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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30

3Ths rebels arc still busy cutting telegraph
wires in Missouri. On Saturday and Sunday
last the prir cipal cutting took place near the
Lookout Station. fifteen miles above Jefferson
N;ev ...
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30

A THRILLING PRoPHEcY-H0w FEARYULLY AND
RAPIDLY 1T IL Being FULFILLED.-In last Febru-
airy Alabama stcodel! That brave old man,
Senator Clemens, who had, until then, breasted
all the storms Of wild fanstcism, and chung to
the flag of our Union, yielded to the popular
clamoI, AMI unshea, he'd bis sword in cause tie
hated, ano one b. knew could not succeed. He
wrote the foil wing to frie..d:
1--WE are out; we have bid adieu to the Stars
and Stripes, and abandoned the high privilege
of calling ourselves American citizens am not
ashamed to confess tina. could not restrain my
ars when the d banner, which have follow
ed through SO many dangers, was torn Down, land
the flag of Alabama raised in it. place; cannot
restrain them now when am writing; but the
deei is done-a new era has dawned, and ali
that Can promise is, that no effort shall bs
SCARED on my part to p even, it from becoming
an era Of disgrace. If we are not involved in .
wal, Wa soon sh. II be. There Is no 20 of peace;
aud he is but htle de4sr than madnan Sho dreams
off0'g Exemption from ispasion. ! shall meet it
when it CO les n soldier should, and 6ght
as ng as hope remains. Whence erytlttsg Is lost
as fear ii may BE- unless wiser counsels should
prevail than those which have heretofore direct
ed US, shall drag my body to the nearest battle
held, and ], y down a lie which has lost its vel
ue."
How swiftly has bis prediction been verified.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30

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military stores for the garrisons, among which
we're 400 bales Of great coats, pretty liberal
allowance for the small number Of troops In Ca
NADIA; and thereby hangs tale" -5t.
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LARGE Hoos.-John N Miller, living near
thls place, and already known as one of the
most successful hog-raisers in the State. sold
last Saturday upward Of fifty head Of hogs, the
average live weight Of which was little above
46S pounds They were from eleven to cipn.
teen months old. Forty OF the best weighed
over 500 pounds e' CHI Oskaloosa. Herald.
FRANCE FOR THE USIoN.-The Baltimore Pa.
srlot learns that the son of distinguished citi.
zen Of Baltimore, in the French amy. writes q,
his father that the French Ministers at recent
meeting voted unanimously not to recognize
the Independence Of the Southern Conf.derscv.
ne also stated that he knew Of private indiyid-
Sais IN france who would lend the United
states Government $60, OOO. 900 if it was need.
ed. The feeling vas general in favor of .,.nS.
ing by the old Union aud giving funds Tor IL.
support
AN AsroR IN the ARMY.-Mr. John Jacob
As!of. OF New York. has joined the s,ad Of
Malot-uenerai Mcclellan, with the commission
OF Lieutenant-C Colonel. Mr.. Aston is the ren,c.
sentative 81 tnirty millions of property, with an
income OF TWO millions per annum. He has
been from the beginning one Of the most scti,s
q efficient executive members of the Un;on
Dele &c Committee, and has given his tma
knowledge, and money, without stint TOR ,hs
cause OF the country, aud for the suppression Of
the rebellion. "
CONFEDERATE sraESGrH EAsr.-The am \,
n . Of men who de ended the f,rts at Port
Royal has been theme of frequent rem.rt i.
can hardly be accounted for on the sun, ,.i,,on
mat the attack was surprise, a. notice vas had
d II 10 time 70 have brought frem distance
arge succors Many think the true reason i.
mt much the largeat proportion Of the whole |
southern fJrce available east OF the AlleRhaniee |
employed on the line Of the Potomac
Lieutenant Col, Romano6, from Russia. and
supenntra dent Of the Siberian Telegraph Con.
ANY. arrived 10 our city yesterday, and l. ann.
ing ~ the Eversts House He Il on his w Z,
)ahfofria. and probably 10 sesking informst,c.
reference to the possibility Of cocnsctinr IN.
ops and Amencs By telegraph line sc,rs.
'shriass ssaitA-lsk Louis Dean, 2StA.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-30

a SHECI04N o. HBBkL RkBINk1BNT AND TAD1k.
The following letter was picked up in one of
the camps at Port ROYAL. We omit from il
whatever relates TO cuiely family matters and
publish only that which illustrates the temper
and spirit which seems to characterize the Re.
bells in their conduct Of this war.
"a ~ 5 CoLunBus, GA. Sent. II.
DEAR CoUsIN:-I received your letter the
other night, and make haste TO write you an
other. The war dogs will be upon us, and that
soon. Our Governor 10 making great prepare.
tions for coast defences. He has called out al
the militia, and calls upon every one to be ready
at moments notice. When read your letter
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
WHAT THEY THINK OF UNION
MEETINGS.

