Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-05-14

Secretary Of the Navy WslIes ia report
ed TO have oEfsred his resignation, in
consequence Of the many charges of inca
paeity against him, but the President de-
elined to aceepsi ID.
The direct cost to England Of the great
American rebellion Of l7TB was six hun
bred and thirty millions Of dollaxs.
Mr.. Peabody Is to have a eomplimenta-
! y snuff box, in consideration Of his mu-
nifSent gifs to the poor of London.
The emperor Napoleon has been pre-
scented with sws Arabian horses, which
claim descent from the famous mare pos-
sessed BY the prophet Mahammed.
| Gen. Grant reports that his parties
have buried i 900 bodies Of the slaia on
the sle-feld of Shiloh.
Americans generally suppose that cur
country beats the world in great hotels,
bnt Mr.. Weed tells Us that there is a new
one in Paris larger than the Aston, St.
Nicholas and Metropolitan combined.
Col. Olmstead, late rebel commander
of Fort PULASKI, is q native Of Ridgefsid,
Conn.
The late Gov, Harvey, Of Wisconsin,
was formerly editor of Wing paper at
Southport [nOw Kenosha,) bus has lat
tssly Leen engaged in the milling bust
mes at Shopeire.
The following post Offices have been
re-opened in Tennessee Nashville, Shell
hyville, Lebanon, Savannah, Franklin.
Joel NJ. johnson, Of Psssaic county,
Republican ex-member Of the New Jer-
sey Legislature, was indicted By the Grand
Jury of Passaie county, last week for
rape, committed on the person of his
ssep- daughter says the Bsrgs" Demo
cTGt.
Some Of Lieut.. Worden's friends are
subscribing money to bay him farm
He is slowly recovering from his wounds
in the Mcrrimac encounter.
Mrs. President Lincoln has purchased
her new spring hat at Troy, n. 7, which
some people regard as great feather in
the cap Of the Trojans.
One hundred and fifty rebels were
drowned in crossing Reelfoos Lake in
the storm, on their retreat from Island
No. 10.
The official reports of the loss in three
divisions Of our army as Shiloh is as
follows Killed, 1913 woun led, 1868;
missing, 8I8.
Governor Sam. HoustoG's son was
wounded at the Pittsburg battle, and is
prisoner at ST.. Louis also, Perre
Soule's,,son is prisoner. SIideI's neph
ew. is also prisoner, taken al Pistsburg
Lsndiug.
The British war-ship PloUer, in the
China seas, reports the appearance Of a
rebel privateer off the coast Of Borneo.-
American commerce in that quarter is at
its mercy.
4 Judgement has been recovered, in
SchuyIkill county, Pa, by the heirs Of
Stephen Girard, the effect of which, if
sustained by the Supreme Court of the
State, viii be TOO break his will, and d.
vert his fortune from the charitable pur-
pose for which be designed it.
General siegel is reported so far re-
covered a. to take the Reld. It is report
ed that Ben. McCullOch, during the bat
tie Of Pea Ridge selected thirty marks
men from the ranks of his sharp shooters
and directed them to bring down the
"d--d Dutchman."
Gen. Hunter Is issuing certificates Of
freedom to such negroes as are BY Law
entitled to manumission, from having
been compelled to serve under the rebel
flag. r.a- H.. ...
The commander Of the French war
steamer Milan, with boats crew, visi-
ted Nav 0rieaus on the Tsh, with the
view of assisting the French residents Of
New Orleans who might desire TO get out
of the way Of the battle that Was impend-
ing. He and his men were seized, how
ever, and imprisoned In Fort Jackson,
kept over night and released she next day,
when the commander returned to his ves-
sal greatly enraged At the treatment he
had resolved.
Some Jerseyrnsn ia New FORK Regi-
msnss hare been complaining . he Pat
srson Register tint Gov. Morgan i eharg-
ing them $40 each for the shoddy uni-
forms furnished them at time Of enlist
ment. a
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