The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-24


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Considering the very sAcisnt character q
lancetS . IN arm Of military ssrviet., Il b sul
prising that ! regiment Of them has not hithert
been introduced into the Unissd States ssrvis'
N the French, English, Austrian, and indss
In every European nation. cayslry resimentss y
now being armed with the lance; that bein
iotnd BY sxpssissos 70 b most s0cisnt wear
On for mounted men. a regiment of infantry
formed Into hollow square, can resist with "
cradle certainty the charge Of any other cavalr
than lasesrs; against this weapon the bayone
= 40 protection; and for the pursuit Of broker
troops, either iafantry Or cavalry, Il Is most d
6cient and deadly. The lance is twelve fee
long, with red, white and blue pennon, IN,
vhsn held, Is il is firmly under the arm-pit, en-
graspsd with . strong hand, : foot or 90 in I'D
vance Of the arm.hold, its thrust is hardly to b
patried. In addition 70 this, each lancer car
ries two revolvers and sabre, 50 that Il become
obvious At glance that regiment Of this kin,
must constitute most formidable body. Th'
Government 10 now for the first time raising {
regiment of this kind, to be under the command
Of Col. Pleyel. II is probable that our citizens
and especially those who are about serving un
der him, would like to know something abou
this gentleman. By birth he Is . Hungarian
and previous to the war between that country
and Austria, was Professor in the Austrian
Military Pioneer College, with the rank Of Aajo'
In the Austrian army. He afterwards became
Colonel Of the sth Hungarian Hussars and Brig
cdier-Gensral in the Republican army. He hai
had many titles of honor conferred upon him
for distinguished military services, and Is highly
recommended by Gov. Kossuth, Field Marshal
Dembinski, and other officers of high standing
He has been citizen Of this State for the last
eight years and is highly respected by all &C
quainsed with him. 1. - II
Lieutenant-C Colonel Tedford will hold the se'
cond rank in this regiment. This latter gentle
man is we'll known here, where he has resided
many years, and it is needless to say that he Is
O. we'll esteemed 20 he is known. He, too, is
well qualified for his post, having served for
twelve years in the British service; nine years
as drill officer in the Queens Lancers.
This regiment will be in tho regular United
States service, though the men will have the
privilege of enlisting for only three years, II
they prefer to limit their time to that period;-
in the regular service, however, the usual term
of service Is for Eve years; it will be optional
with the men to serve for either period. The
uniform will be dark blue frock coat, light
blue pantaloons with yellow stripe, and Kos.
suth hat and feather.
Those who desire to serve in this fine regi.
ment would do we'll to report themselves early,
as it is desirable that it should be organized, as
far as possible, this month. See the advertise
ment in our first column.
~Mr. David Steward, who has turned up
again in his favorite character of editor Of a
Weakly paper, at Fairfield, is out in half col.
umn of abuse of Col. Moore, commander
of the Missouri Home Guards, in the Northwes.
tern part of the State. Col. Moore command.
ed at Athens and several other well fought en-.
gagements, and is doing good service in defend
ing the homes and property Of loyal citizens OF
Missouri. Of course, David is down upon him.
He would be false to bis instincts if he did not
abuse the brave defenders of the country and
laud its enemies. David, in his anxiety to abuse
Col. Moore, not only shows bis hatred for this
gallant Missourian, but his profound ignorance,
as usual He wishes to know who Col. Moore is
and what right he has "to invade Missouri ?"
cE-Two sporting characters in St. Louis hav
ing got into quarrel drew pistols and fred six
or eight shots at distance of eight or ten feet
apart without hitting each other. The reports
drew crowd to the spot, and the missing balls
wounded few spectators. The Provost Mar.
shal was soon on their track, arrested them, and
ordered fifty lashes to be laid upon their bare
backs. This was afterwards altered to working
in the ditches at Cairo. This martial law will
make such gentlemen look tame.
Army Correspondence.
CAMP LYON, BIRD's PolNT, No.,
rf August 18th, 1861. !
FRIEND DUNHAM:-
Our camp was thrown into blaze of excite
ment to-day by the confirmation of previous
reports respecting the great battle fought near
Springfield between General Lyon and Generals
Mccullough and Price, and the defeat of the
latter with fifteen hundred slain, including Nc
Cullough and Price. But our hearts are ssdden.
ed with the knowledge Of the fearful cost Of our
victory purchased at the expense Of our gallant
Lyons life with eight hundred Of his brave fol
lowers. Earth knew ne greater hero than he.
And upon no other martyr in this sublime strug
gle for everything held dearest to every true
American heart will the historic page shed great
or lustre than upon the name of the brave and
chivalrous Lyon, which will live green in the
memories of men 90 long as civil and religious
liberty has an advocate, and freedom defender
in the world. Yet We should not mourn toe
much his loss. The disgrace Of our arms al
Bulls Run has been wipsd out, and that God in
whom We trust for the justness Of our cause
will, a. in the days of yore, raise Us up leaders
to lead rs to battle and victory in liberty'i
name.
Heavy earth works are being thrown up q
this point and heavy guns mounted. From si,
to seven hundred men have been at work OF
the entrenchments for the past ten days. Pill
low will find, should he have the temerisy to al
| tack US, that We have improved wonderful
upon his ditching experience in Mexico. On
ditehes are all on the right side.
We removed our camp which has been out
side, to the inside of the line of entrenchments
this evening, and had but fairly gotten our tent
pitched when the order was given, "strik
tents, get ready to 60 aboard Steamers"
pretty fair soldiers supper was spoiled In th
haste Of our departure. For what point nc
body knew, except perhaps the pathfinder
and our Commanding Officer, Colonel Ross, o
the Illinois 18th, whose Regiment accompanies
ours, the Iowa I'd, on the expedition. We hav
a splepdid battery Of six pieces with US belong