The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-03-29

washington correspon dent of the Gin
cinnatti Commercial comments:
"But. flour own boys must be Kept IN
service by bare brute force, at the risk OF
mutiny, after they are free In law and in
equity, and are sorely needed at home,
that the precious chivalry, whose glory
is still in the memoirs of Libby, Castle
Thunder and Andersonville, may not be
vexed by the sight of negroes in olue,
somebody may be wicked enough to WISH
that Wilkes Booth had never oeen
born"
Gov. Brownlow made a speech at
Knoxville on Saturday, in which ne
said: II have some secrets to tell OF
the Freedmen's Bureau bill. think
the bill was Objectionable, and it might
have been proper for me to veto 1t; but
President johnson ought not to have
done it. Generals Howard and Fiske
drew up that bill; they carried it to the
President, and read it to him section 6y
section. He favored it, Gen. Fiske
thoughtthe expense would be too great,
but the President said no. He urged it,
and promised to signit if Congress pass
ed it. It went through both houses. In
the mean time he got into personal
quarrel with Sumner and others ana
when the bill came before him for his
signature, he vetoed it, after having
promised to favor it. This is a secret,
but true" This is Gov. Brownlow's
version. Others equally trustworthy
contradict these facts.
At a fancy ball of the Tuileries lately,
there was a quadrille of all nations The
prettiest girl in Paris was chosen to rep
resent France. 1t was the charming
Miss Beckwith, an American! She
wore a white satin dress, with tri-color
sash. Brunettes rejoice! Miss Beck
with is described as having beautiful
black hair. BY the by, yellow fever is
still raging there; we mean in hair.
Ladies are still striving to be walking
vegetables.
Private letters at st. Paul, received
from Fort Garry, speaks of an intense
excitement which pervades all class
es, on account of recent discoveries
of gold near that place. The infor-
nation in regard to the matter is quite
meagre, but the fact that very rich dis
coveries have been made, and that
large amount of the precious metal, in
the shape of nuggets, has been transfer
red to the pockets of the fortunate dis
coverers, seems to be well authenticated.
The first discovery was made about
seven miles from Fort Garry, by employ
es of the Hudson Bay company, who
endeavored to keep it profound secret
while they were filling their pockets.
their nuggets for goods or the "coin of
the realm,n resulted in public exposure
of the matter. A letter states that some
of the nuggets brought from fifteen to
twenty pounds sterling.
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flag in various placesin the Department
of Arkansas, Gen. Reynolds has issued
a special order dated the 5th inst, for
"the arrest on the spot of any persons
whatever, who by word or deed may be
guilty. of such outrage. Commanding
officers are to receive parties SO arrested
and hold them to trial, and each COM
mandent is especially enjoined to keep
the national flag flying. The rebels
must get used to it.
The Rhode Island Legislature has
passed bill prohibiting the exclusion of
children from any public school Oh ac-
count of color or race. The law goes in
to effect OH fine 10Th of May next.
The new residence of Gen. Grant at
ten years ago by Senators Douglass,
Rice, and Breckinridge, as their metro
politan residences while in office. Gov
has used the whole block as a
hospital during the rebellion. The house
adjoining Gen. Grants belongs to Alfred
Ely, a sagacious and highly-respected
colored man, flour dealer, and reported
to be worth 100000.
Petroleum V. Nasby," or otherwise
David r. Locke, now an editor OH the
Toledo {Ohio) BLADE, was, in 1850, fore
man of the Corning Journal office. NJ.
entail and INSCRIPTIONS copperhead ed
itors in the Northwest, was then "devir'
in the same office.
They are agitating in New York a
system of steam towing on the canal by
running on tracks on each
bank, doing away with horses altogether.
Each locomotive will draw q fleet Of
boats.
Word comes from England that all the
ships leaving Liverpool for this country
are filled with emigrants, and that emf
grafton to the United States will be
enormous this year-greater than ever
before.
It is not what people eat; but what
they digest, that makes them strong.
LII Is HOU w lltlC VlISy GAM Duo "Aeo WHY
save. that makes them rich. It is not
what they road, but what they remem-
Der, that makes them learned. 1t is not
what they profess, but what they prac-
tice that makes them good.
It appears that the Committee on
Weights and Measures and Coinage are
in favor Of adopting decimal system,
and that in their opinion the metrical
system of weights and measures, though
no. -.,i4hnnt its defects, 10, oil things con-
sidered, the best in use. The committee
therefore suggest that the Academy OF
Science recommend to Congress to au-
thorize and encourage by law the intro
duction and use of the metrical system
of weights and measures, and that will,
a view to familiarize the people with the
system, the Academy recommend that