The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-07-26
WAR :MERTINCs,

war :MERTINcs.
PHILADELPHIA, July 24.-A meeting Of prom .
inent citizens Was held to-day, at the Board II
Trade Rooms, 70 aid in raising the quota Of Vol.
unteers from Pennsylvania.
Mayor Henry presided, $45 900 was subscribed
towards raising ten regiments in this city by as
parties, several subscribing $4,000 and SS. 600
piece, and none less than 81 900.
A Grand War Mass Meeting will be held in
Independence Square Saturday, Pm.
The Common Council will act this P. or
the proposed bounty appropriation.
ST. LOUIS, July 24.-At the Union Nercban.s
E1chaDge there was an enthusiastic meeting 10.
Gay, and adopted patriotic address TO the peo-
PIE OF Missouri: UnfalteriDg and unconditional
erai aid to the volunteer fund was pledged :
Several thousand dollars were immediateiy con.
tributed to Col. Clinton B. Fiske. Secretary NJ
the Exchange, to enable him to put regimen.
in the field forthwith.
PI1TsBURGH, July 24.-The war meeting n.
day was most remarkable demonstration. On,
city presented quite gala day appearance-hp.
siness being entirely suspended. FLAGS. muse
and banners in every direction.
At p. m Pittsburgh emptied its population
into North Common, Allegheny, where several
stands we're erected for speakers, where Judoe
Wilkins presided over vast sssemblage. assist.
ed by :nnumerable vice presidents and several
Secretaries. Speeches we're delivered nv Gov
Curtin, Judge Wilkins, Hons. John Coyode p
z. lsham. Ex-Gov. Johnston, and others fror,
the English stands, and Messrs. Leibrick. Fe,iI
and others from the German stands.
Gov. Curtin, in the course of bis speech. a,
luded to the President as having at last learned
that we are actually engaged in war. Witbou.
enarging tnat mistakes have been made, it IL
enough to say, that after long months Of school,
ing, the war is to be prosecuted with yieor.-
War means violence, and in time of war ma,
relapses into barbarism.
The property, nay even the life Of the euemy.
every thing be has we must take and use asaips:
him. In the absurdity Of civilization. our AZ.
mics have left guard at every house. and thev
lett our enemies behind them to hunt and des-
troy, this is not var.
The crops in the Valley of the Shenandoah
belong to the United States, that horse, ths:
man, be ne white or black, if clsimed by our
enemy, belongs to US.
In regard to offering bounty money to yslun.
teers the Governor said when the call for troops
vas Issued, he hesitated to call the Legislature
together, he had no power to appropriate bounty
money, and could not put his hand into the pu6-
lie treasury without authority of law.
To call the Legislature together would re.
quire from four to eight weeks and perhaps ss
much longer. therefore concluded to throw
the whole matter Of providing bounties for our
volunteers, upon individual patriotism of the
people of Pennsylvania.
Another aspect of the war is foreign inter
vention; the rebels having blistered their souls
in perjury, ask for Intervention Of foreign ns
tons When one of our commanders seized
two Of their representatives,, we surrendered
them to arrogant power for reasons we'll known;
now that power desires to test the pluck of this
nation; let the Enghlish Lion show his teeth by
our sea is grit by our sbips and i
twenty million of our people rise 10 their power
they can crush out rebellion and at the same
time protect themselves from Intervention.
number of patriotic resolutions were passed
of the General and State Al.
ministrations-calling upon the citizens Of ev-
cry county in the Commonwealth to come for.
ward at once and sustain the Union-recommen.
ding bounty Of $50 to each volunteer -sp-
pointing committee to solicit subscriptions
for such purpose, after which the meeting cd.
jonrned.
1t is said that . large amount will be sub
scribed in this city. ~
PEORIA, July 24.--Imnense war meeting in
Court House Square, and the greatest enthusi.
asm exists. Citizens are subscribing liberslly
to increase the Bounty for recruita