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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
For the Upton Advertiser
Alcohol an HTOb0cco.

Mn. EDITOR: Your appeal, last week,
under the head of H Rowdyism,'' i very
timely, no doubt. Bat, living, forum
ately, 1t some distance from the ''four
Saloons" We had not been troubled, r..
Gently, with nocturnal noises.
l am glad you gave the "ministers"
rap. l have never heard that more than
one or two of them have undertaken to
preach on the subject, to their regular
congregations. Perhaps they have; and
We must not judge them too harshly,
especially if we are not on hand to hear,
when they do speak of " righteousness,
temperance, aud Judgment to come" -
have just been reading, in standard
aud able work, passage which / beg
leave to quote, for the benefit Of sll whom
it may concern: s
-" There are certain articles in common
use in the community, which produce so
deleterious an influence upon the system
that they demand more extended no.
tice than l can give them now, refer to
alcohol and tobacco.
I" No fact is more thoroughly demon
strated, than that the system has no need
Of alcoholic stimulents, while it is in a
state of health. The common use of these
articles as beverages, is one of the most
prolific Of the sources Of .direase; and it
is significant fact, that the very mod
crate use, claimed by some to be innocu.
GUS, has strong tendency to pass into a
larger use, even SO large that its delete
rious influence upon the health is pal
pable.
"The evidence is quite as clear in re-
lation to the injurious effects. of tobacco.
1t depresses vital action, and has strong
tendency to produce nervous diseases.
The effects of eveu small amount of il
upon one that is unaccustomed to its use,
are Of the most decisive character. And
that must be an exceedingly artificial
condition of the system, in which; by
continued use of this drug, large amounts
come to be borne with little apparent ef
feet. Tie evidence of the dcletcrious
influence of tobacco upon the system is
as uneJuivocal as that which we have in
regard to the influence of opium and
wonderfully strong is that slavery to ap.
petite which makes one persist in the use
OF this drug, in spite of such evidence .
We commend this testimony of Dr.
Washington Hooker, especially to the
ministers and DOCTORS 1t is the dclib
crate opinion of one OF the most emineu,
physicians and professors in the land
and may be found 10 his able work or
Human Physiology, chap. 81, PIP. 4o7
40S. TIMoLEoS.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
John Brown.

morrow John Brown is to be hung.
We should rejoice could his life be spar
ed and yet we feel that the slaveoc-
racy can do nothing to bring about their
own downfall 80 egectually as to hang
John Brown As he, himself says, he is
worth more to hang, to aid the cause Of
freedom, than for any other purpose
That he is a monomaniac must be evil
dent to all, for no man in his senses would
have attempted SO rash and impossible an
undertaking. He was kind and careful
to those whom he held as prisoners, but
he was struck after he was down and in
the power Of his csptors. Hc was inn
mediatcly put upon his trial without any
show of dccency at all--he was not al
lowed to have counsel of his own choice,
and two of his enemies were appointed to
defend him. He was compelled to go
through the form of trial while his
wounds were in such condition that he
was incapacitatcd for thought on any sub.
ject, much less one that involved his life.
That Brown had done that which would
condemn sane man to death, we do not
deny, but he has been treated as though
he was the yilcst man on the earth. The
end is not yet.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
From Cha lesto Wn.
CHARLEsTowN, Nov. %

IHhRLEslONN, NOS. 20. =
Saturday and Sunday the town was
crowded with strangers and military -
extensive preparations are making fol
the reception OF additional military forces
for the approaching execution, The
churches are taken possession Of for bar
racks. Sentincls are nightly firing at
imaginary foes, and number of citizens
have narrowly escaped bullets. Sunday
night the military confidently expected
an attack, and the sentipels were doubled;
no foes appeared, however. How they
are expected to arrive is not stated, but
a, the country is being patroled for
twenty miles around, i: must be by the
underground railroad
1t is stated on good authority that
Wise had sent spies into Ohio and
Pennsylvania, and it is from their re.
ports that large bodies of men are arm
ing and moving towards Virginia, that
the military forces are being so largely
augmented
About five hundred additional troops
have arrived here since Saturday, inclu-
ding two companies from Wheeling
So we have now about 800 military
under arms.
A letter from Hunterson county, Pa.
states that large bodies Of armed men
are moving towards Virginia across the
North mountains, supposed to be on
their way to Charlestown.
These reports cause constant panic
All is quiet to day and arrangements arc
being made for the erection Of the gal
lows.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01

