The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-09

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How t. Prevent o Draft.
In this city are thousands Of men en-.
gagged in extensive and important bust
ness pursuits, wealthy, and also patriotic,
TO whom We have q few words to say
/ These men, of whom we speak. and 70
whom We address ourselves, are either too
old TO serve in the field, or physically in
capacitated, or else their private affairs are
of such . nature, rather than leave them,
it is more convsnisnt and more possible fox
them to pay In money than to pay in act
ual bodily service, the duty they owe to
Now, il every man thus situated win for
. day turn himself into fecruit1pgs SER
geant, and enlist, ct his own expensA one
man to serve in his place, he viii do an
important duty to the county, to the city
and to himself, and the aggregate Of such
efforts will save the city from q draft, and
keep our regiments full. s-e
The armies now in the field have to b
kept full in some way. In that way alone
can the war be brougt to an end; in that
the field be preserved from destruction
Every man In the country ought 50 serve
In the army, either in person or by a'rep-
resentative selected by himself and sup
ported by him. In that way the whole
strength Of the country will be put forth.
Suppose further, that ,a, one Of the men to
selves, should find . person willing to go
to the army, ready and able to serve, but
having helpless family upon his hands.
In that case, the principal should say to his
representative. 81 win engage to support
your family; will bind myself to support
week; I viii assume your duties towsrds
your children, will feed, clothe and send
them to school, while you assume my du-
ties in the army" In such . case there
would be an es'onomy Of labor; the man
who is prosperous gives Of his abundance
directly to those who need, and a. though
serves the other cares for those he leaves
behind. ....3 4s4s
What we have here suggested ought to
be done; there are many men in this city
who can afford to support regiment inthe
field; but let every man who can, sendono
9 man to the war var. and support one soldiers I
frightened, the ranks kept full, and manyA
man who now sleepswith q poor conscience
because he feels that he Il not doing his
duty to the country, will have satisfied
mind.
The Provost Marshal General has just is
sued an order to local Provost Marshals
everywhere to accept representative re-
cruits In the manner we have mentioned.
IN. Y. Evening Post.
The EXPEDITION TO LYNcHBURa.--The
following is an extract OF private letter
written by soldier Of Crooks division:
ton, West Virginia, June 3O.-We reached
here last night, after an absence of two
months in Dixie. The larger part of the
time we were marching in q country where
Yankee soldiers were never seen before
except as prisoners. It will hardly do to
say that this raid is 1.-THE greatest" most
1t is one Of the great raids. We marched
between seven and eight hundred miles,
crossed all the ranges of the Alleghenies
four times, the ranges Of the Blue Ridge
twice, traversed the famous valley Of Vir-
ginia to its southern terminus, and, cross
ing the James river, marched along the
Tennessee and Virginia Railroad to Lynch
burg, and back to the Kanawha. We were
at most Of the pleasure resorts OF Virginia
Blue, Salt and White Sulphur, Hot, Warm
and Sweet Springs, Natural Bridge, Peaks
of Otter, and many caves. The Improve
Ments at those places were much finer and
more expensive than had expected TO see.
The towns and cities are, many of them
beautiful, the plantations and farms hand
somely improved and thoroughly culti-
waited. We lived on the country, and
after our retreat began, and the enc
my began to concentrate, we suffered
necessary to march night and day we were
almost dead for want Of sleep. We slept
on our horses and in every possible posi-.
ton the moment there was q halt. Our
loss is small, considering the number Of
skirmishes and affairs we were engaged in:
The killed. wounded and missing in Hays
brigade was only one man in twenty-four.
All return in good health Except sore feet)
and In good heart and capital discipline.
We did all we expected to do. We cut
the Central, Tennessee and Charlottes Vile
Railroads, the James River Canal, and de-
stroyed the stores and manufacturing es-
tablishments of the Valley Of Virginia,
from Staunton to Lynchburg, We did not
attack It. Troops from Richmond were
there, well fortified in numbers superior to
our own. We drove In their out-posts and
captured their outer works, just enough to
lind out their poaition.
The impression on my mind about the
rebellion Ii thatthe rebels are now using
their last man, last dollar and last loaf Of
bread. There 10 absolutely nothing in re-
serve. If beaten now, they 70 mn sudden.
" and surely. We could see this every.
where. The last card il now being played,
and If lost, all ia lost for them. / do hope
our people will hold out no matter what
happens to Grant or any body else. A
little perseverance, IL bound to win the day.
All rebels want TO end the war now. They
prefer subjugation to another year Of Wal,
--H>-E fs
The Nashville Times (Tenn.) has the fol-
lowing practical suggestions to the hearty
Uni0nists Of that section: asf a.
| Now that the enlistment of colored sol.
diers in Kentucky in large numbers is .
fixed fact, we suggest that a sharp eye DO
kept on those COpperhead editors, who are
always fishing for contracts with the army
and pocketing the money Of the admins
tration which they 90 unsparingly abuse.
An ex-Member Of Congress from Ken
lucky informed Us last winter that . Ger.
tain Copperhead editor from his State
made the following remark TO him, in
Washington, before the enlistment Of cole
ored troops had begun: Politics II played
/ out, and we must try to make some mon
i eY for the country is going to the daY11. >.