The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-12-08
Interesting Coriespon,ience,

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-. 1t is copy Of letter yritten half
s.: '':ry ago by Sir Boyle Roche, mesa
! her of the Irish Parliament, during the
! 'rsabled times Of Ninety eight, whe a
handful OF men fron the County Of We
/ lord struck terror in;, the heart of Mars
! as wei! as ths werthy writer hinself The
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" i"e Gosernoc TO suit his purposes, arc
| III italics:
LETstG pn.E Gev. WISE re uaS. Eff. ntLLrrr.
E!,usoSp, Nov. 10th, lsja.
Bctor"i Brnjaa,,n :--ilayiny now a
little psace ad quetness, | sit down and
ufora, you Of she dreadful tustle and con-
fusion We are all in from those blood
thirsty j l., most u whom are, thank
God, III ID nnl dispersed or soon to be
hung. We az 10 Il pretty mess; can get
40 time to eat e.rcept nights, nor any wine
to drink, except wui>Ley and when We
at dosu to amer we are Obliged 10
! keep both hand, armed. While l wife
this | hold sword ia each hand aud II
pistol in the other.
| concluded from the beginning that
this would be the end Of it, aud | see |
sa, right Tor il is uo: half over get. 1t
present there are such .oin.s GU that ev
,ry;f.ny is i. staad still l should
have answered your tier a !,rtnisht
aro, hu, | dill not receive i, until this
morning. Indeed scarce Il mail arrives
withou, bqing robbed; no longer ago
than yesterday the mail from The NORTH
vas robbed near this town. The bags
had been left behind sof fear OF accident,
aud by gn3d luck there was nobody III but
two outside passengers, who had nothing
for the thieves to take. Last Tuesd1y
notice was given that gang Of rebels
was adsaucin. here under the Abolition
standard, but they had no colors nor any
drums except bagp'pes, and an Internal
Camera MueAine
| Immediately every man in the place,
including women and children, ran out
to meet them. We soon found our force
much to little VIC we're too near to think
of retreatins. Death was in our face !;
bu: ut it We went, and began to be all
alive again. Fortunately the rebels had
no guns but pistols aud pixies, and as we
had plenty of muskets and ammunition we
out thcm all to the sword. Not soul OF
| them escaped, except umc that had a
dozen balls fired into them and ,cerc then
hroun into the riyer and some OF them
that we're drowned in tho recent bogs:
and in very short time nothing was
heard but silence. Their uniforms we're
all of different colors, but mostly green
After the action we went to rummage .
sort Of camp which they had left behind
them. All we found was few pixies
without heads, parcel Of empty bottles
&c water. and bundle Of PIoc,s'onat
commissions filled with the names q 40.
clifton rebels, and bustet basket t4a 81
eorresponaeacr ;mplicating large numbers
Of .karttern Republican fanatics, 'oh'ch
ron and / arouid ryoice to sec hung, az,
hourh they don't deserve i halt 50 much :.
:, ,re DO. Troops are now stationed all
around the country, which exac1'y
squares with my ideas; as the only way
10 avoid difficulty is to meet It plump
in the face. have only inc to add tia
! am in great hurry
Truly your friend and obedienI serv,
ant. Executioncr Of John Brown, and
candidate for the Presidency in 1861, or
any subscqucn. period, when an 0ppos'
tunity offers, >,,v uy,cr
p.S. If you do Tot receive tn,s' of
conr.e il must have miscarried, there
f fore | beg you Al write and let. le, m me
know. Ia ordcfthat this may not be-
come public, as all my previous private
correspondence has, please hand i 70 the
editor Of the Courier for insertion III
that sheet. II. a. D.
P.P.S. "THE UNIoN MUST BE PRE
SERVED" u Virginia has to secede /o'
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