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Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-02

To which, i'll reply, would say, I haY- no
rommunica,ras on the sub sct fiom OH ullho7i.
tis;, nor an yat auhoriz ID 10 mako sn4wer.
| spl, sir, very respectfully,
Your obeiicn. servant.
JOHN f. MuLfuHn.
Mrjor. rnl Asst AEt ior EtchRnga.
+ hsve thus fully sol before you the action OF
the Confederate authorizes in relation to a inat
tor which lays 80 near your hearts. and now K
has been received by the enemy. Tha forlnn"s
of your fathers, husbands, sons, brothers aud
frisnjs are Ms dear to thuss authorities Rs their
persons are precious to you. AMI / hsvo made
this publication. not only as sn illustration ti
Federal bad faith. but also that yen might sea
thst your Government has spared no .hort 10
secure the relesse Of the gallant lnen vino haco
50 often fron.sl death in tho defence OF our
sacred csuss RI. GUILD
Au.u.t 81, 1904 Agent OF Exchange
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-02
PROM ATLANTA.

ATLANTA, August 30.-The enemy haa &c
cupied the West Point railroad, and Is forti-
flying and removing the track. Scouts report
the Federal cavalry, last night advancing in
the direction of West Point.
Col. M II. Golfer, Of the 9th Kentucky re-
gimert, has received tho appointment Of Pro-
vos: Marshal General Of ,lis army, and ss-
sumed the position this morning.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-02

agent OF Exchange.
On IT," Afternoon cf tha Goth Of August, |
wnn no;iiiei :i.. ;:,n lias Of tlucO steamer had
again. unpse.cd It Earinn. On the following
day roas I, Major Mulfold the following note,
10 vii:
RlcuMoSp, Aug. 81. 1861.
Major JouN Z. MuLrOsD,
Assistant Agent Of Exchange:
SIs: :--On tho 10th of this month address
Cd YOU u cjinrrnnication, TO which | have res
teiYsi m nngwsr Ga tho 22l instant slao
addressed :. r1nmu aication I" Maj. Gen. E. A.
Hitchcock, Unitcd STATES Commissioned Of
Exchange, enclosing a copy of my letter to
YOU, oil the 10Th instant. | now respectfully
ask you to state ia writing whether you have
uay reply to ei:hsr of said communications
anI, if not, whether y"u have any reason to
give why no reply has been made.
Respectfully,
You. obedient servant,
ROBERT OULD,
Agent of Exchange.
In shor. time received the following re-
sponse, to wit:
FLAG OF TRUCE S1EAHEs NEw YORK"
VARlsA, Va, Aug. Slst, 1864. J
Hon. R. 0uLD, Agen: for Exchange:
Sir: have the honor to acknowledge rsceip'
of your favor Today, requesting answer, SC, 10
your communication of the 10th inst, On qoss
ton of exchange Of prisoners. e.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-09-02
Tie :s!n may fail. the Wind may blow,
Hut soldier, soliier, you must 60;
GI hey val, though hard 1t be
1..l.r ysnka Tn Z sek th air dAetipv

IT, road lcad directly by Mr.. sheppsrd's
..'.H' wbiaa e7as wrapped in flames from the
.s;siH5rt 70 tia garrett, as was also the barn,
11''sie 21rH crib, hay and wheat stacks, etc.
,n' wife and daughters of Mr.. 8. were stand
't On the roadside, near tho burning house,
w ",' eVenS shawl or cloak to shelter them
',:.l t.a Storm. Though weeping bitterly
t.h t'aFh the oolulnn passed. they raised their
.i3as IA "hd eyes towards Heaven and shouted,
:, fso''v, Hasby" Tho boys raised yell,
-. -. qa!okened their pace, and in few mo
tasls encountersd the vandals-a portion
,uasns w., Colonel Morgan's property, the bal.
,ss ' H'swn up in line Of battle to receive
,i' "sa' 30 furiously. however, did tho bat
,,'h iash forward that tho sooundrels broke
,ns' ,,n,ss''s4is'ciY in utter confusion. They were
t,..Ssi mile OF two. in fact, to within few
''11sSl yards Of WHARF Wilson's division wu
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

