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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

Democrats carried but ono Congressional
district north Of Mason and Dixon's line,
and that is to be contested. We do not
set down Mr.. Jsmes Brooks (whoss seat
is also to be cousss.ed) as Congressman .
Of the Peudle peace faction.
The peace. at any price party ara too
small to be mischisvous in any large po-
litical sense, aud while they may do US
damage yet in the way Of riot ssd srsop,
their hope Of power Is passed. The una.
nmity Of the people Of the North 10 to
intents aud purposes accomplished, and
the war sentiment Of the North is at this
time more intelligent, resolute, aud pro-
found than it has been since the fall of
Sumter. 1t has passed through tho re-.
fner's pot, and has been tcsted.and tried.
1t has been tried Us gold is tried aud is
now good gold, pcre as the purest. It
1t has been shaken heretofore, but it has
grown strsug in the storm, and no storm
may further move its roots. The peace.
sueaks are politically dead, aud it may be
hoped that the covert" among them may
soon be ditto physically. - Chicago Jour
mai,
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
Save Ycar Old Newspapes,

Paper stock dealers at the East pay
eight cents per pound for old ne vspapers
in good condition; the materia can be
made over into white printing piper, and
the greater the supply the less Will be the
increase Of the price of tho ner sheet
Wilkes Spirit says on this point
"In Europe a hotel or hou. .ekee per
never thinks Of destroying an oh news
paper, or Of using it for kindling !. .rposes.
All over the continent, and 10 gland,
cheap little bundles of sticks, two or
three for penny, with the ends dipped
in rosin, supply all the purposes in the
way of kindliog which could bs perform.
ed by FIVE times the value of printing
paper; while the other uses for PAPER are
met by an inferior brown materid, which
inflicts no waste upon the printing stock.
by this means the major part of the
original stock is preserved for reproduc.
tion,an the price Of the article constantly
kept down. BY tho same thrifty system
of saving old newspapers and handing
them over to the dealers, who will be
glad to call at private houses for them,
near y the whole market stock will be
preserved, turned into the mill aud repro.
duced with the loss certainly Of not more
than ten or fifteen per cent. Uudc, the
present wasteful habits of the public
nearly the who'c current edition is now
utterly destroyed, while the demand con.
stautly exists against the source
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

fluctuations in the pricS Of gold, not
wishstanding the affected horror Of the
horribly bad hearted, viii be found, by =
little investigation into the annals Of
finance, to be nothing Jew, strange or
eccentric.
For instance. s per ce3t consols are 10
Europe about what S 20 bonds arc to Tho
United St.tcs. The la.b bt steamer quo.
tation of consols is 90@pla. And yet
we find that during th@ time that Eng.
land was engaged in vat from the year
1870 to ls40, the quotations for oonsols
fuctuatcd in about the same manner and
just as violently as gold DOES with US at
the present day. In 1893 taey ran down
to All; in 1902 they rallied, after uumer-
Gus ups and downs, and soll at 66c but
in 1904 they again received stunning
blow, and dropped back 10 5Oa For a
period Of twenty-four years specie
payments were suspendet in the Bank Of
England, from 1907 to 1917; and in
1911 Bank Of England not. was current
at the rate of fourteen sklings to the
pound sterling. The stsndr1 rate fixed
by the mint for gold authorities is e3 It's
lO3d per o., yet from 1Sq to 1914 it
advanced to from G4to 95 4s,iu currency.
Before our friends are sedhced by the
financial sophistries of the ppperheads,
they would do well to read, mark and
iuwardly digest such histo1 10 facts in
finance as arc herein above rccl ed Chi.
Journal.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
~Thc .popse busioe.. In, beson,

