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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01
THE MURDER OF DIR. WIN. N. HUDSON

THE MURDER OF DIR. VIM. n. HUDSON
Among the cold blooded murders of Nor.
gan and his gang, on their recent raid
none, for atrocity, surpasses the deliberate
assassination Of DR.. VIM. N. Hudson, Of
Pemeroy, in this State. DR.. H. was father
of the late much Iamented and gifted Prof
Hudson, of Oberlin, who lost his life Sc
sadly by accident, also the father of the late
G.. G. Hudson, of Oberlin, and of our wor-
thy fellow townsman, l.. D. Hudson, who
has just returned from paying the last Off
ceS of respect to the remains of his father.
The facts of DR.. Hudson's murder are as
follows:
On Saturday, the 18th, about 800 of Nor
gan's thieves were near POmeroy. DIR.
Hudson lives near that place, and having a
very valuable horse had left his house and
secreted his horse. Returning home he
passed near a neighbor, an Old man, named
Heisel, who, unfortunately, was somewhat
excited by liquor, and was making demon
STATIONS of defiance, although entirely I'M
armed, towards the raiders who had come
in sight. DR.. Hudson, seeing the untortu-
nate condition of his neighbor, went to-
wards him to quiet him, fearing mishap
might come of his folly, Beforeh he reached
his neighbor, rebel shot Heisel who fell,
and d.. Hudson auickened his pace tstla5
ten to his rescue. The rebel ordered him
to halt, but he did not hear the challenge.
intent upon his dying friend, when tbeteit,
ell Lieutenant ordered a sharpshooter tphre,
who did so, lodging a ball in Dr. HIS &lfgh,
SCATTERING the bone. The Doctor lived un-
til Wednesday, the oath.
The ball was fired from distance of six
ty yards, of course by sharpshooter. This
gang of murderers was captured after
wards, and as they passed by Pomeroy, a
grand daughter of DR.. H., who heard the
Lieutenant give the order to fire. went on
board the boat, but failed to identify the
officer. Undoubtedly he had changed his
appearance by cutting off large pair of
whiskers which he wore when the murder
was committed.
Both the murdered men were unarmed,
both old men, DR.. Hudson being seventy,
six years of age.-CyeOetand Herald, of the
30th ut
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A Canadian at WaterviIle, Maine. who
wished to tell copperhead what he
thought of him, couldn't remember the q ~
propriate title and sorelieved himself with.
you ID old one cent? He hit the value
if be didn't the name.
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from London:
There is not day that does not bring
me applications from various persons, beg
ging Tor help to go over thelocean, and Of
iering TO enlist if 1 do so. While no photo
graph window, no theatrical handful, no
new thing, gathers such a crowd about it
as snow bill announcing the departure of
some snip Tor America. which will take
emigrants at reasonable rates. And the
vast multiplication of ships upon that vow
age, indicates the immensely of the emigra-
ton now going on.
Mr.. EDWARD EVERETT. in tho Ia 9, r7,m-
Der of the New York Ledqey. affirms that
THE South reottyseceded because her am
bilious men saw they must surrender, the
monopoly of the Government.s
This is perfectly fair statement of the
fact.
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CAEDIDATES-Therea are now only i22 can
didates. that will allow their names to go
before the convention for sheriff, and there
are I've townships to hear from. We would
like to hear from the other townships as
soon as possible. ~ tbid Union.
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A correspondent of the New York Times