The friends of resumption are cet,;,-
impatient for action, and we'll they NAV Is
for there is now good prospect of brin~S
ing improperly the final action upon nv
whole question. 1t is folly to dissemhIs
the facts on this question. Whatever ,nae
be the personal feeling Of few memhs:.
in localities where the railroads have osN
ried things with high hand and arbitrs
ry indifference to public interest. the mo
jority OF the Legislature have no thon.s.
of practicing the least injustice to the rain T'
roads or any other interest. Full ins,;..
will be done to the railroad interest ~.
advantages OF railroads are fully undo.
stood, and they will receive all the fos,e.
ing care and protection they have q r;..,
to ask for. The whole contest arises frer"
conviction, established upon facts. tba,
they have sought and claimed more thau
the Legislature ever granted to- them
more than in justice belongs to them. Will
they have come short of all their oblioa
tons. A Legislature that will allow i,ssn
to be controlled by railroad influence ana
the best interests of the State to be snho,
dinated TO heartiess railroad monopolv
after the fashion of New Jersey. deserves
and will not fail to receive the condemns
ton OF the people. Let the railroads stor
forward and concede, as they should. whap,
IS asked, and the whole controversy il an
ded. III they have transcribed their nov
ers and disabled themselves from dnnc
what is asked, the Legislature has blair
duty beforeit. 1t must be Just, and remem.
Der that its first obligations are 10 the neo.
pie. The railroad is a private interest and
has received lions share Of FOSTERING
care.
Mr.. Hale, Of Mills county, has been al.
ded to the Railroad Committee.
The Representative Arportionment Bill
as reported by our worthy Representative
Mr.. Bayless, passed the House by vote q
g. to 4.
The Ship Canal Bill, for survey Of
route for ship canal from the Lakes %
the Mississippi River, was discussed alltha
afternoon in the House, upon q PROPOSE
ton to amend so as to secure a SURVEY
around the Upper and Lower Rapids, and
make the improvement Of these Rapids an
Indispensable condition to the support Of
the measure by the Iowa Delegation
Messrs. Sanderson, Magill, Gilchrist, Wolf
Deans, Thompson, McNutt and POulke
participated in the discussiOn-mOst Of
them against the proposed amendments OF
Mr.. Magill. The amendments were adop.
ted by vote Of fl to 80. The bill then
failed by vote OF 50 to 46-not constitu.
tional majority. The vote was afterwards
recOnsidered, but no final action taken.
AS l predicted, Mr.. Leas has been re.
nominated AS the Union candidate for
Mayor, with good ticket.
Yours, DEs MONIES.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

THE AMERICAN CONFLICT,n-Wa have
received one hundred and forty-four nauos
Of the work, under the foregoing title
which HORACE GREELEY is now preparinu
for the press. 1t is well printed in double
columns, and contains steel engrayinps Of
President Lincoln and his cabinet. and also
OF the pretended cabinet of the "Confeder.
acy." 1t is to be published in two volumes
OF 6oo pages, and about seventy engrayinps
each, the first of which, covering the time
from 1860 to 1864, will appear in July next:
'ne second as soon as possible after the
war The price is $3.50 per volume. Geo
sherwood y Co., Chicago, are the western
publishers. "'''ei = :
1nis work is intended to exhibit Tho
causes, incidents and results and -,
and political phases of the war. with w.
DRIFT and progress of American on;nion
How accurately the work will accom- n,;sh
these objects it is quite useless for ne r.
suggest. Everybody knows the ap,bo,
and will form his own opinion, We bav,
no doubt that it will constitute very yo,
liable addition to the historical records =
the country, and one which most peonl.
will be curious to read.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

rs An unfortunate woman in Cincin-
natl discovered the other day that she was
possessed of tWo husbands, both of whom
were claiming their marital rights. 1t
seems that her first husband some six wears
since went to California, leaving her and
her children in comfortable circumstances.
After he left it seems she failed to get any
letters or tidings from him for four years
when she learned upon what was deemed
sufficient authority that he had died in
California. Some time after this she mar
ried the second husband. The other dav
the first one returned, alive and we'll and
with pocket full of rocks of the Califor-
MIA sort, and Immediately asserted his
rights, much to the dissatisfaction of the
usurper. A personal collision was the re-
suit, which brought the matter before the
Courts, where both men produced certifi-
Gates of marriage with the woman then
present. The oldest claimant insisted that
he had written repeatedly to his wife, but
had never got any reply, nor could either
account for their not reaching her. The
matter was finally settled by the womau's
going back to her first husband and leav.
ing the second to swallow his wrath AS hest
he could.
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Soldiers Aid Society Ut Danvflle.

