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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25
THEINTERNATIoNAL EXHIBITION exhi-

THE1HTERNATIoNAL EXHIBITIoN.-Ihe extl-
bition being near its close, large quantities of
goods are being sold. The probability is that
everything will be disposed of by the 3lst inst
The Prussians announce that they are sold out
The Austrions are in like happy condition,
and the French have met with so much saccess
as shop keepers that they are impatient to send
home the goods, pack up their portmanteaus,
and return to the bosons of their families.
The London papers say that the Am orleans
have been exceedingly successful. Mr.. Stein
way, of New York, has sold his magnifcently
toned pianos to West End house, and the lat.
ter has resold them already at great advance
The 'cow mixer" has created quite fivore
in the bucolc mind, and has been grand com.
mercial success. An immense number eff or
ders have been received, and the specimen ex-
hibited. in the American department is daily
surrounded by crowds of country people. An
other novelty has just been added which affords
an amusing proof of the wide field over which
Jonathan exercises his ingenuity 1t is a swing
of peculiar construction, in which the sitter,
when once set going can keep the motion up so
long as he or she has strength to pull the long
bands which stretch from the top. Still more
important, but quite as ingenious, is the Amer
lean cotton gin, shown in the western annex,
which takes in the pods at one end and delivers
the cotton in fakes ready for baling at the
other. Its inventors allege that it completely
removes the lint and dust, and is capable of be-
ing used in the open field with the same facility
and efficiency as in the gin house.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

OBITUARy.-We received dispatch from
Corinth yesterday, announcing the death of
Chas. W. Mahin, brother of the editor of this
paper. He died on Saturday, the 18th, from
a wound received in the battle of the 9th.
The deceased was "a Yeas of age. He
leaves a family at Andalusia, Ill. He was o
member of Company A, 9TH Iowa, and was
wounded and captured by the enemy in the
battle of Belmont, but was released with all the
other wounded Union prisoners taken on that
occasion, and after several months suffering
from his wound was enabled to rejoin his regi'
ment.
No drawer or truer soldier could be found IN
the ranks of the noble 7th. His comrades al
all bear testimony to his fearless daring and
his readiness to discharge all duties required
of him Muscatine Journal.
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TIE HAWK-EYE
Friday, Octobes. a.

CONSTITUTIONAL Before the election the
Nahony wolves prcfssssd to think it all right to
nave the volunteers vote. They said the volun-
tsers we're mostly democrats, and would support
their ticket, and pretended to be rather jubi-
liant than otherwise over the fact that the gal.
liant soldiers of Iowa were not to be disfranchis.
ed by their necessary absence from their homes
The election is now over. The Soldiers have
voted. They voted, too, as their own opinions
inclined them. Outside influence had infinitely
less to do with their votes than with the vote of
those who remained at home. They conducted
the whole election within themselves. Strange
to say the result has proved that an astonishing
majority of them do not favor the Nahonyites
And now what howl these pololtical wolves
are raising about it. They say the whole thing
was a fraud Foul wrong has been done, and
to make the matter worse, it is demonstrations
all" They swear all about the streets that the
question shall be tested, and the candidates who
sought soldiers votes, say they intend to contest
it! We trust they will They will have a good
time over it. We do not doubt that the SOL
diers will thank them for the attempt to dis
franchise them
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

w General Prentiss reached Chicago late
on Monday night on his way to his home al
Quincy. In company with him were the follow
ing Iowa officers, who, since the battle of Shiloh
have had experince of the tender mercles of the
Rebels in Dixie
Fourteenth Iosa-Lieut. Col. Lucas, Captain
Emerson, Lieut.. Thompson.
TuelfM Io~a-Cspt. W. Haddock, Capt. "
Warner, Lieut.. Hall.
Eighth Iowa-Colonel j. L. Geddis, Lieut.. c.
Searle, Captain F. A. Cleveland, Lieut.. J. G.
KEENAN,.
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For the Hawk-Eye.

