The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-17

here and elsewhere.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. Seen. Schofield. after
consulting with steamboat owners, has is
sued an order as will prevent the recur-
renee of steamboat fires. A military pa
troll is TO be stationed, day and night, upon
the levee, and four watchmen are to be on
board all the time-one on the upper deck,
one on the cabin deck, one on the lower
deck, and one in the hold. All skiffs and
small boats are taken possession OF by the
military, and will not be used, except by
special permit. Insurance companies had
previously put up their insurance rates to
25 per cent, the policy to cover only two
thirds OF the value. -9.....r
THE FRANKIG PRIvILEGE.-The editor
Of the United States Nail sends the New
York Herald the following for publication:
laj# IMoRTANT POSTAL NOTICE.
| There would seem to be determination
on the part OF class Of correspondents not
to understand the requirements OF the
postal act of March respecting the frank
ing privilege and the forms to be observed
in addressing matter entitled by law to
pass free in the mails.
Ffrst-No private citizen, high or low,
can send a letter or document of any kind,
or any other thing to any officer or public
man at Washington or elsewhere except
ing to members of the United States Sen
ate. and House OF Representatives, the Sec
of Representatives, without preparing the
postage thereon, whether such matter is
upon official business or otherwise. He
must prepay letters to the President Of the
United States, his cabinet officers and all
others in public stations with the above ex
ceptons. The franking privilege Of mem
bers has not been materially changed, and
covers correspondence to and from them as
heretofore.
Secosad-All persons employed in the
4 Government!ssivice may send official let
ters free to the department at Washington
with which they are officially connected,
and to no other department. provided they
write or print the words "official business
on the envelop of the letter, and also 81 gn
their name and official designation thereto.
Ifthese words and signature. or either OF
8 them, be omitted. such letters must be sent
to the Dead Letter Office, which, we regret
to say, happens daily in all large post Off
ces. Some of these unluck missives and
parcels are addressed to President Lincoln,
the Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of
War, Adjutant General, Quarter Master
General, and other high officials. No
doubt some them are written by private
citizens (who, it has already been shown,
must prepay everything tney mai? ana
!, others by public oficerr, who, from lgno-
rance Of the law or carelessness, do not
comply with the prescribed modes of frank
. ing, or fail to confine their use Of the frank
to their own departments. An officer IN
The army for instance, cannot send free to
The Navy Department, nor postmaster to
he Treasury Department.
; The publication Of the above information
has the authority of the Postmaster Gen
; era. --. -s.. ......- -...
5 PoLlTICAL ALLIES OF THE REBELLION
The Democratic party OF the North
: might have been loyal opposition party
!, and so maintained its character for pa
t triotism But it chose to surrender itsel
: to the lead of men whose disloyalty Is
\ manifest, and the consequence is that its
: fate is bound up in the same bundle witt
e that of the rebellion: When the rebels wiz
q battle Copperhead Democracy chuckles
: and wakes bold and defiant, and when the
: Union armies are successful the Copper
q heads whine and run back to their holes.-
y lSome of them are bold enough to contes:
e their sympathy with the rebellion, ant
+ most of them make it as clear as MONDAY
s by excusing and praising the rebels ant
II must be confessed there are many lOya
|, men who follow these disloyal leaders
s without intending to act the part of tral
e tors or to give aid and comfort to the re
e bellion. "The country right or wrong
i used to be their favorite motto, but nov
$ they 60 for party right or wrong, and seen
d to be careless of the fact that the success 0
b party involves disgrace and ruin to tn
: country.
S Democrats who mean to be loyal and t.
o do their part as citizens to defend tn
Union against the enemies who seek it
= overthrow should at least suspect some
: thing wrong when they see what the rebe
;. leaders expect Of them, and what close al
II lance they claim with them.
g If the success of the rebels in the helt
a tends to help the Northern Democracy q
: the ballot-box, and Uice oerso, then no tru
Q man can sustain such party by word O.
: vote, and honest and loyal Democrats mus
: either act with the Union party. which il
r composed of Republicans and War Demo
# Gratis. or thrust out the Nallandlghains
) Woods and other such traitors from th'
e high places of Democracy and reOrganiz'
r on a lOyal basis. AS matters now stand
b the Democratic party of the North is the re
S serve corps of the rebel army.-SprinGtiett
: Republican, ap - ..1 -aea
q Hon. JOHN MINOR BoTTs IN OUR LINE
: This gentleman is now within the lines o
e the Army of the Potomac. His residenc'
: is near Brandy Station. -.
). It will be remembered that Mr.. Bolts ha.
t been long confined in prison at Richmond
q for his devotion to the Union., He is now
e under parole to the rebel Government no
b to communicate information to our com
: manders. He looks care-worn, and proba
f bly his long confinement and the troublou!
$ times which are upon his State have i'm
s haired his fortune and means of life. Hi!
I | household, as in the case with all in tn,
I neighborhood where he lives, have doubt
o less found difficulty in procuring food, il
{ the constant presence, now for two years
o of large armies. 1t was a graceful ant
: thoughtful act, therefore, that the commits
a some days since, a goodly supply from the
abundant stores of the Union army nov