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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

Go look upon the battlefield, .g
Where shot and shell fly fast;
Where Freedoms stirring battle-cry
Is heard upon the blast.
Go where the lifted sabers flash,
And fall on traitors crests;
Where Southern bayOnets are dim
With blood from Northern breasts,
Go search amid the loyal ranks
Among the glorious dead
Among them all you will not find
A single Copperhead.
Go, search the gunbo3t's bloody deck,
When the dread conflicts done,
The traitors banner in the dust,
And silenced every gun;
While DER the hard won rampant floats
Our flag. yet OH what pain,
Meath that dear flag, since morning light,
How many have been slain.
Among the heroes of the fight,
The living and the dead
30 search among them-there is not
single Copperhead.
Go search the crowded hospital,
w mere CHASTITY wounds are seen,
Which tell through what a struggle fierce,
ThOse noble men have been; I
But look upon their faces, 10!
Ihey smile through all their pain: ~
me scars they bear we're nobly won
Their honor has no stain.
Soit hands are miniS'ring; kind words
Are heard around each bed;
some soothe some suffer, all are true;
Ihere is no Copperbead.
Go where the look can scarce conceal
The treason of the heart;
And where the tongue would willingly
Defend the traitors part:
Where Seymour, Wool and Voorhees, are
Deemed patriotic men:
Go where they wish yallandigham
Were safely, back again,
Go where desertion is no crime
Where loyalty is dead,
Where sad disaster gives no pain.
There is the Copperhead.
Go where foul scorn is heapea upon
Our noble boys, who so
To stand, wall of fire, between
us and our traitor foe.
Go where bold Grants Ievilers are;
Where Burnside is defamed;
Where Banks and Butler-noble names
In scOrn alone are named, -
Go where true patriotic pride,
Honor, and truth, are dead
Where our success brings but despair;
There is the COpperhead.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

tives Of duty, and the suggestions of wise
expectancy, are in the same line here. It
is generous and patriotic devotion to the
country in its time of trial, that will be
sought out and honored in the future. For
our, own course as journalists we have only
TO ask, and we are proud to ash, what pat
riotlc act of any man has failed of notice
and of praise in these columns because he
who did it was democrat? Our impartil
atty has but slightly anticipated the voice
of the coming time. A flash for all our par
ties; but long life and honor to the repub-
lie !--iSprinqfeId Republican,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

PUTTING THE SCREWS TO A COPPER
HEAD.-The Chester pa Republican gives
the following, which probably narrates
fact:
SCENE-A machine shop IN Philadelphia, say
in Quarry street. Enter Copperhedd-
LOyaL Quaker at the desk IN counting
COPPERHEAD.-"Do you keep screws
here large enough to be used in removing
buildings?'
Loyal QuAKER.-"Yes, friend, I manu-
facture them. Fine morning, this. | lind
good news in the paper to-day from P0hce
Oficer Grant before Vicksburg. Hast thou
read the morning Pesss"
C. looking pretty mad. mo-, don't
read the Press
L. Q.-Wen, now, it is a very clearly
printed newspaper-very reliable, and
friend Forney we think most excellent
editor"
Chow do you sell your big screws?
Let me see one of them-square thread
WANT
L. Q.-"Where does thee live, friend?'
CT live in West Chester"
L. Q.-"Very loyal, good people up there.
Does thee follow the business OF removing
buildings in West CHESTER
C.-"Yes, keep a steam saw-lnill, and
also remove buildings when called on"
l.. Q.-Don't thee think we shall pretty
soon get big scre,D under this rebellion,
and pull it from it's foundation as thee pulls
one of the buildings thee removes?" p.
CT don't believe the South can be
whipped. They are strongly fortified, and
JEFF. Davis is one of the smartest men IN
the country. / am for the Union as it was
and the Constitution as it ISL r4 -ar
l.. Q.-"Friend, ! believe thee to be
Coppe,rheadH' ,ooor,. DOWN know
what you mean by Copperhead".. s-
L. Q.-"Does thee support the Govern
ment in it's efforts to put down the rebell-
ion?' -
| CT am for the Government, but op-
posed to Abe Lincoln and all his Abolition
party" .---,..
Copperhead."
dwell, want to buy big screw.
l.. Q.-sThee can't buy big screw in
this house Thou art an unmitigated Cop
perhead. Thou art an offense to me. Thee
must take thy frame out OF this office, or
will put the screws to thee and hoist thee
higher than kite. / sell nothing to a
traitor to his country, and thee must go
elsewhere to buy thy screws. Ert Cop
DeTheGd,l .-.F
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

