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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-08
CHAPTER 50.

An act for the punishment of Feticlde.
SECTION !. Be 1t enacted by tie Gen
erat assembly Of the State Of Io,ea, That
every person who shall wilfully admins
ter to any pregnant woman, any medicine,
drug, substance or thing whatever. or
shall use or employ any instrument or
other means whatever, with the intent to
procure the miscarriage of any such wo-
man, unless the same shall be necess arv
to preserve the life of said woman, shall
upon conviction thereof, be punished
by Imprisonment in the county Jail for a
term of not exceeding one year, and be
fined IN sum not exceeding one thou
sand dollars.
Approved March 18th, 1858.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-08

| We find the following in the Dayeu
port Gazette, and as it meets our mint
exactly we give it entire. We have al
ways felt that great injustice was don.
to Mr.. Thoringtou in IT,, last congress
ional convention, and we feel that Justice
to him requires his nomination at the
coming convention:
"Ihe day after the Republican State
Convention, which meets at Iowa CITY on
the 18th of June, the Confessional Con.
vention for the Second District will as
semble at the same place.
1t has been suggested in leading co.
| Temporary that our nominee in this his.
trict should possess the peculiar qualif-
cation ot firmness as well as ability--anl
no one from the State of Iowa should be
deficient IN those attributes which would
endure beyond a certain limit the intol-
erab'e arrogance and bullying propensi-
ties of certain gentlemen from the South
lhe present occupant of the position
comes up to that st: :ndard, but it is well
understood that, for private reasons. he
VIII decline denomination. Col. Curtis,
from the first District, is man. we pre-
sumo, who cannot be trifed with, and
represents his region of the State admi.
rably.
1t strikes us that the second District
would do we'll to bestow this position up
on gentleman who has occupied it be-
fore--one who stood up manfully for the
rights of the North in the great contest
which resulted in the election of Sneak.
er Banks-one who was, as we think
most unwisely superseded, at a time
when he was paying attention to the in
terests of his constituents. and when he
should have been emphatically endorsed
lone who demonstrated his good quail
ties as Republican by submitting grace
fully to the decree Of his party--and,
one who has proved himself to be every
inch man for the station, and always
tolllng in the van of our organization.
There could be nothing done bv the
Republican party which would give it
greater strength, than to perform sin
gle act of justice to James Thorington
A denomination, conferred with great
unanlmity, by the coming Convention.
coula relieve US from the stigma of failing
to reward faithful public servant. and
be constant inducement to those who
are laborlng assiduously in the great
cause of truth and right, never to cast a
backward look. The returning disposi-
ton to recognize his services we're man.
lfested in the last legislature Notwith-
standing the universal call for Governor
Grimes to the position of U. s. Senator
in the place Of Geo. ". Jones, still
there were those who thought honestly
that the distinguished services Of Mr..
James Thorington were worthy of the
most exalted kind of recognition. and he
received many votes for the noblest sta
tlon in the gift of the State.
We are not disposed to promulee cur
views Extensively, nor in derogation of
any one in the District--but. we do be-
Ileve that incalculable good would result
from sending to the House of Represen.
tatlves again man who was so loyal to the
great interests of our State, and that his
presence would be hailed in Washing.
ton as denoting with peculiar emphssis,
our infexibility in purpose in the noble
cause in which We are all engaged"
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ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 64.

An act TO amend The lar IN relation to
Dicorce and Akimory.
SEcrIoN |. Be 1t enacted By tic Gen.
erat assembly Of tie State Of Iopa, That
an act entitled an act to amend the law
in relation to divorce and alimony. appro-
we'd January 24th, 1855, be and the
same is hereby repealed.
5 :. Tat 20 much Of chapter eigh-
ty-six Of the Code of Iowa, as was by
said act repealed, be and the same is here
by revised, saving and excepting the
eighth paragraph Of section 1882 Of said
Code, in said chapter eighty-six, which
is not hereby revised.
S3. That the fourth paragraph of
said section l4oZ be amended so US to
read as follows, to wit: ''when he will
fully deserts his wife and absents him.
self without a reasonable cause for the
space 0. two years"
Approved March 10Th, 1858.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-08

