The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-11-29
I'm ERuFnsIde and his Generals. o
From Correspondent Of the New York Post.
GENERAL BURNSIDE.

GENERAL BURNSIDE, r., AZ. s;to..
General Burnside is hungry enough for
glory, rs a soldier should be, but he is not Q
self-suficient or an over-confdeDt man. If
he is enterpising he is cautious. He is care.
full enough in preparation, but he knows that
after preparation he is expected to fight, and
fighting, is expected to win To say that he is
able to vancouver on the field of battle
two hundred thousand men, trained in mod
ern tacticis, is to say that he is able to do
| what no man on the continent has been tho't
capable of. But one man in history has been
| thoroughly believed to be competent in strate-
gy on so immense q SCALE But that, on bat
tie scene of vast dimensions, General Burnside
will fail to know the moment when reserves
| shall be sent to the help Of the right grand
division under Sumner, or the left grand d.
vision under Franklin, or the center grand
division under Hooker, is to believe that he
has not deserved the command that has held
and the successes he has won. He has none
Of those baleful military jealousies which sacri-
flee armies and causes lest the honors of vics
tory may be reflected upon rival If the
supports he orders be marching to victory, they
will be forwarded with hearty speed, not only
without one pang Of envy from him, but with
all patriots Joy, though their coming be to
bind the brightest wreaths of glory around
aE0tnefS prov. t-4W ETElf .'EasCa} tJlg
THE SUBORDINATE COMMANDERS. de-
| Gen. Sumner, deserves the post of honor,
on the right Tried, faithful fearless, going
into battle in the bravery Of full uniform and
! waving plumes, often appearing exposed in
the front Of fight, when his dashing presence
lent spirit to weary, hard pressed and wavering
men, he is an energetic and usefu! officer.
Gen. Franklin is an able and highly trained
soldier; and will acquit himself we'll in the
command of corps. But make way for the
Center Grand Division, under, Hooker Let
the foe who fronts the men he leads look well
to their lines that day. How like lion he
stormed down on their beaten, broken lines ct
Antietam. When he started that morning,
impetuous, resistless, his men who had
caught the fiery impulse of their Chief halted
for no obstacle and were swayed by no foe
Over infantry, cavalry, artillery, they fought
/ their way. aud as they went it was clear TO sse
that by mid day this resistless advance would
roll up the rebel hosts like scroll, and by
sun down hold it captive in its hand. But
when at O'Clock, Hooker fell, struck 6y Q
ball, men who had watched his splendid I'D.
vance, his magnificent success, exclaimed,
"where is the man who will follow up these
! glorious advantages, or who will see that they
! are followed up?p b No such man followed
Hooker that day. Ons distant part OF the
field. Burnside, stubbornly fighting his way to
! Tho bridge. and then across it. did wonders
4 But no mind equal 10 maintaining the fruits
!. of Hookers grand advance lightened over
; that part of the fruitless field OF Antietam.
EyGLisH PIRATES AND REBEL CoSrRABANDs.
4 Extract from a private letter, dated -.1A
= 4 - LIvKRPooL, Nov. 6, 1862.
oThe steamer ,Ba hama has been enlisting men
and loading with munitions Of war the past
week, to be despatched to the pirate Alabama,
in order that sbe may further burn and destroy
E American commerce. There are now loading
. here for Nassau and Erebel ports the steamers
Gladiator, Minna, Peterhof, Julie, Usher and
Thistle, and the sailing vessels Nicholas III,
Queen Of the Usk, Antonio and Digby Their
cargoes are chiefly gunpowder, rifles, shot and
shell, intended for rebel USE" ~. as ST b
Some one sent Mr.. Lincoln batch OF news.
paper criticisms upon him and his conduct OF
the war, last week. In speaking about it to
friend Mr.. Lincoln said, "Having an hour TO
sna "a On Sunday read this batch Of editorials,
!; and when was through reading asked myself,
= = abraham Lircoln, are you man or doga ;,
= The hest part of the story was Mr.. Lincelns
= ;nimitable manner Of telling 1t. His good ma
tnre il equal to every emergency. The edito-
r;als in question were very able, and as bitter 10
their criticisms upon him % they were able, yes
Mr., Lincoln smiled very pleasantly o. ne SPOKE
of them, though it was evident that they maos
!. decided impression upon bic mind. la SOME
- l-...oo%o Tho prossdent Ia A wonderful man,