The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-14

The wild birds sang or seemed to ding.
they vanished in the misty air.
,TSs sooe vent With them in their hight;
But l0l they left the sunset lAtI.
And In the evening there Wa light
~ Fron The Ffont.
a ~ REv. THB0. L. CUYLER.
81 CuLPHPPER, Va, April q, 1854.
/ nover thought that should become .
High Churchman but am ensoonced to-
0ay In The gallery Of . deserted Episcopal
church In The ancient, aristOcrAtic Culpep-
por. Ny writing-desk il . candle-b box !; .
cooking-etove beside me hollis the coffee OF
r. Christian ccnmi:sion delegates the
yoad Il in the opposite gallery il our DOR
mitory, where We spread our blankets on
H. door, and sleep sweetly after our days
marches among the tents. Down in the
heoken pews ON the lower floor, the Pendle-
tons, Hills, and MERGERS, and other Culpep-
per patricians. have said or sung the Eng
LAh liturgy for . generation or more. In
he organ-lon 10 . huge stack of religious
books and newspapers, which the Christian
Commission are scattering broadcast thrO'
the army. This indefAtigable Commission
circulate 16, 600 papers per week from Bran
dy Station alone; 10000 10 the average
weekly circulation through the Army Of
and devoured by the soldiers.
Immediately under the church-window
lie the family Of Gen. A. P. Hill, who was
born in wonder old brick house on the cor
ner. The tents Of our men stand close up
to the graves Of the proud old aristocracy
Of the days Of Madison. A few rods off is
the Methodist church (pro- slavery, though
bearing the sainted Wesley's naine); and
,bv IN awful retribution it is now used as
cavalry stable. Hard by it, in q once ele-
Rrnt mansion, General Grant is now sitting
with New York paper in his hand, quiet
II enjoying his cigar. Ny true yoke. fell
low, Bro. Anderson, OF Newtown, and ny
III who meet him, were charmed with his
quiet. modest simplicity and manly bear
fiiR. He IS q l0W-voiced, dimdent man,
With fair skin and brown hair-looks youn-
Ter even than Fremont. and talks slowly,
Hike one used 70 keeping bis own secrets.-
He says he "never had even 2 heedac6e."
God grant he may have no heartachee dur
ing the coming eventful month"; When
rallied him pleasantly about the traditional
ssciGar," which he used ~ Napoleon did
the snufI- box, he smiliugly replied, when
the war 10 over, am going to give 1t up"
He hes the most unbounded confidence in
the troops; in every tent We hear the same
spontaneous testimony. hH@
Culpepper-whichis now the central point
Of interest to the civilized worlds in the
Ian of q lovely landscape. Before wars re-
mOrseless plowshare desOlated its fields,
swept away its fences. felled its forests, and
tore up its lawns and orchards, it was one
nor Bolts line old mansion and grounds
now in sight-are almost the only estate
which has been spared. In the principal
mansions of the village, the wives and chill
dren Of Confederate army officers still lin
ger, many Of them gaining their daily bread
by boarding the officers of our own army.
This morning, one OF the r. r. VS. was
milking his surviving COW, the scores of
slaves having long ago walked off into lib
erty. under the light of Father Abrahan's
Proclamation. Opposite his house reside
an aged aristocratic widow and her two in
valid daughters wives of rebel officers
j, who are entirely supported by the hard la
: Dor Of two household slaves, who are prac
tically free, and yet cling 70 the helpless
8 family, under whose roof they were born.
And this is the "barbarous" race whom the
London Times said would cut the throats Of
their former masters! 7"# IN. n
r. On tho edge of the village is well-kept
white boards, labeled ''iOth s. c. Vols,
s'5th Ala. Regt.," etc. "a melancholy Ace!-
dana. In the row stands similar board,
a inscribed IAN Unknown Union Soldier,
who fell at Bull Rum
Last evening, as We were strolling among
the graves, We mst = party Of eecs.ionist
earth-works just thrown mp BY our troops.
/ wonder whether any Of those patrician
fingers win slip . nice description Of the
ri6e-p1tu into the 'sunderground,' mall
which goes over to Lees army beyond tho
c R.pidan s@i,occ,sionally: a.....a
ssookiya i1ih, furnishsd Mr.. a. and
mvnelf horses, and IN orderly, to ride TO
tho top Of Pony Mountain, one Of our dg-
m stations. From the summit W had Z
nagni6esnta view Of our army, which
:s;ss:s :x;es @ls = ven re R.P nna.
tion.S Bel69o 10 rue Cedar Mountain, ON
whose slope Banks fought his brave but
diaastrous battle. The cloud Of dust to the
northsast marks Brandy Station; around
Il lie leagues q loyal tents; On every sids
haegago trains are moving across Tho
nsuvering, and ths shafp v6neys Of mus
~ impression Of baftle opening beneath
%, Cepe. Paine, Of Brooklyn, The gentle
manly si9nal officer, showed 10 pleasant
attentions, and told - how calmly Gen.
Grant at On . candle-box, the other day,
and smoked HE cigar IN tne ~ nee o. zen:
banks q Is Rapidan. With the naked
on the face Of Clark Mountain and down
toward the river banks. Gen. Lets guar.
ters are under the cloud Of smoke that
oveshangs Orange Court House. That
long line Of tents now contains aoo y!
$500 men: When LongstreeVe force q!
como up, they win reach . round hundred
thousand. Ooaceaerosi0n II The policy now,
On both sides. How many men there are
In the ranks Of Union and Freedom will b
known VIXEN the bulletin Of the coming
victory il announced. Our men are ii cd
nirable condition; . calm, solemn, ear
ton Of disappearing struggle.
80 Last eveaang this old. church wa filled