Queen Victoria is said to be medita-
ting trip to Canada this summer. The
Lon Ion Times says:
perhaps Her Majesty Queen Victoria,
may extend her autumnal tour this year,
and pay visit to a more remote portion
of her dominions than she has yet gra-
ciously honorcd with her august presence
The Philadelphia Press says:
at has long boen no secret that she is
very anxious to pay this visit. She is so
excellent sailor that voyage of 9,or 10,
days from England to Canada would only
be a pleasure trip. Assuredly, if she sets
foot in America at all she cannot refrain
from visiting the United States"
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LAWS OF IOWA.
BY AUTHORITY.
CHAPTER lA3.

| AN ACT to amend section nine of chanter l5T NJ
| the acts passed at the regular session Of the
sixth General Assembly approved January %
A. d. 1857.
SECTION l. BE il ~nactti dy the General Ass.s,
bly, Of the State If fo,ra hat section nine Of
chapter l5', "t the laws passed at the ,eg 1lar
session of sixth General Assembly be amf n3pA a.
as to read thus, wherever be words Tntoxicatigp
Liquors occur in this act or the act to VIII ch this
II amendatory the same shall he construed to
mean all spurious and yinous liquors, Proriapa
that nothing In this act shall be so construed as ia
fol bid the manufacture and sale of beer, cider
fom apples or wine from grapes currents or
other fruits grown in this stat.
81. 80 much of said section nine referred to in
the oregoing section is inconsist mt with this
act Is hereby repealed.
So, Ihat section one Of said chapter Isl be
amended to read as follows:
De enacted BY lie Genera, 4s.emlly cf the Sta,,
Of lpacu. That all that part of section first after
the word provided in lhe eleventh line aud sec
tons fourth third and sixteenth are hereby repeal
ed.
81. THAT the following words when they oc-
cur IN section Twelve OF the Act for the sup
preston of lntemperance.r approved January
22nd, 1855 to wit: the words 'ani order the pris
oner to he discharged whenever he shall become
satisfied that the object Of this law and the good
OF the Iublic, and the prisoner will be advanced
therety be and they.are hereby rer e:led:" and
theii II eAaCteh In iiel thereof the t0iloying e
w0rds: ana o-der the prisoner TO he DISCHARGED
upon his giving information under oath stating
when, where and Of whom he purchased or re.
ceived the liquor which produced the into xication
edr iO'
IS. That any person who shall mix anv intox.
lcating liquor with any beer wine or cider by him
sold, and shall sell Or keep for sale as beverage
such mixture shall be deemed guilty under sec
ton six of the said "act for the suppression of
intemperance" and shall be punished according
ly.
!. &. THIS act shall take effect and be in force
rom and after its publication in the Iowa Week
ly Citizen and Iowa State journal.
STEPHEN b. SHELLEDY.
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
DANIEL ANDERSON,
President pro tenn of the Senate.
Approved March 23rd, 1853.
RALPH Z LOWE,
Office of Secretary of State.
Des Moines, March 23rd, 1853.
| hereby certify that the foregoing is
true copy from the original roll on file
in my office.
ELIJAH SELLS,
Secretary of State.
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More DETECTION.

baA~To the list Of Douglas papers here
tofore given that have concluded to aban-
non the "renegades and traitors and 60
back to the Democratic party, is now to
be added the Cleveland Plaia-dealer.
Verify the forces of the "huugry misore-
ants" are rapidly augmenting, while those
Of the "traitors and renegades' are d.
minishing in the same proportion.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-08

A fellow in London, England, has been
doing successful business in passing bad
coin at churches and religious meetings
Dressed in black, with white neck
cloth and face of sanctifed expression,
ne produces five shilling piece at the
collection, and desires to contribute shil
ling The unsuspecting plate holder
hands him back I shillings and passes
aIonp
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-05-08

