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Cubans who took passage upon the Vir--
ginius, instead of going on board at the
wharf in the usual way, went aboard off
of tug after the vessel had left the
harbor of New York 1 can not do
otherwise than to hold, upon this evil
dence, that Patterson's oath was false,
and that the register obtained in his
name was fraud upon the navigation
laws of the United States.
Assuming the question to be what ap-
pears to conform to the intent of the
protocol, whether or not the Virginius,
at the time of her capture, had the right,
as against the United States, to carry
the American flag, am of opinion that
she had no such right, because she had
not been registered according to law;
but l am also of opinion that she was
as much exempt from interference on
the high seas by another power, on that
ground, as though she had been lawful
ly registered. Spain, no doubt, has a
right to capture vessel with an Ameri-
can register and carrying an American
flag, found in her own waters, assisting,
or endeavoring TO assist, an insurrection
in Cuba, but she has no right to capture
such vessel on the high seas, upon an
apprehension that in violation of the
neutrality or navigation laws of the Un-
tied States she was on her way to assist
such rebellion. Spain may defend her
territory and people from hostile attack
of what is or appears to be an Ameri-
can vessel, but she has no Jurisdiction
whatever over the question az to wheth-
er or not such vessel is on the high seas
in violation of any law of the United
States. Spain can not rightfully raise
that question as TO the Virginius, but
the United States may, and as UNDER
stand the protocol, they have agreed to
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

The cares, anxieties and misfortunes Of life have
as much to do with shortening it az disease They
are in fact the source Of many ailments and phys
ical disabilities. Nervous weakness, dyspepsia.
affections OF the liver, disturbances of the bowels
headaches, hypochondria and monomania are
among these distressing fruits 1t is therefore. Of
great importance that persons whose minds are
oppressed with heavy business responsibilities, or
harassed by family troubles, or excited by specula.
ton, or perplexed by multiplicity of enterprises,
or in any way overtaxed or oyerworked, should
keep up their stamina by the daily use of whole
some tonic. Thousands Of persons thus circum.
stanced are enabled to bear up against the diff.
hculties in which they are involved, and to retain
their strength, health and mental clearness by the
regular use Of Hostetters Stomach Bitters Dis
eases which are prone to attack the body when
debilitated and broken down by over-much BRAIN
work, or exhausting physical labor, are kept at
bay by the resistant power with which this incom-
parable tonic endOws the nervous system and the
vital organs. At this season. when the heat is
evaporating the elements of strength from every
PORE an invigorant is absolutely essential to the
safety and comfort Of the public, and is required
by the robust il they desire TO keep their
of Hostetters Bitters lie particularly useful this
period Of the year as q defense against the in
visible disease afoat in sutry atmosphere. 1t Is
the most potent Of all preventive medicines, and
for all complaints which affect the stomach. the
liver and the bowels and interfere with the perfect
digestion and assimilation Of food it is the stand
ard remedy
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Ask for Prusslng's Cider Vinegar, and take
no other. Warranted to preserve Pickles.

AN ACT OF Doubling Castle
was sad stumbling block in the path of
Bunyan's Christian, though it couldn't bar
his way to Truth. We can sympathize
with the Pilgrim, for Doubt always besets
us when We are asked to believe anything
particularly extraordinary. Consequently,
when we heard, some eighteen months
ago, that q physician in California had
compounded, kom the juices and extracts
OF certain herbs found there, medicine
that cured almost every variety of blood
disease, we were incredulous. Since then
we have bad opportunities of testing the
accuracy of the report, and are free to ad-
NIT that our doubts have vanished. Seeing
what we have seen, and knowing what we
know, 1t is impossible for us to question
the remedial properties of DIR. WALKERS
VINEGAR BITTERs. That this famous veg.
etable Tonic, Alternative, and Antiseptic
is specific for Dyspepsia, Liver Com.
plant, Chronic Constipation, Fever and
Ague, Bilious Intermittents, Scrofulous
faint in the Blood, Incipient Consump.
ton, Local and General Debility, Rheu-
matism, Sick Headache, and Diseases of
the Kidneys, seems to be matter beyond
the pale of controversy fred fact in
medical history. The statements of friends.
in whose veracity and intelligence we
have full confidence, corroborated by our
own personal observation, compel us to
admit the surprising merits Of the prepar.
alton. aH
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

