The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-11
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~'--.- Correspondence Of the Hswk-Bys.1
go WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 1862
On returning to this city after few week.,
absence, / see some new arrangements and
hear some interior intelligence that is quite i,
teresting, but that is not given to the public o.,
either because it is not deemed prudent Or h.,
not exuded through any channels accessible !,
the news gathering horde, If such thing couu
be.
Among the most noticeable new thing ia IL.
abrogation of liquor selling. The thing is done
completely and vigorously. Military espion,p.
and discipline, summary con6scstion and Dun.
ishment, have given Washington the frs. f.,
sample of the Maine Law in practical fo,o.
that have seen. There lie, however, the NIT.
eating allowance Of ale and lager, on which i
is considered that the people won't 20 DRUM
much. And 1 think they won't, for see M
drunkenness here, now. But ale is not an ar.-
tocratic drink, and, whatever the soldiers mipb,
do, the proper denizens of Washington don.
drink any thing that is not aristocratic no,
indeed, the temporary residents, very much 70,
all the exceeding inebration that always ORE
walls here is as much matter of style, as An,
thing. ......
This state Of things puts all Washington in
the sulks; for Washington takes its tod very
regularly. Indeed, Washington is the onI,
place l ever saw where Whisky was conmoue,
thsn water. Here, wherever liquids are expec-
ted to be found, you may not sometimes find
the good old fashioned drink of father Adam
Whisky, the favorite beverage of the Kentucky
nsbob, and the head of snobs and imitators Of
him, you will find every where. In fact, water
is not considered of much use except to mix |,
with whisky. Judge, then, of the effect of
sudden shutting off of everything that will make
drunk come except the vulgar decoction Of
hops It is worse than the accession of the
Republican dynasty. But Washington is for
once, and the first time, sober. That is worth
something When the stream is let on again,
there will be high carnival, I reckon.
Everything outwardly looks as if it were reg.
ularly and securely settled down into Halleck-
Mcclellan rule, so far as military matters are
concerned. But appearances, so plain and pc.
sitve now, are deceptive, am certain. Gen.
Pope was defeated against all calculation. The
Junction of the army of the Potomac should
have been made in time to have rendered oper.
atoms triumphantly successful. 1t might have
been; and the consequence would have been
the ruin of the Confederate army. But the
campaign and the cause were wickedly, devilish.
ly, sacrificed by the jealousies of officers, and
in some part of the rank and file. That sacri.
fee cost the country much. TIE difference be.
tween what is, and what might have been, is
great. The President feels it, heavily. He
knows nhy it exists, and his modification and
resentment are not feeble or likely to die out
without results Under existing circumstances,
he did the best that could be done. I did not
think so, bat do nor. There are, consequent
ly, important changes impending and searching
investigations to be made, at propitious times.
And these changes and investigations are sure
to transpire.
The veteran and vigorous Hooker is still here,
and the people here, am sure also throughout
the country, who are deeply interested in the
progress Of his wound, are many. He can't get
well too soon. His services are needed. And
they will be prominently employed. He will
soon be in his saddle, he says within week
but his surgeon says within ten days or two
weeks. He laments bitterly that he could not
have finished the day that be was struck, upon
the field. He says he would have driven the
rebels into the river. On this point he is very
positive. Indeed, don't knew as is is impru-
dent or improper to repeat still more import
ant assertion that he makes, viz: that McClel-
Ian, and Mcclellan alone, is responsible for the
rebel army not having been destroyed or cap
tured."
1t may interest some of our Western soldiers
to know that the President says, freely and EN-.
phatically, that he has no fault to find with
Gen. Pope. IOWA.
wAsHlSHros, D. c. OctySd, 1852.
Editor Hawk.Eye
SIR:-Some two months since wrote short
articie Tor the haWk-Eye, over the signature OF
iowa." my object in writing the article was to
call the attention of the farmers of Iowa to the
fact that we have Department of Agricul-
ture,' and in order that that Department may
be as useful as possible, stated Gf remember
that seeds and cereals would be sent
free of cost to those who apply to the Depart
mens for them, and that those who are engaged
in agricultural pursuits may have conf 1ence in