The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-05-20
News Summary.


The first through passengers fro
Sacramento, over the Pacific Railroa
twenty four In number, reached Chic'
go last Sunday. They came through
six days from Sacramento.
Recent intelligence from Norther
Georgia represents that reign Of terrt
exists in that region. The lives of til
Northern men, or Of those sylnpathi'
ing with them, are no longer safe. A.
'sassination by the Ku Kluk are fire
cqucnt.
The Spanish Cortcs have rejected tn
amendment to the Constitution II
favor of making Spain Federal Re
public, by vote of 1872 to 81.
Here is an instance of the way theI
do justice in Texas. A black mare wa
stolen from livery stable, and aftel
search was heard from in n neighborine
town. The proprietors sent messen
ger after. and day or two afterwards
received dispatch as follows: "You,
mare is here; will bring her; thief
hung"
The President, it is stated, has deter
mined on tho appointment Of General
Sickles, Minister to Spain, and j. X.
Jones Minister to Belgium.
The Bavarian Government has issued
a circular note to the governments of
France, Austria, Prussia. Baden aud
Wurtemburgh inviting those powers to
q conference to be held in Munich for
the purpose of preserving rights of the
State against the Church.
A Washington dispatch says proc
1amation has been issued, fixing the 9Th
Of July for the election In Virginia. and
providing for the submission Of the Con-
stitution with separate votes on the
disability and test oath clauses, but no
other.
General John A. Logan was last
Tuesday elected Commander in Chief,
and Governor Fairchild, of Wisconsin,
Senior Vice Commander, Of the G. a. r.
The next meeting will be held at Wash
ington, on the second Wednesday in
May. The proceedings terminated
gith banquet Mt the Spencer House,
Cincinnati, last night.
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peror of China lately wish, d to try the
virtues of opium, and smoked u pipe Of
1t. The Queen Mother learned OF it
and discovered that the drug was sup
piled to him by one Of the chief eu
nuchs. She ordered him To. be beheaded
and caused a new proclamation against
apiHm to be sent throughout the en-
s,ire.
4 private letter from Paris says the
vessels with the rev French ocean ca
BILE will sail about the Ith Of July. 1t
will be landed this end 1T Cape May, 10y
virtue of the act passed through the
New Jersey Legislature last winter, and
= namher of New York and New Jersy
capitalists are largely interested in the
run from Cape May to Washington,
Philadelphia and New York.
The Illinois Legislature, at its late
session, passed Il very stringent law for
the management of drunkarus. 1t
sons, and gives their persons and prop
erty to the charge of guardians or the
Drerseers of the poor. When any one
has been declared insane or q aruRkam
and 4 guardian has been appointed, the
arrangement must continue for at least
one year, except the guardian is previ-
ousiy removed for misconduct.
The government has ,s<> information
whatever, which leads it to place any
confidence in the story of i foreign ALI =
ance. No word of an unpleasant CHAR
acter has passed between the French Of
ficials and our own since the withdraw
al of the French forces from Mexco.-
Spain has more cause for complaint
against England for her movements i'm
Cuban waters than against the United
States, and the intercourse between our
authorities and the Spanish Minister
here, since the Cuban revolution began,
has been of cordial character, and ev-
cry report of irregular proceedings on
the part of our citizens made by him has
been promptly investigated, and he has
protested entire satisfaction.
The great crevasse near New Orleans
is becomming worse. 1t is stated that
channel has been washed through the
aevee to the depth of fifteen feet and
several hundred feet wide. The new
work is washed out as fast as it is made
The distance at this point from the riy-
or to the lakes is but eight or ten miles,
and it is supposed the large number of
canals and bayous will carry Off water
enough to prevent its spreading over
width of more than three or four miles.
Several of the finest plantations of st.
Bernard Parish are submerged. Re-
ports have been received of danger to
the levees above the ctp. The river on
y receded two inches from it's highest
point, and the levees at several places
near the city were in 4 precarious con.
condition.
The Columbia Typographical Unio'
hada long and very noisy meeting las
Saturday night to consider the course o
Public Printer Clapp, upon the ques
ton of employing colored jnurneymel
and admitting more than six arpren
tees. At last the meeting was adjourn
ed to prevent action, with the idea tina
Clapp would abandon his position. o.
the other side Mr.. Clapp says he con
siders it an absurd idea that a govern
ment institution should be controlle
by any union, and he declares he wi
employ colored men without regard t
the action of the union; and further
that he OF meets tn mt in Snnn cnI0ro