Ind. on the 2ist, three in Cincinnati and one
In the Ohio Peniteniiary.
Crop reports from Arkansas. Mississippi
and North Alabama, on the 2lsi, were fAyora-
BILE, though the greater portion Of Mississippi
was suffering for want Of rain
The larger portion of the business part OF
Jackson. Tenn, including the Wig a'sd
Tr;bu..e Office, was burned on the Both Loss
over 100000.
DIR. Mary Walker was arrested In Baltimore
on the 22d, for appearing in mems clothing,
Int was soon released.
Al meeting Of the committee OF colored
men In New Orleans on the I'D, II was agreed
10 call convention of colored men some time
in November. to meet In that city.
II was announced on the I'D that the cholera
panic had subsidized at Mount Vernon, Ind
One death was reported in Cincinnati on the
x,d. and two at Carrni, H. Within the previ-
GUS week ten persons had died Of cholera in
the village Of Grafton, Ill.
A cholera case wac reported in Wheeling,
wv. Val ON the 23d, and Lagrange, Ky, had
eighteen deaths from that disease within three
dayg
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
General News Summary.


II II said the Postmaster General Is very
confident that the abolition OF the Thanking
priviiege will result in q very material increase
ia the revenues OF the postal-seryice. He Is
Of the opinion that the increase will be 90
great that the Department viii become entire
~ sclf-sustaining.
A recent circular OF the Post-ofice Depart
ment cautions Postmasters from selling, and
the public from buying, the official staInps Of
the Department. II seems that postmasters
In several stateS have been furnishing the
public with these stamps. Letters under such
official stamps are sent from their points Of
destination TO the Dead-Lettcr Office, as they
are known TO be private letters. One Post
master In Ohio recently received 800 official
stamps and sold I40.
The Acting Comptroller OF the District Oh
Columbia has furnished the Government with
m Official statement, In which he says the
landed and bonded debt Of the District, In
eauding those Of the late corporations amount
70 q, 2S8, SOL. The District Of Columbia and late
corporations have no floating debt, the current
revenue being amply sufficient to meet all the
eurrsnt expenses. The sinking fund revenues
asc more than sufficient 10 meet current inter
81 and retire an annual proportion OF the out
standing bonds. The amount authorized by
the last legislative Assembly will not increase
fhe debt beyond the amount as limited by act
o6 Congress.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Skill OF POst.OfIice Clerk.-SOme
Terrible .Spells."

Speaking of the Philadelphia lawyers,
the distributing clerk in charge OF the
foreign letters which come through the
Chicago PostOffic was evidently cut out
for one; if not, his experience has been
such as to amply fit him for the profess
sion of deciphering unintelligible signs
and hieroglyphics. Many Of the super
scriptions which come through his hands
are among the most mysterious of cyphers
unintelligiblc from the writer's not know
ing what he wanted TO write, rather than
illegible through carclessness in writing.
When countryman of Gustavus Vasa,
for instance, still alternating upon his
native hills, sends letter to his brother
in this country, and writing from memo
~, and a memory not much trained in
letters at that, superscribes it "Seederabst
lenco Ia" he has succeeded in mystifying
the average human mind considerably re-
'garding the intended destination OF his
missive. Not at all the post office clerk,
who at once sees that "Cedar Rapids, Linn
County, Iowa." Is meant. So, too, when
from the Bremen bag a greasy packet
fiutters out, addressed to "Hafte Lac Co,
ILL.," it is no doubt difficult to discern,
after the letters of the legend have been
evolved from the chaos in which stiff
fist and villainous pen have left them,
that the packet is intended for some one
in Half Day, Lake County, Illinois"
and thither it therefore goes. But when
the only address to be made out from an
other-and that by no means sure. so
vague are the forms of the letters-is
"Chollyhutville Co Ill.," then it is that
brain tells in the distributing business.
Brains finally result in solution of the
palimpsest, and "Joliet, Will County, IL
linois," is the Interpretation thereof. In
like manner, "Verseaux incauque Co
Amerika" is superscription which could
have emanated from nowhere else but
Francois decided to mean "Warsaw
Hancock County," and it is found that II.
linois has such town, in such county
so the letter il forwarded thither, and has
doubtless gladdened or saddcned the heart
of its object before now.-Lakeside Reuie,o
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
Balloon Voyages.

