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The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11
A C,pIrAL IpEA.-The citizens OF

A CxpIrAt. IDEA.-The citizens o.
Cincinnati have projected rn amateur
theatrical entertainment, TO be given Tor
the benefit OF the poor, a, the National
Theatre. The performance is to comprise
+ Bomba g, . Furioso, third act of Ham!e,
third act Merchant Of Venice, Library
Scenes from Iron Chest, scene from
Byron's Manfred. besides songs, dances.
&c, The performers are to come from
the walks Of private life" We will
give caste of "Bombastes" for an ex-
ample:
Bombas,es, by distinguished Mcr-
Giant
Fusbos, by one of the City Fathers.
King ArtaxoIninous, by retired Law
yer 6. aa=@@a..
Filter, by Local.
LIST Drummer, by Jurist.
I'd Drummer, by we'll known Gentle
man.
Drum Major, by an Editor.
Army, by Editors, LAWYERS, Judges &c.
Destaffina, by a Powerful Young Man.
The minimum price of tickets was So
for parquet, first aud second circles, and
. for the third and fourth tiers bu. the
demand was so great. they were sold al
auction and brought premium varying
from SIS for parquets seats to So for seats
in the second tier. The first choice o.
seats brought $25 and the second $40.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

Sixteen years ago, Manchester, N. H..
was sand bank nov each day, it
manufactures 900 miles Of cloth, sheet
ings, tlckings, denims, de LANES, &c, s.
900 seamless sacks, and six tons OF news
and book paper, besides immune ra bic
articles that we will not particuisrizc a.
present.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

AN EsoRMous CRoP. Elijah Moore
Virginia farmer, who removed TO Iowa
took the premium for corn, at the Wash
.ngtoa cou nty fair. He raised one hun
dred and twenty bushels TO the acre.
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

CHuRcH PRopEnrY.--The bill relative
to church property has passed TO a third
reading IN the New York Senate, and
there was not much doubt Of us passage
through Doth houses
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

For KANSAS. The Adrian Erposi-
Tor says tia. oyer 1000 persons have pas
sed over the Southern road during the
past week, bound for kansas
The Cedar County advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Iowa) 1853-1856, 1855-04-11

Ess~ A crazy Mormon preache, lfas
appeared in ST. Louis, proclainlns that
he is Joe Smith. the prophet, raised FROM
the dead
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

TIE Baltic brings nothing decisive from Sc
vastopol The Allies are steadily carrying for
ward their approaches against the Malakofi
tower, and the Russians are as steadily extend
ing and strengthening their defenses. The London
Morning Post says that the termination of the
siege is no longer a matter of doubt, but may be
exactly calculated The calculation of that jour
nal is that the place will be taken year after
next Ii is said that in the next assault the
feet will cooperate, and endesvOr to force the
entrance of the harbor. The Russians have
suffered serious loss in the death of Gen.
TOdtlebeD, the engineer officer who has conducted
the defense so brilliantly. The Allies have
broken up a bridge of boats at Genitchi; but it
does not appear that ii is the bridge by which
the Russians have brought supplies across the
Putrid Sea into the Crinea. Omer Pasha has
gene back to Constantinople, il is said, TO en-
deavor to have his army transferred from the Cri-
mea either back TO the Principalities or to Asia
Gen. Simpson, the British commander, has also
asked TO be recalled, a sure sign that he con.
siders the expedition hopeless. The Bashi-
Bszouks collected near Constantinople usder
the British General Beatson have revolted at
bis attempt to subject them to Western disc-
pline, and committed some horrible excuses 10
Asia the Russians have withdrawn from before
Kars, which they were besieging, whether on
account of a Circassisn demonstration in their
rear or to attack Erzeroum is not certain. At
Tripoli the Arabs have reyolted against the Bey
and driven him out of the city. Lord Raglan
has been duly buried in England, and in France
the loan of $50 million francs is sll taken. The
cholera is raging in Spain. The village of
Chsmouni in Switzerland has been destroyed BY
FIRE. The Cotton market was dull, with a slight
decline. BIesdstuffs had also fallen. Beef and
Pork had improved. Consos closed at 9Os.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

