The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27

We are indebted to the Hon. ". 81: F.
Gurley, recently returned from Washing
ton city, for the following list Of sick SOL
diers from Iowa, visited by him at Judi
ciafy Square Hospital on the 18th inst
They comprise ell the Iowa sick at Wash
ington when he left:
Ward 3D. F Drin, co E, oath Iowa in
fantry, Iowa county, sun stroke; Charles F
Phares, CO G, Oath Iowa infantry, Cedar
Rapids, Linn county, sun stroke-both
Ward 6th-George Faggaris, co A, oath,
Benton county; James Rayter, CO G, 18th,
Poweshiek county; F Hutchinson, CO F,
18th, Tama county; Sylvanus Oldfeld, CO
X. eth, Jasper county; John Wright. co /,
18th, Keokuk county; Alfred 8 Rogers, co
g, 18th, Tama county; James Yam An
ken, CO D, 18th, Tama county.
E 81 Cole, Kinesan, Poweshiek county, co
b, 18th; David Sheets, Brooklyn, Powe-
shiek county, CO K, 18th; David Wilson, co
Ward lOth-Wm g Blennon, Newton,
Jasper county, CO X, 18th; Abram Noun
tier, Prairie Greek, Poweshiek county, co
B, 2Sth; F w Hodson, Tama county, co D,
18th; James e Brewer, co %, 2Sth.-D0ve's-
port G0s.
| FATAL ACC1DENr.-Last Saturday amer
noon, Charles Underwood, aged about ~
years, was fatally injured BY the tra,a
track ON the telegraph road, just outside
the city. He was driving two horses a!-
|tached to . wagon, in company win nls
i aunt. Mn. Hanson Underwood, and
another lady. Seeing the train coming,
and fearing the horses would become
frightened, he and one Of the ladies got our
and took hold Of them oy tnear oi,di se.
aver. the horses became frightened and
il rnshed on the track. The engine struck
1.-THE wagon first, turning It over the en-
bankment, upside down. One Of the IL
dies was in the wagon, but escaped with
only slight bruises. The other got out o.
the way before the collision took place.
Ispokes Of the wagon; the other escaped
uninjured. The boy was struck on thu
left shoulder and face by either the Wagon
tongue or the engine. His shoulder VA
almost taken of, exposing his vital organs
Terrible gashes were also cut in his fact
and chin. The train was stopped imme
Idiately, and Conductor Dow and his
assistant did I'll in their power for the re.
lief Of the sufferer. A physician was sen
for, and he was removed to the Ogilvit
House. where he died about four hours n
ter the acknowledgements Journal.
II FATAL ACCIDENTAL man by the nam,
: OF Donohue. living between Red Rock and
Bennington, fell out Of his hay-mow OF
!. Thursday last, breaking his neck. He LET
: . 1Amily.
eruPxNDous!-W. L. Mains, the edito
lofa new Copperhead paper ct Corydon
Wayne county. says ho ID . Democrat IL
1.-The highest, deepest, widest and f0lles
: sense Of that term! He must be tremen
dous fellow. A. generally understood tn
; height Of Copperheadi1m u precisely tn
depth it has attained in rAscality; ant
I its width il crowded with its fullnesl
Names says: There can BE- NO divisionl
but Democrats, and not Democrats. p
J There may be . height, and depth, ant
width, and fullnsssof meaning in that sen
ttence, but We can't 80 It. w. i. Mainl
says he ''abhors Abolitionism in every
shape, form, modification, and aspect!' 81
does Jef. Davis and every other Traitor
which he gives himself, is ! double breast
ed ButteFnut, ofs the species usually
found among guerrillas or gorillas, vi
don't know which.-Sxdte Reg.
| A singular phenomenon occurred 10
i Gently on the line of the Atlantic and Grea
Western Railroad, near Wooster, Ohio
i All at once the embankment and track dis
appeared in the most mysterious manner
Upon examination it was found thatabou
j = hundred feet Of the road had sunk, anG
was continuing TO sink, while, into thu
cavity formed, black mud and heavy
streams of water gushed from below. Will
the water there was thrown up . number
Of eyless fish, still living. The ''sink' i.
one of great depth, and considerable diff
Guilty win be experienced in filing it.
Mr.. Toby, the new President Of the Hud
son River Railroad, - millionaire. HI
life a. steamboat clerk with Commodor,
Vanderbilt. When he took his position
the Commodore gave him two orders: first
to collect fare Of everybody, and have nc
deadheads on the boat; second, to start the
boat and wait for nobody. The Commo.
dore then lived on Staten Island. Toby
obeyed the orders 90 literally that he col.
evening, and len him on the wharf the next
morning, ~ the boat could not wait. The
Commodore was comming down the wharf
leiourely, and supposed, Of course, the
boat would wait for him. He proved q
man after vanderbilt's own heart. he
became his confidential agent and broker
bouget and sold Harlem, and made fol
had some words with Jerome, the broker.
Jerome said to him-ssrll be your master
shortly.'' He kept his threat, and when
Mr.. Sloane lost his position n President Of
the Hudson River Railroad. Vanderbilt
said-''Toby has got money; give him the
position" and 20 he was made President
| Of the road.
RELICS OF BArTLEFIELDs.-Thes shistory
Of . sword il now going the rounds, show
| ing how . trusty weapon, taken from q
loyal officer, when captured by the rebels
1T Shiloh, was lately returned to its orig
inal owner by q loyal volunteer, who re-
took this Union sword from rebel officer
who had been using it for eighteen months.
The inscription showed that it had been
presented by his frienus, to Maj. 6tubbs,
Of the 6th Iowa, when he first entered the
service.
j The freshly erected cupola browning the
Church Of tho TRANSPORTATION atSt Peters
burg, fell on the 18th ult The loas of life
i would have bean comparativoly limited