The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-08-24
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A this late date there is a plea for the
pardon of jeff Davis-from the ladies Of
Augusta, Ga. The ground Of the petit
ton is not stated, but the effort was
doubtless suggested by feminine SYM
pathy. -,
A Washington dispatch says it is I'M
derstood that the sentence Of death pass.
ed upon G. st Leger Grenfel, one of the
Chicago conspira,ors, has been cotnmu-
ted by the Presiden. into imprison m mt
for life, at herd labor, a, Dry Tortugas.
The Southern Christian Mtell,gencer,
Of August 9th, gives sickening accoun.
of the horrid bru,ali,ies practiced upou
poor negroes By their recent masters, IL
localities where there are no pational
troops The number of murders of the
poor negroes foots up an aggregate Of
several hundred per day.
A party Of outlaws known as Tom
Clark's band, whom even the late Con-
federacy did not recognize, and for the
arrest Of whose leader Gen Hood offered
large reward Gin rebel money! last fall
have lately been making havoc in North
ern Alabama They made descent up
on the house Of John Wilson, near
Florence, killed him By roasting in order
TO extort money, aud then killed the rest
OF the family, including the 0verseer, his
wife, and two daughters 4 lad named
Foster escaped, after being severely
wounded, by feigninc desth The Fed,
eral troops succeeded 10 capturing two
men, who, upon being Recognized by
young Foster, were shot. Thc soldiers
convincing the pursuit killed ten more
on their own recognizance.
kENTuckY.-The Kentucky delcga
ton in Congress will probably stand. fyc
emanc'pa'Ionists TO four CopperL,ads.
The popular majority against tn" Cousti
tutional amendment will probably be
about three thousand
In Washington, on Thursday night %
last week, Secretary Harlan made speech
IN response to serenadc. 10 which he
argued that President johnson, in his,
policy OF reconstruction, differed 10 no
material point from the course pursued
by President Lincoln.
The Times Washington special states
that at recent political meeting in
Charles county, Nd, a negro, for cheer
lDg speaker who sndurssJ~ thu l. nina
was beaten by large number of citizebs.
lncIud'ng among them magistrate pam
ed Fred. Dent, DR.. Clio Mudd, brother
of tho couspirator Mudd, and Others
Dent, the magistrate, subsequently sent
the beaten negro to Jail for attempting to
defend himself.
The Bureau of Agriculture estimates
that the wheat crop Of 1863 will fall
2G,24l G9s bushels below that Of 1864
--2S S64 IA If the decrease being in
the Westeri''aud Northwestern States.
Three children Of jeff Davis-two
boys aud a girl-arriv,d at Albany on
the morning If the 18Th inst, on the
steamer st John, stopped at the Delavan
House for f"w hours, and left on the
Rensselaer, and Saratoga Railroad for
Montreal. They were accompanied by
the mother Of Mrs Davis, white ser.
want girl, and man servant The
Eee"t"g JournM says: "a large crowd
was attracted to the Dclavan House,
where quite a disgusting scene took
place. A number of women went i,
and, amid the most extravagant profess
Sons Of delight and affection, repeatedly
kissed the children"
An earthquake occurred at Cairo on
the morning. of the Eth inst, lasting
between two and three minutes. The
hrst shock rcsemb'ed heavy explosion,
out was without noise, except the rat.
Ting OF windows, and which seems to
nave been much heavier in some parts of
the city than others. Next came several
slight undulations, like waves, which
gradually subsided into trcmulous mo.
tions, with intervals of about three see
onds. The rumblings became gradual
lighter, until 1t was almost mpossible tt
say when they had ceased. The fop,
and five story brick buildings on the
ievee were vacated by the majority Of thu
occupants In few seconds. aud iiancher
cheeks and pal plating hearts were plen
titui 1t was the most serious shock
that has been felt there for wears. vet n,
damage was done so far as heard from
Gen Grant was welcomed to his home
at Ga!"na, on last Friday, by magnif
cent ovation. At E,giu, while the l.,
General was rrcaiyinu tLa gn},,..;