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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31

A STARTLING SrATEMENT.-The Chica
go Tribune publishes the following state
ment editoriallv :
We have before u, three ra,triloe.
brought !" Is from Annapolis hv friend
ley are portion ofihe ammunition Tar
En:ic' rifles served on; 10 lnrnsl-'> for>
res for the great exposition. TO the eve
ti"v are alike in appearance. and the
slight 'IIff"rrnre in weight could rot h- in
s'antlv d-'ecteI But The litf,.ierc" is
,ha' one of the three cpntoinS not a 21nrH
r}s Of poeo Ter. A prominent officer Of NE
cxpedliinn told our informant that his
was about the proportion thrpnoh"rt he
entire lot of Enfield rarsril yes ona third
Of them carefully put mp without powder.
Now here is a case for inveSliga'ion..--
Was il fraud, or treacherv. that seeks 20
palm IF on our brave troop. on the eve
Of an expedition sham cartridges Let
MS have an explanation, ofthis affair, Sec
r.,arv Stanton.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31

Row AT CAMr l;ANDhLL The Madison
Jo"rnal >rs.e> that there was BIT Of
low ut Canr Randall. "u III. nigh, Of the
2l,l iusr A. We hear ii. Il story i Tia
Col. AllEN. at Tie lG h. wh. i the ra,n>
nshd.rg iIi.rt IT h- Camp bal mrru>
Ter e Tie SrnrIinasi ian regiment placed il
tn" gus i i"u.e .,,r .ou- vie!..'luu "f the
~ r'"t The rsnp 4 lag" number ii tie
Sssndns'lan r"elusnt attempted 10 re
lease hin. Two comparies OF ,lts lG Ia
were detailed 10 protect III. guord house.
Upon hi, tie whole Scandinavian regi-
meuI turned ou;. when the whulr Siateenih
we's summoned together The result; vas
thgt The gnsrl home was rot violated. aad
nobody vas lur.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31

FLo0D - CTNCIS <ArI.-There have been
several raih= N Cincinnati recently. Tie
river on the ooh WAS 81 feet above low
water, and rising At the rate IT ,hre. inch
=. er hour There we're five feet Of WA
10, on she frs floor. Of buildings font
- Tie river All trihntalie, above. are
r4-.lrinl. oat 1T foed height
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31
".STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS,

THE FHIESD OF The PEOPLE, AND TiIk
DEFEADER OF THEIR RIGHTS ;;
nd let the monument bear, and trans
nit to pos!eri'y the words addressed by
him to his coun;rymen in this great crisis:
"'1here is bat one path of duty left to
all patriotic men 1t is no: a p,r,y ques
ton, nor a question involving partisan
policy. 1t is question of government or
no o>ernment-countrv or no country
And lastly inscribe on bis monument.
IN nufaIing letters. that last. DIVING mes
sage TO his absent orphan sons:
Tel them to obey The laws and sup
por, the constitution Of the United States"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31
Gov. wrights's Eulogy on Douglas.

The suI"gy Of ex Governor Wright, Of
Indiana, on Judge Douglas, delivered NJ
Indianapolis on tie s,h, was listened TO
by large audience. l;has been publish
ed in pamphlet form. We quote the
concluding paragraphs of the Governors
address, all We have room for at :hi-
time
IL have said sha, Dougla. died poor
In the great State which he served So long
anil So faithfully, he did not own ground
enough 10 serve bin tor a grave and lis
devo.ed and ,rue-hearted wife gave up
for bis place OF burial, the small lot OF Two
acres, which WAS ali the land size owned
This noble and gifted woman Was awass
tru, 10 the patriotic principles Of her hns
band. The false glitter of The fashionable
society Of Washington couII no, tempt
her to become one Of its devo'ees nor
could the powerful treason that ruled in
high places AT the national capital ever
wi. her fiom her devotion 10 the Cn:on
When delegates came To- her 10 ask her
for her children, in order that they might
he removed TO the South TO save their in
heii,ance FROM conhscarion, true TO the
dying i,janc,ions Of her husband. she
promptly and firmly refused to give up
his children to be the recipients of wealth
and to he educated under the care and
patronage of traitors.
Will not the people Of Iliinoi, and In
dians-wiii not tie people Of the mighty
and patriotic West-wiil not The people
of the Unon-proyide a home and her
itage for tie wife of Douglas aud for his
children | know they will. have
conversed with committee who have the
| subject under their charge in Illinois -
! May not similar comniti.es he organized
in Indiana, and in other western States /?
| The farnil, o: Douglas must have home
in the West. where An enduring monument
will he erected to his memory. Let the
friends of the Union place on it the
words
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31

