Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-03-05
EXTRAORDINARY DlslIl6lREs
TsaE THIEVES AND. ROBBERS
EXPOSED.

EXPOSED.
Speech Of the Hea. VAN VICE. Of New XeFk,
fRspubiiean1 6hsirmsR Of sae Congressional In
vessisasins Gsnasssses, Dailrsssa 10 tas Hasss
81 kepresentasives on ths ssh "a Tessasrys 1854,
MIR. Van Wysk, af New York. Chair
man of the Committee, said as
Ag. Speaker; On the 18th day Of April,
1861, the world was startled with the re-
currence Of one of those great events
which marks m era ia the history df man,
brands srina with . deeper infamy and
exalts the virtues Of = generous manhood
to a nobility almost divine, of which hs-
roes have boastei and poets sung. The
parallel of April 10, lTf5, was complete.
the days, months, years and cycles of .
peaceful and happy nationality had borae
the Massachusetts soldier from the field
Of Lexington 90 the streess of Baltimore.
For o tfnae the great American heart ceas-
ed to beat. national paralysis existed
for moment, and then shs people real
iGed the horrors and crueitles OF this M.
natural var. The merchant left his eoan-
ter, the farmer the quiet home, the maIl-
ufaerureY's shuttle paused In its haitian
ished round, she anvil rang not out she
hammers beat the lawyers unfinished
brief lostits interest the Clergyman fold
ed no his sacerdotal robes, mothers, with
the devotion Of Spartans, bsde their sons
90 forth :, the wife pressed more closely
her new born babe, as she gave u part
ing, and with blessings and prayers she
husband went forth, probably never 70
returns
The nation offered up Its life aud
emrtied its treasure into the lap Of this
great calamity; the rich bestowed Of his
abundance; the widow gave her mite, an
only sou, or tear sanctihed with pray
ers. Not one of rs can forget it. History,
in after times, will record this the nobiest
moral exhibition of true courage the
world has ever witnessed. Scarce whis-
per of treason or murmur of discomfort
in all the North, get many Of those who
made the welkin ring for truth and lioeT-
ty, who professed to worship the true
God, were ready to cry out "Great Is
Diana of the Ephesians I" hoping 70 cru
city the spiris Of freedom.
There were others, meaner, baS er still,
only watching the opportunssy 10 make
merchandise Of their. country y smisfor-
s4aaso, ooin abe grief sf tho ,4asssn arsso
currency, and peril her Institutions, IL 1t
could minister 10 their base cupidity.-
One class commenced secretly sanding
intelligence to the rebels the othe rem
dered to them no less valuable assistance
by couspiring to defraud the people and
the Government. Almost the same In
slant harpies besieged che Treasury here,
and the vuitures In the North suuHsd the
Spoils afaz OF. -
While the bridges destroyed by the reb
els were JET smoking in runs, before the
regiments fmpeded By their destruction
could reach the capital, the sappers and
miners who knew the trembling Recessi-
ties of the natioa commenced the assault.
Ii has been eaid thai in ths panic Of those
times, watshfalness On the part of public
officers should not be required, and the
larcenies Of piundering hords should Be
overlooked.
CATTLE CokTRACT.
About the time the New York Seventh.
pride Of the Empire State, composed Of
the best of her citizen seldiery, of men Of
wealth, high family position, education
enjoying the confidence of the community
! in ali the relations of life, with the Mas
sachusetts Sixth, regiment representing
/ the intelligence and business occupatlo r
of that wonderful State, side by side were
fording streams, building bridges, laying
| railroad tracks, sleeping on the untentec
6eld-and, when hunger was pressing up
on them, the Seventh divided their last
store of bacon and hard biscuit with tbs
gallant men of the Sixth--a contract wa
made in this city by the department viii
Dwyer, Laughman, Sibiey & Tyler, fol
cattle, from two to ten thousand, at eighj
dollars per hundred, live weight, delivered
here, and Eve and three quarters in Penn
gylvania. What facilities had Dwyer i
| Co., for transportation which the Govern
ment did not possess
| Government could lay its strong ARM
upon railroads aud use them could plan
its gathering aEms 10 gaard the bridg,
and track. AT thai very time an sgeu
was sent by the Department into Mary
| land, who, without difficulty, purchases
cattle 80 be delivered in Washington q
six dollars and haif per hundred, liv'
weight. Besides, direct navigation Eitl
New York was not DISTRACTED by the Po
somsa. Still more, If the danger 0
transportation through Maryland was M
excuse for this contract big with profits
why a provision that . portion should b
| delivered in Pennsylvania if the Depart
ment desired, and why were nearly iftee
hundred received In Harrisburg, whil
scarcely eight hundred wars delivered !
| Washington P Notwithstanding the lion
in the uay, Dwyer b Co, lEninediatel
sub~lss the contract 70 New York men, 8
that without any hAsard or perils he
realized o#er thirty two Thousand dollar
on shout two thousand head. They ha
luo dlHiculsy during she panic Of thos
times In making this eontgaes; wh
should the Government have found any
There Ia no pretenss thai either Of the
, men had any special courage ID oyeFeon
ing dangers, Or remarkable skill ia pu
D chasing oatsls; two were Failroad eontsac
ors, one particularly asas 20 tas sesrctt
ry, ems a lawyer, and one, the winter b
fore, had haan In consultation and neg
tiasSon with rebels for sbe sale Of arm
Thus treason sad corruption we're consi
ued at the capital.
AggsCY or ALEXANDRA cuKaasos, ESQ.
PuacAAsE or Any SUPPLIES.
{ Nswrsy simultaneous with shis oeearr
smother transacsion. ca the 2lst day
: April. tha Eeoretary Of Was aiahsagh
well knew the great ability andexperian
of Coiona5 Tomukins. QuArSaxfpaSter, 81