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The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-12

MANHATTAN the infamous secesh
correspondent of the Liverpool Post, writes
from New York:
New York will have to end the war if it
10 ever ended. She possesses the elements
Of war. Without her the war could not go
on week. Unfortunately, she has no
great statesmen or wise men. She has no
guide. She is chained to the war car Of
President Lincoln. The aCeakness fSnch q
trifcr as Governor Seymour has Frustrated
the Empire Csy at the feet Of the Federal
authorities. It is awful to contemplate.
Now people ask will New York submit
riot?' Ne, certainly not. Lincoln will
order O,000 troops to the city Of New York,
and that will make US all quiet AS lambs
We will then submit TO the draft. That is
the only way New York City can be held
during March If the draft is ordered here.
Will General Lee permit Lincoln to send
&, 600 United States troops to garrison New
York City? Alas, we are hopeless in this
city. We have q Vdr Governor, and gerry
soft s0a.c az that. I do not knOW any arhite
man NI.o Is so generally cursed as is Seymour,
although it is quite evident that he Is not
worth q curse
The difficulty with Governor Seymour
is, he will not follow the counsels of the ul-
tras Of his party and seek an opportunity to
make war with the General Government.
He has been vigorously pressed to resist
the draft, and drift into war with the
National authorities. Populations Of Cop
perhcads from the West Aace visited Coz
ernor Seymour, at Albany, and brought a
pressure upon him, to take tie lead in q
Northern insurrectioN. II Is proper to say
that Mr.. Daniel W. voorhees,, Of Indiana,
Member of Congress from the Terre Haute
District. called to see Governor Seymour
on business, and was exceedingly disgust
ed because he did not find the Governor
ripe .or rebellion.
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EDITOR HAwk-EYE:-In the DAYS or
Napoleon the LIST when the victorious ar
mics of France returned to their native
land they were received by their country
men with open arms and showers of bless
iDgs were poured upon them by their kim
dred and their friends. Our veterans, re-
turning home daily are engaged in q far
nobler cause. The former were fighting
for territorial extension, under an ambi-
tious leader. Our veterans are battling
for the preservation Of our nationality, for
the perpetuation Of civil and religious lib
erty. And now as the day draws near
when we will see in our midst the veterans
Of the 1st Iowa Cavalry returning home, to
spend short time with those they love %
dearly let US prepare and give them such
. reception, as will make their very souls
leap with joy. Seeing that they are mot
forgotten by those for whose rights - well
as their own they dare to face death in .
forms. B.
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DOMESTIC BLIss.-An exchange thinks
it mighty pleasant thing to be disturbed
by the following language from ones bet
ter half after dinner, while endeavoring to
enjoy ones self with newspaper and fra.
grant cigar:
my Dear, wish before You return to
your business that you would bring up q
few armtulls Of wood; then take the tub
down to the cooper's shop and have q hoop
put on it; then hunt up = drayn,an and get
him to haul a barrel Of soft water from the
river; then 60 over to AnkenyG Oar. and
get supply of sugar and coffee; and then
go to the different stores in town, and keep
hunting around until you find some eggs:
then take this shoe to Mr.. Corning and
have it repaired; and then, if you have time,
you may bring in pail Of water; and be-
fore you get up from your chair, if You
win be SO good as to wipe that child's
nose"
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-03-12

