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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-02
Cairo News.

CAIRO, April 29.-Gen. Mcdowell and his
Court of Inquiry passed through Cairo to-
day en- route for Memphis where their la
bors will be renewed.
By way of Memphis we have report
that Tuscumbia was taken last Thursday
by Gen, Dodge after severe skirmish.
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From the Washington Chronicle.
The Fast That God Hath Chosen
BY THE REV. JOHN PIERPoNr.


HYMN FoR THE NATIONAL FAsTsysAPfsLI
s. "Isitsugh i fast that / ave chosen a day fol
q man 10 affiict his soul; to bow down his head
like 0burush and to spread "a OK doth and ashes
under him? fsnot this the fast that have chos
en-: to loose the bonds of wickedness, TO undo
and we break every yoke?" tIsaiah VII: SO.
In deep humility,
WOrshiping only Thee,
PROSTATE we fall,
And while Thy name we bless,
And own Thy righteousness,
Lord In our sore distress,
On Thee we call.
Our great sin we bemoan-
Our fathers and our own;
We cloak no more
The hundred years of wrong
We've nursed and made so strong;
r The sin we've loved so long
We now deplore f
Assovereign, on Thy throne
Vengeance sits not alone
To ScOurge our land:
Mercy comes nearer Thee,
And, on her Bonded knee, rs
~ Holds back, with her strong plea,
Thy Christening hand.
Beneath the tempest's tread e g
The bulrush bows its head; 81
But when the blast 3
That hlmbled it is Ger
. 8l} 1t lifts itself once more
As proudly as before
as The storm o'erpassed
SO be it now with us! .zs
But. while we bow down thus $50
Beneath thy frown,
Let us, with penance meet,
p4 Lie lowly at Thy feet,
And ne'er the sin repeat
That brought us down. is,ss
WLs},if1sO9 u. c.. ADril & 1861
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The Loss of Life by the Anglo
.., Saxon. AE0

MONTREAL, April pa dispatch from
the mail officer on the Anglo Saxon says
that all the mails are lost, and that 2S7
lives are lost out of a total of AS souls.
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Fire.

New YORK, April 29.-The large engine
house OF the Erie Railroad, in jersey City,
some 200 feet IN length, and three locomo-
Loss about $4,000.
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a fine, fat sprawling ed-faced baby was
left on Arch Bishop Hughes door step one
night last week. He had il tenderIy con-
veyed to the Founding Hospital.
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Specials to New York Papers.

