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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30
The Three Hundred Dollar Exemption.

To the Editor Of the y. \. Times:
"You have been trying to vindicate the
Draft from the charge thai. it throws the
whole burden of the war upon the poor
You mus. know that when one hundred
men arc drawn, if fifty Of them can pay
their $500 they are released, and then
their places must be filed by another
draft from among the poor. If this is
not releasing the rich and placing the
bur lens Of the war, exclusively, on the
poor, l should like to know what would
be Yours, APooR MAN"
Our correspondent misunderstands the
law entirely. 1t contains no such pro
vision as he alleges Every man who
pays $500 does escape rsonal service il
the war, but his place is not filed BY
a2other draft. III filled by Inducing
substitute to rolunteer And this $500
which is paid by the rich as the price
of their release, is distributed among tn,
poor as an inducement to volunteer ant
to increase their pay by just that amount
Not single poor man will be drafted
now who would not be if this $500 cx
emption clause we're not in the law. Blu
great many would miss the $500 which
now they can obtain as a bounty for vol
Times
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

would be useless without officers. Cop
perhe,ds claim the privilege Of disobey.
ing all laws, orders and oKoss, that do
no, sui. them ,l,bougs the hws are made
aud sanctioned BY the majority Of The
people. They do rot declare themselves
10 favor Of suppressiDg the rebellion By
fosce Of arms or anything else. Blu: they
assume ,hs. tie var is carried on for tie
purpose Of carrying GU. the Emancipation
Proclamation, and then call upon the
Aduiuis.rs,ion and the people to make
an unconditional surrender, as follows:
: Th...e are opposed 20 the prosecution Of
49, var for the purpose Q, carrying EFT the
er,.rriDa.iia proelaZss fCa Of The President OF
,hs United -.a.cs-Ans IL the Federal Adminis-
traitor expec. -a'te ORTIZ 70 attic nd its s.or.s
20 .zpprsss:s. .st.liisn, il mrsis only come
tack 10 the object Of The var ~ set forth 10 fae
Crri,snl en resolutions adopted b. tie Ho1se oil
Representatives, in Jaly. i.l s1s u On as IL is
dealings witA Tie people Of the states I,fEinge
Upon NO one sipsls zhi gSarantese 10 the peo-
pic By either the Federal or s;A:s Constitutions
And yet they have the unblushing hy-
pocrisy to s.ser, tbs: "there are none
who vii endure more or make greater
sacrifices for tie preservation Of the Cn-
ion"
Ia their 14,h resolution they hypocri:
icslly eulosize the soldiers, for the pur-
pose o. getting votes: but the soldiers
siT rem enhoer that these same copper
heads would 10, agree TO the nomination
Of Gen. futile because lie was one OF
"Liucoln' ,ninions.' They will rsnsm.
Der ,ha. Gen. futile vas rejected By the
convention after be had received a ma
jori,y of the votes, and tina, the rejection
va. based entirely on the fact Of his be-
ing a soldier. The soldiers will also re-
member that the same Copperhesds are
the very persons WHO wish to prevent the
soldiers voting. And the soldiers will
surely no, forget the conduct Of the del,
ega,es to that convention on other occa-
sion., for instance: One Of the delegates
from this county lately presided overa cage
Of CoPperheads, addressed BY a,raisorous
villain who eulogized the Missouri rebels,
and called the soldiers "pimps,' "rsvish.
ing rascals," "rufian.," &c, aud after
the speaker had finished another one Of
the delegates presented him with a b.
quet.
This same set Of Copperheads after
opposing the war from the beginning,
and quarreling with every &C. for the
purpose Of arning, paying or feeding the
soldiers, and after grinning over rebel
successes and looking gloomy over Union
victories, had the coolness to perpet,s.e
the following rich specimen of literature:
Is. Tha, we denounee. a. libellers of,he Dem.
ocratic party and enemies Of the country the
men who are engaged In representing the De
mocracy As wanting in sympathy with our gal
liant defenders.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30
jeff. Davis Last Call.

