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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05
4 Drove Of Irish lsalas.

| The following piece Of "tonpcsition, 3"
! says the Philadelphia ,Suaouy 7tunscr7pt,
. may be backed against snvthiny ever
| produced II was written half a century
ago b; Sir Boyle Roche, a ,nenber of
THE irish Parliament, in ''the Troubled
Times Of Ninety Eight" when hand
ful Of men from the county Of Wexford
struck terror into the hearts Of many gal
liant sons of Mars, as well as the worthy
writer himself The letter was addressed
| to a friend in London, and it is old
enough to be new to nine out Of ten of
our readers
| My DEAR SIR Having now a little
peace and quictness, sit down and in
! form you of the dreadful hustle and con
fusion we are all in from these blood
thirsty rebels, most of whom are, thank
God, killed and dispersed We are in a
pretty mess can get nothing to eat, nor
any wine to drink, except whisky; and
when we sit down to dinner, we are
obliged to keep both hands armed. While
| write this, | hold sword in each hand
and pistol in the other
| concluded from the beginning that
this would be the end of it, and | see
was right, for it is not half over yet. At
present .hare are 50 much goings on, that
everything i, at stan3stil ] should
have answered your letter a fortnight
ago, but | did not receive It till this
morning. Indeed, scarce mail arrives
without being robbed. No longer ago
than yesterday the coach with the mail
from Dublin was robbed near this town.
The bags had been iudiciously left be-
hind, for fear of accident, and by good
luck there was nobody in it but two out
side passengers, who had nothing for the
robbers to take Last Tuesday notice
was given that a gang of rebels was ad
vancing under the French standard, but
they had no colors, nor any drums ex-
cept bagpipes.
Immediately, every man in the place,
including men, women, and children, ran
out to meet them We soon found our
force much too little; we were too near
to think of retreating. Death was in all
faces but at it we went, and began to
be all alive again. Fortunately the rebels
mad no guns but plstois ana pixies, ana
we put them all to the sword, Not a
soul of them escaped, except some that
were drowned in the adjacent bogs; and
in very short time nothing was heard
but silence. Their forms were all Of diff
ferent colors, but mostly green After
! the action we went to rummage sort OF
camp which they left behind them. All
we found was few pixies without heads,
parcel of empty bottles Of water, and a
bundle of French commissions filled with
Irish names. Troops are now stationed
all around the country, which exactly
squares with nay ideas. have only
time to add that ! am in great hurry
P. S.-If you do not receive this, Of
course it must have miscarried, therefore
| beg YOU will write and 1T me know.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05
American Ngsii. Men.

American history presents many re-
markable instances of young men taking
prominent and commanding stations at
an age which would be thought very
Young in other countries. We subjoin
few striking examples from the list Of
those who have passed off the stage of
human action.
At the age of %, Mr. Jefferson was an
influential member of the Legislature Of
Virginia. At 30 he wa a member of the
Virginia Convention at 81 member
Of the Continental Congress and at 80
he wrote the Declaration Of lndepend-
ence.'
Alexander Hamilton was only 20 years
Of age when he Was appointed Lieuten-
ant-Coloncl in the army Of the Reyolu-
tiou, and idede-CamF to Washington
At - he was member of the CONT
mental Congress at 80 he was one of
the ablest members OF the Convention
which framed the Constitution Of the
United States at 81 he was Secretary
of the Treasury, and organized that
branch of the Government upon SO cont
plete and comprehensive plan, that no
great change or Improvement has since
been made upon II.
John Jay, at % years old, WAS mem-
Der Of the Continental Congress, and
wrote an address to the people Of Great
Britain, which was Justly regarded as
one of the most eloquent productions Of
the times. At 3Z he prepared the Con
stitution of the State Of New York, and
in the same year Was appointed CHIEF
Justice Of the State.
Washington was = years Of age when
he covered the retreat Of the British
troor: 1t Braddock's defeat ana the
same year was honored by al appoint-
meut as Commander-ia- Chief Of the Eir-
ginia forces.
Joseph Warren was % years of age
when he delivered the memorable ad-
dress On the 9th Of March, which aroused
the spirit of patriotism and liberty in his
section Of the country; and at 81 he glo-
riously fell in the cause Of freedom on
Bunker Hill.
Fisher Amcs, at the age Of p, had
excited public attention by the ability he
displayed in the discussion Of questions
of public interest. At the age ot 80, his
mastery speeches in defence of the Con
stitution of .he United States had exert.
/ ed great influence, SO that the youthful
/ orator of 81 was elected to Congress from
the Suffolk district over the revolutions
AIRY hero Samuel Adams.
Joseph Story entered public life at the
age of 20; he WAS elected to Congress
from the Essex district when he was %
was Speaker Of the Massachusetts, House
! of Representatives at 81, and the same
year was appointed by President Madi
son Judge of the Supreme Court Of tt,
United States
De Witt Clinton entered public life a
%; Henry Clay at 2s The nest youth
full signer Of the Declaration Of indie
pcndenee was William Hooper, of NortI
Carolina, whose age was but 81 OF tli
other signers Of the Declaration. Taona
Haywood, Of South Carolina, was 80
Elbridgc Gerry, Benjamin Rush, jaime
! Wilson, and Matthew Thornton, wer
81; Arthur Middleton and Thoma
Stone we're 33
Ii viii be observed that wc hay. ron
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05
Singular Calculations,

