The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-09-17

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Gen. l,osecraus telegrsphs the follow
ing to Gen. Halleck: "Chattonooga IS
ours without struggle AID East len
nessee is free. Our movement on the
enemy's flank and rear is progressing,
whole the tail of his retreating column
will not escape unmolested. Our troops
from this side entered Chattanooga about
noon, Sept. 9th.
Gen. Gilmore has enquired of the
Government if he woulL be justified IN
bombarding Charleston to its utter de.
struction The answer returned Is SAID
to be such as to give the country assur'
ance of a heap of ashes where Charleston
stands, if it is not surrendered. A full
supply of incendiary shells to be used
against Charleston we're sent to General
Gilmore by the Arago, and by this time
are probably being used against the
door.ed city.
Refugees from Mobile state that there
was a terrible riot of soldiers wives ~
that place on the 4th inst. About 600
women and children collected at Spring
Hill, armed with clubs, knives and hatch.
cts, and marched through the principal
streets carrying banners on which were
inscribed, BREAD or Blood ''Bread or
Peace,' and other like inscriptions. Be-
ing soldiers wives the proceedings were
winked at by the soldiers, who made fee
bic resistance. Several stores were bro
ken open. One merchant, Jew, struck
one of the women, and some policemen
who were present arrested the Jew, beat
him severely and locked him up.
Gen. Blunt, at last accounts, was at
Fort Gibson, preparing to start for Fort
Scott. In hsrecent campaign he march
ed 25O miles in nine days, fought two
battles, and cleared from rebels thou.
sand square miles Of territory. Refugees
from the rebel conscription are coming
into Blunt's lines by hundreds. Their
sufferines are represented as indescriba-
BE. More than one hundred Union men
have been shot aud hung at Fort Smith
since the rebellion began.
From the Army of the Potomac the
news is again inspiring. Maj General
PIeasan'on with his cavalry force, under
Gems. Buford, Gregg and Fitzpatrick,
crossed the Rappahannock on the 18th
inst. and advanced to the banks of the
Rapdan. Buford's division came up
with Stuart's rebel cavalry and artillery
on the heights this side Of Beverly Sta
ton, and drove them from crest to crest
By a series of brilliant charges Gen
kilpatrick's command connected with
Buford's on the left, having crossed at
KeIly's Ford Gen. Gregg left Sulphur
springs at daylight, and joined PIeassn,on
and Buford at Cuipepper, having found
Jones Br;g ade of rebel cavalry at Muddy
Run, and scattered them by shells, but
not until they had fred the bridge
Grcgg's men, however, put it out and
it in few moments SO that
the whole command crossed on it. Gen
Gregg continued to drive Jones before
him and reached Culpepper the same
moment with the rest of his command
Our men charged through town, captur-
ing lO4 prisoners and 3 guns. Col. f.
Chapman, commanding the lst bri sade,
having he advance, pursued them past
Cedar Mountain up to the vicinity Of the
Rnpidan, within two miles Of which they
encamped last night.
eg""Oh, have you heard from Mainc:?'
Say. coppcrhcads- have you' She piles
up hugely increased majority against
the "Democracy," both for Governor and
in the Legislature. As far as heard from
there is gain Of nearly 10000 against
the Democracy, over last year. "The
Union party has probably carried every
county in the State This is glorious.
Guess the peace a.-any-price politicians
will find out, by and by, that opposition
to the Government in time of civil war
don't pay. Guess they'll be obliged to
change II cir tactics if they expect to
get anybody to vote for their candidate
for resident next Fall.-Mi. JoarnaL
Sept. 18th.
/ DR.. Solomon Andrews, Of Perth Am.
boy, n. j has invented flying ma
chine, which was tested on the 4th inst
to the satisfaction of himself aud an ad
hiring crowd. He guided it against tn
wind in any direction he chose, and als'
went in spiral course upward at the rat
Of not less than l20 miles per hour.
has sufficient power to carry three men.
WASHINGTON, Sept. Is.
The following Proclamation has beer
issu d by the President Of the lutte,
States:
WHEREAS, The Constitution of tn,
, United States has ordered that 9Th,
privilege of the writ of haJeas corpu
shall not be ST pended unless when il
cases Of rebellion or invasion the public
, safety may require it," and whereas,
, rebellion was existing on the Sd day @
March, 1863, which rebellion is still ex
listing, and whereas, by a statute which
was approved on that day it was enacted
by the Senate and House of Representa-
tlves of the United States in Congress
assembled, that during the present in
surrcctlon the President of the J1nita,