mar "a 10 DO no harm to the new array. For once,
TIA opposition 10 the Sham Democracy stood alb
soyed from all faint Of Northern Free Soil and Anti
slavery And yet il has been decidedly worsted-
North Carolina which went for Clay against Polk
and Texas snd gave Harrison large majority,
ass gone decidedly for Sham Democracy against
me Know Nothincs. Tennessee, which went hesvi-
rs for Harrison, supported Clay against Tennes
ace candidate and even voted for Gen Scott ia
spite Of the general detection, IS reelected Gov.
Johnson and repudisted Col Gentry, the Orders
sblest champion, who numbered the heir OF Gen
Jackson end other leading Democrats among bis
active supporters. Kentucky, We presume, has been
barely carried By the Order, whose candidate for
Governor (Col. {. : Morehesd) is one Of the most
nopular Wings in the State. and could hs7e been
elected at any time over any Democrat there.
In other words, soath Of Delaware the Order has
carried single State, simply because the Wings
thereof chose 70 vote for a Wing under another
name rather thar endure another four years reign
Of sham Democracy. And here, too, number Of
the former Democratic leaders were active in the
Know Nothing service. Thenet result Of the can
ysss is the triumph Of those hitherto known as
Wings in single Southern State, in spite Of their
new disguise and their defeat every where else.
And this is tie result for which the Order was rest
asunder in Philadelphia by its magnates, and the
North thrown irrevocably overheard
Does any one believe that it can seriously rally
agsin WHY should it Could there be pros
poet more hopeless "a rout more conclusive
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
YOUNG JTRoNrE,s SPEECH.

In country where the Press is utterly
gagged, uitersnces which would elsewhere ex-
cite 10 interest acquire a marked significance.
Among these we class the seeming apology for
the despotsm of Louis Napoleon put forth BY his
cousin Jerome on the occasion of dinner given
him at the Jardin oliver in Paris By the For
eign Commissioners TO the great Exhibition on
the evening of the 23d ult.
IL the absence Of lineal heir 10 his throne
and nothing is heard in France Of the prospect
Of such an heir recently heralded on this side of
the AtlaDtc-the succession runs to old Jerome,
only surviving brother of Napoleon l., and next
to his son Jerome Napoleon, who was a noisy
Red Republican previous TO his cousins usurps.
ton. 0ld Jerome is nobody. and is no. known
10 have ever adopted a principle or cherished
conviction. Young jerome has some talent but
10 charscteT-or rather, bad reputation, even
in proAigste Paris lie is there accounted not
merely loose in his morals even when judged
by the lax Partisan standard, but is popularity
believed to have betrayed 4 want Of pluck while
in tie CIimsa. Louis NapoleOn's rule is en-.
durtd because Il is known that be will fight TO
maintain il, and not run way when il is threat
ened, s. his two last predecessors did He msy
be oyerihrown any month, bat be will never
leave France alive. So long as the Army ad-
hers to him therefore, be is deemed very likely
to hold what he hSs clutched until Death shall
tear il from bis grasp.
With he uncle ard cousin, however the case
Is very different. Ne.ther Of them could now
hol5 the throne for nOnth-old Jerome lot for
week. The latter hss only specifies, but lis
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
TIE HARVEST IN EUROPE.

That the harvest Of 1855 viii be at least an
average one throughout Europe is no longer ques-
tionabe. The crops Of France, Spain, Germany,
Switzerland Italy, are already in good part beyond
the reach Of disaster, and are good. Hay is Sc
cured wheat oats and other small grains either
have been harvested or soon must be- yet little
complaint il made of either quantity or quality.
Of Indian corn-whch is grown extensively IN
Southern Europe-little is said; but the prospect
il not unfa7orable. though the plant is backward
The grape alone is said to look badly, and its fall
ure. though unfortunate for the growers, would
but slightly affect the abundance or scarcity Of
food
In Great Britain everything is late, but little is
unpromisiDg. Hay is rather short, owing to the
cold and dry weather in April and May and good
deal was vet uncut or at least uncured, and sur
ferine from daily rain, when the Baltic sailed
That dsy, however, was bright, so was the next ;
and the entire Of last week may have been favor.
able if so, the hay crop will have been secured.
Wheat is backward, but luxuriant. A good
deal has been beaten down by the recent rains,
some Of which will stay down. SO in lesser
measure with oats and barley which are very
heavy. On the whole, should present prospects
be justified by the result, the grain crop Of Great
Britain will be fair average; but not equal to
the extraordinary yield of last year.
Potatoes never looked more vigorous and
thrifty, yet We heard that some of those tubers
dug prensturely for present use decayed if
kept above ground few days.
Were there no war raging, it is probable that
Europe would take very little of our present
harvest; but in view of the immense arms-
ments Low on foot, and the virtual closing OF
the Baltic and Black Seas against expectation,
it is likely that Great Britain will require at
least as much during the coming as during the
last year. France, too, may take limited
quantity, if the price falls considerably on this
side, as il now seems likely to do.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