Faxon, the "local' of the Buffalo Re
public, and author Of the "Silyer Lake
Sank" excitement, and other sells, has
been studying mathematics, from which
he deduces the following conclusions:
If man can, in running, take steps a
yard and half in length, and runs a
mile in twenty minutes, he will accom-
plish the same distance back again in the
same time, if he rested lohg enough and
don't sprain his ancle-3 b. Enc.
The time o day is fixed by the sun
when it is exactly on the meridian. If,
for instance, by observation, it was twelve
o'clock at noon to-day, just twenty -four
hours from that time it will be twelve o.
clock tomorrow Things
are exactly like things ii they are not at
all differeat.
The moon rcvolyes around the earth
once month. A husband never "gets
round his wife nova days--especial
since hoops became fashionable. The
! logical dcdtction is that moons arc "fast
and men "slow."
| The time a locomotive, in common
running, occupies in running thirty
miles Is ono hour. A canal-boa can
ado " the same distance in day
IT,
A dry goods clerk can get 800 a yea
Ia banker 1000 The clerk will liv,
better, drive faster horses, run with bet
ter looking women, and have finer golf
watch and q more costly diamond pin
than the banker. This fact is brough
about according to the doctrine Of com
pcn'nf'an. We rresnmr.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

Miss Marcella Jensing, alias Catharne
Williams, lady Of color, was brought
before Justice Dunn, at Washington
City, charged with whipping another CO.
lored woman. Miss Jcnsing allowed but
few words to be spoken by the Justice
or any one else but herself q I'm
fotched before you, squire; but not like
common nigger. Use free nigger,
an knows what's my rights. The con-
stable ses come, an scs to him, scs /,
I'm dar You needn't take hold O. me,
for Is free niger, an knows what \
my rights. So | comes here kinder in
dependent, an tells you to yer face,
squire, what's dc law. You can't send
me to the penitentiary, cause Yer amt
got de power. Yah yah All yer kin
do is to send me to jail, an dar Is been
before an de jailor he kin give me as
good character as any other nigger what
ever set foot inter dat old shanty. So
dare now, ef Is got to 90 to Jail jest say
de word, an Pm dar." And the justice
just said the word and she's dar, is
Marcclla Jenslng, alias Catharinc vii
liams.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

We have published several statements
of remarkable gr6wths Of whsa, and large
yields per acre, but the following, every
word of which we have the best sntho-
rity for believing, is better than any
thing yet in that line. 4 Young man
near Centreviie, raised on five acres two
hundred and eight bushels Of wheat.
.Ihis was on old la@d and clay soil. For
ty-onc bushels to the acre is very yuod,
even for Egypt; but Mr. C. Fru,h, who
lives two miles east Of this city on the
Mascoutah plank road, has done better.
He has just threshed crop of Whit
wheat grown on six acres, and delivered
to the miller three hundred and twelve
bushels. Fifty-two bushels to the acre
And he is now thrcshing the wheat
grown on forty acres, and so far it has
averaged thirty-six bushels to the acre,
and the best of il is vet to thresh These
statements are true in every essential par
tlcular-no gas about them --BMriN~
(W.) Adr0cdts, 21a.
One Of the greatest wheat crops in our
Territory has just been harvested off the
farm OF Sam. Powers, ESQ, in Washing
ton County, Minnesota, There were
about sixty acres Of land ia the field.
which has produced above three thou
sand bushels, being more than fifty bush
els to the acre The grain is Of the finest
and heaviest quality, actually weighing
four or five pounds to the bu>hcl more
tsan standard weight The crop was
raised from seed which had been lorg in
the Territory, and was thoroughly accli-
mated Winters cold has no effect on
it. This crop was put in between the
10Th of August and the 20th of Septem-
Der, part on old and part on new land
That on tho new land yielded rather the
best.-.N Paul Mnnesotian. 2lst.
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l.ilsesat.Ni,Ngesl.

