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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-14
GREAT UNION MEETING IN MOUNT
PkEANANT.


EDITOR HAwK.EYE AT large and enthusi,
astic sssenblage of the Union citizens of Mt.
Pleasant, convened a: Union Hall, Saturday
evening, 7sh inst, to listen to speeches from
Rev. w. q. CorkhilI and others. Dr.. W. Bird
was called to the Chair and D. G.. Dewey elected
Secretary.
The committee on resolutions nominated by
the Chair in accordance with instructions of the
meeting, presented through their chairman J..
r. Grsnthau, ESQ, the following, which we're
unanimously adopted and ordered to be pub
lished
Resolred, That no cause has ever existed for
the Infamous Rebellion that has for 60 long a
time, and still distrac,s and desoIates our once
happy country.
,Resofued, That II was inaugurated by the
West men that ever disgraced humanity, and
from the basest OF all motives, such as devils
Only could originate, to wit: Rule or Ruin.
Resolved, That said rebellion can be put
Gown ard crushed out only through the agency
OF the existing Government.
Resolved, That in the struggle to sust.ip the
government against armed traitors. there can
be but two classes, to Wit: Patriots and Traitors
and that he who refuses TO sink the partisan in
the patriot, is either q fool or traitor-if the
former, he may be pitied, but if the latter, he
should be treated as other traitors.
Resolved That the Copperheads of the North,
who are making themselves hoarse with the cry
OF violated Constitutional rights" are q set of
purjefed villains, who utterly repudiate and spit
upon that same Constitution, and are thereby
writing treason upon their own infamous fore
heads. They shall be known and read Of al
men as the pusillanimous siders and abettors of
the Rebel JEFF. and are deserving only the un.
qualified execration Of oil true Patricia
RESOLVED, That while peace 10 desirable, and al
ways to be sought after - precious boon, when
It can be had on . just basis, to wit First psye
then peaceable. At the same time the cry Of
Peace in the North, 60 long as there 10 rebel in
arms, gives the clearest evidence of either COW.
ardly or traitorous hearts in those who utter
that cry. s 2& ii sat
Resolsed, That the traitorous assemblages now
being held throughout the North, under the false
guiss Of peace meetings, have been gotten up by
the vile emissaries Of JEFF. Davis, and are de-
signed to divide and weaken the North, discour.
age eulistments, encourage assertions, demoral-
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-14

Nor BAD.-The editor of the Western Rail
road Gazette, has been to see the danseIss, Cubas
He says, che likes Cubas, likes to look at her.
and can't see too much Of heri"
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-14

:. The I'd Cavalry, after all iss hardsiips and suf
feringe, now sumbers nearly 500 effective men.
tits noble Regiment It has done gallant
service.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-14
!, army, and to give aid and comfort to the

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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-14

ton assuage the awful frenzy and demoniacal
spirit OF revenge which had taken possession OF
that mass of people. One colored woman made
her appearance at the door with little child 10
her arms, and appealed to the mob for mercy
The monstrous fact must be told, her fearful ap.
peals were met with shower of bricks, stones
and clubs, driving herself and the baby in her
arms back into the burning building. At this
juncture one man, moved TO mercy at this COW
ardly and inhuman act, rashed to her assistance,
bravely and nobly protecting her person from
the violence which threatened her, But the ne
groes found no such protection. VThey were
driven gradually to the windows and doors,
where they were murderously assaulted with ev.
cry species Of weapons, including axes, spades
and clubs, and everything which could be used
as means Of attack. The frightened creatures
were almost insane with fright as their perse,
cutors we're with madness. As they came out
they were beaten and bruised in terrible man.
ner, their shrieks and groans only exciting the
mob to further exertions in their brutal work.
Several of them were knocked down with axes
and left for dead, but who afterwards recovered
only to be again set upon and cruelty beaten to
insensibility.
The scenes which followed we're of similar
nature. Old men, eighty years of age, we're
not in the least respected, but knocked down
with the same iendish virdictiveness which cha
racterized all the other proceedings of the day.
After the 6rst building had been reduced to
ashes, the appetite for arson had only been
vhetted, and not at all sppeased. As night
approached they grew holder, and did not scru.
ple to commit the worst crimes upon the calen.
der 18th perfect immunity. The houses on La.
fayette street, between Beaubien and St. An
tome, were literally sacked of their contents.
and the furniture piled in the middle Of the
street and burned. Among the articles consti
tuting the bon6res, large number Of musical
New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-12

