The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-05

the nation and perpetuate the blessings Of
liberty should rally to the support of the
President hold up his han els npresent an
unbroken front to the rebels and thus crush
out civil war and stop the effusion o
blood. 1t is folly to critioise measures
The nation can only be saved and the
Union preserved through the legally cho
sen authorities. e
10 Most people will regret the untimely
death of the traitor and thief, John b
Floyd, the "ehivalrous" Virginian. 1
would have been slight satisfaction t.
loyal men to have had him caught anC
hung high as Haman, for his Internal trea
son. But we will have to make the best O
it. He has died with the belief that his eff
forts were fruitless-that his treason has
has made desolate his own Virginia
sacrificed her sons, separated the State
and absolutely destroyed the institution
which was to prove the corner stone'' Of
the model "Confederacy''-the 'new civili-
zation.' We don't think he died very
happily. Probably he died of despair-we
would suppose of shame, were we not as
sured that such an emotion never yet trou-
bled a genuine Virginian of the secesh
school. He was doubtless miserable e.
| nough, at his death-but still, nothing but
a bit of hemp could have given him a
suitable 'exit," in our opinion. That's the
doom ofsuch traitors as Floyd, and we
don't like to see the gallows defrauded.
Gr The Omaha Daily Nebraskian, of
Aug. 18th, contains an account of the exc
cution, on the 2Sth, of Cyrus Tator, for the
murder of James H. Neff, on the 18th of
June last, while on the route from Colora-
do to the Missouri. This is said to be the
first judicial execution in Nebraska terri
tory, and the murderer, who is a lawyer,
and has been Judge Of Probate and MEM
Der of the Legislature, seems to have done
his part on the scaffold as coolly as he COM
mitted the crime of which he was convicted
and for which he suffered. A large crowd
had assembled to witness his execution
And to these witnesses Tator deliberately
read an address, occupying some thirty
minutes. Nef and Tator were partners,
engaged in transportation, and Tator is said
to have killed Neff for the sole purpose of
obtaining control of their joint property
But he succeeded, as criminals of that sort
usually do, in betraying himself, and has
now paid the penalty of his folly and
wickedness. IA
Eg- The formal announcement that the
Arch Duke Macmillan accepts the Crown
OF the Mexican Empire, strikes us as farci-
cal. But then there is nothing more farci-
cal than the antics of crowned heads and
this is only another example. He will be
able to act as Emperor, probably, just so
long as enough foreign soldiers can be kept
in Mexico to hold it. When they leave his
Empire will tumble down even more
quickly than it was created. There will
be no permanency or stability to it and
cannot be, unless Europe remains at peace,
and our rebels succeed in destroying the
Union. That may give it some vitality
for If we cannot sustain the Republic, why
should Mexicans make the effort? Isn't it
singular that our Butternuts seem to have
forgotten their former devotion to the
Monroe doctrine?' Have they sacrificed.
everything to their love Of the Rebellion?f
NS~ Severe frosts have occurred during
the last week, extending over large por-
tons of Iowa, Illinois, Missouri and per-
haps farther South, which have done much
damage to corn, tobacco etc. In this coun-
ty, in some localities corn and almost eve
ry thing else has been killed, while in 9TH
er localities no damage has been done.
The BARBARITIEs AT LAWRENCE
Thomas B. Bryan, of Chicago, has received
letter from well known gentleman of
Leavenworth. We give paragraph. 1t
shows what kind of "partizan warfare
the Dubuque Herald admires, when it is
visited upon men who stand by the Union
and sustain the flag of the country. It was
all right, in its opinion, to murder the peo<
pele of that fated city, and burn the living
and the dead, but to punish those who
commit these atrocities, is "wanton MUIR
than that?
LEAvENwoRTH, Aug. "a, 1853.
THos. B. BRYAN, Eso.:-Dear Sir II
nave tAIS MOEuluS oIIlVeO iIOIu Lawrence,
and am under the greatest excitement, as
also is the populace. There is no compa
rison to, or record of history, to equal the
awful butchery and devastation of Law
renee. The massacre of st. Bartholomew
or Wyoming is nothing to the incidents Of
this barbarisnl. have been to the place
Of horror, and speak from personal obser-
yation. There is an awful destruction
This is no "shrieking Kansas cry" this
time. Hundreds Of families are naked and
without dollar, and starving. Some are
friendless, and none to render them aid to
get away from the place. If, through any
means, you can send case or two Of chill
drens' and women's dresses, underwear,
bed-clothes, shoes and stockings, and items
made up, to our address, by express, do so,
for Gods sake. know just where they
are neededed.
EDITOR HAwK-EYE The uncondition
al Union men of Decatur county, have
placed In nomination the following Union
ticket, composed Of War Democrats and
Republicans:
Senator, Lieut.. G. G.. Bridges; Represen-
fativo Liant Il Crunfxy TuI~>