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

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The fatigue % the afsernoon was re-
lisyat 6y the arrival from time % tina
Of eaPtursd seginental eolsrs and prs
sonsrsy % walsh ne have AesNsen foar
sad Are ihonsAnds The highest T. rank
- asH. Prensass had - eod fprsaIs
% Dc pfsssaE Mhea ne wAs Afanne 10 70
1ens beaurs8aTa, VINO Was % sne ~ meat
directing The pursuit. After excAanging
sAlutatienat ne fallosiEg ecny srsafaen w
sa1ssancs saok PiMcss
Prensiss soHsFing Dis haAd 3ensFal
bsauregard, we have felt your power %.
days ana hare bsen compelled TO Jisid 20
II.
BeaaFsgard-Fardon me, aiT. yoa save
sssF The poser o. . gseas nation hgniing
fer IFS rights of people nghsanB tor
Eh4ir boiaes and al slsss bed dsax. Aha
l am sorry 70 see you ngnttpg against us
on ths osher SidaL Ff8
Prentlss-i cannot see things ID that
ilgnI ~ can neyes scsassns 70 see She
Union breken up.
besaEegaEd-- But the unaon fs already
broken up, AMI can never be restored. -
Hen sefoFfh We are distinct nstieus, as1d
every one OF our people, mn, women and
children, - wiling to hight for 1t, and II
necessary, TO die IN its defence. How
many men did yoa havs to-days Gen.
Prentiss =,
Prentiss heSitatingfy I'VE had six d.
visions Of about 900 men each. Ny own
'iTisioH had about 800, bas 1t was the
largest i Large numbeF Of my men how
sysEs ssre siek. The Teaneasee water
has proved very unhealthy 70 them. had
not mors than 5000 men, and was badly
supported; othasWiss the day might have
bern different. You have whipped our beat
lighting men to-day.
here tseasFal bsaarsgard was called on
70 direct troops to the pursuit, when ses-
ersi bystandtrs engaged the captured Gen.
eraI An eonEeraataoD, es.s.- ~s..-.
Bystander-Gea. PFentiEa, do you think
this battie, to aeoi&iTe, wAii lead +e
psacsp u. -..s 9 .-e.-sa
PEentIss--Ne Never, until the Union 10 re-
stored II We do not whip Jon With the
men We have, we will BRING more. We
hare already 2O0. 900 enlisted who have
not jet been furnished with arms. This
a; h bee. one OF our great diaiculties. The
Belgian mics purchased by Fremont were
% 90 account yea could sarn your thumb
in them. And the London Tower gun,
purchased by The Government, had all
been Piied aWay 10 useless since the war
Win Napoleon 1t Is only within the last
sikty Days that our men hare been proper
y armed NO, our people are determin-
~ % hgat u out. Ihere was time after
the Datsle OF Manassas when you night
cave captured the Capital, marched into
our country and the future would have
osen alneFeas' now everything Is chang
ca. ~ ~
BysaAndsF Il General Prentiss, did you
nave any OF eenerai Buell. 3 command with
yo1 to-day
PFenfiss-Ao. lie Is &t Nashville.
nystandsr-~I That cannot be. We
nave certain intelligence Of biz arrival
at Mount Pleasant, on his road to join
you.
Frenass-bneiA 10 coming here, and if
any forces are on the way they must Be-
* .i''h " tHCAa'
bystanaer- Had you all yoar forces en-
gagged te- Gay
fshtiSs-AH except one division,
when 10 at Crump's Landing, several
miles oeio~ 1 expect they will be cap
sarea'
byStander-What has become Of your
trmy that we eontended with to-day !?
Have they crossed the river, do YOU
think 49,
Frensiss-ho. They have retired to
our qua boats and intrenched wurks.-
there Tlli be another light to-morUw.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES do you think viii be
me result OF s1t
kren'iSs-i am afraid all our men will
O. taken
BystaudeT-Do you think that Buell.