The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-07-23
BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.

BURLINGTON WEI
- In the. course Of . long article on
McClellan's West Point Grafton, in the
New. York 1tibssaA, painting ito manifold
absurdities and inaccuracies, the editor IL
lustrates the distinction between the man
Of knowledge and the man Of genius as
follows:
Show N man whom God has fitted to
organise and command, and We shall find
thst he will illustrate and aiaorn any pro-
Il soldier, West Point wfll aid him; If
. railroad engineer, he will succeed with
or without West Point. But If God has not
gifted him with intellectual vigor and fore
thought, ho will not manage . railroad or
cammand IN army, either with or without
West Point, any better or worse than Me-
Clellan or Banks. It IL said that the pecu-
liar merit Of the Academy consists in train.
for the emergencies Of war. This il their
apeciality. But when Porter's fleet was
imperiled in the shallows Of the Red river,
although surrounded BY an army swarm
ing with West Point engineers, the honor
was reserved to 1t. Col. Bailey, from the
forests of Wisconsin-not even q civil en-.
gineer-to act where West Point failed, and
there to achieve the greatest engineering
feat of the war.
~ Judging from the tone Of the papers
we think it may be stated as fact that the
general crop Of wheat will be . full
average in quality and excellent in qualitys
that the oat crop will be large and good
that corn never promised more abundant
yield, and that potatoes will be as plenti-
full as we could wish, if the season should
be favorable to the end. There are LOCAL.
ties, Of course, where some of the crops
will be partial failures, but none, wethink,
where some of them viii not be abundant
~ large. These are our ideas Of the crops
of the country at present. If we are not
in error, we shall be much better off this
fall than we were last. Those who have
early crops Of any sort will judge for them
selves what to do with them. They are
high now. How will it be when all are
fully ripened and ready for the market:
~ The Congressional Convention in the
9Th District will be held on the 3lst Of Au-
gust at Fort Dodge. Judge Hubbard, the
present excellent member, has no compe-
titor, and will be re-nominated by acclama-
Iet6n.
From General S6erman's Army.
In THE FIELD NEAR THE CHATrAHoo-
CHE, July 10, 1866 A. M.-Yesterday the
I'D Corps, Gen. Schofield effected a cross
ing Of the Chattahoochie and secured q
lodgment on the high grounds beyond the
river. In the affair they met with no seri.
GUS opposition and were reported last eve
ming a. having captured q rebel General.
To properly understand the importance Of
this success it will be necessary to explain.
Below the Railroad bridge, the Chatta-
hoochie makes sharp bend to the south
ward and hack almost in q northerly di.
rection forming point Of land called by
the natives 'the peninsula" In the rear
Of this peninsula Is the crossing-Turner's
Ferry-which the rebels have been using
since their evacuation Of the Kenesaw line,
This ferry is covered by the high grounds
about DAN Turner'S house and the Nico-
jack Greek. By the fault or failure Of some
one the rebels secured this position and
fortified 1t without opposition. Yesterday
Hardee's corps held this position-''the Pc
ninsula.' His LEFT and lett centre was COW
BILE, and his whole line thoroughly en-
trenched. Across the Chattahoochie the
bank Of the river At this point rises quite
suddenly to . bluff which follows the
course Of the stream from the railroad a.
fsr down ~ Campbelltown. The divisions
Of Hood and Loring having crossed the
river, occupied and fortified this high
had been previously constructed in antici-
patton Of this retreat. So much Of these
works - are contiguous to the peninsula
cover the ground held by Hardee. Leg
gets division Of the 18th corps, that moved
on the 6th down the Sandtown road, and
mp the Left bank of the river to Nickojack.
and thus obtained an enfilading IRE upon
found themselves under the are Of no less
than fourteen guns from the works ON the
opposite bank Of the river. It viii thus be
seen that the tete dw p0Ms held by Hardee,
With the entrenched position of Hood and
Loring's corps covering it, and extending
to it, right and LETT, constituted q very
strong defensive position. It IL immatert-
occupation by the rebels. The fact il sum-
Gent, and military men will one day settle
the exact amount of responsibility which
attaches to it.
The rebel line across the river seems to
have been selected upon the theory that
Sherman would attempt his passage Of the
river at Turner'S Ferry, and on the Sand
sVWA kVsOs 0C1OO0kO 0kvIUK 3USCIeO dis
crossing, threatens the rebel right, and it
would seem that unless Johnson chooses
70 ascept battle in his present position,
Hardee must be withdrawn to the Left
bank Of the river. In that event It will be
optional with Sherman whether to cross
his army At the pontoons Of the 2Sd corps
and pursue his own course by the lett
hand road toward the right of Atlanta. or
threaten the right Of Johnson's present
line, forcing him out of his works and
compelling battle north of Atlanta. In
either view 1t Is quite obvious that Sher.
mans strategy has been quite as success
ful ~ any previous position during the
present campaign. Before this reaches
you, the telegraph may probably announce
important results. In anticipating sue
cess by an explanation Of our present no.
sition. your readers may more readily un-
derstand the process by which It shall
have been achieved.
The destruction Of the mills 1t Ross
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