The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-21

Of county not so sub. divided, shall not
be filed up within the space of 30 days
after such call, the President shall imme.
, diately order a darft for one year to fill
, such quota or any part thereof which
may be untitled, aud
WHEREAS, The new enrolment here
, tofore ordered is SO far completed that
the aforementioned act of Congress may
now be put in operation for executing
and keepng,fp the strength of the arm
les in the field, for garrisons aud such
military operations as may be required
for the purpose Of suppressing the re-
belliou and restoring the authority Of the
United States, do issue this my call fer
Five Hundred Thousand volunteers for
the military service, provided, ncverthc-
less, that all credits which may b. estab
lished under Section 8 Of the aforesaid
act on accounted persons who have enter
ed the naval service during the present.
rebellion and by credits for men furnish
ed to the military service in excess Of
calls heretofore made for volunteers, will
be accepted under this call for one, two
or three years, as they may elect, and
! will be entitled to the bounty provided
by the law for the period Of service for
which they enlist, aud I hereby proclaim,
order and aiicct that Immediately afser
he 9th day Of September, 1864, being
fifty days from the date Of this call, a
draft for troops to serve for one year
shall be held in every town, township,
ward Of city, precinct, election district,
ora county not SO subdivided to fill the
quota which shall be assigned to it under
this call, or any part thereof which may
be untitled by volunteers on the said 9th
day of September, 1864.
Ia testimony whereof, have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seul Of the
United States to be affixed.
Done at the city Of Washington this
18th day of July, in the year of cur Lord,
1864, and of the independence Of the
United States the S9th.
! ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
+ BY the President:
j WV. Ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
! The Vicksburg XraM of the 18th,
says in regard to the late expedition to
Jackson: Our forces moved from Black
River on the morning of the Sd, under
! command of Gen Dennis. Gen Slocum
Joined the expedition at Champion Hills.
The whole force numbered less than 5000
men. The enemy was not encountered
10 any considerable force until the 9th,
when they were found strong y posted on
the east bank of creek, three miles this
side of Jackson. A fanking force under
Gen. Coutes, 18th H., was sent to i'm
pede them. Their position our forces
occupied that ri ght aud the following day
as our troops were leaving town, the cit
liens climbed to the top of the State
house and sienalcd the rebel cavaly, which
was drawn up in line of battle porth of
the town, for which the men were sum.
marily shot. The enemy attacked our
advance in strong force, but they were
driven back. The next morning our rear
guard was again assaulted near Clinton,
but the rebels were again rcpu'>ed and
the ground strewn with their dead and
wounded. Our loss is less than 100 Kill.
ed and wounded. We captured 30 pris
oners. No cotton was brought in. The
railroad from Nicksburg 20 jack on Is be-
ing rapidly repaired, and communication
had with the interior Of the State
Brig Gen. ". \ Elicit, Of tie Ma
rlne Brigade, commanding force of
about fourteen hundred mcn, had an en-.
ga-emcnt with the rebels ol tiu 9Th of
July, near Rodney, Miss. The fight
lasted about eigh; hours, the reb, Is max
ing several desperate charges GA our
lines, but with considerable loss, and
were inalIy driven from the field, lay
ing their dead and wounded in the pos.
session Of the Union troops When
Icn. Elicit was retaining from the rur-
suit, portion Of the rebels rallied and
but were amhu>hel several
lines hy company Of cavalry killing
md woundlng great many. The 4sth
md 32l I. s. regiments {colorcd, } com
posed part Of the expedition aud fought
With most determined bravery, often
clubbing the enemy down with their
nuske;s. The total rebel loss was about
50 killed and wounded, and few taken
prisoners The Federals had one nan
;lled and five wounded Gen. Elicit is
determined TO drive Wood out Of that
,art Of the country, and with the force
t his disposal will no doubt succeed.
A Toronto, Canada. correspondent Of
he New York Herald, says that new
dot is appr, aching maturity in that city,
which has for its object the release of
he rebel prisoners at Johnson's | land
md the destruction Of Fort Niagara; tina.
arse sums have been subscribed by lead,
ng Torontonians, and the services Of
every rowdy. in Toronto have been en-
gagged The plan most popular among
these vsaabpnds, is, that on a gwen
hight, to be understood between the pris-
oncrs and marauders, the buildings are
to be fred and the prisoners, being
furnished with arms by the Canadians,
are to massacre the guard aud The officers
of the garrison, aud then escape in boats
to the land Of the neutral johnny Bull. 7
The cargo of the steamer Electric
SparF, lately capturei by the rebel mir