The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-28

His speech ia q mixture of falseho0ds ana
expressed in the worst Engilsn
spoken by white men, and apparently cub
led from the cOrruptions OF plantation
slang. He belongs to gang OF from nve
to forty In number. His family occupy q
cabin remote from the highway; Or the
families Of several throng together, and &C.
cupy the large house by the wayside, OF
some Absconded rebel. He never owned al
niger, but he may have been niger dfl-
yer on some neighboring plantation. he
has sandy complexion; has for whlskers1
4 number OF struggling dirt-colored hairs
that grow straight downward: he seldom
visits his wife, woman as dirty and lg-
noFant as himself, and who chews tobacco
and dips snuff. as often as it is safe for him
to do it; the balance of the time he spends In
the brush, or in committing robberies on
unprotected Union families. He has lead
or q little more intelligent and q little more
daring than himself. Ten of them dare not
attack three armed soldiers, but five will go
to the house of . man who has little mon
ey, and torture him by setting him on
live GOALS OF Dire, or pulling out his toe
nails with bullet moulds, till he tells them
where his treasure is concealed and the
robbery completed, they retire to their
rendezvous. His fare 10 the simplest
and coarsest-A shoat which lives half wild
~ INC WpOObs W0!Cn ~ AAuA, POO1s anu uAA0
like q deer, which is brought down by |.
rife shot, badly dressed, boiled 70 rags, and
eaten fresh, With little corn bread. He
has half q dozen dogs, and as many dirty,
tow-heAded children, lives in wretchednesa,
sQualor and crime. But he il good judge
of . horse, and has one superior in
speed and bottom to those Of any Of his
pursuers, and 1t is often OF the best Ken
lucky or Louisiana blood. All seasons
are alike to him. but his more daring feats
are performed when the leaves are on the
trees, and effectuslly hide the approaches
to the thickets in some ravine, which Is
his hiding place. His arms are big knife,
and one or two navy revolvers, and rifle
or shot gun, or possibly carbine captured
from some struggling soldier, whom he has
murdered and stripped. His original uni
form is, of course, q ragged suit OF butter
nut but he now often has blue coat or
pants, the spoil of some unusual and
iendish butchery. He obtains ammunition
through some neighbor, who visits
IA Provost Marshal; says he was
.'always loyal" takes the oath and obtains
course, the right to buy powder and lead.
When the Federal army is in the vicinity
he may be seen, planting corn in the day
time--at night he will be shooting the pick
cts. II hrs house is visited, and his wife
asked where he is, the uniform answer is,
II have no husband;" or, .'he has gone
South, !" or, 20, he is with your'ns," init
mating that he Is in the Federal army
And she is so ready with the lie that she
often names the command to when she
says he belongs, and states where it is sta
toned. He owns allegiance TO no Govern
ment; is bound by no laws; is n common
bandit and robber, with no sentiment of
chivalry to make his adventures romantic;
no generosity to divide him from other
~~r~ 1pso nj Vrsar &c
over, he will still, tor his life time, haunt
the scene Of his depredations, aud walk
amid the rude graves of his victims; his
gang will defy thelaw and his minions; he
will be the cQrse-s'the curse to killwith,"
which the rebellion invoked, and till his
generation pass away, he win be the terror
to the neighbofhood quiet and the foe to
Who FIRST URGED THE DRAFT?-In a
history of the administration of President
Lincoln, by Mr.. Henry !. Raymond, just
published in this city. we lind letter,
which we comnfend to the attention Of the
violently opposed drafting to I'LL tie ar
mics. 1t was written to the President. Of
the United States, about q month after the
battle Of Bull Run, and at time when
citizens were rushing to. arms all over the
country, and when volunteers were pour
ing into Washington from every State
Here is the letter:
Il "WAsHINoToN, August Q, 1861.
"S1R: have just received the inclosed
dispatch in cipher. Col. Marcy knows
what he says, and is Of the coolest judg-
ment. recommend that the Secretary OF
War ascertain At once by telegram how the
enrolment pfoceedsin New York and else
where, and that; n Il II not proceeding
with great rapidity, drafts be made at once.
net h -it t.<3n
Respectfully your obedient servant,
a'sGEoR0R b. MCCLELLAN,
Major General y. s. A.
Marcy, alluded to: -. = : ~
DlsPATCH FROM COL. r. b. MARCY TO GEN.
MCCLELLAN. -a5fts.-
"NEw YORK, August 70, 1851.
II urge upon You TO make = positive and
unconditional demand for m immediate
draft Of the additional troops you require.
Mem will not volunteer now, and drafting
Is the only successful plan. The people
win applaud such course, rely upon it,
Twin BE- in Warrington e, nor1 <,
We do not And these d dispatches IN the
doubtless omitted through some inadver-
TANGO. But we cannot help thinking It q
pity that the General had not last July,
made public this letter. and urged upon
that portion'of the people with which he ID
said to have some influence, ~ forcibly a.
he did upon the President two years BE-
fore, the Necessities Of . draft, and its ex-
pediency.--,M X. Eps. Post.
How PHILADELPHIA ECEssIoNIsTs RE-
cEIvE THE WAR NEws.lThe Philadelphia
North Antejicun, Of Saturday, describing
the reception Of the news rom Grants ar
my, says: e6@s 82Nak
+ We saw secession women, forced to pass
through the crowd yesterday, hurrying by
with their fingers in their ears, to keep out
the detested shouts Of the newsboys, "A
victory for Gen. GYantv Two elegantly
dressed ladies emerged from the Girard
Bank just as the first extra was issued
They caught the cry Of the boys selling the
and h ,ss ps sa tSe o My GSS
YANKEES are. beating usP' They turned up
Eto(akds Chestnut street for half a square,
land then retraced their steps. "pve heard
ktoo much already" we heard one say to the
Ather II xat us 20 down to Walnut street