The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-01-17

no marked distinction as scholar, but Was re.
markable as vigorous and original thinker and
reasoner. In theological debate be is eaid t.
have vanauished the whole college, until the
renowned President Dwight stepped in to the
assistance Of bis opponents. He graduated in
1897, studied theology with Dr.. Dwight one
year, and was licensed to preach in 1898, Or
dained in 1899, and the same year installed
pastor at East Hampton, Long Island.
In 1910 he removed to LitcAfeld, then the
seat of famous Law School, at which mos: Of
the great lawyers Of the last century studied. -
Here he remained sixteen years, laboring indie
fatigably in. bis pastoral field, and acquiring
celebrity and fame. he removed 70 Boston in
1926, assuming the passionate Of the Hanover
Street Church in that city, which was burned
in the succeeding year, and new church was
erected 70: him in Bowdoin street. Here be
continued for six years. During this time he
and his friends had great theological strife
with Dr.. Claiming and the body Of the Unita-
tarians, in which both sides displayed infinite
zeal, ability and eloquence,
In 1882 he bsde adieu to his congregation and
removed to Cincinnati, to take the Presidency
of Lane Seminary, and the pulpit of the Second
Presbyterian Church Of that city. Here he Was
charged with heresy before the Synod, by Dr..
Wilson, tried and triunphantly acquitted. He
remained at Cincinnati for twenty years, when,
in 1862, he ended bic public career. returned to
Boston, whence he afterwards removed to
Brooklyn.
He was there times married, and was the
father OF thirteen children. His FIRST wife, Ro1
anna Foote, was the mother of Catharine, Ed
ward, Mrs. Stowe, Charles, and Henry Ward, and
is said to have been woman of extraordinary
mind and az extraordinary attachments. The
Doctor used to say she was the only person he
ever met who was fully his equal in CD srgu-
ment. ~
Thus after q life of toll, another Of the great
and eloquent men Of the pact age has gone to
bis final account. Fall Of years but crowned
with the rich reward of his varied labors, he has
sunk TO rest, leaving nothing in his life which
ne had cause to regrat.
His remains were to be inferred at New Ha-
ven, yesterday, BY the side Of the Rev. DR.. Tay.
lor, his friend, at his own request.
MAssAcEusErrs-This State, according TO
Gov. Andrews Message, has raised $4,000 men
for the war. The public debt Of the State lie
30, 352, 900. The provieion to meet it amounts
to $b,0se,0oo. The State expenditures for the
last year amounts TO $l,t7s,sel. He says col
|ections of revenue have been made with
promptness and that the condition Of the Treas
ury is prosperous one. aa
~ In the speech with which JEFF. Davis
lately RECALLED the inhabitants of Richmond, he
look occasion TO say that Virginians would pre-
Ter fighting "hyenas to Yankees" At about the
same time battle was going on At vicksburg
Many wounded Union soldiers were there, ex
posed to the tender mercies of the rebe!s.-|
They were al robbed Of their clothing In i'd.
1ition to this, many were found, shot through
he head, with the marks Of powder in their
faces,-demonstrating that they had been foully
murdered while helplessly awaiting the result Of
he battle! There conduct on every battle
isld has been similar to this. Isn't JEFF. pref.
y fellow to talk about the barbarity of the
North! Who are the hyenas? 4
TEE FourH IowA-The description Of the
lighting at vieksburg, in our columns this
morning, pays another tribute to the gsllsntry
If Iowa volunteers. This time it is the 4th
Regiment Of Infantry, which has achieved
lame, and added another to the chsplets Of
honor which ars hereafter to be the glory Of
our State. This Regiment is from the western
part Of the State. twas originally command
ID BY Colonel, now Brigadier General, Gren-
Vile y. Dodge. We regret 70 say that the
name Of ito present Colonel has escaped our
The gallsntry Of its conduct leads
70 the belief that he vorthily succeeds to ito
The loss Of the Regiment in killed
and wounded, though less than at first report
ed, is enough to show that il occupied post Of
danger, and did al it duty. That is enough.
~ The Chicago Journal says that the pa-
rolled Union troops at Camp Douglas, near that
city, having al bssn exchanged, are under or
ders for the South, and will leave for Nemphi.
in about week They consist Of the 9th IlH-
nois, the 9th Vermont. and an Indiana battery
~ 1t is said that the Capital Of Louisi.n.
At Baton Rouge, was burned, with the State Ii,
brary, on the slst ult There are couaichn.
statements as to the origin Of the FIRE, but 4
was most probably caused BY the rebels them
selves. There have been several arrests in New
Orleans for noisy disloysl talk in public.
~ Having no other mode Of crawling out Of
the infamy which the statements of Judge Ad-
vocate Turner, and Superintendent Wood fastsn
upon him, D. A. Hahony asserts that the plain
facts which they have given to the public in re-
lation to bis discharge are untrue When Ma
hony finds man Who credits hin, Ne hope be
will give Barnsm due notice.