Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-18
The East.

/ orders.
! The East.
Up to noon on the Sd ten OF the counterfeit
| $500 notes had been received 1t the Sub Treas
ury In New YORK. An expert clerk in one OF
| the city banks had detected two points Of differ
eDce between the genuine and counterfeit notes
which were not mentioned In the Government
description, and which were more easily OBJ
served tina some Of those mentioned. In the
genuine note, the signature OF Spinner clearly
ovcrlies the seal, while In the counterfeit the
seal has evidently been stamped on after the
| signature. In the counterfeit, the center star
In the cluster around the neck Of the Goddess
OF Liberty is defective, while in the genuine 1t
is perfect.
The Fashion Stables at Trenton, N. j., were
entirely destroyed by fire on the 4th, and nine
valuable horses were burned To death. Two
OF the horses lost belonged TO President Grant.
| Both were thoroughbred and the most highly
| prized In his entire stock. One was valued at
| 81, 600 and was considered the most promis-
| Ing young mare In the country
| Gold closed In New York on the 10Th at
l11H.
State election indicated that the Republicans
would have a majority of about / 900 in a to-
tai vote of 10000, against Republican major
ity last year Of IL, 53T on a vote OF 127 POI.
A mass-meeting Of colored citizens was held
at Cooper Institute, New York City, on the
night Of the OH, and was addressed by colorcd
| citizens Of Louisiana on the political affairs of
| that State. Resolutions were adopted con
dcmnng the conduct Of Warmoth and sane
tioning that of Kellogg, Judge Durell aud
President Grant, and calling on the colored
race North and South to support Grants Ad-
ministration.
| The Massachusetts, Republican State Con-
vention met ut Worcester on the 10Th. Over
one thousand delegates were present The
| vote on preliminary questions showed that
| General Buffers friends we're in minority in
the Convention, and at the evening session he
stated he was satisfied that majority of the
| delegates were in favor OF the nomination Of
| Governor Washburn, and that he did not care
| TO delay the business of the Conven.
| ton by resort to parliamentary
| tactics. He declares anew his fealty
| to the party, and said that he
| did not want To do anything to cause
discussion in Its ranks. He consequently
| Withdrew his name, and said that he saw no
cause to run independent. Governor Wash
burn was then rcnominated by reclamation.
| The other nominations are: For Lieutenant
Governor, Thomas Talbot; Attorney General,
Charles X. Train; Secretary Of State, Oliver
Warner; Auditor, Charles Endicott; Treasurer,
| Charles Adams, Jr. The resolutions condemn
| the action OF those members Of the last Con-
| gress "who availed themselves Of the occasion
| of an increase of salary of the President and
| Of the judges Of the Supreme Court and OF
members Of the Cabinet, supposed to be just
and necessary for the future, to secure to
themselves disproportionate and extravagant
compensation for the past As well as future
services; declare that no person holding
a public Office has a right to seek to
influence the action Of his subordinatcs by
| exciting their fear of loss OF place II their
opinions and actions shall differ from his own
that the adoption Of policy which shall so
reduce freights on railways that the raw ma
rial, food, and coal OF the West and South
shall be exchanged at the least possible cost
for the manufactures OF New England inter-
| ests the whole country, and that Congress has
| Jurisdiction on this subject; and that Congress
and the State Legislature ought to exercise
| all their power over railways and all such
monopolies, and, without injustice reduce
| freights and fares to proper rates.
| A large mass meeting was held at Cooper
| Institute, New York City, on the evening OF
the 10th, In favor OF cheap transportation. The
call for the meeting was signed by majority
| Of the heaviest business firms Of the city, AZ
ter alluding to the rapid increase in the agri-
cultural and manufactured produce Of the
country, the resolutions set forth that the pol
icy Of the Government should be to protect
| the producing interest and commerce from
corporations and monopolies which tend to
subvert the rights of the people. Double
track railways, exclusively for freight, are
pronounced absolutely necessary, and reform
In the management Of railways is demanded
The frequent and arbitrary changes In freight
rates are denounced and uniform rates arc de-
manded.
A New York dispatch of the 10th says: "Pro-
fcssor w. II. Donaldson and eight men com
menced at three o'clock this morning the
work Of initiating the European. bound bal
loon. At eight O'clock, when 1t was about
one fourth flied wilhgas the balloon became
unmanageablc, and, ~ the safcty-valve would
not work, Professor Donaldson cut hole six
feet square la the canvas, and the monster
/ was brought lido subjec'ion. Repairs having
to be made, The departure Of the balloon 10
postponed ill SATURDAY."
The West.
Colonel John I. Harper, United States In
! ternaI Revenue Collector of the Eighth Illinois