The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-25

after, as IN tunes past, Do III SucA sa"SS0 W
squander it upon foreign spectators, con-
tractors and Railroad corporations. Here
tofore these grants have proved OF little
benefit to the people. They have merely
been a bone for greedy knaves to gnaw at
and quarrel over. Let the State keep con-.
troll of it's Lands until it gets their north,
and not transfer or hamper them for prom
ises or specious contracts always injurious
to the State. fit will do this, its lands will
prove valuable. Otherwise not.
Mss> Gen, Turchin has reached the army
of Gen. Rosecrans He was received with
marked consideration by that officer, and
with evidences of delightby the great body
Of the soldiers. The 10Th Illinois, his own
original command, hailed him with rapture.
Rosecrans, in company with Turchin,
made the rounds of all the defenses, and
the latter was ordered, after further exami-
nation, to makes report thereon. Werath-
er like these and similar statements in re-
gard to this General. Heis one of the earn
estmen, who make war something besides
boys play. That he is appreciated by Ro-.
W
is evidence that they, too, begin to think
there has been play enough Of that sort,
and are intending to change the programme
from now to the end Of the contest. Buell.
didn't like Turchin, and Rosecrans does
Buell. was afraid of hurting the rebels, and
Rosecrans intends to hurt them. That is
probably the secret of the like and dislike
-
gg The Anglo-Danish marriage alliance
is now said to have precious little of the
Dane about it. The Princess Alexandra
is said not to be a Dane, even by birth, but
of hnmixed German descent Of many CEN
turtles. Her father is Danish King by
mere election and just as much Dane,
as his son, who, it is said, has been chosen
King of Greece, is a Greek. So that in
fact the Prince of Wales, though he has
married a Danish Princess, got a German
woman, as has been pretty generally the
case with the Royal Family of England for
the past century or two. The question
may occur, why the pretense of choosing
Danish wife for the Prince was set up? The
fact is that the English people did not very
heartily approve of the Queens union
with Prince Albert. They had got suspi-
oious of Germanic alliances, and thought
they had had quite enough of them. So
the Prince though he took the same blood
as his father's-took thunder another name
and of course the people were delighted.
rs About $4,000, 600 in postal currency
have been printed, and about.$l5, 900, coo are
in circulation. The printing has been stop
ped. .r
REBEL DEPREDATIoNs IN THE KENTUc-
KY MoUNTAINs.-On Thursday last Mr.. A.
B. Gilbert, of Owsley county, KY, former
~ member OF the Legislature, called at
our office, and gave us q sad account Of the
condition of affairs in the district in which
he resides. He stated that Clukes men
first robbed him Of his grain and stock
some weeks ago-and, on Wednesday of
last week, a portion of Humphrey Mar
shalfs men, under Jack May, went to his
house during his absence and gave his wife
notice that he intended to burn all her
property. She plead with him earnestly,
on her knees, to desist from his nefarious
purpose, and offered him a thousand dol
lars if he would do SO. But turning from
her with an oath he ordered the torch to be
applied, and destroyed two dwelling hous-
es, storehouse and granary. He then
took all the horses on the place he could
lay his hands upon-robbed his beehives
and left. Preceding firing the house the
men appropriated thirty-three blankets. to-
gether with some other articles, that they
either fancied Or needed. Mrs. Gilbert en-
deavored to save some clothing by sending
it Oft by the negroes, but the nIarauders
seized them and took it away. They left
her but a single bed, which she removed to
a school house on the place, where she took
up her quarters, where she still is. perhaps
alone, as her husband and SONS dare not 90
to her. 'e -
When the rebels approached the premi-
SEES two sons OF Mr.. Gilbert who were in the
house, knowing themselves to be oyerpow-
cred, and wishing to avoid being taken
prisoners, sought to make their escape by
running up creek, but being discovered
they were holly pursued and repeatedly
shot at. One of the rebels, named Lacy.
eventually caught up with the Oldest of the
young men, Mr.. John Gilbert, who was in
God On you, surrender, or I'll hang
your Young Gilbert not feeling disposed
to comply with this modest demand, drew
pistol and shot his assailant in the fore
arm, which caused him to drop his musket.
and with q second discharge brought Lacy
from his horse dead. The two young men
then made their escape by pursuing the bed
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after them from different directions.
Mr.. Gilbert further states that Marshalls
incendiaries, while passing through Wolfe
county, burned forty-three houses. They
burned the Jail at Bonneville, Owsley coun-
ty, and fired the Court House. The latter
building, however, through the efforts of
the citizens, was saved, but the records and
all the papers of both the Circuit and Coun-
ty Courts were destroyed. They were torn
up and scattered through the streets.
The Union men, Mr.. G. states, are all de-
sorting their homes escaping as best thew
ean-hiding in the mountains during the
day and travelling by night. Many of them
are very poor, with large families, and the
greatest distress prevails. He thinks if
something is not soon done to give them
relief the women and children must die of
starvation. The most of the Young men If
that section are now in the army. The
county of Owsley has furnished five hun
dred, and outside of the Secesh-oonnt;np
refugees-but a few old men or invalids arc
left with rebels or rebel sympathizers. It
is earnestly to be hoped that this state of