Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-11-08
COOP HIT AT THE "sPEc1A1s.'
"Tho Prospects," sc.
[From the WarsawNew Yorker.

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e We have means of knowing that oul
troops in and about Washington .numott
aOI .eT73. mostly men. women or cbildrens
But should the humber fall below, Ihis,ziI
canFeadIly be increased, in the course OF
time, fromthe Northern or Christian States,
There are several cannon, if not more,
possession of this qtdnde Grmec Frenchy)t
Perhaps these may be used, as likely
not, against the rebels, ifthey knock man.
more chips from the shoulder OF Major Gen
eral Geo. B. Mcclellan. He has pierre
ing grey eye, of mild blue color, and
slight moustache, on his upper lip, of hair
Being man Of indomitable energy, he US
uaIly gets up before breakfast. 1t is prob
able that the men are in good condition,
and the country need not be surprised
I hear, at any time, that they have good ap
petites, which augurs we'll for the goo
cause. sMac" remarked the other day
in his wonderfully terse manner, that I
would willingly live five years beyond hi .
allotted time if the rebels would only CIV
, him n good chance to whip them soundlyt
This, of course indicates speedy advance
as we have constantly predicted for som.
weeks. And, mark my words! if we don /
( whip them next time they Will, IN all proc
ability, beat us again.
! THUS, as we have shown, the prospect
are golden. We have means of knowing,
! that the plan (suggested by us) is as fol
I lows-although, according to our agree
! ment, we must request our readers not t =
mention it: The great naval expedition;
| is TO proceed to Florida. and break OF that
| doomed peninsulated State from the main
land of seccssin, and tow it around and
place it in the mouths of the Mississippi!
I Talk of your paper blockades this viii.
! dam np the aged Parent of Waters, anG
the sback water" will overflow and drown
out Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas
! 1t will be accomplished under direction
| of General Squelch. A force OF lOO.OO''
| men will also leave for the Pacific coast,
and, marching via California, Pixies Psak'
| Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky, enter
| Virginia and attack the rebel army in
the rear. If both these two plans fail,
either the slaves will be declared free,
or the masters declared slaves. Mean
while. it is highly probable that Fremont.
being so far removed from the influence
New York papers, will lose Missouri. /.
he hasn't had men and arms and transpor-
tation enough, of course he's no General
We expect that he'll take care of every
point in Missouri, drive back all troop
from Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee and a
the same time give us n lift in kentuck.
and Washington. And he has no right Il
make IL blunder or meet with disaster; If h
does, supersede him, and put him to schoo
on the Potomac, where such things are un
known.
In conclusion, we may say that W
should not be surprised to learn that some
thing will turn mp somewhere sometime
We aren't inclined to particularize; but til
country may expect whatever events thing
may seem to warrant, in the direction indi
Gated, &c. And in any event, and undo
all circumstances, we hope, should nothin
prevent, that this will prove true; we sha
see what we shall see. be the same more L
less.