The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-05-16
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
Advices from Richmond state tina
Judge Underwood has granted tn,
petition of the writ Of hdtcus corpus in
the case of JEFF. Davis, and that Davis
was then re-arrestcd on Bench war.
rant on the Norfolk treason indictment
The counsel for Government stated that
they were not prepared for the trial
whereupon he was admitted to bail,
Horace Greedy, Augustus Schell and 4.
Jackson signing the bail bond This
result gives great satisfaction to the sym
pathizers of Davis.
An amended bill is to be filed i'm the
reconstruction injunction cases, setting
up the action Of General Ord in taking
possession of the Arkansas Treasury as
additional ground for the interference
of the Court.
Hon. A. c. Hunt has been appointed
Governor of Colorado. vice Commings
resigned.
Cable dispatches state that Governor
Wright, United States Minister at Ber-
lin, died on Saturday morning of dropsy.
1t Is stated that Greece buys seven
monitors from the United States.
The Government of Great Britain has
coMmuted the death sentence of Doran.
one of the convicted Fenians, to long
imprisonment.
The Reform bill that has so long been
in agitation before The British Parlia-
ment, for the extension of suffrage, etc,
passed the House of Commons. 1t was
Government measure, and although
not as comprehensive rs it ougut to be,
yet is a step in advance of what has
been.
The Peace Congress has come 10 a sat
Islseiory conclusion for the settlement
of the Luxembourg question. The for
8tresS OF Luxembourg is to he diSarmed
aud abolished, and the Duchy is to be
neutral territory. The HcTaidi London
special says: '"Ihe fortress at LcXem-
bourg will be evacuated 10y Prussian
troops aud RACED TO the ground No
troops will he retained within the
territory of Luxembourg, except force
which may be necessary to maintain
order and preserve peace. The pressure
which was exertcd on the pleni potential
ries in the Congress 10y the defiant atti-
tude which the opposing Powers main
tanned towards each other, combined
with the knowledge which the members
had Of the srea! war preparations being
carried on the Continent, led To very
speedy action on the part of the Confer.
ence representatives.
The Georgia injunction application
against the enforcement Of the Recon
struction act was Monday dismissed bv
the United States Supreme Court, OH
the ground of want of jurisdiction. The
Mississippi case will of course meet
with like fate
The steamer Lansing exploded her
boilers at Hampton, few miles above
Davenport, on last Monday. The Day
export Gnscttc gives full! account of the
accident Nearly one-half of the boat
was blown to pieces. Six men were
killed and six wounded. Several pieces
of iron weighing from 800 to 500 pounds,
were blown 800 and 400 feet from the
boat. \ man by the name Of John j
Kreedlar, who was sitting on the boiler
deck of the boat, just in front of the
smoke stock, was sent up into the all
and fel, 10 the ground about $50 feet
from the boat Strange to say lie was
not seriously hurt. Other similar acct
dents were reported, and in all making
this one of the most terrible catastro
phics of the season.
A recent letter from Madrid states
that it Is no secret there that revolu.
ton against the Spanish Government
| has been planned to take place in July
The cable lately announced a rising
among the Republicans of Catalonia.
land there is every indication that the
peopje OF Epain will not much longer
bpdute re high handed oppression
vhici, hal characterized the reign OF
s1hallA The espionage of despotism
- nesse been carried further than
pain, bufsn spite Of all the watchful-
ess OF IynAeyed spies and informers,
heronte Henb1icans In Spain, and the
mo Will conn when their presence and
pwer Viii re cen aud felt. The ten
ncy 81 the tiles is most plainly tow