The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-11-19


Our Government having been in.
formed, by Lord Lyons and through
other sources, Of a plot made By the Sc
cessionists in Canada to release the rebel
prisoners confined on Johpstgn,s Island,
ventit. The Toronto Adccrtiscr, Sc
ccssion paper, admits the failure Of tho
rebel plot, and says the Confederate
Government fitted out the steamer Rclcr
from Wilmin ztoa to HALIFAX with car
60 TO furnish funds. Thirty-six caiccrs
and 800 men were to come overland in
small parties to a general rendezvous.
Their intention was to surprise the Fed
eral garrison q. Johnstcn's Island, libc-
rate the prisoners there aad convey them
to Canada, Their orders were not to
violate British neutrality, only TO preserve
1000 valuable lives from such wretched
quarters which were designed 20 kill by
slow degrees.
From Charleston a cores pondcut
writes the following: The bombardmcnt
was proceeding without any unusual i'll
cidents The rebel fire was no, serious.
The monitor pa'opsco recently threw FIVE
shells into battery Bee, compelling the
rebels to desert their guns for a time
Gen. Gilmore recently threw three orli-
nary shells into the centre of Charleston,
to try the range Of his guns. The rebels
have ut least 1000 negroes at work on
their batteries on Sullivan and James
Islands, but many of these works will be
found useless when the great trial comes.
The correspondent says that the prospect
of ear y and successful results were never
more promising than now, and indirectly
refers to an experiment recently made,
which was so full of success that the OBJ
structions are no longer to DO feared.
stating his firm belief that we will have
Charleston or its ruins between now and
Christmas.
A rebel mail was lately captured, in
which was letter from jeff Davis in re-
ply to certain parties asking his opinion
as to tho propricty and expediency Of
employing bands for destroying steam
boats He replies that he saw no objec-
tion to the plan, aud constructs the act of
the rebel Congress to empower the forma-
ton Of bands for the purpose There
were other documents Of equal interest
The Enquirer of the 18th says
Meade has Inflicted terrible blow on
Lee, and in Western Virginia the dsas-
ter to Echol's command shows the enemy
Is active ard apprehensons are felt for
the safety Of the railroad in North Car
DINA. The enemy has threatened the
southern line Of the railroad On the pen.
Ursula, and is landing large numbers of
troops at Newport News.
-Four large steamers, engaged in
running the blockade of Wilmington,
have been captured within the last three
daysi One was. loaded with 5000 En-
field rifles, ammunition and clothing,
one with saltpetre and lead, and the 9TH
cr with an assorted cargo. The original
cost Of one was 5000, 600. The State
debt Of North Carolina, amounting to
upwards of 81 900, 900, has been entirely
!iquidatcd from the proceeds of blockade
running, in which the State Government
was largely engaged.
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A correspondent of the New York
Heratd, writing from the headquarters
Of Hou, Banks, says the General has cf-
tected a landing on the Texas bank of
the Rio Grande. Ihereupon the rebels
evacuated and burncd Fort Brown, set
fire to brownsville and got up huge