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Minnesota weekly times., 1856-10-04

istence of war between the two Republics was
recognised by Act of Congress on the 18th of
May, 1876. Hostilities continued between them
until the conclusion of the Treaty Of Peace of
Guadaloupe llidalgo on the ID Of February,
lS4S. ..~-rr., ,t@i,.i is>l
vious to the month Of March, 1S47?
A.-There were, both in and previous to tho
| month Of March, lS47. ~
Q.-po you know whether any, and, Il any,
what forces Of the said United States were, IN
the year 1S47 engaged in hostlities With the said
Republic Of Mexico? sayoI
| A.-All the forces Of the United States were
engaged in hostilities with the Republic of Mex
leo, except such as were indispensably necessary
for the performance of other dutie: and this
througbout the year 1S47. i''id ie.io ,aIAsl
| Q.-Wsre the said forces Of the said Govern
ment of the said United States, in California,
or any part Of those forces, engaged in the said
hostilities with the said Rspubke Of Mexico in
1S47? .s.a.r.. 70,1'f
| A.-The forces Of the United States in Cali.
fornia were engaged in hostilities with the Re-
| public Of Mey;eo in tn year lS41.
| Q.-Under whoss command were the forces of
the Government of The said United States in CAL
ifornia so engaged in hostilitiss with tho said
Republic Of Mexico2 thal
! A.-These forces were under the command Of
Commodore Robert +. Stockton, Col. Fremont,
the defendant, and Gen. keasuey, and Afterwards
Gen. Ksarnsy and Gel. Mason. The last actaal
rssissance. Of which am aware, vas On the Sth
and 9th OF Iaaus!y, ls4z The foeSsa of the
the oommaaA Of Cennodcrc SsocLton~ ID IA a.
Ksarnsy: The results Of thess euesesssst:
were % dieestreus - the enemy that ID isadss
q the CalitorniaDs, . ten days thereeftsr. -
Lieut.! Col. Fremont, (who wss In commssS ~
the battalion 1t Catifcspia Volunteer, end vss
vs: haseenue % The sesns Of aetion, bot d;d -
srriss u Hms - tska part IN thsss sneaeemsu1sS
Spd sstsrsd tnle eespl6slstiso vith N. vhers~x
tas Rsspla sade szD sad , - ia snssS (
Minnesota weekly times., 1856-10-04

9. Q. 0BI8WOBO-st-
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HlllnUs 1 - MinnjsGs1 onset raid sEss - ysulS
Minnesota weekly times., 1856-10-04

9...I sgls.ys ~ mi nao5 BosroS, Sept. g..
The Concord Pstrjo OF says that President Pierce
intends visiting New Hampshire early in October.
Arrapsemerss are pc ing made at Concord to give
him public Eeoeptiopsl s1lrl..- - - lo -
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

Effects of Cieanliaess.--Count Rum
ford, the celebrated practical philosopher,
whose writings have been OF greater val
ue to mankind tnan the abstruse s ecuIa-
tons Of host Of melapbysicians, thu.
describes the advantages OF cleanliness:
With what care and attention 10 the
feathered race wash themselves, and put
their plumage III order; and how per-
fectly neat, clean, and elegant they do
appear Among the beasts OF the field
we find that those which are the most
c1eanly are generally the mos, gay and
cheerful, oil are distinguished by cer-
tain air OF tranquility and contentment,
and singing birds are always remarka.
bic for the neaness Of their plumage =
SO great is the effect Of cleanliness upor
man that it extends even 10 his mora
character. Virtue never dwe,t with fihh
nor do believe there ever was a person
scrupuluously attent We TO cleanliness wAe
w a consulnmaie villain.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
llPl0N, CEDAR Co. I0WA--SATURDAY NOV. q, 1856.

stant plank struck her breast; she threw
her arms around II and tried to reach her
husband, but could not propel herself IN
the water. She felt her strength now
rapidly failing. She was entirely alone,
she saw the schooner and the Traveller
but saw also that they were far, far away;
she knew she could not hold on 10 her
buoy until they came up. but she remem.
bered having heard that persons in
drowning always sha. their teeth firm
She therefore seized her dress at the bot
tom IN front, brought i, up around the
plank and put i between her teeth, so
that it held the plank fas, across her
breast. she found il would support her
thus, and settled calmly back to awai, the
result. She remembered nothing more.
She was plcisealap by the Traveller, and
when she was restored to consciousness,
had the happiness Of finding her husband
at her side. But her children, where
were they?
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
NO. AZ.
The Best Speech.

