The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-07-06
WHOLE NO. 219.
SECESSION IN IlokxRY. MEs-LErfER
FROM ErHAN ArsK 4.

lsEcEssiON " lIoKNnY. ME.-LETrER
FROM ETHAN AfsK 4. 81 81
HosSs ssaAkay 20,fs
i = Il OF the SasEinitv one
Kesse he'd u good dealscf trouble in or.
ranaation Of aour army on accaouns of no
zone bein wilaan 10 ssrve lower than q cor
fpereal. Consequences il, wesve get more
j oisieers than we knowsWhat 60 do with and
oulv three rriviss-ene of which is under
snard for ~hsssRng Yankee doodle, another
has seeded an sot up on his cwn accacunt.
Isosher poar cuss, hevin to stand the huh
brent, is FIST ben drificdto death. All tho
officers has lick at him. They rout him
aoas al 5inthe morning aud sro, him raound
| till pitch dark. Latteriy he's got So wcurd
up, his wife says, that be might Just as weil
not 90 to bed at alt, havin become a resler
isomnamhoiic. an trains all night aout on
| the cold soor with no,hin on but his-thas
/ Is. / meantersy--or rather she p,eansessavs--
or perhaps both of US mean,ersay
faens shissuniform on. Es sessF
Originally il was hxei that aenr forrks
should he divided into three corrse.. pac
destined TO take Augusta, another to okyfy
Portland an t'cther 10 harass Sarrarappy,
but owing 70 aour trouble with Virciny. and
the great skersity of privits. thn arranse-
ment was gin up an consolidated into tho
| grand army Of eserpaainn. What wesfe
going to ekyrt min, saf.in- oass probably
this ere moonis poltv onless we're driven
aout, in which case, okipanon will be moro
or less permiskioas. z sAr
Ia fact we come pretty nigh csearin aodt
Few nights ago. Some incendiary undet-
minded Majarl Ginerai Libby's laundering
ffreat weed pile over iy the meetins. Thar
was mare'n % cords into IL and tho crash
WIS awful. We all though, We was sheiied
| The faianx, however, turned aou, promptly
and got better than Two miids AWAY from
taown afore they found what il was. Giu-
eral Libby rode, after them, told en- what it
was an that they needn't be scarf.
SO arter rendng a advance picket rear
guard to reconiter, they marched back again
to the pump where tho gineral puhliclv
thanked them for their prompt nktian. 1t
- sieoked upon as a great marcy that tho
g'neral thought to ride arter 'em-- ef, hc
hadn't there's no te!lin where nour army
would hev bin naow. as when he come up
with en- they WIS practisin the Zuuaryo tros
toward kcrncrdv. &c stags& aei4J
Wo: we.moast fearisa bioekade---thouxh
Peltiah Peaslee, who once thoughs OF study.
IN law, but giS ur on account of being cross
eyed, Says he's looked al thro' the ..faown
Othcc,N likewise y"Chitty on B,lls.v and
don't lind that the State has any right to do il.
Aour lntters OF mark hev BIN unfortinit
so fur. Tim kver and Pete Libby are tho
only two who hev bin commissioned. Tim
was cotchcd in a fox trap week ngo last
night, IN hin roost over to, retteryille,
where he went arter "repriSals"--as he says
though I've no daout he Wus prter the hins.
lie was licked half out Of his skin, and then,
released on parole. Pete captured hoss
somers over Bethel way, an the wre.cAed,
half-starved mercynarys Of Gov. Washhurn
hey sot aside the haybeus korpus, bill OF
human rights md human indewrancs. and
put him inParis jail! Bullet the appress-
ors tremble! i! Hornby viii ,ayenpe the in-
dignity offered TO her gallant sons. Gpul
Heavens! what are We comm to when men
with letters OF mark in their pockets aso
shut up in jails or caught in trapssiike wood.
ebueks! ssxza{-s, s,sss ,sfs,s4 AZ ,...
What do the hi.elins of Washbnrn mean?
All we ask is-jist let us alone--are aour
rights to be tux away account OF nfcw
hosses and bins and sieb like NOR q. or less2
DO they think to coniusate ius2 Could
they see the spirit that ruas through h--biles
and rampages the people Of this Suvriniss,
would know that sieh people can never he
corrugated. Couidsthey hear tho bunkum
sret chs of aopr patriots, and tbo boastin
Of aour invincibe warriors, Washburn aud
his Blood-thirsty mermuidons would SEQ
tf. "words may raek,i fs yt#s4E4tAfY
Aud matter crash''--
Likewise TiFfsa .B5aG ssEms snasa sfdi
a Leaves has their time u fali''-- seg,.,
Yet the WooIchuek Gag of the free and tho
hum Of the brave
S--"saafi yet terrific bum" sasT Is
Let us alone l.! u fran4.ft
We only want to grub reound and pich
up what we want. We don't intend to tako
anything we don't wunt. Why cant vol let
as alone? II YOU won't hsten to reason,
why then kim on. Bring on Your mefeynp-
ries-and if YOU kin ketch us. On that
dag we shant be there. a-2
Isn't it an onaiiniable right laid down in
the Con 'titutidh that every inaa may do as
he has a rnindter2 That's all We want, that
an notbin shorter. & .sy 3a Eaaagllas a&s
Theresa party detached for secret service
tonight. II seems thar's an old woman
from Portland up here ON q visit to her dar-
ter, and Brig. Gen. Sque'ch with a sqaa,l
OF picked men is detnied to surprise Hhd
cut ef. IF the Gineral is succrssful, IL
would add greatly to bis already numerous
tauFtIN, au pFeatty eHcoHfaEe hOur HpDps
"A she is said to be as high strung assn sit-
tin hen. Ef We get her we shall most ikriy
pick her pockets and swup her off for aour
distinguished feiier ciuzen<- Pete Libby
now langnishln in the furrin dungeons Of
ths han2hty oppressor. t-.4...ts -
dom. know but I've mentioned IL before
r baoweser, IL will bear rrpentin--I~svs
EaIone. aecaJ ,sst !asd sa4 .t7eg
Aour troops sho. at tin peddIsr ihs
tother day but mi-s,R their ain they mortal
rvfwsooa'isd tbs witier Psabuddr ssWw
in some vital part, anA fhe peddler escaped.
The commander Of the detacL nebt has bin
| promoted. 81 5gi58fssfn RI ss{aff
Finally: Why il thunder can, you LIT
It's ALONE. ETHAN SPIKE
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steam gun which i Claims as the iuven-
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which is ii desired 20 III oof. This cyliBAes
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tyolser, from eseh oil which bald arndpn-
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