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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01
FAIRFIELD, low:

FAIRFIELD, Iowa, August 4, 1863, .
EDITOR HAwK-EYs: Sir, 1 obtained the
following information about the death of
PREACHER Talley, at South English in Keo-
kuk county, on last Saturday from Mr..
Storm, from near Ioka, whom take to he
candid, truthful citizen. Mr., s. states
that the trouble began some time ago be-
tween the Peace Democrats, of whom Tally
was the =, mouth-piece, and the War Demo-
Gratis. rally was very abusive toward the
latter. Tally lived hear Ioko. He had an
appointment to speak, mile out from
South English. On Saturday he left Ioka
with an armed delegation of Peace Demo-
Gratis, and on the way, as they passed thro'
South English, they had row with some
citizens. Tally jumped out of his wagon
with revolver in hand, and ran towards a
crowd, but some of his friends caught HIS
arm, and persuaded him to get into the
wagon and go on. Mr.. s. does not know
who commenced this row. At the place Of
speaking, one mile beyond the village,
Tally took the stand, and proceeded to law
out on the board before him, a double bar
relied pistol, tive-shooter and bowie knife
taking up the revolver, he waved it over
his head, saying that if "any democrat was
hurt that day, there would be a dead MO
GER! and then went on with his speech
AT the same time of day, there wasa Union
meesing going on in the village. Some of
the cltlzens, fearing renewal of disturb
ances when Tally's party returned, sent
word to him to take another road TO pre-
vent collision. In reply he said she
would return through South English, deod
or dhVe." The citizens then armed them
selves for their own defense. Tally's meet
Ing was out first, and he and his party re-
turned by the village, before the Union
meeting had closed. There are various
opinions as to ho,o the row commenced,
who commenced it, and who fired the first
shot. Tally had fired four shots, and was
IN the act OF firing the nth, when he was
shot dead. His party were minus seventy
two shots after they left the place of the
affray. A worthy farmer, who happened
to be in the village at the time, adorned,
who took no part in the ARRAY, was dam
gerously wounded. Tally and the farmer
were the only persons severely injured,
from the wild firing of from one to two
hundred shots. Three or four horses were
killed. There are no State troops or Home
Guards at South English. The antagonis-
tic parties were citizens. War Democrats
and Republicans, calling themselves
Union men, against the followers of Tally.
calling themselves Peace Democrats
There will be full report published soon
by the committee of investigation. How
true it IS, that men who ''sow the wind,
shall reap the whirlwind.'
JEFFERSON.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

~ A long-legged, long-eared peace
Copperhead, of the Tuttle brand, under
took to talk his reasonable, anti-war, anti
CONSUMPTION nonsense to convalescent
soldier the other day and was compelled to
''dry up in short order. He Immediately
repaired to the office of the Provost Mar
shall and demanded protection. He insist
ed upon his Constitutional right to talk
treason to the soldiers, and wanted the
government to protect him. AS the Mar
shall was not at home we cannot say wheth-
er the Militia will be called out or Gun
boat sent up. Butwe cannot help thinking
what difference circumstances make in
cases. This blatant Copperhead, some
two months ago, in conversation with a
loyal citizen, said Lincoln had perured
himself. The citizen replied, probably
not more than you haNe;'' when Copper
head, who stands six feet, struck the gen.
tleman, although small of stature and
over sixty years of age. So it seems this
lop-eared scalawag wants to be protected
in his labors to destroy the Government
and demoralize the soldiers, but retains
for himself the liberty of knocking down
old men and cripples who are out-spoken
in their loyalty.
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into the country, is played out. We've
tried 1t under the old Government and had
enough of it.. Republican institutions are
a failure, and you'll be convinced of it be-
fore many years.
A two hours conversation, ranging over
the Colonel and myself, and in the course
OF II ne stated that it is the purpose of the
Rebel leaders to found an elective monar-
chy, and that they had that design at the
inception of the Rebellion. 81 own no
slaves he said, land am therefore not
personally interested in sustaining the in
stltutlon. am fighting for something that
1 can leave to my descendants title that
can De perpetuated in my family; and I
know, whether live or die, shall be sue
cessful; for, If am killed, ycountry will
90 me justice in my children"
lie spoke freely and openly of this. 81
am wiling" he said, shat all mankind
should know 1t. The time has gone by
when 1t was policy to conceal it from our
poorer classes. We have them now where
they mast submit, and with the rest of the
World-England, France, Spain, and even
Russia, which so cottons to the North, it
will vastly help u.s."
He expressed the opinion that rupture
is imminent between England and the
covertly played into our hands. She will
soon throw off the mask, and do overt acts
that will make war inevitable, if the North
ern people have spark of manhood or
self-respect left.
Ii Vicksburg had not fallen if Lee had
not been defeated; if the Copperhead lead
ers-had not been foiled in their attempt to
force New York into the Rebellion, what
the rebel Colonel predicted might. ere long.
prove true. But as those events have oc
CURED, it may now reasonably be expected
that the roar of the British lion will sub
side into sound as soft as the plaintiye
voice of sorrowing calf,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

