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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

H-The Copperheads Of this city virtual
IL acknowledge that they prompted the
q rand Jury to stir UP the prosecutions IN
der the prohibitory liquor law for political
effect. They have thought proper to have
good many persons fined, and have had
Others indicted who viii be fned, under .
law which il . dead letter, hoping to there
BY injure the Union party. We ask all tc
consider the facts, look at the evidence and
then determine who is TO blame, il any
body. 1t is pleasant proceeding-iesthose
jnnRh who win.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

A-The Railroad Gazette says the pres
emit week Witnessed an advance on many
of the Western railroads in their local pas
senger tariffs, the advance varying from
three-eighths to two cents per mile, &C.
cording to distance, so that fares now range
from four to ak cents per mile. 1t is no,
yet certain whether rates will be advanced
on long routes, where different lines main
tain Sctive competition.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

A Canada paper tells the following Gun.
QUE story. A few days ago an old w0r'an
died IA the small town OF L.eyiksee, q
the banks CT the Scheidt. The cid lao!
was regarded by her simple nei2h0o!s
being only few removes fron poslINe
poverty. but ale died, and as SIZE had :.
ways had her viii during her lifetime, -
lef, no will behind her; but to the astonlss
ment Of her neighbors, what she did cav
behind her was cash, bank notes ana s.ost
amounting in value to about two m!lS11
guilders. There were pots full OF COLO az
silver Of Withdrawn and forgotten cufio
ciss, which had been buried for years.
There was box full of Austrian ana otn -
stock certificates, the coupons Of WV.
had not been cut Cf for \ quarter OF 81
fury; while in tin canister, which miep'
have been the domestic tea-caddy, wM
quarter OF millions worth Of bank n0seS
musty with the accumulated damp ~
years.
James Russell Low ell thus charactels.S
;cally describes the Chicago CopperneN
crowd that nominated Mcclellan: ~.
"The Convention was . rag bag o. ~
sent. All the odds and ends .! pels.IIss
discomfort, every shred Of private gIuuss
every rag shipped of BY Official snea.,|
scraps Of Rebel gray, the leavings oll a IN.
blue-had been gathered as il for the =.
oring OF Joseph's coat. That HeDsss|
should be chosen to call such motley W
lection TO order was q matter Of iasua'"
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22
Hon. Mr.. GPinnell's Canvass.
His Competitor fails % Come
20 Time.
SroOuRNEY. Ocf. IL fY94.

SI0OURNEY, Oct. ID, 1854.
C. DUNBAR, Eso-There was very good
turn out here yesterday 70 hear Messrs.
Grinnell and Mitchell. The latter did not
come to time probably thrown up his
baud since the State elections. Mr.. Grin
nell after waiting for his competitor beyond
the usual time, addressed the people, large
y composed of the Democracy" IN two
hours speech, of telling and convincing
argument.
I had been told that Mr.. G. was not q
great orator, but I tell you his speech was
literally splendid, for he took the Cops
right in front, by both tanks, and in the
rear, and left them, so far as platform went,
like the Irishman that was hung in O state
Of ''suspince.''
Three men came to Mr.. G.. after the close
OF his speech, all old lifelong Democrats
took him by the hand and frankly told
him that they bad voted their last Demo
cratic ticket.
BY the by, an Irish Democrat told me the
same thing the other day. It happened
ia this wise: The Democrats held j Nc
C.ellan ratification meeting here q the
9Th OF last month. Our Irish Democrat
attended. In the evening I asked him
what be thought OF the speeches Said be,
Sure and went to the Court House fully
intending to vote FOR Mcclellan, and came
away Just as fully Intending that I would
not. Il was too much for me, sir; il fairly
made me blood boil can't go with such
q crowd
Aud SO it goes. Mr. Durham. az, over the
county and country. The contest Is really
admitted by the Cops to De hopeless, and
scarcely man outside of the o A KS vii!
vote the dag-traii;ng ticket
Put Keokuk county go majority for Old
Abe and the same Old Flag.
Yours for the UNION,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

