The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-12-08

A Mr.. Shaw, Of St. Louis il now at
Rock Ia,and -sDder iastSuetiOas from She
Secretary u We, u inqaireT into The
Gilitary ssafxs ofthe pfisoasrs latch sent
10 thas plscs from lissseri, with the
Uev Of tkeir release If thet prove to be
conscripss. Many of them claim to be
eitizers who never have served in the
rebel army, tns were hrss gobblsd up by
p.iSf and then By the Union army. Such
men will De released.
-Gsuersl regulations for the purchase
of The produce of the irsurgsns States
% Government account just promulgated,
proTids fos the sppein,n eus of agents BY
'he Secretary Of the Treasury at the fol-
loving designated msrkets or places OF
parchsse, Wig: New Orleans, Memphis.
Nashville, Norfolk, Beaufort, Port ROYAL
aad Pensacola The price to be paid
for any OF the products purchased shall
be agreed On between the seller and pur.
chasing agent, tn. in 10 ease to exceed
the market price ia the city of New
York, according to the latest quotations.
A major general of the Army of the
Potomac suggested TO Gen. Grant, the
proPriety Of allowing one quart Of ale to
wash down the Thanks giving dinner.
generously provided, bu. the recommen.
datlon was BOT approved. The Lieuten-
ant General regards temperance &. a car
dinal virtue in soldier.
The municipal taxes Of the City Of
Now York amount to fifteen dollars a
head for eTery man, woman and child,
or about two hundred dol'srs fer each
voter in the city.
Remarkable cold weather pre-ailed in
far southern localities on and about the
I'D uls- 4 man was frozen to death in
Nashville and in Vicksburg the deep
mud which existed the day before grew
as hard as adaman,.
. The tone Of the Southern papers 10
one Of intense hostility to King Davis.
The scales are falling from the ewes of
the blinded. aud they see their former
hero 10 his true light. From o demi.
god he has becou, an object Of hatred,
AID instead Of uDquestioning obedience
to his mandates they call him . tyraut
and accuse him of wanting to be a Die.
tator. The happy family is no more
All honor among the thieves has dissp-
peared.
The planters of Charles county, Mary.
land have had meeting and formed an
Employers Union relative to EMPLOYING
their former slaves. They refuse to hire
their huts to the freedmen, unless they
retain control aud the right to eject
them at pleasure Their scale of prices
is entirely inadequate to the val,e of
farm labor. Women with two children
must be content With their board and
The Friends Freedmen Asso.
citation are forming auxiliary societies 10
the several counties, and money aud do
na,ious are flowing in. Even the seess !
sionis.s are giving their abundance to
this noble charity. s~ s a
The idea Of abolishing slavery by Con-
stiiuliona! amendment is making rapid
progress. The Chicago Post, the ables,
and most candid Democratic paper Of the |
west, urges the necessity of it, and |
strange to say, the Louisville j u-nal. :
since the defeat Of Mcclellan, beg ~ 10 /
talk 10 = strain similar to the Pet.
Among the fruits of the re cent vieto- /
~ IN Illinois viii be the election Of 4 !
sound Union man to the United States /
Senate in place of Richardson, whosel
Intoxica,ion sod copperheadism have }
disgraced lis sss,e Cor. Yates is the
,nfy one spoken of Ter the place. /
The genius e tie Southern editors /
IS rich 10 sbcnd2aoe of excuses, and ,hey
possess ,b@ happy faculty Of drawing
ighi from the darkest clouds. The late
lumber Of the Richnond Wig secs in
>herBsns EGo-smsnss only a retreat; it
$ defensive rather than aggressive.
Atlanta was untenabie and all he could .
10 "as to .'retirs" upon Macon, Nil
edgesllle. and August, destroy Con
'edcraie r. Il, depo;s, arsenais, aud
tores, in the interior If Georgia and
hen ..re.ire" to Savannah or Cherles
on ~ al
The Montreal Telegraph has the fo,.
owing: ''ln answer to the statements
made here and in Great Britain IS to the
ncefcnsible position Of Canada. we are
.osbied TO state that the imperial officers
'eputed TO examine cur own and the
American frontier, and to report on
ys'ern Of defense, have not only reported
ha. Canada can be successfully defended
y moderate force acsins. aggression 4
tut have also devised scheme Of defense
vhieh has beer approved by the military
uthorities st lone, and is abou. to be
,arrled out Is tar rs permanen. work is
eauired. /
ESTRAY COLTS