A correspondent of the New York Times
writing from Sharpsburg, Nd, says: -
Our troops were received with great low
by the inhabitants, secesh as well as Union.
and they all said, 1--WE knew the LIST New
York Cavalry would be the first men back
here" Our men were freely supplied with
such provisions'as were there, and not even
in Maryland were our troops more heartily
welcomed. There was one exception
however, for one lovely rebel, Miss B---n'
was so overcome by the sight of the blue
jacket and "that awful Captain Bailey.,s
that she tainted clear away.
REV. DIR. EDWARD BEEcHER has yive,
notice that he and others intend To trv the
council which tried and convicted his bro-
Their, Charles Beecher, of Georgetown. Of
heresy. He denounces their whole bro
ceedings, and asks the public to SUSPEND
Judgment until all can be heard.
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Wis IN ENGLAND.-No fact in our Ameri
can political history is better understood
than that jeff. Davis was the author anC
leader of the dishonorable act of the State
OF Mississippi, in lS49, of repudiating deb
for borrowed money to capitalists in Great
Britain, who held State bonds for it's pay.
ment. mississippi Reputation is to this
day term of political and financial re.
proach to the State of JEFF. Davis, and to the
party which advocated and carried through
the dishonest scheme.
This matter has undergone considerable
discussion in England since the rebellion
broke out, and the rebel emlssaries have
done their utmost to deny or explain away
jeff Davis completely therein. In March
last. Slidell, the pettifogger in Europe fol
the bogus Southern Confederacy," wrote
and published the false statement that il
was not JEFF, but Reubea, Davis, who had
taken ground in favor of Republication in
Mississippi, and even the London Tunes
careful as it is to cover up all the crimes Of
the rebel leaders, and ready as it is to es.
pouse their cause on almost every opportu-
nifty, then softly said, in reply to the despe-
rate gambler, who in his own person illus
trates all the crimes of the rebellion in
Paris, cit is to be feared that the proof in
the other direction is too strong" When
the Hon. Robert j. Walker reached Lon
don, in May, his attention was called to
this Infamous lie of Slidell, and to the fee
BILE and reluctant contradiction of the Times,
and he at once applied himself with char
acteristic devotion and eloquence to its ex-
posture. Finding that a most injurious i'm
preston had been created by this infamous
lie Of Slidell, and the sly suppression of the
proper contradiction of it, Mr.. Walker
wrote home for the documents to correct
and expose a double outrage upon decency
and upon truth. By the last steamer the
washington Chronicle received copy of
his response, of which itsays, while it adds
new title to the many which have secured
to him the gratitude and confidence of his
country is probably the ostcomplete and
comprehensive paper which has proceeded
the war. He puts Davis and Slidell in a
pillory, and holds them up to the scorn and
contempt oil both continents. He not only
shows that Davis was one of the leaders of
the Reputation party in Mississippi. by
republishing a letter in which, over hisown
hand, Davis juStities reputation, and
comes forward as the voluntary champion
of that stupendOuS crime, but all his au-
trurities clearly indicate that Slidell knew
that Davis had so written when he issued
his lying letter of March, and also that the
London Times was. equally aware of the
same fact. 1t is unnecessary 20 do more
than to state the manner in which Gov'r
Walker gibbets and transfixes these rebels
and repndiationists. His statement alb
sorbsnearly forty pages of pamphlet, and
is more useful to set public. opinion right
in Europe, where Slidell's lie had obtained
uncontradictory circulation, than in this
country, where such lie was only another
evidence of his own utterwant of character,
and OF the astounding villainy of the rebel
lion.-Cticago Journal.
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HORRIBLE Discovery AT VIcKsBURd.- =
A Vicksburg correspondent writes:
~ horrible discovery has just been made
on thefrebel line Of Qualifications. Quite a
number of pen have been engaged in re-
pairing theitebel fort that was blown up
on the night Of the ID inst. In the course
of their operations they have exhumed
[Aixty or eighty dead bodies found buried
in the ruins ef%the~fort. 1t seems that
while our minerslwere at work making an
entry into the, side of the hill that was
crowned, by theFebel fort, a strong working
party ofEebels was set to work sinking a
counter, mine within the fort. This party,
consisting, it is said, of more than Shuir
e3red men, were in the mine when ours ex-
ploded, and those of them who weresnot
killed outright were buried alive Some of
the exhumed bodies are terribly lacerated
and mangled, while others have not a
mark or bruise upon them. Two heads,
one that of a negro, have been dug up
They were completely severed from the
bodies, the latter not having vet been
found. The bodies are found in almost
every conceivable position-some standing
erect, others sitting Or lying, and in one