Out OF 1UU,UU Jews in the United
States, only one is registered in the cen
sus as farmer. This is interpreted as
one Of the evidences of the singular iso-
lation of the Jews, as prophesied n Amos
9, Iv--"For 10, / will command, and |
will sift the house of Tsreal among all ma
tions, like as corn is sifted in sieve, vet
shall not the least grain fall upon the
earth"
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@-The artesian well at Louisville has
reached depth Of ZOO feet Il has pen
etrated reservoir Of salt water, from
which jet Of rises 90, TT above the sur
face of the ground.
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- SN-DN<N~TN -s~s~<~S>--Nx
For the Advertiser.
BE of Good COura &C.

TOT the Advertiser.
Be of Good Courage.
ny KITTY CARROLL.
BE Of good courage, whatever ef lis you;
Tho litter be mingled with sweet in each cum:
And when despondency's dark chain enthraIls you
BE OF good courage, and s'never give up"
he OF good courage, and strive for the goal:
Thou sh the way seem to you Dire Try and darx;
None but the earnest, and resolute soul,
Ever succeeds in making its mark
Mark out the future, and then be in earnest.
Every stroke, In he future viii tell
And, III ambition in thy bosom burnest,
Remember, whatever thou doest, do we'll
And while YOU struggle, in life's stormy path;
Tho you may meet with much to discourage,
Heed not It's storms, anger, or wrath:
Only take :eart, and Be of good courage.
While you are travelling the desert of life,
Though you are often deuded by mirage,
In all Its vexation, and trouble and strife,
Only be resolute, BE of good courage;
Thus you shall conquer in every battle.
Tho you meet enemies, on every side. rraat,e,
Tho hail storms, and thunder around Won NAV
with, BE OF good courage your watchword and guide.
Wilton, May 3rd. 1883
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pB-Jack Frost fell in love with flower,
aud he said wilt thou" and it wilted.
ska-The flower girl said to the ladies
"come buy and they went by
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10- Know thyself,' is the Greek
maxim. Some people would have small
subject to work upon, if this doctrine
was fully carried out.
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New YORK, April 26
The Quarantine new state buildings at
Staten Island were destroyed by FIRE last
night: They were unoccupied and were
doubtless set on fire.
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THE PRoUp LOVER.
never yet c could understand
How men could love in vain.
hold itweak and wrong to love,
And not be loved again.
For me, must have heart for heart.
Deny me that, aud we must part.
There be who love, or think they love,
Without return for years;
They waste their days in fruitless sighs
Their nights in hopeless tears.
Not such am ; my heart is free,
love not her who loves not me,
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AN ACT to amend section nine of chapter l57 of
the acts passed at the regular session OF the
sixth General Assembly approved January 2s.
A. D. 1857.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30
Horrible Murder at Snelling's.

We learn from a gentleman whoarrived
in this city yesterday from the Merced,
that a desperate fight occurred at SMELL
ing's, Merced county, on Saturday, which
terminated in the death of three men. The
circumstances of this horrid affair, as far
as we have learned, are as follows: A
party of men whose names are Chas. +.
Bloodworth, Dr. j. w Goodin and Benz
White, left Snelling's on Friday and went
down the river some six miles, in quest of
three men, named E. G. Barclay, VIM.
Stevens and Jas. Wilcox, for the purpose
of settling difficulty which existed be-
tween the parties, growing out of the late
murder of VIM. S. Smelling. The first
mentioned party were friends and rela-
tives of the deceased, while the latter
were friends of Edwards, the murderer of
Smelling. Bloodworth's party not meet
ingwith the others, returned to Snelling's
On the following day, Barclay, Stevens
and Wilcox, while transacting some bu-
siness in the Sheriff. office, at Snelling's,
were attacked by Bloodworth, Goodin and
White, who commenced firing with re-
volvers and rifles, and were fred upon in
return by Barclays party. Some thirty
shots were discharged, taking effect upon
Barclay and Stevens, both of whom died
almost instantly. While apparently in
the agonies of death, Barclay raised him
self up, and discharged the last remain
ing shoot in his revolver at Goodin. The
ball passed through him, and he died in
about five hours. Goodin (who was for
merly physician in this city, } received
some four or five shots, none of which
proved fatal until the leet esi1rr7l b, .Rsu--
clay Blooaworth and White, strange to
say, were not wounded. Wilcox made
his escape and had not been arrested up
to the latest accounts. The fight was prob
ably one of the most desperate that ever
occurred, the parties being in close COR
tact. At the moment Goodin was shot
through, he was standing over Barclay
with pistol in hand, when Barclay fired,
and he fell before he had time to fix his
aim. The affair caused great excitement
at Snelling's, where it was feared that
others would take up the quarrel with
similar fatal results. Most of the parties
were old residents upon the Merced, and
had taken prominent sides in the matter
which terminated the life Of Smelling
We are indebted to Mr. Moore, the pres
ent occupant Of the hotel at Snelling's, for
the above particulars. Stockton Argus,
26th, inst
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

