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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ Our:: Northern Butternuts cannot find
anything worthy Of appreciation in the
Presidents last Proclamation. They have
declared that it would g disgrace the peo-
pie Of the South should they accept the
terms he offers. The Butternuts really an
pear to imagine that there is something that
can increase the ignominy of traitor But
the Union men Of the South approve the
terms OF the Proclamation, and many who
have been active traitors already eyince a
purpose Of accepting his conditions. And
now we learn that the two leading papers
published in North Carolina unite ia con-
demning traitor Davis annual batch Of
lies, and in favorable comments on the
Presidents Message and Proclamation. II
really seems as if the people of Dixie may
disgrace" themselves by returning tc
their senses. Our Butternuts will fee, bad
about it. There is no hope Of their doino
likewise. They never had any sense. NOR.
ais Or deccncy, to which they can return.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09
Farmers Income t.

/ =. DUNHAN, ESQ. I'm vopr ;a
Dec. 18th, find statement in rero.9 VI
the income Tax Of the farmers of ny ~
county, signed by b, that, by its falsi,'.
ootn III ie.ter ana spirit, requires notice
~ far,n n,at'er q great difficulty TO arrive
AT a farmers income with exactness as w ~
keep any memoranda of profit and Ia' &c"
ana increase in value of stock and grain =,
bands cannot be reached with ohsn,r..'
certainty; but the farmers generate ,uo
ierred Over-estimating than undarr.tt;n,-
tneir grains, in making their lists snr Iss.St
II q: Is posted in regard to the bus;nos.
ana interests OF the farmers Of this conntT
ne knows that last year was q hard ono y,
mem. SprlnS grain was failure. Vast
NUMBERS OF hogs died OF choIera-somo
men losing over 200 head. Corn sold 81 %
t@ ID cents per bushel. Hay at 3405 per
Ton. Aud hired help was hard to ba ~.
tanned at any price, ~
An examination of the census of crons
stock, &C., taken by the township Assasln,,
| .ast spring, will show that it is not trna
that there are two hundred persons in
Des MONIES County outside the c;tv limits
tlat ought to have paid income tax. and
,he returns OF Internal Revenue, annual
assessment Of May, 1865, for Divisions All
| and 9TH, will show that it is NOT true Chat
one-tentn OF that number paid the in.
come duty. There are more than ona
fourth OF two hundred in the list of the 9th
Division alone
Does this anonymous traduce- Of the far
mers OF Des Moines County know that the
laws provide for heavy penalties for these
one hundred and eighty ''skulkers" one
half going to the informer? WHY does he
not return them to the Revenue officers
There is 'big thing for him if he can see
it"
| believe candid examination of tho
subject will prove that the farmers of Des
MONIES County have responded as faithful
~ to the call Of their country. to the ex
tent Of their ability, with means and men.
their taxes. their voluntary contributions.
their sons, themselves, as any other class
or any other locality.
So much for B-a word Of exhortation
and improvement. to tax payers. Now il
the time to balance the books, to note the
amount of farm products and the increas-
ed value of grain and stock unsold. and to
foot up the income OF 1858. 1t will save
time and uncertain figures in May.
NJ B.
Des Moines County, Dec. 30, 1868.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ Thursday, Friday and Saturday Of
last week will be memorable as three .,
the coolest days, and for one of the fiercest
storms, ever experienced in this section OF
country. Friday morning the thermome.
.er' according to some, was thirty degrees
below zero. If that is not low enough 10
enable us to say it was cold to excess. VIC
confess we are not anxious to experiment
lur'ner, even with the assistance OF good
hfe. We cry, Hold, enoughr'
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