The projected balloon vayage of PROBES
sors Wise and Donaldson, across the
Atlantic, will make the following account
Of this method Of travel somewhat intc-
resting. The theory of the balloon seems
to be quite ancient, but it was not until
1870 that Lana, a Frenchman, we believe,
constructed machine to fly in the air,
which may be considered the first real at.
tempt to use atmosphere as medium Of
transit. A genius by the name of Galien,
in 1856, constructed an air-ship, but his
machine came to grief, and no description
of II has been preserved. In 1857, Pro-
lessor Black of Scotland, presented the
proposition that vessel filled with nv.
drogen gas would float suspended in the
air No actual experiments seem to have
been made until 1889, when Cavallo put
the proposition to successful tests made
with soap bubbles filed with hydrogen
gas. But the first balloons were filled
with hot air, and were named Montgol-
tiers, from the name Of the aeronaut who
first made ascents in them. These bal
looms are very simple in construction, and
are still popular with many aeronauts.
1t is a well.known fact in philosophy that
hot air is specifically much lighter than
cool air. Heated water rises to the sur
face of the vessel in which it is contained,
and the surface will therefore be found
several degrees hotter than the water at or
near the bottom of the vessel. The up.
ward rush Of steam is another experiment
which shows the tendency Of heat t. rise
in the air. This principle is used in the
Montgolfier balloon. The air within IL is
heated until 1t Is difficult to restrain the
balloon, When It is released it mounts
the air with great rapidity. In some OF
the hot-air balloons the combustible
material is carried along, and, when ignit-
ed, assists in keeping the balloon at the
desired elevation. The most popular bal.
loon Is that which is inflated with HYDRO
gen gas. In such balloons long trips
have been made from time to time. The
first voyage in such machine was under.
taken by Professor Charles, of Paris. in
the year 1888. He was accompanied by
two brothers named Roberts, who were
mechanics of great ingenuity. It is said
that the balloons of. our day differ in no
important particular from that construct.
ed by Professor Charles and his compan.
ions. The voyage was undertaken No
vcmber 20, 1888. 1t is said that three
fourths of the population of Paris were
witnesses OF the singular spectacle. They
rose to the height Of 2, 600 feet, and sailed
distance of thirty miles in perfect safe
ty. A balloon crossed the English Chan.
mel on the 22d Of February, 1854 1t was
small in dimensions, and TO 1t was attach.
ed letter, which was afterwards returned
to the owner. II was found In France at
considerable distance from the coast In
1854, Blanchard, noted aeronaut. to-
gether with q DIR. Jefiries, crossed the
Channelto France, where, after MANY VI
cissitudes, they landed In safety. In the
year 1885 remarkable journey was fun.
dertaken from London to Germany by
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

