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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-29

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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-29
J. F. M U z x,
Manufacturer and dealer in
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-29
The Early Physical Degeneracy oil
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The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1863-01-29

rom G. II. seHRrvEs's Advertising Age,cy, Chicago
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08
Lincoln and the Spirits.

Northern journal contains long rigma-
We account of some spiritual exhibitions
lad. i'll the pret ence of Lincoln and his Cabi-
isi Napoleon, Gen. Knox, and others, were
aasalted as to the best mode of conducting
:. war. Lincoln must be in great straits
E,ea he has to look to the other world for
.ltsry counseIs. He reminds US of Saul,
saen Heaven had forsaken him, getting the
sl!eh of Endor to raise up Samuel to give
In sdyice. We should not think thai Lin
@a aud his Cabinet need give themselves any
Ira trouble about calling up the spirits of
ls departed. A hundred thousand ghosts,
s-9se blood is on his hands, will visit him
sg1 enough, either in this world or the next,
nj nass him pay, to the last crimson drop,
lie deep dam mnation Of their taking off
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08
MAJOR.GENERAL RODES.

This officer, who was promoted for bis gal
Ian, bearing on the field of Wilderness and
Charlottesville, is a native of Lynchburg,
as before stated in this paper, we believe
He has eeen some very hard fighting in this
war, especially at Seven Pines, where he re
ceived painful wound. He has always dis
tinpuished himself; but at Wilderness his
prominence and signal bravery in battle were
such, indeed, as to extort promotion, had
there been any reluctance in according it-an
idea that is forbidden by the promptness with
which it was done. He graduated in the Vir-
einia Military Institute in lS4S, in very dis
tineuished class, which has furnished some
yery fine officers for the Confederate service
A correspondent in the Sentinel states that,
lust be fore the war broke out, the Chair OF
Natural and Experimental Philosophy, held
by the illustrious jackson, was divided, the
expansion Of the school making such divisit
necessary A Chair of Applied Mechanics
was thus organized, aad to this chair General
Rodes was elected by tho unanimous vote OF
the Board of Visitors. He was, Therefore,
Professor elect Of this important department
of the Virginia Military Institute.
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NaiIimaIe and HaiInndiX ha m

Nothing eould he well more sycophantic and
aa7i:h titan the endorsement by the Balti-
aoFs City Council of the despolic proceedings
4 Lincoln against Vailandigham. But it
D# composed Of Yankee, elected by Yam
lss vote, the former Council of Baltimore
Avlns long ago resigned, and their places
s:.a supplied by supple tools Of the Washing
alyranl We cannot expect any voice to
iocssd from Baltimore in favor of freedom
cJa;iee, for her true men have all the bay
sa'ta their threats, and nons are permitted
lie their tongues who will not use them in
'-'-avsring with fulsome adulaiiOn despi-
ta.ls desp0L
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Southwestern TeleG;nms

Tbs messages from the Southwest relative
ID the situation of affairs at Vicksburg have
lor many days been Of the vaguest and most
confused character. Especially was that of
s,.uriay morning last incredible in some re-
:gecis and ineomprehensible in Others In so
mach has this been the case with reference to
! matter SO intensely interesting as that of the
asge of Nieksburg, that We have been driven
TO look for some explanation Of our own mes
asss TO the lying dispatches of the enemy
Oar own editorial comments upon the subls ct
Ire oftsner based upon the confessions of the
enemy Of the state of the struggle for the re-
dasiion of our Mississippi Gibraltar than upon
lsss muddy kilograms from Jackson, Mobile,
se, which are as muddy az the Mississippi it.
:si Is there not some corrective7 Cannot
l,s association for disseminating telegraphic
asEs for the press employ agents who under
SAID the business sufficiently to give simple
nd connected statement of facts?
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RELIEF FOR VIRGINIA EXILES.

