The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1864-06-25

WAYS on the side Of leniency towards trail
tors and their sympathizers.
p. sMBriesdier General Granger has
been appointed to the command Of all the
froons along the railroad from Nashville
to Decatur, Huntsville and Stevenson,
with his headquarters at Decatur. This
now District, (Which suppose to be only
q Temporary arrangement), IS called the
District of North Alabama. General Gran
ger has arrived, and we are expecting to be
relieved in few days. w. &. 4.
washiaEtoa CorresPoad,.sn,ssss:. =. ,ss:
For q long time an effort has been ma
king in the Senate, with Powell, Of Ken
tucky, as its principal advocate, and, be-
lieve, its original proposer, to get before
that body the transactiona Of the Court OF
Inquiry of which General Mcdowell was
the head. suppose the chief purpose was
to make some COpperhead capital out Of the
evidence of speculation and corruption o.
which army and Administration officials
might be shown to be guilty. It was for
some time resisted, on the ground that the
examination was ex p0rte, and grave char
ges, with evidence only upon one side Of
the case, ought not, in justice to indiVidu-
als, to be sent abroad throughout the coun-
try. But it was pressed so long that it was
uu6lly, 10 jill 0PPodI0uC0, dOOut Uelu8 ~.
sented to, when Senator Grimes proposed
an amendment to the original proposition,
calling tor the report Of the Court, by re-
questing the transmission Herewith Of the
exculpatory yevidencepresented on the part
Of Gen. Curtis, who was one Of the parties
implicated. The amendment was adopted.
Well, near two weeks ago the papers were
Gen. Curtis, and upon which he was exon
Grated and returned to active duty. His
friends will be pained at the announce
ment, made in the Congressional proceed
ings, that the charges, and tho evidence
taken upon only one side, were communi-
Gated to the Senate, with none OF the excul-
patory proof. And they will wonder that
with, 4, full, as do. do not know why it
was 80, aud cannot learn. It Is the most
charitable view to regard it as an inadver-
tence, and hope It was. But Senator
Grimes has row secured the lacking pa
pers, and they will be printed with those
officially and originally communicated.
The cid fashioned National Intelli1ercer
and of the minds Of men. For long, long
time, it was fourishing and influential
journal, respected by friend and foe, and
perused by all the best informed politicians
Of every school in the land. On the corner
OF Seventh and u streets an old gilt sign.
SO weather-beaten and indistinct that it
could tut with difficulty be deciphered,
told the tale Of the age and permanence Of
the Inteliigenccr establishment. The ex-
tent Of the capacious building to which it
was attached indicated the amount of busi-
ness transacted. But within short period
the old sign has been removed. The great
building has been sold under heavy fand
also very properly old) mortgage, AMI Is
now being fashioned over into bright look
irU N9CA0rn ahnNQ nYYr a ay1On rn0aa.
rooted corner being reserved FOR the trans
action Of the affairs Of the ancient but still
breathing journal.
still peruse its broad and respectable
locking columns, as I have been ia the
habit OF doing, with more or less regulars
ty, ever since ! was boy, but rot with the
instruction and satisfaction of former days.
1t used to aim to be up to the times. It is
now behind them, and scarcely coaceals .
desire to be regarded as behind them as of
the past; as ii wisdom was cOmmoner then
than now, and had measurably died with
it; as if only those who still insisted upon
dwelling in the past and cherishing the
could be wise, steady-minded and respect
able. But that is not all. That could
overlook, for age is venerable, and the Wis
dom Of the past commands respect, even
though In egotism it arrogates to itself
than its proper proportion, while the for
mer services Of the Journal, once 50 great
and powerful, I am always glad to recog-
nizs. ut in these latter days spirit has
been Infused into it ia q great degree for
eign to its ancient character. 1t is Coppery.
It does not ostensibly affiliate with the
Vallandighan,s and the Wooden men. but
it talks q good deal like them. It is more
pleasant paper for them to read than for
any body else. It still aims ut y lofty, phil
osophic and patriotic impartiality, aud
oEa in ai CT Hnf oh NsOx-a M
consistently maintained its purpose. But
it is self-deluded. It opposed the Presi-
dent's original call for seveuty-tive thou
sand men. It opposed coercion" It in
sisted that the Union could not be restored
by force; that the South could not be s'sub-
jugated:' and that the war must fail. All
that sort of thing has been modified. but
still its reioicing over Union victories
would appear to be from Difference to pub
lie expectations more than from sincere
heartiness. while all the rebel successes
never fail to be spread out in full proper
tons the rebels are never designated by
spaen snal o .es ana T. a
seems indisposed to look upon the success
fui termination of the war AS probable.
Tho paper has been edited, since the
death Of MIR. Gales by Mr.. James B. Well
ing, who maintains, to an astonishing de-
gree, the same general style, tone, and
loECcy III Tie ulSCUSelCO Cl pubic QueSIlO0S
that distinguished it under the conduct Of
its former editor. Never before. think,
did editor have successor SO identical in ca
pacity, style, and the general character
and quality Of literary and intellectual at
tainments. I think the only substantial
differences are these the new editor is the
more scholarly; the old one was the most
patriotic. I may add, that, however, it is
still, by all Odds the Ablest journal printed
in Washington, though its radical spirit is
such that l should not feel displeased if it
were not printed st all, and the last corner
in the cid yrtelllgencer building were sur
rendered to the shop-keeping purposes to
which the chief proportion of it has al
ready been appropriated.
Last night the grand ratification meet
ing of Lincoln and johnson came of here.
1t was very handsomely got up, agree
ably conducted and numerously attended
affair. I could not help turning my
thoughts back to the ratification meeting Of
Lincoln and Hamlin, in 1860. Then. the
crowd was thoroughly mixed up with po-
licemen, to prevent mob, which. it was
difficult to do even then, and which It was
understood would not have been attempt
ed except from the fact that the city. wa mr.