DR.. Fuller, the celebrated eye doctor Of
Ottumwa, Iowa, has put his foot into his
dish Of porridge, BE- non est individual
huckef-cheated the Niger barber-cut on
his LIQUOR bill-left his washwoman in the
suds-swindled the printer and gone to
parts unknown. He LEFT numerous little
sums behind him due mostly to persons
who supposed him 70 be sound on the
goose. He will probably turn up in some
healer Of chronic diseases generally, and
should this notice fall under his eye, he
viii please remit to usby mai, our risk, the
amount due 10 for advertising ll5) and &C
cepts our compliments for past favors: No
charge for this pud, DoctoI.IUxso* 0s.a r..
above and our own knowledge Of him that
he makes business of stealing his print
ing. He owes US go for advertising and
Job work.
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are made to be kind" says Horace Mann,
generous and magnanimous. If there 10
boy in the school who has club-foot,
don't let him know you ever saw it. II
there is boy with ragged clothes, don't
talk about rags in his hearing. If there is
a lame boy, assign him some part Of the
game which does not require running. If
there is hungry one, give him part Of
him to get his lesson. If there is bright
one, be not envious of him for if one boy
is proud Of his talents, another enyious Of
them, there are two great wrongs, and no
more talents than before. If a larger boy
has injured you, and is sorry for it forgive
him. and request the teacher not TO punish
him. All the school viii show by their
countenance how n uch better il is than to
bave great fist
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The report Of the Commissioners OF Pub
lie Charities and correction of New York
City for 1868, has just been published. II
says there are II 900 grog shops in the City.
1878 persons have been sent to Black
wells Island. of whom 32S were males
and 8.425 were females. Of this number
700 have been sent up for the one hnn-
dredth time and 5,775 for the first time.
The aggregate number of times committed
is ls9, OF, or twelve times for each person.
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Say, Mr.. Clerk. have you good strong
Eyes. sir, we have the strongest one in
the State
as he intelligent for porter9 Do you
consider him feariess--that il, bold, cour-
ageousf"
Il know he is; he wouldn't be afraid Of
Satan himself"
''Now, Mr.. Clerk, il your porter Is intel
ligent enough to find room No. lO7, fearless
enough to enter, and strong enough to res
cue my. trunk from the bed bugs, would
like TO have him bring it down."
A half-famished fellow in the Southern
States, tells of q baker Whose loaves had
been growing "small BY degrees, and beau
to serve his customers, stopped At the door
Of one and knocked, when the lady within
exclaimed-"WhO's there?'' and was an
swered 1.-THE baker" "What do you wantf''
ITO leave yonr Bread "Well, you needn't
make so much fuss about it-pui it through
the key-hole."
A Washington letter in the Ohio State
Journal contains the following:
"A gentleman OF strong political prt,cliv.
tiles. anxious upon this subject "f anxiety
to 90 many, called on the President the 9th.
er day to urge upon him . certain step in
the canvass, The President replied. Sir.
/ do not NEEDLE in these matters II anv
man thinks my present position desirable
10 occupy, he is welcome to try il, ~ far a.
am concerned.
How to dispose Of costly articles at the
New York Sanitary Fair, now that ra13-
ling is forbidden, puzzels the moral but
money making New Workers; and this q
how it will be done: Fifty or one hundred
persons will club together and buy an ar
ticle, and then raf{1e for it on their own
private account. And 80 the articles win
Be sold, and the soldiers get tho money
and the fair win be conducted on strictly
moral and legal principles.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Appeal concludes that
II the amnesty plan Of organizing the State
governments on the one-tenth basis is car
ried out, and if these States shall cast their
electoral vote, and 1.-THE Democratic candi-
date is defeated through its agency in the
teeth of q majority of the electoral votes Of
the Northern States, revolution in these
States will be inevitable"
A clergyman, while engaged in cate
chizing number Of boys in class. asked
one Of them for definition Of matrimony.
The lad confounding it with pu-gatory, re-
piled:
"A place Of punishment where some
souls suffer for q time before hey can go
to heaven"
"Good boy" said he clergyman, "tako
your seat.
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Inp0rtaut neOn Washlngton.
THE EXTRA BOUNTY CONTINUED TO
APRIL 1sT.

STATE OF IOWA,
ADJUTANT GENERALS OFFICE,
DAVENPORT, Iowa, March Sd, 1854.
CIRCULAR.
The following is published for the infor-
nation of the public. Being of immediate
and general interest, the papers through
out the State are requested to publish it
without charge. N. B. BAKER,
a. Ct. of Iowa.
[By Telegraph from WGshi,sgton.l
March 3, 1854, +. NJ.
To SUPP. .Vot. Il. s.:
Congress- has extended the time for pay
ing extra bounty to April first Qst) eigh-
teen hundred and sixty four t1s6A.l Notify
the Governor. Jas. Z. FRT, p. NJ. q.
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FAIRFIELD, Mar. 8, 1864.

