The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-21

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apology for the arrest Bit Il is BY no NEAR
certain that the newspapers are well infortae
on this point No such alternative as that ,
giving up the Rebel Commissioners or war, ma
Be presented, and an Smicable and honorable q
justment may be made. Bdt II none such 10 poss
bie-R nothing else will do the English but y,
with the United States. let 1t come. We ca
squeich the rebellion and fight them too. "a g
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II "a There ought to be some arrangement
made by our. State Government whereby os
lowa troops in the field can have better atteh
ton. They hsye notoriousIy been poorer cloth
ed and worse armed than any other troops in. th
field. Iowa Regiments have marched ragged
almost barcfooted and often without tents tn
Iowa First At Springfield, when they volunteer
ed beyond their term Of service. were in rag
and unfit to be seen. The fth Regiment, Col
ILaaman, has been lshamefully neglected. Man,
of his. brave men have died from exposure
from seeping upon the ground with insufficient
clothing and with one thin blanket What sup
plies were obtained came from the Governor
Illinois, from whom Col Lsuman obtained tents
blankets and ovcrcoats before the battle Of Bel
mont. Several Regiments are now suffering II
Missouri for want of shoes and clothing. Thi.
should not be, and although our State is not ID
condition to buy clothing yet it all IN the enc
comes out Of the General Government, and oul
men onght not to suffer and should not
. f-r-rf Il - $ 49, =
;, A PROJECT is on foot for new telegraph line
down the Atlantic seaboard, Cyrus w. Field,
Of New York, is at Washington, consulting with
the Government in reference to establishing 4
line of telegraphic communication from Wash
ington, TO extend along the lines of the coast.
He proposes. that the wires be extended "a
Fortress Monroe and Newport News from toul
present lines, and thence by submarine cable
across to Cape Charles, and along the coast tc
Hatteras Inlet, Bull Bay and Port Royal. And
then, al, soon as Fernandina shall be taken, that
it be extended to that port, and crossing the
peninsula of Florida to Cedar Keys, and thence
to Fort Pickens, Ship Island, Chandeleur Island,
and around the mouths'of the Mississippi TO Gal
weston, when that port shall full into our hands
A branch line is proposed to extend frcm Cedar
Keys to Key West and the Tortugas The
length Of the main line will be about 1900 miles
and the branch for Cedar Keys to Key West and
the Tortugas about 400 hundred miles, isis.4
E Garret Davis who has jus. been elected
U. s. Senator from Kentucky, in place Of 'the
traitor Breckinridge," is a resident of Bourbon
County, and was member of the House from
1889 to lS47 inclusive. He was vehement
Whig, devoted friend of Henry Clay, able and
intensely conservative. Ee opposed the last
Convention and the new Constitution of Ken
lucky and was thrown into the shade in consc-
quence. Mr.. Davis must now be fully seventy
years old. fa 'a.9 syas5 i" b7z
The Hannibal, Mo. Messenger of the 18th says
that the notorious 81. Gordon. whose gang of
desperados have been the terror Of Platte coun-
ty, had been fatally wounded at hotel in that
county by two citizens who rode up and shot
h,m on sight, It is also said that Gordon had
made bis brags of burning Platte river bridge,
and it was for this thathe was so summarily dsalt
with. II it be true tha. he did burn the bridge
shooting was too good tor him..
The came paper states that Gordon's whole
band Of 500 desperados had been taken prison
ers by Gen. Prestiss.
s. Capt. Alex Chambers, U. S. A., has received
permission Of the War Department to accept the
Colonelcy of the Iowa 10th. The same permis-
sion has before been sought for two or three
-otaer Iowa regiments but not until now has
Capt Chambers been released from his superin-
tendence of Government matters Capt. Pur-
cell, of Muscatine, is made Major Of the same
regiment. He was in the Iowa First, and was
wounded in the Springfield fight The Lieut..
Colonel is A. III. Saunders, of tho Davenport
Gazette. tr9 sd aa1n .i9gi .sl} yai
large supply Of powder was q few days
since taken from Secesh hands in st. Joseph,
Mo, 1t constituted the stock Of the merchants,
three hundred kegs in all, which were stolen
from the Magazine some months ago by JEFF.
Thompson's gang. It was found BY some Of the
10th Illinois troops, under hay7stack on the
premises Of a Mrs. Leonard. in a perfect state of
This is the third recovery Of sto-
len powder by the rebels in that vicinity.
aB That antiquated sample Of total deprav..
ity, Father Mahoney, in his delectible Herald Of
printing garbled extract from this
paper, says, the Hawk Eye bewails the apostacy
Of Henry Ward Beecher from, the Abolition par
ty in declaring that Congress has no right and
ought not to abolish slavery thus inspuating that
this paper is in favor Of the emancipation Of the
slaves by Congress and that it feels very bad be-
cause Mr.. Beecher is not in favor of it. Now
the old reprobate expects to make political cap
ital by this sort of mendacity, and he will have
a good time doing it, especially as few read his
disloyal, sheet and no body ever believed it. a9
To Teachers and Friends OF Kducaslon
or Dcs MOines County. -
DEAR FRIEsDs: The season Of holding our
"Teachers' Institute" is near at hand, and it is
highly important that we should be. ready for
united action; that each and every friend Of our
common schools should feel his individual re.
sponsibility. ~ ss,@,,, h.,
ri Our educational interests are at stake; TO us,
as teachers and co-laborers, is confded the tru.t
Of maintaining the position that we have gained
by former efforts. Many Of our. schools are just
commenced for the winter term, and some Of The
teachers may think they cannot spare ths time
Some Of the Directors and Patsons may think II
would be too much Of an interruption 30 nea,
the first of the term. But would say in reply
that the result of Teachers Institutesr have
proved one Of the greatest sources of profit Il
the teacher under all circumstances. They have
been . blessing 70 the communities in whicf
they hssesbeen held; raising the standard o.
qualification Of teachers bringing dead teachers
to life, arousipg 70 action the lukewarm, and dis
semipsting the best methods qf instruction and
school government broadcast throughout the
land. .as q. lats ssg ~ A2
would earnestly and solicitously call upor
every School Director in Des Noines county te
sec to is that so~r District is represented. Lei
the schools be dismissed during the week o.
christmas e favorable time for vacation) &C
there can be no excuse for teachers absence
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