The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-04-23

prepared with . view to his conviction,
as 1t avoids errors and flaws which were
| contained IN the fisst Indictment, which
! caused the government law officers to
hesitate, therefore, about proceeding 70
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/ A dispatch dated SHERMAN Summit,
April 49," says: "The Union Pacific
Rail road crossed the sumit OF the Rocky
Mountains today. The rails on the sum-
1t were laid by r. G. Durant, Vice Pres
ident Sidney Dillon, Director; General
/ Dodge, Chief Engineer; Colonel Sey-
mour, Consulting Engineer; Webster
Snyder, General Superintendent s. b.
Reed, Superintendent Of Construction,
assisted by = large number Of the U. 6.
army officers, including General John
Gibbon commanding Fort Saunders !;
General Stevenson, commanding Fort
Russell; and Captain Mix, commanding
Fort Sedgwick. Is. a"ttit4 & t!iss
!, An exchanges sums up the result Of
the Connecticut election thus; 1.-THE re-
publicans have gaineda United States
senator, and the democrats have not lost
a governor On this showing, which
is really true one, the substantial adj
vantage would appear to rest with the
republicans. a'rt.s mia. q.
It Is reported at Florence that Gener-
al Garibaldi has left Caprera and gone
t eas MIs'" as tie he object Of the Generals
are unknown. 'r'f o.
Late reports frpm the fruit regions Of
Southern Illinois and adjoining states
are to the effect chat the recent frost and
cold weather have not injured the
fruit crops as seriously as was first sup
posed 4V4 " 3. - %i3 i :'.s Is -,
1tis'our painful duty to record anotil-,
err terrible disaster, similar to that at
Angola bridge some weeks ago. On
Tuesday of last week four passenger cars
of train on the New York and Erie
Railroad, filled with people, were thrown
from the track down a 100 feet cmbank-
ment, and demolished among a Pile of
rocks Three of the Inflated coaches
were sleeping cars, one Of which caught
fire and was consumed, together with a
number Of dead bodies in 1t. There were
80 or 40 persons killed or mortaily iBjur-
ed, and many others more or less woan.
ded. The disaster is believed to been
,auso.l hx a hrnL or,
Tile effort Of the Presidents counsel
toget in the testimony Of Secretary
Welles, as to what was said and done in
Cabinet meetings in reference to Stan
ton and the Tenure Of Office bill, failed
in the Court of Impeachment Saturday,
and the fact has seriously disconnected
the counsel. The Senators opposing the
admission Of this testimony take the
ground that the Presidents Cabinet Off
GERS are included in the conspiracy
charged i'm tile articles Of impeachment,
and their testimony is therefore not adj
missable. ut Zs fs e. ss3 =-t..r Hf1
The Court of Impeachment re-opened
ed yesterday, when Mr.. Boutwell, COM
menced the summing up. He expected
to consume a day with his speech. MIR.
Stanbery will follow for the president,
then Mr.. Evarts, and then Mr.. Bingham
for the prosecution. 1t is now believed
that verdict will not be reached before
Tuesday next. e., G&tsr=s #2#
A Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Journn, telegraphs thattlle eeiI-
viction of the President by the Senate
by large majority, Is deemed inevita-
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The trial Of the five Fenian prisoners
for blowing up the Cierkenwell prison,
commenced in London Monday. The
trial and its result will be watched with
great interest. ''5'
| The Mississippi railroad bridge at
Rock Island, which was badly. damaged
by the spring flood, will be repaired and
ready for the crossing oftrains to-day.
The election for the new Constitution
and State officers in Georgia, yesterday,
was favorable to a Republican victory.
Tn South Calolina and Louisiana the
Republicans have been certainly sue
cessfull.
All the correspondence which has
passed between the Fenian lodges in
| New York and Montreal, has been seized
| by the Canadian government at Mont
real, and grand exodus of prominent
lr'shmen from Canada to the United
States, commenced in consequence
Over four hundred persons are implica-
ted in the correspondence with O'Neil
and O'Mahony, and the entire affair
Will be brought before the court in
| Ottawa. 1t is supposed that an inter
national case will be made of it, as decu-
ments have been discovered, which tend
to show that the murder of MeGee was
plotted in New York, and approved of
before committee in Montreal.
A correspondent of the Anamosa
Eureka iavors the nomination Of
John Russell for congress in this Dis
trict. 'tH#5a ID