The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-06-30

morning 0t . CLOCK nag VI tTucc was
sent into Lafayette in the name of Ger.
Pillow, demanding immediate surrender
and threatened to burn the town If net
complied with. The rebels were 5000
strong and bad completely surrounded
the town. On the refusal of Col. Wat.
kins, who had only 400 men, the rebels
advanced from all directions. At nearly
0 o'clock they occupied three. fourths of
the town. when Col Croeton, Of the 4th
Kentucky, came up and captured about
20 rebels. Col Watkins lost about so
killed and as many wounded. Pillow
left about 100 dead on the field.
The defeat Of Sturgis at Guntown en-
ables the rebel Forrest to operate against
! Sherman's communications. He was de.
feated in his attempt to cross the Tonnes
see River at Florence and Esstport by
Gen. Granger, and when last heard from
was threatening the Nashville and Dcca-
tur Railroad a Federal spy reports that
Forrest told him that the wounded Union
soldiers captured at Guntown, who were
not able to march to Columbus, Georgia,
bad been killed.
Grants army has moved towards the
south of Petersburg, destroying the Pc,
tersburg aud Weldon Railroad From
the position he has been occupying for
several days his guns commanded the
road to Richmond, so that it could not be
used by the rebels. Unless Lee has an
inexhanstible amount of stores laid up
for his soldiers and citizens, and can af-
ford to allow Grant to overrun the whole
country south and west of Richmond and
Petersburg, he must have those fortified
positions, and give battle in such places
as Grant may determine A decisive
engagement may be delayed for some days
a Newbern letter Of the 18th, just re-
ceived, says:
"The Federal transport steamer John
Farran, Capt Smalman, has arrived here
from Newport, N c., which place she
left on the morning Of the 18th. The
Captain reports having on bis way taken
off II of the crew of the cunboat Laven
der, which ran on Cape Lookout Shoals
on the ri ght of the 1lth The Captains
attention was first attracted by signal
from the wreck, and upon nearing i: he
found the men c'inging to a small portion
of the hull, which was Just out of the
water. There was heavy sea running,
which made it almost impossible to re-
lieve the sufferers but small boat was
manned by the Captain and chosen
crew. On approaching the wreck the
poor fellows, mad with hunger and thirst,
pushed into the boat, which Immediately
capsized, throwing the whole pirty into
the breakers 1t was then some time be.
fore all got back to the wreck Captain
Smalman then sprang on the boat, and
after time got her bailed out and went
back to the rest. lie then contrved to
run line from the Farren TO the wreck,
by which means all were brought on board
Some Of the men were bruised in fear
full manner and much exhausted, having
been on the wreck four days and nights
without food. Capt. Gleason, of Law
cnder. reports having ron in the shoals at
II o'clock on the night of the 1lth -
The Lavender was a new boat, this being
her first trip. She sailed few days be-
fore for the blockadiny squadron off
Charleston, where she was to have been
u.ed as a tender.
When she left Philadelphia her crew
consisted of % all told, nine Of whom
were either drowned CT died Of exposure.
Morcan's raid into Kentucky was well
known beforehand to the rebe! citizens,
who gave him all the assistance in their
power, by reporting the movements of
the Federal troops, betrayinr their Uni
90 neighbors to the marand.rs, hunting
up concealed property, and in many in
stances actually participating in the en-
cagemen,s. The rebel wounded were
nursed by rebel women, and their dead
were buried in collins decked with flow.
| ers. The Mayor of Cynthiana was one
Of the foremost of these heartcss wretch
6, and ordered the Federal soldiers to be
buried in the part Of the graveyard as
signed to negroes. This is more hon
CRADLE place for the fallen soldier than to
rest by the marble tomb Of Kentucky
traitor, but as the Mayor intended it IS
an Insult to their memory, he should not
be allowed to 60 unpublished.
The probable report Of the Senate Ju-
dietary Committee against allowing State
not wholly under Federal authority to
east vote at the Presidential election,
will exclude all the States which attempt.
ed to seccde except Missouri, Tennessee,
Kentucky and West Virginia, although
States may be added according to the
success Of our arms before November.
| Gen. Scot, has completed the memoirs
of his life and given them out for publ
cation, contracting for their issue early
in July.
The Post learns on the best official au-
! thority that Grants losses in killed and
wounded from the time Of leaving the
Rapidsn until reaching tho James river
was not over 10, 900 men. The severely
wounded were less than 5000. \ large
l. ILL.,, J.. 4.