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A few days since the Committee from
the Virginia Legislature, which waited
upon the President, were before the
Committee on Reconstruction, and the
Richmond Dispatch gives the following
account of the interview:
Mr.. Dale Carter was examined first in
u private room, after which he left.
Mr.. Joynes was also next examined
separately. After. the examination oi
Mr.. Joynes, the further proceedings
were carried on in the same room.
There were present Mr.. Baldwin, Mr..
Keen, Mr.. Grattan and Mr.. Joynes,
Mr.. GraLtan, on being asked whether q
jury could be found. in Virginia who
would fnd Jefferson Davis guilty oi
treason, said no; but afterwards quail
fed the remark by saying that, as Rich
mond had always contained large
member of Union men, such a jury
might ibeg found. When Mr.. Grattan
gave this opinion, before Qualifying II
as above, Mr.. Joynes rose and said he
differed in opinion with him. No other
member of the committee spoke. Sub
sequentlyi Mr.. Baldwin said, during his
examination, in answer to the same
question, ninety-nines Virginians out Of
every hundred had agreed with Mr..
Davis in opposing the Federal Govern
ment, that their cause had been his cause
and that it would consequently be a
painful thing to give such YER
dict; but that, as men of honor, under
instruction from the court, they would
give verdict in accordance with their
oath as jurors, however painful it might
be. .-r,-5y., .,-..,, 4. .stLy r1
Mr.. Baldwin was furtherinterrogated
as to his interview with Mr.. Lincoln, in
April, 1861, and answered as tolIows:-
That he had a private interview with
Mr.. Lincoln, and that they had talked
freely concerning the state of the coun-
try. Mr.. Lincoln asked why the Vir-
ginia Convention did not adjourn. His
reply was that although there was a
union majority in the Convention, they
would not adjourn while Ignorant OF
the plan for the adjustment of our ma
tionnl difficulties. He had also said
that if he had Mr.. Lincoln's power he
could settle the disatfection in fifteen
minutes by Withdrawing the troops from
Sumpter and Pickens, and by calling
"a Convention of all the States. Mr..
Lincoln had replied that he '1Cottld do
this.
Mr.. Howard said that he felt certain
that Mr.. Lincoln had mover promised to
withdraw the troops from Sumpter, as
au inducement to the Virginia Conven-
ton TO adjourn, for he would have been
swept from his seat by the indignant
people of the North.
. Mr.. Baldwin replied that his memory
was good, and such tgas his impression /;
but as he was alone with Mr.. Lincoln
on that occasion, and there was no one
now to rebut his testimony, he would
Tot give it as any thing more than an
impression left upon his mind.
Proceedings although formal, were
marked by good temper and cordially.
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The New York Dry Goods Market.
From the Itdepsendent Of the 22d.