Northern doughfaces should become cx-
tinct2 Says the Richmond En- axirer:
I" The moral Of Tarper's Ferry teaches
"that intervention Of authority, both
State and FedcfaLis demanded - much
" in the States as in the Territories. -
upon the Charleston Convention will
devolvc the duty Of drawing line Of
"demaroation, broad aud distinct in
"platform and candidate, from Black Re.
"publicanism. No compromise will be
entertained. In frmness and with dig
entity, The doetrisc Of Intervention for
protection, ,oiW Le insisted upon by The
South, aud the representatives of The
/" Northern Democracy ,oW decide Ae
!" issue. II for Intervention, the nonsina
"tton aci1 be proceeded aciM. yogains
8" there c'V DC ieare taking, bidding
dd'eu, separation, disanion, secession. y
The country will breathe frcer after this
The Union is to be destroyed only il
case the Northern Democracy rebe
agaist Southern dic,ation. This they
never have done, and they never will -
Ii the ultimatum of Wise and Brown anC
Slidc!l and Davis, at Charleston, be l
slave code for the States and Territories
Northern Democrats will be all submis
sion. and compliance. No murmur Of oh
lection will disturb the pool of servilit.
in which they habitually wallow. Tn
required plank will be inserted in tn
Charleston platform, aud the great mas
of the Northern Democracy will swca
they have been for it from the begin
ming. Let those who have been fright
ened heretofore by threats of disuniou
at once dismiss their fears. The Unto
is safe
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
Thc VirpiO;a Scare.

Last week Governor Wise marched
several companies of military to Charles
ton, aud then marched them back again
all but two companies which were left to
quiet the nerves of the excited Virgin
ians. This week Gov. Wise is himself
affected with the Brown fever, and has
ordered about 1900 troops to Charles
town to protect the scared populacs. -
Every car that passes through is searched
for armed men a. all the stepping places.
1t was given as an excuse for all this fuss
that rescue was to be attempted last
Sunday night. Chivalry is at discoun.
in Virginia at this tune. The "motn
or Of Presidents" is shaking with fear,
and has to drink large quantities of vhis
key to keep up any appearance of cour-
age. Que of the Charlcs.own guards
challenged a COW last week--she did not
stop or give the countersign and he fired,
and then run for the town. The great
est fear and excitement prevailed for q
time, and they showed themselves cou.
ards all. Gov. Wise is entitled to the
soubriquet Of "fuss and feathers"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
Tor the Upton AdYsrtiser.l

Mr.. EDITOR: Sir-I frequently hear
the question asked: Why is it that there
is so seldom conviction in the liquor
cases in this town.
1t is question, it appears to me, not
hard to answer; and any one who has
listened to the Shinn examination before
Justice @ Huff, for perjury, will require
no further answer.
1t is easy for witnesses to keep out Of
sight when the officers are not anxic US
to find them, and it seems an easy thing
for the Justice % to refuse to issue an
attachment, aud that upon the reasons in
fact SO slight that the honest citizen can
see no reason at all except that the at
torney for the prisoner dictates to him
(hc Justice p what he must do, and SO
the farce goes on. The whole lot being
what are called, in these days, Democrats,
aud if the officials are too energetic in
performing their snorn duties, why they
can't have paddy's vote next time, sure
Now, what is the remedy for this state
of things, this neglect of duty, and this
seeming perjury on tie part Of officials?
think it might be done in this way:
let every Republican editor call the at
tention of the Legislature to the matter
ask for the laws to be SO amended as to
allow for a small town like this, two JUS
tees, and in the township such number
as may be necessary; also, a Constable to
each Justice; then allow cacil voter to
vote for but one candidate for each Office.
the two candidates receiving the largest
number of votes, to be declared elected
by that means We might get men who
would do their sworn duty, without fear
and trembling. RIGHT.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
From Harper's Ferry.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.
The n. Y. Herakfs liarper's Ferry
despatch, referring to the execution OF
Brown, says the most stringent reguia-
tions have been adopted in regard to the
presence Of civilians at the execution
All applications for passes for civilians
to attend within the military lines are re-
fused by the Governor, on the ground
that it would conflict with the military
programme. He said that the civilians
could net under any circumstances be
admitted within the military lines, the
outer ones of which would be nearly a
mile from the scufold. Not a sound Of
what John Brown may utter, should he
say anything, win therefore be audible to
the men forming even next the gallows
Gov. Wise stated the cause of this ex
clusion of all persons other than the mil
itary, to be, that in the event of an at
tempted rescue an order to fire upon the
prisoner will be given, aud that those
within the lines, especially those suffi
GENTLY near the gallows to hear what
Brown my say, would inevitably share
his fate
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01