Green The distance trarersed was twelve
hundred miles. one Of the longest ever
ACCOMPLISHED. The aeronaut set out from
London November Z, with two compan-
ions. In the narrative describing this
tourney we are told that Green provided
himself with a quantity of provisions for
a long trip, and passports were also pro-
vided to all the states in Europe. The
balloon rose at midday, floating south
westwardlv. and at halfpast four they ar
rived at the channel. The graphic his
torian of the trip tells US the waters
of the channel were crossed in an
hour, and the lights Of Calais sighted.
The whole surface of the earth
for many leagues around showed
nothing but scattered lights, and the face
of the earth seemed to rival the vault
of heaven with starry fires. Every mo-
ment in the earlier part of the night clus-
tiers of lights appeared, indicating large
centers of population" At midnight the
travellers found themselves above Liege.
The balloon descended in the Duchy of
Nassau at seven O'Clock the following
morning. One of Che voyagers tells US
that 1.-The best answer which one could
give to those who would be disposed to
criticise the employment of these peculiar
means we made use of, or to doubt their
efficiency, would be to state, after having
traversed without either danger or diff
Guilty so large portion Of the European
Continent, we arrived at our designation
still in possession Of as much force as, had
we wished it, might have carried US round
the world"
1t would seem from the success which
attended this trip, it is possible to make
extended voyages in the air. 1t is a
theory among practical aeronauts that
there is a constant easterly current by
which balloon can be transported to
Europe. From the voyage of Green this
idea gains some support. How much this
atmospheric current is affected by other
currents at great distance from the
shores of the ocean, can only be deter
mined by actual experiment. The present
project of Professor Wise seems to be
pushed forward in New York with great
energy. The results to be attained may
not be Immediately important, but a sue
cessfnl passage across the Atlantic may
provoke further Investigations which may
prove beneficial to mankind. The daring
of Professors Wise and Donaldson in at
tempting such perilous trip is something
greatly out of the range of ordinary pluck.
-Neotoaon (Pa.) Enterprise.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL for

The PHRENoLOGICAL JOURNAL for
August contains an excellent variety of season.
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Horace Wells and the Discovery Of Ana sthesia;
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for August

THE SCIENCE OF HEALTH for August
is an excellent number. IL opens with an Illus
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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

There were 257 convicts In the Iowa Peniten-
tlary on the 30tb OF June.
Nine fatal cases Of sunstrokc occurred at st.
Louis on the 10th and nth.
Governor Thos. A. Osborn has been chosen
10 deliver the opening address ut the coming
Kansas State Fair.
In the Industrial Congress at Cleveland on
the nth, resolutions were adopted favorable
TO the immigration Of free labor, but demand.
Ing Governmental protection against the
competitor OF labor imported under contract TO
serve a fixed period ut certain wages; In
favor Of the adoption Of laws making arbitra-
ton legal means Of settling difficulties be-
tween employers and employees, and recon-
mending the miners Of the country TO organize
a National Association.
Mrs. Jacob Scherfins, wife Of a hardware
merchant at Winona, Mimi, was burned to
death the other morning by an explosion Of
kerosene oil with which she WINS lighting a
fire. She died in about four hours after the
accident
The Salt Lake Journal Of the 10th announces
that Ann Eliza Webb Young, seventeenth wife
Of Brigham Young, had forever left him, car
rying OF lot Of furniture and personal eff
fects. Her lawyers were about TO institute a
suit for divorce and allmony In large sum.
special from Mount Vernon, Ind, on the
10th, says the cholera was raging fearfully at
that place. Commencing on the 10th, there
had been about thirty deaths. Business was
almost suspended.
The Chicago Times of the 18th says there
were two meetings Of railroad officers in that
city, the day before. At one OF these II was
determined that lumber should hereafter be
charged for by weight instead OF by the foot,
and that the tariff for the transportation Of
cattle should be increased to what It was be.
foru II was reduced by the competition that
has been In progress for the last four months
At the other, which was meeting Of the
General Superintendent of roads In the State
action was taken to permit the Chicago, Alton
~ st. Louis Road to issue passes, good until
the first Of January, to shippers Of cattle.
terrible kerosene accident has recently oc
Cured ut Waterman, ILL., 1t seems that some
children were attempting to start fire by
using the explosive OIL and were set on fire Just
% their mother, Mrs. COPPER, was entering
the house. The mother seized the two children
and ran out doors with them in her arms. All
three were terribly burned, Mrs. COPPER living
about eight hours after the accident, the
younger child, babe, only about two hours
and the other child, two years old, could moi
long survive. as
The complete ticket nominated by the recent
Minnesota Republican Convention IL as follows
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

Gun Readers should be careful to notice that
Proctor Il CANDLES STAMP is upon the bars
OF their NOTIFIED GERMAN soar, as all good
articles are Initiated, and this Soap being SO
popular, other manufacturers have copied their
stamp
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

