The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-06-10

for good steady drink give me whisky
Give us the infantry, the solid blue masses
that rose and fell like SEQ waves-as regu
larly and as grandly. Muskets at right
shoulder.shitt, with that slant to the bayo
nets which turned their surface sunward
and frightened up the avenue with reflect
ed light, till It looked a. II river OF bur
nished silver were flowing unceasingl,
from the Capitol to the Treasury building
How wish real silver stream were leav
ing Its precious deposit in the same Treas
ury vaults! Standing at the bend in ;h,
avenue above Willafd's Hotel-which, b,
the way, Is very ill.kept house, and wo'e
it may be to Washington-standinx. / say
at the bend, closing your eyes just ittl.
TO shut out the glare, and looking along tht
avenue, the sightwas glorious
AT times there were patches OF gtee
shining out here and there, that made 20,
think Of the shields the Romans held u,
when they attacked q fortified place ther
our troops appeared to be covered with q
canopy of solid steel; or again, when the
fire arms were shifted to other positions
long, level lines of blueish white cloud
flowed toward you, through which there
appeared and disappeared ten thousand ia.
ces, and over which darted short shafts Oi
the brightest light, as If the sun loved Ia
cast along the heads of these souls, undis-
mayed by death, beams Of the purest glo-
~. had read Of the pride, pomp and cir
knew what it meant till then, and 20 long
er wondered at the proverbial vanity Of
military chiefiains, for sure the prondest
place on earth WAS to ride commander OF
these plumed troops, to have sonorous
metal blowing martial sounds for you, and
to feel that you had directed ''the big wars
that make ambition virtue'''
It would not do 10 90 too neaYtho shsln-
mering stream of steel and faces. II lost
its wholeness. 1t separated into single,
soiled soldiers, and the mass of brightness
was gone. Distance lent enchantment to
It. To stand . little removed and some
what higher than the heads OF the soldiers,
was to have sight that nothing else on
earth can equal.
The Washington crowds are stupid or
liisloyal. perhaps both; for few were the
Tags and faint the cheers beard Or seen
from them or their houses. We had voices
enough, however, from New York and
to make, rs We did, the welkin
ring. "A 'bnllet-torn battle dag always
elicited a cheer. A regiment reduced 10
slightly men, % wasthe 88th New York, or
o hrty.six men and one officer; like the
10th Pennsylvania, was greeted with loud
applause. When the Massachusetts sol.
iiiers appeared, the crowd sang the John
k3fOWOA 0OURs Wu00 skO0 AlkSko kSulu0uG VI
Neagher's Irish Brigade, which had fought
rom Bull Run to Petersburg, advanced
with their green flags, and sprigs of arbor
vitae in their hats, the cheering was loud
and long continues; aud when lady ap-
peared wholfode as ii she,,were colonel 8: the
regiment. we took the hint and shouted,
We'll hang Jed. Dayis on = sou- apple
tree."
The finest looking 4et of mon in either
were also said to be- the best
lrilied2 Vas the se191d division Of the
4th corps, composed eofk Western troops,
md commended by Gen. James D. Nor.
IAN. OF Quincy, Illinois, one Of the bravest
L the brave, the idol of his soldiers, apd
allied bv them hour Jimmy Morgan. ~
'erhaps the very handsOmest regiment
vas the 9Th New York Zouaves. Their
White turbans, light blue Jackets and scar
et breeches we're very PLEASANT TO look
General Sherman was cheered from one
nd of the march TO the other, but seldom
emoved his hat or acknowledged the glad |
7elcome. His pictures are like him, i'll
My the whiakers were made little red
or. and greater hostility to the War De-
artment thrown into the expression Of his
lce.
Gems. Logan, Blair, Howard, and Davis
lore sineled out for cheers, and indeed
,ere ~ noble looking fellows. Logan, =
nrk-hairod man, with 0oroo moustache,
Iountod "a 8 powerful gfay h0rse, was
ur beau ideal q Richard the hon.heaIt-l