The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-28


and his fellows, who survive, refuse to be
oomforted. Their General J. &. B. Stuart,
called "Jeb," for short, il dead and il
buried, and the traitors of Richmond tell
IA that their sorrow 10 ~ great - 1t was
when s'Stonewalp' jackson fell and de-
parted, ~ 10 the lot Of all mortality
They furnish % with long accounts Of his
last hours. They dilate upon his GOODNESS;
they laud his devotion they tell rs how
he parted his worldly goods among his
friends above al, they grow pathetically
eloquent over his piety, his Christian for
titude. his angelic resignationi It is really
wonderful We thought We had enough
of this when the traitor ''Stonewall' died.
He was every inch ''eaint." But If the
rebels are credited, this other traitor, call
cd "Jeb," occupies somewhat higher
niche, and has achieved . greater glory In
the regions Of the blessed! There was
never anything like it. The butchering
misorsants, who began with treason and
have since damned themselves BY all sorts
of premeditated infAmies, die amid their
crimes, and are heralded towards Heavenly
beatitudes a. models Of chivalry and piety!
What queer route some folks choose to
bliss hereafter!
~ The New York 1slbxne, In printing
the lists of New York soldiers wounded in
the recent battles, heads them "THE ROLL
|oF HoNoR." It il just that. It IL the roll
on which IL inscribed the names of those
entitled to the highest honor. Those who
are there named have proved their patriot
ism by their deeds. There IL no humbug
about their faith. There IL no pretension
Of faith, all barren Of works, in thenh.-
They have gone down into the seething
cauldron of battle. They have faced the
lannon's mouth, the fierce bayonet charge,
the rafting musketry and whistling rife
ball. They went in to die IL fate should so
ordain for their country. They were not
among the shirks. They did not 60 to the
rear, deserving their brother patriots in the
van Of battle. They did not prefer their
own lives before the safety Of their coun-
try. They were brave. More than that,
they were TRUE. Their wounds are badges
Of honor. Their sufferings are endured
with patience, because they prefer their
country before all things else-before their
own lives. They are made immortal
among men. Not all the public win know
or remember each. It will take noteof and
honor tho mass. But their children, and
their children's children, through innumer-
able generations, win remember and honor
them, and learn from their noble example
to love and defend their country. Their
descendants win abhor traitors and trear
son and rebellion. The roll Of honor win
itself to the latest generations,
making true patriots Of each succeeding
one. Who is there who would not be
proud to have his name inscribed upon 1T
ia sa,s..n So. 4r
1rOur dispatches this morning contain
some illustrations OF the mode adopted in
Dixie to :. fire the Southern heart, !" and
nerve Lees armyto received exertions and
more desperate valor. It viii astonish our
readers to hear Of the numerous and com.
plicated disasters which have befallen the
Union armies ON the lower Mississippi -
The number Of boats they captured at AL
the prisoners they took there, the
small number of men who escaped from
that CYL de sac with Banks and Porter, the
evacuation Of Baton Rouge, the burning Of
Natchez,-all these startling events must
have animated the poor bedevilled rebels
with some renewed hope-if they believed
the story. We are only amazed, however,
that they did not 60 the "whole hog while
about it. Why they didn't say they had
taken Banks and Porter and all their men,
and vessels, why they didn't say they had
seized New Orleans and retaken Vicks-
burg, We can't imagine, unless it be that
they are keeping back the news Of such i'm
portant events for the struggle, just prece-
ding their plunge into the "last ditch"
where all the Chivalry are going to "die',
together. We don't know whether that
ditch II dug as yet. But We think Grant
and Sherrnan are digging away at It, Just
now, pretty efEectually. twill be pleas
ant when we learn that all the !" Chivalry',
have reached and are In il. What q holo-
caust it will belti egasbo saj eo 3sfi
4 - There 10 about regiment of hum
dred-day men nowiin camp 1t Feoria, Ill,
enlisted; in that Congressional District
We think our nsighbor, aeross the river
means 70 maintain It's Alne and character
for loyalty and promptitude, notwithstand-
ing the number Of vile and virulent Cop
perhsads who disgraee it, soil. We don't
know but Illinois win como out ahead Of
Iowa in supplying its quota Of hundred
day men. Unless We redouble our activity
and moro earnestly apply ourselves to the
work there isgsonse danger Of our being
rather behind. Our Iowa soldiers viii not
feel particularly complimented by such .
result. The way to avoid Il b to an upthe
ranks without delay. Now h the time to
do . good and lasting service to the coun-
try. The war cannot b ended, the Rebel
lion cannot b crushed except by hard
lighting, BY crushing the traitor armies,
When We have done that, which 10 now
within our power. II we are net laggards In
duty, the Rebellion Win simmer out quick
y. Why will men hesitate when every