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NOTICE.
DERSONS having claims against the sstats Of
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present the same to me, duly suthsntleassd, with.
In the time required BY Law.
wv. OGDEN, Executor.
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-01-08

Rev. Henry Ward Beecher thus speaks
of the newspaper, the common peoples
Encyclopedia: "In no other way can SO
much, SO varied, 80 useful information be
acquired, and under circumstances 90 fav-
orable for educating the child's mind, ~
through a judicious, we'll conducted news
paper.
"Te 1.-Two in village, was once to be
may be hermit and yet a cosmopolitine!
He may live in the forests, walking miles
to postofficc, having . mail but once .
week, aud yet, he shall be found as "a
miliar with the living world as the bus
les. actoa in it. For the newspaper is a
spyglass by which he brings near the
most distant things--a microscope by
which he le;surelv examines the most
minute--an ear-trumpet by which no
collects aud brings within his herring all
that is said and done all over the earth
a museum full of living pictures of real
life, drawn not on canvas, but with prin-
ter's ink on paper.
"The effect in liberalizing and enlarg-
ing the mind of the young, of this week
ly commerce with the world, will be ap-
parent to any one who will ponder it
Once, liberal education could only be
completed by foreign travel. The sons
only of the wealthy could indulge in
this costly benefit. But now the poor
mans sou can learn as much at home, as
a hundred years ago a gentleman could
learn by journeying the world over For
while there are some advantages in going
into the world, it is the poor mans priv
ilege to have the world come and see him.
The newspaper is great collector, great
traveller, great lecturer. 1t is the com
mon peoples Encyclopedia--the lyceuw,
the college"
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atussiea Statistics.

ltappears from re.urn just published
by the Russian government, that at the
beginning of the present year the debt of
Russia is $332,i67, l20. The sum can
not be considered excessive, the debt of
France being S1,284, $50, COO, that of
England S3, ,295, $4,000; that Of Austria
u, IL, $4,000; and that OF Prussia
Sl55 $50, 900. Thus Russia is the least
indebted of all the great States but enc,
and she is the least of any compared to
her population. In England, for exam
pie, the debt is equal to sl43 for each in
habitant; in France s42 in Austria S33;
IN Prussia 81 and in Russia only 81.
The sums employed by each State annu-
ally in payment of interest and in sinking
funds is sl42,750, 900 in England; s102,-
$4,000 in Austria; $50, 600, 900 in Rus
sia; and s9,450,000 in Prussia. Russia
is here last but one, and according to pep
ulatlon the lowest; in England each IN
habltant paying 81 So ; in France 238;
IN Austria Sl.53 In Prussia 50 cents and
IN Russia 4s cents. The agricultural
population of Russia consists of 1900, 900
serts who belong to the crown, and H.
Ia0, 1000 who belong to individual noble
men. The condition of those serfs who
do not belong to large estate is by far
the worst. They have to work all their
lie tlme for masters whom their own pov-
erty renders cruel; seeking living in the
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Take care of the ToaIs!

See here careless men! It's more OF
our business in particular, but as we dar-
ted past your farms, we saw lots of har-
rows, eultiyators, shovels, plows, hay
rakes, etc, etc, which you have no fur
ther possible use for this year, left along
by the fences and way soaking most
shamefally in these dripping days and
nights. Do please take the first fair day
gather up all the tools thus exposed,
clean and grease the irons, and put them
in some place where they will take no
furaher damages till you want them for
use. We verify believe that a great ma
ny Of tools, wagons, etc, are deal worse
off for the neglect of the winter, than
they are for being used in the sum-
mcr
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-01-08
The Other side Of the Gold Question.

