Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-05-07


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The editor cf the Rochesksr DoslE Dsss-
on MIR. Bnttsl writes to that paper FROM
Washiag.oa;
4 1ha sepert Of the 0emmiasion sp-
V1lnsaa 20 sxamiae she ca&es of the State
prisoners confined IN the PRISONS Of wash,
ingson, Baltimore, New York, Boston,
6c., If it shail ever be published, will
make profound sensation. The readers
OF the Dassaa will rsfaembsT whas y ire
Enendous naise Was recsnsly made BIZ Sen
ssors Wilson, Trumbull, and others, be-
caass, "a lhsy sllsgeds nssEcas were re-
tasned IN pgison here, against whom no
crime vas proved, and who could obtain
no REDRESS.
But u now appears that large num-
Der Of white men, quite as gnilslesS as the
honorable Senators themselves, had even
then lain in the prisons of the metropolis
60r msaths, haviag the EsIsggssans % be-
long 60 a q prescribed race,5 Ihey might
have rotted in their loathsome.eeiia had
not their cases arrested the attention Of
somebody elsa than thsse champions Of
haman freedom. The Commission have
completed their labors in this city, and
gone North. Ii has tFanspired that one
uaaD, an lrishman, Was imprisoned hare
seven months, under these circumstances /:
He had been very active in one of the
Northern cities in getting up recruits for
tue National armies e aa early day
Then, as matters were rapidly coming 70
a crisis, be set out for the South to find "a
sister who was living In South Carolina,
sish > siex OF bringing her North before
all communication should be broken OF.
lie was arrested by the military an-
thorities who supposed him to be = spy,
and was thrown into pFfseas wbeSe be bias
lain ever since or, until fSw days ago,
when be was released By the Commission
eEE. This Is bat one Of a large nunI Der Of
cases Of the same general character
innocent men thrown into prison on a
vague suspicion Of SOM subordinate Of
fear EHa lying there month SITTER month
Without the pnasibilisy Of procuring trial
or getting the ear of any public officer
whatever. There Was another ease Of q
clerk in one Of the departments, who was
charged By Al enemy who wanted his
place with aiding and abettiug the enemy.
lie Was arrested and thrown into prison as
a matter Of course.
& Z After lying there for goadiy portion
Of a year, it is ascertained that the accu-
sation was purely malicious, and that a
loyal man has been punished for an impu-
Il d crime, while many who are really gull
ty still enjoy the patronage and abuse she
confidence of the Government. 1t is
worthy Of remark thai lhe military saEhor-
itIes have BEEN more aafortunate in max
ing arrests than the civil, q much larger
proportion of persons arrested at the In
stance of the latter having been found
quality Of aiding and abetting the rebels"
Bring out the tacts-they are making q
gery kne REGARD, They viii make a sale
abie book, and when Parson Brownlow
gets through his first edition, we would
advise him to get up another, made from
. collection Of these cases. We would
like to see one Of the Parsons cozy Know
Nothing sympGthtxsrs ~ reading such
i book! But it has got to be read some
day not very distant.
- Gov. Kirkwooi vetoed three bills
passed BY the late Legislature, Wig {: Au
act 30 reduce the salaries of certain Judi
cial and State officers, the bill relating 10
the government Of the State UHiEersitv,
anF the bill supplem eutary @, al act Tor
incorporation of towns and cities.
Kirkwood vetoes the bill that cuts down
his 81, 600 salary with 81 900 perquisites
thrown in pr annum, but signs Ghe bill
which imposes = tax Of one dollar on the
poor mans male dog, and three dollars on
female dog lie Eetoaa twS o4h T bills,
lut signs the one apprUpSiatiHg Eve dol
lars per day as his travelling 10
visit the wounded Iowa soldiers on TIL
battle field. A very humane object aud
one worthy of cur aid and sympathy, hut
We think a man receiving s., 600 annual
y from the public treasury ought TO be
humane and liberal enough to pay his
own expenses TO Cairo and back. But
81 No no says Kirkwood 4 Co. " W
al our relatives are only Yeeeiv ing tairty
thousand dollars annuafiy from the War
and Defence Fund and vic must hare our
travelling expenses paid when we 20 TO
visit the sick and wounded soldier" Il
Is remarkable what sacrifices kirkwood
L Go. are willing to make for the sake Of
the country and iewa's sick aud wounded
soldiers Ain's it, republicans ? Don't
you admire jour economical, I'D negrp-
sympathizing Governor who will waras and
4 4 L I r Il
money and without price, but requires
Eve dollars per dsy as travelling expensps
to visit the sick AMI wounded wbiEe sol
disgs who haye gone out beneath tns Tag
to aghs ne they sr.frye, for their eoansry
at Gfly cents day2 Answer at your leis-
aFe.-- OGkaIoosd TINES.
CONGRESS AND THE wAR.
. Congress is about 50 iHvestigata the
cause Of the disaster al Pitssburg Land