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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03

0JSctlOue OUT t00y are al tlgnt now, And
It seemed that not, for the last two years.
unity, except with q few questions Of de-
tails, ~ there was to-day. There are some
facte 20 noteworthy that to neglect them
would be to relinQuish some of the bene.
fits Of victory. One Of these IL that. in the
recent election, we have learned there is
such thing In the people as Capitalization
OF power. We had been used to hear that
we must have consolidated, centralized
government or We could mot exist; but We
have demonstrated that the people are the
power, and that this, with the intermedia-
ton Of our State sovereignty, 10 sufficient.
NO Government ever before had heart
strong enough TO drive the law through q
nation embracing q continent. The most
enthusiastic matorities were supporting
the Government, and the unity that comes
rom enthusiasm Is more enduring than
still more from despotic viii.
We have had 1t demonstrated that true
patriotism has been developed according
70 the nearness or remOteness OF human
slavery. The moment the STAKEHOLDER
ielt the pressure of the national will uDon
tnem. they shrank from it, and revolted :
and there was no spirit Of patriotism that
could breathe that atmosphere Of corrup-
ing but the selfish instinct of State Sore.
reignty among them. At the point where
Slavery ceased patriotism began. And It
Will be found that, as the communities
were removed from this damning, poison
GUS curse Of Slavery, they were imBued
with patriotism. In the whole course Of
the war It will be seen that We can find lib-
erty in the country remote from the capital.
and treason near II. In our case, 1t never
VAS more apparent that liberty Is the pro.
a GpfNa 49, r< 4
=! morat sense; and, wherever we find that
tue people are unread and ignorant, we
nave found them unpatriotic.
), mere is one thing more. We all know
.na. o!ood tells. 1t is the same with com.
inunltles as with individuals. You win
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COMMISSIONERS sALE..-Wher

Y vOMMl06lONEhS SA1E.... W here
- BY . decree of the District Court or Der
Moines County. state Of lows, made on the 18th
Gay Of October, A: 2. 1864, IN the suit Of sarah
BY said Court appointed Special Master to sell
the Real Estate deacribed In said decree. There
win raid decree. the undefsienei viii seIi n
public sale on the 18th day Of December next.
1864, between the hours of 10 O'Clock A. NJ, and
= O'Clock p. NJ, sale 10 commence at 2 o'clock r.
NJ, at the front door Of Marion Hall, in the City
Of Burlington, Iowa, TO the highest bidder. the
following described real estate, viz: Lot No.
sixty six (66) In Hihernia. Also Lot No. eight
90 in Block No thiIty-sight (ssj in Barret's 1d-
di&on 70 Burlington.
]. p WIGHTMAN,,
nov17-waW Special Master.
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II EGAL NOTICE.-State of Iowa.
i Des Moines County, 81. In County Court OF
said county.
Notice il hereby given, that on this It'll day OF
November. A. d. 1854, an instrument in writing
purporttng to be the last will and testament 81
Hansfcrd Purcell, deceased. late Of said County.
was produced, opened and read in open court,
Monday in December, A. D. 1884. was dxed e
the day on which proof Of the genuineness OF
said Will and Testament will be heard, at which
ed viii b heard. -
REBECCA PURCELL, Execu.rix
named In said Last Will and Testament
Ordered, That the ABOVE notice be published
for four weeks, prior to the llrst Monday in De
eem6er aforesaid, In the Burlington weekly
aawk.E Eye, newspaper published In the City
81. q OHRT. Judge.
novll ofthe County Court OF said County.
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Y B. 4 O. R. B. LINE