STEALING CoAL.-Ihe police Of Philadeiphia
on Monday nisnt succeeded in tracing hea'! 'A Ia
the coal irnlc os the philadelphia and ke"aihs ""
road Company No less than 100 persons were u'S'o'
cred In the outskirts OF Philadelphia ropohs 'ne eoa
cars as .hcy stood on the track carving the Goa !"
sacks 20 carts in the vicinity in which they named 'ne
black diamonds OIL to their dwellings About h''! me-
and women were arrested The police say thai thero
are hundred, Of people who have been engaged IN s'e"
inc coal To 70 great extent has this been carried
on that some Of the parties have even built
houses ON the N gotten gains In the cellars OF some
of tie houses of the defendants the officers found o'h
seven TO ten ,uns NJ coal II stored IN these p"''S
and Len sold OF pedded around the streets py means "
horses lnd carts.
New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-12

BISHOP MCCOsKRy. In compliance VIII" '"'
wish OF the convention of his diocese bsnoP .'''
has retired from the rcctorship OF ~ r""'s' p' 49,
devote himself more exclusively 10 the uu','' V
diocese His retirement has been approPfi"e! "o"
with a testimonial Of respect and ahee''o" ''"'
wardcns and vcstry OF the church
New-York daily tribune., 1863-09-12

f,ing enemy The former. upoa reaching hiil jus'
beyond tie town on the Winchester road halted formed
and seemed 10 De ready 10 fight. Gen. Shacscmrd at
once dsmounlcd his men for attack but 10 soon a.
ihcy lad got oil their horses the Rebels fed In The
direction OF Winchester. Having comparatively hcsi
horses. Will, ShacAlc.olds had that morning rode d
long and rapid ride they escaped with .oss OF thrcc
wounded and four prisoners.
from inohcstcr thoy went over oifcgtous route
~ Antrim In the northeast OF Gucinsr. County
ticncc north aIdy 10 Londonderry Smyrna and
N@rclcld Between the last two places, hy bum lr
two bridges ACROSS the saltwater he gained mo hours
Oh hi. parsucis
Prom uoo.olsl he headed ior New Athens but be
fc reaching the place turned towards tadil Ia lhom
son County where he arrived ats On tie 95tA IL
oincd BON 1T striking and crossing the Ohio River neal
WuIlcnion shacllciord having taken shorter road
from New Athens. came mp with him again AT the point
il nt,rsects that from Cadk 10 the fiycr An opporu
n wns here loot to cut the Rebels IN two by opening
upon them first with artillery instead Of attacking them
forthwith with cayalry They succeeded in rushing
once OF sight and pushed i the river as fs'
ns their horsrs could oany them. Learning however
on the way. tina, il had risen five feet the day be-
fore and Was mpassablc they changed their course,
with view reaching the river higher above went "a
Alexandria and thence across tho Columbus and PITTS
burg and Steubcnyillc Railroad to Cenirc'ilc iouI
miles west OF Stcubcn,ie where they appeared IN the
afternoon. The town being defended 10y strong mil
ina force principally from Sicubenyille, they a0stanod
from a visit 20 H. and went after exchanging "a few
shots northwardly toward Richmond twelve mile.
DISTANT ShaeklcfoFd reached Wniers,lo abou, hal
an hour later.
The meshes in which they became in the end mex
ricaby cntnnglcd were now rapidly contracting iousd
them Not only ShackIeords but two other columns o
cavalry. composed Of fresh men and horses were ON
SATURDAY engaged In the chase and fast o'erlaA
ne them. The hitter the battnllons of Majors
Way aud Rae. Major Ways command camo 10y ini
nom Columbus direct to the vicinity OF Steuoehlh''
discmbarkcd and Immediately got ON the track OF 'h'
Rebels Major Eaes went on the Ohio Cen'f'' '"'''
road To Bcllair opposite Wheeling thence hor'h On
tho Steubcnylle and lSttsburg Railroad TO shahgh"'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-19
CITY PROPERTY TO. BE SOLD FOR TAXES.

