The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06

John y. Brecklnr100e, NJ oeomo 20 nave nc
tears to shed except for his s.horses." II
IL only another proof Of the immeasurable
msanness and sel6shness Of An aristocrat.
What affects him personally IL important.
What Affects other men only, IL quite IN.
important. humanity, brutality and
cruelty are the natural results. It IL a.
impossible for an aristocrat to bea gentle
man - it is for the devil to be saint. He
may pretend to be one, but it Is = fraud
4 gentleman il unseldsh, IL humane, al
ways confederate Of the rights Of others
Tho man who claims more rights for him.
self than he allows to others is simply q
Ityrant by nature and = brute in fact.
-. We don't know what is the amount
Of the latest raid North Of the Potomac, nor
whether 1t is likely to be persisted in, Or
measures have been taken to ensure its
hasty rebuff. But one thing il certain. II
thereis any considerable force there, it is
90 many subtracted from Lees army, and
viii make the resistance be can offer to
Grant 80 much less than it would otherwise
be. We cannot undertake to compute
whether that reduction is of sufficient adj
vantage to Grant to compensate for the in
jury done by the rebels this side the Poto-
mac. We cannot know this without being
first made acquainted with multiplicity
of facts not likely to be made public very
soon. But we shall be glad to learn that
Grants movements meet with success. IF
they do, all the damage any number Of
rebels may do in Maryland or Pennsylva-
nia, will be mere bagstelle. The thing to
b done is to destroy the army Of Lee. That
being thoroughly accomplished there Is not
much moro to be done besides gathering up
the fragments.
THE national LoAr.-We call atten-
ton to the advertisement Of the First Ma
tional Bank, Of this city, which il now pre-
pared to receive subscriptions either for
the 1910 old-paying securities Of the
United StAteG or for the three year con-
vertible Treasury notes bearing interest at
seven thrte-tenths per cent. The more
money the people put into these securities
the more they will restrict the currency,
and the more they will do to put an end to
speculative and exhorbitant prices, he
aides ministering to the necessities Of the
Government. We trust that this locality
will now promptly do its share. The more
we do the better off will we all be, indi-
vidually ana as people. The great
cause of inflated prices is excess of cur
rency. If we set the current into the
Treasury, the excess will be stopped and
prices will return to their natural basis
That is what men want. even though they
have ne higher interest in the Governments.
Those who prefer the Treasury notes must
subscribe promptly. From present indi-
cations they won't last long.
~ The people of Rockford, ILL.,, have
organised society for the planting of
shade treea. A similar society would do
no harm in these parts. A great many
might be planted in our city without dam
ger Of their being crowded, and they would
add immensely Is the comfort Of all when
the thermometer gets into the nineties.
Why isit that 90 many Of our residents neg
lect 80 cheap an improvement to the ap-
pearance Of our streets and so essential q
thing a. shade to their dwellings? Tksy
must have an antipathy to trees. We can't
account for vthsir absence on any other
ground. Their cost Is 30 near nothing at
al, that we can't conceive that to be the
/ ~The rebels are reported to have
burned . large part Of Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania, last Saturday. We are not
surprised ut the act, though we don't see
that 1t did them any good. Hitherto. in
that quarter, they have RETAINED from
burning towns. Did this occur because
they were specially enraged at the people
there, or because something had happened
to foil their ultimate purpose9 Az yet ~
cannot say. But We are quite sure that
burning towns in that region won't assist
them greatly. People don't like to have
their houses burned even though they arr
Copperheads, and they have been known
to muster pluck enough to shoot the house
burners. Perhaps 1t will stir up the PEG.
pie there. We don't think it quite impos-
sible.
~ The following paragraph We cir
from the Kankakee Oily Gozette. The
promise Of I big yield Of grain i cheering
In that locality 81 81 $500 ~ ,8s ~
"FrOm general report and Observation
we are sasis6ed the wheat crop IN thil
county will be full average In Quantity
and excellent In quality, that the cat crof
will be large and good, that corn nevel
gave better promise, and IL the sessor
should be favorable to the end pota.oee viij
b ~ plentiful ~ we could wish. Kanla.
kee y better OF In the line Of crops thar
she has been for years. We think our ~,
mers win duly appreciate thsgood fortune
l. ~We print elsewhere an article from
the New York 7rgb~.e, discussing Ii,
merits Of the new loan rendered by th,
Secretary Of the Treasury, headed " Mr.
Fessenden's Appeal Let everybody reai
| II. and let those who have even q small
sum to invest, avail themselves Of the OBJ
portunity at once. The loan is said to b.
extremely popular among Eastern capital
4 ISIS. A very large sum was taken the frs
day it was offered, and every day since. =