The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-11-26

r. police justice and q constable i
! st. Louis had . Jolly afternoon of it recent
lly. The former tied the connubial knot 70
six couples, while the constable stood q
: with several of the SWANS and kissed th
: blushing brides until his lips were as swee
!, a. if he had beehive In his stomach.
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CoPrERHEAD OuTRAaE.-A few eve
, ings since, while the Union men Of Peori
were celebrating the glorious victor,
! achieved on the sth, the Copperheads as
, sailed the torch.light procession wit
bricks, stones, and other missiles, thereb,
. severely injuring several who we're bear
, ing lanterns. The Union men Of that cit,
threaten to retaliate if the outrage is eve
repeated.
HONOR TO WHOM HONOR Is DUE.-W
stated Saturday that High Henry was tn
banner county-shat Scott county was sec
ond and Blackhawk third. Linn count,
gives even 1900 majority, and comes il
third, beating Biackhawk over hundred
/ = @sl3 IA go --OsE .E
- No sect, people, or class that ",
have any remembrance Of were ever more
given to oracles, prophecies, or divination,
than the COpperheads of this epoch Thu
priestesses of the pagan temples Of anti.
guilty, the mystic Chaldean priesthood, the
sacred wise men who predicted approach.
ing events in the temple ef Isis and Osiris,
never prognosticated as to the future in
their time with halfth freedom nor to hall
the extent that the Copperheads do in ours.
To be sure these modern OWNERS do not
pretend 1--WE charitably assume) to be guild
ed in their predictions by anything like
inspiration or the divine affiatus, as did the
ancient OWNERS, nor do they consult the
flights Of birds, inspect the entrails of ami
mails, or observe the positions Of certain
stars before giving utterance to their ora
cles; but in defiance Of all rule they FORE
tell the future with n staggering air, q
wise, 'I-know-it-alv' shake of the head
and q confidential boldness and impudence
that must be perfectly appalling to the
spirits Of the old time priests. if Jupiter
permits them to leave Olympus long
enough to come here and witness the out
rageous manner in which they carry on
that once hallowed business. But there is
this difference In the two classes. The pre-
dictions of the former we are told would
occasionally come to pass, but who ever
heard of the fulfillment of Copperhead
prediction yet? For instance they proph-
es!ed that we would never be able to re.
open the Mississippi river. nor drive Beau
regard out Of Corinth, nor take vicksburg,
nor expel the rebel armies from Kentucky
and Tennessee. And when Grant assumed
command of the army Of the Potomac, they
shook their heads sagely and prophesied
he would never set any nearer Richmond
than any of the other commanders of that
army had done, and if an uufavorable ru-
NOR noated out upon the aiS, they would
throw up their hands and cr5"Behoid
our predictions are verifedr' nus they
have gone on filling everybody's esis with
their dismal representations bot hrtu-
nately in no instance have they come to
pass. Their latest prophetical utterances
appertain to Sherman. They predicted
about election time that he would be driven
back from Atlanta to Nashville, and the |
vast tract of country that had been wrest- |
ed from the rebels during the summers
campaign would be lost to US; but as this
has not been fulfilled they now sanctimo-
niously assert that Sherman will never
reach Charleston, Savannah, or any other
place, bat is destined to be gobsled up by |
their Southern brethren" and his army |
wholly and totally destroyed. Such are
Copperhead prophets and prophesyings.-
Don't believe them. And in future when.
ever you hear one of the breed telling what |
Is "going to happen" Of one thing rest as.
sured, that he is about to tie. Like hog
going to war Copperhead always advan-
ces Sideways, and therefore the view he
gets of objects before him is twisted and
distorted.
NEW York ELECTIoN.-The result OF the |
election in New York from the latest re-
turns Is summed up thus: about 900 ma |
jority for Lincoln; 1900 for Fenton over
seymour. and gain Of six Union Con-
gressmen. The New York delegation in
Inc present Congress stands: Democrats,
II; Unionists, II. In the new Congress it
VIII stand, Unionists 20; Democrats II.
- Springfield, Mr.. Lincoln's home. nj.
though Democrati, city, gave him very
handsome majority on the Ssh; while in
orange, New Jersey, where Gen. McClel.
IAN resides, though heretofore Democrat
&c town, gave a majority against him
Nashville, Tennessee, where Andy John.
son resides. gave an almost unanimous
Union vote, while Cincinnati, where Pen.
dieton lives, also gave q huge Union ma.
jority.
- That John Browns soul ia .t;l1