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

handler Henry Wise, Chief Of the
nd ,kaof OEdinance, has made q full re-
mC2nthe Secretary of the Navy, detail
UnNne years results and experiments.
. r eAthe present aggregate II not stated,
Dak9ns Of different calibres have been
sduring the year. No change In ridad
u lance has occurred, except in intro;
Sheeween the 20 and 10O-pounder-of
. - service as chase gun, supplying the
] ofDuhlgreen's 80 FOUNDER. It II gem
Z o FUSED a. = ivot gun, and, % its bore
iI1 spoods with that Of the army smooth
6tx 1.pounder, the round projectile Of
u Ahtter il always available where high
~ aeies are needed at close RANGE
~ hoWit1ers and rifles have been in
ct eed - the special armament Of many
l6 9ports Of the War Department. As Z
q I'll gun for long range in chase the 20.
ef2nler three grooved rife 10 preferred
6uble-ender vessels. -
"a XmrinEs or SHIPS OF WAR-COMPARa
oxe1 6Iv1 WEIGHT OF METAL THROWN.
= = y governing rule in qrming our ships
toGiME h to furnish batteries Of the very
pssSaisk guns they can bear with safety.
kincA guns are generally used fol
ha6ae; 10 and IL inch guns and Parrot
nA pivot; IS inch gums for monitOre
}. - hunxe howitxero and rifles for boa,
= n ~ service In 6hore. A few Of ouI
y y eontinue 10 bearmed with tho S2poun.
d - inch gun of the old system, bu,
~ will probably give way TO the modi-
{ ~ - Of similar classes. u s2aA
ivsS Mastery Of . nrst-rate ship Of war ID
~ SNlfht cannon and four h0Wit1erU, one
~ 1t1ns being = rifled $50 FOUNDER; that
3 n ncond rate, 10 tWenty.four gums, In.
- ing two Tifled 100 p0uhders and two
, n IkRn; Of third rate; ten guns, inclu.
4 1.-Two rified 10 Founders; Of . fourth
!. y fear gums, Including one rifled n
= & IT. The development Of the power
: Aips Damed in the report ~ repfesen'
=. I'M 6fthe several rates. 10 as follows:
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

William Hutchings recently celebrated
his one hundredth birthday, at his home il
Penobecot, Maine. He has seven great
Observation-Disclosures andsix daughters and
three sons still living, and his descendant
number, all told, between two and three
hundred. n
The Astronomer Royal for Scotland
armed with . 6rman giving him full pow.
ers, 10 about to9v visit the Great Pyramid
with = view Of investigating the .Metrol:
ogy" Of that remarkable structure, tc
which he recently called attention. Pro.
lessor Smyth takes ont magnesium wire
in order 70 photograph the interior.
Ben franklin il reported to have said
not be an eagle but q turkey-because. al.
though the bird Of Christnss swaggers, be
will fight, and IL always ready % fly Il
anything scarlet. s8 ss
The Governor OF North Carolina saws
that deserters in that State are numerous
and defiant, rove about the country ii
squads, commit robberies, and make them
selves generally mischievous. The Cover
NOR Of Georgia, in his late message. an
nounced the same state Of facts. Similar
evidence Of the Reorganization Of society
appears In Ill the States III rebellion.
Over one thousand emigrants from Eng
land arrived in New York, on one ship,
last week.
A conductor put man, who refused to
pay his fare, OF the railroad train, near
Pitts6eld, Mass, the other day, and the
man dropped down into the darkness. The
conductor presently found that the train
had stopped on . bridge over dry gully,
and the man was picked mp at the bottom
Of it, quite dead.
The rebel prisoners on Johnson's Island,
Lake Erie. have sent to the American
Bible Society 90. % 4 token Of their obli-
CATION for the supply Of tho Scriptures to
the prisoners confined on that ialand.
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,..~,, for the DAILY HAWK-EYEl
LOSO AN q q AIN.

