The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-12-03
GENERAL NEWS.

! il 10 Cas,ds, and win doubtless soon
sleep in the cane bed With vaaland ighan.
| We trust no intervening hand OF friend
OF foe win separate the happy couple, Who
have lsbcred 50 faithful. together Les
them be together. The only change to
Be desired is that both may hang at the
end Of one rope from the same galiows.
The late battle between Grant and
Bragg is = complete victory to the Union
cause. The siege of Knoxville is no
aonbs raised ere nov, and the rebel fore
= 10 Ess, Tennessee can only escape b.
miraculous fighting The fruits Of the
victory are 5000 prisoners, IS guns,
1000 stand of small arms and large
quantity II stores Bragg has resreated
to Dslton, Ga, and Grant is after him.
Oar soldiers fought nobly- Our losses
are said, officially, not to exceed 1920.
Oar wounded are al under cover and
well cared for.
The Washing,on Republican of the
31th uls-, in speaking Of the advance of
the Array Of she Potomac says: Up to
this tine there has been much sighting
By regiments, brig.des, divisions and
sEs s ga s ahss h - Ssve been vor.,ed
temporarily in skirmishes, the result is
,ha, Lee has been defeated aud has been
gradually falling back, and from present
appearances will attempt to make grand
, stand at Hanover Junction or Gordons,
, vile. Meade has taken upwards OF
e 900 prisoners.
Dispatches from Mobile papers OF
the sth, say that Charleston had been
burning sixty-three hours, and General
Gilmore's shells were constantly making
. isworse. Nearly all the men in Sumter
: had been killed BY the fall Of the remain
! ing wall under which they had taken
, refuge.
News from Gen. Banks in Texas
continues good He has captured Cor
Christi, and several smaller places. The
f Texans are exhibiting strong evidences
!, of Unionism wherever the army marches.
l. Information is received from the
Il Army Of the Potomac up to Mondsy
noon. The train captured on the plank
! road on Friday is said to have contained
It small quantity of ammuDition,of which
r the shells exploded. In relation to af-
II fairs at the front, on Saturday, it is stat
= Cd that at daylight our army lay across
. the Fredericksburg and Orange turn.
T. pipe, at Roberts Tavern, about twelve
I'd miles from Orange Court House. The
be rebel lines were light, and gradually
\ pushed back by our skirmishers for about
mile and a half. About l p m. the
&c clouds broke and the rain ceased, but the
lie roads were in a very bad condition -
N One of our batteries fred few shots, tc
= which they replied with great spirit fol-
- an hour. A great battle is imminent.
the f ssys s~ ENEMY BHEPsi q Gay dats|
OF cd up three brigades and attacked my
u" brigade in strong position south of the
he river, within three miles Of Knoxville
al After hard fight the enemy is moving
down large force with the evident de-
T. sign Of renewing the attack, Burnsid
to believes he can Eold the position. Re
ho Inducements are on the way to him.
e There were at least sixteen Norther
L States represented on the battlefield q
- Chattanooga. The Eastern States ar
y. ~, entitled to fair share of the glory. The
ID had at least $4,000 Of their sons unde
ce fighting Joe Hooker engaged in the cor
v, test. 1t was the first Western bait
Ia field where the East had many soldier
-" present. They fought we'll.
~ "A Copperhead poet informs Faith
n Abraham, through SO called Democrat
H. paper on the Reserve, that,
nj We are coming, Father Abraham,
ed From Ohios hills and lakes,
An humble set Of Democrats,
" With tails between our legs
'n The full returns from Ohio viii
are include the soldiers vote, came in as f
ice lows: Brough's majority on home vo
in Gl,752; majority on soldiers vote 80, 81
,or total majority l00,33
an. Wendell Philips has question
veracity to settle. The Washington c
respondent of the N Y Tribune den
VIC by authosity that the President ever S
is to Phillips that "the greatest folly of
Of life was the issuing of the Emancipat
Proclamation"
,ino Brig. Gems. Corse and Matth
ANN both OF Burlington, Iowa, were woun
l, in the brilliant engagement at Look
'o'a Mountain-the former severely in
airy thigh.
'lled In New Jersey, which is the Q
,ris- loyal State that has gone for the sh
iris. Democracy, the election was only
sh,n Legislative and county officers
'"" Union men have gained seven meml
in the House and Senate.
one H. M. Martin has notified Hon
ches b. Grinnell, of the 18th Congressi,
es of District of this State, that he shall c
test his right to seat in Congress
Y the ground that the soldiers vote
a. which Mr.. G. was elected, is lille
And yet this same Marin, when III
the Der of the Legislature, was one of