The Burlington weekly hawk-eye., 1865-06-17
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK.EyE,,

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WANT TO GEr OuT.-We are daily show
cred with letters from soldiers in the field
on loss-aIiy and u hospitals. inquirins
earnestly as TO now socn they are to be
mustered oat. The work they enlisted tx
areoiuplish being done, and done with se
ma-kahIe ueatness, they are naturally
anxious to be rid OF the martial caramoni.
ais, which, always distasseful to the volun.
teer, have now become almost intolerable
Guard mounting, always an abridger o
breakfast, IS now hateful burden dress.
parade, is crushing tedium taps, which
send the heroes OF twenty hard-fought bat.
Ties TO bed at half past nine, are now shor,
OF an insult ; and drill, insisted on merely
as preventative Of idleness, is calculated
10 1nnenle the veteran to the point Of in.
venting new oaths Of strange horror
Inen there ls reveilie, the ogre thas cuts
short the soldiers dream; and rcll.call, to
evade which SO much ingenuity has been
!r1ul'less!y expended, that requires from
tne victorious veteran three time q day
the unpleasant confession that he is
stu on hand. There is sick-call, inviting
the !ndlsposed 10 go to the Surgeons tent,
70 stand up in row before the abstrec;eSj
person who is specializing about muster
out,) and receive for {. swollen jolnt the
same prescription that 81 neighho- gets for
headaohe; and tais when the patient
might As well be at home tended by some
lair nurse, whose t.i1npled fingers could
De wrnng consumedly as the throes of pain
rscurred more and more freauently--as
tney would, no doubt, develop u tendency
70 do. There is nobody to fight; nothing
TO drill for; nothing 70 guard save one's
temper; nothing to warrant the owner o1
cong aeror's wreath being yeveilled out o1
MS blankets before even the early worm
n la yuVV =
Peremptorily tapped back again at an hour
wnen all over the country naughty chill.
dren are successfully pleading to ssay IN
awhile longer. -
Under this accumulation OF evils fne
soldiers are restless, and their souls are
wrapped upin inquiry AS to discharge.
II the startling had wanted to get out
nall as fervently. 1t would have used Ian
guage tn8t would never have been made
public, much less have served 10 S.erne,s
pathetic homily. The American volunteer
was always averse to the "pomp Of war,
and We have our doubts as to whether he is
entirely favorable to the "eircumstanca >
whatever that may be, unless some mis-
chief threatens the flag, or some insult has
Deen pat upon the honor of the nation and
lhe manhood-ofits citizens, He displayed
!hls aversion with an excess Of prudence,
II seems, when he stipulated that his M us.
ter-ln for three months must be qualified
oy "uuless the war is en- ded before the ex-
plra!lon OF that term and he displays il
now, wnen Ae Is exempt from marching
and hghting, and can permit his paw to
run on, While no draws full rations. and
throws them away, to banquet on Santa
~ canned peaches.
The fact ie, each Of these veterans has
his PROJECT. What magnificent lessor IN
geography. Sherman's army, for instance,
mas mastered. What they do not know
about Tennessee, and Northern Alabama.
and Central Georgia, and South Carolina.
and the Old North State, is not to be found
near the surface. Thousands have dar-
nng plan, agricultural or speculative, laid
away, founded upon soma idea they have
caught In their travels. The more enter
prlslng ones, even have negotiations nearly
completed, and only wait tobe released to
commence work. Some will resume civil
life where they left it, unconscious, per
haps, of how much they have added to
their chances OF success by enlarged and
varied intercourse with men, BY suhiec-
ton to discipline, and by familiarity with
hardship and toilsOme monOtoDy. Some
have more than one project. A large class
,such an air OF serene contentment and inn
Perviousness to gallantry, during the las;
four years, attended by 4 consuming in
terest In war news, without other than \
patriotic motive, however strong they may
have been. The present year will oe as
remarkable for marriages as 1858 was for
hne colts-.begging pardon for the compar-
ison and the children will be the heaithi.
Or and We may add the happier for being
permitted on state occasions to pinch their
fingers in the lock of the precious old
musket, or crack their, curly polls with
papa's sacred side-arms.
Let the muster-out rolls be made with
all rapiuity and the soldiers discharged as
soon AZ may be. Insubordination is no:
70 be feared, but the letters we receive
convince us that any, save the necessary,
delay would border on cruelty to our
brave lads, who have multitude OF little
chores to look afler, getting married inclu-
ded.-Cin. CON-
THE FEELING IN ENaLAHD.-The Ash
ton aud Staley bridge Reporter, Of May l3,
gives detailed report Oi y meeting of the