The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-31
THE HAWk-EYE
Wednesday,. December rs.


Wednesday,, December rs.
e., "A MERRY CHRlSTSIAS..
!, Since .sthis cruel war; was inaugurated
BY JEFF. Davis and hts fellow-conspirators
there has been no time that the general sit.
nation was 30 full OF hope and promise
DO time that the rebel foe vas relatively
sosweek or that tho rebellion seemed %
osftainly tottering to its fali. How great
h the change in our circumstances since
last July: Then treason was rampant IN
the North and tho Copperhead Villains
howled like hungry wolves for the blood Of
the Nationality murdered returned sol.
diefs, shot Provost Marshals proclaimed
resistance to the draft and organized = for.
midable conspiracy for, the overthrow Of
the Government and tho establishments Of
I Northwestern Confederacy. The rebels
were equally activs. We had been beaten
in Louisiana and Price was muatering his
AOYdes for the'invasion Of Missouri. Grant
failed to capture Richmond sherman's
hard campaign against Atlanta seemed to
produce no results equal to the public ex-
pSctarion. Il was . season Of gloom and
dilrrst to loyal men-a time Of activity
and hope to rebels and C0pperheads. But
when Phil. Sheridan took command in the
Shenandoah Valley and 20 handsomely
defeated EARLY, Tho dropping spirits Of loyal
people began 70 RISE. Then came the most
brilliant achievements Of the Navy, the
destruction Of the Alabama, and the cap-
ture Of the forts at Mobile. Then another
brilliant victory BY Phil Sheridan. Then
the humiliation of Price and his cut
Threats In Missouri Then the Waterloo
defeat OF Little Mack and his Copperhead
allies, the t'Sons Of Liberty''-the triumph.
ant re- election Of Abraham Lincoln, pledg-
ed to- put down, the rebellion and destroy
slavery. Since then we have had Sher-
mans Grand March through the heart Of
The Confederacy to the Sea, greatest
achievement Of this war, with results the
most important He sweeps over . whole
state, destroying its Railroads, living upon
its resources, and besieges Savannah al
most without resistance, Then, We have,
On the heels Of this. the total route and de-
struc,;on OF, Hoods army at Nashville, the
only rebel army outside Of Virginia.
All these successes and many more,
which We have neither time nor room now
to eEnmerate, have wrought q most won
derful change. The public mind il re-.
assured and ieyar people, fsel confident that
the .ihe is coming when We shall again be
one people, Resulted, pursuipg the arts Of
peace, with no slave in all our borders to
give the lie to our declaration that all men
are aud Of right ought 70 besfree. IN Ibis
season OF festivity we may therefore be
merry, not because necessity has compell-
ed Us, III order to savs the life OF the nation.
to Ahed the blood Of our fellow citizens, but
Atshe bright hope which the situation holds
Npto AS. We maybe merry because the
certainty that We can save the Republic
las eeen demonstrated. It Is Gully a cues
ton OF time. The rebellion may go down
Inthree months or it may drag through
three years. But 1t will 90 down. And
when it goes down and Johnny. comes.
marching home we shall be very gay, and
We can afford TO be 2 little gay now.
@-A great deal Of excitement prevails
in Michigan over the coming election Of
United States Senator from that State.-
.hon.J. NJ. Howard, the present incum-
benz, ss'opposed by Governor Austin Blair,
Hon. +. Z. Beaman, Hon. +. ". kellogg
and others.
~ There have OF late been quite mum.
her OF deserters to the enemy from the
army Of the Potomac, mostly from among
&c alien substitutes. -Four Of these, who
I'D been recapiured, were hung On Friday,
md :heir fate, it is hoped, will be warn
iHg 20 those who were tempted to follow
TIER example.
~ An old man and his wife in Putnam
county, Indiana, put q kettle Of live Goals
in their bedroom, during the late cold snap,
and were smothered to death.
E A movement has been set on foot III
Ohio, originating in Lancaster, his native
city, 70 raise afund " it'll which to buy q.
farm for Major. General Sherman, ..as a
substantial and enduring token OF their
appreciation Of his genius and achieve
tlnsnts, and as an evidence that they desire
that Ills name and fame should be forever
united with his native State 90
+
- The prize money of The hardy sail
css who fought in Mobile Bay amounts to
ever one years pay for every man en-
gagged. 90
lite London Times considers Sheruaan's
march the gres.test military event of mod
ern times, and states that twill either make
or sain him. The grand result, when it
reacnes England, accompanied by tho news
g of Hoods defeat, win still further depress
~Cop.sderate hopes, which were already
rapidly sinking. The French official pa.
pers, since MIR Lincoln's reelection, tell
The ruth about the North; and it is stated
Napoleon had told Slidell that there was nc
prospect of recognition. s,,s. rs. sss
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Public Printing reports to the WAYS and
Means Committee deficit of i've hundred