The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-10-19

sack ana ee0Seeo, e1ofo, navy fetolSex 2ou
bowie knife, bat ] had decidedly the adj
vantage Of the boys 10 having no knapsack !;
50 bad tired them all cut, it would net
have been fair show for them. Weli,take
as as We run, We challenge any company in
the service 10 do more trsmping and climb
ing than ours; and we're Il not for orr ex-
cessive modss,y, would add hard fighting
-bus guess We will vail till Ne have q
battle, and see whether We can eonscien-
tieusly put that in. At four O'Clock Sun
day afsersoon We h.l,ed for the night. Be-
this time the report of any rebel force ,ad-
vancing on RoIla vas generally disbeIievsd,
and We took things easy; disappointed
however, il not having chance for SIGHT.
The Illinois regiments who we're With u.s.
l3shand 18th, s'fosased," 70 large extent
on the pigs, calves, geese and chickens Of
an Irishman living near our camp, and the
4sh lava had some hand 10 it too. Monday
morning the owner Of the aforesaid pigs
and ehicksns came TO Col. GALLioAS, sta
ted bis loss, and thought it ought to be q
least partly made up 70 him. "The regiment
of the Slope, .drawn up in line of batsls,lis-
tened with Hawkeye ears to Pats complaint,
then With that geutlemanly consideration
for others rights which characterizes the
Alb, wsrsade voluntary contribution to
him Of $74, %. Mr. o'Flannigan said il
coverd his loss, and went back to his Biddy
in high glee. Company 3 made up $1,000
of the sum-for though they did not "cab-
bage'' SO cents worth Of tho stuff, they
were determined not to be behind ans COM
pany in the regiment in making up Pats
loss.
"Fourth Iowa, forrdrd p and on We came
to Rolla-so here We have been ever since,
camped just across the railroad. from town
The 18th Ill. and the LIST brigade have gone
The 18th and 36,h Ill. are here.
Las. Friday We had our drst funeral.-
The regiment went to the grave in full dress
with belts and cartridge boxes on. Gen
VIVIAN says it was the most imposing dis.
play Of the kind he ever saw. The talles'
man in the regiment died frss-HERRoN, Of
company L. Private CAMPBELL, Of compa
ny c, died yesterday, and bis funeral takes
place this afternoon at O'Clock. There j:
considerable typhoid fever in the regiment
and you may expect to hear of good many
deaths. FsASx STRIFE, our ffer, of COM
pany B, has been very low with the fever,
but is getting better. JOSEPH BESY and
WILLIAM BRYEs, of company b, who were
wounded in that unfortunate affair between
our pickets and scouts, are both doing well.
Company B was s'inundated" with mail
matter the other day, and sends its hearty
thanks to BURKE Of the Nonpdreil for bis
kind remembrance Of US. Do so again,
BURKE. -.
We are rejoicing to-day over the good
news from the Union armies, East ana
West. The Nonparea Of the Goth came to
hand two or three days ago, and We felt
thankful to the patriotic ladies of Council
Bluffs for the noble efforts they are making
to sustain and encourage their citizen SOL
diery. God bless the American women of
1861. History has a bright page in store
for them, and coming generations ell along
down the ages of time will do them reyer-
encs.
just now there was tremendous report,
like that Of heavy cannon, over by the
depot. We all though. twelve FOUNDER
mountain howitzer, which came in last night
had been fired; but on going to see, We dis
covered that it was pile Of cannon car
tridges that had been wet, and thrown out
to dry. One Of the III. 18th foolishly threw
a coal among them, and off they went, in
juring thr poor fellow dangerously.
We understand that Col. DopGE has been
ordered here to take command of the post.
| wish be was well, as the work and vexa-
ton incident to such position is great
tax on even a strong man. Col. DspaE, II
he can stand it will fill the bill. The 4th
will welcome him back with open arms. We
all want to see him very much, and at the
same time we know be ought to stay away
from US till he gets stronger. II be Will
come, however, officers and men will vie
with each other in making his labors as
light as possible. The boys Of company b
send their love to the girls, and their best
respects to the old folks at home, and say
they are going back to celebrate next 4sh OF
July with them-taking along the flag the
ladies gave us-torn and blood stained it
NAV be, but still floating as proudly as
when FIRST it's beautiful folds were uufurled
over the heads OF its fair doners at Camp
Kirkwood. The dear old Gag, though in
suited and spit upon by traitors, is ssill the
banner Of mighty nation, and so ii sin be
for q thousand years to come,
~. W. II. X.
RoILk No oet., Sch 1851.
Saturday morning l2S ult.) about four
o'clock, an order came from Head Quarters
to 'spull up stakes and skedaddls for
Springfield forthwith, and b. ten O'Clock A.
H., We we're "oph."
The s.lit,le one horse company from
Mills Co., took the lead and ws led them
merry chase without stopping even Tor
dinner, until after dark, when coming to an
open space 10 the hills We halted Tor the
night. "spirisual influence bad predom'-
mated throughout the day, not only smons
III. men, bat officers, and although the way
was not smooth nor on bardens light, We
hardly felt the ground Ne srod on. Our
way l.y along The roots Of the Pacific Rail
road. and Vas about ~ rough - l ever
Travelled on, the grading being but passis
flushed the ~sy was ssrewu With loose rocks