Trade is again dull. The stocks in the
interior are large, but unsuitable to the
spring trade; and until the spring sea-
son more nearly approaches dealers
procrastinate their purchases, hoping
to reduce their stocks somewhat, and at
the same time looking for lower prices
in all descriptions of goods. The de-
mand viii be but stintedIy large, while
prospects are held out ola return to
specie payments, and consequently of
lower prices all round. Meanwhile,
goods are accommodating in this market,
and prices are declining. Cotton prints
are lower by a cent yard among the
jobbers. Sheetings and shirtings are
also 1ower-browns by a cent, and
bleached by 2L cents yard. The de-
mand is very light. Ginghams have
declined cent. Ticks are in good de-
,mand, as well as denims of good quail
ties, and prices firm; but lower grades
are dull and heavy. Stripes and checks
are also lower, but with tair uelnand'
Fancy cassimeres are dull and prices
very weak. The only activity is for
choice styles of light striped and mot
tle+mixed colors, and spotted pla1ds,
which are being sold to arrive Satinets
are moderately active at reduced prices.
Delaines are in limited activity, only
very desirable styles are brisk; prices
steady, though low. Black and white
baImoraIs are very active. Foreign
goods are in excess. Dress goods are
Very freely offered atlowerprices. Pop
linS and inozambiques are in demand.
Silks are dull; low priced blacks alone
are active Jaconets, Swiss muslins,
and linens are the most active.
THE anctioneers will have busy sea-
son, as importers are not disposed TO
hold back their goods, They VIII sell
at the best prices they can get.
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Mrs. GEs. L.ANpEa is. still playing in
Cincinnati with great success, The
Journals there say that her voice still
has the sweet ana musical tones which
of yore rendered it SO charming.
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THE latest sensation in Chicago has
been great dog fight, the description
of which occupies three solid columns
of the RepW5Iieaa. The headings of the
report are sufficiently suggestive of the
nature of the contest. Among them
are the following: ''Best contested bait
tie on record, . Twenty thousand dol
lars lost and won, p f.The Boston dog
victorious. ), ssNeither animal survives
the struggle, y siHow roughs behaved at
the tavern, p Rum, rufhauism, riot and
robbery.p The whole affafr was as
complete an exhibition of the neither
strata of Chicago rowdyism and brutal
ity as could have possibly been got uP.-
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A ,wAsHISegeG paper mourns the
of Mrs. Sprague,s niGttHees
ddRsdates. at the last one she wore
magnificent robe ofpuEple corded silk;
the body, sleeves, and skirt being trim
med with the most exquisite and costly
white lace! A small pointed collar Of
the same lace, and a magnicent head
dress of pearls, completed her costume.
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OF BALTIAIORE, MN

THIs COMPANY HAVING oRGANIz-
I ed in April, 1854, in conjunction with the
well known arm of Cache q Co., as joint
stock company of ~ t..s,-- 49, f,-.r s.
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,or sale In an Parts OF the worId.
Teach your Boys what they will Prac
a1H tice when they become Men.
Jals WHEELING ..5,I :. =
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
MHEEnING, WEST "a.


TAMEs A. RIITCHELLs EoRMERY Teach
81 er OF Penmanship in Rohrer's CONNER
ciaI College, Saint Louis, Mo-, and at DUH 8
Mercantile College of Pittsburgh, Pa, and
late oflthe Ohio State Nominal School, and ].
CREASEY, OF this city, have opened a inst
class Commercial School in Hornbrooks 8
Building on Main street, in the room formerly
occupied by Prof. l. 1. Hitchcock, opposite Di
Nicoll & Bro, where they are prepared TO
Bookkeeping. Plain and Business Penman-
ship, Card Writing, Commercial Calculations,
Arithmetic, Commercial Law, Commercial
Grammar, Analysis OF the English Language,
and in Theory and Practice of Teaching.
DESIGN OF THE INSTITUTION g
Is to prepare Young Men for the Counting
House, or for actual Business life. .cFs
ing situated in the valley Of the Ohio, and in
the midst ofa rich and fertile district, being
eaSy of access, both by river and railroad, and
being unsurpassed in the number and extent
of It's manufactures. offers advantages equal
to any city in the United States TO those in
search of a good business education, with q
mir prospect of obtaining good SITUATION.
Eminent Lecturers Will be secured 10 de-
liver lectures on the various branches per-
tanning to good business education through
out the entire course. - .-f -.--rl ~ d Z.
College, or address Mitchell & Greasy, Wheel
ihs' w. .N va JAMES A. MITCHELL,
JOSIAH CREASEY. 81.
Parties unknown to us Will please refer to
any ftRs fSlSXtnEg 9smeS aseSee9ey ee9 Normal
School. Hopedale Ohio. ztLs1 - -,i L;il q .il
r. .DUFF& SON, Dutfs College, Pittsburgh,
ProLD. r. L1LLIBRIDGE, Bryant & strat-
toms Commercial College, Springfield, Illinois.
Rev. BENJAMIN MlTCHELL, Mt. Plcas-
a1Psi Pinofa Snto i, l. HITCHCOCK, formerly Of West
Virginia Business School. :. =. ,.,,...
IAUGHLINS q BUsHFIELD, Wheeling,
GEO. w. SMITH & co., Wheeling, Va }.
I H. DARLINGTON & CO.. - ~ Hzr5s ~
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THE French Emperor insists upon
retaining in, his study, in the palace of
the Tuileries, the mahogany bookcase
he had in his chamber at Ham, and he
forbade a glass front being put to it to
protect his books. There ism his study
a magnificent collection of meerschaum
pipes, but they have of late years been
relieved of duty, his physicians having
forbidden their use. The.8 Emperor
takes his revenge by giving them away
whenever he has n chance. He has not
n single dressing-gown in his study;
wien he is init, he almost always wears
an old frock coat. There are often a
great many paintings and engrnvings
Siied against the walls; and even on the
Hoor of his study. One of his body
servants used TO resort to singular
trick whenever he wished one OF these
paintings. He would place 1t in front
Of a pile which obstructed communica-
tion with an adjoining room. His
Majesty would say, SIT seems to me
these pictures are acknowledgements
Can't some of them be removed ?" The
servant would reply, "Certainly, sire" !"
and he would carry of the covered
nicture 10 his chamber. In this way he
formed a handsome collection. When
ever His Majesty wishes to retain the
memory of anything he hears IN coaE- ctoE
versation. he makes n note of IL in a
blank-book, which is always on his
writine-desk, he Tears off the leaf on
which he has written the note, reads u
and sT,S then tesr nSItlea II Prines
Metternietl,i the Austrian Ampassad9fI,
to whom His Majesty was giving audi
ence: The Ambassador expressed ms
astonishment and curiosity. HIS HIS
Majesty at once gratified it by saying
that whenever he once wrote, and amer
yvardsread attentiyely the written noteI
he never forgot 1t.
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sEvERA1 scholars and politicians of
German birth, who have become prom
inent in American public life, have re-
Gently connected themselves with the
daily press. Most conspicuous among
them is General Carl Schurz, of Wis
consin, who is about tosremove to De-
troit as the editor of The Daily Posi-, a
new radical Republican journal estab-
ioint stock company. General Sehurz,
long since known as one of the first
orators in the United States, served
with great gallantry through the war,
and In the great battles of Gettysburg
and Chattanooga gained the distinction
of a brave, energetic and sknlfuI COM
mander. He Is alsoa lliant and able
writer, and uses the English with the
same facility and success as his native
Language. We predict for him a career
of remarkable success in the aFduons
and neyer-ending labors OF journalism.
Il d
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-04-19

