The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1862-11-08


Upon the Unions Outer Wall We stand,
Aud never yet was rock.bu;lt fortress manned
Like our Gibralter?
What Secession Means.
The Louisville Courier, once the organ of
the Breckenridge Democracy of Kentucky, Re-
moved to Bowling Green. and afterward fur
ther south. When it was at Nashville it nut
forth the following philosophy of the rebellion,
which we commend to the earnest attention
of northern people. If the Union be recon
structed on the plan advocated by Dick Rich
ardson, Vallsndigham, Voorhees,, and secessi on
Times, the "Normsn Cavalier" will again
rule the ''Saxon Yankee" But read and in
wardly digest:
This has been called fratricidal war by
some, by others an irrepressible conflict be.
tween freedom and slavery We respectfully
take issue with the authors of both these ideas.
We are not brothers Of the Yankees, and the
slavery question is merely pretext, not the
cause Of the war. The true irrepressible con-
fct lies fundamentally in the hereditary hos
tility, the sacred auimosity, the eternal antag-
onism, between the two race engaged
The Norman Cavalier cannot brook the vul-
gar familiarity of the Saxon Yankee, while
the latter is continually devising some plan to
bring down his aristocratic neighbor to his
own detested level Thus was the contest
waged in the old United States. So long as
Dickinson doughfaces were to be bought, and
Cochrane towards to be frightened, so long
was the Union tolerable to southern men but
when owing to divisions in our ranks. the
Yankee hirelings placed one of their own
spawn over US, political connection became un-
endurable, and separation necessary to pre-
serve our self respect
As our Norman kinsmen in England, always
a minority, have ruled their Saxon country
men in political vassalage up to the present
day. SO have we the ''slave oligarchs" govern
ed the Yankees till within twelvemonth. We
framed the constitution, for seventy years
moulded the policy of the government, and
placed our own men, or ''northern men with
southern principles, in power.
On the 9Th of November, 1860, the Puritans
emancipated themselves, and are now in vio-
lent insurrection against their former owners.
This insane holiday freak will not last long,
however, for dastards in fight, and incapable
Of self-government, they will inevitably again
fall under the control of the superior race. A
few more Bull Run thrashiugs will bring them
once more under the yoke, as docile as the
most loyal of our Ethiopian "chattels.'
AFFAIRS IN NAsHvILLE.-From q reliable
gentleman who left Nashville on Friday morn
ing and arrived in this city Sunday night, we
learn the Union forces in and around the city
have had their supplies cut off by the rebel
raids of John Morgan and others, there having
been no supplies received since August 18th.
All the..supplies that our forces obtain are what
hEu ont hvy eo. l..s-
through the surrounding country.
On Wednesday last an expedition under the
command OF Colonel Miller came up as far as
Hendersonvi!le and captured all that was to
be found on the extensive farm of the rebel
General DonelsoE, with the exception of the
overseer and negroes, consisting of over three
hundred head Of cattle three hundred head of
sheep, near three hundred head of hogs, and
turkeys, chickens, &c.. in abundance; besides
these there were six hundred wagon loads of
corn. oats, &c., all of which they took into
Nashville perfectly safe. The people in Nash.
vile are in state Of starvation. Tea is worth
So per pound, and little at that beef SO cents
per pound and and -four 50 per barrel Every
thing IN the grocery line sells in like proper
ton and scarce at that.
On Thursday last an expedition vas sent
out on the Murfreesboro pike, with the purpose
OF having "a brush " with some rebels that
we're reported to be in that vicinity but instead
81 lnding anything, they we're greeted most
heartily with loud cheers from over 200 10 al
East Tennnsseeans, who had been secreted in
the mountains and who were making their way
as best they could to join Gen. Negley's forces,
They entered Nashville with the expedition,
and were received with loud cheers of welcome.
A spy was caught by the Federal pickets,
while attempting to pass through the lines, and
brought back to headquarters. On his person
was found roll of parchment containing
the names of 2O5 (citizens), who were armed
ana ready at any moment that the Confederates
might make an attack upon the city, 20 rise in
arms and assist in driving the Federal forces
from the city. Gen. Negiey at once seized all the
arms IN Nashville and they sent the spy to the
penitentiary. One lady in Nashville secreted
her pistol in her hustle which created no little
pus,ie on the part of the guards who made the
search.
Gen, Negley is we'll guarded against any force
that may attempt to take the city He is a
man who deserves the highest praise for his
soldlerly y skill, and will do honor to his name
as soldier.
CLEVER FEAT OF A YANKEE SOHobLMAs-
TER-A Hilton Head correspondent tells the
following story of a schoolmaster belonging in
Maine, who made his escape last week from
Savannah, Georgia, in the following manner
Corporal McFsdden, of the 47th Georgia
Volunteers, is the author of very neat pro
ceeding. He not only deserted the rebel cause
but brought in two men from his own reei.
ment IS prisoners, and gave them up to Col.
Barton, at Fort Pulaski. Obtaining permis
sion to 60 short distance down the river