One Of the test speakers at a public
meeting in Boston, revived the following
pleasant story:
In the good old days when Gen. jack
son was President he WIS making tour
10 visit the northern portion OF his domln-
ion, aud was received at every city and
at every village by ce-emonious well
come. Committees were appointed, and
every man hnd a little speech Of his own
10 make. ii happered ,ha, in the city of
New York. the arrangement was to have
the committee OF the city government 90
to Amboy. and meet the General on
board the steamboat, and there welcome
him to the hospitality Of New York, and
escort him to the city. The chairman OF
the Committee was an alderman, distin-
guished FOR more soundness in the Dem
ocratIc faith than for shining talents ~
an orator, one of the very few persons in
our country who are wholly unaccustom
ed 10 public speaking. When the COM
mittee reached Amboy, the General came
on board the boat, and they stepped fer
ward and were presented. The alder
man, making most profound bow, and
having prepared himself mos, elaborate
y, began: 'lLay !, please your excellen-
cy'-aud then seemed struck with sudden
confusion. He looked around TO bis
brethren for help, bat nothing was sug-
gested, and again he began with pro-
found bow-'nay it please your excel
lency-and again he stuck. The Gen
era stood waiting with bland expres.
sion of coun,enanee, and he began in the
same way the third time, and with ike
result, and then holding out his hand to
the President, human nature burst forth
Hang it all, | have forgotten my
whole speech. We're glad 10 see you,
General
The General shook his hand, and SAID
IL was the pleasantes, as we'll us the shor.
test speech he had heard since he had
left home.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
Yankee Shirt.

Col. Hiram Pearson, Of California, IS
now travelling In Europe. Recent for.
e'gn letters say that, having arrived at
Vienna. be applied 10 the proper author.
tiles for PERMISSION to inspect the govern
ment buildings. He was refused on the
ground that no one but member oil the
European Congress of Science, then in
session in Vienna, could he admitted
Thersupon be applied te be received in
the Congress as a member, stating that
his diploma had been destroyed by the
great conaagration in San Francisco. -
THIS demand was complied with, and he
was treated with the creates, cons'dera-
ton by all the members of the body, ex.
cept the Archduke Charles, who took ex-
ception TO his admission as he bad no
diploma. Col. Pearson, feeling himself
aggrleved a, the manner in which the
Archduke's objections were made, chal-
Ieuged him; whereupon the Archduke de-
scended from his dignity, apologized, ,ex-
planned and oil was settled. Col Pear
son was admitted to the chair of Surgery
and named Vice President of the Con.
gress.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
Horrible Specimens OF Humanity

African travellers have spoken Of a
tribe OF negroes who possess that orna.
mental appendage SO much admired by
Lord Monboddo, a tail; bat their state
ments have never received .eredencc
1t appears, however that race of men
with tails really does exist in the interior
OF Africa. In a recent sitting of the
Academic des Sciences, NJ. de Cauret
related tina, in 1912 he found in the ser.
vice of friend at Mecca one Of these
wretches. the lowest assuredlv OF man
kind. The creature had an exterior pro-
longation of the vertebra column to the
extent OF three or four inches. He stated
that he belonged 10 the tribe OF the CHI
lanes, whose territory is situated far be
yound the Sennar, who are thirty or forty
Thousand in number, worship the sun,
the moon, the stars, the serpent, and the
sources of a great river supposed TO be
the Nile ITO which last they immo'ate
victims. They eat plants, roots, fruits
and raw flesh, and like it bleeding are
very partial to human flesh, and eat the
the bodies OF their animies, of all ages
and both sexes, wko they may slay in
battle ! They, however, prefer the flesh
Of woman aud children, as more succu-
lent. They rarely exceed five feet in
height, are ilI-proportioned, with long,
thin bodies, long arms, longer and fat,er
hands and teet than the rest OF human
kind, have the lower jaw large and long
the forehead narrow and excessively re-
treating, tie ears long and delormed, the
eyes small, black, brilliant, the nose large
aud fiat, the mounth large. the lips thick.
the teeth strong and sharp, the hair
woolly, hut not abundant The man ex-
amined by NJ. de Cauret had been SO
long in slavery as to have forgotten his
native language; but he stated that, not
withstanding he had done all in his power
to subdue the savage appetite, he was
twice a week seized with q rage for raw
flesh, which his master satisfied by giving
him an enormous lump Of mutton, and
that if this were not done, he felt that he
could not refrain from staying and eating
woman or child. M. dc Cauret says
that the natureal disposition of this ami.
NAL were good; that his fidelity to his
master was striking; and that he was not
without intelligence; but in the slave
markets OF the east, where the race is moi
unknown, they are considered detes'able
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