ADMIRAL DUPoNT's DIsHATcH.-FLAa
SHIP WABASH, PORT ROYAL HARBoR, s.
c., June 10, 1s63.-,Sir: / have the honor to
inform the Department, that since writing
my dispatch, No. 3l6, have had further
details of the capture of the rebel steamer
Atlanta, sent by telegraph from Fort Pu-
laski. .s
The Atlanta, Captain VIM. Webb, came
down this morning via Wilmington river,
to attack our vessels in the Warsaw Sound.
She was accompanied by two wooden stea-
mers filled, it is said, with persons as spec
tators.
The Weehawken, Capt. John Rogers, at
once engaged her, firing in all, five shots,
three Of which took effect, penetrating her
armor, and killing and wounding the crews
Of two guns. Two or three pilots were also
badly wounded, and her pilothouse broken
up; whereupon the vessel grounded. and
Immediately after surrendered.
The Weehawken was not hit.
The armament of the Atlanta was two
eleven and two six-inch guns. She Is but
slightly injured.
am respectfully, your obedient servant,
8. +. DUPONT.
Rear Admiral, Commanding South Attain
tic Blockading Squadron.
p. S.-The officers and crew OF the At
lanta number one hundred and sixty-tive
persons. s. F. DUPONT.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

A FEARFUL RECORD.-An army officer
writes from Louisiana to the Boston Tran
ments i'm Gen. Banks army are models of
neatness and order, and that but one man
in the whole command had been punished
for misconduct. Never were men seen TO
fight with more dauntless courage and de-
yotion than these raw recruits. He adds:
EVERY man presenting himself to be re,
cruited, strips to the skin, to . be surveyed
by the surgeons. W. we T To n ont of H So
only 50 were accepted. Ihaveidireeted my
sur s to keep accurate lists of the caus-
es Of rejection. They report to me , that not
J"sh;ng More than one-hag are rejected
Secomse of disability arising from lasiirg
NTH wHtps and the biting q dogs on their
eaives and thighs. 1t is frightful: Hun
dreds of them have welts on their backs as
large as one of your largest fingers. i in
tend to have these memoranda collected
and published with certificates ofsurgeons."
r
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27
"Terrima causa belli
Union, JuRe IL.

AN ARBITRARY ARREST.-When large
bo6y of prisoners taken in Mississippi by
General Grant. were sent East to be ex-
changed, the guard having them in charge
We're. at several points, annoyed by butter
nuts, who were quite demonstratlve IN ex-
pressing their sympathy for the unfortu-
nate Southern brethren. At Pittsburgh
SQUAD Of the sympathizers made Them
selves particularly offensive. They agreed
with the secesh as to the character OF the
war. and as to the objects for which it was
being prosecuted by the United States Gov
eminent. They declared it was an "abo-
lition war''-..got up to free nlggers"-
Unconstitutional and nnholy," DC, &C.,
and tainted the blue.jackets with obserya-
tons that they were fighting for the mig
GER The blue Jackets became deeply in
censed, and suddenly pitched into the but
ternuts, hustled four ofthem INTO the ears
at, the point of the bayonet, and took them
along, treating with derision their Vehe,
meni' protestations that they were good
citizens of Pennsylvania, and had never
heIonued to the Confederate Army. Vain
were the appeals of the Pittsburgh captives.
They were told they need not try that old
1oaEe It was played out. And they were
Actually nut into Fort Delaware along with
their Southern brethren; and our lnfor-
mant saws they were still in that sympa-
tbetic company when he left. AS their
names were not on the roll of prisoners, we
snnnose they may be able to obtain their
discharge, and avoid transportation South,
in the process of exchanging prisoners, and
;mnressment into the rebel army. Taking
IT all in all, this is probably the heaviest
case of practical Joke of the war.-Cfn. Com
o,.c,ry
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

