Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-10-31
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Wa propose, il limited spa0s, 10 re-
YieH Tbs reeord and hist1ey Il sanasl h.
Curtis. the Republican candidate for Con-
fTass Ia Eks First Congressional District,
ard diseosefto the rssdar his Asness for
tho olkce 10 which hs again aspires. u
he u worthy, rs-sless him. u be l. irsf-
hcient and unequal 10 the deaaads Of his
constituency, his record ahoaid show i |
and Id ba beaten.
THE MEXICAN wAa.
Let "a eommeaea whore Curtis eon-
raenced-wish the Mexican War. he was
0 Colonel Lin that war, Id command OF ~
Ohio Company. Dnring the BATHS OF
Buena Vista, and while performing gar
rison siaty, soma distance from The naids
the sound Of booming cannon sslsised ms
ear. To the trus soldier Ii was inspirit-
Ing to Col. Curtis il bore only dire sp-
pgehension.
The battle was foughs--sha Geld was
won---bus Col. Curtis was ignorant, both
Of the encoantar and the result. lmagin-
ing sons dire calamity, his brilliant mind
foana only one way for Its aversion. Oyse
sekoIs dug ayler the battle aoas fought
| ons sahele dag after pietovy had been
psvched stpen oar bamneTs,. Col, Carfss
ssss q aasssengsr 10 The Governor Of Loss-
isiaao, wITH RzQuisaTsos FoE FIFTY
TaousAsp TRoogs s. Whas . dilemna, and
what a solutforsl Ons krae aoldies, to
WHOM he sepusea the erFand mo less .
man than Judge j. NJ. Loss~-rsfased to
ohey the foolish order, bat ehsss rather to
STAY whsse danger was, and suffer tempo
lrsTY disgraee al tho hands of his assats
Icommander, than be the inglorious bearez
Of such eoatempsible order,
/ Imagine the Governor Of Lonisiana il
receipt Of requisision Tor ffty thousand
troops from colonel Of an Ohio company
performing garrison duty.
1t ia reported that Curtis asked Gene.
raj TAYLOR why he did not taks his com.
psny with him. ssBecaase," said the he.
70, nI DO not want yoa, sir.o And b
didn't 60.
There are many tales of his camp life
which might be told, bat none upon suf1l
! eient authority 10 warrant Insertion WI
are dealing now with whas is known.
THE Moufas OF TEE pEs MoTSKs.
His next exploit was civil, not military
He gsined few iaurels in the army, ans
struck directly thereafter into Uivii ezigia
ecring. Acting on tho principle that tha
man Is public beneEacsor, who make
one blade Of grass grow where nome greS
before, he essayed to make nsw and ar
tifeial mouth Of the Des Moiues river, q
il was poorly supplied With only three
e Ia l84S made bis hrsS legislative repori
u 4 model report it was, As We find it in To
I Session Joarnalbf lsa9. So accurate wa
!. Col. Curtis in all be undertook, that b
: 'seonsidered safe TO calculate the cost Q
. the 6rst letting Ton the Dea Moines riyez
Q at $2l3,357,37.a Only imagine, ma
arriving ut such Mathematical prscisio
o. to b. able to decide that 500, 90
o contract would overrun that amount jus
= shirsv-ssuea cenas. Theas were his paps
= sguras---far aifTeEens from bis axpsndi
:. tares. He expended, ii Ia said, $500, 90
alone on the tabled mouth. Certain il ID
y he overrun his hrst estimates by larg
+ figure, aud was finally obliged to multi
Il DIV them by three, ia order 10 arrive 0
!, The SAFE side of his disbursSnenss- Wis
. has that Improvement been worth I
le Iowa? Can the people say
III Wat HsH7 HAyRszxS.
4 sappssr shasAa lpsssalsaly grass - ians Ia
= scou devoted 70 the construction Of raj
road. Instead of few worthless dana
a TO obstrucs navigation instead of q bug
y pile Of stone at different points along Il
! river, such a. at Iowayille-instead of
q national donation being FILTERED away
folly, the locomotive could now be see
ID daily By every resident of the towns alon
If the valley Of the lower Des Moines. l.
"a Us put the question eandidly: Nov mue
! do the people not owe Col. Curtis II
u squanderfng and absorbing this mnni6cei
of grant.
Ut BIS ABSORPTION OF Trade.
l. We have not shown, perhaps, the utt'
!, impracticability of his schemes. Many ms
feel disposed TO excuse him on account I
's their failure, and dc him the favor TO AZ
70 tieipate different resalsa, had the VOL
/. been completed. Let as see: In tn
N same report, under date of Noyumber y
l84S, he specalates upon the immenl
amount Of business the river will do vhs
' the sSimproyemenp 10 completed. Mal
= ing q calculation, he inds that freigl
- can be transported from ST. Louis via 5
Joseph TO Council Bluffs al $500 p
= hundred. He then estimated thai q
4 same freight can be moved from 81. Los
ir il up the river for q l-2 cents, and
carried from Dss 1fosaeslo CoaasS5 Btgl
at saving of ovsr &c per cent over Il
"a ST. Jossph reasa. His Imagination do
mot stop here, however. As little gem
j. an hs has displayed, he oatdoes Curtis
- his final rhapsodv--which we give In b
own words. 1t is from page l2s OF 4
Journal
nat il Is Hot this polnt aloas that IL reached.
enter the Ersas valley % The EshqasAa, aud all .
.. appps araSeaes Qf the mlssouri aaa cssr 70 {
commerce sf those yasisya, tbs cheapest and ms
q expeditions sputs for tssis pgcdDcsa cauntTy
taousaBd uiiss extent capable Of Furnishing "
be and ungnewn agricultural and mineral pFoas1i
. may b WISE and discreet energy IN he prosscuii
PC Of fhis vosx beeSme tributary 10 the improvems
now In pgsgFess On the nea RoiHes.
We ask the reader If thar don't sufics
err Carting freight over 1000 miles for Il
n, purpose Of shipping ii down Curtis siu
D. proved Des Moines river, empsying IN
T. the Mississippi, through his great astii
cial mouth. Could VIC say more Of hi
Ia Ia volums2
ia agfnGg Across THE MISSISSIPPI.
One more scheme of CaSkis', and Y
Is are done With old issues: Sept. 20tl
Of 1s49, he presented to the readers Of Il
l. Keokuk Dispatch, bis views on the sul
n. ject OF bridge 1t keoknk. He propo
l. % to build one, and secure . per cent u
= on the money invasteds--The piers va
" 10 be 100 feet high-sasrabsis dscsa +
. and the cost just ,s67 ,76oI-Aeeara.