The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-08

BUELL. A GIGANTIC FAILURR.-ThuS ends
Buells campaign in Kentucky, which should
have resulted in the capture or annihilation of
the rebel hordes, but which will hereafter be
regarded as one Of the most miserable faces in
the military history Of our people. True, the
State is now rid of the insolent. thieving foe,
but this was not the task assigned the COM
mander of the Army of the Ohio. He was e1.
pected to utterly destroy them, and had the
opportunities to do so but instead, he permit
ed the enemy to fall upon in force and almost
destroy wing Of his army, when fifty thou
sand men were in easy supporting distance; !;
and then as if to complete his work Of i'm.
becility or treachery, allowed them to escape
when their retreat might still have been cut off
As saw him in front Of his tent near Crab
Orchard, Sunday morning, looking over map
with countryman clad in homespun of Q but
ternut hue (!l by his side, l could hardly sup-
press the conviction that he was calculating
upon what roads our forces would be least
likely to come up with the enemy. a.l3
1t is said the army in Flanders swore terri
bly,, and haven't doubt Of it. Most armies
profanity, and like to hear vigorous denuncia-
tions, in unmistakable Saxon, of men in high
places, they should hear the army of the Ohio
on Don Carlos Buell.. On this subject howev-
er, / may have something to say in future
letter.-(Ken. Cor. Gin. Gazette. sri
GUERRILLA MoRALs-In the attack upon Au-
gusta, KY, on the 9Th Sept, young man was
mortally wounded and taken to the house Of the
Rev. Mr.. Thomas, Union patriot. The young
man died that day; and some of bis comradst
were with him at the time. Immediately after
his death, the members Of the family left the
room 70. q few moments, and when they returnd
they were unutterably shocked to see his dead
body lying perfectly naked upon the bed, his ac-
completes having stripped it ofcost, vest, breech
es, boots, and shirt, aud left the house. 5ee
Another young man fell mortally wound leo
and after three houIs was taken to house.
His accompces did not know that he would die
for even the surgeon could not at 6rstsay wheth
e, he would die or not. And, if they assumed
that he must die, they could not know how Ions
he would live, what occasion he might have fol
the use OF the property be had with him, or how
much money he might need for medical attend
ance and nursing, to say nothing of funeral ex-
penses. Yet they robbed the poor, fallen boy
of everything he had, a fine horse, a splendid
rife, valuable pistnl, costly signet ring upon
his finger, upward of two hundred dollars in
money, and pair of saddle-bags filed with ar
ticles carefully prepared for his necessities
They left him penniless and utterly destitute,
among those that he and they had fought against.
They stripped him of everything but his clothes,
and would, no doubt, have stripped him OF them'
if they could have had access to his dead body,
as they had to the corpse of the youth at the
house Of Mr.. Thomas. Louisville journal.
A case of spontaneous combustion occurred
at the insane hospital few days since. About
six hundred tons of GOAL had been deposited in
the coal house, and smoke was observed rising
An examination satisfied the Superintendent and
Steward that the coal was on fire at the bottom
of the pile. They Immediately put force to
work and opened up passage way through the
center-found the FIRE at depth Of about eight
feet and extinguished it without any loss, save
the labor expended in subduing the element
To guard against , similar ! occurrence in the fu-
immense heap, which will prove anefectual pre-
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