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

rs The member of Parliament who
bearing the name and representing the in
terests of the firm of Messrs. Laird (for he
appears to represent nobody else, unless it
be the rebels lately took upon himself to
deny the statement of Secretary Welles
to the effect that he had not authorized or
made any application to foreign ship
builders for vessels for our Government
He has since published correspondence
between his firm and some persons in
Washington, to prove that application was
made. The cream of the joke is that there
is nothing in the correspondence to show
that Secretary Welles or the Government,
or any person connected with or empow-
cred to act for it, had any more connection
with the matter than the king of SIAM
This fellow, who is member of Parlia-
ment, and yet builds ships Tor the rebels in
violation of law, and boasts of doing so,
seems to imagine the Government respon-
sible for every letter that is dated at Wash
ington. His intelligence is upon par
with his rectitude. He obeys the law and
tells truth just as the rebels and Copper
heads do-"in horn!'
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

@~In the proceedings of Copperhead
meeting at Keokuk, over which Copper
head Clagett presided, Daniel F. Miller is
nominated "Nestor' Of the Lee County
Bar! We would object to that, if we were
Dan. Nestor, if we are not mistaken, was
a very old man; and besides being old, he
was man Of wisdom and prudence and
sagacity and patriotism. Now, no one Sc
well as Dan. Miller knows he has none Of
these qualities. To call him "Nestor'' is a
bitter piece of irony. Don't let them do il
again, Dan. If you are both fool and Cop
perhead, don't let your friends sneer at you
in that style. If you will run in such vii
famous company, don't let them laugh a,
you.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

PERsoNAL.-We met Capt. HARRY GRIF-
FIFTH, of the LIST Iowa Battery, at the cars
yesterday, on his way home upon short
leave Of absence. Capt. Griffith is an en-
ergetic, indefatigable officer, whose abil-
ity and gallantry are well known in the
army and at home. Iowa has no better
officer in the service.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

Mss- The gallant and patriotic Democrat,
Dennis the martyr" still sticks to Fisher
as his candidate for Governor. At least
his paper of Sundayalast continues to her.
aid Fishers name at the head of the ticket
He isn't content with that either. He pub
fishes letter from Cairo in which Tuttle
is accused of sending two Illinois Judges
to prison for daring to express Democrat
ic sentiments; y of being a ''tool of the
Provost Marshal &c. Dennis approves,
the letter and inquiries: "What has befat-y
len the Democratic party that such man
is sought to be foisted upon it as it's candi-
date for Governor Indeed Dennis real
ly appears to dislike Gen. futile quite as
much as he does those he calls "Abolition-
ists." And it was certainly too much to
ask him, as the Democratic Convention
have done, to support a man for Governor
who has consigned two Judges Of Illi-
nois to prison for uttering Democratic SEN.
timents! Of course he can't do it and
won't do it. We expect he will Ego inH
for Fisher to the enc, -unless, indeed, he
concludes to run himself, merely to prove
his devotion to Democratic principles !!
Why shouldn't he?
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

CONVICTED AND SENTENcED.-On the 5th
inst, in the Court of Sessions at New York,
fellow named William Watson, was tried
and verdict of guilty rendered. against
him, the jury not leaving their seats, on an
Indictment for highway robbery, commit
ted July l4th, during the riot. The fellow
actually got thirty-five cents of the man he
robbed. The Judge sentenced Watson to
the State Prison for ten years. That's a
pleasant termination to his experiment in
resisting and trampling upon the law!
We need not say that Judge McCunn had
nothing to do with that sentence.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

THE latest news from England an
nounces that Parliament has been proro-
gued. The Queens speech Was delivered
by Commission. In relation TO this coun-
try, it says: "Civil war continues in
America. 1t indicts much evil, not only
on the contending parties, but on other
nations. We see, however, no reason to
depart from our strict neutrality" The
Queen is not responsible for that speech
but the ministry. The st,1ctness of English
neutrality is about as farcical an idea as the
loyalty of a thorough Copperhead. But its
idea of neutrality will come home to her
one of these days, and will then "plague
the inventors more than it now does us.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

