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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
GU-A few years ago, when it was the

nU-A few years ago, when it was the
custom of large girls and larger boys to
attend district schools, an incident took
place in neishboring town which is
worth recording One of the fairest
and plumpest girls Of the school happen
cd to violate one Of the teachers rules.
The master, a prompt, energetic fellow
Of twenty five, summoned her into the
middle OF the floor. After interroga-
ting the girl few moments, the master
took a ruler and commanded her to hold
out her hand. She hesita'ed, when the
master thundercd out, "wili you give
ne your hsno?' Yes sir, and my heort
too. promptly replied the girl, at the
same time stretching forth her hand to
the master, and cycling him with Gun
ming look A death-like silence reisned
for uomen, in the school; a tear was
seen to glisten in the masters eve, the
ruler was laid upon the desk, and the
blushine girl was requested to take her
seat, but to remain after school oas dis.
missed In three weeks after school
was finished. the teacher and the girl
were married.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
What Republicans Must DO.

The New York Tribune in discours
ing Of the work to be done before 1866
says.
What is urgently needed to-day il
substantially as follows:
l. The formation in every county, a,
the county seat or some equally com
manding location, Of Republican Cam
paign Club, composed of all who are vii.
ling to work for Republican triumph in
1860. If there is a live county com.
mittee, let that be referred to in all
things; but two-thirds of the county com
mlttees, even where such practically ex-
lst, are dead as Julius Caesar. A live
club at every county seat is indespensa-
BILE aud it ought to be formed at once.-
Let its books be open to all who will
join, but let an executive committee be
chosen of men. who will certainly put
heart and brain into the work.
2. T-e moment such committee is
constituted, let each member of it set to
work.. by correspondence and personal
visitations, to incite the formation of
similar clubs in every township and vii.
lage of the county, aud at the county
seats of the counties.
3. Let each county club employ, so
soon as may be, competent and trust
worthy agent or actuary, to traverse the
county, urging the formation Of kindred
clubs; and
4. Make arrangements at once with
the Republican journal, giving the pref
erence to those Of your own county, for
supplying their respective sheets for The
ensuing year, at the lowest possible cash
price. Let it be the business of each
club. and the special duty of the county
agent or actuary, to get a good Repub-
Iican paper subsc' ibcd and paid for by
every person IN the county who can be
induced to take one. Have specimens
Of al. the journals at band, aud let every
man take tina, which he prefers, bu, try
to strengthen the local Journals as much
as possible. OF course, we mean good
joarnals, conducted by editors of un-
questionable ability, intelligence and in.
tegrity, as We trust most Republican
journals are To circulate any others is
to damage seriously the cause you desire
to promote. But having procured spec
i,nens of the best, let Il united, system
attic effor, be promptly made to put ono
into the hands of every voter who eau be
induced to pay the lowest cash price for
it. And if there be any one who, by
reason of some Providcntial affiiction, is
unable to pay, be sure that he has copy
supplied him without charge, and is
thanked for taking it.
) Let the county club open CORES
pondence at once with your Member of
Congress, if Republican, if he is
not, then with the Republican Member
who lives next nearest; aud have him for
v ard the most important speeches and
documents to those whose names YOU
will furnish. Don't ask him to pay for
them out of his own pocket, but send
him few dollars to cover the cost of pa
per aud printing; he will gladly do his
part of the work for nothing. But, even
though you should be too poor, or tco
mean, to pay fur the documents, send
him the names.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
IRON the Chicago Press and Tribune,
"A REQUIEM FOR JOHN RROwN
~ G. n. wrDB.

Sleep, sleep, John Browni
Decenber's leaves are sere,
And brave old oak has fallen
And perished with tho year.
"emay journey to the sunset
And from sunse, to the sea
But you'll not lind in the forest
80 staanch, 50 firm ! tree.
No shame. John Brown
Though BY the rope 70 die;
Up yonder, 'nong the atars,
They ask not hoV. but phy1
Ala, for the weak souls
That trembled at thy breath;
Like him Of old, thou hast
A tenfold might in death.
Sleep, sleep. John Brown;
All, oil thy work il done;
These clouds that come with might
Herald the rising sum
Heroes have died for Kinx.
But thou died for the siare,
And the blessed fruit Of Liberty
Shall ripen on thy grave.
Sleep on, John Brown.
Thou heart Of noblest stuff
He thought ana dared to do
Is epitarh enough.
A laurel wreath is thine
That laurel, and a crown.
Thy foes placed in thy grasp
Sleep or, John Brown.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
In a Fine Frenzy Rolling

