The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-14

the more fertile low-lands, by the princely
planters having monopoiized all the SOIL
thrown out of employment By the system
Of slave labor; aud not having the energy
and enterprise to seek homes IN more -.
vorable localities, they take refuge IN the
sand hills, cultivate little patch OF stlnted
corn. q little tobacco for home consump..
ton, raise few pigs, a few chickens, ana
an indefinite number Of dogs, cats ana ar
ty children, live in meserabis loS cabins
without chinking or daubiug, with rail-
pen around the house, the common play
ground OF pigs, ducks, dogs, cats ana child
rem.
Blu. the idea that these sand hills are
utterly barren is erroneous. That they are
not very fertile is certain, BIT. the amount
| of forage we found even there, sufficient to
subsist 80 large an army, proves that IN :
der a proper system Of cultivation, the sOi.
would produce well. I have seen as tins
cotton in that region as in any place "a the
South. Large plantations, however, are
very rare. For $50 miles we traversed .
wilderness of lofty pines, where, but tor
tie in.e.position OF huge swamps, two o.
three OF which often occurred IN . mile
which had to be corduroyed before they
could bs crossed, the whole army could
have been marched in line right through
the forest, with scarcely any hindrance.-
There was no brush, 40 U0ders rowth, tar
-
pines was an unbroken, unvartaSated car
pesing OF green erase.
But am getting away from Savannah
AMI things OF more immediate interest. go
The few public buildings here are no. at
a. iMpos.ng-tne bes. - 3 grey granite
block used post office, ooart and Gus
tom Aou,e. They have a ratner pretty
pubic PARK with Il Neat fence enclosing
abos.t ten acres OF the native plne-forest,
ri
a.nc slrtDbery. !, las a cea;-a. fountain
wh.ca ~ not in play, however. Grim,
taHly Nap;unea Sit squat OF thei. baum
caes, with water scoEgs a. their mouths,
but look exceedingly dry. The entrance
Of the Yankees has had the sane effect up
taem as upon the rebellious c.t.zens-,t
STOPPED tseis' SpoittjHq.
There - not a paved stree. II the city,
though their sidewalks are admirable.
l an told that the streets were paved st
the commencement o. the var, but the
stcaes were al. taken up and used n Or
struc;ag the harbor. / suppose this ~
true, as the appearance OF the streets .nd.-
Cate that they have once been paved.
The oh ect OF greatest Interest 10 every
.oya. heart, IS the beautiful nlarD.e moau-
men, erected near the Park - Sle memory
D. the noble Pmtdskt, that generous hearted,
.arSe-sou!ed champion o. Freedom, who
eft country ana titles to AID struggling
people to establish Repu olicaa freedom.
Pulaski fell In the se..e 0; Savannah, Oct.
9TH. 1919. The monument is a beaut,.u!
specimen Of art. and is Just triba,e 10 a
heroic and noble man. l. was = rather a
singular coincidence that nearly one hun
ired years ago Gen. Lincoln marched into
savannah upon the same road, N the same
month, ana upon the same day O. tae
month, Cpon wlicA we (ihe Lincoln hire
.inss,' marched into il a.ee tie evacuation
81 The rebels.
Since last wrote we have had some
wirtar-i. .. euch winter as ;aev have down
lere. We have had several heavy white |
rosts, aonia " Hat annoying 10 garden veg
Ataaie>. ! Gu would scarcely believe tina; !
II th.s time OF year We can sea here, grow
ng n tie open gardens. peas two o. three
ncaes high, ceiery, onions, &c, large
enough ioc table use. To-day the sun IS I
,ut again clear, and il is as waaI IS May |
lay.
On Saturday the 18th corps had a g.ard |
-ey;ew, which passed of splend;diy. To-
lay the t,h was reviewed, but did not |
attend. Our army, I presume. will not re-
main long here, AS these reviews are geuer-
aily the nreliminaries OF an active cam
Daiyu. Quite number of Iowa officers. |
whose term of service had expired. have |
oeen mustered out since our arrival here /
In the 10th Col. p. Z. Henderson, I.ieuten-
Head, Lieutenant Motif and Lieutenant
Neehin have been mustered out, and 9TH
ers are making the effort, paving the way |
or some twenty-five or thirty promotions. |
Car:. S!lsby being the senior officer left, is /
40" II command Of the regiment. He il
III excellent officer. and a petition has been
1rwaried TO Governor Stone from the reg
men. requesting dis appointment as Lieu
enan- Colonel. lie vii. certainly be COM
n.s>.oned 1t the unanimous wish OF thu
Is consulted. There are but i5 |
commissioned officers remaining-tHo Of i
hess are absent, and may have Deen mus
ered ont elsewhere, one will certainly be |
mustered OF. in day or two, and peri1a % |
wo others, so that but ten can certainly De
counted on for the next campaign. And |
70, the 10th is the largest and most eject
We regiment II the brigade, i. not il the |
division.
Lieutenant Wright. OF the 10th, who was /.
ut Mission Ridge, arrived IN camp |
asst saturday, having twice made his es- |
cape from reoe! hands, tae second time |
His adventures III Dixie |
would make an Interesting and thrilling
narrative. He has been SUCCESSFULLY Ia |
R.camnnd, Macon. Savannah, Cuiunsbis. |
Charleston and Springfield, s. c. Hegivas
an amusing account or the way in whic., |
the rebel authorities have been wont to
magnify the number 0: their prisoners ID
she eyes OF the people. 1t IS after this fash.
ion " len they found the elements getting
100 aot end a particular place tor tee
safety OF their prisoners. as at Macon, for
instance, when Stonemau made his raid.
they would pack all the prisoners upon q
t-a.l and run them away to another local
ity, where they were represented "a a 10.
Of new captu-es-'i.esh dsi,' as they IA
termed them. THIS an Old lot Of
prisoners of say six or eight hundred trot-
ted over Dixie during whole year, to a
different points, would be made
to represent some three or four thousand
"fresh fish, By such tricks as this they
have managed to keep up an enthusiasm
among the people, even when their army
was suffering its worst reverses
L cut. Wright confirms the wors. that
has been said about the hard treatmen. Of
our poor boys in rebel prisons, especially |
at Anderson. He thinks that all who were
captured Of the 10th a. Mission Ridge, are
dead, and that OF the x captured from the
5th, nearly all are dead. Adjt. Byers, Of
the 5.h, who was reported dead, when we
were at Kingston, is not dead. Lieut.. w.
left him at Columbia, in prison. a short
time since. Several more escaped officers
came in yesterday.