The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-29
Railroad Accident..S0ldiers Killed and
Wounded.


ing portion of Col. Barstow's Third Wiscon-
sin Cavalry regiment, met with frightful acct.
dent at lO4 last night, on the Northwestern
Railroad, about five miles from this city.
The catastrophe was caused by the breaking
of an axle of the forward car, throwing it from
the track. The next car was thrown at dis
tance of several feet and upset. Three others
were hurled upon these, making total wreck
of five cars Ten soldiers were killed, three Sc.
riously wounded, and large number hurt-not
severely enough to prevent them continuing
with the regiment.
The names of the killed and wounded, as far
as ascertained, are as follows:
KILLED-Elisha Sharp, Hospital Stewart, of
Delavan; VIM. Davis, Co. A, Rang Creek,
Jackson county; Lucien NJ. Ransom, Co. A,
Sparta; ]. F. Hullmon, Co. A, Viroqua; Ghas.
Storm, Co. A, Bangor; Chas Briggs, Co. A,
Tomab, Monroe county; Walter Small, Go. G
Lyman VIM. Case, Co. G, Geneva DR.. f. N.
Burris, Co. G, New Albany; Charles D. Hatch,
Co. A, Sparta.
SERIOUSLY WoUNDED-Quarter Master Ser
geant L. J. Edwards, Co. G, East Troy, ribs;
John Tweedle, Co. A, internal injuries and con-
fusion on left side, Madison, also arm broke;
Byron Wilcox Co. l., both legs broken. The
above are not considered to be dangerously in
jured.
SLIGHTLY WoUNDED-Davis Oustat, Co A,
confusion on head, G. F. Farwell, 90. G, right
shoulder sprained; C. Gibson, Co. A, LETT shout.
der and arm, and left foot injured Geo Crdsby,
Co. A, Injured spine; Robert Lawrence, Co. A,
shoulder sprained; Fred. H. johnson, Co. A,
right knee and left side injured; William Ander-
son, Co. A, right ancle sprained; NJ. J. White,
Co. A, hip sprained and head cut; Chas Put
nam, Co. A, kdee sprained; John Gratis, Co. D,
hand badly cut.
The greater part of the last list will 20 with
the Regiment; the others are provided with
good quarters and will be well cared for
Gen. Shields Improving.
NEW York, March 27.-The following from
Gen. Shields has been receiued in this city BY
Judge Doty:
WINCHESTER, March e.
Ny wounds are doing WE'LL will be able to
ride in buggy in few days at the head of my
command. JAMES SHIELDS.
From Island No. 10.
CAIRO, March 25.--Gunboat Conestoga just
| arrived.
There is no change in position Of affairs at IL.
| land No. To- Mortars are firing irregularly---
| about once in an hour. Rebels do not reply
! No signs of evacuation of the Island Enemy
far rs can be discovered are in full force both
on the Island aud OF the main land
| River rising
ParsOn BrOWnlOW NJ Louisville.
| LOUISVILLE, March 27.--Parson Brownlow ha:
arrived here and leaves for Cincinnati at noon
to-day.
Reorganization of the Democratic Party.
WASHINGTON, March ga paper has been
circulated and signed by nearly all the Demo
cratic members of Congress and by Senator Car
Isle, having in view the rallying of the Demo
an early day to give tone to its future move
| ments.
| IMPUDENCE UYPARALLELED.-We heard the
other day of letter from young gentleman
now prisoner at Indianapolis, to bis mother
in Kentucky, in which he stated that nc had
always been taught that the people of the Soutl
were q superior race to those in the North
and what he saw while prisoner only con-
WINGED him of the truth of the position. "Why
mother" says he, eve are waited on here anG
by these people, and receive as much attention
with the same apparent docility and obsequi-
BUSINESS which characterizes our slaves, in theil
effectiveness to our slightest wishes. l an
fully convinced, had doubted il before, thai
the South is the ruling race, and must triumph
in the end" This, we understand If not thu
language, was about the substance of the younI
gentleman's reflection. II also shows whA
hidden mines Of gratitude have been opened
out by the sympathy and kindness Of the PEG
pie Of Northern cities toward the misguide,
beings imprisoned in their midst. Evansville
Journal