The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-03

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Specials to the New York Papers.
| - Especial to P0st.] es'-
| ., WAsHINdToN, Sept. 26.-The Army Of
the Potomac is in motion. Transports
are loading with great activity, and it is
expected that q considerable body OF our.
forces will embark with as little delay as
possible. Their destination can only be
conjectured. Meantime there is equal ac-
tivity shown in forwarding troops in anoth.
or direction.
The Government has taken possession OF
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and no
more travel for civil purposes will be al
lowed on it. Some important movement
is contemplated on the line OF this great
thoroughfare.
It is correctly said here, and such in fact
is the purport of the information that we
receive from various sources, that the re-
Inducements sent off to the help of Bragg
against Gen. Rosecrans have left Rich
mond almost defenceless. There is but
handful of troops remaining, left for the
security of the rebel capital. -
The late battle at Chattanooga would
have had different result if the orders
of Government had been more punctually
observed. The Government was aware OF
the design of the rebels in reinforcing
Bragg, namely, to overwhelm our army by
superior numbers, and sent message by
telegraph to Gen. Burnside, ordering him to
! reinforce Rosecrans with the men under
his command. Burnside replied that he
was on his way to Jonesboro', and would
join Rosecrans as soon as he had occupied
that place. The Government then repeat
ed the order in peremptory manner, Or
dering him to reinforce Rosecrans imme-
dlately. Two days afterward telegram
was received here from Burnside to the eff
feet that he had taken Jonesboro' and
should now proceed to the assistance of
u Rosecrans. At the last advices the main
body of the troops under Burnside were at
} Athens. His advance was at Cleveland.
The Government is not satisfied with
this proceeding of Burnside, and it is yet
to be seen what necessity there was for his
neglecting to obey the order given him in
such express terms.
The President will have an interview at
3 o'clock this afternoon with the delega-
tons from Kansas and Missouri, sent to
Washington to protest against Gen. Scho-
fields policy.
Special to Times.1
, WASHINGTON, Sept. A-It appears now
that all three of Rosecrans' Grand Divis-
} ions we're engaged in the battle in front OF
; Chattanooga, two of which were driven
back in considerable disorder. Rosecrans,
! in his dispatches, imputes the loss of the
3 battle to disobedience Of orders on the part
. of Gen. ,McCook, who failed to occupy an
: important position assigned him by Rose
Grams. Had he done as ordered, Rosecrans'
opinion is, the battle would have resulted
in splendid Union victory. By extending
. his forces too much, the enemy were ena-
3 bled to penetrate Rosecrans lines.
: Great anxiety is felt here in army circles
, for tho Of burnside ordor tO rQ-
/ inforce Rosecrans, his only safe course
would be to cross the Tennessee River and
: move down between the river and the
l mountains, or to penetrate to some of the
: Gaps and move down behind the noun
tains. The opinion Of military men seems
to be- if he attempts to move down on this
: side the river, he will run great risk Of
: being cut off. .
1 Gen. Hooker has been assigned to an i'm
: portant command, in field where his bril-
liant fighting qualities will find their full
! scope. .,.re.
: establish batteries at Matthias Point has
!, been frustrated by our gunboats.
: According to the correspondence of the
i Tribune, previous to the battle, McCook's
d corps reached Alpine, % miles northwest
8 of Rome on the 10th. Thomas's corps en-.
d countered the enemy in force in the valley
n between Mission and Pigeon mountains
=
g On the 18th Crittenden's corps commune
9 Gated with Thomas. In Thomas's reports
Rosecrans ordered McCook to fall back tc
9 the main force, which was accomplished
g on the 18th. Deserters on the 10Th and
= 18th reported the arrival of Longstreet's
g corps. at Resca Station, near Lafayette
: which determined Rosecrans, in the face
o of the numerical superiority of the Rebels
b to be attacked in his own chosen position.
g ~ Especial to Tribune.] -.
8 WASHINGTON, Sept, 26.-Fifty of Mosby's
: men made descent upon the Orange and
: Alexandra railroad last night above Fair
= fax, tearing up the track, firing Pope's
a bridge and cutting the telegraph wires.-
: The bridge hasbeen repaired and trains are
o again running. s#al 10
If NEW YORK, Sept.-A Nashville dispatch
i OF the 23d gives report from rebel prison
J. oners, that Joe Johnson was killed in the
v late battle. . -. ..-
1T Advices by the Catawba, from New Or
/ leans, report the capture off Ship Island
r OF the rebel blockade running steamer AL
o ALBANIA, from Havana for Mobile, and the
= rebel blockade running steamer Mont
gomery, also the destruction blythe guns
IL Of our fleet ofanother rebel steamer. This
y all occurred in one day, the 18th.
Gen. Barnes, of Massachusetts is to com
q mand at Norfolk, vice Gen. Naglee. order
IS ed to report to Gen. Grant. -. aa
New YORK, Sept. IA Memphis letter
of the 22d, says formidable expedition
against Mobile is being inaugurated, anG
hints that the feint against Texas will no
e Interfere with it. The iron-clads from the
. - Mississippi are to cooperate with large
=, land force. The same letter says tina
% Sherman's corps is on its way to Rose
% Grams, and gives the rumor that McPher
y sons corps is also en- route in the same di
rection. The two corps amount to some
:, 40, 900 men. t
y The Mercury's special Washington dis
|. patch gives the following rumors: tha
+ Meades army is retreating towards Wash
g ington, and two if not three corps are Ell
h route to Rosecrans by Baltimore. las
q NEW YORK, Sept. 27.--The Herald's
q Washington correspondent says: Rumo
says the resignation of Burnside is accept
q ed, and Hooker talked of as his successor
= By recent exchange, 1900 soldiers here
. tofore released on parole, will be returned
to duty and added to the effective strength
g of the Union army. FOur Thousand ex