Mr.. EDIToR,-While spending day in Keo.
kuk took occasion to visit the o. S. Military
Hospital located here, and now under the care
full and efficient management of DR.. NJ. K. Tay-
lor of the q. s. A. It still continues to be
what it was under the management of Surgeon
General Hughes, one of the very best hospitals
in the Western Department., and 1 doubt if any
thing can be found to excel it in the East.
The four buildings occupied last spri ng, the
Estes House, Leighton House, Medical College,
and Public School House, are occupied now
and are full, contain in the aggregate about
300 patients, $50 of these-all Iowa soldiers
were brought in from Corinth and vicinity by
Surg. Gen. Hughes las. Saturday night. These
all are rejoicing Of their good fortune in getting
into 80 good place. Owe are all right here,
said number of the boys to me as l called
on them this evening
There is, however, learn from the Surgeon
in charge, an inadequate supply of some neces-
sary articles especially of shirts, drawers, lint
and bandages. Will not our Ladies Aid Soci
cites collect and forward Immediately gooG
supply of these articles. Half worn shirts anG
drawers could be collected and forwarded in
very short time, ard they are much needed i'm
mediately. Other articles on the ordinary list
of Hospital supplies could be used to advantage
but for the present let attention be directed
chiefly to the supply of those above named.
Goods designed for this Hospital may be di
rected to Dr.. A. S. Maxwell, Agent Iowa Arm,
Sanitary Commission, care OF Chittenden anc
McGavic, Keokuk, Iowa, and placed in care o
c. Marble, Esq, Burlington.
A. j. KYNETT,
Cor Sec. and Gen'l Agent /. A. S. G..
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FIRST JUDICIAL D1srR1cr.-From the ofici,

FIRST JUDICIAL DIsTRIcT.-From the official
returns in this Judicial District it appears that
Judge Springer is elected over the "Independent'
candidate for Judge by a majority of one hun
dred and sixty-six, and that Mr. Tracy beats the
other "1ndependent," Mr.. Craig, one hundred
and fifty three, on the home vote alone! We
presume the soldiers vote will increase these
maiorities to the neighborhood of a thousand for
each officer. 1t seems that 90, 600 nagurs" dian'
elect Mr.. Phelps!
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