&A-TALLY-REv. TALLY-the Infamous
Copperhead brawler, who has mixed himself
rather freely with the business and polit-
icalmatters OF Keokuk and Jefferson, came
suddenly to grief last Saturday, at South
English,i in the former county. He drew his
revolver ona Union man, and snapped it
twice, when the assailed man drew I'D his
mnsket and shot him through the head.
The world is well rid of a nuisance.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

Es~ A young scamp at College, seeing a
parcel of rowdies abusing an official against
whom he had spite. called to them very
earnestly, "boys, don't you nail his ears to
the pump" The boys, had not thought OF
that before; but the warning was only a
suggestion on which they promptly acted,
and their victim was speedily pinioned by
the ears.
Governor Seymour, of New York, pro-
fesSed to think that if the draft was not
stopped in New York, the Irish servant
girls of that city would make haste to treat
their employees to general house-burn-
ing, to avenge the execution of the law.
We suppose that the 'girls' had not thot
1T before the brave.Governor made the
suggestion. How many have thought of it
since, we do not know. But if any of them
should hereafter indulge in such crimes for
any cause, wewonder whose fault it will be-?
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

TO Seven likely, young, full-grown
negroes were recently sold at public auc-
ton at Lockville, Md. They brought, in
the aggregate, one hundred and twenty-six
doliars-eighteen dollars head! Such
chattels'' don't seem to be as valuable in
mat quarter as formerly! It is terrible
'aialility, isn't it, Mr.. Copperhead?
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

rs Among the prisoners out of Nor
gan's gang, now at Camp Morton, near
indianapolis, are paroled prisoner who
was in arms in violation of his parole
which he bore in his pocket, and deserter
from the 68th Indiana regiment. They
have pleasant prospect before them
yery
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

@The Muscatine Journal has q long
account of an attempt by an assemblage of
patriotic Copperheads at Moscow, in that
vicinity, to compel a physician to dis
charge poor contraband boy he had em-
ployed to care for his horse and stables -
The undertaking failed of SUGGESTIVE doc
tor being of the opinion that he had right
to employ the negro il he chose, and es-
pecially as these highly. intelligent public
and private guardians did not propose to
do the work for him. But we think the
Journal must be wrong in styling these
fellows Copperheads. Don't we all know
that the Copperheads are fast friends of the
''poor men," particularly of stable-boys
and all laborers? How can it be true that
these honest and philanthropic Copper
heads should attempt to drive "poor''
boy, and, more unfortunate still, black
boy, from his slabor," and compel him Ell
Their to starve or steal! There is some mis-
take about it, Mr.. Journal; some mistake
most certainly. You cannot intend to ac-
Icuse the honest, honorable and virtuous
Copperheads of SO fragrant a violation of
their Wanted "principles!'
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01
THE HAWK-EYE