-
From Burlindbn 10 Chicago, Detroat. To,..
Pittsburgh, Phiadelphia, Baltimore. New Yc{A
and all other Eastern and South EAstern Cits1e
Passengers leaving Burlington on the en-.
Central Railroad North and South and 81 NJ +
30. both the Noon and Evening trains. ~
traps connecs Viz W. ~ Inn e5eet EAste1n RaiI
s.R II. via Toledo andP ittehur9h and NJ ~
r via # Wayne. Of which passenger ~
take their chcice. S''S
Only twenty hours nom BuYiinxsoo % 70. ].
Thirteen hours ahead Of any other route loavi,4
Burlington. fFs1 49,
Falls and New York. Boeton, Toledo OrnSR!
BunAl0y Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
Tickets for this great Eastern thorouat1h,r -.
aale at Ottumwa, Fairfield. Mt. Pleasant ~
the Ticket Omce corner Front and Water sirss.
Burlington.
Sleeping Cam attached to the Night Train.
FA<o Is low % any other route.
r. r. HO9FO8n 1
Jan1.bptf. Gen. Agent c. B. 4 q, 4
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II air a a.
SHORTEST, QUICKEST AND BEST ROu4n
PHiLADEIPHiA AND BAITHohM
ST. LOUIS AND CINCINNATI AND
INDIANA. MICHIGAN. OHI0'
AND CANADA ksEs
On and after August 18th TWO DAILY mar
will leave and arrive ~ follows
LEAVE OTTUHwA: ARRIVE AT CHICA6ss
4O'clock, a. -. lib O'Clock, r. 4. &
s Gc q 81 i15 &c SclSsf
With the iIIiNois cE 81 KiiIRoossfSesIs
Galena, Dunleith, for st. Louis and Cairo - -
ington with fast sailing Packets for
MONTROSE, KEOKUk and ST. LOUIE
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Passengers nom Southern and Western In
by taking the b. 4 NJ. r. II. R., reach ChiessS
twelve hours ahead Of any other route,
BUY FOUR Z1CKE70 TZA THIS ROUzR
To shippers 81 1--we 8seek.
Stock Trains will run regularly, leaving HnOv
Sunday excepted. These Trains have IN ny
rights OF Passenger Trains, thus insurinR r..
patch and consequently avoiding all those VA
ati0us delays that are constantly occurrin6 q
NE new sTocK PENS have been built On ,o0
q mi nd sns
for the accommodation of their stock. M.
Through contracts given to Chicago and Noa
YORK. n. THIELSEN. Superintendent
r. f. HOsFnRD, s@ass
Gen. western Agent. c. B. 4 q. RI
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San Francisco has 100, 900 inhabi tant
now, and had $50 in 1S4S.
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ASOsYAA - 4AAANAAsAsesD AAA1 49, 49, w.
noose county b now fully and completely
peepAred for any raid the guerrilles Of Mis-.
souri, may choose to s'try on" We have
Two regiments Of guards and Ringers or.
4AniEed and equipped and ready for the
Held, armed With Enfield rides and com.
nAndeds BY experienced and efficient on
cers.-App0nOose CixiseS, I'D
A man named McCaughey hung himself
IN the Dawson settlement, Clinton county,
lat ~esh
The Decatur County Nescs asserts that
The wolves in that section are destroying
large number Of sheep. and the farmers
are organizing clubs and offering bounties
IN addition to those provided by law, to
hasten the destruction ofthese natural enc
mics Of the sheep-fold.
The Nesrs hints that In order To receive a
prompt insertion in it, columns, marriage
notices must either be accompanied by a
ssSorghum Cake or greenback.
8. +. Davis has retired from the Sioux
City Journal, giving place to Hahlon D.
Gore, Esq. Long may the Journal wave.
Last year there were.l Is votes cast in Clay
County, this year afty-two. Ahealthy in
crease.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19
Hon. Reverdy johnson.

THIS eminent lawyer and now United
States Senator from Maryland, is out by
letter for Mcclellan and against Lincoln
He says of the latter:
Whatever Of honesty of purpose may
belong to him, and I am willing to admit
that he has had it, his vaccillation, his
policy, now conservative, now radical, his
selection of military officers grossly in
competent, his treatment of those who
were evidently competent, his yielding in
this to what he has himself been often
heard to say as an excuse, was outside
pressure" his having not only punished,
but as far the public know, not rebuked
the vandal excess of military officers of
his special selection, shocking the senti-
ment of the world, and disgracing US in
the view of Christendom by the burning
private dwellings, and depriying their. Of
ten exclusively female occupants of home
and means oflivelihOod-all demonstrate
that he is grossly incompetent to govern
the country in this crisis Of its fate.
How can an honorable man believe that
one who has so signally failed for almost
four entire years, can be successful if an
other four years be granted him? No
one in Congress, certainly. Not twenty
members believe him equal are at all
equal to the mighty task. He has bsen
tried and found wanting. Let US have
change; none, if loyal, can be for the
worse. 1t is not that we wish, to use his
own classic figure, to swap horses in the
midst of stream, but that when we are
on journey and saftey depends on ma
king our destination at the earliest mo-
ment, we should cast aside a spawned
and thin horse, and secure sound and
active one.
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Story with a Moral.

