The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-29
special to New York Papers.

left here on Tueaoay 10 look Tor the remains OF
Colonel Slocum, Maj Ballon aud Capt. Tower
of the I'd Rhode Island Regiment, killed at Bull
Run, returned this morning bringing their re-
mains The party was composed OF Governor
Sprague, Col. Arnold, Mr.. Walter Coleman, his
Secretary, Lieut. Col. Sailges, Capt. Dennison
and Surgeon Grudy of the Rhode Island Caval-
nv, accompanied by two Of the Rhode Island
Volunteers who had been taken prisoners at
Bull Run and had noted the place where the Of
fcers were buried. The party arrived Friday at
Dudley's Church. Col. Slocum and Mai. BalIon
were buried in the yard Of building near BY
which was used as a hospital on the day of bat
tie This building had been destroyed by the
rebels, but the graves were found. After they
had commenced to dig negro girl inquired If
they were digging for the body Of Col. Slocum
and stated that about six weeks after the battle
some soldiers Of Georgia regiment had dug it
up, cut off the head and buried the body at the
side Of the run close by, and taken the coffin
away to bury dead negro. Her story was co.
roborated by white boy and man who lived
in the same neigborhood. On repairing to the
spot indicated there was found pile Of ashes
and which we're pronounced by. the Surgeon to
| be human corpses, which were buried in boz,
and Major Ballon in a coffin. Upon opening
the graves the box was recognized by Mr. Rich
ardson who was present at the interment, and
".
Upon opening the other grave it was found to
lie empty, showing that the body dug up and
burned by the Georgia barbarians was that of
Maj. Ballon, as only the two have been inferred
in that yard.
[Tribune's Dispatch.
IL is rumored that Green Clay will be trans
ferred from the Secretaryship of Legation at st.
Petersburg to that at Turin, the present incum-
bent, Mr. Fry, having declined on account of i'll
health.
DR.. John Evans OF Chicago has been nominated
and confirmed as Governor of Colorado territory
vice Gov. Milhu. Stephen s. Hardin, of Indiana.
was on Friday nominated Governor of Utah.
vice Geo. Dawson, rejected
Small squads of rebel horsemen are securing
the country within five miles of Manassas i'm.
pressing all the able bodied men left robbing the
farmers for the hundreth time and DESTROYING
what they can't carry away.
The Saturdays work OF the WAYS and Means
Committee on demands Of delegations for the
modification OF the tax bill was to put 3 per
cent al valorem charge upon paper of every de-.
scription; to adopt the schedule on leather sub
stantialiy AS they were presented to the Commit
tee by Mr. Alley, tanner. and a member Of the
House; to fix the rate on hoop Skirts umbrellas
and parasols at . per cent ad valorem : ready
made clothing Mt per cent ad yElorem: TO leave
salt as in the bill and after long discussion to
let the tax as first reported on tobacco and
all its manufactures stand unaltered The tax
On billiard tables was reduced half.-to ten dol.
lars a year. On rock oil petroleum and coal oils
the only change was OF phraseology SO that
the refining and the prodace from re -distillation
shall not be charged for brokers. The Commit
tee took oil the tenth of one per cent ON their
stock sales, thinking that through their use of
powers OF attorney, transfer stamps and other
assessable incidents of their business they woud
get taxed enough. Flour was not disposed Of
me desire to tax, OF course exists. The only
difficulty IN fixing the rate has been presented
by the Canadian reciprocity treaty. The belief
has at least obtained in the Committee that flour
can be taxed by branding the barrels and taxing
the sales without violating the stipulatons Of |
that treaty. The charge on the gross receipts |
OF morse railroads was reduced one half II was |
decided not to tax coal at all, because it enters
IN the business of nearly the whole nation Du |
ring the discussion on this bill the work on the
larlh progressed. Reference is continually had
TO IL and when an article is taxed for income
revenue at the same time an equivalent custom
duty is placed on the tax list This pripcinle
will be adhered to throughout.
The Times Washington correspondence saws
lie Commission of State Prisons WILL to.mor.
,ow, take up the case of the celebrated Mrs.
'renshaw, who will probably be transferred from
S.ate PRISON 10 Lunatc Asylum
ten. Monteagrey has been transferred from
us post as Military Governor of Alexandria and
'iaced in like command at Annapolis.
Painful rumors have been afoat for two DAYS,
Meeting prominent officer in the civil depart.
nent OF the Government. We are promised tho
ienoument this week.
IL is not true that the steamer Vanderbilt has
zen purchased by the Government to be altered
an IRON clad vessel. She is merely chartered
Or short time as transport
The commanding officer at Fort Craig writes {
the Government that he has not doubt of
cling able to hold the post.