The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16
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old regiments, ~ tlsss SosssaAai " -
and 20 yourselves, the advance upon xtoamond
may commence ct any time"
The most enthusiastic cheering followed this
comforting speech of the venerable Cannon,
and dix eostatio. ohaps Immediately o3efed to
volunteer % major generals.
Shall We presume to talk Of drafting, my boy,
when there is such readiness on the part Of the
people to lead the troops! think not, my boy,
I think not. Let the draft be protected.
On Wednesday again took trip to Paris,
accompanied by my frescoed dog Bologna, and
found upon reaching that city that the Hacksrel
Brigade had built itself theatre, after the man.
ner of Drury Lane, and was about to partake OF
the rich Intellectual drama. This chasts tenn
pie might possibly be taken for COW shed, my
boy, by those who are not conversant with arca'
itecturs in ono story. Il occupies spot which
has been rising ground ever since the nackereis
commenced to dig trenches around 1t, and the
front door is 90 spacious that you have to 20 all
around the building to find where it stops open
ing The seats are similar to those which are
supposed to have been 90 popular with the
Count de Grasse, and the stage 10 exquioiteiy
extemporized from several -four barrels, with
curtain created from two flannel petttcoate re-
Gently belonging 70 the wife OF the Southern
Confederacy. Il 49, IS
Passing over oil intervening events, my boy,
let me direct your special attention to the night
We celebrated, when found myself occupying
box (previously used for crackers) in the temple
Of the Muses., surrounded by uniforms and daz-
sled BY the glitter of the shovels worn by the
military celebrities present. In box (marked
"Sperm Oandles-First quality on my right,
nolioed . number Of distinguished persons whom
did not know; and to the left were grouped
several celebrated visitors with whom was not
acquainted. The stage itself realized numerous
brilliant footights in the way Of bottles con
tanning gorgeous tallow dips; and when the Or
chestra brought out his key-bugle and struck up
the martial strain 81 want to be an Angel"
there soos dry eye in the house. az "a, -,
Make note of this last unparalleled fact my
boy; for you, nor any other mertal man, ever
heard Of ito occurrence before.)
an The curtain having been taken down bya gen
tlemAn Who had forgotten % wash himSelf when
the wash stand went round last time, the play
commenced; ard found it to be
TIE UNION A II Was.
4 HIGH MORAL DRAMA, IN ONE ACT.
. 81 CAPTAIN vlLL1Ax Blows, rsKEvls. !,
The plot of this samirable work 10 very sim
pie, my boy, and appsala 70 those seutimsnts Of
the human heart which affect the liver. The
scene is laid in Washington, whore it has been
frequently seen, and the drama opens with . fine
& II cozssavAfv1 CHORUS. x
Abraham, spare the South,
,sFs 2 Touch not single slave; eae3
Nor cen by word Of mouth
,w., j, Disturb the thing, We crave.
Twas our forefatner's hand
That Slavery begot; T'N.{st III
There, Abraham let it stand, III
Thine Acts shall harm it not.
At the conclusion of this spirited National
Anthem, the Border State chaps who have been
singing it are invited to have another interview
with the President, who has only seen them
twice the same morning. AZ they pass out the
celebrated Miss Columbia appears, wrapt in deep
thought and the American flag, and reading the
twenty. third proclamation for the current month.
She asks her heart if she is indeed divorced-if
her once.happy Union is indeed broken and -
her heart refuses to answer any such common
question, Z doubt ia allowed TO remain in the
bosom Of the spectator. III deep agony she
kneels at the monument of Washington and soft
ly sings "Hail Columbia" while the Southern
Confederacy, who has just arrived, proceeds to
plant batteries all around her, assisted in the
work by reliable contrabsnds. After some mo.
ments spent in prayer for the repose of Secre-
tary Welles Columbia discovers her surround
ings, and 10 about to make faint, when the spirit
of Napoleon appears, and tells her that she hes
nothing to fear, % he 10 about TO change biz
base of operations and take Richmond. He tells
her that be would have taken it long before but
for the Tribune. This is . very 6ns scene-very
6ne T'he anirit If Nano1enn then nroceods IN
pick up everything he can fino and throw it
over to the Southern Confederacy, at the same
time swinging himself around 80 that his left fist
may be presented to the enemy instead of bis
right, only pausing long enough to drive back .
reliable c0ntrsband who has started to desert
him. Matters are progressing admirably, and
the Confederacy has only planted twenty Hour
more batteries around Columbia, when the con
servative chorus comes tearing back to the
scene, with the news that the President has de-
tsrmined to pay for all runaway slaves in post
age clamps! This splendid stroke of policy 60
completely staggers the Confederscy, that be
only erects thirty.two more batteries, and &C.
knowledges that his backbone 10 broken
Strange to say, Columbia still labors under the
delusion that she 10 in danger bat II 6nslly 70.
assured BY the spirit Of Napoleon, who convinces
her that all is going we'll, and at once draws biz
shovel and commences to dig hole. Columbis
asks: w therefore, this digginss2 To. which the
rssponse is: q 1bz~sl 9. alrt = . ..sw - asss
r. '"0ur Union in its broken state eaa.et -.
b. ss,s1 Ii discord to the soul;s s5si "A e~sl5s
And therefore We are digging here sas
To make the Union hole"
!, The digging proceeds until the spirit of M
poleon is sunk deep into the earth, when the
couAharv, Confaderacv deliharatalv " ctane -,