~Thc sponge business has bssono q
prominent department Of Industry in the
Bahama Islands. It is almost entirely
the growth Of tho last twenty years, ssd
nets annually about twenty thousand del.
lars. The sponge 10 6sheS and Sake1
from the sandy bottom Of the oscss =
tho depth Of twenty, forty, or siaty feet.
1t belongs to very low order Of asiusl
life. organisation hardly being dsteetsd.
When frst taken from the water il 10
black, aud becomes exceedingly 0densivs
from decomposition. It il 90 poisosoas
10 this condition thst il slasst blistsrs
the flesh It happens to toseh. The Arss
process is to bury it in the ssod, whore
It remains for two OF three weeks, 10
which time the gclatinous animal MISTER
is absorbed and destroyed BY the insects
that swarm 10 the sand. After being
cleanscd it is compressed snd packed in
bales like cotton. The sponge has bees
applied to a variety Of new purposes, snd
within the psst few years has 9uadruplsd
in value.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

s@-A gentleman who vas pass nge,
on tho train which brought General
Grant from Baltimore to PHILADELPHIA on
Friday last relates the. following rather
remarkable incident: The General had
been sitting for long time at one Of the
windows of the car During the even
ing he left his seat and passed into q
forward car, where he remained. An
other gentleman, who had seated himself
in the position vacated by the General,
was subsequently, startled by two lcaden
bullets that came crashing through the
window pane and lodged in the other
side of the car. Fortunately these mes.
sengers Of death struck little to high to
do any injury, which the gentlemen
thought might have been accom- plishe ed
if he had been struck BY them. Whether
this was the result Of sccidest, or . de-
libera.e attempt to assassinats the Lieu.
tenant General, will probably never be
known; but the fact that two bullets
were simultaneously fred into 1 window
at which Gen. Grant bad only I moment
before been sitting, certainly looks more
Suspicious than otherwise. Trains Of
cars from Baltimore sometimes carry
secret rebel agents, and perhaps one Of
them thus attempted to rid the Confed.
eracy Of its most powerful opponent.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
The UnanlmiIy OF the Norsn.

We believe there is now greater uua.
nimity Of opinion at the North than has
has ever existed since tho commence
ment of the war. We do not even ex.
cept the "great uprising" That was
unanimity, to be sure, but it had in it a
large admixture of the mcrest ardor. II
was q freshet, that rose suddenly and
subsided as suddenly. And when it bad
subsided, there were "patriots" left "hish
and dry" on the bank, whose patriotism
was only freshes deep. While the tide
was at its height, such as these passed
uuuoticed. They we're classed among
the loyal. But when tho tide went
down, when things resumed ther normal
conduct, and the frothy feryor of patri
otism gave place to its rational behavior,
these that had just been patriots from
policy we're now suspected Of disloyalty,
though they still maintained many OF
their polite ways and much Of their
adroit speech. As time passed, compo.
sure came, until the tempestuous enthu,
siasm Of '6l was quite supplanted by the
resolute endeavor of '62. And as com
posurc camc over US, the .reasonsble
came out from among US.
Fernando Wood, who presided over
the most imposing Union meeting that
grew Of the "great uprising" has since
become one Of the bollest and most bis
tant copperheads in the country. This
is representative instance. Men to the
number Of thousands, encouraged by the
aadacity Of such as this man Wood, at
once threw off their disguise, came out
Of their ambush; aud unblushingly set
about their work Of conspiracy and sedi.
tion. And there were added daily to
their number such as should be hanged.
The timid sought-in the cabals of such
"a refuge from impending military du,
ties. The weak in mind, as we'll as the
weak 10 the knees, were cntrappcd, and
multitudes fell, who have since returned
to their right mind and to their former
political allegiance We make no doubt
that tens of thousands Of those who vot.
ed for Mr.. Lincoln on the 9Th instant,
were at one time 10 sympathy with the
followers of Vallandigham and the
Woods. Mistaking the arrant iDlidelity
of these fellows toward the Governme ut
for an honest opposition to the admins.
traitors Of it, they awoko from their
drowsiness and dreaming to find them.
selves in very truth the allies of the rebel
slaveholds. Then they arose and went
to their father. The prodigals returned
by thousands.
'Multitudes have crossed the flood,
And more are crossing now"
If Mr.. Lincoln's election had been
ono mouth his popular major.
ity would have been Z third larger, and
his opponent would not have received
any more or any other electoral vote than
those of the State of Kentucky. This is
as domonssrable as a geometrical propo.
sition. Or, to put tho same case differ
emily, if Clement L. Vallandigham, in.
stead of General Mcclellan, had been the
candidate Of tho Democracy, he would
have been beaten by ninety nine hund.
reds popular majority. The iudisputa.
bic truth is, tho vallaudigham school Of
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
A Chiil's Et,edienl. i.