IAN lLLE, req. ~, 1901.
c. DUNHAM, Esq.:-Sir, The ladies Of
Danville feeling that something more
should be done toward comforting the "Sol.
diers of the UniOn,'' met at the Congrega-
tional Church for the purpose Of forming
an Aid Society. Miss f. Swan was chosen
Chairman pro. tem.-atterwards President
Mrs. M. Paine, Vice President. Miss NJ
Powers, Treasurer, Miss +. Ramsey, Cor.
responding Secretary, ana Z. b. Hall, Re
cording Secretary.
A Constitution was drawn up and adopt
ed.
The sum Of $50 has already been thrown
into the Treasury, and twenty-five names
subscribed to the Constitution.
Among resolutions passed was the fol-
lowing:
Resoired, That we give publicity to our
organization through the columns Of the
Burlington UamkEye.
+. SWAN, President.
II. II. HAIL. Sparptary
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05
Speech Of Mr.. Drake.

We print the speech of CHARLES B.
DRAKE, of St. Louis, in this mornings is
sue. Mr.. Drake is an old time Democrat.
. man OF mind, earnest and honest in what
he says and what he does. His speech is a
hne effort, eloquent and impassioned,
which we hope no reader will fail to per-
use. We are radical enough to believe
his views on the slavery question right in
the main. TheYuicker we can get rid of
slavery the sooner we shall get through
with the war and the better for the cam.
try.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE

THE EDITORIAL CONvENTIoN.-Ihe rep
resentatives of the Press had a meeting at
Des Moines on the ed, and passed series
Of resolutions. Among other matters, 1t
was resolved to adopt the Cash system, to
employ fewer boys, to adopt scale of ad-
vertising, etc, etc. We confess to want
Of faith in this sort of thing. Resolutions
which are expected to govern all are bosh
The circumstances of all are different, and
country publishers are compelled to be
governed by circumstances. One man
prints a big paper in little town with few
subscribers, and depends upon his skill as
a runner and solicitor for advertising and
job work, and has sliding scale. Another
one prints compact, readable journal and
has a large paying subscription list, with a
Uniform scale Of prices for advertising. He
will not put in a big advertisement of quack
medicines, for nominal price, because
stereotype plates are furnished, while he
charges business men at home, his neigh
bors, good round prices. There is still an
other class called newspapers by courtesy,
that exist in new counties upon the deiin-
printed the list in one county, he puts his
press on wheels and moves to an adjoining
county, where he gets another tax list
They are the shabbest excuses for news
papers ever seen, and only useful by dis
couraging speculation III the public lands.
The three classes Of newspapers above
named, have nothing in common, and can
not adopt any set of resolves worth a brass
pin, because no one will live up to them
There is but one road to success in the
newspaper business, and that is through
diligence and thrift. Give the public some
thing worth paying for and compel the
public to pay for it. Put something in q
paper to make it worth what you ask, and
the public will find it out. Depend upon
the merits of your paper solely, and snap
your fingers at politicians and parties -
These are our ideas on the subject.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

va The editors of the 2ribunes at No.
YORK and Chicago are arranging the Pres
ldential election for the people of the Uni
TED States. If they could only agree. this
little matter would be fixed in short order
Asst is, we can see nothing to come of it
but wrangling. It is big thing, however.
IN the estimation of the combatants.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

As-.At a recent conference between some
of our officers with some of the rebels near
Knoxville, under a flag of truce, the rebels
are reported to have betrayed great anxi-
ETY. TO learn what prospects Gen. McClel-
Ian had for the next Presidency. He APP
pears to be the man of their choice for that
position Just as he was their choice for
commander OF the Army of the Potomac.
The reason for this is obvious. They are
satisfied that in either position he would do
nothing to hurt them if he could help it
1t seems to us that this should be enough
to fix the opinion of the whole North. Ii
he is the choice OF the rebels in the South,
and of all their sympathizers in the North,
is that not good reason why every ;man
with loyal heart should reject him with
scOrn?
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