JEFF. Davis has decreed that all the
men between the ages of 8 and As in the
rebel States shall be "coerced' into the
military service. And we call the atten.
ton OF the Northern sympa,hizers with
the Southern cause to the terms of the
decree. There is no requisition on the
Governors Of the States apportion-
ment Of quotas-no conscription-bu,
one remorseless sweep of all the men OF
the military age left in the "Confedera-
cy:. Can this sort of thing be permit
ted! Surely it is unconstitutional. |.
there no such thing as State rights? Shall
We stand by and see our "m;sguidec
Southern brethren made the hclples.
victims Of such Wholesale "coercion" a.
this? Can such things be, and o remon
strant voice be raised by the champions
of the "resolu'ion of '9S" who hold forth
in the editorial room of the Chicago
Times.
But Davis call upon tie population
en- mnsse will share the fate of G len dow
er's call upon the "spirits from the vas.y
deep. Will they come when he does
call them! He wanted a much less mum.
Der Tor ''eksburc, to save to the "Con.
federacy' the control of the great hirb.
way OF the continent, but even those
were not forthcoming. And when he
summoned the militia of Virginia to pro.
sect the rear of Lees invading army. no
uprising OF the yeomanry of the "Old
dominion responded to his call So will
10 De with his levy en- nsasse. The "Con.
federacy can raise no more armies.
Meanwhile Pennsylvania, Indiana and
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

~The balance in favor of the gov
eminent against the rebels in the mum.
Der Of prisoners, is $4,000. We have on
hand in parole 10000 rebel prisoners
against $4,000 Union soldiers in their
possession. This makes the exchanc &C
market easy.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

~ The proof is ,ceunulasing thai
shows eonclusirely that there Is con-
.pir,cy ., the North to resist the lsT.
and break up the Government: The RI
OTIS in New York we're fors;c!d By rebe
prisoners of var, and the presumption l.
tia. II Lee had whipped Meade, as "a:
expected By the rebels and their sympa
timers. that there would have been =
general uprising amor. the CoFPerheads
The following, which has been sworn
By Captain and Liea,ensn' OF the n
Y. militia, shows .ha. Gov. Seynou,
the "friend' Of the rioters, Is 10 tie
conspiracy:
~ s.- Col. YsCre.. July :, lsf:- He saitso
ne ah.,u, noon, 4 did noi -aai the ofhce Of Ger
orsl in this District 10; - IL wss pressed on =.
hy nen ;ha:IkneH 10 b< RICH: fer oar Governor
Iscrep:sS Twill say YOU bat 20 1hIensisiIE.
tie obsec. Of this is 10 &c; sais militia force IL &c
oEr hsnd.-ksve proper -en sPp0iasee-so u
The Governor wishes 10 rssIs!ik Nations! oTa'''
which he in,erd TO 90. s. he thinks il nnconsti
,v:i.a.l =. csa 60 so safely. for he then ~il
have erossr men in o5ce over this Natioas
Guard 80 a. 10 control il 20 his wish resist -
drarr. ard -. people cAnno. help themselves
,aer will have 10 military Il II the! caa coss'
70 their wish have this from head .girtc>.
from g.r.'erea that sav she Governor % s..s
~-kys~s- .. fs a.!- Vle~ Of th+ EAU
ter. ID: Iae Governors ani OF. party.
Is it no, time tbs: loyal men wee pre-
pairing to aid the Government sgsnss the
rebels and evuspirators:
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

country, and there sre thousands just
like him. The great majority Of ,koee
Who still oct With them Will leave them
Jus. 80 soon - they perceive their real
objects.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

F,~ E,zs. S-aato--HENRY WHARTON.
70, R~pr..ea,a.ru-J " STANTON,
VIZ =. WOLF.
For T,.arpr j. R,corasr-G. =. ING NAN
For SA>iS-DaV ID PL4TNER.
For Coaat, J49y--L C. BELTS.
For Coaai, Surr<,or-JHES " CLING.
For Sept Corsmou Schoots-C. 4. Pound.
70, Coros1-GEO W. SMITH
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30
Repabljean TnieU Nominations,
For GaEern OF.

For Governor,
Col. WI. u. STONE. Of Marion eoEn-!.
For Li<z:-nsn; Governor.
ENOCH ". EASTMAN. q Hardin county
For SGprsne Js4se,
JOHN r. DILLUN. Of Scos county.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

New York are alive with volunteers and
the draft for three hundred thonssod
men from the loyal States is moving peace.
fully along.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30
WHAT THE REBELS THINK OF
THEM.

