The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23

buck with horns. SWAN the river anu CHAR
ged down Second street at lightning cpeed.
When opposite the Wauregan House he
as:ayed e jump the side wax witnou t cal a..
fence, against which he butted his head
with full force. and fell PROSTATE on the
side walk. Our host Of the Wauregan was
near at hand, - usual when there u 40 OPP
portunity. offered OF procuring delicate
dish for his guests, and with the assistance
Of Col. Chapel, who was OPPORTUNITY IN tee
house watching the dear, secured the AMI
taste OF the Ye0ison but UNDERWOOD It Wa
delicious.-AioMr CITY Rsgister.
1t. Hearn came down from Fort Sully On
the Welcome. He reports the expedition
getting along EEL and omcers and ,. men n,, Il
Indian camps have been down TO talk with
Gen. Sully. They inform him that they
will make treaty II he will pay them for
all the buffalo the white men have killed
on their land, and for Ill the wood the
whites have cut on Indian lands. II the
General will not do that the Indians are
prepared and willing to fight him. They
were informed that the General would be
up TO see them soon and would probably
give them value received. Everything
seems to indicate cuisines tor the expe-
dition this summer.-lb.
ABORIGINAL CoPPER-FACEs.-ACo Copper
faced delegation, consisting Of several big
Indians, several squaws, . multiplicity OF
pappooses, and . goodly number Of ponies,
passed up Walnut street yesterday morn
ing. It was . solemn night TO behold, al
most rs much 30 ~ that sepulchral pro-
cessi0n which, in September last, mourned.
in the streets Of Des M0ines, the untimely
decease Of Fernando Wood! People may
tell fianv r&lnnam nfNnynf flnm nat.
ursl dignity, grace and rhetorical qualifi-
cations Of "Lo,' the poor Indian, but it
must be confessed on close inspection, that
his dignity II all dirt, his grace Is all grease,
and his rhetorical qualifications consist in
an outflow of cultural expressions which
are ~ barbarous ~ they are incompre-
hensible. We heard one of the fellows
talk. He sported the feathers Of chief
tain. He said Hi hu, no, dishnawash.
tub. Observation-Disclosures" and
all that sort Of thing; but for the life OF
us, we Couldn't find anything like these
words in Webster's Dictionary. Our pEt-
vate opinion is that these Indians have
never received the benefits Of . classical
education.-Syate Register.
DENoRAL1zE.-The word ''demoralize"
is excessively popular just now. Every
screw up to rebel army. If man has the
consumption, his constitution IL ''demoral-
led" 1.-The il tipsy, he is ''demoralized."
II he u in debt, or hungry, or in love, or il
frightened, or has lost hts self-possession,
or has ''T-year' lien on an itching cuticle,
he is ''demoralized - II he has boils, or
ague, or scolding wife, or . pewter mug
sns o annS as 81 he Is !. state .s
Decentralization" wheat Is s'demoral-
ized''if the chinch bug gets atterit. Drought
sdemoralixes" the corn, and bugs "demor-
ixe'' the potatoes. The word IL used every
where On all occasions, In every connec-
ton. Il means anything and nothing. It
h ct once the most fashionable and the
most meaningless word IN the language.-
State Register.
The word ''demoralizsd'' has profound
meaning when applied TO Copperheads,
and W. doubtless coined for that race Of
reptiles. A
We are panied to state that on Saturday
afternoon last, during the thunder storm, .
SON Of Mr.. d. Adams, residing six miles
north Of town, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed, while herding some stock
on the prairie. The horse on which the boy
was riding was also killed. The boy was
about IA years old.-MarioM RntTios.
"Ye Pub,." Of the Bloomfield Uaion
Guard 'Fourth-ed'' It with the good peo-
pie Ut Ottumwa, and thus speaks of the
Depot House 1t that place, to all Of which
we ''tip" and coincide:
1.-THE Depot House IL one Of the fixed in
stitutions Of Ottumwa, and II the neatest
and best kept house in the State. The new
eating saloon and billiard-hall. are fur
nished In style not common In the West,
and speak well for the enterprising propri.
etor, Mr.. p. G. Ballingall.
Our Troy nsig6bors were mot pleased
with tho item or the Davenport Gaxeete rel
alive to the fading Of -four babies ON their
door-steps," and brand it - . sneakins
Copperhead lie, intended - slur upon the
loyal ladis. Of that place: We trust the
fling at The chastity Of The soldisFs' wive1
Of this county, that the dirty dog may b
drummed out Of Union
Guard.
RICH.-The Muscatine Cbx,isr fears that
the Democratic party viii become s'dsmor.
alissd'' il it listens to Byingtoni
Tho editor Of the Marengo Revies gives
notice through his paper, that he win com.
mence next week to publish The names 81
delinquent subscribers TO the Reviess. A
novel way, that, Of collecting newspaper
accounts, but We guess 1t will win.
Now rs THE THEY'VE publish below
part Of section seventy-fre Of the rules and
regulations Of the Boards of Enrolment.
Il shows how all persons whether subject
to draft or not, may do botti themselves
and the country . service. 1t is ~ Nl-
lows:
ssSEC. IS. = Any person enrolled
may furnish, previous 70 the draft. an &C
ceptable substitute who 10 not liable to the
draft, nor at the time in the military or ma
val service Of the United States; aud such
person % furnishing substitute shall be
exempt from the draft during the time tor
which such substitute shall not be liable
TO draft, not exceeding the time for which
such substitute shall have been accepted.
The on-liability to draft Of the substitute
offered, and the length Of time which such
non-liability viii continue, mustbe proven
TO the Board"
Under this rule, which exactly follows
the law, any person may supply . substi-
tute. II the person supplyin one Is moi
subject 70 enrolment, he or she receives IN