The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-05-15


taking the oath Of allegiance, stating that
the Southern Confederacy is dead. Ma.
nv of the townships are loyal to the cause
and it has only been the larger villages,
whore the noisy politicians have kept the
thiog slive, that have ovsrswsd the conn !
try people. Il
Arkansas lies PROSTATE At the feet OF
The Governments: There are no rebel
troops 10 tho State except Colemsns Jay.
hawksrs and some Texas regiments. said
to be 1t Little Rock. All the stesmboats
on the Arkansas and White rivers have
been taken away by the rebels to prevent
them falling in our hands. ..r
BY order of Gen. Curtis, 90 slaves, be-
longing to Judge Martin, Of Polk, Bayou
county, Ark, captured on the Sd inst,
in Independence county, while being ia
ken South by agents Of the rebellion,
have been ccn6seatsd and emancipated
and allowed to 60 wherever they pleased.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10.
The iron. clad steamer Ironsides was
successfully launched At half past ten this
morning.
Fl. JACKSON, April 80.
To my dear for :-Everythin, goes
on gloriously, just - you said. The Of
fetal will tell you oil. Com. Boggs is
going home He fought his ship splen-
didly, and is not in fault for her loss
He 10 man Of determination. Give him
good ship-bs dsservesis My respects
Yours, Truly,
BENZ. +. BUTLER.
To Asst Sec'y Navy.
NASHVILLE, May 10.
Gov. johnson has issued proclama-
tion, ordering that in every instance in
which Union men are arrested or NAL
treated by marauding bands, FIVE or more
rebels from the most prominent in the
immediate neighborhood shall be impris
oned or otherwise dealt with as the ease
may require.
CA1Ro, May 10.
We have unpleasant intelligence from
Paducah. 1t is nothing less than dis
covery Of a plot on the part of the seces
sion residents there to hand the town
over to the rebels.
The matter has been revealed to thu
commander Of this military district and
steps taken to punish the conspirators
For several weeks past they have mel
nightly six hundred in number in large
hall in the city. But for the informa
tion given BY one in their confidence the
whole plot would have been contaminated
before another veek.
Tho approach of the rebel cavalry fore,
Of the notorious Clay King, now rowing
the country between Padueah and Unioz
City, is supposed to be the signal 70,
the outbreak. The ringleadsrs are known
and if ever an overt act is committed, ,
short shrift and a speedy one will be thei
portion. The military forss there hal
been largely increased, and every pre-
caution taken to prevent a surprise. Tn.
large 81 guas upon the embankmont
around the Marine Hospital are turnet
upon The town, and woe be TO it in cas-,
of an outbreak.
Com. Foote arrived, to-day, from sh'
Hotilla, and left this afternoon for tn,
East via Louisville and Cincinnati. H,
is 90 much prestrated from tho effects OF
wound in his foot, received at TT Hen.
~, that he is hardly able 10 walk, and
has been compelled to leave the fleet,
temporarily, in command Of Capt. Davis,
Of the ID Illinois.
Surgeons taken prisoner, al Belmont
in November last, were brough. up t.
the feet from Fort Pillow with flag O.
truce. Most Of the time Of their impris
onnent has been spent in Memphis
They were taken to Columbus and frou
there to Memphis, where they rename
until March 9Th, when they were sent t
Tuscaloosa, Ala, whore all Of the Be-
mont and Donsl,on prisoners are eou6u
ed. Most Of the Shiloh prisoners, in
GLIDING Gen. Prentiss, have gone (
Montgomery, Ala, there being no plac
in Tuscaloosa 10 accommodate them. Tn
surgeons left for Memphis on April g
and remained there waiting to be ez
changed until Thursday of this weel
when they were sent to IT Pillow, an
thence to our feet.
All Of our prisoners at Tuscaloosa an
Memphis are Well taken care of, and r.
ceive every attention from citizens, bu
provisions are very scarce at both place.
Memphis is almost entirely deserted
A majority of the citizens have left
The stores are all closed. No busine.
whatever is doing, and the military fore
is barely large enough to guard prisoner.
All the previous rumors Of the destruc
tion CT sugar, molasses and cotton ar
corroborated.
There are only men enough at For
Pilloy to man the guns. All tho re.
have gone to Corinth, and Gen. Will
pigue has expressed himself as thorough
ly disguised with tho manner in which
his command has been taken away b,
piecemeal.
1t is tho general opinion among dis
tlngn'shed naval officers that Fort Pillow
will be evacuated or surrendered within
week. Several mutinies have occurred
among the soldiers who still remain
there. During the past few days citizen.
at Memphis are sick of the reign of ter
ror under which they have lived for the
last year, and hopefully look forward to
the day when the old flag will again wave
over the city.
1t was reported at Memphis, on Wed
nesday, that the Federal feet have reach
ed Vicksburg, Miss.
None Of the Belmont prisoners have
died since the battle.
There are ten rebel gunboats at Fulton
near Fo"t Pillow.
PITrsBURa LANDING, May1l.
The following il inst pocs;vod q, ILL.,