he reliefhe got with tie usms ofh.ss;,
to attach to il say value IS 81 original o,i,,. :.
life, Is bOth ridiculous md piiiful. Ry.rvA.s'
sees-or at least everybody whose BRAN,
lot soaked IN spirits Of wine-ibat IL ~
Hietssts case il was orly wretched s,b.,;
tute for happiness that he got By the ar,
which led him over the cataract U.n,.
sure as Like causes produce like effects on sab.
stances Of the same sort, Judge Lestherb,,i,
might have given up every drop Of hi, r.y,h,
morning bitters and prsndisl shArpener ", .hs,,
suffering any real loss. He would have Loaf IA,
q sham Of pleasure, granting thn be g,i,.8
nothing BY total abstinence to Compensate for
the lo,s.
Every valuable end proposed to be gained b,
alcoholic Stimulation, whether in sensation or D
muscular or mental activity, is in al nAtar,
human OF brute, attained sufficiently withSst Il
II the artificial wear Of human society require,
srtfeisl stimulsnt, for repairs doubtful poia.
at best-there are enough Of them that Go no;
lead directly to deplorsble statistics snd utter
destruction. Therefore those who are con,ea&-
ing for the right 20 sell alcoholic drinks In order
to preserve the inalienabe right TO drink then,
are st best sighting for nothing better than a
abstract right. Of DO sssgn.ble practical value
TO wit, the right to pursue sham happiness to
the neglect Of the real.
As 70 total abstinence from alcoholic drink
we BY no means recommend il as an iufalibl.
guaranty Of wit, health or happiness. Bat ".
say without reservation or exception, there ca
be nothing lost By it We defy the chanpion
of the right TO drtk to bring, out of the myriad,
who. having once drai X, have tried and ars nov
practising such abstinence, one who will SAY
that be has lost happiness by 1t. on their theory
there ought to be some who, having prsctieed
total abstinence for it's economical chsrms
will soy, 81 should be glad TO return to the
pleasures of drinking, if l were rich enough"
But such a return is never CONSIDERABLY desired
or deliberately planned. Il takes place, when it
does occur, only from sudden temptation or per.
sonal influence. Yet in our advocacy Of pro-
hibitory liquor law we do not seek to impose
total abstinence on anybody, or to impugn tbs
personal right 10 be even miserable. What We
are after is to destroy tue power Of temp stos
a shameless and mercenary assumption, which
cannot show, as an Offset for the incaleulabs
evil it has done, one atom Of real good.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
NEWYORK DAILY TRIBUNE. THURSDAY, AUGUST g. I655

Jected TO capital impeachment. How and whence
then came this daring on the British ENJOYS
narti The note Of Count Nesselrode to the An
rian Minister. a summary of which we also give
from the Journal dss Dfbais, may form some
solution.
Doubtless the English and French Ministers saw
in the propositions of Count BuOl that result
which the Nesselrode note makes certain. q
twenty years peace, and that end so devoutly
prsyed for BIZ Lord Aberdeen and many other Brit
ish statesmen. twenty years longer lease to
Arstocrscy with sll its privileges and plunder for
Count Nesselrode expresses the most unoounded
and unqualified appreciation of the conduct Pur-
sued BY Austria through the Conference and m'
readiness 10 accept, with one or two unessentlsl
modiics tons, the last Austrian proposals.
Their refusal 81 doubtless became clear 10 Lord
John Russell and Drouyn de rHuys might entail
that result which now seems certain Of negative,
if not direct, hostility from Austria, and cOnse-
ouent appeal to the nationsli,iss of Italy and Hun
cary-as distAsteful 10 the IDEAS of the French and
English Governments. as in the present temper Of
Europe doubtful in its event. This latter issue Is
rather broadly hinted at in Count Nesselrodes ex-
messed satisfaction at the occupation OF the Danu-
bian Principslties by Austria, aud MS assurance
that so far from Russia wishing to engage IN war
against her, the armies of Russia are now, as form
erly, at her service
Neither does Prussia sleep. In note By some
arrange coincidence of the same date as that Of
Count Nesserode, the 9Th Of July, she recommends
that without any explanation. Austria and Prus-
sis should express appreciation of each others past
policy and unite in proposal to the Diet at Frank
fort that with view to reestablish peace and
maintain and strengthen the union Of Germany
" the Ceramic Confederation while maintaining
" an attitude Of reserve should maintain the war
" footing of the sth Of February, 1855 This is
scarce concealed hint to France and England to
accept those terms approved Of unitedly by the
ENJOYS of France, England and Turkey.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
ANOTHER VIENNA DEVELOPMENT.

