The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-16

3, tee on the Conduct d
he 18th inst, in rep y to the 4 ~
10 ton: at is stated, upon w. III
,e l don't know, that you are ch2 VI 81
y, tirely with the exchange Of prIoners!
d THAT is correct, and what u more.
20 have affected an arrangement for the ex
D. change of prisoners, man for nan an
officer for officer, or his equivalent, accore
D. ing to the old cartels, until one Or th
A. other parts have exhausted the numbe
Q they now hold. get great Hany lie,
). tiers daily, from friends of pri,oners i
d the South, every one of which I cause {
. be answered, telling them thas this ar
e rsngement has been made, AMI tina,
0 suppose the exchange will be made At th
J., rate of 5000 week, aud just as the
9 can deliver prisoners to US | win receiy
f. them and deliver their prisoners 10 them
e and the Salisbury prisoners will be com
ing right on. myself saw Col Hatch
the assistant commissioner of exchang
on the part of the South, and he told n,
/ that the Salisbury and Danville prisoner
would be coming right on at once. H,
said that he could bring them at the rat,
of 5000 or 900 a week"
SIS there no impediment in tie wsy,'
"Therc is DO impeachment on sur side
I could deliver and receive everf one Of
them in very short time, if thew will
deliver those they hold. We have los,
two weeks lately on account of ice il, th q
river"
The St. Adams raiders have asked for
additional delay which has been refused
by tho Montreal Court. The application
decidedly shows pursuit of Richmond
under difficulties. Of four messengers
sent to the rebel capitol, one was arrested
at Cincinnati and is to be hanged; an
other was captured at Whining ton, the
third got as tar as Washington aud has
BOT been heard of since, and the fourth
got as far as Washington aud was polite.
ly ordered home by Secretary Seward
Accounts from Gen. Thomas armv
state that the present inactivity in Ten.
nessee will be broken 10 good time by a
genera! advance of 10000 cavalry into
the State of Alabama. To destroy the
remnant of Hoods army, to open the Ala.
bama river, and seize and hold the towns
of Montgomery, Selma, and Mobile is
the task assigned to Thomas, and, when
ever all is prepared, be will move in
conjunction with Gen. Candy. The few
thousand men the rebels can muster to
resist the avalanche which is about TO be
hurled against them will be scattered like
chat before hurricane. II
1t. Col milford, comm issiond Iowa
change, has returned to City Pom II
will be gratifying Intelligence to frfeds
of prisoners in the North to learn eat
he is empowered by the authoritiefaato
immediately commence, and to con- Tue
until all are released, a free add all
exchange of all our brave soldiers Ispw
confined 10 Southern prison per.. JIis
probable that those at Florence, Gbe.ts
will be exchanged FIRST. 81 duty in n:
lzH WtAs4'fas s5ey' sHHf 'sIsssd f',rs -,
,olorcd minister, preached in 4 kt.sos 81
he House of Representatives, this
ling, BY invitation of Rev. DR.. q
ling, Chaplain of the house. A 10
crowd of both white and colored 10
attendance. This is the first ms. "
colored clergyman preachin -. 80. i
,apitol, and occasions much commenk 10
III circles.
One of the Philadelphia skating ponds
adver:ises in all the splendors of large
ype, "a grand musical torch light pro
'osslon on skates, led by a full brass
'and, including bass drum, which will
also be on skates" The advertisement,
also goes on to state that "the above pro
'ession will form grand, novel, aud i'm.
posing appearance. more particularly by
the sweet slIvery light of the artificial
MOON Tru' y romantic!
Wendell Philips said. in a speech 10
Boston the other day, that General Banks
could tear in tatters the Constitution of
the United States, and trample the con-
st'tution OF Louisiana under his feet to
suit his own purposes, but he could not
give black man vote because an old
Ia" OF Louisiana forbids it. twas like
the man who committed theft on Sat-
urday, and was arrested on Monday. who
told the Sheriff that he might easily have
escaped, but for his conscientious scru.
pies against travelling on the Sabbath.
1t will cause general rejoicing that the
brute and tyrant W,nder, the rebel com.
missary OF prisoners, has been checked
IN his fortunes and barbarities BY death.
A New York correspondent Of Quo of
the Eastern papers states that some of
the leading wealthy men of that CITY are
said to be discussing magnificent plan
to present to the United States Govern.
ment 2,OOO,O00,00O, and thus relieve
the nation of the public debt. Il i pur.
posed to make the gift in 200 900 shares.
OF $4,000 each, of which A. I. Stewart.
VIM. B. Astor, and others, will take
zach fifty shares, SO asp make up leas. a
quarter OF the whole amount in New
Y ork.
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