The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-08
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IOWA NEWy.
The partnership between Drips b Eddy OF the
Nsouoketa Excelsior has been dissolved. Mr..
Drips goes to enlist under the flag Of bis coun'
try.
The Upton Guards contemplate disbanding
in consequence Of their being rejected after ire
ouent promises from the Governor that they
should be embodied in the additional regiment.
HAvELoCKa-To enable any family to get up
these valuable protectors to the head and neck
for home use, or for those going from home to
serve their country in the field, the following
dimensions and descriptions are given:
There is crown piece Eve inches across. The
head piece is three and q half inches wide at
each end, and five inches in the center, stitched
to the crown, with the ends stitched together in
front, with visor two inches deep in the center
and eleven inches in the extreme length, where
it is stitched to the head piece. Then a cape OF
any desired depth cut circular is stitched to the
hack. of the head piece, extending from one point
TO the other of the visor. Overthis seam inside
is stitched tape casing for double draw-string
to pucker It to suit different sized heads. Inc
visor is made double, and open inside, so mat
the leather visor Of common fat que cap can
be inserted, as the Havelock is thrown over IT,
which can be done almost instantly. The inner
edge of the under part of the visor is henmed,
and the front edge stitched, and the outer edge
of the cape hemmed. The whole work can be
done by the sewing machine, and the pieces eu'
by patterns or machinery, SO that the articles
can be furnished with immense rapidity,
ANOTHER V1crM-Mr. s. G. Taylor, former
" connected with large wholesale house IN St.
Louis, and we'll known here, returned to the
city last week from Texas, where he has been
residing for the past two years. The account he
gives Of his sufferings and escape makes most
thrilling narrative. We were not able to get
corrected detail of his adventures, but learned
sufficient tc give readers an idea OF North
err mans chances in Texas
Mr.. TAYLOR was located in the northeastern
corner Of the State, on the banks of the Red
River. He was an active business man, and
being engaged in the sale of patent rights, had
| accumulated in real estate. notes, bonds and
| mortgages some $4,000. These evidences OF
property were at Paris, the county seat of La
mar county, some sixteen miles from where he
was living, at the time he made his exodus
These doubtless are all lost beyond recovery.
Mr. TAYLOR said his business had forced him to
| travel great deal, so he was pretty well known
throughout all the well populated portions OF the
| State; yet he always got along well enough with
the people by mnGing his own business and
keeping civil tongue in his head. but that, it
seemed, was not sufficient. man to be safe i'll
| that country must oe loud.mouthed, rampant
| secessionist.
| It seems the best portion of the community
/ fho Init Sfafn
who had evacuated Forts Brown, Wachita and
Arbuckle, with the intention of taking their mu
nitions away from them. This left the coun-
| trv in the hands of crowd of low roughs, a
remnant of the old horde of Regulators, who
were ripe for any deed of violence.
There were quite number of men in the
| community who were indebted to him for
rious sums These men, he had every reason to
believe, melted the mob against him, and for
want of any other charge, warned him to leave
the State, Immediately, because they had heard
in the North.
He asked the privilege of going to Paris to
get his papers, but was informed they would not
answer for his life, and IN lieu of encouragement
| to 90 there was given to understand rope and
a short shrift would be his fate if he did not alb
sent himself within very limited number OF
hours He learned that on the opposite side of
the river there was gang of villains who would
not hesitate moment to hang himself and wife
without shadow of provocation, if they thought
they could make ten dollars by it. He accord
ingly started on foot farther up the river, ac
companied by his heroic wife, who was in ex-
tremely feeble health Ten miles up the river
was another ferry and there, Mr.. Taylor had
reason to believe, was stationed party fully as
| ploodthirsty as the one behind him, who had
| been informed OF his movements and instruct
| ed to wreak all their blind hate should dictate
| upon him. He therefore determined to go 20
miles further up the river, to an Indian mission,
in hopes he would get beyond the reach OF his
enemies there.
The whole distance of thirty-five miles was
accomplished by himself and wife in one day
and night. They avoided all houses and planta
lions on the road by making wide detours through
forests and thickets. The sand was ANGLE deep
and so hot that their feet were completely bills
tered on the top and bottom. 1t being the 9th
and 10th of May, the rays of the sun poured
down upon them with boiling heat, yet life is
sweet and they braved it all.
At the second ferry, at the end of the thirty
miles, they came to missionary station, and in
the venerable man who presided there, Mrs.
Taylor discovered an old schoolmate of her
grandfather in Massachusetts,. He gave them
shelter and food, and when they became rested
| sent tnem 10 auOtner mission stdtiOH mere MT.
| Taylor obtained the funds which enabled them
to escape from that accursed land safely. Tray
cling across a wild mountainous country to the
headwaters of the Arkansas. they there took a
boat to Little Rock, and from there to Memphis.
At the latter place they took the cars to Column
| bus, Tenn, then the boat to Cairo end freedom.
| Who can describe the tumult of feeling which
overwhelmed this couple when they once more
came in sight of our beloved stars and stripes !?
| Says Mr.. Taylor 81 ielt like running ashore and
hugging the soldiers, the people, the glorious old
| flag staif-everythng" The steamer was load
ed with hundreds OF poor fugitives who were
| flying for their lives, and some of them were so
impatient once more to touch free soil that they
| jumped into the water waist deep and waded
ashore because they could not wait the move
ments of the boat. Others knelt down and
kissed the earth, while scores with streaming
eyes and overfowing hearts praised the Great
Giver of all good for the blessed privilege they
once more enjoyed.
Col Prentiss, the commandant of the forces
at Cairo, assured Mr.. Taylor that such scenes
were of daily occurrence, and were often so af-
fecting they moved the spectators to tears.
There are hundreds of thousands of poor
bleeding hearts yet in the South crushed to the
very dust by remorseless despotism and praying
for deliverance. These prayers must DC alasmcred
Before Mr. Taylor lett Texas he witnessed a
series of the most Wholesale, brutal murders ev
err enacted on the globe. Those fends incarnate
seized thirteen Northern men, only four days be-
fore he came away, and, because they declared
themselves for the Union, they beat them cruel
" till they were almost dead and finally wound
up the horrible tragedy by hanging them. Ev
ery one of the brave fellows shouted for the
stars and stripes to the last. God bless their
brave hearts We hope they are now saints in
heaven.
Mr.. Taylor's life there during the past half
year was filled with such incidents but time and
space forbid us extending this article further
dubuque Times.
A MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN STRIPPED AND
FLoGGED-On slave plantations wom,n are re-
garded as chuttels when bought and sold, ard as
animals when logged. The austere decences
which paganism observed in its better days, are
there set aside. chapter in Mr.. Olmsteds last
book on the South, shows how he was acciden