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


EDITOR OF TIN HAwK-EYx:-Still III
10th ''waitoand watches over the border"
and take advantage Of the fact to talkt
little with your readers. In the abeenc4 N
any visible enemy to engage our attention,
there are two (dimly) prospective events
that have been playing "wfll-o-t he-wisp''
before rs for some months past-now,,
denly extinguished in utter darkness. II
mean the hope Of seeing our homes, and the
hope OF seeing Rdyrsoster. Every one
has heard of the smart fellow who hid him.
self when he saw q physician coming, and.
being asked the reason, said, s'he had mot
been sick for 20 long that he couldn't beAsl
to look doctor in the face" lam afraid
in regard to our Regiment, - no one hae
shown US greenback since November lstl
1853. Oh, that we could impavl one al
them long enough TO make him turn grew.
b0cked'sI 4ar ts ~ - III
Some little excitement was produced herr
by what seemed to be pretty heavy can.
nonading at Decatur yesterday, but It
turned out to be only artillery practice. o.
course, for the time being there were ~
nents being pushed forward, &c. 17is
used to wonder why it Wa that. almoat,
invariably, the newspaper telegrsphic des-.
patches from the army, of one day, were
contradicted BY the dispatches Of the next. n
can understand it now. Newspaper ere
Porters'' and ''specials' with the army. /.
fearful lest the particular paper to whick,
they cater should not have The credit Of t.
frst item of news, especially il sessstsonsk
and send them dying over the wires. With,
out waiting for confirmation. ~. .s
Blythe way, this reminds me of q letsae
noticed in Myldass H0sckeye. from -,
Chaplain of the 8th cavalry, written FREE
Memphis, in which he very minutely ~
gravely tells what b the probable no
gramme of 6peratious. The wrfver WIN
learn. perhaps, before he il much OLDER
that Corps and Division comma ndarul at
noe inthe habis Of communicating ai,ch tn
formation oven to the .Colonels, or Regt-I
nnents-muchles s to claplainA, II 4 reoc0al
fon this were needed, hoaeater OF your coel
respondent would flrnfnua gun cient okocl
The work upon our forts il progressing
finely, and they will soon be in Condition
tor mounting gums. 1have heard nothing,
from the fe-conseructionist1 since IA
meeting o. which sent you . report M.,'
Nsrcn. They ate certainly not very 50ts..
snousn sney may pc ''eorkts1. .Noxs VI e
We had flying Wait, ! Nv days .in il y,
She looks - II her recent akirmiahing with
the Sanitaries hadn't reduced her elective
oorce IA the least, Let me here say in Pea,
sing, that four months Of sickness Las SUM,
meg apd hll much of which wa spent III
nospita1ss convinced me, - we'll = huDaa
dreds 81 other elloW,sul5ere that nothing,
was more needed than the vary work In
which Mrs. w. u now en6aSeds " properly
managed But II theoe special diet Etchr
ems are managed - snch matters have hefe
tOfore been managed about hospitals, theyJ
will only BE- the addition Of another kaim6sob
to the many already In existence. through
which = generous community - deeced IA
the name Of "svanpathy for the bravs sot-
dsers." II this seems little better, my
only apology Is that n have seen and felt
enough to make me feel little acrimo-
NOUS. I have felt, very much like
writing q tract entitled "Wbat saw In the,
Hospitals" a. 2 contribution to some great
Sanitary Fair. But ver6xm sat. 81 *
We have had two deaths in our regiment
n hospital, within the last week, both from
measles. They were both new recruits,
who had been here, I believe but . few
days, when taken sick. !, These are the en1y
deaths (save two at Vicksburg while I IVES
absent,) that have occurred In our red.
mental hospital since have been connect
ed with the regimentr-about fourteen
months. So TAR as human agencies aFo
concerned, this fact is doubtless LARGELY st.
tributable to the skill and indefatigable at
tention Of our Surgeon, DR.. Mohr, of Fair
delo, and Assistant Surgeon, DR.. Skinner,