The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-07-05

her Asiatic possessions from the grasp of
the Russian Bear. Then there Will be q
war, the like If which which thesworld
never saw before. Ia
TIE KANd ARoo CoNvENTr6N.-6
its rport of The Benton Ballinter- En-
wards Convention, the State Register says
that at two o'clock, the hour for which
the Convention was called, not q dele
gate was in the Court room, and it was
mot until four O'Clock that the Conven-
tionmade its appearance. 1t adds:
"Rumors were current that it was in
session in one the bed rooms in the Sa--
very House and would probably come a
flank movement on the spectators by
nominating ticket, adopting a plat
form, and adjourning at the Hotel; but
the rumors were only half correct. The
delegates did really meet in secret cau-
Gus in one Of the parlors OF the Slavery
House, and agreed upon nominations
PLATFORM, &C., but lest their action
might seem, to be cowardly and con-
temptible, they marched in body to
the Court House, went through the
mockery of organizing, temporarily and
permanently, appointing committees,
suggesting the names of candidates, and
going through the entire routine of pro-
ceedings In open Convention, just as
though they had not been all day in
close consultation with Copperheads and
had had not not, already practically concluded
r"This Convention, taken al In all was
the most solemn, yet ludicrous mockery
Of q deliberate body, protesting to select
candidates to fill important political off,
ices for a great State, ever before seen at
-
i read. no baliotings were. called for; but a
smaller number of men, of smaller cali
Der than ordinarily select nominees for
l Justices of the peace and constables in
i townships, went through the ceremony
{. of choosing for three quarters of a mill
ion of intelligent citizens the rulers into
whose hands the destinies of the State
! should be committed for the next two
years" ,"'t7o 1'@3' 'f' ''' .a7'5H.. 2'''
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WANTS OF kINGs.--The poet writes,
"Man wants but little here below" But
I this remark does not apply to Kings,
4 who want a great DEAL "A war Of gi-
gantic proportions has commenced In
Emperor of Austria wants HOlstein, had
it and has lost it.
4 Prussia wants Hanover, Mecklenburg,
Nassau, Brunswick, Oldenburg, Saxony
the Saxon Duchies, Darmstadt, the
Hesses, Frankfort, Bremen, Hamburg,
Lubec, and the territory of a dozen other
little kinglets. 40.
The Austrian Emperor wants Bavaria
Wirtemburg, and Baden, and don't
want the Prussian King to obtain the
small States of Northern Germany.
The King Of Italy wants Venice and
Rome--the former first, the latter after
wards. nts5 t..aEsa5f
,fe In
Rhine provinces of Prussia and Belgi-
UNI. ''@' .'@
The Emperor of France wants the
Rhine provinces of Prussia, and Belgi-
UNI. -s.t-E .~fs il .-*-.e ..st = .s.
The Emperor of Russia wants as
much OF Turkey as he can possibly OBJ
tain by hook or crook. The Emperor OF
Austria wants slice of Roumania, and
Greece would like very much to extend
heriboundarics to include ancient Mace
donia. The Queen ofiSpain wants Por-
tugal, il there are no serious objections,
and the King afSwatlnn wants what ir
left of Denmark, in order to collect all OF
Scandinavia under one Government.
The Queen Of England wants nothing
only to be let alone. Thus all the
Powers covet their smaller neigbbor's
possessions except Great Britain. Little
Holland and Switzerland are the only
small Nations not seriously Inenaced and
in danger of being Swallowed, But il
Prussia should take Hanoveran Olden
: burg, and cede her Rhine Provinces tt
France, she may claim the right to Hol
land if'Ffance annexes Belgium. Tha
the map of Europe will be materially re
constructed before the war ends, has
every probability. The great potentates
Of Europe desire to enlarge their bounda-
: ries by the absorption Of their weake,
neighbors, las big fish swallow little fish
but mutual jcalousies prevent them from
sitting down and amicably dividing the
spoil that each SO intensly covets. Hence
they have concluded to fight for the
plumber. ....s. ..5....s....- III
The family newspaper in Rhode Is
land is classed among the articles o.
prime necessity, along with pig ano
potato, and is safe from the food-tide o.
commercial disaster. Creditors cannot
touch 1.-THE sheriff must respect it
Happy people Happy publishers!
The othernight, the wife of citizen
of Syracuse presented him with q
daughter. An hour ortwo later, some
body rang the door-bell, and left boy
baby on the happy fathers steps. The
happy father hasn't decided whether he
will bring them twins up or not.
TEDAR LODGE No. IL, A. +. 4 A. NJ, Upton
~ Iowa, holds regular communications on
"Wednesday even ings, on or before - .##t
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