Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-05-18
IFsem Our owa Correspondent.
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UxsG BceIR: We have jasi returned
trom paying the last testimonial OF re-
apeea 10 tbs body Of ear departed felead
aad fslios soldier. JosIAH SKSIFos. sir.
SgElros hsd been suffering for s1ae sisns
| from the effects or ChEonis DiarrheA, for
the past three or four weeks be has been
oouaned 70 bis bed, in the U. >. General
EIoapssal, being delirious during that time
fax asys age symsssns of ssal.ing a.
boat shen neek and face made their appear.
| asse, 10 short tims ihsswsliins bad ad-
wanesd 80 Iss EAas NJ was uasals -
apemk, be sssBaed GO Essasn - coasessus.
aess aharf tsaa before ae died. tha VIA
lock had goss fsem bia Eyes, has BE- did
not regain the paarr of spsech until
bout I2 o'clock shs night before be died.
He then said hs was prepared to die. bis
trust was 10 ths Lord. All that human
newsr could do 10 alleviate bis sutfrriugs
was done shserfullT. On the morn
| iug of the 2gth, at about o'eloaks be
quietly breaahnd his last. And has gone
| from this world Of sin, sorrow and tFoub-
IL, ii is hoped, to enjoy everlasting life
and happiness in thai brigas and happy
land hsy oad Ihe skies.
AIr. SKELroS wvs citizen Of Rockford
To~nsbip, Postawattanie County, Iowa.
lie was good man, loved and respected
by all abs kuex him, and leaves behind
widow and four cniidrrn, besides saany
sorroWing rsiatEyes ard friends to mourn
hi4 lose Ia VI hafn <a alf,sr aay saa.t eia-
crre =ondoienee and wiGh whum We deep
| Iy .ympssbixs. Nov, be sleeps bis last
long sleep, in far OF strange land, far
| frum the wife aud children Of his heart,
/ far, far from the ties wbich make life
sweet. Bus such is fate, We must all,
SCORER or later, follow In his footsteps
and join him in thaE dim, unseen, future
land. "Tbe Lori giseih and the Lord
taketb away."
Tue var news from this section Is Fath.
~ dull, No military operations have
taken place. Il is reported thai General
Reynolds has aeeepted the surrender Of
Kirby Smiths forces upon the saEas terms
xhich Lee surrendered. This Eews is not
official, however, and, think its truth is
Of very doubtful character.
We have received late Northern apsrs
containing tho terma Of "shesman's
Peace" Il i not generally believed that
Gen. Sherman ever agreed to such terms.
Those who woald DO willing 70 acssp,
chose terms are very scarce hereaboats.
Camp rum1rs have been very thick da,
ring the past week, none Of which ara Of
any Importance.
The prospects Of soon being discharged
and seut bone, which was, fsw days
since, SO plainly visible to the imagipa.
tions of some, | believe, is not quite as
easily pointed out nov.
The Council Bluffs men mAo cone to
thia Battery with me are, generally in
good health. Some few Of them are
slightly ill, but mons Of them dangerous
II so, believe.
The wsatber is getting rather warm for
comfort, down here, but We are occasion
ally, about two or three times a week, re-
freshed by cooliag sho~ers Of rain, one
Of which visited u~ last night.
Vegetation is going on rapidly Fruit
trees, Of ell kinds, arc fail of nice young
fraiE, and the prospect at present is that
the yield this year wiIl be boantiful one.
Nothing of Importance coming to ny
mind to wTiso to you, wilt have TO say
for another week, farewell. You and
your readers must be satisfied with this
short letter, and hope, as do, that you
may aeon receive longer one from
Yours, &C.,
@. II. D.