We have published several statements
confirming the reported gold discoveries
in remunerative quantities at Pixies
Peak and vicinity. There are. other and
less fatteriug stories. A correspondent
of the Keokuk Post, who is just from
that country, and whose statements that
paper says it has no reason to doubt,
writes as follows:
EDS. Posi- AS | find that a very
general impression has been produced by
exaggerated reports Of the profits of
gold digging at the Cherry Creek mines,
| feel it my duty to tell the true story.
I left Chicago on the I'd of April last,
when the gold stories first started, and
went to Pixies Peak. After digging
hard for six weeks, expecting each day
to find big lump before night | came
to the conclusion that though there was
some gold, it would not pay to dig, there
not being more than half cent to the
painful. then started to 90 to Frazer
river. On my journey l met the miners
returning from there disappointed
and turned back with them to Cherry
Creek.
Here I worked hard all day, steady,
and never made more than 52l cents to
Fl GO per day, for six weeks, and the
best California miners did no better -
There are no shanties and we all had to
crowd into a tent, aud cat buffalo meat
and corn bread, and pay nine dollars per
week for board. My means were soon
exhausted, and meeting with an opportu-
nifty of driving team back to the States,
| left and came to Leavenworth ten weeks
ago;-forty-two miners left at the came
time. can easily say that 500 more
would have been glad to get away, but
are unable to; and | much fear that some
will starye unless government sends them
aid In tho winter the snow is seven
feet deep, and of course, 10 dragging can
be done.
While | was there the weather was
very pleasant; but the rain, when it does
come; it don't pour, it runs down in
shcots. The wind is, of course, as vio-
lent as the rains
This is candid statement of truth
and | am willing to be qualified to it.
JoHN NICHOLS.
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larger cities as mechanics or servants,
they have to pay to their owners a yearly
body rcnt, which very often exceeds their
ability, and regularly leaves them nothing
but the means Of scanty subsistence. Skill
and ability to work does not improve their
condition, but only increases their bur-
dens. The first ate npt at emancipation
was made in 1903 by Alexander l. BY
Transforming the serfs Of the crown do
mains into personally free farmers, he re-
duced the number Of serfs from fifty to
thirty millions, but the noblemen were
not disturbed in their ownership. lie soon
stopped in his reforms, and Nicholas Lad
to think of other things in the first years
Of his government than the peasants
These lost at last their patience which
had been tested so long Already, under
Alexander, they had perceived who it We,
that opposed their emancipation. When
Nicholas also failed in conquering the no.
bility, horrible scenes were enacted in
some parts of the Empire Ever since
1912 2,insurrections of serfs formed astand-
ing item of the events of the year---cven
the. Ministerisl reports did not dare to de-
ny that every year sixty or seventy noble
men were killed by their peasants-Ne~
York Tribune.
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Farming for Young Men.

If young man wants to engage in a
business that will insure him, ia middle
life the greatest amount of leis>re time
there is nothing more sure taan forming.
If he has an independent turn oe mind,
let him be farmer If ne wants to en-
gage in healthy occupation, let him till
the land. In short # he would be indie
pendent, let him get spot of earth;
keep within his means to shun the law
yers; be temperate to avoid tn, doctors;
be honest to have a clear concience, i'm
prove the soil 50 as to leave the world
better than he found it; and then if he
cannot live happily and die content there
is no hope for him.
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a- a"- TIPTON, CEDAR COUNTY, IOWA. JANUARY g. 1859.

Imagine; if you can, dear reader, the
peculiar feelings Of those kind friends
who had prophcsicd that John Clarke
would come to grief At 6rst, Deacon
Joe proposed to take the old shay just as
it was--lining stripped, bits Of cloth
hansing-and upon a tin trumpet pro.
claim the glad tidings to the whole town
taking especial pains to stop before the
house of Mr.. Spriggs and Blowing loud
cnounh to drown all the forty pianos in
the universe; but that was vetoed by
Johns kind little wife.
La they'll know Of it soon enough"
she said, kissing the baby; 81 wouldn't
hurt their feelings"
They knew of 1t and few years after
when John Clarke lived in big house,
they all voted for him to go to the '1eg.
islater." So much for that old one horse
shaw.
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vide at the mouth, and averages from
two to three miles for a distance of forty
miles or to Point Helena. At this place
there are some trading factories estab.
lished by Americans and Englismcn for
the purpose Of bartering with the natives
for gum and palm oil, ivory, &c. The
natives here recognize no traders but
their own chiefs. They are very saw
age and bloodthirsty set, and think moth
ing Of taking human life. They often
attack the factories und rob them: but
lately the Portuguese government have
sent small sloop, with two guns ond a
crew of ten men, to protect the factories.
About ten miles from this place there is
slave factory, kept by Portuguese
The way he procures slaves is as follows ::
On the right bank of the river, going
up, there are two tribes. When he
wants supply of slaves, he supplies them
with whiskey, and makes them large
promises, &c, aud in few days they
leave for the interior. They are gener-
ally gone about two months, and, if vic
torious, they return with plenty of pris-
oners, whom they sell to the slave mer-
chants. The latter gives about $40 each,
for man, woman and child, and the slaves
are all placed in factories, well guarded
by negroes, until such time as they are
sent on board the slave ships.
1t is a we'll ll-known fact that most of the
slave ships which visit the river are sent
from New York and New Orleans. All
they have to do, when they arrive on the
African coast, is to keep good look out
for the English steam cruisers, of which
one or more are almost always about the
Congo River. They are not afraid of
the American men war, which will not
trouble them; but they are very careful
not to be boarded by an English steamer
as they are very strict in everhauling the
ships papers. They watch their oppor-
tunity and run into Congo River. If
once in, the SLAYER need not fear There
are plenty of creeks with deep water,
into one of which he runs, and sends
down his top-sallant and royal masts.
The long grass and bushes completely
hide the vessel from observation.
Here he can lay and take in his slaves.
~Hc has got agents all around him to let
him know when there is good chance
to make sail and leave the river. II
caught, he loses his vessel, ard he aud
his crew are put ashore, if out at sea, at
the first land they make, that is if they
are caught by the English. They gener-
ally send tho vessel to Sierra Leone,
where she is condemned and broken up,
and the slaves are sent to different parts
of the coast and made soldiers of, to pay
for setting them at liberty.-Boston
JoarRai
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tn, WEST.


