The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-09-01
"OUR VISIT TO RI HMOND.'
Edmund kirke and Col. Jaques.. . jefferson
Davis and Mr. lSenjamin..The Road
tO the Rebel Capital.
INTERVIEW WITH THE REBEL PREsIDENT-CONvER
sATloN ABOUT PEACE-SUTH RN lNpEPES.
DENCE THE ULTiMATuM.


sATloN ABOUT PEACE-sUTH RN lNpEPEN-
DENCE THE ULTiMATUM.
1t is being per'iuaciously urged every
day that it is our duty to make peace
with the rebels The condition on which
peace could be secured may be inferred
very easily by pcrusiag the PORTIONS Of
Mr. GiImore'~ ("Edmund Kirke") arti-
Gle in the AHn"t'c Mo"thIy for Sep,em-
Der, wbch We transfer to our columns.
ON THE WAY TO RICHMOND.
After starting, Mr. Gilmore and Col
onel Jaques, on the afternoon of July
10Th, mnuuted on two raw boned reliA-
Of Sheridan's great raid. and armed with
letter to J;f. Davis, white cambric
handkerchief t,cd to short stick, and an
honest face-this last was the Colonel's
We rode up to tn" rebel fines A rag
ged, yellow faced by, with a car b'ne 10
one hand and another white handkerchief
tied to another short stick iu the other,
came out to meet US.
"Cau you tell US, my man, where to
fud Judge Ould, the Exchange Comuis
tioner!'
"Yas Him and t other Chang offi.
GERS is over ter the plantation beyond
Miss Growers. Yen know it by its hev-
in nary door nur wlnder 1.-THE mansion,
he meant. The,'s all busted in, Fol
Ter the bride. path through the timber,
aud keep yer rag fyin', fur our boys is
thicker'n huckleberrics in them woods,
and they might pop ye, ef they didn't
seed it,"
Thanking him, we turned our horses
into the climber" and, galoping rapidly
on, soon came in 81 yht of the deserted
plantation. LolIing in the grass in the
shade of the windowless mansion we
found the Confederate officials. They
arose as We approached, and one of us said
to the Judge-a courteous middle aged
gentleman in Panama hat and suit of
spotless white drillings-
1--WE are late, but it is your fault -
Your people fred at us down the river,
and We had to turn back aud coule over
land"
You don't suppose they saw your
fag2"
"No 1t Was hidden by the trees but
a shot came intentionally near us II,
struck the water, and ricoche,ted not
three yard, off A lttlr nearer, aud il,
would have shorteu"d me by head, and
the Colonel by two feet"
That would | ave been n sad thing for
you; but a miss, You know, is as good as
mile" said the Judge" evidently eu.
joying the ''joke."
1--WE hear that Grant was 10 the boat
that followed yours, aud was struck while
at dinner" remarked Capt. Hatch, the
Judge's Adjutant-a gentleman, and a
bout the best looking man in the Confed-
eracy.
"Indeed. Do you believe it,"
81 don't know, of course;' aud his
looks asked for 40 ans yer We have
none, for all such information is contra
band. We might have told him that
Grant, Butler and Foster examined their
position from Miss Growers house-about
four hundred yards distant-two hours
after the rebel cannon ball danced break
down on the Lieutenont Generals dinner
table.
CONVERSATION WITH OFFICERS.
In the course of conversation with some
rebel officers, the subjects of the treat
ment OF our prisoners. the status Of block
ade troops and noD co,ubatants, and all
questions which have led to a suspension
Of exchanges, had been good naturedly
discussed, when the Captain, looking up
from one of the Northern papers We had
brought him, said:
"Do you know it morti6es me that you
don't hate us AS we bate you? You kill
US AS Agassiz kills Ay-becausc you love
u.s.
"Of course we do The North is be
ing cruciied for love Of the South -
"lf you love us SO. why don't you let
Us go!' asked the Judge, rathe, curtly.
For that very r ason-because We love
you 1t We let you 60, with slavery aud
your notions Of empire you'd run
straight to barbarisu and the devil - ~
"We'd take the risk of tha. But let
me tell you, if you are going to Mr.. Da
Wis with any such ideas you might as we'll
turn back at once He can make peace
on no other basis than independence -
Rec gnition musi be the beginning, mid
die and ending Of all negotiations. Our
people will accept peace on no other
terms
81 think you arc wrong there said
the Colonel. "When was here yea,
ago, | met many Of your leading men
and they all assured me th y wanted peace
and reunion, even at the sacrifice OF sa-
very. Within week man yon vener
ate and love has met me at Baltimore
and bcsought me to come here and otfe1
Mr.. Davis peace on such. conditions.
THAT may be Some of our old men
who are weak in the knees, may wan
peace on any terms; but the Southern
people will not have it without indepen
dence Mr. Davis knows them, aud yo'
will find he will insist upon that. Con-
cede that, and we'll not quarrel about mi
nor matters
"We'l not quarrel at all But it's sun
down, and time We were 'on to Rich
mond.'
"Tha,'s the Tribune cry said TIL