COL Sumner, commander of this depart
ment, telegraphed to Lcavenworth this
evening for prompt movement Of troops,
in compliance with this order, and 10 :
week, If necessary, these troops win be
in New Orleans. The Republican, inti-
mates that security for the future win be
wanted for better boundary than that
established by the Rio Grandc."
WASHINGTON, Nov 20-Nothing can
as yet be positively ascertained concern
ing the precise object of sending large
bodies of troops to the Rio Grande, fur
ther than the protection Of that frontier
from the attacks of the forces of Corte-
mas, to utterly destroy which is the pur
pose Of the Administration. AS it was
but recently supposed in official QUARTS
that the two companies from Fort Clark
and the one from Baton Rogue would be
sufficient to check the movements Of tn; t
bri.and, the augmentation of the troops
just ordered has naturally excited suspi.
clons of other contemplated measures.
Various speculations are INDUCED in,
but the most plausible theory, founded
on certain resolutions deemed to be re.
liable, is that Spain, France and Eng
land mediate prompt action for the sat
isfaction of claims in which their sub
jects are interested, and which may in
volve the national existence of Mexico
or the substitution of a monarchy under
the protection Of these powers. La view
of these circumstances and probabilities
the United States may feel constrained
to occupy the Northern part of Mexic,
to secure the satisfaction of the claims
Of our own citizens against that country
as well as for the security of Americans
on the frontier
From all that can DC ascertaincd, it i
fair to presume that some of the vessel
of the Home Squadron will soon procee,
to Vera Cruz and other parts of Mexico
Indeed, this seems to be certain, 50 in
teresting are the reported purposes o
France, England and Spain now regarde
ia official quarters.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
Prairie Farmer.

The twenty first volume OF this o.u ~
and popular Agricultural Paper wiz
com mencs on the frst day OF January,
1860.
It will be the sim Of the publishers -
the future as in the past TO make pa
pcr that shall be favorise with the Far
mer, the Hor.iculturist, and at the nre-
side. In each department We shall en-
deavor to assist ia improvement ana m
.truction, and make it favoriss with
the younger portion Of the home circle,
by 90 treating Of subjects that desire
to more thoureghly understand the true
science Of farming shall prevail, th.s
the calling may be looked upon - - real.
II Is, the most heal.hful and indepsnd
ent che known III
The list Of practical cousributcrs Will
be much enlarged anothe. year, ana DC
expense necessary to make u the ayr
cultural Paper Of the West VIII DC
spared =,
The paper will ever be found the
workingman' s friend and advocate.
Terms Of the Prairie Farmer for 1850
Ono conv one year 81 90
Three Copies, one year w
Six Copies, ! y'r, and one to agt. 8 W
One additional copy to the club agen
for every ten copies over six.
For each one Of fifty pcrsons, sending
the first lists of twenty subscribers on
above terms, after this date, we will gave
a Bound Volume of TIE PRAIRIE FAR
MER for the last half Of the prsscn
year.
To the first six persons, who will sent
US lists of fifty or more subscribers OF
above terms. we will give copy Of Wcb
ster's Unabridged Dictionary (pictorla
edition) containing fifteen hand'ed II
lusirations.
Friends of The PRAIRIE FARMER
you can do much to extend the useful
ness and circulation OF The FARMER
Will you not try?
We will send sample copies and pro
spectuses free to any one who will IT,
to extend its circulation.
Address EMERY l. CO,
o0l Lake Street. Chicago, III.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
County Organization.

