The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-30

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), The expedition against Mobile forma
" commenced on the 18th. Importal
news may soon be expected from th'
:. quarter. @
A Washington dispatch gives an in
teresting budget Of news from the reb'
Capital, to the effect that the rebel arm
numbefs about $50, 900 men that Lie
is fully convinced Of the hopelessness {
his cause, and has so expressed himse
to the rebel Senate, and that the rebt
Vice President has declared hopeful 9
early peace and in favor Of negotiation
for peace add rcco Instruction on tho basi
Of submission. .s~.5 gs.. e.. 7>>ar.. 81
IS The hotsf burner and rebel spy, Robt
@. Kennedy, paid the forfeit Of his enor
mites on Saturday upon the ea'lows, de-
seorating his last minutes with blssphe-
my and ribald songs. '' -; .-@''1
. The New York World, cditorially, ad.
vises the South today down its arms at
once and trust TO chances. T@,''7 ss'1
Major General Thomas, in bis official
report of tho operations Of his army from
September 7, 1864, to January 20, 1865,
says: There were artured from the enc.
my during the various actions thirteen
thousand one hundred and eighty nine
prisoners Of war, including seven genaral
officers, and nearly one thousand officers
Of lower grades; also, seventy-two pieces
serviceable artillery, and battle flags
During the same period over two thou
sand deserters from the enemy were re.
ceived, to whom the oath was administer
ed. Our own losses will not exceed ten
thousand in killed, wounded and missing.
The larger number of the ammunition
chests captured were filled with ammu-
milton in good condition, and six wag-
ons loaded with powder were captured
before Nashville. Other important cap.
lures are mentioned. 4..
A fellow calling himself Marion, is
figuring as a bandit in Kentucky, and
to be lineal as we'll as pro.
descendant of the old revolu
tionary chieftain, whom he resembles
about as much as common dung hill
resembles a. noble game chicken.
The Nashville papers report the con-
slant arrival in that city Of Tennessee
leserters from the rebel army, all of
whom express the opinion that there are
not Eve thousand soldiers Of Tennessee
out of the original sixty FIVE thousand,
in the Confederate service.
Some of the New York merchants
have been urging the Treasury Depart
mcnt to so, into the market, and purchase
several millions Of gold, SO as to keep
prices up, and thus prevent general
commercial collapse. When gold was ad
vancing these same merchants were de-
nouncing Secretary Chase for selling gold
in order to keep prices down. Very con.
sistaut men, these New York merchants.
When prices wore sofss up, ~ We. so
outrage to interfere; but now when they
are going down, interference is urged as
q necessity what? To save the i'm.
mensc fortunes which the merchants
have made out Of the people by the ex-
traordinary prices paid for goods and
merchandise The merchants have had
their day-it is the peoples turn now.
Secretary McCulloch very properly refus-
ed to interfere.
Atarecont masked ball in paris three
men persona.ing Julius Caesar, Charlie
mango and Napoleon I, respectively, were
walking arm in arm, amid roars of laugh
ter Caesar was dressed like an ancicn,
Roman exquisite, and scratched his head
with his finger. ...,.
About fifteen hundred children arc
already attending the public schools il
Charleston s. c. There has been 20 par
rallel to this fact in the history Of any
captured city in the insurrectory States
George w. Kendall, formerly of tn
New Orleans Picoyune. is on his ranch
in Texas, raising sheep and cattle an,
shootins wild turkeys, waiting for peace
troubled somewhat by the Indians, anc
waxing on to on to three score years.
At the battle before Kinston, N. G.
the 9th Mas sachussetts, in command 0
| Col, Bartholomew, received from bin
this order: "Don't let me see a ma
of you run till You see me run; and b.
careful and not take any other man 70
me-" .r..
| The Richmond Dispatch says: "Amop
the other horses captured on Gen. Ches
nuts place, in South Carolina, was tn
superb stallion presented to Presideu
Davis by the Vicerey of Egypt. One 9
the Yankees, after riding the amin,
through the streets, took off tho saddl,
and patting him on the back, remarked
You're too good to ride in these part
and we'll send you todd Abe ..
Slavery now appears 10 be doomed tn
world over. By the Constitution {
Brazil slavery will expire 10 that empi,
! in twenty years, but many of the leadin
statesmen are anxious for its more spec
dy end. '-@ leg. -.'
Mrs. Ellen L. Sherman, wife of &c,
etal ". T. Sherman, the great leader (
the heroic army now in North Carolin;
arrived IN Chicago last Tuesday at tn
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