Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-01-19
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and picket bring. Every taiag SaF.aiAe
sssus 10 bs 90 sh1 stand stiil. Ths ao-
count Of the failure in ths attack On VIII
mington il going the rounds Of the pa
peEs, some Laying tbs blame Of The fail
are upon deB. Butler and others say that
Admiral Porter vas In fault. We have
read the reports Of tho General and adj
miral sad cannot discover that any par
ticulsr fault lies With either OF them.-
The admiral bonbaEdsd the fort with bis
goo guns two days. without aakiug any
impression upon il. BaGler landad bis
EBen and marched up 10 it and found thas
be could not take ii. At the same time
tho Confederate GEN. Koks advanced
from Wilmiagton upon the rear Of Bat
ler's army, and Butler yery #issly, ~ we
believe concluded to re+embark bis men
on board bis transports and get out of
the way. From these facts we conclude
tia. the reason Wilmington was not cap
sured vas altogether the fault Of the Con-
fedarases-
Alvicca from Little Rock dated the LIST
inst, say that the military situation re-
mains unchanged. II is also reported
that Fort Smith and Van Buren,, Ark,
havs been evacuated By order OF lssassal
Reynolds. IL ID understood. however,
shai tha Pres Idaat has revoked the order,
at the instance OF he citizens Of that
section.
A telegram reeeived At Cairo on the
l0sh ult., states that the gunboas Rather
drifted ashore during the late storm, be-
tween VicksbaFE and Matches. and was
fred by gang Of guerrIllas aud burasd
- the waters edge.
! A letter from Mobile to 8 citizen VI
New Orleans says that fghnng has been
going On IN that vicinity aimee Lhe 3lAl
ult.
| 4 correspondent Of the Cincinnati Com
ineFc..al Advertiser says that Hood took
across the Tennessee river, FROM $4,000
To e, 900 men. General forrest aban-
donsd about $50 wagons on the n1rth
side of the river on Friday.
The Confederate Gan. Lyon, with So
men, passed through AeMinnslIls, cap.
turing company Of Tennessee federal.
cavalry. Hs then crossed the Chatano9.
"a Railroad below TaAIshoma, tore up .
few Of the rails, and then moved on BIZ
way to join Forrest al RasseilriIle.
/ las reported that on tbs night Of De.
eembev 10th, Ensign Rlumcs steams
Virginia, cut out from Galveston tn
schooner D bile from N,s.au, with on
hundred and twenty bales of cotton.
! Major Andrews, wh5 command th
Fedgral guard picketing the Potoma
river from the great falls to. the moutl
of the Monocacy; says that tho guerrilla
! who infess the banks of the river Their
have become very troublesome of late
! AMI that hardly a night passes withou
. their dring upon our pickets, or MAXIM
, an attempt to cross the river at som
: point or other. On Monday night, wbil
the mail carriers Of Major Andrews wa
conveying a mail fran the camp to Pools
. vile, be was ired upon from tue Virgin
ia shores and ball passing through hi
) hand, SCATTERING it in fFightfal names
2 On the same night the camp OF the Firs
: Delaware cavalry was fred upon by bush
whackers on this side Of the river, wh
: appear to be operating With the guerrill
e White, By sign1liug to him fran ID
0 Maryrille. On Wednesday night part
: of rebels, numbering dfseen, crossed ID
Potomac On raft, in the vicinity {
= Pooissille, They were evidently yer
Il hungry, for thry were on a chicken
a stealing expedition, aud they managed |
: get some eight miles from the river bs
/. fore they were discovered. They wei
q then pursued, and hnally overhauled, an
= ten Oh them taken prisoners.
i A detachment of men from the pote
: mac aotilIa, under Acting Master Tol
i landed on the Rappahanock river G
"A Wednesday, about SIX miles ADORE /
> .nouth. Kand destroyed swo barrels
: powder and twe torpedoes which the rel
" tels had there collected.
!. The n. Y. Daily News Washingtd
:. correspondent says: "The blockade rul
;. ming business at Wilmington vas ncv,
il so brisk as Ii has been during the la
/. three wocks. Il il almost iacredibi
/. ljuG assure you il is literally true tn
, the four days. bosabardment Of Fo
III Fisher scarcely interrupted the regull
: ootnnaerce Of the port Of Wilmington, I,
.. puch Ii must certainly be considered. Oh
,s vessel ran in Just ahead of the great fir
D. cracker torpedo boat another fuila2o
!, on the succeeding night, at a iittis lat
ii hour and 1ng others have arrived b
"A tween the 18th alt. and the lst inst. 4
!. these vessels brought eafgoea of gre
a value, and two of them had muskess 1
: board, probably about 10000 stand
In arms.
{ A telegram from City Point "a
M Rishmnnd papers aHn0aass sas death
I. parasysls al Geo. Sterling Price.
as The Washingion correspondent Of Z
AN. Y. Daily Nescs, says: aGen. she
10 mans army 10 now broken up into d
as iaehmenss and rossed 10 tbs gaps a
:. passes of shs snoaatains, and on the pri
e cipaI roads leading to tue potemae.
q. Guerriilas have again become troubl
4. some near the fords and ferries on !
- uppcr pos5mae, and Sheridaass cavml
- viii haya enough I'd DO In wasshiag ~
nv during sha Minssr. ! They bare IAN
81 Ia ade several hsla raids cluse IN The fe
It. raj camps, and captured number Of a
"a finals and psisoasrs.a
rs B.asr, hi Al stated aas g1ssTned
"a Washington from his peace mlssipn