Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-04-20
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fsdsrals fores IL LILA sisinIsS, their sos1
ess are merely resiag guerrilla hands
Are~ days sines, psftg u sasrrislk
AlAkekaa 4 HAssa train xhish va 60 q
shs tImbsr abaas goax lilies fsou this|
elsys ~ sssssssasll n sApissiag 81 n
sevsn men, SIS wagons, thirty SIX
naIes togesles With shs harness
Ios ahs same. They lsfs the wag-|
sas shers dis.aaoa from sMhsEs shsy
were aaptunsi. but the msn, mules and
asraess we're taken along. fsis suppos
ID thai ths gesEkiliaa belonged q fsssa
whseh u said 70 be eneampsd ia the ri
elaisy Of Clear Lake. about twenty fss
miies below here, on The Arkansas River
H. il reported that tho fos0s at that poins
ceaaists Of about shrse hundred men, and
lhaa lhey aFa makaag preparations far|
ssayiag theirs Ill saasaaer, and propose %
sulsiyAss tho land lying between Cleas|
Lake and tao river. Clear Lake Is siGa1
ated On the North aida OF and near o lid
8riYer and ID la the form of . Cresesnt,
the points esaaiag aown to within absall
lone miIe Of tho Fiser. And. isls said,
shat the Coafsdsrates are wishia thu eira'
sele and hare Notifications sxtendi q frous
leach Of the extreme points Of Iha lake 10
toe Itsers sach being The case. . smalI
force can bold the posiIfsn against !
egseat deal larger one. aappose, hosev-
<seF, that The ConfesIcsates will net be ai.I
Vowed 10 remain thurs far any grea4
Slength Of time, General REyseLps Ii not
*shs kind OF man 10 allow an enemy I'd
sons ap 20 within swentJ-6Ts ailss Of
his headquarters and quietly remain
There daring the entire sammar, enitiYa-
Jung land, thereby obsAiniag nsAas of
subsis1ence. | will not ROUGH sar The
truth of the statement that the Gonfede-
8rates are al the poias above stated. 1
5oRly 'stell ths tale as twas told to NE. =
Il In my last letter teld yoa tAas toe
D Pay master bad arrived and shatshe Bat
3sery beys expected TO DO paid very soon.
Tho PagmastsF arrived here on shs1
s27th uls. Every day shcseafter il was
respected that be would be up 70 cur
seamp. Bus wa wers disappointed fofI
severaI days. On Tuesday, the Alb iast. !
8at twelve o'clock roll call, .Caplain LyoS'
xinEormea as thas The Paymaster would
acail on Us during the afternoon. AfteEI
dinneg an eager watch WIS keps upon the
road by which It vas expected shs shs'
paymastsr would approach the camp, and,
abogt half past ona O'Clock the cry was'
raisea al IRE be e3m.s, Ilere be comes.n =
INSTANTLY Al eyes we're turned ia the dr.
zrsction Indicated, and behold the pleas
! ling sight Of couple of men, one Of whom
carried tin box in bis hand, approsca
peg. AT two O'Clock tho basls sounded
] sasscmbly'' and We ali fell ID. As The
znames Of the nen. xcfe called they step
Rped up TO the Captains Office and reUsiE-
] cd their "Grcenhasxs.p
II su@s, i~a@@-I, a j4yfaI sisAs Ia sse|
] he boys coming oat, their han1s GliedI
with "Lsgai Tenlsr, !" whish they waved
'ssriumphantly in the air. TIE u 1ncy, raid
] This Battery Is estimated At $50, 900. i
Contrary to all expectation, there has
s6sen bos very few drunken men, as YET,
10 The Battery. Tho hoys seem to THAI
that there ara other things, besides .wbis.
skeys Of far more use, and great isai''
.aors beneGsi4l 10 themselves Tor whish!
20 expcnd their money. / am traly glad
|shas zach is the casa.
An ofioe vas oppened By the agents Of.
I,be Iowa Opaaa's Home Assoclasions||
for she collection Of contributions fesI
|thas Institutions Eseh man who bad sub
|scribsd anything 10 she orphaa's Hoae,
and those who dill MOI, are very scarce
|in ibis Battery so soon a. he bad receiv-
|sd bis pay from the paymastar, marched
.iirectIy 10 the offics aud paid up. do