Some OK our Naliandigham friends
pretend to hninre that their meetings
and resolves tend to bring about peace
In one sense they do-to a temporary
peace by helping the rebels break up the
Governmept-bu. not such q peace as
would result from a suppression Of the
rebellion. The Muscatine Courier once
said that the rebels considered tina. Mr..
Vallandigham was doing them more 10.
jury than all tina, Presiden. Lincoln had
done, as Mr.. VS.. course was best calcu.
lated to bring about peace. This was
before the rebels had given Mr.. v free
pass to the West Indies 10 a confederate
war vessel, in their anxiety to have him
return North and resume his "peace !"
work. The real object Of the "peace
makers and the favor with which their
work is viewed by the rebels, while they
desplse the workers, can be seen in the
following:
FROM the Richmond Dispatch, July u.
The New. from New York.
we nave some Intelligence from the
North this morning, for more welcome
and much more important than foreign
Intervention. The peace meetings in
New York, SO Utterly ridiculed by the
neutrality-suspicious. safe parallels By which
the aoti. war people of the North wer,
! working into open resistance to Lin
coins Government-have borne thei
fruit. The white flag has been sudden
ly lowered, aud the red battle Tag no,
waves in New York over streets vet vii,
the gore Of Lincoln's hated minions. =
This grand movement In New York
but the precursor Of a series Of sin liza
outbreaks. Already have riots followe
in Hartford, Connecticut, and Newarl
r New jersey, and in few days we shs
f hear from the West. These demonstr
tons may, aud doubtless will, be D,
down by the iron hand Of the militar
but there will be no enforcement of Il
e draft after quiet is restored. These pc
pie have elected to die on their stree
rather than submit to the hateful tyrar
ny Of Lincoln, and have proved them
a selves in esrnes. BY pouring out the
? blood
d The copperhcads may disguise the
e acts as they chose, still i. is evident tn
their course affords great encouraceme,
to the rebels. If all the people 10 Il
loyal States we're united, the rebellie
, would give up in one months time. an
: that is just what the leading copperhea,
are afraid Of. "Oh," said one of the
in our hearing a few weeks since, &C
e II we can only keep this war going t
after the next Presidential election,
, matter if it doe. bankrupt the country
We will be all right" He cared mo
] for the success of hi. party than b
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

Henry Ward Beecher refuses to
preach on political talk in England: he
says he did not 90 GU. on political mis-.
sion, and so far from desiring to infu-
ense public opinion in that country con.
oernins America, he don't care anything
about it. Bully for Beecher.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-07-30

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The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-04

company Of skirmishers, protected by
the iro of Lampshire's 9TH Michigan
Battery, reconuoiterod the bank and
commenced the construction of float
ing bridge. At 0 O'Clock tomorrow it
will be completed and We shall move
forward.
Mean time, Sherman's corps is cross
ing on pontoous, above, and will 90 to
Vieksburg by the upper road toward
Haines' Bluff, while McClernoud and
Mcpherson will move on the Jackson
Road.
Our losses in the battle Of yesterday
were heavy probably three hundred
killed, and the usual proportion wound
ed. Pemberton was in command OF
the rebel forces. Major Gen. Tilghman
was killed. In the battle Of to-day, our
losses were but slight-our captures i'm
moderately large.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-04
Mistrllancous.