a young nan who was paying special at
tention to young lady, met with the follow
ing incidents during one Of his visits:
Being invited into the parlor to await the
ladys appearance, he entertained himself as
best he might for some time, and was beoom-
ing very weary, when little girl about FIVE
years old slipped in and began to converse
with him:
"I can always tell, said she, "when you
are coming to our house."
"You can" he replied, "and how do you
tell it?"
why, when you are going to De here sis
ter begins to sing and to get good, and 81 e
gives me cake and pie, and anything want:
and she sings so sweetly when you are here,
and when 1 SPEAK to her she smiles so pleas
antly. 1 wish you would stay here all the
While, then I would have a good time. But
when you go off, sister is not good. She gets
mad, and if I ask her for anything she slaps
and bangs me about and is as i'll as a sore
bare.
This was aposerto the young man. "Fools
and children tell the truth, quoted he, and
taking his hat he left and returned no more
MoRAL--Parents wishing their ill-natured
daughters married, should keep their small
er children out of the parlor when strangers
are there.
Down went the buck, and down went, the
gun being heavily charged, and kicked me
over. was considerably stunned, but when
I recovered I got up, found had fallen up
on and killed covey Of quail. The concus-
sion Of the gun had thrown the ramred out,
and looking for it, I saw it floating on the
surface Of the lake, a few rods from shore.
Passing the dead body of the buck, wad-
ed out to the ramrod, the water being up to
my arurpits, when Judge of my astonishment
to find the ramrod strung full of the finest kind
of fish, which it had impaled as it darted
through the water. As was about to wade
out, Ifelt something crawling inside my pants.
Curious to know what it was, l took of my
suspenders, tied them around the buttons of
my pants and waded ashore. Reaching dry
land I extracted bushel and half of eels
from my pantaloons! It was the biggest
shot I ever made, although I am always sue
cessful in bunting"
There was silence for some time Col. O.,
who had been on attentive listener simply
remarked: "Avgh, By, you will DO"
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By is noted am@g his friends for his
big stories. The other day some one was re
lating in his hearing a remarkable feat Of
strength which he witnessed.
THAT is nothing to what I saw in New
Orleans in the winter Of forty-nine." said
By. 'The load of shot I saw man car
ry on that occasion beat everything in the
lifting line that ever heard Of"
"Tell us about it, urged listener, know
ing that one Obs tough yarns was COM
ing
"Why, sir, I saw a man shoulder eight
bushels of shetland carry it a square-carry it
whole square, sir, although he sank up to
the knees in the pavement at every step he
took !"
"Oh, By, take off bushel or two, and
that he sank only to his ankle in the pave
ment"
Cant take off shot. But it is no more
wonderful" continued By, who was in
the storytelling humor, "than what happen
ed to me last fall while hunting on Peoria
Lake"
His friends drew their chairs closer around
him, and lightning fresh cigar By went
on.
N discovered fine large buck on the bank
Of the lake. I crept cautiously within good
range, and taking deliberate aim, fred
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19
General K;ornan'8 Speech in Favor Of Nc
Olellan.

The following is an extract from the
speech of General Kiernan, made here in
favor of General Mcclellan and denunci-
atory of Mr.. Lincoln:
al have saved under General McCIel-
Ian and I can therefore testify to his ex-
alted patriotism and the commanding tai
ents he possesses as a General. I have
no hesitation in saying that he is the
first soldier of this age. As a man ho is
incapable of an unworthy thought, and
the magnetic influence he exercises is of
that irresistible nature with which a great
and good man always influences his fel-
men. X x x * 4
Mr.. Lincoln, on the contrary, is cum
ming politician, wavering, validating ard
unstable in his policy, the spirit of events
which, as he says himself, "havo con
trolled him )" and unfaithful to his oath
and pledges he gave the country the first
year Of his Administration. I have with
my own eyes witnessed his shameful in
reference through the bayonets Of the
soldiery, with the free ballot of the peo-
pie of Missouri, and in the coming elec-
tiOn, in case of repetition of this out
rage, would lead band or an army
against his minions. He has proven an
utter failure, and it would be calamity
such as the green isle of Erin, with all
its past misfOrtunes, has never known, for
the country to have him as a ruler anOth-
er four yearsw
Think of man uttcring these senti-
ments and then espousing the election of
Lincoln Greenbacks Green
backs how potent is the spell of thy
power l-Cleveland PLaindealer
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19
The Elootion---Tbe Friends Of Mcclellan.

