The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01
An lntelllgens Contraband.
Correspondence Of n. 7. Tribune.
. Bol1yAR. H1aHrs, Va.

g. RI. -..a.= sgs BOLIVAR NIGHTS, va,
.-a s-3e, Saturday Oct Is, 1862 e.
Our Autumnal storm dwindled to . five
hours rain and our forward movements to o
reconnaissance in force. The warm, sunny
days have returned; Chsrlestown is once more
army of the Potomac. cd Ia s-.- r.
Yesterday, two years from the day when the
guns of old John Brown shook every foot of
slave soil--our troops returnedto their camps.
The movement has developed the enemy's pc.
|sition. May it prove the forerunner of an
early advance. s.'as sv-5 gtegtr s
| Have you not learned by the published re-
ports that "Mesgher's troops behaved nobly!"
True doubtless, they were not in action at all.
''Gen. Mcclellan and staff rode boldly out to
the 'front.'" So they did--some hours after
the firing ceased. But there was nothing to
call them there earlier, and the expedition &C.
complished its object. 81
What more remains to be said of it! But
We have another topic-s once honored theme
has lately fallen into desuetude. The Intelli.
gent Contrabsnd has come again.
On Thursday, beyond Chsrlestown, our
pickets deserted . solitary horseman with
bucket on his arm, jogging soberly toward
them. He proved to be dark mulatto, Of
about s.. As he approached they ordered .
halt Ia! gOJa'i3a ~ ~ cs-I s'
ii"Where are you from :" .esse 2 rsg -.
Southern Army, CAN, " giving the military
salute.
"where are you going'" @-'H
Q; "Coming to yous all" as n,
"What do you want?' za- 5 oil
s'Protection, boss. You won't send me back,
will you!" - s'' ~2- !.
"No; come in. Whose servant are you." II
DlSS -
heerd of Mr.. Barnwell Rhett, editor of The
Chasleston Mercury? His brother commands
battery"
allow did you get away" a 10 ere gi
"Cap'n COVE me fifteen dollars this morning,
and said aJohn, go out and forage for butter
and eggs So you see, boss with broad
GRIM, Pse out foraging! pulled my hat over
my eyes and logged along on the Cap'n's horse
(see the brand G. s. on him) with this basket
on my arm, right by our guard and pickets.
They never challenged me once If they had
thor brought the Cap'n's pass" And the new
conner produced this document from his pocket
book, written in pencil and carefully folded. l
send you the original: .r
Pass my servant John, on horseback, any
where between Winchester and Martinsburg
in search of butter, & sc. .Hs..-fs
A.. BURNETT RHETT, Capt. Light Artillery,
tas.-r Lees Battalion
care there many negroes in the Rebel
CORPSE
"Heaps. boss"
"Would the most of them come to US if they
could?" y
"All of them Cap'n. There isn't little
pickaninny so high (waving his hand two feet
from the ground) that wouldn't"
'sWhy did you expect protection" Heard
so in Maryland, before the Proclamation"
. ssWhere did you hear about the Proclama-
tion.''
ssRead it, Sir. in Richmond paper"
ssWhat il it,"
"That every slave is to be emaneipated on
and after the 18th day of January. can't
state it boss!"
..Something like it. When did you learn to
read?"
ain 40, Sir. was head waiter at Mrs,
Nevis clearinghouse in Savannah, and Miss
Walcott, New York lady who Was stopping
here, taught me-