THE SIrUAuoN.-The impression produced by
the indications on the Potomac, few days ago,
of general forward movement against the re-
bells in Virginia, are confirmed by the positions
our army has taken south Of Harper's Ferry, in
the direction of Winchester, and by the state
ment of the Press reporter at McClellan's head.
quarters, who says the enemy will not have to
wait long before meeting the Federal forces
We cannot have any fears for the result in that
quarter A battle will be equivalent TO victo-
ry; ard when it is learned that fighting has
commenced, the country may act as though it
had heard some good news. The indications
now are as would seem from late reports. that
the rebels will attempt to make stand at or
near Winchester, though we have been inclined
to think they would have to be pursued further
south before being brought to an engagement
If true, so much the better; for in case the eue-
my is routed, there will be the more distance for
his demoralized troops to travel, and less pros
pect of his saving his baggage trains and artil-
lery.-fMo. Republican.
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DIXIE AND SALr.-It used to be said that Cot.
ton was 'King." People have pretty nearly got
over that however But down among those who
sing 30 loudly of their chivaric determination to
olive and die in Dixie, is getting to be ques'
ton if the crown has not been transferred to a
rival, the authority of which admits of no dis
pute-SALr. 1t is one Of the developments Of
this rebellion, that south of the Kanawha Salt
works, in Virginia, no Salt Springs exist, or at
all events are known. While these works were
in our possession, the rebels were driven to ter
rible straights for the want of this common and
apparently insignificant article. They found il
vastly more necessary thing than any body else
has ever deemed Cotton. They got up an army
and invaded the Kanawha Valley merely to gel
Salt. And having got what there was there,
they left The Governor of that chivalric State
has forbidden the export of any of the article be-
yond its borders. So that if Virginia is now q
little better off than it was the rest of "Dixie's
Land" has gaiued nothing. In Georgia the arti
Gle has been selling at one hundred dollars per
sack And though surrounded by salt water the
ingenious people of that region don't seem to be
able to make it Let the idiots no more talk o.
"King Cotton" Throughout the South, a. al
events, Cotton is dethroned, anu SALT now right
fully assumes the Scepter.
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t#- With few exceptions, the business this
season of our leading railways, especially those
penetrating the western grain regions, has been
largely in excess of the corresponding months
in the summer of 1861. In some cases the in
creased receipts have run up to twenty tive'
thirty, and even forty per cent. There is a
general complaint about the lack of locomo
tives and rolling stock, which must be pur-
chased largely to meet the demand certain to
arise during the winter months.
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The Washington Republican says the medi.
cal director has issued an order that all patients
in our hospitals who have been subjected to the
amputation of one or both legs sball, as soon as
they are able to be removed, be sent to St. Eliza
beth Hospital at the insane asylum. The Oh
ject of this it is understood, is to facilitate the
operation of supplying artificial legs by skill
full artizan, who has already contracted with the
Government to furnish these necessary aids te
locomotion.
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CoMPRoMIsE.-There is a set of scoundrel poll
ticians in the country who talk about the Con-
stitution and the laws, and try to pursuade hon
est.minded and confding men that if they are
placed in power, they will soonbe able to restore
peace to the country. They want people to be-
lieve that our difference with the traitors may
be "compromised The man who wants to dc
this is either traitor, . coward, or fool abso-
lutte. No one but a traitor could desire to re.
lease the rebels from the punishment due to
their treason. No one but coward would sub
NIT to the shame and dishonor Of compromising
or making any terms whatever with rebels IN
arms. No one but fool would expect peace or
quiet to result from such a course. Rebellion
can only be cured by crushing it out. Peace can
only be permanently secured by making it plain
to all that successful treason in this country is
impossible Compromise is confession Of weak.
ness. It is an acknowledgment that the traitors
are stronger than the loyal. 1t is making Re.
bellion the master, and fidelity its slave. In
fact, no compromise is possible-for compromise
assumes that both opponents yield something
and come together upon middle ground. In our
case there is no such halfway position. If VIC
yield anything to traitors, we yield all. They
must submit to the law, or We must take them
for our masters There is no other possible So
luton of rebellion.
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He IS USEqUIvocAL "A Kentuckian named
Gier whose house, mill and store were burned
nv Morgan's men, and he taken prisoner, winds
up in letter which he writes after his escape
to Mr.. Hall, editor of the Ravenna Democrat,
as follows
81 am now unequivocally for confscation,
subiugation, emancipation, determination, and
hell and dsmnation."
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Army Correspondence.
HEADQUARTERS lsT BRIGADE, Cd DIVISION
Army of West Tenn,
CoR1NTH, Miss, Oct. 10th, 1852.

EDITOR HAwK-EYE THE greatest indgna-
ton now exists in the I'd Division in regard to
the treatment we have received from Rosecrans
respecting the late battle here, and especially at
an articles in the Cincinnati Commercial, of the
9Th inst, branding our entire Division, General
Davies and all, as towards and bathrooms, worthy
of nothing but execration. Diligent search was
made for the infamous scoundrel who penned
the above mentioned article, but we found that
"the bird had TOWN." He "skedadled" towards
Columbus last week, and came near being pitch
ed headlong out of the car window by one of the
18th Iowa, before whom be was beratng our Dr.
vision. He signs himself W. D. B. l put our
secret detective on his track, and be ascertained
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