@- The New York Tribune, enumera-
ting the goods destroyed at the recent great
fire in Havana, says ''the building in
which these articles were stored was eight
hundred feet deep and three hundred feet
wide" That is large enough for small
familyt
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

9The Protestant Methodists of Lo-
well have been having series of meetings
and revival at that place. At the meet.
Ing Saturday evening two Copperheads
placed themselves at the door in the nav
and dared those who passed in to take tho
Copperheads breastpins off of them. when
requested to- give way SO that persons oonld
pass, one Of them used insulting language
and pushed the party backwards max ;sg
tho request.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

va A notorious Chicago Copperhead on
Friday last insulted respectable lady on
the street, followed her to her home, was
arrested by her husband, taken before a
Copperhead magistrate, who fined the viii
lain five dollars, and then suspended exc
enthusiastically releasing him from any
penalty whatever! That is how Copper
head magistrates enforce the laws. They
can't afford to punish their pimps and ruff
fans. They are very serviceable on cleo
ton days!
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

~The number of men enrolled in the
first class in Philadelphia was 1854. The
number actually drafted was 1878. Two
thirds OF this number, q little under I2,OoO
VIII be the actual quota required of the
city. This is about one in Eve of those en-
rolled in the first class.
@-The Union State Convention Of Penn.
sylvania, held on the 9Th inst. nj pitts.
burg, nominated Governor Andrew Curtin
LOT reelection to that Office, and the Hon.
Daniel Agnew, of Beaver, for Judge of the
supreme Court. Gov. Curtin received o.
votes TO a for all others on the first ballot
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

~ There are said to be fifty vacancies
In the Military Academy at West Point.
Let them be given to the sons of our pa
triot soldiers-those who have been or
phaned by the war with rebels. The sons
of such men will be likely to prove patri-
OTIS also-they will emulate the virtues Of
their sires and always draw their swords
on the side of their country. They will
not prove rebels in the next peril-nor will
they sympathize with traitors, and attempt
q diversion in their favor, as many of the
graduates of West Point have done and
are still doing. But these men are mostly
the sons of the vulgar sort of pot-house
politicians, who never taught them what
patriotism is, Place is all they seek, and
all they are capable of seeking. They
got an education at the expense of the
Government. Now they use it in the effort
to destroy the Nation. 1t is omforting to
know that they only succeed in earning an
infamous remembrance, which will make
Benedict Arnold's one of comparative hon
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

- The New York rioters are farine
badly, just now. In the Court Of General
sessions Of that city, fif3done indictments
had been found on Wednesday last, for
murder, arson, and other similar enormi-
ties. When these foolish, not to say saw
age, creatures feel the halter draw about
their necks, as some of them undoubtedly
Will, we wonder if they will not be in
cilned to curse the greater devils, who in
cited them to the commission of the crimes
for which they adorn the gallows. Won't
they execrate "Fernandy and Horatio, .
and will not these worthless snaar at tbai,
suffering dupes?
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

Va SINCE the Copperheads have deter
mined to bid for the votes Of tho sold;ars
II seems 70 us hat a decent respect for ap-
pea-ances and for the feelings Of these SOL
diers ought 10 induce the Cops to quit
wearing butternuts and copperhead breast
pins and stop cheering for JEFF, Davis.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

~ No paper more bitterly denounces
the draft than the Dubuque Herald. 1t Ia
bors, day after day, in its genial vocation,
Of endeavoring to enrage its foolish dupes
against this most necessary law. Yet the
same paper, about year since, declared
chat ''the fairest way to raise troops is by
draftings" 1t was then, or at least pro-
fessed to be, in favor of procuring troops
by the very mode which it now SO fiercely
denounces. 1t does notstand alone in this
opposition to itself. Most, if not all, of the
Copperhead press did just as the Herald
They were anxious, urgent, nay, prayer
full, for "draft.' We are not sure but
that Congress adopted this mode of recruit
ing the army to please them. At all events,
Congress had good reason to believe it
would please them better than any other
manner. They said it was the .'fairest'
way to raise troops. Now they have it.
and they say it is an outraged All this
may seem unaccountable. Yet it is plain.
Then volunteers were wanted, and these
traitors wanted to stop that. Now draft
is ordered, and they are equally anxious
to obstruct that mede of supply. In both
instances they sought to lessen the army
and ensure rebel success. AS for lying,
that is what they delight in.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15

