The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-03

ciaiated, On, dear, 90 wisn "es va &
men r W a's tfissast w. 5fais aas . sasE nss'
tits wish which many Others had, ii .com
mon with hef, who Md not he. childish gih o
exoression, 3s'iis "a - sifaGFt9s ssafi 4Giztgst
4 BALLOON s1s 1saor 42-s2 bslioon r. escspeH from
its moorings n Georgetown Aqueduef aiit
steered for the enemA's Ines Six shotss wer''
fred st il before il was brought down. @ e.,
IA BRAvs DAuGHrKR OF THE RkGlARNr. Mis-
Augusta Foster. dnughser oi the - Maine Keg
iupeilt, from. Augusta, Me-. was upon the battle
field on Sunday, had her horse shot from uude
her, and wxlkeda all the way from the scene 9 9
action. to sAlexand,ia, where she was minister
ing to the wounded al the hospitals, where tier
are fifteen wounded of the Minnesosa First.
il A poor little drummer boy WAS Gus complete
~ intw0 by cannister shotwhic struck him JUS
under the arms "A piereing 'sOh! emitted II
childish treble, the soldiers who were near hin
say. WAS asOundifhat will ring in their cara to'
hie. esIe ,f9fsi% ns s4si 500 ls4 jatii sssii,
A correspondent Of the Charleston ? Coxriey
wiring under date Of july 1, says:-'.Such are
the facilities esofcomniaHicatip between Wash
iigtoh ana Fairfax that B B,ltnore' cpspers 'sar
rive in our camp on the very DIZZY oi th1ir publ
cation In another letter the same writer sayi
that every movement Of the Union army Il
known, everrto details, and that Beauregard has
so distributed his troops thatin case he'a desires
to advance upon q W ashington, or inereiy fail
back upon positions already selected, he car
bring the wholeaGfmy into action with the
greatest possible despatch
4 REBEL PUNCriLLIo.-T letter carried bs
Major Wa Iswortf with fag OF truce, was re
turned ;uaopeEed, The rebels "a ing that; instead
ofoeing addressed to "the, Commander Of the
f.,e<,. oi,.
nave been add, essed To 1.-THE Commander' u
the forces Of the Confederate States at Nsass
sass unction.9 So haE ne7 f4tast5ftq, :sssfJsss
asyKyF DAVIS At rHE BATTLE OF BrLLs RuN.--
The L0uisyllic Courier OF Tuesday, contains a
Nashville dispatch, dated Monday. saying that
the Confederate loss IS two thousand ana the
federal loss ten thousand. 1t adds that Jeifer-
son Davis took com,nai,dt OF the. Confederate
iorces at noon, and that his only command was,
"Forward, my brave columns, forward" The
effect was electrical, and the fortune Of the day
was decided, as they swept everything before
q The BATTER OF DukksBuRa Ra-BRlLLIANr Elk.
PLOTS OF THE RKBELs OF PErns UpBsTY-In
bold strategy and clhse fighting, the rebel war
riors of Missouri take the palm. Witness the
battle of Dunk burg, an account of which,
perfectly reliable. st 4, a. g,s.t,s,f
Dunksburg is country town near the con-
Junction of Petiis, johnson, Saline and Fayette
c,'unties Near Dunksburg is country Church,
of moderate dimensions, and with large windows.
Pettis county, it is well known, has, lately been
troubled with an organized band Of rebels,
uuder the leadership Of one Captain Magoffin,
brother, We believe, to the Governor of Ken
tucky. e 5 s,.3 E.ss s3asi7fo,{ Il IL s,a
I The Union men of that county. for the pur-
poses Of self defense and protection of proper
ty, have also been organized. and several little
skirmlshes have taken place betweeni,the op-
posing forces. gbs raa - : ,s,te
On the night of the l4th inst. the rebels learn
ing that body of Union men had taken po-
sition in the Dunksburg Church, resolved to
disiodge and capture them, and so making II
forced march, under cover of the night, reached
the Church, at about 2 o'clock on Monday
morning, the 10Th. All dark and silent at the
Church, Union men apprised probably of their
coming scr sirsl! -aiid
Rapidly the rebel forces fsnked and surround.
ed the Church. Gradually they drew near
" Surrender ]" shouted an officer from one side.
