The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-06-04

teen hundred years ago rang out on inc
plains Of bethlehem. May the grass grow
green in Tennessee. May the flowers bloom
brightly in Tennessee. May the rains fall
gently in Tennessee. May the stars weep
copiously in Tennessee. And ye carry
spring winds that blow softly stoP nttle
and 90 not to the cold North until you nave
freighted your wings with the fragrance OF
sweet flowers that bloom above the graves
Of Freedoms martyred dead who lie IN
Tennessee.
On our return we met large trains going
out from Memphis to feed the rebel guer-
rillas and soldiers in fact, but taken OUT ny
citizens uuder solemn oath that 1t was LOT
their own use exclusively. The abuse OF
the generosity of the Government to the
citizens of the interior, has at length, caus-
ed Gen'l Washburn to issue General Order,
No. 8. which forbids all commerce with the
States in rebellion. In this order the Gem
eral declares that Memphis has been more
advantage to the Southern government,
since the Federal occupation, than Nassau
that he is confident that cotton belonging
to the Confederate States, has been brought
here by their agents and converted into
supplies for their armies. I am confident
that the repeal of the trade restrictions has
done us more harm than If all the Cops in
Iowa and Illinois had joined the Southern
army. But will say more of this in a fu-
ture letter. e4H
would like to give the Copperheads a
but they seem to have be-
come SO detestable to all decent men, that
for me to say anything about them would
be like an attempt to gloss q sunbeam or
blacken the reputation Of the devil. But
it does seem to me strange that the few
among them who are right at heart would
like to be in hand, have not seen enough
of these pro-slavery, soldier assassins, blind
@nx0t not
are in bad company and should get out ana
act and vote with q party which they k'soU
is for their country. If the traitorOus acts
daily transpiring before their eyes does not
convince them of their wrong then they
should not complain of the abuse their stu
pidity deserves.
It seems to take good deal of drum
ming 70 get some Of our loyal friends out
even for hundred days. Some of our boys
think the ladies are OVERRIDING the thing
in their laudations Of the To-day men. 1
think, myself. their .baptizing them "he-
roes Of liberty before they enlisted, rather
premature. We are glad to hear, however,
of companies going out possessing more
intellect, morality and wealth than any
previous company from the same place,
more especially when the announcement is
made by y paper whose editor is Captain
and ought to know. Now some one may
accuse me of being envious and surly, and
aid do not know but that am and have
q right to be, for while hear praises Law
ished like sunshine on the lOO-day men
and veterans, hear no note Of praise for
the non-veterans. We have been expect
ing to see bill introduced in Congress ap-
propri; ting two hundred dollars additional
bounty to the non-veterans, placing them
on a par with the raw recruits at least, but
have not ''seen it, yet. may trouble you
with an argument on that subject some
time, but must certainly quit now.
j. u. GRECO.