The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-01-23

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o s;tsoe on the conduct Of the war. The
Lunar ss.,oar achievements of that committee do
" encourage 10 any such revival. The
nv are already shown to be not much
. .epra ike the real history Of. the war than
! NV d;stortei accounts OF the partisan
NV s.sss. Ifthe Senate will set the war COM
ir"ttee Mt work 70 explore for frauds upon
tho government j. will do something SEN
s IN and Of practical value. We do not
s s.U,s that 4 larger proportion Of the money
.rsnt within the last three years has gone
;rto the pockets Of thieves and swindlers
.ssn occurs in times Of peace, but there is
~ doubt that the treasury has been plum
dorod of many millions, probably of hum
Srads of millions. Every day brings to
l;cht some successful imposition. upon
ina ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in army con-
tracts. frauds in the purchase of horses,
outright stealing from the treasury, and
,"nnsfrous ex.ortion in the charter Of YES
eals-the latter covered and protected by
nnrchased Senatorial influence. Nearly |
avery department Of the government is be-
fouled with the corruption.
Az a matter of public justice the exposure
and punishment OF the knaves who have
taken dishonest advantage of the national
neril and necessity is n pressing duty. 1t
Is equally 4 matter of policy. Neither the
administration nor its party can stand I'M
der the load OF this rank corruption. There
+ no need O. IT, 1t is not their load, unless
thew make it So. II no honest and thorough
effort is made tS ferret out, expose and
punish the thieves, then the administra-
lion will be Justly held responsible for their
crimes, and more especially If there is
disposition to cover up the facts and protect
tie offenders Earlier in the war the gov
ernment could not stop to be critical
II was under the necessity 10 arm and sup
DIV it's soldiers in the quickest possible
time; and the people were too much in ear
nest to stop to count dollars and cents
They preferred TO be p!Undered freely ra-
ther than submit to any delay in the pros
ecution of the war. That time is past. The
government now has leisure to review its
affairs, andto punish those who have fraud
ulently enriched themselves. The people
have not overlooked and will not forget
those matters: they have treasured them
up against q suitable hour for retributiOn.
The administration must purge itself Of all
this corruption and plumber. It is its only
afetv. Let the Jonahs be thrown over
board without compassion. No matter
how high may be their position or how
reat their influence, the men in office who
have connived with the plunderers and
shared in the spoils, must be made to walk
the plank with them. The Senate must at
least proclaim its unqualified condemna-
ton OF such traffic in Senatorial influence
IS the New Hampshire and Maryland Sem
ators have confessed, and prohibit all such
venalty in future. And the various de-
partments, with or without the aid of Con-
gressional inquisition, must expose and
punish the swindling contractors and other
regulators. Unless these things are done,
the responsibility will rest upon the Ad
ministration. and the people will hold it
accountable for all the plumber it has suf
fered ~ we'll as what it has tolerated. For
the safety Of the ship of State and the repu
tation of her captain and crew, then, Over
board with the Jonahs.-Springfeld Repub-
Gcan.
EQUATORIAL MoUNTArNs.-The old idea
that the Nile took its rise among the Noun
tains has been verified by the discovery of
spoke and Grant, and the old story that
these mountains, although almost under
the equator have theiv SUBMITS covered
with eternal snow seems now to have been
confirmed by the discoveries of Hanover
ian traveller Baron Won Declen, who at
tended a late meeting of the Royal Geo.
graphical Society in London, and gave an
account Of his ascent of the peaks of Kill
manjaro and kenia.
The former of these mountains, which is
the highest peak in Africa, rises &c, O00 feet
above the level of the sea, and the snow
line decends below the level of point 49,
self ascends the hill about 1900 feet, and
made careful examination of its geologic
a. features. He notices a very curious fact
n insectology. The neighborhood of the
hlll IS infested with an insect called the
dondorouo, which ATTACKS and kills horses
ana donkevs. but does no: trouble other
animals
Inc inhabitants own no horses, and cam
not Keep them in consequence of the de-
rux- r,f IN; Ror
on lost his dOnkeys within two days after
entering the country their death proceed
ing from the sting Of the dondorovo. The
0sr0n is now in England arranging an
outfit of an expedition to ascend one Of the
African rivers emptying into Formosa
lay by which route he hopes to be able to
reach point near the mountains.
He intends taking out a steamer for the
expedition, with which he thinks it pos
sibie to ascend one of those rivers yerv
near to the base of the highest peaks.-
The British Government has already given
Instructions to the officers in charge Of the
squadron on that coast to render every
assistance to this enterprising traveller
RIGA.
At the same meeting of the Geographical
society, at which Baron Won Decken was
presented and stated the facts of his dis
Goveries, another gentleman states that he
had received letters from two Dutch ladies'
nohave set out on ajourney to the sources
olthe Nile, or the interior of Africa, and
VINO, when they wrote, had reached a
point far beyond Khartoun, in good health
ana condition. There are now several
parties Of travellers in the Ethiopian coun-
ny, and we may expect before long to hear
many important discoveries.
YOUNG AMERIcA.-A lady, teaching her
ssue daughter, four years old. pointed to
something in the book, and asked:
.,,What is that, my dear?''
os:,WNhy, don't you KNOW" inquired the
sfes,. said the mother, "but wish to
well responded the little miss, 81 do
lady. 'o1 pAoa'0' sou '.1
Why, no, insisted the little one, with an
ss,cn look, YOU know what it is, and
NOV ~aow what it is, and there is no need Of
saying anything more about it."