The exiies from North western Virginia
who have been sent from their homes Tito our
lines by the Federal commanders for their 10y
atty to the Confedsracy are arri wing in S:aun.
ton, and the citizens of that place are gener
ously making preparations for them. There
will be an aggregate of from 200 to 500
principally women and children. sent through,
and of course the liberal citizens Of that little
town cannot provide for 60 large number
without aid. 1t is earnestly TO be hoped that
the people of Richmond, and ether portions
Of the State, will assist them in bearing the
burden. Those " no are to be relieved are the
wives and children Of Virginia soldiers now
in .he field. Contributions of money may be
sent TO John Wayt, teller of the Contra! Bank,
S.aunton, who is The treasurer of the fund be
ing raised by tic citizens Of that noble little
town
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RUSHING THE BLOCKADE FROM MOBILE
TIE Mobile correspondent If the Montgomery
Adrertiser says the mania for the blockade
business there ia ON The increase. The i'm
mense profits realized seem to bewilder tue
people. The letter says:
One fellow, who recently ran the blockade
from this port, purchased barrel Of liquor III
Havana for eleven dollars, that he sold here
on return for eleven hundred. His whole in.
vestment amounted to seventy five dollats and
his profits over twenty live hundred In no
case Lave l heard Of single steamer bring
lug in any bacon, Aou-, sugar, or .rolasses. OF
any cargo entirely of munitions OF war o'
medicines The goods brought hack have the
Utica, N. "" and "Loweil, Mass, brands
upon the M, and king cotton has s'esn dethi on
ei and cold ia exchange for them, either di
recs or indirect. Ii rumor is true, tapd have
no right to question IT, cotton as been haul
ed lom here TO Pascaeou.a, and shipped Oh
sts amers TO New Orleans, ani it is supposed
10 be by the consent of The Government Rs
s;rietions If the most severe character e. oait
bs throwu around this business. and Its traes
action diligently inquired into: saw ono o
the crew refuse to accept Contedsra:e money
in payment for oranges and other fruits
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08

MURDER OF AN ESRoLLlsG OFFICER IN
TErNEssEE.-Col. James X. McAnally, enroll
ing officer for the Msyes' Mill District, IL
Granger county, Tenn, was waylaid and sho'
dead from his horse on the night OF the is
inst. The place selected was lonely nook II
the forest. by which the deceased was IN m 1ht
haei: Of passing ass in the h;s son coene;
a vita through the bushes to the road SO thai
bis IRE would not be DISTRACTED, and when ths
uucouscious victim Of his malice appeared
about dark, from double barrel shot gun dis
charged one musket ball and thirty nine buck
shot into his body, killing him instantly
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xls Fall &f Puetla.

The French sic amer Darien has arrives
from Vera Cruz, bearing dispatches which en-
nornca the .an."rA "s n.~h'" |~ e.
Forey, commander of the French army. Ol
tha lG.h ult. he opened fire with heavy artil
lcry, and Ola the l7th effected breach i tbs
Fort ToximehuacaD, when he moved to .hs
Assault, and, after encoun.eriDg a desperate
resistance, entered the Plaza, where he re
csived the unconditional surrender Of Geueya
Ortega. Tie prisoners made Ly tLe capture
OF the city number twenty three Generals
tesn thousand men. A division Of Genera
Forey's army left on the 2Oth for the city OF
Mexico q sufficient garrison remaining at Pa
ebla. The following are the particulars Of the
fall Of the most important city but one il
Mexico:
1t appears that on the 10th of May the
French having established parallel at abe u!
brisk fire upon that position and dismounted all
its guns. The Mexicans fought bravely, bu,
the next day, the parallels havirg been ex
tended up to the foot of the fortress, the Mex.
lean General Mendoza presented himself in
the camp asking General Forey to let the gar
rison leave with it's arms, bageage and por.
ton Of the artillery, and stating that they
WOulU, OH tuO5O COuOltAOub, EuIIcUUcI tu0 CitJ
General Forey refused to accept these propo-
stions, aud replied that, if in a few hours the
city was not given up, he would resume the
bombardment.
At O'Clock in the afternoon an officer
brought o letter from Ortega to General Forey
announcing that he was ready to surrender un
conditionally With his troops Coz. Manique,
the second officer of General Forey's staff,
was then detached with the first battalion Of
foot chssseurs, Commander Cowrsy, AID with
a platoon Of hussars, for the purpose Of occu-
pying the place.
The entrance of the French troops took
place in an orderly manner, and without any
casualty on either side.
On the morning of the l9th, at IL o'clock
General Forey made his entry into Pueba
and was saluied by volley Of 100 guns. On
the same day General Bszsine made his prepa
ration and was ready to move toward Mexico
on the following morning, May 90
During the nights Of the 7th and 9Th of May
General ComonfOrt, who had abandoned his
posi- ion at San Martin, in order to march to
tho assistance Of Ortega, was surprised b,
Geiera! B,zsine at o'clock A. NJ. brisk
engagement ensued, in which Comonfors lost
eight ritlsj gu"s. twenty artillery trains, 2Os
mules, aid 2 500 men, most Of whom were
made prisoners.
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T,x,oI Of .SksU I'm 2atur,loy y Ioox WILL;

