Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-12-04
Operations along the Potomae--.vFfI
There be Fight

The Fredericksburg Herald OF The 29Lh ult.,
says of affairs along the Potomac:
The impression seems somewhat general
that forward movement may be expected
from General Mcclellan any time after to-
morrow, the day that had been designed for
& review Of the entire Federal army on this
side of the Potomac.
We conversed with a gentleman who left
General WigfalPs Brigade at o'clock, P. n,
yesterday, and who arrived here last night,
who reports the impression in camp of a
speedy fight. The sick were removed from
what would probably be the active theatre of
hostilities, several days ago, so that our
whole force is on the qui eve.
Refugees who have arrived here from Ma
ryland state it as the impression of the best
informed in Baltimore that the .'onwardr
march is to be taken up this week, and indeed
itsrequires no extraordinary sagacity to pre-
diet that such movement must be made be-
tween this and the 10Th of December or be
wholly abandoned for the winter.
The condition of the roads after the first
freeze will render them impossible for q large
artillery and transportation force, SO that
McClelland will most likely select the ear
Hest practicable moment for demonstrs-
ton. 10 r-t>, -r- t---
There is good ground for the opinion that
the Federals have been cutting out a new
road to a point on Occoquan river, near
where 1t empties into the bay of the same
name, and that they have already construct
ed a pontoon bridge-made of boats-which
they can throw over in the course of q very
few hours. .-s s-i
The bridge will give easy transport over
the river, which ia less, probably, than two
hundred yards wide, as the point selected to
cross.
We do not deem it proper to give publicity
to the position Of our own forces, but We in
fer that all are on the alert, and that va
shall have no occasion to complain of any
surprise.
The Fredericksburg Recorder says:
From an interview With the military con-
ductor of the train between here and thu
creek we learn that the troops were all dav
yesterday preparing 10 march, but up to the
time of the departure of the train last even
ing no forward movement had taken place. A
gentleman who came over on the train this
morning says that he left Colonel Cary,s
camp about three o'clock, A. NJ, and that.
just before leaving, the guards told him that
the orders Tor marching had been counter,
msnded. We learn this morning that the
Tennessee regiment has been !, ordered some
-four miles below Transport. 8 80
y Afetter received from the Quartermaster
of the Thirtieth Regiment, by friend in This
town, yesterday evening, says it is reported
that q grand review of troops will be held hv
Mcclellan on Wednesday, and that on Th,r..
day the "big fight" will occur. A naval
officer, high in position, who came from -tbs
Evansport batteries last evening, doubts m
prospect ofIa fight. He says, however. that N,
whole army of the enemy are engaged in ~
warlke pursuit of telling all the trees in ~
neighborhood for the purpose of sendinetb
wood to Washington city, where il il ssid
pc commanding the fabulous prieeof twentt
seven dollars per cord. s. @