GOLD BOUGHT TOO DEAR. - Gold
bright, glittering, tempting gold How
often art thou purchased too dear? How
often life, health, friendship, conscience,
and peace of mind are all sacrificed in
thy pursuit How often does poor, weak
foolish man, forget his honor, forget those
moral principles, early inculcated by a
Christian mother, forget his God in the
acquisition of gold.
That man who leaves his Young wife
and prattling babes, who leaves his father
and mother, all his relations and friends
his fire-side and home, seeks distant
land, it may be an unhealthful climate. to
amass fortune sooner than it tcould he ac-
quired at home, will buy his gold too
dear.
That man, who, regardless of all truth
and honor, Indifferent to the comforts and
conveniences of all but himself, contin-
ues, year after year, in swindling his fel-
low men, under the mask of business.
who cheats all in buying and selling,
whose only aim in life is the gain of the
almighty dollar" is buying his gold too
dear
A man may, after years of toll, obtain
fortune, he may gain his long-sought
gold, but how few men, after years OF
great fatigue and care, are able to enjoy
their long -hoarded gains? How few can
appreciate or understand the many real
pleasures to be deprived from the proper
application of their gold, and how many
are only made more miserable in the pos
session than they were while acquiring it.
With health gone friends and relatives
forgotten or estranged, during the years
devoted entirely to self and gold; he
may be the object Of envy to a few, fol
his wealth, but to the discriminating minc
he is an object of pity, on account of his
folly, having bartered the noblest of bles
sings, for pile of shining dust; he can
not enjoy his gold With sallow coun-
tenance, an enfeebled gait, broken con-
stitution, he appears among his former
neighbors, astonishing them for a short
time with his wealth, then sinks into the
grave victim to the enormous price he
paid for his gold: He has sojourned in
distant land, he has foregone the pleas
ures and comforts of home and friends
he has exposed himself to death, and
though he has not fallen a prey in for
eign CLINE, he has merely obtained res
pite for few short miserable months.
Has he obtained an equivalent for this
loss of health or life /? No! he has pur
chased his gold too dear
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

1rlt is usual, in publishing marriage
notices, to say something handsome OF
the couple this fattering notice we have
clipped from the Seymour, Indiana,
Times
"Married, in Seymour, on Sunday the
fourth instant, by Esq. Carter, Mr.. Geo.
Wolfrom, (the tanner to Mrs. Fredrika
Miller, charming widow of twenty-five.
Old Wolfrom is the oldest and filthiest
man in the United States, without any
exception, and how, with all his ugliness,
he got the widows consent to have him
ID a mystery to US. We assure the bride
that she need not be afraid of any wo-
man running away with Wolfrom, for she
is the only woman that has been within
ten feet of him for ten years.
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

