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

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--Is il spnoupcsd Tia. NE Psssids..
y about 70 al out the organized milkia
Of NE Stdess for sixty days TO occupy
fortiee Jed posieions and thus, allow an Of
Spr vetsrass q. 80 into the Geld for active.
service. The Cedar County Guards will
do we'll to brush up those Abolition
nusksts,' strap On knapssoks and prepare
70 20 marching along. -
~l-Ons sfAhs federal officers from the
Libby prison presented Gen. Spinner, U.
8. Treasurer, with aH$5 note, manufsc.
sursd By che officers, il iuitation Of
greenbacks, 80 we'll executed that even
Spinner was ,at first deceived. It was
done with pen. Its manufacture was
resorted to BY the officers to obtain the
nscsssaries Of life. $40 was exchanged
for rebel currency ut the rate Of $500
per cent. i.-ffE ,. -,
A dispatch from Washington says
any army movements are improbable for
. fortnight, owing 70 the present inclcm-
Mortos has ordered the orga-
nizod militia Of Indiana, known IS "the
Indiana Legion, !" numbering 20, 900 men,
TO DO in readiness to take the field at q
moments notice 10 repsl invasion. The
Legion will be reviewed on the 18th inst.
lndisna having had some hard expert.
ence from one rebel invasion, has been
taught the necessity Of precautiou in the
future. @G@& 80" 7''' a "@-
About 1000 reflective troops have
gone South from Fort Smith, Ark. The
whole number in that department under
Gen. Steele are now moving Southwark,
from 1000 TO $4,000, sufficient to over.
power any rebel force opposed to them.
Scouts from Prices army report Cabells
command, I or 8 regiments, Is miles this
side Of Washington. Missouri troops
are being moved to Camden. Gen. Ga.
no has about 5000 Texans at Tanners
port. Alarmakuke and Shelby are at
Camden. A large number of negroes
have been concentrated At Camden and
Washington, Quantrell ia south of Red
River. ''''' rl@@''. fH' va '''.&
During FORESTS hate raid on Padu.
oah The rebels took . Mrs. Hammond
from the hospital and murdered her.
Three other ladies we're tsken and sent to
the front between two fires, and kept
there al hour. While the rebel flag of
truce was moving forward they disposed
their forces for action. Our men had
ceased "a firing for fsar Of the women being
killed. T.. ~ 81. = .
The withdrawal Of Farragut from
before Mobile occasions some disappoint.
meut in the public mind in consequence
Of the little effected in the demonstra-
ton against that city. The public mind
was raised to extravagant expe ctation by
the Boosting letters which usually pre-
cede every military and naval movement
Of ours. A single glance at the size Of
his feet would show that with four gun.
boats to operate, he never intended any.
thing more than diversion in favor Of
Sherman. ,gl.zr3 ST. .v
A great battle is expected soon in
Virginia. The general hospitals at Wash
ington are being prepared for the recep.
ton Of wounded men from both armies,
indicating that success to tho federal ar
my is anticipated. + g..
The prelininaries for q satisfactory
exchange Of prisoners have been couclud-
ed and are approved BY Gen. Grant.
A New Orleans dent of the
New York Times says nineteen hundred
colored children are now learning to read
and write iu the day schools of New Or.
leans. A year ago over 10000 negroes
we're fed by the Government commissa.
riat in Banks department, besides Il, 900
more who hung around our camps and
were more or less dependent. These are
now oil At work. There are fed TODAY
only fifty colored orphans, and about 100
aged men at the public expense.
1t is stated that logs have been cot out
during the past winter in the Saginaw
pine region for 100000 feet, to be
cut at the mills on the river and tributa.
ries the present season-an amount at
the least fifty per cent larger than ever
cut in any previous season.
In ono township in Linn county,
the copperhcads en- masse voted for a nc.
gro for sub director. Not being able to
End one Of their own party or color cana.
bic. Of filing the office, it was Gne stroke
Of policy to select one so suited to the
tastes Of them all as to secure their unan.
imous vote. The incident also illustrates
another phase Of latter day democracy.
No sooner does the African begin to be-
come power IN the land, than the COD.
perhsads commence toadying to them,
and voting them into little Offices, to se.
cure their influence. And this suggests
the principal objection We have to the
extension Of suffrage to negroes. The
mass Of them have become 80 degraded
and imbruted by association with South
ern Democrats, that they would natural.
y all vote the Copperhead ticket.-Dub.
Times.
"A, day or two before tho adjourn.
ment Of the Maryland Legislature, a pro-
position. ~as intrndured to tax bachelors
above twenty-five years Of age not less
than $40 head per annum, because tho
war is destructive Of the male population,
while the number Of females is greatly in
ovnoos IS thnt IS A.