The Richmond Enquirer on Val
landigham's Arrest-His Doctrines
Repudiated as not of the South
His Residence in the Confederacy
Declined.
The Richmond Dispatch Of the 23d,
speaking of the Vallandigham meeting
in New York city, says it puts little
faith in the speakers. for although they
were positive in what they called civil
rights, they took care to credit them
selves with large amount Of patriotism
and devotion to the Constitution, for
furnishing literally men and means to
crush the rebellion in the South. AT
ter speaking of Governor Seymour and
Washington Hunt, represented as at
the meeting, the Dispatch says it ap
pears to be all right with them SO long
as the South is enslaved. If it is only
to enslave the South, why Governor
Seymour is willing to go on. So, so.-
ltis all right just so long as dcspotism
is marshaling its hosts against the lib
critics of the South. If they are sin.
cere, and really think the attempt TO
establish grinding despotism in the
South is right, while they proclaim
against any Infringement of individual
right in the North, then (it says in big
cnPifals) "thcy are, after all, Yankees.
Gov. Seymour and Hunt are no better
than Sumner and Chase; nay, not so
good-not even so good as Burnside. -
They are for despotism, for submission
to its authority everywhere and all the
time, particularly for crushing the re-
bsllion."
The Enquirer, in speaking of Val
inndigham, reviews his position and
concludes that although an advocate
Of the vigorous prosecution of peace,
he does not favor separation" 1t then
concludes: "Such is the modern Yon
kee Chatham, and such is his policy
We have no sympathy with him. We
agree with him that his way is the most
feasible and plausible way to subjugate
us, and trust that bis whole movement
will sxhOrt Lincoln to keep him to his
bread and water on the Dry Tortugas,
and IT that potentate should have the
imPudencs to send him South, as some
OF the papers intimate, thus making a
penal colony of the COnfcderacy, then
he ought al once to be sent back beyond
our Rncs."
Tho Enquirer also says, alluding to
the election for Governor of Virgins,
I'VE want a man who is opposed to re-
construction with the United States
under any conceivable aspect in which
the proposition might be presented"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-04
Ladies' Union League.

Some sixty ladies 10 Madison, Wis.
oonsin, have organized Union League
to encourage loyalty and bring the
weight of their influence against treas
on 1t is thointention of the League
to secure the formation of similar asso
ciations throughout the State. The de
signs of the League are set forth in tho
following resolutions. ..t.
1st. By rctrenchment in household
and personal expenses, to the end tn at
tho material resources of the Govern.
ment may as far as possible be devoted
to tho entire and thorough vindioation
OF its authority.
I'd. BY Strengthening. in the hearts Of
citizens at homo. the sentiment of love
and reverence for the National Govern.
ment, and OF establishing in them an
unwavsring determination that the war
so wickedly woged against the Union Of
these States shall not cease until the
rebellion shall have been utterly crush.
ed out, and the integrity of the Repub.
lie re-cstablishSd upon a sure and endu-
ring basis.
Sd. BY keeping before our soldisrs
now engaged, or hereafter to bs called
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-04

none, think, in the way Of moral
strength. Presumptively, tho ndvan.
tage is with the attacking party, and
especially in this case, where our army
since its bold move from Young's Point,
by the way of Grand Gulf, has been
uniformly and brilliantly successful.
To-day our forces are busy from right
to left, over the entire line, in creeping
more closely to the formidable works
oil the enemy. At several points our
sharpshooters are so near the redou BITS,
and SO well'shelterod by the remurka-
by rough ground, that they totally
prevent the enemy from using his guns.
They are near enough, too, to indulge
In Jocose conversation with the rebels
In their rife pits, as to-day an Illinois
boy cries out:
"Hullo, there, Seecsbl'
"Hullol"
got any liquor In Vioksburg2"
"Plenty."
"Well, we'll come in tonight, and
take horn"
at the Same time our heavier art;l.
lery is being pushed up slowly in such
way as to bear very effectually on the
snemys works. Tho ground is such
that the hills occupied by US are just
about as convenient and commanding
as those occupied by them. What
works they have within the line wosare
attacking is not known, but they can
not be extensive, for their present line
is quite near the city. If the rebels
retire from their present position they
subject the city to destruction.
Below and above Vicksburg our m or
tar fleet is grumbling and laundering
very slowly and steadily, and we can
see the huge shells bursting over the
town. A warm place to live in now.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1863-06-04
In REAR OF vlcKssuao.

The stronghold Of the rebel power on
the Mississippi is now completely in
vested by the army Of Gen. Grant.
The fragments of tho insurgent for
oes which escaped from the victories Of
Port Hudson, of Jackson, of Champion
or Midway Hills, aud OF Big Black
have retired Vithiu the small but strong
circle Of dSfOnccs which surround the
city at distance of about tive miles
from its heart There a stubborn ro
siStancs is now being made. tho rs.
doubts aud riae.pits glSing the rebels
an advantage in The way Of safety; bu'