COLLECTORS OFFICE, CITY HALL FABsvARy 1883
OoANENC1Na ON FRIDAY, day Of May next, n.
Property
A haber in the City Of
and
o'clock A. H. Completed
tonsmtnauon Of hve dollars DIXON,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-03-19

Due iCtD, 81 81
Beginning at a point opl
the southern line Of
said Ii No 3, s!suated
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from the southeast cor
ner Of said lot, and run
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feet 2x inches, thence
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lot No. 3, ri ua,ed SdI
feet 6 Incl Is westward
ly from the northeast
corner Of said 10 No
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20 feet, the: ce south
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va div TO a p1i7t in|
the southern line OIL
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feet Binch"s westward
H. f"m he south asst
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2, thence so feCt u Ihs
hfginn 'ng.
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
VOL xv.,---NO..9 10.
THE SONG OF THE RAIN.

Is
Lo the long, slender spears now the culver
Where the clouds send their cavalry down.;
Rank and file, by the million, the rain lancers
dash, sAoss il'i-- i9
Over mountain. and river, and town; sifs
Thick the battle-drops fall--but the drop not in
blood; '~ 80 -tA
The trophy of war is the green, fresh bud; z
l.,e,.- 0, the rain, the plentiful rain
The pastures lie baked and the furrow is bare;
The wells. they yawn empty and dry;
But rushing water is heard in the air,
And a rainbow leaps out in the sky. siI
Hank the heavy drops pelting the sycamore
leaves, E" ".h -'at+sA g.
How the wash the wide pavement and sweep
from the caves!
o, the rain, the plentiful rain 2
See the weaver throws wide his one swinging
pane,
The kind drops dance on the floor: e-i,cE
And his wife brings her tlOwer-pOts to drink
the sweet rain
On the step by the half open door; M
At the time on the skylight far over his head,
Smiles the poor cripple lad on his hospital bed !;
s o, the rain, the plentiful rain.
And away, far from men, where high noun
And little green moses rejoice,
And the bud -headed heathernods to the shower,
And the hill torrents lift up their voice.;
And the pools in the hollows mimic the flight
OF the rain, as their thousand points dart up
.C in light; aaeM .a -. .altl}
0, the rain, the plentiful ran
And deep In the fir wood below, near the
plain,
A single thrush pipes full and sweet:
How days of clear shining will come after rain,
Waving meadows and thick growing wheat.
So the voice of hope sings in the heart of our
fears, .l
OF the harvest that springs from great ma
TONS tears
0, the rain, the plentiful RAIN
-Dnelttng. IL london Spectator.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
NEW SERIES-NO. 500

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charity and propriety to carry on my adj
ministration while holding and expressing
opinions injurious, as they imagine, to the
interests Of the College, and offensive to
that party in the country which they here
professedly represent, hereby resign my
Office as President. - ..l,i-.,
+, ! also resign my office as Trustee.
In taking leave of the College with
which / have been connected as Trustee,
or as President, more than forty years.,
very happily to myself, and, as the Trust
ees have often given me to unders; and,
not without benefit to the College, 1 beg
to assure them that / shall ever entertain
grateful sense of the favorable consider
alton shown to me by themselves and
their predecessors in Office, for SO long a
term, and that l shall never cease to de-
sire the peace and prosperity of the Col
lege, and that it may be kept true to the
principles of its foundation. gst ssed
am, very respectfully,
s' Your obed't serv't, n LORD ~
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14

