Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1865-07-13

soGsf Cavalry, and the other to the 18th
Kansas Infantry. They we're under ar
rest ana attempted 10 mako their escape
aud upoa being ~souinandsd 10 hall
lhe guards refused to do 30. The man
belonging to the Iss NO. Cavalry, WAS
nnrsaly woaudna and died In : feN
hours from the time be was SHOT. Tie
18th Kansas man Kas shot In toe back,
the ball entering near the shoulder %
the right slds and coming spt thse1gA
the left side Of bis chests passing sesy
near the heart. IL ran nearly thTse
hundred yards after receiving the SHOT
aud fsll dead, IN the street. a citizen
vas killed by some negroes, 10 the timber
on the opposite side Of the riVar. from
this place, and his bay was severely in
Jared, aud has since died. The ciroam.
stances IS naar as | can ascertain are
these: The two negroes bad known this
man somewhere in Missouri; they knew
him to be very ayarieious and exceeding.
y fond Of money. They went 10 him
and told him they bad a sum Of money
10 gold, and they wished TO exchange 1t
for " Greenbacks.n The citizen agreed
to meet shem ia the timber where the
geld was said 10 be buried and make the
exchange with them. Accordingly he
took bis boy, about fsseep years Of age,
along with ham, aud repaiEsd 70 the piacq
designated BY the negroes. Upon hfs ar
rival, he found the darkiss already there,
and one Of them drew . revolver, pre-
serted it st him and demanded his mousy.
The ssmiid requsst7 was complied with,
and the aarkey then shot him, killing
him Instantly, the two then made an as
sault upon the boy, beat him ever The
head antill they thought he was dead,
they then left him, AMI be, after lying
there for soma time, returned to con-
~eiousness, and made bis way 10 a mill not
far distant AID reported thu Affair
Search was made and the body Of the
man found. The darkies were arrested
and Identified by the boy. Tbry were
Immediately heavily ironei, and each
had a thirty pound cannon ball attached
to bis leg. One Of them was sent over
to this city and conaacd in the military
prison on the morning Of the 23rd. The
other was started over in the afternoon
CT tho same dag. When he had got
about half way across tie pontoon bridge
be asked permission to get a drink. Per-
mission vas granted him and be went to
The end Of ono Of the ''dats'' upon which
the bridge Is constructed, aud threw his
canon ball overheard and iunpsd in af-
ter it, lie sunk Immediately, and has
not been seen since. That dagkey knew
how to appreciate Courts Martial. The
negroes belonged to tho Goth U. s. Color
ed Infantry, formerly tho "lss Iowa Iu-
fantry of African Descent" / under
stand that a negro vas shot, also, on the
2lst. know nothing about the eircam-
stances, however. The boy who vas
beaten by the negroes on the 2lst, died
On the night Of the. 23gi.
BE- lass papers from the North, lam in
formed that the present incumbent of the
Gubernatosial chair has been nominated
for re- election, BY the Republican party.
II the people at bona appreciate TIE Gov
eynor's abilities as veil as q good many
men in the army, whom have heard
speak about him, DO, l sm pretty veil sat
isfed that he stands a poor show to win
the race for which be has been entered;
proridsl the Democratic party put up the
right kind Of a man as his eompetitor.-
A great many Of The Iowa soldiers are
in favor of eleesing q Governor "who re-
sides in the Stato.' Ard one who knowa
when his predecessor has ''cIeared the
State from the Draft"
Il seems that not many Iowa soldiers
will be musterej out, under the present
order. Camp rumoss about being mus
tered out Gin q few days. have about
played out.
The weather down here, | think, may
be called hot without fear OF exsgeration.
| To-day a pleasant breeze is stirring, ard
the air feels cool, these are tho effects Of
n very pleasant thunder shower which
visited u last night. Thunder showers,
when nat too severe, are very pleasant az
fairs 10 this country and when we have
received a visit from ono Of them va al
Why's feel like saying edo it more"
Well | must, for a time, say farewell.
Until you hear from rae again | remain
Yours, &C.,
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