The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-07-21
of /. county mot 20 sub. divided, shall not

Of . county not 50 sub, divided, shall not
be filed up within the space OF 90 days
after such call, the President shall inme.
] dately order DART for one year to fill
J such quota or any part thereof which
may be untitled, aud
WHEREAS, TIE new enrolment here
tofore ordered is SO far completed tina;
the aforementioned act of Congress may
now be put in operation for executing
aud keepngru the strength OF the arm
j les in the field, for ga-risons and such
military operations as may be required
for the purpose of suPpressing the re.
be'iion and restoring the authority OF the
United States, do issue this my cali for
Five Hundred Thousand volunteers for
the military service, provided. Dcverthc.
less, that all credits which may b. cstab
lished under Section Of the aforesaid
act on account of persons who have enter.
go the naval service during the prcsent
rebellion and by credits for nen 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 year,, as they may elect, aud
will be entitled to the bounty provided
by the law FOR the period Of service for
which they enlist. aud hereby proclaim,
order and diicct that Immediately af.er
he 9Th day Of September, 1864, being
fifty days from the date Of this call,
draft for troops to serve for one year
shall be held in every town, township,
ward OF a city, precinct, election district,
ora county Dot SO subdiTided, to fill the
quota which shall be ASST gned to it under
this call, or any part thereof which may
be untitled by volunteers on the said 5,h
day Of September, 1864
10 testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set MY baud aud caused the seal 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:
WA. II. SEWARD Secretary OF State.
The Vick>burg 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 nun bered less than 900
men. The enemy was not encountered
in any considerable force until the 9th.
when they were found strongly posted on
the east bank Of a creek, three miles this
side Of Jackson. A fauking force under
Gen. Coutes, llth m, was sent to i'm
pede them. Their position cur forces
occupied that night and the following day
as our troops were leaving town, the cit
liens climbed to the top of the State
house and sicnslcd the rebel cavaly, which
was drawn up in line of battle north of
the town, for which the men were sum.
ma'ily 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 rrpu,sed aEl
the ground strewn with their dead and
wounded. Our loss is less than 100 xiii
ed and wounded. We captured 80 pris,
oners. No cotton was brought in. The
railroad from NicksDurg 20 jack on Is be-
ing rapidly repaired, and communication
had with the interior Of the State.
Brig Gen. " 4 Elicit, oc the Va
rine Brigade, Commanding a force Of
about fourteen hundred mcn had an en-
gacement with the rebels OF the 9Th Of
July, near Rodney, Miss. The fight
lasted about elgh; hours, the Iebt i MAX
ing several desperate charges on our
lines, but with considerable loss, aud
were finally driven from the field, lay
ing their dead AMI wouuIc! in the pos.
session Of the Mon troops When
Gen. Elicit was retaining from the pur-
suit, portion Of the rebels rallied and
followed, but were ambu>hvl several
times ty company Of cavalry, killing
and wnundlng graf many. The 4eth
and 32I l 5. regiment. (co!orcd,) con
posed part Of the expedition and fought
with most determined bravery, often
clubbing the enemy down with their
muskets. The total rebel loss was about
10 killed and wounded, and few taken
prisoners The Fedcra!s had enc nan
k lied and FIVE wounded Gen. Elicit is
determined to drive Wood out Of that
part Of the country, and with the force
at his disposal will no doubt succeed
A Toronto, Canada, correspondent Of
the New York Herald, says that new
plot is apprl aching maturity in that city,
which has for its object the release Of
the rebel prisoners at .Johnson's land
and the destruction Of Fort Niagara; tina.
large sums have been subscribed by lead
ing Torontonians, and the services Of
every rowdy in Toronto have been en-
gagged The plan most popular among
these vsaabonds, is, that on given
night, to be understood between the pris-
oncrs and marauders, the buildings are
to be fired, and The prisoners, being
furnished With arms by the Canadians,
are to massacre the guard and TIE officers
Of the garrison, aud then escape 10 boats
to he land Of the neutral johnny Bull.
The cargo of the steamer Electric
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