sp,cy REsoI.v Els IN CAMP.-At meeting
Of the officers and soldiers of part Of the
ID PROV Req Fl NJ n M n Goun a. mop Mop
Nv "a is63. Lieut.. w. J. Gibony of Co. A
was APPOINTED Chairman, and Joseph. j.
carver! Secretary of the meeting, the fol-
lowing was unanimously adopted:
'oE Resolred, That we adopt the following as
onr niatform as regards rebellion: Eman-
cipation with deportation; sesquestration
without litigation; condemnation w, without
nrns.;nation: contiscation without bethera-
ion and damnation without reservation or
anv hesitation, as the means of bringing to
a speedy termination the Southern Confed-
GRAFTON.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

Paris is now in part garrisoned by ne
groes, and the proud Court of Napoleon III
does not appear to observe that there is any
thing abnormal in having the guard OF the
palace mounted by black men. The greater
part of the Spahis and the Turcos are Be
douins, it is true, but there are also Ethlo-
plans among them, and all are black alike.
They are also employed as an escort for the
Imperial carriages on the promenade.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

To CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE STATE
We are authorized by J. ". CatteH, Audi
tor of State, to announce that all persons
having claims against the State, properly
audited, can realize the full par value OF
them on delivery at his office, and prese en-
State Treasurer. There is an ample sum
of money in the treasury to meet all Cen
eral Fund or War and Defence Fund War
rants. and no creditor of the State, there
fore need sacrifice anything in converting
his claim into money.-State Register. g
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

THE WAR.-The State of New York has
Responded nobly to the call for troops to
Idrtve the invader from the soil of Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland. Twenty regiments
have been armed, equipped, ana supplied
with subsistence and transportation, and
have gone to Harrisburg and Baltlmore.-
Sixteen of these regiments moved from this
city. two from Brooklyn, and two from
Buffalo. The following is q list of the regi-
ments that have left: The 18th, 18th, 18th,
18th, ed, 33d, 2Sth, 37th, 47th, SD, Goth, 9th,
74th, list, 65th, seth, 5th, sd, 55th, 4th Ar
tillery, and a consolidated regiment from
Staten Island. Gen. Sanford is earnestly
at work forwarding the regiments as rapid
ly as possible to the points where they are
needed. Every day Witnesses the depart
ure of our gallant men, who hasten to the
service with determination to sweep the
Rebels from the States they have invaded.
Many of these regiments were full, and
could they have supplied suitable uni
forms, they might have duplicated their
numbers from the crowds of volunteers
who thronged their armories and urged the
acceptance of their services. The 10000
men who have gone to meet the enemy are
the bone and muscle of society. Numbers
of them have seen service, and rather like
it; they have been under fire and are not
afraid of it. For several days past the va
riOus military depots have swarmed with
soldiers and their friends. The sound OF
the fife and drum has been heard in our
streets at all hours of the day. and corps
after corps of men have marched through
Broadway singing the John Brown song,
and Fastening to the place of departure
crowned with the good wishes of their pat
riotic friends and neighbors. Not few of
the members of the regiments who have
left are men of business, who make great
pecuniary sacrifices to render this needed
service to their country. A dispatch from
Albany of Monday yesterday SAYS: THE
following regiments will leave for the seat
of war to-day or to-morrow The 69th, 18th,
47th, and 10th. The following are prepar-
ing to leave: The 2lst, 18th, S4th, 18th, 45th,
the first battalion Of the Sprague Light
| Cavalry, and 500 of the 18th Artillery.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-27

TIE REBEL CHIEFS P1oUsLY INCLINED.
-"Putting on the livery of heaven to serve
the devil in."-The head rebels, true 10
the instinct which teaches every great ras-
cal to prosecute his villainies under cover
Of peculiar sanctity, are growing plous.
A little while ago we had the lnforina
tion that Davis had been 'confirmed az
Richmond, and the rebel Journals diiatea
upon the event in paragraphs brimtul Oh
feryor and delight. D,hs,
Now we hear from4he Chattanooga heoes
thai General Bragg also has been con
firmed'' by one Bishop Elliott. me cera re-
mony. however, having been private, we
are without theaffecting descriptions "nlcn
were furnished in the case OF DAVIS anu
the world must forever remain In the aark
as tn the manner in which the INDUSTRIOUS
Rragg demeaned himself on the auspicioos
We shall next hear, very probably, that
FLOYD has forgotten how to steal; that
R;sIop POLK has lost the art OF blasphemy;
that Mosby, a guerrilla no longer, mas SUD,
NIT to the Slaying on of hands and
that even John fletcher, abandoning his
on1 has become "a virtuous member OF
Southern society. Chicago Journal
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

