The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1865-02-11
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derived fhem saeh aaurses - -
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saka.
AfAss ssasssimg % me msai1aa mAseh
indaeed Blair 10 visis RisA@saa, iE
somsiaase, bsfsss Blair la for haans.
Dsvis addressed him . letter, expressing
0 asreag desire Eos psaee, and oasriag %
waive al foruaiifiss ID aettiaing ear
aisssaltiea, % basis Of twe G0via.
The Iestes was adroitly ueuehed in sneh
sarms a. 70 q hasty caasism readsr might
ceaeeal chs elavsn fbot, o. saAvsa 9ev4
which % slOss lsspsssica wss piAinly visi-
BE al the Doessm cf It. @s-
1t seemed 10 BE- . eanming effort 10
placs the odium Of eontinHing unnecoaSazy
var on Mr.. Lincoln- 80 i
Mr.. Lincoln hsreupoa returned with
Mr.. Blair TO Richmond, with assarancss
that be alsa was dssirous, and il sahstaneas,
that withsat stacking. fer tsehnicAlitiss,
he would listen to what messenger might
have TO shy, if ssnt by Davis, or asy othsr
pruminsus rebel, provided the necessity
Of preserving our own - enc Govt under
the Constitution Of the united States,
were Rrst conceded.
Thus far in this diplomatic gams, DIR
Lincoln bad dsOidsly got The better ct
Davis.
Il would not do for the shaking Geo.
fsderasy to lsavs the matter thus, and the
astats Mr.. Sasphsas was called % the aid
Of Davis-
Aiasr Eouw eoafarsacs Il was dsssz.
mined that stephens, Campsll and
Hamilacn, shouId proceed nezth and Try
their joint hand at Needing matters.
They entered Grants lines On the ~
suranee that they GENE Ga the basis Of
Lincoln'a Instructions to Blair, Bot when
the Priest and Seward met them, it tuxned
Oal that all they wanted was an assistance,
the consideration Of the main question
70 b put oH 10 mere convenient season,
when their saemaehs should hs faif Of the
fat to be derived FROM, oar land, and
their military stores rspieHishsd.
Lincoln sgain iafcrmsd them that
the preservation of ths Union Must
be the conditions precedent 70 say other
arrangements, and that he would never
consent to but one cessation Of hostilities,
and that would be fnal one.
Four hours good naturea talk snsued,
but il all resulted in nothing mora than
we have already heard
The truth is, the rebels afc very hard
pressed BY our armies, they ses that BY
the sword they must perish, aRd % they
have sought 10 ssvs themselves by nsgoei-
ton and diplomacy bas in this Lincoln
has shown himself more than q match
for them; they have. Eound him OOrseous,
but Grra.
He has COW satisfied the elamOrous
men Of The north, who hare persinacieusly
| insisted that soft words wonld mend the
hearts Of obduEase rebels, that the talk 10
of NO Use, and all thd nov remains 10
70 6ghs it Oss, and The quicker ths
better.
Headquarters Array Of the Potomac
Jan. 7.-At three this morning che 18th
corps, preceded by Greeg's cavalry started
on the road to Resss station.
No foEce Of tho encmy was met On the
route; the roads at various points we're
i cickesed BY cavalry, MI Of whom reiterated
a. the column advanced.
Abaut noon the columns reached
Rooms creek over which. bridge Of
considerable length had 10 b construct
cd, occupying several eoars.
About three F. NJ. the ID Psnnsyl,
vania cavalry undsr Major Hsas1 E<Fs
sent out TO make . connection below them
and secoSd corps, second and third DiVs
ofwhich had gone ous On the Vaughan
road a. far at HateheE's run, TO demon.
strate in that dirsstion.
On reaching the run the frst brigade
charged aud took line Of rife pits On
west side, Leasing but few men.
They advanced obeaa q mile across the
river driving the enemies piOksss bassrs
them
Here . stroGg line Of bgeastworks WIS
erected in short time; making pOaisiOH
perfectly secure.
The third Pennsylvania cavalry, after
crossing . short distances south Of che
Vaughan road, and soon met small force
in ambush, which poured . sharp veilsy
Inso cur men, killing two and wOanding
svsral, besides . number Of horses.
Port efthe third aiyison sseoad diva
ion came 10 the sappors Of ths laird Pa.
cavalry, and dreEs sAs rsbels %; soon
aSaer sonnsctisn With shs right Of che
afeA corps wAs reported made.
Up 10 this time very little aghtsAR had
taken place; The 18th corps hsing scarcely
gagged at al, the ssssad divisioa Of tks
second oCrps under Gsa. Hmyth, bssore
reaching Matches run tarnsd 10 the righs
and advanced 10 North westerly diresssoa
towards Armstrong's mills before going
more than three quarters az mile che
snemy we're discovered in ssrong pcsitioa
and in considerable force, ( diviascas of
Gen. Gordonh being reported in The