New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1862-01-10
The Federal Army 4 yYasn.n.ton,

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17 The Federal Army at Washington.
The Washington correspondent of the Cincinnati /.
Commercial writes :.g, l[.tsss va. \ 49,. s
There will be no forward movement of the armv.
here as long as it can be preFented it il the last
thing thought of, and will only be adopted as a e
necessity.to satisfy the public demand Or the i'm
mlnence OF European complications. This war is
worthy people to be hastily dispensed with. 1t is .
tremendous goose laying the biggest Kind of
,.a golden g sggs and the number gathering them is
legion! Do you suppose such "nesth al this
is going to be brokenup, except upon compui ision
II you do all Ihave got to say Isl YOU are siolly I
green That we could att sinele8 blow fall upon NJ
and crush the rebel army on the Potomac, is as i
demonstrable as any problem in Euclid, fit was 4
put out BY contra ct tomorrsw it would be finished
in three days, and in week we would be ready for
somelhiaS % else. venture to affirm that, there is
not an effective business man in the United States
put what will concur in this opinion if they will
come here and remain q week. And Il venture j.
another thing that since wars were first known Y
none has been conducted as this. has been. The
armies are mere starving matches, like school !,
children trying to starve ont each other. 4
1t has been intimated to me by influential per,
SONS that the army here would remain, precisely
as now5 simply as protection to the capital and
viii become prominent feature Of tie Goyern.4
ment. / know there is a powerful effort being
made TO that effect; whether twill be successful
remains to be seen: The few members Of Con
gress that have heard speak Of it, very bitterly
denonnce it and those in authority who favor il.
The plan is to keep this army where il is@sayi
zoo 000and employ the balance in active duty in
the dlnerent rebel States wherever it may be me- d
cessary to rsestabsh the authority Of the Union.
This point gained, the force here will be kent as
the standing army Of the Government until every
vestige OF dissatisfaction shall have disappeared,
and every excuse for its continuance ceased to (
exist. give you this programme for what it il Il
worth. Events certainly indicate that such q plan
has powerful backers, and practically is now in
existence One thing is very CERTAIN there will bss
no change IN the present status of the army of the
potomac as long as it can be prevented BY those
reaping such prodgious harvests from it daily. "
h FROM The Galveston News Of Thursday
last has the foowing: - .sg5g5 j ss3s, ~. -,
On Monday last q schooner was chased in sight
OF Galveston by the Sam Houston and two of the
enemy's launches, and the schooner was finally
tyerhauled and captured abeut A. NJ, and'now
lies rs prize in company with the Santee the Sam
Houston and another Of the enenly,s schooners,
name not known, that also first made her appear
ance yesterday Is 80 gsr II. X
We learn frsm sloop that came into Galveston
on Sunday morning from New Orleans, that she
sailed in company with the above schooner bound
westward, and both loaded with tobacco They,
were separated IN a storm on Friday last, and the
sleep was considerably damaged, and was sailing
under the jury, mast when she came in, escaping
the blockaders.5 s5, 3s \ 3$gss ! = 7'5
The Houston Telegraph Of Friday says: !, &
Property in the eity of Houston does not ye: feel
the effects Of the war. We hear every day of pro-
perty changing hands at even better prices than {
prevailed eighteen months ago, before the war was
thought of. Rents are quite high also, owing to
the influx fpopulation from Galveston. Trade of.
course is not what it is Id times Of peace though
the addition OF the Galveston stocks OF goods to
those already in our market has given the pur-
| chaser variety and amount to select from nearly
or quite equal to that of our most fourshing times,
and has also had tendency to cheaper prices to a
4 considerable extent.