the Number will be much lels than for
some years past. The fact is, farmers
have become convinced 1t last that raisr
ing wheat In lows il not . paying bus
iness, and they arc now relectane1y turn
ing their attention to some thing else.
We have long been Of that epihion and
are glad to see the movement now TAX
ing place. Let our farmers take hold OF
stock-raising and pursue that business as
assiduovsly and as perseveringiy as they
have the raising Of wheat, and all finan-
cial matters among tfeps' especially If
our wise men in Congress can be wise
enough to let the exactions Of our pres
ent tariff remain unchanged win soon
assume a different aspect altogether.
We shall then know no such thing az
"failure Of crop" among them, and an
instance Of inability to pay will be as
rare as a white black bird in the month
of June. Believing that such will be
the fact, we say to the farmers of ''Old
Cedar" go on. Increase your stock, SOW
wheat for home consumption; beyond
that, plant corn and SOW barley and oats,
all for consumption on the farm, then
feed literally to whatever You may have
around you, and you will find. that in
spite of high freights and high taxes, -
,uniary means will increase in yo6r
hands, and your ability to pay will be
ound commensurate with your desire to
pay all demands against yon. So mate
It be. Yours. &c. HOpIA.
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ence.to th6 Indian troubles In the vicin-
ity'of Fort Benton, from which it ap-
pears that an expressman had been muir
dered oh tho road from Union to the
post. His body was found pierced With
arrows. Captain Posse and two other
persons, who wore on their way to Ben-
ton from, the same plsce, had met sim.
ilar fate. They had been out several
days beyond the tirne necessary to &C
complish the journey, and at the date
above named had not reached the fort.
The garrison Of sixty persons had two
small howitzers' ana asuficient number
Of small arms to repel any attack the
Indians might make. ----.----. "--"~~
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MAssILoN, April Is, 1868.

