The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-15

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Den vosea - e'ns may, 10 the noal
so-oay On sns -. rss, s emsncipat.on resel
oon: me osescs non tne besdef States vel
not In tneir eea4
lnetaid's dhpaeeh.l
MnMAe!on, narcn l2.-Before dark 10
Aiens Ooa: Aveflil with large body Of cayalr
enterea ne 70. famed rebel forts ct AanaDa
ana oivouAOced ioe the night amid the ruins Z
soe ebel otronghoadA
The inteuigencs Kathsrsd Ct Manassas and i
tho night tends 70 shew that Ne whole rebt
army has retired ooathWafd. Il b NO
credited that they wiz attempt 70 make stan
near, - the country y open, level, and unpronl
ising for deaenstve warfare.
The opinion u gaining ground that Gordona
vile was simply the rendesv0us for what Va
lately the rebel army Of the Potomac. II y th
junction OF the Orange and Alexandra with th'
| Virginia Central Railroad. The only point .
which they can With any sort Of confidence at
tempt 70 make stand Il near the junction o
the Frederick and Potomac with the Centra
virginia Railroad, IN which net8hborho0d tht
North Anna and South Anna river unite ant
FORM ne famunky river, saoout ~ mtles direct
y north Of kicnmond. A. tnis point the coun
try e much broken, and admirably fitted for de-
Tense.
II u reported that 10 their retreat tho rebeli
nave DESTROYED the Railroad bridge across the
north FORK 81 the hapPahannock. In their haste
tney nave LETT behind struggling parties of sol
diers, VINO seem 70 be very glad 70 be made pris
onera
wherever they have gone It is evident that
y unfit tor service. The moral effect Of the re-
treat from Manassas to Richmond will be the
same throughout the south, as Il 10 in this paat
OF virginia, and the impression prevails that the
SOutnefn Oonieoeracysnas collapsed, and many
VI Tue people snann you ior u.
1The forts are all abandoned, but log hute,
hundreds in number, and ample TO accommodate
fully thirty thousand troops, still remain--also
great number Of tents; heaps OF dead horses
cover the neios N sac vicinity. Tue log nuts
are strewn All along between Centervllle and
manassas. Inc hairoad track 10 undlsturbed,
excepting the stone bridge across Bull Kun on
tne warren turnpike, Is blown up, a. also the
onoge across Caoin Run, between Centervilie
an =, manassas.
Every toing az manassas INDICATED the precip-
itase night OF the rebels. some caissous were
tound' OUT no guns; piles OF outlets were LETT,
ana an immense quantity OF quarter matters
stores, In one place were discovered about
SV'VVV ousneis OF corn, Wnicn nao been set on
nre, ana was sun smouider,ng. Among the
trophies are PACK SADDLES, army orders, muskets,
reviewers, bowie knives, letters, &C. Over one
thousand pack saddles were found, all new and
marked ". A.
Feopie IN the vicinity state tnat prior to the
evacnt'oh there were one hundred thousand
troops at Manassas and Centervilie. Mounted
on the works there we're what appeared to be
cannon, out, on examination, they proved to be
WOODEN
Two Pennsylvania cavalry regiments were the
A. Rren,sv;lIa fonr ME-. .o,.h Sc u.,.
.o' 'ou' "'ieo so"su Va Aanasoae'
guards have been organised to protect them
selves from the secessionists.
zen. acUieiian mas taken up his quarters at
fa,I'st Y. u.
3aspsscn mas Deen received mere contraolet-
ing the announcement that winchester was oc.
cup'ed Dy our troops, and stating that 1t 10 neid
oy leDe. FORCE.
gs ~ u Deheved mere Dy the pest informed critics
ON mihsary analrs, that the rebels there are
Simply portion OF the force lett there to cover
the retreat OF the main body OF the rebels. II
i nov prooaoie any considerable force woulo
oe hsn,taineu na 'hat Parso virginia, ateer tne
evacuation OF manassas, wnicn!commands the
POSTS Dlepatch.
ing agreed 10 report Oil at once Tor the appro.
prlatioh OF sio'VoO'ooo for IRON clad vessels Of
war
from Ass;st,nt Sec,e,s,y Of W. E. =. t..
ress Monroe. declaring his confident belief that
the Monitor in her recent epeaee,nent with The
Merrimac was entirely uniniured. Mr.. Fox con
6rmed the report that the Merrimac was injured
in the fight. He expresses the opiniop that an.
other combat between the two vessels ia certain
and that the conflict will be terrific.
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For'her farsicn!am OF the NAVAL I'm.
RuruoRr M.rch i2"The old Point ho.t
has arrived We learn tbrouoh G;s,t H.,.s-J
.I,a, aon. of ,he Norfoii. ne. p.oi- -. se.ah
ad Ola pant T. contains h;shIv ooIorsJ -.
connt n the Merr;mac fgbt and nsvs . s,e..
oounI;ment ,o tho hrsvarv of Tho 90. - ths
Cumberland r. admits that aome oS tho shor
from, that vesse, entered the Merr;msc On.
.haII L;i,ad saaon.oon mon IN ~, ua,.;,n. "a
wounded Capt. Buchanan who subsequently
died.
The Monitor is admitted to be formidable but