A correspondent Of the New York Trib.
une, writing from Macon, Georgia, gives q
graphic account of conversation overheard
between Georgian and Sonth Carolina
disunioniSt upon the "UniOn meetings" Of
the North as follows;
But to my illustration: Both the South
C;.rolinian and the. Georgian were men in
personal appearance and manners above the
standard of Southern ioughness and igno-
rance; they were talking of course, on the
great topic the day, and seemed to agree
in their views; they had been speaking of
the impossibility of receiving any cOnccs-
sons from the North which would be abidcd
by when the danger was overpast, though
they seemed to believe that the Free
States were SO badly frightened that they
would probably offer almost everything the
slave-drivers could ask. 1.-The resolutions
adopted by that meeting at Philadelphia
the other day, were pretty strong, any how"
remarked the gentlemen from Gaorgia-
Upon this there burst from the South
Carolinian a torrent of the most stinging
words you can imagine. which | can only
feebly reproduce Said be: There, now,
by! if had needed anything to cou-
vince nae that those damned abolitionists
were rotten towards, the proceedings of that
meeting would have finished me. swear
Il nakes se sick to read the resolutions;
you can hear the whining of their voices
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06

A paragraph on interest from Henry
Ward Beecher's pen:
No blister draws sharper than interest
does. Of all industries none is compara-
bic to that of interest.
1t works day and night. in fair weather
and foul 1t has no sound in its footsteps,
but travels fast. 1t gnaws at a mans
substance with invisible teeth. 1t b. uds
Industry with its film. as fly is bound
upon a spiders eb Debt rolls a man
over and over, binding him hand and foot.
and letting him hang upon fatal mesh
until the long legged interest devours him.
There Is no crop that can afford to pay in-
terest money ON farm There is but one
thing raised on farm like it. and that is
the Canada thistle. which swarms new
plants every time yeu break its root. whose
blossom is very prolific. and every flower
father of million seeds. Every leaf is an
awl. every branch spear, and every SIN
gle plant is like a platoon ofbayOnets. and
a field full of them is like an armed host
The whole plant is torment, vegetable
curse. Aud yet a farmer had better make
his bed of Canada thistles that attempt to
lie at ease upon interest
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
P. T. BARNUM SOLD AT LAST

4 public Joke at p +. Barnum' S cxpense
is not an evry-diy luxury. p f. B. for
many years having had the laugh on the
other side. But at length the Prince of
Showmen has hcen shown 4 trick that he
did not know before, AMI the hero of the
occasion has been. as is veryuSuil on sun
oec Isipns. a son litIs E a.rIil Is'e.
1t seems that Barnum. a few days ago.
was in great hurry to he shaved. and IN
tered his ordinary place of tonsnrial resort
under the Park Hotel: but all the opera
tives were engaged. and enc other customer
IA great brawny IriShman just landed.
and with heard and head requiring very
extensive attention-stuul between the cx-
hibitor of the '.What-is-it?' and his turn as
next" Il am in hurry, my good
mani" said PLineas L., addressing Pat;
aud if You will give Inc your turn | will
pay for what you want done here" .All
right. responded the delight d Irishman:
aud-the Snowman was suou shaved and on
his way to keep his engagement, merely
yng as he left the door, to the proprietor
Va tiiS SdA''u' DO W ld lIllS IldD WANTS.
pointing to the exile of Erin. land charge
1t to Inc" No sooner was he gone than Pat
took off his trust +" and a thick cotton
neck tie; NOW tell me all you do?" why,
sir. responded tie tonsorial operative.
''we shave, cut and curl hair. shampoo and
bathe. "Nll right then said Pat; DO
all them things tn me. Sorry wan of me
knows what they name, but as he said he'd
pay for them. Just do them all. an God
bless you. The barber saw the Joke and
did as requested. putting the big IriShman
through all the processes. and bringing
him out so pleasantly altered that he
scarcel y knew himself We leave our rea.
derS to imagine Baruum's face next MORN
ing. when the proprietor of the saloon han
ded him a bil;-"For shaving Irishman
10 cents, cutting his hair % cents. curling
it p cents. sh mpooning it 81 cents, and
bathing lrishman % cents total for Ir-
Shman s To-" Barnum at once acknowl-
edged the corn-gave u receipt for the
maze; but he is after the Irish exile. and
'wears, if he catches him. that he will
place him cheek-by jowl between the
What is it," and the Aztec children.-N.
z. Times.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06

