The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07

was the signal for an attack upon the guard,
which wds not numerous, BY the crowd, and an
attempt 70 break open the doom Of icafs, End in
loud and violent threats iig.inst the soldiers Of
the Sch Iowa, who were, on duty, >, These, how
ever, with the ssaistanoe of the police, repelled
the assault, and arrested several Of the most
outrageous Of the copperhead' rioters. The
prisoners we're finally taken to Camp Douglas.
On Friday large number, Of the Tories were
very anxious TO visit their particular friends
within Camp Douglas, making . thousand ex
cuses and ipretexts to secure their object We
glad to record that the .commanding officer
shut down the gate on them, and refused admit
lance to any Of the sooundrell We srust hs
viii continue TO act in ths, same manner. we
hope, also, that he will adopt measures To- obtain
the name asd residence aef al those Who spply
for leave 70 mmiDgls with the otfsitors, end that
he will cause the list 70 b published dsily, @
that loyal people may know the namee Of the
hpen WHO are % solicito,sy to give .ssid and com
fort" to public enemies All such men should
be known, and the brand of public scorn be
stamped upon them forever. There can be no
did8eulty in determining whoseek admitsancs for
I lloyd and legitimate purpose. Let tho rest
have the notoriety and the rebuke their treason.
able purposes deserve. Let the prisoners be
carefully cared for,-but let them b we'll guard.
ed from Ill contact with those who sre 90 evil
IDENTITY their allies and determined TO- make mis-.
chief among them, if possible. VA, ,,,s s
GEN. Bur1EH.-The General who has been
sosmuch honored by the hatred Of rebels in the
South and Tories in the North, isnowa at
Washington. It is reported that he has been
ordered to resume the Command Of the De-
partmcnt of the Gulf. Gen. Butler win UNI,
doubtedly 60 on with thezxork of,conquering
. peace BY the use of ill the means that can be
made to weaken the power and resources Of
the traitors. sTheyIars their Tory friends will
not derive much delight from his policy and
conduct, and they VIII s.howi''''9 accord,ngly.-
Let them do 90. But it will be wise for them
to keep good order in the Generals Depart-
mont. He has happy knack Of putting trail
tors just where they belong, which il not psr
tieulary agreeable T. then. We wish Butler's
tectics were more generally practiced by COM
manding officers, ;4o4o 3.3#h 81 toa bib j
II Four rowdies, as Chicago, on Friday,
made an assault on the Rev. G. 81. e. Nswberns,
colored Preacher Of that City he bad just
stepped out Of his own residence, when the a.
ssult Wa made, without any preteuce of cause.
The fellows pursued him and struck him, when
the Clergyman concluded that bis life was il
peril and turned upon the ecoundrela, and efFec-
tually cleaned out the whole gang, much to the
delight Of those who witnessed the whole affair.
SscEssIos.-The right Of each State|to secede
from the rest is one Of the cardinal principles
Of the Contederacy-taey sayi The good faith
with which this principle is held BY the repro
bates who rule the rebels may be inferred from
the clamor they raised on discovering the move-
ment Of the French Consular Agents towards
inducing Texas to act upon it, and, having &C.
eeded from the Union ION paperl next secede
from the Confederacy, and try it alone, q an
independent nation. They didn't seem to like
this proposed exercise Of the sovereign right Of
secession, did they ID - IL. 40.
a. There 10 no longer any mistake about the
faot that Thurlow Weed has retired from the
editorial chair Of the Albany Evening journal.
He himself announces his retirement in long
article published in that paper on the 9th Of
January. That settles it, We suppose, os.
6rLarge numbers Of troops, it is said, are
moving down, the Ohio River, and into Ken
lucky. Rosecrans is said to be receiving
heavy reinforcements. What truth there may
be in these rumors We do not know, but We
hope that the troops will be placed where
they will be able, as they are willing, to do
good service. $50 gpa, g.a Eg.s4 g.
WHAr THE TORIES PRoPosE-Iu the Illinois
House OF Representatives, on the Goth ulu., Mr..
Walker, one of the Tory members, offered long
preamble, reciting Lumber of grievances al
legged to have been committed by the Admins
trston, amounting, in substance, to an allegation
that the prosecution Of the war, the punishment
Of traitors, and the suppression of the rebellion
are all wrong, and concluding with the following
resolution, which we copy from the Chicago
Times: .sas..
Resolved, by the House Of Representatives
(the Senate concurring herein,) That, in our
opinion, the time has come when, in accordance
with the Constitution, it becomes necessary to
call . convention Of all the States, for the pur-
pose OF considering our national difficulties and
adjusting the same. We would, therefore, re-
commend to all the States that the Legislatures
thereof appoint Commissioners to meet in ma
tional convention, to be held in the city Of Lou
isyille, il the State of Kentucky on the first
Tuesday in the month Of April, A. D. 1868; and
ewould memorslize the Congress Of the United
States to obtain an armistics and cessation q
hostilitiss now existing between the differen,
sections OF our common country, for the purpo :
SEES aforesaid. b4,ss,s,a =" 70 IS s.
The resolution, after debate, was referred to
the Committee on Federal Relations.a
| TIE Rock ISLAND BRIDaE-A dispatch, from,
W ashington, Of the Slstsut., states thu the S,I