The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30
EJUNE. 1889. 1!::s|'


- sess sa1 Kxsracas froA sesthesn New
ID fvrs~ H. Baitnore Amssi.sa.l Ii sqns.i
y. A resident Of lorfolk thinks there are near
81 10000 rebel troops in and near that city. II
y frigate Merrimac has not yet been completed
s. ARRIVAL OF faE sexAxER ADELArDE.
NJ The steamer Adelaide, Of the Bay Line, reacl
ed here this morning shortly after nine o'clocl
= northwest xind which set in during the night.
= On Friday Afternoon the steamer William
{. Selden ceme down from Norfolk with over on
. hundred refugees,l nearly all of whom woul
z proceed North Their principal reason for leay
= ing Virginia 10 ewing 70 the enormous cost Q
provisions. We are assured BY respectable an'
: intelligent men, that the retail rates were enor
noas An ordinsfy quality Of bacon could NO
be obtsined i6s less than IS cents per lb; but
tsr 20 TO 90 cents; coffee, but very little in Ii,
place, and held 6rm At go cents per y; eggs 81
cents per dozen apples 81 80 per peck, and
scarce ct that; Irish potatoes 7s csnts POI
peck sweet potatoes plenty, aud selling at %
cents per peck; lard 80 cents per lb; cheese 60
70 30 cents salt for table use was exceedingly
scarce, and one house Oh Main street held It q
BIB per sack. All the Wholesale shoe houses Of
Norfolk had nearly sold out all their stock, and
Tdid not expect to replenish soon. Coarse army
| y
mems wear was very scarce.
II RELrABLH LErrxR FROM BEAUFORT.
BEAU1oRT, Nov. 10-I rode to Beaufort
yesterday. Two Gunboats we're aground near
Fort Littleton (some two miles below Beaufort }
and one was lying at anchor aSshort distance
below. The negroes we're focking into and out
of the town laden with prog. Those whom
spoke to answered me with civility. / am con-
vinced that they have been led by the desire of
obtaining at cost those articles commonly 30
dear to them They refused to enter )Wilcox's
store while he was in town. A young man,
whose perceptions Of truth we're not blghted
BY fear, as he turned and rode back with me,
told me that the first boat came ashore with
white dag, and that the negroes ran to the wharf
to see the Yankees
il up to, the very town saw negroes who had
been entrusted with ssying their masters prop.
erty, while the latter removed the family, faith
fully executing the eommissioa. Under the cir
cumstanees, do not consider tie state of things
20 bad What can We expect when planters
leave entirely to themselves people Yho have
4 never been accustomed to perform the smallest
task without directors The Yankees, ] sus,
pect, are only feeling their way up the stream.
and will not land at any place except at the
point where they intend to entrench themselves
(peIhaps at Coleton Neck, where their frigates
will find safe roadstead.
II think that strong bodies OF horse could
easily enable the planters to bring up their me-
groes: These conclusions were drawn from
what saw yesterday. The whole aspect Of sf-
fairs might be changed in day."-TCharleston
Mercury of Nov. l1th.
The Connscation OF the slaves or lseSels.
From the Frankfort Commonwealth, Nov. 49,
The Louisville Democrat is Mortified about
recent speech Of John Cochrsne of New York,in
al, t,r <t,. r1a
ofrebels and the policy ofemploying them against
the armies Of JEFF Davis.
The policy indicated by Nr. Cochrane is exact
ly right, and in accordance with the usages of
civilized warfare We hope to see is adopted
by the Government 1t should have been at
first. Had it been, many lives OF loyal citizens
would have been saved that were lost through
the wishy-washy aud anomalous conduct of the
Government towards traitors in arms. Since the
commencement of this most unptural war, it has
been safer to be a rebel than to be loyal to the
Government The extceme punishment Of tres.
son thus far has been an "oath of allegiance"
which rebel will tske with az much sang Jroid
40 he would a gin cock tail. II loyal man falls I
into the hands of tors, his life pays the for
felt. The rebels are daily coufscating the pro-
perty OF Union men, burning and other wise de-
stroying what they cannot make Use OF. Yet |
the Democrat would seem 10 desire the Govern.
