The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1860-11-29

lie m0fcS lhat WHS%l3kfn nj INC
time the safe was stolen in Favette Co.
has been recovered, except So.
Az Association Of Republicans is
about to start y Republican newspaper
in w ashington, to be called the Nation
al Repu5i,an, and issued daily.
THE amount oflanls sold aurin. the
year ending June, was 3,46l.o 900 acres
and the amount received therefor 81,
$4,000.
The resignation Of the United States
Marshal OF South Carolina has been re-
ceived by the President.
NASpEvEH's majority will he nearly
OF quite $4,000. Curtis between 5000
and 1000.
TuE gold yield f,r the Pixies Peak
region for the current year is about So
coo. oOo.
THE number Of offices ii the Gift Of
the National Executive is about 10000.
TWELVE vessels have been raised at
Sebastapol. including 4 sixty gun frig-
ate in good condition.
The German population in this coun-
try IS estimated at 10000.
Abel Knapp has served the town Of
Berlin. Vermont, torty-n:nc years as
township clerk.
THE population of Philadelphia is
56s,o3i. In 1850 it was i0s,7.9 IN
crease, 1922.
TrE population Of the city Of New
York is s2l,l13. In 1850. it was 5l5.-
547, and in 1856 it was 52o,3lo.
The value Of the hop crop Of the
United States, this year, IS estimated 1T
Sioo.oao-nearly all i'll Otscgo, Oneida
ana Madison couuties, Il. Y.
An act for the on~slavencnt Of free
negroes was submitted to the people Of
Maryland at the late election and voted
almost unanimously.
TIE New York Delegation in the
next Congress Will probably stand rs
follows: Republicans 25, Democrats
s. West Of Albany every district was
carried by the Republicans,
New York Wide .Awakes intend
10 be at Washington III a body on the
4ih of March and in full uniform. They
Will number 10000.
ONE man from Missouri, is feeding
eco head OF cattle and 100 head Of
hogs III ,Mihaska county in this State.
A grasshopper has been brought to
this country from Panama, which
measures five inches in length and cirts
four inches. 1t is said to be only an
ordinary sized animal Tor tic isthnlus.
Rev. Henry Ward nccchcr has re-
ceived five hundred invitations for the
winters lecturing tour. lie has yet nc.
cepted but twenty-five.
GgEES corn beans. ralishcs, and the
general run OF vegetables, arc in the
market again from the second crop. at
Brownsville, Texas.
Conn in Liberty, Tenn, is selling at
$3.50 to 50 per blshel. Flour si,25
to $50 per loo lbs. Irish potatoes
75c. Iurnips 2oc.
The shipping on thcgreat lakes israp-
idly increasing. There arc now $50
steamers, valued ut s~o.5e0.oo0, and
l,l67 sailing vessels, valued at $500,
900, employed in freight,
FAMINE IS threatened III New Found
land consequence of the almost total
failure Of the fishery and The potatoe
crop. The Le.isture is to convene on
the Sd prox, to devise means to arrest
threatened calamity.
A pear weighing a pound and 4 half
was n of nine grown OF a bush five
feet high, BY Joseph Hall OF Rochester
New York.
A t%annerv firm in New Orleans have
gone into business Of tanning alligator
hides with great success. The skin of
the alligator makes excellent leather.
John B. Cough, the temperance ora
tor, is worth $50, 600. lie receives
$3.50 for each lecture he delivers.
TIE new dimes and half dimes for
1860 have appeared. The thirteen stars
encircling Liberty are omittcd-thc
words Omitted States Of America APP
pearing in their stead. On the reverse
the piece is encircled with a sheaf of
corn and other American products.
LATE statistics show that five million
persons are supported in England by