G3- If the folles of men had not IN al
ages been so conspicuous, it would have
been deemed incredible that any man out
side a rnadhouse could for moment dream
of tclerating, much less sanctioning and
approving, y crime like sohvery. That we
are not astounded at finding men who pro-
fess to value their own liberties, insisting
that others ought to be held in bondage,
and ought to be not merely satisfied with,
but thankful for, the bonds and masters
which make their servitude, is owing mere
~ to the fact that we know men are often
the mere slaves of prejudice and passions,
and incapable of reason in opposition to
their influence. There would be no advo-
cate Of slavery in all the North, if all the
men Of the North comprehendcd their own
positions. The liberties We enjoy are not
ours becs use we are of q different race from
the unfortunate blacks among us. They
are not ours because of our intelligence. or
virtues, or courage, or Of anything else that
may DO imagined to mako distinction be-
tween our own race and any other, and to
evidence our superiority. They are ours
simplv because in the last century or two
the true principle Of human freedom. as
understood by the wise in all ages, has at
last had a chance development, has par.
TALLY overcome the arms and power of
despots, and compelled q partial recogni-
ton of the true equality of man.
Our own Government grew out of this
idea. The Declaration Of Independence
affirmed it. The error of that day was moi
in q want Of understanding the principle
but in not giving it full development in
fact. Our fathers affirmed that ssall mer
are created equal" But they retained ,
class Of men in bondage. They hesitatef
in giving full operation to the truth which
they declared was ''self-evident." The,
listened to the pleadings Of q supposed in
terest. They succumbed to the demand
of masters whose minds could not be ele
waited above the sordid aims of mere self
ishness, hoping and believing probabl
that the wrong they submitted to for til
time would finally and soon die out of In
aniticn. They exempliied the truth Z
the cid coaplet:
We see the right and we approveit tao
condemn the wrong. but still the wrong Nh rs,,e
mus 1t happens that our country. prc
iess'ng to be free, was, in fact, given owe
TO the control of slavery. In truth it coul
not have been otherwise. Wrong is =
ways aggressive. It maintains itso,f :
aggression. Its very name signifies ",
against the right. It cannot exist witho,
warning against right. To tolerate it
simply to give it ground to stand q,
10 give it strengh, to enable
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

ns~The Copperhead City Council Of >.
ora know how to take care Of Conror,,
newspapers During the last six months
.ney nave paid out the City treasurv
ior printing and advertising over two tho.
SAND dollars to q filthy Secession shaa.
called the MAIL That is thu OWL,
That lie can be kept in these dirtv dessa,.
inators Of treason.
N1-At a regular meeting Of R,~,;
typographical Union No. 50 the following
persons were elected officers for the ensn;r.
term:
Ees'dent-MoSRoE G. CARLTON
. !, ase 1nes'"emtIJ. +. P. SNYDER.
Sec'eta,y-W. M. Brown.
financial Secretary-W. Z. Woo,,
lTeasurer-JAMEs NJ. BRoApwEID. N"D'
Sergeant-dt-i rms-H. l., DoDur
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

10 The late invasion Of Arctic weather
appears to have penetrated as far south as
Louisville. though with diminished power
But even there. We are told, the tiermome-
ter got about twenty degrees below zero,
which was altogether unprecedented in
taat region. They also had heavy snow to
bear.it company.
We DO not believe that tho same weather
was experienced much farther South,
though it IS possible. They sometimes
have pretty cold weather in Tennessee, but
It mover seems to be determined by the
weather North Of it. The line Of climatic
logical division seems to run from North
East to Southwest through Kentucky,
over which our Northern temperature but
rarely trespassee. We are somewhat ou-
rious to ascertain whether it did in this in
stance. Tho weather will probably be re-
ported to as from ~ far South as Chatta-
nooga.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ We wonder if this "cold term,
made an impression so far into Dixie"
as Richmond. If it did, how do the delect-
able traitors who have there assembled un.
oer the pretence of Congress =" like it =?
wonder if they manage to keep warm by
the reasonable fires that flame so tiercely
IN their bosoms? Ifthese did not suffice to
keep tneir blood warm, were they able to
oullo others that did? We are really Gu
',ous 20 know. These fellows talk so much
OF tneir hot blood, and make such boast
OF their inability to temper it rightly tha,
we should like to know what Off,. - 49,,
duced by such temperature as we have
had hereabouts. Such Hecla at;d 40 c;r.
cuiates through their honorable veins ought
TO enable them to stand up against arv .s.
sauit these Arctic winds can get up. i
would be fine thing to have hot blood !
it really has this effect.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09
Deady Dead!!