4-The Coppeyheads use the same arith-
meiicai process to crpher out victories OF
tne ballot-box which they apply il max
field. The Con.ederates win tie most bat
ties. but the Federals bold the most fields.
Tire Copperheads poll the most votes, bu:
the Unionists hold the most Offices. Queer,
isa'tn
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

ceipt Of the news at Des Moines last week
that the State was threatened with rebel
invasion, steps were taken to put the nil
litia on war footing Col. James A. Will
hanson was placed in command, and at .
few hours notice q force of brave and de-
termined men, several hundred strong,
were ready to march against the Missouri
bushwhackers. The same promptness has
characterized the movements of the citi-
zens of Wspello, Mahaska, Monroe and all
the counties that have been threatened
This aiscri;y and promptisude shows that
IN case OF invasion the people will not be
slow in repeliing and driving tae enemy
from Iowa soil.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~ Indian Summer, with its hazy skies
and balmy airs-with its dreamy sunlight
and nights Of starry beauty-with its smo-
Ky drspery covering hill and plain and
half-obscuring the dim outlines of the dis
tant woods and far-oG landscapes-is now
upon Us. This is the period OF the ''seal
and yellow leaf,' Of
The melancholy days
The saddest Of the year."
And although the birds have flown away
to their homes in the South, and the flow
ers lie withered and dead along the high
way of Time, yet this is a season of peculiar
loveliness and Is hailed with pleasure by
all. It is as if Summer reflected back bel
golden beauty upon the bosom Of Autumn
and cast her last lingering smile upon dy.
ing Nature, before yielding up the sove
reignty of the year to the cruel rule o
Winter, and retiring with her scared anc
withered robes to more congenial chimes
Old and young, youth and maiden, all
welcome the Indian Summer. BrainarC
beautifully says:
what is there saddening in the Autumn leaves
Have they that green and yellow melancholy
.ss os
Turns into beauty all OctobeI's charms
When the dread fever quits us-when the storm,
OF the wild Equinox with all its wet,
Has LETT the land, as the frst deluge LEFT it,
With bright bow Of many c0i0rs hung
Upon the forest tbps-he had not sighed.
The trees cast down their fruitage and the blithe
And busy squirrel boards his winter store:
While man enjoys the breeze that sweeps along
the bright blue sky above hlm. and that bends
MaipAticAily Ali the forests pride.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

SPEAKING AT BRI0HroN.-Hon. James
r. wilson will speak at Brighton, Wash.
ingson county, on Monday the oath inst,
at 2 o'clock, p. m.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~Another large squad of substitutes
and drafted men were sent to Davenport by
the Proves. Marshal yesterday. They
went of in high spirits, and looked well in
their soldier-cIothes, with their knapsacks
strapped upon their backs. So far we
haven't heard that any OF them have been
branded or the shouIder-a matter that ex-
ercises. Hornish tremendously, aud, as he
stated to bis red-eyed hearers in this city,
gives him great deal OF unhappiuess.
Horuish is a consistent man. He hates
the war. but adores the soldiers. Howev-
er, they are far from reciprocating TIE at
tachment, and in common with the N asses
o: the First District vii, vote on the sth
proximo for Aim TO stay at home.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

CoPPERHEAD ELECTROMAGNETIC DEvI-
CEs.-In order to effec, the result Of tie
election in Pennsylvania; the copperheads,
on Sunday, put a.oa. runors Of terrible
disasters 70 our armies on the james river.
Such IL the spirit OF faction: il seeks to se-
cure success CUT Of ne disasters, real or in
vented. OF TIE armies os the Union.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

Iowa REGIMENTS WITH sHERMAN-IS.
FAxTRY-ad, -, III, 5sa, 9th, 7:h, 9th. 1O,h
ilth. 18th, 18TH, 18Th. 18th. 25tn, Goth. 3o.a
and 3ist- Caya:-T-5sh and S,h, and the
Is. Ra..err
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

e-If old Price leads into this State six
thousand o. our ''erring brethren" lays
the country waste. and piliages, robs and
murders the people, according TO Copper
head doctrine the = resources of statesnau-
ship should be exhausted" 70 induce him
10 go back ia;o Missouri again, and moth
ing be done of nature designed to .'exas-
perate" him or his men! That most de-
graded Of all political abortions, Tom
Clagett, subscribes to this teaching of the
Grave Digger, and thinks it the best way
to get along with the said ''erring breth.
remand the Copperheads everywhere
echo the same opinion. Wepresume If old
Price comes. thedelec,able society existing
here that IS laboring for the comfort OF the
secesh prisoners at Rock Island, will have
refreshments ready, aud will make his
visit as agreeable as possible. They would
relish the presence Of the bu.ternut cut
tAroats.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~One day last week over eight huI-
dred barrels Of mackerel were taken in
Halifax harbor by half dozen PERSONS
The 1sh are largea and fat, and almost cover
the surface OF the water.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

