The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-28

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Remembering the many thousands Of
our brave men who IN distant States are
still bearing our banner towards the enc
my, let us invoke Him who is guiding our
armies through the struggle 10 continue
His merciful and providential care over
hem.
Let US with ell the means in our power
render our hest efforts to sustain the old
flag oil tho Union. Let US give our best
efforts to sustain the Government in men
and means. Let us never forget the fani-
lies Of the brave men in the field. Let us
do our duty at all times and in all seasons,
and under all demands Of the General
Government, and we shall show the world
that although treason and rebellion may
flourish for q season, that its ultimate doom
is defeat, disaster, disgrace and huUilia-
ton.
Per order Of WV. NJ. STONE, Governor
OF Iowa.
". B. BAKER,
Adjutant General Of Iowa.
Papers throughout the State who usual
~ publish orders from this Department,
w publish one time:
Va. We have Savannah pa pers Of the 9Th
and 10th, sent US by Mr.. Carper. He informs
us tina: General Corse has been breveted
Major General. The following Special
field order No. 81 was issued by General
Sherman at Savannah on the sth.
The Genera, Comma nding announces 10
the troops composing the Military Divi-
sion Of The Mississippi that he has received
from the President of The United States
and from ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Grant, letters
conveying their high sense and apprecia-
ton Of the campaign just closed, resulting
in the capture of Savannah and defeat OF
Hoods army in Tennessee
In order that all may understand the
importance Of events, it is proper 70 re-
vert 70 The situation Of affairs in Septem-
Der last. We held Atlanta, a city of little
value to us, but so important TO the enemy
that Mr.. Davis, the bead Of the rebellious
faction in the South, visited his army near
Palmetto, and commanded il to regain II,
as well AS to ruin and destroy us by C.
series Of measures which be thought would
be etiec.ual. That army by rapid march
gained our Railroad near Big Shan.y, and
afterwards about Dalton. We pursued IL,
but il moved SO rapidly that we could not
Overtake il. and General Hood led his ar
my successfully far over towards Missis-
sippi, in hopes to decoy as out Of Georgia.
Bat we were not thus TO be LED away by
him, and preferred to lead ard control
events ourselves. Generals Thomas and
Schofeld, commanding Departments 70
our rear, returned to their posts and pre-
pared 10 decoy General Hood into their
meshes, whilst we came on to complete the
original journey. We quietly and delib-
erarely DESTROYED Atlanta and all the
Railroads which the enemy had used 10
carry on war against rs. occupied his
State Capital and then captured his COM
meYciai capital, which had been so strong
ly fortified from the sea as TO defy approach
from that quarter.
Almos: az the moment Of orr victorious
entry into Savannah came the welcome
and e. pected news that our comrades in
Tennessee had also fulfilled nobly and
well their part. had decoyed General
Hood 10 Nashville, and then turned on
him, defeating his army thoroughly, cap
;Ured nearly all his artillery, great num-
bers OF prisoners, and were still pursuing
the fragments down into Alabama. SO
complete a success ia military operations,
extending over half continent is an
achievement that entities 1t 70 place in
the military History Of the World. The
armies serving in Georgia and Tennessee,
az well as the local garrisons 81 Decatur,
Bridgeport, Chattanooga and Mnrfrees-
boro, are alike entitled TO the common
honors, and each regiment may inscribe
on its colors at pleasure the words .'Savan-
nah or Nashville
The General.inCbief embraces in the
same general success the operations of the
cavalry column under Generals Stoneman,
Burbridge and Gillem, that penetrated in
10 Southwest Virginia and paralized the
efforts % the enemy to disturb the peace
aud safety Of East Tennessee. Instead Of
being pu, on the defensive, we have at al
points assumed the bold offensive, AMI
completely ,hwarted the designs 81 the
enemies of our country.
BY order Of
Major General W. 7. SHERMAN.
BLESSING IN DIsGUIsE.-The rebel pa
pers are always Jolly. When they DO not
fear misfortune they may be candid
enough to admit that if so and SO were to
happen. il might indeed be disaster. But
as soon as il does happen, they perceive
That il was OF no importance Whatever
Only q week ago they we're rejoicing over
the defeat OF Butler-Porter expedition
against Wilmington, Sorth Carolina, and,
to make their own victory more important
declared that the loss Of that port would
be irreparable. Now, having heard OF the
result OF the TerryP Porter expedition, they
coolly assert that il is IA blessing in dis
guise.n True, they received through that
port all their foreign iuXuries and necessi-
ties, among which cannon, muske.s, ball,
shell and gunpowler were most i'm poYtan..
True, also, that by the blockade runners
which slipped in and out OF that rat hole
they transported their cotton and were able
10 keep rebel bonds IN England above the
value Of United States loans. Their credit
abroad depended on Wilmington, and it
has been the mainstay OF the Contederaey
for the greater part OF the war. They have
been jubilant over the ease by which they
demonstrated tina: the blockade az against
Wilmington was no blockade. aud they
have prepared lists of the steamers which
get in and out ofthat port-vessels lost and
captured omitted-to show that Great Brit
ain ought TO declare the blockade sham,
and resolve to break it. Even now, in Eu-
rope, there must be great happiness over
the failure Of December, and the new rebel
three million loan has probably been
launched in the excitement, because il has
been demonstrated that Wilmington can
no. be taken. The revulsion Of feeling
which will enslle when the news CT three
weeks later reaches the old country, will
be tremendous. The only comfort which
Lord Wharncliie, Sir Henry De Houghtor,
Ct ID om,c gcnus Will have, may be taken
from the Richmond optimists, who declare
that this latest misfortune is "a blessing in
Disguise Ii is certainly in disguise, such
q disguise as is used upon Egyptian num-
mics, wrapping them up in yards OF ban
dages, cementing them together at every
Jbld, and SO concealing the original corpse.