NEW YORK, April Zo.-The HcTdId'S dis
patches from the Army of the Potomac 2Sth
report the return of the cavalry expedition
north. A lot of prisoners and camp equip
page were taken. srr.a ssesTlE
Dispatches TO the same paper state that
the alleged discovery of Geographic com
munication with the rebels across the Rap
pahannock is u hoax. '4.-
NEW YORK, April 2e.-Newbern advices
state that Hills forces were at Newfield and
further north. Our troops at Elizabeth
City and Winfield had been withdrawn.
Washington and Plymoth to be retained.
A fort is building at the latter place which,
will permit of the withdrawal of our rein
forcements now there for operations else
where.
The Post thinks that the news received
that Gen. Banks has taken possession of a
large amount of rebel property, indicates
that part Of our forces have reached Al
exandria, La, where the rebels had large
quantity of stores and boats. It is impossi-
BILE, it says, that they have all been cap
tured. - A'As7z
Especial to Tribune1 a.
MuRFREEsBoRo', April ga fictitious
excitement was produced tonight by re-
ports that the enemy intended to attack
ROsecrans Immediately. The facts de-
rived from the best official sources are that
our scouts report the advance of the enc
my to Beach Grove and Waterloo by a
forced march from this point. 1t is proba-
BILE that the enemy advanced in force,
without artillery, to counteract supposed
general advance of this army. At the
same time they maintained a reconnois-
sance in force. They have been reinforced
somewhat; but no military man here dare
hope for such good fortune as an attack
upon the Army Of the Cumberland at MUIR
freesboro'. No patriot could desire bet
ter thing for the Union cause. Fif
has resigned the Provost Marshal General
ship of New York. Col. Nugent, of the
69th New York, succeeds him. His juris-
diction will be over the first nine Congress
sional Districts. ~ ss1305sff
The editor of the Atlanta (Ga.) Contederd-
ca has been arrested here on his way from
Canada. large amount Of gold was found
estly desires not to return to Dixie, and it
is reported that he will be released on his
taking the oath Of allegiance. HAEt ~ %
Advlces from Port Royal state that our
troops are being conveyed to Folly, Cole
and Diawah Islands, and North Edisto is
occupied byaconsiderable force. The troops
on Folly Island are entrenchinr. '9
Five Of the Monitors are at North Edisto.
two are at Port Royal, and the Ironsides
remains off Charleston. The Monitors
have been filled with shot and shell. and in
every department the utmost activity pre-
walls.
1,16une's Special from Washington saws
that the report that Daniel r. Goodloe has
been appointed Military Governor of North
Carolina, is premature. The President.
though holding different opinion, for the
present diners with Secretary Stanton that
Military Governors are unknown to law
A. A. Hall of Nashville. has been an
pointed Minister to Bolivia upon the re-
commentator of Gov. Johnson. Hora-
ito Perry has declined the Consul General.
ship of Havana.
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"A STUPESDoUs WORK.-A wonderful
plan has been exhibited recently in Paris
for a railroad across the Simplon pass. The
Line has been most carefully surveyed for
four months by Italian engineers, who have
passed that time among eternal SHOWS, and
now exhibit their astonishing designs and
declare the work practicable at an elevation
OF three or four thousand feet above the sea.
The estimated cost is seventy-two millions
OF francs. The object, of course, is to con-
meet the Swiss Line of Geneva and the
valley ct the Rhine with the Italian CHS
Alpine lines. During four months band
OF engineers and their assistants, number
ing about forty individuals, have traced
the line over mountain SUBMITS, across
valleys, gorges, and precipices, living all
tne time in temporary sheds and carrying
with them food, clothing, and all the neces-
saries of existence into the very heart of
unexplored mountain forests. Out of
about seventy miles Of railroad thus labo-
riously laid down in these places, nearly
twenty will be in tunnels and as many
more in galleries, with latent openings,
having arcades on one side like those of the
Rue de Rivoli. The appearance on the
plans is wonderful and magnificent in the
highest degree, and appears the ne plus ~
ira of the daring of modern science. The
execution is calculated to occupy five wears
and when achieved will more than rival
the famous tunnel now being performed
through Mount Gents. T.. p
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New York Budget.

2 NEW YORK, April 29.-The Washing
ton Star of yesterday reports that there has
been battle at Cheat Mountain, Western
Virginia, in which the rebels were badly
beaten and driven back. 49,,
Further advices from Port Poyal report
that Charleston will be again attacked on
All the monitors except the Wehawken
have left Port Royal. /. The health of the
troops is suffering from the warm weather.
Rebel deserters report that new obstruc-
tons have been placed in Charleston har-
Dor which would not allow the smallest
craft to. pass through. {gt.
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Another Forward Movement.

WAsHINGsoN, April 29.-The Washing
ton Intelhgencer of Tuesday morning an
nounces that Hooker commenced forward
movement on Monday morning. Heavy
masses of artillery and other troops were
crossing the Rappahannock at sunrise.
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1IIUt UIOIISIit llJ UUW II.
Washington, D. c., April 5, 1868.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

The Grand Division of the Sons of Tenn
perance will meet at the Hall of South Fork
Division, on the 4th day of February next,
at 2 O'Clock. A most cordial invitation is ex.
tended oy that Division to the members of
the Grand Division, and in no part of the
State can greater hospitality be found. 1t is
situated about eight miles from Newton and
SIX from Lincolnton. / am directed to saw
that carriages will be at each place on that
Jay, at the arrival of the cars, to convey
members to the place of meeting.
Fl. G. HAMILTON, g. W. P.
Lenoir, December II, 1862.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

The Richmind Enquirer of Wednesday
says, all was perfectly quiet at and near
fredericksburg yesterday. The roads are
SAID to be in dreadful condition, caused bv tho
recent rainy weather. All expectations of An
advance of the :" grand army are at an end.
at least for the present. r~
Ihe L%ynchburg Republican of Tuesday
says that a gentleman who left Knoxville On
Sunday last, reports that the Kentucky Leg.
'slature had passed, by a majority of Ave 70
one' an ordinance of secession from the Adolf
uo'- Union He fui Their states that as so N
as ti's decision was annoucsd, the Legislative
nal was surrounded by a regiment of Penn
sylvania soldiers, and every member of the
oooy arrested. The Republican adds -
we are not prepared to express an opinion
as 20 the truth of this report, but the indica-
u0ns all point to an early move of the kind,
Il It has not been made as stated" rs
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02
The News of the Week.

