The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-16

passaasasssnSsr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
fences ~ the klaee.
cousspondeacs ofihe 81. Loais hsp1b,isan.
But few are aware Of the immense work lately
performed BY Government to strengthen thu
post, with view TO hold Il With a. email . gar
rison % possible. Il may be long before Ken
lucky becomes tranquil, while armed hosts from
Tennessee could be thrown at any moment or
her soil TO tske advantage Of any opening that
presented. Consequeotiy, 70 keep an army Of
eight thousand men constantly here, would be {
great expense, and embarrass the ehectivenesl
Of other movements, while earthworks and for
tgcasions can offer, properly managed, - efec
two barrier to hostile forces - masses Of men
In company With Capt John Rsiha, who ha,
charge Of ths works herr, I visited them oil yes
terdsy, and description may prove interesting
1t will be giving neither aid nor comfort to The
enemy, d Il Is ne secret, and they are known Il
have numberless charts Of al. A few weeks age
Capt Rxiha, who is . Polander BY birth, and a.
.ara1.. :. .nv 4N,nsssn .. 49,
graphical Engineer TO form the defences Of thu
place. The whole work was given into hil
charge, and having had large experiences in Eu'
rope, be has surrounded Paducah by such net
wotk Of man-traps, batteries, palisades, covered
ways and means Of destruction that il is safe to
say eight thousand men could safely hold il
against forty thousand. A man cannot walk
~'n ". clrc,c OF mlle OF "cre sroonu lsc .,t
csu ."ncus Delne IN range OF some guy. WMe
800 " " ngs'ne Hoops, sIoulu .sey ks'u Pos.
SESSION OF oatsery, Wouid nave tue nre OI one
" 'Wo DINERS AZ once diFected upon .ne"' eau
c"s n.sv evacuation ci 'ne Pos,.ou. me :
s,,e =. 81 m number, s..uat:u = o's.AnGss q
na" ano snfee quarters OF q mile apart Lacn J,
san noun. rom TWO 70 ln.ee OF more gun, ano
"'o 'ul1ouuueu oy covered Ways - WHICH rms
s .sh o.u oo conceaiea anu pour ~ oes.ruc''ve
w uron suy i"'cc ~ Anese Ways A'e
uaue ~ osgihS di!cn just unoeF ano witnou1
."e waMs, ana throwing up on iss outer Oan4 =
lo1 e s IN the srencn sne soioiefs ioad
s anu nrs, .uelr neaos Mone oelng visible, anu
s n ony 1nen tue weapons gre dlscnargeo.-,
s .eve, .lniost WIN tne sut.ace o. Tue erouna
y. ~ 70 u'ulcui. 70 see tnet, WINE tae sIot rom
rue esnnon 10 tne iors pass over tnelr nes9s.-
, ha ,,. UIuhc.uoh nag : maSazIne capable o,
,'ns s~ensy IONS .. PoWoer, anu - oe.enoe .s
"y Two companies OF inIantry, ana one OF aftii-
,efs. Round snot, grape ana sheiliay piled near
D5' fesdy ior use. Running from one Tort TO
.ne o'ner, are e'tner covered ways or pshsaoes.
. .aese are mace oy digging trencnes four rect
oeep ana setung IN them npfignt posts close TO-
ge'heF, thus making soiid wall OF umoer with
s!a'p e.ges sooVe' the noge renee wnoing up
nun ana a0W =, Ior tnree miles a.ouno Town,
oiscoursso, spp'e loving youtos' eAceps tnas
sese" Ut eIers lncnes .! green 'lmDer aeiy any
ase"p' ~ Dreak,ne OF oa''erlng. Anotner
hs' =. .s aeleuce suss nss oeen useo ex'ennvely
an.,,;,S W.. ~ VI ca sne aca.us "intafy sern
app.1 " s'o ,enAs vi sEees, III oruer 70 pro-
Wv an ene"ys approach. Inc great mpor
'anee ~ tn's lsst can De UNDERSTOOD wnen u Is
seeh 'u:. soacan Is compleseiy surrounded Dy
W. mooa' ,nso wnicn enter. the roads 70 Mayneid,
D s.an vnie ana columbus z,zOO men from the
ulle''nt reelmenss were sent OUT % choppers
a =. lorSe OF tnss numoer were engaged Ior
'h'ec weeks IeN'ns Tue uees IN circle OF q mlie
Or mt VIDE around the city. consequently 1t
): .mlOsslo'e 70 apProscn OF move IN any olrec-
each entirely commanded nv large puns Against
sucl, ~ series of batteries and almost comnleted
iefentes. It ia highly imnrobnble a foe would
adva, CO after being in the VICINITY during the
whole time the works were going on. and even
before any had been commenced. The citadel
Of the town will be the former Marine Hospital.
the task of fortifyine which has been mentioned
a letter or two back. In order to protect the
walls of the building. which are brick. from
shot. large defenses Of vast timber will be b,,it
outside the original walls. The surrounding
ear.hworks are on an immense scale and built in
as effective q manner al military genius can
suggest. Capt Rziha is doing his utmost to
make the position as far as possible an impreg.
nable one, in case it should ever have to be used
as resort by n belesgured garrison. Commu.
nicatio with the river close by. and the com.
mand of wells is beng 80 arranged that the
supply of water can never be cut off. Guns are
being mounted on those parts of the earthworks
sufficiently COMPLETED The grayelly nature of
the soil is such that were a cannon ball to strike
the banks. pebbles would be scattered with muir.
derous effect around. To guard against this,
different earth will be placed q foot deep on the
soil and sown with orass seed The
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W "''0 90 nOeP..o..
ARREST OF A GOVERNMENT CONrRAcroR.-The
Gazette, of this morning (Sth), says
a man named Walters, alias Watts, was arrested
in that city. A dispatch from st. Louis caused
his arrest, stating that he had stolen 900 and
cloped with German lady. Search of the bag
gage revealed no money, but the lady, when told
that she must submit to q personal examination,
took from her bosom two pads containing 81, 800
in $40 gold pieces. This money the woman
claimed as her own, and said size took it from
her husband before che eloped.
Walters took his arrest quite coolly, while his
taike,, alternately. and BETRAYED her matrimonial
relationship bv exclaiminc: "OG! nv husband
will kin me.n She persistently refused to tell
her name. but stated that she had no children.
aud that her husband was not AT home when she
left. She ia a German. speaks English hut in
differently. and is not by any means progresses.
lug in APPEARANCE. She ia about thirty-6ye
years of age, appears to have been we'll raised,
and alleges that she can speak Latin, French,
italian and Spanish, in addition to her German
and "smatterine" of English.
Walters admits he left a wife and family in
st. Louis.
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ANOTHER RArCH oKNIGHTa" ARRRaTRD