The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-09

= the continuance of the war. lpfoFmstio
received 1t Washington states that larg
ounbers Of rebel prisoners Ut Poiot Loci
out and other prison camps are taking th
oath Of sllegisncs. AZ the former plecs
over one thousand have subscribed . tn
oath within the last thirty days and gon
North.
Interesting developments have bee,
made in the Chicago Conspiracy trials .
Cincinnati. One of the witnesses, Ano
Green, Esq, prominent lawyer of Lii
nois and Grand Commander Of the Son
,, of Liberty in that State in 1861, stste
how he initiated Vallandigham into TIT
Order, confirms the Indiana conspiracy
led by Dodd, and narrates an Interview
between himself and Jacob Thompson,
rebel. fnancer in Canada, 10 which this
worthy admitted to having appropriated
SIS, 600 for The distribution Of arms 10
the Northwestern States, for the release
of rebel prisoners. ~. ,,r,,s,, 4~
Mr.. Arnold's bill for the enlargement
of the Illinois canal, which passed the
House last week, was not the project de-
sired BY the people Of the Upper Missis-
sippi, as this canal connects with the
Mississippi river at the mouth of the Hi
nois river Before. its passage Mr.. Ali
SON succeeded in lacking on an amend
ment providing for an appropriation Of
| $500 O0O,r for abe improvement. Of the
rapids of the Mississippi. This was
probably the reasoa the low "a delegation
voted for the measure. 1t was doubtless
the best they could do. ... IA.
The Ciuciu uati Gazette SAYS: ave
have letter from our correspondent
with Gen. shcrmaD's army, dated the
2Sth. The whole army was then mot
ing, and a battle was expected within
ten days from that time" We expect
to announce, in a short time, that
Charleston has fallen. - ..
Five PASSENGER cars on The Galena
Railroad were prccipitatcd fifty feet down
an enbankment cast of Freeport, on Mon
day right They were filed: with pas
seugers, but strange to say no one was
killed or seriously hurt, though nearly
all suffered bruises Horoscope is CON
sidered remarkable, as the cars rolled
over and over in their descent. The
cause of the accident was the breaking of
wheel. '.E
Gen. Singleton has returned from
Richmond. According to his statement
there will be no peace between US aud
the rebels They do pot seem willing to
give up the idea of achieving what they
term "thcir independence"
A dispatch from Omaha, of the I'd
lust, says, large number of Indians
have been lowering around Julesburg
for severel days, but the garrison is
too small to attack them. To day they
attacked the fort, burned the telegraph
Office aud the stage compauy's warehouse
containing large amount of corr, hay
sTst,6g Of ssvsrer Bhnd75gs7s ftducsr1u
ashes. A considerable, amount Of tele
graph supplies are also destroyed.
An entire train had been captured west
Of fort Laramie within the week by the
Cbeyennes, and one man killed.
The telegraph being down the result
of the attack on the fort at Julesburg is
not known. IL
Sherm,n's army is still VIGOROUSLY
marching on towards Charleston. His
forces are now in the very heart of South
Carolona, prepared to strike blows that
will tell heavily on the fate of the South.
ern Coofederacy.
A shocking railroad accident occurred
on Saturday, 4th inst, on the Marietta
& Cincinnati Railroad. Two passenger
coaches and one baggage car were thrown
off a bridge into Lees Creek, distance
of 80 feet Ten or twelve lives were lost,
besides number severely injured. One
of the coaches took FIRE, burning severel
passengers to death.
The Worlds Washington CORES pond
eDt says: TIE sub committee who haze
had the tax law amendments under con
sidcration, reported them to the Commit
tee Of Ways and Means this morning
/ They made very little change in the old
tax law. 1t vas the purpose Of the Com
mittee simply to amend and perfect it so
that revenue officers will understand its
proper administration. The committee
believe that if rightly administered the
government will get at. !eas: Que third
more revenue. They do no. impose ad.
ditiona! tax On manufactured petroleum
and scarcely any on crude.
The commefciaps Washington special
says: THE Secretary OF War was inform
ed yesterday that en-. Grant contempla
ted begosiatiens with the enemy for an
exchange Of prisoners at the rate of 5000
per month, which is as fast as the rebels
can deliver them TIE Indications are
that a more vigorous war policy will now
be adopted.
The coupon gold interest due Oh the
lst Of March and 1st Of May, on the pub
lie debt, viii probably be ordered to be
prepaid, from four.o six weeks before
maturity, as the gold is on hand, and il
would be good policy for the Governmep,
to have it employed, rather than to re
main boarded in idleness These cou-
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