Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-28
Foreign Intelligence.


A London dispatch Of the I4th says II was
stated upon the highest authority that the
Count De Chambord had announced his reso-
tuition To accept the constitution for France
prepared by members of the Right OF the AS
sembly and himself, and will rule both "by
the will Of God and the will OF the people. !"
A proclamation OF monarchy would he made
In about six weeks.
On the I4th the Carlists began their long
threatened attack on Bcrga. Six hours after
their batteries opened fire the city was burning
In several places.
At an Opposition caucus held at Ottawa,
Ontario, on the evening Of the 18th, ut which
there was n full attendance of Rcformers, res
Olutions were passed condemning the action
taken by the Crown In proroguing the Cana
dian Parliament.
The North German Gazette (Berlin) Of the
18th emphatically denies q late report in
American papers OF an interview with Prince
Bismarck, In which he Is made TO say that he
would extirpatc the idea of God and substitute
that Of the State. 1t declares that Bismarck
never used such language or advocated such
. sentiment.
A NlCHuu ttItEThII IA tUt loti btNltS tlluL
grand diplomas Of honor had been awarded to
Americans, as follows: To the United States
Government for display Of cotton and pro-
ducts; to the National Bureau OF Education;
to the State Of Massachusetts,; TO the city OF
Boston, and to Smithsonian Institute, WASH
ington. The latter four are for excellence
In methods and progress of education and
schools.
Dispatches OF the 18th from various places
In Germany state that the cholera was increas.
Ing In virulcnce.
The Spanish Cortez has approved Of the bill
calling for $4,000 Of the reserves, SO that the
Carlists and Republican insurgents may be
put down. A Madrid telegram Of the 18th
says Cartagena was preparing for a long strug-
gle. All males above sixteen years OF age had
been enrolled. The streets were almost de-
serted, and shops were closed. The insur-
gents were Issuing paper money.
Six hundred French lmpcrialists met at
Chisclhurst, England, on the 18th, and cclc-
brated the fcte day of the late Emperor. Prince
Louis Napoleon made speech, In the course
Of which he said: "Planting myself as an ex-
lie near the tomb Of the Emperor, represent
MAO ao"VhihSs, Whicu may DC suinHiitTXcu In
tho motto, Govern for the people by the peo-
plc'" The Prince was loudly cheercd.
Intelligence has been received that Paraguay,
Brazil and the Argentine Republic have signed
treaty Of peace.
The health OF the Emperor William is re-
ported to be precarious. A Berlin correspond
cnt says his death Is one Of the events for
which II Is well to be prepared
A Madrid dispatch Of the 18th says the In
surgcnts Of Cartagena had released and armed
l,6OO convicts.
The Madrid Epoca Of the 18th alleges that
the French Government was secretly fayoring
the operations Of the Carlsts In order to
strengthen the cause Of the Count dc Cham
bord. dispatch from Carlist sources on the
18th states that the French Government had
taken the initiatory step towards recognizing
the Carlists as belligerents, having issued or
ders permitting the transit Of arms and NUM-
lions Of war between the two Custom-House
lines In the south Of France.