The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-05-30

were upon us in overwhelming number
In three conCentric columns. Ono Y,.,
moving down the turnpike. one do,ss
Brooks road, and the others further ~ tta
left, and, as their prisoners stated in en-, me
brigade line and forty deep, while a seei;a.l
OF their artillery was brought up to a pos;'
ton in the road commanding orr ff lis
which it swept. me
What could 1000 men do with 70 ooo,
Their flank and rear being entirely GYM.
ed to its foes. and their position enfIddS,
at that. But now surely, after this surnr;sa
IN the rear, they will change front: cow
mon sense demands that, military scienn.
may blush in shame if il be not instanT'e'
done. The commander of the 5Stb Ch;yy
his eye upon the right, detects it comnIato'
~ ranked. Putting spurs to his horse h.
hastens to the division commander e
SHOTS, Our right is turned; may cbanal
front?' "No" is the reply. In ny
ment he was with his regiment again az
seeing his right giving way, he flies to hi" his
oeherai a second time. "The right is break.
ing, and no enemy in front of us NAV
not change front, and at them in our resrs,,
mop was the gruf reply; and Tins col
diers who never yet had failed to do tbo;,
duty, and whom Napoleon would have
deemed worthya place in the "OId Gpard y
were left in the trenches under an enf;I,-
ding fire of grape and canister, and ma
bic to discharge musket directly or obIi-
quely at their foes, who were Sweening
them down.
1t was a surprise! Who doubts itP and
that in the broad daylight. There is not an
officer in the corps, aside from the guilrv
who will not affirm it. No troops in The
world could have stood, placed as were tho
right OF the 18th army corps. Far nobler
would it be for the guilty to frankly ac
knowledge their errors than to skulk be-
y>r.x-
cowardlce, and staining the memory of the
heroic dead with detection, or robbing the
Dereaved of the consultations that, their
| loved ones died with their soldiers honor
bright.
II Sigel had been in command of his old
corps, none believed that such surprise
could have happened; yet who can doubt
thrice notified of the danger which finalIv
robbed us of complete victory? Com
plete victory, | say, for 1 claim that such
fight and such results as Hooker there
achieved, cannot be denominated defeat.
and the pride and indignation of every
true soldier of the Potomac army is touch
ed if it be intimated. Even as 1 write. our
returned surgeons state, as the admission
OF all the rebel officers they met on the 9TH
er side, that they have received no such
terrible punishment since the war COM
menced, and that if this is Joe Hooker's
style OF fighting they want no more of it,
Cor. N. Y Tribune.
LIFE IN RICHMOND DESCRIBED BY RER-
Ell PENs.-The Richmond Vhig of the l4tb
| instant, in an article exhibiting the preva-
| lence otvice in that city, reproduces the
following from correspondent of the At
| lanta (Ga.) Commonwealth: .a.
Richmond is, l suppose, at this time. one
of the most undesirable places in the Con
tederacy. The oldest inhabitants of the
place, most of them, are either way or keep
| themselves within doors. The offscourings
OF creation are assembled here for the yilest
purposes. 1t is really dangerous for one
TO walk the streets, in some parts of the
city, after night. Burglaries, thefts and
robberies are of nightly occurrence, and
not unfrequently the papers of the morn
ing record murders committed the night
previous.
Here, too, the miserable, thieving gam
blers can be counted by the hundreds,
Main street as you may know, is the most
fashionable street of the city, and in this
street, between Seventh and Fourteenth
street, are the most valuable houses in the
city. Whilst the lower stories of these
buildings are devoted to lawful purposes,
the upperare the den of iniquity and shame
The gam bling tables are spread and the
cards are dealt out nightly, and thousands
are won and lost: and frequently, to make
the unsuspecting stake his last dollar, he is
drugged with poisonous whisky. To cap
the climax of their wickedness, it is not I'M
frequently the case that common women
of the town have appointments hard by the
gamblers table. How degenerate! How
many men in an evil hour, have been
fleeced of their all by these practiced
swindlers? How many families, in an
hour or Il day, have been reduced to pen
ury and wretchedness! Truly, war is q
great calamity. For the time it seems
that principle yields topassion, honesty to
avarice, vice to virtue. Reason herself
amid the mighty tempest, loses her en-
pire. 1t may be asked, why is all this al
lowed? Why do not the authorities pre-
ventit? This can't answer. Some think
they connive at it; some think they are
guilty ofthe grossest criminal negligence,
| and others think that such are merely evils
of the times that cannot well be put down.
The wickedness of this city, and it's con-
terminating influences, are certainly greatly
to be deplored.
The Situation in Aen5uckv