New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-21

Niht1e Ieet hSh.
New spirit i'm the Army-Burnsidc's
Prompsuess-Tbe Orgauixation-strng-
Cling suppre.sed--Fifty miles OF Way.
sus-Eires sweeping the Country
Mode of Marchiug-A Sterile Region
Soldiers, Capture of Cav.
alrv-Thc late Cavalry Raid-Arti!iery
kLirp,isb- The New WatehwOrd.
re,a Oar Own Corresuondent
FALNouTH, opposite FRgDyRICEsBuBG, Va
TUESDAY Nov. l8, 1862.
Napoleon once told ne, says Jonini, "tbst be
no method Of conducting war except 10
twenty-five miles a day, 20 fight, and then to
~ in quiet" Gen. Burnside begins like be.
in that policy. Whatever his other qualities,
at least very much in earnest.
has already inspired the army to R marvellous
eat, Officers wont to believe that great CON-
90 cannot move more than Fix miles DAY, and
snstomed 70 our old method Of waiting week for
{ issue of new clothing, or q month for the execu-
Ion of an order TO advance, rub their eyes in
lutte astonishment.
I, was late on Friday afternoon when the tele-
srsrh brought from Washington approval Of Burn
s' es plan and permission for the army 10 move. AT
'ight the next morning his advance corps
.h's) was on the road 10 Fredericksburg.
J. wards division was in want of clothing;
b.. dad not rat. We marched ten miles, the
clio ing came mp from the railroad after dark the
ga euts for two brigades were all issued that
rig , aud at daylight the were again upon the
road clothed aud in their right minds
The new organization Of the army has reached you
BY legraph. Sumner commands the Right, Hooker
he enter, Franklin the Left, and Sgel the Reserve.
SINNERS Grand Division consists Of the Second
Corps formerly his own, now commanded by
Couch and the Ninth Originally BUrsidcs, but
now under Wilcox. Hookers is composed OF the
Third (Hein;zelmsns). and the Fifth late Fltz
John Porfer's. Franklins is made up Of the Sixth
lhis own, and the First formerly Hookersl. The
Reserve consists Of SigeFs Corps the Eleventh.,
with such troops as may here sitter be added
Upon this march the Right has had the advance,
Coueh leading, and Wilcox following one day iu the
rear. did not leave Warenion until ?. III. Oh
Saturday, and was, therefore, eight honr behind
The head Of The column. In coming out to the front
WAS compelled to pafs the entire wagon train OF
the corps. Transportation has been greatly cut
down, and only ak wagons are allowed 10 regl-
pspi, Int found the corps train more than sr
-iiss sas. The entire traDspor ts,ion OF the Army
Ct Tie Iotomac compac;ed az much as possible
makes nearly fifty miles of wagons Ihey cancairy
fccd and forage supply the army for ten days ana
ammunition enough 10 fight our way into Richmond
There were very few stragslers behind the troops.
Gen COUGHS rigid enforcement OF the stringent Or
derr against lettering ias nearly corrected It,
When night came on, great hres were blhz'ng
,hrt agh the grass in all directions, like those which
syssp over Western praire. In this sterile region
the land is unfenced, and fire, once kndled In the
tall dead grass spreads like strong wind across q
hsh Of tall wheat b. day you see its black, desc
laina track but at night it paints upon the horizon
yivi fire pictures of rare, fantastic beauty
Al o'clock Sunday morning, the corps was
marching again. French's divi,ion moved in the
road Hancoek's through the fields, hundred yards
10 toe right, and HOwards an equal distance on the
left This mode Of marching, IN three columns is a
hvorite one with Gen. Sumper; when he commanded
enly division, lie always sdoptedit. It's advantages
are hat il Gaze Of attack the troops are ready to 20
hio battle at once; and at night those in the rear
arrive in camp two or three hours earlier than If the
divisions followed each other upon the road. But
dung the march it is severe upon the outside
columns. especially in wooded country like this.
Thu, while we moved but 10 miles on Sunday-an
excellent days march, however-Hancocks and
Hoyards divisions were compelled by the woods
and bills TO make 90 many reflections that they trav-
sled more than 20 But the weather was cool and
bseng; and at night, half hour after the head Of
,be column halted the rear came up.
Our march was through strife, tiaty, thinly-
ss.led country, it's barrenness all the more notice.
able after the fstness Of the land We saw between
the Potomac and Warrenton In sixteen miles, pos.
abby We passed ten residences-all of Indifferent
ehs,aessr-snd saw dozen men, women and child
ien lne region is poor for farming or for slaves.
j. thiekly wooded with oak, chestnut, red cedar
>nd plne' few holly trees relieve tho general
ISOLATION with their rich, shining leaves and at
me Oh the houses clusters Of crysanthemums-the
thoWers :" Autumn-snile In their dying beauty.
be only fruits 70 tempt 1.-THE soldier, are frost
y 'es, and perslmnons, the latter now thoroughly
~, and growing in illustrious profusiva. II ia
"a, nshing how much eagerness the men chow for
them weary footsore, exhausted soldier. stao.
eering under his gun, blanket and knspsaek. will
nm quarter Of mile, TO climb psrsmmon trss
ss1 taste the rich, unsatisfactory fruit; or to chass
s,luiuel or rabbit. That stimulus gone be hurries
bark 70 the ranks, and relspses into bic old weary,
hopeless, woe-begone aspect. Peuimmons and
'9qinei. are play; the road 10 work.
Yesterday morning was lowering and rainy, bu,
The threatened ftorm did not come and the weather
proved excellent for marching. The country grew
mech better as we passed from the rocky, sterile
rdge, down toward the valley Of the Rappahan.
mock. We began 10 find great eorn-fslds, dotted
With ricn shocks, spacious houses, with flowers and
shrobbery, brick churches, four five miles apart
md other evidences Of fertility and civilization.