The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-22


SEIZURE OF ThE TELEGKAPHIC DIsPATCm.s-
AlscLosukE.-The Richmond Examiner re.
hrag TO the seizure OF all the telegralhc mes
slts IN the North for the last twelve mont his,
hikes the revelation of the way in which tel
ts'aphic operator in Washington City worked
WI Tie sche mes OF the Southern cOpspirators:
Tie grand place, the central point. where the
Reas0uSb!e Southern, secession, rebeliious tele
s'sphlc dispatches were written, sent and filed
aHWinter and spring, was the Washington City
ltRgiaph Once There was work enough done
heie last winter to have hung any quantity of
hoeis now hguring in the Confederate Armies
tAd Congress, prepared now to do a little hang
Es OF their own when occasion shall justify OF
Alahkte deserve it.
FROM W ashipgtOn, accounts were sent giving
carry information Of all the hostile steps of the
Buchanan aud Lincoln governments, of their
PROJECTS of INVASION, reinforcement, supplies,
uiekery, fraud, and rascality of every descrip-
aon. Our friends used the telegraph TO some
purpose They did not spare money, or time,
OF trouble. They kept the authorities and the
people OF the South constantly on the alert -
ihev advised hostile steps whenever these steps
'efe Needed to protect our people. They coun-
Sied prudence and DELAY, when to act might
have lcoparded great cause. They took re-
Eonslbility freely, and fought the. good fight OF
ae South in the enenys camp with halters
AoCnd their necks.
When it became necessary for the South Car
Gina Commissioners to send their first dispatch
announcing the per6ditY of Buchanan and Holt
@sn;entioa to reinforce Fort Sumter, and theil
saie 70 resist ii by force, messenger came to
tns city to send it with certainty and secrecy
Ias Was done about the first of January
But soon after it was found that there was one
~. ia 49,. "A. .i~
trusted implicitly by our people, and we are glad
record that it was young Virginian, William
/ LOWELL by name. This young man, by private
arrangement, received the Southern dispatches
sat them himself and fled them away IN pri
"ie safe. No one saw them but himself and the
Parties TO whom they were addressed. All
aFough January, February, March, and part o.
AApfII, this gentleman acted for our friends
through him the dispatches were sent, giving
/ We movements Of the Star of the West, AND al
/ @aspatchcs revealing the real object and des
1 tuAhon OF the expedition to relieve Fort Sum
4 E'-so carefully sought to be concealed by the
asuy
M, Colwell one day in April got word private
ghat the Black Republicans were coming to
w the Office. He quietly took all treasona
ss dispatches and burnt them. They have
aus resolved themselves in their original elc
aus. Divine power can alone restore tht
. .t,,eter and signs by which the Secessionist:
Washington fought the enemy, incurred trea
~ detel the halter, and saved the country
tae Dispatches being burnt, Colwel remained al
- post with philosophical composure. Mex
1 Ssm the Yankee troops came into the Office
uh muskets and bsyonet, and he politely in
Hsed them that he surrendered at discretion
4 ~ hat all he had in the teegraphic dispatcl
IVY Was at their disposition.
saooTiSG AYFAIR.--We learn that party
ssihg Of three or four gentlemen, from Farm
4 Se'a, vent on fishing excursion last Wednes
4 c. Va their return one of the party NAMED
l Nv 1ooch, stood up in the CARING in whicl
were seated, and discharged one barrel o
l,Hag piece at quail beside the road. Th
1 started suddenly and threw him on h,
! s. i'eharging the other barrel OF his gun
,hs John Gov Kendall in the shoulder, ant
b"a'hs y. A. yan,ienioot in thh arm. On
also took effect in the arm Of 4. g. Grind
kS4 portion of the charge lodged In tn
,sn.,' u Tue horses attached to the vehicle For
1,as.,;In no one was seriously injured PeoIi