The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-08

PuUhC cSeutt oHu S00 very cxlSt6nce
: Of the nation is iMperilIed ~ sE s
! The seventy thousaDd dollars Of tho public
money now In the hands Of Mr. George d. Nor
gan, IN equity and good conscience, belongs tc
the government and not TO him, and should al
J once be restored to the national treasury and
such reasonable compensation for hts services
paid to him a. Justice may require. ss e
Tfeason In High and Low Places.
tTfoa ne New York PosJ Has
4 A few days ago . gentleman of this city,
riding up town in an omnibus, observed two
persons dressed in the Uniform of thc army of.
ficers, who were loudly abusing the Government,
the Union, the war, and all connected there with.
In reply to question, one of these persons
avowed himself an army officer VINO had served
fifteen years, and said further that he did not
resign because the army was his profession,
and he meant to make his living Dy IL, though
ne would mot fight in the present war ~
story like The above seems extremely i'm.
probable till one has read the report Of the
Potter Investigating Committee. os -
The patient public has often vexed its riehte.
ous soul over the reports Of shells in our navy
yards hlled with sswdus: instead of powder Of
inteliigence OF Important movements conveyed
to the enemy; of steam vessels secretly disabled
in the machinery; of treachery In places where
We have the right to look for nothing but faith
ful eervice. II may now see in this report the
reasons for this long continued treason. ~
/ The committee reports that charges against
more than Eve hundred persons employed In the
departments in Washington have been investi-
| gated and they express their conviction that q
large number of dis:oyal cases are shll to be
found in the various Acknowledgements who
have openly and boldly avowed their 1ympathies
for the rebels. It is shown that large number
OF persons who openly favored the rebels, who
were, in fact, the creatures of such conspira.
tore as Floyd, Thompson aud their friends, have
been retained In places of trust and responsi-
bility-places where they have opportunities to
possess themselves of Governments secrets, or
where they could easily act out such minor trea.
son as filling shells with sand, or disabling the
engines of our war steamers
Jacobs, made clerk In the War Dep
last September, after being turned out of the
Interior Department., said: s If he had known
that ne would be turned out he could have got
an Office in the Government of the Southern
| Confederacy-but that it was then too late"
Goodwin, clerk in the Paymaster Generals
Department, thought the traitorous officers of
the United States army ''were just as honorable
men as those who remained true to the Govern
ment."
Cadman, messenger, "claimed JEFF Davis for
his friend, and said if he was turned out in
Washington, he could get better Office under
| the Confederate Government"
Clark, clerk In the Commissary department,
declared that ''if the South attacked Washing.
ton, he would not take up arms against the
| South"
Isaac Miller, still employed in the Arsenal,
| said, Immediately after the attack on our troops
| in Baltimore, Northern hands are now stained
with Southern blood" that ''it must be revenged
at all hazards" that s'the South must and should
be maintained" He has son in the rebel army.
This would be pleasant man to have in the
.shel" department.
Lloyd Harrison, I'd Lieutenant of Sherman's
Battery, obtained his commission after having
| enlisted in rebel company, and boasted Of this
double engagement. Lieut.. Throckmorton, q.
s. A., is in open sympathy with his father
This father sis chaplain in the Black Horse
Cavalry, in the secession army; he was clerk
In the War Department, and was ordered to be
arrested by Sen. Mansfield, for carrying infor.
nation to the rebels while clerk, but be escaped.
He had secret till made in the seat of his bug.
gy. in which he used to carry letters, &C., to the
rebelsn
And so the evidence runs, the persons con-
victed of disloyalty being army officers, con.
| tractora, clerks Of departments, workmen, gun.
| ners, wagon.masters, watchmen in the depart.
| ments, down to Lieutenant John Watt, of the
United States Army" late gardener to the Pres
ident, whose associations were with known
| seceesionists;" who declared thst "the Southern
Confederacy must be acknowledged" who was
"much elated at the result of the battle Of Bull
Run, and perhaps procured himself an 1fice in
the army to assist in creating another panic.
| 1t may seem trivial to quote and give impor.
tance to the words of such persons as these
But the committee remark justly that sit is lot
possible for loyal citizen to remain silent or
Indifferent In the hour when mad rebellion raises
Its parricidai arm against the Government. At
such time he must speak and he will act."-
But what can the public say when such persons,
open and outspoken traitors, or wretched mer-
cenaries who are ready TO serve either side, are
kept in odice-are supported by the nation they
are trying to destroyf
TIE VoLUNTEER is small paper issued by the
10th Regiment, I. v, from camp Union, Charles
ton, No. II is printed upon red paper, contains
but three columns, but its articles are sprightly
and readable. Wegive couple Of samples:
CHARLEsroE.-Pass History-Ptsse.t Cond;.
tto'--dnd , FatHrs Rro.pseta Charleston, my
boy, was tettled by colony Of T. f. VS., in the,
year 1918. They came across the briny water
| In kanawl boat and were unfortunately Shin
wrecked on the desert shores Of Birds Point
| After presenting the captain Of the boat with
dilapidated cotfee-pot as . testimonial of their
high appreciation Of his courage on that irving
and fearful occasion, the few survivors, after
taking little something, came and founded this
city. Charleston Is at present, my boy. yery
much like its illustrious pl ototype the Capital
Of Secessia. 1t is slightly tinctured With seceab.
'Tts located on plain--its houses are mostly
vacant, and its streets are growing up with
grass, or would DC IT 1t was not winter. Ito for.
eign CONNER ce, in consequence of the blockade.
/ IA nearly ruinQd.-nn1v fro -
having been imported in the last three weeks
SO you'll realize. my boy, that they are In euf.
fering conditon-y0y. Its future depends yery
much upon the course its inhabitants pursue
If they continue to hsrbor our enemies and
! shoot our pickets, its fate will be like that Of
sodom. (see Lanes Speech.) F.w.C.
An INPRoNfrU PRAYER NETTING a-Gen. Paine.
on arriving here yesterday, found the churches
| vacant, and no evidences Of that devotion on
the Sabbath necessary to all well regulated com.
| munities; he accordingly summoned the inhab.
itants Of thls city and surrounding, to meet hiu,
| at the Court House at l.S0 P. H., where he pro.
posed to expound to them the weightier matters
OF the law. The house was well filed, (the Gen.
occasionally sending for prominent absentee. y
and after giving them some good advice, he
called on Rev. Divine TO conduct the services.
quietly informing the audience that his presence
| was needed elsewhere, and that 1t would be ne.
cessary for them to remain until o'clock, P. n.
| On turning to the door they were surprised to
find that the house was closely guarded and that
for the balance of the day they were prisoners.
BY this ruse the Gen. not only succeeded in pre-.
venting information Of his movements being
carried to the rebels, but brought many an cd
sinner to the altar, who had not seen it for wears
Il u to be hoped that they profited BY the occa.
sion. ~ s.ii ~ g7s7s s.
The correspondent Of The Evening Post with
the Burnside Expedition il rssponaibls for the
following statement: Asa
when the Burnside Expedition was project
ed, Mr.. John Tucker, transportation agent Of
the War Departments, WAS employed to charter
vessels, and Mr.. II. B. Renwick, inspecfor OF
stsamboats at New York, assisted ~ Messrs.
VI. Il. \ Lloyd Aspinwail purchsscd vessels for
the expedition. In every case the purchase o.
charter Was made under sworn amdsvit from
the owners % to the drafs Of the vssssl. n