The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-16

1T 1bAt otn SHVHlEYs
WAIVERS. Tenn, Dec. %, l6.5.
DEAR HAWK -Ei f;:-Olr battalion (the
| istl have invited themselves 10 spenC
some time, perhaps the winter with the
| good people OF this place. Il our sensibil-
| itirs had not been blunted by soldering
we might have thought We were not very
welcome guests, Tor our reception was not
ne1.a cordial. They used every abusive ep.
| tibet 70 the men; said we had lust come 10
plumber them and destroy their property,
and that their gallant defenders would not
permit " - hold the town many DAYS. By
the way the only manifestation Of the
presence OF the aforesaid ''G1Lt0ut defend
ers We have had il when under the cover
OF darkness they nave concealed them
selves and tired Cn our pickets, but We
Wandn take q h5Rt, and We STAYED
This IS the county seat OF iiunlphrie.
county, and ut tine commencement u The
war was IN Aourshlng condition. but
like every Other Southern town, il reapng
the l1Gita 81 secession. The ll.sv walks al
business and prosperity are ovCrgrovD
With tine Wcetis XII poverty and dystItlltiou.
1reat Is the s,G the South has been guilty
UT. btit We cannot pass through her + riders
without teei.ng t.*t ,4t.aily great .s the
punishment WHICH IS beng inflicted and
tie PRAYER u every loyal heart il, that tic
Ehaet!atn- rod may descend harder and
Raster ulliti trae repentance shall take the
Place ei perversen"ss, and We again have
Y prosperous country. There has never
DGti any Union troops here before, and Tie
.hhapilahta nave very appropriately ma
med il tae 'kebcl Heaven" Here they
nave met and organized t.Ieir plunder.nu
expeditions with perfect safety, for there
were 40 Feocral troops acarer than Fort
3pheleon. ard when forced to retreat from
other parts Of The state, have come here fo-
protection. Ter man 10 manifest the
FEAST love Tor the old Union was the signal
for the commencement vi 4 system III per
seeution tro,n which il hc escapes with his
he he may consider himself fortunate.
It's house would be burned, and his tami-
~ turned Out into the pitlces storm. all Of
ms property that could he OF any service
10 them they would take :nt. destroy the
remainder. nor would the pray ers and tears
a helpless women and children prevent
TINS. Ii | was permitted To relate the bar
baritie~ that are inflicted on the Union
men. II wonld chill the blood Of the most
nearilese and disgrace the savagcs Oil
boasted Chivalry u Tho South The greasy
mechanic and hardtistcd lahorer' III .he
North blush ~ your gationt conduct But
brighter day, are in store for this part of
rebellion.
FROM where | am sitting can see the
Stars ana stripes floating proudly from the
court house, Tor the first time since the war
For scores of years the dear old flag has
been the beacon-light TO which the down
troddeu and oppressed have looked for
protection: wherever its domain extends
justice prevails, and the sight of that starry
banner floating over this stronghold OF Sc
cession IS proof enough that the dark night
OF secession which has SO long shrouded
this part Of the State in darkness will soon
be dispelled by the rising sun Of returning
peace and prosperity.
Captain Tenney, OF the LIST Kansas Bat
terry, has been appointed Provost Marshal
and Il better man for that position could
not DO found, having been in the service
since the commencement of the war he
understands how deal with rebels, whether
III arms or concealing their traitorous de-
signs under the cloak of Unionism. and
while treating the rebels with severity his
course is always tempered with justice.
Almost daily Col. Dorr has companies
out securing the country in all directions.
The good results OF his system are already
maniiesting themselves. Every day the
more is required Of those who have never
aided the rebellion than taking the oath,
but the others are placed under heavy
bonds, and as they all have property in
this immediate vicinity, their bonds can
be depended on.
That ignorance Of the people in the South
is urprising-almost incredible. We fad
many persons here possessing an average
amount of intelligence who insist that the
rebels still hold Vicksburg, and their ,c,y
reliable authorities inform them that at the
lateibattle at Chattanooga Grant was totally
defeated by Bragg, and that he, Grant, was
falling back on Nashville, and this impress
sion universally prevails. This war was
commenced by deceit and is prolonged by
same means. The people wers~ told that
when the "Iankees" camo they would
take everything they had, and language
cannot express their surprise to find that
we are not a band cut-throats and plumber
derers. Perhaps there is not place even in
the extreme South where the people are as
generally Southern i'll their sympathies
and yet even here we find \ great many
Union men. Every day they come into
our lines having been driven from their
homes, and they tel us that across the
Tennessee river the woods are full of Union
men. They are living In caves and de-
pending on their faithful negroes for food.
These men are anxious to "rrove their
faith BY tneir york They do not come
and ask lis to protect them, or TO pass them
through our lines that they may find pc ace
fui homes III the North, but with burn
ing sense Of tie injury that has been
perpetrated upon them. and with holy
patriotism within, they come and ask "
70 receive them as fellow s1ldiers--to al
low them to share our hardships and p.i-
vaions-they ask the privilege of goin,
ana HbeIating their brothers and driving
Tic rebels from their homes. Such are the
Union men OF the South, and / am glad to
3dJ II.i4 number. .a.e not few