The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1862-03-20

: be on the field. Cot. S"anks: OF ID
y House Of Representatives, will accompan.
c him as soon as his duties will permit.
d 4 large number Of APP Iicat''"s nav
). been made BY volunteer officers - DC aP
:, pointed in the regular army. but th1s 10
rave been unsuccessful, owing, for othe
t reasons, to the difficulty Of discrln1pst
: ing as 10 the relative merits OF the sp
i plicants.
The War Department has authorised
Gen. Hal|cck to suprrcedc Gen. Grant
: unless be shond ask to be relieved, or
= account Of bad conduct 81 f. Donelsof
/ and elsewhere.
McClcllau's proclamation cxcitc' en-
thusiasm in the army, and Is app''"deo
\ by the people as important ard conc'u
slvo.
Information has been received here Of
the late rebel strength at Man ssas and
Centcrville. 1t comes from four men
lately employed on the railroad from
Manassas, who deserted and came over 70
our lines. They assert that, up to FRI
day week, the rebel force at or near Ma
nsssas was from 10000 TO 100000 ;
$4,000 between Manassas and Acquia
Creek: 1000 at Winchester, Lecsburg,
&c. An could have been concentrated
at Manassas at days notice, The reb-
els never talked of cvacuating until after
the fall Of Fort Donelson, when it was
freely said they would have to retreat
when Mcclellan advanced.
The roads for the past 60 days have
been horrible.
The grave of Col Cameron is said to
have been found at Bull Run. His body
has been sent to Harrisburg.
At "A station T. miles from Manassas
we found - freight cars loaded with
comni>sary stores, worth 100000. The
enemy had kindlcd fire under them,
which failed to burn.
ST.. Louis, March lG.
Oar success at New Madrid has been
even greater than WAS rep 'r;ci. Twenty
FIVE pieces Of heavy artillery, consulting
Of : / aud rih i - Founders. two batter.
les Of field artillery, an !nm 'nse quanti-
y Of fixed ammunition. several thousand
small arms. hundreds of boxes If nus.
kct cartridges. three hundred nuls and
! horses, tents fer an army of L. 600 men,
and an immense quantity Of other prop
criy, Of not less value than one million
dollars. has fallen into our hands
Their men only escaped
The cnemy's whole force is demora,iz-
ed and dispersed in the swamps Oh the
opposite side Of the river
Thc enemy abandoned their works so
| hurrcdly as to leave all the baggage of
their officers and the kuapsacks of their
men.
Their dead were left unburird Their /
suppers were on the tables, and candles L.
burnn: in their tents. (
ST LOUIS, March &C. !
A dispptch from Savannah. Tenn, to
the Drm""rW says the expedition up the
Tennessee river have nearly all arrived
here, and rhc A'c; is now on the point Of
proceeding further up the river The
exposition is under The command Of Cen
&. F. Smith. with Gems. sherman, Nc
Cleruanh. lInrIhut, and Naliace a. i
vision commanders The force is large
and fully IDLE to conquer any army til.
r. b"'s con bring against il.
GEN Grant rcmain- in coumanI at r..
Henry The encmy's force in this sec.
ton is variou>'v satim.,cd at from 80,
600 % 1HO $50 mrn
,-an W II
NcNairy coun:v, yesterday. ,rncl the
bridge aud took up the railroad track
l",iinr from EInmbolit to Corin;h. Miss.
cutting of train heavily laden with
troops. which arrived just as the bridge
was burning
CAIRO, March l.
The tc~n il ia! Of rumprs from hrlpw
hut t"orc !. LITTLE Of anything tina. Gnu
be r,l'~i rcln'1e
We are anHiously cxprctin. Informal
zion from Island No. ~, but are as vet
w''h"ut anything d,ivlte 1T last ac
counts Com. Foo.e was At work; and ~.
inc hi. f"tilIa 20 the best possible a,l,an
tag. movin. his mortar boats ON, os
RANGE If the enomv's batteries tr GUN
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range. aud the accuracy "f their Ere fully
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h"LLA, No., March l6.
NC r'ma'n, Of Col, iirnIrjck, Of the
- -;",h 1"d'hn'' N'l'cd at the battle Of Pea
"'d-'' Arkansas, arrived here yesterday.
',e'mN'"''h by his brother aud two or
'hr'" 9TH Gentlemen, who left the ba,
lie "r"un1 on the Mouaoy fylloxir, III.