The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1864-01-23

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Be Ind alss euo i0rsuns last evening, to
receive the Nenparsll of The Lib insts--
vow, III II ton sixs ddays ID MI here md
come By way of Dos Moinea, Y oncluded
tint you had removed I'd partsgInincwr.
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allow mo To- ssy that Lesis = seall right. z
Has not been burnt down, Or swallowed
|En!By I'll eaFsll4t s.lSJns sttiilE one
| Of tho finest villages ef the West. By
the-way, ii may be interesting TO your
readers, asnumber of whom, I beiieYe,
own lands IN the coanty Of Cas-, to know
that large tracts of land are now being
sold for taxes. Lands owned by sindi-
riduals III Council Bluffs, have beensold,
and think III many cases it Is because
they are ignorans OF the fact that they
had been offered for sale. During the
past two or three weeks, ten thousand
dolIsrs have passed into the county treas.
Jury, asitlle proceeds of the above sales.
As. b proof Of the popularity Of these
lands, i viii add that some purchasers
have bought in whole townships. It is
wen known by all, thatthe M. 4 u. rail-
road is to come through cass, probably
through Lewis; hence the ayidity with
which these purchases are made. 81
The following soliloquy of" one of the
faithful" overheard o short time since,
and transcribed it. for the Nonparei1.---
Although it comes to your hand little
late, yet, perhaps, better late than
never" will apply to III ,,...,... .i.@. - !.
- A DEMOCRATS soLILoaUY. -.
To be, or not to be drafted That is the question.
Whether its better inwaTdly to suncr !
The paugs Of locking forth upon onc's country
and seeing it over-run by hordes Vt traitors,
Or to be drafted and help kill them? To DO drafted
TO DO shot; to die; to liquor up;
Ne more ana, by being, thus to say we end
/ Our Sorrrws, and earn glory, 80 *.".
And undying fame It is o contamination
Devoutiy TO be wished. To die to sleep;
To sleep upon some Southern plain,
And there perchance to dream-Ay, there's the Tubs
To dreAm Of many wrongs have done,
OF traitoroas acts and speeches
Against my bleeding country. To see =
Freedom weep, because of the many stabs
1 have aimed against her life,
Must give me pause; That's, what makes ..s
Drafting such dire calamity. - r.:
Who could bear the scorns of Democratic friendas
when they should Ice me AboiitIOniEed? 4
For Abolftionism and hghtiug for the country. {.
Is all the same with u.s., Then, again,
To face LOT Of rebels is no joke; g.. IT.:
Who loves to hear the bursting she'll
And whizzing bullet, On their mad career? F..
Or stfII worse, to have his quietus made, 1
With bare bayonetP Then 10 all this, ~,
Comes the dread OF something after death.
1t ii said that among all the dainty morseis, -:
'Tls the good luck Of The evil one to get.
Nothing is so pleasing to his appolyonie majesty,
As traitor to the American Republic;
Deeming these, after dligent search throughout his
books.
OF Villains the deepest dyed Of all thereon recorded
Yst, twill Let do to change.
The great Democratic Party says,
The drart and var are not authorized
By The Constitution Of the United States, s..,.
And to mako fellow Aght against his wishes.
Is barbsrity. Stft yen, now
Here comes AbOlitioner perhaps he brIngefh news
OF the pOstpOnement Of the draft. 4
At this point in the proceedings, your
correspondent left.
I cannot close without saying that
friend just returned from the post Office.
has brought me the daily, for the 7th.--
Surely, you must be going farther East
MAGIsTER.
Lewis, Iowa, Jan. ls, 1864.