The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-18

have failed. 1t cannot be done BY day
light, as our guns have full range Of the
hsrbor all around. At night our calcium
lights are kept lighted and bear not only
On Sumter but upon all the harbor and
the city, 50 that it is impossible for .
boat or steamboat to 60 near the ruins.
1u addition to THE, the small remnant Of
q garrison 10 the ruins are treated every
ten or fifteen minutes to q powerful Par;
rott shell, from sunset till daylight. Nest
of the men 10 Sumter are slaves, and We
know that some 20 or 80 Of them are
killed daily. Night before last being
somewhat dark and hasy, one of,he rebel
rams, in company with torpedo boat,
with cigar shaped Internal machinc,
left Mt. Pleasant and proceeded down
the creek in the rear Of Sullivan's Island,
for the purpose Of going out to make an
attempt to destroy the gunboats Housa.
tonic and Gypsy, which were on guard
duty that night on the South Chanoel,
near Beach Inlet When the ram and
internal machine had got ready to make
a dash out Of tho Iulet, it was discovered
that the machine was in sir king coudi-
ton, aud she soon went down, carrying
with her eight of her crew. A few days
ago squad Of ten rebel soldiers with
sergeant escaped to our lines. They
say that starvation stsres them in the
face 10 Charleston; that al civil laws are
at on end 10 the place, and that military
rules have full sway over the civil autho-
rites; that they are becoming desperate,
and that every means in their power will
be resorted to to force the blockade here
They must have assistance or starve.-
They report that the city is badly dam
aged from Gilmore's constant lombard
ment, which is still going on. It is cal
culated that o she'll 10 sent into the city
at least every ten minutes.
The Idaho Gold sensation.--Thc Othe,
Side Of the Story.
From the Peoria (In.) Mail, Feb. IL.
Mr. Chase, who left Iowa some two
years since, on a tour to the land Of gold,
has just returned From Mr.. Il. Clsrks.
son, mail agent on the Bureau Valley
Railroad, who coDversed with. him, we
gather few facts that may be interest
ing and valuable to our readers.
Mr. Chase, 10 company with his broth.
er, first went to California and wrought
in the mines in that country. Leaving
there, he went to Idaho, where be arriy.
ed 10 October last, aud stayed there
about a month, leaving sometime in No
vember.
lie Gays the mines in California arc
much richer than those Of ldaho-tha,
in the latter country they occupy a very
limited space, aud are poor ct that II
was estimated that 30, 900 men in Idaho
were out Of employment, and everything
exorbitantly high. The climate is cold
and they have ice there in August. |,
| is nothing uncommon to have four o,
| FIVE feet of snow, which lasts all through
the winter.
! The best ronte Ia Idaho. Mr. Chase
thinks, is BY way Of Salt Lake City, thcr
across the country on mules By thi.
means party could get in advance q
the large emigration already on the way
which would be a very desirable thin:
for those who valued the good conditio,
of their animals
The cry of rich mines in Idaho is al
for speculation. The pufFs and notice.
in the newspapers are paid for by specu
lators. There are no such rich mines
there as represented. No man can maxi
his living by mining in Idaho.
THE ENROLMENT ACT The Hous,
OF Representatives made some importsn
amendments to the Senate enrollmen
act, which are yet to be concurred in b,
the Senate before it becomes law I'll
two classes Of enrolled men arc eonsoli.
dated by this bill. Exemption is gran,
ed on payment Of Communication of $500
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