instance the body was head downward as
if it had been caught in that position by
the rumblingAarth. while falling headlong
into the pit below. !
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| . NaAHLA STOF ON THE SEAT OF Thu
Aer.AAIous.-The Charleston Mercury SAYS
o. Me Oombardment of Fort Wagner q
ioIInl8nt ago, as viewed from the CITY:
IT was grand, terrible sight. The
n 41,,, from Fort Moultrie to VenegaI
I'LL, was crowned with the shifting mas.
ses Oh the conflict. Each moment the en-.
sMy shells, sometimes singly, sometimes
IN CLUSTERS, could be seen bursting lust
| apove the site of Battery Wagner; but
WEN ~ intervals, the clouds of white smoke
nv .t.ed Ior time from the scene, the flag OF
eno Ofave garrison could be seen still
waving defiantly in the breeze, while with
grlm regularity and deliberation our guns
kept replying to the foe.''
Again the Mercury says:
lew minutes after eight o'clock in the
morning the bombardment commenced,
anu rom this time increased in intensity
un.u neariy dusk, when it eliminated ia
o.e oI the grandest and most fearful storms
OF shot and shell ever rained upon bat
tery on TINS continent. No language can
90 Justlce to the scene at this time. The
soun0 was like a long-continued reyerber-
auono thunder, peal jbllowing peal in sue.
cesslon, SO rapidly that one could scarcely
discern an interval. The air was filed
Win bursting storm Of iron, whose solid
. .hasses ana spllntered fragments buried
themselves IN almost every foot of the de-
voteu tort. immense shells, striking the
slope, bounded over the parapet and rolled
across the parade-ground, 10 burst and
scatter there. Others losing portion OF
impetus, ricoceheted along the ground and
over the water, throwing huge volumes OF
SAND ana sea high in air, while still more
penetrated and were lost to sight in the broad
earthen sides of the battery. On right and
left could be seen shooting out a tongue Of
name 1rom every gun, and then fantastic
shapes OF smoke would inger for a mo-
ment, and drift away in clustering bun
ches, festooms and spiral wreaths. to min
gle with the heavy clouds that had gath.
cred in the northern sky"
The Courier says:
"The bombardment on Saturday, which
lasted from morning till night, was as ter
rifle, as incessant, as fierce as it is posi-
Ole for one to conceive. The thunder OF
their guns, the booming of the shells which
bursted in myriads in and around Battery
Wagner, led us to suppose that the slaugh-
ter must be immense; and those least
prone to give way to respondent feelings
looked on with blanched cheeks, but com
pressed lips, and feared the worst-for to
those who witnessed the bombardment
from the houses and steeples, and the var
lous points of observation, it seemed i'm
possible for any work put up of mortal
man to stand such terrible and concen-
trated fire, and pass, unscathed such an
ordeal"
This is not exactly the gay and festive
affair the bombardment of Fort Sumter
was. Well may the Charlestonians look
on with blanched cheeks, and "fear the
worst That grand and fearful storm OF
shot and shell, and the cloud of the bonn
bardment filling ''the horizon from Fort
Moultrie to Vinegar Hill,' will draw near
er and nearer, until its lightnings play up
on the city.
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,o IS, 1t is reported that tin mine has
.s Ss 81, discovered in Missouri, near the head
nm ; Francis river. That's certainly for
- That region. -'-'7'S w" IL
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REMARKABLE LETTER FROM PRISON
ER.-The following is an extract from a
letter written by a rebel prisoner confined
in the Old Capitol Prison, in Washington,
to a friend in the South:
1t is humiliating fact that out of the
seven hundred Confederates captured with
me, only three hundred remain true to our
Confedaracy, the balance of them having
taken the oath of allegiance to that detested
Yankee Government. oh, how l have
urged upon those dishonored wretches to
pause ere they engulphed themselves in
inevitable ruin, but they answered me
s'The Confederacy cannot gain her indie
pendence; Vlcksburg has fallen, and why
should 1 longer waste my life in a useless
undertaking"
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HELP THE SICK AND WoUNDED.-The
following circular is published in the hone
Snat 1T will produce worthy and and ac-
sp'aoie response every where:
Iowa SANITARY COMMISSION.
DAVENPORT, July 80, 1863,
:; DEAR SIR: The U. S. Sanitary Commits
SION ask that our Great National Thanks
sMlng of August 9th, be observed in a
G 0na way, by taking, in all congrega-
%oas, collections for the relief of our sick
Snu and wounded soldiers, by whose bra
seiy and suffering we have the occasion
s ei thanksgiving. This suggestion cannot
at n 10 70 commend itself to universal favor,
w Wan eais season of great and increasing
..Hees contributions in Iowa be sent to
Dan on ii. Price, Treas. Iowa San. Com,
act,nenport, Iowa" and they will be duly
s'Aho"iedged and faithfully applied.
j. c. HUGHES, Prest.
N'f, MAGoUN, Sec'y.
A. J. kYNETT, Cor. Secy and
81; Gen'l Agent Iowa San. Com,
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From Cairo.