/ have no doubt that three fourths, if
not nine tonths of the voters and tax
payers OF Iowa, desire change in our
system of County Government. | also
believe that they desire syitem of
Township organization similar to that
in vogue in New York, Illinois and
Wisconsin.
| This subject has been much agita'cd
during the last eighteen months; but are
We sure that the Legislature will com
ply with tLis emincntly popular desire?
II is too true that great many men
who arc sent up to the Capital to make
our laws, are afflicted with India rubber
knee joints and cartilaginous back bones.
! They lack the courage to seize the prun-
ing knife and lop off those suporhuities
of Legislation which have attained any
thing like-age. But the peopls have the
remedy in their own hands, if they will
use it. Let as Ia erery locality IN the
STATE, send up DER petitions, praying for
Just niat ,ce ,cant Ii you have mem
Der who is not disposed to do what you
desire, a good strong petition from his
own home will hold him to the work; if
he is already right and well disposed, it
will crafty him to see his constituents
supporting his positions, and he will
work with redoubled energy In any
event petitions can do no harm, and if
they are sent IN from all parts of the
State, they may do great amount Of
good. Let us have a general expires.
sion BY petition, on this vitality impor-
tant subject
Iappend form Of petition which
any one is at liberty to use, alter or
reject, as he deems proper.
RUSTIC.
Totke Honor. bio. tAs Legislsf1ve Of Terra:
Your petitioners, residents and legal
voters of-county, State Of Iowa, re-
specifically pray your honorable body to
abolish the present County Judge sys-
TEN, and to erect in its stead system of
Township Organization, similar to that
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
Dubuoue Western Railroad.

A new Locomotive, called "4nn-
r,oa," and intended for service on the
Dubuque Western Railroad, arrived at
Dunleith on Saturday. Two otheO OF
the same sort are in process Of construe-
ton at the Rogers Locomotive Works
Paterson, N. D., for the same road. -
Orders hive been issued for thirty eight
box and platform cars, to be manuiac-
tured at Michigan City, which will be
received in about two weeks The pas
senger cars have also been purchased in
Nav York, and are now on their way
hitheY. We are inform cd that the pas.
sengcr cars to be ordered for this road
hereafter will be constructed entirely Of
iron!-Dubugue Times.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
The Result in New York.

There were nine State offices to be fill
cd at the late election in New York. The
Republicans nominated full ticket as
did the Democrats The Americans got
UP 60 'alf and alf - ticket, the first four
candidates being those nominated by the
Democrats and the last five those nomi-
mated by the Republicans. The result is
as follows:
Jones, Dem, is elected Secretary Of
State, by l,46s majority; Richmond,
Dem. State Engineer, by | ,l2o; Skin
ner, Dem, Canal Commissioner, by 3l4 /;
Forrest, Rep, State Prison Inspector,
by 672; Dcnnis.on, Rep, State Comp
!roller, by 1852; Dcrsheimer, Rep
State Treasurer, by II ,a24 Myers, Rep,
Attorney General, by 1929; Hughes,
Rep, Clerk of the Court Of Appeals, BY
4s, LOG, and Davies, Rep Judge of Ap-
peals, by 45,05o.
The Republicans have elected six out
the nine, one of them in spite of the
combined forces of the Democrats and
Americans, and the three elected by the
Democrats and An orleans are elected by
very small majorities.
When we remember that IN 1856 the
Republicans were in minority of about
$4,000, and lacked about $4,000 Of
equaling the vote of the Democrats and
Americans last year, we think the Re-
publicans of New York have done first
rate. New York is safe for any accepta-
Bile Republican who may be nominated for
President in 1860.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
A Recoil Of the Gun.

