Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-10-23

Now Noisy. Noxions Numbers Notice Naught
OF Outward Obstacles Opposing Ought:
Poor Patriots! Partly parchas'd, Partly Pressed.
Quite Qnakins, Quickly "Qnarter, Quarter"
Quest.
Reason Returns, religions Right rebounds.
Su"arrow Stops Such Saneuinary Sounds;
Trace To Thee Turkey! Triumph To Thy Train
Unjust, Unwise unmercifnl Ukraine!
! Vanish Vain Victory Vanish Vict'rv Vain,
Why Wish We Warfare? Wherefore Welcome
Were,
Nerxes, Ximenas, Xanthus, Xaviere?
Yield Yield, ye Youths! ye leomen Yield
Your Yell!
Zeno's Zarpater's Zoroas.er's Zeal;
Attracting All, Arms Against Acts Appeal
A Story Of an Old Bachelor
There was . fine old General once, who. hav-
ing spent most Of his life in the field of Mars.
knew very little about the camp of Cupid. He
was one of those honest spirits often met with
in his gallant profession, innocent as an infant of
almost everything save high integrity and indomi-
table bravery. He was nearly fifty years old. and
his tolls Were over. when master ban Cupid
brought him acquainted with widow Wat.man
| IL whose eye he began to detect something that
made him uneasy. Here was the result Of leis-
| ure.
During his service he had never seen any thing
worthy of notice in Woman's eye. In fact he
| would scarcely have observed whether woman
had three eyes in her head or only one ]: for no
| matter where his own eyes were. his thoughts
were ever among ''guns and drums and wouais, ,"
! and love thing that lived in his memory
just as he remembered once reading visionary
story boos, called the Arabian Nights EN- ertain-
iaeat,' when boy.
| Well. the General had settled down into an
amiab!e -ent!emanly old fellow, living alone with
comfortable wealth around him, and having little
| 10 do. save now and then 10 entertain an old com
rade in arms. which companieaship afforded OPP
4Da ..t, III,
But alas DER this calm evening of The generals
day deal Of rerp,eN(ty doomed to fall. and he
soon found himself i'll troubled waters. the depth
| oi which he could by 20 means understand He
iouadered about like Gagged rat under pump-
and such another melancholy fish out Of water
never before swallowed the bait hook and all
OF the angling god OF love. The poor General
We must give him name or we can't tell the
story. and the hes. name for such story Is Uncle
Toby. Poor General Uncle Toby debated ab-
s:rac cteily aboat mis- new position. and never had
selge or Campaign given him IN such pernseNlsy
before.
Al length. however the blunt honesty Of his
disposition rose uppermost among his coal cling
plans. and his course was chosen. At school he
had once studied '.OGhelio's Defence 10 re-
cite al an exhibition, hut II .de a great failure
and he now recollectej there was something in this
defence very aach like what he wanted to say
lie got the book isamedately, found tae pas sage:
|
posted Of 10 The widow Wadmau's, with Saak-
speare under his arm.
"Madau,.'' said General Uncle Toby. opening
his book at the marked place, with the solenaity
of special peaaer at the bar" Madau.''-
'.Rade am in nav speech,
And little bess'd with the set phrase of peace
For since these arms of mine had seven yelr's
pita.
Til now some nine moons wasted, they have used
Their dearest acton in the tented field:
And little OF this great world can speak.
More than pertains to feats or broll and battle;
| And therefore,
Here the (ssneral closed the book: wiped his
forehead, looked IN at the ceiling and said with
a spasmodic gasp, trdat to gel aaarrief.''
the WIDOW laughed for ten minutes by the watch
before she could utter syllable, aud then she
said, with precious teafs of humor rolling down
good naturei checks, sand who is il YOU want TO
marry, General?'
..Yoa." said Uncle Toby. tloarshlas his sword
arm i'll The air, aud assuming military attitUa,
of defiance. as if he expected an assault from the
widow.
.,Wlli YOU kill me il rry yoa?" said the
widow with a merry twinkle in her eye.
'.No uadamr' replied Uncle Toby, in a mos
serious and deprecatin. tone. it to assure hel
that sueh an idea had never catered his head.
swell, then, | guess I'll marry you.a said thu
. widow.
Thank vou. ma'aa," said Uncle Toby; s.bu
one thing an bound to tell you OF madam
rear Il scig -
The widow started, remained silent moment
ans. then went into longer louder and merrle
laugh thaa she had .ad IN before, a the en-,
: Of watch she drew nearer the General gravel
laid her haaa on his head, geaty lifted his wig o
: | and placed it on the table.
. General Uncle Toby had never known fear il
/ hot battle. hat he now felt most decisive incii
n nation to run away. The widow laughed agai'
as taol.a she woald never stop, and the Gaaera
was a5oas to lay his hat on his deaussed head ant
= bolt. when the facetioAs lalyp3aced her haai up
n on his arm and detained him. She then deliher
atels raised her other hand to her own head. wit
t a sor: of military precision. executed rapid m 4
uoeavre with heS five fingers, palied off her Who'll
h head os fine glossy hair, and placing it upon th
table hy the side of the Generals. remained seat
ed Will 'adicrons gravity in front OF her accepte
: lover, qsiis bald,
!, Asm,y he expected, Uncle Toby now laughe
{. along with the widow. and they soon grew
It merry over the affair that the maid servant peep
= cd through tae keyhole at The noise and saw tn
|. old ceup!e dancing liz ana hohaing their =,
o p,tes at each other like pair OF Chinese man1a
If rims. So the two very shortly laid ''their head
# together upon the pillow of matrimoay.'- Coz
= necticut Courant.
. GREAT AND OvERwHELMING GERMAN MEET
ING-Tac Chinese museum was crowded I
oyerhowinr on Saturday evening. to hear L
Is kinkel on the condition of Germany, and tn
means of repabiicanzing the German Father
/ land DE- Tseaaman was called to The chair, as
i sisted BY some twenty or thirty vice president:
e 1t was resolved TO raise German national iaa,
e after the example of that raised by Mazzin. tt
l. italian patriot statesman, WAC, OF all the Eart
II pean refugees. seems to have the greatest co;
y structive talent, and the most practical views
7, regard to the regeneration of the old world. /
st Kinkel spoke with great effect on the wron!
suffered bv the German people, and the necessi
of the people working out their own salvation
= He assured the meeting that the armies of &c
:. - many could no longer be relied upon by the pr
'e ces. and that nothing was wanting but money
:. strike an effective blow for liberty. He was fo
= lowed bv Messrs Remak and Grand, in Germa
: and bv Messrs TYLER and Elder, in the Eaglis
language. A committee was appointed to r
/ ceive donations and periodical subscription
|. which at once entered upon its functions, WHIT
4 in few minutes, very handsome amount W
at collected and subscribei-[ Phil. Ledger.