The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-15

shoald be done on The assumpsion thas tbsir ut
i Ter discomfture before Nay = essential 70 the
i restoration Of the Union, a
We entreat every one, therefore. q oct as
though the fate of the Republic Is 70 Be decided
forthwith. Hyou have or can command money
lend il to the Goyernment-invest It in Public
Securities-in the assurance that you are thus
serving your country ~ truly % th0egh You
| shouldered musket in her defence. Ifthe war
be not starved, or made to miscarry through .
mistaken deference TO Slavery, the Union will
bc saved. A few months-perbaps vesks-
must determine the naomentous issue. Pstsiots
who can spare 500 or over, lend al you can to
the Government-thus inyigorating the strong
| arms that strike for the Union and libefty-and
all will yet be well I'm. Y. Tribune
Se4 --0
Cesnie Notes from she Capitol.
EDIroR T. TIL never really knew what the
term ssmudsill'' meant, my boy, until saw
Captain Bob Shorty on Tuesday. l was out
in field, just this side Of Fort Corcoran, trim
ming down the ears Of my Gothic steed Pega-
sus that he might look less like Titanic rab-
bit, when saw approaching me an object re-
sembling brown-stone monument. As it
came nearer Idiscovered an eruption Of brass
buttons ct intervals in front, and presently
observed the linesments Of federal face.
"Strange beingl" says I, taking down . pis-
| tol from the natural rack on the side Of my
stead, and at the same time motioning toward
| my sword which had hung ON one Of his hip
bones, "Art thou the shsda q Metamors, or
the disembodied spirit Of . sand bankf"
MY ducky darling, responded the solian
voice Of Captain Bob Shorty, 'you behold
| Of the sacred soil. The mud at present inclon-
ing the Mackeral Brigade il unpleasant to the
personal feelings of the corps, but the effect at
| distance is unique As You survey that ex
panse of mud from Arlington Heights" contin-
ued Captain Bob Shorty, with the veterans Of
the Mackeral Brigade wading about in il up to
their chins, you are forcibly reminded Of .
limitless plum-pudding, well stocked with ami
| mated raisings"
"My friend, !" said I, "the comparison is apt
and reminds me of Shakespeare happier efforts.
But tell me, my Pylades, has the dredging for
those missing regiments near Alexandra prov
ed successful?"
Captain Bob Shorty took the mire from his
| ears, and then, says he:
sTwo brigades we're excavated this morning
| and are at present building RATS to 60 down to
Washington after some soap. Let US not utter
| complaints against the mud, lcontinued Cap
tain Bob Shorty, reiectively, "for it has serv-
ed to develop the genius of New England. We
dug out Yankee regiment from Boston first,
and the moment those wooden-nutmeg chaps
that had almost sufocated them, mixed up
some spoiled -four with it, and are now making
| their eternal fortunes by peddling it out for
patent cement"
This remark Of the captains, my boy, shows
that the spirit Of New England still retains its
natural elasticity, and is capable Of greater eff
forts than lignum vita hams and clocks made
barrel.hoops and old coffee-pots. have heard
my ancient grandfather relate an example Of
Al - Al
with q select assortment Of Pequog chaps at
Bladensburgh, just bofore the attack on Wash
ington, and word came secretly to them that
the Britishers down in the Chesapeake were out
of -four, and would pay handsome for o supply.
Now, these Pequog chaps had no -four, my boy;
but that did not keep them out Of the specula-
ton. They went into the nearest graveyard,
dug up all the tombstones, put them into an
old quartz-crushing machine, pounded them to
powder, sent the powder to the coast, and sold
tito the Brihshers for the pery best -four, at tOelrs
dollars and a half barrel!
ssNew England needs NO bulVarks
No towers along the steep
She manufactures everything,
And 81: L: :s's sss.as ssi.s Rev England raj. .A.
There's not thing that grows or goes
New England hasn't made IN
And can such people as this be conquered
-.ot - s;r naga-I cha',iJ tG.r ~.
mob get possession Of Washington, the Yankees
would build wall around the place, and invite
the public to come and see the menagerie, at
two shillings head.
On Wednesday, some of our dryest pickets
caught shabby, long haired chap loafng
around the camps with big block and sheet
Of paper under his arm, and brought him be-
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