l. : .
u NY LANES J. MAYFIE1O. j.
the dread summons Of Freedoms
q G he ssiisill wsr-cry which startled the
y; .sae and valley the echo wan heard
ssrd 10 ths nation Whose God ~ the
= m many heArt-strines were broken Is
= ~, ~ pAle faceswere pouring IKE rain:
sues and beuve ones In bAttlo stood
nn.ll of,efsnss for the homes Of the
2!n9ss !. shet tempest presages the storm.
u se0od still with hopefulne Waim;
@ - other EReF AIRED Tor s00 fray.
49, NJ ready tOleNp ON her prey. sss4s, :
Ss.s.r a squads ons to len and to night
~ {hat The armies had Joined In the
fs;;,,s ofthe cannon. the dust and the
= Il advance 81 the columns which
9fenn se6wn there setting Of sun
Ss;,1n looked down on To neld Of bon
~ vas ended and many, Nwas rid,
,Ss wounded aud dying AID those who
sSi and ruin the awful day sealed, !
S~Sse noSses ran loose DER the feldi
~ - the cAptives Of b Thy Ions stream, !
.ss,1a vas humblkd, and walked from III
sakiion brave ireenen from mountain
erWard to NIL up the ranks Of theslain.
eaevotiOu to country and capoe
SS "a It's action, ~ loud In applanee4
50 bold defenders were Drawer than
"a the thinned rants whom the army
Aan1A l-l p 4s
ishsse was weeping in RamAh's home
oSsel, uncontrolled. nourned thro' the
seoix-like, up f,om its asfes. defeat s
10 victory. grand AND complete.
~ 70 country nave pllghted yOar fAifh
4 ~ the Nag Cn the red nell OF death,
6rtoof the loyal beat proudly Tor you. = :,
80 ,ne,ath the Nag Of the red, white end
-! who long for this carnage 70 cease
SheFv! who pray for the oaWning Of peace,
~ from the wateh-tOwerB Liberty foAT6,
~ II there's aught 20 awaken YOUR fearA
kVn ON Ant etMm, with victory 0lest,
1ysburgh. too, wAere your honored SONS
iEssta1 and Lookout. and then, not T.
rnscn's swift avalanche nearing the o0ast
enmn You murmuf - triumph delay ed
NM our na,iOn this matter has weighed
26mtkd its Losses. its infinite gain.
khAvERY, the pi0gue-spog, suicide sIat1
khEAAANr, Iowa, Dec. ~, ASA. 20 szs1,i
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

GRANTS ARMY BUILDING WINTER
QUARTERs.-The Petersburg Express an
nounces that the enemy have commenced
building winter quarters around that city,
and Are pushing them ahead rapidly. It
says:
These quarters extend from point near
the river beyond the Weldon Railroad,
some distance in the rear OF their fortifica-
tons, These preparations have been post
poned aslong a. practicable, with the hope,
no doubt, that the army would be wintered
in the comfortable houses of Petersburg
and Richmond. Grant has eventually dis
covered the futility Of such hopes. The
wooded country in this section has long
since been thinned out by the demand for
fires, and the building Of winter quarters
will. no doubt, clean out the remaining
timber OF any value.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

EXTRAORDINARY CHANGE OF FORTUNE.
.~Among the many and surprising changes
fortune delights in working, the elevation
ora Turkish slave to the rank Of an Euro
pean Am bassador IS, perhaps, one of the
most wonderful. There was time
writes Berlin correspondent of a London
paper, "when Madame Benedict, whose
arrival with her husband, the new French
Ambassador here, is expected daily, occu.
pied no moro exalted position than that Of
handmaiden to some Ottoman slave
dealer. A Greex by birth, she was kid
mapped, carried away, and sold into cap.
tivity during the sanguinary struggles
which attended the liberation Of her coun-
try. Thus It was that, mere child, she
was exposed for sale in the slave market Of
Carlo. aud passed over into the possession
of ~. d'Anastasi, q countryman Of hers,
and Swedish Consul General in Egypt
The gentleman, whom good luck threw in
her way, gave her an excellent education,
and eventually bequeathed the whole OF
his immense property to the child whom
he had adopted years ago and had learned
to love. While her benefactor wAa still
alive ,Mdle d. Anastais, whose original
name remains unknown, married NJ. Ben
ed etti, the consular agent Of France at Al
exandria. Within few days she will be
ono ofthe three first ladies at Berlin, taking
rank above oh Others, the Queen alone ex-
cepted." .t
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

RAILROAD SPEED IN THE SoUTH.-The
Richmond EXAMINER, Of November q, be-.
gins m article On Sherman with the asser-
ton that, ''for the last week he has not
been able to advance ten miles, it ends
track ut Tuscum bia, Sherman Is rushing
like Z steam engine along the railroads Of
Georgia, penetrating the very heart OF the
Confederacy."
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