li0w Sc olars are Nude. Costly ap-
paratus and s+lendid cabinets have no
magical power 70 make scholars. In all
circumstances a man Is, under God. the
master ot his own fortune, 50 he is mas
ter of his own mind. The Creator has
so constituted the human intellect, that il
can grow only by its own action, II must
certainly and necessarily grow. Every
man must, therefore, In an important
sense educate himself His books and
teachers are but heir; the uork is his. -
A nan is not educated unul he has the
ability to summon, in an act OF emergen-
cy, all his mental powers in vigorous ex-
erclse to effect his proposed object. Ii is
not the man who has seen most, or has
read most, who can do this; such an one
Is in danger OF being borne down, like a
beast of burden, by an overloaded mass
OF other mems thoughts. Nor IS it the
man who can boast merely of native Wig
or and capacity; the greatest of all the
warriors who went to the siege OF Troy,
had given hun strength, and he carried
the largest bow, but because sclt-discipiiae
had taught him how 10 bend ID. Web
Ster.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

DIP anybody ever hear story of the two
bachelors down IN Tennessee, who lived
sort Of cat-and-dog life to their neigh
borhood good many years, but who
had been at camp meeting we've slight
Iy converted, aud both ot them concIu-
ded to reform!
"Bro'her Tom says one, when they
had arrived at their homes, lie; us sll
down, now. and I'll tell you wha, vel
do. You tell me all my faults, and
III tell you Of yourn, and SO We Will
know how 10 90 about mending Of EN-.
'Goodr says Brother Tom.
well, you begin, Brother Joe
We'll, in the first place, you know
brother Tom, you WILL LIE.
Crack goes brother Toms paw be-
tween brother Joe's 'blinkers.' end i
considerable Of a 'scrmmage' ensut )
until, IN the course OF about ten MINUTES
neither being able TO come TO time, ref,
orma,on is postponed sire die.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

Washington Intelligence. few days
since an officer from the Treasury De-
parlment, at Washington, came upon this
frontier TO look after the interests Of the
Custom House and Mr.. Buchanan.-
Among other p laces he visited the Falls,
Suspension Bridge, sc. He crossed the
bridge and seeing the sign Custom
House on building on the other side,
walked pompousIy in, demanded to see
The books, and put on all sorts of airs
The subordinate, supposing that the gem
tleman was representative Of Her Maj
esty, handed down the book of entries,
courteousiy pointing out which were for
imports and which were coastwise reve-
nues. Discovering that the accounts
Wele kept IN sterling currency, he began
TO blow up the young man for the digres-
sion from federal money IN making en-.
'nes-remarklng tha, he supposed it wa ,
some d---d frontier freak, and he wo ID
see that 1t was Strengthened out when he
returned 10 the Department. The clerk
was at loss TO account for his be-
havlor, but vas soon relieved. The Of.
| tlclal demanded 10 know where their i'm.
ports were from, when the clerk otserv-
ed that they were principally from the
United States. From the United States
calculated tAe intruder. 'Why, isn't this
ia the United StaIesf No Well,
where IN heavens name is nF la Can
ada rejolned the clerk who began to see
the point Of the Joke. This was too much
for The Washington official He drop.
ped BOOKS, picked up hat, aud took up a
Ilue OF march lor out OF doors, bidding
lis new acquaintance hasty good day.
lie will probably boy cheap geography
and complete his education. -BrHlio
Express.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

The True Uoman. The true woman,
for whose ambition a husbands love and
her chlldren's alteration are sufficient,
who applies her military instincts 10 the
dlcipline OF her household and whose
legislative faculties exercise themselves
in making laws for her nursery; whose
intellect has field enough for her commu-
Mon with her husband, and whose heart
asks no other honors than his love and
admiration Il woman who does not think
il a weakness to attend 20 her toilet, and
who does not dsdain to be beautiful !:
who believes III the virtue Of glossy Lair,
and well.flting gowns, and eshews rents
and ,ayeed edges, sIip-shod shoes, and
audacious make-ups; a woman who
speaks low and does not speak much j:
who is patient and gentle, intellectual
and industrious; who loves more than
reasons, and yet does not love blIndly,
who never scolds, and rarely argues, but
who adjusts with a smile ; a woman who
is the wife we have all dreamed of once
in our llyas, and WHO is the mother We
still worship in the backward distance oil
the past such woman as tins does more
for human nature, and more for woman' 5
cause than all the captains, barrlstefs
iudges and members OF parliamen: put
together : God given and God blessed as
she is. Dickens.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
The Height of hmpudente.-Soue lin