the bitter hate OF the Minnesota settlers to-
ward the Indians, nothing can justify such
deprivation of religious privileges as is alleged
in this letter.-EDs INDEPENDENT.
To The Editors Of The Independent:
At Camp Mcclellan, near Davenport,
Iowa, are now confined the Indian pris-
oners convicted of participating in the
Sioux rebellion. They number 26S men,
accompanied by sixteen women for cooks
and washerwomen. Four bright little
children are also with them in the prison,
which is huge board pen inclosing four
large shanties clustered in the centre.
Many visitors, some from quite dis
lance, go to see them, and watch them
either as they are at work about the camp,
or, standing on the outside platform or
staging built up around for the guards,
look down into the yard where they are
frequently seen in the shade of the fence
or their barracks, reading, writing, or
smoking and doing.
They do a good deal of work about the
camp, and also keep their prison and
themselves quite clean, comparatively
speaking. Yet many who visit them go
away only more fully determined to be-
lieve them unutterably filthy, degraded,
and diabolical beings. To a fastidious
person, they are not indeed the most pleas
ing, but the disgust and Hatred NANTES
ted against them by many, arises from
predetermined hate and revenge, which
wholly oyerlooks alike their unfavorable
circumstances and the good they actually
show forth.
The history of these prisoners is. this
At the close of General Sibley's campaign
last fall against the Indians, all who de-
livered themselves up with those taken
prisoners were tried by court martial, and
of them 3O3 were sentenced to be hung
and twenty to Imprisonment. When the
testimony against them was forwarded to
me President, all convicted OF participat-
ing in the massacres and of violating wo.
men were ordered to be hung, while the
others, convicted only of participating II
the battles had their sentence suspended
Thus, those who are now ip confinement
are simply rebels. - But there is still
another reason why they should have jus
tice without barbarity. They are repenfaan
rebels. While in prison at Mankato, Mimi.
Iast winter, there was a great outpourlns
Of Gods spirit upon them. = Many OF YOU
readers remember it. The place was in.
| deed shaken by the mighty presence o
God. All renounced their heathenisn
and were baptized-the greater part BY
the missionaries of the American Board
and some by the Episcopalian missionary
With the spirit of Christ they also received
the spirit Of learning, and the prison be
came great school. LAS the fruits Of it
over one hundred and fifty of these a
Camp Mcclellan can read their hymn
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President Lords Resignation.