The hearty contempt expressed by the
rebels for those in the North who are talk
ing for them, and particularly those who
have ded from the South, and sought the
shelter Of the orderly communities of the
North, and are. spending their time railing
against the society whose protection they
are enjoying, and in favor Of the people
whom they have deserted in their time Of
peril IL just and refreshing. The follow
Ing from the Richmond Enquirer il per-
fectly beautiful: cora
I'VE are very glad TO see that al South
ern refugees are requested 70 register. II
General Dix will hang them he will do q
service to our cause; they are . set Of cow
ardly sneaks, who having deserted their
country, are not above burning hotels
Hang every mothers son Of them.''
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

MAKING MoNEY IN THE CALICO TRADE.
"A Dutchmap who has been trying 70
make money by selling dry goods gives
the following account Of his progress. He
commenced business with ten pieces ofcal-
leo on bis shelvee, when prices began to
ADVANCE He sold ont at the old rates, and
said he, when i went to the city to buy
more, de money dat got for my ten piecee
of calico bought only eight. took my
eight pieces home and marked q high prof
it on them, and sold dem fast enough, and
when dey was all goneI went to de city,
and by dunder it bought only six pieces.-
Well, dinks /, dis 10 making money back
wards. But took my six pieces home,
and put an awful big profit on dem. and
now, drinks I, must make money like
smoke. But when got dem six pieces all
sold, took de money got to de city again
and thought would get about twelve pie
ces, but dc calicoes had gone up again, and
got only four pieces. Veil. / took dem
home, and ! put on much bigger profit -
did before, and dinks now I makes .
heap Of money. But when got dem sold,
and went after more, de calicoes had gone
mp again. / hope may never die il got
no more ~ two pieces for my. money! So
here was. had ten pieces Of calico when
started off to sell 'em, and here I am INIT
only Two pieces and no money"
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

An elephant and bull fight took place
lately ct 6aragossa, Spain. The elephant
was walking quietly about the arena when
the frst bull was released, and rushed At it
with all his might: The elephant received
his antagonist with great GOODNESS, and
threw him down with the utmost ease. The
bull rose again and made two more attacks,
which the elephant resented BY killing
him with thrust Of his tusks. The con-
queror did not seem In the least excited,
but quietly drank some water offered by
his keeper and ate several ears Of corn. a
second bull was then released, and In few
minutes suffered the same fate % the first.
Gen. Hancock's veteran corps is pro-
gressing admirably. The recruits will be
organized into companies and regiments a.
Inst - received. District provost marshals
are empowered to decide on the qualiaca-
tons Of veterans Wishing TO enlist in il,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

The two factions Of the Republican party
In New York city-election being past and
all the injury done that 10 possible, and
spoils now coming that other people have
earned-are negotiating peace and Union !;
and when IL il 0oue the leaders will ask .
double share Of the Offices for their patriot
ism, And probably get itl
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

How OIL WELLS ARE BoRED.--A CORES
pendent of the Boston Traveller, writing
from the oilregions Of Pennsylvania, gives
the following description OF the manner il
which oil Is found:
I'm selecting aepot for the well, the af-
tesian driller raises derrick about one
hundred and ten feet in height, bringing
up steam engine of about six-horse pow
or, and then, after driving down an iron
pipe some sixty feet or so, to the first stra-
Ia of rock, introduces a drill of about two
and q half inches in diameter, attached to
q temper screw, and thence to q walking
beam aud engine. with which he bores
now at the rate of 8 or 10 feet per day, to
the solid slate and sOap-stOne, say one hum
dred feet, he then comes to the first strata
of sandstone, which may be ten or twelve
feet in thickness; and boring through this,
comes against slate or s0apstone Ofbluish
cast, and working on, say for twenty-five
feet or 20, he reaches the second strata OF
sandstone, out Of which there comes gush-
ing up, when the right vein il struck, in
flammable gas, salt water and petroleum.
mer, and then an iron tube, in sections Of
about fourteen feet, and closely screwed to-
gether, is inserted by sections, and run
down to the veins Of oil z fiax-seed bag
which ex pands when wet, Is fixed between
the tubings of the well, in order TO preserve
the surface Of the water from expanding; .
plqnger or Waived piston IL introduced I'M
to the tube, and the sucker rod being At
tached to the wslking-beam, the conduit
pipe and tank, which may hold sixty bar
rels, being In readiness. the engine moves,
and the precious treasure CUISINES forth
This is what Is called pumping we'll. In
the flowing wells-that 10, such as send ont
the oil sp0ntaneously-the drill must 20
down into tho third strata Of sandstone ;
but this, in some instances, ID very deep.
In we'll ct Watoon's Flat the drill has at
tanned . depth Of one thousand feet, and
yet the third bed Of sandstone il not
reached.u
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