| Whatever may be the result of the
State elections in Ohio, Indiana and
Pennsylvania yesterday, there can be
nothing in them that should slacken in
the least the efforts of the friends of Gen.
Mcclellan. In every State he is tens of
thousands of votes stronger than the 10
cal and State organizations. Although
we may have failed in many localities,
yet in these localities it is not a vote
against him by any means. There are
myriads of persons who have made up
their minds to support him and oppose
Lincoln. who have nevertheless, from old
party associations and personal friendship,
voted against the Democracy at the late
election. It was in vain to talk to them
of the effects of their votes-how they
would be claimed. They did not see
them in that light, and hence the apPa-
rent Inconsistency of their political ac-
ton. When November comes, and the
direct issue is presented of the re-elec-
tion of Lincoln or a change to a man like
Mcclellan, we shall see how the majority
will increase from the side of the latter.
It has been the effort of the Lincoln party
from the beginning, to create the impress
sion that Lincoln and Mcclellan were the
same as running, at the October elections
and that all those who voted the Repub-
lican ticket then, would support Lincoln
in November. This is a transparent
falsehood, and is known to be such by
every Democrat. Well would the Lin
colnites believe that their chief is as
strong as the Republican organization,
but unfortunately for them it is not so.
He is immensely weaker, as General Nc
ClelIan is immensely stronger. As Gen.
Harrison in 1S40 carried Pennsylvania !
while his party was beaten in October, |
and as General Cass carried Ohio in No
vember when we were defeated in Octo- !
Der, 1913, SO will Generrl Mcclellan sue
eeed in States where the Democracy have
been worsted in the preliminary contests.
The local elections over, the opponents
Of Lincoln will then have a clear field to /
work against his success. He will then
be deprived of the advantages that have
thus far been in his favor Let the
Democracy and the other conservative
men favorable to his election rally from
hill and dale. The main question is now
about to be put-whether this country |
shall be cursed with the worst and most
profigate Administration the world has
ever seen. Our confidence in the capaci-
5y of the people for self government, and
our knowledge Of their feelings, will not
allow us to believe that it will be carried
n the affirmative. The hundreds of
thousands who voted against the Lincoln
party yesterday in the States of Ohio,
Indiana and Pennsylvania, will be rein
'orced by tens of thousands of patriotic
md conservative men, who, while against
Lincoln, are inclined to maintain their
I'D organization and the consequence
will be an overwhelming triumph.-Gn-
.iR'aati Enquirer, Oct 12th.
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conduct of their affairs in more expert
enced and capable hands. If such Z
change is not speedily effected, it is my
firm belief that our republican institutions
will fall to pieces, and an arbitrary Gov
eminent rise upon their ruins; for, unless
the testimony of all history is to be dis
carded, no political system can be upheld
except by giving toits administration the
benefit of the very highest talent and the
largest experience.
Till this reform shall come, my advice
to the great body Of the people is to hold
fast to their traditionary principles and
good names, by giving an earnest support
to the war, and to scan with the severest
scrutiny the conduct of those who con-
troll party movements. Many of the men
who are most prominent in conventions,
have personal interests to subserve. Even
those whoare comparatively disinterested,
are not always the safest advisers. They
have lived so long in the turbid atmos-
phere Of party excitement, and party traf-
&c, that they have contracted morbid
habits Of thought and action, which, like
chronic diseases in the human system, it
is hard to alleviate, and still harder to
cure. The only hope left to US lies in
the patriotism and disinterestedDess of
the great body of the people of all par
ties, who are facing the enemies of their
country on the battlefield, with a hero
ism unsurpassed in any age, or who at
home, amid the prevailing tumult and dis
order, are working out in the quiet ppr-
suit of their varied occupations, the mo-
mentOus problem of the public prosperity
and safety When they shall send out
fresh from.their own ranks, new men to
consult together for the salvation of all
that is most precious in government and
society, there will be cause for hope and
faith in our redemption from impending
evils and dangers; bearing in the mean
time, as well as we can, the. heavy bur
iens which have been cast upon US by
quarter of century Of political misman-
lgement and public misrule
1t is time the people should understand |
.hese truths. No one, perhaps, can tell
hem with more propriety than myself,
having been much of the period referred |
%, in public life, fruitlessly contending
against party contrivances which have
involved the country in all the evils of
,ivil strife. I am very respectfully
yours, JOHN A. DIX.
JAMES Fl. ORNE, Chairman, &c.
CADwALADER BmDLE, Secretary.
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"Rloaso Say Kind Word to ~ Asaya3i /.