MASSlLON, April ID, 1000
Mr.. EDITORIALS we travel through !
the county, We are often met by the re- ,
mark, "What cold, backward Spring."
and the inquiry, "Havc you ever seen
such before In Iowa." Now it may af-
ford some small relief to those who are
thus bemoaning the unfavorableness of
the season, to be informed that ercn this !
Spring is not SO cold or 80 unfavorable as
some that have preceded it since Iowa
was first known to the "white man."
Twenty-threc years ago this Spring,
we are informed, for we were not in Iowa
at that time, sc;lsun far moro
severe than the one just past, and the
Spring far more backward than this
present. Then OF the 18th day Of April
tho snow lay in drifts three feet in depth
and on the 9Th Of May, when the farm
crs began sowing their wheat, their har-
row teeth would frequently strike the
frozen ground rs they worked among the
corn stalks. But what was then more
discouraging still was the fact, that, at
that time, there was great scarcity of
food for the stock of the country; SO great
"A scarcity, that hundreds of cattle died
in the county <olcly from cold and star
Walton. One man now lives in SPRING
field township, who lost in that winter
nineteen head Of cattle, another, in Red
Oak township, we cannot say lie still
lives there, ii still greater number, while
many others in the county, oflcss means,
lost SMALLER numbers in proportion to
the herds they owned and the supply of
food they had with which to feed them.
This season is not So hard as that was.
True, there are some discouraging as
poets, but none disheartcning. We have,
indeed, had long, cold winter and 1.-THE
voice Of Spring" has as yet been family
and fcebiy heard in our land, still it has
been heard, and, rs we write, the sun is
shining with somewhat Of it's usual
splendor, and all nature is beginning to
assume a cheerful, hopeful appearance.
One thing IL favorable: all kinds of stock
looks finely. Never since Iowa became
the abode of civilized life, have the cat
tie, horses, sheep and hogs even, come
out from winter quarters in better plite
! with more flesh and spirits than at this
]. mt We have Of late travelled some.
K "'' i"iseiy III III. county, and tim.
) TAR, we have not seen the first creature
ei.her morse, OK, or sheep In low llesl
: Whlch mas not, or Is not now SUFFERING
from disease.
/ Nor is this AL. The farmers hav,
t already begun their work. Tho seeds
man is sowing his seed. A few dov
more and the acres of wheat to be grow,
/ this year in the Beautiful staten vii
be determined. and if we judge correctly
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The Cattle Plague.

In England there were, according to
latest statistics, about 10000, 600 head of
cattle. OF these the plague, which made
its appearance last August, has carried
otrnear SOC, 600, or about one out Of every
sixty-six. The disease has increased
rapidly. Upto November there were in
all 1858 cases, while now according +"
official reports there are 1900 eases per
week. Notmorc than onc-fifth the num-
Der attacked survive.
All efforts to check or stay the epidcm-
ic have proven unavailing. The rava-
ges Of the disease have been frequently
checked in Europe by surrounding the
infected district by Il military force suf-
ficient to retain all the cattle within the
district until the disease dies out.
Whatever may be the cause of the dis
case it is certain that il Is most destruct-
i've la dcn4els t.ga.Aasea- districts where
the habit. ~ ais!tsa.a-s DE least natural
and in markets where cattle are subject
tomauy abuses.
GEoIOGIcAL.-The State Gcologist
c. A. White, with his assistants, Chand
Ter Cbilds of Dubuque and Prof Gustav
Hinrichs, will commence the survey o,
the State Immediately. They will com
mence their examination at the south
west corner of the State.
TRICHINA EXCITEMENT.-We here
tofore paid but little attention to th1
many reprots concerning the Tichino
,Spirdtis In the country, because We be-
lieved 1t to be IN unmitigatcd humbug
In these times of bulls and bears W.
thought the excitement was mainly got,
ten up for speculation by Interested par
ties; but 1t now appears that it is n re-
atty, and has made its appearance il
our midst Last Saturday morning u.
Mrs. Porter, living on Chambers stree
was washing her dishes after breakfast
she felt something pricking the end q
one of her fingers, causing Il feeling sim
liar to ihatproduced by pricking With
tiny particle of glass, and upon cxamina
,;3T rr6shc discovered that it was a Twin
microscope, and the litfioes a nfhhe ny d.
pronounced genuine Trichina. DIR
Vary and Estes took a piece Of the POI
inc Iamliy were using, ana ny mlcrOSc
pho observation it was ascertaincd to cor
tain large numbers Of trichina, some
them being plainly visible to the eye ur
aided by the lens.
This discovery has not only cause
unesiness in that family, but has also SC
this Aeighborhood TO thinking seriousl
on the subject, and many have set thei
faces against the whole porcine, specie
and resolved tn eat no more Of thci
tjesh. De 'viu Observer, ApyN 1871.
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za9luo I'll, &Hg F4nian. s--s ~
The Fenian meeting at the Co

