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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30

MAKING NEEDLB.-Needles are made of
steel wire. The wire is first cut by shears,
from coils, into the length of the needles to be
made. After batch Of such bits Of wire
have been cut of, they are placed in hot
furnace and then taken out aAd rolled back
wards and forwards on table until they are
straight. They are now to be ground.
The needle. pointer takes two dozen or 80 of
the wires and rolls them up between his thumb
and fingers, with theii ends on the grindstone,
first one end and then the other. Next is q
machine which fattens and cutters the heads Of
ten thousand needles in An hour. Next comes
the punching Of the eyes, by boy, so fast that
the ;ye can hardly keep pace with him. The
splitting follows, which is running q fine wire
through dozen perhaps, Of these twin needles.
A woman with little anvil before her, files
between the heads and separates them.
They are now complete needles, but they are
rough rusty and easily bent. The hardening
comes next. They are heated in patches in .
furnace, and when red hot are thrown into .
pan ofcold water. Next they must be temper
ed, and that is done by rolling them backwards
and forwards on hot metal plate. On very
coarse cloth needles are spread to the number
Of forty or fifty thousand. Emery dust is
strewed over them; oil is sprinkled and soft
soap daubed oyer; the cloth is rolled hard up,
and with several others of the same kind,
thrown into . sort of wash pot, to roll to and
fro twelve hours or more. They cone out dirty
enough, but after rinsing in clean hot water,
and tossing in sawdust, they become bright,
and are ready TO be sorted and put up for sale.
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We clip from one Of our exchanges the
following, which purports to be . part Of the
Official instructions Of the Governor, to the Com.
missioners Of Draft for the several Counties Of
this State: .tzYGE@lef ~ Fa#.T
4th. You will strike from the lists, on sufi-
cient evidence, or on your personal knowledge,
whether such exemption ID claimed o. not, the
names Of oil persons now in the service Of the
United States, oil Telegraph operators and con
day of August, eighteen hundred and sixty.two
(lSs3), engineers Of Locomotives or railroads,
the officers Judicial and Executive OF the Gov
eminent Of the United States, the members of
both houses of Congress and their respective
officers, oil custom house officers and their clerks.
oil post officers and stage drivers whe are en-
ploysd in the care and conveyance # the nail
Of the Post 0fice Of the United States, Ill fer.
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Thirteen printers have joined the srmy At
st. Paul, from the Press office, and ill vithin
ton days Two others from the same Office
tried to enlist, but were rejected BY the medi.
cal examiner. The publishers are now sdyer.
Using for crippled competitors, and warn Of
oil recruiting officers.
In Moravia there is man living, . peasant.
Who is lat years old; and still hale and hearty
He was formerlys soldier, and remarked ct
tho sge Of 80. He lives on milk and potatoes.
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SoUND FEET FOB SoLD1ERs.-Msjor Win
throp's advice TO volunteers on the subject Of
proper care Of the feet ought to be pondered
and remembered by the new recruits. 1t will
be found in his article on the New York 7th
regiment, published in the Atlantic Monthly
for, June, 1862. which we publish below for
the information of those concerned: ee
And let me say word to my fellow volun-
teers, actual and prospective, in all the arm.
les of all the States 80
A soldier needs, besides his soldierly drill.
l. Good feet. q ia L
2. A good stomach. 81 h. sss
8. And after these, GENES the good head and
the good heart. s,f.. h 70
But good feet are distinctly the first thing;
without them you cannot get to your duty. Ii
. comrade or horse, or . locomotive, takes
you on its back to the field, you are useless
there. And when the field is lost you cannot
retire, run away and save your bacon.