| After brief career of less than two years
the BurIsngto,, Daily Argus IS dead. W.
record the fact with sorrow, not because y
ever intentionally did right thing or ex-
hibited an honorable or manly emoIion'
| but because it's malice, its stupidlty anu It's
depravity were fast running the few Butter-
nuts of Burlington who had either money
or character To Ioose-because it saved us
thousand dollars year III taxing .eio-
graphic dispatches without competing as a
newspaper, getting its money by breeding
the Rutternuts here who could be induced
to shell out. "The party levied tax on
the faithful of from SOC. to IS per month To
keep It going. Such an amount OF lying
RI sustain il was never done to SO small 4
purpose by the blowers and strikers. IL
was a big thing. The Tribune hadn't half
the circulation they ali swore. The "Abo-
lition pups who said it would die were
mathematical. Every issue Of tho vile
sheet came reeking from the press full Of
base Iibeis upon our soldiers, and upon
loyal people that it did not like, and open
ly espousing the cause of jeff Davl, and
the rebellion, il became stink in the nos
triis Of the secessionists. The worst o.
them blushei for its shameless prostitution
and they finally stopped the corruption
fund on which It existed and the Argus Is
dead. Never was greater effort made to
sustain newspaper. But all the money
OF the State Bank could not keep such an
infamous thng III existence.
Now that the Argus is dead we would i.
we knew anything to its credit, say it. II
it has on any occasion stood forth a, the
champion OF truth and justice, we have not
observed il. Fit ever has given any encour-
agement TO merit or sympathy for the slf-
tering or unfortunate, or sustained the
timid, we never have noticed 1t. It has la
bored for party" only and employed the
small amount of brains with which it was
blessed in pervert.ug the truth II a shall
low way. The class of persons to which it
was adapted, unfortunately have nothing
left, after paying for their whisky, TO buy
Daily papers. The political papupon which
they are fed has 10 be assimila.ed to their
delicate organizations by the nursing
mothers IL the Butternut party who have
learned by long practice just what will do
and how it must be compounded. We
should be glad to say something compli-
men.ary to Mr.. Bentley or Miss Nancy
Tod, but it is out of the question. Even on
this melancholy occasion when It would be
proper TO stretch a point for appearance
sake, We cannot think Of Il virtue Or any
thing which assimilates a virtue in either
Even rs blackguards, they We're not first
or second class. If we knew anything
they were capable ofdoing we should sug-
gest it. We don't. Good bye 0Ir. Bentley !!
Farewell Miss Nancy! This is your first
and last appearance in the Haaek- ENc.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

SUIcIDE.-A Mrs. Myers, of Fort Madi-
son, committed suicide BY jumping into
an air hole in the river on Saturday last
man who attempted to rescue her. cot
into the water and came very near drown
Ing
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