Trial of SkiH.-On Saturday last William
F!stt and VIM. j. Somerville wero called be
fore the Mayor to answer the charge of being
engaged in a fight on Friday afternoon or
ticer Crone, who arrested the parties, testified
that they had met in the Valley, near Caring
toms mill, where they stripped to the buff, and
were putting in from their shoulders when he
to get to the parties, he saw Flatt Knocked
down four times, and Somervilies mourning
peppers showed that he had not escaped nm.
punished. The parties stated that they were
merely taking friendly set-to, neither Of them
being In i'll humor; but tho Mayor informed
them that such amusements were not tolerated
in this community, and he should theref fore
hold each to bail f.r thsir good behavior, and
require them to answer before the grand Jury
for their offence.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08
FROM FREDkalCkaRURa,
lrRoM OUR own REpoRrER.l
ON THE ROAD, 6 A. NJ,
lima f.h 13ep

ON THE kOAD, A. M. }
June 9Th, 1863
Aud yet once more! am getting tired OF
this intermittent refagseing once month ia
rather too often. Exsct'y one month ago to
day returned To Fredericksburg, aud lust GOT
warm in my nest, when yesterday the pom.
foons appeared just opposite, below town
band playing Home, Sweet Home. !" and max
ing an impndent "felnt" as we supposed. A
few retired in good order TO the hills to zee
across the river, when they might have gone
up q stseple. Everything was unusually quiet
except numerous spec0laaions about tho Yam.
KEGS trying TO fool us, until artillery walked
up afternoon nappers about 81 r. nj. by the
music OF its roar. Some twenty pieces and two
eiege guns hred very rapidly for an hour and
hall, (wounding about half dczsn Of or
soldiers,) until the pontoons were laid and
numbers came over, esti mated at from two re-
siments to 10000. Being hanked we ~ fell
back In the darkness some three miles
This morning all is Nuiet, not much is to be
seen and nothing to DO heard at this writing.
P.S-The ekirmishers have begun and we
for fight, but promises to be rather warm.
HAMILToN's CRossrka.
lOi A. NJ, June 7, 1863 {
All quiet to-day except two siege gums from
Bray's Hill thunders their welcome TO beau.
tifut morning; no harm done BY either Not
twenty guns were fired all day yesterday after
the lively skirmishiDg on the right early 10 the
morning. Some half dozen were badly wound.
ed on our side. The Yankee skirmishers were
driven back. They have about 1900 men on
this side the river on the bank drawn up in line
Of bait lie near the Bernard House. hear they
brought over six pieces of artillery last night
to tue same place. A force Of about ) 600 ap-
pears III sight across and Immediately on the
river.
l made AN inspection of our line yesterday
all the way up and into Fredericksburg. OH.
GERS and men are we'll, ready, and in the
right place. Fredericksburg is dull to dead
ners. Streets desetted-houses shut up. DC
caslonally a stray citizen creps alone along the
sidewalk, maxi lg their emptiness more vivid
After spending few hours l retired again to
the billie, and came here this morning down tte
lines.
What the Yankees mean can't say. Their
delay must excuse the monotony of my last
two days reports.
One officer or courier had bis horse shot un-
der him yesterday morning. l saw him riding
fearlessly along the line in front of the Yankee
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vicksbarx.

The long and gallant defence of vicksbure
III, its dc sils yet but little understood. When
=, stastien shall be such as to enable us n
..nnunieate with its brave defenders We
sh.u have a thrilling Retrospective view of
,he heroic deeds of the long struggle 10 beat
~ the masses which were day after day
.,rowu against lie de fences. That it has been
h-svs,y defended all of us know The Com.
.,naer in. Chief, Gen. Pembertop, has been
..;,w were on trial, trial Of blood. lie has
,ssa charged with incompetency, inc fficiencv.
srs want of patriotism. lie has certainly
ls.u unpopular. The people of Charleston
rsre greatly dissatisfied when he was sent TO
n,uusnd at that place, and it is supposed their
-.uoustrsnces occasioned his removal Yet
,bnse a. Vicksburg were reported to have
hsep equally discontented with his assignment
., the command there. There was bsyond
ousstion great want of COZ nfidence in him
n. trial which was to vindicats him or prove
,bs correctness of the accusations agsinst him
hss come. 1t has been one of the most ter
r;bIs encounters with the enemy during the
xsr-while il has been the most prolonged.
Has General Pemberton has acquitted him.
,.f the details alone can fully explain. That
bs has tough, bravely, however, there eau be
nd doubt Ii should be gratifying, however
:. the nation which knows 30 little Of him,
,.sr msu who has cast his lot with us should
move himself not only true, but worthy of
he pos. assigned him.
The history of the defence Of .VieksLurg
sl'l have An interest to every one, whether it
f.ls or not. The general belief of the nation
BOW is that it will be successfully defended,
will be driven away after discontinue aud dis.
.sier not exceeded by any previous engage
ueut with the Confederate forcee.
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Er Arnold Harris

