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

NJ Some people profess to be greatly
disturbed by violations of the Constitution
in these days, Strange though it be, the
same persons have as yet displayed no
anxiety about the safety of the Nation, or,
if any, only that the enemies of the country
should succeed in their endeavor to destroy
it. 1t does not appear to have occurred to
these wise and patriotic gentry that the
Constitution was made for the country, and
not the country for the Constitution. That
q country, a Nationality was the end aimed
at, and the Constitution a means to obtain
and secure it. That the Constitution has
no value except as an agency-an
instrumentality in the great work of
building up and perpetuating the
NATION. That if it fails in this, it is not
merely worthless and of no merit, but is a
positive and most enormous evil. Now as
De construe the Constitution it is compe-
tent to secure and perpetuate the Nation.
AS the men who find so many things u,s-
constitutional which are essential to the
safety of the country, construe it, it is amere
bond to restrain our efforts for life, and lay
the country prone in the dust at the mercy
of any assailant. Which construction is
most probably right-that which ensures
the accomplishment Of the end for which it
was devised. or that which converts it into
an instrumentality of ruin, now and for
ever? Tell us which.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

NE Mr.. Adams has excited the ire of the
English sympathizers with treason in this
country, by granting papers or safeguards
vessels bound for Matamoras, on salts
factory proof that the voyage was to be
made in good faith and that it was bound,
bona Jsde, to that points They are trying to
make rumpus aboa Mt. They perceive
that this plan is likely u hurt their pratt
cal projects in that direction. And so they
set up q most dismal howl over it. Let the
hyenas howl on. It is natural to the man
eaters.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

NrWe commend the article on sThe late
Geo. B. Mcclellan" from the Richmond
Wing of April 2Ist, to the serious consider
alton OF such of his worshippers as sincere
~ believe him a loyal man and an able
General. Itseems that even the rebels con-
cur in the opinion that Richmond might
lave been taken after the battle of Seven
Pines, after Hanover Court House, or after
Antietam! All this and more, we have
long believed and frequently asserted. But
we did not expect the traitors to endorse it
quite so soon. Nor would they If they
were not satisfied that Nice lellan will never
help them more.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

~ The Government, through Genera,
Grant, has donated fourteen bales Of cotton
70 Mrs. Whittenmeyer, Sanitary agent for
Iowa, the proceeds Of which are to be usef,
in procuring stores for the sick and
wounded.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

SANITARY SToREs.-From Q letter of
Mrs. Wittemeyer's to q friend in this city
we learn that she designs coming to
Iowa shortly for sanitary stores, and is
anxious to take back to the army potatoes,
krout, butter, eggs, &C., for all of which
there is urgent and incessant demand
among the soldiers. She has authorized
Mr.. Marble, of this city, to engage these
articles for her, and, as is well known, he
is still ready to take charge of all contribu-
tons which may be made for the necessi-
ties and health Of our gallant soldiers. Mrs.
w. also confirms the report that the Gov
eminent has given her thirteen bales Of
cotton to sell and invest proceeds in vege-
tables, &C., if she succeeds in getting them
safely to st. Louis. Those who have these
articles will know where to go and what to
do.
Her letter, dated April Goth, gives the To-
cation of the following Iowa regiments -
The 4th, 9th, 25th, 26th and 31st were at
Greenville, one hundred miles above
vicksburg; the llth, 18th, 18th and 10th
were, she says, ordered to vicksburg, and
would most probably go on to Carthage;
at Carthage the 21st, ed, 23d, Oath, 2sth and
18th; the 9Th, 9Th, 10th, 18th, 3Oth and s5th
are before Vicksburg, and the 18th, 32d and
SD were expected there.
4 lg Mrs. McCREA, of this County, was
recently robbed of about three hundred dol
lars. The robbers threatened the lady's
life, and finally compelled her to tell them
where the money was concealed. We learn
that the robbers have been caught and that
one of them turns out to be son-in-law!
GB- List of deceased soldiers, who have
died in Hospitals at st. Louis, Mo-, from
April 9th to 3Oth, 1863, furnished by Thos.
j. w. Long, Iowa State Sanitary Agent
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