The anticipated attack upon Wilmington
and Goldsboro', has not yet taken place.
No doubt the recent storms upon our coast
have delayed the operations of the enemy in
that direction. -r as sF.sa sta se
Generals Smith and Whiting will no doubt
be ready to meet them whenever and wherev.
er they may see fit to strike. A few days
we think will decide a. what point their as
sembling hosts are destined.
In looking around and about us, and OBJ
serving the tide of the times" we see
nothing to discourage the friends of the
Confederacy, but every thing to encourage
them. We have steadily repulsed and driv-
en- back our invaders at every important
point-we have a great and good man at
the helm of State to guide our young Con-
federacy-we have experienced and skillful
Generals at the head of our armies-Gener-
ais unsurpassed by any in the world, and a
soldiery patriotic and devoted to the cause,
and who have resolved to conquer in this
war OF to die in the attempt
In contrast to this, we see in the govern
ment of our enemy, indecision and a want of
firmness as to measures Of policy.-In their
army, we see changes of their Generals and
q want of confidence in them-in short, we
see in all their '~'actings and doings" latterly,
a restlessness which proves to our mind q
falling in Of the timbers of the old ship
And if some new Napoleon don't soon arise,
to take the helm and run the machine
better than it is running at present, she will
soon prove a wreck. OF course we would
have no tears to shed over such q catastrophe.
Under such circumstances we can all feel
hopeful and cheerful.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

GIN. HnL,-Maj. Gen. Danl. Fl. Hill is
now on a visit home, in Charlotte, after Q
continued absence Of nearly two years. Al
ways of a'feeble constitution, says the Dem.
ocrat of that place, his recent srduous duties
in the field has rendered recreation and rest
positively necessary. 1t is hoped that he
may be fully restored and invigorated, for
the country cannot do without his services.
Rumors are aloat that Gen. Hill has re-
signed his position in the army. We sin
cerely trust there is no foundation for the
report.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02
Meeting Of the Grand Division.

"ednesday, the 18th inst, is the day ap-
pointed for the eonvening of the Grand Di-
vision. See notice of G. w. p. below. But
We fear, romthe suhioined letter, that it will
DC hazardous for the members to go. when
me small -pox is raging to such an extent in
all thai section of country. We feel it to be
our duty to give the warning contained in
Bro. AoerEethy's letter, and then each mem
Der can act as h. may deem most expedient
III tne premises. We do not deem it our du-
y 70 suggest a postponement of the meeting
me CIV z: can do this if in his judgment
ne may deem it advisable; or should onlv a
'e" OF the member meet, they can adjourn
10 u given day-say some time in the Spring
or Summer, when it will be more pleasant
and convenient for all to attend. Owing to
sickness m our family, we anticipate being
deprived the pleasure of going, even if there
were no other obstacle in the way.
But here is Bro. AS letter: .
MARION, N. c., Jan. 26th, '63.
DEAR BROTHER GoRnAs:-I am glad the
'arano DIVISION has been appointed to meet.
yet am sorry that its locality is SO much
surrounded by small pox that there is dam
ger, II we in Marion hear the truth. in going
there. A friend in Caldwell writes me that
lour new Cases have occurred at the Hickory
Station on the w. r. 4. Extension. within
the past week. This is a point 10 miles
ABOVE Newton on the Railroad, where the
". w. L. and all members from the North
western counties, wile take the cars. It is
also q point through which all of us from
the West must pass.
1t is also stated that there are over so
cases in and around Salisbury. How MANY
IN charlotte, | cannot tell. There are. or
nave been, some cases in Lincolnton and some
about Shelby, N. G. To-day I hear it has
mace ITS appearances at Icrad's Station.
These considerations will debar me from
getting to the meeting ; for were I to go, the
people here would not let me return.
l think you ought to say something about
the danger OF meeting at that point now, and
let the meeting be postponed to some future
day. -
am anxious to be present; but I shall
not do so at the expense of having small
pox. 9stsa Yours forever,
s3 s~= an r. L. ABERNETHY. .
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