GN- If the Richmond Wing has declared
that "Slavery has stabbed itself TO death,
| it has at last uttered q truth which all OF
able about its enunciation of it is that,
having come TO this sensible conclusion, it
should venture upon its utterance in Dix
lie, and in the very teeth of the chief trait
| Ors their congregated. 1t indicates q con-
fessiOn of failure. 1t acknowledges that
treason has at last reached q condition of
absolute despair. When it says that ''slav
cry has stabbed itself to death" it means
of course that the last hopes of the rebels
are utterly exhausted, that the attempt to
overturn the Government is a aemonstra-
ted failure, and that nothing is left to
the traitors but to submit and obtain the
the best terms they can. II means
nothing less than this. For If there
remains a shadow of hope for the rebellion,
slavery cannot be dead. No one North or
South imagines that slavery will die if the
Rebellion succeeds. Everybody under
stands that the triumph Of the traitors over
| the law, would inevitably rivet stronger
chains upon the bondmen-that the es-
Enlistment of the pretended "Confedera-
~ would be on the erection of a Ma
tionaiity upon the corner stone Of slavery.
This confession is u vital one 1t
maans, beyond the fact that the Rebellion
| is IN its expiring agonies, that il was with
out cause and without apology or excuse
slavery hds stabbed itself to death" The
Ill tIt!ttIOn VAS Safn Rit .hiS Il III M, on,,
tent the slavemongers. They were no:
content with the safety and security they
enjoyed under tho Constitution. They
wanted more than this. They had grown
proud and ;nsolent. They insisted upon
beng allowed to dictate not merely the pO-
iItical action Of the country, who should
and who should not occupy the public Of
foes, but what opinions should be enter
tanned by the people Of the country. They
were not content that the country should
merely tolerate slavery. They insisted
that 1t should be sanctioned, mathematical
and approved by the whole people. Be-
cause the people would not do all this they
lnstigated rebellion, and plunged the coun-
try into al the horrors Of this terrible civil
war. Now they tell US that slavery has
stabbed itself to death" It /, true. And
since we have had the war, let all free
men rejoice that, much as they wished to
avoid these calamities, when it is ended,
the cause, and sole cause of it, will be ut
terly destroyed. 1t stabbed itself. None
but an idiot or mailman would restore it
to l!fe
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ The Legislature OF this State meets
next Monday. 1t ID one-sided BODY and
viii be able to transact its business will,
dispatch, II IT 80 chooses. We do not coun-
sci haste, but we do counsel promptness.-
Whatever there is necessary to be done.
let it be done with as little waste OF words
ana time as proper caution and due regard
for thoroughness viii. Justify Above all,
we hope for little more care, than has
been manifested heretofore in the drafting
OF bills The great trouble with our prac-
tical legislation is that our laws are seldom
prepared with sufficient precision, and are
constantly interpreted Ivy the Courts in a
wider sense than that Intended by the
Legislature, and frequently in way al
most opposite to the intention. Laws af-
tecting the general interests cannot be
made TOO precise. They should be 50
worded as 70 make a too extensive or an
erroneous Interpretation difficult if not i'm
possible. They should mean exactly what
the Legislature intends-no more and no
less. And where there is possibility that
the new statute may modify or be modi-
ned ~ the old, in mode not intended,
extreme caution should be exerted to avoid
TINS constantly recurring danger. We
make these suggestions because they are
necessary. Careless legislation is the fruit
ful source Of much needless and costly
litigation. There are statutes now in
force, which. if they mean anything, do
not mean what they were Intended to
mean, and others which absolutely dis
grace the statute book. Care will avoid
these evidences Of haste aad neglect Let
il be OK a.tn&i
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ If our readers find our paper less
interesting than usual this morning, we
hope they will remember that we have not,
at this writing, had an Eastern mail since
Wednesday night, and are consequently
without our exchanges from which ia
make up our accustomed variety. we
trust the snow embargo is about over. Il
1t continues we will do the best we can. and
pray that the telegraph will manage to hei,
Us out.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

~ The New York Herald is repeating
its quadrennial tactics Of nominating eve
ry probable and possible man for the next
Presidential candidacy. We cannot follow
it through its ground and lofty tumbling"
on this particularly slack rope. In fact it
makes an ordinary man dizzy to note the
astonishing feats it performs not to exhibit
its grace but its gracelessness. It is now,
or had when the last mails came in, got as
far along the list as Gen. Grant, and was
firing daily salutes in his honor with its
biggest guns and most expert artillerists.
What new hero it has found since we dom
know. But we presume it will at least GO
through all the Major Generals, next the
Brigadiers and possibly top off with a
few favorite Colonies. The Army. we
fear, is in bad way. The censure of the
Herald might be endured. But really We
don't know how any one can manage te
exist under the stain of it's eulogy.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

Walt seems from the dispatches we
pu blished yesterday that a new batch OF
peculators have prospect of '.durance
viIe' for their frauds upon the Treasury.
Nothing woulddelight rs more than to have
the whole gang, East and West, caught.
held up to public scorn, and then made to
disgorge their ili-gotten gains and sui
the extreme penalty of the Law. IF these
penalties are not severe enough to deter
these sordid scoundrels from the commits
sion of these outrages, let Congress make
them so as to fit the case Men who in
these times car find nothing better to dc
than to rob the Treasury and impose upon
and defraud the soldiers, deserves any
penalty that can be inflicted. They are the
otfscouring of the earth and deserve the
execration of the whole people, Hunt them
out and put them through
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

