The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-06

NJ business and dWSIli1& hOuees, are all
u aahes. Thus hap v4hgeance, swift and
d1fes 6een vi4ited upon people Who not
ply Desely ana cowardly surfvndered
derers, but Who also Welcomed the vilIai1s
~, xith every demons m ~ " f1tson of affection and
- s36e ievs. q Ass w y Pss.-hols otstsassf; sst
theFe. .QSsolatiOn and destruction have
swept oyet il, ard,a II the report brought us
be true, the work has been most thorough
icn men Of the place have besn cansed -
nass 1sSy'! n9t The Eslishtesl sym With the
/ It was runored ia Weston. when the
train LETT, that Jesse NORM had been burn
ed IN his own house; that Clint. Cockerill
had joined the guerrillas, and been killed
IN skirmish, and, Mr.. r.. "A. Cox, the ven.
erable editor. Of the Platte County &sntinst,
was killed. The tive former were regarded
% secession sympathi while the latter
was sound, honest, true Union man. One
passenger informed us that he had heard
Mr.. Cox was sick at his home, and had not
been disturbed. We hope the latter story
10 true, for We should mourn the loss Of 50
pure and good man, ssst fa ..s.s 81
The report was also brought into Weston
that the trcops were going south, toward
had declared their Intention of showing no
quarter TO any rebel who should fall into
their hands. "A fEas8# a4sG4i .~
The following il the account given Of the
nghtAt Camden Point, by Lieut.. Child, Of
Capt Cieggett's company, who was. an eye
witness and participant In the aflAif:
~ About two O'Clock p. M. Wednesday. .
oemnAand composed Of the ID Colorado,
1kfh X 0Mann Qth NJ NJ aoSrnpol n
tachments Of =. NJ. NJ, wandering Eve
hundred men. with one piece Of artillery.
all under command Of Colonel Ford, Of the
"a Colorado, took up the line Of march
nom Weston in the objection Of Camden
Poaat1 When about two. miles from that
plsce, the advance guard Of eighteen men
sn n1sa ned opon ooss1 ored p ous msn
who chased them through, the brush into
the town. firing - they went, and succeed
I'd In killing aix guerrillas while on the
run. After pAAsing abouta mile beyond
~ town they met the main force Of the en-
Eemy, under command Of Thornton, num-
berinG about one hundred and forty men,
drawn mp In. line Of battle; but without
s.ild yell, dashed right toward the centre Of
the line. which immsdiately gave NAY, and
after firing q few shota, killing one Of the
|attackine party and woundine' another,
they fed in wild confusion, with THAR pur-
suers close in their rear, and seven of them
were killed before they escaped. Having
pursued some three or four miles our men
rejoinsh their, command. Affsr getting
possession of tho town we found two build
ings in flames, fired by Thornton, In which
he had stored large amount Of arms and
ammunition. The explosion Of thepowder
was heard distinctly several miles distant.
He bad made Camden Point his haadquar-
tiers, had all his munitions of war there,
and was conscriptiDg the able-bodisd citi-
Gems throughout that section. A few hours
previous to theiattack he made . speech,
returning thanks for flag that had been
presented to him., and which was captured
by our forces, in which he stated that it
WAS folly for the Fe1erAls 10 think off at-
lacking him; that he had captured Camden
Point and would hold i; that he would
fight in every by-road and hog-path In the
be1ore the avenSers were upon him, and
hio band in full digit from tho town.
W. A short time Alk0r o0torin4 town man
named Mccormick rode into our lines. aud
being recognized - . bushwhacker. ~
immodiate3y arrested. He did not know
that Thosnton had been driven out imAg-
ined all was right, and tEie64o pase himself
OF 6 one Of Jennison'a men. -
4 Once In possesaon Of ~ town, and nd
ecene ofpillageand destruction commenced
such - We hope never again to Witneos.-
Several Of the CitiaeDD were arrested and
taken to Aeadquarters. Houses were pill
LACED and burned, and the heavens Tor
milss around were lights with tho farpes
Late in the night the 6res continued, and
tWo.thirds Of tho town wa destroyed. but
the Seminary buildings were unharmed at
tholtime Ne len. Sst- ee $500 N
II, Atth time ouY forces entered the town,
theY WeFo told that there were . number OF
men hid in the mp-house then in flames
having been fred by Thornton in which he
had = number Of guns, and it 10 supposed
thai three Of them were burned with the
building, and the bodies Of the two dead
guerrillas were cest into the flames and IL
90 consumed. We hear il eetimAted that
over twenty men were killed. belonging g
the guorrilIaa, and only one man killed and
one wounded On the part of the attacking
The fine residence Of Dr. Thomas, living
Ekeap Of sshss, - We p9seed in the morn
|ine, and It was repoxtsd that the Doctor
he'd been taken out and skote He Was an
old man. bore good character, but It WAS
ropotted that he had visited sick guerril-
Il, hence his fate. Previous to the report Of
his dGoth, . squad Of the 10Th Kansas were
IN po1sSseion Of his house, which they. gut
lay his aick wife to blow his brains ont and
Ne are. Of the opinion that they Acc0m-
plished this bloody work before they LEFT.
Other citixens ii The peighborhood doubt
LEES shared the same fate. ~.55s .s.s.s-'
One Owls, fofmsrly. Of the nailitia, who
bad Joined ~ s1ss1iali.s, ais g, e Plate Plate CITY;
recoenasod one Of Bis captors and called
him IN name. and received In roplv.