The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-31

States, have declared that to the Federal
Government belongs the entire regulation
of the currency of the country. That pow
er they have now exercised in the adop-
ton of the system recommended by the
Secretary. Our whole currency in coin as
well as paper, will soon now all be nation
al, which is the most important measure
for the security aud perpetuity Of the Union
and the welfare Of the people ever adopted
by Congress. It is to Congress that the
Constitution grants the exclusive power
"to regulate commerce with foreign nations
nd among the States;" and sound uni
form currency in coin, or convertible ON
demand into coin, is one Of the most essen
tial instrumentalities connected with trade
and exchange. "
THE SITUATION AT THE SOUTHWEST
Upon reaching the Tennessee River from
the field of Cickamauga, Rosecrans adj
dressed his troops: -soldiers-the
object of our expedition was the possession
of Chattanooga-and here we are" Brief
and to the point, forcible, true, and adroit.
Thus far the compaign, whose mysterious
surges are rolling above us, has no clearer,
as it certainly cannot have more laconic,
history. The few words of the Fedora
General illuminate the whole page as ray
from dark lantern, and no man can close
his eyes to the somewhat painful glare
which they throw full upon it. Not even
Gen. Bragg himself can contradict them
except with his sword and such strokes as
it may please Heaven to send us through
his hands in the few days of fair weather
just before US. Unless aUe make hay achile
the sun shines, the story as thus told Witthold
good through all time; the Spring tctU open
nntoacdrd dangers to our arms; the cause
Vhich noi0 turns upon the piUot Of its crisis
aciU droop like q foaoer aOhich has been nra-
tended, and the end must fade ont of sight IN
az of n jeno eff
gioC7nS. God forbid it!
at present the case stands about IN this
W.Se: We hare lost the gate to toUer East
Iennessee-theriuer, aOhich a0Gs our base, and
The facilities which these afforded for progress
SIZE movements into Middle Tennessee and
kentucky. We haze gained q hdnd-to-hand
right: we haze repealed q powerful invasion;
are hare preserved Georgia and secured a
commanding position around the enemy
Rosecraas, on the other hand, has gained all
that IRE haze lost. He has seized Ghattdnoo-
ga and fortified 1t, taken up the river line as
IN his aew quarters, leaving as urcivity ont i'c
the cold to take care of ourselves as best we
can or mast. Physically, and to all appear
ances, in the aggregate, ne Is the gamer, and
after the prisoners, artillery and standards,
taken at CttckdnadWga, are counted, our vtc-
tory Is told, white our deficit to the long stunt
total, glory included, Is a Set-oS to make up
for any results yet achieved. II, q acord, ase
hare lost ten, or t2Celue thousand men, aOith0ut
receiUing an equiUalent u, producing terrific
~. The ,DhoLe question turns, therefore,
aipOn the situation, and DhGt ace sOi do Withit.
In military circles it is generally believed
that Rosecrans has blundered into posi-
| ton, which improved by an adversary of
| genius,9 might be turned in those adroit
| movements to his utter ruin. If this be
| so, and the movements speculated, but by
| no means explained, are made, the victory
| of Chickamauga will be complete, and the
many lives there sacrificed will become as
so many trophies to noble work. But if
| this opinion be false, or if the movement
suggested as possible fail to be made, and
we continue to gaze listlessly from the bald
knobs of the Missionary Ridge upon the
comfortable barracks of the blue varlets
below, then, then we may tremble for the
next campaign, for as sure as there is any
surety in the future the Spring Of "a must
| see us far from the borders Of Georgia or
near to the verge of destruction. Nail it to
your door-post, men of the South, and re-
fuse to be deluded into any other belief
| Food and rGinaent are our needs. We
must hare them. kentucky and Middle Ten
nessee can only supply them. Better give ",
aye, better give up Richmond withOut a.
struggle and Uin these, than to lose Megotden
Jfeld, whose grain and aooot are our sole
| hope. The enemy has juSt one ar y IN, the
field too many for as. We must crash this
ooerptus; ace mast gam one signal StomeWoH
Jackson campaign. Destiny points the place.
BE Rosecra'ls the victin. Defeat him, pull
verize, run him to the OHIO Rsoer, and then
| close the qCar 0ith tie neat Sumn,er. And
how? Nothing easier. The bee which has
really stung our flank for SO long; once
disposed of, our triumphant legions
have a clear road before them. Fed sump-
tuously through the Winter, well shod and
! how nix fn a toN
foe, retake the Valley of the Mississippi,
secure the election of q Peace Democrat to
the Presidency in the Fall, and arrange the
terms of treaty and independence. These
results can be accomplished nowhere else
than in this Department. The North West
is our real adversary. No matter how often
we whip the East, the effect is still-born to
the end. Let us teach the true contestants
Il lesson of peace and soberness, and the
difference will be speedily as our need calls
for the deed.--Daily Rebel, oct, 9th. s5...o
A DESPERATE AFFAIR.-Last Saturday
evening ME- Henry Bolzer, who resides be-
i low Rockingham, near Mr.. Staffleback's
farm, stopped while returning home from
the city, at the bakery of Mr.. Charles Hard,
at the lower end of Second street. There
he met two men named respectively Della
\ ney and Hays, the former residing at Hick-
i ory Grove, and the latter at Blue Grass
uSSe UWO Ilcl, WuO lldu CettAl, were dp-
parently about starting to go home, and
Mr.. Boiler, thinking that he might ride
part of the way, asked them permission to
get into the wagon. This was granted, and
Boiler got in. AS the two men, however,
who had been drinking, kept on talking
and did not seem disposed to make an ear
ly start, Mr.. Boiler got out again, and pro-
ceeded home afoot. - .ts... -a-- -. t-....
Delaney and Hays then left Mr.. Hard's
bakery, and instead Of going home went to
I the house of Mike Heating, on Third street,
below Fillmore, hitched up and fed their
horses, and then went to a dance, . few
doors below Mr.. Keating's house. There
they stayed till about two O'Clock, Sunday
morning, and when getting ready to again
move, missed a bundle of dry goods be-
longing to Hays, that had been left in the
wagon. At this discovery they suspicion
4 ed that Mr.. Boiler, who had been in the
wagon the early part Of the evening, had
taken the parcel. After asccrtaining where
he resided, preparations were made by De-
lnnev. Hays and Heating to go to Bolzer's
house, and without ceremony, search for
the missing package. They got into Dela-
news wagon and drove down to Mr.. Boil
zer's place, arriving there about clock,