The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-04-23

we arrived here yesterday. after being z
twelve days on The boat. This has been
the most tedious trip we have ever made.
We entered the TallahatcEic at noon On
the Both, end since then have made very
good time. The Tal!ahatchie is about
the size q the Cedar it is well settled,
and We passed a number of Gne plsrta,
tions-the banks are generally high and
are not overhowcd The boys like the
appearance Of this country aud talk as If
they would like to live here. We saw
some immense canebrakes. The ,anc is
from twelve to fifteen feet high and so
t;.ick that it is impossible for a man to
make his way through it. The cane is
an evergreen and the dark green foliage
of it contras:cd beautifully with the
bright green Of tn, trees, now in FIJI.
leaf. This part Of Mississippi is the
hunters raraCise. These immense cane,
brakes abound with game Of every de-
8cript!cn-tu'keys. bear and deer we're
frequently seen and fred az as we passed
along, lu, VIC hadn't time to stop and
get them. There has been great deal
Of planting done hero, and the plartcrs
are evidently taken by surprise At the
boldnesS Of tue yankees in ru>!.irg az
army through t.1i> hitherto i.npass sib'c
e3yon, bat they must learn th@t yankee
ingenuity aud perseverance, vii! accom-
pIish anEt"i"c. We saw ~nn.ocr i
the p'a"iaf'ons with. tie buildings, e. ;.
tn presses, gins, tarn' impicu 'nts, &C.,
entirely destroyed, but Wheeler by our
'''.es % ., ~ so:rT''!"'' we {. H!4n' ;|!I.
"' 'N"'y P'''''''S ~" ca TIE r.
p'o'e' "a our tF0'pS' t"k,n3 tAclr n'::-
S' W." '"l", ana leaving their c:"IS
,',,n >''' ta"H ."''|' '"' " !.F@:' an, ""t Il
o"''''' '.'@N, e':h an" 'ocI"r. h:> W
a t'.'i'' '''e" 70 "nF eva 1%H II su"''
!''1.''IIs "' We heo11d. il" ""at.,"!
80 NV ~'I''1s"n"y warm F2' ti!e Nights
'"'"1' '7"'' y" ."' o'tn t"fIe was
= severe ', ,o.'-;Houch TO XII t"c rc@cA
crop ana '"e h'Ht |"y t:Iei~ v'S Quite
:, a s''" storm, th'ng never heard u!
oe','c oo"h mere lhe residents say
W. o''"S our climate a.ong with Us and
u y, We can s'a've or ""'P them out, We
~. ''S'~" '"'m oc''
1t the mouth Of tho Co,t,watcr We
passed gunboat, tie No. ), and forty
'1''}S "ooEe our rre*ent camp we passed
ooo'ncT' the 10. :, tlat had been sent
nf 70 'onk after Us, as G;n. Qn.nby had
o'ca"'e alarmed at ou: lon, "h:eEcc; ID.
" ~'| "''o row. and are F@Hdy to p1.ch
'"'o 'Ae 'co'Is any time the Gcucral
says w.
We arc can.rod on tho left bank G; .!,o
laIi''hacthlc, about two miles from! tie
rebeI fort, and within easy she,.ing Dis,
'@"cc q them; they could soon shell u
ou' CT cur preS2n: camp il they wanted
10 inrt Greenwood Is situated between
the I~l!ahatchio and Ia!laDusha rivers,
which here unite and form the Ia1Jo.
These two rivers come wi!!.iu three quar-,
,ers OF mile Of meeting, two miles above
TIE Junction, and then wilen out a4aiu
to two miles. In t'.:s meek Of land is t:4e
rebel fort. IAcrc IS 10 way to approacn
1t bat through thc neck os land at tie
upper end; across this neck arc their
batteries. They have scme
very heavy guns, 6ipolndcrs, mounted
50 as II sweep the pass and the river
On the opposite bank Of the Ial'abusha
they have battery placed so as to sweep
this pass, AID behind the first b2,terr is
another placed so as 40 command the
first, 50 that if we were to pass +; G fire
of both batteries and carry the u,acc bv
storm, We would be under the c,ocon.
tratcd fire Of two powerful forts, aud
could not hold the n.sc. moment Ada
to this the fact that there is q BAYOU
running across in front Of the battery
from one river to the other, and almost
as large as the river itself that i is i'm.
possible to cross, and you may form some
dca Of the strength, of the place. There
IS 10 chance for infantry to do anything,
for, turn any way We will, we find the
river between US and the eoel5 SunAen
RATS obStruct the river, 50 that oar iron