Col. Forney's paper, the Philadelphia
Press, nanifests some concern in view
of the evaporation which has broken
out at the South against Senator Douglas
since the Harper's Ferry outbreak
The heated and incorporate tone of the
Southern press in that connection is
deprecated, and sensible plea is made
against the idea of completely in Browns
invasion on the part of any political or
ganization or sect at the North. But
the fact that the South is no less mad
dened against Douglas than against Sew
ard or Giddings, and with no less reason
is plainly pa'pable. The fact is that
move in favor Of Popular Sovereignty,
and the Southern peopl; so regard them.
If Brown, as the Chicago Times alleges
and as the Charlestowu jury decide, con-
tcmp|ated general slave instruction,
he was simply striking blow for "my
great principle" in Virginia he was
opening an avenue through which ali
the people might arrive at self govern
mcnt in the shortest possible time
The fact that Douglas invented his dog
ina for the purpose Of extending slavery
instead of setting the blacks with bowie
knives at their masters tlroats, is wha,
to South cannot or will not see. Our
we'll known coteuporary of the Edwards,
Vile (Ill.) Aaycrtiser, (Mr, Joseph Gil,
lespic, says that old Browns Constitu
tioa and Provisional Government, make
plain case of "unfriendly legislation!
1t is not at all strange that the Rich.
mond Enquirer should have taken the
same view of it and should now be rend
ing the air with anathemas against the
person who devised the system. -Press
and Tribune.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01
The Escaped insnIgents--FNeiye Of them
SAFE i'm Canada.

We learn, from source in which We
place the fullest reliance, that Mrs Ralcy,
of Springdale, Cedar county, the moth
cr Of Edwin aud Barclay Coppic, both of
whom were engaged in the Haiper' $
Ferry affair, has received a letter from
the latter, now III Canada. He says
eleven of his companions escaped with
him after the battle, and all are now safe
in Canada. Four of them were wounded
one SO severely that his comrades were
obliged to carry him most of the time
for the first four days of their flight.
Barclay Coppic is one Of the number
for whose arrest Gov. Wise offered re-
ward of $500 cach.- Nus. Jour.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-01

The Milwaukee Wisconsin of the 2lst
publishes the following letter from a re.
liable citizen:
Mr.. EDITOR: The outbreak of Har-
per's Ferry will prove to be a great blas-
sing to The country in the end, as strange
as it may at first appear.
Mr.. j. Il. Wood Of this city, well
known to US all, has just received a letter
from relative of his, who lives in Vir-
GINA, in one of the Southern counties,
where the slaves are the most numerous,
and where he has resided many years,
aud has been sheriff Of his county
In his letter he says, "you can form no
idea in regard to the excitement that
exists all through the State. A more
terror stricken people | never saw
All are trembling for their lives, expect
ing to meet death hourly at the hands Of
their slaves, led Oh by the Abolitionists
This state of feeling has made the great
est towards imaginable of the Virginians;
not one of them dare 60 out after dark
without being armed to the teeth in fact
they are all loaded down with arms, so
fearful are they Of being slaughtered at
any moment.
''This state of feeling exists all through
the thickIy populated slave counties, and
there is no let-up to it; in fact, it is
daily and hourly Increasing to such an
extent, that the mere bark of dog in
the night will bring all to their feet and
o.,un ha MI ~
The ex.sheriff says that there will be
great good realized from this excitement.
Already the slayss are leaving in great
numbers for Southern market. Some
three hundred have left this county
since this outbreak, and the same rush is
witnessed in all the thickly habited
slave counties of Virginia lie thinks
that all Of five thousand slaves have left
the State since this outbreak The
shareholders all at once are forcibly con
WINGED Of the propriety Of converting
such uncertain property as this into
cash. They confess. however, that
they are prompted by higher and noblcr
motives, which is to save the lives Of
themselves and families by thus getting
rid Of such combustible material, which
like a great powder magazine, is liable
to explode at any moment
The ex-shcriff closes his letter by
saying that this Harper's Ferry affair
viii be the cause Of freeing Virginia Of
thousands Of her slaves this year, and If
there was to be lIarpcr,s Ferry dem