The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1862-02-15
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soldier Vas euoe3teS "
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prs eoncsr} "a, btA co.esely gone ~
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ISs and 4adss lens fisns ,ao.a
y6uild1axs - the rahli1saQuafe, %. sn.
and in ODE place you hnd qoalseln,"ssa: :.
store room in another an adlusan's o,us.,
here cavalry ssddiery shop, ana tnc1s .
soidice's hospital The ssosse svofIs. ~
with Price. or scattered someWne.c, -
are using their buildings for good PURPOSE,
[and ~ tho same time satinH goa
|shen.a II jhssoldssrs s6osM al isese, .ns
wssii h .sasly pssissss edas,sa =. esss..'
smiths & deserted village" The country
arosad 10 better ishas any 90 nave eoea
before, since We lett Roass. The people arg
principally from Tennessee, with sprint
lin. Of Kentuck:ans and liiinoisaos. 1ne.e
is strong Uaiog selsipeub tefousn .n's
region. Many OF the citizens ps.ng 10 WI
BOYD reg;ment-the 24sh Mo. Volunteers.
Up town to-day | came. in contact WIZ AZ
intelligent gentlenansw who sald hs.n3u IVY
IN this country nineteen years. Iaiking u
crops. he said this was an excellent wheat
couatyy; and after giving q glowing oe,
scr,psion Of the best field OF wheat nc nad
.aw, said nine acres pro iocsd one hundred
and ninety bushels. l told him 81 =. e
Ciark-s wheat Of Pottawatamie county, ioTa
almost forty fire bushels per acre. y
seemed to ssagger him considerable, ana !
expect ds,icscy alone prevented him from
asking me for !" the papers" lie then tolo
Of corn yielding sereafy IRE bushels per
acre. and topped it with Iowa corn one
hundred and three. lie did not dispute my
word. bus doubtless thought ! WA aseess,
iyely partial to Iowa. l could have told
him of corh crops on the Desmo'nes, limos
and Scioto bottoms that would have made
him Get mo down with Mouohansep, At, Nc
had ever heard Of that gentlemen,) but
thought it well enough to preserve IN my
Missouri friends eyes at least threadbare
reputation for veracity, and go 1 forbore TO
say any more about big crops.
The weather now is abominab'e - viora-
ting continually between heat and cold, dry
and wet. We are heartily. tired OF l,vlps
in camp, and want to be on the march again.
Marching is rsry healthy and lying still the
Lieut.. Col. Gallishan, now in command
of the 4 h, is ac9ui,,ing himself 80 well
that he is fast becoming popular with both
officers and men, and will in all probability
be Col. Dodse's successor. 2 =
The oh Iowa is coming to join us, and so
We will have at lenst t,eo regiments OF
lowans in the Fight, il VIC have one. With e.
20 disr ararement to the troops OF Other
states, wish we had ten thousand Ioro
bows here to meet Price with.
You people. Of the "s!ope > are contin
ually anxious for the wcsfare of the 4 n,
and as our boys are writing every day to
their friends, you will Of course keep
posted on our movements, and xhat'we iars
about generally.
Eddy, the popular tx. ESpressman between
Des Moines and Council b uffs, is in the di.
vision Quartermaster's department, and his
wiLe-awake -ahead-ativcness Comes 10
play capitaliy in furaging. llo is anxious
to hear frnm the bluffs, and / isu-peos 9hs
has somebody there he values more highly
than any of the Missour;ans he has seen yet.
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