The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1870-06-02
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The taking of the United States GEN.
sus will commence Wednesday.
Congress adjourned over from Satur-
day till Tuesday, out of respect to
Decoration day.
On Saturday afternoon the Sheriff of
Sangamon county, H., with posse, at
tempted to arrest Bancroft, who drove
off a railroad surveying party that was
about to pass through his mothers farm,
Oh Friday, but he resisted, and was shot
dead by apoliceman.
1t appears that the the Fenian Gene
raj O'Niell had only 30 men under him
when he crossed into Canada, near st.
Adams, and these were under the COM
mand of Captain William Cronan, of
Burlington, Vt. General Donneily, of
Utica. y. y, who was wounded i'm the
.'kirnish that took place with the
Canadians, has since died.
The government will no. provide
transportation for the 1,o1o to 800
Fenians remaining in Malone and
vicinity, and General Meade is Of the
opinion tina. the railroad companies
must DO this ut their own expense, as
they received full fare for bringing them
here. The General reports that they
are behaving well, and not disposed to
I've violent, and only desire to return
home. lie is confident there will he no
further trouble.
Dispatches from all sources, and from
both sides of the line, agree in fully
! tempted Fenian invasion of Canada
/ Malone and st. Adams are full Of
angry. disguised and moneyless Fenians
who don't know where to 90 or what to
10 with themselves. They have evident
~ been duped into sorry plight by
leaders who are either knaves or fools.
The .Fenian situation is virtually in
statuquo. The attempted invasion is a
conapletc failure. The United States
! authorities lave arrested n number O,
the leaders at It. Aibaus and Malone,
and have also seized all the arms and
ammunition they could find. The
| Fenian troops are leaving for their
| homes as fast as they can obtain tran
! sportation. The Caradia US appear to be
more excited now than at any time
under the apprehension that anothe,
! Invasion will be attempted at Niagara
| Port Colborne or some other point.
| There was Il heavy snow stori.l i'm the
ritories Monday.
! There was a grand reunion of the sur
viving officers and men of the late war
at Sterling, H., Wednesday, to which
! all who fought against the rebellion
were invited. TX Governor Oglesby
delivered an Grafton on the occasion.
The amendment in relation to woman
clerks, which was, by vote of SO to ,,
added in the Senate to the General Ap
preparation BILL provides that the com
pensatfon of the female clerks, copyist.
aud counters, whose appointments ar,
made under provisions of law, shall
from and after June 80, 1870, be tn,
same as male clerks performing like OF
similar service, and i t shall be the dut,
of the several heads of departments $,
to classify said female employees as t,
carry out this provision. Heads O
departments are hereby authorized t,
appoint female clerks, who may b.
found competent and worthy, to any o
the grades of clegkships known to law
In the respective departments, with th,
compensation belonging to the class, I,
which they are appointed. The frs
provision is, that this amendment shall
notauthorize any incrcasein the humble
of clerks, so that, if it should be agreed
to by the House, there need be no rush
of women for clerkships, except of sucl
as think they can make places for them
selves by getting men turned out.