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

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! With our huge lump of : ship 70 drag, vs
4 we're twenty.fouf hours getting % New Orleans.
1 I couid not regret the fact, % Il gave me q
whole DAY in which 70 go the mose distressing
portion Of the noble river, in the dellGhtfulest
time Of all the year. The scenery along the
J, winding banks ID beautiful believe, to every
bod, and especially 20 when, IN my case, It 70
| seer. for The frst time. This year the river 10
unusually high, and the swollen waters seemed
constantly about TO overflow the artificial banks
or levees Ike brimming cup Get up in saucer
| and threatening 70 sweep deluge Of destruc-
] tion over the 6elds of spsinging rice and sugar
which are on both sides Of the stream.
| DxxoxsrsArIoHs ALONG 1Hs RIvEH.
4 Judging from the demonstrations which were
! made q We approached the scattered plantation
houses or passed by group Of laborefs hoeing
in the Relds, We were looked upon . welcome
visitosG he negroes stopped their WORK, and
| watched our progress with more than curiosity.
Hats and aprons were jerked on ana waved
franticafy little children, streaming like ants
out Of the orange groves, toddled comically to
the river brink to see the big shiP hiled with
men, and the steamer so different from those 70
which they were accusfomed; old women, with
the demonstratveness of their race, snelt upon
the ground and extended their hands as they
prayed Gods blessing on %; old men, worn win
age and inRrnity, tOttered from their cabins
upon crutches TO hail our advent. But these
constant expressions Of gladness were not entire.
ly confined to the segroea Occasionally white
man, dressed in loose garments, and wearing
the conventional broad brimmed hat of South
| ern planter, came down to wave bis greetings,
and his wife and daughters. standing on the
| vefandah or in the garden path, seemed none the
less rejoiced. All the way from the forts to the
city there was an air of pastoral quistness-of
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discordant elements Of waf-that II was difficult
70 realise where We were and the object Of our
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A TICKLED IcIsHNAN.
Two Irishmen came alongside our vessel with
milk and eggs Capt. Woodwork being slightly
waggish, offered to pay them for what was pur.
chased in Confederate scrip. "Be corral" said
Pat, Il thought yez was gintleman, and paid for
whst yez wanted Divil bit of money have
seer for year, and Confederate scrip has
brought the wife and children to starvation
almost" He ives paid in the coin Of Uncle
Sam, when he broke out: 'Hurrah for the ould
Hagl They wanted to make me fight against 1t,
but l never have fought and never will fight
for EN-" And he turned the money in his hand,
examining it curiousy, as a child might newly
acquired toy
'NUsIc HATH CHARMS" &C.
heard Of one instance where respect for the
old flag was shown. While the Mississippi was
opposite the city, she put her bows into the
levee at Algiers, the tide having swung her
ashore as she was turning in the river. Alarge
and boisterous crowd collected, and sought to
provoke the officers and men by their remarks1
The Captain, to drown their noise, called the
band and bsde them strike up Hail Columbia
lnvoluntarily, as it we're, the rsbble ceased
bowling, and instinctively some of tho old men
in the throng raised their hats in acknowledgment
of the strains which from their youth had in
spirited them. ga'laala aas Esati
,,f,H "BRIxa In THE BKLIs." a4
The stories which everybody has heard re
specting cannon frowning from the roof of the
Custom House, are all untrue. The authorities
were 30 confident in the invincibility of Forts
jackson and st. Philip that they never thought
1t necessary to construct defenses on the south.
ern side of the city. The marines who were
stationed at the Custom House to guard the Dag,
found in the building at least $60, 900 worth of
bells of all descriptions, from the ponderous ca
thedral bell to the smallest size of hand-bells.--
These had been contributed in response to the
proclamation Of Beauregard for gun metal, and
were to have been worked up in the Algiers
foundries.
q IN THE GREAT FLOATING BATTERY.
! Among the things destroyed was a formidable
floating battery-the Mississippi-upon which
tn, rebels had founded high hopes of successin
their cause. She had been seven months in
course of construction, employing five hundred
men the whole time, and would have been fin
ished in three weeks. Her length was 270 feet,
and her depth so, and her armament was to
have been 20 rifed guns. The frame of the
hull was made of Georgia pine, nine inches thick
and over the wood were placed three plates Of
rolled iron, making the thickness of the armor
| four inches and half. She was 5000 tons bur-
then, and her motive power consisted Of three
propellers, which we're calculated to give her a
speed of ii knots an hour. Two millions of
dollars are said to have been expended in build
| ing her. We have heard from some Of the pris.
one.s, taken in the gunboats, that she was in
tended to break up the blockade and then cruise
in the Gulf and near Havana for prizes.
lpsa DESTRUCTION OF FORT JACKSON
have seen an excellent drawing of Fort Jack.
son, prepared since its surrender by the officers
of the Coast Survey, for Capt. Porter. 1t shows
the exact spot where every shell from the NOR
tar first struck, and as nearly as possible the ef-
feet of the explosion. have been permitted,
| by Capt. Porter to take from it some interesting
data. The drawing of the fort were completely
destroyed the cisterns were demolished; the
classmates and passages were filed with water,
the levee having been cut away. The platforms
for tents were destroyed by the fire of shells
| All the casemates are cracked from end to end,
and in some places the roofs are completely
broken, and frequently masses of bricks have
been dislodged. Four guns were dismounted,
and eleven carriages and traverses injured. The
outer works of the fort are cracked from top to
bottom, in several places, admitting daylight
freely. It Is computed that 1889 shells were
thrown into the bitches and overfowed parts of
the fort i; 1,OSO shells exploded in the air over
the fort; l,1l3 mortar shells were counted on
the slopiDg ground of the fort and levee, and 81
round shot. Altogether 1900 shells were. fired.
One shell passed through the roof of the water
battery magazine, but did not explode. On the
parapet were IA new graves
| Pulpit Ebllslcs and PaFsOn 0roWnl0ws.
i5' Yancey ana the ParsOn.
From Psrson Browniows New York Speech.
But q few weeks prior to the Presidential
election, they announced in their papers that
the great bull of the whole disunion flock was
to speak in Nashville-a man, the two first let
ters Of his name are W. L. Yancey-a fellow
that the Governor Of South Carolina pardoned
out of the State prison for numbering his uncle
DR.. Earl. He was announced to speak, and
the crowd was two to one Union men. had
never spoken to him in my life. He called out
in an insolent manner, ais Parson Brownlow
! in this orowd?n The disunionists hallowed out
.Yes, he is here" : II hope" said he, s'the
/ Parson will have nerve to come upon Ethe
stand and have me catechise him. s.No."--
/ But the crowd hallowed to Yancey, "Brownlow
is here, but he has not the nerve enough to
mount the stand where you are" Irose and
marched up the steps and said, 81 will show
you whether haveth nerve or not" "Sir,"
said he-and he is q beautiful speaker, and
personally very fine looking man-.'are you
the celebrated Parson Brownlows' "I am the
only man on earth,' replied, '.that ellis the
bin!" Uaughter.) "Don't you think said
Yancey, "you are badly employed as q preach
er, man Of your cloth to be dabbling in poll
tics, and meddling with State afairss" "No
SIR said I; distinguished member Of the
party you are acting with once took Jesus
Christ up upon q mount (uproarious laugh
rand said to the Savior, look at the king
. doms Of the world All this will give thee If
thou will fall down and worship me. "Now,
SIR I said, ..His reply to the devil is my re-