The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-11-30
From R0LLA-
RsllA. No.. nov. 1911, 1854

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occasionally. lnWes.ern Iowa ne complain
great dea, Of tie ssnd, bus believe this
country /. fully match for II in this re-
specs, The difference IN favor OF Missouri
Dsiny, that, there is no, SO much loose sosi
here 70 blow about-t5e said soil beng
mes.ly bound down by rocks and serae oaks.
We have had 90 snow here yet, and no very
cold weather. although great coats have
been agreeable companions far several
weeks.
Wsman's commaad il eBeanped just out
Of town, on the Springfield road, and Seisel
and a.bo,h are on their way here; bat. Of
course. you kaes oil this long ago, and il
Is needless 10 repeat il.
There vas large sale Of rebels confscate
STOCK here last SATURDAY., and most Of il sold
very low. The ..cheek. OF some Of these
traitors is only eouailed By their vi.lainy.-
There is a lawyer, named Williams, living
in RoI,a, an asowsi traitor who glories in
his shame who acts rs mediator between
hrs rebel friends and the powers that be-
Through him Captain Of the rebel army
who Was wounded in the Wilson's Greek
bastie, sent to Col. Dodge, desiring that
bis coniisclte stock might be returned TO
him. Another rebel Captain came in person
accompanied by this scosndreI Williams,
and wanted hrs stock. Another man named
Mitchell, from Texas County, who had n
large number If cattle and horses confsc,te,
cane 10 with Williams, and had the eifron-
tery TO try To pass himself off as n quiet
citizen who bad no desire 10 take any part
on either side luckily there Was an album
dance Of incontes,ible evidence in the pos
session Of Col. Dodge, that this Mitchell had
aided and abr;ted the rebels al! in his
paxer, and it was said that he even made
stump speeches in which be advocated the
s.wipirg out' Of the Union population
men, women AMI children, ''for,' said be,
8. mis- u-M make lice y These villains
would have aiken their stock. had it been
returned to them, lsughed in their sleeves at
the credulny Of The commander, and gone
back to their homes to bully and browbeat
those Of their neighbours whom they even
suspected Of being Union men. But the
Colonel, although extremely lenient to rebels
IN general, wou not suffer these inpudent
fellows to have things all their own way,
and ins,ead Of returning their stock. sold 1t
at auction for the beaeiis of Uncle Sam.
The news Of the success Of the great fleet
made US all gIad-joubIy so, that the first
blow fell on the ratil,snake Kingdom. p
Our prayer is thai, South Carolina, which
ba, a. diligently snwn the wind, may now
reap the whirlwlDd, aud have an abundant
harvest
five stay here this winter, and you
Bluffs folks want good dancing hall, come
down and We will finish of one for you, in
our up-stairs,, % by 100 feet. We eau
beat any ball room you have, easy. How
ever, as the far Sex are exceedingly scarce
in hi. region, l don't think We will finish
of our halls unless lot Of your pretty
readers come down here. Wewill guaranty
them plenty to eat, good quarters, lots of
beaux, and free passes to run all over the
country whenever they want to. lguess the
girls will come, won't they?
Las. Sunday, in company with Captain
rr,,,ar - rnr,r,pu Il and Sim.
mons, of Company E,-two capital fellows,
by the way-l went GU. to visit our sb,ugle
squad, on the Little P,ney. seven miles from
camp. We bad been invited out to dinner
ba the boys, and oar host, more than full
filled our expectations. Well, you may puff
your hotel dinners, and call them CONNIE il
fauf, but yeu ought to have been with us If
You wanted to get n dinner worth writing
about. -Four cro,ches supporting two long
poles, and these covered with green oak
SNAKES" foi med our table. The cooking
was sip fop," and here is the bill Of fare
Wild Ducks, Chickens, Quails, and Sqirrels,
Sweet Potatoes, Wheat Bread, several va.
rieiies Of Cake, Coffee with cream and sugar,
AMI pure, EXCELLENT water, jus, dipp d from
little P,uey as it ripp'eI and ratified along
over It's prhbly bed. It was such = dinner
~ one M gbt well risa from and exclaim
IL am too full for utterunce.' With all
this variety, had we gone GU. the next day
the boys could have given Us an entire new
bill of fare. just before we got there
squad Of them brought in a large Fat buck,
which one Of them had shot through the
heart, with his muske,, at a distance OF f5o
yards. While We we're there anniher man
brought in three Wild turkeys, which he had
shns with his muskct, and another came
ashore in a ,kff. with big sucker and three
turtles. which b. had gagged" There you
see yoa have the animal part OF yonr next
dinner. Taen the boys would have had
corn bread, tea, pie, Irish potatoes, and
The boy. catch conns and pessum. out there,
81 you see good start for third new
dinner. Our shingle squad consists Of sixty
mcn-six from each Co.npany-under com.
mand Of Lieut.. Freddy, Of Company X.
the TALES, m n 10 the Regiment. and as good
a man $ for bis inches" socially aud SOL
derry, a. you viii generally 6nj.
The s1aaihad one hundred and ff'y thou
sand shingles or "shakes" to M Ike, and
vii fash this week. These shakes are 10
cover al our buildings; We ~ili nail them
on with sixpeny aails, and they sill masea
vers so.d sssf. Not quite so good rs pine
saiasirs. NJ 40. bus considerably better
Than cssrgs A. we were about TO star;
back TO camp. FREELY presented ms with an
eagle gail, p.ss.ed By one Of bis men from
dead mountain king measuring seven
fsss from rip to tip II wing. Tsiedly sad