~ FIVE MILLIoNs.-In our paper Of
Saturday we referred to the large amounts
daily invested in the Government five
twenty securities. We said that heamount
had reached two millions. Dispatches af-
forwards received stated that on Friday the
amounts of investments had suddenly
reached to over foe millions. Isn't that en-
couraging? If the last dollar is to win, is it
not evident on which side victory will be?
The fact is that if our public securities were
put on the footing they ought to occupy,
and made accessible to all, the want of
means would never befelt. They would,
as they should, absorb all the idle capital
of the country, and command, at all times,
nearly uniform and higher price, and be
negotiable at less rates Of interest, than
they have heretofore. The trouble has been
that investments hitherto have been con-
fined to the larger cities and heavy capital
lists. 1t seems to have been overlooked
heretofore, that it is the small streams that
make the great river. To make U. S.
stocks popular, everywhere, is to create a
demand for them which would speedily alb
sorb even more than now exists. Let it be
done, somehow.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

SEIzURE.-The Marshal Of the District of
Columbia has seized the property, personal
and real, OF DIR. Cornelius Boyle, valued at
from $4,000 to s50, 900, under the Confisca-
ton Act. This is the first case in the Dis
trict. Boyle was commander of the volun-
teers organized in Washington, at the ope-
ming of the Rebellion, to assist in Selling
the public buildings on behalf Of the rebels.
After the Inauguration of the President. he
went South, where he has been cruelIv ex-
ercising himself as Provost Marshal. And
they have lust seized his propertyi
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

rs Bishop Celenso is reported to have
already received $4,000 from his publish
ers, as his share of the profits of his work
on the Pentateuch, with good prospect
for future large additions! Milton got ten
pounds fol-. his Paradise Lost. We suppose
that is about fair though. The Bishop is
getting his pay now, and probably both
himself and his work will soon be forgot
ten. Milton didn't get much money for his
Epic,-but his memory and his work are
both immortal. at H#r
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

rs A mammoth cheese has been made
by a former citizen ofthis country, and sent
hither from the United States, which: is,
touse Yankee phrase some Pumpkins
When it was first made it's weight was l.
100 lbs, it is now nearly year old and still
weighs over 1000 lbs. 1t was sent over
from the United States together with a lot
OF 92a toher cheeses, each cheese weighing
$50 lbs. Our friend has a little Dairy,
milking only 500 cows. What country can
beat it So says the Rutter dam courant of
March 10th. HGas
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09
THE HAWK-EYE


IMPORTANT DECISIONs.-TwO cases have
recently been decided by the Courts of PEN
nssylvania which it will be of advantage to
some people to understand. The first case
relates to deserters. A man named Isaac
Morris, of Reading, Pa, enlisted in the
10th, regiment regulars, in April 1852. In
Junehe deserted, was arrested, again de-
serted, was arrested, and in December de-
serted the third time. Notice OF the last
desertion was given to the Provost Marshal
at Reading, and on Christmas day, guard
of four men, under command ola Police
officer, William Y. Lyon, was detailed and
ordered to arrest him at all hazards. The
guard proceeded to q house in which he
was harbored. On discovering what they
were after. Morris leaped out Of q second
story window and endeayored to escape,
and was pursued by one Of the guard
named Brant, who ordered him to halt
Lyon ordered Brant to shoot Morris if he
did not surrender. Morris continued to
run; Brant fired and killed him on the
spot. For this Lyon and Brant were both
indicted. On the trial the Court held and
instructed the jury that Lyon was justifi-
able in giving the order and Brant in obey
ing it, that deserter attempting to elude
arrest was to be treated as felon at Com
mon Law, and any and all measures might
be used to prevent his escape. If it could
not be effected without shooting him, shoot
ing him was proper and justifable. I'm
der this instruction Of the Court the jury
at once rendered a verdict of not guilty.
The other case was an action against the
U. 8. Marshal of Pennsylvania for dam
ages for seizing the printing establishment
Of the Jeffersonian, paper published at
West Chester, in that State. In this case q
motion was made before Judge Strong of
the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to re-
move the cause into the Supreme Court Of
the United States, under the provions ofthe
actof Congress of March Sd. 1853, farmiliarly
known as the Indemnity BILL The
motion was ably argued before Judge
Strong, William B. Reed, ofPhiladelphia,
opposing it. Judge Strong subsequently,
in an elaborate opinion, sustained the mo-
ton and ordered the cause to be removed
inaccordence Herewith, fully endorsing and
sustaining the Constitutionallty Of the elm
demnity Bill" These decisions it will be
well to bear in mind. They cut cleane
through all the schemes and purposes of
Copperheads and makepersistence in them
particularly dangerous. Will they make a
note ofthem.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

