The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07

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rested IN this Department ~ esn. Curtis. Il
seems thatlsst summer, while Baker IVES n the
employ Of the Government - secret agent, not
satisfied With his honest earnings, he undertook
/ to carry on . contrabapd trade With the rebels
] On one Of bis downward; trips he smnkgled
through four hundred ounces Of quinine, intend
ing to dispose Of it to the rebels. 1t an enor'
NOUS price. But be, WAS not quitesmart enough
for, that, was detected, the. quinine seized BY
federal authorities and css6soated assoontra
band Of war But the point yes remsins.t Baker
determined not to be oatvittsd, FORCES 4 vouch.
Ter sgainst the Government for the quinine, !,
$3.50 per ounce, and actually collected the
amount Of one thousand dollars for it
A later instance Of his rascality.a Last month
be left Helena, with bis boat, without = permit,
and proceeded up St. Francis river to trade With
The rebels He took . large lot Of boots, shoes,
salt and whisky, and upon reaching the mouth
Of the river, hoisted Gag Of truce, in violation
ton of al usages, and after going 8 far, up ss
be cosld, disposed of his goods, At enormous
prices. He invited rebel officers on board his
boat, and fetsd them most sumptuously..ino Upon
bis return be gave ont that he had been up after
some money left him by friends Il But one Of
Gen. Curtiss detectives, who had learned the
whole particulars. arrested the scoundrel st
Memphis, With his entire cre~, .and took posses
sion of his boat He is now awaiting ttial here,
5Anothsr.-The way Governmsnt pays for
beef -Daring the expedition into the Indian
country, last summer, BY : brigade under Col
Weir, the beef contractors got = fat thing. The
expedition, which went down1 TO- restore tho
oval Indians 70 their country, faiied--the rea-
sons not necessary to be given now. Upon
their return, they brought avsy, John Ross and
. large number. of refugees, and l 500 head Of
fat cattle. These cattle were sold, BY collision
among the officers, to the beef contractors for,
10 dollars head. They immediately turned
around and supplied the army with the beef,
charging the Government and 4 OTIS per pound!
. This, I am informed, s no unusual occurrence.
It was attempted at. Helena, while Gen. Curtis
was there, and it is recollected that q certain
notorious contractor WAS very suddenly and un.
tremendously thrust outside Of the lines, with
instructions that it would be healty to remain
outside. t.t - r.,.., i-Au
By general order from the War Department,
United States Military Post 10 re- established
at Fort Scott. z You may remember that several;
years ego when Floyd, the then Secretary Of
War, was in the business Of selling out north
ern military sites to, speculanors, he sold the
government barracks and buildings ct Fort
Scott, which had cost nearly 5000 900, for be-
teen two and three hundred dollars apiece, real
alizing.to the government ten or fifteen thousand
dollars for two hundred thousand. The Gov
eminent has now ordered q military post to be
re-estsblished there, and viii be compelled eth
er to buylthe buildings back at great cost. or to
erect new ones. nIa oadssw lRabis5aq . v
Ii recent letter spoke Of organizing a ne
gro brigade At Helena, Col. Shaw returned
herea day or TIVE ago. and reported that'hs
could do nothing, for the interference and oppo
sition Of his superior officer old granny German,
who was in command. German went there, and
bad scarcely landed when be was taken up BY !
the pro slavery influence at Helena, beaded by
the Governor Phelps clique, and as aresult the
rich sympathizers in that section have had things
just about as they wanted them. The probabil
ity ia that several prominent individuals at that
post, including Mr.. Enos, the Secretary Of Gov.
Phelps, would take hasty exit from this depart
nlent, we're it not th,t by orders from Washing.
ton, Gen. Grant las assumed temporary COM
mand over all that portion of Arkansas, and
thus taken it out of the hands of General Curtis
to act il, the matter. But you may expect that
somebody will get their toes tramped on down
there before they are much older Gormap,
who is an anti. proclamation, pro-slavery old
fogy, should be court martisled and dismissed
the service, The county is GU, sed With too
many just such arascalse It seems, if reports be
true, shasne has been returning darkies 70 their
owners in that vicinity, in violation Of the Proc
lamasion and express orders. We have had
enough of that kind of business. ba,,y .sst'ia
cannot close this letter, which has been dc.
voted to rascalities, without introducing more
pleasant topic. I mention, therefore the arrival
here Of Governor Kirkwood, and his. excellent
lady, who come to look sitter our SICK and
wounded Iowa soldiers in the hospitals Of this
city. Adjutant Clark, Of the 18th Iowa, nephew
Of the Governor, was severely wounded at Ar
kansas Post. He will probably lose bis leg, and
it is feared, his life. = 'a -aneli
Our gallant General Heron, Of the army of
the Frontier, has been in the city several days,
recruiting bis health, after his severe but BRILL
liant campaign in the southwest. Well does be
be deserve the Major Generals stars, for which
We are glad to see his name has been recomend.
ed BY the President ag ~ 4l5.. T. b, 8 !.
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