The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-03-15
Specials 70 the New York Papers.
lSpecial to Times 4

Especial to Times.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE statement rub.
lished that account in council of war in Wash.
ington decided by 6 to 4 that the army of
the Potomac could not be moved against the
enemy at present, is entirely untrue The
Generals were decisive that an advance was pos
sible and probably the only difference vas as
TO the plan of proposed attack.
A correspondent of the Times who accompa.
MED the advance upon Centreville and Man ssas,
has Just come in. 1t was emily recently that the
retreat of the rebels from Centreville com.
menced General johnson loft Friday morning,
General Smith left Saturday afternoon, and
Colonel Stewart last Monday, the day our army
left camp on the Potomac The retreat was
conducted very orderly at first. Nothing was
left at Centreville that could be useful to u.s.
The forts were well planned and very formida.
BILE. They commanded the roads and the fire of
not lese than hundred guns could be converged
upon any approach to the defences. The guns
were never brought from Manassas to mount the
Centreville works. A railroad track is extended
from Manassas to Centreville, and telegraph
line. The rebel Generals had their headquarters
at Centreville. Although more convenient
and complete military armament could not be
found in Washington than they had at Manassas.
The enemy carried off all their heavy guns from
Manassas, forty to fifty in number, part of their
army marching by turnpike to Warrenton and
part to Gordonville, where it is said they would
make stand. 1t was announced that the first
sign of panic was noticed at Manassas. A part
Of Stewards rear column was preparing train
to move southwark by railroad, when they learn
ed that some excited rebels had set fire to the
bridges Then they Immediately began to burn
and destroy and run away in general confusion.
500 barrels of -four were stove in. Barrels of
molssses suffered the same way. l60 barrels or
kegs OF powder we're left, which they did not
know how to destroy in safety to themselves
It seems to be confirmed that the enemy had
two weeks since, between $4,000 and 60,OcO
troops at Cent? eville and Manassas, and that
they only began their retreat last Friday. Why
they went IL mystery, Is that number of our
men in their Notifications would have been
equal to three times their forces assembling
there. They must have feared to trust their
men whose enlistments were expiring, or their
powder, which many accounts agree, Is of very
inferior quality.
The strangest news brought BY the Times cor
respondent II, that Gen. Jackson and one half
his army, whom Gen. Banks yesterday supposed
he was closely watching in Winchester, went
down the Railroad to Manassas one week ago.
and quietly marched OF southwark. The ether
half are said 70 be moving southwark in the
valley Of the Shenandoah.
Especial TO Tribune
The Naval Committee Of the Senate agreed to-
day 70 recommend an appropriation Of cas- .OO0
for the construction Of furnaces for tie manu-.
facturs Of 30 inch Dshlgreen guns.
The Of this evening Gays We have Dos
tive information that The rebels have retrested
70 O. far - 0ordonville. Onr scouts have prob
ably penetrated The country O fas 6 Onluoeppel
q. H. Is miloo IN The FUor az ManAaaaa s 81 4