Bro POTAToEs.-Mr. John Reed, OF
Flint River township, Des Moines county,
left upon our table Saturday two potatoes,
Of the peach blow variety, one weighing
twenty-three and the other twenty -four
ounces. These potatoes can be seen At this
Office. If anybody can beat them in Iowa
or elsewhere, they will please report.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

A1-Proninent Democrats are every
Dag leaving the rotten organization and
enrolling themselves in the Union ranks.
The sympathy of the. eopperheads with the
leaders of the rebellion is plain and palpa-
bic, their aims, SO Enthusiastically the same
the dissolution and ruin Of the country
that men with naoiety OF honesty in
t6eir constitutions cannot remain identii.
cd with it and assist in advancing the
CLAIMS OF its candidates. We notice tina,
henry L. HUFF, for many years leading
lawyer Of Hardin county, and Democrat
has come out for Lincoln and johnson
ana viii throw his influence for theiy elec
ton. Like instances are innumerable IA
"a there Is very little decency remainir.
IN the Copperhead organization.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~The Union candidate for Goveroo.
Of Missouri, Col. Thomas c. Fletcher, is
now in the field at the head VI his regi-
ment, looking after rebels. His opponent
IS making Copperhead speeches.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

w. Walter Savage Laudor, who has oc'
cupied an enviable position as an author
for seventy years, died at Florence, Italy
on the 17,h uitimo, at the ripe age OF 3d.
He was born in Warwickshire. England
The most Of his works were composed 81
Florence, where he has resided many years
He has written much also for the newspa.
per press, and was noted for his old fash.
toned ideas Of orthoyraphy to which be
persistently adhered.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

"a The Utica IN. " Daily Telegraph,
heretofore o. Mcclellan proclivities, has
repudiated him al d the y.atforn he stands
on, and comes out boldly for Lincoln and
johnson. I; says:
Our reasons for running up this ticket,
and piedging i. an earnest and uuwavering
support are neither numerous nor elabor-
ate, but altogether conclusive. Ever since
the Chicago Convention laid down its plat
form Of principles, we have felt deep con-
viciion that the success OF the candidates OF
that Convention would be q calamity sec.
o o;s only to that Of the sYccsss Of JED. Da-
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

The European view of the sssi.ua-
ton 5" When McClellan was first nomi-
mated and his election seemed probable, the
Confederate loan went up 70 n in Europe !;
when Sherman took Atlantis, Grant the
Weldon railroad. and Farragut Mobile
Bay, and McClellan's election grew hope
lees, the loan ran down abroad to 81. There
~ here the cause Of Mcclellan is the cause
~ the rebels. The same distrust of soldier
OF statesman, ofspeculator, identities them
everywhere. @a
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~In louisiana Gen. Candy ia labor;ng
zealous!y to alleviate the condition of the
Union prisoners ia Texas, by sending
them clothing and other comforts, and has
made arrangements for the exchange Of
nearly four thousand men.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

@James N. Barlow, 25th Iowa, of this
city, taken prisoner while on the body
guard of Gen. Osterhaus, about the LIST of
August, has made his escape and returned
to his regiment about the 10th of Septem-
bor
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

