The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-02-04
soma very important Intelligence,

ring the difficulty the rebel guDboats In
Mobile bay cndeavored to fire on the
garrison, the whole fort being 10 revolt
and with the American flag flying They
opened on the rebel gunboats and sue
ceeded in driving them off, but were not
on their guard and that night large
force was sent down from Mobile, cap
turing the whole garrison excepting foul
men who escaped in the darkness, in g
small boat, and came to Ship Island
when we heard tor the first time the as
founding Intelligence. Seventy of the
revol,crs are condemned to be shot to
day, n Mobile. The rebel army in and
around Mobile have organized secret SO
cieties, determined to fight 10 longer.
Richmond papers state that two Yam
kce gunboats assembled the Chowan river
as far as Herrelsyile, n c., landed 500
men, burned several houses and destroy
cd 100, 900 pounds of Confederate bacon.
One hundred Yankee prisoners had cs,
capped from Richmond.
Col Ed Hatch Of the I'd Iowa cav
airy, Cox Shaw of the 18th Infantry,
Col Williamson of the Attn, Col Rice of
the 7th, and Lieut. Col Caldwell of the
Sd Cavalry, have been recommended by
their department commanders for promo
tion to Bri gadier Generals Col. Sam.
Merrill is also spoken of fasorably in
connection with bri leadership.
Over 500 colored volunteers mustered
in at keok,ik, have been credited to the
quota of this State.
A large expedition has started south
ward from Vicksburg, taking nearly all
the troops in that vicinity, together with
the greater number of those around Mem.
phis. The Sth and 14th Iowa regiments
went with the expedition, although just
on the eve of starting home on furloug Oh.
Its destination is supposed to be Mobile.
On the LIST inst. l, 200 rebels, who
had taken the oath of allegiance, arrived
in Philadelphia from the West. The au,
Il critics at the Navy Yard received 275
of these reformed secessionists. They
will be at once Placed il service as sailors
and marines.
The Raleigh IN. c. State Journal
says: "The Stars and Stripes were toast
ed at L supper given on Chr.tmaS Eve,
in that city, at which Me>srs Holden Of
the .Ntuat}ur1. Pennington, of the Pro
grcS>. and Gov. Vance were present"
The Peters burg Oatc Raleigh) Register
comments sarcasticalIy upon such pro
ceediugs at the very capital Of the State.
sG- \ call has been made by the Pres
idcnt for half million men, the number
not previously enlisted by volunteering
to be drafted on March 10th. This is
simply increasing the October call for
500, 900 to 100000, fixing this time,
without postponemeut, the day of the
draft. The credits for the several States
will be made against the quotas under
this call, and the CONSUMPTION will fill the
balance on the day named The bounty
expires on the first of March Now is
the time for Cedar county to offer a boun.
ty that its quota may be filled up by vol
un'ary cnllstments. or not, "as YOU like
it, The following is the official order:
WAsHIxGroS Feb lst 1874.
ordered that q draf. for five hundred thousand
men to serve for three years or during the war
b made on the 10Sh of March next for the Mil
tarr service of tie United States creditinr and
quoting therctroih so many as have been en-.
listed or drafted into tie service prior to the
first day of March, and not heretofore credited.
l-lShcdJ ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
NJ & NJ RAILROAD. We learn from
the New York Tribune of the DIST inst.
that the Chicago & Rock Island Railroad
Company has made a running arrange
mcnt with the Mississippi 4 Missouri
Company whereby the former will run
and control the road Of the latter for
period Of twenty years. Tie Rock Island
Company agrees to take large amount
of Nj. Il Nj, stock at a certain figure, which
secures the rapid extension of the Miss,s.
slIpl X Missouri Road so as to connect
with the Pacific at Omaha This IS an
Important movement, and the news Of it
will be hal.cd with joy by the people along
the route Of the NJ. 4 Nj. Road who have
waited expectantly and not always pa
tentIy for swifter communication with
the outer world.-Statc Register
psa- The Board of Control of the Iowa
Sanitary Commission met 10 this city on
the 2lst inst, and closed its session on
the 23d. Its delberatior were charac
terized by great harmony. One of its
Legislature, praying for an appropriation
for the relief of soldiers families by Civ.
ing stated sum per month to each wife
and child under a given age, to be dis
bursed by the authorities of the counties,
instead Of ths Commission as recon-
mcnded by the Governor 1t was decid
ed to rely entirely on voluntary contri
buttons for sanitary supplies, and ask
appropriations only to defray expenses
of the Commission, so that all donations
may go direct to the soldiers. The
Board asked Of the Legislature that a
I Contingent Fund for sanitary purposes
be placed in The hands If the Governor
to be used only in cases of emergency.
TIL Board divided the State into four