The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-12-21


cause is in the ascendant. This promp
reply, taken with tho action Of both
houses Of. Congress in regard to the posi-
ton Of the government, will. probably
open the eyes Of the Emperor.
| The French legation al Washington j.
reported to bssisrmsd at the prompt and
significant action of Congress in reference
to the Mexican scheme, and the Secreta
~ Of that legation has been dispatched to
France for distractions from the Epper'
or.
JEFF Davis has had a clergyman with
him in his prison IN entire day, and the
sacrament was administered to him. -.t
/ Hon. Thomas Corwin, of Ohio, was
struck by paralysis, at Washington, last
Friday night, and is considered danger
ously i'll. 81. ,Ta- .'.,- 's~e"
The steamer Peerless was destroyed by
fire in the Ohio river.at Cairo, Friday
night. A cargo Of horses and freight
were consumed. ">.s@s 2.s-
A proposition by the Legislature Of
Virginia, to remove the negroes OF that
State to Florida, is before the authorities
at Washington, and will be submitted to
Congress. ... ..s.s...., -. s,t.,..,4
A resolution is pending in the House
of Representatives instructing the Com
mittee on Military Affairs to inquire into
J Ine propriery Ut payi"s P.neiops 90
| viviDg representatives of ous hundred
day volunteers who died while in tho
service. .,aa ra ..s.t .-t. : ..-.
The cholera is apparently making a
flank movement on this continent. A
report from Vera Cruz, Mexico, states
that it had arrived at that place.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed
resolution providing for erecting a
monument to the memory Of the Confed-
crate dead at the seat of Government.
VIM. Corbett and Patrick Fleming,
the murderers of Patrick Moony, IN the
town of Cicero, Cook county, H., were
hung at Chicago on Friday last. They
confessed their guilt, but denied any
evil intent, having been drunk at the
time of committing the murder. Thus
King Alcohol has three more victims.
T.. The number of rebel prisoners captured
and parolsd during the war, was 329, 900;
Of Union prisoners, 157 900.
The apple crop of Orleans county, N.
Y, shipped to market, amounts to &c.,
900 barrels, for which producers were
paid $4,000.
The New Orleans rebels ar. contribut.
ing for monument to Msmford, the
rebel who was hanged by Gen. Butler
for hauling down the American flag.
The product Of the gold and silver
mines Of Montana, for 1865, will BE- up.
wards Of SIG, 100000.
The Senate Committee on tho District
of Columbia have reported favorably to
the adoption of Universal suffrage in the
District Of Columbia. There will be an
election in the District, on Thursday of
this week. to ascertain By ballot the opin-
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The bill prohibiting tho importation of
cattle has passed both houses of Congress
and only awaits the Presidents signature
to become law. The bill absolutely pro
hibits the importation of foreign cattle,
and the Secretary Of the Treasury is in
structed to make such regulations as will
give the law full and immediate effect.
After the President has given thirty
days notice that no further danger is to
be apprehended from the spread Of for
elgn infections or contagious diseases
among cattle, the prohibition il to cease.
At Winda!l, Upton county, Indiana,
on Monday, an old man named Golf was
found murdered in his houss-his body
hacked to pieces, and his head cut off and
pounded into an iudistinguishabls mass.
The old man was outspoken in bis loyal
ty, and certain copperhead rufian il
suspected Of being the assassin.
IOWA NEWS.