aS~ One of the effects OF the war upon
business has been the Inauguration of al
most an exclusive cash system of trade, in
the Fast. This again has resulted in the
transfer OF vast proportion OF what is call
led the '.Jjobbing' trade to the cities of the
West. When men buy for cash they nat
uraliy buy where they can buy the cheap
est. And 'jobbers' in the principal cities
OF the West, under the cash system, can
now exhibit as large stocks and dispose of
them at quite as low prices as those of the
great eastern marts. 1t was the credit sys-
tenn, and the almost universal demand for
credit, which enabled the merchants of New
York, Philadelphia and Boston to over
slaugh those Of the West. This being done
away with pretty generally, an astonishing
trade Immediately sprang up elsewhere
The Western Merchants, on this true basis,
are able to compete with fair chance of
success. They have awaited themselves of
the opportunity, and it has proved highly
advantageous to them and to the public.
Even in our city, this new trade has
sprung up to no inconsiderable magnitude.
Buyers find they can do as well here as
anywhere else. OF course they will not in
cur expenses to distant cities when thew
can avoid it by buying nearer at home. So
long as trade remains on it's present basis.
this will continue. The result is felt by the
consumer; for the lower goods are bought
the lower they will be sold. Let us all
hope that there will never be a recurrence
to the old, false and dangerous SYSTEM
Cash trade is safe to all. Credit is a burd4n
to all.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

Va The New York Herald declares that
Gen. Mcclellan has refused to be a oandi-
date for the Presidency! 1t not only SOL
EMMY publishes this as a fact, but it pro-
fesses to give the very words of the mag
unanimous General. The Herald undoubt-
eddy desires the public to believe its asser-
ton. Not only that, it seems quite anxious
that the public should believe not merely
that the General uttered the words he
ascribes to him, but MAT he was .'in dead
earnest when he did so.
This news. so important to Copperheads
ard rebels, ought not to be withheld from
our readers. To be sure very few of them
care greatly what the Little Napoleon
says or intends in the matter. They do
not imagine it to be of great conseauepce
whether the Copperheads and the rebels
run Mcclellan or any other dog of his
breed" They know Very well that the
prospects for any OF them are not 50 bright
for them as to make the choice matter Of
anxiety. Still, these attempts TO simulate
the patriotic get up an appearance Of
disinterestedness to make the friend and
supporter Of General Porter, who marched
away from battle field, in violation Of ex-
press orders and while the boom Of cannon
were sounding in his ears, talk and act like
a man who loves his country, are straws
which show which way the wind blows
Poor Mae is to play the part of the good
man injured He is to be martyr 80
And the veracous Herald is to trumpet
this "ini ured innocence" candidate to the
world as called for by the people against
his wish! That's the latest straw" We
guess it won't even deceive Copperhead,
the most stupid reptile that crawls the
earth
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

"wednesday, .Mnrch 2.
Rebel Conscription and Taxes.

We have at last glimpse of the recent
one in these parts admires them we think
the best thing we can do to bring them to
their senses will be to give them a free pass
beneath the traitor jurisdiction. The fol-
lowing are a few of their provisions:
The first section of the Consumption law
declares that all white men, residents of
the "Confederacy,' between seventeen
and fifty years~of age, shall be in the
military service during the war. Sec
ton TWO declares that ali in the service
at present shall be retained in their exist
ing organizations. Section four provides
that persons discharged for disability shall
not DO exempt unless the disability
still continues. Section five provides that
persons between seventeen and egh-
teen and forty-tive and fifty, shall con-
stitu.e a reserve corps to serve within
the State OF their residence. Section seven
declares that persons constituting this re-
serve who fail to report duly at the proper
rendezvous, shall be made to serve III the
field during the war. Other sections OF the
the law, and authorize exemptions on ac-
count Of disability, and OF certain public
officers and persons engaged in certain en-
Payments in specified cases.
The Tax law in substance is as follows:
On all property, real, personal and mixed,
not otherwise taxed, flee per cent. On the
value of gold and silver ware, plate aud
jewelry, ten per cent. On the value OF all
slaves, interests in banks and other cor
porations and companies, i've per cent
gold coin, bullion &C., money held abroad
and bills Of exchange drawn thereon, fue
per cent on the value thereof at the place
of paying the tax. On all solvent credits
and all bank bills, five per cent. On all
profits of business, in addition TO the tax
on income, ten per cent. On the amount of
profits OF all joint stock companies in ex-
cess of twenty-five per cent, an addition of
twenty-five per cent. on such excess.
These are some of the provisions of these
laws. The CONSUMPTION and the taxes are
alike desperate and exhaustive. They
sweep everything into the vast cauldron of
treason, and make them subservient to the
purposes of the leaders. The exorbitancy
of their character will make them alike
useless. They are uncomfortable and will
not be endured. They will fail through
excess OF exacIion.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

