The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-09-13

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the 1fmy of Virginia Is = isceiaty that tie
Ffsstdeot i0an no longer stssiGs a Nit only he
Own ooanaad, bat every osAssi division, d.
nounce him IN tarms and language that il would
not, perhaps, be proper to repeat Su6lcs i 70
~ that those fighting under him conptam that
nts oedsrsled them o0ustantlys u disaster, while
he kept hiuaelf in saSe positap; and ether con-
manders charge him with having failed % proper
y guard and protect the points assigned . him:
IN tact, his longer prsosncs, whether these
ehsrges ssetzue or'fasSs, will have Q most de-
moraliziug tendency. yn,fa a II .usisss rel
At4 o'clock yesterday uorning . train Of one
hundred wagons, with commissary stores, vas
intercepted BY the enemy between Fairfax Sta
ZION and Gainesville and driven or towards AAi
naasas before The party cosld bs intercepted. -
They secured the whole train, and. d0ubtlesl
Jared sumptuously to-day. 30, soon q this raid
Ia the rear Of our army 1t Oenterville vas known,
the necessity of, Cooking to the rear again
became apparent, and at noon the whole Army
Of Virginia had abandoned Centerville and
was massed this side Of Fairfax Court House.
Last evening they asSain took up the line Of
march, and at o'clock tho advance was in sight
Of Hunscn'so Hill. The enemys cavalry follow.
ed them in the distance, but, made no attack,
and the whole movement was being accomplish
ed in excellent order. At noon yesterday Ger
Mcclellan. ct the request Of the Precedent, rode
out to mest the returning column, and was re-
csived b. bic troops With the nost enthusiastic
demonstrations of gfatifcation and pleasure. :,
This stats Of affairs has Of course caused con.
siderable excitement berSs and hAs doubtless led
70 the order which vistsslly places General No
Clelan IN command. TO the great mas of our
citizens there 10 safety in this change Of com.
manders, and BY the military II is hailed q an
omen Of, suooes6oH All begin; 20 feel that the
time for tsiding has passed, aud that there Gan
DO no success 70 our arms unless the men who
are to do the fighting have confidence in their
commander. 't''9 fLfai ssaS 2Iit9 .E3gtas
The works for the defence Of Washington
are all IN excellent condition and strongly man
ned by experienced artillerists, 60 that NO fear
10 entertained Of an attack on them: but It il
supposed that the enemy will strike at some
line on the Potomac this aide Of Hsrper's Ferry.
General Mcclellan has already seen to the
strengthening Of these points, and there il no
doubt that We shall again have long siege of
Washington and an indefinite prolongation Of
the war. trad aciisie-ss to a'3-le1 IzIoi
The return Of the army to Washington 10 .
great modification in military circles, and it will
doubtless be one Of equal modification 70 the
whole country. After fifteen months Of toll
and bloodshed We have now returned to the
starting point, and the whole work has to be
commenced ever again The rebels may now
again reiterate their assertion With some show
of plausibility s'that the South cannot be con.
quered." There cannot be said to be any panic
here, but the modification is great and the dis.
appointment so deep that every man seems to
carry bis feelings in bis countenance. a21
There are also rumors here this evening of q
change in the Cabinet. but think they are 1t
present unfounded. .
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mcdowell severely Denotnosds
ia oerrspoadmee Of he New York Tribune.
l. Is E,'o n sxsfCANP NEAR CHAIN BRIpaEl
- Wednesday, Sept. 8.
Slowly and sullenly the two armies of the Re.
public, outgeneralled and defeated, have fallen
back from the battle field TO Centreville, from
Centrevile to Fairfax, from Fairfax to the Pc.
tomac. The latest experiment in genera!ship
is the most immediate and disastrous failure. -
Once more the national army gather about the
national Capital, and the defense Of Washington
is the strategic signal Of the Psninalar advance
upon Richmond. ,s:,} ~ - ...,.,,,.,.. q,
The retreat from Centreville to Fairfax Wa
complete Oh Monday night. Sumper, Eigei, and
Porter held the hill during the day. Heiutzel-
man, Mcdowell, and the rest were already gone.
All Monday night thu three srearwsrd corps
struggled along the crowded road to Fairfax,
Porter covering the retreat. On Tuesday morn
ing the rebels once more held the sweeping line
Of forts that pointed TO the Esst "a winter long,
aad defed orr advance. ,g7r -sas,, a. z.9,
| Last night the whole army retreatsd, and thia
morning the western bank ofthe Potomac is the
only Vireinian camp Of the National TROOPS
Heintzelmanl and Franklin, went back on the
Sumner and Sigel and Porter BY Vienna and
Lewinsville. We may bitterly announce 9opce
more tbat The army of the Potomac and the
army Of Vifginis,s crouching beneath tho thirty
forts that girdle the Capital, are believed 10 bs
safe. 90, -. ~. SUE s.
I suppeose, no future hope I can be h.xsrded II
the details Of an accomplished retreat are given
to the, world. record, therefore, very briefas
and incompletely, what have seen and heard
ID the three Rights and days Just past.
nights and daysIof Gsepdess activity which can
scarcely have brought 70 .py one who, shared
their gloomy. experience single cheerful
thought, ora moment Of repose. 9o3sSFssa !"
When & left Washington, onaSunday night,
although it was known that Pope had,been de-
feated and driven bsck 70 0entreville, none, OF
Every few, supposed that he was to abandon that
positionya famous for isr strength, without
tight 4 A. battle vas expected next day ct the
furthest and no one certainly. knew whether
There had already been another during the day.
psesed Rthrough sAtexaptda and out on he
Fairfsx road at seyeR in the eyeains., Not hail
= mile beyond the town I met train of heavily
loaded wsgons, and hailed driver-aWher
Ears,yos FROM" "Ceptrevills.p The whole story
WAS told in . word. Tha army VAS retrsatiug.
For the next ten miles the road Was filled with
| the trains Of every corps in the stmy, every.
where crowded end frequently hating. Minded
with the wagons were great numbers oeiambu-
lanOes and carriages. filed With wounded and
dying men. They had been al day on the road,
q day Of confinement privation, discomfort, and
torture. Many must have rsmained oil night on
the road-many also in the wagons, which, q
IconYeYsnces for wounded men, are only one de-
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