The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29

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pondent of the Springfield Re0ss6ttcan
mentions report concerning HoQ. Calet
Gushing. He says: II
Mr.. Gushing has not spoken yet It i
rumored that he tells the people that Lin
coin is sure TO be elected, and that the wal
Will close in the spring, but that if McC,ei.
Ian should by any chance succeed it would
last tor years. This is common sense
view Of the subject, but even if Mr.. Cush.
ing entertains it, it is probable that his
deep-seated hatred the Abolitionists will
Keep him from saying SO in public.
There were two suspicious events ia
Boston, last week. The Hon. Edward
Everett spoke for the Administration, and
for sustaining the Government through the
Administration, and for re-eIecting PEesi-
dent Lincoln, as the most direct method Of
standing by law and authority. And Wen
dell Phillips spoke against the President,
his characteristic sharpness and reckieness
OF tongue. We do not know whether to
most heartily congratulate the Admins
| tration upon the support OF Mr.. Everett.
8 the opposition OF Mr.. Phillips.
SINGULAR POLITICAL CONTRADICTIONS
One Of the most singular facts connected
with the present political condition Of the
North and South is that JEFF. Davis and
Alexander II. Stephens, the bogus Presi-
Southern COnfederHcv, are, as we are cred
IDLY informed, native born Connecticut
Yankees; while Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew Johnson, the Northern nominees
for President and Vice President Of the
Union, are both natives Of the slave.States,
and OF the down-trodden class of its poor
population, which is denominated by the
aristocratic planters as the white trash of
the South. Mr.. Stephens, we are told, was
born at Haddam, Connecticut, and went 70
Georgia at an early age. Mr.. Davis was
born at killingworth, Connecticut. and
emigrated TO Kentucky, where his father
tor some time kept a roadside tavern. And
these are the king-pins of the Southern
aris;ocracy, who pretend to hold their no.
ses when the repudiated Yankees pass be-
tween the wind and their nobility Wilkes
SPIRIT.
A New York newspaper carrier recently
undertook to walk twenty-o1e miles in
four hours on the Fashion course, L. T.,
but was just seven seconds behind time.
The Raleigh North Carolina, Progress,
IN speaking OF the progress Of the v ar in
Virginia, says:
We doubt NO. but that the whole power
OF the Federal Government. will be hurled
against Richmond and Petersburg within
the next sixty days, and unless immediate
steps are taken to add many thousand true
and tried men TO our own forces, the
chances will be greatly agains.our holding
those cities.
The following ou.burs. OF patriotic en-
thusiasm over Sheridan's victory u from
the Boston Curriers' thick and thin sup
porter OF Mcclellan ard the Chicago Plat
form:
Intelligent readers will doubtless al
aiyze for themselves the series Of ante.elec.
tlon victories which may be now expected
by telegraph
II Sheridan would only fight his battles
after the kid glove Mcclellan pattern, We
suppose the Courier might condescend to
notice him. But She-idan's victories hurt
and it is difficult to say whether the Reb-
els South or the Rebels North feel them the
worse. a
We have not during the war, published
any more remarkable matter than the lead
ing article from the Richmond ENQUIRER.
OF the 18th; and the intercepted letter from
the Governor, (rebel) of Lonisina, dated at
onthe 26th Of September, on the
arming Of the able-bodied negroes within
the rebel lines. The letter from the rebel
Governor OF Louisiana contains tae re-
markable sentence:
I'VE have learned from dea-.bought ex-
perlence that negroes can be bought 10
tight, and that all who leave Us are made
to fightagainst u.s.
have an affection--never much indul-
ged--iOr q clean, crisp green back OF the
modest denomination of T., so. ( like il
as chef d0wvre from the ene.aver's bu.
rim; value IL for what it can do tor me:
l respect 1t because it is a little lnor.ga2e
on half \ continent with all its veal ID Of
mines, meadows and men, OF hearts and Of
harvests; but reverence II because it rep
resents hands that are true, q million
strong, and hopes that are Ioval, even as
the stars of heaven. Divessed of all the
fiction OF the men that would rart Liber-
tvs garments and cast lots fos It's vesture.
tnat little paralielogram - a pledge at once
OF the faith and the welfare OF ny country.
B. +. Taylor. eae
When the rebels invaded Pennsylvania
2 year ago last summer. Gen. Mcclellan
PrlvateIy expressed the opinion that our
army would be defeated and that he would
be summoned to the field to save the ma
[ional capital. But he proved a. bad q
prophet as he was = bad general. The VIC
Tory OF Gettysburg was won, Lee was sent
bowling and limping back to Virginia, and
ne hero OF the Chickahominy swamps was
EFT undisturbed to the ";ng,orious ease to |
which righteous popular verdict had con- |
signed him.-Atbany Euening Journal.
The Democracy Of PLiladel phia have en-.
gagged the Continental Thea.er as headuuar.
VCAC ~AAAA law A1CCtiDSS llAES v@rV fY0> l
luently. A few evenings since. savs the
Press, 2 fellow from New York made 4 |
speech in which the late Union victories
we're sneered at and ridsculed When he
,aid that sherman was "cocped up" that
sheridan was " retreating," he was actual. |
3 applauded. IF were Southerner.-
'aid gentleman who witnessed this dis
sraceiui scene, Il could have applauded,
Northern man could rejoice in the misfor. |
tines of Northern armies.
The new law Of Congress in regard to the |
Of aliens tho have been ia |
he military or naval service is not gene |
ally understood. Attorney General Fos- |
er explains 1t to mean that regular natu-
'a!ization continues to be indispensable. |
put an honorably discharged alien soldier
. entitled to be naturalized upon proof oil
me years residence in the United States
previous to the petition foe naturalization. |
The United States gunboat Shenandoah
lrrived at Havana on the 10th ult.. with |
,equest from our government for the de- |
livery on board OF Appleton Oaksmith. |
ennrOoH Nth hoisNrp