The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29

He was a brave, skillful and shrewd off,
Ger, and the best scout in this department.
A narrative OF all the dangerous scouts he
has been on in this State would fill vol
ume.
On the night following the one on which
Capt. Paine was taken, an event occurred
in the harbor, which created an immense
excitement among the navy. The LIST
launch Of the Wabash, temporarily in COM
mand Of Acting Master Haines of the Pow
hatan, was doing picket duty just below
Fort Sumter, and had insensibly moved up
to a point rather further than the nature Of
affairs justified. While slowly drifting or
pulling about, side wheel steamer was
coming down the harbor at full speed. She
was supposed to be running down with the
intention OF getting to sea, Instead of run
ming for shoal water, where the steamer
could not follow, the launch pulled for the
steamer, with the design of capturing her,
not suspecting her hostile character When
| she had approached in range a shell from
howitzer was thrown at her, and it was
she instantly changed her course; and at
1ull speed steamed for the launch. Acting
Master Haines determined to take her by
boarding, If possible, but the steamers
!i movements were too rapid. She struck
tne launch with spar, lashed athwart the
DOW, and capsized it, throwing the officer
Il and crew into the water Finding them
selves OF course defenseless, they cried out,
1--WE surrender" At first no attention was
paid 10 their cries, but finally, after two
had been shot from off the floating pieces
of the boat, oars, &c, on which they clung.
the steamer stopped and picked up the
survivors. Acting Master Haines and
twelve men. Eight more We're subsequent
ly rescued by small boat from the frigate.
New Ironsides, in charge of Ensign Porter,
and safely conveyed to the ship. While
Ensign Porter was engaged in his humane
1irh nd No hon
the Alice, as the rebel steamer is called,
turned and attempted torun his boat down.
Ensign Porter Immediately pulled into
shoal water, and the Alice gave up the
chase Ensign Porter then returned to
to the scene of his former labors, and en-
deavored to find the other survivors, if
such there should be. But none were
found, The light had again attracted the
, rebels attention, and they again turned
and gave chase. Relinquishing any fur
ther hope of finding other men of the lost
boat. Ensign Porter placed the eight meu
, at the oars, in addition to his regular oars
and pulled with will for the monitor Cat
skill that lay further seaward. The pur-
suit was hot, and if the distance had been
much greater, it is quite likely Porter's
boat would have met the launch's fate
Fortunately, however, the little boat ap-
preached near enough to flash a signal,
which was seen and answered by the Cat
skill. This the rebels observed, and not
deeming it quite the safe thing to continue
the pursuit further, quickly turned about
and went with all speed up the harbor,
and was soon lost to sight. It was at first
reported that all had been killed by the
rebel sharpshooters on the Alice, or had
been drowned. Admiral Dahlgren, to as
. certain their fate, sent communication to
General Beauregard inqurng into the
the matter of gring on defenceless men as
alleged. To this Communication one was
| in raYNly n
ram, stating that the Acting Masters Mate
and twelve men were in their possession as
prisoners. This brought the loss down to
two or three missing, and puts the matter
in better light for the rebels; as, if it had
been true, as alleged, that our men had
been refused quarters, prompt and severe
retaliation would have been enforced
Cor. N. Y. Tribune.
IowA.-The contest appears to be OPEN
ing with considerable animation on the
soil of our next door neighbor to the North.
The Democratic alias Copperhead party of
that State has been in loug and severe
travail over Gubernatorial candidate
! Its nominating convention assembled and
brought out brace of candidates; Mr.. .Fishe
was declared nominated, but he appears to
have been showed aside in favor Of General
, Tuttle, who is now announced as the party
candidate. General Tuttle has recently re-
turned to Iowa from the army. On his
way through this city, he is said to- have
, expressed some patriotic sentiments which
initiate strongly against the idea of his
; consenting to become the candidate of the
Copperheads of Iowa-long and justly re-
puted to be about the meanest of the spe-
cies. 1t was, therefore, with considerable
surprise that we heard he had consented to
become the Democratic candidate.
General Tuttle was Democrat before
the war broke out, and we would regard it
as no disparagement for him to claim to be
q Democrat still. But to be Democrat
and an Iowa Copperhead we look upon as
two very distinct things, and General Tut
tie, when he accepted the nomination of the
stepped upon the platform of the Iowa
Copperheads, which his acceptance of the
nomination implies, lowered himself in
our estimation to the level of the common
est of the reptiles. 1t will not do for Gene
raj Tuttla to profess other sentiments,
while he holds the equivocal position he
has consented to occupy. We fear he has
fatally compromised himself, and at the
same time tarnished the laurels he has
gathered from the battle field. He ought
to know that the influence of his course is
directly antagonistic TO the cause he has
professed to serve. He, like other men,
will be judged by what they do-not by
what they say. ifthe General were to il
lustrate the policy he seems to have adOp-
ted in political action, by deserving to the
rebels, and placing himseli al me mead OF a
brigade in their service, We hardly think
! the profession of Union sentiments would
redeem him from the name Of traitor.
Colonel Stone, the Guhernatorial candi-
4 tiidate of the Republican Unionists of Iowa,
4 is likewise soldier, who has served his
country If not as long, yet as gallantly in
the field as General Tuttle. Unlike him.
his course is Thoroughly consistent through
out, He certainly has our sympathies in
I the contest. We look for his election by a
large majority, in State which has proved
itself thoroughly sound for the Union.-iS.
| Louis Democrat.
| DEsERTER KILLED.-The escape of the
deserters from Camp Mcclellan on the I'd
inst. has necessitated increased vigilance
and faithfulness from the guard, whose
duty it is to watch the enclosure in which
! the guard house is situated On the morn
ing of the 2lst inst, the officer of the guard
discovered that board had been removed
from the roof of the guard house, and
thereupon he instructed the sentry to
watch the aperture closely, and shoot any