The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-05-24
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DIT oEIr srALY

DH CELB SEALY.
lvrem ~ Roshssssr un,on and Ad,au.,,
Oh, Seth, art thou willing to say then
Thou fuest We Ger had son,
Because be his life lost the day vheo
The Mortimer were beat at Bull Run,
We mere should expect to be baskino
Through life beneath skies that Are 49,.
God wills, and We sin whom we're ask;..'
''ln age, who will temper lifs's Storm
Hush, Seth though thy wife, am olJs,
Than thou, by number Of years.
And surely my heart is not colder
Than thine, nor less bitter my tesrs
Yet rorse might have happened to Pst.r
Than death /, his own mother saw
To die for his country we're sweeter
Than that he should live to betray.
The hoofs Of the Southern war horse,
Were stamped on the breasts Of the s,ai,
But. oh, from their sanctifed corses
The Mortimer have thrice wiped the .,.;.
Then Seth for our boy 'dinna" fret a.
His life met q glorious end;
To help quell the strife let's regret though
We have not another to send.
MeCisilan's Advance-Erreneous Repo,,.
A Grand Review.
white Hsuss Cor. (1%,h) N. 7. World
There isgrave reason to complain Of ann.
the statements Of the Associated Pres, ~
cause incorrect and prejudcial opinion, ~ ~
formed In regard to the doings and ady,ns. "
the army. For instance, the dispstci publi.l. "
on the 18th, dated New Kent Court House W.
10, leads the public to believe tina, our arm, -.
hen within twenty-five miles of aIohr..I
- be
IL still twenty.seven miles distant from ,b,, .N
and the main body Hve or six mile, f.r,s. eg,
New Kent Co:rt House is likewise ,bi,,v -
from Richmond, instead Of twenty ..ev., 1 .s
the reconnaissance alluded to az b,vn. -, VA
place on Saturday by the Eighth Illinois 49,
did not occur until Sunday afternoon sna
in direction Southeast, toward the CbIck.b..
my, distant at that point eight miles and rssO.
ed in finding Jones' Bridge DESTROYED ,,d -.
enemy on the opposite side In cou.ider.bI. s,,..
Stoneman pushes the advance With pre., 80.
but the Associated Press, In reporting ,,o,..',
more rapidly than is actually TIE case doe. g..
| injury; for people set it down that the .rms ~.
| then and there at such time, and Eonas, "a
grumble at what they conceive to be 5s,.
when the army is actually performing the ut
they have been informed was long sgo accom-.
plished
Correspondence same. Cumberland ysh.
/ ride down here ito Cumberland L,udin,,
through the rain yesterday afternoon, brougs,
me in just at the close of grand review Of h
"Reserve," under command of Cen ri,z Jobn
Porter, in presence of Secretary Seward and
Gen. Mcclellan. The honorable s,ecretsr, rod.
with Gen. Porter along the solid and unssyer.
ing columns, and was greeted with terrific cheer,
He expressed his admiration of the high dsci.
pline and excellent spirits Of the men, and rad
q marked compliment to this corps, which hold,
the issue Of the coming contest 10 its banda
They and their commander are WORTHY Of their
| trust.
This place is now made depo. of supplies
and will probably be the main point on the p.
munky for this purpose. There lie good land.
ing and plenty Of room in the channel, with an,
pie water. The river bears fourteen feet Of
water at White House, but the chsnnel is mar
row and crooked. The Quartermaster's depo,
will be established here, the express office arriv.
ed tonight, and the Old Point boats leave dali,
at seven n, stepping at West Point and York.
town. Ship Point and Cheeseman's srs once
more sunk in their original obscurity.