The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-04-07

aggregate Of 6fty.t~o men. The genera
health Of al ths men is excellent. -.
Berwick City, h which ~ are now
csmped, 10 . ssllsstion Of about = hall
dozen weather:bcssen dilapidated houses,
very pleasantly situated however on Ber.
wick Bay. This stream is affected BY
tide, ebbs and flows with the Gulf and
and it, wster = bsioy. Now, however,
the invading Misissippi, with its full
river banks, rolling back Red river, dis
charges its ssrplse water into the Aoh-
afalays, and tAdlss into Berwick Bay,
making = full sssepg current towards the
Gulf, which bsS back the tide and
makes the water ffesh. Thus tho grand
Mississippi, vhiaS aaxs BY. our north.
esn homes, meets us and greets us eighty
miles from its old channel. The Grand
River is an emblem Of eur own irresista.
BILE power, and progress. ...7 s-a.
Brshcar City, on the east bank Of the
Bay, 10 now our general depot for sup
plies. It is now place Of considerable
military importance. Itis the terminus
Of the New Orleans, Opolousus and Great
Western r. r. During the active Siege
Of Port Hudson, General Banks with.
drew most Of the troops from Brashsar,
leaving only camp Of couvalesents, and
small dstschments scattered here and
there, under, it would seem, no regular
organisation. The rebels, some three
hundred strong, taking advantage Of this
state Of sffairs, possessed the town, took
many prisoners, and, Whist was Of vast
importance to them, captured large
quantity of commissary stores aud cloth.
ing. Our soldiers rs. possessed the place
on the 22d Of August last, and il will
remain SO possessed until the end.
The country on the railroad from Al
siers to Brssheas is, in general, low and
swsmpy--oply few fne plantations are
seen. In the swamps by the railroad We
saw the green and Shiny ALI.
gator, with his dozen feet, more or less
of internal length, burkiug on logs in the
yellow and poisonous swamp water, which
he iobabits. He appeared to me ct
type Of that diabolical aniimu.. which 30
rnthlessly projected this terrible rebell-
ion. No, not that, for il would be libel
on any Of Gods creatures, to call them
type of that dark malignity, and de,potic
arrogance, which characterize the leaders
Of rebcldom. ".a 49,.
This country !. traversed BY navigs-
bic rivers, bsyoas, and bays, to remark.
abls extent; about as we'll provided for
IN this respect, Is Holland is with canals.
Uncle Sans "webbed feet' have made
racks Ill over this country. sr 81
On the 4th Of March, instant, record.
ID one Of those events in New Orleans,
which marks IN era, just as the crossing
# the Rubieou by Caesar, or the landing
If the Maydower at Plymouth, marked
'rns. The Inauguration on that day Of
Michael Hahn, the first Free State Gov.
'rnor Of Louisiana, was attended by q
plendor of preparation and programme,
uch as few cities of tho land ever wit.
'essed. At tho election on the 22d Of
February. over $4,000 votes were cast
or Freedom and for Free State. Rev.
Iuttons neper go backward. Louisiana
redeemed. OF course, this grand re-
Inauguration Of Civil Government in this
State IS the result Of the progress Of our
rms, but to the distinguished Command.
r of this Department, who is a States
nan as we'll - General, must be attrib.
ted everlasting honor and praise for his
kill, his untiring activity, aud his splen-
i'd statesmanship in conducting affairs
Q such prosperous and glorious con-
lusion. |
The vexed problem as to the status Of
he Rebellious States is at once solved.
Dur "wayvard sisters" need not suffer
he humiliation Of being remanded to
erritorial couditiou. Only IN good faith
ct them take Lincoln's ''iron clad oath"
sincerely forsake their treason, and
he galaxy Of States will be preserved;
nd redeemed and purified, they will
gain shine with new and glorious lustcr
o the political armament.
IT remember correctly tho draft
omes off in our State to day. With our
Ieart to night full Of kindness to oil men
verywhere, We send special greeting to
ur brothers who waited for the draft
nd drew prizes.
Very truly, yours, f. II. ?.
EsoLlsH GIRLs.-The English girl
pends moro than half her waking hours
n nkvasAal smua anvuanAa ~h;oh An.l - |