The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-07-06

| ARMY ConnRsPONDENCE.
CAnP LYoH, ST. JosEPn, No.,
q Nh. EDl7oa: - s
4 Very little news stirring. The I'd Regimen
still continues its Headquarters upon the crumt
ling banks Of the turbid Missouri, just below th
city.
Colonel Curtis left yesterday for Washington
leaving Lieutenant. Colonel Tuttle in command
He intends, if possible, to secure position 70
his Regiment in the Virginia Geld, which vii
suit Us very well, as there is no hope Of figh
among the sneaking cowardly Missourans.
Twenty-one cases in hospital-none danger
ous A member Of the Des Moines Compan,
was stabbed through the neck, at saloon, tn,
other evening, but is now recovering. Til,
scamp who stabbed him ran into back yart
and jumped into a cistern, from which he wa.
nshed out and placed under guard. All the
prisoners but one or two have been released
upon taking the required oath. enclose yoa q
letter from one Of them, published in the Gaz
ette, thanking the officers for kind treatn.en,
during their Imprisonment as follows:
~ CAMERON, Mo-, June "a, 1861. +
EDITOR GAzRT7E lin behalf of nv fellow
prisoners, taken with me at this place on Sun.
day morning, June 10th, and conveyed to, and
confined at, Scamp Lyon" near st. Joseph, l
| take great pleasure in returning our sincere
| thanks to many Of the officers, and soldiers
placed over US from the time Of our arrest to
that Of our release, for their attention and uni
form kindness 80 cheerfully extended. And sin-
cerely regret having forgotten the names of a
number of officers whose kindness merits our
lasting gratitude.
Especially do We remember Lieutenant-Col.
futile, AdjI Chipman, DR.. Collins, Captains
Littler, Brewster and Reed, Lieutenants Fiaana.
gan, Archer and Scofeld, and Sergeant Major
Lunt, as possessing the true spirit of the gentle
man and soldier.
And to many of the noble and generous citi-
zens OF st. Joseph do we allot bright place in
our our memories, memories, especially Messrs; Hughes &
Shackelford, of the Pacific House," also
Messrs. Worries, Ridenbaugh, Massey, Penick,
Kowley, DR.. France, and others whose names
have forgotten.
Very respectfully &C.,
w. A. H. VAUGHAN.
Your correspondent was seized with an SIRE.
pressible desire, to-day, to tread the sacred
soil Of Kansas, which he did in company with
the'very gentlemsnly Mayor of the little city of
Elwood on the opposite bank of the river The
Mayor, DR.. Robinson, is q sound Union man and
is raising Company to enter the U. s. service.
In that little city Of one thousand inhabitants
every man is freeman and "every freeman
host" Used to famine and every species of
hardship, they entertain no fears from the Mis-.
sourians
The crops in Kansas were never more prom
Using, The winter wheat and rye is now being
cut The inhabitants seem to feel very grateful
to those States Especially Iowa) that contri-
buted so generously to their relief during the
famine last winter. Hundreds and thousands of
acres now teen with luxuriant spring wheat
whose seed was donated by the friends of free
dom and humanity in Iowa. That whitening.
blighting curse--(to use phrase heard re-
peatedly whilst there) has greatly crippled its
trade.
How vastly different the sentiments of the
people of Free Kansas from those of Slave Mis-
souri, Secession is the legitimate offspring of
Slavery, and as long as the latter exists in the
land it will be in danger from the former.
have often thought that the Almighty has
suffered the present calamities to come upon the
land, that the people might rise in their might
and crush out the hideous monster, under the
name of secession. In our ranks are to be found
men Of every political party, who in fighting for
the Union, are indirectly crushing out Slavery.
After that domineering, insulting and over
bearing power,-which has ruled our country
during four.fifths of its Constitutional career
is once humbled, it will never again raise its
head, but vanish into soine dark and remote
corner Of the earth. Its bar baric influences are
to be seen all around us. Only think of seces-
sion preachers and drunken church members
If YOU go into the country, a few miles, you will
see the old fashioned loom, the little spinning
wheel, and many other ancient implements
Even the Railroad and Keyars don't seem to
have civilized them much.
report came last night that Washington
had been taken by the secessionists, and caused
great rejoicing among the traitors here.
have been elbowing around good deal over
the City for several days, and verify believe that
four-ffths of its inhabitants are secessonists.- -
They are pretty quiet, however, just now, but
threaten occasionally, what they will do, when
the troops leave. Union men implore US not to
leave them until the is settled, as the infor-
nation they have given and assistance they
have rendered us, makes their condition in such
an event tenfold worse than before we came.
l think it absolutely necessary that this great
thoroughfare should be constantly guarded
| Some leading Union men of the place think it
| would be best to transfer the companies raised
| here to some remote field, and leave the City
| under care of strange troops, as number OF
| officers and many of the rank and file in the
Home companies are strongly suspected OF
treachery. The idea. think, is good one.
The Gazette still spouts its treason, but glo-
rious ''old Bob" Of the Journal, is fast reducing
it to a nonentity. The boys would long ago have
broken it up had their officers given them per-
mission.
According to its (thc Gazette's) theory, the
"Abolition toops of Lincoln" have ruined the
trade of the city. On hearing that charge to
day from leading secessionist up town, askee
him how that could be when our Regiment
| whilst it molested no law-abding citizen, wal
guarding the Railroad and paying many thou
sands of dollars every week to the City for pro
visions aud other necessaries. He failed to state
Having an opportunity to send this as far a
Keokuk, by our Quarter Master, Lieut. John
Stuart, who starts shortly, will close.
| For the Hawk Eye.
FAIRFIELD, Iowa, July lst, 1861.
Editor Of Kark-Ey:
Your paper beiag extensively read in thi
community, wish, through it, to give motto
and due warning to certain Secessionists her
that their movements are watched, aud tina
much more is known of their doings than the