropriations for the
construction, preservation, and repair or certain
Notifications, and other works OF defense; with
amendments, making appropriations for the com
petion and preservation OF certain public works
on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes -.
The Senate resolution prescribing the oath to be
taken by Senator elect Miller, of Georgia, was
passed. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the Gath, the creden-
tials Of William Window, as Senatorelect from
Minnesota were presented and read. Bills were
repOrted-favoraby, repeating the test oath; to
provide for Assistant United States Treasurers at
Cincinnati and Chicago. The bill relating to
bridges across the Mississippi River was consid-
cred and passed. Mr.. Miller, Of Georgia, was
sworn in. The House Enforcement bill, entitled
an act to amend the act approved May 81, 1870 TO
enforce the right OF citizens of the United States TO
vote In the several States Of the Union, and for
other purposes, was taken UP, and q lengthy de-
bate cnsued, when the bill was passed by party
vote of 30 TO TO-
In the House, on the gath, the bill max
ing appropriations for the sundry civil expenses of
the government, known as the Omnibus bill, ap-
propratng x33 $50 992 WIS taken up, and its con-
sderaton occupied the greater portion Of the day
session, twenty pages ont OF hity-fye OF the bill
being disposed Of. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 25th, bills were
passed-to revise, consolidate and amend the
statutes relating TO patents and copyrights; House
bill providing for celebrating the one hundredth
anniversary of American Independence at Phila-
dclphia =. The House amendment to the Southern
Pacific Railroad bill was non cODcurred in, and
conference was ordered. and Messrs. Howard, KEEL
logg and Flanagan were appointed as the commit
tee. :. The Post Office Appropriations bill s
taken up and various amendments were considered
49,. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 25th, resolution
was adopted to pay Mrs. Leftwich, widow Of the
contestant for seat, $4,000 for expenses
OF the contest. -. The Senate bill to
amend the act to establish the railroad and bridges
of the New Orleans, Mobile 81 Chattanooga Rail-
road Company as u post road was passed The
Omnibus Aspiration bill was further considered
and items disposed Of. Adjourned
In the Senate, on the eth, the creden.
dentials of Senator elect Caldwell were presented
and filed. "A resolution was passed providing for
the compensation Of the Georgia Senators, Hill
and Miller, from the date OF their election. July
~, 1868, and their contestants, Farrow and White
ly from their alleged election to the date at which
they were declared not elected to seats. The
bill to authorize the construction Of the Cincinnati
4 Southern Railroad was reported favOrably from
the Committee on Commerce IA report was