AMERICA.
The Tariff Bill, despite the efforts of the Protectionists j has been greatly liberalised in Congress. A pension of 3,000d01. yearly has been granted to Mrs Lincoln. The Eenianr Congress, after, a. stormy session of five days' duration, aajdurned sine die. The Sioux Indians are resuming hostilities, and 20,000 braves are on the war march. ■ ; . - ' The construction of a bridge across the Niagara Biver is commenced, and will complete "the "Milway^system~ between Canada and the United States. The latest advices from Cuba state that only a few bands of insurgents remain in arms. The Spanish general has proclaimed that all slaves of rebels are free, and also all who have acted as guides to troops. The Isthmus of Darien surveying expedition has failed to find a practicable route for a canal.: / ,- A resolution has been introduced; into Congress requesting the President to negotiate for a union of the British possessions in America with the United States. The motion was rejected, but ordered to be printed: The Bed' Biver difficulty has been settled by the creation of a new province called Manetion, with a lieutenant-gover-nor and local representative institutions, both senators and delegates to be sent to the Dominion Parliament.
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Southland Times, Issue 1279, 15 July 1870, Page 3
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200AMERICA. Southland Times, Issue 1279, 15 July 1870, Page 3
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