, 1861-12-16

A21hy Going into Winter Quarters Do.
nothing Policy What t7e6: Dayis Wants,

fI7rom opr own eorraeron5a,+1
WASHINGTON, Dec. Il. ISL
Is the army in winter quarters? This is the
question which is most frequently asked bv
those who still take an interest in;military nf
fairs. I am able to answer the Question rs to
the asn,v m th;s a;do of +ho patoroa. D..
o ~ VIZ Aoeoaaae' oat-
laehs are pelns erected as nst as lumber can
be brought down On the single track railroad
from Baltimore. But for tho blockade Of the
totomae' INC Whole army on this side of the
river would, ere this, have been comfortably
housed. learn that On the other side there
has 7,ccn 1csa ,,roorcss i, tb;a rotr,-7 a. ,,or,
49, ~ -. g -, sH'0 'eatu ~ tunen
.ne "o3so ZOE INC sola1erS over there. All
hope ola forward movement seems to have
been abandoned. douht whether any mem.
her Of The Cabinet c,n hoast ~ ~ NV hotta. ts -
co..,a4:a 49, a4,..t ~ oo7 " '-A1 'e'17i liz
lormation as 10 1hat forward movement, than
any active newspaper correspondent. Within
the past fortn;rht two members of +bo f.,h;-
,,ot ,,..,, +,7a a., 60 =. - IT,.
things" In the course Of three or f,ur days-
Its not to be sunposed that they ,cf,rrcd n fbc
,ttacl ,.,,;,,, ~ e,o.,,., 80 s.tssN-I
r.'"en "nis" s'fe e7e,I's 1iiaac lass SATURDAY at
Dam No. s, near Willianasport- That was not
a 1erF big thipe-on our side Mt least Tbaaa
cah;nc+ ois;nrs=a,+ ha,sa - ~ .. -..,1
~, no,e peco1l1c 81 stale tnal
they sound Like the weather predic-
tions in the old Ra,m,crs' dzU,on1c-
ttExpcct- --seycrc--frosts ahont +hosc
1uooe :" Luese
days. "Look-out-for-heayy - rains
and bad-roads." Either of these pre-
dictions may como true this week. but the
public, and the soldiers themselves, have
ceased to Fcgard nything that NAV be said
about the " "forward movement, " Reviews Of
OF Chain Bridge, firing down the Potomac.
firing at the Navy Yard, firing on Munson's
Hill and Upton's Hill, are the only resnits Of
the war in this quarter. But if there Is nnt
much fighting done, there is great deal Of
po1itcncss, exchanged between the hostile
forces. The rebels opposite Budd's Ferry in
quirc every morning affer the health If frrs
SicEIes, HDon't yon wish vou had soma ,nan. ,,at.
boots, secesh?" asked one Of our pieLets tbe
other day, shaking 4 new pair Of his own
towards Il rebel picket on the oppos;tc knoll
g 'Boots!" replied the other. II rot fonr 1,1;r
Of them yet. Such pIessantries a. ~ tneae on
lend 10 rel;eye tha 1nopntr,, ~ ~ ~ taee 9ss
you know. - >Ae "su W
Three months e1anse5 ho.raa, Am ,,
bardn,ent Of Sumter and Gen McDo~e1,.s WI 4- a.
have passed aTaV snc, oss M t1a nye re- moafhs g ~
nlen in front Of Washington we nov 7i}.vo 49,
over 200 eco, every regiment nf wbn NY y 1axe hat
ter drilled than any reaiment Of tha - thrao
months troops, Secretary Cameron savs ~: +h.t
we have $4,000 volunteers enIisted H. stitas the
three years and over 10000 re9p1ors' m nf
whom, the President tcIis Us. ar nnder - +he h.
command Of 3IaJor General Mcclellan II r
may be safely asserted, that no man cav ~
main t5aaeti,r very long, with Go 600 so1jiera
under him, or only 10000. wifhout hr,.al,nt.
down in The csti1nat;on nf h;s ar7nr h;s fa1iag
count1ymen, and The world Tha 20 e,1Sn,ses ao1aun
alone Of sustaininr NJ, army 1ar,er f1.a,1 a1