The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-03
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an .ck .on sud III relSe)l,on no, dos, her
,,.,.;,;on a mi. A, n wonId bayc been one OF
sn,nnsr.tiye ea,.,. and ouiet. The inv aston OF
R.n Ne(yulloch vith his Arkansas troops end
Wild Ird,ans. and the mu .tering OF Tennessee
an, Kent,,.kv on ,,r sontI,Ysst tsor5er. Nth The
Intention Of sooner or later marching upon our
mil have not Only encouraged aud kept alive the
.n;,,t Of rebellion among the di-atfec,e ed Of our
nwn ritizens. hut have 80 complicated our situa-
t;on a I STATE. that che eyes Of the nation arr
e,,r,,ed Il, our condition., aud The government 10
Dov directing i,s best efforts to OR protection
e,,d rresery.t,on IN the Union.
rh,. Nortle r., mart Of the State at present pre-
soots NJ, serious djificuitcs Gen. Pope, Oy
,,r.,nt n,.d iudjcious measures has insured the
rr,ot.,t;on OF the North Missouri and Hannibal
( =, Jo.eph Railroads There will be CONSTANT
,r,,,hI.s IN many Of the Northern counties, but
q i; n,s anpreheu,led that they will amount To
.ny,hnp -, serious rs 10 require the operations
os .nv Considerable body of lro,ps. The bridges
and ,r.cks Of The railroads have been placed in
~ L,.s,rg ~ The leading and property boIdin.
..c..ss;,,r,.Is Gen Pune giving them TO under.
a, ~ ~, ~. vo,d h,,ld Them strictly respon,i.
~. Ca ,h,;. n,o,.c,;,, ,ic,r proorrtv and oS.n
N i; i;ves n,vi,u IN. t,,rf.it II tie destruction
-, h;,,,r ,, ~ ,h,..a ;,,,,o,tsut thorouybtsre.
snnnid occ,,r Tia. ,.i.,,om 81 th. o,orerdiny
:. .na.r..n, 70 eyerv ,,,, Gen Pan. s.ys alan
!, = nt az the oues,;on IN 6,bt ,no.e o,,etrill.
rife. ~ rebel. with The rt.,,,lar s,ldier.. The
H,,,. G,.r,,s and JIuio,, ,,,, ,rl,, arr. largely in
,h.. m ,nr,,y m thu csuutry a,n., ,ro,ect ihen-
s.Ives .g.;,,.t the,n. Wseuev.r The reh,Is eol.
I.et in 1umbers sufficient TO ;,.tify Operations
y,in.l them ty a large BODY Of troops. M, vx
nedition will be prom utly undertaken. IL / the
dutv of Uuisu ,pe,, everywhere in the State 10
organize and fight the rebel scoundreIs after
their own fashion and not he Oyera ", d nv their
blu.tering or their de, ilisl, atrocities.
Ii the southwest t;su Lyon holds the rebel
forces under Gencr ais R .ins and Price, and the
Invaders under McCulloch. in check by . Is po-.
sition at So, ine6eld. He has under him force
OF from seven 70 ten thousand men which is
now well prov,s.oned and provided with abuD
dant ammunition. This force is being rapidly
Increased urder the direction of G;,.peral Ere
mont. and in few days an army of from twelve
To fifteen thousand men of the best material in
the country, we'll armed. plucky and strengthen
cd by the prestige OF former success, will be
ready for offensive operations against the rebel
ninions who have devastated the southwest
The command Of Generals Price aud Rains. at
last accounts were IN the extreme corner of the
State, just within the border line, numbering
about twelve thousand men. The force OF Me-
Cul0ch just over tile line numbers about the
same. Both may be Increased TO an aggregate
army Of thirty Thousand men, against whom
Gen. Lyon with his fifteen thousand, NAV pro-
coed in perfect confidence of success From
numerous reliable sources we learn that ths con.
aitiun of the rebel forces Is bad. Their sub list
ence is scabty, their equ pnents poor, the NOR.
aLs OF the men low. Their INABILITY to cope
with even five or ak To Que against the federal
troops, was shown ut the battle OF Carthage -
w ith All army of even forty thousand r,pamuf.
fms and bush " h.rkers thew will not att ,ck
Gen Lvou, When, on the other hand. he
shall be ready to ntta them, we shall have no
aupre hepsion as to the result
In Southeast Missouri there il some seriou.
trouble lrewiug The news from Cairo is to
the Effect ti.at Tennessee and Kentucky troops
have land, d upon our territory a short distance
be.ow that place. and are uenacipy Birds
Point and Cairo.
At th. same time Gen. Watkins. one of Gov.
Jackson's Bricaders Is concentrating larp. bod
les of rebels at a point some what west of Cane
q rardesu, threatening a movement towards
Ir1nton and Pilot Knob, with ultimate designs
upon st Louis, IL Sc, ms To us that no attack
upon Cairo or Bros Points CONTEMPLATED.
those points being too watchtuly guarded and
fortified, am, too easily accessible for reinforce
ments. If the rebels have the tem,rty To
make |, demonstration on that quarter. the coun
try may feel easy as To the result. In some
parts of the lsnd they have fought b,aye,y be
hind their fort,i,cations and masked BATTERIES
but have vet to fry their met,le in The fair omen
zelda in the ..imniufut and deadly brcacb y
In ANYTHING Xix. ~, .o,,,l tgh, ,hsy ,,,, ~
down before tn, st,,f,iv illinusans aud ui,eon
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h.. ma ,,,tacx urnn ,,a;rn ~ RID p,;a. :,
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a., n,,,,s NJ fan ,ssa ~ ,.r., ,,..'. arr VIZ
,.,..n ~ ,,,sr,,,, ,,,,, -, s"o1senu
ward nnon r. ttsrson Fir, or 8, Iau;. n Tn;,
we bellrve, is the dear wish and promise to his
rebel fellow citizens Ut the Wanting Col Bow
en-, Tor whose nttehudted neck the halter is so
impatient. Ii is tile cherished hope also of the
hundreds OF rotten hearted seCessiu,isis who re-
m in in our city. One can see it in their faces
and oveihear it from their stree, corner oreries
It's folly and utter recklessnrss amazing
It's miserable tutity, il We mistake net the
signs OF the times, will be fully demonstrated
before the lap-e of many more days
II is comforting aud assuring tn every loyal
heart that whaiev, the future has In store for
this or the other portion of the State or Tor the
whole commonwealth, her destiny is in the
hanos of so able soldier, aud SO pure IA d ,triut
AS Gen Fremont. Since his arrival in our city
ie" uaSs ago, ms remarkable energies OF char
acter have been directed 10 Il study of the situa
ton ut Missouri, aud the military resources of
his department, with Il view to a vigorous pros
ecutiom of the war within her borders. The
wonderful activity IN the varians army depart
nirhts nhher his control, ana The rapid ana con;
uhuo"s MOTION OF large bodies OF troops through
ana past Tue Guy curing the last three days
s"on 'he pro'hp i'uue snd dee's'o" OF Master
'n'''o' anu give h"ee OF oreaufui preparation TO