9%We wonder if the good people of the
Copperhead persuasion have been duly in
formed of jeff Davis latest proclamation?
If not, they are hereby notified that their
rebel friend and leader is overwhelmed
with devotion and piety! The recent sig
nal disasters to his cause have filed him
with humiliating sense of his horrible in
fanny, and. in order that due punishment
may possibly be averted, he calls on all
his well wishers to devote Friday, the 2lst
day of the present month of August, to
fasting, supplication and prayer" Davis
does not hesitate to confess that recent
events have been grievously adverse to his
cause. He piously admits that the rebels
t'have been chastened,' and exhorts the
people not to despair of their just cause
and the protection of their heavenly Fa-
therv' OF all this consoling information
his friends in these parts will take notice.
If the rebels find it necessary to acknow-
ledge disaster and to devote themselves to
"fasting, duplication and prayer" much
more must the Copperheads of these re-
gions. If jeff. is badly off they are worse
of. If he must fast and supplicate, what
must not Copperheads do to avert the
wrath to come? We really don't know
but then we think it will be hard work for
most of them to pray even for JEFF. and
treason
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

Es- John j. Crittenden's remains were
buried at Frankfort, KY, on the 10Th. The
funeral was attended by very large as
semblage of his fellow-citizens, and cere-
MONIES OF the most impressive character.
his only Surviving sons, Major General
Ihomas H., Colonel Robert H., and Colonel
Eugene w., were present among the chief
mOurpers,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

GOOD DEED.-The great Illinois farm
er and cattle dealer, Jacob Strawn. has col
Ieeted one hundred cows, donated by him
sell and neIghbors for the use of the hospi-
tails at Memphis. They have been asked
for by the Matron there, as a necessity land
our Illinois farmer with his friends will
forward them. Strawn is a sound man
Wen bet.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

9s confidence.woman calling herself
Mrs. west, diddled the Merchants Sa-
Wings Loan and Trust Company, of Chica-
go, out OF $1,000 a few days since. She
played the old dodge of raised draft and
contrived it SO as to pull the wool over tba
Bankers eyes very completely. The draft
she presented was genuine to the amount
of fifteen dollars, she added the thousands
contented herself with $1,000, kindly left
$4,000 on deposit, and vanished with the
"Greenbacks, The Company s'feel good.
over it, no doubt.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

Wv met Lieut.. Spierman, of the 18th
Iowa, at the Western cars yesterday morn
ing on his way home to jefferson county
on short visit. He exhibited quite a
number of English manufactured mus
ket shells, of different patterns, cast hol-
low and filed with powder, with fuse.
lie handed us one which may be seen at
the Hawk-Eye Book Store. These are the
Alnd of projectiles furnished by the Brit.
lsh to "our Southern Brethren
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

E1-Ten car loads of Mormons, seven
hundred and fifty-seven in number, pass
ed through Chicago on Tuesday last, en-
route to the Paradise of the Latter-Day-
Saints. They were all from Europe-of
course. Not many Americans are idiotic
enough to 'seek sanctuary under Brig
ham Young. Those who do join him are
more noted for knavery than anything
else, with just enough of cunning to lead
the idiotic rabble picked up in the most
degraded localities "over the sea- j. F..
Kinney, who resides anywhere from here
to Utah, and who is Brigham's candidate
for Delegate TO Congress, is fair example.
Ii this new importation reaches its desti-
nation in season, every man among them
will be permitted to vote for Kinney. They
will appreciate him. He suits their ideas.
and besides it will be so great a luxury
for them to vote at all! Very few, if any.
have ever done that in the past.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