Francois. do you mean Frank Drake
my pretty SiglInretta? and who is this? by
the fltes this Is Franks boy. His eyes
his hIir.his lips; halo nv fine fellow. you
have brother in the States not half as
good loo ing as you"
''Oh sir VIII 1t did you s1y." asked Nj
mette in soft Spanish. She had let go the
hands of her boy. thing she seldom did
AMI clasFed her own white hands over her
breast and stood with parted lips and A rsh-
ing eyes as We saw her at the market place
Say" shouted the old Captain. why
L say Frank Drake is married, my beauty.
and has Il bay most as pretty as yours, the
rascal.
"l'he little FrInchis had tndllel tn the
e'lge of the plank that overhung the water.
and Just a the old Capt spoke the last
rds, i plunge WIS heard, Mamctte sprang
forward. to make another But the strong
arm of u sailor caught her, and held her to
see hue shark raise to the SUFFICE
There was gurgling scream. crimson
rile un the wave Lnl all WAS over
Mon Dieu. Poor Narnette, she is thirty
,ears old now, and just down there where
you see the Pcliclns. plungins for their
prey. she sits day by day looking with
strained sy eS for the incoming ship. Every
morning she comes TO the mlrk.t because
she meets American sailors there. and if
one Looks at her. she springs to Meet him
and asks for Francois
such was the story of Madame Fanny,
told IN broken English. for tn ugh she sIrke
both French aud Spanish well, her English
Was hard To BE- understood.
did she never ask for her boy?" 1 en-
quired.
.'Ah. Mon Dieu, Nevarre; she only re-
melnbered Francois"
Mon Dieu. lie be one wicked devil to
cheat poor Mamette 50.
Day by day We met Mamette. Poor,
simple. craze MameGtc-crazed for fifteen
years, crazcd, suffering wasting away in
torture, but still beautiful. faithful and
true to my pelfdious countryman.
Her spirit will some day pass out of
that frail body. and if there be any truth
in the theory thlt the departed can return
To earth. she will come and bring to repent
lnce, or to tortures of gull y conscience.
the man who has so cruelty cursed and
Dlighted her young guileless life To See
his sweet waiting ghost. to take her hand
n mine, to weep tears of sympathy with
his poor wrOnged one. was my asst reason
or going in the morning to the strange old
'ialkct of st. Do uingo.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
WEBSTER's PICTORIAL UNA
BRIDGED DICTIONARY.

We commend Webster's Dictionary tC
onr readers as one of the most valuable
works of its kind ever published and on.
which no man who seeks to hive Il well
appointed library table can afford to be
without - Nesc York ALbioa
20 Library can lie deemed complete
which has not the Illustrated Webster
LiirerpooI Transcript
We would say to every young man and
woman in the land. ynu want nothing but
the Bible and Webster's Quarto Dictionary.
Master these. and you are master of the
English language York Wauer-
ley
More than ever is the boo a necessary
articl,. in the school house. aud in the fam
lily where learning and Literature have Il
place. . We had the curiosity to ex-
anime with a ma nifer some of these en-
cravings. and compared them with steel
engravings in bauk notes, and found the
illustrations often equ lily good sometimes
supe. ior. None but teacher. or an intelli-
geE, parent. can estimate how valuable
these eighty pages of illustrations are.
Though We hive two or three dictioDar-
les at home. occupying the same shelf with
our Webster. we have long since ceased to
consult them for any of the ordinary pur-
poses of Dictionary-BOSfon Wutchman
and Reflector.
here is no Dictionary in the English
language which can compare with it for
general use.-.St LouiS Democrat.
The great work unabridged If you
are too poor, save the amount from off
your back. to put it into your head
IhreHoiogicai ,JonTHaL
Every body knows about Webstcr's Die
tionary. and every man woman and child
ought to have access to it.
We rejoice that the public award is
strongly ratifying our long cherished con-
viction. that Noah Webster Was decidedly
the best photographer who has treated the
English Language . 0 Emphatically
the dictionary of our languago-Ne,o York
Tribune.
In its admirable definitions. is accurate
phi.ology, Its copiousness. ood sense. and
G. mpleteness, it is fast receiving the iudg-
mcnt of the learned world. tia. it has no
York Erangelia.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
HOW THE PRESIDENT IS ELECTED.

