The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-06

the reQOuDt, suddenly DatteTeu IL 10 Slleuce,
knocking one of it's guns some thirty feet
into the air.-Cor. Mo. Repub.
A Few FACTS FROM WASHINGTON.-
WASHINGTON, May 25.-While the tele-
graph remains under the ban of the pres
ent censorship, many rumors, utterly false,
will continue to find their way into public
prints, and the truth will too often be sup
pressed, because we have not the privilege
to contradict rumors and statements when
made, except through the slow course Of
the mails.
Among the many stories afioat, is one
started by that most unreliable of all sheets
with no correspondents south of New
York, } the World, that "Hooker was fall
ing back to Washington, &C." This is en-
tirely false, and has no foundation in fact
best equipped in the world, and are ready
for an advance any hour that they may be
called on.
Considerable comment haze bsen made
upon the fact that a number of Generals of
high rank are not in commands, and the
President has been severely censured for
not giving them important positions.
Gen. Sigel was relieved at his own urgent
request, and not until he had repeated it
over and over again.
General Fremont declined to serve unless
in such a position as was at the time he left
the service not considered polite to give
him.
Gen. Butler was relieved by Gen. Banks
Out-ranking him, while temporarily at New
Orleans, it not being the intention of the
President to have him leave the Depart
ment. But Butler could not remain as a
subordinate. "Show me where to put Ell
ther of them to-day" remarked the Presi-
dent, not long since, to distinguished Sen
ator. "Shall l supercede Rosecrans? or
Grant? or Banks? or Hunter? or Hooker
and send them into idleness, to make room
for those now idle?"
AS for Mcclellan, no one who knows the
President, supposes that he will ever be
called on again to fill any position, but he
will probably be mustered out of the SER
vice before long, and his commission as
Major General in the regular army be given
to General Grant, the fighting General, of
whom the President remarked last Sunday
night:
II have had stronger influence brought
against Grant, praying for his removal,
since the battle of Pittsburg Landing, than
for any other object, coming, too, from
good men; and now look at his campaign
since May first. Where is anything in the
Old World that equals it? 1t stamps him
as the greatest General of the age, If not of
the worldv'
The conduct of Gen. Hooker has been
severely critised by jealous officers, open
enemies, and by honest but misguided men.
The attacks of all have been quietly lis
tened to and thoroughly Investigated by
the President, and Gen. Hooker is sus-
tanned. The recent battle at Chancellors-
vile ended in defeat, but Gen. Hooker is
not considered responsible. It is true, that
Gen. Halleck opposes another forward
movement at once, but it will only be for a
very short time, and in the meantime Gen.
Hooker has the entire confidence of the
President and the Secretary of War; the
troops have unbounded faith in him; but
there are number Of officers some high in
in command, who will doubtless be re-
moved, in order that harmony and cor
dial cooperation may be secured when
the army next moves.
Many are the rumors of Cabinet changes
that every few weeks fill the air, until peo-
pie really believe that there is something
IN them, and that the Cabinet is about to
tall to pieces and that fierce war is hour
ly waged between the radicals and conser-
vatlves therein. Now nothing is further
from Mr.. 1incoln's mind than to make
any change at all. He has not even enter
tanned the thought of parting with any
member; and yet there are those who look
each morning to see who fills the chair of
State, or what new faces will meet in Cabi-
net Councils. To such we would say, We
will look in vain.
These statements are gathered from relia-
BILE sources. Time will show their truth
Cor. Phil, Enquirer.
A RICH LETTER.-Lieut II, L. Dillev