Under this head, an exchange tells the
following good story Of rather progrcs-
sive youth at the East
A gentleman in our hearing the other
day made boy an offer which, we think.
exhibited traits of disinterested benevo-
lence. The boy referred to was ragged,
shittiess, vagrant boy, who had been
idling about our streets Of late The
gentleman of whom we speak, meeting
the lad, and evidently commiserating his
unfortunate condition, addressed him
thus:
Boy, where did you come from, and
how do you live -
Come from Peunsylsany, and live by
eatin'. What Of it p
Would you like something to io?"
Don't care if 'taint hard work -
Well, boy, if you like | will set you
up III business that will prove both plea
SAINT and profitable
Drive ahead I'm lissenin'.'
Well, YOU 20 somewhere aud steal n
basket, and then 60 around begging for
cold victuais, and you may have half you
get
The impudencc of the ragamuain's an
swer to this display of hberaliry caused
!. him to be "set up in the Z" boot tusi-
ness
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

Kitten, kitten, two months old.
Wooliy snow bali lying snug
Curld up In the wgrmcst fold

s74' 's wooliy snow BALI lying snug ~ ~
Curl'd up In the wsrmest fold d.'2I
OF the warm hearth rng. th! H5t"
Turn your drowsy head this way tiaa
"Life," saith the kitten, wiaking her eyes,
And twitching her tail in drol surprise
"Lifea Oh, it's reaching over the floor,
Out the window and In 81 the door:
Now on the chair back, now on the table,
Mid balls Of cotton and skeins Of silk, ..s
And crumbs Of sugar and jugs Of milk,
All SO cosy and comfortable -& .... ...s.
Its patting the little dogs ears, and leaping
Rsand him and o'er him while he's sleeping
Waking him up in sore alright,
Then off and away, like a fash Of light
Securing and sca@ncring out Of sight.
Life? Oh, us rolling over and over
On the summer green turf and budding clover;
oh, sing the shadows as fast as they run,
Down the garden paths iu the mid day sun.
Prancing and gamboling, brave and bold,
Climbing the tree stems, scratching the mould;
That's "Life!" said the kitten two months old.
hitten. kitten, come sit on my knee
And listen and listen, kitten to me,
oh@ " one, On! one ny one.
The sly, swift shadows sweep over them
Daylight deth and--kittenhoods gone
And kitten, oh! the rain and the wind!
For ea.hood cometh, with care fui mind,
And grave cat-dutes follow behind
Hsrkl There's sound You cannot hear,
III whisper its meaning in your car:
a. ..s MfcE!
mn,
tThe kitten stared with her great green eyes,
AID t~itche d her tail in queer surpiise-)
s..e...g ...: MioE!
No mare tit bits, dainty and nice;
No more mischief aud no more play, ..s
But watching by night and sleeping by day
frowlins wherever the foe may iurk--
Very short commons and very sharp work
And, kitten, oh! the hail and thunder!
That's . blackish cloud, but blacker's under.
Hark' but you'll fall from my knee, l fear,
When whisper that awful word in your ear
R-R-R-RATs!
tThe kittens heart beat with great pt-pats,
But her whskers quiver'i and from their sheath
Flashed out the sharp, white, pearly teeth.)
R-R.IRArs.
The scorn Of dogs, but the terror of cats;
The sauciest thieves and the sharpest biters.
But kitten, see you've a steutish heart,
SO, courage! and play an honest part
Use well your paws,
And strengthen your claws
And sharpen your teeth and stretch YOUR Jaws
Then woe to the tribes of pickers and stealers,
Nil blers and gnasers, and evil Dealers
1 Int hat t;ent
! The thing your fancy pictured 30 nicely,
| OF and away! race over the door,
| Out at the window and in at tie door;
/ Roll ON the turf and hass in the sun,
/ Ere night time come til aud kittenhood's done
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