ES- California is wonderfully pro-
ductlve state. Carle have got to be SO
numerous as to he almost worthless, and
every kinl Of fru: and farm produce is
abundant and cheap During The autumn
Inii grown fat cattle have been sold from
s3 o 80 per c"t orse, from $40 To $50;
hog Al all prices sheep from IS cents 10
81 81. Contracts for good fat beef With
the neck and legs en- off have been made
for he army at 81 80 per hundred pounds;
and sill such arc The facIlifi''> f'.T IaI-ihg
stock in that ,iiinn,e. more, can Ice MAIDS
AT he above prizes. C""j, clean b t'ey,
IN 100 pound ~a.k~ j, >slIlrg ~ sl5 per
ton Wheat al $50 20 s35 or ton. X
ceient crapes at 500 :" 80 Ter ION. POI
ia;or> Ii~ Year are unu>uaiiS Dgh-thtre
havin. been but hort supply planted,
The, sell AT Two ani one hat cents per
pUGud, twice n high As grapes
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-01-31

Az ArsTRr.x I,nIDE's OUrFtr The
Austrian Gazcifs ates thai Baron de- Sina
whose daughter il 10 be- married in Janns-
~ hex, 10 Prince ip-lianli, has ordered
that I've wedding "urht nf the bride shall
ONLY consist of Articles either manufactured
or purchased IN re Austrian Empire. In
order 10 give al idea nf lli, outfit. il will
suffice 10 say that fifty women have cen
exclusively employed darnn The last three
months in making The body linen Of Tho
bride elect.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
(For the Havk-Eye. }
THE SPIRIT OF ,78.

THE SPIRIT OF ,78.
The citizens of Brighton, and of the surround
| ing country, assembled in beautiful grove JUS,
north of the village, to the number of some two
thousand on the 18th. The exercises were opened
With prayer by the Rev. John Burgess. The
Declaration OF Independence was read, when the
orator of the day followed with an able, eloquent
| and appropriate address of an hour in length on
the occasion of our National Anniversary.
At the close of the address, the band gave us
q fine piece of music; and in the mean time a
bride was conducted to the stand, when Dr.. Jno.
h. Power, of Burlington, addressed the audience:
"Friends and fellow-citizens, am about to
perform part which is not in the published
programme of this days exercises, but which is
among the most important items in the great
programme of human life. I am about to con.
summate union, which it is hoped may sym.
bolize the reunion Of these States when the
rebellion and the institution which produced it
are annihilated from the land"
Then addressing the parties, be united in mar.
riage, the orator ofthe day, William T. Burgess,
Esq, ard Miss Sarah Catharine Downs, both of
Baighton, Washington county, Iowa.
After partaking of fine dinner provided for
the occasion, the crowd again repaired to the
stand, where number of patriotic toasts we're
read and responded to with zeal and earncstness
Every thing passed off delightfully."-, while but
one spirit and feeling pervaded the whole assem-.
blythe Constitution and Union must and shall
be preserved, cos. what it may. Il.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
THE HAWK-EYE
THE BEST TEST.

