The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-05-24

and Slidell have both been arrested at
the st. Lawrence Hall, Montreal.
i The Senate will reject all appoint
lnents Of Conservative Republicans, even
when they have served In the army or
navy, In place of present officehOlders.
! Several appointments have been made
i'm Massachusetts, but they will not be
confirmed.
The Times City of Mexico correspon-
dent says, Quantrell reached Secatrath
last August with IL companions, bound
for the Pacific port of Mazetlan on a pi-
ratical EXCURSION, intending to take pas
sage on the steamer John l.. Stephens,
and take possession of her on the voyage
The plan, however, was frustrated BY
giving information to the agent at Ma
zetlan. Magruder, Shelby, Price 4 Co.
are at CortiOva, Mexico, with about -
ex-rebels, each Of whom has from 3als to
$40 acres of land. which they purchased
from private individuals. @=
| The health Of jeff. Davis, is now re-
ported to be on the mend. A weekly
report Of the condition of his health is
made by the Post Surgeon to Washing
ton. He is allowed abundance of liquors.
cigars, and many little luxuries are ex-
tended him through the courtesy of Off
GERS OF the. garrison. Ms. Davis is
allowed uninterrupted access to mis- cell
at certain hours of the day. She has
J been assigned a easement such as wives
and families of officers occupy. This
privilege she has not availed herself Of
When President Lincoln, in Ami,
1865, called for 5000 militia for three
months service, the army of the United
states had on the rolls II 900 men. Du-
i thk&pnSlpInU
enlisted; Of which 2,O4s, 1n3 left the army
alive; of the balance, nj, 0ss died in bat
tie, or Of wounds, while 18l ,33l died Of
disease. The nunher OF white troops
enlisted was about 900 900. The num-
Der OF deaths among them PSI IL, or one
death out Of ten. The number Of colored
troops was 10000, out Of whom ~ ,29S
died, or about one out of six, being nearly
double that Of the deaths among white
troops. The mortality among volunteers
was nearly b per cent. greateE than
among the regulars. These statistics are
taken from official records, but while
they give tie number nf those who died
in service, they make no mention of
the host obliged to leave the army who
went home to die.
A YEARS MISUNDERSTANDING the
year ending the first of the present month
the bank swindlings and embezzlemcnts
in this country amounted to about eight
million one hundred and sixty four
thousand dollars, besides three million
four hundred and seventy-tWo thousand
dollars of what are termed vulgar and
violent robberies."
The heads Of fifty clerks iu the Treas
nry Department were dropped into the
basket on Saturday, OstensibIy for in
competency, but really because they de-
clined to sustain "my policy. Three
clerks have been appointed to the same
department during the week on the re-
commendatiOn OF Senator Guthrie, of
kentucky.
Gen. Grant has directed the muster
out OF six more colorcd regiments, while |
seventeen thousand will be retained in /
the service. 1t is intended to send "A /
number of them out to the far West
Mr.. +. b. II. Stenhouse, editor of the !
Salt Lake City Daily 7slegra2oh and Mr..
Thomas Taylor, agent for Mormon emil |
grafton, arrived here from Utah. They
report that the Territory is in flourish
ing condition. Mr.. Taylor comes East
to prepare for the reception of large
number of Mormon immigrants, who are
expected to arrive here early in the
About one thousand are to
come from Norway and Sweden, and
probably seventeen hundred from Eng
land. Others will arrive from various
parts Of the continent. In all, about
three thousand Normons from Europe
are now preparing to emigrate to Utah,
to cast in their lot for life with the dis
ciplcs of Brigham Young. There are
now about one hundred Mormon mis-
slonaries in Europe, working under the
direction of "Brother Brigham,n and |
~ n n IT, Ia,
about to open an Office in this. city, in
which the general business of the Nor
mon immigration will be conducted
". y. Fec. Post.
In the Senate, on the l6th the Colo
RADIO veto messag was read. Mr.. Wilson |
Introduce bill fixing the military peace
establishment. Itprovides for five reg
iments Of artillery, six of cavalry. and
thirty-fve of infantry. a bill was in
troduccd to transfer the Indian Bureau
from the Interior to the War Depart
mcnt. The Consular and Diplomatic
Appropriation bill was considered, and
an amendment adopted giving to our
Government agents in Hayti, Liberia
and Dominica the title of Ministers Res
idcnt and Consuls General. In the
House, bill further to provide for the
safety OF passengers on steamships was
passed. 1t prevents the transportation
ofnitro-glycerine. The House non-con-
Cured in the Senate amendment to the
act regulating the place of holding the
United States Circuit Court for Virgin
| ia and as ed for q Con,n,;t@,o re r,.r
cncc.
The Military Committee will soon re-
port q bill for the equalization ofbounties,
giving each soldier who has not yet re-
ceived his bounty 800 per year. This
WIZ require the appropriation of $500,
600 900 1