The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-08-03

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t,.s Sene,tiur soldiers from taking their arms
With them. 81 sFFf ~ ~
5 rso companies went out yesterday, on me
Fairfax ros&. distance q 10 miles ron Alex
andria, but saw no trace Of the enemy.
A slsve who has just arrived here from spring
field station, Virginia. reports that there are no
rebels at that point, but considerable number
Of them were posted at Basks' station, hve miles
above.
Gen. Robert Anderson visited the Secretary
81 War to-day.
Mi.isssr Harvey Denses she Charge Of
ParLADiLpHlA July 27s--A card from James
North American, denying ID toto the charges
against him, and dem .nding an investigation.
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Is .,s General SCOTS Plan.
On the Tuesdas preceding, the battle, General
Scott mt his own table, in presence OF his AIDS
aud a single guest, discussed the whole subject
of this war, in all its parts, and with the Ut
most cIearne.s and accuracy. He had dis
tipct. and well defined opinion OH every point
connected with it; and stated what his plan
would he for bringing il to a close, IL the man
a ement Of il had been left in his hands. The
main object of the war, he said, was to bring
the people of the rebellious States to feel the
pressure Of the Government; to com Ell tfem
to return to their obedience and loyalty. Aud
| this must De done with the least possible ex-
pc, diture OF life compatible with the attainment
| of the ohjec. No Christian nation Can be
| just fed, he said, in waging war in such way
| Us shall destroy 51l lives, when the object OF
| the war can be attained at q cost of 500 Every
| man killed beyond the number absolutely re.
| oared, is murdered. Hence, lie looked upon
al shooting OF pickett. all scouting forays not
| required in order to advance the general object
OF the war; all destruction OF life, Oh either side
| which did not contribute TO the general result.
| as so many acts of ,iljustiiable homicide.
II the matter had been left to hun, he said,
he would have commenced BY perfect block
ade of every Southern port on the Atlantic and
on the Gulf. Then he would have collected u
large force at the Capt. i Tor defensive purposes
AID another large on the Mississippi for Of
f nsive operations The Summer mouths, during
which. it is madness to take troops south OF ST
Louis, should have been devoted TO tactical in-
structi0u--and with the FIRST irOsts OF Autumn
| he would have taken a column OF $4,000 we'll
disciplined troops down the Mississippi-and
taken every important puiat on that river, New
Orleans included. 1t could have been done,
he said with greater ease, with less loss OF life,
and with far more important results Tn IN would
attend the marching OF an army to Richmond.
IS
| been defended, and eight h,ttles would have
| been necessary; but in every one of them sue
| cess could have been II. ide certain for u.s. The
Mississippi and the Atlantic once ouls, the
| Southern States would have been compelled, BY
the natural and inevitable pressure OF events, to
| seek, by return to the Union, escape from
the ruin that would speedily overwhelm them
out OF it. "This, said he, was my plan
But am only subordinate. II is my business
to give advice when it is asked, and to obey or
ders when they are given. 1 shaA do H. There
| are gentlemen III the Cabinet who know much
more about war than do, and who have lar
! greater influence than have in determining the
| plan of the campaign. There never was IL more
| just and upright man than the President-never
one who desired more sincerely TO promote the
best interest of the country. But there are men
! among his advisers who consult their own re
sentiments far more than the dictates of wisdom
| and experience, and these men wW probably de-
eide the plan of the campaign. shall do, or AT
tempt, whatever am ordered to do But they
| must not hold me respouabls. If am ordered to
go to Richmond, ! shall endeavor 20 do it. But
l know perfectly well that they have no concep-
tion of the difficulties we shall encounter. !
know the couutrv-how admirably adapted it
is to defense, and how resolutely and OBSTINATE
| ly it will he defended l would ike nothing
better than to take Richmond; now that 1t has
been disgraced by becoming the capital of the
Rebel Confederucy, teel resentment toward
il, and should like nothing better than to scat
ter its Congress to the winds. But have lived
long enough to know that human resentment is
a very bad foundation for public policy; and
these gentlemen will live long enough to learn
it also. shall 90 what am ordered. shall
fight when and whore avn commanded. BIT If
lam compelled 10 fghi before an ready, they
shall moi hold me responsible These gentlemen
must take the responsibility of their acts, as
an wiling to take that of mine. But they must
| not throw Mear responsibility on my shoulders"
This is the substance and very nearly the lam
guage Of portion of Gen. Scotl's conversation
on the occasion referred to. 1t proves conelu-
siveiy that he was opposed TO the advance upon
Richmond by way OF Manassas at that time
IN. Y. Times.
RRrMBuTIoN.-We published an account of the
hanging OF Capt. Benjamin Sharp and Lieut..
Jaeger near Martinsbu,g on the North Missouri
Railroad We have now the awful ret,ibntion
visited upon the perpetrators Of the deed.
Sharp and his comp tnion were hung on Fri
day. On Sunday morning, body of Col Smiths
Z"utves went TO Danvilie and arrested four cit
liens who were understood tn have been con.
cerned in the transaction. Taking them to the
outskirts of the town, thew made ih. IN get down
upon their knees, end shot them while in that
position Their bodies we're then carried back
10 their families by their neighbors, some oil
whom had been brought along for the purpose.
Tn. names o. the men shot were Granville Nun.
lev, Robert Terrill, lawyer, ard formerly ed
itor of the Danviile Herald, and man named
Hughes and Ills son. NunIcy was not i,nmedi.
atriy killed, but received ball through his
right breast, fiom which he died soon after be.
ing taken home The others fell ID, RECEIVING
each several balls in the body. Tie same day
two men shot near Mexico under the fol
lowing circumstances. Capt Smith, command
ing company Of cavalry, learned that half y
dozen OF the men implicated in the hanging Of
Sharp end Jaeger were in house about three
mics iron town They immediately started to
capture them. and while approaching the house
a woman standing at the gate gave the alarm to
the Statemen, who were inside eating dinner
They Immediately mounted their horses and Mt.
tempted TO escape, WHEN the cavalry pursued
and fred upon them, killing two, one OF whom
was Capt Mouitrie, oil Stare company irem'l
Mexico The rest eaped. The soldiers stat.
publicly alone tie read that they have received
orders from their commanders not to take any
prisoners, hut leave those whom they suspect
dead on the spot where they find them.-- St 10.
Jour.
A DAMAGING EXCUSE. doubt If they who
attribute the failure vt Manassas to the clanor |
OF the newspapers or Members Of Congress hav-
lug driven Gen Scott to advance before he was
ready aud contrary to his judgment, think of /!
the obvious reflection of this upon the coInpeI
tency OF the Gcneral-in-Chief. If Gen. Scott |
permits outsiders to upset his proffacted plans |
and to drive him to swallow his own strn,eoit. |
offspring like an unpleasant SOW, he would hard
" be ft TO be trusted again. Another carefully |
iaid and protracted plan might, just ut the cu. |
mlnating point be thrown into panic by q |
newspaper fire upon Gen Scott's rear General t
Scott ma, have been grievously disappointed in |
his Generals, and they may have disobeyed pos
tive orders. Ii SO they should be- held to strict |
account, and not honoraDly discharged, as Gen. I
Patterson has been, on account of the expira. I
ton OF his term. But in Justice to Gen. Scott |
We must believe TINT he ordered the advance
breause in his own judgment the proper time had
come to make it-lGin. Gaz II