CAIRO, May 2O.-The gunboat Picket ar.
rived from Youngs Point with dispatches
from Admiral Porter to the Government
respecting the capture of Alexandria.
The cooperation with Gen. Banks is now
complete.
Several iron clads are stationed at vari-
Gus points in Red river.
The rebels have raft above Alexandria
to protect their cotton boats, several OF
which are reported above.
The Memphis Bulletin reports three cav
airy raids, one from Helena, under Col.
Clayton, to Cotton Plant, where he encoun-
tered a part of Marmaduke's forces too
powerful for him, and he escaped by swim
ing the Langyille. He lost two killed and
eleven wounded.
Gen. Price moved from Little Rock in
the direction of Wittsburg. Stirring times
may be expected near Helena. Another
raid from Corinth, under Col. Hatch into
Alabama has transpired. He started on
Wednesday and returned ON FRIDAY hay
ing captured 400 prisoners and 600 horses.
The third was from Germantown and
went to within few miles of Holly SPRINGS
and was equally successful.
Our forces certainly occupy Warrenton
and jackson, but the evacuation of Vicks-
burg is doubtful.
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Cincinnati Budget.

CINCINNATI, May 2O.-IIon. c. L. Val
landigham was last evening placed on
board gunboat, which is now anchored
OIL the levee. His transfer to the boat was
very quietly done, and attracted no crowd
Those who saw him say he looked sober
sad and much broken down. He certainly
goes to Fort Warren, but by What route is
not known.
We have intelligence here that General
Grant, after destroying the State House
and rebel stores in jackson, Miss, evacu.
ated the place. We have no particulars la.
ter than Gen. Grants own despatch.
Rumors are prevalent at Murfreesboro
that Gen. Bragg is cautiously withdrawing
portion of his troops from our front, anG
sending them to Jackson, Miss.
1t is reported that three brigades had left
Shelbyville, and were afterwards seen al
Chattanooga. 1t is possible they went tc
Knoxville rather than Jackson.
All is quiet at Murfreesboro'.
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From Cairo.

CAIRO, May 21.-Dispatch boat Wilson.
arrived this P. NJ. from the mouth of the
Yazoo on Sunday morning. In the march
from Raymond to Jackson, Grant captur-
ed a train of sixty-five cars loaded with
corn meal and bacon. After capturing
Jackson, three miles of Railroad were des-
troyed, and all bridges leading to the enc
my's army were destroyed.
The bringing of supplies for the army
from Grand Gulf is about to be abandon
ed, in consequence of the heavy detail of
men necessary to be sent with trains.
The army has eight days rations and will
march to Haines' Bluff. 1t is thought it
can be easily made, when short and certain
lines of communication will at once be
opened. Joe Johnston's reinforcements
are not supposed to number over five or
six thousand
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ABOUT how many peace Democrats me-,
we have had at such a timer Who a,,," ulo
the Democrats-the Jackson Democran,tS
whose favorite and blood kindlinp no,,y-
were Andrew Jackson's Cur Fod"eS
Union; 1t must be preserved" and StorLsp
necatur's May my country aIways I
right; put, right or wrong, my countrv ~ 30
ways who among the Democrats 80, a.,
nave been caught whining about Tho oua
stltutional rights of our errinp Yon UIn
brethren to cut the throat of the natinns
VINO among the Democrats would ban!
urged that this government of ours waa Love
peculiarly and delicately constituted IS 80
whiie 1T would fight the world in arm
would be, necessarily, a non-resistant !.
some sovereign States made themselves III II
enemies, and insisted simply upon on;ot i.s
cutting its arteries, SO that it would snead;iyy
bleed to death3 ~> peeuily
There are Democrats, now-a-dsys ,,.,..
are not ashamed to call themselves ..hnt
ternuts, and to wear butternut badgaS
expressive OF their sympathy with 3hs,
Southern Rebellion. II the rebelIion h ,aie
occurred in New England, as we have s na'
gested, and the business of putting If dos
had been found more tedious costIS 81
dangerous than was expected and tha
ssympathizers with it had been in cow
tempt and derision, called "wooden mt
megs, how many Democrats would baro
sported wooden nutmegs, to show tbo3
they were allied in feeling with the Yantao
traitors?-CS,e. Com.
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Report ofAdmiral Porter.