A little girl about four yelrs old trot.
ted down to Atlantic dock the other day
to buy some corn for her mdher's chick.
ems. She had . pail in her hand 10
which to pour the corn, but before she
reached the spot where she was accustom.
ed to find it, she came to cask of honey.
This was not to be passed without an ef.
fort to obtain some of it. The men at
work within the dock, uuebservcd by the
child, watched her attempts to reach the
sweet temptation. Her little arms were
TOO short for the enterprise; but, after a
moments consideration, ,he took off her
shoe and stocking, rolled up her drawers,
aud climbing upon something against
which the cask stood, lei down her foot
aud ankle into the honey; then she drew
it up and with her hand scrapcd off the
honey into the pail. This she repeated
until the pail was full, when she went to
the water side and washed, and rcplac-
ing her shoe and stocking, started with
her spoil for home. A ,aan followed her
and beard her tell her mother that she
had brought home some honey; but to all
questioning as to how she obtained it she
was mute. In short time she returned
to the dock for her chicken food, when,
as understand, there was quite an ex-
citement over her, aud collection taken
up to reward her ingenuity--not tits to
be hoped, to encourage her honesty.
Perhaps, though, the little creature tho't
that honey in cask is as much the prop
erty of whoever can get it as is honey in
a tree in the woods Il il safe to pre-
dict that should that child Ere to become
a woman she viii have her share Of that
most useful and much to b desired en-
dowment, "faculty. ."-Broohiyn, ~ Y
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
A Story of GsAersI Sherman.

~ OSOty Oh utH8tub SneTmAns
The Baltimore Clipper tells the follow.
ing story:
A distinguished oficisl, who was late.
ly at tho headquarters of General Sher-
man, gives Us the following anecdote OF
the latter, iu the necessity under which
he lay Of sitting in judgment on = Ger.
tain class of men in Atlanta, when that
place was evacuated by the citizens. -
Writing US, our friend says:
Let me give you = little incident
which took place in my presence a.
Sherman's headquarters, Atlanta:
You will remember that an order was
promulgated directing all civilians to
leave Atlanta North or South) within
twelve days. The day of its issue q gen.
tleman entered Shermau's Office and iu.
quired for the General. The latter on .
swered in this way, very promptly, Il
am General Sherman" The coloauy
was very nearl y as follows:
Citizen-"Gencrsl, l sm a Northern
man, from the State of Connecticut; have
been living at Atlanta for nearly seven
years; have accumulated considerable
property here; aud as l see that YOU
have ordered citizens to leave within II
days, l came to sec if you would make IN
exception in my case. fear if leave,
my property will DO destroyed"
General Sherman hat kind If
property do you own, sir? Perhaps l
will make an exception in your case,
sir"
Citizen-"l own q block of stores, 8
dwellings, plantation two miles out Of
town, and foundry"
Gen. Sherman--"Foundry, ch! what
have you been doing with your found
ryw
Citisen-"Have been making cast
ings."
General Sherman-"What kind of
castings? Shot aud shell, and all tha.
kind Of things ?"
Citisen-"Yes, I have made some shot
and she'll"
General Sherman-"You have been
making shot and shell to destroy your
country, have you? and you still claim
favor on account of being . Northern
man! Yes, sir, I will make IN excep.
tion in your case you shall 90 South to.
morrow morning at sunrise. Adjutsnt,
see that this order is carried out. Or.
derly, show this man the door,"
Ci.iIen-"But, General, cant I 80
North ?"
Gen. She,mau-"No, sir. Too many
of your class there already, sir"
Scanning the above, who does not on &c
more recognize the grea. military leader
as emiuently "the right man iu the right
place." in dealing with the more subtle
aspects Of the rebellion
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