kas~ 4 watch, formerly belonging to
Benedict Arnold, is now in the posses
sion Of the Connecticut Historical So
cicty. The Hartford Courant says it is
an old Z" bulls eye which accom- panied
Arnold through his military campaigns.
The watch WAS presented by Arnold to
Jeremiah Atwater, who in the ReHo,u.
tionary war was killed at D2nlury, Conn.
The watch then became the property of
his wife Eunice. She afterwards MAJ,
ried John Goodrich, Of New Haven, and
was the mother Of Andrew Z. Goodrich.
who for many years was bookseller and
publisher in New York City. Tn. watcI.
came into the possession Of A. T. Good
rich from his parents, and was left by
him at hi. death with his son-in-law, the
Rev. l.. Smith Hobart of Michigan, bv
whom it is presented to the C,nnccticut
Historical Society.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

The Mayor of paper city, somewhere
up IN Minnesota, holds forth in the fol-
living strair, in his inaugural:
The growth Of our city arc astounl-
ing to all human calculations. They stag
gers bel eff, and the thoughts mount up
to glory aud vociferate hallelajah at the
shrineetic panorama Of tho butterflies brill
lancy of the future hereafter of the time
to come by and by in few years FROM
hence. We mast make ample provision
for the time, or bust
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R<a,~ Here's gem from Dombey tn

s<as~ Here's gem from Dombey that
will never grow dina:
She died" said Polly, "and was
never seen again, for she was buried in
the ground where The trees never grow"
The cold ground ~ said the child,
shuddering again.
10, the warm ground" replied Pol
ly, where the gully little seeds are
turned into beautiful flowers, and where
good people turn into angels and av aHe2y
to heaven
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pSF@ - was dipinr at hotel in +

by " | was dining at hotel in Phi
ladeiphia," writes gentleman Of Knox
VILE, Tennessee, " and sitting nearly Oh.
posite Gideon Henderson, Esq, of this
city, a weil-known merchant, who was Oh,
his semi-annual tour to the North to buy
goods. lie had two young ladies from
this State under his charge, who wera
making their first visit to your region>.
and Que of them was sitting on each side
of Mr Henderson at table. Directly in
trout OF him sat dandy, who, having
finished bis soup, raised his eye-cla.,,
and stared steadily, first at one, and then
at the other of the ladies. Mr. Henaer
sou seized heavy glass tumhler, and
thought was about to spoil the fellows
profile by hurting it at his head but III
stead Of that he brought it to his own
eye, and looked deliberately through the
bottom OF it at the top of the scamp be
fore Kim. The attention Of the con pai,v
was fixed upon tie fellow, general zig
gle began and grew, till he was compelled 4
to quit the table and the room amid the
jcers Of the guests"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

Ees. Seeing upon his wife's shoulders
large shawl pin, Mr.. d. saia:
'In the military, eh2 Got to be cap
tains"
She instantly replied, pointing to a
third baby in her lap
NO recruiting sergeant in the third
infantrv.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

A Western editor says, tho man who is
too poor to take a paper has bought slab
sided dog, and an old shot gun, aud TWEEN
ty-shihiRg gold watch lie educates his
children in the streets, aud his shanehais
board on his noighhars
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VOL, zIY,-----N0:- 335

fined our illustrations to persons under
80 years of age, aud have only alluded to
those with national regulations
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PETER p. SMITH,

PETER r. SMITH,
BosE-sINBrR AND BLANK Book MASUFAcrCEEI
Iora ireaue, opposite Post Office Mnscattne,
up stairs third story. Printing, Ruling aud bind
ing Of every description executed TO order in the
best style, on short notice, and on reasonable
terms.
Es- Blank Books constantly on hand. Old
books rebound
NIB Book binders stock Tor sale. 26tf
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NEAT MARKET.

RYA BY DAN uARRAS. Opposite the Al
A drich House, Upton Iowa.
SS BEEF can be had regularly every morn
ing Sundays excepted. 3ou
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-05

SPICER &c RN,
TTORNEXS At LAW, Solicitors in
n Chancery, and Hotaries Public. VIII prac-
lice in the several Counties of this State, ana
promt attention given to collecting claims. Con
seyancing and Examining Titles Of Real Estate
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

