The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-11-15

A band Of robbers thlewu a. train On
Tie Lo0isvflfe and Nashville Railroad I
off the track Thursday morning. near
Franklin, Ky. No one killed. but all
the passengers were searches By the
guerrillas, twelve In snumhers and roAr
bed of all their vSauahaes, hostaes $3.50
in money. Being usMble To sopen the
safe of the Adains Exnress Company
they set fife to the car. The
safe contained about $4,000. 4 party
of citizens are in search Of the robbers,
but rs yet they have not been found.
Great excitement prevails.
A New Orleans dispstch Of the Sth
says: 1.-THE Governor of Texas recon-
mended the extinction Of all appearance
of difference rs to civil rights between
blacks and whiecA Judge CAldweN, Of
Texas, member 0f the second Philadef
phia Convention, made . speech At An
derson. by special appointment, during
the session Of the Court. urging the cx-
tension Of suffrage to negroes, and de-
nouncing rebels and rebellion.
Among the latest appointment an
noVnced from Washington are the fol-
lowing: w. c. Stanberry, Internal
Revenue Collector Of the Sixth Iowa
OtSklCk, GdNAAlS> kVStAAAzSSNNh ~
Washington. Iowa, and J. G. Wood.
Postmaster at Warsaw. Indiana
The Arkansas State Legislature con-
vened at Little Rock on Wednesday.
On Thursday the Governors message
was read. It deprecates political excite.
ment, and favors the encouragement OF
education. railroads and Improvements.
The Governor recommends the State
Legislature tn carry into effect the prin-
ciples of the Civil Rights bill, but init
mates his preference for the constitution
al amendments. It's general tone is
mild.
\ correspondent few days ago visit
cd Carroll Hall, spacious building
within Fortress Monroe, erected origi-
nally to accommodate the officers on
duty. but lately made noteworthy ~ the
prison-house of Jefferson Davis. A
number OF men were engaged in rcmoy-
ing the iron bars from the windows, and
making other alterations to contribute
to the comfort of Mr.. Davis. His fami-
~ intend to take up their quarters with
in the hall. A suite of rooms win be
set apart. and they will need large re-
ception parlor to accommodate the WIS.,
itors. ..---...s.. ..-.... ..
DR.. John H. Baker, >. Soiin's Fur
mace. EdmanSnn county, KY. was as
sassinatcd on Tuesday morning. In
vestigations throw suspicion on John
Van Meter rs the assassin. Cause not
yet developed. hea - r
A census being taken in Alabama
shows that there is large decrease in
the negro population. In five counties
for instance, there has been since 1850
an INCREASE of over 900 whites, and .
decrease Of over 5000 negroes.
Daniel Diamond, enc 0: the Fsnian
prisoners on trial at Toronto. was ac-
Quilted The trial Of Thirteen others of
the prisoners has been indefinitely post
poned. sr r.. ..@@ ar*~ - @.r
Our relations with Great Britain arc
said to have greatly improved recently.
and it's anticipated that our claims will
be amicahly and speedily settled
The report of Maxinilian's sudden de-
parture from Mexico, on route for Europe
Is confirmed.
II is repos.sd that President johnson
will appoint 4. J. Rogers, the de-
feated copperhead Congressman of
New Jersey, as Minister to Chilli, in
place of the gallant General Fitzpatrick.
A ashington dispatch states that,
"a the result Of the recent elections, the
President has determined to be more
circumspect hereafter in granting par
don To leading rebels. He has almost
entirely stopped doing so.
4 cable dispatch of yesterday says:
An instruction has commenced in
Gambia. and it is officially stated that
, three fights had occurred in Geleda. in
which the insurgents lost liz killed.
All the Sphakiot chiefs, thirty in mum.
Der, have submitted Akeff Pacha will
| be Governor of the island. A further
| concession for the Christians, from the
Sultan, IL expected.
John Slevin, one of the Fenian pris
oners in Canada, was convicted and sen
fenced to be hanged on the 18th of De
cember. -.sa=
Advices by the Atlantic cable stat,
that the British Government is making
preparations for q Fenian uprising
which is generally looked for.
The instruction in Cochin China i
still dragging on its weary length. Tn
rebels are not yet dislodged from Tay
MIN aud Tromhay, and, it is reported
they only await the approach of the rain,
season to renew their warfare.
1t is reported that the President, Il
his forthcoming message to Congress
will recommend a unconstitutional amend
ment, somewhat modifying the one no,
pending.
Il Washington dispatch says: "Th
West demands" the removal OF Con
missioner of Internal Revenue Rollin:
and that it will be done. His successo
will propably be William Spooner,
Ohio.
The reports recently set afioat to til
effect that there has been misunde
: standing between President and Seer
tary Stanton in relation to army appoin
. ments, and that the latter was asked
, resign, are denied as entirely false.
The cable says that Geographic di
patches have been received at Londo
which state that the war in Japan
, over The report of the death of Il
4 Tycoon is confirmed.
: In Missouri, the returns, Official an
!. unofficial, from eighty counties. foot Z
rs follows: Radical, 3s,217; conserv
tiycs. "a ,649-radic.il majority, li.55
# These same counties gave. in 1884, a m
; jority of loo against the new Constit'
d tion. The balance OF the State is fave
e able to the radicals, and their maior;
e will certainly reach 5000.
The official returns of Delaware Civ
e Governor Saulshurv's majority as i OF
It and Congressman Nicholson's MAORI