A brilliant young gentleman remarked
the other day, to a lady with whom he
was bowling ten pins:
Il think, Miss, that you would have
made capita! baker
"Inleed, sir. why?'
because you make such excellent
rolls"
Here is another joke in the same line.
"Holloa! who's there? exclaimed .
young man, as he entered the Bowling
Saloon at Lake George.
"'Tis |, sir, rolling rapidly replied =
young lady, as she sent a ball whizzing
down the alley.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15

some DlFFERENCE.--Thc Davenport
Democrat has endcavored to make its
readers believe that its party is all har-
mony--a perfect unit. The Dubuque
Herald, the leading Democratic paper Of
thi, State. says:
Nor is it well to shut our eyes to the
condition of our party. The Democra-
cy are divided-our army is full of con-
teniion.
The Herald'thinks, however, the prin-
eipal contention is among the leaders of
the party. Unfortunately every leader
has his followers, and the contentious
among the former exist to just the same
extent among the latter.--Dareaport
Gazette
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
Betting.


"Burleigh," the raey New York cor.
respondent of the Boston journal, tells
the following story of the unsartiatv of
"bctting on sure thing"
"A little incident took Place in New
York short time since that will put in
this place. We have a noted gentleman
/. New York whom shall call r. He
is member of one of the New York
clubs. Opposite to him was another per-
son, who one evening sported an elegant
diamond ring 1t daxzled T. He wanted
it, but the owner seemed to care little to
part with it. Yielding at last to the i'm
portunity of 7, the ring was sold for the
sum Of 5000. 1t passed to T. amid the
tittsrings and suppressed mirth of the
crowd, which caught the quick car of T.
who said nothing. The next day he
called upon jewe!er, where he learned
that the ring was paste and worth about
s25. He called for some real diamonds,
and among them found one rim not unlike
bis ring of paste. 4. made bargain with
the jeweler for the use Of the real dia-
mond. He pledged 81, 200, the price of
the diamond lie gave 500 for its use
for time. He had the paste removed
from the setting; aud the real diamond
put in its stead. Thus armed, he appeared
among his associates at night, fourishins
his ring, and seemed to be in high glec,
to the astonshment of his chums, who
believed he had been sold
But the advantage was with T. He
talked about fool and his money!" &c:
said that if any gentleman present had
Sl20O ring that he wished to sell for
5000, I. knew where a purchaser could
be found Bets were freely proposed
that the diamond was not real They
were accepted. One man be, $1,000;
SO did another; and two bet $500 each;
and all were taken by 7. Umpires
chosen, the money and the ring, put into
their hands, the test applied, and all said
the stone was diamond Of the first wa
ter, and was not worth less than 81 200.
I quietly put the $4,000 in his pocket
and went his way. He carried the dia-
mond buck, recalled his 81, 200, paid FIR
the -tone, aud with his paste ring on lis
hand went back to the club at night
The nau who had sold the ring was at
the club, waiting. for he wanted to re-
gain the ring lie had sold it for fun,
he knew all the tine it was real dia-
mond--hc never had any false jewels
he could tell a real diamond ut any time
by its peculiar lisht--he would not do so
mean thing as to cheat his old dear
FREUD T-and he knew that his old
friend T. would let him have the ring
back
',But T. was stubborn, said that the
seller was a cheat; and now that he saw
the value of ring, he wouldn't undo
what he had done. At length 7. agreed
to restore the ring on the payment of
$500, which was ioyfuly paid But the
ma,ter came out, and all parties came to
the conclusion that when - diamond cut
diamond" some one more phabe and less
sharp than T. be selected fer the opera.
tipn
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
Old Brown not 'sOssa Watomie Brown"

The coenomen OF "Ussawatomie" is
very generally applied to old John Brown
though incorrectly. Brown was never
a resident Of Ossawatomie, but resided
some ei cht miles above that pace on
Pottawatamie creek. The title orifinal-
Iy was applied to o. c. Brown, Esq, a
resident of Ossawaromie, and one Of the
projectors of that settlement, and pro-
prietor Of the town site. Presses and
politicians are continually confounding
these names. --Laurence Herald of
Freedom.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
The AURORA BoREALIs EXPLAINED.