Az OPINION As 10 AN OPINION
4 Western chap gives hh views Of
New York women in this way.
Somewhere in every circumference
Of silk, velvet and cetry that rigglss
along Broadway thars allus woman.
! spose; but how much Of the hollow
is ahed with met and how much 10
CANNON, .he mser spectator ken new
erno. a TELLER marrys . ate, aud finds,
when Il comes to the point, thst be
has authin' in his arums but Q regular
anatomy. u men u gAy dsssssss.
wot's 70 b red Of female that dssss.
= tes 4 hundred and sarsv weight, but
hasn't really - maaA III OF her q
would grsAse 4 CREDIBLE ALI ths xpetl-
WA riamrnsss r,sat'ssi,as ~ sa,taa and
whEinls.hf
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

e. A bridge to cost 100000 is to
be built over the Missouri at Florence,
a new town in Nebraska few miles
above Omaha. and some eight hundred
from the Mississippi. 1t is the first
and only point in the distance Of more
than a thoasand miles where there is
any rock bottom. At Florence y rock
island sosns three hundred feet from
tue western shore materially aids tho
construction ofths bridge. The steam.
boat chanael u through this three hun
feet. 20 that tho construction Of draw
Is comparatively an easy matter,
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

Tss PasvAal.ue EssDsxic. ssos
vse:s y he la,sesisssing Ceuni.s.s
sbas - Wos eos0esd % bic reoa 8, ths
pseysilise spsdsoic."
We lsass sbas shis spsdsuis l. Z prs.
votliee "loeseosss." 10 iss wort stssee.
vAteA sAseoseos - carry % three Of tour
0eobsee.
pees 0sesl10. VIE 10 Z suEsesr. hss
~ heee - ~ aissIssippi River.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

EE Some one saws that the Fro
mont party was christened by three
thousand clergymen, educated by
Charles Sumner and clothed by bleed.
ing Kansas; but was arrested by Hi.
nois for treason, tried before Chief Jus.
tics Caion Indiana on The bench,
found guilty by New Jersey, hung BY
Pennsylvania between the two Black
Republicans, New York and Ohio, and
finally sent to the place Of mourning
and solemn silence" by California.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

WlscorrA.-.Is syearline" town,
thirty.Rve miles west Of Fl Des Moi.
nes, on the n. h n. R. R. route, At the
junction Of Middle Coon and Coon riv.
ers. The Ctisen allows it forty resi-
dences, stesm-inill, the finest sand
stone in the State, susceptible Of q
high polish; large Quantities Of coal,
ample water-power and timber exhans-
tless. 1t must be quite 4 Paradise, to
judge from the puff Cap Reporter.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

Gigantic Commerce Of America.
The following statement, which is
the closing portion Of the leading arti'
Gle in Hunts Merchants Magazine for
the current month, presents compar'
alive view ofthe commerce of the young
giant OF America and Of the nations of
the Old World, exhibiting the growth
and vast prepondorance ofthe former
over the latter-a prcPon'icran'e in
crease, beyond human calculation, if
the Republic only prove true to itself
"Our tonnage Is eleven times what
it MAS when Hamilton made his report
upon navigation III 1870; ii has doub'
led within the last nine years. ! he ton
mage OF our registered ships engaged III
foreign trade has trehlc,l within the
last fifteen years; our Tonnage now
surpasses that OF great Britain and all
her colonies. and is double the amount
at which British tonnaye stood only
seventeen years ago. Our tonnage IS
double that OF all the European nations
together. exclusive OF Great Britain
The tonnage of Maine alone is equal to
that OF the French empire; the tonnage
of Maine alone is equal that of all the
baltic powers combined. The united
tonnage OF Denmark, Norway and
Sweden is not equal to the tonnage
built in the United States in tie single
year ending ON the SOth day Of June
last.
"If this is the presnt, what il TO be
the future Of commerc I Considere
how large proportion OF the surface
0 the glole has as yet made no con-
tribution to commerce, because waste,
or occupied by barbxrous tribes or in
accessible consider what vast coun-
tries are how being brought, for the
first time, under the dominion Of civil
lized men consider, finally, how won
derfully production is being augmen'
ted by machinery, by the subsection
to human control OF newly discovered
powers Of nature, aud By accommodating
capital. The progress Of the past has
been great, and the capacity for prog
ress in the future is indefinitely greater
The field for enterprise ia hot yet fully
explored +; it ssreatehes boundless on
every hand, and each step forward only
gives new points of vision and NOR.
extended prospects"
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-03-11

MrRnEn.-We are informed by the
Mt. Pleasant journal of an "atrocious
hutchery' committed abou, three mi
les from town, Feb, goth. upon one
Patrick Mahony by some fellow Irish
men. The Parties were laborers upon
the railroad, and the murdercrs, if
more than one were at large.