Weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1858-1865, 1861-10-16

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sound the alarm before all our churches are made
fearful and scandalous spettacles of strife and con-
fusion, and Gods blessed Spirit is griesed utterly
away
THE PLAN OF THE CAMPAIGN. p
Harper's Weekly, published in New York, gives
the following as the plan ofthe Autumn and W inter
campaign OF the enemy:
We believe We may say that the plan of the Au-
tumn and Winter campaign has been determined
and that the leading Generals are apprized Of the
parts they are to play in it. 1t involves operatians
OF so extensive character to be without parallel
in history, and to be morally certain Of efecting
their obectthe suppression Of the rebellion before
next Spring
The plan presuines that the rebels will remain
inactive at their present position. Should Gen.
beauregard attack Washington, change in the pro-
granc might be the result, as it is confidently an
ticipstet that he would meet with an overwhelming
defeat, which would probably precpitate matters.
Again should Gen. Johnston undertake an agrees
save movement against Cairo, the Mississippi expe-
d'tion might proceed to work more speedily than is
now intended 1t is not to believed however that eth
er OF these contingencies will occur At Washington
as at Cairo, an attacking force would fight at such
an enormous disadvantage that it is not supposed
the experienced leaders of the rebel army would
want only to run the risk of a forward movement.
course and wait to be attacked in their entrench.
ments, We have reason to believe that in the first
or second week OF October the campaign will be
simultaneously commenced on the coast, in the vic
unity OF Fortress Monroe at Manassas, at Harpers
Ferry, IN kentucky, on the Mississippi and in the
Western portion Ct Missouri.
We believe that three naval expeditions are being
fitted out in New England and New York. The
camps at Hampstead and Scarsdale are to furnish
men for two OF them the third will recruit 10, 900
volunteers IN New England. We presume We shall
not be lar wrong if we predict that these expedi.
tons Will be commanded by General Butler, Burn
side, and Banner. Two of them will probably op-
crate on different points of the Southern coast with
a view OF dIstracting the attention of the enemy
from the line of the Potomac-one, for instance,
may effect landing at or hear Port Royal, South
Carolina, while the other reinforced by the garrison
at Fort Pckens, may reopen the excellent harbour
OF Pensacola to the commerce of the world.
1t is likely that the third which will consist of at
least 10000 men, and will be commanded by Gen.
Burnside, will operate in the Chesapeake, landing
so as on one side to flank the rebel army on the
Potomac while on the other to take Norfolk in the
rear in case the rebels should fall back from Manas
sas All of these expeditions will be provided with
ample artillery, and the landings will be effected
under cover OF heavy naval batteries. Ships steam
ers, gunboats and launches are, We believe being
actively prepared for this service
simultaneously with the departure of these expe
ditons We look for 4 forward movement on the part
oil Gen Banks. glance at the map will show
how Gen. Mcclellan will cooperate with him. If
the enemy resist him in force Mcclellan will natur-
ally attack Manassas at once If he moves on with
out opposition, the attack will be deferred until he
Is IN position to take part in it by flanking the
enemy.
We have an intmation that simultaneously with
Gen. Banks movement Gen. Sickles will cross the
Potomac some twenty miles below " ashington
with view to gain position between Manassas
and Richmond. These details, however, are of
course AS yet undetermined; and the intimation is
merely shrewd guess. The man point-that Ma
nassas-will be threatened on three sides simult.
aneously, while column under Gen. Burnside ad-
vances to cut of the retreat of the cnemy-lnay be
regarded as pretty certain.
Meanwhile, further West, Gen. Anderson may be
expected by 10th October to have raised such all
army Of kentuckians and East Tennesseeans as to
keep Tennessee eectually in check, and to COOP
crate efficiently with Gen. Fremont, who, by that
time, will probably have mustered army sufficient
to beat the rebels in the neighborhood of Spring
field, Missouri and to man a powerful expedition
for the descent of the Mississippi. We do not look
for naval operations of the first mp rtance on the
Mississippi. The fortified points on that river will
naturally be assailed by land. Corps darnee will
converge upon them from either shore, and reduce
them as Hatteras was reduced, or, when the thing
is practicable with the bayonet The gunboats will
be useful as auxiliarieS. and the river will prove
valuable for the transportation of SUPP lies. But
the fighting in the West will be done on land.
If the campaign in that region is to keep pace
with that in the East the rebel forces under Price,
or McCulloch or whoever has succeeded them, which
now in possession of Springfield, Missouri and
the vicinity must DC defeated and driven into Arkan-
sas or scattered altogether, before October To-
Whether this be achieved depends upon con-
siderations which are only known to Major General
Fremont.
will have begun along the whole line, from the
Atlantic to Kansas by the middle of October, and
at least two points the coast will be eithern pos
session of or under bombardment by our forces. 1t
is believed that the whole force will not be less than
$4,000 men, exclusive of reserves and Home
Guards in Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri; so
that at every point attacked We shall probably out
number the enemy.
1t is not reasonable to believe that the rebel troops
from the Gulf States will remain patiently under
arms in Virginia, while their homes are being as
sailed from the North.
Coon ADVICE TO PLASTERs.-We endorse the sug-
gection contained in the following paragraph, taken
from the Huntsville (Ala.) Advocate of Sept 18th.
1t is good advice, which is as applicable to the plant
ers of Georgia as 1t is to those of Alabama and
will. we hope, he accepted and acted upon:
Sow Wheat Rye, Barley-The necessities of the
South require large grain crops of all kinds We
must not be dependent for provisions. A greatly
increased quantity must be grown in the South to
supply the wants Of the country and the army
Heretofore most Of our cities were supplied with
flour from the North and West. Such cannot, and
ought not to be the case now In consequence Of
this, abundant as the wheat crop this year; if
will all be needed. To render us independent it is
necessary that our farmers and planters should make
the food question the main question-cotton tobac-
co, &C., secondary. Therefore, let our farmers pre-
pare in time to SOW largely Of wheat, rye, barley,
prepare it we'll by several deep ard thorough plow-
ings, secure the best Seeds ana SOW in time Then,
having done your part WELL trust to the Lord of the
Harvest tor the result--thrty, sixty, or one hun
dred fold