ne It is reported that the Confederate
Congress has at last agreed upon design
for flag. tits not worth while to describe
it. lit ever flutters at all, it is quite GER
tain that it will not do solong. It will only
be remembered as the ensign of treason and
the badge Of imfamy. So let it go.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

GB List of deceased soldiers, who have
died in Hospitals at st. Louis, Mo-, from
April 9th to 3Oth, 1868, furnished by Thos.
j. w. Long, Iowa State Sanitary Agent
at st. Louis. Mo-: ~
April 27.-John w. Davis. H. 60 Ind.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

- A delegation from the Sanitary
Commission have been examining into the
sanitary condition of the armies of the west.
They report the per centage of the sick but
little greater than that of the army of the
Potomac. The Commissary Department is
making excellent arrangements to provide
soldiers with a variety Of vegetables and
fresh meats in lieu of regular rations.-
Hospital transport boats have been made
more comfortable than formerly, and the
reports of bad management in Shermans
burg, they say, was in great degree exag-
Grated or altogether without foundation
We hope it is all true, but we suspect affairs
were bad enough at best. -
wGen. Ellet's Marine Brigade was at
Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, at last
reports. On its way down, a party Of Tex
an Rangers made an unfortunate mistake
about it. Thinking the boats were un-
armed transports, they made what they
thought certain arrangements to capture
were summarily cleaned out, dozen or
more of them killed, and large number
wounded, and the whole gang put to their
best metal to escape sudden capture. Ell
let, it is said, has destroyed every grist-
mill, saw-mill, and every distillery in Up
per Tennessee heretofore used by the reb-
els. The towns of Hamburg and Eastport,
which have been resorts Of Guerrillas in
that section, were entirely destroyed.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

%kIHe VInIOn E0Dte mas at It's head the
name of ELIJAH SELLS as candidate for
Governor, subject to the decision Of the Re
publican Convention, which meets in June.
Mr.. SELLS is good man, and always been
a faithful and efficient public officer. We
know no man in the State more likely to
make good run, and good officer when
Qlncfod :, 49,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

a- The indignant Vallandigham made
speech at Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday
evening of last week. The astute patriot
expressed the opinion that Burnsides or
der was illegal! He was to speak at Mt.
Vernon the next day. We shall not be
much surprised. to hear that he is furnished
with pass and escort to his friends in
Dixievery shortly, unless, indeed, he meets
with more summary and less gratifying.
punishment. 1t is about time such vii
lains as he were made to feel their infamy.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

Va Something must be the matter with
the Butternuts in Egypt. On Monday of
last week the election for Municipal officers
came Oft at Alton, and wonderful result,
the Copperheads were entirely cleaned out,
sent to grass or to purgatory, and the en-
tire Union ticket elected. The Copper
heads met with q similar fate at Bellyue.
We suppose those who went up to Chicago.
to vote the ''Dimmicratic" ticket and elect
Sherman, got so much bad whisky that
they failed to get back in time to save their
friends. Can't account for it any other
way.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

g-The condition of society has become
so bad at Memphis, that the Provost Mar
shall, it is said, has issued orders that the
inmates of houses of ill-fame shall be sent
North, and their goods conflscated. We
really don't know why he should send
them in this directionl If thepeople don't
behave in Memphis send them to Dixie.
That will punish them and won't punish us.
~ We note that the National Fast Day
appears to have been almost unanimously
observed. Business in all the cities and
towns seems to have been generally sus-
pended and services suitable to the occa-
s'on celebrated in al the churches, = :.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

gs- The Copperheads are terribly exor-
cised hereabouts on account of the seizure
of arms and ammunition by the Surveyor,
and are telling what they would do if their
contraband goods were taken. They are
slso very profuse in their advice, showing
late law by smuggling, resisting, etc. This
is all very well and very proper, no doubt.
But let these gentlemen follow their own
advice-instead of trying to persuade 9TH
ers to commit unlawful acts, let them do it
themselves. That is the way to tell it,
We shall then find out exactly what thew
will do in case of seizure.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09