A parsimonious Sc. captsiu snswer.
ing the complaints of his mon that the
bread was bad, exclaimed, What ! com.
plain Of your bread that is made Of dourl
What do you think Of tho Apostles! /!
they eat 'shew bread made from old
boots aud shoes !"
Says New Orleans correspondent:-
"Campbe.l's slave pen is now q rebel
prison. Get in dar ye'self,' said col
ored woman, ss she saw the rebel prison.
ers fling into the old pen. Use to put
US !" dsr. Get d,r ys''s1f, now. De
4 man was recently tried in New Fair.
field, Connecticut, for attempting "a
kiss, hug aud ticklo"-so the iodioe.
ment read--a certain woman.
1t is said thst printed declarations.
with blank forms, are to be used by
young ladies who have lovers too modest
to propose. The ladies themselves 6ll
out the blanks-aod, Of course, no sens.
ible man can refuse sigoing them.
Two acqnaintances meeting on 4 vet
day, the one greeted the Other with.
" Beautiful rain, this, sir: fetching
things out of the ground" Second
friend, diseensolately, "Hope not, cir
hope not. Got two wives there, sir"
Mrs. Psrtingtou, on reading On ID.
count Of ! schooner having her iibboon
carried away on Long Island Sound, one
night last week, wondered why peop!s
would leave such things out O doors.
nights. to be stolen, when there were 40
many buslers about filteriug everything
they could lay their hands TO-"
"John, did You ever bet on hora,
race p "No; but Ivc seen my sister
Bet on IN old mare.
Tears At Wedding are only the com.
mencemeus Of the pickle thst the youss
folks are getting into.
What is that which makes al vome.
equally pretty? Puttiug tho candles ous.
You can easily keep yourself shrouek.
out the winter from freezing By eettioe
continually into hot water with yorS
neighbors.
II say, Bss, where do dat comet ,is,
at"
1T rises in the forty sixth msridisa
ob do frisid zodiac, - laid down ia the
comic almanac"
swell, whore docs it set, Bas p
"Set! you fool! il doesn't set "A.
whero. When it gets tired o shioins i
gets in it, hole.'
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

What is fashion? Dinners At midnisht,
and headaches in the morning What 10
wit THAT peculiar kind Of talk that
leads to pulling noses, and broken heads.
What JOY TO count your money, sud
6od it hundred pounds more .hsn you
expect. What i, knowledgel- bs ..
way from homo when people come to bor.
row books and umbrellas. What 10 con.
tehtment!-To sit in the house, ADD zee
Others stuck 10 tho mud.
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PRECEDENT. for Our Finance.

Nothing can be more easily establish.
ed than that the croakings of the copper.
heads against tho present finan cial condi
tion of the country is Par. of their mul.
tiform scheme for the deception of the
unsuspecting, and the a!luring Of the
unwary from their allegiance to the Gov.
ernmcnt
The present high prices are very far
from being without precedent, as every
body who is only tolerably convcrsant
With history is very we'll svare; and the
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ma Il has been discovered thst = -

nA- II has been discovered that Z req.
u'sr sysscm cxisss 10 seus Ysrss sf tAis
State, among uoprinc'pIed persons, 10
defrsud the sacred fund now being rails
ed for the establishment Of an lows Sol.
diers' Orphan Asylum. The scouudrels
collect money, falsely pretending TO 30
agents Of the fund. Reverend Pearl ?,
ingalls,, the agent, gives notice Of eau.
tion to the people of Iowa, aud ssys that
agents within the limits Of their own
county, and persons authorized By the
County Associations, srs the only propss
persons to receive money.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
~ The Provost Marshal Gcner,I h

~ The Provost Marshal General has
issued orders for revising the enrollmest
BY putting in the names Of those psraeos
who have become liable to military duty
since the enrolment, and taking o6 tie
names Of those whose liability to dusy, ,by
reason Of over age, or cnIi.tment 10 the
service: has terminated, 60, 10. Re.
moval from ono sub district to another 10
required to be noted.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

~The Memphis Ne,cs tells Z story
OF gentleman Of that city who had led .
gay 'ifo during the somewhat protraoted
absence of his spouse. Tho evening Of
her return he requested to be awakened
early next morning, which che complied
with when the hour arrived BY shakior
him soundly, e*claimipg: "Jchn, get up,
il is daylight" "Is it :" replied her
husband with . frightened air, GOOD
gracious People will ses tns going
away from here"
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
A- A rebel wag perpct,aetd 4 vsr,

DAA rebel wag perpctraesd . very
good joke at tho expense Of his General.
New batteries Of artillery had been sent
from Richmond to replace those lost IN
the battle Of Cedar Creek. They were
marked "Licut. Gen. Early" Some
wag wrote over this address, For MAJ.
Gen. Phil Sheridan. care Of -" ysry
much to the indignation Of tho rebel eem.
mandcr.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

this country will appreciate tAs services
Of Mr.. Sprsgus 10 suggesting asd sss.
sessfally experimenting with nstssisl
so cbesp, 70 las.isg aad 70 snivsrsslly
sccessibls. -.~~.rs ys.....-.'
L. /. LAN0er1orH.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08
EXCHANGE OFFICE.

