The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-05-11

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40 yfUA Wa1A1ngten.
efa WAsHnafos. Nay I'd, 1861.
According - tne latest adviceA Gen. Patter.
ooA's seganisA0o0 o. corps G@nsss Il to be
marched N TWO columns OF ten thousand each,
tAsseen AeEylAnd, with Baltimore - . convsrg-
|ng pomk 1ne movement Progresses with the
utmost repaoity ne sxPsets TO b ready TO move
In leee thAn week. The two divisions will be
stationed at and sbove Annapolis, and are near
y eoncentratsd ct this moment
4 dossn men-of-war, under command of Com
stringham. will shortly b put to sea for the
blockade Of Southern ports The whole OF the
blockade aset will eonsist Of over city armed
vessels, and be accompanied BY stsam trans
ports carrying land force Of twenty thousand,
which will be kept hoveriag ON the coast, from
the mouth Of the James River 70 that Of the
Rio 0rande, TO harass the Secession army and
effect landings 1t exposed points,
One OF the nrss movements WILL be the land
ing OF Ct least ten thousand men TO raise the
siege OF Fort fickens, ana recspturs Pensacola
Navy Yard
There can We no doubt that in less than a
month every inlet ON the Southern coast will be
closed.
An immense Tag was raised Ct noon to-day by
'ne aies4oens osos .ue A'ens OMce' ~ Tue pre-
Al members of the Cabinet Gov snrsgne and
other civil and military notables we're nrssent.
Randi performcd National airs nstr;otio sonos
we're chsntsd. and ssveral n.tr;otic .ddress de-.
livered.
Regular communication With the North i. now
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What Beecher saw In che West.
The Rev. Il. w. Beecher. Who has been ab
sent from home for two weeks. returned OF
Wednesday. and presided at the p.ayer meetins
in Plymouth Church on FRIDAY evening he bae
been out to Indisnanolis. and va nnderstanJ
returned by the vsy of Tiyoin;a.
In the cour,e of some remarks. Mr.. Reecbe,
said that he had lived To ace An ACE of heroes -
II such things 20 now happened eyery dsy had
been recorded in the days Of Epaminondas. every
schoolboy would glow with enthusiasm in read.
ing them. While be was in Indiana, an old man.
ninety-two years of age, who had fought in 1914
and in Indian wars, came to Camp Morton. and
insisted upon going with the volunteers oto
show the young men how to fght.n Another,
sixty-6ve years old, with hair and flowing heard
white a. snow. implored permission to ioin. bu,
being refused, went to a BARRIERS shop' had his
beard cropped, and his hair and beard died. and
again applied for admission. Not being detect
ed, he was received. and being asked his ace re-
piled 'ris;ng So" A man on horseback. watch
ing the camp, said to the crowd near him "If
could only dispose of INV wife and children, ID
20 in minute" A man who knew him stem
ped up and said: oIll take care of them.n .HoIf
my horse,' cried the other. and with one bounG
he was in the camp. and a volunteer. A nart,
of Young men rode several miles 1--WE forget how
many to enlist, and went to the Governor,
house he sent them away three times. saving
be could take no more, At last thew surround
ed his door, aud told him they would stand tier.
till he took them into the arn,ui The Goyerno,
had to give in.
-Four hundred Kentuckians crossed over. al
most in body and enlisted for the Stars ant
Stripes. They could not get a chance to sery,
the good cause at home, and were determined t.
find way to fight for the Union. A wealth,
planter in Tennessee sent four of his sons TO,
the same purpose. Those are the genuine
Union men of the South.I
One poor fellow from Kentucky came owe,
alone and enlisted at Madison. A crowd Of
friends were shaking hands with other yolun
teers whom they knew, but he being a stranger
remained unnoticed. He burst into tears aud
exclaimed, There's no one to bid God bless me p
Instantly hundred men rushed at him and
bore him up in their arms, while the whole mu.
titude shouted for their blessings upon the noble
hearted patriot
stances all night. The most delicate seemed
the most heroic. He had asked a young lady
apparently fragile and shrinking, whether any Of
her three brothers were going. She Lit up like
fire-"Every one of. them /! I'd have them shot
if they didn't It's all man is good for now.'
was her vehement reply.
In conclusion, Mr. Beecher said that while he
went heart and soul in this war, he never fel,
less bitterness towards the South than now
never more sorry tor them. Inc last thing be
rr.r.a 20 "a - -. :. n .".'I. oS'oN
pa"y1 W svu " v, W.. ~, anu trusted that s,a
e.. o;.m ns We oiosseu ~ ou' Peacelany: ana ne
Esp sspeoiany uepleca'ee all MODS az the north. he
!. seen tne 'ee'n u mop SET toward MN, and
VIZ. !. i I, 70 nim IKE clinoied woh-
"nen II looked the other way, 1t was not bit
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as most Of ,ha p soL =, t or none service
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