The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-08

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or Republican. who ois laboring effectively 70 put
down the Rebellion. They are bowling "Abo.
litionist, !" "Abolitionist" tho old oey-with tie
psrtinacity Of famished wolves. They ere look.
Ing for q restoration Of shs old pro-slavsry rule
Of Davis, Mason, Hunter, Rhstt and the other
worthless to their imperial sway at Washington.
They desire rssonstraction Of the Union, the
loyal States paying al the sxpsnsss Of de war
and restoring the broken scsptre 70 King Got.
ton. They are looking forward q. restoration
Of the good time vhen northern doughfaces
shall again feed upon the bounty Of Southern
niger drivers and the life Of no man Opposed 70
slavery and slavery extension b safe at the
National Capital.
The suggestion Of the Memphis Avslanchs, 10
form guerrilla parties armed with long range
rides to pick OF the pilots Of the National gun
boats is almost q ftishtful On sxpedisat = stop
their progress - that Of the Nashville papers,
which was to drill and blow up the rocks along
the Cumberland to prevent their ascending the
river above Fort Donelson. II the Tennesseans
undertake guerrilla warfare, way will speedily
be found to check that sort Of business. The
Western boys understand 'bushwhaokipg" quite
| a we'll % the rebels ~ A eua
REnovAL OF 6ourH CARoLHA 4LAvRs.-By
an order of the Governor and Executive Coun.
Gil of South Carolina the owners Of slaves re.
moved from the seahoard to the interior Of the
State are required to place them under the con-
troll Of some white person rssiding In the neigh.
borhood to which the slaves may be removed.
Any violation of this order subjects the party
infringing It to penalty of ten dollars per head
per month on each slave 20 left without proper
control a'a
WARRINGTON CoRREsPONDKNcK.
ea1r WAszIHaTox, Feb. Is, 1869.
FRIIND DuNHAN: You may have noticed in
the Senate proceedings yeeterday, the introduc.
Of the Sectretary of War whether any contract
for the construction of railroad under authori-
ty Of the War Department had been made, etc.
The resolution refers to matter Of interest, and
I viii state some facts concerning it. The road
is to connect Danville, Kentucky, with Knox.
vile, Tennessee, and will be $50 miles In length.
contract for its construction has been made
with Mr.. Stone, (Amass think his Christian
name ISL of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly contrac-
tor on the Chicago L Nilw aukee Railroad, which
| suspected reputation. He 10 said, and BY many
members Of Congress believed, to have already
forwarded twenty miles of iron in furtherance
Of bis contract. The road, It is admitted BY
| those favorable to the project here from Ken
tucky, in private talk, (for the whole thing is
substantially private YETI cannot and 10 not 70
be done short of year, when it is certainly 70
be hoped that it will not be needed for military
purposes. And yet, the question arises, For
what other purpose can the War Department
undertake ito constructions Also, 10 there au.
thority under any existing Law for the Depart
| ment to undertake the construction Of the road
at allY Again, the cost, $lb, ,OOO, 900, 10 calcu-
lated to provoke criticism, under present circum.
stances. In connection with the affair, yestsr-
day, in the House, Frank Blair reported from the
Military Committee . bill to organize an engi
neer force to consist Of number not exceed
ing stated amount 100 think, from each
brigade, making in oil force of about IL, 600
men. Mr.. Wilson (of Iowa. desired that It
might be put over to Friday, for examination.
The purpose IL to appoint Brigadier Of Engi-
neers, who 10 to command this force. In other
words, the Brigadier will be Superintendent Of
construction, and the $1,000 soldiers will build
the road under his management Now, would
you believeitf This man Stone, the contractor,
has been nominated 10 the Senate - the Briga-
der. But. an inkling Of the affair getting out,
the Senate refused his con6rmation-or at least,
put the case over for inquiry, and I doubt not
he will ultimately be rejected, even IL the
scheme, ITSELF after Il gets IN airing, should "a
on.
You may also have noticed, in yssterday's pro
cesdings in the House, perhaps with some sur
prise, o. things go, but doubtless with quite u
much pleasure, that that body passed an act Gre
ating an additional article Of var, forbiddino
officers in the service from returning fugitive
slaves. This was the 6rst triumph, Of any 20
count in the House, Of that popular sentiment
to which such an act 10 agreeable. The bill wal
reported, and passed, In Response to the. rssolu
tion some time ago introduced BY our member
Nr. Wilson, and referred to committee with In.
structions. To Nr. Wilson belongs the credit o.
insugursting and designssing the terms Of III
act. II can. easily pass the Senate, and doubt
less will. These facts are given TO me on AZ
thority that cannot doubt
The judiciary Committee 10 not happily con
stituted, a. times are, Thick and %, believe
are the mass Of the loyal men Of the North con
vinced All the various con6scation bills pre-
sented In the House have been referred 70 tha
committee The matter has been fully consid
erred BY il, and the committee will soon repof
the billa to the House, With recoumsndatioi
that they do not pass However, 4eeers. Bing
ham and Wilson make minority report, recon
mending the paasage Of Ar. BinghamS BILL
That bill Is quite similar 70 the bill Of Senator
Ttumbull, now under discussion In that body
With probability Of 10 passing during The week
: Iowa.
Thurlow Weeds last psblishsd letter froa
London u dated the 5th Of February. He /
I very nappy ovee The tusn d a1Airs o Paslia
ment, and says the only cheer IN IL Hosea a
Commons was elected by 8 Mira ali.sson !,
America BY Lord Palmssston. Since ~ sstals
. ment Of The Trent a9Ais, kindllse feelins
, both Of the 0ovsfnnens and people, toward os
country, bas been very manifest. II. Ieson ~
: lodgings at fertou's Hotsl. where he has no n.
itogS but 6ecessio0ists The chief topic Of h
quiryis, whether TIE Ansriean people will -
: taxation. 70 this 1r. Weed answer, aYsas-
I A few evenings before The letter vss vritter
, bishop xcIlvains was invited . bsekinshs1
Palace, to take leays Of ~ Prinos of Wslo1
Who b going East 70 whom ths BlsAep, ~
the death Of Psises Albsst had wsleaea 1 teuel
ling isssss u csadslsass ~ advisa