The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-12-28
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4 A111Y CKnlDEHA0.
According 70 custom Ne grsse The readers .
the Hawk.Eys with oar bsss sishea Nay thel
each and al, young and old, rieh and poos, q
Joy "Nerry Chrisenas" to-day and live 70 -
many resurns, when this shall Be united, hap
py end prospeross people. Nay peacs soon n
turn 70 our distracted coustsy, bss not until n
bellion Is wiped out and oar slorious Aag. viii
every star in its place, shall again b respecte'
and acknowledged on sea and land-whsa u
Great Republic, pari6ed in the fsrnancs Of tris
and addiction, shsll once agala sntss upo
the race Of empire and progress end eivilisi
sion, regenerated and disinthrailed, living d
nonstrssion Of msn's capability for sslfsoves1
ment, and Of the wisdom Of Our Dsoessasie Il
situations l46
~W. W. oh. has an account Of The BATH
Of Belmont in the Nuscatins Journal, vindiea
ting Colonel Lauman and the 7th Iowa. N
should reprint tho article, but that Il differs 4
NO essential particular from the aecounts y
have already published Of that memorable q
gsgsment. Notwithstanding the msndssisy .
the Chicago papers and the mean sel6shnss
and vanity of the Commsnding Generals, wh'
made up the official reports, the popular misc
10 we'll easis6ed that al the hard.won lsurel
that were gathered upon that bloody Geld be
long to the Iowa 7th and tho Illinois ed, Coils
Lauman and Daughefty. And the fatal blunder
Of that eventfil day have with equal justics
been charged up where they belong.
II Major Slemmer, the gallant officer late b
command at Fort Pickens, who hes besn serious
ly III, is now convslescent thoogh much re-
duced, ami there 10 fair prospect Of his re.
covery.
UCol JET. O. Davis Who made the big
haul Of rebels In Missouri,is an Indiana boy, and
was Lieutenant With Major Anderson In Fort
Sumter. he 10 now colonel of an Indiana
Volunteer Regiment
uAs the subject of abolishing Slavery in
the District Of Columbia is now agitated, II may
be of general interest to know that according
to the recent census, the number of Slaves In
Georgetown 10 SIT, in Warrington l,7l4, and
In the remainder of the county So, making .
total Of 3.lSS Fee blacks In the district H..
l8l, and the total population Of Warrington d
6l,l23.
Tennessee. who reached Cincinnati ON Friday
last, gave some Information touching the where
abouts Of Parson Brownlow. It seems that the
Parson was given, by the rebels, the alternative
oflesving the South or going to prison. He &C.
cepted the former. The permit was granted,
and the necessary arrangements to leave were
being made, when by some trescherous proceed.
ings be was imprisoned, and 1t is supposed was
cent to Alabama, where he nov is, unless Gen.
Crittenden hashad the manliness to make amends
for the breach Of promise.
B- The New York Express ssys the cost Of
being Mayor of New York 10 becoming little
too "tall" for poor men to stand, las the follow
ing estimate, within gun shot OF accuracy, will
show :-Gunther's bills, $2o. 900; Opdykes bills.
$4,000; woods's bills, $4,000. Opdyke is in
part reimbursed by the heavy Custom House
tsxaton-but Gunther's and Woods are dead
losses. Moral, or rather Immoral-Poor men
can never ru'. for mayor" In New York.
eE Lleutenant.C Colonel Koerf, of the 10th
Ohio Cst Germany regiment, in Kentucky, hay.
ing been absent without leave twenty days, max
Ing no report of himself, is ordered dismissed
f,om the service by Gen. Bull This 10 proper
discipline.
- A Michigan regiment, q few days since,
Travelled the distance Of $50 miles by rail with
on. change OF cars.
Mr.. KusselI's recent leader to the London
Times will not add to his high reputation a. q
journalist. In the absence of battles and sieges
on the Potomac be has taken TO speculations on
the future Of this republic, which the New York
World says arc about a. much out Of his line q
writing Greek tragedies or doing the Hanlop
feat.
Az ALLIANCE Dsr1xouE.-John r. Harper,
Esq, of the celebrated publishing 6rm Of Har.
per l. Brothers, New York, was married at Nil
waukee, on the 18th inst, to Miss Lille Lynde,
dAughrer of Hon. William z. Lynde, Of tho lat.
ter city.
On Friday morning several large mortars and
car loads of bombshells passed through Phila
delphia over the Pennsylvania Railroad, to bs
used on tho "mortar Aeet," which 1t is supposed
will soon open up the navigation of the Lower
Potomac. These mortars and shells we're cast
at the Fort Pitt works, Pittsburgh, and are for.
midahle weapons of war.
The Supreme Court Of Ohio has decided that
there is no authority in the courts to discharge
on hnbeas corpus miners over eighteen and unde,
twenty-one, enlisted in the srmy without the
authority Of parents. That without consent Of
parents or guardians, minors under eighteen
cannot be held.
GEN. SnoEpvp Hon. Joseph Holt spoils the
pretty little romance recently related Of Gen.
sboepf, of his being hotel porter, &c. Ne
writes letter to the Cincinnati Gazette, and
says Gen. g. is Hungarian and graduate Of .
military school at Vienna. On coming to this
country he was employed in the Office of the
United States Coast Survey, and it was there
that Mr.. Holt found him and discovered bic mi.
litary qualifications.
TIE SUICIDE OF ALICE B. HiaalHA sui.
eide Of Mics Higeins, At Auburn, New York, was
the result Of being discarded by E. n. Fitch, to
whom she vas engaged to be married. She
committed the fatal act by taking strychnine .
few minutes after her interview with Fitch.
There is q continual stream Of soldiers
paasing through Philadelphia for the seat Of
var, but they are now in squads Of from twenty
to one hundred and City, to make good the
waste Of regiments in the service. The move.
ment 10 probably not less than 1900 or 1900
men per week. -
uThs New Orleans Picayune, Of November
Is, hes the Official report of the assessed valua
ton Of the city, the total reaching 4l29, 1885,
600. The real estate of non-residsnts h Of the
value Of I'll ,00O, 600 The amount Of money
at interest is sl7.277.s as. The number Of
slaves owned in the CITY. 10 1889.
gEAmong the extracts from Southern pa.
pers, the vicksburg Sun has an account Of .
fight In the Executive Office at jackson, NisA /,
hct~>au Hov.rco. pottr. ,soA M.,o, fnv.Non