The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-11-24
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The news from Cairo and below IL
:, of interest. Gen. Candy is sapidiy re-
: csyering from his wound, and it is hoped
I. viii sson be ready for service. Hickman,
Ky, has been invaded aud plundered BY
Rnerrillas. A squad Of the Kentucky
State Guard bagged rebel Brigadier
CAnarai at rs.:-y-T~~~ ia had inst
! received his commission from the rebel
Governor, Isham 6. Harris, to organize
> State militia.
THE rumor Of the capture Of large
number of cattle at Fidalia, La. destined
for Hoods army, is confirmed.
"a report was curreu. g. Louisville,
seemingly confirmed By rebel official re.
ports, tha. Gsn. Gillem, commanding 10
East Tennessee, after hard fight had
been defeated By Breckenridge, losing
-four hundred prisoners, ten stan d of arms
and six pieces of artillery. Per contra,
a Chattanooga dispatch reports battle
in East Tennessee, in which the rebels
we're repulsed.
- A Nashville correspondent furnishes
definite and reliable news as to Sherman's
movements. The reports heretofore cir.
.eulated ofthe destruction Of Atlanta were
premature; but now i. may be truly said,
Rome and Atlanta are no more The
first named place was evacuated and des-
troyed On the llth instant, and on the
14th Atlanta would cease to be. The
Western and Atlanta Railroad was also
destroyed Ga Saturday. morning the
bead Of Shernar's army headed cus of
Atlanta, and OF the 10Th headquarters
would swing loose and follow. The reb.
els will hear Of it By and by, and the first
Of it will reach US ria Richmond. The
force under Sherman was q strong one
large enough no doubt, for the under,ak.
ing; and be has left sufficient men be.
hind. under Gen. Thomas, to take care
oflHood The fact is, Sherman is per-
fcc,ly willing that Hood shall, in accord.
ance with jeff. Davis threat, press the
soil Of Tennessee, and move northward,
II is not his purpose to assail him, or
threaten him with the force under his
Immediate command. Whatever cppo,
sition Hood may ebcouEtcr will be from
the forces under General Thomas. What
The course Of the rebels will be when they
ascertain Sherman's real destinations. re-
mains to be seen. If they suppose Ten
pessce has beea stripped Of troops, anu
move North under that impression, it is
our opinion tba. nothing more than the
remnant of Hoods army will recross the
Tennessee And now Will, awaiting
news from Sherman, we shall probably
have stirring times 10 Tennessee.
The HcraMs Hilton Head CORES
pondent says: All the rebel prisoners
taken down from Forces Monroe by
Col. Milford arc first to be Transferred
10 the authorities at Savannah, which
will be concluded hy Thursday Of this
vice., when Col. milford will commence
receiving the released Union prisoners,
in all about 10000 men 1t is under
stood that negotiations are in progress to
exchange large numbcr on tie Missis,
sippi.
height Union officers arrived at Hill
ton Head on Monday last, having escap.
ed from the rebels. They confirm the
worst Of previous accounts of inhuman
treatment.
Memphis dates Of the 18th say that
reports placed Beauregard, with a con-
siderable rebel force, at Coriuth, and
that Forrest would join him there
The rebel Captain Thompson is con.
scripting every man he can fad in the
neighborhood of Germantown.
There are about / 900 rebels a. Mount
Pleasant. Miss. II miles from Collier
vile. This is the only large force near
Memphis, but there are several snail
forces not far away. -
Chalmers and Longs.reet are reported
At Holly SPRING.
Sherman had his headquarters on
Monday at Kingston, with the lSth and
10Th corps He has issued an order to
the troops, telling them they were about
to pass through country heretofore un,
interrupted By either army, aud they
were expectedto subsis. OF he country,
taking all horses and mules within reach
The l4th corps was the rear guard Of
Sherman army, and moved from Kings
ton on Monday.
New Orleans papers of the 18th
contain the statement concerning the at
tempt of the Captain of the gunboat
Rather to surrender his vessel to the reb-
els. He was to receive 100 bales Of
cotton $500, 900 in greenbacks and pass
through the trans Mississippi Department
to Mexico,
Tho cost Of guerilla warfare to the
rebels IN Virginia says: A Committee
cfsevcnty two were appointed to make
an estimate of the losses in the county of
Rockingham inflicted BY Sheridan 10 ex.
ecstipg the order to destroy the haunts of
euerilIas. end their report shows total
loss Of S25, 900, 600. Mosby ADD his gang
are an institution Of little profit to the
rebels.
The Canada sensation relative to con.
,pisecY among the Fenian Brotherhood
hss ended in smoke. Mcclure, the man
) xaosc house were fouad the savage