EThe men Of Dixie, with their usual astute,
ness, in order to avoid the effects of the Presi
dents Proclamation, have proposed to remove
all their slaves from the border to the interior.
This they appear to think would secure their
safety. We apprehend it would have exactly
the contrary results. The negroes on the border
are already fully apprised Of the nature of the
proclamation. To carry them Southwark, is
simply to circulate this information among the
slaves more quickly and generally,-is simply to
congregate them more closely together,-is but
to give them better knowledge Of their numbers
and their Strengths to make them more sen.
sible of the weakness and fears of their masters,
and ultimately to enable them to strike for
their freedom with assured success. We would
ask no other policy than this to rende: certain
the absolute freedom of all the negroes BY their
own act If the traitors will but carry their
negroes with them as the Union armies march
southwark, we will guarantee that by the time
we can get to the Georgia line they will take
care of the rest for US.
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Thoss who never call their political oppo.
nents by any other name than 'abolitionsts'
don't relish being denominated tories. But
the name exactly describes them. They are
opposing the Union party and giving aid and
comfort to the enemy, just as the tories did
in the revolution They are doing for the Con.
tederates what the old tories did for the Brit
ish.-G Mo. Democrat.
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sw- Our returned Iowa officers, imprisoned
six months in the South, say Union man, from
Fast Tennessee was confined with them. His
crime was refusing to swear allegiance to the
Southern Confederacy. He was u years old,
fought under General Jackson, and was lame
from wounds then received and quite feeble
Yet the "ChiYarous Rebels abused this old
man shamefuily, feeding him scantly on worse
fare than Northern domestic animals get and
compelling him to sleep on the ground without
blanket. He had been in confinement year
and was still held when they were parcled. This
act of imprsoning man of seventy years who
has fought and bled in the service of bis coun.
try, for adbering to the Union, equals in fsrocity
even the acts OF the Savages on our Northern
border.
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SWORD PREsENTATIoN.-We were shown 8
beautiful sword, sash and belt, last night, which
is to be presented to Capt. Gardner, Of Company
Z, 34th Regiment, by the men of his Company
to-day. 1t is beautiful weapon, the finest We
ever examined Its presentation is high com
pliment to Capt. Gardner, and, we are told, well
deserved.
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2erH REGMENT.-This regiment passed down
the river early yesterday morning from its ren
devious at Clinton, bound for St. Louis. While
lying at our wharf, a sad and fatal accident
occurred. By some mischance, seven OF the
volunteers, were swept off the barge along side
the steamer, FIVE of whom only regained the
boat. The other two were drowned. Such is
our information. We were unable to get minute
particulars, or to learn the names of those
unexpectedly hurried to their death.
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THIRT1ETH REGIMENT.-The Constitution saws
that the SOth Regiment, now at Camp Lincoln,
Keohuk, is under marching orders and will leave
for more southern region to-day.
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RETURSED.-The Right Rev. Bishop Smyth.
Catholic Bishop of this Diocese, reached his res
idence at Dubuque, on last Friday evening, from
protracted visit to Italy and Rome. He was
greeted with very enthusiastic reception from
his numerous friends and parishioners
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

Nor MUcH OF RIvER.-The Cincinnati Ga
zette, of the 2lst says that a hundred head OF
cattle forded the Ohio river, at the foot of Main
street, Coyington, on the day previous.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

Scorr CoUNTY.-The official count Of the
home vote in Scott county gives the State Re-
publican ticket an average of 799 majority. Hi.
ram Price has majority of sS4 for Congress.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-25