@DThe manifesto of the Russian Car
grants full and entire amnesty to all the
Poles in instruction who may lay down
their arms and return to their allegiance
by the 18th day of May. The manifesto
gives no satisfaction to the Poles and as lit
tie to the public elsewhere. 1t affords no
promise ofrelieffrom the expressions which
induced the attempt at revolution. Since it
was issued the rising appears to have be-
come almost universal. The war is every
where in Poland now, and the Russian
soldiery have their hands full. What the
end will be, depends more upon what the
rest of Europe may do, probably, than on
the action Of the Poles alone.
~ An engraver and one of his work.
men have been arrested at Sheffield, in
England, on charge of counterfeiting
greenbacks, with intent to send them to
this country for circulation. A very nice
operation, if suceessful-but not very like
~ to be successful, even if the manufac-
ture had not been detected.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-30

to mourn his cruel fase, for two Of whom
this sad event dashes their fresh cup Of
bridal joys with dregsiof woe.
Here is an instance, In the inhuman
treatment OF young Hickman Of the bar
barism Of "6oathern chivalry,s which
comes homo to oar own community, and
the hearts Of our neighbors and friends.
1t is only one Of hundreds, sent home in
similar condition with him to die from
sheer inanition. And it foreshado the
doom of hundreds more, if no. soon re-
leased, now suffering in imprisonment
the "tender mercies" of those who boast
pre-eminent hospitality and generous
sympathy. Where the STAKEHOLDER rolls
in wealth, lolls in luxurious case, and
seats himself with plensy-where large
armies are we'll fed, clothed and equipped
and hapless prisoners Of vsr are con-
fined ia ilih, and starved to death-if
there be civilization, where ia savageism !.
Along with the thanksgiving We offer up
to day, from nations heart, let us lift
prayer to the God of Justice and the
Father of Mercies for the speedy deliver.
ance Of our captive Union soldiers from
the inhumsn bondage Of our Southern
brethren. - St. Louis Union.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-30

Capt Maury has addressed long letter
to Lord Wharnclffe, which the London
Herald is only too glad to publish. 1t
concludes thus:
After this review, / think you will
agree with me that Lincoln is ubjugating
the people of the North faster than he is
those Of the South: that all the divisions
among them, in his councils or bis camps
favor our side that the war has never
been more unpopular 1t the North than
it now is that Northern recruits, excep.
in small bodies, are not 20 be had that
the original object Of the war has. to q
great extent, been lost sight of; that Mr.
Lincoln himself has well nigh confe. sed
II to be obIectless; and that the last indi
cations are that be is SO disposing his
forces that he may be proclaimed Dictator.
or he re elected President
"On the other hand then, we stand
like Stonewall,' silent but resolved,
with inducements for holding out that
we're never so powerful as they are at this
moment. TIE last account. represent
our people as 10 excellent health, and their
conduct shows it Witness Golfers
peace begging resolutions in the Virginia
Legislature. They were met promptly
by unanimous and Indignant No"
The sentiments of this letter of the
rebel Maury to the friendly aristocracy Of
England, are daily promulgated and elab-
Grated by the Northern sympathisine
Vallandigham press. They are as bitter
in their denunciation of Mr. Lincoln and
the Governu ent of which he is the head
as either the rebels themselves or their
British friends over the water.
But few more such victories as that
at Chattanooga and those at the polls in
October and November, will settle ali the
enemies of the Government, at home and
abroad. And then Maury and Vallan-
digbam and their admirers in this country,
and the British aristocrscy, can vent their
impotsnt rage to their hearts content
against President Lincoln and the loyal
masses of the North, who will have saved
the free institutions of our fathers, and
restored the Union in its integrity and
power, in spite of their combined oppo
sition.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-30
st. Louis soldier starved In q Rebel
Prison.