HE AURORA DOREALIS ENPLAlNED
4 scientific gentleman in Illinois thus
gives the origin of this celestial visitor ::
When the meIofygistic temperature Of
the horizon is such as to caioricisc the
impuricnt indcntation Of the hemisphere
analogy, the cohesion of the borax cur
bistus becomes surcharged with intnites.
imals, which are thereby deprived Of
their fssnral disquistions. Thus effected,
rapid change is produced in the thoram.
bumpter Of the eyasticutis palerium,
which causes convacular in the hexa-
gonal antipathies Of the eterrcstrium acqua
verusli. The clouds then become mass
os deodorumized specula Of cermoculal
light, which can only be seen when it is
visible.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
Ear The venerable lady Of a celebrated

physician, one day casting her eye out
Of the window, observed her husband in
the funeral procession of one Of his pa
tients' at which she exclaimed: II 90
wish my husband would keep away from,
such professions; it appears too mucl,
like tailor carrying home his own
work"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15

Why are country girls checks like
Frenc hcalico? Because they aas 'var.
rented 10 wash and retain their color /"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
LII " CARDS.
r. D. TURNER,
A torn at Law,
Aud General Land Agent.

&JiP7ON IOWA.
f6spccial attention given to Collecting -kyy
RxEKkEENcE.-tiov. r. p. Iowe, keokak; VIM
G. Woodward. Musca,ine. Iowa; Hon. ". +. Mil
Ter. W. Penn Clark. Iowa City; Hon. BENZ. f.
stanton. Bellfon'aine. Ohio; 5. J. Crew, Upton
Iowa. n
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15

NEWSPAPER Purrs.-The "local' Of
one Of our country exchanges gives the
following schedule of tolls for the benefit
of those who need and seek after ''putfs:'
For modest puff, 8 juleps.
A tolerable good one, box cigars.
A good one, l pair boots.
A very good one, l vest and 2 shirts
A splendid one, l cloth coat.
A perfect sockdolager, whole suit.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15

Some Slanderer asserts that per ma
kers are the greatest magic ans Of the
age, inasmuch as they ~ nsfer beggars'
rags into sheets ~ = u,tor, to lie on,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-15
81. g. PIATT.

ArroRNkY AMI CurS.I,.oK At Law.
NJ ILL Purchase and sell Real Estate. loc ate
" Land Warrants. attend 10 the naymen, Of
aAes, lnve'tigaiion oftitles, ,ccnveyancing, &c.
Essticatar attention given To Co iecttons All
buHasse ntrusted to hs care. w.j b.. attended
with Pronptness aud Fidelity.
tTOflice in the Court House with the Re-
,rier. Upton. Iowa.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
HLater From Mexico. sss,,

New ORLEANS, November 26.--The steam.
ship Tennessee, from Vera Cruz, on the 22d
Inst, with $S6,0Oo in specie, has arrived at
this port. - l...,l
United States Minister McLaue arrived on
the 2lst. He romans on board the Brooklyn,
his family being sick.
The report that Marqusz had pronounced
for Santa Anna is unfounded. The report Of
his escape Is contradicted. His seizure of the
conducta Is confirmed. Marques says ho is
using the money to save the country from the
Yankees. He promises to return it from the
hrst duties received at Topic and Mazatlan,
which he intends retaking.
Miramon was at Queretaro, awaiting the
Liberal force. The Liberals are threatening
the Capital. 1t Is reported that General
Doblado had been defeated in Guansiuato with
heavy loss. An American officer, who wss
with him, is said to have been either shot OF
assassinated. Cobos had captured Osjaca, and
the Liberals at that point had been disbanded
The Pcayane's correspondent reports that
the French fleet will soon blockade Vera Cruz
Miramon, at the suggestion of the French
Minister, had declared Alvarado open as
port Of entry. The insurance policies have tht
blockade clause inserted. Miramon propose,
to attack Vera Cruz simultaneously with tn,
French blockade.
The United States ship Savannah and one
French and one Spanish war brig were a
Sacrifoi0s. alosi
A severe gale on the coast had drive,
several vessels ashore.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
The Wreck of the Indian.

