The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11

All be heroes in the strife. Therefore
J although we be placed in an obscure Gele
J OF operation in this great Conflict, with
comparatively easy labor to perform, il We
"Act well our part there all the honor lies.
That we "act well our part" is proven, IN
great measure, by the encomiNms heap
ed upon US by the con- nanding officer 81
the post. and other officers high in coma
mand.'' Iowa soldiers are in high repute
Ihere-they are bet high on, aud generally
win. At least wesare eEdeavOring to keep
up tie fair name of Iowa soldiers, so far "a
duty and conduct goto make up the requi.
site to coed soldiers. Saying thus, will
cnange my tactics, for fear ye Iowa critics
Will think me egotistic
From the dull nlonotony that inhabited
this camp on our arrival Eere, has sprung
Up tne livesiet scenes one could imagine in
canp. Then our eyes were semi-occa.
| sionaily greeted With the sight CT a few
drafted men and "subs,' looking more
ike the Indian going to his death dance.
vending their way into camp under guard.
no" rev game lis being pIayed, and
stream after stream Of volunteers are pour
Ing N, and the cry is ''still they come.'-
Already not less than six new, fun regi-
ments have been organized, armed, and
equipped and sent to the front And
must say, and that truthfu.ly. that Illinois
aas never sent to the field any better una
| terial for soldiers than these new regiments
are composed of. Each regiment is . shot
| that will tell on the crumbling Confedera.
~. Looking at them as the y thus pour into
camp, one naturally exclalns, "where do
they come from? :" Noble Illinois! well
has she done her duty.
The city Of Springfield has lately been
Toasted with 9 lecture from one of Amer;-
ca 8 greatest orators, humor:s.s and sa.ir-
lists. On the evening OF the 2lst ult,, the
House Of Representatives-hoor and gal
!ery-was crowded to its utmost to hear
the celebrated John B. Cough. The wealth
or was very Indictment. the rain coming
down in torrents, seeming determined to
bar the public from the rich treat awaiting
taem but the fame of the orator would
not admit Of their non-attendance, conse-
qUeutly fame got the upper hand Of the
rain and mud, and the hall appeared as
ab6ve stated. The subject Of Mr.. Coughs
lecture was "Fact aud Fiction" and for
two aud a half hours he poured upon the
audience an irresistible stream of elo-
quence, pathos and wit. Now he would
hold them spell-bound with perroration
unsurpassed in beauty or rhetoric by q
Burke, Sheridan, or Phillipps-then,
with an eagie-swOop, he would descend to
dou ble.edged satire, or side-splitting hu.
NOR. With unerring aim he hurts the shaft
countrys trial, seek to cripple the hand
that is plotting the ship of State through
the stormy sea ofrebellion To those who
summed labor and scorued the society Of
the labOrer, he dealt telling blows. The
mud -sills'' Of the nation he declared to be
the fulcrum power that uprooted the evil
that has so long cursed our common coun-
try, aud the main wheel of progress to uni
versal freedom. It would be extremely
difficult for the most finished en-painter
to picture his discourse, aud do the subject
justice. Mr.. g. closed his lecture by o
beautiful picture Of the future glory Of the
Union, contrasting its present condition
with that OF ship in storm; but soon
the tempest will subside and the old ship
Of State safely anchor in the harbor of per-
petual Peace. His illusions to Grant and
Sherman particularly the latter) was the
signal for spontaneous outburst Of ap-
plause and ciapping Of hands. Altogether
1t was feast such "A th0people of the West
seldom have the pleasure Of enjoying. Mr..
G. proceeded to st. Louis to deliver course
OF lectures there, aud to congratulate them
on their deliverance from the dead body of
By the way, kr. vk-Eye. why lass
our noble young State in her acquiescence
TO the amendment to the National COnsti- |
tuition? We know it is not because she
disapproves it. Far from it. Nineteen
States have already ratified its passage in |
the National Congress, aud even the Ter |
ritoriee of Idaho and Nevada have s.ioined !
the rich chorus" Iowa is yet SILENT
Why does not our Governor call an extra |
session Of the Legislature, if only to ratify |
THE one great act of Congress? Extra ses-
lation on far less important matters, aud |
why not for this? Let Iowa look well to |
her laurels, lest they be dimmed by the !
lustre Of her sister State. Thus far she has |
out-stripped and out.shone all in her sup
port CT our Government by furnishing men
and money to put down the Rebellion, 50
that she now stands clear of the draft-all |
her quotas full. Let not the suspicion fall |
upon her that she hesttdtes to ratify theglo- !
rious act that stamps slavery out Of exis- |
tence forever, never again to be re-instat. !
ed in our fair Republic. Rally, noble Iowa |
God bles the State! An editorial appeared |
in the Hawk. Eye, OF the 25th ult., headed |
the following passaye:-"At last accounts |
Charleston was burning. May it burn un- !
til there shall be nothing cOmbustible I'm. |
consumed within ten miles of it. And may
the man s1t0 undertakes to rebuild any part |
Of u be struck By tightningr' To which We
endorsement by responding "AMEN !w-l
It would cost too much to SOW it in salt, |
aud it would be far less expense to dispose
Of it in the manner you mentiOn-baring Q |
waste Of gastric fuid from the elements |
among the clouds.
The health Of the Battalion is not so good
as might be desired, attributable, no
doubt, to the bad state Of the weather for |
the past few weeks, aud the condition of !
Camp consequent thsreupon. Quite q |
number are sick-some in hospital and
others. who are not so i'll in barracks.
Lieut.. T. B. Beach, of Co. B.. has been |
assigned to duty as Act. Asst Adj't Gen.
eral and Draft Benbezoons,-a compli-
ment to his soldierly qualities. Captain |
Hotnauer has been absent on General |
Court Martial, convened in Springfield. |
since the 10Th Of November last, and Capt. |
Burke commands the Battalion.
convenisnt season''-when I will come |
again-I whisper, Goodnight. FAUST.
PRESIDENT L1NcoLN.-A lady In Wash. |
ip9ton writes to her friend in Massochu- |
cato. tit5ts} sssE i