The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-09
Wsshington Correspondenee.


WAsHINaT0N, April, 30, lS63.-The Off
State, as recommended by members o.
Congress, and determined upon by the
War Department, so far rs have been able
to ascertain, is as follows: IN
LIST District.-K. b. Rutledge, Prov6S
Marshal /; johnson Pierson, Commissioners
End District.-Philo Hall, Provost Mar.
shall j. Thorington, Commissioner
Burrows, Physician.
Sd District.-Do not know who.
4th District.-James Mathews, Provost
Marshal.
5th Districts. c. Burnell, Provost Mar.
shall !; - Cornish Commissioner. The
headquarters Of this District are changed
from the original intention, at Des Moines
9Th District.~Peter Melindy, Proves,
Marshal.
Major Thomas Duncan, Sd Cavalry, Reg
ular Army, will be our Provost Marshal
General.
AS write, company Of secesh prisoners
are marching by my window for the old
capitol. They are the first fruits of Hook
er's advance. That advance, for good OF
evil, has begun. The weather seems to ia
vor him at last, but clouds are threatening
renewal of the heavenly campaign. 1t is
perhaps, unwise. it may be unsafe, to pre-
dict results, when the proof is so soon to
follow. But the critic of McClellan-the
man who, in his own unaffected judgment
is competent to any task he may undertake
the General without the slightest aspira-
tons for civic honors or influence, whose
military ambition scars to supreme and
unchallenged cOmand-the patriot who
would welcome death with huzza on the
field of victorious battle, or lay down his
life with joy as the price of breaking the
power of the rebellion-the one individual
with will that no man on the continent
can withstand, and whose settled deter
mination no authority can thwart or quail
~, will in short space justify the conf
dence of many hopes or prove the weak
ness of vast assurance and the mistaken
judgment of close observers. He is not the
rash and healdlong fighter that common
opinion would make him. Whatever he
undertakes, he does with all his might
But no man is more prudent and compre-
hensive in his calculations, or knows bet
term advance the character of the task he I'M
derstand. With aneye like an eagle, equally
quick and cool in judgment. with a hand
of iron and the will Of an autocrat, believe
the new commander has no ordinary career
before him, but will cease predictions and
await results. ,sEs =
That Miss Jourdan, of rebel fame, con-
corning whom have hitherto spoken, and
ofwhose retention in Office Mr.. Blair wash'd
his hands, has been for a month or so I'M
der notice of removal; and another person
was, understand, even designated for her
place. But, at the last moment, it has been
concluded that she should remain, a sneer-
ing, sardonic she-rebel, occupying the best
paying position of any lady under this
Government. 1 said I should, and tho't
1 would, air the whole history of the case,
and the facts connected with it, if she were
not removed, as had no idea she would
be. But it is so useless, so notifying
task to undertake the removal of rebels
from office, or to treat of circumstances
connected with the subject, that give over
in despair, and really feel unable to talk of
it in decent temper. But, as God lives, 1
will never, except in some overpowering
emergency, vote for, or aid in the support
of, any head of any department of the ex-
listing Government, who has kept in Office,
or allowed others under him to keep in
office, in time like this, rebels or rebel
sympathizers, and as often as they shall
appear before the public, seeking its trust
and its honors, will denounce them at any
sacrifice, and to the extent of my humble
Iowa., !