~ In the Copperhead County Conven-
ton, which appointed delegates to the
State Convention, our friend B. j. Hall is
reported to have said of our soldiers in Dix
lie, that whatever they saw they wanted,
and whatever they wanted they took ~
Now that it has been arranged that the SOL
oiers' votes an to be at least solicited for
the Copperhead ticket, we presume MIR.
han will amend this speech. So with
hutchins, who declared in Convention that
Iutties hands were red with the blood of
our Southern brethren. He will probably
desire TO alter or amend or explain away
this remark.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Our Mounted Infantry.

Rebel kilograms, in speaking of the Va
liant and successful movement Of General
DODGE, the commandment at Corinth,
against the rebels in North Mississippi,
whom, after a severe fight, he routed and
drove from "Bear Greek to Crane Greek, -
described it as composed ETA "heavy force
of Yankee cavalry" 1t was not, however,
a cavalry, but an infantry expedition and
the following extract from private letter
of an officer engaged in it, written on the
eve of its starting, will show the origin of
the rebel mistake, and will furnish an ex-
cellent idea in connection with such op-
eratlOnS:
| expect within Il day or two TO be cut on
an expedition. the character of which ] sur
mise to be a rctiG. Our regiment is all mounted
Oh mules, and Il pretty Tapping OF ears as
sure you there is. We are called the ''Jackas5
Brigade" by those who don't admire us but we
claim to be Mulish Lancers. However, tell
you this is the true mode Of fighting these te-
lows down here. Celebrity Of movement is III
diSpcn>ablc, and although it is no part Of our
intention to fight on the backs Of these long
cared quadrupcds. they will carry Us as many
miles in q day rs horses. and then We are fresh
with our infantry drill, wherein We claim to
beat EN- all.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Letter from John G. Whittier.

At late meeting of citizens of all par
ties in Amesbury, Mass, letter was read
from the poet WHITTIER, from which we
extract the following passage:
regard it as of the utmost Importance
that, in this hour of trial, men of all par
ties should remember only that they are
American citizens. The life of the coun-
try is at stake, and however we may con-
tinue, to call ourselves, there are really
but two parties-the party of loyal men
and the party of traitors. For myself, /
can say in all sincerity, that I am more
than ready to lay aside whatever of merely
party feeling and prejudice l may have
entertained, and act cordially with all
loyal men, who are willing to act with me.
And at Il time like this, we owe undivided
allegiance to our country. We were
Americon citizens before we were Repub-
licanS or Democrats-and it matters little
who is in or out of office, so that the
country is saved
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
a Public 2,eNeEIcsOr,

The Ia Crosse UcAocrM pays the fol-
lowing tribute 10 citizen of St Paul,
whose enterprise and public spirit is gen
orally appreciated by the people Of this
State:
Capt. ". S. Davidson, President Of the La
Crosse and st. Paul Packet Company, is in
town on business pertaining to the model line
Of boats he is connected with. Ii is but short
time since he came among us, q stranger ana
almost without means-noW he is at the head
Of one of the best steamboat lines Oh the river
and known far and wide. A man OF Untirln@
energy and ambition he knows not the word
fail. With the foresight characteristic ofmodel
business men he saw the wants OF the north
west and has filled them. Thousands OF 1arin-
crs north and west OF this point can ana 90
thank Capt. Davidson for the marketing 1tclli'
ties they enjoy. The country never appreciates
the work OF such men, who, while others are
waiting for so. citing to turn up go TO work
and turn up something for themselves
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Horrible Crine--A Man Murdered by
his Wife and SON.

