The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-08-22

The tax levy OF New York city for
1857 foots up s., l66, 566, being an in
crease over last year of a million of dollars.
The levy for 1854. the year before Mayor
Wood came into Office, was 81 ,S4l ,255.
During his first year it went up to mil
lion; the next year million and quar-
ter more, and this year another million
The rate of taxation for 1854 was l05;
in 1857, it is 1853
At the annual meeting Of the ROYAL
Agricultural Society of England, recent
ly held at Salisbury, the new reaper, cal
led the " Eagle" which combines reap
ing and moving, invented by A. H.
Carol, of Ssndusky, Ohio, carried off the
first prize in that department, and
MCormick's machine the second. The
American horse-rake, the American bee
hive, &c, attracted much attention.
A murderess named Charlotte Jones is
now in prison in Pittsburgh, Pa, await
ing public execution. 4 few days ago
her sister expressed wish that Charlotte
would send her some money to purchase
a new dress that she might 90 to see her
hung.
The salary of Faustin l, Emperor of
Hayti, has been raised from $3.50, 900 to
$500, 900. A magnificent sounding sum,
but only equal to about sl2, 900 Ameri-
can currency. The Empress has an al
lowance of $4,000, and the Imperial fami-
ly $4,000, so that among them all they
have SCI 900.
Charles A. Lecost, of hatcher, Miss,
liberated, in Cincinnati, few days since,
four slaves. The Gazette says: "They
are all mulattos, and had evidently, AZ is
the case with the majority of the negroes
emancipated here, more Of the Anglo
Saxon than African blood in their veins.
The kind of beaeyolence which gives
these slaves freedom is no mystery"
A queer hoax is In circulation in Mi
ehigan. The story goes that "school
marin" is confined in the States Prison
for beating a child so that it died. Her
Imprisonment is conditional, and she is to
be released whenever any young man will
marry her out. Her father being rich,
has offered $20, 600 to the heroic he who
will thus succor this distressed she. On
the strength Of this romantic story, some
forty young gentlemen have applied eth
er by letter or in person, at the State
Prison to assume the responsibility of
matrimony and $40, 200.
A few days since minister in Seneca
Falls, N Y, hired livery horse and
wagon to 90 journey. He was absent
two days, snapped horses six times, and
came back to the stable with the same
horse he took out, having made one hun
drcd dollars by his operations.
Forty shaving expeditions have been
fitted out frola Cuba since the first of
January last, while it is estimated that
during the present year the number of
slaves Landed on the island is not less
than $4,000.
AZ IN examination of gang Of coun-
terfeitcrs aud incendiaries recently ares
ted in Butler County, Indiana, some Of
the scoundrels confessed their guilt and
told where q list Of the gang--three hun
dred In number--could be procured. The
list was found at the place indicated, and
the officers Of Ripley, Dearborn, and ad-
joining counties are now in pursuit of
them A great many persons, it is said,
have been taken with sudden leaving
for Kansas aud other new countries.
s. B. Adams, harkeepcr Of the How
ard House, N. Y, has been detected in
robbing the till, at the rate of $40 day.
1t is supposed that in the course Of seven
years he has stolen over $4,000
Aremarkable circumstance occurred in
Essex townshipa few evenings ogo. Miss
Stone retired in bed that had been IN
occupied for some time, save bya strange
visitor, when she felt something like a
snake at her feet, aud raised the alarm,
Her mother assured her that it was moth
ing bat = mouse, but she soon hoard il
rattle, and on examination found huge
rattlesnake coiled ut the foot IT the bed.
OF course she did not admire her new
bed fellow, and left his snakish highncss
in full enjoyment of the prowess Of his
adventure in double quick time. Fortu-
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