The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-04-24

well known street contractor, TO be Street
Commissioner. The Common Council,
after hard struggle confirmed the May
or's appointments. Thoreupon Resulted
numerous injunctions from our City
Courts, beside several downright fstcufi'
and fights. The Courts themselves came
near getting by the ears, 90 pretty and
interesting was the quarrel; but Conover,
either in person or by deputy, kept in
possession Of the Office while the case
went through the various Courts; till now,
this decision Gusts him and instals Mr..
Dcylin. Mr.. Conover, however, made
good use of his hold upon the Office, for
in strengthening out its affairs and over
hauling the old contracts and other papers
pert lining to Devlin's paving and street
opening jobs the most astounding frauds,
altered figures and perjury were develop
ed, and prosecutions based upon the
facts are now before the Courts. Dcvlin,
by deputies and agents, has made two
unsuccessful attempts by force and Gun.
ming to get possession of these awkward
evidences against him; and now, if this
decision prevails, they are to be surren-
dcrcd to his hands without remedy
Mayor Tieman on receiving news by tel
egraph of the decision locked up the Of
fee and put the keys in his pocket. 1t
is within his capacity to commission this
Devlin to outer darkness where there is
gnashing of teeth, and he will doubtless
do SO; but the Common Council arc
themselves of the Beelzebub stripe, and
they will consent to 70 such unscriptural
heresy as casting out Devlins by Belize
bub. So we must go on and endure as
best we can. Ifany body hereafter asks,
'Whas is the matter with New York y
it will be sufficient to answer, 1t hath q
Devlin." Rut if you should hear next
fall that the sovcrei On people had dismis-
scd him, and that they had rushed alto.
gethcr down in to the sea and drowned
themselves, you may know that for once
the hindmost hath taken the Deylin and
dashed him down to his own place.
1t may be matter of some surprise
to your readers to learn that we have an
Indian war on our hands, right in the
heart of this great city, war that RACES
with all the ferceness Of those of the
primitive forests and colonial times -
The principal camp of one tribe is pitch
! N the Bowery, and the council fires are
kept blazing in Mercer street. Scouts
are sent out in every direction, spies gain
access to either camp, challenges are
flung out on all hands, manisestoes ilut.
ter in every breeze and victory perches
alternately on the banner Of either host.
A regular pitched battle has been agreed
| upon between the two tribes, to come of
next Monday, at the "Old Wigwam,'
which, it is supposed, will decide the fate
Of the "Rival Sachems." Fernando
Wood is the renowned and invincible
brave who leads the tribe of "Fore.ters;"
and our Postmaster Fowler, sustained by
a council of braves of the prowess of
Captain Rynders, heads the time honor
ed tribe Of St. Tammany. The weapon
selected is the ballot--can't say, however,
but, in the last emergency, recourse may
be had to the bullet. A new council Of
Sachems is to be chosen. Meantime the
good and brave everywhere await the
conflict in terrific suspense.
Passing the Astor House the other
day | saw, looking out of an upper win
dow, group of heads with belted brows
and feathered scalps which belonged un-
questionably to the genuine aboriginal
wild Indian. | thought at first some
Camanche Chief had sent on a subsidy OF
merciless savaces whose known rule of
warfare is indiscriminate slaughter" to
go In and win at the ensuing Tamnany
struggle; but learned, on enquiry, that
they were delegation of Pawnee braves,
on their way home from Washington,
with no thought of risking their heads
in Tammany.
The sympathsers with Orsini, the last
brave victim of the French guiliotinc,
whose bombs only slightly killed Louis
Napoleon, but made thorough work of
the English ministry, are soon to have a
public demonstration here, torch.hght
procession and all that, in commemora-
tion and honor Of the patriotic aud self
sacrificing regicide.
One of our Police Justices, James II
Welsh, is down on the masked balls
which Ullman has SO extensively adver-
tised at the Academy of Music He has
written the manager vigorous letter ap-
prising him of their illegal character, and
their liability to be suppressed by the au.
thorities. He says-"rhe sight of
person $ face is, to certain extent a
guarantee of his conduct and protec-
ton against his designs, and it is seri.
ously felt that the present is not time
to lend disguise to the vicious and to Of
ford new facilities for the perpctra-
ton of crime That's good strong En-.
slish, Squire Welsh, which will no doubt
scotch the snake in the grass, or rath-
er in amask. Mr.. u.!man will now be
to leave the masks out of his
nssqueradca, aud do his dancing with
bis visors up.
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