EXPERIMENTS WITH GREEK FlRE.-On
Monday, by order of the Secretaries of War
and Of the Navy, number of interesting
experiments were made at the Philadelphia
navy yard, with the celebrated Greek Fire.
the invention Of Mr.. Levi Short. The
Greek fire is Of two kinds, liquid and solid
flied. The liquid is used by means Of force
pumps, and the solidified is placed in shells,
which, upon exploding, burn with an in.
tense heat. The 6re can neither be snoth.
cred out nor extinguished with water. The
first experiment made on Monday Was with
three and half pints of the liquid, which,
upon being thrown into barrel Of water,
burned with great intensity for III minutes.
The solidified was tried by throwing .
quantity Of it among . mass of chips on .
plank. The fame lasted over . minute
and atqusrtsr. The experiments were
witnessed by oil the navy-yard officials, oil
Of whom expressed great satisfaction at the
trial. The Greek fire can be used both in
our land and naval forces, and is now being
experimental with on board several of our
gunboats.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

ONE ENCOURAGING GWoRD-An ambitious
boy, at the age of ten years, had become SO
depressed with fault finding and reproof,
not duly mingled with encouraging words,
that at an early age, he longed for death to
take him out of the world, in which he
conceived he had no ability to RISE But
while all thus appeared so dark around
him, and he had been so often told of his
faults and deficiencies that he seemed to
himself the dullest and worst of boys, and
while none of his good qualities OF capa.
bilities had been mentioned, and he believed
he had none, single word Of praise and
appreciation, carelessly dropped in his hear
ing, changed his whole course Of thought.
lie was often heard to say, THAT word saved
me-" The moment he thought he could do
well he resolved that he would-and he has
done well. Parents and teachers, these
are important onsiderations.-S. 8. Times.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

A HIr AT ARMY CHAPLAINs.-An army
correspondent sends the following, which
is hard hit at pretty large class of army
chaplains: "A captain in the division, a
German and very strict disciplinarian:
had his company drawn up for the usual
Sunday inspection. One dirty scrub, who
oft times before had offended the captains
idea Of soldierly neatness by having filthy
arms and clothing, excited his ire to such
An extent that for some time he was in
doubt as to what punishment he could in.
flict adequate to the enormity Of the offence.
At last the idea struck him; the punish.
ment had been found. "You dirty rascal |!
You disgrace the company, punish you
severely. Yeu shall attend divine service
this day, be dam if you DON'T" And
cautioning the sergeant to see the full pen
atty inflicted, dismissed the company, salts
fed that in future there would be no more
dirty arms or clothing on inspection.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20
Reconnoisance In the Ar.


