The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-01-04

Ne general suspsnsioa Of specie payments
which commenced in The Eastern cities an,
- extend throughout the country, viii pro
dses On expansion Of the currency. ease tn,
nsaey market and enhance prices. Money vii
bsplsssy. We fear shatpsices Of grain and pro
visioas vill % much enhance as 70 check expor
seaisns, While, under the stimulus Of an inflated
sansncy, our inpostAtons will increase.
Oar iowa Banks ere placed in an awkward
peaition. II they continue to pay specie, theil
popss viii b. thrown. back upon them from
ahsead and their vaults at once relieved Of coin
fos Ne bsnsAt u outsiders and suspended Banks
II thsy suspsnd they must Be wound up, accord.
IL - our Coussitation. We see no alternative
Sse thsn but % suspend aud rely upon general
aeqaiescsnos in the necessity Of the measure by
ths people Of Iowa. sl... I, ...tss-i -, =.
G WAolooale RlunAef. -
he present, beyond all all other that this
gsasrstiou has seen, are days Of sacrifice and
tislr and suasring. Seven hundred thousand
nsa have ptaksn their lives In their hands and
nsrsasd 70 the rescue Of the country, encoun.
tefing Ill the hardships of camp life, of sickness
aaA death In ten thousand fosma Our people
- eAssrfally meeting every requirement and
saeriAos Of the times They are willing to bear
III The burdens imposed by the war for the
uaisn. They cheerfullys meet every call for
men end money, and hold their lives and their
fortunes subject to the call Of their country.
A people thus heroically devoted to their
0svsrnmsnt and iss institutions must prevail
Nothing can prevent It. But this patriotic en-
thasiasm d being checked and blunted BY the
Wholesale plundering which is now and has from
he beginning bean going on by sworn officers
of the Government The Investigation of the
Congressional Committee and our own observa-
lions satisfy us thAtoss out Of every five dol
lan expended by the Government ia stolen by
Government agents, Or by them permitted to be
stolen. At any rate in some departments this
proportion viii more than hold good. In the
parchsss Of horses there has been clear swim
die q more than twenty Eve per cent This will
hod good probably throughout the Union
Mere than 100000 horses have been purchased,
and IN making these purchases more than $s,-
0o0, 900 have been stolen. In Iowa ,00O..h O..horses
have been bought with clear profit in some
bodyS pocket of $4,000 to 100000. Where
this amount has gone it is more than We can
tell But II hes certainly been stolen from the
Government blythe Governments sworn agents.
Nov, it is very clear who is responsible for all
this stealing, and it is equally clear where the
power Of correction lies The Administration can
net shirk the responsibility. On the other hand
ths people can easily apply the corrective
Whenever it shall become disreputable to steal
freu the Govsrnment-whenever healthy pub
lie opinion shall decide that oaths of Office mean
something, and honesty in q Government officer
10 virtue, then will the corrective be applied.
Heretofore the man who was able to make
fortune out of public position-who did it slyly,
covered up his tricks we'll, and did not suffer
any very damaging exposure, was accounted
snart and sharp and applauded rather than con-
ds1nsd. But We are becoming purified in the
furnace Of trial, and honesty will soon be ap-i
plauded as virtue even in an Office holder
And what is still better, the public man who en-
joys the reputation Of using his public position
to Gil his private Golfers and those of his friends
with the money Of the Government, vii! soon be-
come, next to the rebel, most heartily hated and
dispised. Mem who are exposing themselves in
our camps and upon the battle field, to sickness
and death, thinly clad and not always fed upon
plum.pudding and roast beef, at thirteen dollars
month, will not be pleased with q perspective
view of. army contractors and politicians rolling
in stolen wealth. Our people who are willing
ly taxed upon their tea, their coffee, their sugar.
viii soon begin to think official thieving not SO
very smart after all. -s.5 sset
errcuIAriox IN Gvss.-The gross knavery to
which the government 10 exposed is shown in
one Of the transactions ferreted out by the con-
grsssional investigating committee. A lot Of
Halls carbines belonging to the government
were condemned and sold, early last spring, for
. mere nominal price. Soon after Alexander
Cummings, Of New York, bought 100 of these
sane condemned weapons for the government
G ]lB each. In June they were second time
condemned and cold for $3 so each to Mr..
Eastman, who laid out 81 Is on each gun in re-
pain, and sold them to Simon Stevens for $3.50.
II. stevens sold them 70 Gen. Fremont for S22
sseh. The total cost Of these guns to the gov
s'nneas y about sA' each' and they are as
worthless now % they were at hrst. The gov
efamsnt had better destroy them on nand that
tssy may not constitute stock 40 trade iof osnsr
"aaos 800 ---
Tn CaAaass AGAINST Gss. BExHAx.-Gen.
RosecssnS charges against Gen. Beuham have
hsen received At the. War Department; and q
essrtnassial will Immediately be ordered. Gen.
Deakan y charged with having permitted Gen
Floyd 70 escape, with disobeyipg orders Of biz
superior, and With conduct unbecoming an Of
Aeer. Gen. Rosscrans is expected to be presen,
at ~ trial, which will attract considerable in
tsfess, - both the commanding officer, and th,
accused seand very high fnvhs army.
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