The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-02-23


'S&J LATE NEWS ITEMS.
4 The Steamer Tennessee 10 safe ate
al. A steamer from South Amsric
bringing the news Of her safe arrival .
San Domingo reached New York Mon
day morning. Great anxiety i relieves
by this news.
Major Willis Drummond, OF Iowa
the new Commissioner Ut the Genera
Land ONCE, has arrived at Washington
and will enter on the discharge Of BIZ
duties At once. H.
The House Of Representatives on Fri
day passed bill, which had previousl,
passed the Senate, creating Territorial
Government for the District Of Coluln
bia. ,eatI} .asa ia *ot '"Tta
The Army Appropriation bill, which
passed the House Of Represents
gives SO 900 600 for the next fiscal
year. 10.
Another steamboat disaster on the
Mississippi River. The Judge Wheele,
burst her boiler; burnt and sunk, about
forty miles above Vicksburg. Three
persons were killed, aud several serious.
" injured. l.1.-sr .e~~ v-@ee.s S.t Sc.
President Graft has headed the list Of
contributions to the fund which the
Congressional Temperance Society ts
now raising, with $500. Vice President
Colfax aud Speaker Blaine follow With
500 each. 49, .,.H .-.ff r.. fl j..
The Oldest residents OF Chicago agree
that never within their remembrance
mas there been SO much snow on the
ground at one time, as there Is at pres.
ent. The average depth is from a foot
and halfto two feet and a half.
The action of the House on the West
Point outrage provides for the ex pulsion
Of the Presidents son, the Adjutant
Generals sou, and step son of tho late
Admiral DahIgren, who are admitted
to have been the ringleaders in driving
away three other cadets.
The political embroglio in Arkansas
threatens to assume a warlike aspect.
Governor Clayton, against whom the
lower house of the Legislature has pas.
sed articles of impeachment, declares
that he will not vacate the Executive
chair, and the services of the militia is
talked Of.
The grand Carnival, gotten up in
Washington in celebration Of the inew
paving of Pennsylvania avenue, opened
Monday, and will continue for two or
three days. The occasion will be after
the style of the annual carnivaIs in Eu-
rope, and has attracted thither q multi.
tude of strangers. T..
The President has signed the follow
ing bills: An act relinquishing to the
city of Dubuque, Iowa, whatever title
may remain in the United States to u
certain lot Of ground in Dubuque; an
act to repeal an act of the Legislature If
Wyoming Territory, apportioning said
Territory for members of the Cnuucil
and House Of Representatives of Terri
torial Legislature.
Special dispatches from Washington
state that q wrong impression seems to
prevail regarding the resolution in re-
spect to the West Point trou bles. The
resolution does not, as it has been stated,
go to the Senate. 1t is not q joint res
olutian, but only an expression of the
opinion ofthe House to the Secretary Of
War, having none Of the binding effect
Of law.
The San Domingo Commission arriv.
ed at that place on the 81 inst. Every
one connected with the party Is In ex.
cellent health. The want of coalipg
facilities delayed the ship six day. at
Salamanca. The Commission found
the ina,xbitants of the peninsula very
generally in favor of annexation. A full
investigation was made into the owner.
ship of land around the harbor, which
showed that no United States official is
involved in any private transaction
there, whatever. There Is no valuable
mineral deposit In that section.
The special Committee on Southern
Outrages is occupied daily in taking ties.
timony relative to affairs in North Caro-
lima. The operations Of the Ku-KIux in
that State, and other matters involving
the safety of freedmen at elections and
in their personal liberty, will occupy
the committees attention until:the close
of the session, allowing only time suffi-
.cient to make Il report. This is neces-
sary, as it is claimed that the testimony
taken involves the validity of the pres
emit Legislature, AMI consequently the
United States Senatorship, to which it
has elected Governor Vance. The com.
nittee still refuses to give any Of the
testimony to the public. The ground for
this reticence is the safety Of those who
testify. Members of the committee say
the testimony is generally of a startling
character, and will warrant and de-
mand stringent repressive legislation.