The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-04
must be greatly at loss to know what to

fut more probably indicate the present oh
iJect of the rebel army.
On the whole. it does not seem that Nj
Schalk's advice to the rebel Generals ha
peen so far very profitable. The failur
against Newbern: the failure against Rose
Grams; the failure TO route the Potomac
army, do not point to any great success
IN the end. If Lees army should be found
| between the Potomac and the Susouehan
ma when those rivers rise, the result viii
more probably be similar To Napoleon's
march on Moscow, than that on Vienna
mere are great many more elements t.
be considered in war than the organization
OF an armv, or paper plan ofstrategy.-
| whatever may be the result, the rebel ar
mics have not yet succeeded in anything
| important; while failure will carry them
downward with resistless force.
Let us now look to the West What
means the retreat of Bragg before Rose
Grams? Probably this: an attempt to rein
force Johnston with a part OF his army,
while the other part defends Chattanooga,
a strong point. Chattanooga will not be
abandoned, but defended with the utmost
desperation. 1t is fully as important as
Vicksburg or Richmond
Ii Bragg is able to re-enforce Johnston.
frlce Will also attempt to cut off our posts
on the west side of the Mississippi. THAT
VIII be OF no moment, because the gun
boats now command the river. II is not
probable either that half of Bragg's army,
united with Johnston, will make him
strong enough to attack Grant, with any
chance Of success. The rebel plans in the
southwest are entirely broken up, and they
find it extremely difficult to devise even a
tolerable scheme Of defense. The fall of
Vicksburg would drive him back two hun
dred miles, and cut off one-half the rebel
resources. If Grant finds any probable
danger from the exterior line he may carry
Vicksburg at some sacrifice.
1t viii be seen that Mr.. Emil Shalk's
strategy has failed at every point, unless
we suppose success to Lee in his present
raid. What could that success be-? There
is only one success which can give him any
advantage, that is, the utter rout of our
army; and we shall not imagine that, with
out better reason than at present appears
We should be thankful to the rebels for
two things-first, that they have taken the
offensive, which, whether successful or I'M
successful in its immediate objects, must
result in an immense loss to the army
which hastens the process of erhausti0n.-I
Their inability to raise an army for John
ston, the retreat OF Bragg, the retreat from
North Carolina. the abandonment of Flor
ida, the wrenching from them of Missouri
and the largest parts OF Tennessee and
Louisiana, prove beyond question that this
process oil exhaustion is now rapidly going
on. Happen what may, a little more oil
war will end the able-bodied white men Of
the South. Another thing we should be !
tor, that they have taken the Of |
fensive two months earlier than they did |
last year; for this will give us the autumn |
for offensive measures in the heart of the |
Gonfederacy, which we lost last year, and
thus lost nearly year of time. Cd. NJ.
MORROW, June %, '63.-Cin. Gazette.
BIT OF RoMANCE.-Somed days ago |
little boy, who lives in East Wheeling, was |
wandering along the east bank of Wheel |
ing Creek, just TO the right OF this end of I
the Hempfe]d Railroad tunnel. He took |
a notion to overturn large stone that lay |
wlde-spreading tree, and |
having overturned it he found sod, about
a foot square, nicely cut and fitted into the |
ground. On lifting up this sod he saw the
mate to it in the shape of square lid to a
square box, and also found that there was
a string attached to the lid, which, on fur.
Their search, he found ran under the ground |
TO the root OF the big tree. On lifting up
The lid he was surprised to find that it had !
a long tin tube, fitted to its under side,
reaching down about half way to the bot
tom OF the box. In this tube was spring,
and on the upper side of the lid was white
porcelain handle, like the knob of door
bell, which was pressed down and con-
cealed by slide across the lid. Altogeth-
or, the boy thought he had found queer
box IN aqueer place, and he was much
puzzled, as we'll he might be, to know
what to do with it or about it. So he put
Down the lid and the sod and the stone lust
as ne had found them, and went home and
old his father, who being a loyal man.
suspected something wrong, and commu-
llcated the discovery to Major Darr, the
Provost Marshal. AS the box was in the
vicinity OF very suspicious mans resi-
tence, the Majo set watch upon it for
several days, in the hope Of finding some
;lue to its use. For several days and nights
he watch was kept up. but no discovery as
o the purpose of the mysterious box was
made. So yesterday he took it up and pre-
'ented it to us to be kept in our museum
when we have one) us a local memento of
hese strange and unnatural times.
one night during the watch man was
discovered to come down the hill in the
'ead OF night, and stand upon the stone and
whistle very cautiously and mysteriously. {
ms he did two or three times, and each
lme his whistle was correspondence an
"ered by some one, not great way off,
N the hill. What enhances the mystery. 1
nd makes its explanation more of a puz- c
lie, is the fact that on the side of the big '
rec alluded to, piece of bark was verV c
icely and artistically cut out, and under {
leath this bark again smaller piece of the 1
rec Itself was cut out, in the same manner, t
>N..' Aoi 'iiAhS, u uotblt W u very L
nee oval-shaped little vacuum, about large Y
nough to stuff this newspaper in. Both t
hese lids were found fitted in their places, /
no no one would have ever suspected any I
h!ng wrong with the tree. v
What all this was done for, and what it +
meant, is mystery that has, so far, defed f
oiotlon. The box is a tea-box, lined with il
heet-lead, and made out OF half-inch pop q
ar. 1t was fitted into the ground with sin v
ular exactness, and not particle of dirt v
vas visible in the vicinity of the stone e
shlch covered it Wheeling (Vo.) Intel G
'9cncer. n
fHE JUDICIAL ELsCTIoN.-The vote e
esterday IN this city in the election of a @
lrcHt Judge was very light; not reach v
az one half the vote given at the municipal T.
lection in April. As the Office to be flied v
'as one of the highest importance, we sup h
ose the indifference manifested Yesterday V
owing TO the fact that the people had | t.
az confidence in the integrity and capa- L
lty of both candidates, therefore did not f.
are much which was elected. v
Mr. Williams leaves the city with about v
lght hundred majority; and in the por- /,
oh OF Cook county not including the city, t,