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

,o;,vs whole page oi Fepei correspondents
.,t,v relative to running the blockade.
Nv nurchase of ships, schemes 10 run up
-, nrce Of gold in New York, and the re-
!, nrospects generally in Europe. Some
~ in New York city are implicated,
"a e. A. L. Lamar figures throughout
..nsiyely. The two following letters
80 what he thinks of his fellows, and
s,so betray evidently enough his own chiv-
lions desire to line his pockets.
NV ONE HONEST GOVERNMENT AGENT-A
swINpLING. 900,
LONDON, Oct. Is, 1868.
Ny DEAR FATHER:-Your letters OF the
nh and 3Oth of July are the only ones
have had from you up to this time. ma
= ;npossible Is do anything with cotton,
a. the Government is our competitor upon
sbasis Of y cents per pound at any sea
mort. free from all taxes and other charges.
fhev are issuing bonds; III other WORDS,
.rree;nv TO deliver cotton rs above, at 3D.,
md these bonds are selling at Do cents on
the dollar. 1t is impossible 10 conceive "
snrthing can write: though you nave, as
IEnow. a liberal opinion OF lheih on shal
snhiect-the amount OF swindling gong on
eli The time, and conducted by government
agents. Capt. Bullock IS me ohlv one
whose name is untarnished. Some OF theh
have made large fortunes. one mas a sum
nor residence out OF London, ana Winter
Mo i,,s,. ont Of Paris, bought. Ii is said. and
nresen,ed him by the house Of ls.ta; Camp
bell Il 60.
That he : living at ihe rate OF 5000 a
vaar imagine there can be TO doubt
With suci, financial agents to negotiate
and such agents to maze the eN pencitures,
NOW is the Government credit 10 stand? !
an and have been lOr ten days trying 10
a1nsu,nma.e an arrangement Tor The pilr-
ehasa OF one boat. and if Il suitable one can
no had shall buy it, the company 10 be
;n.eras, ed 20 the extent Of 5000. ! have
nhta;nei Subscriptions in cast. 10 pay for
one half. AMI Henry l.aione. OF Liverpool,
mixes the other. Maiiil is Ia command hey,
.na Does 10 sweden tomorrow, with an
anvinaer. 10 examine and buy her. il she j.
what Is represented. Boats suitable have
n be bailts-.s a general thing, ana ;he de-
mapS for them IS 50 great that they Literal
~ command lie prices. Boats tnat were
Contracted ior four months ago and now
being finished al 2 cost oil -i3.0oe. are SELL
inc Ike Lot cakes a. from -e,000 10 80.
lAl. Snch boats as ! wanted, viz: 800 feet
loup in beam. anu j fee; hold. with -
horse power. and guaranteed To steam no,
lpss than seventeen miles, are worth i.Om
COS 600 10 5000.
wrote vou OF Capt. Hartstein 5 .ilisior-
tune, He was attacked III Munich on tie
18th OF September with paralysis, and lie
sup to this time unable to be out OF Led.
His wife and daughter are with him.
fear, in which his wife comedies, that his
usefulness is gone. / hope for the best,
though; but for that would have had a
boat before this. want you TO send me
Immediately to Bermuda. Sylvester Bliss,
the pilot; if not him, send Craig. Stipu-
late that he is to receive what Government
pays pilots and 10 more, otherwise We ge;
INTO trouble; but send one oftheHl at once
Think shall leave here about the last o,
this month for Bermuda, via Halifax, &c
make arrangements for the boat; We shall
20 home from there in our boat, and shall
inv Tybee or Warsaw. If this reaches you
in time give me your views as TO such 9
course. Cotton and dispatch can be had III
savannah, which cannot be in Mobile OF
Wilmington. Then Savannah IS not sc
guarded: we can run by the fort and take
Ter shots il they do not hit the nlachln
sy no particular damage will be done.
am about TO contract for second boat
10 be built, to be paid out of the earnings
Of the first guaranteed by cotton in the
Confederacy: but see no reason why
should remain to see her completed. Mr..
Lafone-who Will own one-Lalf-wi1 see
to her. l am very anxious to get home.
purchased the secret to make powder ont
Of plaster and hot water. and the man is
expected here every day 70 lmpart the Sc
cret. 1t will be worth millions to the Gov
eminent and as much to me. It can be
made in ten minutes, and shoots wet al
most as well as dry. This have seen. 1t
may, though, be another BenZole catch
but before I pay him the money / am to
make myself and be perfectly satisfied of
its merits then, if am fool enough to be
humbugged, ought to lose my money. !,
Gov. Bowers, and the inventor, will own
the patent for the Confederate States.-
Have a caveat filed at once at Richmond.
1t is made on, of nothing but plaster
such as all the houses in Paris are built of
and boiling water.
want this done at once as some one
may anticipate me-though they won't
know how to make it-so much has been
said about it. Governor told every body he
knew in Paris, and one party actually en-
tered into q contract with the inventors
agent to give him 8, 900 more than had
money, and the agent had to come back to
me. have him in writing now.
have not seen nor heard Of Capt. Mar
I'm. l presume he purchased a boat in
Canada. ! would like very much to see
him, as think him the best man know
lor the business. 1t is impossible to con.
hact to have boats delivered in Bermuda.
Earl RUSSELL has decided, if they are the
legitimate property Of Englishmen, and
gre caught by the cruisers of the United
States, and they or their cargoes are intend
ed for the Confederacy, the seizure and
condemnation are proper! wanted Bat
tersby to publ his letter to him in refer
ence to the consul, but he is as damned a
knave and coward as William, with just
@etenth OF his ability.
Yours, c. A. L. LAMAR.
GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR BLOCKADE
WASHINGTON HOTEL, LIVERPOOL. Oct.
., lS63-JoHN +. MCCAuLEY. Esq.
fraud Hotel, Idris.-DEAR SIR: came
here from London last evening to complete
my arrangements for sailing on the 2lst.
saturday next. Captain Matlit has moi
yet returned from Sweden, whittier he
went to look at, and if he approved OF her.
siler trial, to purchase steamer under
oher to US. ain expecting to hear eyerv
minute by telegraph from him. l write to
give you an outline Of the arrangement
have made with Mr.. Henry Lafone OF this
Guy, which, if you approve OF, you are to
nave ~ 600 sterling interest in the first
Goat: 1t will be necessary for you to tele-
sarph me Immediately on receipt Of this,