The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11
BURLINGTON j WEEKLY ! HAWK-EYE

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manent. I doM't take any stock in thi
Village, and wonder that Mr.. Lincoln i
willing to reside here another four years
It shows that he is willing to do anythln,
to put down this rebellion.
I have met with quite number o
Iowans here, among the number was cal
from your able correspondent-.Iowa.'
have been r. ader of ais al tcies for Il ION.
time, but had not the pleasure OF a per
sonal acquaintance. He is snugly enscon
sed in the Stationery Bureau, and make
an efficient officer, is universally liked
and every inch gentleman. OF cours,
he will be retained in bis present place du
ring the next four years. Long may L,
wave.
We have rejoiciQgs here almost hourly
over Union victories. One hundred guns
were FREQ in honor of the surrender O
Columbia, one hundred for our occupation
OF Charleston. and one hundred over lhs
capture Of Wilmington. There was a TINS
when the report from a nlusket, would
give me the diarrha, and the booming o.
artillery would make my tongue cieave &c
my mouth, and I would remain "spacn-
less until carried beyond the sound Of
these Ito me- terrible monsters! But !
have seen them ''play war; 30 much here,
I can now look ''cleen" down the black
throat of a cannon! This proves that the
world still moves, and that History
don't repeat herself. The late victories
Of our armies ought to be evidence sufi-
Gent to the Cops that the ..war' is not a
Failure" All parties here, down to Ju-
das Copperhead, acknowledge that the re-
bei!ion is on its last legs. Not q day passes
here without witnessing from one hun
dred to two hundred rebel deserters from
Lees army. They are generally hard
looking, and their first inquiry is, "where
can we get rations ~ They are daily sent
North, to places of their selection.
It Is rumored here that the rebel Con.
gress are about to conscript 20O,0 900 negroes
and put them into service. That's most
too good. Our soldiers will have no trou-
bic capturing the whole batch at one haul,
II they should be so fortunate as to get
close enough to them to make charge on
them with fixed bayonets, with chunk of
sow-belly (fat pork on the end of each
oayOnet, A negro must have fat meat,
and you can ''tolp' one further with piece
OF pork than Washington city belle can
one Of our gimblet-shanked tops. Let them
bring on their negroes.
intended to give you pen portrait Of
some OF the more prominent members Of
Congress-, but shall tail for the want Of
time. For the benefit Of your readers in
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