The Provost Marshals office was
crowded during Saturday by an expectant
throng OF drafted men. There were q
persons examined Substitutes accepted.
8; drafted mec accepted, 10; discharged. =.
Up to Gate-accepted, los; discharged. IS.
80 drafted men have furnished substitutes.
Some Of the townships are full; in others
SO many men have been discharged that
there may be necessity for second draft
TO dll the quota. A man was accepted Sat-
urday who said be had two sons in the ar
my his third son had just returned from
the loo-day's service. His family would be
LETT II helpless condition. The boy Jus,
returned stepped up and offered himself as
q substitute for his father-was accepted
and mustered in. He is noble bov-a fine
looking lad, and presents an example o
dial affection and sublime devotion tha
are worthy of record in these DAYS OF such
great venality.
4 Another accepted proposed to ava:
himself Of the provisions Of the amsnde,
enrolment act, which respect the con
scienticus scruples Of members of certai;
. religious denominations.
The only cases of complaint ara thos
) which arise from tho repeal Of the hu
. name provisions Of the act Of March q
1868. The father Of rnotherless Children
e the son of aged and infirm parents-tt
q only one that is left that 10 not gone to Il
:. war-these are cases of hardships that
q would bs pleasant to avoid. If consiste,
with the stern fates Of q time of war. B,
shall we 60 to the war or shall We allo
the war to come to us? That is the Que
tion.n
Il A man named Moseiy was hung at Nas]
: vile. few days since, for Ave murde
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

GIVE Us ANOTHER SHow.-Why do not
our Coppeshead leaders give US another
show such as last year, We know great
many people who would delight to see that
beautiful display repeatec-who would be
more than delighted to see those comedy
masdens, in white, in blue, ia red, and in
red, white and blue, on horseback, in car
r.ages. in 40 horse wagons, with hay lad
ders, ETC., etc, who spread over the town
with the etulgeace of the morning Ugh:
and the beauty Of the Queen ofSheba when
she called upon Solomon. We do not know
what tina. show cost or who paid the ex-
pense. It is none of cur business. Per-
haps General Dodge knows. II so he can
tell whether or not the party can afford an
other display, and he also knows whether
OF not It viii pay. Goods are high, bu,
money is plenty. and if it can any way be
afforded, let Us have another show by all
means.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

~ discharged soldier formerly Of
the fifsh Kentucky infantry, on Saturday
lost his pocfet book containing over five
hundred dollars, which was picked up on
the corner of Main and Washington streets
by Joseph Robertson, one OF our citizens,
and restored to the grateful owner. The
soldier was on his way up the river. Such
instances of honesty are refreshing, mas
much as they are not of every day occur.
renee. OF course it is unnecessary for us
to state that the finder OF the money is q
good Union man.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-22

a man named Moseiy was hung at Nash
vile, few days since. for Ave mnrda-o
committed at Ave separate times.
, 1864-09-23
NUMBER ii.
The Special Income Tax.

The following are the terms of the bill impo-
sing special income tax of five per cent, which
passed Congress just before the adjournment
and was signed by the President: ..f ,
That in addition to the income duty already
proposed by law, there shall be levied, assessed,
and collected on the lst day of October 1864, a
special income duty upon the gains profits or
income for the year ending the 3lst day of De-
cember next preceding the time herein named
for levying, assessing and collecting said duty,
of all persons residing within the limits of the
United States, or Of citizens of the United States
residing abroad at the rate of five per centum on
all sums exceeding six hundred dollars; and the
same shall be levied, assessed, estimated and
collected, except as to the rate according to the
provisions of the existing laws for the collection
of an income duty annually, where not unappIi-
cable hereto; and the Secretary of the Treasury
is hereby authorized to make such rules andreo-
uations as to the time and mode, or other mat
ters, to enforce the collection of the special in
come duty herein provided for, as may be neces-
sary; provided thatin estimatngthe annual gains
profits or income, as aforesaid, for the foregoing
special income duty no deductions shall be made
for dividends or interest received from anv asso-
citation, corporation company nor shall anv
deduction be made for any salary or pay re-
ceiVed.
, 1864-09-23
Aud Sandy's Wish.

Let me enter the cot where happiness knew
That flowed from affections pure stream;
Let grasp but the hand Of friend that is true,
Who forgets not l ever have been.
The. village, the kirk, the school on the green;
By the burnie where aft hae played
Again, let me gaze on the dear be elOved scene
Which never from memory can fade.
For years l have known wanderers lot
Pursuing fame, pleasure and gain
Het amidst all eXcesses, Pve never forgot
My home, DER the billowy main.
The sprngtide O. life now ceases to flow;
My dark crispy locks have grown gray
My eyes are bedmmed, cares wrinkled my brow
IT'S sunset with life's weary day.
Yet STILL ere / sail for Eternity's shore,
One fond wish this bosom contains
To revisit the home of my kindred once more
Bid farewell to all that remains.
, 1864-09-23