d. : .
We find in the Boston 1yuoeAer tie
following letter of resignation by Presi-
dent Lord of Dartmouth College - aio
-t9g DARTMOUTH COLLEGE,, July "a, 1868
To the Trustees Of Dartmouth College -
In making this communication to the
honorable and Reverend Board of Trustees,
I take the liberty respectfully to protest
against their right to impose any religious,
ethical or political test upon any member
of their own body, or of the College Fac
ulty, beyond what is recognized by the
charter of the Institution, or express stat
utes or stimulations conformed to that in
strutment, however urged or suggested by
individuals or public bodies assuming to
be as Visitors of the College or advisers
of the Trustees. gaitsaaa ALT ao sti, ,.ii
The action of the Trustees on certain
resolutions of the Merrimac County Con-
ference Of Churches, virtually imposes
such test, inasmuch as it implicitly rep
resents and censures me as having become
injurious to the College, not on account Of
any official malfeasance or delinquency,
for, on the contrary, its recommendations
of my personal and official character and
conduct during my long term of service,
far exceed my merits, but for my opinions
and publications on questions of Biblical
ethics and Interpretation supposed to bear
unfayorably upon one branch of the policy
pursued by the present Administration OF
the government Of the United States, aa
For my opinions and expressions OF
opinions on such subjects, hold myself
responsible only 70 God, and the constitu-
tional tribunals of my country, inasmuch
as they are not touched by the Charter of
the College, or any expressed statutes or
stipulations. And, while my answering
andneyer partisan loyalty to the Cover .
ment of my fathers, proved and tested by
more than seventy years of deyotionto its
true and fundamental principles, cannot
be permanently discredited by the excited
passions of war;, / do not feel obliged,
when its exercise is called in question, to
resign my moral and constitutional right
and Christian liberty, in this respect, nor
submit to any censure, nor consent to any
conditions such as are implied in the
aforesaid action of the Trustees, which &C.
ton is made more impressive upon5me in
view of the private communications Of
several of its members. =. !. ~
But, not choosing to place myself in any
unkind relations to q body having the re-
sponsible guardianship Of the Oollege--a
body from which I have received so many
tokens Of confidence and regard, and be-
lieving it to be inconsistent with Christian
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and then continued in friendly chat. Now,
it so happened that the man had been in
sane, and was rapidly growing insane again.
A Wild notion was fast acquiring the
strength OF a fixed idea. The two men in
friendly chat were, in his mind, thieves
planning how they could rob him, and be
was resolving to berthe first in the field i
There was some method in his madness,
for he postponed the execution of his pro-
ject until the train had fairly started on its
last run to London. AS soon as it left
Bletchley the maniac drew knife and
stabbed Mr.. Worland in the head. He
drew back his arm to repeat the stroke
when Mr.. Mclean, who seems to have had
his wits about him, knocked him back into
his seat. Springing up, the maniac made an
other dash at the now insensible Worland,
but here he was foiled again BY Mclean,
who gripped his throat and bis armed
hand, and a close combat began All the
time the train few rapidly through the
country. The woman sitting near the
other window had done all she could to
alarm the driver by wasting her screams
on the morning air, and now lay insensi O
BILE, from the effect of terror The mad
man drew the blade of bis knife through
the fingers of Mclean, and thrust with it
wildly. 8r, a qsfoo qsd3vlbs5saobra
Worland had now regained his senses,
and he at once entered into the combat,
getting behind the mailman, and throw
ing him down. The maniacs yells were
louder than those OF the woman they
were continuous, but neither guard or dri-
yer heard them. And SO the tragedy con-
tinued, one long act, a raving maniac held
down by two men, all covered with blood,
lighted by dim lamp and the gray dawn.
For forty long miles this scene lasted, seen
by none except those engaged in the strife,
until ticket collector, hastily opening the
door, saw the two gashed and haggardI
men bending over the exhausted mailman
on the blood-stained floor. laa5silw snln4etsl
Since the French police found the body
of a murdered judge in railway carriage
nothing SO terrible has occurred. Of
course the mailman, for he must have
been mad, was taken before magistrate,
and there he gave as reason for his con-
duct the explanation we have already men
tioned-he thought the two men were
about to rob him. He turns out to be
an Irish schoolmaster, Michael Lyons by
name, coming to London ON mixed err
rand of business and pleasure. 1t is said
that be has been confined in an asylum
for year, and Of course every inquiry
will be made into his past life and charac-
ter. He is now in the Bucks county Jail.
ee l0y az VI. g jsirYT
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From Gen. Blair's speech in st. Louis.w s6lss,g
My friends, / know it is not entirely
graceful to refer to these things in which
we are ourselves interested but yon will
permit me, l know, coming back from
Vicksburg- the scene Of our recent con-
quest--to say what ought to be said, and
what now dwells in the heart of every Of
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14
10! THE POOR INDIAN.
He is Deprived Of the Ministra-
lions Of Riggs.
How the "Repentant Rebels" are
Treated at Davenport. aa
SAVAGE PIETY AND CHRISTIAN
SAVAGERY.

From the New York Independent, Aug. d.
GWhile there are many powerful causes for
the bitter hate of the Minnesota settlers to-
ward the Indians, nothing can justify such a
deprivation of religious privileges as is alleged
in this letter-EDs INDEPENDENT.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-08-14

A Terrible Scene in a Rail Car
'enl 90 sr8Ns G1ua ---}W ID jegJ bee 1gW
PASSENGERS PENNEDl UP WITH A LUNATIC.