The SToRM.-We hear that two stage
drivers i'll the employ of the Western Stage
Company were frozen to death Friday last.
One between Marshaltown and Des Moines
and the other on some other route near the
latter place. Another driver was nearly
frozen 10 death. A lady was also frozen to
death III the stage beside hes husband be-
yOnd Das MOines
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

"a To-day aad tomorrow are the last
days in which volunteers are assured Of
receiving the large bounties offered them
by the Government. Now they k,,ou that
they can Obtain them. After tomorrow
they are equally certain they cannot, I'M
less some new action ba taken by Congress
on the subject, and that action is very
uncertain reliance. Those who propose
volunteering had therefore better do so at
once Delays can profit them nothing.
Action nov viii be aJvant ageOus to them
selves aud usefu. 10 the country. Time
presses. There Is no longer room for hest
tating discussion. Nom is the hour. If you
do not, we vii, have the draft aud each
must take his chance. Shall Burlington
Township alone of this county lag behinde
II will unless the requisite number of vol
unteers offer themselves before Tomorrow
night.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

The snow storm of last Thursday was
one OF the severest that ever visited this
meridian, and it was followed by the most
intense cold. New Years morning, from
TO 8 O'Clock, the mercury stood at y to
3l' below zero n different localities in this
city. A number OF persons who were out
Friday and Saturday troze their ears and
faces, some fingers and toes. It was re-
ported that ono man, coming across the
river with a team, froze to death in his
sleigh, but we could not trace the report 10
any authentic source.
As the wind blew al "A terrible rate ali
the Railroads were blockaded. The G. b.
< q. Road had seventeen trains showed I'm
and frozen up. Saturday and sunday j
large force was at work from this direction
and we presume all along the road Last
night we are told, the road had been onen-
ed from this way q, far as Monmouth.
The B. & n. r. Railroad have raised the
blockade and trains are now making their
regular trips. THURSDAY mornings train
from Ottumwa got into Burlington Friday
night. Another train came through Satur-
day and there is no doubt that al, the
trains will now arrive and depar. on time,
unless there should be another storm.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-09

The Iowa Statesman is OFT il favor
Of the establishment of an "independent
lCopperhead) Church. in this State. The
pious editor Of the yatesw0,s feels the want
Of pure and uude.ilcd religion, which, he
SAYS, cannot De found in present Church
organizations. which are flied with green
eyed Abolitionists,'' aud turned into s.bea-
gardens by fanatical preachers. Should
the Statesman succeed in forming Church
At the Capital to its mind we know where
1t can secure tho preacher it is evidently
looking for. Deaa is the man.
Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-01-02
HEADQUARTERS 10TH ARMY CORPS,
Memphis, Tenn, Sept, 8th, 1863.

Memphis, Tenn, sept, ON, 1000.
General Orders No. ~.
Authority thereto having been vested
in the General commanding the Sixteenth
Army Corps, by special order No. %,
from the Secretary OF War IL. Thomas,
Adju,ant General U. s A, dated Mem
phis, Tennessee, May Goth. 1868, Samuel
f. Timmons, Captain in the Forty third
Ohio Volunteer Infantry, is hereby dis.
missed the service of the United States
for rendering his resignation upon grounds
of opposition to the policy Of the Admin.
istra,ion. Dismissal to take effect Sept.
3, 1868.
Samuel F. Timmons will be conducted
north OF the lines OF the Military Depart
ment Tennessee under guard.
BY order of Maj. Gen. s. A. HuRLBUr.
Henry BlSMoRE, A. A. e..
The Cairo Democrat says that court
martial, after a full hearing, has dismissed
from the service Henry Binmore, A. A. G,
on Hurlbut's staff, for gross conduct IN.
becoming an officer and a gentleman. His
offence was introduced as his wife, a
nymph du par'. She was visited BY the
officers and their wives, and was made
quite agreeable until the ponderous mouse
was smclt.