C,IGHT DRAFTS ON NEW YORK CAN BE
= had Of the Subscriber in sums to suit pur.
ehasers. Certificates of Deposit. and Drafts on
Eastern Cities, cashed. American gold furnish.
I'd at . small premium.
once over Holtslander's store.
WIN. H. TUTHILL.
Upton, Iowa: July lst, 1860.
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w n. ELLIOTT.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and Geaeral Col.
q lecting Agent. Applications made for
Back Pay, bounty and Pensions
Of discharged soldiers, or for the heirs of de.
ceased soldiers. No charge made nnless the
application ia successful. Office in the base.
n.ent Of the Court House, TrProS, Iowa. May II
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

JUSTICE Of THE PEACE, NorARr PrnLrc
- and Insurance AGENT. Participating Poll
cies issued on reasonable terms. Office with
the County Treasurer. in the court house.
Upton. lowe. Sept. 10th, 1868. [na6vlOysl
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j. r. KENNEDY.

DHySICIAN AND SURGEON, T,rrox, low A.
i Office, first door west Of Reigart & McNa.
masa's drug store; Residence, two doors north
Of the steam mill. fl0nlsl
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buggy aad team whips a good assortment Of
Collars, &C.. which win he sold At prcos to suit
he times. ADCASH PAID FOR HIDES.
Upton, January 18th, 1861.
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.,s. SYLvANUs YATES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, TlProK Iowa.
yXTILL promptly attend to all business in.
w trusted to his care. Particular attentio on
paid to collections. fn4ll
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DIR. r. r. SMITH,

DIR. p +. SMITH. -
CURGEON DENTIST. Artificial IN
- Teeth on vuicanized Rubber: 1nlD
also. Hunters or Aliens Continuous Gum and
Block Work, II desired. once over Childs'
store, Upton, Iowa. -=.-. 9n2l
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-08

GoVENoR's BRADFoRDS MESSAGE
BBLTIMoRE, January 7-Governor Bradford s.
Message was transmitted to the Legislature
to-day. He says that the faances of the State
are 10 prosperous condition.
emancipation;
~ believe to-day as have done for years
that We had long ago provided for the gradual
emancipation Of the slaves of the State, aud
that we should now be, rs regards all Nation.
elements Of public property, in advance Of
ar present position. a.#
= : am saiisGed that the people Of the State, in
heir moments Of calm and deliberate reAee-
Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-08
MEAhEs CAMPAIGN.

New YORK, January 1.-THE tribune
prints the following
Rev. 5. A. Hale, of Dover, OF New Hamp-
shire, recently visited the Army OF the Poto-
mac, and called on General Meade He writes
New Hampshire paper that he asked
'iaade to explain his last campaign, and tho
General was kind enough to do, so as follows :
Il went over the river to fight aud II my
o ders had been obeyed am confident that
lee's army might have been defeated My plan
sas 10 cross at Germana Ford, take the road
to Orange Court House. and push ON rapidly,
and il Lee should send his forces to stop me,
TO attack him in force and destroy that portion
of his army before he could concentrate the
whole OF il to oppose me, but one OF my corps
commanders failed me he WAS commanded
10 march at six o clock in the morning but
did not move till eight o clock. He was di-
rected, it Lee sent forces TO oppose him, to
attack at once, Leo did send Ewell down the
Orange Court House road, iust as | expected,
but my General stood and looked at him all
day aud did not dght, so No lost twenty-four
hours, aud gave Lee notice and time 10 con
eentrate his army, and take so strong posi-
ton that It could not be carried without great
loss, aud risk OF losing our army. Such a
fight would have damaged US, encouraged the
rebels, and prolonged the war. gave the or
der TO retreat" The corps commander refer
red 10 was General French, who was probably
10 drunk to know or to see his duty