'to rIt'Stt y 7"FF '''"7'eV' 77"'T'V s1F''V
ago a fellow was charged in the Glasgow
Police Court with stealing herring bar
rel from person in Stockwell street.
After the charge had been proved, the
principal accuscr addressed the magls.
,rate: - Deed, Sir Battle, the man al
the bar great rogue; the stealing oil the
barrel is nothing 10 some OF his tricks.
He stole my sign board last week, and
what does your honor thinks he did wi',!
Magistrate That would be hard tcr ,o
say "Wel, sir, I'll tell ye, He brought
1t ,nto me own shop, WI my ain name
ont, and offered to sell met, and said he
thought it would be Of mair use 10 me
than ony body ese.'
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

The keokuk Times says that Prof.
Moore, who has charge Of the State
Museum Of Natural History, passed
through that city on the 9th ult., on his
way 70 South America, TO make coIec-
tons in every department OF natural
science. He is a gentleman of fine at
taiumen,s III the hne, having travelled
and studied with Audubon. Waterman,
and Others, who have added so much &c
this department OF knowledge, and we
doubt not his trip will be successful in
the highest degree. He goes out under
the patronage Of the above institution, as.
sisted by Hon A. J, stevens, and others
Of Fort Des Moines.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

Il Good Man. n.-The n. Y. Herald
has the following account of good man
who has recently become citizen OF this
country:
The scenes that iake place dmng the
process oil naturalizatip IN are sometimes
Of a rather amusing character. Some
time ago, the following occurrence took
place In Ole OF our courts:
Among the crowd Of applicants was ala
trishman named O'Brien. who in his own
expressive words, wns wanting his IA.
pers' He was short, thck-set man,
aud looked as If he could handle n shiI-
lelagh in true llihernlan style. His Wit
ness was Il TALL raw -bonod son oil Erin,
who, on being placed before the Judge,
was lntenogaled and answered as loI-
lows:
Judge What is your name sir?
Witness Patrick O'Dennis,your Hon.
or.
Judge De you know O'Brien9
Witness Yes sir.
Judge How long has he been in this
counlryt
Witness \ liule over five years.
Judge Is he Il man Of good moral
characterl
Witness quite bewiIdered) Sure your
Honor, don't know VIVA, moral charac.
Ter names.
Judge Wen sir, will talk more plain.
" 10 you. Does O'Brien stand fair be-
fore this ccmmunhvl
Witness Completely nonplussed) BY
my sowl, | don't apprehend your naming
your Honor
Judge (ra,her irrita,ed) Imean TO ask
you Sir. il . Bricn, the person who wants
10 be citizen. for whom you are Il wit
ness, Is a good man or noi
Witness Oh! why didn't you AK me
that way beIoEel To be sure he is good
man. Sure aud I've seen him in ten
fights during the last two years, and eve.
ry time he licked his man.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

Suspension Bridge opcr the Mississippi
al 81. Louis. and estimate are
now being made for the construction oi
an immense suspension bridge across the
Mississippi at st. Louis. We under
stands that J. w. BisseI, Of that city, has
received the appointment, Of engineer to
superin,end the work. This bridge will
be the mos, costly suspension bridge in
the world. II will be over mile in
Ienght, and 81 feet above high water. SO
that all steamers can pass under. The
greatest distance, between the tower.
will be 1900 feet. The bottom of some
of the ,woers will be 60 feet below the
surface OF low water. The cost OF the
bridge will not fad much short Of two
millions Of dollars. 1t is not designed
for railroad bridge, though several rail-
road companies IRE largely interested N
the enterprise. - Chicago Journal
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
A Yankee Editor Wanted. Mr.. d

