Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-02-12
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY z, 1869

All Is, 1907.
! ed fFem aisizans on ths oppessss aide oi
the figsr that they asd In every direction,
the men refusing ID obey their officers,
but on the other hand oursing them, charg.
4 sang that they had been deceived by them,
and aFowlag their inssaEion fhsving IL.
ready throRn down their arzasl 10 rstarn
70 their homes hy the shortest rousa upon
which they could secure provisions, scat
tsriag themselves shrough the country In
mere squads, and fleeing ss if ffean the
ICity OF DeetTuction- ags z-.aa..- .-ss5z. 81
Word soon came that the in
ftrenchments wefs abandoned, and chat we
we're throwing sheiis into the fortihea-
|tions nn tha oshar side withous waking
any one ND share. Than wa were ordered
| up again. tn few minutes we were On
a hill top, and the enemy's camp lay be-
ffere us--a space Of more q hundred acres
surrounded and divided by lev bills, all
of which wsrs capped By long lines Of
earthwoEks. The woods wsrs cut away,
and the fallen timber lay in every diree-
tion, to hinder the approach Of an attack
ing enemy. ss ,4a- ~ ..s II
As We marehed gysr ths hill anso the
camp, storm was raging. There was
8 suYlen fall OF rain. Tie lightning leaped
from the sky, upon the hills on the other
side OF the riveE, - though it was puxsu-
ing the remains of the rebel array with
the wrath Of heaven. The thunder echoed
our artillery.
| Long columns Of our men fled along
the circular era&ss Of hills. But there wss
hardly cheer. We had hoped to capture
every man, and, though we bad taken ev-
erythfng which made them an army, we
felt disappointed. *
THRER ToRsfvrCATqoSs AND CAMP.
At abeatnihs O'Clock on Monday norm
ing the atars and stripes 60sted over the
entrenchments, and the victors cpmmenc-
ed looking about for spoiIs. They found
no less than twelve pieces Of artillery,
mostly snoo tA- hoFes-making, with the
two taken on the day before, q total of
fourteen pieces, al immense amount of
ammunition, quarteEmaster's and COM
niss&ry stores, several hundred muskets,
blankets and knapssekB, between Ave and
six hundred horses and mules--in Short,
all the rebels had, including their Surgeons
[ Instruments and medicines, officers swords
and order books, and even daguerreotypas
Itove-lsttsrs, etc., etc. They saved Moth
ing bat their own lives.
THR EKpKaAL LOSS
The Federal loss falls mostly on the
four regiments that did almost the whole
| fighting in the battle, bat win not, / am
Informed by ofkoers, exceed oae hundred
and ssventy fire killed and srotsndsd. OF
these, the 10th Indiana has from 60 to 10
killed and wounded, including, as report
ed. some officers; the 9TH Kentucky, ak
killed and % wounded; the 9th Ohio,
about 30; the ID Minnesota, nearly al
equal number, Woolford's cavalry also
lost several men. The wounded are soa&-
tered in houses near the battle field and
here, and some days may yet ol&pse be-
fore full lisE of their names is likely to
be obtained.
Another account says: The Iadianians
lost II killed and 40 wounded. The frst
EsuPport received By the Indianians was
from the 4th kentacky, who lost killed
and % wounded. The I'd Minnesota wAs
in the fight next, and lost 10 killed and
Is wounded. The next regiment in the
fght was the 9sh Ohio, Col. r. L. McOook.
The l0ss Of this regiment our informant
did not learn, but il was slight.
AFPKARxacE OF zoLALcoFFKR's CORPSE.
Col. Council, who had known Gan. z.
in Washington, asked to be permitted to
see the corpse, and went with him. He
ay in tent wrapped in an army blanket,
his chest and left arme exposed. 4 tall
rather slender man, With thin, brown
hair, high forehead, somewhat bald, ro-
man nose, firm wide mouth, and clean
shaved face. A pistol-ball had struck
him In the breast, q little above she heart,
killing him instantly. His face bore ne
expression such - is usually found Oh
| those who fall IN battle-no malice, no
reckless hate, not even q shallow of phys
ieal pain. Ii vas calm, placid, noble
But have never looked on q eountenanee
so marked with sadness, A deep dejec-
tion had settled on it. ssThe low cares
Of the mouth" were distinct in the droop
at tho corners, and the thin cheeks show
ed the wasting which comes through dis
appointment and trouble.
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INCREASING TER PEoPLK's TAxEs.--The
Republicans in Congress are determined
to weigh the people down with intolerabie
burdens in the shape of high taxes. 4
few days ago a bill passed both houses of
Congress, increasing che tariff upon tea,
sugar, coffee and molasses. If the object
Of the Republicans 10 Congress be to pre-
vent the poorer classes from using these
articles they viii probably succeed. I'm,
der the new bill, the tariff on these azti-
eles is to be ~ follows Tea, of all kinds
20 cents per pound; Coffee, 5 cents su-
gar, from 2i-2 to cents molassea, 8
cents per gallon. The old Whig doctrine
used to be thaE the duty upon an article
did not increase its price. The people
viii have good opportunity now to test
the truth of this doctrine. If this tariff
upon tea, sugar, coffee and molasses, shall
have the effect to lessen the prices of these
articles, the poor will have reason to re-
ioiee. But ii, on the other hand, ss will
certainly be the case, this increased tariff
shall have ths eject to raitsa the price Of
these Articles, the poor viii have reason
TO curse the day they voted for Lincoln.
Under Democratic administrations, IL they
had nothing else, the people had cheap
tea, sugar, coffee and molasses. Bat they
decided last fall thas shsy wo'd rather have
Lincoln than any Of these things, and lhey
have got just what they wansed-perhaps.
In the next campaign let the Republicans
come out In their tr8s colors, and inseribe
apon THAR banners ssno tea, coffee, suger
or molassea for the poor''no anything for
the Shite nothing but freedom for
the niggarl As that Is their poiicy, lee
them avow 1t, like honest men, Qssiaeg
Herald. a
MIssrsSlPpI AND Missouri RAnRoAD.--
Enspise of the unfavorahle tirnes, the di.