The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-07-25
up hifalutin terms or indulge in imauin.


airy flights or figures, but will give you
in as few words, and as simple language
as possible, what facts may occur from
time to time that | deem interesting. |
shall endeavor, in what l write, to give
you in as plain way as possible the
truth as I may CLEAN it from official re-
ports or by personal information.
had pleasant trip here-having en-
ioyed the ride very much. Left Onion
Grove station about a. m. on Tuesday,
and at 10 a. m. on Thursday was in the
Getty of magnificent distances" as Ran
dolph used to call Washington. Shortly
after leaving the Pennsylvania line l
began to realize that rur, with all its
ravages, was devastating our land. All
the bridges and all along the line Of the
Northern Central Railroad, from the
Pennsylvania line to Baltimore, the SOL
diers were seen pacing their " BEATS"
At Cockeysville, Md, we came to the
headquarters Of the regiment that have
this duty Of protecting the railroad as
signed them 1t is, believe, regi-
ment from Allegheny county, Pa. The
country along the railroad, looked we'll
crops looked very well, judging from the
great number of "shocks" of grain that
dotted the fields. There are some mag
ni6cent residences and every thing bears
the marks of intelligence and industry
About a. M on Thursday, | arrived
safely at, and "went through Baltimore" d"
which will be the boast of Northerners
for years to come. Baltimore is beau
tiful city-what a great pity they are so
traitorous there Their lofty monuments
and historic associations all speak loudly
of their former attachment to the Union,
and adnonish them to beware how they
"touch the defled thing g"-Secession.
There was nothing to the casual observer
to make him suspect that beneath him
was a smouldering volcano that only
needed proper occasion to burst forth
and swallow up that lovely but rebellious
city. The Union men are safe enough
now-Gen Banks is making it all rig ght'
with them.
There is great deal of stir and hustle
in this Washington city now. There
is an unusual number of visitors here
some say greater crowd than was ever
here before. The consequence is that
board is very high and accommodations
scarce. Thirty dollars per month is
about the least that a person can get
boarding for at auy public house. am
going to stow my carcass at some private
boarding house if possible. Provisions
they say are scarce. If we had lot of
your cheap grain here at the price you
have it there, we would make cons:dera-
bic OF a 'spec.'
have been up at Congress, a couple of
times, and would like to give you pen
and ink portraits of some Of them-aN
of them in fact-who are now figuring
so conspicuously in the counsels Of our
nation They seem TO be getting along
very exped iously. On Thursday they
passed bill expelling from the floor of
! the Senate the Senators from the seeded
States, who have resigned their places in
Congress and who have gone "secesh.'
1t received great deal of opposition
from the citizens, They have also passed
the bill authorizing the President to call
ont five hundred Thousand men, and FIVE
hundred millions of money to put down
the rebellion. No compromise will be
presented at all. They are determined
to push the war on "to the bitter end. J"
1t is union all over, and nothing else will
be tolerated in this city. | said bove |
would like to give you portraits OF the
Congressman now assembled here, but as
| have been assigned duty in Georgetown
! | shall not be able to do so-not now, at
least.
| SATURDAY EVENING.
Well, here [ am over in Georgetown.
and will have to tell you how am fixed.
| am and will be, for few days, the sole
inhabitant of large brick building about
200 #. long, 60 wide, AMI three stories
high. am in room "a #. square, with
three windows---two looking out over
Washin ton and the other over George.
town nights. 1t is an old house, was
built in 1920, | believe. 1t has been
known for many years as Mrs. Englsh's
Female Seminary. My furniture at
present is very limited. Still, l have
bed, chairs, and table, and am writing by
candle light, though there is gas burner
but in which there is no gas this evening
Well, Government has rented this
building for the purpose of converting it
into a general hospital have been as
signed to duty here as an Acting Assist
ant Surgeon of the U. S. Army. There
is little danger of its being burned
down, as some are opposed to having
hospital so near them, and | have been
detailed as guard-will stay here alone
Of nights. So YOU see am not afraid
of "spooks," or secessionists either. 1t
is the wish of the Surgeon General of the
Hospital that l remain and Superintend
the erection of the beds and hospital
stores and furniture, as he will be detsin-
ed in Washington for some time. have
been assigned very responsible position
here-that of the 1st Assistant Surgeon
of the hospital. BY the middle of next
week we expect to have 200 beds up,and
judging from the other hospitals they
will nearly all be full. I expect to sec
more sickness and perform more surgi.
cal operations here in one week, than l
would see or hear of in year in or about
Upton. There is no better school that
man can possibly be attached to, for the
study of medicine and surgery. The
milder diseases and injuries are generally
treated in camp, but all the serious ones
| &c possihla are broupht tn the general