The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-02-08

A correspondent writes from Macon,
Ga +, that he has been informed numer-
Gus negroes are being hired under false
prstenees and sold into slavery. The
negroes sre hired ~ If to work at ium-
boring il Florida or Georgia, 10 fact for
work Of sny kind. 80 distant IS to furnish
= pretexs for taking them on board yes
eel, aod they aro run over to Cuba where
purchasers are readily found. One stea
mer from Augusta, with considerable
sumbsr Of these deeeiy cd blacks on board,
made . trip to Cuba in three weeks
Several parties 10 Charleston have made
very profitable ventures. &sa }5a - ...'.
The wsr ssainst the hostile Apache
Indiana i about being iusugursted by
Gen Mcdowell with great vigor The
General left San Francisco to assume
personal superintendent Of operations.
and issued orders for the removal of troops
TO tho scene Of hostilities The other
1ndisn tribes are 90 operating With the
national forces against the Apaches. 81
A farmer who wished to invest the
accommodations IF his industry in United
States securities, went to Jay Cookies
st6co to procure the Treasury notes. The
clerk inquired what denomination he
would have them 10? Having never
heard that word used except TO di.tin-
guish tho religious sects, he. after little
aeliberstion. replied. even. you msy give
me part 10 Old School Presbyterian to
please the old lady, but give me tho heft
oo't in Freewili Baptist"
The Macon, Ga, Messenger says, two
thirds Of the freedmea 10 that part Of
tho South are disposed to go to work
but ~ general rule they are opposed to
hiring out to their former masters. They
wish to swap plantations, IS that gives
them q sense Of having secured their
freedom not otherwise attainable.
During the late disturbances 1t lanai
c.. tho negroes killed Is person. while
2.l40 negroes we're executed by Govern
ment, add large number killed by the
Maroons and soldiers. h r...e e..,...,
The Berlin correspondent Of the Lon.
don Times states that $4,000 Germans
emigrated to America last year vi. Ham.
burg and Bremen. Contrary to what wa.
formerly tho ea.e when very poor people
would lay BY few thalsrs to carry them
over, considerable portion of the emil
grants consist of small farmers, with q
thousand or two Of thalsrs.
The Cedar Rapids Times says, that
four dressed hogs we're brought into that
city few days ago, the aggregate weight
Of which was 100 pounds. One Of the
four weighed 600 pounds. What ~ i'm
msOsity Of fat was there!
| "A lady living near Fort Dodge late
" eSss birth TO = pair OF twins, making
the seventh pair she hiss given birth Il
in twelve years. And the chsncs for
spsokings, 10 thss household, is Qlerious
"A county "spe'ling match" is IL
take plsce ~ Montesums on the Sd o.
March. Five prizes ere to be given, thu
frat . "W.bs,~-'s Un.b,ida.d," new
edition. Each public school in the coun
y il il expected will send 6ve contest
ants.
/ -Cootracts have been let for building
the entire distance Of tho proposed rail
road from Vinton to Cedar Rapids; grad
ing is going on rapidly q. various place,
on tho linz; and the working generally
shows vital progress. So says tho Vintop
Eagle, which thinks that cars win b
running into Vinton BY the LAT Of Oct
next, At the farthcst, and on 10 Water
loo 10 : year from tho present time. il