Mr.. James Glaisher, who last year made
eight trips into the upper atmosphere, where
he reached much higher elevation than
had been attained before, has resumed his
operations the present spring. One Of the
principal objects soughtin these celestial ex-
cursions has been to determine the law Of
decrease of temperature with increase Of
elevation. The scale that had been accep:
ted up to last year was falling Of the mer.
curry one degree for every 300 feet Of eleva-
ton from the earth's surface: Mr.. G. states
that the result Of his several ascents made
last year was that when the sky was clear.
q decrease Of one degree Of temperature
took place within 100 feet of the ground.
while at the height of 5000 feet space
of fully l 900 had to be passed through for
similar change. 1t will thus be seen that
instead Of there being = uniform decrease
with given number of feet traversed, the
decline takes place only in inverse proper.
ton to the rarity of the atmosphere
The last trip made by this celebrated
@ronaut took place, on the 31st ultimo,
from the Crystal Palace grounds al London.
During the first mile the thermometer sunk
from 30 to 331 degrees. At the second
"mile post" the mercury had gone down 10
26 degrees; at the third to ii degrees at
three and three quarters to 8 degrees. At
this elevation q warm current was entered,
rising the thermometer to - degrees. In
few minutes this was passed, and on
reaching four and half miles the tempefa.
ture was precisely at zero. This was at
five O'clock in the afternoon. The wind
was gentle, blowing most of the wsy from
the east. The air was quite dry, both before
and after leaving the ground.
The eronaut speaks Of the roar of the
city as being distinctly audible when he was
. mile high. The clouds (cumulD hung
beneath him like patches Of shining wool.
Railroad trains appeared to crawl like cater.
piliars. At the hight Of three and taff
miles the face looked like glowing purple,
but gradually turned to deep blue. One
Of the travellers, taking hold Of the grapnel,
out with pain as if he had been
scalded. In the upper regions the sky had
the aspect of deep Prussian blue. The
blackness which crept over the land while
the sun was setting, is spoken of as being
very remarkable.-N. y Commercial Ad-
uertiSer
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

An ExPLIcIr REQUEsr-"Mr. President,
wish friends in the fore part Of the meet
ing would speak up, so friends in the back
part Of the meeting can hear what's going
on in the fore part Of the meeting. 1t is
almost impossible for the friends in the back
past of the meeting, to hear what's going
on in the front part Of the meeting. Friends
in the back part Of the meeting feel IS
much interested As the friends in the fore
part Of the meeting and it is most highly
necessary that friends in tho fore part Of
the meeting should speak up so friends in
the back part Of the meeting can hear
what's going on in the fore part of the
meeting"
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20
ENROLLING A AJAcKAss.-Harper "Draw.

ENROLLING JAcKAss.-Harper's "Draw.
er" contains this enrolling" anecdote:
The enrolling officer of Salisbury DIG
trict, Maryland, was very active and thor
ough in the performance of his duty. One
day he went to the house Of countrytnaf1.
and finding none Of the male members Of
the family at home, made inquiry of an
old woman, about the number and age Of
the males Of the family. Afte, naming
several the old lady stopped. :,
us there no one else ~ asked the officer.
No" replied the woman, "none except
Billy Bray"
"Billy Bray where is hep
"He was at the barn moment ago."
said the old lady. p
Out went the officer, but could not see
the man. Coming back, the worthy officer
questioned the old lady as to the age of
Billy, and went away, after enrolling his
name among those to be drafted. The time
Of the drafting came, and among those on
whom the lot fell was Billy Bray. No one
knew him. Where did he live? The off,
Ger who enrolled him was called On to pro-
duce him; and, 10 and behold, Billy Bray
was Jackass! and stands now on the
list Of drafted men as forming one of the
quota of Maryland.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

JESUS CHRIST DIvINE.-Napoleon, on the
rock of st. Helena, said to General Bertrand,
II know man. and | tell you Christ was
not man. Everything about Christ aston.
ishes me. His spirit overwhelms and con-
POUNDS me. There is no comparison be.
tween him and any other being. He stands
single and alone. Alexander, Caesar, Char
lcmagne, and I, have founded empires but
on what rests the creation of our genius
On force. Jesus alone founded his king.
dom on love; and at this hour millions Of
men would die for him."
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

WooL.-At no previous time since 1886
have the prices Of wool ruled SO high as at
the present date. Sales were made in New
York, last week, to manufacturers, at sew
enty and seventy Ave cent?, and some ex.
tra fine brought as high As seventy-nine
cents. It would not be surprising il wool
commanded one dollar per pound by mid
summer. Very limited quantities now re.
main in the Western States unsold, and
the growers must feel encouraged At future
prospects. ...-
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1863-05-20

~ A rich joke is related in Tom Moore's
Diary about John Kembls. He was per.
forming one of his iavorits parts at some
country theatre, and Was interrupted from
time to time by the squalline Of child in
the gallery, until at length angsred by this
rival performance, Kemble walked with
solemn steps to the front Of the stage, and
addressing the audience in his most tragic
tones, said: "Ladies and gentlemen, unless
the play is stopped, the child cannot pos.
sibly 60 on"