The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-25

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BURLINGTON, SATU,
1e MH1REl ARD THE ARNIHs ?-lD our, ~
ttcle IN the Gasette Of March lat, we said
that sherman On the 22d OF February, was
near the North Carolina line; and if Dc
lthouent-,t nscessary 70 make base On the
nus of new Yailr0ad leading from VIII
mlngton 70 the interior, and which road
might be used for his, supply. Such wls
his course. Leaving Columbia about, tHe
10th Of February, he proceeded to CheraI,
and probably by way Of Camden, conceE.
tSatlng somewhere east Of CheEsw, and
thence 70 Laurel. Fayetteville. on Cape
forty miles distant. As water commune
cations are the easiest, and the supply
Transports are At Wilmington, Sherman
has no doubt gone on to, Fayetteville. He
has not wanted for supplies at all; but it
will oe necessary to retresh the men, and
renew all the material which is necessary
to his anal march into Virginia, and that
viii TAXI, probably, two or three weeks
Il is not probable that he win 60 east Of
Fayetteville, for it is not necessary TO the
objects in view. TO take such places as
Goldaboro and Raleigh, may be left TO Gen.
schoield. The final objective point OF
Sherman, after leaving Wilmington, is
oke, or. in other words, 70 cross the Roam
oke and complete the ,u0Tk Of cutting Lee
ana Richmond from any possible support
All the operations OF the campaign have
tendedsto that great END. That is what
Sherman has been doing ever SINCE he lei.
Atlanta. His march through Georgia cut
of all the rebel territory west Of Savannah,
government at Richmond. His march
! through South Carolina has cut OF tnat
State. and his march on the Roanoke will
ca: OIL AL North Carolina. Any one who
examines Il map will see that Il Sherman
marches on the Roaaoke, Bragg VIII evac-
ua,e Goldsooro aud Raleigh at once; for, i
rot be will be placed directly between
Sherman and sehofeld, without any pow
or TO escape. Bragg viii concentrate every
| so.o.er AL North Carolina on Re Roanoke,
ana II lheTe Is to ue any pa...,e ot import.
aOce (Which nlauy persons l.sagine,) it
| must De Oh Or rear tba. iiue; fur Sherman
once crossed into virginia, aud completing
The work Whiun Sheridan has begun, Lees
army, RicnMoHd and the rebel govern
NEXT tAu ;ogethet, unless a miracle S. per-
formed IA their favor. II any plsge 10
North Carolina is defended i, shousd be
GreensbOrough, forty miles south of Dan,
vile. But it ls impossible 20 preven. any
of these places from being fanked. aud the
march Of Sherman from Dalton 70 Atlanta
i type Q: what will take place IN North
Carolina II Lees whole army was in front
OF him. 1t is not easy to see how the rebels
can fight great battle anywhere. They
need double as many men IS they have got
and where are they 10 be got? The white
men are unwilling to fight any longer, and
the negro arnipg act comes too late. If
the thing was practicable at all It is Of no
OF Virginia, and It is safe to say, they have
already used all of those they can got. To
have made negro soldiers available In the
Confederate army they should have teen
called out two years ago. Il is now use-
less. Sherman's army is en- route for Vir-
ginia, where il will be in at :he death OF the
Confederacy.
Sheridan! No one can think Of him
without surprise and exultation. Since
the days Of Murat no such Gaehing, bril-
liant, successful cavalry officer has anpesr-
ed. His last ride has done the rebels more
damage than the loss of q great battle.-
For months Lee has drawn his main sup
plies from the interior of Virginia, where
there were many counties entirely un-
touched by the war, rich and prosperous.
These supplies were obtained by the James
River Canal-a great work--d.aining the
whole James River Valley, and coming
within reach of the best counties of North
Carolina, and also, by the Central Rail-
road, running to Charlottesville and Stauii-
ton, connecting with LyDchburg. Sheri-
den's work has beed 10 destroy these
e1ectually. These works have bsen put
beyond the power Of affording Lee any
aid during the crisis he is passing through.
Before they can be repaired his fate viii
be determined. Now the remaining work
10 to destroy all railroad communications
in North Carolina, which il the work Of
Sherman and Schofeld.
But it may be aaked what are our
forces pl essing on from New bern 10 Kings.
and Goldsboro for /? We can very easily
see what 1t might be for, and what proba.
bly, Is the intention. Troops operating
thsre are not for any immediate connection
with Sherman. He don't need them
When Sherman reaches GoldsborO, and
moves on to Virginia, he must he sup
piled from another line than that CT Fay
etteville.
Our troops are demonstrating the North
Caroline Railroad, from NewbeIn, through
Raleigh to Greenah0roueh, md ee R..s:
evacuatss, (which he viii do,) they viii
complete the road and supply sherman, as
be advances upto the gates Of Richmond,
from NewbeFn. Sherman, % he advances
Oh xSAC0ulOuO, Wall uOb JOIN Ot00ts VINO
commands only the south side Of, the Ap-
lomattox; but he will move on the line OF
the Danville road, and complete the in.
veetment. Such 10 the campaign, as we
suppose, . competent 0eneral-in-C Chief,
familiar with the face and resources Of thie
country would make il. It ia made sll the
moro easy by the fact that Lee has lost his
opportunittes. He has Lost the best oppor-
tunity Of . brilliant military fame which
any ono man ever had, unless he ahould do
something very extraordinary hersetter-
he viii pass into history % man Of NO
great resource Of comprehension Of mind.
But for the present We only ssy-ss0sss ger
yOts. S s3@faA Sass q ss:fS}s
In looking over the military situation an
attentive observer will zee that from the lst
OF last September TO the present tine we
have had uninterrupted successes. In that
time the rebels have had scarcely anything
to encourage them, and some Of theirg1eat-
est disasters have grown out Of their own
plans, such as the march Of Early down
the Valley and Of Hood upon Nashvills.-.
In the early part Of the war they we're sue
cessful in such enterprises, and can scarce
" cOmprAh0f0 now WhV thew AhOuld rnf