The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-02
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! A vicksburg correspondents Is
: 10th ult. gives details Of the gresl sven
4 in the Southwest. An expedit1n ha
I started to 60 to New Orleans; and from
3 thence to Psscagouls, where il woul,
+ join Canby's force in the investnint o
: Mobile. The first object will b III
capture Of Mobile the second, tha cap
! ture of Cahawba, Selma and Montgom
, cry, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia
> add the third to destroy Hoods army
! If everything works well, Kirby Smith
Trans. Mississippi army will be atteude,
! to next summer. -s. e&z a-.-h.t
It is estimated, on what is claimed T.
be accurate data, that Besuregard' con.
centratsd forces, opposing Sherman
number only 10000, all told
| Our troops were welcomed with shout
and rejoicing BY the people remaining IL
Charleston and Wilmington, and mucl
Union sentiment was manifested. ~
Intelligence has been resolved a, New
York, dispatch says, to the effect tba
Scho6eld's and Sherman's armies hav,
uuised-probably somewhere 10 NORTH
Carolina. ts. a#F
A dispatch from the Potomac Army
dated the 25th, says: We are now apdeI
marching orders, having received Mn
structions to be ready to move at q mo-
meDts notice. We expect to have AZ.
other tilt for the possession Of the South
side Railroad, and look for heavy ed.
gagemens. That something is going On
in the lines in front of US is very evi.
dent. l don't believe, however, that
Lee is going to retreat, though deserters
now coming in in greater numbers than
ever, report that he is preparing to fall
back to Danvil'ee. Lee could not fall
back to overwhelm Sherman without
having Grant laundering at bis heels in
less than six hours.
The New York Times Washington
special says: "Mr Wsshburne, NJ C.
from Illinois, received, Monday, letter
from General Grant in which he com
meDts upon Gen. Sherman iu hopeful
vein. "A few more days of success he
says, will place the rebels 10 situation
from which they cannot escape"
Deserters from Lees army continue
numerous. Three full regiments have
come within our lines within three weeks.
The Bull Run mountains are also report.
ed full Of deserters on their way to their
homes in West Virgins. They travel
in squads and are armed. Consequently
they are not molested BY the conseript
agents. n
The rebels evacuated Wilmiogt on
the night of the 2lst ult., and it was o.
cupied by the Union troops on the next
morning, large quantity of stores falling
into their hands. In the capture of Fl.
Anderson aud Wilmington our fcee
took 700 prisoners and 80 Cs,s
rebels, before evacuatiog d. w. ri
"a 10: cen Terry Is foSo
rebels northward. Large 6u o. o.,,,
Union prisoners were release r-he
capture Of the place. They we're tonin-
ed in Camp Lamb, about mile from the
city. Their treatment was of most bru,
tai character, and for three days Aeced
ing the evacuation they had not re }eived
mouthful to eat. The citizenb had
endeavored to feed them, but th4 food
was taken away by the officers in charge.
They presented most sickening specta.
Gle, many of them having been rendered
idiotic and had forgotten their own
names. .... r...-
A triple movement of Union forces in
Alabama any Mississippi is foreshsdowed
Gen. Thomas, with his force Of mount
ed men from the North, the force Of
Gen. A. J. Smith from Vicksburg cast
ward, and force from Pensacola north
ward. 49,
A Washington dispath says it is esti-
mated that Charleston and Fort Ander.
SOD, together with the certain capture of
Mobile, will liberate $4,000 men from
the navy who can be organized into
a corps for offensive operations on land.
1t appears that the rebels, as in the
case Of the Georgia campaign, have made
asIlght mistake in reference to the cav.
airy fight at Aiken, between Fitzpatrick
and Wheeler. The real truth of the
matter is that Wheeler was whipped by
Fitzpatrick, and nc. Fitzpatrick BY Vince
Ter, distinction with difference which
the rebels finally seem to have sppre-
ciated.
Twenty-one sailing vessels reached
New York on Tuesday from Savannah
with II 900 bales of cotton, equal to
about 100000 pounds It will be
placed 10 the market as soon as arrange
ments for its sale can be made. The
whole amount Of cotton obtained in 81.
vannsh will be about 80, 900 bales.
Kirby Smith with his army still refuse
to cross to tho east side of the Missis.
sippi Two attempts to remove them
were made, and it is thought third at.
tempt would result in open mutiny.
Gen. Lee writes to Mr. Miles, Of South
Caroline: "The negroes have been used
now BY our adverssries for long time,
aud With great help to our adversaries,
and to our disadvantage" Yet the Cop
erheads still pretend to claim that the
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