How IT LOOKS In DIxIE.-We are again
under obligations to Capt Remick, of this
city, commissary in Rosecrans' army, for q
rebel paper-this time copy of the Mobile
Evening Net0s Of July Goth. We find the
following Article therein, which the Ne,ps
copies approvingly from the Advertiser and
Register of the day previous. Our Copper
heads will doubtless be gratified to learn
the delight and gratitude which the New
York riot kindled in the hearts of their
traitor friends, and how feelingly they talk
in Dixie Of
THE YANKEE DRAFT.-The following
telegram appears in a late number of the
Philadelphia Inquirer:
THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND TROOPS CALL
ED OUT UNDER THE ENROLMENT ACT.
New YORK, July 9.-The special Wash
ington dispatch to the Times states that
three hundred thousand men are to be inn
mediately called out under the enrolment
act.
The result of this immediate CALI, in
New York comes to us by telegraph in adj
vance of the foregoing announcement. It
comes in turbulent, riotous, armed, bloody
and almost revolutionary resistance. The
quota assigned to New York was II, 04O
men, and the subjects of the draft fly to
open rebellion rather than submit. On q
smaller scale the same thing takes place in
Connecticut. This is a frightful symptom
to Abraham Lincoln-more alarming than
Lees invasion of Pennsylvania, for in that
he saw the vision of another half million
OF armed devils to be let loose upon the
hated South. The draft is his last and only
recourse for men to carry on the war and
to keep up the force now in the field Vol
unteerlng is long past. Bounties have
RI ,,>f nc
and nought remained but the draft. With
snch hint as this from the great city Of
New York, following up the minor symp-
toms OF the same sort from the West can
ne enroll an army of unwilling men? Will
he dare to try it? Gov. Seymour was obli-
ged to promise the New York "Rebels'' a
suspension of the draft, for the police had
beaten to death and hanged. The Governor
said "for the present" If the attempt is
renewed, it can only be done, in that city,
after the city is overawed by an army
Lincoln must attempt the "subjugation'' of
New York. When he does, the limits of
rebellion are extended to that great and
populous city. But the spirit of the New
York recusants is contagious. 1t will be
sure to spread in the West, and it really
seems to us that to keep down disorder and
to collect his 10000 new soldiers it will
require all the troops he now has in the
held to make complete and clean job
of it.
On the whole the New York rebellion is
a choice piece of news for us. The brawny
men who struck for their immunityfrom
draft in Abe's Abolition army, are verita-
bic peace makers. 1t is not the least sig
nificant feature of the affair that it comes
just as the bells were done ringing and the
guns booming in rejoicing over Vicksburg.
andwhile Lee had hardly lifted his invad-
ing feet from Pennsylvania soil. 1t is
men Of the North, who fight voluntarily.
rather than be forced to fight against your
wills in Lincolns armies.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

GS~ Dennis, delightful Dennis. of the
Dubuque Herald, on last Saturday, cleo
trlfied his readers with his idea of "a Con-
stltutlonal and just CONSUMPTION Act
his nice Interpretation of the Constitution
now accurately he measures words. and
eVldences his capacity for enlightening the
pubic, may be inferred from the fact that
ne talks about ''conscripting militia-' His
1oea OF constitutional and just Conscrip-
ton is also evidenced by the proposition
ne makes to exempt no able bodied person
from personal service, and that disabled
persons only be allowed to furnish substi-
tutes or pay communications! The Gov
eminent wants soldiers, and Dennis pro-
poses that it shall take men who are unfit
Tor soldiers! He wants all the able-bodied
men to serve, and the disabled, too, unless
they procure substitutes! But where the
latter are to obtain substitutes he does not
attempt to tell us! And he STYLES this
consumption, "just and Constitutionalv,-
Isn't he pretty fellow to talk about Con-
stitutional questions, when he don't know
what ''conscription' is, nor the difference
between conscripts and militia? Iago NAV
not De so Ignorant or stupid as he seems
" nat ne wants done would delay the fill
ing up of the army, protract the war. give
the rebels another chance for success. That
Is what he desires and that NAV account
for the stupidity he betrays.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

"A FIGHTING WoMAN.-Five Indians are
reported to have attacked the house of a
Mr.. Austin, about four miles from New
Lisbon, juneau county, Wisconsin, on the
LIST inst. Mr.. Austin was absent. His wife
undertook the defence of her castle, and by
the aid of a rifle and faithful Watchdog.
made the defense successful. She killed
one Indian, severely wounded another
The remaining three, concluded that they
were not exactly welcome, aud so 'made
themselves scarce" Mrs. Austin was I'M
injured during the assault in which she
demonstrated that one white woman was
considerably better than five savages.
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rs" The Dubuque Herald saws that
Morgan, the raider, is lodged in the Peni-
tertiary OF Ohio" Dennis processes that
ne don't like that procedure. He is terri
bly, afraid that it Twill be injurious to
Federal prisoners who may fall into the
hands of the Coajederatesn Dennis does
not seem to know that his "Confederate,,
friends have incarcerated large number
OF our officers in quarters much less com
Portable than the Ohio Penitentiary or the
odd Capitol Prison. and have purposelv
made their prisons as uncomfortable as their
ingenuity in that line enables them! Does
Dennis think the Confederate, conduet
right? wrong, does he think it sbou,d
be submitted to? Are we not to seek re-.
dress for their outrages and barbaritv p
II Col. Straight is made to suffer in Libby
Prlson'-if that is good enough for him
and other Union officers, isn't the Ohio
Penitentiary good enough for Morgan
Dennis, why haven't you denounced this
outrageous conduct of the 'Confederatesq,
Why do you confine all your pityand SYM
pathy to rebels, whom you delicately stvle
ConfederdteS?'
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

