The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-26

Thursday. On that night his store was
broken into by some unknown scoundreis
and goods to the value OF $500 or more sto-
len. That is what may he truly called
robbing the widow and the fatherless. IT
is to be hoped that the infamous villains
will be detected and duly punished and the
goods recovered.
Gs- The Chicago Journal says the en-
tire Congressional delegation from Illinois
is in favor of the Illinois River and Lake
Michigan Ship Canal project. We sup
posed as much. There is nothing sur
psising about that. They all imagine that
"there is money in it,
SINGULAR CIRCUMsTANCE.-The Dpbt,-
que Times says that the ''heavy body of
snow on the ice Ton the river has rnptarcd
and weakened it" We suggest truss.
&a There is an opening for loyal Union
paper a. Centreville in Appanoose county.
Any good and true man, who knows how
to get up q newspaper, will do well to go to
Centreville. .,
i -! -i4 KossuTH, Dec. q, 1863.
EDITOR HAwK-EYE:-l saw commu-
nication in your paper Of the 10th inst, adj
dressed to a member of the Church, in re-
lation to collection or collections in Kos
suth on Thanksgiving Day. 1., ao1
will now state the reason why took
any notice of what your informant told
YOU about the collection at the ". s. P.
Church on Thanksgiving Day. On the
ensuing day there were several gentlemen
at our house on business, one is resident
of Burlington, and all / believe are readers
of the Haiok-Eye. We were talking about
the collection for our suffering soldiers,
and I told them the amount raised in
our place, as had learned it from persons
who had the opportunity Of knowing.
Had been very eager to know the exact
amount and gone to your informant
should have learned that the amount was
a little over $50, instead of $50 or little
more. Had on the evening Of Thanks
giving asked your informant the amount
of collection, would he haye told me
$173.s9?
Now the inquiry arose in my mind
what those gentlemen above referred to
would think when they saw your in
formant's statement. They would certain
ly think that somebody was greatly mis-
taken.
Mr.. Informant, do think that you call
ed on another member Of the Church to
dlu you III UtllS LldttSI. DSllSFC yOul
services were entirely gratuitous.
!, Now, Mr.. Editor. as your informant has
given his name as w. Harper, and another
Church member informs me that your in
forinants name is William Harper, We
will add one letter to the former and
subtract five from the latter, and guess
at it and call it VIM. Harper. Enclosed
send you check for g V. Please give it
to the Sanitary Committee. Now, Mr..
VIM. Harper, ! will make a sugges7
ton, as you sometimes suggest things
that is, if a majority of the readers
of the HavkEye think that the infor-
nation you first gave of the collec-
ton in Kossuth Vas calculated to make
them believe that the whole amount of
$l73s9 was raised on Thanksgiving day,
then suggest that you give the other v
Would that not be Democratic? If they
otherwise determine, will give another Y.
A few words to another member Of the
Church. have not any promises TO pay
in circulation, except verbal ones. These
I always pay when due, or before. Do
you? You tell me that prayers without
aims are not acceptable. Now, if you will
give me your name, either publicly or
whether YOU or / have given the most for
the soldiers and their families. If have
not given as much as you, certainly will.
Please let rs hear from you. Don't do as
D. E. P. did last spring, after lecturing me
through the Raigk-Eye, crawl into a hole
and then swallow the hole, and has, not
been heard Of since. -r.
HARVEY SEEDS.
The So is in our possession for the Aid
HAwK-EYE.