No part of the country has suffered so
much, during the long continued COM
merclal arrangements with which the
nation hes been afflicted, as the West
Her movements, OF late years, has been
too rapid. Not satisfied with a steady
growth; nor with eyea extraordinary
prosperity, she has plunged into reckless
speculations in wild land, city lots, rail-
road stocks and bonds-oyerything
which promised short cat to fortune
No part Of the country has more real
enterprise than the west, and none which
can present SO many tempting incidents
of labor With lands by millions upon
millions Of acres, the richest, perhaps,
in the world, no man who exerts himself
need fear of having "enough and to
spare We wonder MOI, therefore, at
the rapid recovery in that section from
late troubles. 1t will require yet more
time to bring things all ri ght again, but
that they will come right speedily, is
now certain. Light is already dawnins.
Our merchants report, of late, better
collections from that quarter, and also q
better business. Thousands of good
men are embarrassed more or less, but
with courage, cheerfuness, and retrench-
ment of expenses, they will fnd land
not far ahead. We would say to Wes-
tern merchants at this critical time,
shoe your piuch, your back bone. Your
Eastern creditors want to hear no more
whining or complaints of bad weather,
short crops, or the scarcity of money.
They want to know that you have your
shoulder TO the wheel, and that there
you intend to keep it, until you are once
again In comfortable circumstances. A
single word more. If you have paper
under protest, get it up if possible, or
make the attempt to do so, before you
sleep another night If you can't pay
all, pay part and if you can't pay a
dime to-day, but have a reasonable pros
pect that you can pay soon, renew your
notes, keep them alive, and pay as fast
as you can. Wake up and contribute
your share to hasten that "new era of
prosperity new so devoutly looked for
~ T. Mdepeadeat
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Heavy Damages for giving wrong Medicine.

A suit has been on trial in the Superb
or Court for two or three days, which
has excited some attention. 1t was
brought by Rev. George W. Quinby
against Frederick Eckstein, jr., the plain
tiff claiming damages to the amount of
$4,000, alleging that by the negligence
of the defendant, or his agent, bclladona
was put up in a prescription instesd of
dandelion, by which the health of the
plaintiff was materially injured, and his
life put in jeopardy. Judge Spencer
charged the jury yesterday afternoon, in
structing them that if the article put up
was bclladona and not dandelion, and that
it produced the effects which the plain
tiff claimed were the direct results, he
would be entitled to recover such DANA
ges as he had sustained IN pecnniary
way, unless the plaintiff himself was gull
ty Of negligence. After an hours delib-
Grafton the jury returned a verdict for
the plaintiff for So, ,500-Ctn. Gaz.
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ADvERTIsE-Att the commencement
of a new year, nearly every one engaged
in business seeks to add to his chances
for success by adopting such additional
means for his advancement as circum-
stances may dictate. Many are disposed
to try the merits of advertising, and it is
a most judicious choice. Advertise free
ly, literally and long, and its returns will
be fourfold. Like seed sown in spring.
time, it will bear fruit after many days,
as we'll as its immediate results. Spas
modic advertising is not the thing to
thoroughly test its virtues, Ask our
constant advertisers and they will declare
that it gathers as it goes, aud ultimately
benefits the v,rtiser beyond his first
eynectations
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\ Piece of Noah's Ark,

The Pamela Star says that Mr.. William
W, Byars, who resides near Pamela, left
at that Office piece of petrifcd wood,
with screw perfectly formed in it, which
was taken from his well, now in process
Of digging, some hundred aud twenty
feet under ground. 1t is about two inch
os in length, and was imbedded in what
appears to have been block of hickory
wood, some ten or fifteen inches square
Ii Is supposed to be peicc of Noah 8
Ark
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Heavy Damages Claimed Against the
Bridge.