ANOTHER BRAVE SOLDIER FALLEN
PLINY WILCOX, son of franklin Wilcox
OF this county, died at Bloomfield, Mo.
July 10th, from injuries received nv tbe
falling OF tree two days previous. at the
age OF Il years. He was private in Co.
Z, LIST Iowa Cavalry, universally respected
and. esteemed in his Regiment as a good
and true soldier, prompt in the discharge
OF his duty. He enlisted from a sense O,
duty-was always in bis place to obey ev.
cry order,-never was sick day or absen,
from his Company, from the mastering in
OF his Regiment, two years ago, up to the
lime OF his death. He has served his coun.
Try with fidelity, and sealed his patriotism
with his blood. His name deserves to be
Kept In grateful remembrance, in common
WIN Inc thousands of the living and the
oeao who, waiting for no CONSUMPTION.
i.iaAins no selfish calculation as to the
uanser ana the cost, rushed to arms at the
ils' can OF the President and threw them
selves between the country and the Rebel
Hordes OF Internal conspirators,
nv, -, --O--
Ing onio statesman, one of the Cop
perhead organs of Ohio, hurrabs oui,e Inc
thy for militia Captain Burbick Connor
head, In custody of Morgan .na - ;.
supposed to have been acting as fr;on =
and guide to Jack at the time rhar
hndlng escape impossible, the lat,orn~a
iessed 70 have surrendered to the Can+a;,
on terms dictated by himself. It Is ~.
surprising that the Statesman hurrabs ~.
burbick. Its emulation would have heon
greater had Morgan escaped altogether :
How it must mourn over the fact that - :
pretense OF surrender was not acknowledy.
ed and that its model gentleman is now.
with clean skin, gracing cell of the Ohio
Penitentiary.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-01

Coon TINES IN DIxIE.-Gold is reported
to be eleven hundred per cent. premium at
Richmond. That means that t,oeiue dollars
Oft the rebel notes will buy one dollar in
gold. A good financial condition we may
style that-for as. It is safe to assume that
the bubble will soon burst. All that it is
necessary for us to do, is to put enough men
in the field to crush out their existing ar
mics. and the job is done. If the Copper
heads are really in favor Of ''peace," they
can have it speedily by putting their
shoulders to the wheel nosc. AS they can't
get "peace" in any other mode, suppose
they try that. We willguarantee complete
success in securing peace by this MEANS
Besides, they will have some chance of be-
ing thought patriots if they do so. The
day is coming when that will be valuable
to them. They must make haste, though.
When the rebellion is finally collapsed,
without their aid, won't they be in pleas
ant condition? Loyal citizens and soldiers
will be apt to pardon their treason and to
forgive their attempt to destroy their coun-
try! Very apt, indeed.
USEFUL oNcE.-In the recent raid of the
rebels to Paris, KY, squad of their men
overhauled boy who was conveying the
mali from Mt. Sterling to Paris in a
buggy, with female companion. The Lad
on discovering the enemy, having special
regard to the safety of the mail, promptly
concealed the whole under the expansive
crinoline of his companion, and the gall
liant guerillas on coming up, gave them
but cursory inspection, and discovering
nothing in the vehicle likely to prove val
liable to them, allowed the vehicle to pro-
coed nnmolested, whereupon the boy made
haste to place of safety. Who will now
venture to say that crinolne is not very
useful institution?