~ A Surgeon in the Confederate States
Navy, A. S. Garnett, was recently tried by
. court martial on charges of intemperance
and scandalous conduct. The court acquit.
TED him of course, as such bodies scarcely
ever convict an officer; but the Secretary Of
the Navy, in announcing the decision of the
court, takes occasion to express his disa psss~.
al of that decision, and expresses che bsSssf
that accused is guilty. This course of
the Secretary is rather unusual, but we tb;nk
very proper where there is good reason to
sGppose the court failed to do its duty. An
officer of the Navy or Army who is know
TO De intemperate. ought to be Instantly Dis
missed, and we are gratifed to see that Mr.
Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, has the
o~oldness to object to aoquittals where he
knows the proof was sufficient to convict.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

We return thanks to our friend Mr.. w.
N. Prather, of Mecklenburg, for a club of
twelve subscribers. But we N send
them for a year for $12. 1t would cost US
more than that amount to do so. They will
receive the paper for eight months, according
to our published terms. We cannot furnish
the paper for less than $3.50, whether to
clubs or single subscribers. 5ts 3ai e
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

A PRAYER, &c.--The devout, eloquent
and appropriate Petition and PRAYER for
the South" to be found on our fourth pare,
"lii' we trust, commend itself to our people
generally. Its Author is a venerable Min
lister OF the Gospel, who is giving his whole
time to the interests of his country and the
spiritual and physical condition of the sick
and wounded soldiers who come within the
sphere of hfs operations. We hope the
Press OF the South will generally copy it,
and that its pious invocations will be fervent-
ly responded to from the hearts and Inns Of
all our people. God has been our Deliverer
all through this fearful struggle, and He will
ollag US to the promised Land" of Peace.
Prosperity and Independence, if we, as a peo-
pie, call with faith and trust upon Him.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

p6- Notwithstanding our frequent notices
to correspondents not to send us county, COR
poration or individual scrip, some persist in
doing it. We receive o good deal Of Meek.
lenburg, Va, Grayson Co., Va, and other
scrip. We state again that We cannot pass
such here, hence we will not credit persons
on our books for such scrip, nor car we af-
ford to pay postage and return it to the SEN
ders. II is therefore a dead loss to those
who persist 10 sending it to us. 3
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

rg- The Salisbury Waterman learns from
good authority, that . large number of de-
serters and tories have banded together in
that section OF. country where the counties of
Moore, Randolph and Montgomery join, and
have committed numerous and serious dis
turbances against the lives and property of
true Confederate citizens. OF course they
will be speedily waited upon by such force
in authority, as will bring their operations
to a close. 1t is a section of country some
what difficult Of access, and they may, how.
ever, cause more trouble than is now appre-
hended. ,.H4- s9
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

IMPORTANT FROM RIcHMoND.-The Charles
ton Mercury's correspondent, under date of
January %, gives the following interesting
items /: ~s :
Yesterday, a New Yorker, who left Wash
ington last Friday, arrived here and sought
an interview with the President. He was
Wen accredited by letters to several promi-
lnent Southern gentlemen. He says the war
cannot last ninety days that the Yankee e.
nances are in inextricable commission: the
soldiers in all the armies mutinous. and only
waiting to be paid off to disband. Their.
says ne will come the hanging Of the Lin
colnltes-and there will be a clean sweep-
Inns IKE other such statements, should but
make US more vigorous in pushing on the
war. ~
You may rest assured there is sometime
IN the story abouA important matters in Sc
eret session, which I have been repeating
rom day to day. 1t is a treaty or . loan, or
ootn' will France. The facts will be given
70 the public before the week is over. if I
nave not been misinformed.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02
- Twelve Federal NAVY Officers "a,

a Twelve Federal Navy Officers, cap
tured by Col. Lamb below Wilmington, N.
T., have been brought to this place and are
now in the Confederate prison. They pro-
fess surprise at their confinement, having
supposed they would be paroled. They saw
t ley have not seen Lincoln's proclamation of
the 1st January, and that had they known
the turn affairs have taken, they would have
resigned their offices, &c. There is little or
no faith to be put in these professions.
Sails. WGtchman.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