FAIRFIELD, Mar. 8, 1864.
L/Mr. EDITOR,-Permit me to ask why GER
tain Ladies have had such q fire Of indig-
nation in their bones" at the Legislature:
If Mrs. Wittenmeyer has been the ben
evolent and patriotic woman they claim,
why such an indignation at the resolution
reducing Agents salaries to IS per month.
that asks no pay for her services. The
Ladies Of the Burlington Aid Society, in
your late paper, say the expenses of Agents
at the South are enormous. Mrs. Witten-
meyer may have incurred enormous ex-
penses, but the agent Of the Jefferson
County Aid Society returned the LIST of
February, after an absence of three months
in Gen. Grants department., at an ex pense
to the Society Of $50, no one or her trips to
the army have cost the Society over $40
Mrs. Woods has from the General Govern
ment q transportation pass, it commutes
no rations. With that pass she has made
five trips to the army within the past eigh-
teen months, taking her goods with her.
She started last week (Thursday) for Little
Rock. with twenty-five hundred pounds of
supplies. ! don't suppose that any one
would wish to dispute the right Of any So
ciety to make Mrs. Wittenmeyer their
Agent. But do think that in Justice to
other good women, the Legislature should
never have made her the Agent Of the
State Of Iowa. And If in the wisdom Of the
present Legislature they think it best to
repeal that law. hope the Ladies' of Iowa
will not be guilty Of quarreling over 80
small matter, or suffer themselves to
grow uncharitable towards persons in or
out of the Legislature, who see the question
of the public good in a light different from
themselves. FAIRFIELD.
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THE REMAINS OF SOUTHERN ARIsroc-
RAcY.-For the last forty years Eastern
Tennessee has been cursed with an ARls-
ToCRACY, whose headquarters has been
Knoxville, and whose consciousness of
superiority has been sticking out when
ever q family owned from three to ten
kinky-headcd negroes. This was an aris-
tocracy founded alone upon the niger.
and SO far has it carried its inaolenco for
years, that when oneof these ''upper-tens''
would speak to the wife or daughter Of an
honest mechanic, or decent laboring
man, they have regarded their act Ofspeak-
as one Of great condescension!
It was not sufficient for the world to
know that these high-fyers were the de-
scendants, in a direct line, from some old
foreigners who had been sold out upon
shares TO pay their passage tothis country {!
1t was not sufficient to know that their
''illustrious predecessors had taken their
start in life by peddling pins and needles.
BY spading up gardens for other people.
or by entering other peoples lands, and,
by hook or crook, securing their titles!
Through the mercy of God. the tirmness
Of Mr.. Lincoln, and the madness Of the
Southern Confederacy, we are all about to
find a common level, where we can at least
boast that the Lord is the maker of us an
He has not heretofore been the maker or "a
all, but the times are changing! It will
require lamps and gas lights in daytime
70 find the aristocracy Of thia1town. The
dirtiest branch Of the concern ia following
the rear Of Longstreet's army some Of
them are attempting ropes upon decent wo-
men some are losing what little they had
accumulated BY playing cards and 9TH
ers Of them are killing themselves drink.
ing mean whisky. The days OF their
greatness and glory are over, and they are
standing now where their merits, conduit
and associations by right have placed them.
- ros0nloao's Wig, Feb. 20,
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*
acter-was called as u witness On the Oppo-
site side. Mr.. Webster at glance had the
sagacity to toresee that her testimony, II it
contained anything of importance, would
have great weight with the jury. He there
fore resolved, II possible, to break her up,
and when abe answered the first question
put to her
II believe" Mr.. Webster reared out, 1--WE
don't want to hear what you believe; we
want to know what you know
Mrs. Greenough replied, ''l'hat is just
what was about to say, sir" and went on
with her testimony.
And, Notwithstanding his repeated efforts
to disconcert her, she pursued the even
tenor Of her way. until Webster, becoming
quite fearful of the result, arose, apparent
ly in great agitation, and drawing out his
large snuff box, thrust his thumb and fin
ger 70 the very bottom, and carrying the
deep pinch to both nostrils, drew ii up with
great gust0.
Webster-"Mrs. Greenough, was Mrs.
Bogden neat woman?"
Mrs. Greenough-"I cannot give you We
~ full information a. TO that, sir; she had
one very dirty trick"
Webster-.sWhat' that, ma'am3"
Mrs. 0reenough-"She took snuf."
The roar Of the court was such that he
neither rose nor spoke again till after Mrs.
Greenough had vacated the stand for anoth-
er witness.
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A@ee; consequently, had lalr coAnce
Soes their condition when they arrived
nly one-half the prisoners taken since
: last were robbed by their captors OF
zen ser shoes, and nearly all were robbed OF
ueif overcOats, blankets and haversacks.
~. Lieast one third of them had been COM
fued TO trade their pants and blouses for
ss ngs that would scarcely hide their
.Sakedness. Very many of them were en-
sey hareheaded, aud not q few, a. late a.
middle Of December, were brought in
had nothing on buta pair Of old ragged
~ and shirt, being bareheaded, bare
shakst. 1s ~ 80
iaAve seen hundreds Of our men taken
49, 80 hospital thus clad, and in q dying
ss9!acn. have frequently visited the
ar!, and have conversed with large
~ xH:een Of dying men, brought there from
@and, who assured me that they had
m compelled to lie out in the open air,
oat any medical attendance, though
~ veral days they had been unable to
~. Though destitute Of anything like
Ss~as and nearly naked during the cold,
S.s y and chilly fall season, the first and
1s;.1smplaint Of all those saw and talk
.aas;as,w ss on account Of an insufaclent
~ n.uy Of food. will here remark that
n.y. NY Instance have the rebel authorities
1mso0e clothing or blankets to our men.
~ me winter large numbers Of our
ns,..~ere frozen. / heard one of the rebel
~, oas IN charge say that there were over
OF our men who would have to suf-
hs ~putation from the effects Of FROST
0n,wS vas before the coolest weather had
nn o'e time in the fore part OF December a
sna a oi our men were removed from the
va ~, 70 some large buildings, where they
shmofe comfortably cuartered; but there
sss y. no time since May last but what
M or less men have been kept on the is
NM The open air, aud without pla pk cts
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
FROM CAIRO AND BEGOyy.