UOWn lOf Ofe0O0tn8 puIp0ooot W tho
ot . aingle discharge, In solid shot
- Conjoined with these, however,
n as6estructive agencies Of grape, can
and shrapnel. - sessf
I1Aere can be no question with regard
superiority OF the IL inch guns over
a. likely 40 FOUNDER and the 6S pound.
he English pivot system, either In
41eiOn, smashing effect Of tho shot,
lNpl0oive power Of the shells. Hence
osA the vessels were nearly equally
4 - as to tonnage, motive power, and
- q men and gums, yet the prepon-
ng influence of calibre, properly dis
= pivot, and ooolly and deliberately
~ BY American seamen, was SUM-
settle the question briefly end
81 euuclusively; for the Alabama was
~ littl0 more than m hour after the
IRE began firing. and the English
KNach navies were thus taught les
tsactical gunnery and seamanship,
IL NY will not soon forget.
nsrsult Of this action may therefore
neA = proving, beyond doubt, the
Hoe4M arming our ships with mixed
s1of pivot and broadside guns. t.kiog
e0yt6 place on board Of each ship the
80 o0O IuOSs pVW0Asus 8W0o su0s UuO
10y carry ana manage with care In
l2H GUNS AND AMDRScAN IRON On
u gURPA9eRD. So
] gyepoft claims THAT It 10 no Idle boost
! - cannon Of our navy, m4de exClu.
XYhum American iron, arc unsurpassed
toeee q any other nation and this, It
kood, SWill continue TO b the case 90
- Tho enterprise Of our citizens ID left
amel6d, and air opportunities af4
- for tie exercise Of their skill II
49, important aIk
l6gt Fit 1oundry and two others, in
Boston and Reading, Penn9ylvanio,
nken contracts for making 16-inch
60 RxPRRYN1Nrs.
power Of the gums belonging 70 the
ma IN common use In the batteries
ehips, has been fairly tested against
sohd and buik-up plates, and the con.
"a reached - wholly IN hvUr Of the
And their solid projectiles tho spher-
/ Aoe 1or smooth bores being. however,
e0fAbly superior to the elongated
~ In every form. No manner Or
&oo0 Of iron or steel ermor that could
nSnied on the hulls Of sea-going ships
~ resist the impact OF solid spherical
nfed from the heaviest calibres OF the
W. q close range, with Appropriate
rn4 Of cannon powder. It was gene
eccepted - IN established fAct that Il
mposible to cast sperical shot Of
W diameter which would b solid
thout Il il now known, however,
~ = 10y TO cast . l64nch Or 2O-inch
~ which win be perfectly sound and
~ nom circumstances to centre q figure
II n
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

A telegraph operator dying in Spring
6eld, Mass, On Sunday, the operators Of
the various New England offices on the
American line held meeting, by tele-
graph, that evening, and appointed, BY
telegraph, committee of one gentleman In
WOrcester and one in Providence to draw
up, BY telegraph, appropriate resolutions
Of sympathy and coincidence, to be forwar.
ded, by telegraph, We presume, to the fam
ilv Of the deceased. -
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sides, the blood mounted up in my veins,
and all was forgotten but the excitement
of the moment. In less than . moment
more we were dashing on over the down.
trodden, scattered and fleeing foe, the cries
OF their wounded and dying growing
fainter and fainter on the night wind, a.
We left them behind. & 81, stss.
But what : memorable sight this terrible
night ride was. The outlines of 0ur col
umhs- marked by our blazing carbiDes.
looked like moDstrous, fiery, Kissing, rush
ing serpants; and the Sabres glitterine In
the fash, dazzling the eye and almost turn
1bput midnight Major Gen. Wilson was
agreeably SURPRISED BY Major Young, rs
he reported the Lat brigade, 9Th cavalry d.
vision, entire and safe within our lines
The brigade commander, who arrived some
hours previously, had reported Us. all killed
In this daring charge Of our brave and
gallant troops, turning the supposed easy
victory Of the rebels into disastrous and
hunhiliating defeat, our loss was only some
thirty in al, out Of $500 drought through
Such . charge, at such an hour, and 90
successful. 10 hardly equalled in this war,
90 full of daring, gallantry and romance.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

