The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-11-02
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goth. has returns from 80 counties,
nearly oil Of which are Official. Gov.
Stones majority 10 15,942 The other
counties will increase it to 10000.
Latest sdvices from Mexico state that
tho Liberal force beseiqing matamosas
has been whipped and driven off. The
siege is consequently raised. Cortio's
had resigned the commsnd Of the Liberal
forces prior to their defeat, for the rss-
son that he Was not allowed to lead sn
assault. a
An officer Of she army, who has made
several inspections Of the Anderson vile
prison, reports to the government that
the number Of persons starved to death
At that point exceeds the total killed and
wounded of the British in the great bit.
ties Of the peninsular war and at the
battle Of New Orleans.
The President of tho United States in
. dispatch to JAS. j. johnson, Provis-
ionsl Governor Of Georgia, refuses to
recognize any State which admits the
legality Of the rebel war debt. .'.' "
The Georgia Convention has adopted a
memorial to the President for the pardon
Of JEFF. Davis, repealed the resolutions Of
! the secession convention incompatible
with tho laws of tho United States, pass.
ed an ordnance re distributing tho State,
making seven Congressional District, and
ordered an election for State officers and
members Of Congress, to take place on
the 9th inst.
Vsllandighsn made = speech in Day.
ton, Ohio, recently, 10 which he virtual
" admitted the existence of the order
known As the Sons Of Liberty, and what
is more, that the main idea of it was the
establishment Of . Northwestern Coofed.
eracy. !.
A special dispatch from Washington
says, the War Department has decided,
with the approval of Gen Grant, not to
restore the property Of Elk Gov Henry
A. Wise, Of Virgins. Gen. Terry's 40:
tion in refusing to give up the estate 10
fully sustained. The house is still used
as school for the children of Freedmen,
and John Browns daughters are the
teachers
On tho goth inst. the Express train
on the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne aud Chi.
csgo Railway. ran into freight train on
the main track at Lucas, eight miles cast
Of Mansfield. -Four cars Of the passen-
ger train we're firmly wedged together,
and the passengers had to climb out of
the windows. The locomotive and ten
der were thrown from the track against
the bauk adjoining, but not badly iojur
ed Strange to say, but two or three
persons were injured, and those very
slightly.
Last week a number Of citizens of
Crawford Co, Ind arrested . couple of
uen suspected of having > few nights
p-"~ious!y attempted 20 break i-.~ SCI
ersl houses in that vicinity. They failed
10 give . Satisfactory account Of them.
selves to the mob-did not deny their
guilt or affirm their inoocence-snd re-
fused to give their nance. The citizens
then procured . rope and hung them to
a tree, to compel them to divulge, which
they persi.tep.ly refused to do, and after
hanging aud letting them down several
times, without elici.ins any information,
they were found to be dead.
A terrible and bloody conflict took
place in Scranton, Penn 4 few nights
ago. A m.rchsnt named Wait awoke 10
tho night and saw burglar at his bureau
drawer He Jumped out of bed aud seiz
ed him BY the throat. The burglar
caught Mr. Waits thumb in his mouth !
and, struggling together they both we6O
tumblipg down stairs Mrs. Wait came
10 her husbands rescue and grssped the
burglar by the leg. Soon one Of Mr.
Waits soos appeared, and then another
The burglar, still struggling with Mr..
and Mrs. Wait, fred a, both tho sons
and wounded each A third son at last
belabored the burglar with stick of
wood ard at last brought him down sens.
less. Aftera short time the neiphbors
were aroused, and such house il seldom
met; blood marked the skirmish from the
first, and tho hall aud porch we're cover
ed with blood and torn garments The
TopurF was lOeutlueN % one OF those VINO
had been about the neigLborhood ped
ding linen table cloths.
The Fenian Senate met in session on
the 9th ult., at the Astor House in N.
York city. Members say everything is
progressing finely. They say that mil
nary plan by which the freedom Of Ire.
land from the British Government can
be secured, was submitted and discussed
BY the leading representatives, but no
decisive action has yet been taken on it.
1t is further stated that the Congress has
perfected their great scheme for the re-
demption Of Ireland, aud that most per-
feet unanimity prevails.
A committee of eminent Italians. resi-.
dents Of Washington, lately waited on
tie President and presented Z petition
from tn" Italian Executive Committee At
Milan, for the abolition of capital punish.
ment in behalf Of mercy to JEFF. Davis.
The President received the petition with
only the inquiry, in an accent Of surprise,
Why they pleaded for Jefferson Davis