CAIRO, Sept Z.
The steamer Arthur from New Orleans
Aug. 3lst, Belle Memphis from Memphis
Sept 9th has arrived. Latter, had fifty
bales OF cotton for st. Louis, which was
seized here on account of alleged irreg-
ularity in its shipment. The steamers
White Cloud and Harry Chouteau. were
fred into on the goth by rebel bat
terry above Bayou Sara A number Of
shots took effect in the cabin and hull
Of the White Cloud, and her steampipe
was cut, disabling her.
The gunboat Kirkwood came Up and
towed her out Of reach Of the battery. No
one was hurt on either boat.
The rebel forces under General Poignac
are reported TO have crossed the Mississippi
River, from Arkansas to Rodney, Missis-
sippi, on the 22d ult.
The New Orleans Delta has advices from
the mouth Of the Rio Grande, whiJh state
that the Mexican General Cortinas met the
traitor Ursaine, ten leagues north Of Vic
toria, and after an obstinate battle of i've
hours, routed him with heavy loss.
The affair was the most brill
liant during the war, and caused great re-
joicing among the people. Cortinas is re-
ported marching back to Matamorris to
contest the advance of the French up the
Rio Grande, and stormy times are expect
kd in the State of Tamaulipas.
Generals Hurlbut and Totten have ar
rived at New Orleans.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
WASHTNGTON TTEMs.

WASHINGTON, Sept. Z.
A gentleman in Farraguts feet, writing
to a friend here, says:
The ram Tennessee made q first rate
fight, and could have got away from our
feet and under the guns of the fort, had
her smokestaek not gone overheard. Not
shot went through her. The capture of
this ram is undoubtedly great loss to the
rebels. In this part of the world the reb-
els believed in her as much IS the army at
Richmond does in Lee
Assistant Surgeon George William Ellis,
United States Volunteers, formerly Of
Botany Bay, East India, is missing, not
withstanding the efforts of the Adjutsnt
General Of the army to hnd him.
The supply steamer Union will sail
from New York on the 18th, for the Gulf
Squadron. cd.
The sentences of court-martial in the
cases Of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Col
onel, four Majors twenty-nine Captains,
thirty First Lieutensnts, tWenty-one Sec
ond Lieutenants and two Surgeons, are
officially promulgated. They were con-
victed among other things of drunkenness,
shamefully abandoning their position in
front of the enemy, inducing their men 10
run away, stealing, lying, false musters,
drinking stimulants intended for the use Of
the sick, encouraging the soldiers to plum
der, pillage private persons, encouraging
desertiOns, opening private letters, drink
ing and playing cards with enlisted men
using reproachfll and reproving speeche:
to soldiers, oprobrious language and tyran-
nical conduct
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
UNION OF THE BRITISH PROVIN.

CHARLOTrET0WH, 0ept.. Z.
The Conference of delegates, from the
several Provinces to consider the expe-
diency Of uniting under one Government
and legislature, certain portions, or
the whole of British North America,
have continued at deliberation here, since
the Ist inst. The proceedings of the confer
ence are kept entirely secret. While writing
have this moment heard that the Con-
ference has broken up its sittings in this
Island, and has adjourned to the l4th inst,
to meet in the City of Halifax.
1 am also assured that after a careful
consideration of the whole question the
conference came unanimously to the con-
clusion that the advantages from confeder-
alton to all the Colonies would be very
great, provided the terms of alliance could
be made satisfactory.
The Maritime delegates, It is said are to
to resume the consideration of the details
of the scheme at Halifax, and unless some
formidable obstacle arises, a duly author
lied conference of the several Provincial
Governments will shortly be held at Que
bee to discuss points Of variance, and if
possible mature formal proposition for
submission to the respective Parliaments.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
TELEGRAPH UNION CONVENTION.


