The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-13

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swore by all the tremendous issues which
hung upon, the faithful performance OF
their morning duties, that not paper
should leave the Office till m advance OF
seventy.1fve cents per week on their wages
was pledged them. It was . fearful. suo-
lime. perpendieulaf, awful, audacious mo-
ment in the history of the Times. There
stood the eight heroic ecamps, with ieet net
on the floor, hands clenched, ups cloeeo3
nostrils distended wide, eyes giaring ana
Ting hearts for the answer that, should 0e
fnr thAir veal or the Offices woe. And
there stood the responsible man Of the es-
tablishment, terrified beyond measure,
| and-laughing till he couldn't see. IN the
| face of such crisis, what could he do but
cay: 81 yield-the advance IL yours"
alyuff said spoke theleadef Of the plot,
| pick up yer bundles-victory II oursV
The office was saved.- Dubuque Times.
PuBL1oMEErINa.-T Oskaloosa Chris
tian Commission will hold . meeting on
| the Public Square next sabbath afternoon
At half past 5 O'Clock. Rev. 8. johnson,
Philip Myers, Esq, Dr.. Eli Jessup, Rev.
r. A. McAyeal, Hon. John +. Needham,
Geo. III. Bauoh. Esq., and Judge Lough-
ridge have been selected to make ten min
ute speeches. Everybody is invited TO at
tend, and gentlemen are requested 70
bring chairs for the ladies. It Is hoped the
meeting will be large and profitabie.-Os-
k1looso Herald.
We learn that Company X, of the 18th
iowa. went into the fight 1t Atlanta on the
| 22d nit. with 43 men and come out with
only IL. #. NJ. Lindsey, formerly Of this
city, was among the killed.-MAscotine
Journal. ssse az a...xs
The tight at Tupelo makes ave general
en9agements and nineteen skirmishes the
35th Iowa has been in since the 10th of last
that time il one hundred and forty-six
men, one Major, two Captains and one
Lieutenant killed and one Captain and two
'Aeutenants wounded.-I6.
The Muscatine Journal is led to believe
that the letter it published on Tuesday last
signed IL. G. Lloyd, Surgeon of the 10th
Iowa." accusing Sergeant Many of pur-
posly wounding himself is forgery.
CoMMrrrEH-The man Reed, who was
arrested for b)neding stranger by the fas-
cinations Of three card monte, has been
committed to Jail at Fort Madison, to an
swer the charge ct the September term Of
court. His bail was fixed at $500, which
amount he could not raise.-Keokmk C0xsts-
tuition.
Our Enthusiastically we don't know
who it is, says our quota under the next
call, after receiving credits for excuses, 10
only 1000. We had supposed it to be moro
than that, but have received no official in
! A Democratic orator in Marshall County,
in an anti war speech not long since, is
said to have publicly declared that ''the
democrats are bound to elect their man
1t the coming election, and that man Is
Do.glGs''
James Brush Of Toledo, Tama County,
was shot BY . cannon In the battle of Pleas
ant Hill. The shot stripped the flesh from his
right leg and opening the lower part Of the
abdomen, exposing his bowels to the burn
ing sun. In this condition he lay upon the
battlefield alive for four days, and when
Was taken to the hospital, and lived three
weeks.-l0,cd City Press.
On DIr.-That tho members Of the
church of the ''Nu Dispensashun'' propose
TO 1t once CON meDce the ''ereckshun Of q
mn edits, in this city, for the purpose Of
putting the Courier under the stone. Ru-
NOR also says that upon that occasion the
Rev. Petrolem F...Nashby is expected to be
present, and that singing will be done by
the "Owl Club" under the leadership Of
the Democratic candidate for Secretary Of
StatA The Courier editor will read his
''tribuls and trialations" through which It
has passed. Prof. Mackibin win deliver
an exhortation to the spirit-ually minded.
Elder jolly blossom will repeat his lecture.
delivered to the "Owl Club last year. The
cornerstone will be about the size Of an
execution in the hands of the Sheriff, and
sufficient to cover the Courier. Among the
curiosities to be deposited in the box is .
snch evidences OF prosperity in our city,
How are you eplevin7-Muscatine Jour-
nat. a0ats
had two Hight showers in this vicinity for
which We are thankful-they have done
much good. "Praise God from whom all
olesem8s dow.'-AlbiG Onion.
ALBA LooK1Na Up.-More property has
changed hands In this county within the
last few weeks, than had occurred in .
year previous. And large proportion Of
the changes within the city of Aibia.-Id,
PACIFIC RAILROAD CoMx1ssroSrns.-
The Charter of the Northern Pacific Rail.
road approved by the President on the ID
Of July last, has been published. Among
its Iowa Commissioners, we noticed the
names Of Plat Smith Of this CITY. Presi-
dent OF the d. Il s. C.. r. r.. and Nixon
Denton Of Manchester, Delaware county.
The others from this State are H. w. stan.
William Leighton, B. F. Allen, Reuben
Noble and J. L. Davies DUBUQUE Times.
EXAMINATION OF THE BUCHANAN Co.
ROBBERS The examination of Rosbacher.
Knigt and POLAND, the robbers of the Blu.
before Justice Barton, at Independence. on
Saturday last. The evidence against them
was very strong, and they were bound over
in the sum of $4,000 each. In default Of
bali they were committed to prison. w. T.
Barker, Of this city, conducted the defence.
The Jail at independence is rather an in.
secure affair, and the prisoners are con-
nned in separate rooms, in hotel. ana
each room is strongly guarded. In addi-
ton to this, the hotel is watched at nieht
| ircm the outside, and tho streets are m,
troleu by special coustables. T,uh,,r,,o