The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-01-12
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.Ex,.--A ,,,vsvsussss sf the New York Tri.
buns, writing flsn Atlanta o., Ia Ms s.vel.
through that Stat. .scppsd At small drinking sa-
loon in . railway village, where he asked some
Of the habitues 70 drink &c thus describes
what followed: $50
Accordingly, drains IT whisky were Ss served out
70 them, and proposed a. an appropriate senti.
ment, South Carolina" The drink disappeared,
as, indeed, il would have done no matter what
the toast; but ittwas noticea able fact that no
enthusiasm prevailed. "You come from the
South, along! said one. Reply in the afirma!
tive. How, do folks feel down there." Re
ply that they seemed IN high spirits. "Well,
that's more'h We do here, I reckon" Chorus
from all the company, "Thats so. Silence for
. moment "Wh.s they goin'a do, think:"- :,
We'll. ! think they'll g OUT Gloomy looks
were goin dowsre goin s.arve: s that's ta WHAT whss
we're goin' do Chorus by the whole, "That's
So" Then one, the most respectable in appear.
ance among them, went On somewhat thus. adj.
dressing himself to his companions quite as
much Is to the steanger present: "Now here
we are, and there's thousands more here in Geor-
. gia like u, dependinG on what we earn in the
: day, 70 feed u and give " beds ct night. When
We have work 70 do Ne do II, and are glad to get
II; when We can't get Il what do VIC do. why,
we starve, I reckon. Now, We got two boys,
hands in the milk at --; if 'twarn't for
them shouldn't have nothing to eat tonight,
nor no bed TO sleep on; faint likely they'll have
work to do much longer, and then what'll we dc?
Why, we'll stsrye together, reckon. faint
likely wen stafve qaissly, and l should like to
know what's goin' 70 be done about it." sug-
gested that probably the wealthy citizens would
take some measures 20 provide work or assis.
lance Of some sork "Wan, somethin's got ia
be done, an done right smart, too else there'll
be worse times hers than any Of EN- ever dreamed
Off Then the speakR branched off into general
anathemas upon politicians, mingled with hopes
that South CAsolina might have enough of Sc
cession before the W. done with it.
That is an instance from one rank On anoth
er day quite . different sort of man said, a
have just sold $4,000 worth of property &c,
!. 80 900, and nows il vas boarding out, coult
pay my board" Men who began to build, or who
engaged in any extended work before the hare
times came on, are now on the eve of utter
bankruptcy, and are proportionally downcast ant
irritable. Everything 10 at standsti, and tn,
shops cape for the customers who do not enter
though at almost every door appears the brie
entreaty wafstef on the glass "Gome in" Al
about the country are - be met gloomy individ
uals on what they. with savage irony, call col
lectng tours They do not gather money enougl
for their daily expenses. 1t is difficult to max,
all these people understand how their privat,
treasures are to be replenished and their idl,
'r hands put to work by secession, bringing in it.
train heavy taxes, turmoil, trouble, perhaps war
They call on the ex-Secretary of the Treasury tt
give them some trustworthy light, and they re
ceive only rhetoric and swelling oratory. A
least, that is what they say. II must not b,
supposed that their feelings soften at all TOWARD
the Northern people; the truth shows the re
verse of this; they wax more bitter and ugl,
whenever they speak Of the sd abolitionists,
the only name the Northerners are known by il
this part Of the county, audit really seems tt
give them much relief to devote chosen few b,
name to sanguinary gibbets the rest in crowt
TO everlasting condemnation