The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-05-11
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i ipetos that, % the lss iS3s, Jtf Dsvi
. and his confrsrss wsrssurpsiss3 Ssd osar
e " captured BY Stonemsb's forces .
}. Wssh;oesso, Georeas; tbat Sks .sbe
e party best confused and hssty rstres
o before 6tooemso's men came ppos them
]. and that slthough jeff and lis com pan,
D for the time lslude/ thu parshh of On
troops, they are sotirely surrod6ded, ant
| there il scarcely possibility Of escape
News 10 momeotsrily expected Of I'll
, capture ,ofshs rebel President and party
It is rumored that JEFF Davis has n
ranged for the iron, clad ram Sooew.ll |,
{ enter one Of the numerous inlets on tn,
Atlantis soast'so convey" hin 70 . 'plac,
OF. safety.a3L ae3AH 81: 10 oG3a' IL
The exeitenent 10 ressrd 70 she Mex
lean emigration movement h extepdips
in this city (New'Ycrk) spd shrouehoul
the country The Office where person,
desirous Of joining the expeditios could
register their Dsuss, wss opened ip,thi.
city. yesterday norsink, aud We crowd
ed al day BY applissnts.9 ! Nest Of the
volunteers IN the movements ore vetsrs q
soldiers, who have served ID rho srmics
Of tho Union during the past fosr years.
ss.s.s s -os.sssssss1 $50 sirh, hs6c
dred sescs Of ispda The boussies u
those seceiviog ooUmissioD 70 sodIcers
will Of course Be much larger II il re-
ported thst tho Mexican Republican
Gsoersl, Ortegs, is At the head Of the
enterprise, and thst al the emicrsnts
will 20 fully supplied with vespoos Of
defense, but that such srnpg emcnts hivs
been made ~ to allow, of this without
. breach Of in,ernstiobsi neutrality -''..
President Jusrez, Of the Mexicso Re.
public, hss Issued letters of msrque and
reprisa lagsinst the French commerce.
The Time. special from Raleigh, Of
the 1st, says Lieut.. Col. Parker, Of the
4th New Hampshire, captured by Whee.,
ler's Cavalry near Magnolia sbou. three
weeks since, has just returned, havisg
been paroled at Greensboro on The. 16ah
BY 'Beaureeard. T. n, Tiltop, Of tho
same regiment, captured shout the same
time, also returned this morning, JET,
Davis left there April 25h, bound for
Texas, escorted, BY .. detachment Of osv.
Atty undtr Gen. Echols and Basil Duke.
They numbered about 3, 900. With them
was train Of shout twenty wagons. Gen.
S.oneman was within ten miles Of Char
lottc, his pickets being 90 the banks Of
tle Catawta river. It's his opinion that
Stoneman could have captured the whole
command, If got Davis himscH. il be had
attacked them any tipe previous TO the
25th Davis made speech at Charlotte
. fow days before he left, promising 70
have another army. in the Geld, larger
than ever before. Basil Dukes command
burned the public buildings, ransaeked
private stores and committed yssieass
sitissss ;: ia men are ms;oy Ksssooi
ians and Texans and we're formerly under
Morgan. 3 ...r
Gen Grant ID reported b. ~ officer
who came down from Raleigh in the same
car with him to, hsve s,id, whit glanc-
ing at the published report Of Shsrnau's
proposed arrangement, accompanies BY
severe criticism on it: Il regret the
publication of Sherman's report at this
time. Sherman has done too much for.
the country to be sighted now for sim.
ele mistale, not Of treacherv, ofawhich
Gen. Sherman is utterly Incapable, but
one which grew Ut once out Of sinsere
patriotism. l chose Sherman for the
Western csnpaiea because he vas, At
that time, the only one who had devel.
oped sufficient qualifications. Neither
has any other since ill1strated tho ssmc
ability Shernsn's success 1t Go'dsboro
necessitated my own Ut Richmond.
| When Sherman is fully understood, the
public tone must do him better justice"
Arrangements are being made to pay
al the troops which rendezvous about
Washington prior to mastering them out.
The force kept 10 service is not TO exceed
$50, 900 These will BE mostly coIored
troops. The re organized army will con.
sist Of four corps, VI 40 900 each-one Of
! regulars, one Of white volunteers, and
two of colored volunteers. Each will
have its cavalry, artillery and infantry 10
proper proportions. ..-'.. t,*,
The Times Washington special ssys j.
ought to be understood that the recent
proclamation Offering a reward for the
apprehension Of jeff Davis - one OF abe
parties duplicated in the assassiostion Of
Mr. Lin oln, was not issued BY Presldest
johnson as his individual act. or merely
upon his personal opinion as to .heiguiIs
Of Davis; it was issued 10 pursussOs 81
the decision of the proper legal authofi-
4 ~. II was frst unanimously decided 10
. cabinet meeting that parties in any Wy
connected with the conspiracy should b
| tried by = military tribunal and not b.
civil courts All tho testimony rslatiae
to the matter vas then placed of6cia.ly 10
the hands of the Judge Advoca.s, 0es
Holt, who examined livery carefully ssd
made arepors to tho. Secretary Of Was,
giving il as his official opinion that ths
evidence proved Davis to have been csa-
nccted With the iporntion and. 4 iOn