The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30
From Our Lady Correspondent.

WASHINGTON, May 81, 1863. -"BELovED
HAwK-EYE :"-There is serious and wide
spread trouble in Washington. Secretary
Seward has given up the Peterhoff mails y
without consulting the Commander in
chief of the Army and Navy" "Abra-
ham Abraham! where art thou?" If there
had been any one to consult, wouldn't Sew
ard have consulted? But that is neither
here nor there. l am a widow! Some po-
litical wind mill is to be demolished in
Iowa, so my don Quixotte' silently de-
parted in the night and left me to the pains
of incipient widow-hood. 1 now realize
''there is no loss without some small GAIN
When my spirits rise like yeast in a bread
basin, Job is the unfortunate spoon that
stirs me down. When l rise to one of nv
highest flights, there is no Job to bring me
down to earth with one of those matrimo-
NAL jerks on the bit, for which the male
sex are celebrated. My right hand neigh
Dor is also "bereft," and we console TO-
gether. Ny neighbor is none of your lap
dog sort of men, but tall and straight as
an arrow. l always did think my dear de-
parted Job wasn't quite tall enough, though
he always would insist that SHOULD look
up to him. which / did, to please him,
The st.time heard of Job he was enjoy
ing good health in Iowa, but in these DAYS
OF accidents, ''it is well to be prepared for
the BEST
LINZ all NluO"S, 1 nave taken the trOuD-
les of the World upon my shoulders. and
go about on errands Of mercy, and nv
last feat of strength was performed in the
"Office of the Postmaster General Fully
equipped with an "open Hawk-Eye' in one
hand, and letter from the most eminent
surgeon in Washington in the other. Oh
the invisible knives, scissors and scapeIs
that letter contained. 1t laid bare the ante
room, and the illustrious Montgomery
20 rot nf htS ct, -
all his glory. AS the day was exceedingly
hot and sultry, he laid aside his Post Mas
ter Generalship, and was exceedingly sur.
prised at the smallness of the man. and
involuntarily exclaimed to myself. sIs il
possible that this is the tail end of all the
mischief in the Cabinet?' Imagine slim
man, with false teeth, and this accounts 70,
his speaking the truth so seldom, and san
dy hair, and there lies all the mischief.
Didn't SIMPSONS strength all lie in his
hair? Red hair, as have said before, when
| found on political soil is dangerous ele.
ment. 1t owsinternal combustion. There
! is no Knowing whether it will burst out a
Union flame, or shoulder in Secession
| darkness.
| i arose to my feet when the aforesaid dig.
| nitary approached. / was overwhelmed
WIN ills amazing condescention! The su.
aVity OF the Blalrs oiled every creak in tbe
conversation. A momentous silence ON.
sued, and approached the disputed terri.
tory with Mcclellan strategy and every
weapon concealed, and very innocentIy w
marked, there has been another commo.
ton in the female dead letter office.'' and !
have seen an "official document in which
it is said that you Montgomery Blair. vii
'swoop down" from your cabinet eyrie'
and pounce upon a little Union chicken
remove her from Office, unless she submit,
| to rebel rule, the sceptre swayed NV on,
"Miss Jordan GAS a member of tn.
Press, l wish to understand this matter p
The poetry and force of my language start
led him, and he quietly said, .'do YOU un
derstand the case?" drew myself up t.
my proudest height, and said, do under
stand the case. l know Miss Jordan to b
a rebel, have proof undeniable. You sa,
Mr.. John A. Kasson investigated her cas-
and reported to you ''ail right" yet am
witness that John A. Kasson told the citi
zens of Iowa here in Washington, that h
had requested her removal on. account O
disloyalty. Can John A. Kasson serv
l"God and Mammon also?" Post Maste