The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-22
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The Union forces now in the field and, with
faces Southwark, moving against the enemy,
greatly exceeds the numbers ne have had At any
time before. In the East there is the grand
Army Of Virginia, now under the command Of
Burnside; on the Kanawha, Western Virginia,
fine army under the command OF Gen. Cox;
moving Southwark from cincinnati through
Central Kentucky, is considerable force under
General Granger; the great Army Of the Ohio,
) under GenI Rosecrans, now moving through
Middle Tennessee; the army Of West Tennessee.
under Gent Grant; an army in the South East
Missouri Gen1 Scho6eld's army. in Northern
Arkansas. Besides these We. may, notice the,
NEW army organising for Gen'l McOlernand, and
the forces in North and South Carolina, at New
Orleans, and At other isolated points in the
South. Altogether these armies will made
great aggregate, and it would seem, ought TO be
ample to accomplish almost any military result.
# they are only promptly and akillfully direct.
cd, We can hardly doubt that they will drive the
rebels to the wall. Whether they will be 80
directed, is the question. We trust so... Active
/ and successful movements for the next month
would put the greater part of our forces where
they could carry on a winter csmpaign. And
I such one would probably end the rebellion,
TELEGRArHIc NEws.-TbeI Chicago Journal
says that there is movement on foot TO organ
lie an Association Of Western publishers Of Dali
aay newspapers, with view efi securing
better and more carefully arranged tele
graphic news than that they nov obtain through
the Associated Press Of New York, which it ~.
serts, has Of lato become mere advertising
dodge" Of the New York papers and the vehicle
Of humbug generally. 49,. ,..ssg
We are Of opinion that something Of the sort
Is needed, and the sooner we get 1.-THE better
"A great deal Of the tlash sent us from the East,
ID no news when We get it, and would be worth
nothing if it we're. And mattersof real impor>
lance, which ought to be teegrsphed, are either
not sent at all, or 90 mutilated in the transmits
sion, as to be of little worth. The news Of the
Associated press ought to be integibly selected,
- we'll digested, and correctly forwarded. Then it
will be valuable. This will not be done We ex-
pect, until the Western publishers themselves
take it in hand. They know what they want,
and united, they will be able to get it.
THE RRCEPTIoN OF DAVE sHEw.
ARD.
Grand Atari
For several days, preparations have been ma
king for the reception Of Dave Steward, the
martyr, and Saturday evening, on the arrival of
the train, which bore him to the arms Of his
anxious friends, the reception did take place
Citizens Endsley and Murphy extemporized q
bonfire, and procured sixteen torches and an
American flag. A procession of from fifty to
seventy men and boys, with the band, the six
teen torches and the flag carried by Mr.. Grow
ley, marched to the landing. A committee,
consisting of Zen. Dodge, Messrs. Postlewaite,
Carpenter and Harrington, crossed the river to
receive at the cars the illustrious David.
When the ferryboat approached the Iowa
shore with its precious freight General Dodge
AuVbSu tu0 uVuOASu ouOJSSS-Oh WIG VvoSAoh "
behold the magnificent preparations for his re-
ception. When David beheld the sixteen
torches and the large and enthusiastic concourse
of people waiting to do him honor be was great
ly moved. Citizens Cornick and Hall waived
their torches and then citizens Elisha Chamber
lin, Leighton, Isaac Ripley and other citizens,
bearing the other fourteen torches, waived
them franticaly, and while David and his dis.
tinguished Committee Of Reception we're getting
ashore, repeated and protracted cheers evil
denced the deep enthusiasm of the immense
crowd Citizen Fred. Funck, with the bsnd,
led the procession which at once moved up
I town BY the shortest route to the bonfire. Here
General Dodge got upon dry goods box and
introduced David in one Of bis hsppiest efforts.
David then mounted the box and spoke for q
short time in the eloquent style for which he is
Z 90 celebrated. He then got OF the box, the
procession reformed, Gen. Dodge on his right
and Mr.. Postlewaite on his left The band
played Dixie, which was cheersd. and the great
ton, up Washington to Fourth and down Fourth
80 the residence of General Dodge, which was
:; brilliantly Illuminated with two coal oil lamps
aand two tallow candles, (sixes) Here General
Dodge again held forth, eloquently, of course,
His fine voice echoing through all the adjacent
alleys, to the ten torches, six having gone out,
y after which the crowd went home TO bed end
David entered the hospital residence of his die
tinguished host.
No accident marred the success of the ova.
ton.
JOIN VAN BuREN's pam" Prince John I"
made speech last week, in which he fulmi-
mated his plan for securing "peace." The gist
of it was that the President should declare an
armistiee, to enable the South to send members
t9Congress; they being represented, two.thirds
could then call Cow ention to amend the Con.
stitution, and Johnny thinks such Convention
could restore the unity Of the thirtyfour States