AMERICA.
The 'Presidenfc of the Unifeed States has receptly issued a proslamatiou, declaring a decre^ of Maximilian for blpckadmg Matamoras by the French squadron, a violation of neutral rights £0 the United States, was • against the law of nations » and the existing treaty. Ihe proclamation was at- once followed by the despatch of two vessels to Rio Grajide. The President has been making a tour. He received an eothusiastic reeeption in New York, and was invited to a banquet at which lie declared lvis determination to restore the Union in its integrity ' In Ohio he was , • very badly received. In Mairie and Vermont the -elections w:ent against him. The Radicaj ConVention assembled at Philadelpllia. The leading spqakers de.nouncel Jobnson. Secretary Sewajd is. ill. ' Thevcahle acfoss the Gulf of St. Lawrence has . been completed. The Canadian Parliament has voted ^ 13ROQO dollars for war purposes . In Brazil revolutions had broken out. In Gatamt rea and Gordon several engage neuts were' tought.
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Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 December 1866, Page 3
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159AMERICA. Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 December 1866, Page 3
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