To- The rebels have sent us no news
from Sherman within the last few DAYS.
That is not bad indication for as. If they
mad anything favorable to themselves from
that quarter, they would be likely to cir
culate it. We presume Sherman ;s still
marching on" He will SEND us his own
news we btlieve, after while, if the rcb-
els continue reticent about the matter. IF
as our correspondent said in yesterdays
paper, Sherman has sixty thousand men
with him, we feel confident that we need
not anticipate anything but happy results
ia tnat section. But we must not be impa-
tient.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

Rs- Mr.. Flemming of the Adjutant Cen
erals Office of this State, has just returned
from st. Louis with a list of eleven hum
dred and twenty-five Iowa citizens, recon-
ded as such, in Missouri regiments. These,
of course, are to be counted as part of the
quotas furnished by this State. There is
no doubt much larger number of Iowans
in the Missouri regiments. But we shall
not obtain credit for them from the fact that
in the earlier enlistments recruiting officers
failed to record the residence of the yolun.
teers on the muster rolls. 1t was thought
quite unimportant then, and cannot now be
remedied.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

IN THE UNION ARMY. Enthusiastically
wants to know chow she can tell the rank
of an officer in the Union army, and the
branch of service to which he belongs,
when she meets him in the street, In the
first place, she can tell the branch of ser.
vice to which an officer belongs by the CO.
lor of the trimmings upon his uniform;
that of the infantry officer being blue; OF
the artillery, red of the cavalry, yellow;
OF the dragons, orange; and Of the sharp
shooters, green. Infantry officers wear
bugle upon the front of the cap; artillery
officers, two cannon crossed and cavalry
officers, two sabres crossed. Staff officers
are still further designated by shoulder
straps with black ground, gold stripes up
on the pants and gold trimming upon the
jacket and cap; and by gold wreath with
the letters ~. So in the centre, on the
front of the cap. The officers of the differ
ent branches OF the staff departments are
further distinguished from other officers,
as follows: Officers of the Quartermas-
ter's Department have the letters "a. D"
and the Medical Department IN. 81 in
the centre OF the shoulder-strap. Officers
OF the Engineers wear a castle upon the
cap, and have the word cssayon -(''let us
try stamped upon their buttons. When
you see an officer with shell and flame
upon his cap, you may know that he be-
longs to the Ordnance Department. The
rank Of officers is thus designated:
a Major General has two silver stars on
the shoulder-strap zone at each end and
two rows OF nine buttons each on his coat,
each row arranged in groups OF three. 4
brigadier general has one silver star in the
centre Of the shoulder strap, and two rows,
Of eight buttons each, arranged in groups
OF two on his coat. A colonel has silver
eagle in the center Of the shoulder strap,
and two rows Of nine buttons each, at equal
distances from each other, on his coat.
lieutenant colonel has a silver leaf at each
end OF the lace shoulder strap, and buttons
like the colonel. A major has the same
badges as a lieutenant colonel except that
the leaf is gold instead of siirer. A captain
has two gold bars across each end OF the
shoulder strap, and but one row of nine
buttons on his coat; first lieutenant has
but one bar across his shoulder strap, ana
ant has the same except that he has no bar
across his shoulder strap. General Officers
wear buff, medical officers green, and all
other officers crimson sasheS. Sometimes
an artillery officer, instead OF the shoulde,,
strap, wears shoulder knot of twisted
gold, with the insignia OF rank in silver
placed upon this knot. If an officers UNI
form be hidden by his overcoat, his RANK
NAV be told by the braid upon the sleeve
of the latter garment. A Major Generals
has double knot, made of fue braids upon
the cuff; II brigadier generals the same
made of four braids; a colonel's Stnge
knot of fee braids; lieutenant colonel the
same OF four braids; a major the same Oh
three braids; a captains of two brads;
first lieutenants of one braid, and a second
lieutenant no ornament at ali.-New lor"
Ledger.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-05

The Provost Marshal of the Sd Distric
(Dubuquel has received orders from Wash
ington to commence drafting on the istn
day OF March. The drafting seine will "
dragged pretty etfectually through some Oh
the counties.