Good shoes and plenty of walking make
good feet. A man who pretends to belong ia
~ infantry company ought always to keep hin.
self in training, SO that at any moment he can
march twenty or thirty miles without feeling
pang or raising blister. apr ;
t. If you find foot soldiers lying beat out by
the roadside, desperate as sea-sick man, ter
to one his heels are too high, or his shoes too
marrow or too thin, or his shoes are not straight
on the inside, SO that the great toe can spread
into its place as he treads.
l am an old walker over Alps, across the
water, and over Cordilleras, Sierras, deserts
prairies at home; | have done my near sixty
miles day without discomfort-and freE
large experience, and with painful recollection
OF the suterings and death have known FOL
want OF good feet on the march, say to every
soldier: Trust in God: but keep your shoes easv
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$1,000 Stana Of Aruns talkea,

5000 Stand OF AFmO takOA.
AIMPHls, Aug. % via Cairo 27.-The Grena.
do Appeal Of the 26th says the British steamer
Racer touched Charleston on the goth, leaving
dispatches for Foreign consuls, then sailed
southward. aS iA dIAt
and the Mobile and Vicksburg papers. sAT
Al manufactory for Colts revolvers has iust
been started ct Macon, Ga aA~ ~ 2 5t51'@
The Vicksburg Wing says the Federal gun
boats took away six unmounted heavy guns at
- Bluffs, on the Yaxoo river.
Rumors from secession sources state that the
gunboats captured . schooner laden with five
thousand of arms, near Millkens Bend. The
arms were destined for Hiudman, Little Rock
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4 YbgAe near Manaasae Junee10nsy 4
NEW YolK. Aug. 90.-The Alexsndria cor.
respondent Of the Tribune states thss on Tues
day night the pickets ct Nanassss function were
driven in, and two companies of the lO6th Pa
Infantry, one company Of Pa cavalry, aud some
artillery stationed there were surprised BY Cen
Wells entire division, numbering from 1000
TO Ia, 900 infantry and cavalry with artillery
Altar short skirmish the handful of men at
the Junction fed, the rebels turning upon them
nine Of our guns, and keeping brisk fire upon
them until the Union troops we're taken prison.
ers, . few escaping across Bull Run. :
Here, Of Union Milk, two Regiments OF Gen.
Cox's division, the 18th and 18th Ohio, urder
Col. Scammon, we're stationed, and they imme-
diately advanced to meet the approaching body
of Rebsla A conflict ensued in the early part
of the morning between the Junction aud Bull
Run, lasting for three hours, when the Union
troops being largely outnumbered and fsnked
on the right, retired across Bull Run bridge:
Here . vigorous attempt was made BY Colonet
Scammon to hold the bridge. At II o'clock
two Rebel regiments forded the river above the
bridge, when the 18th Ohio charged on them
aud drove them across the river with nesvy
In this skir,nisb, Capt. D. ". Ranuley was
wounded eighty. The regiment lost IN killed
wounded and missing. from IS to 40 men.
AT IL o'clock Col Scammon was Obliged to
retire, moving along the railroad in the direc'
ton Of Alexandria. s,s .5u'
isThe rebels advanced across Bull Run, and on
vesterday Q. m. their advance cavalry were
4 Fair Oaks and Burds Station, and on taking
possession of Manassas, captured seven trains
loaded with provisions, ammunition, TO-, ten
locomotives, all of which they destroyed. OF the
"a men Of the lO5th Pennsylvania on the ground,
nearly Ill were killed, wounded or taken prison.
err, - only IRE known to have escaped.
Our loas has been immense in government
stores and large 10 killed, wounded and missing9
Tslegraphic communication with Gen. Pope
was had yesterday, via Fredericksburg-nons
whatever direct.
LAMA Captain just in from Csntsrvills
says that firing was heard early this morning
beyond Manassas, and it is believed that Gen.
Pope he'd attacked Gen Ewell in the rear.
4 Warrington correspondent states that the
Let N. J. Brigade, Gen. Kennedy, are reported
to have engaged the enemy near Bull Ran
bridge, where . desperate struggle WAS main
tanned. The bridge il still said to to be in our
possession. The fighting was also carried On
with portions Of the division under Gen. Stur-
gis. Nine pieces Of artillery are said to have
been captured BY the rebels. %'>
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Governor Of the State Of Iowa.

