The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-10-29
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK.EYE.

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/ NEW foRK, Oct. M.-The HeraIdS Mar
ansourg correspondent Of the 22d.says: In
formation from the front indicates that oul
losses in the battle Of the 10th inst, vii
reach 50oO IN killed, wounded and missing
we also lost early in the morning "a gums
we have captured, including the wound
ana oo guns. The total loss Of the enemy
IN this great battle cannot, therefore, b<
much short of 10000 men.
GENERA, Gustav alone has receipts Tor AZ
guns and hattle-fags, besides large
number OF ambulances, horses mules, &c
TINS makes 81 pieces of artillery that his
weeks.
Il any reliance is to be placed upon the
statements Of prisoners and intercepted let
ters, It is now pretty certainly determined
mat Gen'i Longstreet was not in the Val
icy, but that Genl Early had determined
70 strike desperate blow for the recovery
OF this district and his lost reputation, in
the absence, as he supposed, Of the com
handing General and the 9Th corps. In
tnis effort he was seconded by Kershaw
whose infantry, having been several times
oeleatsd By our cavalry, felt that his repu.
tatlon needed some Frightening up, MANY
OF the osher officers, however, high in COM
mand, deemed the effort rash, and hesitat-
60 not to express the opinion that if they
tailed, 1t woald end the rule OF the Coufei-
eracy in that section Of Virginia.
hersna~ executed the first portion Of the
programme well, and the whole rebel army
fought with greater obetinacy than ever
before AS sIeir losses attest, but nothing
could withstand the impetuosity Of our
men.
NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-The Heralrs Wash
| ington special says: The opinion is openly
| avowed hy the highest military authorities
mere, that tien. Grant can at any time he
pieases, with few hours fighting occupy
the city CT Richmond, and force Lee either
70 capitCiate or hastily evacuate the rebel
capital. the only reason assigned for the
delay Is the desire of the Lieut-Gen. to at
tain the same result without the serious
sacrifice OF life that would attend the cap.
this time.
| The He~c,fs correspondent has the fol-
lowing concerning our captures at Cedar
Greek and the pursuit of the enemy:
Devin with his little brigade kept swoop-
ing down upon their rear, gobbling up
their officers and men BY scores. He
pressed them SO hard that it was impOssi-
BILE to &c. their artillery out of his way, or
! their wagons and ambuiances, drivers and
couriers dismOunted, and ran of into the
woods on either side OF the road, and the
rear-9uarc Of the demoralized rebel army,
1 - ~ Aoc Vie, iOl1OWcQ suit, lc8VlUR the
Wnoie train in our hands. Limbers, cais-
sons, wagons and ambulances were all
huddled together in greatest disorder.
The following Is the principal part of
Gen. Devlu's captures: % pieces Of artiile-
~ including section Of the 2 Founders,
SO army wagons, 30 ambuladces, las mules,
III horses, stands Of colors and q guidon.
| quantity OF small arms. We followed the
enemy UP the base of Fishers Hill;
when Col. Nichols with his gallant eth
n. 7. charged them again and drove them
back, leaving q considerable portion OF
their wagon train in his hands, which he
secured. We did not follow up the chase
beyond Fishers Hill. The infantry COM
went into their old camps, while the cav
airy bivOuacked for the night . little be-
You'd Strasburg at Brickland.
The slaughter ofthe enemy was immense
the whole country between Middleton
and Strasburg was literally strewn with
reoel corpses. At an early hour Of the
next morning the pursuit was continued
by Powell cavalry. He captured IA pie
ces of cannon, which the enemy had driv-
en- into the mountains. At Woodstock the
column was halted and rested short time.
when It returned towards Strasburg, pick
ing up many prisoners by the way.
New YORK, Oct. 1.-THE Posts Wash.
1 OJ
Mary Land reports that large proportion
OF the drafted men in Baltimore have
| escaped. l.
1 The yellow fever is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Newbern, but it sis
though. the heavy frost Of Saturday night
will check it.
New YORK, Oct. M.-The Heralrs
course III ordering the pursuit Of the st.
Adams band across the Canadian border
/ will be sustained.
It is now alleged that Stanton will be of.
fered the Chief Justiceship, and that Cam
eron, Banks and Butler are mentioned for
the War Department.
| Refugees from the Shenandoah valley re-
port that Notwithstanding the destruction
by Sheridan, there is still an immense
quantity of grain on the outside Of the
track aiken by our army.
| Gen. Ricketts, physicians say that If he
gets through the next two weeks without a
renewed hemorage Of his wound. he will
be all right: SO &c "a
Letters from New Orleans say that i'm
mense quantities Of cotton bave been cent
into Mexico from Texas, where American
and European spectators are buying it up
at com parat;veIy small figures.
A squad of 80 rebel prisoners ct Point
Lookout have taken the cath of allegiance.
Rhe officers Of the veteran reserve corps
i iAaNo oeea Put VI al cQ ud1 AOOiluy Win lie
regular army officers. a
/ NEW YORK, Oct "a. The HcraIGs Chat
tanooga correspondent says !: The theatre
OF war has been transferred to Wilered,
Walker and Dade counties oter the North
ern border Of Georgia, in which large forces
Of rebel infantry are operating and use
Rome. rs the base supplies, which are
brought on the CJOsa river. Rome was
abandoned by our forces. Resaca was held
against any attack, the road was torn up
again nea. Dalton. Ringold and Tunnel
1 Hill and Cleveland evacuated and 8 CON
centrasion Of union forces made at Chatta-
nooga. Ii Hoods army was as strong as
when he took it in hand, he could not
take Chattanooga. By the fight with rear
guard ofHood's main army ,onr troops had
got between him and his detached forces.
Hoods great aim was evidently to get to
Alabama, tut he was'shut out BY range 81
mountains, his army was obliged to sub
sist on roast corn. 3 eA III IA
New YORK. Oct. 2i.-Gold market exhi-
bits considerable strength, the result its
understood Of vigorous combination