The successive steps in the election of a
President and Vice President of the United
States are taken. according to the existing
laws. at the following dates:
/. BY the act of Congress of 1916 the
Electors for President and Vice President
of the United States are appointed in each
State on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in November.
?. BY the act of I79S these electors
are to meet on the first Wednesday in De-
cember after. in their respective States, to
cast their votes.
3. These votes. when cast. are to be
certified by the Electors and sealed up and
sent to the President of the Senate.
+. On the second Wednesday in Feb
ruary after. the sealed certificates of the
Electors are to be broken open and the
votes counted. and the result declared in
the presence of Congress.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06

How COFFEE CAME To BE UsED.-It is
somewhat singular to trace the mauner in
which arose the use of coffee, without which
few persons in any half or wholly civilized
country in the world. now make break
fast AZ the time Columbus discovered
America, it had never been known or used
1t only grew in Arabia and Upper Ethio-
pia- The discovery of its use as a bever-
age is ascribed to the superior of 4 monas-
terry in Arabia. who. desirous of prevent
ing the monks from sleeping at their noe
turnal services. made them drink the infu-
81. of coffee, upon the report OF shepherds,
who observed that their fiocks were more
livel y after browsing on the fruit of the
plant Its reputation spread through the
adjacent country. and in about two hun
dred years it reached Paris. A single
plant brought there in l7l4 become the
parent stock of all the French Coffee plan
tations in the West Indies. The Dutch
introduced it into Java and the East In
dies. and the Spanish and French all over
South America and the West Indies. The
extent of the consumption can now hardly
be realized The United States alone an
nually consume it at a cost on its landing
from fifteen to sixteen millions of dollars.
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
THE IMPORTATION OF SNAKES
ANAC 0NDAS BY THE MILE.

1t has just come to light that the cap.
tains of certain vessels trading between
New York and those of Para and MARKHAM
Island, B azil. are in the habit of import
ing to our neighborhood those cheerful lit
tie reptiles known as anacOndas. Within
the past year these obliging lovers of the
horrible. the natural, and the true. have
landed upon our wharves no less than fifty
two well advanced serpents and two fami-
lies of infants. (anacondas always under
stood one consisting of ffty-threc and the
other of forty living little chaps. aver
aging eighteen inches in length. and rather
small in the waist This estimate sums
up the entire length of the party at one
hundred and thirty-nine feet six inches.
the ftty-oDe heads (and tails) of families
measure seven hundred and forty-two feet.
tabOve fourteen feet each.) making a total
length of eight hundred and eighty-one feet
six inches, deposited upon these free and
enlightened shores. If stretched along
Fifth Avenue mere suppositiOn-the
foOtleSs creatures would extend from Four
teenth street to beyond eighteenth street.
During the last fortnight two vessels.
the schooner Fleetwood and brig Emma.
have brought fiftecn-one measuring tWen-
ty-six feet in length and thirty inches in
circumference 1t is said to be the largest
crawler ever introduced here. and was
captured some two hundred miles from the
mouth of the Amazon by party of ma
tives. whose chief occupation is to procure
snakes for market World
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06
From the London Eng GIoS,.
WAETED-A KING!