THE BEST TEST.
It wss the opinion Of NJ. Douglas that this
Government with its Democratic institutions was
worth the lives Of half million of men-that it
Was better to preserve civil and religious liberty
at this fearful cost, for posterity, than to per.
NIT rebels to destroy the Great Republic, the
hope and the refuge of the oppressed and the
down.trodden Of all nations. Did he put too
high an estimate upon the value, to US and to
our posterity, of our Democratic Institutions
Certainly he did not. ALI agree in this. Then
Why cannot all Of every party take hold manful.
ly and aid in putting down the rebellion? Why
not aid in organizing and equipping regiments
and sending them to the field instead of blowing
about "niggers," and blathering about violations
Of the Constitution on the part of Government
that is using all its power and all its resources
to save our Constitution and Union from de.
struction and our people from anarchy and a
reign Of terror? If General Dodge is SO fearful
that slavery will be disturbed and thereby the
ultimate preservation Of the Union jeopardzed
why does ne not give the Government the ben.
tit Of his military experience by raising regi.
ment for the war. The safety for slavery and
the only safety, is 10 the ability Of the armies of
the Union to crush the rebellion at an early day.
The President has called for more troops. Gen.
Dodge is a military man. He can raise regi.
ment IN thirty days. They are needed, not only
to preserve slave property but the liberties of
the people. These are times that try men
times of heroic achievements and devotion to
country-times of sacrifice. Gen. Dodge has had
honors and Offices and emoluments at the hands
OF the people of Iowa He has been in Office
from the time he first set foot in Iowa until his
return from the Spanish mission. The people
expect something better of him than believing
In partlzan county convention about niggers
and abolitionists If he has the manhood the
people have given him credit for be can find bet
ter employment than that of abusing the men
who are laboring to save the country and stigma
Using them with unseemy epithets. Let us
have some evidence, General, of this much
Wanted devotion to the Union as it was and the
Constitution as it is. Aid US to preserve the
one and restore the other. Help us to raise and
equip troops. Give US your coun.enance and
support if not willing to enter the field and fight.
Encourage the enlistment of men called for by
the President, at least.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

The wheat crop whichis now being harvest
ed in southern Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
promises large yield. There are reports of
damages from some parts of the West, but the
general yield may be set down as full aver
age. Corn is doing very well, and with sea-
sonable weather in July and August, the crop
will be large.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

W At Galesburg, during the celebration, a
man from Knoxville was stabbed. and died IN
fifteen minutes. We did not hear his name or
the cause of the difficulty which resulted in bis
death.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

Gen. Fremont, accompanied by his family.
mas left New York for Oyster Bay, where he
VIII spend some time. Upon his return to the
city ne will take up his residence in East
Eighteenth street. '''
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
Military Hospital at Keokuk.

to make known to you and the public in general,
BILE paper, some of the grievances that patients
here are subject to, and the many mean, low
handed tricks that are exercised against us.
In the first place, as regards our meals, they
are mnch poorer than those in camp Tough
beef. watery potatoes, an onion once in while,
an inch square of corn bread, make up our
principal bill of fare. am told by good au'
thority that it costs other States 80 cts per
diem for every one of their soldiers in this hos
pital, while in realty they get but .euen cents.
This calculation will be found true. The warm,
unwholesome river water that we use, Is of
itself enough to sicken one; while ice is 80 very
cheap and easy to be got it seems but right that
it should be furnished US. We are cooped up
between four six story walls, allowed to take
the fresh air but once Q day. Those who are
able to walk around will not, as some are apt
to suppose, roam
Through country and town
Up and down."
and at night return tired and fatigued in body
and mind. little air and exercise will do US
good. And in particular I speak of the 4th of
July, day when enthusiasm takes its highest
fight, when freemen, ext lifting. shout for the
Union and the stripes and stars" This day,
as with the others of the week, we are kept at
bay, hemmed in by bayonet. A day of free
dom not to all! Fathers and mothers. remem.
Der your sons. This war, began for liberty, is
now merged into one tor the almighty Dollar !
And many who once looked only to the cause
of the Union are now devoted tor scheming and
robbery. As for those noble. Jealous, patriotic
souls At home, who have so literally contributed
of their substance to the sick and wounded, let
them know that many of these gifts hirelinqs
and civilians consume. We do not receive
more than one quarter of the contributions
The Ladies Of this city have done nobly. I am
satisfied that no blame can rest on them. They
watch the volunteer With tender care and close
his eyes in the dying hour They are doing a
! work, transcendent in kindness, work az valaa.
bic to the world as liberty itself. Let their
names be honored and their memory be extern.
In every aspect this war is ono devoted to
gain and lucre; and it is not strange that these
Wholesale lotteries should be kept full. WHY
lays the discharge in the Secretary's desk, or
the furlough ungiven, when the soldier is suffer-
ing for it? The scienced schemer can answer
the question and sensibly feel its truth.
God speed the rights and chastise the wrong.
| .... LIrIRA
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

@The acknowledgements charge that the
Republicans are responsible for the WARRIOR
all the blood and treasure it has cost and will
cost because they refused to acquiesce in such
an alteration of the constitution as would sat-
isfy the whim of the rebels. Last year they
wanted to hang US for not mutilating it-this
year they ask the encouragement and votes of
the people on account of their fidelity to the
s'Consti tuition as it ISL stu@F lH
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
BURLINGTON, July s, 1862.

