The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-01
FROM WASHINGTON.

VAeiiNutoND Jan. -, 1907
II Is raining in this miserable city;-it has
rained for more than two weeks. The roads
are almost impossible. Understand the horses
on the other side the Potomac are suffering for
want Of forage, because it is impossible to carry
1t In sufficient quantities. Fever and smallpox
are prevailing TO an alarming extent Every.
body gets vaccinated, but still everybody trem-
bles. And it is to this long spell of bad wea.
ther, that the wiseacres tell us the slow move
ments Of the army are owing. Gen. Mcclellan.
they say, contemplated grand movement of
our entire srmy;-,he Burnside expedition the
Cairo expedition, the brilliant vancouver in
Kentucky, Hallcck's advance In Missouri, that
Of Rosecrans in Virginia, and that of the great
army Of the Potomac, were to be projected ST.
mutaneously. The plan is frustrated by the
weather. hope and believe it was SO contem.
plated, for the pressure from the North and
from Congress must have forced forward
movement of some kind; but l only give you
the rumors, and you can judge. And BY the
way, hear that the member of the Cabinet
most strenuous for an immediate advance is the
Attorney General, Mr.. Bates. Postmaster Gen.
sral Blair has heretofore occupied this position,
butt is now occupied by man whom We have
been accustomed to consider an old fogy of the
slowest kind.
The war will continue according to General
McClellan's policy, endorsed as it is BY the
President, and such men as Garrett Davis and
Mr.. Crittenden. The story of conversation
between Jim Lane and Mr.. Lincoln, in which
the latter endorsed the formers opinions, is a
most ridiculous hoax.
Judge swayne Of Ohio is appointed to the Su.
prems Bench to gil the vacancy occasioned hv
the death of Justice Mclean. The appointment
will create some surprise, as it was understood
no immediate appointments were intendcd.-
But it has been difficult sometimes to obtain
quorum Of the Court, and hence the appoint
ment now. Judge Swayne is an Ohio man. of
about fifty years Of age, and Republican of
what they please to call conservative tendencies
If the bill creating another Circuit in the West
passes, Senator Browning, or Secretary Smith
will probably be created a Justice
The expulsion Of Blight, is occupying the At.
tens'on Of the Senate. The charge sgains. him
10 similar % chat against our illustrious fellow
citizen, Gen. Jo1cs, Of writing letters to JEFF.
ferson Davis, asking Of him a Pres;dsn, ~ a..
Confederate States. friendly Offices to,.ra.
Mr.. Lincoln, new inventor in tire.arms n.
will hardly be expelled, Ia two-.hirds yo,. h.;..
required but . majority win probably be ,s'
corded sgains: him.
The War Department under Secretary Stan.
ton Is at present very active and efficient. But
"A new broom always sweeps clean,p and the
present is no indication OF the future. A hill
mas been posted up, allowing Congressmen "a.
Eurdays 70 traDsact their business, and the nm.
yloved Publici1ondays, while for the rest Of the
week the Department is closed TO outsiders
1r Stanton says that without such an srrsn.e.
nent he cannot proceed.
A movement il in progress to make M.;or
General Of Brig. Gen. Sigcl Iunderstsnd he |
President favos il as recognition Of the a.
ices Of our German fellow.citizens during n.
var; their regiments being acknowledges an sII /
lands to be among the most Efficient and hsst
rilisd Of the troops In The 6eid. XOY
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