The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-02
From Sherman's Army.
BIG SHANTY, Cobb Co., Ca,

! June IL. 1864.
AT the invitation Of . friend, and while
meat, not only with Republicans and sin.
ners, but also with rebels. A young lady
did the honors Of the table most gracefully
taking great pains in pouring out the es-
sence Of Java into cups Of china, to display
to good advantage the daintiest taper TN
gers in the world. Withal she was very
pretty.
The usual table talk began, when nv
friend, who well understood her secession
proclivities, turned to her, and pleasantly
remarked:
'Mr. -, my friend and our guest,
has relatives in the South-two brothers in
the rebel army"
lis that true? They are fighting IN a
good cause" she said, spiritedly.
/ rejoined "NO dount they think So" and
had hoped to avoid a discussion Of that
most of all unpleasant subject. In this
was doomed to disappointment.
''How can you, Mr.. -, fight against
them?" she continued, half angrlly.
II am not fighting or willing to fight
against relatives, but for a principle, a
flag, Government. Norssam in the loyal
army because / hate the South, for in my
opinion that man who cannot rise above
| sectional animoslties, is not equal to the
emergency! One can give no greater proof
that he loves his whole country than that
he is willing to die for its salvation"
A warm discussion ensued, in which the
young lady became angry at every body
IN general, and myself in particular. But
And when few days afterwards, her bro
ther was caught in the act Of bufniAe q
railroad bridge, and she could be seer in
her despair, imploringly asking ''Will the
| authorities hang him, my poor, dear bro
ther?" was glad to offer her my heart
| felt sympathy.
This same young lady, so warm an ad-
ried . Yankee officer.
In Huntsville called upon a lady, and
was ushered into the parlor of alarge brick
mansion, where everything betokened
wealth and luxury. The walls were hung
with paintings, the piano was most elab-
Orately ornamented, and the floor was COW
cred with the velvet down of Brussels
carpet. Such home! Was not il 2 hap
py one? ~
"Iu tell you, Mr.. - said the lady,
and / shall never forget that saddened
tone, Before the war we used to live lux
uriously as family; but since then many
time have we sat down to breakfast
consisting of only bread and water
Meat We could not buy and coffee was out
of the country"
Her experience is but an evidence OF
| what this war has done for Southern aris-
tocracy. Two Of her sons are in the South
ern army and one Of her sons-in-law is q
member of the rebel Congress. What
must they think of an ''independence''
which only affords their mother corn
bread and water.
The effectiveness Of our batteries is pro-
verbal. The rebels have holy horror OF
them. While advancing on Resacca, when
Sweeny's division was on the right and in
reserve. Capt. Arndt's Michigan battery
was wheeled into position.
"Do you see that house?" said the Cap.
tain, addressing one Of his gunners, and
pointing to building mile away.
| "Can you hit it p
Yes, sir ~
The piece was leveled, the lanyard
drawn, and the chimney Of the house fell
| with crash
Any of Sherman's batteries could have
done the same thing.
The Goth Illinois Infantry, or Western
Sharpshooters as they call themselves, one
Of the best regiments in the 10th corps,
use the Henry rife, which when fully
charged, shoots sixteen times. Generally
it is employed as skirmish regiment
Speaking Of these guns, some OF the rebel
prisoners at Dallas remarked:
"What kind of guns do your sharpshoot-
ers use? We are forced to believe that they
are loaded on Sunday so that they'll shoot
all the rest of the week! And'-alluding
to the peculiar motion Of priming these
| fire. arms, no dou ubt-''such soldiers ! why,
they are the most polite fellows we ever
saw, for every time they kill one of us,
! they come to a present arms"'
! II Georgia is noted for anything beyond
its tar makers, it is for remorseless wood
ticks. The whole country is full of them.
| No insect could be more mpeYtinent-none
more uncomfortable to ones feelings.
1t was an imposing scene! A rebel regi-
ment, their bayonets glistening in the
slanting rays Of the setting sun, were hav.
! ing dress parade on the summit of the
Kenesaw Mountain. Below were their RI
| fle-p pits, and their comrdds de arms Occu-
pyiDg them. The armies of the Republic,
Haunting the glorious old stars and stripes,
were in the valley, making gradual but
confident approaches.
| A courier dashed up; he hands the Adiu-
tant document. 1t is an order from John
| son, announcing that the Southern cavalry
had cut the railroad behind Sherman, and
completely severed his communication
with the United States. Breathless silence
evinces the attention which every word oi
the order receives, as the Adjutant reads
Cheers are about to be given, when bark
loud whistles from Sherman's cars, at Bis
Shanty, interrupt them. The number o
| whistles increase. Altoona, AcwOTth, anC
Big Shanty depots resound with them. Tha
rebel soldiers set up broad laugh, and the
last my informantsx-some thirty in all,
including four commissioned officers-saw
Of the Adjutant, he was stalking away
with the order in his hand, calculating de.
risively, ''over the left :" ''in a horn - and
| "what will come next?"
"A company of Western Virginians. who
deserted the sinking ship Of the conspira
tors, and came into our lines, yesterday
tells this story, which is well authenticated
by the ecircumstances.-COr. CHM. Con.pseT.
cial.
! HARD ON THE WALKERs.-Thefo follow.
ing is from a late rebel paper:
REMARKABLE COINCIDENCES.
/ At SpOttsylvania Court House, Brigadiel
General Henry III. Walker. of A. P. Hilrs
corps, lost his foot.
In b. III. Hills attack on the intrenchei
camp at Bermuda Hundred, Brig. Gen. w
s. Walker was severely wounded in thu
foot. and taken prisoner.
Major General H. T. Walker, was sho
through the foot in the recent engagement
near Dallas, Georgia, between Johnston
and Sherman.
The commander Of the Stonewall Brig
II IL