The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-10-04

our side there we're actsally engaged. III. g. 1
10Th and 18th Iowa, llth aud 26th Ms.,.
48th Indiana and 1lsh Ohio Battery. and .4
badly some others which do not know ~
9th Iowa covered themselves with glory. ~.
had two hundred and ten men killed and vor.
ded, and stood firm against the repeated h,,.
net charges of the enemy. They had tb;,,.
killed on the 6eld, and many have ALREADY -!
will die from their wounds. Lieut.. Sam SAN.
was seriously, though not dangerously wound..
by shot through the thigh. The 18th Ios.
had twelve men killed and forty wounded. o.
Chambers Is severely but not considered n.
gerously wounded; bis Adjutant was killed t.
regiment behaved CALAMITY. The 18th were a.
gagged, and Capt Archer is wounded serious, /, |
. musket shot through the thigh near the Ii. =!
but will recover, though it will be troublesor,
wound for long time. He and Sample ",
both taken to Corinth yesterday, The 18th d;
not suffer severely, % I.have seen but few }. /
their men among the wounded. underss.ss
the regiment behaved well. The 26th Missous
and 4sth Indiana fought calamity and suae,,,
severely, especially the 4sth Indiana.
The 18th, 18th and 18th Iowa we're in the Ia
wing, the 10Th in the advance and driving ii.
rebel pickets for some two miles, and as "a,
we were permitted, the firing at some times b.
ing quite sharp, but failing TO come upon 4.
main body Of the rebel army, we were halted
o'clock p. M, expecting that Rosecrsns voui
drive the enemy towards US; but it DOW appear
that the enemy, who we're near our front, AZ
the left in force, hearing that Rosecrans VIZ
driving up their pickets rapidly on the RICH,
doubly quicked to that end of their line, spi
had the engagement near night, of which '.
heard nothing until we entered Iuka, next morn
Sny cd m ~svp 81 -
left wing to move up to Iuka, Price and b,
whole army would, probably, have been bsgged
As it is, he was sorey whipped, and bis con.
scripts badly frightened. presume GensrI
Grant supposed that a large portion of the enc
my's force was in front Of our left wing, spi
therefore, the left wing was not ordered up.
The country is covered with dense thicks.s
and 1t is difficult to see more than Q few rod,
ahead. ~
Price retreated south, and probably Is Il.
tempting to form q junction With Breckinridss
Van Dorm and Viliipigue, who are at Grand
Junction, threatening, if they have not alread,
attacked Bolivar, for the purpose of cutting Of
our communication with Columbus.
/ We should have $4,000 more troops 10 th,
part of the country, to be able to take up the
offensive policy. And yet we do not hear of
man being sent this way. suppose they will
be, SITTER while. la1, s'..fga'
The 1lth, 18th and 18th Iowa are holding shi;
place, Col. Crocker commanding the place. Il
is healthy place-splendd springs of bot
pure and mineral waters. Most of the inhab.
ants have gone. am occupying, as my head
quarters, a splendid mansion, finely furnished,
belonging to one Of the chivalry, who resides it
is said, in Memphis, and whose name lis Robert
BinkIey. 20 sfel 6 ~ rra15t
This is fine country and a delightful climate
and when it is thoroughly conquered and settled
up with civilized enterpr;zing and intelligeu,
people, will be country desirable for q white
man to live in; but it must be settled by q new
race of people, 'I Gls
Enclosed send you number of letters, pick.
ed up by me, along the line Of Prices retreating
army, to show the state of literature in this
country. ".#E
Our wounded soldiers are doing we'll and are
cheerful. Most of them are but slightly wound.
ed. Yours truly, q. T. REID.
What Good the Proclama alton Will Do.
What good will it do, since the Federal Gov
erument has not power to enforce it in single
State? This question has been substantially put
by those who coldly received the Presidents
Proclamation, in order to undervalue the in.
portance of that document The inquiry i:
easily answered. The enunciation of primo.
pie often, more than that, almost always, pre-.
cedes its practical application. The announce.
ment of policy is the plan by which action i
to be aroused and governed. ~.
The ability to realize the Declaration Of In.
dependence did not exist at the time gifts pro-
mitigation, l. was the PRONUNCIATION that to
no small extent created the ability. 1t told
the people precisely what was their aim and
endeayor; and after contest of years, the pee
pie fought the political theory into a political
fact. If the leading men of IS had concluded
to delay until they had achieved their sepera
ton from the mother country, before anuounc
ing their resolution to be free Of its authority
they might have remained colonists to this hour
h Something like this is true in the present
case. knowing just where the chief war strength
OF the rebellion lies, and the real issue, under
all its subterfuges, the rebellion has raised the
necessity of war policy equal to the over.
coming Of that strength and the meeting Of
that issue has been widely felt.
Whilst willing, for obvious reasons, that
every experiment that could be honorably tried
should be tried, to conquer treason, before
resorting to the EXTREMIST measures, the peO-
pie have been seeing more and more clearly
every day that military necessity would sooner
or later require the aiming of blow at the
institution of Slavery, as the stronghold of the
enemy. Public sentiment has been largely, if
not unanimously educated by events up to the
conviction that either that institution or our
Republican Government must suffer, unless
the insurgents, who have shown no signs Of so
doing, repeuted Of their mad purposes and re-
turned to their allegiance. ~ 'on
& This public sentiment has very properly
waited for the Acknowledgements Of its existence
and desire by the Administration. 1t has re-
spected ithe responsible position Of the Presi.
dent. 1t knew that what it craved was one Of
the most momentous acts any Chief Of . nation
was ever called upon to perform. Growing
more and more certain every hour that the
great rallying word must eventually come. it
listened for it eagerly; but, on the whole, with.
out the desire TO hurry or embarrass the leader
who was to speak it out.
That word has now been calmly, but firmly
uttered; and uttered we may believe. because
it has been perfectly demonstrated that it pre-.
cisely interprets the nature of the crisis. Il
will, consequently be echoed speedily, if not
instantly, by all the unconditional Unionisu
all the sincere loyalty in the land. Few but
those who prefer something else to the safety
80 81 kota g. .o;n.