WHERE THE CORN GoEs.-From the 1st OF
January up to the 18th inst, there had been re-
ceipts of Corn at Chicago aggregating the enor.
nous amount Of "a ,s74, o64 bushels
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az The Davenport Gazette Of the 2lst inst.
says that the saith Regiment, now at Camp Lau-
man, in this city, will receive its clothing and
arms in few days, and then depart to the field
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KlLLED.-First Engineer Mckee, of LIE Claire,
in this State, is reported to have been killed on
the 18th inst. by the Rebels, on board the steam.
boat Gladiator, while loading cotton at Council
Bend, about twenty-five miles below Memphis
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JUST LIKE HIM -" Pa, asked little boy,
you must let me have have a book to write
my money in" After this request was grant
ed, said he, "Now, pa. you must let me have
a dollar to write in it,"
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ngE The saith Regiment have received thei
clothing. They will soon get their arms and b
ready for duty
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eB- The Mahonyites, who have just been 80
emphatically driven to the wall in Iowa, fright.
ened good many weak souls hereabouts with
the idea that Iowa was about to be overrun with
a negro population, who would do all the work
and greatly reduce the wages Of labor. Only
4,OoO," it was said, were on the way to Bur
lington. 1t was very pretty lie, and very earn.
estly stuck to. Unfortunately for the veracity
Of its propagators, but one of them is known to
have arrived yet.
The same class of men are trying similar
game in Chicago. We don't know how many
thousand they say are about to invade that de-
voted city. As it is larger than Burlington, we
suppose the number is magni6ed in proportion.
An inquiry there, however, has developed sim
gular fact. Mr.. T. G. Sherman is the proprietor
of the largest hotel in Chicago, and the Mahony
nominee for Congress. He employs large
number of persons about his hotel, and it is n ow
published of him that all of them are negroes =
1t is further said that he is the only man in Chi
cago who employs negroes in bis hotel to the
entire exclusion of whites. The question now
is, what these negro-haters, who are expected
to support Sherman, are going to do about it?
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tX Senator Hunter made quite blunder re-
Gently in the Confederate Counterfeit Senate,
and startled it considerably, by administering
an oath to one of the Clerks to support the
Constitution of the United States.
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Total. AIT

.
Loss of I'd Division, three brigades) sss
Thus you see our (lst Brigade, lost nearly Is
many as the I'd and Sd Brigades combined
The I'd Iowa is at Rienza. 1t is greatly re-
duced, only having about $50 men for duty
Where are those recruits Bob Litter has been
parading around Camp Mcclellan so long.
Capt. Howard, company /, or Major Weaver,
will be the next Colonel of the I'd. Howard is
the best military autbority-Weaver has the
best voice. Gov. Kirkwood should take grea.
pains in selecting officers for bis Regiments He
has almost ruined some Regiments by appoint
ing political mountebanks and numb.skulls to
Office. rs.
The election passed off very quietly. The
vote was not very full, but generally four to one
against the Mahonyites We feel proud of Iowa
for the "clean sweep" she has made.
Gen. sweeney commands our Brigade at pre-
sent. We expect trouble with Rosecrans He
is trying to ruin our Division. Fl. s.
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THE Iowa F1FrH.-A letter to the Dubuque
Times states the vote of the gallant Iowa DID,
On the State ticket it stood, Republican 2Ss'
Democrat 10. 1st Cong. District, Wilson re-
ceived AZ; Hornisb, none. I'd. Price 60;
Thayer, /. Sd. Allison, 50; Mahony, none
4th. Grinnell, 81 Martyr, 8. 9th. Kasson, 2;
Finch, none. 9th. Hubbard, 10. Perhaps the
Mahonyites will say that the "abolitionists"
won't fight, after reading the above record y
The vote of the 9Th and the 7th Iowa, indicates
pretty plainly what sort of opinion men enter
tain who occupy the front rank among the fight
ing regiments. Whatever they were once, nou
they repudiate pretended Democrats as false to
their ancient principles. We didn't know any
thing of the opinions Of the 9th, before, but it
fought 80 admirably that we we're certain it
would prove equally patriotic when it came to
vote.
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BURLINGTON WEEKIYs HAWK-EYE.

HWilson is elected to Congress in this Die.
trict by about two hundred majority without the
soldiers vote, With their vote his majority
will reach 1000. Judge Springer and District
Attorney Tracy are also reflect in the First
Judicial District by nearly the same majority,
without the large majority given by the soldiers.
In this county Wightman has 1875 majority on
the home vote, but Garrett is elected by the
soldiers vote without doubt