WARRENToN, May l4.-7o Hon. Gideo,
Wettes, Secretary of Naey:-I have the hon
or to inform you that L arrived off the
mouth of the Red river Oh the evening OF
4th inst, and on the 9Th took possession OF
Fort Derusey, about eight miles from the
mouth. On the evening ofthe 9th took
possession of Alexandria without resist
ance. Gen. Banks arrived in Alexandria
on the evening of the eth, and l turned the
city over to him
(Signed) DAVID d. PORTER.
Acting Rear Admiral.
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UP AND AT TIL e II.
BY ALFRED B. STREET.
Up and at them

Once againl
Freemen, up! the way Is plain,
At the traitors once again!
Let not brief reverses daunt US;
Let no craven fears assail;
TreasOn's banner now may taunt us
In the fierce but fleeting gale;-
But the time again will come,
When again that flag shall COVER.
And the boasting voice be dumb.
Shouting now its little hour!
Up and at them,
Freemen, then, the way is plain.
At the traitors once againi
Up and at them
once again!
Madmen! fierceiy though we drain
Wars red chaiice, it is vain!
Never shall ye rend asunder
Freedoms flag of stripes and stars
freedom guards it with her thunder;
Down VIII Smite your thing of bars:
Down your wretched counterfeit!
In her reused and sacred rage
she VIII tear and trample it!
Holy is the war We wage!
Up and at them,
Freemen, then, the way is plain;
AT the traitors once againr
Up and at them
Once again!
Though our blood be shed like rain,
At the traitors once again!
BY our Nations ancient story.
By the deeds of other DAYS.
By our hopes of future glory,
BY the deep disdain or praise,
That our action now awaits,
AS we yield or dare the strife:
Let us, through all adverse fates,
Swear to guard the Nations lifl
Up and at them,
Freemen, then, the way is plain;
At the traitors once again!
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Fatal Mistake.

PHILADELPHIA, May 21.-The Inquirer
of this city publishes letter from Suffolk,
Va, stating that on Tuesday the 18th Rhode
Island and l52d New York were advancing
from different directions, when installing
each other for rebels, a brisk fight began
and continued until the fatal blunder was
discovered. A number of each regiment
are reported killed and wounded.
On Monday two companies of New York
mounted rifles were suddenly attacked hy
rebels and badly cut up.
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Union League.

PITTsBuRG, May2l.-The Union League
in western Pennsylvania has been very
active during the past few days. Meetings
have been held at Pittsburg, Washing
ton, Harrisburg and other places address,
eddy Judge Rhiman, who recently returned
from the east. The order has received
many accessions from Democrats who SYM
pathize with the Judge in his loyalty to
the Union.
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General Assembly of the Presby
terrain Church.

PEORIA, 2l.-The General Assembly of
the Presbyterian Church of the United
States met at Ii o'clock A. M. in the First
Presbyterian church in this city, and was
opened by a sermon by the Rev. Chas. c..
Beatty, after which Rev. J. H. Morrison,
of Indiana, was elected Moderator, Dr. NJ.
Knox, of Erie Pa, Clerk.
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JoBs PROPHECY OF THE IRON GLARS
hHis scales are his pride, shut up together
as with close seal-one is so near TO an
other that no air can come between them.
When he raiseth himself I'D the mighty are
afraid; by reason OF breakings they purify
themselves; he esteemeth iron as straw and
brass as rotton wood. The arrow cannot
make him flee; strong stones are turned
with him into stubble. He maketh the
deep to boil like a pot, he maketh the sea
like pot Of ointment; he maketh a path
to shine after him; he maketh the deep TO
be hoary."
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Successful SMUGGLING.

NEW YORK, May PA Norfolk letter to
to the morning papers states that regi-
ment' of'rebels crossed the Rappahannock
on Saturday night Is miles below Fail
mouth to protect the passage of medical
and other supplies from Baltimore for reb-
ell uses. They accomplished their purpose
and captured eight prisoners from scout
ing party of our cavalry.