One of the best of the characters, Joe
Gargcry. in Dickens new story. says
1.-The King upon his throne with his eFOwT
upon his ed, can't sit and write his acts o.
parlimcnt in print without having begun
when he were a unpromated Prince with
the alphabet" There is here slight con,
fusion of ideas as to the English g .nstitu
tiOn and the manners and customs of king;
and princes, but the South Carolinians
(as represented by The correspondent Of a
Liverpool Taper) who expect Queen Vic
toria to give them one of her sons-an un
promated Priuce--for Kings are Just as
wide of the mark in their estimate OF Eng
lish laws political or moral. 1t may be
unkind, but NC cannot afford to let South
Carolina have one of-our Princes-we have
no ''blaci Princes at present to suit their
tastes-and indeed 1t requires a very strong
imagination to contemplate one of the sons
of our gracioas Queen sitting on a South
American throne, with slaves for one half
bis subjects. and slave-oTners for the o,her
halt. He should give up the lion of Eng
land for the rattlesnakc which the new
heraldry of the South affects. or moie Ella
bOratcly assume armorial bearings, Crest,
a cat (of nine tails) rampant: arms. negroes
eouchant in field Of cotton, blood hounds
regardant-suppOrters. slave drivers arm
Live and lash" The royal
hope Of the South CarO!inian may be plac-
ed in curious contrast with the frenzy Of
the prO-slayery writer who proved the 9TH
er day, in three columns of Harpcr's
Weekly. "a widely circulated paper) that
England had p id S20.OOO.OO0 to free the
West India blacks. foresceing the abolition
ist agitation in the states, and the conse-
quent disuniOn of the glorious cOnfederacyl
But if England refuses a prince. why
should not South Carolina apply to Spain?
Queen Isabella might offer to buy South
Carolina and her sister States, explaining
the manifest destiny which ought to give
Cuba and the Gulf States to the same do
minion, and Mr.. Buchanan might be puz-
zled to show cause why he should resist
transfer of people who detest his rule and
seek independence-or the Pope. who in
Did times gave Ireland to Henry l., might
be asked to bestOw King upon these Car
olinia:s travelling in search of sovereign;
md if he sanctioned Spanish Prince. he
night with his blessings give the South
hat celebrated Black Madonna which in
spain varies the mOnOtony of MariOlatrcus
devotion. But be might more appropri-
tely affect grand Christmas transforma-
lou. aud change for Francis l.. gloomy
iaeta into that realm of dazzling delight
q the South where nationally and rev
lutions' would be unknown. and where the
Ivy and the tickle lazzaroni would be re-
laced by dOcile, industrious blacks. .
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-02-06

and the chattering of teeth when you read
the stuff"
The Georgian asscnted to this proposi-
ton. and said the whole affair reminded
him Of boy who hits another, and then.
frightened at what he has done. hugs him
and offrrs him his biggest apple not to
tell oft. YES" said the other. .'or of
the man who had a quarrel with his wife
at the breakfast table, and threw fork at
her: but the moment it had left his hand
he turned pale with fright. and yelled out
Dodge it, my dearp' Some further re-
marks in the same strain of righteousness
followed, during whic the worthy Phila-
delphia brethren were rudcly handled =
The South CarOliniln presently grew warm
agaiu, however. and proceeded substan-
TALLY thu$-"You know well enough
what my sentiments are about slavery; now.
as ugly as | feel inward the damned
BlaoS Republicans l like rugged. up
and down fight. do have some respect
for bold rascal; have respect for bold
rascal; have respect of sort. for a sin
cere man, too, no matter what he believes.
IT, now. was an abOlitionist. and believed
that slavery was wrong. or if | didn't
care damn whether it was wrong or not,
and only meant to fight against it. and if |
had made strong fight. like those North
ern men have done. why, by the Lord,
I'D cut off my hand and blister my tongue
before I'd take any part in any of them
snivelling pow vows they call Union Meet
ings! Here for years the blasted fellows
have been fighting inch by inch till they
have got every free State with 'em; and
now just as they have got their first big
victory, they are beginning to shake and
shiver, and wish they hadn't done it, and
hope the South won't be offended. and
promise to give up all they've got,
and GOD deal more. and never do so
again as long as they live if we'll only let
EN- off this once. Long John Wentworth
says the chivalry will back down. that they
are ways ready to eat dirt when the
scratch comes; but l should like to see the
Southern man who wOtis crawl on his bel
y Ii those hounds at Philadelphia and
Boston, aud gobble dirt with such an ap-
petite as they seem to havel I'd shoot him
before went out to lang an aboli;ionist
hat was stealing my niggcrs. By thunder!
IN ashamed Of my kind"