The Fenian meeting at the Cour
House, on Thursday night, was not ~
we'll attended as it's projectors may have
desired. One reason for the lack Of In
tefcst is, that the length of time since /,
certain subscription was circulated here
and the vast amount of wrangling amen,
Fenian high officials without any effor
for the liberation of Ireland, have natu
rally, enough created considerable suspi
cion. The fact that Irish people in THU
vicinity did not, as a general thing, helI
the American, people in their time Of
need has also something 10 do with the
lack of enthusiasm on the part Of the
natives. But we are willing to consider
all these things by-goncs, and to concede
that the natural instinct Of the Irish
people is not on the side of oppression,
and that their position Gas class with
reference to the late rebellion was attrib-
utable, In the main, to their party disci-
pine, their want Of information on the
questions ut issue, and the bsaseness Of
most Of their party leaders. ..
It. is true that the Irish, "a people,
feel grateful to those who befriend them.
And We think, that if they were to ex-
anime the subscription list circulated
here, some time ago, and notice the fact
that the most of the persons whose names
appear on that list belong to the party
that sustained the country in the late
war, they would find that those they
have sneeringly denominated abolition
lists, are not only in favor of the freedom
of the negro, but also in favor of the free
dom of Irishmen, and all other men, no
matter what color their skin-what
tongue they speaker in what land
they claim their nativity. d.
Willie we believe that large majority |
of the Irish have, for the last five years,
pursued a course contrary to what graft
tude for the blessings conferred OH them
by this country, and the condition and
necessities of their own countrymen
should have led them to pursue, we do
not by any means forget that among the
more intelligent portion we have found
some heroical patriots, and warm sup
porters Of impartial freedom. .... |
Mr.. Barrett, who addressed the meet
ing, handled his subject we'll. He spoke
confidently that the movement would
he made within thirty days, and claimed
to know what his part in the movement
would be, and who would be his superb
or officers. From the movements now
made by the Fcnians in the cast 1t is
probable there will be some dcmonstra- |
ton soon. .EG@ "G Is-~5 .---" l''
With the cattle plague in his barn-yard,
demand for reconstruction in his own
family, and the Fcnians at his front gate
and back door, John Bull seems in a fair
way for having as warm and scarcy a
time rs q plcthoric old gentleman can
stand.
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REVENUE.

DY direction Of the Revenue Department the
- taking Of income for 1885, has been resum-
ed. BY the law, every person liable to income
OH or before the first Monday Of May IA each
year. This includes all trades, professions, or
mess, dealers, and others will take note Of
this and make their returns accOrdingly.
10 i. l. SWEET, Asst Assessor.
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Original Notice.

HN FRANCES WALKER:-You are hereby mott
i He'd that there will be on file in the office
ofthe Clerk Of the District Court, in and for Ce-
oar county, Iowa, on or before the 18th day Of
claiming Of you n divorce from the bonds Of
matrimony now existing between you and the
said John w. Walker, on the ground of wilful
desertiOn for more than two years.
Now unless you appear and defend to said
petition before noon Of the second day OF the
June term of the district court, to be begun and
holden at the court house, in Upton Cedar
county, Iowa, on the 4th day Of June, 1858, de-
fault will be had against and q decree rendered
thereon as prayed for In said petition.
4wl6 JOS. w. BULL Pl6'S Atty.