Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1864-03-31

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1fshwsos are aaSkher instsase Of haw
fa&sl hxyn hesn - political uirasians q
NJ Line5lh % the eosdacs u tie war
Tor 10 uaion. Il nov sppsaTs thai the
eAnp4ien which bad BEEN planned By
Gsn. Grant, and which rsqairsa for lie
snncass so-0p9xating movsmsats By 0sns.
ThnmAs, seAofsids SAITH Ehsrman,
nahkb md Admifal faxraxsk, was spoals
"a bsesuss Of the slsction which was be-
ing hsid In LSassiAAA dafing the pro-
gress Of tbs varioas meTasnsnts. la our
Nsw Orleans s0rrssp0Ads0sa pablishsd
yesterday, and the sxtsaess We gave
from she Mobile aewspapsrs, u wis be
sean thai an importaat part 81 The pro.
gramlne was The msrahing OF Genssal
Baak,s array 10 the rear Of Mobile, with
d yisw TO sApturs THAI city h sosjunnkisa
wikh Admirl Fsxgaguts shaliing from
bic mortars and ganboass. Il was also
| axpscaed thai this uov sxasnt al GensTal
Banks wonid dsssTaes the raba foress
ssill further, and make Gen. Sharsaanss
progress towards Selma, hls ohisctivs
point, comparatively sasy. Gems. Sohn-
ksld, Thomas, Shsrman, and Admiral
Fasragut each peEforasd the part allot-
ted TO them skilIsully and veil. Gsasral
Smith did NOS do 10 well, ewing TO bis
dilatoxiness. and bis allowing Fsrress
with hia twenty four hundred men 10
drive hack his sighs o. nine shoasand. ~
Bus the chief sreahle was with Gsasral
Baaks. Iasss&d Of marching 20 the rear
OF Mebils and sapsaEing IL, - Ne asws+
papers of chat city aew adais he could
hare danes DO was compelled 10 keep his
array In Lonisign& daFsng tbs slectien il
order 20 fswaEd Mr. Liaeoln's psesidea-
Gial schemes. OF this there san Row b
vary listis doahs- IL 10 trus, Dir. Lin
coin has succeeded. He has restored Ar
Kansas and Louisians after fashion, 70
help hia fortunes In the Jane convention
by an aTrsy Of bogus delegates from
shsas swo States and perhaps, through
the military machinery now in play. BE-
May sascsed, shoald be be eaGdidate,
in securing shsiF electoral votes ALSO
Bus nj what cost Bat Tor Banks COM
| palsogy iaaesi0n, Mobile would have faI
len; SELMA woald k&Es bssn captured,
and probably retained permanently In
oas possession; cha Alabama and Tomblg-
| bee rivera would by this sims be pasEoii-
sd by Union gnnboasa Alambama aud
Mississippi woald have been severed from
the conEsdsEasy, while an Union army ID
The hsaxs of the Gulf States would have
bean In position 60 eataaak Atisnta. -
/ Thai these we're tbs designs Of General
Grant, Who protested the esmpaiga 10
| toe SsaEawess, = very clear frem the ~.
sinles which we're Published In the Timsi
and the oGhsr administrator papers whsz
Gen. ShsxMan's sxpsdikion set oas. Gen
GEaas unfortunately fosgos shs political
sisaasiou in providing for shs military
anal hsncs ths cooperating movement el
Baaks eolaAn, apoa which be depanded
yes stopped in les career by the political
naesssitles al Ar. LiacoEn. So we 90
thousand men slaughtered in Florida q
give MIR. Lineola thFss elscsoraa votes
| . great sanapaign lest In the Soushwss
TO advance weak Presidents politica
aspirasioas.--k. Y. WoTJd.