The murder of Job Brooks. near Bur-
lington, N. j., in which his son, Charles
Brooks, and his son-in-law, Timothy Ridg-
way, are implicated, promises to be one Of
the most remarkable in all the annals of
crime. In addition to the implication Of
the son and -in-law, his wife is now &C
cused by the son-in-law of having con-
splred with the son to kill the old man
'idgway says that, on a specified evening,
ne went to the barn to feed his horse, and
was followed by his mother-in-law, when
ne sad to her that he would like to know
VINO committed the murder. She replied
she was afraid Charles cher SOM did it, as
she had heard him say his will was good,
II he only dare. She then told Ridgway
to come to her. We give the rest of the
story in Rldgway's own language:
went to her, and she remarked she
would tell me, but for the world | must
say nothing about it. | promised her |
would never mention it. She then replied,
If you ever name it | will take from YOU
all your goods, such as furniture that gave
you, and Sarah Ann shall not live with
you. She further remarked that she would
put the property out, and the money would
keep herself and Sarah Ann.
She then said, you know the night Of
the murder, when you and Sarah met me
down by the bridge. Charles and herself
intended to catch her husband, but could
not. She said that as soon as Sarah and
myself left her house, after our return
there, she started out, and went down to
the bridge, and waited there until Charles
and his father came up from church.
She further said her husband asked
what she was doing there She replied
she was looking for her ducks She was
afraid they would lay there and she would
not get the eggs. He replied he thought
it was a pretty time Of night to be looking
for her ducks; and as the father walked
on, Charley stepped up behind him and
knocked him down with club. And she
handed him (Charles) the knife, and he
stuck it in his throat and she helped to
carry him to the ditch
They both then started tor home She
said that she did not stop him from going
after ke>iah Garwood.
She said it was done with a knife
that her husband fixed for her to stick
chickens with, and, a knife being produced,
Ridgeway states that it was the knife used
Icy Mrs. Brooks for the purpose above
stated.
The reason | did not make the torego.
ing statement IN my previous examination,
was on account of my wife.
Some time ago my mother-in-law ac-
cused the deceased Of going after Keai2h
Garwood, and lie struck her At another
time she accused him Of going after Re
becca White; he then threw bowl of
tomatoes at her.
Keturah Ann Brook, widow OF the
murdered man, was arrested and lodged
In Jail.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08

When the Press come ont a short time
since with flaming appeal for war with
England, as the most atfectual means of
uniting the North, and of suppressing the
rebellion, we took occasion to condemn the
utterance of such sentiments and to show
that a war with England at this time would
result in the dissolution Of the Union, and
the triumph of the Southern Confederacy.
We are gratified to learn that these
sentiments have found prompt and decided
expression all through the country, especi-
ally among that class of journals supposed
to be more Immediately responsible for the
acts of the Administration, and in some
measure to reflect its views. This express
sion comedies with that evoked at an ear
lier day by the Trent difficulty, but is much
more spontaneous. We select two leading
Republican journals as opponents of what
may be considered the popular view: The
Cincinnati Gazette says:
The American people have enough on their
hands without undertaking war with Eng
land. Such we believe to be the universal SEN
timent of the supporters of the government
81 But in the way of reprisal, or salts
faction, there is laid up for us in the future. by
the neutrality presidents set by England, q
satisfaction and retribution, without cost, far
greater than we could get by war.
Next to the Chicago Tribune, which
sometimes is favored with special revela-
tons from Washington, apparently with
official sanction:
The glibncss and easy confidence with which
many journals Of the West talk of Il war with
Great Britain are painful. War may come.
The English government is our deadly foe. 1t
is permitting such acts every day that are am
pie justification for any repriSals that we choose
to make. But because she is the agGrcsSOr
and because the depredatiOnS upon our COM
mcrcc, at which she cOnnives, are, in an inter-
national point of view. simply atrOclouS, war
is none the less Il calamity than if our
cruisers had provoked it: and we pray our
rulers to exhaust the resources of diplomacy,
and to appeal after that. to the justice of man
before they make hostlitics inevitable.
These are important as serving to indi-
cate that while this government may have
no disposition to submit to injury from a
foreign power, it is disposed to make
great temporary sacrifices rather thar
hazard the consequences of further politi-
cal complications, and that claims for re-
dress may be referred for settlement, if
not through diplomacy, then by arms.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Governor Ramsey, q. :. :.

