The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-05-20

to see the securities they purchased treei
, at 40, rise III the London market to G
netting them g. profit on taeir earlier IL
vestmants OF fifty per cent.
The IrlbUne's Washington special SO :
It is officially stated that the circulation {
the National Banks amount to el23, 500, OBJ
Massachusetts has l76 Banks, with $2l 5l3
$50 recitation; New, York liz with Sl9. 4Gl
$50; Pennsylvania 1872 with 2s,!oe, $50; an
Ohio 125 with $l0. 545, $40. The Pennsyiva
MIA banks have greatly over issued, som
Of them must be diminished Immediately
or they will be closed up.
The CbmnsercidEs special says, the brew
cry seizures of Dubuque, Iowa, for eva
sions Of the revenue tax on whisky ar
more extensive than were reported. Tn
firm OF Sturges Sons had advanced $3.50,
1000 on the whisky Of the single establish
ment of Bomberger.
A delegation from New York and Bos
ton are urging reduction on the Govern
ment rates of interest to five per cent.
jeff. Davis will reach Washington til,
middle or latter part Of the week. He will
at once bs placed on trial, probably befor,
the commission now in session. The cir
cumstantial evidence duplicating him IL
Positive testimony from Richmond viii
not be wanting, as skillful detectives are
unravelliDg the moveW ents OF Surratt
who was IN Richmond shortly before the
murder, and had more than one interview
with Davis and Benjamin.
/ The Posts Washington special says tbs
impression among officials here is tia,
before the e. s. Cour. Of this District, and
that he will not be arraigned before the
Military Commission now trying the con-
| spirators.
| Nearly all the mornings session to-day
has beea occupied IN readingthe testimony
taken Saturday.
A delegation from Indiana waited on the
PRESIDENT to-day to urge communication OF
the death sentence Of the conspira:ors
BOwles, Mellinger and Hansay.
The advance OF Sherman's Army is at
Alexandria.
Gen. Sherman's army started from Rich
mond on Friday, and will be here with the
General at its head on Wednesday Q.
Thursday.
The 7rsbnne's Richmond correspondent
says Hunter was arrested at his home in
Col. Mcintyre OF the Goth n. Y.
Railroad Communication between Rich.
mond and the South is being established
as fast IS possible. There is but very little
material IL the country tit to repair the
roads with. 9r
The Tines learns from a source Of I'M
doubted authority that JEFF. Davis will be
confined at Fort Lafayette.
A Washington special says the work Of
recognizing the army is engaging the at
tention OF the Generai-in. Chief, the War
Department, and many ofthe leading COM
i2anders. TIE question as to which troops
will be &c ustered out aud which retained is
not fully decided, but it is supposed that
those whose terms expire prior to October
a Rp4 ott In1 - Tp H..
lieved, however, thatin recognizing the
army en opportunity will be given for ev-
cry worthy officer and every good soldier
TO reuiaia in the service. To this end an
order will soon be issued repairing depart
ment commanders to acertain the number
of officers desiring to remain in the service
and to appoint boards to determine their
qualifications and report thereon.
NEW YORK, May l6.-The He~cld's spe-
sideratisn new amnesty proclamation,
the issuance or supervision Of which it is
expected will be decided upon at Ahe cabi-
net meeting to be held to-day.
This proclamation, ii issi;ed. viii an
no,ince what classes of rebels are to be
held responsible for their treason aud what
theirs will not be.
The Herolfs Wilmington correspond
ence says there has recently beer consider
able excitement in Wilmington. N. c.. il
consequence OF rumors that the rebel ram
Stonewa!l is to make a raid on that place,
and the garrisons of Fort Fisher and Cas-
well have been reinforced in anticipation of
the raid.
Chief Justice Chase and party, in prose-
cu,ion Of their tour through the South, ar
rived at Wilmington on tho Sth inst. Mr..
Chase will proceed from WILMINGTON to
Charleston and other southern ports as far
as New Orleans, and return thence to
Washington by WY Of Mississippi.
The Hcr0Id3 army correspondent has
Wright, is s.ill at Danvil.e, hut it is ex-
pected that the greater part Of it will short
~ return to the North, rs soon AZ order
shall have been fully restored in that vi.
cinitv. Gen. Wright has appointed mum.
Der ut magistrates to administer justice in
the surrounding country, and - using eve.
~ means and exertion with the best sue
cess, to establish civil for martial rule in
southern Virginia. The tlocking OF the
negroes from the country into the town OF
Danville has been stopped by direction OF
Gen. Wright and agricultural operations
have consequently been again resumed.
The farmers however, ate much in need of
norsee mules and implements to prosecute
their work.
Long trains, heavily laden with valua.
bic property captured by the national ar.
my In North Carolina and yir1inia. are
now daily arriving at City Point, Virginia,
from DAnville. via Barkesville Junction.
Among the articles, are tools in the origi-
nal packages, in which they ran the block.
ede 0! the national fleet Ut southern ports
aud the machinery for the manufacture Of
arms. stolen by rebels from Harpers Ferry,
When the soldiers of the "a and 5th AZ.
my Corps reached the Potomac aud first
camped IN sight Of the capitol dome, they
broke out In wild cheers, and then add
t,onal source OF rejoicing was afforded
theln on saturday night, when the news of
JET. Davis capture wss received.
ThroDgs Of visitors are constantly pour
ing IN III carriages, on horseback aud on
ioot, TO see the brave men who have done
and suffered 30 much to maintain the IA.
ton.
Among the Richmond trophies in tho 5th
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