The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-05-31
THE NEWS

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r. Lieutenant General Scott died al
West Point, n. Y, on the morning o.
the 10Th inst, at five minutes past elev.
en- O'Clock. He was born at Petersburg
Va, on the 18th of June, 1885, and was
/ therefore Il nearly eighty years of age.
Few men hrve had more eyentful ca
reer than his has been. His history is
closely identified with that of his coun-
try. II 9r4t2 =: @ y -. I'm"
Parties of Fenians, from the South and
| from Western cities, are reported to have
/ passed through Cincinnati and Cleve-
land last Tuesday, bound eastward; sup
posed destinations, Canada. Fenian
7 arms have also passed eastward as freight
I within q day or two. 1t is supposed
/ that General Sweeney'S much talked-Of
raid on Canada is about to be made.
At caucus of the Republican Sena-
tors held at Washington on Tuesday, a
plan for a reconstruction constitutional
amendment was agreed upon. The Re-
construction Committees proposed con-
stitutiOnal amendments are modified by
defining citizenship more clearly and
by substituting in place Of the third Sec
ton q provision that leading rebels shall
be ineligible to Federal offices. -..-.,,r -.
A Washington dispatch says there are
indications OF an early adjournment Of
Congress- -14.ss Ill az @!ss ""4& ~ Ai@
1t is understood that the trial of jeff.
Davis will commence next Monday, at
Richmond. .ynea..-rr .r..,f :,
las It is proposed in Congress to erect a
new. house for the President ard turn
the present White House into public
building for the use of the State Depart
ment. l,-s.4n s~5I ,a- 5s.* Isl.
The contemplated withdrawal of the
French. troops has caused considerable
excitement at the Mexican capital, and
it is said Maxaimillian will probably alb
dictate. 1Js.ft3 =a< t<a 1EE5. Tttos R*.f.l ,@I
Official advices from Our Ministers in
Europe predict the certainty of a gener-
al European war. Austria has, it is be-
lieved, determined to seild no more
troops to Mexico. e. iii 2fsG2 tn
It is estimated that we exported last
year 100000 bales ofeotton; which, at
the high prices it commanded, exceeded
financially, the amount received from
any yrevfous crop. 1t Is this that has
sustained our credit abroad and! saved
us from = business panic at home. d, Ea
There are now 1850 National Banks.
having an aggregate circulation of S276,-
$40, 5lV which is secured BY bonds held
by the United States Treasurer to the
amount of 1924 346, $50. ,,s M ~. 9r
THE ARMY WORM.--This enemy of
the crops, like John Browns soul, rs a.
marching on" in Missouri and in the
southern part of Illinois, devastating
fields, destroying gardens and causing
much uneasiness in the agricultural dis
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The Legislature of New Mexico at its
recent session provided by law fora Con-
vention to frame a State Constitution.
At the time Of meeting only thirty three
Of seventy-eight delegates called for APP
peared. The Convention consequently
adjourned sine die, and there will be no
State in New Mexico. w. ,f,..a .zf. ars
In the House, on the Goth. the, Senate
bill making further provision, for the es-
tablishment OF an armOry and arsenal at
Rock Island, ILL.,, was read twice and
referred to the Committee ON Military
Affairs. The. Tax bill was considered,
and an amendment was adopted impos-
ing tax of p per cent on the gross re-
ceipts from passengers and mails of rail-
road, canal, steamboat and stage-coach
Co.'S, providing that such companies,
have the right to add tax to their fares.
Treasurer Spinner, in communica-
ton to the New York Herald, saws that.
according to the act of Congress, the
Government is liable for the face values
of the notes Of national banks; and that
no case has arisen in which note-holders
have suffered loss. In other words, the
Government does not act in the capaci-
| ty. of joint trustee of the banks, and the
holders Of their notes, to pay them such
sums as they may realize from the sales
of the securities of the former, but it
stands rs the perfectly secured indorser
OF every circulation note issued by a
bank. -
Applicants for pardon are notso numer-
Gus as they were a few months ago, but
those WHO do apply are none the less i'm
portant. Pardons were granted, on the
Doth, in thirteen cases of the classes in
cluded in the first and thirteenth claus
es Of the amnesty proclamation.
Mrs. jeff. Davis has had long inter
view with the President. She had been
visited by number of persons OF more
or less eminence, among whom was Mrs.
Reyerdy johnson. Since she has con-
suited with her friends, she has conclud-
ed to ask for her husband to ne gwen the
liberty Of Fortress Monroe for the pres
, ent, and for the removal Of Gen. Miles,
who Is not as courteous and conslderate