Our duplicate friend, Governor and
Senator ALEXANDER RAMSEY, is one of the
keenest fnanciers of our State lie
knows'which side his bread is buttered as
soon as he gets it spread. He takes care
of Minnesota, at the small charge of Five
Dollars day. He attends to the United
States, at Ten Dollars a day. He makes
a trip to Washington, Senatorially, and
furnishes his "advice and consent " to the
President, for the tritiing mileage of
Eighteen Hundred Dollars. As Governor,
he journeys into Kentucky, Tennessee,
and Arkansas, looks into the condition of
our soldiers, incidentally, and into his cot
ton operations, particularly, and charges
his expenses to the State. The Governor
is cute The Senator is shrewd. The
Governor and Senator, combined, are so
dueced smart that they come very near
making ALEXANDER RAMSEY public swim
der
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
a Grave Charge.

Major General KEYEs, in his letter to
the Union League, makes some statements
worthy of official investigations:
trust your speakers will draw, in part the
matter of their discOurscs from the testimony
of veterans, who are now in the field. Let
them tell why our armies have not been hurled
against the enemy, when opportunities now
lost, presented themselves.
From NE they may learn that we have had
men in command, surrounding and cOnfiding
in men like themselves and there still remain
in position of influence men, in the army, who
have some other purpose in view besides over
coming the enemy. They remember the rebels
to fear something from them when the war is
done.
A Major General who accuses his brother
officers, in general terms, of treason, we
should say is eligible for the witness stand.
Let General KEYEs be made to testify.
The good of the service demands it.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
'k'isc Rival EcaGlsea.

The New York SIN gives an interesting
glimpse into the inner workings ct the
g League which is now occasioning the
consumption Of so much paper and ink in
New York 1t seems that there are two
Richnonds in the iield-two loyal" but
rival, 'golden circles. = each of which, 10y
the terms Of its constitution. casts the stig-
ma of questionable loyalty upon the mem
bers of its sinister institution. The one
organization consists OF the CHASE or ado
lition faction, under the lead OF Mr.. s,rEPH-
EMS, and the other is the Conservative or
SEWARD wing, engineered hy Mr.. p. n.
WErMoEE. The object of one is to make
CHASE tie next President that Of the
other is to make SEWARD the next Pres
dent In view of the particular mission Of
these respective Leagues, it was very
unkind of Mr.. VAN buren,, in his recent
speech before the SEWARD League, to de-
clare that the next President would be q
Democrat.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-05-08
Resignation OF Col. SaubOrll.

The Press, in announcing the resigna
ton Of Col. SANBoRN, OF the Fourth regi
1nent, hints that the cause was his non
confirmation by the Senate as Brigadier
General, to which Office he had been NOM
mated by the President We trust that
this was not the sole reason. No one has
failed to observe the gross injustice which
has been perpetrated during the whole
course OF the war by tie Administration,
in advancing the most transparent charla-
tans and humbugs to the highest positions
The appointments OF CAssIUs NJ. CLAY, G..
&. WAsIBURNE, and CARL SCHURz, as Ma
ior Generals. and DICK BUSTED and scores
OF the same stamp as Brigaders, while in
fnitely better soldiers and purer patriots,
who have fought molly on many fields,
have been kept in subordinate positions,
without stint by Republicans as we'll as
Democrats. The public have 40 been
blind to such acts OF injustice, and have
not been slow to recognize and honor true
merit; and for these reasons Col. SANBORN
would have sustained his reputation much
better to have remained at the head of his
regiment during the whole war, than to
have resigned because MS services were
not adequately rewarded by TIE .idminis-
tratlOn.