HOME AND A WIFE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT.-Happy is the man who has q
little home and little angel in it, of q
Saturday night. A house, no matter
how little, provided it will hold two or So
no matter how humbly furnished, pro-
vided there is hope in it; let the wind
blow-close to the curtains
What if they are calico or plain white,
without tassel or any such thing. Let
the rains come down, heap up the fire
No matter if you haven't candle to bless
yourself with for what beautiful light,
glowing wood makes, shedding sunset
through the room, just enough to talk by,
not loud as in the highways, not rapid as
in the hurrying world, but softly, slowly,
whispering, with pauses between, for the
storm without and the thoughts within to
fill up.
Then wheel the sofa round before the
fire; no matter if the sofa is settee,
uncushioned at that, if SO be it is Just
long enough for two, or say two and
half in it. How sweetly the music of sill
yer bells from the time to come, falls on
the listening heart, then. How mourn
fully swells the chime of the days that
are no more"
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

SEA MOssEs.-A summers visit to
the sea shore has passed, and through
the coming winter its pleasant recolIec-
tlons will furnish many an hours social
chat
brought away little bag of shells,
each curious in its way, and another of
pebbles; but these are not as pretty now,
as when they lay wet and sparkling on
the beach. | prize most my ssea-mosses.
Perhaps some children do not know or
imagine how beautiful are the bright
leaves and MOSES which grow down in
the rocky caverns of the great ocean,
After the storm has passed away, the
waves float in landward, great quantities
of these MOSES. They are so delicate, it
seems strange that the waves do not des-
troy them; but they come floating up
fresh and lovely, and are left upon the
sandy beach. Their colors are as varied
and brilliant as the flowers of our gard
ems. The "silver moss" glistens in the
water like threads of silver; the "feather
moss droops its long crimson plumes
gracefully; the "kelb-leaves," bear the
most perfect tints of rose-color and green.
How full are the works of God Of va
riety and beauty. My little mosses, care
fully pressed, will often remind me of the
Hand which painted their exquisite COL
ors, and guided them in the rough jour
ney through their rocky beds, so that not
one tender leaf or sprig was broken.
once saw written, beneath little basket
of gay MOSES, of sea-weed, as they are
sometimes called, these beautiful lines:
"Oh call US not weeds, but flowers of the sea;
For lovely, and bright and gay-tinted are we;
Our blush is as deep as the rose of thy bowers;
Then call us not weeds-we are oceans gay flowers.
Nor nursed like the plants of a summer Parterre
w Whose gales are but sighs of evening air;
Our exquisite, fragile and beautiful forms,
Are nursed by the and rocked by the storms"
San Andreas independent., 1858-01-30

BUSINESS HABITS OF AARON BURR
Mr.. Parton>s new work on Burr, gives
the following sketch of his daily habits
in the latter part of his life, as related to
the author by gentleman who spent some
time in Burr's office:
He rose at the" dawn A breakfast of
egg and a cup of coffee, sufficed for this
most abstemious of men, after which he
worked among his papers for some hours
before his clerk and assistants arrived. =
He was hard taskmaster. ssHe kept us
all upon the jump" All day he was
dispatching and receiving messages, send
ing for books, persons and papers. Ex-
pecting every command to be obeyed with
next to impossible celerity, inspiring ev-
cry one with his own zeal, and getting a
surprising quantity of work accomplish
ed. Gle was business incarnate," said
my informant About ten in the even
ing he would give over work, invite his
companions to the side-boa and take a
glass of wine. Then his spirits would
rise, and he would sit for hours telling
stories of his past life, and drawing brief
brief and graphic sketches of celebrated
characters with whom he had acted. Of
ten he was full of wit and gayety, at such
times, the liveliest fellow in the world, as
merry as boy, never melancholy, never
ill-natured. About midnight or later, he
would lie down upon hard couch, in the
corner of his office, and sleep like a
child, until morning. In his personal
habits, he was thorough going Spartan,
eating little, drinking little, sleeping lit
tie, working hard. He was fond of cal
culating upon how small sum life could
be supported, and used to think that he
could live well enough upon seventy-fve
cents per week.