The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-06-15

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II any nan wisiesso gain an adequate i'm
preston sf Tie advantage gained by cur Govern.
asnt over the rsbels, b hss simpay = turn IRON
the military display On land and cast his eye nr-
on our force At "a. Il = not much We hear from
the floating magazines, but along the sweep Of
ths Atlantic coast their dark hulls are seen d.
lently closing port hsre and there, or chasing re-
bel privateers or prizes into the CULTS end baye
they ssill frequent While comparatively little
notice has been taken Of their work, from them
he seeded States have received the greatest
injury, and the iron grasp Of authority has,
through them, crushed the hopes Of treason a.
man might crush moth.
LIST. Soxihey,a Cdssn,eyce u Destroyed Liter
ally they can neither export nor import, and
their ships lie rotting at the wharves.
I'd. Provisiosw are eso,7noxdy high The lux
uries Of life are ost Of the question just now,
dainty lips are eager for fare never touched be-
fore, and course - It H. It is precious as gold
Bacon quoted here At 100 cents per h, is there
20c; coffee 40c q b salt q so v bushel (;
aour $40 q bhl. corn 81 4b q bushel. All
these are fast running out with no prospect Of
sapplies
Sd. Money is Getting Scarce. The provisions
purchased Of Kentucky have to be paid for in
specie and there 10 no commerce to replenish
tho purse. The Banks will not part with what
they have except under the most extravagant
Inducements, or the Imperative demands Of the
modern moss-troopers.
4th. Property Of all descriptions Is deprecated.
This is especially true Of the negro property
One third Of his value six months ago cannot
now be had for an able-bodied slave he must
be fed and clothed nevertheless, high as food
and clothing are, and SO marked is the suffering
from this source. that proposition to send
thousands of these encumbrances of to work on
Texan railroads, the masters to be paid in land,
10 faforably listened to.
9Th. The Troops are fast 5ecominy Dissatisfied.
They have neither pay nor provisions according
to agreement, and where the gold is to come
from is more than Davis knows. The Chicago
Tribune has the following in relation to this state
Of affairs:
1.-THE scarcity Of money has in great degree
demoralised the army. The New Orleans Zou-
ayes who we're Withdrawn from Pensacola and
sent to Virginia passed through Montgomery
and Atlanta At the former place they deman-
ded their pay in such mutinous language that
the citizens became terrified. Their officers as
sured them tina: they would be paid in full at
Richmond Some Of them declared that if not
paid at Richmond, Immediately on their arrival,
they would burn the town. The majority. how
ever, would not be put of any longer with pro-
misses. They would not bulge an inch from
Montgomery until they should receive their ar.
rearages in full, in unmistaksble specie. They
thus carried their point and got their money
Before they moved on, six of them were shot
by citizens of Montgomery for breaking into
their houses. The fame of these Zouaves eclip-
ses that of Billy Wilson's regiment So great
was the terror inspired by their plundering and
ruffianism, that the citizens of Atlanta would
not allow their train to stop in the town. The
Home Guard and citizens generally formed on
each side of the railroad track and told the en-
gineer to go ahead on pain of instant death
The train accordingly sped through the town at
the rate of fifteen miles an hour. The Zouaves on
the other hand, declared that they were only
fighting for bread, and bread they sconld hare"
Add to this the infamy into which the leaders
Of the rebellion will sink, when pledges are vi
olated, reputation practiced upon their own
people, and no more delusive prospects are pre-
sented to their Imagination. There is not a gov
eminent in existence, however old, experienced
and wealthy, that could long sustain the pres
sure, and this fungus Of commonwealth must
inevitably surrender soon. This blockade, fully
realized, is fearful thing, without wasting
charge Of powder or human life, woe may be
inf cted upon the South, fatal, if not as swift
as the destruction of the Assyrian h SITS. Like
the dry rot, it will work in her, work silently, un.
til little extra strain comes, when the whole
fabric will collapse and leave but a wreck be-
hind.