BURLINGTON, July 8, 1862.
G. DUNHAN, ESQ, EDITOR HAVE EYE:
Sir: In your leader of to-day among other
things, you represent me as having said in nv
speech at Marion Hall, Saturday last, ''that the
nation has no right to fight for its existence
against its domestic enemies that We
have no right and no power to put down this
rebellion and that it is wrong to tax the people
to carry on such war, &C."
said none of the things which you attribute
to me but on the contrary exhorted my brother
democrats to support every law, to pay all their
taxes, State and Federal, as announced it to be
my intention to do, and to sustain, in full force
and vigor, every department of the government
OF our common country.
Most respectfully, A. G. DODGE.
eB-We publish the discl Amer of Gen. Dodge
with pleasure. We are happy to learn that our
informant misunderstood him-that be will SUP.
port the Government, pay bis taxes and exhort
all gooo Democrats to do the same thing. Quite
q number Of persons understood him Just as our
informant did. How they came to be SO greatly
mistaken we are unable to determine.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12
The VallandIgham County Meeting.

There was political meeting at Marion Hall
Saturday afternoon, the persons calling and
managing it, styling it Democratic County
Meeting. Mr.. Corse presiding, Mr.. Todd acting
as Secretary. A platform was adopted-one
that it will be entirely unnecessary to alter, be-
cause it is bad enough as it is. 1t lays all the
blame of the war upon the "Abolitionists" and
"Black Republicans, goes in for the Consti.
tuition as it is, and abuses the Republicans for
not altering it to please Davis and Toombs last
year-says that the Union can never be saved
by powder and ball-that cancellation, couces.
sion and compromise are all that can bring back
peace and restore the Union-and that the Dem
ocratic party only can thus save the country.
Gen. Dodge made speech of most intermina.
BILE length. He spoke before the platform was
adopted and after, and the last We knew he was
still going it, with stentorian voice and tremen.
dous jesticulation, coat and cravat of, covered
with sweat, evidently laboring under the impress
sion that he was getting off tremendous speech
tina; would shake Iowa to it's center if it did not
the world. Our impression is that it was the
weakest effort ever made in Marion Hall, consid.
ering the amount of lung and muscle expended.
"Great cry and little WOOL" Dodge goes in for
concession and is opposed to the use of either
powder or ball in the war, except upon the Abo.
litionists, who, he evidently thinks should be
shot or hung, particularly the Abolition Editors.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

az 1t will be welcome news to the country
to learn that General Hunter has transferred
the troops from James Island to Hilton Head,
thus giving up for the present the inlets that
lead to the rear of the forts in Charleston har.
Dor. This doubtless means that there will be
no attack on that city until an iron-clad gun.
boat can firSt Cooperate "a#f
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

At recent raising in Lobo, Canada, quarrel
arose between two men, when one struck the
other, knocking him down. This frightened the
other men engaged, and letting go their holds.
part OF the building tumbled down, instantly
killing eight men.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

tured with the train, managed to escape at
night from their csptors and came into camp
this evening, and confirm al l have said in re-
latiou to that affair. They represent the enemy's
force that Attacked the train at 200.
We are warning at great disadvantage. The
enemy is we'll acquainted with the country-we
are not--aad yet it seems to me that nothing
could be easier. We know little or nothing two
miles from our line of encampments. If the
General commanding has any knowledge Of it
yery few of his immediate subordinstes are en-
trusted with it. For ought that our cavalry
scouts would know to the contrary there might
be large force concentrated within five miles
of us. That arm of the service amounts to but
little in this wooden country. It ID not re-.
gion where cavalry can operate successfully,
yet it must be confessed that they fall far
short of what they might do even here. They
are wofully inefficient as scouts on reconnoiter-
ing excursions.
We have had no mails for two weeks past,
and the latest paper we have seen is the Mem.
phis Avalanche Of the Esd inst, brought on by
our wagon train. We seem to be cut off from
the rest Of mankind. The telegraph line is said
to be cut between here and Memphis This is
very probable, as we have received no intelli-
gence from that source since the disaster of the
train on last Wednesday. How soon we shall
be able to send any mail away we can not tell.
The number Of letters now on hand waiting
transportation will amount to several hundreds,
I shall endeavor to send one at every opportu.
nifty. Yours, truly, h. N. ROBERTS.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

