The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-10-12

in gold, mostly old coinsgs; 1892 in
silver; l46 pieces Of foreign coin, gold
and silver, value not yet estimated, and
Sc bricks Of silver, weighing over five
pounds each. The value Of the whole is
somewhere over 100000.
Gov. Shsrkey, in reply to letter ad-
dressed to him by Col. Thomas, Assistant
Commissioner of Freedmen for Missis-
sippi, making inquiries in regard to the
manner and treatment Of the freedmen,
and whether they would be allowed, IN
der the amended Constitution Of Missis-
sippi, to testify in the courts Of justice,
says: IL have no hesitation in stating
to you, ss = necessary result from the
action of the convention, that, iu my
opinion, freedmen car now sue and be
sued 10 any court or State, and one Incl.
dent to their right and protection of per-
son aud property, which arc wholly guar.
antied by tho amended constitution, il
that they are competent to testify 10 any
court Of justice. Their rights, think,
are fully covered by the principles estab.
lished by the Convention which abolish
ed the whole system Of slavery, and, as
matter of course, any measure Of policy
which grew out Of that system"
The Augusta Coastitusionalist Of the
Sd inst. says many of the leading Metho-
dist div,nes of Georgia have, with tho
approval of their congregations, made
overtures to the Episcopal Church, and
some Of the clerical officers of the trien-
nial convention, to unite With that
Church. Their hostility to Northern
Methodism, and its incidental hatred of
the South in years past, is said to be the
prime motive Of the act.
The trial Of Champ Ferguson has been
brought to close, and his sentence sp-
proved by the President, which 10, that
he be hanged by the head until he is
dead, on the Goth of October, between |
the hours Of 10 a m. and 2 p m.
At Bowling Green, Ky, on the 9Th |
inst, the sheriff of the county had in
custody two negroes convicted of the
murder Of another negro, on their way to
the Nashville penitentiary. Upon arriv.
ing at Bowling Green, and when in the |
act Of changing cars, the sheriff was sur
rounded BY detachment Of eolored
guards, who demanded the release Of the
prisoners, which being refused they took
them by force, removed their handouts
and set them at liberty, and with fixed
bayonets they de6cd the sheriff and his |
party, threatening death to oil who op-
posed them.
Hon. James Harlan, Secretary of tho
Interior, and Col Corkhill, of Mt. Pleas. |
mt, Iowa, have recently purchased pair
If imported Cashmere goats, for which
hey paid one thousand dollars. This
pair were brought direct from Asia, and
t is from the wool of this species that 10
manufactured the costly cashmere shawls
md other fine goods. These animals
yield from three to six pounds Of wool
per head, which sells At from eight to
Twelve dollars per pound. It 10 the 10
'entlsn of these gentlemen, No under.
tsnd, to import an additional number Of
hese animals for breeding and crossing
With the common goat.
The DEBORAH (1owa) Republic says thu.
he First National Bank, at that place, |
. paying out on account of cattle and
logs thirty thousand dollars per day.
Davenport is the Wethersfeld Of the
Vest. 1t is stated that Scott county
las raised one million bushels of onions
his year. One man raised on six acres
400 bushels. Some of them will get
500 bushels to the acre.
POPULATION OF IowA.-From an
distract, compiled at the State Secreta-
Us Office, the census returns of the
State show the total white population to
'e 1000; colored, 9O4: voters, 1885,.
1913; militia, l4G,277; foreigu 97,-
IA; not uaturalized, l0,494; blind,
80; deaf and dumb, pol insane, Glib
Increase in two years, forty seven thous.
md nine hundred and twelve. Is that
for State which sent 49,
700 men to the war? Iowa was never
moro prosperous than now. Her towns
and cities are being filed, and new farms
ire constantly being opencd-aud still
they come, and there is room for more.
-Dav. Gaz.