Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-12-02
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Wa f.shiinuo this Ihnining n"r 1~.tr%t;jn:
from Northern reroir I'll tbs cc-.G inst:
THE pMavAl DC M~'cLELrAa--TnI oIsaost7lar
OF THE CoayEDEnAT. foaCL..
The baltimore correspondent ri the "H"r-
AID Writee a. follows, under date Of IT,: 2l=t
ipstsnl:
Tho ~ie,1nvsi al GoI.eral M.I!slt:a Tas
known At iiiG i,radgusItsr= uf tho raifl arm =
Oh the SIN in=t. The Dow: WAS received al
fret with surprise and Incredibly; but
Wnnu the Improvement Tas officially Iuad=,
ez!.rrss.ons II JOY Sad Satisfaction sni.
hoard Gn Ill atd-s. Ths HaiTsraa! tcntiraen.
OF tls %DfiIrI= r7s9 ti,.t tLhs Yankee: 81 Li:4
capital i,si LIE - i lone it now" and ,lat
ii, they Gould n"t "a'mEuntuyre aud .whip the
iei.k.a array nny. they tho rchciel deserved
deinu.' On tho 9th, 10Th aud llth, ~c.s*Iry
ro"onlIoiSssncaG weir sent ont in all ,iir,.ctlann,
and iI:iup tfaae daya tic gonuraia werp de-
ridiuK what H,upa To taxa in ordur to in.r1ege
al event which SheY believed would result
III the oisorgari2ation 0f our army. I: will
BIZ remembered that the papers of rhe l0tt,
llth and l2tb inst, contained accounts n
| squadE OF >sbal eaVslry having trei, aeen
pro n ling ar"ut1, Homs uf which appeared IL.
the rehr ii our army. ky meanq of thtae
eronH';asancc tho ~gen6I9la ssceriAlu3i that
tho " l,ais army had con,. ~ IL stund atIl T.;
that tho Intention of advancing TO Richmond
| ~ way Of GordGn-riils had bfan abahdnued I;
thst. Gen. Hslleck was in connultation with
Burnside, and tnst whsn the array cid move
again all sntirs change i'll OUT programme
would have been decided On.
In effect, this pause i'll uui apsratiuno. con-
sruaoht upon the sudden removal OF the had
OF oar army; listed ten i%sys-frun the eth t.
the l.th lnat. Thru tnn days Ga 20 inc rebels
ample tlin5 10 Lake whatever changes in the
disposition CT theic army they wished to. and
the npphrtunitr waa improved.
TIL. DESPERATION q, their army ws56jTsst2'
as iollows!--Ihs main body, undsl G.n>
Johue1na, with headquarters al Gord5ns' rifle.
i0J 00J aCIaTg, extended along the E.spiGan
r=aT, ioul Sish4Ids vile 10 i'll unIih, Tirn
d~statehnaal: slso at Juipeppsr AMI Lu1sY.-
TIE l;gut 7ins, 10000 n.1ong, along the
Ea~Ppabaaao-k, from fredericksburg to tic
| Sulphur Springs. The left wing, undor Gen,
Jackson, $1,000 etinrg, Wssi Of the Blue
Eii2a. from J,var Hsrper's Ferry down to
fran, Royzi. Gen. Lee had gnIe to Rich
huuc; hut hr cHn'in1sd 70 exercise d gene raj
aipsi iieion over the movements Of the army.
7-H.T TIE v..E.ts SAT- Of ecr. LEE Asp TIE
T4EI:'c Gf %RicnHosr.
TIE saU,s c~oTT.EfDdA1t, sc nil beEaai IL
SItjoiDsd e5;1a:t:. l7otaasss to hays , tut
9IEt knnwla6Gs 81 th6 pans 81. i5sI. Is: iG7
sou 1.tnI.ce uI Richmond:
Pi@ln0ni &c non aE strongly defended sc
II aebil:Ston. 'Thv E5TIUfincplrsd ii ths Re-
trl Capital ~ ;hs pTestnce Of MeOlellsn's
a, d. before tiviI walls ls.r June has a,t
1asn lest upon TIM inhRbitBnts of that city.
