The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-03-16


. An opinion prevails that all postma.
" ters are appointed for four years Thi
>, is mistake except a. to Offices where th
compensation is over thousand dollar.
. At smaller Offices the eommission contin
). ues duriog the pleasure Of the Postmas
ter Genera. se >-+E 81 AZ
A Washington dispatch says: It
!, expected by the new Secretary of tn
- Treasury that from the proceeds Of tn
: large amount Of Southern production
, captured, fund will DO soon accumulat
, ed that will snsble Government to resun
specie payments sooner than was expcc,
ed "
| A New Orleans correspondent give
the following account Of Mexican affairs
"Jsures is reported now advancing oil
. Matamoras with 5000 men Mejis ha
, one thousand and is afraid he will b,
compelled to surrender. He scot out
! Cortina with . regiment to check his
,, progress, but Cortina surrendered his
whole force Of Mexicaus to Juarez. The
reason given for this is that Maximilian
agreed to give Cortina half million dol.
lars, provided he turned over his com
mand to the Imperial Government, bu,
after he had consented he refused to pay
him. The imperialists arc becomiu :
alarmed at the increasing force Of liber
ais, and the treachery Of the Mexican
commanders and their troops ia the ser.
vice Of Maximilian
LOUISVILLE, Monday, March 49,
An expedition Of fifty men Of the 30th
| Wisconsin, sent from here on Saturday,
surrounded, yesterday morning a barn
in Webster, Meade county, capturing
Sue Mundy, alias Jerome Clark, Magru-
der and Henry Metcalf, after some resis-
lance; IN which three of our men were
slightly and fourth MORALLY wounded.
The prisoners we're brought here by the
steamer Morning Star this morning and
lodged 10 the military prison. Magruder
is suffering from recent wound, and is
not likely to recover.
On the 9Th inst. an expedition of 13
transports, with troops from Fortress
Monroe, and the gunboats Commodore
Read and Yankee, wen. up the Rappahan.
mock, to Fredericksburg, in quest of TO-
baccc which had been removed from
Richmond by the rebel authorities. They
captured ninety five tons of msnufactur.
ed tobacco, worth the handsome sum of
$3.50, 900, a schooner loaded with whisky
and salt, over 400 prisoners, and quite a
number of deserters from the Gath Viz
ginia cavalry were picked up.
In the last days Of the late session Of
Congress resolution was offered in the
Senate, providing for a marble bus, of
the late Chief Justice fancy of bred
Scott decision memory, and Senator Sum
ner made most forcibie speech, which
preceded the rejection of that resolve.
Forny splinder, convicted in Chicago
for the murder Of his wife, has been sen.
fenced to be hanged on Friday, 18th
inst.
.GiShteens StA4es L.~> so~a -.t;6~5 49,
amendment, Wisconsin
having been the last. Three States have
positively rejected it, Delaware, Ken
lucky and New Jersey.
The 4th day Of March was terribly
cold day in Minnesota. At St. Paul the
mercury in the thermometer marked thir-
ty three degrees below sero-the coolest
spell this season.
The Rebel Gen. Price would still seem
to be plive, as the Shreveport Ia)
Neu. Of Feb. 10Th, contains a note from
him, defending himself against an attack
by ex Gov. Reynolds Of Missouri.
Tho seat of the Mexican Republican
Government is at Chihuahua If the
latest dispatches are to be credited, its
prospects are not so gloomy as they have
heretofore appeared.
The work of raising the eleven new
regiments in Indiana has proceeded so
fayorably that the Secretary Of War has
authorized Gov. Norton to recruit five
more. The work of enlistment will be
begun Immediately.
One of the most necessary APPENDICES
of a New York bounty brokerage bureau
is fictitious mother, being woman apt
at Disgusting herself, and ready to express
and certify her consent to the enlistment
of any number Of minor sons. Col.
Bakers investigations found several es-
Unable ladies following this profession,
aud making about one hundred dollars
day thereby.
Gen. Grant has recommended the trial
of the ration prescribed by Prof. Hors-
| ford and a half million Of IL has been
ordered It substitutes roasted whea.
for "hard tack" meat SAUSAGE in the
place of salt beef, pork, &c, aud self rails.
! ing -four 10 the place of soft bread, for a
marching ration. 1t is said that thirty
days Of Horsford's rations can be carried
with less difficulty than eight Of the pres
ent ration. The saving of expense to
the army will be very great, if only in
the matter of ansportation, if this sub
stitute will answer, and We do not see
why it viii not.
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