The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-10


mr The sweet-scented Henry Clay
Dean has written letter from Pennsyl
venia, dated Sept. 18th, and addressed to
the people of Iowa. We have not read it,
and don't expect to, and we judge most Of
the "people of Iowa" will feel about as
much interest in this newest specimen of
the dirty dogs insolence as we do. But it
occurs to us as somewhat singular that he
is still so far from home. Why is it that
Dodge's specimen orator is wasting his elo-
quence in the Key Stone State How do
the Butternuts expect to get on in Iowa
without him Why is he not invited to
accompany the irrepressible Fernando? 1t
seems to us that the two would suit each
other marvellously WELL
ns-The Dubuque Herald thinks Martyr
Dennis ought to be elected Sheriff of that
County, because, if he is, he will be sure to
suppress mobs! Isn't that rich? That is al
most as good joke as calling him a patriot.
BY the same rule Fernando Wood or Val
landigham ought to be put at the head Of
our armies! They would give us that sort
of ''peace' they are so anxious for. 1t
would no doubt please JEFF. Davis wonder
fully to have command of our armies as
well as his own! Mahony would doubt
less do his best to suppress riots just as
Fernando Wood or Gov. Seymour would
call the rioters his Friends" tell them
they are right and that "Abolitionists"
have mo rights which Butternuts are
bound to respect" It's funny argument.
The people will see the point of it, and
aoont elect the Martyr.
Ns- A letter from Nashville of the 10Th
Sebtember, says that regiments were
constantly passing through that place from
the North towards the front at Chattan-
ooga. The letter leaves us to infer that
this had been going on for some days, so
that we do not doubt that General Rose
Grams had already been strongly rein
forced from the North, saying nothing Of
reinforcements from Grants command,
which did not move through that place.
And these movements besides were in adj
vance of the large force sent from the East,
which could not have reached Nashville
by the 10Th. The next movement there
will probably be backward one, on the
part of Bragg, unless he, too, has also re-
ceived large reinforcements. AS to the
probability of this we are utterly ignorant.
rs Three more steamers were. burned
at st. Louis on the 4th inst. The telegraph
has also given us accounts of the burning
90 g.,
days, all of which are alleged to be, and
doubtless were, the work OF incendiaries.
That these Williams are acting under the
inStigation of traitor0us enemies of the
country is as certain as thing of the sort
can be. But it appears to strange to us
that the owners and officers Of these boats
and the authorities do not adopt means
etfectually 10 guard against their repetition
and to detect and arrest those who may at
tempt to perpetrate such fiendish atrocities.
Hang up few of the scoundrels on cap
ture, and if they are hung to the smoke
stacks of the boats they fire, we don't
know that they will have any right to COM
plain of it. If they wish to burn the inno-
cent, they cannot find fault if such should
be their own fate.
ANoTHER.-A man was instantly killed
while walking on the railroad track at Du-
buque on Saturday last, by locomotive
which was backed round an embankment.
The engineer blew the whistle and then en-
deavored to stop in time, but the tender
struck the man, broke both his legs and
ha hor l. anfc wiz
lently as to break his neck, of course kill
ing him instantly. 1t is said the man was
deaf! How often must men be counselled
to keep off the track? No one has bust
ness or right to be there. 1t is always dan
gerous. The only safe course is to keep off
entirely, or when compelled to cross, to do
so speedily and without hating upon it.
Va The last rebel victory we heard Of,
according to the accounts from Dixie, was
that of Dick Taylor,-General Dick,-over
siana. Later accounts from New Orleans
show that the story was but one more of
the rebel fabrications, got up for home
consumption. There will probably be
more of the same sort started between now
and the election, in the hope Of having
some influence upon the vote. Let no one
pay any regard to them. They will please
the Butternuts and they will talk hard
about them, Let the Union men work on,
and they will surely have victory to talk
ss6ut.
Va n. Z. Curtis, of the 18th Iowa, is re-
ported to have been among those lost by
the burning of the steamer r. Campbell,
Jr., on the 2Sth September, at Milliken's
Bend. Twenty-Five others of the crew
and passengers were burned or drowned,
to appease the wrath of the rebels and
traitors. 1t is pleasing picture of the hu-
manity and "peace" loving character OF
the foul bands of villains who seek to de-
stroy the Union! It is an exhibition OF
fiendish malevolence without parallel, we
think, in the history of any past wars
Yet the Butternuts are excessively anx-
ious about the rights of men who indulge
their little episodes of burning men, wo-
men and children to death! How kind