The WAY LANE DOES 1.-THE way of the
Secessionist is hard in Kansas, and Secession
ist'is very convenient and comprehensive term
in that perturbed and sanguinary State. Some
days ago, an order was issued by the military
authorities Of Leavenworth, calling upon all
able.bodied men Of the place to organize and
drill for service. It seems that some Of the
citizens have declined to do this, and others
have undertaken to evade the order. Whether
all such are Secessionists or not, of course We
donot know: thepresumption,h however, appears
to be strong that way. The Proyost Marshal has
arrested number for noncompliance with the
enrolling call and the local papers publish some
interesting correspondence ss to what is to be
done With them. The Provost Marshal applies
to- General Lanes Acting Assistant Adjutant
General for the privilege Of placing in the
camp Of one of the negro regiment, t'such per-
sons of secession proclivities o. are arrested
for refusing or evading obedience to the call
fol the militia to organize and drill, ;" stpulat-
ing that they are to be well guarded, and placed
ON fatigue duty in and around the camp
Gen. Lane replies BY issuing an order, through
his Adiutant, commanding Col. Williams, Of
the Twelfth Regiment, Kansas Volunteers,
| (colored) to receive such prisoners into his
camp and strictly guard and discipline them.
This is what We call Furnishing the unruly
with . vengeance. We guess nothing more
humiliatipg could be done with white men than
to put them in such black bastile as Col. vii
liams' camp, guarded, disciplined and made to
90 fatigue duty in camp by aparcel Of niggers.
We think We see citizens Of Leavenworth Of
secession proclivities carrying wood and water
for . lot Of darkies and going through the
manual in line with the same sable patriots
Verify, if white man wants to be az good a.
niger in Kansas, he viii have to behave him.
i seln-[Mo. Republican.
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At q concert which took place in town that
shall be nameless, a gentleman in the audience
rose up just as the third piece on the pro-
gramrne had been performed, and said-''Mr.
Conductor, will you oblige me, sir, by request
ing your vocalists either to sing louder or to
sing in whispers, as there is conversation going
on close by where sit that is conducted in such
loud tone as to entirely hinder my enjoyment
of the music. l prefer, certainly, to hear the
concert; but if cannot be so privileged, de-
sire to hear the conversation" There was au
extremely quiet and attentive audience in the
hall during the rest of the evening.
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Mr.. Vosburg, of the firm Of Pruyn & vosburr.
in Albany, on Saturday, procured substitutes for
bis three daughters-paying two hundred dol.
lars each. The young ladies insisted upon beius
represented In the ranks, S'e
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Nor BAD.-A Memphis correspondent of the
Missouri Republican, suggests the following
method of carrying on the war in Arkansas. II
is pretty good mode, we think:
Whatever General undertakes to rid Arkansas
of guerrillas ought to 60 to work like q sturdy
farmer clearing land-shielding only the good,
and destroying or banishing everything bad. Let
the work be done by counties, and as thoroughly
done Is to require no after going over. Iwould
disarm the people, not leave an animal in any
mans possession which was 6t to ride upon q
guerrilla raid. If man has fine horse, trade"
him mule for it; and 60 arrange the matter
that no man shall want for animals to do his
work, though he snffer for means to work assas.
sination
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si8a Pemblna from Pors Regal.
; NEw YoaK, Aug. g2s. The gunboat Pembiaa,
from Port Royal On the 2lst, arrived ct this port
to-day. She reports that there has been no new
movements. Jng % dsiS 1staaE
The gunboat Midnight from the Gulf has ar.
pive6 "a q - rttf eagE &549a4sQ
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Last year the present editor of the Keokuk
Constitution denounced Jairus Neal, Charles
Mason, and the whole crew of sympathizers Of
the Mahony stripe in this State, as deserving
of nothing short Of hanging for the expression
Of their, Unreasonable sentiments. Now he apollo.
