The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-01-12

p, 4 snd France viii recognize the Oouth OF
Il tho 4th Of, March; because Mr.. Lincol.
]. did not carry the Southern States-tha
3 England has for some time been quietly
organizing a military force in Canada
/. that an order peremtorily refusing leaves
: Of absence to officers in the best regl-
ments of the English army has been is
sued--that the recent articles in tho
, Richmond papers were prompted by
l. Louis Napoleon, and that the South, be-
.r ing now, harder pressed than ever, Eng
! land and France cannot see the Union
restored, and will never permit the South
to be conquered. Montreal papers, put
! ting forth the same views, are also quo
I ted, and the whole goes to make up quite
4 a sensation. A copperhead story.
F Advices from Mexico represent Max
! imilian's troops as making great progress
| in various directions, having recently
captured several towns. A riot, growing
out of drunken quarrel, occurred at San
Luis, when the Imperial officers arrested
500 persons, over 80 of whom were shot
on the spot. The condition of the coun.
try is evidenced by tho numbers of rob.
berries, murders, &c. g..
From San Domingo we have dates to
the 9TH. The papers are filled with a
proclamation of victories over the Span
ish invader. The President of Hayti
had offered his services to mediate be-
tween the hostile Governments, aud it
was hoped peace would be secured on a
basis Of Dominican independence. If
not, the Dominicans say they will fight
till not man is left.
The Canadians have gloated over ev-
cry reported draft disturbance in the
United States. They now have trouble
Of their own of the same sort. The
French Canadians about Quebec so sym
pathize with the rebel raiders, that they
have taken arms to resist the militia draft
for the maintenance of order on tho from.
tier. Loyal troops have been ordered
out to put down the instruction.
The stories of rebel suffering at
Richmond arc repeated and confirmed.
The rigors of winter are being severely
felt in the rebel capital among all classes.
Wood at any price is very scarce, and
the poorer people are suffering far be-
yond the common measure for the scan
tiest necessaries of life. Their soup
houses and other public establishments
of charity for relieving the wants Of the
needy are not possessed of the material
wherewith to supply, in either proper
quality or quantity, what their supervi,
sors advertise in the journals to supply.
! The N. Y. Times notices the fact that
in recent suit in London where ship
pers of freight sued owners of blockade
runner for damages for failing to fulfil a
! contract, the judges decided in favor of
the plaintiffs being on ly entitled to nomi.
nal damages, because the contract was
illegal and decidedly opposed to the neu.
trail proclamation, and having direct ten
dencv- to .inyolys- the COUNTRY in var
If the decision is sustained by the bench
it will be severe blow to blockade run
ners.
Major General John A. Logan has
gone to Savannah to retake command of
his old corps, now led by General Oster-
haus. He is reported as being in fine
health.
1t seems to be well settled fact that
the rebel General Price is dead. The
Selma Mississippian announcing his
death says:
"Gen. Cockcrel, now commanding the
lst Mis- sippi Brigade, in the army of the
Tennessee, will be promoted and sent to
take charge Of Prices command"
! When Mr.. Lincoln was FIRST elected
the maj ority against him on the popular
vote was 1880; now the majority for
him is 4l2 1872.
General Candy earnestly protests
against trade with the insurrectionary
districts. He says it feeds the rebe
armies and supplies thier readers with
valuable information of our movements.
The entire debt of the State of New
York on the 30th of September, 1864
was SIS, 720, 72462
A man in Cincinnati has got into
trouble by the publication of the income
taxes. His banker refused him credit
on the ground that the amount of his tax
showed that he was living beyond hi
means, or that he had swindled the Gov
eminent, and would swindlc others if h,
got "a chance.
The expedition under General Grier
son, which left Memphis on the els,
ultimo, destroyed the Mobile aud Ohio
Railroad from Boonvllle to Egypt, ant
about thirty miles of the Mississippi
Central Railroad; also, "a large quantity Of
army rations, arms, ammunition anG
stores. A sharp fight occurred at Egypt
in which the Union forces were success
full, capturing 500 prisoners. The rcbe
General Gholson was killed. The expe
dition was signal success.
The steamboat accidents for 1864 were
less frequent and fatal than the average
rate for the lest ten years, but more nu.
merous and destructive of life and limb
than in 1868. There were twenty-si,