The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-05-28
OUR STATE.

We learn by the Washington Press, that
the Hon. Sam. A. Russell, is out making
earnest speeches and appeals for the one
hundred-day service.
The District Court for Wapello county,
commences at Ottumwa on the 3Oth inst.
THE WEATHER, PLANTING, &c.-We
have had one week OF real spring weather.
Fires have been dispensed with, and sum-
mer clothing has come into reQuisiti0n.-
Iowa looks herself again. Very little
planting, however, has been done as yet,
owing to the late rains; but farmers are
the present favorable weather, the crops
will soon be ln.-OttumsUd Courier.
The Caterpillars are making ravages on
the fruit trees in the southern and western
part of the State.
The Centerville Citizen says the prospect
for large yield Of grain in Appanoose
county is cheering.
The clothing for the one hundred-day
men, arrived at Davenport the other day.
During the recent furlough of the Second
Iowa Cavalry, two hundred marriages took
place in the regiment, there being twenty
nine marriages in ono )mpany alone
D0renpCrt Gazette.
All the printers in the De Witt Signal Of
flee have volunteered for the hundred day
service. Mr.. Bates, the Editor Of the Sig
nal, was in Davenport on Thursday, in
search of more hands.
GEN. SAM RICE WoUNDED.--A letter re-
ceived last evening from our fellow citizen
G.. E. McCosh, Esq, from Little Rock,
Ark:, states that Gen. Sam Rice, formerly
Attorney General of this StOte, was So
verely wounded in the foot in the battle in
which Steele's forces were engaged on the
3Oth ult. Fears were entertained that am
putation of the injured member would be
necessary.
The retreat from Camden to Little Rock
was accompanied with much hardship;
most OF the troops being on half ratiOns,
and some having even less than this. The
officers generally lost all their baggage and
clothing. Little Rock being at length
further serious annoyance from the rebs.-
Davenport Gaz.
Yesterday we saw . strong man weep
at the departure Of his only SON for the
war. There was no reluctance in the sac
rifice, but he who would himself have faced
. rebel battery without the culver of q
nerve, was unnamed, and wept like .
woman at the prospect of placing his son
between the Government and the bayonets
Of its enemies.-Stote Register
Captain North's company of volunteers,
recruited in Des Moines city, took its de-
parture for rendezvous 1T Davenport on
Tuesday and Wednesday.
DUBUQUE's FEDERAL REvENUE. Tho
Federal Revenue, consisting of tax on
manufactures alone, collected in Dubuque
for the month of April, amounted to $l6,-
40 3l.-Dxbuqne Times.
A little girl aged about seven years,
daughter Of Mr.. Olive Of this place, died
very suddenly on Tuesday evening last
It is supposed that she was poisoned by
eating some toad-stools, while playing
aboutthe estable.-Iudianolo Banner.
The Indianols Banner says "colored"
Sabbath-school will be organized in that
place.
Colonel John Scott, Of the Thirty-second
Iowa infnntry, writes 70 Hon. J. w. Cattell.
as follows, concerning the death Of Capt.
A. B. Miller. We clip from the State Reg
tster:
"A musket ball passed through his chest
while he was at the head of his company.
his post being on the extreme right of the
regiment. Hefell, and for q time was cared
for by his comrades, but soon the troops
sition was Immediately occupied by the
enemy. II was necessary to change the
line, and at his own request he was left on
the field. did not see him after be FELL
My last view of him was in the midst of
snch storm of bullets as the bravest sell
dom see. To me he is not dead, my recol-
lection Of him IS 50 pleasant and bright"
Three business lots were sold in Des
Moines lately, to A. V. White, for the sum
ofSs,75O.
A MIsCE0EN SCRIMMA0E-An African
female, made shameless by habits contract
ed on southern plantation in the days Of
the slaveholders' power, insulted white
man on the levee. The white man turned
and gave her . stinging slap on one other
lovely cheeks, and showed her smartlv with
one OF his boots. Miss African tried to At
tack him, but he kept her at arms length.
She finally shrieked curses and vowed yen-
geAnce on his head, and went up to SQUIRE |
Welsh's office and swore out . warrant
against him. All this occurred on Monday
evening Nine o'clock yesterday morninu
was the time set for trial. The mau made
MS appearance, the negress didn't, and the1
man y - dismissed.- AAscattme Jowr,,ol. ii
The Bible relates an instance wherein
$1,000 SAOVAAO WOI0 ESASE Ouk OF an ln0iVf0. i
pa1.-Lyons CbnstitAtionelist. .a1-
I Yes, and the Bible relates OF an Gin
stance where ''seven devils" and an .in.
we're cast into He'll. They were
AL Copperheads. But that didn't xterm-
mate the race. ,e .a
CIRCUMSTANCES ALrER CAsxs.-Thal
MuScatine Journal states q fact of snn,o II
terest to this city. as. follows:
=. IN !. Des Moines the Copperhead contest
ant Tor the of1ce OF Mayor demurs 10 the
jurisdiction of the City Council. cls;r;nsI
Il that he must BE- admitted to the Office. and |
then ousted BY the District Court. on the |
assumption that he was q usurper. n n th;s G
city, the court claiming that the City Conn ~
q. indee. esvs ne power and Of right are
its members, including the Mayor. and On |
S;: SSc,saen oss pronounoed by the Council, holds
Ms MS o%%ce. oompelling the contestant toseek
the Courts. In Des Moines the Union man
rave . majority In the Council. Here the
Cops. control the board. That's what's
the matter, and there's where's the dior.
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