gizes for them, defends them, denies their
guilt and denounces their arrest as tyranni-
cal exercise of ususped and unconstitutional
power on the part of the President and the sub
ordinate officers of the Government He is now
plainly . sympathizer with those whom hs de-
nounced as sympathizers with traitors last sea-
son.-[Gate City. at. .rftrl
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Rire IN Keokul1

KsoKgK, 9 P. u, August ss.-Just after si1
o'clock, this evening, FIRE broke. out in the
brick machine shop opposite the Medical Col
lege, and being full Of shavings. the whole prem,
ises we're speedily enveloped in flames. The hre
and hose companies were very soon on hand and
saved Westcott,s Foundry and Hardestys block
The shop was bulls BY NJ. Oopson, We believe,
and was owned by Mr.. Van Nostrand. It con-
tanned number Of tools belonging to Mr.. Cox
Nj. Cushmand and another carpenter, and I
number Of patterns belonging to Mr.. Westcott
also steam engine and boiler. The shop ".
worth. perhaps, $500, and the contents about
$500. The 6remen worked bravely and are en-
titled to great credit.
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New Hampshlre AIls her 9uoea. ~
Bosros, Aug. 2s-The quota of New Hsmp.
shire for the three years men has been filled. 3
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The Draft In Psnnsylvaala.

HARRnBURG, Aug. 27.-Governor Curtin con-
idsntly expects to make arrangements to allow
the 25th district reasonable time to furnish ita
quota in volunteers, avoiding draft entirely.
As soon as the enrollmen: is completed, the
quota of each township, &C., will be ascertained,
together with the credit list each is entitled TO-
for men in the service. It is expected that the
quota of each county and subdivision can be a.
certained by the 9TH of September.
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special - New Hork Papers. a 3
The tsT1mess' attends . Cabanos DGeeslng.
The Times dispatch says The Cabinet had q
meeting to-day. The general feeling over public
affairs was decidedly more hopeful than for some
time past The President understood to have
said that the erisis 10 past and the point Of dan
ger turned. The recent political arrests are
justified on the ground that most of the, parties
arrested were such % discourage enlistmenta
The government does NOT intend or desire to b
understood - intending to intsfposs any obsta
Gle to the free criticism Of public men and msa
sures. Its policy in suppressing the rebellion il
. Legitimate subject Of popular discussion. but
the rebellion itself must not b defended moi
government measures opposed 70 the prejudics
Of the recruiting service. g. s,sIao3 ~
The AeralA scared Again!
[Herald's Washington Dispatch.1
The condition Of affairs in Maryland il not
satisfactory to loyal Union men. II is we'll
known that the Rebels ars openly organised III
every county in the State, and there 10 reason
to believe they are fully prepared with arms and
only wait an opportunity % raise the black flag
of rebellion. The military authorities are
strongly urged to require the disarming imme-
diateiy of all who will not take the oath Of ale.
glance.
The Tribune's correspondent gives the fol.
lowing extraordinary statement relative to the
tenderness Of the rebels towards Gen. Mellow.
ell: The attack of Stewards cavalry upon Cat.
ties station, seems to prove as rich mine for
correspondents IS the one BY the same daring
officer to the rear of the Peninsular army.
Among the trophies recovered were 10000
dollars in cash belonging to the Quartermaster's
Department Of Gen. Pope's army, and his own
commission as Brigadier General and Major
General. The latter was, however, recaptured
by one Of our soldiers, who found it in the sad.
die bags Of q trooper, which was left behind in
the hurry Of departure.
A captain 10 the Purnell Legion, in Colonel
Simmon's regiment, was lying hid in . house BY
the railroad track, and heard Gen. Stewart give
positive orders to spare Gen. HcDowells Bag
gage train, but to seize Gen. Pope's, and destroy
what was not of public importance. The order
was implicitly obeyed. Although the wagons O.
Gems Mcdowell and King were close 1t hand
they were not disturbed, but every thing il
Gen. Popes was turned out his Official papers
sorted out and carried of, and bis letters from
his wife and other private individuals strewr
over the ground or torn into bits
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seoesh start Another Lie.

