The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-02-23

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cite regrets in this part Of orr oo,nmo
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The following, received through re-
ugee from Western Texas, regardin
Price and Magruder's armies, is deem
ed reliable. Prices command is a
5000 strong, mostly cavalry from Texas
Large numbers Of dsserters are constant
arriving n Rio Grands and, escapin
north iuto Arkansas and Missouri
PRICES command 10 about 5000 strong
mostly cavalry from, Texas. Large, nun
bers Of deserters are cons family arrivin
at Rio Grande aud escaping North int
Arkansas and Missouri. Prices head
quarters are at Bonham, Texas, fort
miles south Of tho Red River, 10 fin
foraging region. Mssrudsr is At Cam
!, den, Ark, with part of his command
|, , but the main body is chiefly cavalry, on
stealing expeditions in Texas. The hor
ses of both commands are in an ex haust
ed condition. Magruder ha, 90, 900 mer
on his muster rolls, twothirds of whom
are effective Kirby Smiths headquar
tiers are still at Shreveport, La. HIS en-
tire strength is estimated at So 900, only
$4,000 of which are scrvicesble. I'm
mense drcves of beef cattle, numbering
some hundred thousand head, are roam
ing the prairics of Western Texas Re.
ports Of Kirby Smiths, Magruder's, and
other rebel officers cotton speculations
still continue. Major Hart, rebel agent
at Matamoras, is said to have made a
million of dollars in gold '.-. Dr."
The number Of deser.crs coming into
the Union lines has increased since the
failure Of negotiations. During four days
of the fast week over 200 rebel deserters
came within the lines of the army of the
Potomac aud James. This morning 46
arrived here, all Of whom deserted from
the rebel picket posts On the night of the
l4th. Twenty Of these belonged to Vir.
GINA regiments aud the remainder to
Georgia and South Carolina regiments.
Many officers come In with the private
soldiers, showing the feeling of dcspond-
ency at the present rebel situation.
The Columbia Caro1intiun of the 18th
says: "Lopg before Columbia falls we
look for battle, and a victory that will
prove God is fighting on our side, and
vouchsafe to South Carolina the proud
privilege of closing, as she begun the
war, in triumph The same paper "be
lieves that within twenty days there will
be such concentration of 9Th as
will make the Yankee commander trem-
BILE for his safety" Columbia has fallen,
and the Yankee commander is firmly
marching On.
The East Tennessee correspondent of
the Richmond Wig, draws a cheering
picture of affairs in the bogus Coufedera
cy 'FRONT.' a South side view. The, North
Carolina home guards are continual
.eapturad without rusis,uure. the Irl,ri
reserve force in the mountains are "gob.
bled up" and don't seem to care any
sh;.~ ~A~..s 81 .L. 1r-.:. er~o-s-~ .I-~~-,
holders are dissatisfied. three fourths
their ehat,els who, according to the state
ment of Bishop Hopkins and jeff Davis,
have such wonderful love for their
masters that they will never leave them, |
have gone OYER 20 TIE I'sntees: the farm.
@rs hare ~ natt-s r. tg't5-s:iry their !
erors: tie co.sc-f5tio- ~ s driving
thousasds Of fighting white nen into the
L Mon army, and the couscriPts that are
dragged into the rebel army are a nui.
sance There's dissolving view Of tho
Intervals of the Southern ConfeIeracT
for you!
Sir VIM. Armstrong, inventor Ct The
English Armstrong gun writes 70 cur
Navy Department, orgjng the Govern
meps to Manufacture his anns Capt.
Wise, Of the Ordinances Bureau. IN reply,
says: '|Ths Armstrong qnas captured at
Fort FFshar afford Us meaEs Of tessiag
Sir Williams Invention.
Ofacsrs rom the Shenandoah Valley
been 20 tranb,esnras 10 that department,
in view ~ the approaching dissolution Of
he rebel Confsderacy, have grown CON-
para.IVeIy unobtrusivc, and are desert
ing in large Numbers into orr lines
Mos, Of them beg to be allowed to take
the oath and return to their homes.
/ The friends of General Britler are
urging his appointment as Military Gov.
ernor of South Carolina.
The dry goods market is much excited
just now, and prices are declining The
Chicago Journal says during the past
three weeks there has been decline in
that city of fally ten conts yard on al
kinds of staple cotton goods.
The exchange of prisoners slowly pro,
crosses. One thousand five hundred and
eighteen Union officers and men reached
Annapolis from Richmond yesterday. -
They are in better condition than those
heretofore exchanged
The construction of the Government
Arsenal at Rock Island, Illinois, will be
commenced Immediately. 1t will cost
| 81 800, 0Co, and will be one of the larg.
est structures in the world ,-...
A Calcutta letter to the London Times
estimates the number Of persons killed
in India by the fearful hurricane Of DC
tober last, at 10000 In the island Of
Sanger, alone, 1000 persisted, out of &
population of $4,000 .- s---s