The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-01-07

. the peacenaking power of the Statesmen
! in the Cabinet. In no other way can v,
save the country. 81, 49,
H47 The President has sent msssag'
to Congress, recommending modiica
tion Of the law passed on the 23d ult., il
regard to bounties, SO as to continue thu
payment of bountics till the LIST Of Feb
} ruary. The Secretary of War 10 a'lette,
accompanying the message, says: No one
seems to doubt the necessity Of increas
ing the military forces for the speedy ter
miuation Of the rebellion, aud although
much difference Of opinion exists in re-
spect to the system Of raising troops BY
volunteers and the payment Of bounties,
and the system of raising an adequate
force by draft, yet two things are Ger.
tain; first, that whatever may be the
weight of argument or the influence Of
individual opinion, portion Of the PEG.
pie in every State prefer the method Of
contributing their proportion eff the mil.
itary force BY bounty to volunteers rath.
or than draft; second, that veteran
soldiers who have become enured to the
service even when paid bounty constitute
cheaper force than raw recruits or
drafted men without bounty.
The iuformation received by the War
Department from tho armies in the field
previous to the passage Of the resolution
Of December last indicated that very
large proportion Of the forces now in the
service would have chccrfully re.enlisted
for three years under the terms author.
ICED by order of this. Department, and
such enlstments have been checked, and
will in great measure be put to an end
by the restriction imposed by the action
Of Congress: 1t is believed if any limi.
tation should te imposed upon the pay
ment of bounties to encourage enlistmens
of veteran forces now in the field, it
ought not to be sooner than the Is. of
February.
The Provost Marshal General, in a
communication, says after great labor the
/ volunteer recruiting service under the
! Presidents call of October 18th is fairly
in progress. Letters all dated between
the 20tn and oath of December, from
the superiutendents Of the recruiting
service in the l6 States, are, in the
main, very encouraging as to the pros
pect Of getting large enough number
of recruits by volunteer enfistmcnts.-
Several of the States were in fair way
to raise the quotas assigned to them.
The act approved December %, 1868,
forbidGing after January 9Th, the pay.
ment to volunteers of all bounties except
the 500 authorized by act Of 1861, was
not known at the time these favorable re.
ports were made to me. l have DO doubt
that the effect of that act will be to check
if it does not stop cnlistments. It took
some time after October 18th to get the
people aroused to the subject Of volun-
teering. They are now most earnestly
engaged in it, and l have reports for o.
tober and November and part Of Deccm.
Der, showing that AZ, 529 men had been
enlisted, and the daily average of enlist
ments is increasing. Under these cir
cumstances respectfully suggest the
propriety of re consideration of the act
forbidding bounties after January 5th.
The Communications were referred to
the Committee on Military Affairs.
-The North Carolina Times says: A
five dollar gold piece was sold at auction
for $3.50 Confederate notes, at Dinvillc,
few days ago. 1t also heartily endors-
es Lincoln's Proclamation and advises
the people of the State to accept it. 1t
also copies remarkable article from the
Richmond Wing, which contains the fol.
lowing significant paragraphs: "Slavery
has stabbed itself to death 1t has sin
ned against the light, committed the un.
pardooable sin-it must die" The Raj.
eish Standard and the Raleigh Progress
are very severe on jeff Davis message.
They publish President Lincoln's mess.
age and proclamation with favorable com,
ments.
nsa- Recently q gentleman limited to
President Lincoln that it was deemed
quite settled among many friends that he
would accept re nomination for the Pre-
sidency. This reminded Father Abra
ham of what old Jesse Dubois, out in
Illinois, once said to an itinerant preach
err Jesse, as State Auditor, has charc:
of the State House of Springfield. The
preacher asked the use of it for a lecture
Goa what subject" asked Jesse: "Or
the second coming of our Saviour" an
swered long faced Millerite. 90, boshr
retorted Uncle Jesse; 81 guess if GU,
Saviour had ever been to Springfield
and had got away with his life, he'd BE-
, too everlasting smart to think of coming
here again. This, said Lineoln, wa:
very much his case about the succession
Up to the present time there have
been organized under the act to provide
national currency, etc, one huudrej
and thirty four banks, which are located
as follows: Maine, 2; New Hampshire. 9
Vermont, 2; Massachusetts, 8; Rhod.
Island, l; Connecticut, +; New York, 10
New Jersey, l; Pennsylvania, 20; District
Of Columbia, ]; Illinois. 7; Indiana. 90
Iowa, 6; Kentucky. |; Michigan, 4; Mis-