The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-24
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lst Rsgiusns was cesnaadsd b. L. 81
ritz, Col Bssss being al. He si,es .
ssressing description Of he batsIs. -.
We extract couple Of paragraph
Everybody who was in Spri..s.,.
long before daylight and awaitine ,;.S ~
anxiety the event Of the dsy. n..,:.snvs{
sl0wly-minutes seemed kours and III
was heard from the direction q, ~ aeslt>
About ten minutes past Ave, the hss.sse
artillery rolled through the town ILL., sosas
tsring OF thunder storm upon the 49,. es ~
sent thrill through every heart ,;I. ~
Of electricity. I instantly moun.ax ~. ~
ana ses oes Tor the scene Of action. ~. ~
fuily we've miles distant, and - pesr.S . y
explosions o. the artillery became oos ~ .
nous roar that only now and then n. ~ es
eneugk 70 distinguish the sound Of iss,s es
A. times for 10 minutes the .hoEs ~
shook with one continuous tremendon. =. 81 (
seemed the prolonged bowl Of bundi.ssa y 4
der storms mingled in one-ihen il von,S
on fer moment, and perhaps sipsle sua
be heard, then half dozen in 4 snooS I
quick that each succeeding soupd lsnrsss
preceding one; and then the lapoing osss
become nndistinguishable, and he vbn,.&
be merged again in one terrific voluus NJ
It was like an old fashioned aSnr,
where the parts we're the tremendon. ~.
heavy ordnance single voice vonId y re
. note or 90, then another would 49, ss
other In quick succession till all tbs sr, - =
voices in one sublime chorus were revs.t.s
over the hills and across the prairie. .;,s
ume that shook the earth like Maya.
the ground, the regular volleys Of mn. - se'rs 4
heard mingling their sharper tone, II ,S'!M
concert, while at all moments tbe,. s cH
cesssnt crashing of guns that VA, ns,.a
for moment, but sounded like i, .o., as'
discharge Of huge FIRE cracker. s,;m Aaa'z
and the words of command ve,o S.. asrc
now and then the crash of he.vv h,a;a s'd VI
airy tearing over the ground-tbe Am - ~
ooliels Is tney buried themselves in ,,.,,
their fierce whistle as they tore hish /. \.
savage music Of round shot, and II.
liar fixing ~hirr of shells, and tie sS. - peg
Of their bursting, made up a scene d. rs e.aet
which must be witnessed TO Be sn,,..;.. n,s
the full extent Of one-half of Ia sr,;sI.
character. '" avfu
WHAT ID TO BIZ D0xI wIrp Tm
This question 10 now seriouslv d;.s,...s ,
the Cabinet, without any definite ,ns,., ~. y
arrived at 1t 10 supposed that within a. v.u
iour weeks our newly sent out feet Vim 4.
captured at least four hundred Southern ,.isr
wns, according to the doctrine enunc;a,.I /,
the Executive, must be regarded u pi,,s. ~
executed as such. But you are aware d. ID
lect IL full OF difficulty. At the time Gen r
Cisilan took 10 many prisoners with Col 4.
ram, wrote to you that the War Deus.,,S
mad sent him orders to release them an IN.
order, Of course, he obeyed. ss tsd nd.
same time that the Administration bad go
not to hang any Of the sailors taken ON ho.,s !
Southern privateers. This was tue At tbe a..
The decision was made, not from suv feel;n. n
clemsncy toward the captured ssilor., hu. ~
motives Of policy. No instance Of R,no;,. 1.
yet taken place on either side; and he Ssr;,;.
tration felt unwilling to commence = con,.a' :
policy which might Be followed on the oth.,,a.
The result of the Inauguration Of such Nh
cy would be the indiscriminate murder a IN.
dreds of prisoners in the hands Of ,As No.
including many valuable citizens, and the ,s.'
ment Of scenes of horror unequalized b, h..
of the French Revolution. The Adminsnso,
therefore, decided, as have said, DO. 70 hr,,
any of the pirates. But within d, a, tvo
the question has been again raised 10 tAe Csb.
net. At least one member of that BODY u !,
favor, as he expresses it, Of "discudne Il
squeamish nonsense, and Of hanging ever rbs
found in arms against the Government 1hssr
taken on the sea or land" This is undoubes
the course that ought to be taken, if the q.
eminent regards this matter as simply IN fnss.
rection." This is the view taken Of it BY Pm
ident Lincoln; and be, too, although be d.as
the necessity of such dreadful measure in
favor of such course as will show To thewA
that We are in earnest in this matters, md TIT
traitors found in arms against the Govennsi
must expect and receive a traitors doom. ID
the Secretary of State is in favor Of mIie,
and, as he thinks, of wiser course Of policy
He admits that, by the strict rules Of Law, III
Southern privateersmen are pirates, and to hiag
them might be justiiable; but, he says, aasni
ty has led US to disregard former constitutional
provisions, since the commencement Of thu
strife. In this instance the same aassaiy would
seem to dictate relaxation of the strict rule Of
law. If we hang these men, the Rebels vii
hang Mr.. Ely, Col. Corcoran and Col. Wilcox;
and then we, in retaliation, will bang Mr. fsuif
ner and the prisoners at Fort Lafayette. Thu
there will be no end to horrors. To avoid thu
Mr.. Seward favors more lenient course than h
would recommend under ordinary circumstances
His opinion has great weight with the Pres
dent; but the matter is BY no means yet deci
ded. The other members of the Cabinet ~
divided in sentiment on the subject. Nj
Welles sides with Mr.. Seward, and the Secrs
tary of War holds about the same views, onl
be objects to any further release of prisoners,
in the case of Col Pegram's men. Mr.. Bate
and Mr. Blair both go for extreme measures, n
CARELESS of consequences, and M. Smith ais
entertains the same views.-lWash. Cor. Phil
Inquirer.