The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-18

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Tar LATE CoNoREss.-A. rather Glow
levangelist once preached to slim Western
audience . sermon which, If it had not
dealt with the mOot mOm0ntuus possible
theme, might have been pronounced dull.
At the close, he sent around his hat, hoping
to secure thereby some aliment for his car
nal nature in requital for the spiritual
disappointed BY its return 70 him abso-
lutely empty. Looking intently into the
aching void, he turned It upside down.
shook It vigorously, and finding the result
to be still nothing, he exclaimed, Thank
God that have got my hat back from this
congregation" &C.
We are reminded Of this aneodote bv the
fact that the end of the late Congress was
better than some portion Of its previous
career had given reason to expect. We
believe not one of the various Patent Ell.
tensions, SO desperately pushed and at one
| time SO likely to succeed, was carried
through. At all events, those Of most con-
extra TO the builders Of Iron Clads went
under. The various projects OF salary
raising were all defeated; only the twenty
per cent. extra voted by the House to its
employees prevailed, and that by the most
determined and reckless pertinacity on the
part of its supporters. All attempts-A1d
they were strongly backed-to increase the
2'SsS1esAOAA
We presume the petty gouge of exemptinE
their salaries and mileage from the Income
Tax was successful. The monstrOus story
that bill had passed increasing the sub.
vention to theIPaci6c Railroad and branch.
g to One Hundred Millions Of Dollars
-. wsss, . We are happy 70 hear, = mistake Of
this was done. What did pass, We believe,
was bill allowing the Union Pacific and
reach OF its branches to complete one hum
drod miles of road and receive the whole Of
the stipulated advance thereon in anticipa.
ton OF the completion OF the entire work.
very different matter. On the whole,
could have been expected q few weeks ago.
What is called the "Miscellaneous" ap-
preparation bill faiiedAwhich We mourn
not as those without hope. II contained
many proper and necessary, with some
questionable provisions. We trust It stops
the Coast Survey and sends those engaged
in It to aid in the regular operations Of the
Navy. It is Q shame that the Lighthouse
Service for the ensuing fiscal year should
have been left to take its chance in this bill;
but that was probably calculated 10 help
other items through. If necessary, we pres
sume the Navy Department can keep the
Lights burning ia the interestsof our Ma,
be found. We protect against an Extra
session, and are confident that the genius
that discovered way to pay the Illinois
Central for, transportation, in defiance Of q
resolve Of Congress, can keep the npast do
II lighted HI the absence OF an apprOprias
tlon FOR that precise end. oas
AS 10 the quarrel shout Arbitrary Ar
rests" which cAused the failure of the bill
Aforesaid. we cannot help thinking that
Mr.. Winter Davis and the House majority
went too far. We agree with them in in
sisting that these Arrests should be restric-
ted aud regulated; We cannot consent that
none other than persons regularly muster
ed into the service shall be held to answer
before Military Tribunals. Here ia, the
grand army Of bounty brokers, OF swind-
ling contractors, and Of those who AID SOL
diers to desert by furnishing them with
disgulses: we hold that these have render
ed themselves fairly amenable to Military
law; and we cannot consent that they
should be RENTED to the Jurisdiction OF
civil magistrates exclusively. We tear TINS
would be giving impunity to practices that
strike ut the life Of the Nation.
We have said that the Appropriations
were less pxodigal than we had feared they
would be-; We must add that they were
still larger than they should have been.-|
Tho twenty p0r oent extra 70 tho House
employees might have passed % AMPLY
reckless u ordinary times; now II seems to
~ Graver and woEse than that. Our coun-
try g stu In serious petil and her most
imminent danger IL that Of ananciel col
dess closely on treason, and the most rigid
economy = IN obvious dictate Of patriot
ism. 70 embark In the construction Of ca
mails, &C., which cannot probably como In
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