Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-06-01
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| NAY lftnf 1900
DKAE BuoLK Six months ago, this
very moEning, "a old lnmber wagon
might have been, and vas seen travelling
through the mud On Broadway 10 the city
OF Council Bluffs. which contained seven
teen og The mast dsjscsed locking morssla,
oursalf among1 hs nulabers which II has
ever been nv lot to look upon. Some
people may ask, HtTell, what's that got
70 DO with the war2i' Why, | will tell
you, thass sessnteen "dejeCtad looking
morsaIa," were nothing more nor less
than drafted men. and aabssitussss--
Some persons who hare CHANGED to see tbs
hoaparesI denying that there vas aver 8
draft 10 Iowa, viii, no doubt, think this
. rather singular statement bat ii ~
nevertheless true; There was draft 10
Iowa, and the Seventeen" above referred
to were portion Of its victims. part
of that seventeen are now members Of
this Battery, myself and fve others
Where tha niue others are, themselves and
the Almighty oaIy knows. We DON'T
We hope, however, that they have Jared
a. we'll a. ourselves.
Six months have wrought a mighty
change in the feelings Of those men,
Then they were leaving their homes,
wives, childrens parents and everything
dear to them on earth, perhaps never
more to return. Aud for what? The
HonporeiI tells Us because Gov. Kirk
good cleared Iowa from the draft.
Now their hopes Of speedy return are
buoyant, and, already, in Imagination,
they can see the happy day when they vii!
be at home Hish those they leye.
t The drafted men from Iswa, Ia this
Battery, desire to know What kind of SOL
diers they are xhether they are con
scripts or coerced volunteers. II Iowa
vas cleared from the draft BY ex- Gov
ernor Kirkwool; but draft took I lace
through the bEuuder and stupidity of Ills
Exccileuey 81 Vim. VI. Stone, they witb
to know shy it is that the Governor OF
their State dJcs lot take some steps to-
ward having them returned to their
homes. II Stone made . blader 10 per.
mitting the draft to take place, does be
think that by permitting US to remain
here, he will correct his error? Perhaps
he does. It would be just lke one OF
Bill Stones bIandcEs.
1t is reported that flag of truce came
into this place few days since but
madam rumor does not tell as from
whom, nor for what it came. One OF
our boys saw, on the night it is reported
that the flag eame in, couple of reliable
coutrabands, Who informed him that they
bad been brought along With the party
that came in With the flag, and that the
party camPed about Ave miles from tbs
city, when they made their escape aud
came into our lines, Such news is, DC
doubt, very re lis-able.
! There is rumor going the rounds, 10
the effect that Kirby Smith is enroute for
the mouth Of Red River, for the purpose
III surrendrring all she forces undcr hi.
command. Ihis, think, is one of Mail
aru rumor's wild tales, gotten up to make
the soldiers ia this department feel good.
1t has been reported here for several
days, and came to Us in print yesterday,
that JEFF. Davis bad been cap tured. The
repor- is unofficial, not having E. 81,
S,antcn's name affixed thereto. Il ma7
be true, and almost every soldier hopes ii
is, but soldiers here have so many rc
moFs that they believe nothing until lhey
see the SceTetary's hume to it, and sezue-
times not then.
The, Memphis Bulletin was received
here short time since, stating that az
order bad been issued to muster cut al
the. one years men 10 the Federal arms
forthwith. II created considerable OK.
citerneut for short time but soon goi
to be an old story. Some of the ''year-
lings" were well pleased with the news
and thought they we're going home IN a
few days. A few Of them feel that way
yet, but the majority believe that tbey
viii remain until the expiration Of their
term of service.
Tse wfa5her ia very warm here nov,
10 IL daytime, but at night a person can
sleep very comfortably under a couple Of
blankets. We have shower Of rain
here about every three days, on an aver
age. s~
Themen who came to this Battery from
Council BlafFs are all in tolerable good
health.
| No news Of importance can I End to
send you, 50 will close this By hoping
that may be able TO do better next week.
Yours, d%.,
c. II. B.
It is understood that an informal
session Of the radical members of Con.