The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-01

. Chaplin's river, on the opposite bank Of which
the enemy had several batteries, the river ben.
almost dry, only pools Of water standing in dts
. ferent localities. While McCook was maxine &.
! reconnaissance he was suddenly attacked b,.
: force which outnnmbered his own two To ~.
c Determined to maintain his position, the sob,
, soon became fierce and general.
After the contest bad ragged for some time
} McCook, discovering that his left was hard pres.
ed and his right about Being turned, he sent ii.
aid, Capt. Fisher, to Gen. Schoepf, who W.
almost mile in the rear, with 5000 men, n,
renforeements. General Gilbert being present
and the senior officer General Schoepff referr,S
Captain Fisher to him, ard by General Gilb.,,
: he was referred to Buell., who was some tb,..
miles in the rear. Captain Fisher Immediate,
sought Buell. and preferred Gen. McCook's n.
quest for reinforcenents, stating to General Buell.
the position he was in. Gen Buell., in a peremn.
tory manner, ordered Captain Fisher to return
and tell Gen. AcCook to "stop that firing in
'front.'" No reinforcements arriving, General
McCook, a half an hour later, sent another mea
senger to Gen. Gilbert for reinforcements. Gen
Gilbert, seeing General Mitchers brigade at bi,
right, ordered 1t forward with two other brigsdes
close at hand, to support it. The brigade went
in with rush and CALAMITY repulsed the enem,
Gen. Gilbert seeing this sent word to General
Crit.enden that eve have the enemy now ius,
where we want them. Push everything ahead.n.
He also sent dispatch to Buell. saying tia,
mitchell had driven the enemy into Perryville
and broken his centre, and now is the time 10
push everything forward" Buell. immediately
responded by sending written order to Gilbert
recalling the troops. and ordering them back to
the position they had previously occupied. Had
Buell. availed himself Of the opportunity then
presented, the army Of Bragg must have been
completely annihilated. THIS we believe to be
the opinion of every officer That night the
enemy left; and from that time Buell's army
| came not within twenty miles of him until the
pursuit was stopped. The above is brief bis
tory of Buell's campaign from the time be start
ed from Dechard until he abandoned the pursuit
| at Somerset. 4!
Buell. has in his employ, as Spy, a man nam.
ed Thatcher, formerly merchant in st. Louis,
and one of the bitterest secessionists that ever
left that State. He was constantly passing be-
tween our lines and the enemy's during their
whole march 1t is the opinion of thos, who
are we'll posted that this spy plays the traitor
continually, and that he does so by BueIl's con-
nivance or at least tolerance. Buell. will take
bis word, and act upon it, in preference to the
word of any officer, high or low, in his COM
mand; and through him, without doubt, Bragg
was informed of Buell's Intentions and move
meDts.
While Buels army was stopping at Bowling
Green some of our officers called at the house of
lady who is well known secessionist. Dur.
ing q conversation with her she told them that
she knew Buell.; that he had dined at her house
within a short time; that she knew that Buell.
would not fight Bragg; that che knew how many
men Buell. had, how many Rosecrans had, and
much other like information. This is but one of
many like instances.
Since writing the preceding have seen and
conversed with Major Vance, of Perryville, on
whose farm the rebels were encamped when the
fight commenced. MAJOR Vance is Union man
under all circumstances and at all times. He is
gentleman of Intelligence, wealth, and position,
and moreover STAKEHOLDER. His wealth, bis
slaves, and his position are all secondary to bis
love for the Union. He has low estimate Of
the loyalty of Gen. Buell.. He tells me that when
Buell. ordered the withdrawal Of our troops the
in every direction. Twenty. four hours after the
woods and fields in the vicinity were swarmiDg
with stragglers, most Of them in a starving con.
dition, and anxious to be taken prisoners. Major
Vance himself sent out his own men, who cap.
tured many, in some inst ances two or three
times their own numbers. Other gentlemen re-
siding in the came neighborhood did the same
thing, and sent the prisoners into the federal
lines
Yet for forty-eight hours or more after the
fight Buell. lay quietly in his position at Max
vile, without making the first effort to cap
ture man. Major V. is sure that if he had
availed himself Of the opportunity to doso,
that the whole of Bragg's army, together with
oil fhoir MIN nd &n rne~ hou hoap
captured. At the Perryville fight, Col. Vance
assures me, every efficient man of Bragg's
Kirby Smiths and Humphrey Marshall's army
were engaged, and the aggregate did not e1-
coed 81, 900 men. And this is the army that
employed Buel's STRATEGY" from the 18th Of
September until the 18th of October. There
is not man in the federal army but what
knous that Buell. had at least FIVE excellent OPP
portunities to whip Bragg to death, yet he has
accomplished just nothing. 1t should be said
that the day following the Perryville fight
Bragg's army robbed Major Vance of twenty.
Eve splendid horses, number of negroes, pro.
visions; &c., and also burned his house and
outhouses, involving loss of Q. least $50, 900,
and this too while Buell., with an army full
three times as large as Bragg's was lying idle
within three miles of the place where these
things were transpiring, and Maj V. and bis
A0unhy oEc IcAuScS ATOm Iue uOuc WueT0 lucy
were born, and must be so until the hand Of
man can restore it to habitable condition
TIE SuSKIN RoAD AT WArERLoo.-An odd
numerical coincidence, 26 battallions were to
receive these 26 squadrons Behind the crest Of
the plateau, under cover of the masked. batteries
the English infantry formed in thirteen squares,
two battallions to the square, and upon two
lnes-with musket to the shoulder and eye upon
their sights, waiting, calm, silent and immmova-
BILE. They could not see the curassiers, and the
cuirassers could not see them. They listened
to de rising Of this tide Of men. They heard
the increasing sound of three thousand horses,
the alternate and measured striking of their
hoofs at full trot, the rafting of the cuirasser,
the clicking of the sabres, and eort Of fierce
roar Of the coming host. There was moment
of fearful slenoe-then, suddenly, long line Of
raised arms brandishing ssbres appeared above
the crest, with casques, trumpets and standards,
and three thousand faces with grey moustachss,
crying ''Vire Emperear!" All this cavalry de-
hnunhod ON ba y,lo nd ia ka bp.