The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-02-07

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plans Of our ohicerA Besides, % far a We 70
know, the New York Herald is the only authori.
~ We have for the existence of these dispatches
and that paper d quite - likely to mansfactur'
them - Beauregsrd mi 81 ~" 553
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GEN. snlixAs.--Ths Cincinnati Commercial
of the 2nd int, contains sssnswhst labored
defence and jussiacstion Of Gen. Sherman, and
HE conduct at the attack on Vickshurs. II syi
tho attack was made BY him under express or.
ders from cen. Grant, Who was . co-operats
With him, snd ind fall employment for Gen.
Pembsrson md the febsl army under bis COM
mand. Gen. Sherman, it aUsrts. obsyed hia
orders 70 the letter, and made the assault at The
time distracted, n uttsr ignorance Of the fact
that Grant bad bssn compelled to retreat, and
that PsmbsrtonS whole force were concentra-
ted II. vicksbsry FORTS defence The hrss in.
timation Sherman had Of he compulsory 70.
treat Of Grant, was from rebel sources, after bid
landing and the frst eight, which he did not at
the time think worthy Of credit The CONNER
cial contsnds that great injustice has been done
to Sherman, by letter writer's and consequently
by The public. It asserts that he 10 . man Of
undsunted courage, that his ssrvices at Bull
Run, ct Shiloh, Sc, have been great and high
" neritorious in . word, that be knows bis
business and duties, 10 thoroughly in earnest.
and is deserving Of praise rather than censurs.
It. statements are quite plausible, and we hops
it 10 correct in ito opinion. Fe 81 aoau = =
TzE Mono CAn At Dls NonEa-The Dsi.
y State Register, Of Tuesday, the Sd inst, eon-
tains tic opinion Of Judge Grey, at large;in the
case Of Archie P. Webb, the tree negro arrest
Cd and fined by Z Justice Of the Peace Of Polk
county, fol- being within this State. 4 We have
already given the substance Of the opinisn, and
our Dss Noines correspondent ii another eol-
smn. ysntilates The whole subject -rsEq5 tas'
The FLORIDA DssraoYrD.-1 seems to be
the opinion 1t Havana, rs stated BY : gentle-
man who reached New York from that place
On Sunday last, that the rebel gunboat Oveto,
or. Florida, had been destroyed b the Union
guaboat Cuylsr, ct Dog Keys, one Of the unin.
habited Bahama Islands. She had put into Ha-
vana to coal and departed thence for Cardenas.
She was chased BY several vessels; the Cuylsr
outssiling the aest, drove her into Dog Keys,
and shslled her, at length succeeded in setting
her on IRE which resulted in her total destruc-
ton. How true the report may be We cannot
determine, but the story hangs well together.
Every body will rejoice to hear Of its lconfrma.
ton. 49,, - -, rs --q bairu
TIA dinner was given TO Gen. Pope, ION
Thursday Of last week, 1t Delmonico's, by 4
number Of distinguished citizens Of New York.
Speeches were made, Of course, but whether
they were as good - the wine and the dinner
assuredly were, We have not had time to deter.
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q GIN. LAunAH,A AT HoHE.-Our gallant fellow.
citizen, Brigadisr General Lanm.n, reached BID
home in this city yesterday morning, Every
body in Iowa has reason to know and TO honor
him, and will be rejoiced to hear that he still
lives to strike at treason With trsnchant hand
and N earnest purpose. He will meet hi,
friends ct Grimes Hall this evening. 4 p2ls =
Hoes AND CAffLE 1a CH1cAao.-Thes totsl
number Of Hogs received in Chicago, the cqt-
rent season, up to last Saturday evening, Va.
l,066,ll0. The number Of Cattle to same time
Was 5s,6l7. The Tribune has made compu-
tation and says these hogs and cattle would
make procession, in single file, thirteen hum
drsd miles in length, and that to carry them ii
would require freight train Of 5s,ls4 cars.aet
u The New York Tribune publishes batch
Of Official dispatches found by Gen. Blunt ..
Van Buren,, Arkansas, mostly from the rebel
General Hindman, the contents Of which indi-
cate. terrible condition Of restitution and
want both Of the forces under his command,
and Of the people throughout al Northwestern
TIE ToRY Pssss.-Among the spoils captured
At Arkansas Post we're large numbers Of letters
4 few of them have been published. One Of
them, signed u. h. Dennsrd, directed to bill
''dear sister" and dated at Des Arc, Jan. 10th
1868, contains the following:
1.-THE Chicago Times is advocating "secesh.'
There appears to be general '.muss" between
the Northwestern and Eastern States brewing
Wouldn't it be glorious if they did get into
difficulty among themselves ?"
This win show plainly enough the idea pro-
duced in the South by the conduct and polio,
of the Tory Press Of the North, and what PEG
pie of ordinary intelligence among the rebel
are expecting to result from their treason
"Wosldn't.it be glorious if they did get into dii
aculty among themselves" Isn't this quea
ton plain enough
ga dispatch from Nashville says that tn
rebsl "Bragg is making desperate efforts to en-
force the CONSUMPTION throughout Tennessee. :
The woods in Bedford and Murray counties a.
filed with loyal citizens sndsavoring to escape
Two regiments of Cavalry are engaged day an
might in hunting them down. ls'ntit sstonish
ing that the Tory papers have not word to 81
against THE violation of the Constitution W
~nnAap if II n s3vy,nlv hANanAa THAR fslads aY