The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-09-10

AN OEl8103l AOONtl00BLs WIN 9t0GSepb3V9
whose clothes are hardly dry
ceived for his anti-slAvery speeches, was
the principal speaker on Saturday Aveniug.
He was ably supported by Judge NcHensy
and another Individual whose name We
could not ascertain.-sSx0te Re2sster, 6.
Last Monday evening they had big
Publication at Des Moines over the fall Of
Atlanta. Messrs. T. +. withrow, g. @.
Cole and I. N. Thomas, were the speakers.
AT CaARLEsros.-Fr aprivats letter
We learn that two Of our Keokuk friends,
Messrs. W. Nelson and Buriy Hart, xf6
among the Union prisoners exposed by the
rebels to our fire at Charleston. May the
bullet Intended for the enemy not enter
their breasts.-C Constitution. * q, 81
WELL DoNE--The 5th Congressional
District, comprising twenty-three coun-
tea, has done so we'll, that after due credit
for men furnished under former Gala, its
entire quota under the last 10 only ST.
Aitis Co. Opinion.
On Thursday the thermometer hung
steady az SO in the shade. Quite severe
change from the frigid weAtherlwe have
been having the past few weeks.-lb.
DoN'r LIKE THE OArH.-The Copper
head papers denounce the terms Of the
oath prescribed for militia officers, and
say that Democrats who will take it are
only 1T for alAvee. That's all bomb0sl:-
Don't they understand how willing their
brethren In Missouri have been to take
the oath, and that men are occasionally
killed or captured who have four or ave
in their pockets which they have subscri.
bed to, and broken ten times as often?-
Lyons Mirror.
EMrGRATroN.-No uncommon sight In
our streets is half dozen epigrant wag-
ons bound Cor the interior Of our State, or
points further west. The people we notice
emigrating thus lately seem to be very
well-to-do class in the main.-D.
MoRE THIEvrNo.-Last Saturday night,
. peddling wagon, belonging 10 Mr.. Mitch
ell. Of Muscatine, and standing in Tolls
stable at Clinton, was broken open, and .
lot Of good: stolen therefrom. Mr.. Hogls
was applied to in the case, and coming to
Lyons, learned that on Mondeysa bundle
containing the stolen articles. or part OF
them, had been found in Mr.; JOyce's lum-
bsr yard. The thief has not been appre-
hended, and probably wiil.not be.-Id. 49,
BArtY DISAPPOINTED. I'VE were a good
deal amused a few days since by an ac-
count O. how farmer was disappointed in
ore Of h:s crops. He had piece OF wheat
which the hhgs totally destroyed! But he
concluded to get something ont Of it, and
50 cut and stacked the straw for fodder
Once in the stack, he noticed there was q
l.ttla grain IL It, and made UP his mind to
thresh il. He did 50, measured his wheat,
and Found lie had Is Bushels rs TIE Hef9!-.
Had the. crop been properly cut. bound
and handled, much larger per centags
would have been secured. Gncn ruined
crop as that wash. ~ ssss ssa
The Ssote Re9isses. tells about farmer
who refused to take forty cents pound for
butter, but believing that thirty cents WA
enough, sold i. for that price. the editor
says the butter was OF adesirabie qualittl
and adds 'eThis Is piece of conscientious.
ness which We are happyto record" We
should be happy to record something Of
that kind. N
ANOTHER eight hundred
of this district, to be distributed pro rata
among the sub- districts. It iaa big lift.-
Dubuque Times, 9th. T~ gfr
APEAoEskBAxwrrHsHo unDxH srRAfs
or.-Tne Herald has at tho head OF its edi-
represented g weaving . military coat set
OF with brass buttons aud shoulder stfapsl
Well, there always were beings meen
enough to ''steal the. livery Of heaven 70
serve the devil in,' but we would not have
believed that JEFF. Davis's organ would
present fts candidate In Federal uniform.
However, since we think of it, nothing is
more common than for rebel guerrfilas to
attire themselves in stolen Federal cloth.
ing, and even march under the National
flag, when their dev;lish strategy requires
it.-Lbid.
The treasurer of the Northern Fair, held
at Dubuque, last week forwarded to the
Sanitary Commission 3l5, 900, making to.
tai Of 80, 900 a. the proceeds Of that Fair.
-MuScatine Journal.
Of.course the $4,000 were sent as the
proceeds Of our Fair, but not - the sOA0lc Of
the receipts, as your statement would seem
to imply, The Treasurer OF the Northern
Iowa Sanitary Fair has nearly 30, 900 more
awaiting the orders Of the United States
Sanitary Commissen..-zs Tines. 9Th.