Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1863-03-04

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stirring pws raaiiss 10 the capture 81
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masy IL n ne war nsss received hnes
our lAss issus. We give the news In this
coudeased form believing that II viii be
more satisfactory 10 our readsrs, than 70
occupy the whole oil our paper With the
susmsses and spseaislioas Of everybody
who may have the privilege 81 sending
talsgrapAis dispatches.
Ths 0sleatta papers received By the
Canada, stats thai Confsdsrats craft il
cruising In lhs Bag Of Bengsls with the
satsnsi0a Of sapsaEiss any u. y. vessel
whieh may fall 10 bar way.
Ths Bgisish sseAaass Alicia ran the
blockade at Mobile With 800 bales Of co.,
ton on board and arrived safely At Ha-
rama. & " t&3 -~ #+S
Il 10 stated that 1900 Confederate
troops have taken possession Of Richmond
KY, AMI that they are ths advanced guard
Of 10000 which ars saaFchi0g On Licking
ton. d. .'.. s.--- ...
The following 10 the Soashsrn aesoans
Of the capture Of the Federal rasn Qassn
of shs Koat, which ran the BLOCKADE at
vieksburg few days since
| PORT Hudson, Feb, l7.--Cap4- Conner,
from Red River, brings intelligence Of the
capture of the Federal steamer Qneen of
the West, Al Gordon's Landing 70. Tay-
lor, on Red River. Tbs Queen had cap
tuFed Confederate transport, the Eva,
No. 5, and forced her pilos, John Barks,
to take the wheel and ordered him 10 take
the boat to our batteries Burke waa
badly frightened, but finally took the
| wheel under guard. Upon nsazing ths
batteries be soid the Yankees they were
/ fifteen miles from them, and Immediately
pulled The boat close into shors when she
received shot which broke her steam
pipe, disabling her. The Yankees wezs
wholly unprepared for a light, and sue.
Eeoted 40 danger. In the sonfusioz
4 Burke jumped overload and escaped
4 The boat drifted to the opposite shsEa
when The Grew escaped, With the exceptions
Of Is, who fell into orr banda .,.F .s...
: The crew finally got aboard the YAnke'
boat Desoto, and With two hundred ne
groes effected their escape. The Qaess
Of the West Is now in our possession anG
> will be sowed to pla>,e Of safety for 70
, pairs. The Yankee gun boat IHdianoll
Is reported gone up the Bed river 20 re
capture her. Later intelligence report
. that the confederate steamer, Webb, hal
e followed and recaptursd the Eva. Tn
d Queen Of the West Is bat slightly injare
and will soon be Ia lighting trina ande
confederate colors.
Reports from Nashville Tenn, date
che Is uIs, state that the Confederat
> Gen. Wheeler's whole force consisting 3
four bfigades Of cavalry il this side O
Columbia, Tenn, and is carrying OF q
able bodied slaves to the South. por
ton of his force Was within four miles Q
the federal forces at Franklin on the nigh
Of the Gath alt.
The Richmond Despatch says that tn
confederate steamer Florida sunk one Q
Gen. Banks transports with all on board
while on its way 70 New Orleans.
Gen. Pryor has been reinforced by th
confederate troops under Gen. PetsigTew
giving Pryor force Of a, 600 men, an
ii is rumured thai be medisatss an alsac
. on Norfolk. "a fl
A dispatch to sbs n. Z. Tribune state
that the federal gun-hoats, Freeborn al,
Dragon, made reeonneisanes Up th
Rappahannoek distance Of 65 miles.-
just below It. Lowry they were Hred In
to by confederate battery. An engage
msnt Of oas hour ensusd when the rsbe
battery ceased firing. The Frseboru re
saised slight injuries and had two or TIRE
men wounded.
On the 18th alt, portion of the con
fedeFate Gen. Seuart's cavalry made Al
attack on the federal cavalry under Gen
Averill, near HARDWOOD church. A brisl
hgbt ensued resulting in the repalss o
the confederates. The federal loss was
in killed wounded aud taken prisoners
about forty. 4 confederate captain ans
Lieutenant are among thskilled. 4 cap
tain and several priwatss were taken pris
oners. .-" g.. ~
I A telegram from Cincinnati dated F eb
70 says, various reports are Ia circulation
relative 10 the oonEadsrates In Kentucky
One report states that Breckenridge il
advancing on Lexington With %, 900 men
The Commercials Frankfort correspond.
snt says THAI gentleman from Richmond
reports ths federal troops retrsasing to.
wards Lexington, hard pushed by double
their number.
| A detachment from the Sd Michigan
cavalry, succeeded in surprising a cenfsd-
crate camp ii Clifton. Team, and oapsnr.
ed the whole force Numbering so nsn,
including one colonel. A aaaneisy az
ammunition was destroyed, and the sowa
burned. a s $3.50 t esq
The confederaies al -Saranah, have
nearly completed new iron+claai ssaam-
sFs la which shey hare gsaas eoaadsuos.
II Ia Feporssd that foar steamers ran
the blockade as ChArleaton IN oas day,
one Of which had Jauas .. Clay, Of Esa+
tucky, on boasd--hss destinations 10 Lsiv4
erpool. se ISIS II
A dispasoA FROM Laxingsoh, Ky., dated
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