The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-26
raox rnE rocsrH REGIMENT.

ST. Lor.s on. 18th, issi.
Dan Enron From the brush, ana
rocks snd mud Of RoIla, to the beautiful
city of ST. Louis, 10 delightful change;
and for day or two am enjoying II IN iss
full measure. Nust-the xag, the poet, he
ub;ouitous-came up TO Rolla on business,
arriving there at two A. ~, last Saturday
morning, and starting for this city before
noon of the same day-long visit; but SUI
6cien,ly fsosracsed TO satisfy Mutt OF the
beauties and capacities of the coantry.-
You Just ask Nutt how ne would like to IN
yes. in Wild land out there. Good country
enough, though, to teach men patience, and
those other kindred virtues which soldiers
! are supposed to need, in an eminent degree.
had been there since Aug. 25se, and was
glad to get peep at "America" again. II
only for two or three days. Mutt, Henry,
and came down together; had jolly time,
and no accidents. Here | found Capt.
Spoor, and his two Lieu;enants-Re Reed No.
| aud Reed No. 2-beth of them No. men,
by the way. Found Sam. Haas, and san.
IS glorious good fellow abroad as well at
home; upcompromising for the Union. with
good strong back bone. You don't hear
him whining like some pitifa', dwelling
fellows | could name-about the loss OF
business and the depreciation of property,
and croaking, peace, peace! at the sacrifice
of everything that men hold dear.
Well, Mutt and HAS are gone, and 60
back to the old stamping ground on the next
train, glad to join the Regiment and ''rough
il" again, with the rest Of the boys. Col.
Dodge came back to us from ST. Louis with
his health greatly improved-and if there
ever was glad 10, of fellows, ire were.
The Col. is now Commapdant Of the post;
and not speaking disparagingly of Col.
Wyman, his predecessor ! think soldiers
and citizens are all glad of the change. Our
little Col. is trump, and feeble as be is,
is worth half dozen Of your clustering,
p,mpous fellows, who devote more time
and attention to the ''dignity of their Shout
der straps" than they do to the health,
comfort and efficiency of their commands.-
Our boys are in fine spirits, and eager for
the fray.
A few days since report came into Camp
that Price, with Is, 900 men, was just across
the Gasconade, fifteen miles from US, coming
to '.clean Us OUT" Our whole force amounts
to 1900 men. The boys said, swell, irs
the old story, five to one; but we'll try 'em
on''- nobody seemed to be alarmed
they came out to fight, and fight they would,
at any odds.
About thirty FIVE Of the wounded in the
Springfield battle, came down on the tram
with US; several of them belonged to the
Iowa LIST. One of these, verv manly, in
telligent fellow, had his left arm off above
the elbow-a Minnie ball bad shattered it.
| He had the ball with him-bruised and bat
tered as though it had been fred into pile
of bricks; in fact, transformed into a
shapele.s lump of lead. which no one, unless
told Of it, would recognize as musket
ball.
understand that the fear of being dreft-
ek made some of your Iowa traitors quake
in their boots. 60, wad some power the
siftie gle US !" to draf. them, and put them
where they would come to their sober senses.
The poor lunatics are trying to burn down
their own house. The loyal mi hons in the
same mansion will stay their incendiary
hands, and quench the fires; and when rea-
son returns to the crazed b,sots who would
destroy themselves and their children, they
will repent Of their folly in sackcloth and
ashes, W. II. X.