The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-12-26


possibility of failure. In this unanimity
of devotion to The cause was their safety,
and out of it came success. When the
history of this war was fairly written, and
its facts fully understood, it would appear
that in all the armies and campaigns it had
been as he testified it was with the Army
of the Ohio in East Tennessee, the honor
belonged chiefly to the rank and file. There
were as good men serving as private SOL
diers as any Of the officers; and the cases
were not few in which the men were better
than the officers. -
The appearance of General Burnside. is
that of robust health. The illness from
the siege of Knoxville was raised. was a
slight attack of rheumatism. The Gener-
aPs opinion is that the rumors of reverses
in East Tennessee, and of the resumption
of a menacing attitude by Longstreet, have
very little foundation in fact. Gen. Long
Knoxville sorely troubled in mind and
body, and lost largely, as reported, in de-
serters and stragglers, and siege guns aban-
doned. The enemy is in no position to I'M
dertake an offensive campaign, and the
Federal force in East Tennessee is much
| larger than Gen. Burnside had there. The
newspaper reports of the siege of Knox
vile have been full and accurate.
Gen. Burnside has not resigned his COM
mission. He rendered his resignation, and
it was not accepted. He was relieved of
the command of his department and or
dered to report at washington, which he
is proceeding to do promptly, leaving for
that city on the 10 O'clock train last night.
| 1t is understood, among those having
means of being we'll informed, that the
difficulties that have resulted in the relief
of Gen. Burnside from command in the De-
partment Of the Ohio, took their rise in
something resembling incompatibility of
temper, between Gen. Burnside and Gen.
| Halleck. Those who have read the late re-
port of the General-in-C hiefare aware that
| its aninaus toward General Burnside is not
| friendly.
/ The military management of Gen. Burn
side, during his stay in the West, has been
marked by several distinguished successes,
and no material reverse. John Morgan
visited his department, on one of his favo-
rite raids, aud with his whole force, horse
and rider, and artillery, was gobbled.
Kentucky has enjoyed a season of peace
and quiet. The 9th Army Corps was de-
tached to reinforce General Grant, before
Vicksburg, and after the surrender of
4 Pemberton, made the march with Sherman
to jackson. Returning, 1t took part in the
movement into East Tennessee, which was
made with such promptness as to surprise
| both friends and foes. Few severer blows
have been given the rebellion than that of
the sudden occupation of East Tennessee
by the Army of the Ohio. With such ce-
lerity and skill were our troops handled,
that but one life was lost in possessing East
Tennessee; and whole brigade of rebels,
under Gen. Frazer, with several batteries
of artillery, were captured at Cum berland
Gap without the firing of gun. This cir
cumstance the rebels are not yet done be-
wailing, as JEFF, Davis late message gives
evidence. In the cavalry skirmishing in
East Tennessee, we are at least even with
the rebels, and Gen. Burnside's name will
always be conspicuous in the honorable
record made by the Army of the Ohio in
the fight with Longstreet at Campbelrs
Station, the bloody repulse of the best di-
vision of troops in the rebel army, at Fort
Saunders, and the steady and glorious de-
Tense of Knoxville.
| Gen. Longstreet's loss, during his opera
tons commencing at Loudon, up to the
time he had reached Rogersville, was not
less than five thousand men and nine pie
ces of artillery. Our loss during the same
period does not exceed, and hardly equals,
fifteen hundred. 1t was the expectation OF
the rebels, when Longstreet was detached
from Bragg's army, with a force greatly
| superior in number to that which General
Burnside commanded 1.-THE country would
| be startled if the numerical superiority Of
the rebel force. were known,) that they
would be able to 'occupy and possess"
East Tendessee speedily, and take the
Army of the Ohio, with all it's artillery and
trains. Their total defeat is one Of the
most important results of the war. While
Longstreet was baffied and lingering be-
fore Knoxville, Bragg's army was whip
ped, and jeff. Davis programme for dri-
wing the Yankees out of Tennessee was at
an end. Certainly no small share of the
credit belongs to Gen. Burnside and his
gallant army.-Cln. Com. -s.-...,.r.,
THE ONLY ROAD TO PEACE.-Jef. D.
Wis has just declared peace impossible on
any other terms than the independence of
his Confederacy; Gov. Letcher has said
the same thing in behalf of Virginia, with
the additional demand that West Virginia
shall be restored to the State; all the South
ern Governors express the same determi-
nation, not excepting Governor Vance of
North Carolina, where large portion of
the people are evidently ready to return to
the Union. Yet in the face OF these facts,
the significance of which is unquestionabie,
Fernando Wood proposes to Congress to
send Peace Commissioners to Richmond,
and fitty-nine members are found insane
| enough to vote for it. Said we not well
that Judicial blindness has fallen upon the
Democratic leaders, They seem bent upon
making it certain that the Democratic par
| ty shall die with the rebellion. The Re-
publicans may rest from their lab0rs in
perfect confidence. The Democrats are
doing their work for them, and SO fixing
things that there can be NO formidable or
o,,;god onnnSition in the nendinQ pr0Si-