The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08
IOWA NEws.


tain that there Is determination on the part Of
Hissourians 70 attack the town of Amity. The
attacking forces were congregating at place
dix miles from the town; but were temporarily
kept back by the intelligence that 200 armed
Iowans were terrifying the town against the an
ticipated assault The Herald appeals to the
Governor to preserve the border towns from
sack and pillage, and save the people from
threatened destruction.
~One hundred aud forty quilts were sent
by the good people Of Washington, in this State,
to their volunteers at Keokuk. It was under
stood that their boys were in great need of blan-
kets, and the quilts we're started Immediately for
the rendezvous, piled up in coach belonging
to the Western Stage Company
CALAnIrous FIRE.-Our fellow-townsman, G..
w. Cleveland, met with heavy misfortune on
Sunday night last His house, situated immedi-
ately South Of the Methodist Church, West side,
was discovered in flames about midnight. The
fire, when first discovered, had made toe much
Roadway to be checked, and in less than an hour
from the time when the alarm pealed out start
lingly on the night, the building was mass OF
RUNS involving in the general destruction q
large amount of valuable furniture. The piano
ings were given over to the devouring element
and even the old Family Bible could not be
aved from the universal wreck.
How the fire originated is matter of simple
conjecture. 1t caught in an upper ROOM Late
in the evening member Of the family went up
stairs with lighted candle. It is supposed that
the fire caught accidentally by communication
from this candle.
Thus fine residence worth $4,000 has been
swept away in night. 1t was insured, but to
what extent we did not ascertain.
We regret that the loss Of Mr.. Cleveland did not
stop with the destruction of his house and furni-
ture. He was intending to start East the next
morning with his family, and had placed in the
right breast pocket of his coat, some $4,000,
mostly in bills on New England and New York
Banks. The coat was saved, but euery dollar Q,
The money acas gone! Whether the pocket book
accidentally fell out and was consumed or
whether it was distracted from the coat by some
plunderer who took advantage of the excite
ment TO commit 6endish robbery, we are una
BILE to state.
Mr. Cleveland and family have the universal
sympathy of the community. They have indeed
been smitten by aterrible stroke of misfortune.
-[Des Moines Register.
INrANrIcIDE.-On Saturday last, Mrs. CARD
ner, widow of Thomas Gardner, was arrested
near Chillicothe, on a charge of MURDER on the
representation of the eldest daughter of the ac-
cused. According to the representations of the
girl, a child was born some three weeks ago
the mother smothered it with pillow, and after
keeping the body several days, buried it M a
band box in the garden. The case was under
going examination at Chillicothe on Monday -
lOttumwa Courier.
SEVENTEEN YEAR LocusTs-These destructive
insects have made their appearance in myriads
in the woods in this region. The trees, brush
end weeds are covered with them, and the ef-
tects Of their Obstructive work are to be seen al
ready. They were discovered last fall about
three feet in the ground, and have now reached
their destination. We hope this numerous fa-
mily have improved on their ancestors II years
ago, but cannot say.-lOttumwa Courier
SUPPLIES FOR THE GUARDS Last week the CT,
tizens of Ottumwa sent 80 quilts and blankets
to the City Guards at Keokuk, and yesterday
enough flannel shirts for the entire company was
sent by the ladies, God bless them.-[Ibid.
The Page county people have been supplied
with 10 Enfield rifles, obtained at Council Bluffs
Sixty stand of arms were recently sent to Ami
ty from this place.-IDes Moines Register.
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The Good Ship will Weather the Storm.
We feel it. We know it. True, it is no Or
binary gale, but genuine tornado yet the
staunch ship Union, though it took her aback
and tried the soundness of her timbers, the
strength of Der rigging, answers nobly to her
helm, and will walk right through it. Stand
off, wreckers
Scarcely four weeks ago, an American patriot
called on the Minister of Napoleon Ill to assure
him that we should yet save the Union. The
Bonapartist met him with shrug of incred
luity. "Your great Republic is gone," replied
the Frenchman, and lis the last experiment of
republic on large scale that ,cA euer be naade."-
Doubtless the wish was father to the thought
or at least paternsl uncle. A kindred hope
plainly animates the exertions in behalf of the
traitors of the Napoeonic organ in this city
The thinly disguised British ministerial sympathy
for our Sepoys has similar impulse. The mon
archists and aristocrats of Europe would feel
that another centurys lease of power was as
sured them by the failure and dissolution of the
American Republic.
They read history badly, do those good-na-
tured friends Italy was first united under the
sway of the Roman Republic; she was first dis
integrated and distracted by the despotism
which succeeded 1t is Liberty that is making
her once more nation. France wasted centu-
ries in painful efforts to constitute herself ma
ton under successive dynasties it was the Re-
public that at last gave her unity of laws and
simplicity of administration. Germany has
spent thousand years in fruitless efforts to a
like end sweep away her dynasties and fueda-
tories, and she, too, would constitute herself
zone and indivisble" within lifetime. Liber.
ty is to-day the cement of our political edifice;
it is Slavery alone that distracts and would des-
troy the nation.
Barely six weeks have passed since, at the
news of the fall of Sumter, the loyal States
were summoned tie arms In those six weeks
Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Volunteers
have rallied around the flag Of the Union. They
would have long since have exceeded half
million had the government been able to arm
and feed SO many; they miN be half million
or even mllion-whenever the government
shall indicate willingness to accept them
The competition for Office was fierce and gener-
al but the rivalry for the privilege of fighting
for the Union is keener and more peryadng-
Men have paid fifty dollars premium for places
as privates in accepted regiments. Peaceful
citizens worth half million dollars are joyfully
standing guard and serving tables for the Union
camps. Two thirds of the journeying to and
from Washington is by men that go to entreat
that few more regiments from their respec
tive States-one more, at all events-be accept
ed by the government and ordered to the front
The impotence of the citizen soldiery outruns
and defes the dictates of ordinary discretion
and regiments of half-equipped volunteers, who
we're never yet under fire, clamor to be led at
once to assault the entertainments of the trait
ors. To restrain and modify the general ardor
to resist pressing applications for instant ac-
ceptance and service-to convince the patriotic
masses that the country is to be served elsewhere
as we'll as in the feld-such are now the most
arduous duties of the chosen directors of the ma
tional energies. -
In view OF these facts, the call for one humid
red thousand additional volunteers and the APP
continent of John G. Fremont and N. p Banks
to responsible posts ii the Army of the Union,
are everywhere hailed with irrepressible enthu-
siasm. Such demonstrations prove that the
government sympathises with the people in
their wish to make this war as short as is con-
sistent with complete assurance that its issue
will be suspicious. If the government has NOV
ed slowly-too slowly, it seemed to most of us
it has aimed to move slowly, SO as to obviate
all necessity for single backward step. And,
though the traitors chose their own ground for
this struggle, and had several months
start, with virtual possession of the Union
Cabinet for weeks, they do not at this hour oc-
cupy foot of ground outside of the States they