The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03
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WI Saturday, Deceasber ;.
Sherman's GranA March.
! There il intense interest and some anxi.
sty in regard to Sherman's bold push for
the heart OF the Conlederacy. While We
are hopeful and reasonably confident as to
the succd>s Of this bold expedition, We con-
~ that We look 1t ths contingency Of fall
ure, certainly possible, with some trepida-
ton. We believe him strong enough to 90
any whore and to meet any force that can
b brought against him. We believe he
can subsist his army upon the country
that he can 60 to Savannah or Charleston
or turn upon and defeat Hood and Breck-
eoridge, should they follow him. But in
the contingency Of his not being able to do
these things, the finest army that ever
fought under the old flag must suffer &C.
vsrely-perhaps total destruction. But for
The present we put our trust in Sherman
and his men, believing that the God efbat.
tles will give ~ victory. fhe doessucceed.
Sherman win have delivered the hardest
blow to the Confderacy yet given since
ths war began.
- Findley n. Linn, 10Th Iowa Infan-
try, enlisted at Wapello, Louisa county,
disd 1t Mobile Of congestive Ohills. The
editor Of the Chicago Journal has letter
for Miss Mary Linn, supposed to b Sis
tse, which no viii send to her address when
Doertained.g sat = ss.A
- Clagest says the Copperhsad party
was fairly and honorably beaten At the ~
cent election and ought now to subside-
dry up-quit it, factious opposition. Ma
son thinks It was overborne by federal
bayonsts andthe Lincoln despotism. Who
h right We have not yet heard from By
lngton, Babbitt and Dean. When we do
we can make up an opinion. In the mean
time We hope Mason will 60 on with his
drivel If it makes him feel any better.
The Rappahannsck river was visited
By oyster vesselslast week for the first time
since the war. They are preparing to re-
0pen their business for the season along
that portion Of the virginiashore, no rebels
having appeared in that vicinity for long
period.
"How this world 10 given to lying?"
Judge Mason, Who has been appointed to
III the measure Of the infamy Of the Cop
perhead party, winds the matter mp by de-
claring that the recent election was not =
1Air one, but that he does not think It best
to resist! The Judge il either great liar
ora great coward. II We believed % he
pretends.he does, that the liberties Of the
people are gone and tho election fares, we
would either fight, emigrate or quit talk
ing about II.
- Two desperate men, named Bell
and Purdy, were hanged last week. In Ma
con county, Ills, for murder and highway
robbery. Bell made = confession before
Ais death, duplicating several citizens Of
That vicinity. One, man named Han
oock, Of Metropolis, was arrested and sum-
marty strung up On tree by the indig-
nant people. He was concerned in the
dspredations Of the robber gang, and con-
1DDeed the crime.
a-The Louisville Democrat says that
IL Lisutsnat Governor Of Kentucky, r.
T. Jacobs, who was recently ordered
through the Confederate lines by the mill.
Hary authorities Of that State, il now II
Gallipolis, Ohio. The rebel authorities re-
tossed to receive the exile, saying that''they
do not intend to let President Lincoln
make Botany Bay Of the South
W. r. W. CoBB EMBRACES THE OH
TLAo.-In tho Rebel House Of Represen-
tativss, q. motion a Mr.. Chiffon (Ala.) to
pGooeed 70 consider the rspolution concern
~ the disloyalty Of Hon. Williamson r.
". Cobb, one Of the witnesses against Mr.,
Cobbdsposed that whom the Yankee troops
pansd % Ne Chattanooga river, Just BE-
1bEs the Chattanooga battle, Mr.. Cobb came
% his door, and said he wanted to go the
United States dag once moro unfurled 70
the breeze. He took The Gag andembraced
and kissed 4.
0.The Pekin Gazette publishesa report
from the Chinese Government on the ex-
tinction Of the rebellion, which ends with
the following words:
at II therefore most needful that thanks
b offered to the gods for their assistance,
Wherefore the Board Of Rites il directed to
examine into the services rendered BY the
different gods, and to report to us.'
.g@ M
IA ffightful affair occurred in Jersey
City on Saturday afternoon, when an Irish
man, Bernard Fitzpatrick, residing at-No.
lls Morgan street, while under the influ-
snce Of liquor, threw stove-id ct his wife,
accidentally striking his infant daughter
In the head, dashing out her brains, and
cansing death half IN hour later. An in