The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-06-15
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close. AL VIC esaue"oe
the exception Of that of Payne's father,
Who !, on his way from Florida, to tes-
tify to the probable insanity OF the assas'
sim If be does not reach Washington
bv to-day his testimony will not be re.
ceived.
Intcllieence from JEFF. Davis in his
prison indicates that he raves and other
wise conducts himself as to lead some to
the belief that he is approaching insanity,
while others think that he is simply
that malady to save himself from
his immediate fate. Oh 4n..s@o@1
Ex. Governor Moore, Of Alabams, has
been arrested and sent to Washington.
The steamer Gov Troup, from Angus
ia to Savannah, with a cargo of cotton,
was burned recently. Forty lives were
lost. Eight lives were also lost recently
on the Yazoo river by tho sinking OF tho
steamer Idaho which was coll'ded with
the Poland.
Mrs Lydia 8. sigourney, the favorite
poetess, died in Hartford yesterday NOR
ming at the ripe age Of seventy-six years.
In place of the down fail Of the Mex
lean Republic, important successes are
reported to the Republicans arms in Mich
oacan. s-.vgr-
The traitor Breckenridge is reported
to have reached Cuba, thereby escaping
the fate which seems to await his chief.
Our latest dispatches from North
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama indicate
the Inauguration of an era of good feeling
in those States, while in South Carolina
the citizens are calling for protection
against the brutality of their own people.
Another sad disaster has happened at
sea. The steamer Admiral Dupont, on
her way from Boston to Fortress Monroe,
was run into by British vessel, and
sunk in ten minutes, taking down with
her fifteen to twenty Of the passengers
and crow. The remainder were saved.
The British vessel was so badly injur-
ed that she was obliged to be "beached'
to save her from going down.
The Cincinnati Commercial, of Sat-
urday, says that the notorious guerrilla,
Quantrcll, died in LOUISVILLE Military
Hospital, on Wednesday, from the effects
of wound received on tho 10th of May
last.
About 5000 rebel prisoners who took
the oath Of allegiance are about to be re.
leased from the Old Capitol Prison BY
order of Gen. Grant.
Since the removal of restrictions on
trade in the South, the quantity Of cot.
ton, rosin, ETC., brought forth at Will.
mington, N. c., is surprising. Where
40 much comes from is q wonder to the
people.
The railroads in South Carolina will
soon be in running order with facilities
as complete as before the War. The
South CaroIins people sre rapidly sooea.-
modating themselves to tho altered con.
dition of affairs. ....--. ~.
There are now about 10000 sick and
wounded soldiers in the military hospi.
tails of tie country. The number is be-
ing reduced at the rate of from ], 900 to
1900 per day, by the dis charge OF those
who are able to 60 to their homes.
Orders will be issued in few days dis
continuing the number Of general hospi-
tails in the West and Southwest.
The Savannah Herald mentions the
arrival of Mrs. Davis and party, from
Fortress Monroe, and Mrs. Davis ex'
presses great anxiety to go to Europe,
and inquiries for vessels to Nassau, or any
other place from which she could get te
England or France. She also made thu
remark that she had probably seen MIR
Davis for the last time"
The news from Europe by the steame
Africa is interesting. Lord Palmcrston
in answer to an interrogatory addresse,
to him in the House Of Commons, sal,
that the correspondence between the gov
ernment Of the United States and that o
Her Majesty, relative to the depreciation!
of the Alabama, had been continued w
to the present time He added that thu
correspondence had been conducted il
perfectly amicable spirit. It's evident
therefore, that the recent reports from
European newspapers on this subiec
have not been wholly without foundation
) 1t is to be observed, however, that Uni
ted States bonds have advanced slight
in the London market since the depar
uro Of tho North American, which sal
ed on the 25th The tone of the Eng
lish journals is decidedly adverse to pay
ing the claims.
A terrible casualty occurred at Chicag
on Wednesday night, by which eigh
persons were buried beneath the ruins {
a falling wall. Two Of them were take
. from the debris crushed to death, and ST
, others in condition that makes the r
s covery of several Of them doubtful. I'll
2 accident occurred a. FIRE on South Wat
Q street, which destroyed property to II
amount of $4,000. The flames h,
8 been nearly subdued when the deplorab
J. catastrophe occurred.
S The new Constitution of Missouri
y without doubt, been adopted. Retur
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