The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-04-11

| among the Regimental records. Also copies
furnished to the Hawk Eye, Iowa City Repub,
lican and Mt. Pleasant Home Journal for pub.
lication. Respectfully submitted.
JS0. N, BELL, Chairman.
A. j. WITHRow,
]. B. RIrxER.
Col. Geo. A. Stone made few remarks raj.
ative to the efficiency, patriotism and eeneros-
ity ofthe lite Adjutant Clark, he having known
him longer than any other present, and biz
testimony to departed worth met the deep felt
affirmation of all present.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
J. G. NEwBOLD, Chairman.
SAM. W. Snow, sec'y.
KEoKUK.-The Copperhe.ds in Keokuk sp-
pear to have met the same fate as their fellows
of Davenport A year ago the Mayor of Keokuk
was elected by majority of one. On Monday
majority of $50 or.thereabouts was given to the
Republican candidate. Considering all the
facts, we think that Keokuk has done almost or
quite ss we'll as Davenport Keokuk, Burling-
ton, and Davenport, may mutually congratulate
each other Copperheads are at discount in
them all, and are likely to continue 50.
Book TRAD. SAIE.-The Book Trade Sales
at New-York, last week, was numerously at.
tended, the offerings of the various publishers
large, the biddings spirited, the prices oh.
tanned good, and the sales unusually large. 1t
seems that the people demand books notwith.
standing the war, and the hard times of
which the Traitors pirate, quite as much if not
more than ever.
Excitement a1 quincy, Adams County.
QUINCY, April lst, 1863.
EDITOR OF HAwK-EYx.-Dear Sir This town
and neighborhood has presented scene of ex-
element, during the last two days, highly novel
to stranger to border life. On Sunday even
ing last, Mr.. L. jeffrey, living about three miles
from town, came in with the news that band
of six men, armed to the teeth, wearing kind
of uniform, and claiming to be U. 8. officers,
had visited his place, taken a valuable mare.
and started in the direction of Missouri. Soon
all was hustle in the public square. The war
rant for their apprehension was placed in the
hands of the Sheriff, and with strong posse Of
mounted men, armed with revolvers, shot.gurs,
o. s. muskets, he started in pursuit of what
was supposed to be daring gang of horses
thieves. They were overtaken few miles
south, at the house of Mr.. A. White. Three
OF the number surrendered, who gave their
names as Gillette, Brown and Hall, insisting,
however, that they were commissioned officers
and acting in obedience to written instructions.
The fourth, j. E. Hooker, resolved not to bs
taken alive, and, as be gave his word of honor
to appear next morning at 10 O'Clock for trial,
ne was left. The other two men proved to be,
one only teamster and the other deserter,
captured BY the party, and were therefore uu-
molested.
The next morning, at the appointed hour,
Hooker drove into town, signifed that he had
now kept his word, and, turning round, drove
off again in the direction of the border. As
soon as the smazemcnt caused by this cool i'm,
pudence had subsidized, another warrant was is-
sued, men mounted in hot haste, the Sheriff was
instructed 10 take him dead or alive. and
away the party sped. The fugitive was over
taken about six miles out, but the Sheriff not
being in the advance, nothing could be done
but to keep up with him, or head him off. He
drew a pair of revolvers and, with dreadful
oatbs, swors to shoot the first man that touched
his conveyance. Thus were spent the last two
miles of the chase. Mr.. Whites house was
made, and Hooker, excluding the proprietor and
bis family from all but the kitchen, made every
preparation for. desperate defense. Curtains
were drawn across the lower windows and q
large box, with apertures in it, placed before
one of the upper ones. By this time the Sheriff
and the rest of the party twenty men in ally
had arrived at the spot, and some time was spent
in discussing the best plan of procedure, during
which Hooker could be he heard pacing to and
fro, or seen at intervals at the windows, armed,
and defiant. Some were for shooting him
through the windows, some for smoking him out
with sulphur, others for ordering the family out
and then, as a last resort, firing the house At
last the family were removed, entreating that no
blood might be shed, for they could never live
there again to be haunted with such terrible re-
collections. Their removal, however, changed
the face of affairs. Hooker began to End the
work growing earnest, and after parey with
one Or two of the party, consented to surrender
if the balance were sent away. (He seemed to
dread the fate which Missouri mobs had so often
dealt out to ofenders.) This was complied with,
and in this manner he was conducted to Quincy
to take his trial with his companions.
In their defense they stated that they were
o. s. detectives, in the 7th Department of Mis-.
souri,, whose business it was to hunt up deser.
tiers, contraband goods, stolen property, ares!
dsloyal persons, and care for the Interests of
the Government generally. The papers they
produced sustained their statements, and they
insisted that the mare they had taken from Mr..
jeffrey had been stolen from Missouri, and that
they were only acting according to their instruc.