To ARsENTEEs.- invite the special con.
sideration of all soldiers, who are absent
without cause, embraced in Gen. G. w.
Smiths command. to tho general order from
hiEa, and to the proclamation Of Gov. Vance
in this paper. The crisis demands that every
man shall be at his post. Let no North
Carolinian disgrace himself or his State by
his absence from his regiment longer than
the 10th of February. Let all start &C once
In order to be at his post in time. Let il not
be said that any true North Carolinian has
suffered the terrible punishment of death for
desertion. .t.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

The TWENTY NEGRO LAw.-The House Of
Representatives at Richmond, have unani-
mously passed the bill introduced by Mr..
Barksdale, Of mississippi, repeating that
part Of the exemption law which xempt the
owner, oversees, or agent of twenty negroes
from CONSUMPTION. aaaa# Is
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

FROM Observation-Disclosures from Ken
lucky says that Gen. Woodford (FederaD
IN q speech TO his men, and in the presence
OF 5000 citizens, at Lebanon, on the 18th
inst, told his men to go home for twenty
days; it by that time President Lincoln did
not repeal his emancipation proclamation he
would not call them together to fight against
the South, but takesthe field in behalf Of the
South against the Northern Government.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02
Confederate Congress.

RICHMOND, Jan. 26.-In the Senate to-day
mr.. Caperton OF Virginia qualified and occu :
pied bis seat. a ~
Mr.. fancey's resolutions instructiug the
judiciary Committee to enquire whether the
ofncers OF the army of the United States are
laoie 10 puniehment for a violation of the
criminal laws OF the States, were adopted.
The bill to organize the Supreme Court
was taken up. A motion to postpone indef.
nltely was rejected-ayes 8, NAYS Is. The
Dill was considered until the hour of adjourn.
ment.
In the House the resolutions of Mr.. Crock
EFT declaring the basis on which a peace pro-
position alone can be entertained, was taken
up and discussed.
The order of the day, the exemption bill,
was considered in Committee of the Whole.
RICHMOND, Jan. 27.-The Senate was oc
cupied to-day in the consideration of the
Dill to organize aSupreme Court.
In the House, Mr.. Crockett's resolution
was further debated and referred to the Mill.
tary Committee.
A large number of bills and resolutions on
military subjects were introduced and refer
red.
A resolution complimentary to the French
Government was referred to the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. n
RICHMOND. Jan. % Sin the Senate, Mr..
Phelan of Mississippi, introduced n bill for
condemnation to public use of all cotton
within the Confederate States. Referred to
Select Committee. The Supreme Court bill
was further discussed. 81
In the House, various propos itions were
submitted, but no definite action upon any
subject. When the exemption bill was ia.
Ken up the House went into secret session
RICHMOND, Jan. 29.-The Senate was chief
y occupied in the further discussion Of
amendments to the bill organizing the Su-
preme Courts. The House debated exemp-
ton bill without further results.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

The Chattanooga Rebel says the Federal
pickets extend out of Murfreesboro' n few
miles In the direction of Shelbyville and
Manchester. No further advance has been
made except on the McMinnville road. Here
they have sent q brigade sixteen miles to
Reedyville. This band is represented to be
foraglng IN most approved style ofvandaIism
in Wilson and DeKalb counties.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

MACON, GA, Jan. 2S--The Supreme
Court has decided that conscripts under the
first law, who obtained substitutes, are LA.
bic to CONSUMPTION under the new Law. they
also become liable now.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1863-02-02

lie Houston (Fexas) Telegraph, speaking
Oh the recapture of Galveston and the ab.n.
Comment by the yankees of the Saline D..
says" Every place in our State that Ia.
oeen taken by the enemy has been redeemed
and to-day the Federal flag floats over MOI. .
foot Of the sacred soil of Texasn