The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-08-10
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heard from, passed of quietly. Tho re
turns indicate the election of three Unior
and two Copperhcad members to Con-
gress. There we're no reports from 9th
er districts. Campbell is supposed tt
have $500 majority in the Nashville
District. Maynard, Union, is elected in
tho Knoxville District. Stokes, Union
in the Chattanooga District. Cooper
Union, in the Shelby District, and
Thomas, Copperhead, in the GAINESVILLE
District. The vote was light.
Gen. Ortega, a representative of the
Mexican Republic, now in New York,
received significant ovation in that city
on Thursday evening. He appeared at
Delmonico's, on Fifth avenue, during
the evening, where large crowd of
friends and sympa.hizers had assembled
to d. him honor. During the evening {
letter was read from Gen. Phil. Sheri
dan, which was against the French
Dynasty, and will have much weight
with the American people.
Telegraphie communication Is now
open to Galveston, Texas, via TT. Smith,
Little Rock and Camden, Arkansas /;
Shreveport, La, and Houston, Texas.
At present it will only be used for mill.
tary purposes, bu. in short time it will
be open to public use.
A dispatch from Des Moines says it is
reported on good authority that the es.
petition against the Indians has accom-
plished its mission, and is on its return
to Sioux city. 1t met at Fort Benton
representative Indians from many tribes,
who were anxious for peace and per-
maneut treaty. They, like their civilized
rebel friends, regard themselves as con.
Tusrea, suhiu-asea II this report be
true, the Indian war may be considered
at an end for the present.
g. A correspondent also writing to the
Sts Paul Press, of previous date, says
That Gen. Sully is in conference with a
large number Of Indian representatives.
The old Indians want peace, but the
young ones moro fight. The American
FUR Company were engaged in the dirty
business of incing the Indians to cc""ntln-
;ue their warfare against the American
whites.
The State Department at Washington
has received information that orders have
been given by the French commander at
Mexico for the restoration of property to
tie United States carried off by the in.
ssurgents to that country, on the occasion
,of the av.cnation of Brownsville.
The Congressional elections in Ken
the return of Hon. Green Clay Smith to
congress-, from the Covington District.
Gen. Rousseau has q large majority in
Louisville, but the returns from the
country towns throw a doubt upon his
election. There are no returns from the
other districts.
1t is stated in our foreign items that,
in return for tho decoration of the lie
gion Of Honor, which Napoleon had sent
to the two Kings of Siam, those poten
tates sent back with great pomp the
oriental Order of the White Elephant.
That makes the second decoration of the
kind the Emperor now has, for we
believe he finds he has something of the
Order of au elephant" that he got in
MaximiIian's Empire.
The New York Herald says call for
a National Convention, consisting of
three members from each Congressional
District to devise means for securing the
right of suffrage to the colored people,
is being extensively circulated and signed
IN Norfolk, Portsmouth and Southeastern
Virginia.
Gen Sheriden has been ordered BIZ
the War department. to muster on, all
the volunteer troops that can b. spared
from the service
a treaty has in.. been conqumma,cd
amDup The br*aa.y %,.4ih Atnerie..
State At:1az ~ ta'.oop .eess yevy.a
.H1 - $40 GgpAt,pp Ge,unoe at,atu4, tor
49, a@arfte&{4pt 4 IA, al;alCe u a,...er
see4 t4pp3uY Eact t. -lu.aL.u,ra,
~sth &1y nUspyp ssttaNttug ,lGuer lnle
- intended 70 egg,t@'set tbe ng&chio4
tions Of Napoleon aud IaximIl.ioa The
States Included in tho treaty are Saliva
dor, Bolivia, Columbia, Chilli, Ecuador
Peru and Venezuela.
A report by the Freedmen's Bureau
at Washington does no. give very fat
tering account of affairs in Mississippi
In sections of tho State where wher
there are no Uuiou troops, the planter
maintain slavery iutact, and treat thei
former slaves with more than wantor
cruelty. They declare their determine
tion not to acknowledge tht Emancipa-
ton Proclamation until they are compel
led to do SO by military force
A dispatch from Queenstown, dated
July q, per City Of Bosten, states tina
the steam ship Great Eastern had pnyec
out the Atlantic Cable three hundred
miles from the starting point Every
thing was proceeding successfully. The
signals were good and the weather fine
A private note from Cyrus w. Field says
ave expect to reach Hearts Content
Newfoundland, about the 9TH of August.
Several dispatches had been sont from
the Great Eastern to Mr.. Seward at Lon
Ia,