The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-04


Nv friends. can saw no more. To discuss
these topics Il the most painful duty of my life.
Il IA vith 4 saa taSrt...cSth, :. erisf that have
yer hefore erner;enced thst have to con.
temp,ate shis. fearful struggle: but believe in
NV copscience That 4 iis 4 dufy we owe q Our
selyes and onr children. ai,d Our God. 10 pro-
tect tbis 3overoi inen e "A aBasuass froaI every
assailanta ba he vho hs nav 4 lTfeuendow and
prolonged apol.use.l -
On motion OF NJ Hacker. the house Adjourned.
ft 2 ,25i--- - . ~ p, l.l..-I! .lsso esstlifsa
.l'i~l rProm The Re~ Ysst 5,re,a ssjA hss.lsxah1
BURNING OF GOsFORr MAxY.YAUD.
kleven ,V,..el. se.,sl.a 80 1....s--
norfolk NOT on If I.
g We have shesdy no<ic<s9 M fSct th.. ths
steamer, Yankee. which went "a ChaSlestoe ,r,,h
.the aeet of relief vas ,obliued 20 mt ;nsr. No.
folk in distress. on the l4th.s her smoke st.ck
bavino beeni ,catrr;A,} svAvl;nox acvere storm1 -
She has inst arrived - tLis t,,,,t oSnI " tp,t,e.
man who returned n, her rive. IA fnarsirs,.,-. of
her turtber exnerience .. '-0,''.---.,s
The Yankee law A. he yavy.Ys,d until Fri.
Jay, the lsth.a When M. yifefnia Cosfon,-bouse
officers came ose, in a satr and Aet,sn6rd Itbs
surrender, OF the yankee oS,ommodor, nxAu,ev
who was in command of tbe N.vvYsrd r,.fnssS
to comply with this demand ssy;ng ,bst 4 ,bav
attempted To itake fer5 fr6ma aihe ysfdi he xbi,ld
sink then, where tbey IA ', The Com,Doaor nm.
,n,dately heat To on, t.,s tand hyovgbt he'll
inch nivot grn vS'ch vas cbsrosd 's;,h shsn
IN hear man Their tg tngg and thsv I.em.d r. "a,
yissb.e to have forthwith "a .ssllst EssIn0
: On Saturdav ~ evening, A. o o,,lecl b,katsp.w.
nee arrived. from, Wass;ng,on lii ao0,,.I.r.
teers and 100 marines bes,des her own crev.
and at once the officers and crew Of tbc p,vnee
and Cumberland, went "a, the GJsyy. Yard and
spiked and disabled tho yuma ana Inc
shot and small .rms into the river. : At,tIO
o,,.lock the mar;nes vho b.a hoen nn.rtered In
the barracks cred them and came .ho.,d ,hs
Pawnee. This movement vas lnnTemm,.,tnre mat for II
was the intention TO fire an the Buildings s;mul
taneously. 10 A party of oiacers in the meantime.
we're going through the different buildines and
ships. distributing waste and turnentine' and
laying train so ns to blow 10 the Dry Dock.-
They were engaged in hi. vo,ka ,rtila ool,,ck.
when the train was fred. A. 3 O'Clock the
Yankee. to the Captain of which Charles Ger.
main, much credit Is due. came along and took
the Cumberland in tow ne aPawnee tskine the
lead. All the vessels heat n, nartsrs the onns
were manned and everv,hinr 1as in read;ness
to carry ont the threat of Commodore McAulev
that il a Gun was 6red from either shore he
would Level both Portsnouth and NorfoR.I At
this time the scene vas ipdescribably ms ruii.
cent IN the buildings be;nv In a bl.ze, ami ,ex-
posions here and there scstte ring the cinders in
all directions. s'1'' D9'Se' II e'l'id Eiis9 III
The Government yessela had heer, scuttsed in
the afternoon before the Pawnee arrived, to
prevent their being seized by the secessiopjsts.
who had been in arms in both Norfolk and
Portsmouth, under the command of Gen. Tala-
ferro Their number IL estimated at some 400
men. The scuttlinp vas dome between l2 and
o'clock on Saturday. Lest this mode of de-
struction should not be comnlete. however.
trains were laid on then, and the vessels we're
fred with the buildings. sgl nso shi bGa T9i
The following are the names of the vessels
which we're DESTROYED Pennsvlvania GUN .shin.
steam frigate Merrimac, "A guns: sloop.of.war
Germantown, % guns sloop Plymouth 22
guns; irigate Columbia, a. guns: Delaware. ~
gun. ship; Columbus, "a guu.sbip: United
States, in ordinary brig Dslphin. guns and
the powder-boat. ''4
Of these the Merrimac, Plymouth and Ger
mantown were ready for sea. but the Pawree
made her appearance at the yard too late to save
them. The Merrimac. in fact had had steam on
only few minutes previous. nm =
Large quantities of provisions. corfIapee, and
machinery we're also ldestroyed-,te sides build.
inss of great yalue---but IL ia not nos;t;v.Iv
known that the dock was blown nm.
The Yankee, as we have already said left the
ward with the Cumberland in tow xbout O'Clock.
The feet aproceeded. down the ,;verh until 0
o'clock, when it came to anchor within A mile Of