The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1869-07-01
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a. naG NEWS SUMMARY.
1ydRwtivc mc1, wen, recently fatally poi
Nstsse(liin the New brunswick lumbcln,
lsaiss,G by drinking tea In which lizart
sAa4 eee~ isetlesa. go
uo4ss,ci Benton, commanding III,
C~ftesi States ArMory, at Springfield
Mass, II eeis<si%ag away 100, 900 muskets
,athtchrOur 1dovernment has sold to the
SNssttsh Government.
President ViiNnt will, OIL the lOtl, OF
yusy, otter the Virginia election. order
lAhtlectfUh lh Mississippi, to take place
VII Nlle 18th ofSeptenber, and an elec-
Non'tn Foxas to take place the last Of
8eptcnbSr &C the first of October.
President Grant has decided that the
1nw h)rdhis,iting military officers from
h0l0ingA civil Office does not apply to
-Afhcers on the retired list. Consequent
~, ntfreral Sickles has accepted the
Spanish Mission, and will sail for Mad
Ti0 dtOnt the 10th or 18th proXimo.
i, The President, after careful consider
N{fiOn, las selected to he hung ia the
White House, with the pictures o. other
3PresideAts, Cegswell's full length of
I,incoln, which was shown in the lobby
Of the Senate last winter, and the $4,000
appropriated by Congress viii be paid
- the artist next winter.
.ssAdoiph +. Bere resigned his position
AsiSscretary of the Navy on Friday, the
1Sth inst. George NJ. Hobe~on, former
ly Attorney GeneraI OF New Jersey,
was appointed his successor, and took
tlM oath Of office in time to attend the
{abinet meeting Friday evening.
Y.n hnS n haf hn,
sand chinese laborcrs have reached
OtlahA, en- route to New Orleans. "A
Convention of Tennesseeans, Alabama
ans sssd Nsssiss irpitns has Teen called
to meet at Memphis this month, to
take measures for the importation Of
Chinese lseorers To that region.
4 Chicago gentleman, who has just
returned from a long business tour
through various parts OF Southern Hi
1lois, aud who takes careful notes of the
crop prospects, informs the JO,uaut that
the wheat harvest in Egypt is the
largest ever known in that region. The
wheat is ot an excellent quality, and is
now being rapidly harvested. He saw
no fields vt poor wheat in any portion
,gi the winter wheat district.
The statement of the debt, on the lst
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something like S6,UUOoO This, it is
eAplainel,i is principally owing to the
heavy Increase in the receipts from
ADtl, the customs and internal revenue
which have gone SO far beyond the gen
svyat estimates that there will be in the
s.Igeasnry, at the close Of the fiscal year,
asurpIus of receipts amounting to over
$3O,oOO,OOO.
'Phe -as'n'y Register for 1869, Just is
1asusl, shows the aggregate strength Of
thstAriHy to be ~, l66 men, differed AS
follows: General, 1; Lieutenant Gener-
III, !; Major Generals, }; Brgadier
als, Il; Coionels, IS; Lieutenant Colo
neis, LOS; Majors, 30; Captains, 49,;
First lieutenaits, So; Second I.ieuten-
ants 900. The number of officers re-
signed Is =; declined, ,; died, u; dis
missed, .; cashiered, ); honorablv mus
tered out, IA. The names of lbl officers
0fdiflerent ranks are given As having
.Leen retired from active service.
Senators Wadeand Conkliug, and the
committee of Ways and Means of Con.
gre>s, on the Goth uIt met number of
leading merchants, bankers, and repre-
seehtatlves OF six Chinese companies in
San Francisco. After the exchange of
compliments, one Of the Chinese repre-
sentatives made Il speech. and expressed
the hope that the Government would
double the Subsidy to the China line,
anu run semi-monthly steamers, and
,eugEestedlf Congress would pass laws
giving Just protection to the Chinese, il
would the means o! inducing capital
ISIS III emma 10 invest their money i'm
this country. lie complained of unjust
laws IN California preventing Chimes.
TO testify in the Courts, laying special
tax Oh Chinese miners, and collecting
- per head from each Chinaman who
scnttrs the State. He was satisfied with
hur treaty with China, but they wanted
dhe protection it promised He recon-
amended the members Of the committees
TO converse with his countrymen here.
and hoped on their return they would
speak favofably of the Chinese to the
liOvernment of the United States.
The Great Eastern, with tie French
American ocean telegraph cable, Is pro.
Xressing well toward this side.
Saturday night, one Of the most severe
rain storms visited Northern indiana
that has been witnessed for wear.
Along the kankakee river. in ,hn
northern part of the State, the rain
seems 10 have been the heaviest, over.
HOOdiiig that entire section alony the
river, and swelling the streams to am in
credible height.
Accounts from Cuba state that the
cholera is very fa.al among the Spanish
troops, who are suffering for medicines
and food. Their communications or,.
being cut by the patriots, and their
reinfOrcements have been driven back
with heavy loss. The town Of palmc-
das has been captured from the Span
Mrls, with their provisions and arms.
An expedition of six hundred has safely
landed at Nuevas Glande, and Joined
the Cuban ARMY. The Cubaus are in
hue spirits and health, occupying til"
high lands.
The public debt statement will not lie
delayed to close up the accounts of the
year, but may be expected to appear on
! thursday, AS usual. 1t will probably
81. wv reduction Of about six millions:
hit Ge yearly statement, which will be
rot on toward the end Of the month.
after Il. e returns to "Wednesday uirlt
have bee \ received from all ,onrc,s
will impre We on that hy at least tr.n
millions. The Secretary regards A.,
1is,nilciai stu alton rs quite satisfactory.
He has about twenty-cight millions OF
currency and NJ uety millions of gold on
hAnd.
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