The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-03-28

week has been of that delicious kind. which
while 1t calls into life the vegetable kiavdo,,
and clothes the earth in its mantle Of green a;e
fuses over the animal sy stem, sort Of dream,
languor, or in other words, brings on the ANN.
al disorder, the "Spring Fever" The Peach and
Plum are in full bloom, and few of thu
earlier flowers are beginning to peep forth from
their winter quarters" The very bird.
though their songs are lively enough in the
early morning, appear to sing lazily in the sf-
ternoou. Battery horses and commissary mples
"sleep on their posts" Dimnutive contvabsuds
too small to be of use in Gen. Grants ditcbe.
instead of running and dancing, and yelling, and
cavorting round in droves, after their usual
manner, are now seen loling about solitary and
alone, enjoying the genial warmth of the season.
and wondering, perhaps, "whor plant Massas
con- and cotton dis veah." Soldiers 60 to drill
with no good opinion OF general orders, and
such games as Base ball and Cricket are PLAYED
out. a
Nothing of particular interest is going on
at this point An occasional skirmish takes
place between our cavalry aud the numerous
pre- datory bands that infest the surrounding
country. You have heard of the capture Of Gen.
Looney's force, and a part of Richardson's band,
in this district. Since that occurrence, about 80
'rebs, supposed to belong to the band of one
Street. have visited the house Of Maj Smith,
I'd Tenn. (Federan Cavalry, which is situated
about a half mile from this place, and robbed it,
taking everything it contained, even to Mrs.
Smiths wardrobe. A man from the 18th Mich.
was taken prisoner. The next day the same par.
ty attacked a forage train, few miles east of
here, but the escort succeeded in beating them
off, woundlng one and taking two prisoners
The attack on Major Smiths house was made in
the night, and no doubt for the purpose of tax
ing the Major, who had been at home, but had
left for bis regiment the day before. They are
represented as having been dressed in the Con-
federate uniform, and we'll armed.
The operations of these bands are being car
ing country. A large number of the citizens
are taking their families North this spring
They avow their intention TO return and rid the
country of guerrillas, after they have provided
homes for their families. They say that if they
cannot live in this country, no one else SHALL
Our regiment is being paid to-dsy for the
months of September and October, '62. This
leaves over six months pay still due US; but will
suffice for present necessities
As an example of the discipline in our
by late court.martial on men in this regiment.
One man for "disgraceiully throwing down his
arms and abandoning his post" while on picket
has all pay and allowances now due, or that
may become due him, stopped, and to be con-
fined to hard labor during his term of service.
Another, for q theft committed on citizen of
this place, gets three months hard labor and
another, for similar offence, four months hard
labor, one month with ball and chain. For
striking an officer, one man was sentenced to
carry an eighteen pound log on the color line of
the regiment, four hours per day for ten DAYS,
with his back placarded, "Struck superior off.
GER" which sentence is now being executed
| The passage of the "Conscript Act :" is hail.
ed with joy by the Army. That, together with
the failure of the peace resolutions in the sew
eral State Legislatures, has infused new spirit
into the troops. Had they succeeded, it would
nave been discouraging indeed
| The denial of a statement that Colonel Corse
had resigned, which appeared in your paper OF
February 2Sth, was the first intimation of any
thing of the kind which we had heard The
Regiment owes whatever of efficiency it may
possess, to his we'll directed efforts We were
deprived of him once, for some months, while
be was on General Pope's staff, and do not wish
to repeat the experiment unless be is promoted
out of the Regiment. Had all our officers been
made of the same kind of metal with Colonel
Corse, We should have fewer resigned officers at
home and less Wooden ones in the Army. Such
is the OPTION of many others beside
| Yous truly, LINTON