Scarcely has one view Of the Yienns Confer
enees passed before our eyes, ere another more
strange and startling picture comes upon the can
vas Of the European diorams.
In the Instructions impaired BY Lord Clarendon,
the British Foreign Minister, 10 Lord John Rus
sell on the 22d of February, and which will be
found under the head of British news, il viii be
seen that the English Government, of which Lord
Clarendon was the mouth-piecc, is wholly unim-
pliested in what are popularity esteemed in En-
gland the disgraceful terms of peace suggested by
Count Buol on the part of mediative Austria and
acquiesced in by the plenipotentiaries Of England
and France, Lord John Russell and NJ. Drown de
lHuys. The instructions, as our readers will
see were peremptory, leaving TO the British Envoy
no discretion except a. 10 the order in which
subjects should be discussed. Nothing can be
stronger OF more distinct than the terms in which
these Instructions convey strict prohibition
against agreeing 10 those terms. denominated By
Lord Clarendon but al armed truce" 10 which
Lord John Russell, 10 the extent of his power
committed bis Government In q rougher aud
frmer sac 3 General or Admiral would have
been shot for such disobedience as these instrue-
tons evince, and even Lord John Russell
would have been marched 10 the Tower aud sub
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

DESTRUCTIVE FlRr.-At ten minutes past II O'Clock
tss nigns some sheds situated the corner Of Eev
enth-sv aud ThiIty-third-st owned by Messrs. Dun
ham & Co. and occupied by company organized for
ahe purpose Of separating gold from quartz, took ioo
md was destroyed, with its contents consisting Of
tteam-engne and three qusrtz-crushing machines and
Other appurtenanceA The machinery was probably
worth 900. The company had just got their works
ready 70 commence operations the arrival Of ship
ments OF ouaitz No fire had been used in the shed
or machinery for fortnight. The premises were
probably set on fire. The shed was surrounded by a
high boasd fence which rendered it difficult to get s.
ihe flames wben they were first discovered detsch-
n1n, Of the Twenteth Ward Police, under the Captain
wa: present 10 render assistance.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

son Ia, also idess-st least, notion that
the time may be at hand when be will need pOpu-
lsrity. Els speech, therefore. may be read Ell
ther a. an apology for his recreancy to tie
c-sed beformerly professed or IS covert attack
(,ince no other could gain sudience) on the des-
poti.m vhich now weighs down bis country.
The serivu. lesson taught u, BE- ssys "by
"the success of the Exhibition is TO prove the
sspouer Of a. organized dtinocraey Ia truth. We
are nation Of democracy aud eqa,lity By our
"mauners, our Institutions, and, sbove ell, by our
"purpose. With us, the clerk becomes Miu-
.is,er, the workman master, the peasant E
.lsr d-ovner, the soldier q general, and the
"Whoie people p aces the crown on its head by
"Isising to the throne dynasty mot merely
Dsoyereignl of its own choice" The irony
here. if ireDy be indeed intended, is very keen.
TIE "dyIasty' 30 chosen dare not permit free
newspaper within the Expire; il commenced its
reign BY cisper sing or imprisoniBg the ua-
doubted representatives Of the people aud then
moving down with grape 81 who dared q1es-
ton the legitimacy Of It's rule; and the elections
By which it cisins to have since obtased ns-
tionsl sanction for its perjGries and homicides
have recently been paralleled by one ordered
and held By Santa Anna. We rejsice TO see
that soulouque, like the sensible negro he seems
20 be, has never stopped to so paltry and brazea
swnde At this hour Republicans are In
prison in France for the simple svowal Of their
sentiments, and hardly Partisan sleeps or
wakes wi .hout hearing the drums Of the Pre-
torians by whom their city is enslayed- With
Municipal Guard Of thousands and Mill
tsry force of at least fifty thousand
always within days march, the Press
utterly crushed, and not even printer allowed
TO exercise his calling without patent from the
Government, tie Nation lies still in its chains;
the mouth Of TIE more audacols of the Bona
parties ia Parliament, Public Voice judiciary,
everything and the next 10 him in assurance
tells the world that this is a grand example of
Democracy and Equality With what delight
must not the Marquis Of Hartford and his aristo-
cratic mpeers present have received the
information Their fathers might have saved
the rivers Of blood and ocean. of treasure they
squandered in combating French principles, ~
had they but understood that this was their up
shot.
1t msy be that Jerome means to be under-
stood by France in this sense: You are for
Democracy aud Equality understand 1t
peIfectly-thet just wait Kill take the reins,
"and you shall have your wishes gratifed.' Louis
Napoleon never talks of Dsmocracy-did no.
even when be was the sworn servant of re-
public-and Jerome has not required to the
watchworss Of better days without. purpose.
Our readers viii judge what that purpose is.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
THE SOUTHERN SELECTIONS.

