The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-09-08

Sherman marching rapidly soutnward Of
Atlanta.
During the last ten days the number Of
men mustered into tho army has averaged
300 a day. On the I'd, 4, 1876 were mus
tered in and on the Sd, 6,l6O. These
are the latest reports received.
Tom Corwin is in Washington eudea-
voring to induce President Lincoln to
modify the manifesto to whom it may con-
Germ.
The quota of Rhode Island has been
filed.
By the burning of the store ship Bran.
DIVINE, at Norfolk, the government loses
over one million dollars in stores and
clothing.
The Union men of Ohio are determin-
ed to give Lincoln and johnson $4,000
majority.
VIM. Knapp, the soldier who killed q
negro at Davenport last Christmas, has
been sentenced by Court martial to three
months confinement in the military pris-
on at Alton.
The lates. peace rumor from Washing
ton is to the effect that William NJ. Ev-
arts, Henry J. Raymond and George NJ.
Dallas are to 90 to Richmond, with the
sanction Of President Lincoln, to talk
over matters with jeff. Davis.
A little daughter of r. s. Strong, of
Louisa county, was accidentally shot aud
killed, on Monday, while handling gun
with which boy had been shooting
chickens.
The Louisville Press understands that
Hon. Jesse D. Bright has sold out all his
Kentucky possessions, freed his negroes,
given them each sum sufScient to CON-
mence the world with, and has, with his
family, gone to Europe, there to remain
until after the war.
Large bodies of Indians congregate in
the vicinity Of Fl. Lyon, and Idaho and
Montana swarm with disatfected men,
At least 20, 900 of this class have gone
there during the pas. year and half from
the States North and South to escape
military duty in Union or rebel service
These gentlemen will fui they have not
made very desirable exchange when it
comes to life struggle fighting with red
skins to save their scalps.
Matters On the Western Plains have a
bad look. 1t will require warm and bloody
work to extirpate the enemies to the pro
gress Of civilization. Already since the
first outbreak the savagcs have murdered
200 persons on the Platte route, 100 on
the Arkansas and head watero of Smoky
Hill and Republican; captured or de-
stroyed 100000 worth of property,
besides 5000 horses, 500 mules and q
900 oxen.
The Philadelphia Gazette says that
some of the coal miners who work by the
piece, not laboring hard, earn from $500
to $500 a mouth, which is 81 900 to S.,
900 ayear; and the car pushers-their
work requiring physical force, but no
skill, study, or capi,al-have 50 day
Miss Hattie S. Reifsnyder has been de-.
cided, by majority of two hundred and
eighty votes, ~ be tho hauasomest pirl
10 Catawlssa, Pa. Each vote was accom-
panied with the sum Of twenty five cents
and the entire sum contributed to San
itary Fair being held there, as the con-
tribution of the favorite beauty
The exports from New York for eleven
months of the last fiscal year, exclusive
of specie, are reported at sl49, 81, 1854
OF specie, s5l IA, Ill. The imports Of
merchandise for same time were 5000,
O6s,4S5. Receipts of customs at thai
port for the same period amounted te
s14, 1875 ,053.
We are informed that the L. S. Lane
officers in this city have been notified BY
telegram from Washington that the pub
lie lands in this district are to be held b,
them as open for pre- emption and home
stead entries by actual settlers Persons
DESTROYS Of procuring lands, in this lane
district comprising the southwestern
part of the State) should loose no time
in applying for the same. We are iu-
formed that there are some 500, 900 acres
'ot valuable land thus opened for settle
.-ComtcH Bluffs NonpareH
The results of the victory at Mobile
may be summed up thus:
We compelled tie evacuation of For
Powell, the surrender of Fort Gaines, al
most destroyed and compelled the surren
der of Fort Morgan, heretofore consider
ed the strongest fortication in the Unit
ed States We have taken 500 prison
ers, 100 pieces of crnnon and large
quantity of small arms and munitions Of
war. Also provisions enough to feed The
garrison we shall place there for sir
months
We have captured and have ready fol-
use the ram Tennessee, the strongest wa,
vessel atioat; also several ar vessels, anl
have penned up at least three English
blockade runners. All the loss of the ar
- = I'm
and to the navy the loss of the Tecumsel
and part of her crew and very few casu
aIties on other ships.
Commissioner Osborn, of New York
has discharged Mr.. Mullany, of the Net
ropotitan REGARD, who had been arrested
for counsclling resistance to the draft, b,
au article published in that paper. Tn,
turning point of Com, Osborn decision