The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-04

condition it is supposed he remained abost
fur hours before being discovered. His
Injuries were fatal. He was IN industfi-
Idus man, and leaves family TO mourn his
| lpss. lts95S.. -sss...iiosE
/ Tho citisena 81 NontezumA a1e earnestly
ldiScussihg the possibilities OF constructing
| ! railroad from the u. 4 n. road TO Qsks-
loosa. through Aontezuma. The citizens
to aid IA the work Davenport Gazette.
The ioe in the river has broken up ct Ke-
| okuk., The Gate city supposes the water
! 10 be falling. That journal also mentions
u woman residing in Keokuk who 10 in
very INDECENT circumstances, and who was
mentioned in one Of the pulpits Of that
city as The mother of a son sixteen years
old who is . common drunkard. 81 & e b
Palo Alto county voted solidly for the
down. 81 aank len @ sa
htxange to say, the aforesaid Palo Alto
county has exchanged its warrants at SO
Der cent. discount for greenbacks, and en-
ployed the greenbacks in hiring TWO ne.
groes TO fill the quota Of the county. ana
light its battles for il! Bully for Palo Alto!
live CLEAN from the For: Dodge Nort6-
\ West:-SyGte Register.
| The Register saysthere are nine deserters.
ia The Polk county Jail
|, A citizen OF Dubuque missed wood from
his pile. and watching 6ne night he discov-
cred ascett ain poor neighhor was the thief.
The Times says instead Of exposing him. he
next dap sent . load Of wood to the poor
man, without note or comment, and the
latter is cured. ass ~ .ls s.
The Davenport Gazette says member Of
the lOSth United States Celored Infantry,
stationed at Rock Island, was recently
found on the island dead.
Mr.. John Conner, residing near Dayen-
port, was precipitated from his vehicle to
the ground on Saturday last, and 80 severe
was the shock he received that :ears are
entertained for his recovery. The Gazette
refers to him as an old and much esteemed
citizen. '.th
We notice by the Cedar Falls. Gazette
that party ofIrish labopersgot into fight
near Hardin City the other day, when an
\ old man named Steel stabbed one Tom.
Galway. The wounded man Will recover.
The Maquoketa Ezceas;br says the wells
and cistsrns arc failing in that section.
The McGregor Nevs says Edward Null
len Of that city was killed not long since by
the falling Of tree. Also that an Irish-
man named Patrick Fury attacked Mr.. o.
Br!en, another 1rishnan, whereupon the
latter stabbed him with knife. Unfortu-
nately the wound il not fatal.
GENERALS CokxANpIN0.-When Gen.
Batter was removed nom TIE command Of
the Army of the James, and ordered to re-
a port at Lowell, Massachusetts,, it was gen!
orally remarked that there was NO lawyer
general remaining in . high commando
The case Of Major General Lewis Wallace,
lWh0 keeps uaste1D in RaltimoSov d0e4
not constitute an exception, for his dutiet
are neither ardueus nor consequential. All
the generals commanding who are in posi-
tons Of responsibility, are, regularly edu-
Gated military men-West Pointers. And
; ipubIic opinion has shifted, from the ex-
} ttreme, INDUCED through want OF info1ma-
ton, at the commencement Of the war, that
fareguxr military eddcattou -wss useisss,
nearly to the opposite extreme, entertained
because there has been an absence Of OBJ
: servation and analysis Of facts, that West
, Point birth is essential to military genius.
) Let US take note Of the fact that Buffers
! I star had hardly disappeared when that OF
: Terry appeared. and that Terry's military
: education was gained in this war. His ad.
3 vantage over Butler was that he did not
! commence ~ Major General. His school
was similar to that in which Napoleon's
Marshals studied; and, like them, he COM
menced At the foot Of the ladder, or nearly
i. 90. A military education 10 indmpsnsa-
BIZ. but It can be acquired in the field as
well, - = the Academy, and better in the
o former than the latter. While the Wet
Pointers arenow supreme; It IL quite pro-
bable that if the war were 70 20 on through
}. two or three Prudential terms vet. We
> should ind. thatfouf Field Manuals zen
). orally had started In the 1ankG We have
-%0A04 Ooaonolav VotoeanA in 1hosaerxice.
T: fess 1.s s:ss q ssxs
= ming ofour struggle. They are behind in
rank rather because theiregularly educa-
ted mon had the start in the race, than
+ through any advantage in the system Of
rails because they believed in the war,
q have all failed. Witness Fremont, Banks.
J, Butler and all the rest. Oar West Point
). lere, made Major Generals, and becoming
fpoliticias, arealso Milures. Witness Nc.
Clellar, Buell., and 20 forth. Anti-slayery
II alike. The military business men. who
turn neither 70 the right nor the left, "a
conciliate any sort OF politicians, are the
NJ succeseful ones. WitnessGrant, Sherman
!. THOMAS, Sheridan, concerning whose no.
"a lons ABOUT slavery, and AL the agitated
e questions about politics, fsw know or ~
Ct enough 70 make an assertion Or ask auev.
10 ton. The antiAlavery people have ia
reesen to BE- dissatisfied With Thorn. how.
ever. for, unlesswe except the rebels. they
l., are theereaiest practical Abolitionists q
T. this century. = :
eel The WAY You Always sroPpxp.-The
Z. Vermont Record tells good story Of an
e ,n ,n9.o Old lady, who never before had
one OF the Vermont railroads ct tho time
!. q fsesns collision when freight train
III eoi a - wisn passenger train, smashing
10 and upsetttng things generally. a. soo y
ias he could recover hn scattered -vensee
tia conductor went in search Of the veosr
=. able dame: whom he found eittin1 .ol;t:r 8
OIL and alone in the car, tths other psasenser3'
having sought terra frmd,C WITH. var,
n Ia >>SA