-O
FINALE NuRsEs.-By the following note it
will be seen that female nurses are needed in the
Western Army, and that transportation will be
provided for them by the Medica, Director Doc.
tor McDougal. should any desire 70 enlist. We
fear, however, that it will be hard tn find .rv
as old as thirty:
KEoKUk, June 80, 1852
Mrs. E. r. PAINE:
Dear Aadam-Mrs Wittenmyer write. th.t
she is authorized by Dr.. HcDougal to state n A.
he would gladly avail himself of the services of
competent female nurses in the Southern bosr;.
tails. Should there be in your city any women
who can be relied upon for integrity and good
sense, who would be willing to 20, if Won will
telegraph the fact to Dr.. NcDougal, Medical Di.
rector, Pittsburg Landing, he will immediately
arrange for their transportation. None under
thirty years of age are desired.
Very respectfully.
LucRErA Knowles,
Cor. Sec s. A. s., Keokuk.
Apply, with reference, to Mrs.. E. R. Paine or
Mrs. G. B. Darwin.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

GEN. JOHN A. LoGAN-An army correspond
ent of the Bloomington Paragraph, writing
rom Jackson, Tenn, has the following state
ment of Gen. John A. Logan, of Illinois, in
command of our forces at that place:
Gen. Logan has made quite metamorphose,
politically. Feeling like making speech the
other day, he addressed the soldiers He said
he had been nosed around by southern poll.
ticians long enough. He had seen enough of
the cursed institution, and he would not sheatbs
his sword until it was wiped from the land. l
also learned that he was opposed to the new
constitution. If this be so, I may exclaim, in
the language of volunteer, "BuIly for him."
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-12

An Army 01ncer on Abolltlonin.
The following is an extract from private st-
ter written BY An officer Of the regular army,
holding high position on the staff Of General
Mcclellan, dated June II, 1862:
have been told that confessions are good for
the soul. am going to make one to you. I
am at last an aboitionist! Not that love the
negro, or am prepared to say, cart thou not
man and brother?" but do love my country
and the white race. Ny old prejudices and po-
htical feeling have been wiped out, one by one,
slowly but surely. could not pass through oil
that have Witnessed during the last year, and
not see what every honest and candid man
q whole people in their feelings and actions to.
ward their fellow countrymen and their country
must be wrong, and the sooner it is done away
With the better.
am no longer astickler for the constitutional
rights of the South; people who are trying 80
earnestly to destroy their only safeguard should
not be protected by that which they are SO anx
ous to overthrow. I can now appreciate and
echo the saying of Wendell Phillips: "Let Us
destroy that institution which has disturbed the
peace of our country for seventy years"
You, like myself, have no doubt in times past
had high idea of Southern chivalry. Like
many other things down South, l find even that
boosted institution humbug. Among all the
Southern officers whom have met and been
brought in contact with, have found scarcely
one that was even the peer of a Northern me.
chanic. could tell you of deeds of barbariap
perpetrated by these knights of the South that
would make you shudder. A day or two since
l was told by an aid Of Gen. Reyes that one OF
our officers was found dead with both of his ears
cut off, This is one of hundred cases of their
cruelty. Yesterday two suffers were found in
the woods hanging by the neck, and some team
sters with their throats cut.
Yours truly, -.
The writer of the above has always been
known as an uncompromising bunker Democrat.
He has ever been unsparing in his denunclations
of Abolitionists and Republicans, whom ne con-
sidered, when he left here few months sgo;
really responsible for the war. Nothing could
be more significant Of the change which expert.
ence and observation are silently effecting in the
minds of our soldiers, than the fact that such
man now quotes approvingly the sentiments of
Wendell Phillips.-[New York Post.
Cpu IouN A LoCAN-An army cOrreanOnd.