The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15


would be nobler in it's invincible determin.
alton than even an army of volunteers
God grant that could be one in such an
army! God grant, and the patriotic hearts
Of this community grant, that there may
be many to stand with me! Could such an
army spring up, doubt IF it would ever
have to march out of the loyal States: for Il
would be recognized as the army of the in
vincible fates-as the host of Heavens re-
tributive justice; and rebellion, violence.
treason, oppression, lawless rage and eve
ry foul wrong of war that now deyastatas
our land, would shrink from before il into"
the darkness Of annihilation; and law. lib
erty, and peace would be established in
triumph, and forever, over reunited
country. HaEasE-#H .sBaF
" THE DISMAL HOUR OF THE SOUTH
jeff. Davis implies if he does use this SEN
tence in another appeal to confederate Of
ticers and soldiers to return at once to the
rebel army. There can be no doubt that
JEFF. feels dismal enough. There is I'M
questionable great want of alacrity in all
classes to come forward to his aid, as he
complains. Why should there not be
some want of alacrity under the crcum-
stances? The South has sacrificed half its
able-bodied men and Impoverished itself
in false cause, in an insane attempt to
make true lie, and to perpetuate and ex-
tend slavery under the sacred names of
liberty and independence. 1t finds itself
beaten everywhere, threatened on all sides,
and the complete destruction of slavery
made certain if the war goes on. This is
where it hurts. This lis why the Mississippi
pi planters come to Gen. Grant to see if
terms cannot be made so as to save their
human chattels. This is why North Caro-
lima gets more disaffected with the rebel
experiment as its prospects grow dim.
The rebel armies in the Southwest are
rapidly thinning out by assertions, and
the rebel troops paroled at Vicksburg are
hopelessly scattered. Three-fourths of the
rebel prisoners carried to Cairo and st.
Louis ask to take the oath of allegiance,
and many of them want to enlist in the
Union armies. The southern papers eve
rywhere denounce their people for crying
for peace and reunion, which shows clear
ly enough that the feeling is abroad thro'
the South. They also begin to mourn over
the prospect that Charleston will fall, and
the Richmond Examiner says its fall will
be the most notifying and disastrous
event of the war-indeed ga fatal blow to
the confederate stateS.' Gen. Johnston
has returned from Mobile, and the south
ern papers suppress his report from that
place, but let out it's import sufficiently
when they say that the works at Mobile
need strengthening and it will take time
for it; meanwhile Gen. Banks, reinforced
by part of Grants army, is reported on
the march to Mobile, and Johnston does
not go to the rescue. The rebels are falling
back from Chattanooga to Atlanta, Ga,
and there is so little faith in the rebellion
IN the latter place that it takes twelve con-
tederate dollars to buy one dollar in gold.
All these things indicate plainly the
straits to which the rebellion is driven
Will it collapse without "a last desperate
struggle? That can hardly be expected
The leaders will certainly prolong the con-
pie to stand by them to make any show of
resistance, for failure is death or Danish
ment to them. And there are increasing
indications that the final stand will be
made i'll Virginia; that all the troops from
the South and West that can be brought
forward will be, and that Lee will renew
his attempt upon Baltimore and Washing
ton with an immense army. It is either
this or nothing with the rebels now, and il
is to be hoped that the government at
Washington comprehends the situation
and is prepared to meet and defeat what
ever rebel force may be massed IN Virgin
ia. II this is done the war may be soon
and gloriously ended. Ifthe rebels are al
lowed to outnumber and outgeneral us
there, and to put Washington under seige
the enemy may take courage, rally their
forces and prolong the war. The govern
ment has the means now to bring the war
to a speedy conclusion. This "dismal
hour of the South is its opportunity. Let
it strike hard and fast, and the work is
.-'SprtnAfeld Republican.
F O
THE CRIES OF SECEsH CAPTAIN AT
PORT ROYAL.-A correspondent of the Bos-
ton Herald thus describes some of the tri-
ais of Capt. Macbeth, who was captured al
Morris Island, and who is son OF the
Mayor of Charleston.
Capt. Macbeth who was taken with
nearly his whole company, has had the
pleasure of seeing nearly every man in it
march up and take the oath of allegiance,
with cheers for the star spangled banner
He one day remarked to provost officer
that it was as much as q mans life was
wurth in the rebel army to neglect an op.
pOrtunlty to hang an officer of q negro
regiment. SIT will be as much as your life
is is worth if they hang a single one'' said
the officer. "What, do you propose to take
me as hostage for officers of negro troops?'
inquired the indignant Macbeth, and then
he added tragicaliy, ooh, brute! bruter'
The EARTHQUAKE AT MANILLA.-Via
San Francisco, we hear of dreadful earth
quake at Manila, one of the great COM
mercial emporiums of the East, the capital
of the Island of LuZon, and of all the Phil
lippine Islands. The catastrophe is re-
ported to have occurred on the Sd of June,
and to have destroyed about one half of the
city, burying about two thousand of the
hapless inhabitants in the ruins. The
magnitude of the disaster may be inferred
when it is stated that the city and suburbs
contain streets several miles in extent
Among the finest of it's public buildings
was the Roman Catholic Cathedral, the
Palaces of the Archbishop and the Govern
or, beautiful city hall, ten or twelve
churches belonging to different religious
orders Several converts and mOnasteries,
| an arsenal, five colleges, st. Thomas Uni
versity, a custom house, a commodious
theatre, &c. The city proper forms the
segment of a circle between the river Pa
sig and the sea, its suburbs extending over
numerous islets, easily reachedin all parts.
by boats. The calamity which has now
befallen it, happens to be the first of
the kind. AS far back as l645, it was near
| ly destroyed by an earthquake, and it is
only about eleven years ago, that similar
visitation inflicted terrible damage upon
| it. Scarcely building remained uninlur-
| ed, while many Were completely des-
| troyed.
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