The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1863-05-23

~ The Dubuque HeroId regrets the
death Of Stonewan jackson, and styles
him zone of the bravest and purest of our
The Herald has not found
time to express regret for the untimely
death of any of the officers and soldiers
who fell gioriously in the recent battles,
fighting for the Union and the country! 1t
thinks "every impulse" of the traitor jack
son, was "honorablev' By the same rule,
it decides that the impulses of all patriots
are dishonorable!
gB~ The Lay Convention of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church, commenced its ses-
sion in New York City on Wednesday last.
A large number of Delegates were present.
Judge Wright, of Indiana, was chosen
permanent Chairman, and delivered long
address on the subject of Lay Represen-
tation.
lD-FoR CoPPERHEADs.-The following
resolutions were adopted by the Union
Convention held in Garrard County, Ken
lucky, last week. The loyal people down
in that region do not seem to be so much
opposed to the arrest and punishment of
traitors as the reptiles further North, who
hiss and writhe SO fiercely because someof
their fellows are likely to be punished for
their unutterable villainy. The fact is that
the people of Kentucky are beginning to
comprehend the terrible import of the issue
to be decided by this armed arbitrament.
They have seen and felt something of the
war. 1t has been at and around their own
homes. They are getting in earnest, and
they want those who uphold treason to be
dealt with as traitors. They understand
the case and are disposed to apply the only
remedy. This is what they say:
Resolved, That we regard those persons
who are embarrassing the Government by
opposing all of the measures for the sup
preston of the rebellion, who are continu-
ally demanding peace, armstices and COM
promises, as aiders and abettors of treas
on, and unfit to be trusted in these trying
times of the Republic.
ResolUed, That we most cordially approve
of and endorse Order 80, issued by Maj
Gen Burnside, for the more effectual sup
preston OF treason, that we call upon him
to see to it's enforcement, and we hereby
pledge to him our cooperation to carry out
It's provisions; mo fire in the rear" but let
all the enemy be massed in front.
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The money article of the New York
Tribune of Friday last says that counterfeit
Dty cent, postage currency, is in quite
general circulation in that city. It says
they are rather blurred and of rough exc
cution, and may also be detected by the
fact thatthe words POST OFFICE in the right
hand lower corner in the counterfeit are
printed in one word, while in the genuine
they are divided, and stand as two.
Something is wrong in Baltimore.
Somehow they commit the strangest freaks
in that city, in relation to the negro, we
ever heard of. They are utterly without
precedent. For example, one of the white
rowdies there few weeks since, having
nothing else to do, knocked down ''col-
ored pusson," who CHANGED to be quietly
standing in his vicinity, doing him consid-
cradle injury. The rowdy was actually
arrested, tried, convicted, and really sem
fenced by a Baltimore Judge to pay fine
of twenty five dollars and to be imprisoned
in the Jail for six months! We think there
is no parallel for that case. Further North,
where there are Copperhead policemen and
Copperhead Judges, they would have ar
rested the negro and probably have sent
him to Jail for being in the way of a row.
dys fist! That appears to be about the way
they look at things-or did not long since
in Detroit and Cincinnati. We really
begin to think that there is little civili-
zation coming to light in Baltimore, and
we have some hopes Of Cincinnati and De-
troit. But we fear Judge Taney was terri
bly, shocked when he heard that Balti-
more Judge decided it to be violation of
law for white man to knock down a black
one!
Adjutant General Thomas reports,
it is said, that ten negro regiments are al
ready ornanized and full, in Gen'l Grants
Department, and that the business of re-
cruiting is still going on with the best
prospects for ten more within short time.
That is pleasant news to us and to all who
desire the rebellion to be suppressed. We
suppose the rebels are not gratified by it