The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-30

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: 20 essiaaaais.. fAir prepsrties q the ve[
attached 70 Il. rssuitisR, dsubtless u de r..
Nation Of several az 49, Ts,... -
policy = to esassi.sss every I've aivisiecs =
corps have u - very eoed authe,iev ~
senefeis Hooker aa4 osae eiok have ~. ~
ignassd for prcmelisa fton d;,;.;o. ~ 49,.
eemmaadero. A better selssion 800 "a -
made. - the country end ia -. ~, -.
John Ssdgwisk, Aajsf.0 General efvsi..,s..
10 cool, sslf-poissd, uaassumine. h.a n.ss--
now the senior eoloasl in active Of tha r.-1ss
army, and withl believes that v,r Az ~
VA. Gen. Heokers admirable Atnssa "a, -.
mand has been Often noted in your eol.S..
- was before proven upon bafte.6 Zelda
FoR111ss AonHoI4n
since wriaae tie above have steamed n
this point, and ad4 these two items.
williamsburg 10 held onlv bv oavs,,v-A..
pitfalls nd stores have been removed. VA.
town ii, and 10 70 be, the outpost.
The submarine telegraph between hare ~
Cherry Stone, which had not been working fsr
week, has been rslaid, and oonmaaiesties
opened with washinstca. oar.
intercepted Lssssrs from Gen. n,.an.>.
The following letters we're found In nail
which Was intercepted BY . detachment of Gea.
Curtis command:
lIsADass TaAxs.Nnasnr, D.s1ncrj
LITTLE Room, Ark, July 10, 1853.
AAsos-l have now ct ny different camps Of
instruction in Arkansas, and on the march -
them, thirty (SOl regiments Of infantry, averas.
ing very nearly. II not quite, one thousand men
to the regiment. OF these not three thousanl
In North Louisiana have three reeimsnts m.
armed. 'N sA5 SO I-i
In Missouri ai1 (e)reginents ars forming foe
which have no arma
In the Indian country I have four az or ava
~ reeiments whose arus are worthless
l have gathered up By purchase and impress
msnt about oil the arms in my district Il u
perfectly oertsin that not one thousand moro
guns can be obtained. OF those that I have.
only about eight hundred (s0O) are valuable, 10
balance being shot guns and common rifles.
IN response to my previous appeal for arms
Gen. Beauressrd ordered turned over to ny
ordnance ofacer, 4ejor Lockman, some four
hundred and fifty (4b0) damaged shot guns and
.iass and sent me worthless battery. These
Curtis is devastating Eastern Arkansas. 4
gunboat and transport heet IL at the mouth Of
the Arkansas liver; Union force IF between
two thousand q, 000) and Ave thousands u, 0oo)
u in tho Cherokee -Nation., Another Upioa col.
umn Of about the same strength Is in northwest
Arkanssa '.''Ssss
II arms and anmunitionMers furnisbed mo,
could 90 something.in the way Of defence
without them I'm nearly poverless. M
=, There are old muskets and batteries in abuA-
dance east of the Mississippi I apply for
them. The acquisitions sent do not cover the
fourth Of my wants I have stated the facta-
Begging and complaining cannot 1add to their
strength ID, Very respectfully; o,,aa,5
sz.a ~ 7e Msjor General CommandrE.
Major G. W. Brent, Chief of staff, Hsadquar-
70 ters Western Department. Topello, Miss.
J. Nay ask that e copy Of this be forwarded -
the Secretary Of War immediately? &c d.
Of the same date with the above, the follow
ing 10 from Gen. Hindman to Gen. Bragg, and
is marked private" v.,sh
HEADo'Rs TRANS Nlssisslprl Dlsrl1crl
LIrrLE Rock, Ark, July 1s, 1852.
| GINERAI-I hope not to be thought importu-
nate, but If you only could realize the troubles
that are upon me, ! am sure you would send
Cleburne apd ksrmaduke to me. stand, ex-
cept my stan, absolutely alone. There Il no ono
to help me For Gods sakesigive me the relief
have asked. With those two officers and tie
old muskets and batteries sent from the, river I
will be content, and will trouble you no moro.
Very respectfully and truly, '''
~ So s24 bda re- I. g. HfsDnAH,
aat 81 Major General Commanding.
Gen. Braxton Bragg, Commanding Western Do.
psrtment, Tupeilo, Miss.