New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-06-15
THE VIRGINIA PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN.


7Be kew.OrleaHs TrAe Deitl has an Interesting
letter from it's 9, ecial correspondent at Richmond
Tl,ough reaching ne in such n rot q -about way II Is
nearly os late as any thing from newspaper sources
v hich we have ii ect from Virginia. IL is certainly
90 ;vnor,ant. and eads IA though il were reliable:
al am persnaded that Thin the siX weeks past
,be s,n,e,y Of tue onederate Cove nmen. nho uli-
derpoi changer at last that " has Ceeb causeu
To tske on the appearance oi change
f" All ewes are at present turned towards Manassih
Junction. The enemy has ma.scd some ~, 900 or
d 600 troops ut and about AleXandia, and their num-
he,s a. ct accounts increa,i by constant ar.
yals by land and rivr !, 10 alpIcfei Geo 'hat they
mean TO attack sDassas Junction, where we had
Yesterday about 1900, inerented p"iHlrs 70 I1tVj
| men, under Ger. Il iAIam, winch were bclhg fapldiy
| REINFORCED from ibi' city. Ci'll ana nlHary men
here differ howevrr as 10 the deigns II the enemy
10 that direction. Some grrd the den0bst'ahoh 81
Alexandria 40 a eiut 10 ~ ke important noyen'rn's
elsewhere, perhaps npOn Norfolk, or i0Fkiown, OF
Acquia Creek or Harpers Ferry, OF some o'her point
"But Gen. Lee who is by no means "a man T., jump
hastily 10 CONCLUSIONS appeara 10 put l'eIhi eoh
srdcliou on i. He proc eded II ler.oh To mdhaets
Junction to- ay pretty idlis eonyin'ed t'aI tus
act uf Lin, olus tr0o,.hB Onr COneIess WORD tnelr
war declaraiiUns--it soon 10 he The scene u
share and LlDO3y contest. But thtIo r 10
telling. Before this reaches yon, The telegraph
mas tell YOU that tie enemy continues " FUR
sie a yolicy o. gradual and almost l"fem,ep'i'ie
invasion accOmnu led by succession OF suhl lo'ees
a. iriitaions inilcted upon the Confederate ar ny
until to ave its prestige az ONE and abroad, ad 70
save itself fr ia utter Disaster II will be comTeIrd
SOMEHOW and com wher,, 20 force ,Il OF conclusion
In a great and decisive pitched battle.
" The massing Of Southern troops at various Import
ant positions sill .Oes Oh Ni.oluuslg. Ric nEld -
the general rendezvous for iuCOn.irg yolnnteers,
whence, as soon &c ed and prOPedy QUILTED Tor
active duty, they are distributed wbeie they s''
most needed. According "a rough estimate, ~ ik
hst te are at this moment ia active service III VIZ
GINA abort $1,000 Confederate trO"s, nnmely: about
800 at or near Manassas Junction. abont 500 ~;
Frederick and Acqnia Creek abonL l. coo al Norfolk
and IL nei .hborhoOd, shout 5000 at Yorktown
| Williamsburg, about l4,0G0 al Utrpers Ferry. OF
this aggregate neatly all, exclusive OF the foce at
Harpers Re ry IO-ted that they couli lie ~
centraied by I1'road ~ any poi1t between Norfolk
aud AL xandia vi hin 24hours About 10 o. should
think, mi ht he doug almost a. once upon the enemy,
VI ever he might liant himself along The line Bot
10 mass tins number at given poi 4 might leave 100
scsut fore along the reabaald and bayt con TAM y
uenaced by the eDeuys shit -oi-war and Transports
for laruiDg troops. Gu Ser, th-, whe'e j. the dl-
cul.y. Witt his ships ride and BIS numbers on
the other, the enemy aius TO ontiiaDk ~ both aud
make is hazardous 10 attempt combined movement
upon us center see notli for i, but 10 swell our
numbers rapidly possible, ana hob HIN III q eoS
on the right that is toward The seq, vile we turn his
flank on tho left and oy hrow b il the center"