Bo000D SUM- A0Otnox 1tos
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 27.-The Press Of this
city has rumor that Gen. Sigel shot Gen. Nc.
Dowell through the head on the battle field ct
Warrenton. The news comes from Baltimore.
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Governors Grey.BearAs.

The Governor Of Iowa, acting under the
sanction Of the Secretary Of War, has author
lied the undersigned to raise . regiment Of
men over forty five years Of age, but aetiv. and
viyorous, for garrison duty. - Bs-
This regiment will be mustered as three
years volunteers are-dtawing the Same pay
and bounty. ~ III ga
No staff officers will be selected until the
regiment is filled. The staff will then be cho-
sen from the recruiting officers, provided proper
persons can be found among them.
Those wishing recruiting commissions, will
apply Immediately; and ifthe applicants should
be strangers to the undersigned, their appli-
cation should be recommended by certificate
from some county officer or other responsible
person, sttesting the fitness Of the pplicant
for the position. -.
All necessary instructions will be forwarded
with the commissions. G. W. KINCAID.
Muscstine, Aug 26, 1862. y,
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The Watering placss have been unusually full
this season. At Saratoga gay throups haya
crowded the piazzss and drawing .rooms Of the
great hotels, until teeming over they have Slled
the cottages beside. The same Is true also Of
Newport, Sharon. Long Branch, and other places
Of lesser note. The boast of the chivalry that
they alone have supported these places of fash
ionable resort at the North is effectually sienc.
ed by the fact that they are now more prosper.
Gus than ever. Alltheir other boasts viii, ia the
same way vanish into thin air when we shall
have the courage TO use our might against them.
Shall we never learn this lesson. The world hsa
never seen 90 gigantic humbug as that Of
Southern pretension. How long must we wait
before We shall be permitted to strike with all
our force, with all the weapons that God hss
placed within our reach, and explode it utterly
and forever I'm Y. Tribune. -
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In s'the battle Of the Cache, in Arkansas,
400 Of the troops under command Of Captain
Blackburn, fought and routed Gen. Albert
Rust's army of seven Texas regiments and two
regiments Of Arkansas conscripts-in all, over
5000 men. Captain B. was in the fight, and
says that, before they retreated, they 'tsup-
posed Curtis whole army was in the woods,
and every man fighting on his own account"
He reports their loss at over 400, end says the
aim Of our men WAS almost unerring. The his
tory Of this war does not furnish the evidence
of more gallant tight than that Of "Cache.' =
Cincinnati Commercial.
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NEW GoLD DEpos1rs Land Office at
from surveyors of public lands on the Pacific
slope to the effect that vast gold region exists
mainly in Washington Territory, but includes
the northeast corner of Oregon. The gold 10
represented to be very excellent in quality, and
frontiersmen who have the daring to adventure
into the regions Of deep wilderness are richly
rewarded for their tolls and risks. As marked
upon the maps, the region in question is nearly
square, and extends between the 10th and II sth
degrees of longitude. The Salmon river "a branch
of the Snake rver) and the afiuents of the Clear
water, are the portions most known as rich in
mineral deposits On the west are the Blue
Mountains, on the east the Bitserroos range
(Chicago Journal.
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TIE LAST OF A ROYAL HousE.-Mrs. Sophia
Stewart. the last of the ancient royal family Of
Scotland, has just died in her 9lst year. She
was descended from Walter, first Baron of Kin
caroline; who was son of the Earl Of Buchan and
Lord of Badenoch, son of Robert II. of Scot.
land. The family continued to possess the Bar
ony of Kincardine during ten descents, when
their land became the property of the powerful
family of Gordon. The celebrated COL Ray
Stewart. the true and trusty friend of 'Princs
Charlie" was grand uncle to Mrs. Ross Her
father, again, James Stewart, alias "Seumasach-
mule" " was ensign in the rebel army, and carried
one Of the standards of his uncles regiment over
the bleak heath of Culloden. = 80