The National Telegraph Union adjourned
this evening, after making several amend
ments to the Constitution, and the unani-
nous adoption of the following resolu-
items:
ResolUed, That the sincere thanks of the
Convention and members ofthe Telegraph
Union, and Telegrsphers generally, are
due and hereby rendered to the heads of
the Telegraph Companies throughout the
United States, for the spirit of magnani-
nifty and justice they have shown towards
their employees. f---r
ResoLUed, That recognizing the fact that
the interests of the Company and those Of
their employees are identical, we hereby
declare our willingness at any and all
times to lend our full cooperation to any
measure which will further the interests Of
the Companies, or advance the resources
of telegraphing.
The Corresponding Secretary is directed
to furnish copy of this resolution to the
general offices of all the Telegraph Com
panies throughout the United States.
The delegates partook of supper given
BY the Philadelphia operators, at the st
james Hotel this evening
The next meeting of the Convention viii
| be held at Chicago.
Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-08
FROM sHERMAN,s ARMY.
CINcrNNATI, Sept. |

The Commercial has the particulars Of
Sherman's operations on the I'd. On
the 30th ult, the 4sh and 29d corps struck
the Macon road, five miles beyond East.
port junction, while the Army Of the Ten
nessee, and Klpatricks cavalry was brisk
ly skin mishing with the enemy on our right
driving them across Flint River towards
Jonesboro. The 10th Corps took possessicp
Of a prominent hill which was the key to
the enemy's position.
Other Corps formed on the right and
left. The l6th, somewhat retired, formed
the extreme right, with the l7th on It's laft,
the l4th and 23d Corps forming connect
ing line, and extending beyond the railroad
on the left.
The 5th Corps spent she night In sn-
trenching, and the next day, before the
right and left had taken up their advanced
position, the enemy burst in masses on the
10Th Corps, but were steadily and Tspsss.
edly repulsed, they losing several general
officers, including Maj Gen. Ande7soa,
mortally wounded, and five Colonels and
Majors wounded and taken prisoners, BE-
sides 1000 rank and file killed, wounded
aud captured. a ss
Our loss was slight, our men fighting BE-
hind breastworks. The next morning tho
Fourteenth Corps marched along
the Macon road, destroying the track
for several miles, and at { O'clock took uD
their position on the left Of the 18th Corps,
which was formed in line Of battlsI The
ePemy had entrenched themselves in front
aud the l4th Corps was ordered to assault
them. Cavalry and infantry steadily ad-
vanced under scourging fire Of mushstEY
and artillery and after desperate eoRaies
Of two hours, drove the enemy from their
works, capturing two batteries, one Of them
Loomis' battery, captured at ChickAmaugs,
some battle flags and a large number Of
| prisoners, including Gen. Gaven and his
Adjutant General. Gen. Cummings WaA
mortally wounded.
While the 14th Corps was thus engaged
the army Of the Tennessee and the 9TH
Corps vigorously pressed the enemy On the
right and left. 5 .fr
Hardee appears to have commanded the
forces engaged, and early in the night re-
treated South. sl
Hood finding his situation in Atlanta
desperate, also retreated, burning thou
sands of bales of cotton, and destroying
his ammunition.
1 ~ hAAS DiCdh " uttJ HuL
bis whole army in motion, with the otjecs
of getting between Hood and Hsrdes; hs
may not succeed in this a. Hood had twelve
hours start The defeat bad the most par
alyzing effect on Hoods army. The regu-
lars and militia breaking for home on all
sides. T
When the correspondent left Jonesboro
Sherman was fereely pressing the rebel
rear near Fayetteville
Atlanta having been quietly taken pos
session OF, detsehInents Of the llth Penn
sylyania and 60th New York hoisted tire
flag from the Court House, amidst tie
cheers of the soldiers. qH.J
-Four locomotives, eleven sixty-four
Founders, besides other property, were
captured.
The town is much damaged and most Of
the inhabitants have left I
The weather was good and the roads in
fine condition. ~