The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-10-26
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The Boston Pc tof Friday, says:
We learn with concern and surprise that Qua
termaster Aeigs has ordered an agent p knt
land, with I credit to The amount Of Eve million
Of dollars, 70 purchase blankets and kerse,s 70
the Government The agent has arrived at Ha
flax on his way, but has been teiegraphed =
await further orders. We trust he will be d
i rected TO return. and that our own manufactur
era will be allowed to supply the wants Of th
army, which they are amply competent to do
not sixty per centum of their power being We
called into action. The expenditure Of 90 iarg,
a sum abroad-taking that much from our stool
of gold depriving our industry of SO great .,
amount Of employment, and the conse quent iG
crease Of the price Of the raw materialin Europt
would be serious blow TO the interests of thu
nation. and > serious embarrassment in the fu
turs financial operations Of the Administration
The subscriptions to the national loan have beer
urged and effected upon the ground that tht
money would return to the people in recompenst
for, labor and supplies, and that not a dollar
where It Was possible to avoid it, would be ex
pended out Of the country. This policy should
be adhered to, to enable US to sustain the Gov
ernment and save ouselves from depressing pow
erty; We hope the matter will be reconsidered in
season t. save Us from the unfortunate conse
quences the accomplishment of the mission would
entail. a
The following from the Washington CORES
pendent Of the Philadelphia Press may explain
the above:
BLANKETS FOR TIE Amy.
Much has been said about the mission OF Geo.
Plumer Smith and Col. Thomas, who 60 to Eu-
rope for the purpose of purchasing blankets for
the army; but it ought to be stated, in explana.
tion that one of the reasons for this STEP Is the
tact that many of those ,cto manu- 6dn-
kets in the loyal States, refuse to supply the Go,er-
me,tt, save at erorbitdnt prices. When the good
pay of Uncle Sam to all his contractors is con.
sidered, this standing out for high wages is RAJ
ther an unpatriotic thing. In the South, when
q manufacturer will not agree to work for trea-
son at reasonable prices, the slave despotism
forces him to do so, and pays when and what it
pleases One of the grievous troubles Of the Ad-
ministratien in prosecuting the war is the rapa-
city and heartlessness of the jobbers who con-
template this great contest something after the
the fashion Of the tailor who saw Niagara for
the first time, and exclaimed, in burst Of en-
thusiasm, Heavens, what a place to sponge .
coat I"
In other words, there is . mean attempt to
cxtort from the Government, which will not be
submitted to.
FALSE NorIoNs the rebel army is badly
equipped, that it is deficient in food, that it 10
badly armed, that it is not 80 large as our own.
The Southern papers that reach US give differ
ent statement of facts. The rebel army cannot
be deficient in any of these things. The adver.
Using columns of the Richmond papers contain
accounts of all kinds Of military goods to be had,
including large amount of blankets. The pri-
ces of food prove that there is large abund
cro To az ;,,tn
lana in large quantities. Prices as folows:-
Beef, first quality, per head, $25@S6; do second
quality, per head, $lS@25; mich cows $4,000;
hogs, gross, 100 lbs, $l0@la; sheep, second
quality, per head, 1894; veal calves, first quail.
ty, S9@l2; second quality, 81 6o@9. Salt pork
is high In regard to arms, we know that an
immense number was stolen from our arsenals
by Floyd, but in addition to that large supply
has been received BY way Of Matamoras, and up
the Rio Grande. That they have plenty of men
we know whenever fight occurs, for they usual
ly outnumber us in every engagement. North
Carolna has sent no less than thirty regiments
into the field, and when she can do that, other
and richer States, like Georgia and Louisiana,
can eend great many more. 1t is about time
that we had got rid of the notion of the weak.
ness of the South, and made our minds up to fight
the rebels earnestly as the only way to put down
rebellion.
GENERAL JIM LANE.-Among the leaders in the
war there are two extremes of characteristic
'jayhawking" and the "red tape" We put the
former first, because it is far the manier and
more respectable. 1t is energy and efficiency to
the core, and from its center to circumference,
while the o:her is imbecile and contemplate -
The ''red tape" characteristic is not confined to
cabinets and secretaries, but not unfrequently
makes itself still pitiable by exhibiting its
worthlessness on the field and in the camp
"Jayhawking" has its serious faults and follies,
though engaged in the best cause, and these
should be appropriately rebuked. But let it not
be forgotten that jayhawking foes can only be
met, as they deserve to be met, by jayhawkcrs.
The rebels in this State have thus far waged the
war in nearly every section upon principle-or
in the spirit of jayhawkers
Red tape" in epauettes has been but "a silly
thing" in opposition. One very
notable exception, among others, to this useless
style Of Federal warfare, has been furnished by
the brusque and down right Jim Lane. Gener.
al Jim ''pitches into" the enemy mall directions
in the enemy's own peculiar style. He adopts
prompt and hearty style of tactics resulting in
unusual and startling effectiveness and produc
ing in certain quarters an exceedingly huge dis
gust at his departure from propriety. We can.
not wholly justify these, in fact we fear that Gen.
eral Jun is at times naughty boy for giving so
very much trouble to secesh jayhawkers. When
the war is over it may be well to have a reckon.
ing with him, but We opine that new difficulty
would then arise in the fact that the people had
suddenly conceived violent affection for the
rough and ready jayhawker-[Mo Democrat.
Poor FLOYD !. When Floyd stole the Govern
ment nuskets, he stupidity thought he
curing himself in the high regards of the con-
sprators who made him their oil. So when
BENEDICT Arnold intrigued with the British he
little imagined the scorn in which be was held
and the contempt which pursued him wherever
he wac known. among the very people in whose
favor he plotted treason. Nearly every one
avoided Arnold with disgust and horror, and he
was repeatedly insulted.
such seems likely to be the fate also of the
gan.thief Floyd. Already the Richmond papers
taunt him with his crime. The Enquirer save,
sarcastically, of some letter writers who have
insulted Floyd, that at any rate, "the characters
of our correspondents have never been stained
by the suspicion of a crime" This to n man
who has been Governor of Virginia and Secre-
tary of War!
The fact is, Floyd is suspected in Virginia of
having kept to himself a great share of that
which he pundered from the Government; and
the Richmond editors do not forget that when
this gun thief was Governor of their State, he
vas known to have spe, ulated for his own ad.
vantage in stocks of Virginia, which were en-
trusted to him to sell on account of the State
Treasury. There are men now in Wall street,
who remember little speculation of Governor
Floyd's in 1851, by which he made enough, at the
expense of his State, to satisfy less ambitious
thieE-[N. Y. Post.
HARRISON COUNTY RIGHT SIDE UP.-The fol
lowing is the official vote of Harrison County,
Iowa Rather guess it will do for county cast
ing only seven hundred votes, and which has all
ways, until last year, given democratic major
ity
For Governor-Sam'l ]. Kirkwood 400; Ben.
N. Samuels 225; Cba's Mason %. Kirkwood's
majority 1853; plurality lSl.
For Lieut. Governor-John r. Needham All;
Jesse Williams 2l2; VIM. Il, Merritt 81. Need.
hams l62; plurality 1879.
For Supreme Jndge--R P. Lowe 400; ]. M.
Ellweod 26S. loves majority l4l.
For Coneress-James F. Wilson ALL; Jarius
E. Neal 262 Wilson's majority 1876.
For Representative-W. w. Fuller. REP
40; J. G. Hazlett 296. Fuller's majority 1888
For Representative, Fulleu's majority in the
district 10 not less than 900
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