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

Tssssy thousand fteeoea . recently eaAnclE
,a,ed ftss he 8.ikssy Nraraya = sesshsss.
de.potism ought 70 have teE.ed ont ct leess
5000 strong on such N ocoasisn, end ysts I very
.,ch doubt whether there were, 500 white olei7
,oss prssen. at either meeting. There eould
not have been moro than 900 o. 1900 q either,
ooe.half Of whom were soldiers, ons-fosrth Of
she balance we're blacks. and quite sprinklipg
At secesh In the remainder. So strongly was
shis element manifested that one Of The speakers
ms interrupted several tines By intsrrogatoriss.
All these things taken together, / en- safs In
saying that not 800 citizens wore present. ineluds
ing men, women and children. G -
Thia taken In connection With what have
heard from prominent citissns. I an fully con-
vipced that Union men ere very scarce In Mem
mia At the Union Appeal oface yesterday, j
heard an old gentleman who had lived here for
twenty. i've years, cay that there were ten Secss-
s;oaists here now where there was one when No
came here. On inquiring she cause Of 90 great
. change, be said I've we're arresting every man
that refused to take the oath. Some Of my best
friends" he added, fare In the military prison.
Sscb, At least, are some Of the Union men Of this
o;ty. If We let them remain here in the enjoy
nsnt Of peace and guard their property, and
Kermit them to have free and uninterrupted COM
muuication with their friends in the rebsl army,
end not require them 70 take the oath Of allegi-
suoe 70 the hated Lisoola Government they Will
be Union men, at Ieass, 70 outward appearances.
The same individsa rsmarked, ''you can never
conquer the South. You have overrun . por-
ton Of it, but have not conquered foot Of it. >
This is the feeling that psrvades : large portion
Of the inhabitants in tbis locality.
RFive eontrabands came in yesterday morning
before daylight, from twelve miles this aide Of
Holly Springs. They belonged to Judge Clay
ton, Narshall county, Nississippi They report
large force at Holly Spring., under General
Bragg another At Goodmsn's HillA eight miles
east, and another at Cold Water Greek, five
mites north Of that plses. g The rebels are also
tts.ifying place called Water Valley, 30 miles
sosth Of Holly sprinss, where they are reported
70 be 10000 strong, and srs throwing mp In
trenchnents there-and another place called
Walden, 30 miles further South, where they orc
also forming camp. The negroes say that their
master was going 70 send. them on Monday to
work on the rebel Notifications at Water Valley,
and that they left on Sunday evening last, ira
Yelling only nights, and eubsisting only on green
corn and fruit, making the journey, rs miles, in
four nights. q ;osmigsa bR& Ell
Judge Clsyton's son was an officer in the rebel
amy, and vas taken prisoner By our own forces
when they went to Holly Springs about four
weeks ago, and egain released on taking the oath.
TIE negroes cay that all che White men have
gone TO the war, except Z few old men-even
The overseers have gone, and al the able. bodied
negroes have been taken 70 work on the fortif-
cations. .,.. .sl '''1 y
The Judge, himself, left home on our coming
to La Grange. and did not return until we left
that place. he had assisted the rebel army in
various ways-in blankets, clothing and prosis--
ior,-snd several of the sick and wounded SOL
ders OF their army were nursed at his house.
The Secesh have the most sanguine expecta-
ton of their FINAL succesa At least, they are
going to tough it through TO the bitter end, and
from present appearance, they intend to leave
no project untried to accomplish their purpose.
We have at work on the Notifications here 1850
cou.rsbands, and the number is daily increasing
-..... asa II. NJ ROBERTS.
The state TeachcFs, Association.
The following paper, on the state Of the couu
w, was unanimously adopted at the late meet
iag of the Iowa State Teachers Association
held at Mt. Pleasant: }-tG
The Iowa State Teachers' Association hold,
its 7th Annual Meeting In time Of unparalleled
Addiction and trouble throughout the nation
Many Of it's members have aleeady gone to th,
war. Others are just buckling on the armor t,
20. The call for help and reinforcements Gomez
up on every breeze, and extends to all classes
The headings Of the latest dailies are full Of sig
ni6cance and stimulus to ion:-"Importan
War Ordersi" "More Warm Work Ahead |!
"Rebel Reinforcements Rolling In l" "NcOlel-
Ion Achieves Great Victory BY Withdrawing!
In circumstances like these, it seems fttine
that this body should put upon record its hrn
convictions a. to the nature Of the contest, ant
the momentous Importance Of adopting all RICH
measures for the suppression Of this unholy re-
bellion, aud the establishment Of true aad
lasting peace.
More and more firmly are we persuaded tia,
tue root and spring Of our great calamity is il
the great system and spirit Of oppression and
grinding Of the poor, 90 fatally prevalent Ia The
Aud. =, al L.t.
A. measure, therefore, not only nor chiefly
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