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

bile, quite recently. IL Is Known tnat Ill
the garrison, except q couple Of brigades,
have left Mobile aud joined Johnson's
army in front of Sherman. The sudden
landing of 5000 veterans under Candy,
! at Mobile, would cause the instant re-
turn of more than one division of John
sons army for its defense. But if the
Potomac army be their destination, such
a reinforcement will enable Grant to press
Lee to extremity. One thing is certain:
these fine seasoned troops will not be kept
idle very long.
On our lines of railway between our
army and Chattanooga guerllas have be.
come somewhat troublesome, in the way
of placing torpedoes on the track. Gen.
Sherman was determined to put an end
to this cowardly mode of assisting the
rebels, and accordingly arrested num-
Der Of prominent secession sympathizers
along the route, whom he placed in an
old box car and daily run them over those
portions of the road where torpedoes are
| supposed to have been placed. The rap
scallions do not enjoy the boon Of free
railway transit, but the medicine admin
istered has cured guerillaism etfec;ually.
The rebel boys do not care to blow up
their own "pops' and cold governors.
The rebels under Marmaduke and
Price are said to be operating TO isolate
Gen. Steele and compel him to cvacuatc
! Arkansas. Concentration between Lit.
tie Rock and Memphis Is entirely sus.
/ po,lol Sv ,ba rab.l lln,i a3a
! The new tax bill passed both houses Of
Congress on Saturday 1t imposes tax
of 81, 80 per gallon on distilled spirits,
between July l<t, 1864, and February l,
1868, and $500 per gallon there after
! On Incomes of from 5000 to 50, 900 tax
is imposed Of 5 per cent; trom s. 900 to
$4,000, !! psr cent aud over 81 1000
10 per cent. Express companies are tax,
cd 3 per cent. on gross receipts, and tel.
ccraph companies 5 per cent. on receipts,
the stamp tax 90 messages being abolish
ed. On ale, beer and other malt liquors,
SLIGO per barrel of 20 gallons. Ga banks
as follows: | per cent on circulation IN,
der % per cent; over that amount, 2
per cent; on capital per cent; on de-
posts per cent.
1t is estimated that the bill will pro-
duce a revenue of three hundred millions
per annum. It is the most important
measure passed during this session of
Congress.
A very successful raid has just been
made by force Of COO infautry, mostly
colored soldiers, and 80 cavalry, under
Acting Brig. Gen. Draper, into West
uoreland county, Va. The expedition
left Point Lookout on the llth ult., and
landed at Pope Creek, so miles above the
mouth Of the Potomac They visited
several parts Of the county, destroying
many large and extensive grist mills, and
public stores Of all kinds, and on several
occasions had skrmishes with the enemy.
The negroes were the foremost in each
engagement. Among other places visit
ed was the splendid plantation of r NJ.
I Hunter, ex L. S Senator, but now a
bitter insurgent His property is not
quite so valuable now as 1t was before
the adven: Of the Yankees, and Ameri.
cans Of African descent His extensive
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to light up the line Of march, the SOL
dIers first distributing the -four, large
portion Of which belonged to the Confcd.
crate Government, TO the destitute inhab.
itants. Many Of his negroes left his ser,
vice and followed the Union troops -
Large numbers Of cattle, horses, sheer.
and about 400 contrabapds were safely
brought away. AS usual the importan.
Information Of the movements of the rob.
els and the locality of Confederate stores,
was obtained from the plantation negroes
The Z. S. grand jury for the Illinois
district failed to find indictments against
the Coles county murderers, and they ap,
piled for a writ of habe1s corpus to OBJ
tain their discharge from confinement -
Pending the application orders we're sent
by Secretary Stanton directing that they
be forwarded to Fort Delaware, as the
President had suspended the right to the
writ in their cases.
The brilliant fight at the mouth of
/ White River, was between 40 of the 18th
Iowa, being parts of two companies, and
| $50 rebels. Our boy were in dlspi-
dated old stockade, and maintained their
ground, succeeded in finally driving off
/ the enemy. The loss to oar men were,
Cap, George L. Hunter, Co. +. killed;
Serst, Isaac Cotic, Go. F, and private L..
Ciapp wounded.
Memminger, the rebel Secretary of the
Treasury, has resigned.
The meeting Of wool growers of South
eastern Iowa, which assembled at Fair
field on the 10Th of May, adjourned till
the % day Of the State Fair "a. Burling
ton.
The 0skaloosa Herald boasts Of two.
year old Spanish buck, owned by Samuel
Ineles, of that county, which yielded
this season fleece weighing eighteen
pounds dad si.r ounces!
asscneor cars commenced running
regularly to Nevada, on the Cedar Rapids
and No. Il. Il July lst.
A shocking accident occurred on the
Goth uIt., on the Grand Trunk Canada
p,;l,r,r a. Ral.it hrilua 10 miles from