Kate Field, being what the world
would call an old maid, has had her ideas
of matrlmOny. OF course she knows all
about it, just as Miss Abigail Dodge, and
Miss Helen Hunt, and Miss Catharine
Beecher know exactly how children
should be brought up, since they never
had one and never expect to.-Woman's
Journal.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

THE relaxing power OF Johnson,s Ano.5,,,.
LdnineUt Is truly wonderful. Cases Are
already numerous where bent and stiffened
limbs have been limbered and Strengthened i,v
It. When used for this purpose. the mari
should be washed and rubbed thorougbIv
Apply the liniment cold, and rub II In WITH tie
hand. - 49,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
GoDEY's LADY's Book for August con-

tans the usual variety Of fine engravings on steel
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tension sheet Of the latest fashions, design for
very handsome alphabet in braid-work, and the
ever-vauable'W DEPARTMENTS profusely illus
rated The literary contents excellent, andlthe
number, taken as 3 whole, is very attractive one.
The beautiful chrome Of ''Our Darling will be
sent free Of postage to each subscriber for 1873,
whether q single subscriber for 30O or a club Of
six for $14O0. Extra inducements are offered to
getters-up Of clubs Published by L. A. Cooley,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KILLER.- This unns-
alleled preparation is receiving more test.
monials of its wonderful efficacy in REMOVING
pains, than any other medicine ever offered -
the public. And these testimonials come from
persons Of every degree Of intelligence, and
every rank of life. Physicians Of the frst
responsibility, and perfectly conyersant with
the nature Of diseases and remedies, recon-.
mend this as one Of the most effectual in tha;-
line of preparations for the cure Of Cholera
Cholera Morbus and kindred bowel trouble
now SO common among the people
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

REV. C. E. VAUDEVILLE, NJ. A., has been
elected Principal of Jennings Sem mary, Auro-
IA, Iii. See advertisement in ano ther column
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

A CROWD Of "Horse Men," and others, dailv
throng the stores in country and town for
iSheridan's Caralry Condition Popders. They
understand that horses cannot be kept in good
condition without them, and with them can
be on much less quantity of grain.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

BEST AND OLDHsr FAMILY MEDICINK..Sdnfords
Lfrer Lpi0OrdtO,-a purely Vegetable Cdthdstic and
10nic-for Dyspt psia Constipation, Debility Sick
Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all arrangements of
Liver, Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist for
1t. Bescare of isntt1ttOns,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

The ANNOYANCE AND DIsAGREEABLENEss OF
Pimples and Blotches on the Skin may be gotten
rational cure for all Skin Diseases, Eruptions Tet-
ter, Salt Rheum, etc.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31
The south.

Dispatches from the town OF Louisiana.
Missouri, say eight deaths from cholera oc-
cured there between eight and twelve O'Clock
ON the night Of the 20th. Hundreds OF citl.
Gems were preparing to leave the place. Four
deaths from cholera occurred at Mt Vernon.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

II you have Chills and Fever or any form Of Fever
aud Ague, take Shalenberger's Antidote and save o
doctors bill. Every druggist has it.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-07-31

IoT lIlhl,
The Chicago Tribune OF the cath says the
Chicago Il Alton Railroad had decided not to
prosecute the suits which II instituted some
time since against number Of farmers in Nc
Lean and Livingston Counties, who delayed
the business Of the road by refusing to pay
more than the legal fare, and also by declining
to be elected from the train. In conference
held at Springfield on the 23d, between the
representatives Of the Road aud the Railroad
Commissioners, the former stated that its tar.
IL would be rearranged within the ensuing
four weeks so as to remove all cause for the
complaints Of extortion evoked by the present
rates.
Governor Carpenter, Of Iowa, has offered
reward Of $500 each for the apprehension
and delivery OF the Rock Island train rob-
bers. A st. Jos eph MOI telegram Of the
2Sd says 1t was known there that the robbers
had been traced into Nodaway County, Mis-
souri,. 1t was confidently believed they could
not escape The whole country was aroused.
and the officers In every town and village
were on the alert.