We regret to find that we have done
'll'saIional wrong to a worthy and hon
H4sis gentleman, Major Arnold Harris,
d Identifying him with Captain Arnold
Aa'I!a' Who s accused, on &c parte evidence,
v beng the author Of the capture of Major
l''a SAundeIss dispatches. Major Arnold
nAifl' is not pennsylvania politician" be-
-sa latiys Of Tennessee and the husband of
: IslAsssse lady, daughter Of the late Gene
"a armstrong, the companion in-arm of An
NV Jackson, and former proprietor of the
"A'a'asson Om0al lie graduated at West
'N4'i aud alter serving for come years with
~''A Ii lhe Old army, he resigned his commits
aud became one Of the most successful
-'SlAAis OF New Orleans, where he has al
''' GOOD high in TIE community as gentle
'Aa d liberal aud public spirited citizer.
@' Seats ago, Major Harris, having accu
-''' handsome fortune in business, left
Nv "'ieans and settled with his fami.
49,. - Washington city, where he had
:. '4 IL order to superintend the education
- ehiidren. His arrest at Manassas
As came seyeral days after the bat
!, '@ '"ln2 to total misapprehsnsion Of
ss and the examination which sub
M .-'' ''0k place before Judge Lyons led
,r. ~hsdiase and honorable discharge, and
i '''n ~ i'r Washington was offered to him
w - 0snsmin, Of which he declined to
s., sI4'si' prsferring to remain with his
+, AAa relatives, who are all Southern
NJ. remaining here Major Harris has sac
en- IT, A'se amount Of property; he has
s,'. ''1 lie Confsdsrasy sidce that psriod,
st,. ''sa unrs hitting iu his efforts to con-
s.1 %"'As suecess of our cause. Whilst in
ss "a all his associations and sympa-
4.u "s y" with Southern men, and bis con
4 MA. s.asisnce to the cause of the South in
ks,..saW The violent excitement which
81 s,srt.. i. .asfs after the secession of Virginia
sa,. ~,' nf ~ such men az John G. Brsck.
ssa@ ""a whom he was in constant asso
ss p's.,, s WHO has warmly recommended
ss ~ '"sn' DAvis for high military po
s.... Ds great satssm in which Major Har-
"a as ~. ssatiemsn Of the highest char.
~ tsa spseabliliy throughout tho South,
y ~ssnh A'ocs OF his patriotism and per
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08
Explosion OF the 6umLoat chs sttahoschie =
Sixteen Persons Killed.


