The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1861-07-26
The Advance of the Grand Army.
Tho Washington ,olegrapbic correspond
ont Of tho Cincinnati GdErfte says:

wAsuISoroN, July l6.
Tho formal moveinent across the POtO
mac was uauguratcd on a gigantic scale to-
day. AT an carly hour tho troops wore
mustered in every camp, and thoir arms aud
accOuterinunts put in tho finest order.-
The bands played thoir most inspir:ing airs
and thousands Of citizens and strangers
poured forth to witness tho imposing spoc
taclo. About one o'clock General Scott and
Staff crossed the river, preceding most OF
tho regiments. Tho sight was most i'm
pressivo ami grand. Tho aged General
seemed to have removed his youth. III
snnwy locks were the only evidence of his
venerable age. HIS eyes sparklod with tho
fire which confidence ulko in tho justice
and triumph of his cause had onkindled, and
! his almost giant stature rendered him con.
/ spicuuus among tho oficors around him.
, The stranger could not mistake the Chief
There arc at present ffty.6vo regiments
between tho Potomac and Fairfax Court
llOuse Tho Ohio regiments are with tho
most advanced columns.
From the N. Y. HerSBfs teiegraphic
reports 10 Fairfax and beyond. we quote
the following particulars from Tyler's
column, in which are the Cleveland
Grays:
At noon everything was in readiness,
and precisely a. two O'Clock the fifty thou.
sand men composing the grand army
about entering upon the great work Of
sweeping secession out Of the Old Do
minion. we've moving from their diireren,
positions towards their respective destina.
! lions.
As the twelve thousand men composing
the three first brigades moved solidly and
measuredly on, they presented most
magnificent spectacle, when gaxed upon
from one Of the many elevations over.
lookin, the road. The seemingly endless
forests OF glittering bayonets undulaling
with the ascents and descents OF the road;
the dark mass Of humanity rolling on
slowly but irresistibly, like e black stream
forcing it's way through narrow channel;
the waving banners, the inspiring strains
Of the numerous bands. the shouts and
songs of the men, formed most inspiring
and animated scene, which was con,em.
plated with both amaEement ard terror
by the unprepared country people along
the road.
| Lieu'enant Tompkins, Of the cavalry
company, went out ieconnoileoing this
evening, and discovered distractions on
the road short distance from town.
The half demolished train Of platform
cars that carried the Ohio troops on their
unfortunate reconnaissance of this point,
some weeks since. is still standing where
il WAS fired upon from Tie masked battery.
Mr.. Raymond, Of tho New York Tunes,
accompanied tho army in it's march from
tho Potomac to Fairfax Court House. H.,
was with Con. McD,woll aud his Staff, and
of tina. column he says:
1t consisted of about G 900 mon. ard was
lcd by tho Second Rhodo Island Rcgimont.
under CIV. Sprague. Tho right column.
which had taken tho upper road, and under
Col. Tylcr, was to enror Fairfax from the
direction of Germantown, consisted of about
~ 900. To the south of us were Col. Miles
! with $500. and Col. irintxeIman with TO-
900 men. We had thus force of about
35 900 advancing from this point toward
Manassas Junction. 1t is understood also
that Con. Patterson WIS to commence hi;
advance towards Winchester yesterday, ant
to push Gen. Johnston. so as to prevent lin
from augmentng the forces in front of THU
wing Of tho Army.
At half past nine O'clock VIC camo to
point at which the road, bordured with treei
on zach side. had boon obstructed by treoi
foilud across il. The axemen wore orderer
, forward, and soon cloarod tho path. Pass
ing on, the way led by an open wood, ut tho
ohd of which roso what appeared to be .
high square bank. on top of which wo could
see two or three hOI semen riding back ward
aud forward.
A little further onward treos had been
again foied across tho rOad. Skirinishers
were thrown out on either side. and the
column moved on slowly, stopping now and
then to fool its way, and being especially on
its guard against surprises. Half n mile
further We came TO another blockade of
trees. ono of which Ind been very ingeniously
turned bottom upwards. so rs to completely
4 block tho passage. Tho axeman soon took
away tho fence. cut down trees that were in
the way, and made n side road through the
adjoining fio.d. We soon rose TO the top OF
tho hill, which proved to be wheat, in the
distance. wo had mistaken it for an embank-
ment. The house of Maj. Howard, who had
gono With Tho Confederate army stood there,
and tho negroes loft thero told US tho soces-
sion scouts had boon there not half an
hour before. The column stopped ton or
fifteen minutes aud then pushed on, coming.
| in half an hour, to long onbankmon
thrown across tho road aud the adjoining
folds, with embrasuros for cannon, aud tho
huts of camp in tho roar. which had been
abandoned with so much haste by tho rebels
only two hours before, that thoy loft great
quantities of noat, rice, cloths, blankets &C.,
as spois for our troops. who followed so
close upon their hoOls. Tho works woro ex-
tensive but not strong. aud it was not very
clear that any cannon had ever been
mounted upon them. The ombrasures wero
lined by sand bags each marked. Tho Con-
fcdorate States"
Our mon raised the Star Spangled banner
on the ramparts. aud greeted it with three
hearty cheers. just then We caught sight,
at son,o three miles distant, of the long line
of Col. Tylcr's column, marching along the
upper road, with its white topped baggage
wagons in the rear, and tho glorious Stars
and Stripes flying in tho van. Our column
advanced rapidly. and in twenty minutes, at
a quarter before twelve, raised tho National
flag on the Fairfax Court House. q small
brick building on the left of tho street. The
place was entirely deserted by the rebel
troops, and indeed by tho whole male pop.
ulation. The rebel Quartermasters office
had been abandoned in as much haste as the
works We had passed. and great quantities OF
q r..