The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-11-07
CoTroS SPECTATORS CoNscRIpTED.-

| Two OF our citizens, MeSSrS. John MaEen
| and Levi q short time ago started for Nom
| cOnnah, with Il view 10 a speculation in
cotton. On reaching the place the parties
made their purchases and We're almost
ready to start back to Memphis. when a
party Of guerrillas pounce0upon them and
| informed the cotton spectators that they
| We're Confederate conscrlpting othcers.-
| The feelings Of the two gentlemen in find
ing themselves thus suddenly in the hands
of rebel sharks can. IN the words OF vel
| low-covere3 literature, better be lnlagln-
ed than described" They made all sorts
OF protestations. but the guerrillas were
| memorable, ard replied that they would
both make splendid soldiers, and could not
do better than battle in the canse Of their
adopted country.
Levi and Mehen then offered their cap
tors four thousand dollars apiece to be eX-
empted from the rebel service, but the OFF,
Ger in command informed the two that
they neither wanted their money nor
their cotton, but that they wanted soldiers,
and that he could not think OF parting
with two such military looking men as
Levi and Mehen. The cotton, we under
stand, was allowed to proceed to Mem
phis, and the two gentlemen We're shipped
southwark, where, Tor all we know they
may be at this very time doing military
service as great many others are already
doing, in the rebel army.
THE REBEL. OPINION OF EosECRASs.-
NeGntt,e, Lincoln is helping as. He has
renl0ve1 from, cOHlntG?d the most dangerous
nan IN has urwy, and PIT t'CO .f0OtS IA hts
ylccc 4 variety of mean and damaging
nretexts for Rosecrans' removal have been
published by the Yankee press. But the
true reason is the fact that he failed at
Chickamauga, ard the Abolition Govern
lnent adheres to its system of dismlsslng
4 ..Yn,.al ylp inrnrs defeat. Lincoln
has. however more reason than usual for
the act. if It be true that he desired Rose
caans to stop at Chattanooga, and II the lat
ter attempted his Napoleonic operation iii
Georgia on his own responsibility. !hat
extraordinary step can only be explained
on the ground that the Yankees Lead had
been turned bv his success in Tennessee
Rosecrans. thus retired is unquestIona-
bly the greatest Captain the Yankee ma
ton ever produced. His performances IN
the field are TOO fresh IL the memory OF
every reader to necessitate reorganization
We may, however, mention. III PROOF OF
his Intellectual ability, that ne graauateo
fifth at west Point, in class OF ni5y. a,aJ
eighth. and Longstreet ffty-fourth.- Rtch-
mond Examiner, Oct. 70.
A Washington correspondent OF the New
| York Iadepeudent describes pitlaoie
spectacle. He says: There was sight TO
| be seen in broad daylight, few days ago,
in front of the Presidential mansion hich
gave those who witnessed it, a shocking
idea of the onward strides which the vice
of intemperance has made in "good socle-
| tv'' during the last few years. A woman
clad in the richest and most 1asnlonaole
garments, with diamonds flashing from her
| slender fingers in the slant Western sun
shine, sat upon the stone balustrade, una
bic to proceed on her homeward walk
without betraying herself AT last sne rose s.
and started on. swaying to and no. anu ye'
soon rested again, utterly unable 10 pro-
coed. The carriage of a foreign munster
passed blythe poor woman was notl eed-
and it turned, stopped, took in the e, iaay'
and carried her to her luxurious nome
For the lady is wealthy and occupies
high social position, but she was drunk III
the streets of Washington
The cornerstone Of the new ACADEMY OF
Design. i'm New York, was laid on Wednes-
day last. on which occasion addresses were
delivered by Parke Goodwin, VIM. =. bry
ant. Geo. Bancroft, Rev. DR.. Bellows and
others. The new building is an unusually
fine one, and is situated on the corner OF
Twenty.third street and Fourth avenue
1t lis built Of white marble, barred with
graywacke stone, and viii cost 100000.