The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-07
The u. q. 1910 Leaa.

Instructions to the National Banks net.
ing as loan agents were not issued from tn
Treasury at Washington until March 18th
The Banks did not generally begin to IL.
ceive subscriptions until one week later
and in distant parts of the country hav.
yet hardly begun to work, but the suh
scriptions reported by mail to the TreaSu.
ry up to April I'D, amount 70 over IA
O00. 900 and the sum actually subscrihed
but not yet reported at that date is iinhel
greater. The attempts of interested par.
ties to compel the Secretary Of the Tres.
ury to raise the rate Of intereseon this lon
have signaliy failed. The experience ~
the last few weeks gives us every reason i
believe that all the money the Treasae,
desires to borrow, can be obtained for n.
per cent. interest In gold. ~ nv i's
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From the Ssh lowe Csvslry.
III CLEVELAND, Tenn, April q. 1854
DEAR HAwKEYE:--1th has been some ~.
since / have seen anything In your ~
Eumns relative TO the Slh, and I thoueht'f
might not be amiss to inform its ffi6ndS -
its whereabouts. We left waverlv, al 81.
18th Of March, under orders for NaslyfilS
We arrived there on the 18th. wh6fe =:
remained two weeks, all Of which finrs
was spent in preparing the regiment ~
the field by filling up the vacancies OF hor.
ses and wagons which had been worn ant
On the List Of April we started on the ularrS
for Chattanooga, and arrived there an n
10th, where we. lay one day and were a
dered to this place. ss15 i 'nA1
We had quite gay time Oh ths road frSn
Nashville. The roads were very bad, aud
would have heen- considered imnassshi.
for anything but1a Government trsirs
which must go through, though at the =.
crifice Of the lives of many animals. Sifh
which the road was lined. Idon't thinE.I
would be exaggarsolng, to say sa0 IL
bodies OF two thousand dead horses ana
mules on the road. srana#lfl l'Ji
3 We arrived at this place on the 18th inN
and were assigned to the LIST Brigade Of ~
lst Division of Cavalry, commanded by
Col. McCoOk. Col. DOrr commands An,
brigade. Here wish to say . few wof1N
in regard to. . few things which saw IA
communication that read in the Ha,ckeGl
this morning relative to the citizens M
the proceedings Of our Colonel in HumnKs
rsy county. 1t is true there are MANY IS.
cesh in that county, and it would not b
wondered at il some Of them would a.
protection, but think our friend has been
AAsAu!oim cu, VI ue u0u uOt Oeen posted ID
regard to the citizens. have beard MANY
Of them express themselves heartily tired
Of the war, and wish the old Union n
stored, though at the same time there wefs
many who would shoot US from behind Z
tree, if they could. mention this, because
think our friend spoke rather lightly 81
our Colonel, in which wre do not agree With
him, and as am pretty we'll acquainted
in that section, speak from what / know.
This has been q very nice place before
the war, but like all other Southern town.
it is about played out. The health of the
regiment is generally good, though We
have left several in the hospitals. We are,
camped just out Of town near a larre
spring, in beautiful pine grove. hope
you may soon hear something OF Interest
from US. r7'1J
Respectfully yours, t.e q
99l Jos, b, DONNER. Co. u. ~