The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-03

missioner, says there are manufactured III
tho United States one hundred million gall
Ions o. whisky annually, and that he will
Do able to collect duty az per ga!lon) only
on twenty millions. OF course the distil-
lers can't afford to pay 81 tax and then sell
the whisky at 81 30, the present price at
Chicago. So the rascals make money by
cheating the government.
&Gen. Thomas has issued an order at
Nashville, requiring the secession sympa-
thizers Of that city to feed and otherwise
take care Of the paroled rebel soldiers.
@-Gov. Nye, Of Nevada, says that Da-
Wis in petticoats is the last war hoop of the
rebellion.
A DlsaUsTED REBEL ON DAvls.-''A Pay
Rolled rebel" writes to the Washington
Republican about Davis:
HE is ded beet ov the cnrni,,Qa,est
die. We grayta1 has iii, bed aad dyed
yeers Ter the vi!laneoLsest kett uv ekeoun.
drills that ever dru nreth. They hsv crew
e.ized us lDd cftwsifae is in the dcggord-
est KIND OK sbs4e, aad ncH taey sourren-
der "a ruE a~ay With the sronee; aud
wheu overtuA. yef !assid ov ruttin on
cote os male, araise his.eIf in !. fennil coz.
II a1e, tbareev 9issraciu both the iuail sex
ANA isma-t sAfn.nts.
J.au-aon Davis IS sech d dam sell
Iat1 email apparel ita ira quite WE'LL
'Jef. had 8 m.scaeridge quite soon after
gulsins h!--eli as "a ouman, au its toe b.,
hocped ~ \ Il. soon De confined Ia the Old
Cap. where ae .>an see the nOndeecrip v Itch
he designed fer tue doom of the knew Cap.
itnl. larst sum wen ! eeea hCA Missis
Jet. Threatened Gen. Wilson, thet JET. wood
hurt snm oy en- il ne got his daudur up.
Shede better 90 back 70 new jury and set
under sour apple tree, maxim sham
pain"
i SAMUEL Il. WILLIAMS, a private OF COM
Tpany b, Sch Iowa Cavalry, was killed at
Macon, Ga, on the 9Th day OF Nav bv the
accidental discharge OF pistol.
Young Williams was bOrn IA Adxms
county. Ohio and moved 20 Iowa in the
springofls51, settling ia Des Moinee county.
On the 29tb Of July, 1868, he enlisted il
the sth Iowa Cavalry. His whole soul was
III the cause, aud he was ever at the 'front.'
participating in ak the engagements the
regiment has taken part in. He WAS with
us during tne recent Champaign through
Alabama an,i Georgia, aud y hen tbs rat
rays CT tee rising sun OF peace fell ataWArt
cur path, encouraging in our beats the
hope OF soon greeting the loved sae at hoMe
be vas an mated with uew .tfe an at
fecsionate brother : he frequent 5 spoke to
the writer OF the pleasure he antici pated IN
meeting bis relatives and friends after 20
long separation.
Il few day after orr arrival at th,s place
while cleaning h!s arms, preparatory 70
inspection lis revolver uas discharged the
ball entering his light breast and passing
through TIE body. He only lived long
enough to say to a eou.rade who had start
ed for the surgeon There Is 10 use Of GO
ing, am shot through" Sad were the
hearts that gathered around the remains
Of our late com rade, and although no moth
ere gentle touch closed his eyes, noe low
ing sister crossed those litsless hands, vet
very tenderly were tnos sad rites perform.
ed, for there we're none Of his coun rades but
could look back upou some act Of Kindness
which generous heart wasever prompting.
We buried him at suuse. with military
honors beneath the shade of teautifu!
pine, and as the parting rays OF the setting
sun illumined his grave. we could rerog.
nize in il the smiling approval Of the God
Of justice, On whose alter he had sacrificed
his young life.
To the friends OF the deceased we tender
our sincere and heartfelt sympathy.