Sixteen Persons Killed.
The G 8. gunboat Chattahoochie exploded
at Dlountstown, Fla, on the 9th ult. will
the most disastrous results, sixteen person.
beirg killed and the vessel sunk. She wa,
lying at anchor at the time, with only sever
pounds Of steam on. A correspondent of tn.
Columbus (Ga) Sun says:
A few moments prior to the accident th,
two engineers In the engine room (Messrs
Hodges and Arents) were heard contendins
as to whether there was water enough in tn,
boiler, one asserting that there was enough
and the other that taere was not. Soon afte
the donkey pump was started, and Mr.. FagiI
left his bed to go down and see to matters-
The disaster happened immediatelv after lh,
cold water entered the boiler
The magazines Of the ship were within
three feet Of the boiler, and the she'll room a
near. As soon as the explosion occurred ;
panic commenced, the men jumped overheard
fearing the explosion Of the magazine ant
shell rooms. At this point, the gunner. Mr.
John Lovett, in the absence of the le
Lieutenant, took charge and displayed great
energy and courage in saving life and proper
ty, and in reasfuriDg the panic stricken men
1t is to be hoped that he will receive the bro
per reward for his conduct.
The chip was found to be filling, when the
poor wounded and burned sufferers were land
ed, together with the personal effects of the
crew and officers. Thomas Miller, seaman, de-
serves special notice Aor having burst open
the magazine scuttles and p .ssed down water
to drown the powder, when it was believed
that fra was within short distance.
1t was raining and blowing very hard, and
the bank was very muddy upon which the
wounded were landed. Here the picture was
hn. Nho fall L.,
giOanlng in the mud for come time before
they could be got TO cotton gin near by
Assistant Surgeon Marcelius Ford, although
scalded, renamed and continued to render aid
during the entire night, exposed TO the storm
Our country can boast of but few better men
than DIR. Ford.
The ship was hauled in near the shore, and
has sunk to her deck, settling firmly Oh the
bottom. The powder and shelis are tota
loss:
The guus have been landed and the 9 inch
and ride are already i'll position at u strong
point, aod although the loss Of the vessel and
the brave men is much to be dspio red, ye
with the guns ashore, manned by the splendid
ly drilled crew Gf the late Chattahoochee, the
river is much safer than ever before.
Midshipman Mallory is the anne gallant lit
tle fellow who pushed his way first aboard
thu U. 5 fIigate Congress, at Hampton Road
after she had struck her colors to the Vir
gnia.
Those killed by the explosion were Mid
shipman Mallory; Henry Fagap, of Key
West, Florida; Euclid +. Hodges, of Maryland
Frederick w. Arents, Richmond, Va, Ire
Gently transferred from The 81 co. Howitzsri
10 the naval service Asst Eagiaeers; Eugene
Henderson, Paymaster's clerk, Taekeeyee
Ala; w. B. Bihro, pilot, ColGmbus, Ga
Chas. Ii. Berry, QusItermaster. Tampa, Fla
four iaudsnen, two fremen, one coal HEAVIER
and enc seaman.
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DEPREDATIONS OF TIE YANKEES

The driver of the mail stage between this
city and Tappahannock, started out from here
on Friday morning, but returned on the came
evening, bringing the report that the enemy
had come mp the Pamunkey in gunboats as far
as Walkerton, in King and Queen, AMI Ay-
lett's in King William. At Walkerton they
burned the Touring mill, and one or two other
buildings, and at Aylett's it is stated they de-
stroyed Touring mill l., and eight or teA other
houses Besides, all the public stores At the
two points were destroyed or carried Off
These acts of vandalism were committed on
Friday morning.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08

Garrosing.- Hardly night passes that
come foosrad does not rob citizen or q sol
der in the streets Of Rishuoud. Gstnsdsy
night a. ). w. Mcdowell, member Of tie
9th N C. regiment, was going from the Thea
tre, he was robbed near the Ola Fair Grounds.
Two men, lying on cellar door, called to him
to halt, which, thinking it was the city guard,
he did. They then cooked their pistols, held
them to his breast, SEARCHED and robbed him
of his pocket.bOok and all the money he had
After this he was told to ego on" The arm
ed guard is again wanted On the streets. Sat-
urday night, on Main street, few doors be.
low the DispatcA cfiise, an attempt was made
to rob q gentleman of his watch. The watch
was called, answered promptly, and pursued
the thief to the Ioof Of q neighb0ring build
ing. where he was captured.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-08

HEAVY STORM IN FLoRIDA.-There was
xarv hsavy gale aDd rain in Florida during
,ha wssk ending the 29.h. At Newport the
town tow was four feet deep. The salt works near
there were drowned cut. One white boy.
sever seven negroes, thirty Ave mules. and eight
oxsn ~ere drowned. The water In Fort st.
Marks was i've feet deep, and the troops had
70 signal the steamer Spray for al sstance;- 60
The liver rose to q very great height At 81
Marks, and the entire town was n9oasa1 .,Ilss. aU
iDg much damage. One regimens o. s'naTLy Tas9sy
% hsssss ~ and St. Marks, lost all their tents and
dxtures A small quantity Of their forage ano
proyisj0ns was secured.
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accidentally Kiled.-On Friday last about
from, Castle Thunder, under guard, 70 their va.
rious commands Oh the Rappahannock. On
arriving at HamiltOn's Crossing soldiers and
prisoners commenced pressing upon the guard.
who, in turn, endeavored to keep each q. q
proper distance by the use of their bayonets.
In This effort to preserve order one of tho
muskets accidentally exploded, the ball taxing
effect in the left elbow of Patrick Bannon.
9th North Carolina regiment, shattering the
bone fsightfully, then entering his abdomen
tore out his bowels, causing death In = short
lime thereafter.