Gen. Geo. W. Jones, late of Ft. Warren . . .

. . . has been in our city during the last few days. – We see by the papers, that he has recently been at Keokuk, Davenport and other points. The fair presumption is that he is organizing throughout the state a party, whose head is at Dubuque, and whose purpose is to resist the collection of Federal taxes. The Dubuque delegation at the capitol last winter avowed their purpose of organizing a party with this purpose in view. That Gen. Jones is traveling in this work we have not a doubt, and that a secret meeting and consultation with the two dozen Burlington secesh was had we have just as little cause to doubt.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 10, 1862, p. 2