and thus proloDg the struggle, while its own ad-
herenrs must pay the expenses OF the war which |
has been forced upon them, and suffer, unaveng-
ed the dcpredations of organized baldtti. |
Why should not the slaves of traitors in arms |
be- confscated to the use of the Government!-j
The Democrat will not deny tnat slaves are pro- |
perty clearly so as are mules. Is it right |
and proper to confscate mule. and put it haul. |
ing transportation Ifit is, why is il not equal
lv riuh6 md tn s1o for
driver of that mule Both are property, and |
both are empolyed by the rebels in their attempt
to destroy this Government. A traitor has no |
right To claim the protection oi the laws of that
country he is endeavoring to destroy. If he sue
ceeds in his designs, the country together with |
its laws, must go down. Ii the country sue
ceeds, the traitor must fall. Why, then, fight |
him with one hand, and sustain him with the
other? The position of the Democrat is both |
untenabe and unreasonable.
The AccOmac ExpedisiOn.-Hts deception.
The Baltimore American OF MoHd y contains
an interesting account of the arrival it's dest-
nation OF the expedition to the eastcin shore of
Virginia. The force, numbering some FIVE thou
| sand men, embarked on the steamers Georgia
and GeOrgiana, landing at New Point, Somerset
| county. Md a lew miles from the Accomac, Va,
line. When they arrived at their destination,
| invited to large flame house and well enter
| tanned. The people having inquired in regard
| to the object OF the force, the Proclamation of
General Dix was twice read to them, and they
| seemed surprised aud highly grstifcd. They
i said it was the very thing they wanted, and they
hoped that the United States won give them
protection from the Secessionsts, who had with.
| in the last two or three weeks, been impressing
them into their service. Itwas true that during
| dav prp. .pf,pa of
boats (probably the Ajax and Reiiance) protect
cd them, but during the night the Secessionsts
| would advance and carry them of. Many Union
| men had to take refuge in the woods, whilst 9th.
| ers had succeeded in crossing to Tie MARYLAND
| side for safety.
| 1t was Sunday when the landing was made,
and for this reason many Of them refused to sell
provisions, but were iually prevailed upon to
! afford good supply at very moderate rates. 1t
consisted in part OF choice vegetables, meat, ,oys-
ters, fish and turtles. The men stated that the
blockade made their condition perfectly isolated,
| so that they scarcely knew what was going on
| in the rest of the world
| AccOmac county contains 4,775 white males.
| 1927 females-total, 9,6Os; total free colored.
S,2e5; total slave, 4,ss7; tSal population, II 800
Northampton county contains l,:34 white
males, l,57l females; total, B. l0a; total slave
population, s.e4s; total population, 6,75S.
| -O
BRIG. GEN. JESSE l.. RESo-Ili recent list of
| appointments by the President, we Lotice with
| pleasure, that of Capt. Jssse L Reno, of the
regular Army, to be Brigadier General of volun-
teers. Gen. Keno is a son Of L. I. Reno, Esq.,
j of this city, and brother of Lieutenant B. F.
Reno, of the 2nd cavalry. Gen. Reno graduated
at West Point in 46,--stiudirg S in gradu-
ating class Of SO me,nbers--and was appointed
I'd Lieut.. Of Ordinance. At the commencement
of the Mexican war, he asked to be assigned to
active duty on the field. This being granted,he
was in all the battles from Vera Cruz to the
City Of Mexico. lie distinguished himself at the
battle OF Cerro Gordo, aud WAS promoted to lst.
Lieutenant He bore conspicuous and honor.
able part in the battle Of Cha putepec-in which
engagement he was wounel, ard was Brevet-
ed Captain 'for gallant and meritorious conduct"
On his return from McKee,, he had charge of the
Arsenal at Washington City, until sen, to West
Foint as Professor Of Mathematics. This was
high compliment to his ability and attainments.
For time he: was stationed at Frankfort Arse