WINTER ON THE PLAINs.-Several gem
tlemen returned to this city day before
yesterday from trip to Idaho, among 9th.
era son Of DR.. Snelson. Before reaching
Denver the party were caught in q severe
snow storm, became completely shut up
and suffered untold misery. Most of their
abandoned, a well as cooking utensils and
supplies. The party subsisted for several
days npon parched corn, which was pre-
pared by fire made from willow twigs.
the only fuel to be had. After leaving ev-.
erything behind, the party walked about
one hundred and twenty miles. and slept
Many persons on the plains have suffered
much by the severe storms, and it is feared
that many have persisted. Coming in, re-
ports Of Indian depredatiOns were current,
but the party had 10 difficulty with them.
|-k&. Joseph Herald. 7th. sss sa.r s.a it. 3
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

.Hoa W1NDER."-When the sufferings
Of our poor fellows, confined IN the Libby
Prison and on Belle Isle, near Richmond,
became known, = CRY Of horror was raised
here and In Europe over the barbarity OF
the rebels. What then did Davis and the
re6tting Of the Libby prison1 Did they
court martial and punish Winder and hts
subOrdinates, who perpetrated this long se-
ries OF cruel outragee7 Did they explain
that these things occurred without their
knowledge, and were tlisapproved by themf
Not at all, but when the evidence grew too
clear for them, when they found that II
these cruelties continued to be perpetuated
under their eyes in and near Richmond,
they. the rebel leaders, would be every.
where held responsible for them, they're
moved the prisoners. They sent them from
Belle Isle and the Libby to Ardersonv;l,e;
from place where their cries could be
heard and their sufferings known TO no
one, s0 obscure, so remote that no inhu-
mainly practiced there could be immedi-
xtely known; place where the prisoners
were in tenfold degree more At the mercy
Of their jailors.
And whom did they send to be hejailerf
The same infamous wretch, Winder, whose
cold blooded and systematic cruelties had
made the prisons Of Belle 1sle and Libby q
scandal NO longer endurable 20 neart0 Da-
Wis; the same who, known from his early
youth at West Point - Hog Winder, no.
torious ever sincs in the old army for his
meanness, his abominable cruelty, and
summed ~ the preseason of every shame
fui vice. completed his inlamy by the sys-
tematic mal-treatment OF helpless prison.
ers Of war in Richmond-this person was
continued In his place, and was sent by Da-
Wis, with his victims, to Andersonville.
Would this have been done had not the
R~An a. ~ md
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-17

An immense quantity of saur kraut is
being made at Wheeling, West Virginia,
there having bean an unprecedented yield
Of cabbage in that vicinity. Wagon 1oads
are delivered in the city at S, 6, Z, and 10
cents per head, and 20 large are the cabba-
ges that it don't require mere than half q
dozen heads to make barrel ofsaur kraut.
One man, residing q short distance from
the city, has been hauling cabbage into the
city with tw0.horse wagon for two weeks
and his crop is not yet exhausted. An en-
terprising man from Cincinnati has gone
into the business on large scale. He has
made preparations for the manufacture Of
six hundred barrels Of kraut, and has cab
bage. barrels and workmen already upon
the ground. Aa
GRANTS RAILRoAD.-The military rail-
road has been extended for some two miles
further to our left, which extension was
necessitated by the length Of our lines
The new station Is named "Patrick Sta
ton" We have now Meade, Hancock,
Park, Warren, Birney, Patrick and Cedar
Level Stations. The new part Of the line
IL very curious one, dipping into aud
crossing two or three marshes, and rising
abruptly over several hills. At times the
trains disappear altogether in the hollows.
This railroad il one Of the wonders of the
day, and proves conclusively that cars can
be run over the rough country without
much trouble. BY the new extension
much Of our transportation has been re-
lieved.-Army Letter.