The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-31


The RlehnonA Rxannlner ea sAe Crisis
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rulers and 10 nations. Il Il 20 the diligent en-
ployment Of the faculties that God has given
us that We obtain His blessing, and not BY
vain and affected supPlications. when we
find the President standing IN corner teihng
his beads and relying ON . miracle TO save the
country instead Of mounting his morse anu
putting forth every power Of the Government
to defeat the enemy, the effect is depressing IN
the extreme. When the ship springs . leak
the efficient Captain does not order all hands
30 prayers, but to the pumps. The SAME. news
papers that are burdened with the evacuation
of Norfolk. announce that Pressdent Daps mas
gust been "conermed" IN the Ap'seopat Cnureh.-
Perhaps the authority Of an eminent divine in
that Church may have weight with hlm. his
name was Muhlenburg; and one sunday 10
ial4 ne closed ms last sermon Win tne words'
that there Was "a time Tor all Things; time 10
hght' ana that time had come: having pro,
nounced Denedicuon, ne dehoerate'y puned
On ms gown anu sPPeareu before MIS- as'o o,a
60 congiega.lon IN comPle'e unllolm Lnen,
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be well recommended for the consideration OF
I'll consldera'e persons. $50
MORE ''HANDwRIrING ON THE WALL,
From the Richmond Examiner May 10.
The citizens of Richmond had their patriot
ism shocked again vesterdey morning nv trea-
sonable writings appearing on the walls and
public places Of the civ. We are not of those
who see in those devices the Evidence Of the
existence in our midst of . feeling in symoa.
thy with the sentiments therein set forth. lint
rather look upon Il "a the malic;ons work .of
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rested bv the notice and made IN nav for their
miscellaneous dn;nos undar tho lave Nv tho inn.
nosition of a fine for the deYscement If nuhl;c
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mesniy engagea summary punishment sudden
anu , severe on ,he spot: Let midnight chalk
ers LOOKOUT whoever they De, whether secret
Zoe n' IN our midst or mischief makers at large.
ihere IS vengeance sleeping for such, and 1t
may fali when not looked for.
Interesting Letter from CONF Porter.
WASHINGTON, May "a, 1862.
The following interesting letter from Com.
Porter TO Senator Grimes Of Iowa furnishes
valuable Information concerning the rebel ma
rine monsters in process Of construction at and
below New Orleans when the city was captured
by our forces. Writing from Ship Island under
date Of May 9th, Com. Porter says:
Four rams and floating batteries, such az the
world never before saw, have been destroyed in
the late attack. The Louisiana, an inyincible
steam battery, was set on fire and sent down ON
the vessels while was engaged in drawing up q
capitulatiOn for the surrender of the forts-a
flag of truce hying at the time She exnloded
within three hundred Yards of us and sank in
one minute. her splendid battery If r;aed onns
being lost to us. Her fragments fairly covered
Fort St. Philip, and killed a man of theirs in the
fort There was Southern honor for vout That
vessel was 600 tons, 27O feet long and had air
teen heavy ri6ed guns. all made IN "secess;a -
She intended to take position that night where
she would have driven off all our Acct. for IA a
proof of her invulnershilitv. one NJ onr heavi
est ships laid within ten feet Of her and deIiv.
cred her whole broadsde. making no more inn.
preston on her than If she was firino neas The
Louisiana's shot on the contrsrv vent through
and through the above mentioned sloon Of. var
a if she was glass. -
The iron ram Manassas hit three vessels he.
fore her commander ran her ashore and aban.
doned her. She has been troublesome custo.
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In New Orleans our naval officers found the
most splendid specimen of a floating battery
the world has ever seen, 70 sea going affair and
had she been finished and succeeded in getting
to sea, the whole American navy wouid have
been destroyed She was 5000 tons. 27O feet
long, sixty feet beam, had four engines. three
propelers, four inches, land in some places
more) Of iron and would steam eleven knots an
hour. She cost "Mr. Mallory l. Co /" two mil.
lions of dollars. The last one l saw floating bv
me was dry dock turned into Aoating bate.
ry, mounting sixteen guns, and the entire engine
which Was;tO propel il here meticaly sealed nv