The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

other States are requested to coz perate,-
The resolutions offered in the South Caro-
lima Legislature deprecate any overtures
for q cessation OF hostilities until disco
luton Of the Union 10 conceded BY the ma
tional Government.
- In response to many inquiries j. is
stated that Substitutes for enrolled men
may be enlisted in the First Corps, Major
General Hancock commanding, aud the
principals win be exempt from dra1t; but
substitutes will not receive the Govern
ment bounty. They should be forwarded
to Warrington for enlistment. Represen-
tstive recruits may be enlisted in the Corps
land these will receive the Government
bounty. 81 fcA ,sEaass tt
-O--H *re
~ The Presidents Message, as printed
| in the Congressional Globe, contains this
sentence in reference to the leader Of the
rebellion: HE would accept nothing short
Of the severance Of the Union, precisely
vhas ace cannot and wiu not give" The
Message as printedin the New York and
Western papers, omits the italicised por-
| ton. aAA ia5
~ Mound City. Ill. on the Ohio river,
is supposed to stand the best chance Of be-
ing selected a. the site for the navy yard at
the West, provided for at the last session
lof Congress-.
~ General Buffers Dutch Gap Canal
- said to be about completed. and the I'm
ion fleet in the James river has been REIN
forced, with the view, It is presumed, OF
cooperating with Grant in an attack upon
Richmond.l
The travelling public will rejoice to
learn that the double track between WASH
lipgton and Baltimore has been completed.
1NThere was good sleighing at Louis
vile on Friday.
/ ~ Barnum has q ton Of Eat girls and
twenty-foul feet Of giants for the holidays.
1.-THE proprietors Of the New York
Weekly Leader intend to start new daily
Democratic evening paper IN New York
city. sE Bt
-The mercury in the Thermometer at
Dubuque, on last, Friday morning, stood
at'27 degrees below zero.
/ 4, &a-Anothsr Government lean of ]35,-
0oo, 600 has been negotiated with the New
j York banks. The bonds (7.oOs) are to be
issued this week. 81 a i'll
I eNo person 10 accepted - q volunteer
] policeman in Detroit, who il interested, d.
rectly or indirectly, in the keeping Of any
ale or beer house, saloon, hotel, or other
r ~ The Maryland and Pennsylvania
soldiers are to be provided with Christ
mas dinner, = movement being on footnow
j with that noble object in view. ..ss.9
u - Gen. Toombs, Of Ca, Is now acting
ss chief Of stat to Gen. Gustavus W. Smith,
commander9of the Georgia State troops,
thu. renegade Street Commissioner Of New
York city. - ~. ..e-.. w.
The Louisville Journal gives enthu-
siastic praise to the women Of franklin,
Tennessee, who exposed themselves to dam
ger on the field before the recent battle was
lover, In their haste to minister to the
wounded. iaa ae1
| - Mr.. Golden, on the ed Of Novem-
Der, delivered an address At Rochdale. in
[ which he spoke at great length on the
American war. He regarded the peacea-
BILE Prudential election % one of the
most Sublime spectacles in the history Of
the world.
@-Professor Goodwin Smith, in letter
70 the London Daily News extols the tran
guilty with which the Presidential cleo
ton was conducted. He regards the de-
feat Of the Democrats as great escape
from danger for both America and Eng
land. 3. ss 0
The loyal Legislature Of Virginia,
which holda it, session 1t Alexandria, has
elected Mr.. Joseph 9egar to all the vacan-
cy created By the death Of Mr.. Samuel ]
Bowden, and Judge John @. Underwood
. successor to Mr.. Garlic, whose term sx-
pires on the 4th Of March next s
&n-The evidence In the case Of the ship
Great Western which was detained at Iiy-
spool on account Of alleged recruits for the |
United States army among its passengers.
proved 20 weak that the Government had
70 release 1t. The owners Of the ship in |
tend to claim damages from tho Govern
mept.
- Peter B. Sweeney, . Tammany
Hall hader in New York, has brought ! |
suit for ~. 900 againat James and Erastus
Brooks, Of the Ezpresso Of that city, for IL |
bel; and Erastus was arrested on Friday
on criminal warrant, on Mr.. sweeney's
complaint.
~ Eight Of the Copperhead rufians
Who attempted to murder Provost Mar
shall and his assistants. In Auglaise ooun-
y, Ohio, fswweeks since, were taken to
Johnson's Island on Saturday. i
S1-Hon. Nathan J. Farwell, the now
Senator from Maine, to fill Mr.. Fessen-
den's unexpired term, has taken his seat.
He is described a. . tall, muscular man.
slightly bent. with heavy cast Of fsetures.
grizzly whiskers, and facial expres,ion
bearing striking mixture Of energy. az.
- Il