=" See you d--d first" was the answer and i'm
the fling began- The contest ragged
for Il couple Of hours, with the rebels directing
their shots through the windows, which, being
large, were much exposed As DAYLIGHT ap
preached they retired, and on counting their
loss, found seyt7, killed sd urge n,,aJe, aeo,lnd
ed Subsequent rrconnoiterng disclosed the
facts that tie Church wds empty during Tie wholt
fgh aud that Ih Union forces were miles away
from the scene of conflict. The windows of the
Church on the opposite sides were ridulcd with
bullets.-(St Lonis Democrat.
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g.r A VVnunoaASs n vos.
Harriet Colburn was charged with disorderly
conduct The particular offence was qnarrcling
With negro with whom she lived. There was d
history attached to her csse-on of these hsto.
ries of resl lire which occasionally co ne to light
in the Police Court, and almost surpass belief in
their strange details Twelve years ago she was
the cherished daughter Of Il southern planter, a,
Nashville, Tenn. Her mother was Cre"le but
was the lawful wife OF her father. At thirteen
she ran away from home with the son of a New
York merchant, named Clifford, aud was married
to liin Within YEAR she was Il mother ani 8
widow, her husb md having died in California
,whither she had accompanied him. She cam.
home and returned to her fathers house, where
she was kindly received. She remained there {
wear or two, and, during her stay, assisted
fsur of her fathers slaves TO escape, through
sympathy tn their desire for freedom. She
married again with the choice OF her father. Hel
husband proved 10 be a diunkard and she oh
tanned ivoree from him. She married third
tine, still with the consent and advice OF hei
father, and was again deceived. Her last hus
b-nd, whose name she now bear, proved hel
ruin. He was Mississippi gambler, and foI
twelve months she accompanied him up and dowr
tile river, dressed in boys clothes, and passing
for his brother. She inaliy lett him. driven ava,
by constant abuse and threw herself on the woriC
for asupport. Her first effort was as a brake
man, in which capacity she served on the Chica
go & Burlington R.ilroad, during three months
This was six wears ago. From that she drifteC
nto the votex Of sin. which every unprotected
woman finds in a large city sooner or later Sht
went down hill, until the lowest round Of tn,
ladder was reached She met, accidentally, witt
one Of the slaves whom she had aided to escap,
years before, aud has lived with him ever since
in Unlawful connection. This negrois her father.
ORA son, BY a slave woman. and, by natural ties
is her brother There is nolaw, however, whiel
sanctions that relationship. lt@ eQ
She was intelligent, and showed by her conyer
sation that she had seen better days. Traces o
former good looks were visible. and strong
robust frame proved that dissipation had as We
had but little effect upon her body, but her min,
was, what the minds OF all fallen women are,
| WYNN uhN tbH'4 a. s'hS Shis "kSs VI hWtuty
four she is shameless woman, which is the low
rst Of Gods creatures. She was sent to Bride
well for twenty days. She storn,ed a little, hu
the necessity was inexorable, and she went up a
brazen as any Of Them --fChicago Times.
THE REGIMENTS THAT WERE Nor ACCEPTED
Whoever may, be found cupible, and desery
ing of punishment for the reverse, that our A,
my in Virginia has recently suffered, it Is clea
that no blame rests upon the people. Whe
the proclamation of President Lincoln summon
| ed the North to arms thousands aud tens c
| thousands Of gallant men proffered their serv
vices To the Government, who were rejecte
| from causes so contemplate as to throw a chi
over the enthusiasm that SO universally prevail
| ed One regiment was treated with utter scor
| in this city. because its members were prime
pally composed Of what IRE usually denomin,
ted lighting msn"--brave fellows, most I
them, who openly avowed their anxiety to r.
place their former doubtful reputation by sue
| lauIels of glory as would efface the memory
/ less crcdifable exploits Thirty thousand SO
diers have been disbanded in various sections
the North. who had actually volunteered. AZ
who would have psrtaken the iatignes Of Ge
| Mcdowell, but for the selfish and short sight,
4 policy of the War Dep ,rtment.
Nay more, this city is crowded with office
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