Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-19
When Win the South be conqursd2


The Aboiitionista insist that She war
shall be prosecuted until the Confedera-
ses lay down their arms, sue for peace
and consent to the abolishmens Of sla-
very When will this result be attained?
In order that cur readers may form come
opinion upon the subject, we publish the
following article which we find in the
Ssw York Daily Aess under sbs head,
"Prpgress OF Conquest in 1864" We
maka no remarks upon the subject; but
leave our readers 70 answer the question.
Hare is what the hetrs says:
s'NFar has ccneladed its work for 1864,
The progress that II has made during thar
yea. has, nov, hasome question of fact
for history. We propose, therefore, to
ask cur readers TO look back 10 the con-
dition OF the struggle on the opening Of
the ycar that has just closed, With the
uTpose Of comparing it with that OF the
year which has jast opened. The review
that we intend to make, shall be made
With cur constant consideration for the
Intelligence Of the people for whom we
write, and with the jealous care with
which this journal makes IL a study to
wia the appFobatiJn Of the honest and
shrughtiuI.
Texas, the Federal troops have, within
the last six months, abandoned almost
totally. The evacuation of the Rio
tirande in that State, has thrown open
ons Of the frontiers OF tbs Confectionery
TO perfect freedem to forcign inter
course.
Louisiana vas dominated twelve months
ago by General BHnks +; IL is pow dominT
ated by Kirby Smith. The Federal luce
had Enclosed within ghem last Nsw Years.
Day large areas OF the interior of thai
State, but now have been drawn in to the
line Of the Mississippi. A ring of out
posts around New Orleans, another a.
round Baton Rouge, another around VIZ
d4tia, and similar lines inciosing few
other posts on the Father Of Wstrrs, con-
stisute at this time the extent of the soil
Of Loussians under sir. LincoiH's domin-i
i0a. From the / -t of Jaaoary, 1864, 20
The lst OF January, 1865, we have lost, 10
that State, seTrit oriaiy, to tha extent OF
az least ten thousand square miles.
10 Arkansas, the Federal Government
does not appear 10 have now any army
able 20 take the FIELD. The working Of
the railroad between Memphis and Little
Rock has not, we believe, beeu resumed
since the capture of its ssockadss by "a.
gan. The White and Arkansas are, bow
ever, still more or less navagable for
transports conveyed By ganboats but
tho Federal occupation in Arkansas ss
aos eon6Eed 10 the immediate neighbsr-
hoods around the garrisons Of Helena,
DAEall's Bluff, Pine BlHa, Little Rock
and Fort Smith. Prince, MagTajer,
| Standwatie, having within the lass yeaE
taken the place Of Ehs handful Of guerril-
las who, tweiys months ago. we're all thai
disputed shs sway OF General Steele, In
vysion bias iost within the last twelve
months nearly all OF Arkansas. Forty
thousand square miles OF thai State mar
| be held to have passed from our domino
tiou since The ISIS Of January, 1864.
In Missouri, the forces Oh hIr. Lincoln
bold the position whieh thsy beld lsss Nes
YEARS. day.
In Mississippi the Federal troops held
in January, 1864, gieksbnrg, YaEso City
PORT Elndsoa and Matches. AZ oil thusa
points they were then aoagregated Id
threatening fores. Yaxeo City Is nesi
debasabla ground. gi0kabnrg stands.
behind The Big Black, upon The defensive
| Port aaslsoa sleeps In it, sadisturbed
uselessness. Matches, in The absenca of
s5aassai Daviason, appears 10 be throat
ened very seriously 81 Writ Aaamss The
Federal forces held outside these posI
sions, nans Of tbs soil CT Mississippi !;
and thsxsfors have nos, during the ysas,
loss any bat while 90 the other band,
they hare gained In that State no serTito-
| ny, they hass less snosaliy, by having set
| died down fov an atsitaats Of threatening
In Jaauary, 1864, TO that nov, u watch
fuI defense.
10 AlabaBa Invasion has, since the isE
of January, 1864, sesared q footing for
lsa stipe In Mobile Hay. List Nsv
Ysagss das Federal troops acenpied the
few counties that lie la Alabama north of
the Tennessee, and through they DO noa
bold sl1em nov, viii probably have re-
turned "a their possession when Hood
shall have crossed the Tuseumhia. Dis-
regarding the pending raid from paaaear
xoula toMard Mobile, iuvasion haa, thara-
fore, nsithsr gained nor lost during the
rear inst eiossd, any 81 khs tesrisary Of
ihs StAtsof AlMbama.
The lsugih and breadth oil Tannessae
Lar, "a III the frst Of January, 1864.
nader he hasla q TIE insndsx. Krenss
~ "a a~.s. dnn.s.kA II an kank - "a.