MORALS IN CHIcAGo.-A lovely view of morals
as existing in delectable Chicago is given bv
the Times OF that city in review ofthat Sodom
Says the editor: Married men and women do
not comprise the category. Beardless, undevel-
oped boys, neglect their school books and plot
surreptious interviews with equally amorous
paids. A boy of eighteen years, who cannot
Boast of these illicit exploits, or who has any
qualms of conscience in that respect, is hooted
at by his fellows as a dolt, an idiot, "dogan.p
Fond fathers and tender mothers do not know it.
faithful guardians are kept in ignorance, watch
ful teachers are oblivious of the fact, but it is
fact, andthe experience of large proportion of
our young men will fully cOrroborate the asser-
ton. Physicians hold secrets to-day which. if
made known, would cause the community to run
stark mad with wonder If vice and crime and
debauchery were unmasked, and exposed to the
broad light of critical inspection this fair earth
would assume an aspect so hideous that angels
would weep, devils laugh, and the good and 7ir-
tuous would lift up their hands in holy horror,
and sigh for the extinction of this sinful age.
, 1864-09-23

CLIMATIC CAUSES OF DIsEAsE.-The San
Francisco Medical Press says:
"a climatic distemperature, extending over
large portion of the earth's surface and con-
current with epidemic manifestations has been
noted during the past twelve months, and in
deed for longer period. The drought of last
Winter appears to have been dependent on
causes operating almost universally 1t was
felt northward in the latitude of Vancouvers
Island, and in the central region east of the
Rocky Mountains, in Brazil, and in different
parts of central and southern Europe On the
other hand, the Spring months have been
,,,a~l-oa H. L'-- G-----i 49, ~
southern counties of California, in Arizona, and
in the region of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
The Spring winds have been remarkably tur-
bulent in all directions on the Pacific coast of
North America. Withering siroccos have Wis
tied the southern section of California, and
snow storms in the Mono country to the east
ward. There is something wrong M the pres
ent condition of our knowledge we may not de-
tect the relation of atmospheric to epidemic in
fuences. But that they are related one can
scarcely doubt Two winters ago we had delu-
ges and smallpox. The climatic extremes,
then and now, undoubtedly belong to the same
atmospheric cycle. In like manner we may pre-
sumo that the variolous epidemic of two years
ago, and the subsequent diptheric, typhoid and
petechial tendency belong to one epidemic cy-
Gle. The subject presents an immense field for
exploration and discovery"
, 1864-09-23

An HONEST REPUBIcAN.-The Newburyport
(Mass.) Herald, an honest Republican paper,
says:
'We never did knowingly, and never intend
to infringe upon the Constitution, and trample
down the laws and usages, and compromises on
which the nation stands, for the emancipation
of slaves in the Southern States. Holding to
State Rights, the right of each community to
legislate upon and control its local affairs,
which idea is at the bottom of American free
dom-the very keel of our ship of State, we do
now repudiate and have always repudiated all
interference with local matters in States to
which we do not belong. 1t was never neces-
sary or justifable. We have no slavery in Mas
sachusetts, and we would resist to the death its
imposition upon us but if we had slavery here
established by the free will of the people, as
just, right and expedient for US, though we
might differ from the majority, we would re-
sent and resist any interference on the part of
Maine or Vermont, or any other community or
Government under Heaven, to forcibly or
lawfully abolish that slavery When even sla-
very is abolished by violence, at the expense Of
the Constitution and Union, it will not make the
negroes free, but it certainly will destroy the
liberties of thirty millions Of whites. There
can be no other result"
, 1864-09-23
End of a Good Life.

So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The nnumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious realm where each shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death,
Thou go not, like the quarry slave, at night,
Scourged to his dungeon but, sustained & soothe
By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave
Like one that draws the drapery of his couch
About him and lies down to pleasant dreams.
, 1864-09-23

In the beginning of the war a patriotic land
lady, in her desire to emulate the generosity of
many city governments and other corporations
in continuing the wages Of absent soldiers, gave
notice that if any of her boarders wished to en-
list, she would allow their board bill to run
right on all the time they were gone the same
as if they remained.