SAcKvILLE, November 26.--A boat contain
ing thirty three ladies', with their husbands,
landed safely, after knocking about for nine
hours in the high sea- Nd EB&&. ~
Twenty-seven persons were lost. None of
the bodies have been recovered. 1t Is i'm
possible to give q complete list Of the names,
but the following are known to have been lost.
Lemon j.. Moses, wife and two children;
Mrs. Eckman and infant; James Dickson; VIM.
Ross, third engineer; Robert Richie, fourth do.
John MILAN, fireman; James Standwell !,
steward; Alfred Walsh, boy; Thomas Lloyd,
chief cook; James Long, Joiner; Joan Heron
and Henry Carroll, seauen. -q
The cabin passengers were all saved. The
following are their names: Hon. Mr.. Potsford,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Wedrum, Mr.. and Mrs. Patter-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Street and Mr.. Elliott.
The schooner Gladiator has returned to Hall
fax with the remaining survivors Of the indian
The steamer is totally broken to pieces, and
very little Of the cargo has been saved.
The passengers complain Of being plundeTed
by the inhabitants. Tho mails were saved,
and have been forwarded. $500
The Indian had eight cabin passengers,
thirty storage passengers, mostly Germans
and Hungarians, and seventy-seven crew.
When she struck the sea-ledge she was run
ming eight knots. The weather was fine, but
slightly hazy. The captain was deceived by
the sounding. He supposed he was off Sable
Island. When the steamer struck, she tore of
her bottom and filed instantly. Tho engineer
opened the valves to prevent explosion. Three
boats were lowered, when, with sudden crash,
the vessel broke amidships.
Tho Storage passengers rushed In and sunk
two Of the boats, drowning the engineers, sey-
eral Of the crew and passengers, including two
women and two children. One boat, under
oommand Of the second officer, Smith, was
blown off thirty miles. Tho boat under the
fourth officer reached shore. The boat under
the third officer broke adrift, leaky, and Is
supposed To be lost. ,hi
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
The --latest from Texas.

New ORLEANS, November 25.--The Legsla-
ture Of Texas has authorized the Governor to
call out ell the troops necessary for the pro-
lection Of the frontier. aL.
The Governor has appointed Captain Ford
commander Of the troops. Captain Ford
started for the Rio Grande on the 18th In
slant. s.-.-
The Legislature has also ordered the troops
to arrest Cortinas and his band.
The reports from Brownville had created in
tense excitement throughout Texas.
The small town Of Gonzales had raised two
hundred men in two days.
Cortinas had returned Mr.. Campbell, Deputy
Sheriff, to Brownville unharmed, against the
wishes Of his mon.
General Houston recommends tho Legisla-
ture to authorize regiment of mounted men
TO protect the frontier from the depredstions
Of the Indians.
New ORLEANS, November 26.-The latest
advioes from Brownville, to the 10th instant
say that the town was still closely beseiged
An expedition was preparing to march agains,
Cortinas.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28


SENATOR HAuN, THE SUCCESSOR or BRoD-
ERIcK.-Judge II. P. Haup, of Marysville,
California, who has been appointed by Gov
ernor Weller United States Senator, TO fill the
vacancy oocasionod by the death Of Mr.. Brod-
erick, was to start for Washington on the 5th
Of November. The San Francisco Times says:
"Judge Haun is u lawyer of ordinary abil-
ity, native of kentucky, and is intensely
Southern in all his political ideas. He has the
reputation of being sharp, shrewd politician.
Some suppose that the Governor has done well
in appointing him, for the reason that he is
competent to look after DR.. Gwin, and is not
particularly friendly to him."
The Marysville (Cal.) Erpress says, in a
late issue:
"Judge Haun is native of Scott County,
kentucky. He was admitted to the bar of
Kentucky in 1889. He was elected to the
Office of County Attorney Of his native county
In 1S45 he removed to Clinton County, Iowa,
and In 1916 was elected as delegate from that
county to the Constitutional Convention that
framed the constitution which was adopted
that year by the people. He came with his
family overland to this state in lS49, and To-
Gated in this city In January, 1850, when it
was but little camp Of tents. lie was elected
the Grst county Judge of this county in the
spring Of 1850. AT the expiration of his term
Of service he retired upon farm on the Yuba
River, where he has been since engaged 10
agricultural pursuits.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
Later from Sonora.