II fnnNte EUWOT " unTeH, INF. De-
lane, the managing editor of the Lon
don Times, it is SAID, comes to this coun.
try 10 pick out an American editor 10
place among the corps Of abe writers
attached to the columns OF The Wundre,
to select person sufficiently well in,
formed to take charge Of American af
fairs ia that famous journaId, and write
on the subject with the proper amour, Of
knowledge IN regard TO cur country, Its
habits, It's population, its Institutions, its
statemsn lis policy, politics, and poInl.
cans. He is to have SIX thousand year
a comfortable berth, a position OF honor
and an opportunity 10 do his native land
service.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

a snake with head on each ex,remi-
ty has been discovered in Tully, Miss.
The body was about two feet long, and
two inches In diameter in the centre. --
The suakc was we'll formed, large in the
centre, and gradually tapers TO each end
with Two perfect heads IN every respect,
Bat the most novel thing TO witness was
It's actions toward the gentleman who
caught it, running one way with as much
ease, apparently, as the other, with both
tongues out, each raging, apparently
with anger. Many will look upon this
as false, Ca snake story, but it is a fact
and can be vouched Tor by many respec,
table citizens.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
Wonderful Cu,iosHy.- We yes,erda

Wonderful Curaosny.-We yesterday
saw al the house OF Ill. Tate, barber Of
this city a grea, natural curhsily. beiong-
ing 10 him. 1t IS a pointer pup, about
SIX or seven days old, which has six legs,
and with seperale and distinct organs OF
the male and female dog The two odd
legs come out on the fump, are well
formed, as long as the others, and almost
as Iarge-and hang down bstween the
hlnd legs. Tie tad comes out at the side
Of the thigh OF one oi the extra legs.
The pup is bot delormed IN any other
way, and as il Is as sprighdy as either OF
the others, We do not see any reason
why II should not live. The slut has five
pups: and there is another one OF them
which has feet that resemble very much
the human hard. Tue otter three are
all right. = Bur. STATE Ca.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
Remarkable Erpeftment.-A recent

Remarkable kTpeftm2at.--A recent
work OF science gives The following novel
experiment, which settles question OF
some Importance IN philosophy Two
hundred pounds weight ot earth was
dried in an oven and afterwards put into
an earthen vessel. The earth was then
moistened with rain water, and a willow
tree, weighing five pounds, was placed
therein. During the space oil five years
the earth was carefully watered with
raln water, or pure water the willow
grew and hourished, and 10 prevent the
earth being mixed with fresh earth or
dust blowed to It by the winds, it was
covered with metal plate perforated
with great number oil small holes suita-
bic for the free admission OF air only.
After growing in the air for five years
the tree was removed and found 10 weigh
leaves which fell from The tree every au-
tumn were not included In this weight
The earth was then removed from the
vessel, again dried IN the oven, aud al.
terwards weighed ; i was afterwards dis
covered to have lost about two ounces OF
Its original weight. Thus l64 pounds
Of woody fibre, bark and roots were Ger
talnly produced but from what source ?
The air has been discovered 10 be tie
source OF solid element at least THIS
statemen, may at first appears incredible,
but on slight reflection It's truth IS proved,
because the atmosphere contains carbo-
nic acid, which is the compound Of ia
parts by weight Of oxygen and 33S parts
by weight oil carbon.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22
The Wesrern Land,


BY T. IA, wILKs.
l love the glorious western land
Its hills and valleys fair.
where still the lonely FORESTS ssaud
In silent grandeur there;
And where the Lakes broad, heaving breas
Ia tranquil quiet lies
ana The mirrors Oh iis waves at rest,
lnc oVerarching skies.
i'o'e the prairie stretching wide,
IN bcundiess rehlms Of green.
"here' like the oceans ceaseless tide.
lhe waving grass is seen
Hhere many noble river flows
with current swift and strong.
Mid smiling meadows in repose.
And messy banks along.
love the sturdy western man,
With strong, unflinching will.
Who pierced the lovely FORESTS when
They crowned each rising hill,
Who made the monarch oak to bow
It's iordIy, towering head,
Ard crushed the autum leaves below
Their heavy, fearles tread.
oll, many deed Of daring then,
Those frowning woods have seen,
When painted bands of Iusky men
Stole through the forrest green;
And when the ranks Of rormen nat
Within the dim old wood,
The green hue of The sod was wet
AM coIored with their blood.
| love the glorious west that lies
In pictured spaendor fair
love to gaze upon Us skies,
love to breath It's ali.
Bright land Of hope, the s4Ilen past
Yields ap its crown to thee,
And earth has given in thee at last
home to liberty.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1856-11-22

A Long Way Of-Hero is mode
rate degree OF distance TO think of: The
sun is more than hundred years from
US at the speed of hundred miles an
hour; and Neptune, At the same rate, Is
three thousand years from the SUM-
While looking through Mr., ALVIN Cark's
big telescope at double star that on the
plane OF the glass seemed TO have but a
span OF space be.ween, we were surprls-
ed to learn that there was probably room
enough between them to admit of the
passage OF our whole solar system.