, 1862-12-08
OUR WASHINGTON. LETTER.


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4.on1 Tn.Ma9Hnyns,iG 1aT hHant l ~ NcT Nga'or yr.
T'be western Ar1.1ios Our Hope---
]cck on McClel1en-A Select D5nncr
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WASHINGTON. Dec = 1oos.
Whittier goeth Gen Banks? Who knows?
Many persons in New; York, says the cores
non3ent of i, 7,li1,de1nbio fourn,1 Int ,r;t1,
y. " I =, '' wv "'o
eomnscnaabie prudence tneV Ill Keep lie Sc
crct. Wonderful ManhattanltcSi Wonderful
.,;a. - ~, 1900 H., ,,i;., o..s. f
pAeF !. !s'o'''nes ne osAss. seua1oEs ~Ao arc
usually informed guess about the destination
Of the expedition, and spell out yifc1y-diffsr~
ino conc1ur7ons Ma, ~ fin oo,,aia... -
80 49, - 'ne e'Hauenee "
Cabinet rs Cabinet is, an assured, not in
lie secret Stanton of coureo 1nopc -
II, -,
anu oe"aru, propaDiy, ont pes'ae tnenl anu
Gen. Uallcck and The President, it is doubtful
whether anv one in 111e loyal section of the
'o"Nt''' 'u'0'oe ~ @''S '''''4'' "a ~'e" 1otA
city, fh0Ts.
Two cpinions obtain. One that The column
,fcac R,rts = tn cozo,oro+a viii, tbo or,,r
OF Gcn- btrnsldc ~ landing somewhere be"
tween the south bank Of the RarpahaDnoc!k
md Nurt,,, ,vi,1, 5csiup f., t,1.a Tho ro,,o1
se~as. >. n.",. ~ ~ t7,a,. ,.:,ns., ,,,,s ~
iolees III i1AN' ~ eu' .Ae'i 'a'.i'sa i'1lcs ~
supply OF to capture Richmond. The obyi~
t,,1os enrn ~ s,,rircr from t1;s nsa nf them nm
~ ~ eANo ~ ~''n'o
NTH, more or less, at ten. Banks back; the
certainty that The deadlock on the RapIahal,-
- +1,;s r-ev ~, ,,,,,rcnt1x ,1,.,1,,t, ,ecoes;t-
u 'iis NY, NV "ip"4en's .'oe'luao ii'csssll5
above all other things Of solving the military
problem presented IN Eastern Virginia, HOW
that SO much importance, whether rightly or
wrongly, has been ascs1hed to It by both the
coml:tants-Guch reasons as these are what
the supporters 9! thls aheory most rely upon.
They iiud nothing in tie character Of the
preparations 10r Tie cSpedltlon TO strengthen
their belief. Ihey are nonpussed by the fact
that inc navy mas TOT ocen invited ~ co-ope-
rate But they nelleTe-and confess to be
ene Of the number-becaqse the5 hope:
The other opinion, to the support q which
large and little facts rally, =, tiat Iexas Is
| really the goal Of the expedition, although,
| perhaps, not us 1nanenlate ns1 aesllhatlon.
| are consulted or employed by General Banks
| lis transports, some thirty large sea-going
| steamers, are suitable for long voyage. Il
'lle is to land i'll port or on coast already in
! 1fHF fHJ:sESSlpl4, uC ACCu Aots stS LIZ Lip AAot
| dune, invoke the aid II Inc navy. III Ie&.s,
Il lnan whom ill the ruling powers dread, is,
or seems to be, not so Hear the throne each
oceul'es-
But at What POINT Ei!i ten. Danks depark
t his troopss Where is his base OF operations
| to bc5 One opinion coming to me through
| several channels, which drain a soil rich in
springs OF information, is that lals port If
| delivery is New Orleans; that lie will super
| scGe Butler to CO several things, to enable
himself to do which that ot!!ce las again and
| again beggcd permission: and troops; viii &c
| culy Mobile, after Admiral Farragut shall
have captured it, as well Us Galveston. and
from the latter point march upon tho rebel
| fnrcc in the Icnc Star Stata, and into COIN
l:un;caton with loyal Texans. Among the
| reasons strengthening this conclusion, Is the