Information has just been received OF
the death, in all the peculiar agon'es which
result from extreme starvation. in the
rebel prison at Belle Isle, of William W.
Rickm n, of this city, on Thursday, 10Th
inst, at the United States hospital, An.
napolis, Maryland, in the 9th year Of
his age. At the time of his death he was
a private of the lst Missouri artillery
He was one Of the first who enlisted in
the LIST Missouri infantry, under Major
General Frank P. Blair, and be continued
in active field duty up to the time of his
capture in August last. He participated
II the capture Of Camp Jackson, and il
the battles si Bonneville, Dug Springs,
Wilson'S Creek, Fredericktown, Fort
Douelson, Pittsburg Landing. Corinth and
Iuka. Near Corinth, Mississippi, be was
taken prisoner ~ guerr'llas. and confined
al Belle Isle, until shout the goth uiimo,
vbep. from starvation, his death having
become inevitable, he ~ss paroied and
sent t. the United States hospital At An
napoli., Maryland. where, IN spite OF the
most tender and sklllful treatment, he
survived HIS re eaes on,y few weeks.
I He was the last of three brothers. all
Of whsn were inmates of she family Of
R. ]. Howard, Esq, United States CoIlec'
tor, OF this city. He leaves three sisters
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-30
Te tho .suaa FeDlows.n

Some time ago . communication ap-
pcared in the Gate City signed "Odd
Fellow" which was in reply to a former
article by "Friend to the Good Cause"
Who this friend was we do not know, and
We assure "Odd Fellow" that the article
did not emanate from any member Of the
Society which occupied Odd Fellows
Hall last winter. If "Odd Fellow" sup
poses anything but kindness is felt by us
towards his fraternity, he is much mis-
taken. We are, and ever have been,
grateful for the generosity which gave us
the Hall gratuitously. The eulogiums
of "Odd Fellow" upon Odd Fellowship
were not necessary to inform US, or the
world, of its charitable doings.
But we are glad to know that "Odd
Fellow" and bis associates will labor to-
gether with us harmoniously. There is
need enoagh fer all eur labor. Destitu-
sIon 10 its most aggravated forms is in our
midst Hunger without food to satisfy
it; cold. shivering without fuel or clo.h-
ing; helpless women, with husbands 10
the var. or the grave infancy, with none
to protect; hundred forms of suffering,
real, downright suffering. call upon us
for our most active sympathy and labor
The Union Assembly will be held once
a week, during the winter, in McCune's
Hall. We invite 'sOdd Fellow" and all
his friends, in and out of the order, to
visit US. We shall welcome them as Of
old. and will endeavor 10 introduce new
and even more attractive modes Of enter
tainment.
Mrs j. r. BUcKIHoHAn,
Miss l.. KNowLEs,
For the Society.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-11-30
RELATIVE STRENGTH o. ARmrEs.

The rebel armies do not at present ex-
ceed two hundred thousand soldiers, and
their field of operations are % circumt
scribed, and their population already -
decimated by drafts that they cannot
we'll increase the number of their effec
tive force. Future drafts will hardly
compensate them for desertion and casu-
alties. Their territory is being circum-
scribed and they are pressed on all sides
by victorious and superior armies, while
want of means and destitution generally
adds po'gnancy to their growing despair
of final success.
On the other hand, our armies, exclu.
s've of garisons and coiored troops, mum.
Der some three hundred thousand, and
they are about to be largely increased
Our means are inexhaustible and We
have no lack of anything. At the same
time the advances already made and the
great victories achieved have inspired all
our people with confidence and cons.rain.
ed all into united resolution to crush
out the rebellion at any cost.
What is now alone needed is that the
call for three hundred thousand sddi.
tional troops be promptly responded to,
that our armies may follow up the re-
treating rebels in overwhelming forcs,
scatter and capture them and take pos
session Of all their strongholds. With
three hundred thousand additional troops
iu the field, the rebel armies might be
utterly broken up and the rebellion prac.
tically crushed out before midsummer.
In this view there are the strongest
motives, both patriotic and pecuniary, for
volunteering at once. for thus the voluu-
teer would aid in the speedy overthrow Of
the rebellion and pocket q very large
bounty for very short and easy term of
service.