The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1861-11-09


the New York Tribune, ofainssanee -shat the
report itself vas intended simply for the eye oi
the President and Cabinet, and ito publication
is very unfortunate and will produce serious re.
suits, exposing Fremont's campaign. che mum.
Der Of his troops. his incapacity, setting him
BY the ears with his. subordinate officers and
yet leaving him in the, field ut the head Of his
army. The publication Of this report Is dh.
grace to the service-so Secretary Cameron
and Adjutant-C General Thomas the Adminif.
'ss''on'@ g sal.-- ---se ~ ltssasa q ZOE
The people Of Western Virgins, as far q
heard from, are almost . unit in favor Of the
formation Of the new State Of Kanawha. Mar
shall county gives ss0 votes in favor of the
measure to ss against it. In Wood county the
vote stands 1,0l1 to 45; in Konongalia, l,6l0
to lS; in Wayne, 249 to 9; in Brooke, s57 to
164 u ft.sfla 4i.4 = 2';@liay1a, 9-i' S-iiH .12
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( PaovIsIoxs roe WAsn1HGroN. .--In the three
months Of August, September and October,
twelve thousand four hundred tons Of provi
sions were shipped from New York for Washing
ton, by the Potomac river The blockade now
compels vessels to unload at Locust Point, be-
low Baltimore, and trust to the rickety single
track railroad. $50 a ga.s,s19
ID Notwithstanding the order torbidding
recruiting for other States in Iowa, Gov. Kirk
wood has given Col Moore of the Northwest
Missouri Regiment authority 70 recruit three
companies, 'nasmuch as this regiment has done
and is likely to do good service for the defence
Of the Iowa border. 81 look go ~ " So1s .
~ Rev. George Thatcher, formerly Of Heri-
den, Connecticut, was installed Pastor Of the
Congregational Church in Keokuk, October SOth.
CHAS0E OF TrxE.-On and after to-day, the
cars on the G. B. 4 Q. R. R., arrive and de-
part as follows. Morning passenger train leaves
at 6.l5. evening do at 8. 80, and arrive at 2 p.
m. and 9.45 p. IN.
u-The Peoria Transcript says the latest cir
curnstancc in favor Of Fremont is the fact that
Thurlow Weed has come out.sgainst him.
Gen. Fremont. Gen. Lyon, Col. Mulligan.
Repor. Of AJiutant- General Thomas to the Sec
rotary Of War.
From the lengthy report Of Adjutant- General
Thomas to the Secretary of War, on the military
management OF the Western Department, we
make the following extract relative to the loss
of the armies of General Lyon and Colonel
Muigan:
The failure of Gen. Fremont to reinforce Gen.
Lyon demands notice. Gen. Fremont arrived
at St. Louis on the 26th of July, called there
from New York by a telegraphic dispatch sta
ting that Gen. LYON was threatened with de-
struction by 10000 Rebels. At this time Gen.
Pope had nine regiments in North Missouri,
where the Rebels had no embodied force. The
Confederate forces in the State were those I'M
der Price and McCulloch, near Springfield, in
Southwest Missouri, and those under Pillow, jeff
Thompson, and Hardee, in Southwest Missouri.
Two Regimenta held Rolla, Eear the terminus
of the Southwestern branch of the Pacific
Railroad, while Jefferson City, Bonneville, Lex
ington and Kansas City had each garrison of
300 or AGO men behind entrenchments. Cairo
and Birds Point were fortified, ard defended
with heavy artillery. (Piot Knob and Cape Gil
rardeau were fortified after Gen. Fremont's arri-
val) Ali these places could be reinforced by
railroad and river from st. Louis and Northwes-
CeTA Otdtee, anu cOulu uOiu OHI t1l reinforced,
even if attacked by superior force.
On his arrival in St Louis, Gen. Fremont was
met by Capt Cavender. lst Missouri, ard Maj.
FaIrar, aid de camp to Gen. Lyon, with state
ments from the latter, and requests for rein
forcemcnts; Major Phelps, N. c., from Spring
field, Dr. Miller of Omaha, and many other citi
zens, having ample means Of information, made
the same representations, and urged the sending
of reinforcements. To Gov. Gamble, Gen. Fre-
mont said, "Gen Lyon is as strong as any Off
Ger in this line" He failed to strengthen Gen.
Lyon, and the result, as is well known, was the
defeat of that most gallant officer. The two
regiments at Rolla should have been pushed for
ward, and the whole of Pope's nine regiments
brought by rail to st. Louis and Rolla, aud then
cent to Lyons force. Any other General in such
course.
The battle of Springfield Tor more strictly
Wilson's Creek)-one Of the most desperate ev-
er fought on this continent-took place Aug.
10, when the brave Lyon fell, and the troops
bore down by greatly superior numbers were
obliged to fall back, but were unpursued by a
badly beaten foe.
Gen. Fremont called four regiments from
Nol tn Missouri, and went with them to Cairo.
1t is evident that he had no intention of rein
forcing Gen. Lyon, for the two regiments at
no orders to march, and were not supplied with
transportation, and thirty or forty hired wagons,
just returned from Springfield, we're discharged
at Rola, Aug. 4, seven days before the battle,
and were returned to St. Louis.
After the news of the battle had reached St
Louis, four other regiments were drawn from
Pope In North Missouri, and sent tn Rolla. Bet
ter to have called in these troops before the
battle, rs after the battle the whole revolutions.
ry elements were let loose. The six regiments
accomplished nothing. They were not ordered
to advance and cover the retreat of Lyons ar.
my, although il was supposed in St. Louis that
Price and McCuloch we're following it, and that
Hardee had moved up to cut off bis retreat on
the Gasconade. ~
An !vance of thee regiments would have en-
abled the army to retrace its steps, and to beat
the forces of Price and McCulloch so badly that
they would have been unable to follow our force
in their retreat It is said that every officer in
Lyons army expected to meet reinforcements,
and to return with them, and drive Price and
McCuloch from the Southwest.
Gen Hunter arrived at st. Louis from Chica-
GO. called thither on u suggestion from W ash
| ington, as an adviser. Gen. Fremont submitted
| to hia for consideration and advice a paper
called dispositions for Retaking Springfield
| 1t sets out vita statement that Springfield is
| the strong strageticai point OI tnat Wlle eleVa
ton which separates the waters of the Osags
from those of the Arkansas, the key to the whole
| South western Missouri. Commanding an area OF
nearly 60, 900 miles. Why did not this enter the
brain of the Major General before the fall ol
Lyons, and lie strain every nerve TO hold thai
| important KEY in his possession?
| Gen. Hunter, in answer to the paper, replied,
"Why march on Springfield, where there is nc
enemy, aud nothing to take? Let me rather
take the troops and proceed to Lexington, in
| which direction Price was marching, and where
he expected to be Joined by 10000 rebels" In
| stead OF this he was cent to Rolla, without in
structions, and thence to Upton, where We found
| him. (Se exhibit, No. 49, "A s
No steps having beer taken by Gen. Fremont
to meet Price in the field he moved forward hii
line Of march, plainly indicating his intention o.
proceeding 10 Lexington. When within some
S5 miles Of the place, he remained ten or more
days, evidently expecting that some movement
| would be made against him. None being made
he advareed, and. with his much superior force
laid siege to Lexington, which was defended b.
Mulligan with 2,70O men, on the 18th Of Sep
tember, and captured 1t in nine days thereafter