ST.. Louis, November 26.-The Arizona cor
respondent Of the Republican gives the follow
ing information from Sonora:
Captain Porter, of the sloop-of-wsr 81.
Marys, upon entering Guaymas and finding
that Colonel Alden, Acting United States
Consul, in tile absence of Judge Rose, was not
recognized, and was not permitted TO hoist
the American oolors over the Consulate, in
sisted upon the Prefect respecting his author
ity. Meeting with opposition, he ordered a
flag g-staf erected over the Consul's office, run
up the stars and stripes, and informed the
Prefsct that it should not be taken down with
out fight, and it was left undisturbed.
Governor Pesquira arrived few days after,
when Captain Porter waited upon him, but,
not understanding Spanish, and Pesquira not
speaking English, the interview was very un-
satisfactory. -
Captain Porter entered protest, in the name
of our Government, against tho treatment re-
ceived by Captain Stones party, and would
be present to aid Captain Ewell In adjusting
the difficulties with Pesquira.
The dispatches containing the above in
formation arrived at Fort Buchanan on the
10th inst, en- route TO Washington.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28

EXTRAORDINARY SoNNAMBuLIsM--AN ANNA
IN ACTUAL LIFE.-The English papers re-
cord a remarkable case Of somnambulism. A
young girl, thirteen years of age, pupil at
boarding school, arose in her sleep and
slipped on a pair of shoes and dress over
her night dress, and without any other cloth
ing left the house, and started for homo, some
eight miles distant When found, she had
walked distance of seven miles and was
still perfectly unconscious. Before leaving
the house the child first attempted to get ou,
at the front door, the chain and bolt of which
were found unfastened; but the door was
doubled locked, and the lock goes so stify
that her hands could not turn the key. She
then appears to have gone to the back of the
house and made her exit in that way through
garden. She afterward suffered little from
weakness, but experienced no other i'll effects
from her singular moonlight walk in the
frosty air.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
PRICE ONE CENT.
From Washington.

WASHINGTON, November 2B.-James d.
Stevenson, of New York, has offered to es-
tablish steamship line and carry tho mails
for the posiagos, from tbls city, pia st. Thomas
to the Brazil. The Postmaster General has
sigpifed his willingness to conclude such m
arrangement on satisfactory securities being
furnished. No contract, however, has yet
been executed.
At meeting Of the Central National Bolts
Club, Of Washington, held last night, it was
resolved to merge the same into the Nstions
Opposition Club ofNew York, where the head
quarters will be in future.
DR.. Breed, formerly an examiner in the
Patent Office, having been arraigned before
Justice Down on the charge of uttering incen-
diary language, was to-day required to give
security in the sum of $4,000 to keep the
peace.
1t appears that the Objectionable words were
uttered in the presence Of several other persons,
Senator Stewards views being the topic Of con-
versation, and soon thereafter were published
in the States and Union newspapers. Hence
his arrest. -
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
Seyere Gale at RuffaIo.

BUFFALO, November 26--9 P. MA heavy
southwest gale has prevailed for the last
twenty -four hours, and is still blowing with
great fury. The canal bridge on Main-street
is SO badly damaged thatit will have to be re-
built. The iron canal bridge on River-street
is entirely destroyed. A number of houses
in different parts Of the city have been blown
down. The new breakwater for the protec-
tion Of the southern part Of the city is almost
entirely destroyed, and that portion Of the
city is several feet under water. Tho track
of the Niagara Falls division of the Central
Railroad is impossible, and passengers are
carried around the break in stages. Travel
on the Lake Shore is uninterrupted. There
are but few vessels on the lake.
The penny press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1859-1860, 1859-11-28
ALoEpsER. H oRros TRAcEpy IN NEW yosK-

A LOEFNER-H HORTON TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK
A WIFE BUTcHERED BY HER HUSBAND, WHO
ATTEMPTS SuIcIDE.-One day of last week q
German woman was literally cut in pieces by
her jealous and nfuriated husband, who after
ward attempted to destroy his own life by cut
ting his throat. FoI long time the man had
suspected his wife of criminal intimacy with a
citizen of the place, and in discussing this
subject apersonal conflict arose, which resulted
as we have noticed. On completing his work,
the murderer drew the knife across his own
throat, partially severing the windpipe, and
infioting deep wound. The woman was be-
yond the reach of effective aid, but related the
facts Of the occurrence and expired. Themur-
dsrer's wounds were dressed, and are not con-
sidered fatal.