The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-02-08

. Gen. Burnside says %. know that be did not.
:. I know that Gen. Bafnside freely and openly
spoke to tho Correspondents Of his position, Of
his miafostcnes and bic responsibilities and that
i when he vas advised to place an Espionage over
the Press, he said: IL am In the hands Of the
public; have been decsivsd, bat win bear
the blame" Freely, aad With eensrosity, in the
q face Of counsel opposed to him, he allowed the
correspondents 70 send their Dispatches
The facts stated and Published BY these zen.
/ tlemen have verified my original statement, but
nov that some of3cisl parties have seen At to
, contravene the primary statements which the
public received, perhaps It would be we'll to r..
iterate and state the facts.
An expedition called the Burnside Expeditiop.
which bad long been in preparation, and which
consisted Of one hundred and twenty .6ve ves-
sells Of oil descriptions, sailed On the lth Of jan
nary from Fortress Monroe. Slight storms and
head winds retarded 10 In our progress, bat Ne
arrived, either outside or Inside the bar, on the
18th or 18th Of this month. Gen. Wool advised
the departure, tho pilots agreed with him, aud
, thus we saved meeting q storm which vou'd
have buried one half Of he ,corshless Amlls on he
, sandy bottom Of the sea. The vessels comprisiue
the expedition we're bought under the under.
staoding that they should draw q certain depth
OF water. The correspondent of the Evening
Poet states, in ono case: "At least one steamer
was sworn to dras but SIX feet six inches when
laden, and she actually draws when lighsened
as near possible, eight feet.' From the
Worlds correspondent II shudder when look
back TO week ago yesterday, and recount the
train Of casualties which has followed %; and.
were to present them in the order they occur
red. your readers would certainly presume this
an i'll starred expedition
All the daily papers add testimony to these
statements. l will not enter into particulars
already published. The terrible storms almost
unparalleled, the rspid current sweeping with
resistless force from Pamlico sound to the Wild
ocean at the rate Of five miles an hour and re-.
turning. The high tides washing over the sandy
beach Of Hatteras and preventing the landing
OF soldiers or the serene, quiescent, equity state
OF the Commodore, who lounged on bis diyan
while the whirlwind and the rough ocean tore
and shattered the City of New York's elegant
proportions into driftwood and an unseemly OBJ
lec', when hauser from tug boat might have
But will state facts. The City Of New York
with 400 kegsof g0npowder, 100 Enfield rifles.
with bombs. &C.. was lost through neglect. and
her Captain and crew, In full sight Of the aect
remained in the rigging forty hours, exposed to
the mercy Of the elements. TIE Zouave gun.
boat, armed with one S2.pound Parrot gun. two |
Wizard guns, rfed. dragged her anchors. stove |
mole an her stern. and sunk. The troops we,s
saved, and so we're the guns The vessel 10 lost |
The Grapeshot, bono vessel, went down A. |
sea.
The Pocabontas, an old steamer, was charter
ed Tor horses. The pilot stated to the General |
on board the spauldng that her owner wa ut.
teriy opposed to her going on the expedition. |
The pilot also stated that the boilers leaked. and
!ney drove s0Oodsa pings IN tie boiler: that tie
IRON crates fell o"t, (see Times correspondent 1
and she went Ashore because they had NO sail / 1
The Pocahontas lost 50 Rhode Island Batterv
horses and Is staff officers horses.
Inc bark Vo!tigeur, with . portion of the
18th Connecticut, ia bard ashore with 500
troops.
The Admiral. who carried Gen. Boroside and
the Massachusetts, Twenty fourth, and which
were sent ashore, stuck in the 'sSvashn three
DAYS. but IL now over.
The steamer Northerner, the headouarters of
Gen Reno, broke her anchor and was aahore
three days.
The Eastern Queen went hard ashore.
The Lousians, a large paddle wheel steamer. |
ldersids correspondent says.) broke her back. I
A schooner went ashore near the light. hopse. !
with oats for horses. and went to piecea !
Another schooner vent ashore with coal. and
lost ok men. four Of whom were buried by Col. I
Stevenson, Of the Twenty fourth Massachusetts. :
and two by the Eleventh Connecticut =
The ships purchased for the Expedition never | Il
could have stood storm at sea, Old freioht | 4
boats from Poughkeepsie and Albany were it. /.
ted up 40 gunbeats, painted black TO look for. q
midab!e; two Of them, the Lancer and Pioneer. !,
carried 900 troops each. When In the trough g
OF the sea they rolled fearfuIly, and . Captsin :
10 the Navy. Who vas on board the Lancer. "a. q,
TED that In case u storm, nothing could prs e,
vent her from bilging and going dow. n
Inc contractor who furnished the water casks al
or the expedition has committed IN outr age on r.
bur soldiers. which should only entitIe him 70 Ia
John Browne fate. The casks used to put Va. -
er IN we're old whisky, kerosene oil and can. In
,hene barrels furnished BY the Union citv Of m
Baltimore. The sufFerings endured from this "a
ourcc were terrible, men could not drink Il. r.
vas too nauseoua =.
Another contrast Ice would have been = d.
luxury to the soldiers-it vas only Is ton
Water We were short Of Coal Ne were short =,
was only - 90 ton Stone was worth d o,
ents All OF these most excellent ballast Yet m,
'ould It be beloved that We took on board mig Sc
ION q Sxo ton % ballast. knowing when we ar,
tarted We should have to cast Il overheard IN
Jet such u the fact The gunboat Lancer n. rs,
ised AZ assteras Inlet short Of coal and water 90
nd yet she threw over Is tons Of iron-nl. TAO H.
'orth In all % 900 worth of iron vas cast | sol
verboard. yet We we're shsrt Of water. on
The pilot We are told we're ell Union. Hat 1T
efos mist w.s Union. a9e New York Subscribed me
u Union. Yet one Of The pilots hired bv M ~
ent over TO the enemy and informed chen Of eo,
Terythirg; and - for the inhabitante Of Hat. ~
rss Inlet, they are too ignoeant to known the Co
ference bstweea Union and Seceapion. II Il ~
nonsense; experience teaches q that cher
e no Union men there; and that The 5 900 4. 4
. asked tor. II they had been granted. vo.A the
- De on Roanoke Island, and that The q, COO acc
II TO North Carolina for the bepeft Of tn | % q
MON mec, Was oil loss 70 ~ The south A. DIRE
earnest and We are at play. We I'D 70 nav fsnl
90 In secret oeevico monov q thoaa Selfas..s Upl