The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-08-27

South HjtL-O. G. Shelton, Principal: lat
Assistant not vet chosen; "a Assistant
Miss Ada Sommervllle; Sd Miss Mira E.
Latimer; 4th, Miss Sarah A. NARROW; 5th,
Miss Mary Hamilton.
South Boxadayy. = Milton Campbell,
Principal; Miss Amelia G. Merritt, Assis-
tant.
North HILL. II. Sanborn, Principal;
lst Assistant, Miss n. A. williams; "a.
Mrs. Mary r. Dunn; Sd Miss Irene Brown;
4th Sarah L. Taylor.
Dsstchsos0~.-C. p. De Hass, Principals;
Miss Nancy Williams, Asaistsnt.
FFon Georgia.
KINGSTON, Ca, Aug. 10. 1854.
r EDITOR HANK-EYE:-He must have
been shrewd observer Of passing events
who got OF that philosophical observation,
mo man can tell what ! day or IN hour
Hapk-4Ee, / announced to your readers
that all was quiet ut Atlanta and along the
railroad. But before that letter had lelt the
Office here, tho clarion throat Of rumor
grow husky with the announcement OF
Eebel freaks along the railroad.
First, they had torn up the track and
stopped the train, near Cartersville, (l2
small AFFAIR; tha train being one Of -hospi-
tai cars, loaded With wounded, was not
disturbed and the nv rails torn up were
soon fe-laad, sothat The regular trips were
not even interrupted, or scarcely 90.
Then they pounced upon . drove of Gov
eminent cattle near Adairyille, ten miles
above here, the guard being = mile and
half In advance Of the herd! Guard and
herdmen ingloriously fed without . shot,
half their number. A large portion Of the
cattle, about z 900 r III, were recaptured.
Things were asepning a alarming as
ON Monday morning No learned that
Dalton was q the hands Of the enemy, and
ten miles Of the railroad in : blaze. This
came through To Aforesaid ca11le- droyers,
Then It We reported that they hAd got
possession OF Tunnel Hill and planted
battery 1t tho tunnel.
Another report stated that the robe had
carried all the rails Of the neighborhood,
and piling them IN the tunnel had set Are
to them, aud absolutely bxrmed Up tie hole.
stu ss sno ne sis%ed that they had gone
through after them, thus completely cut
ting Of our oommunicatlousl
Matters wera growing complicateH The
next reliable contraband'' or "intelli.
gent GENTLEMAN just from the scene of ac-
ton, might bring W word that they had
set fire to the Ousfauoolx river, at Resaca,
and Of course the railroad bridge across the
river at that place would b seriously en-
dangered from the c0ndagrAtiOn!
Under these exciting circumstances, the
old I'd division Of the 18th corps was put
upon the war path, accompanied by the
seth Iowa, and another regiment from
Rome, the name Of which do not now
recollecf-nine regiments mall, containing
perhaps 5000 men.
Va ~ ln<k
day, by rail, reaching Resaca at II p. m.-
Hero we Left the cars and remained during
Tuesday. The rebs had got possession Of
Dalton on Sunday, and torn up . conside-
rable portion Of the railroad track. They
had also gobbled up two companies Of the
18th Iowa, Captains Snodgrass and Craig)
vt stockade near Upton, believe.
The negro troops 1t Chattanooga came
down and drove them out of Dalton, cap
turing, 1t is said, four pieces Of artillery
from them.
Having learned that they had gone 10
Spring Place, . small town some Is miles
northeast from Resaca, our column moved
out from the latter place on Wednesday,
toward Spring Place. We halted in the af-
tern0on seven miles from the place, and
then learned that the Febs. SAID by the citi-
zens 70 BE- 1900 geographically asmany
hundreds-under Wheeler and John Nor
gan, had left the day before, and headed
toward Cleveland, East Tennessee.
As our force was nearly MI infantry, and
theirs cavalry, II was altogether possible
that they might make circle around and
come In on our rear upon the railroad at
some point Left weak by the Withdrawal of
troops. Although the march Of the day
had been . hard one, from the excessive
heat, and the fact that our road lay through
an almost unbroken wilderness Of pine, SO
thick that not breath OF air stirred aught
save the tops of the highest trees, we were
ordered to "fall in" and at 8 p. m. were
to Resaca, where We ar
rived At midnight, having seen never >
reb. Taking the train at p. M, we ar
rived at Kingston at 3 p. m. (-s
On our arrival here we learned that the
Rebs had tapped the road slightly the
night before near Cxrtersville, and An In
-vasiOn Of this place was reported to be I'M
minent. Great excitement and tremend-
Gus enthusiasm, but no Rebs. 4ats
Last night q courier arrived from Oar
tersville just after dark announcing that
the place was attacked, aud wanted rein
forcement. We learn t0-dsy that the dif1i-
Guilty was at Ack worth, and not Carriers
vile. ! suppose that no serious damage
was done, as the trains have been running
South all day. The breach Is closed up at
Dalton, and trains are running through to
Chattanooga.
The two companies Of the 18th Iowa
above spoken Of were paroied and turned
loose. OF course their parole Is worthless
and will not be recognized by our author
tiles. But the Rebs found it impossible to
carry their prisoners with them and had no
other alternative but to parole or kill them.
The latter would have been q dangerous
experiment, SO they chose the former.
An employe Of the Christian Commits
sion was at this place when the news came
that the Rebs were coming down the road
toward this place, executed very rapid
strategic movement to Rome, seemingly
with the Intention Of fianking the enemy,
though in military circles he was sup
posed to be badly demoralized. am hap
by to say that having fully ''accom pIished
all that was intended" by the movement,
he has fallen back on this place in good
order.
The latest news from the front is that