When the Know Nothing array was routed by
Wise in Virginia, the leaders excused their over
whelming defeat by laying it at the door of Henry
Wilson and the Massachusetts, Legislature. But
for the Know-Nothing demonstrations for Adolf.
tion at Boston, they assured their followers Nir.
ginia would have been carried by storm-Flournoy
chosen Governor, with Delegation and Legisls.
ture to match So the Convention al Philadelphia
was bullied into adopting Pro Slavery platform
81 the cost of complete disruption of the Order,
to enable il TO sweep the South
On that platform, distinctly proclaimed, the Or
der went into the August Eleotons-and how hss
il come out The Wing party in the old Wing
States Of KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE and NORTH
CAROLINA gave wsy for il, mainly falling into its
ranks and trailing after IFS shrouded banners.
Those Wings who could net support It's candidates
generally stood back and made 10 opposition
Only here and there local candidate was brought
ont On the ola Wig ground, aud .hst IN such man
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09
IIINA.

We infer from several conversations with the
Rev Dr. Parker, who arrived in the Baltic, and
who is probably better versed in Chinese affairs
than any other American, that he cherishes little
hope Of any speedy psciication Of the distracted
Umpire The insurgents are now masters OF
about half the country, but have made little pro-
gress since the repulse Of their army that marched
TO the conquest of Pekin. Conflicts still occur at
one point or another with alternate success TO this
side and to that but neither makes any decided
progress. Meantime the continual destruction Of
property ss well as life with the constant diversion
OF hundreds Of thousands from the fruitful paths of
industry TO the sterile efforts of the tented field,
are wasting the National resources aud reducing
millions from comfort 10 wretchedness And this is
likely to go on for years longer it did at former
periods Of revolution. The fact that the two par
ties seem well balanced, with fortune inclnng first
10 this scale, then to that insures a continuance
of devastation. Were it rendered highly probable
that the Tartar dynasty would, or that il would
not be oyerthrowD, millions who have hitherto
remained neutral, and been plundered now by this
host, then by that, would rush al once to the win
ing side and make its triumph overwhelming. Until
timid and the wealthy keep quiet where they can,
and do no more for either belligerent than they
must.
The high-wrougkt hopes that the triumph OF
the insurgents would insure the conversion of
China to Cat least) external Christianity were
long since blasted. The destruction of the idols
seems TO be the extent of Toe-Ping- Chang's de-
votion 10 Christian ideas. And, though each
party is chary of demonstrations Of hostility to
foreigners, hoping to profit BY their assistance,
there seems little reason to expect better trest-
ment Of Europeans and Americans from this
party, in case OF its complete success, than from
the other. OF course, the policy and duty of
maintaining cireumspect and thorough neu-
tIality in the contest are obvious.
Opium is destroying the Chinese by hundreds Of
thousands and its rsysges seem rather to increase
than diminish. The general anarchy is favorable
to its introduction, and the British East India
Company pushes its advantage TO the utmost. Amy
termination of the civil war wouli be almost GER
tain to insure a circumscripton of the nefsrions
Opium traffic.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-09

Since Atchison outraged the first principles
of honest Government in the raid upon Kansas
the idea of obedience to law has been materially
weakened ia the Western States. Mobs, and
riots, and ynchiDgs are fearfully frequent
and may well cause the most serious alarm as to
their ultimate results. The latest case of
lynching, outs dc Of blood-red Louisville, took
place in Wisconsin on Tuesday. The man
Debar, who murdered the Meyer family was
tried, convicted and sent to Jail to await his
sentence; bat be ore reaching the prison was
set upon by the mob, beaten frightfulIy, dragged
by the heels through the street and hung up by
the feet, until he died.