The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-29

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} therefore there was no proofof his disloy-
! atty, and wanted to be paid in money,
cash down. In fact changed her whole
tactics and declared that her husband was
, pressed into the service against his will
oh, what fall there was from the high
position assumed only a short month since,
when che almost bid defiance to us. But
you will think can only cite the cases Of
women to prove the absence of chivalry
but will not Islander your sex even by an
|omission. Listen to what i have to say Of
her uncle who accompanied her. He said
he thought he was loyal man, but did not
know, he had never done anything against
the Government in fact that he knew of,
but had acquiesced with public sentiment;
he also stated that he was the third wealth.
lest man in the county.
/ Well, this valuable citizen pleaded the
cause of his niece, and gave as q reason
why we should pay her; that if we did not,
he would have to support herself and fam.
lily. Oh, chivalry! what treasure art
thou! She did not get the money, but here
he took the voucher; our Quartermaster
and Commissary could not be inveigled.-
So ends my chapter on chivalry.
/ But another subject has arisen since COM
mencing this letter-and that is the loose
ness with which money is paid to disloyal
parties by some officers. There is no regu-
lar system Of foraging, each General does
as he pleases, and pays who he pleases:-
loyal have been published, but in some ca
ses they are favored, especially if pretty
woman claims attention. Now would YOU
believe it, that this same woman l have
been writing about, got the money for her
vouchers at headquarters. Now, whether
, she proved her loyalty, or whether her
} pretty face, know not-but do know she
, Is pretty woman, and that she is an ac-
knowledged rebel. There are some strange
things in the amy, perhaps it was chivalry
on our side that caused this strange affair.
Yours. g., L.
FEDERAL Spies IN A REBEL FoRT.-A
confederate officer, one of the prisoners ia
Ken at Port Hudson, is writing an account
OF the slege OF that place, and what was ia
KING place the while the siege lasted inside
the post. We extract the following story
! from one OF the chapters of this interesting
history, which may amuse our readers:
lone pleasant morning two ladies cross
ed over on the ferry fiat from the Pointe
Coupee shore, and directed their steps i'm
mediately to the office of the Provost Mar
shall. The elder of the twain was dressed
! in deep mourning, but with dine regard to
a display of elegance. The younger dis
, ported herself in attire more suited to
fashionable evening promenade than for
) travelling, while her countenance, glowing
=,
, diant with smiles, rivaled the gorgeous
, ness of her costume. After such a lapse of
, time, speaking calmly and dispassionately,
, she can be said to have been "gotten up re-
, gardless of expense" AS the folds of her
dress were lost to sight within the envious
walls of the Provost Marshars building, a
tall. stern featured soldier from the piney
> woods turned slowly away, and after de-
, livering himself Of a long drawn sigh, ex-
, claimed with an earnestness of tone that
showed it came from the Utmost recesses of
the heart, oh! aren't she screamer,
/ though ?''
With all the ease and nonchalence of one
, experienced in the world, the younger Ia
dy introduced herself and her venerated
parent as refugees from New Orleans
Their tale of wrong and oppression, of in
dlvldual sufferings and kair-breadth es
capes, was not soon told, though delivered
: with graphic skill and rapidity of utter
ance which proved the relator to possess
rare conversational powers. Minutes
heightened into hours and hours rolled by
! UNDECIDED by the constantly increasing au-
dltory, whose sympathies were so keenly
enlisted, that some of the younger and
, more impressible were ready to saddle
1 their horses and start off at hand gallop,
resolved to avenge that fair creature or re-
r turn nevermore.
: Mother and daughter expressed them
selves anxions to go and visit son and
for their beloved cause on distant fields Of
glory, but yet such was their fatigue they
would be compelled to remain few days
, in Port Hudson. Escorted by gallant
) young officers, who exerted themselves to
: render the stay of their fair visitors as in
teresting as possible, they saw all the
. works then in progress, as well as the diff
ferent camps, where at dress parade, the
number Of troops conld readily be ascer-
, tanned by locker on. The ladies were
: charmingly ignorant about artillery and
Notifications; and after obtaining an accu-
rate explanation of every thing they saw,
would protest that it was such an intricate
, subject and there were so many technical
terms necessary, they could not see how
7 one could ever understand such things
Now do tell me, how far can this thing
shoot.?' asked the younger one of her cha
perone. The officer carefully explained the
range of the gun up and down the river
: "And don't it fire any further than that
tree?" asked his attentive listener. THAT
is its extreme range" he answered, lat
least for the highest elevation we can give
it here. lyon don't say So" she resumed
1 with the NEAREST little laugh in the world,
81 am perfect child in such matters;
why, would have thought it could shoot
five times as far"
] But when another day had passed, the
"maid of the radiant smiles and her mo-
Their had departed, bound, so they said, for
oaShSOu, Mise, AChNio a SiouA Va So~iASFSS,
: perhaps over heart or two. The presence
of such charming visitors are green GASES
3 in the desert of soldiers life, and their
absence was still being mourned, when it
I was learned that, instead of going to Jack
! son, Miss, they had made their way with
out loss Of time back to New Orlrans, Ma
disOnville and Lake Ponchartraiu. The
fact was not generally known, however,
and those who had so generously and ASST
duously helped the visitors to obtain the
particulars they came to seek, Rugged to
r their bosoms tina: good old motto which
consolingly says, Least said soonest
mended."
II GEN. FUTILE THEN AND Nowhere
D is abundant proof that when Gen. futile,
: was in the field he was exceeded by no Of
ficey in the field in the vigor OF his anathe-
9 mas against all traitors and Copperheads.
Now that he has consented TO be the tool of
q Dunoombe, Mason and Byington, he has
altered his tune, and affects to consider
p ontonolen pronunciation of home traitors