'PLEAsE say a kind word to my army that, b
can report to them in general orders, in rs.ao
gard to their conduct at Yorktown, Williams
burg, Hohover Court House, and onothsins
Chiokahominy, as well as in regard To- The Is
seven days and the recent retreat
mo one has ever said anything 20 ehesE
them but myself Say nothing about irne.ass.f
Merely give my men and officers esedit 6orsss
what they have done. IT will do yoii naidli,s.i
good, and viii strengthen you. nnnehsviflrs5
them, if you issue a. handsome order toithsfnssl
in regard to what they have aecompEshsa,4 -
They deserve it y Gen. Mcclellan to Msiop-sE
General HalIeok, Aug, Is, 1862. Zoe aslsssaa
This the dispatch sent by GsueralAlszs5
Clellan to General Halleck, at the elosss6f .g
the Peninsula campaign in 1862. Ttbreathsg
spirit Of gentleness and tender sOlicituda 6orsg
the brave men undghis command, ofiwhiohil8
history furnishes no parallel. Please .szgria q
kind '0ord to my army" Where is thea solsys
der who followed this noble young C6fimans
der through the perils ofthat atmemoFsBlscansa
paign. whose heart does not throb with So
hveler pulsation- on reading this tOuchineszg q
idenee Of consideration Was the word
spOken2 Did General Hslleck, or did Mr..
Lincoln, cheer the hearts Of the brave boys
BY word of encouragementi Farlkoai. it!s
The defeat and if possible the Generalization
of the Army of the Potomac, as7thssatllea
purpose Of the Administration McClellau's
overthrow was determined upon A qLind
'oord' to his gallant followers would have inssg
teriered with this terminatior.-Pl Plisadsf %
Age. a.Hss
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

GEN. Mcclellan, in his letter OF acceptance
says that he, if elected, twill seek in the
Constitution Of the United States, and the
laws framed in accordance Herewith, the rule
Of my duty and the limitation of Executive
Power No higher law doctrine; no militia
ry necessity pleas no enUroachmeuts upon
the Legislative or Judiciary departments; no
despotism of any kind, but discharge Of the
duties of President as limited by the Consti-
tuition and the laws framed in accordance
Herewith.
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Gov. Stanley out for NeCIslIan.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12.-Edward
Stanley, late Military Governor of North
Carolina, publishes letter favoring Nc
Clellan and opposing the emancipation
policy of the Administration. He ex-
presses great kindness for the Admins
tration personally.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

A MAINE editor says that pumpkin
in that State grew so large, that eight
men could stand round it. This is like
the man who saw flock of blaekbirds so
low, that he could shake stick at them.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

GEN. McCLERNAND, OF ILLINOIS,
This favorite General of the Southwest,
one of the heroes of Vioksburg, under
Grant and Sherman, is out in letter for
Gen. Mcclellan for President. He says ::
g AS to my choice fer President, I am
for Geo. B. Mcclellan how, indeed, could
l be otherwise 2'-Enquirer.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

A FELLOW who had been hooked by
an unroOly COW, limped in his gait. A
woman remarked that he appeared to be
intoxicated. eyes" replied her beau,
:" he has been taking couple of horns"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

A PRIVATE Of the eleventh regiment,
writing to his wife, says, "My breeChes
have executed the military movement,
To the rear, open order, and I must go
a tailoring"
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Lincoln and NoClsllan.

LINCOLN win have no Peaee no ueeoiiss8
ton, no compromise. until slavety Is sbaudan-
ed. The Negro is 6rst with hiul-+-the; gpiua.
secondary. -;.., g, r.s-.-...s
Mcclellan is willing to exhaust al .shs re-
sources Of craftsmanship to secure Peace and
.re-establish the Union Mcclellan is in f.
vor Of negotiating to see re-Union, without
reference to the negro. lincoln wants to
.conscript white men to free black men. Nc
Clcllan wants to save white lives, and BY
compromising as our Fathers did before Us,
bring around the old days ofbaPpinesS sad ;
tranquility. gH 81 1H9 sl
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

FORMERLY the symbol Of this govern
ment was U. S.,-meaning Us, the people.
Now it is "I" written on the small of
mems backs, meaning, 81, Abraham Lin
coin"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-10-19

TIE Mcclellan Club has engaged Union
Hall for the campaign, and meetings will be
held there nightly, except on nights when the
hall will be occupied with public amusements.
The public in general and the ladies in partic-
ular are invited to attend.