We learn that suits for damages
amounting in the aggregate to between
si00,0 900 and S50O,o00, are to be com
menced almost Immediately in the courts
of this county, against the Bridge Com
pany. The suits are very numerous, and
are claims for damages to RATS, sail boats
and steamers, in sums of 500 and up
wards. We are gratihed to learn that the
parties bringing the suits have intrusted
the eminent counsel Messrs. Wilkinson
4 Peasants, of this city, with the con-
duct IF these eases--R. I Commercial
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Chinese Suspension Bridges,

We are informed by an eastern journal
that the Chinese constructed some extern
sive suspension bridges more than fifteen
hundred years ago. At that time they
were called flying bridges, and were wide
enough for four horsemen to ride abreast
across them.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-01-08
Floating College.

With view of affording practical in
struction to young men intended for the
mercantile marine, it is proposed to es-
tablish a college on board frigate built
ship--a propeller fitted up with the
needed appliances. She is to be moved
TO different parts Of the coast. The
curriculum of study is to inclnde nauiga-
tien, marine engineering, gunnery, the
higher mathematics and collateral sci
ence. Scientific Art.
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TIE AFRICAN sLAVE-TRADE.
HOW THEY MANAGE III ON THE GUINEA
COAST

Having been for some time up the
Congo River, | had very good opportu-
nifty of seeing into the mysteries Of the
slave trade Probably you are aware that
Congo River is the principal rendezvous
for slavers. This River opens to the sea
at Cape IIadron It is about fo,r miles
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Somebody has said that the marriage
betwe en Jonathan and Miss Greet Brit
Ain, which was so brilliantly celebrated
a short time ago, is evidently a very un-
happy one. At all events, no pords hare
passed bet,ceen them since the bridal day.
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"Ihe School House." says Governor
Chase, sis better institution than the
Court House, or the State House in the
State House laws are made in the Court
House, laws are applied; in the School
House legislators, judges and jurymen
are made. Especially is the School
House indispensable, where popular gov
ernment is made practical reality by
free suffrage and general eligibility to
office. 1t is impossible to ovcrestimate
the Importance Of universal education,
where every boy is voter, and any boy
may become a President -
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CHARACTERISTIC winter the
House passed resolution that all the
clergymen in Washington should be in
vitea to perform the Office of chaplain in
rotation. Speaker Orr has just made up
the list, but has left off the name of one
clergymen, and only one-Rev. Mr.. Bas-
sett, the well-knowp Congregational anti
Slavery minister. Gould political spite
60 further.
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tne folioWlnS Is Ill oflxlHai plcCe sufS ~ III
onccrt Of the lows City Philharmonic Society
n Dec. ~, 1883.
Ger yon prairie's broad expanses,
Melting in the distant haze,
Shall our eyes enr p.unsd fancies
Dask in Freedoms choicest rays;
Where the peaceful hamlet slumbers,
Aud the silver streamlets pour,
Wake the soul inspiring numbers--
Iowa, FOREVER MoRE!
Green clad hills are smiling round us,
Stately forests bud and bloom;
Magic rarts Of Trade astound us,
Breathing praise to plow and loom.
Glorious West, outspread before us,
Rich with many a sterling ore,
List again, our filial chorus
Iowa! EoREyrR MORE!
Swell the sho't OF gladness, Bi othcrs!
Strike the ilarp's disinest strains;
Kindred States shall waft TO Others,
Echoes from our western plains
All in union--ssmpitcrnal--
God their guile fiom shore TO sl.ole;
Celebrate with song fraternal-
Iowa. FOREVER MORE.
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MicuGAN-Prcsents the town Of
Woodbridge, IIillsdale county, as a model
township. The place was organized II
years ago, and from that time to this
there has never been whisky shop in
the town, nor a barrel Of liquor sold
The entire criminal business originating
in the town in the same time, chargcablo
to the county, is less than $50
\ Hottentot got up painting of Heav-
en-. 1t was inclosed with fence made of
sausages, while the centre WIS occupied
with fountain that @quirted pot-pic.
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THOMAS HAMA.

TTORXEY At LAW, and General Land
u Agent, wilton, Masaatine Co, Iowa, will
t. Al TO any ba<is2ss entrusted to him IN Mus
a'tne, Cedar. or adjoining Counties ia Iowa. ~
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SDTtREtT.

,auS S. TuTHII, NOTARY PUBLIC Tipton
j Cedar Conuty. Deeds, mortgages, bills OF
sale, &c. &c, drawn and acknowledged oaths
ID mustered: protesting or any other uotarial
,n.,es attended, +, may 29u22 2Gur-*&m
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Isi.kA Ill I,s.as,

rrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
= LAW othc. al his residence near Upton
e ar Couaty, Iowa.