Wtst.vsc experience could teach o: snsrsy
AacjmPii:h has bean done in the wsT of fyI-
trfi;alion AMI denfence. The ,ext Union
aru1y thai ssts down befurs Richmond will
ind before it Il tax Compared with which
Mcclellan Task thrrs 81 BIS siegs OF York
tnwn eith6T. ~ss the intTsst chiid's play
Those VIZ 5ae=1 a. "nud" and "spadssn
acw viii have snodEr OF totn, tts0. There
5Fiii be again reloutis &c rli!d aai b~ar.iisl aft
ST Fsrsll, 81 IL diy. and again the heavy eaIa.
9ui.t. that :iii sdot taod services at YORK
'1wD. -ill Thunder f11th for daI :. ta.hips i5
~esg.. their IaII lido .n.,sic
raTe hGd 1GJa.i5n ii. Id ~f ~letieTa, lg
iaj a1iue T-I.l.t upuu Lie Iacl iI.sL til, Ietels
ha@9 ali sl5i.l rciie=si lsht eRon Richmond
a.: ,t7i7te1 .:ali IT TaIld he By : colnbir-
ed iAud ami laval attack, tia latter no IFS
JaIisc Ii"oi. Fort ngrlr.s, th.IsiITa. aud
he deI=nceS Of tie city Oh tie Manchester
aide have not hss7 Neglected.
1t is belisTsd, therefore, tret the reason
why Gsn. LSe las left open and undcfended
the frcds7ickJburg Touts 10 Richmond is be-
Cause he dselIes that BuIEziie should l-ad
| ~ -uhcl. -rp = / ,--c- " D,~.,h,--o.i-..,
that pjini> ala sdTsnCe ~ IN it tn&atIs tho
P~auunke! o. ita branches, tie North Anna
and the South Anna. GsG. Lee believes ihaI,
cvsn ii Gen. Burnside could 1.a2h EichIpnd,
e. could ueTef take t1st c;tE. But he lGss
net intent that LIE shall Tsaen it, Il. :Rt:ndt
that hs snail Ind q ChiclsahoninJ il rhs
iIsuspnrT, and another il tho pGGu1EaE,
aud, il LIZ PISSED houh Of Thorn, thst be arali
uuS i Munss5ae ut Ss&,on's Junction. Eut
h;s grand idsa is: thst ~hilo he. viii hi5 main
bndj. Stands to Burnside aouth Of the R5TPa-
~hsrnCaH, jackson, With fft7 thause7i picke6
Eccfs; is u lash through M4RaFsas GAP sEd
Prcc:1i:e;o eins")f on Washington.
4G,h !: "a outline ii Ii. Tsosl pisn e i q
understood here. sm ccp-incei ,hsr L hes
a icunia.;ou il truth. and 1nst it t-come5
&c, administration to Geo t1sI e7eT; e1ar -
It's p7s.-r.t expedition 20 F.irnncnd Is "7ril
cGIs'is, ID. Il uuat Iol Ls ~forsctiei: that,
- l:nan+ Of ileI; excellent system CT .Sil-
7osds, ,hs Tebaie hoTa the ntaap 81 s5ncen-
;7atib: l,r.Iy iie iE:t ~e-k Snd shs ho.c
Es-s; To- tic defence if Richmond ana !gr
Operations sss;nst Washington. enough tToGpa
70 Tsiee LEAFS / foei Il fnllf thrss hundred
thousand eiTvzs, Our Amy lie sil that could
o. is:il.j. Ja9 iiene;@s aro ekiliiui
sni r..*1. ~! that /: needed to ;;isa-s eu1-
cess ~. ouI IsT: j. trs proper DsHsseler t
az N-ah:uetGu