Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1862-01-29
Ths GRIND Progr.mme.

right wing and lett wing, forming out nahklns move
ments fifteen hundr miles apart" The idea ia mAgniR-
eent-the reality mus: be appalling to the Rebels |!
They rub their blue bellies and ebuekla at the thought
of their unriVallsd greatness
We copy the following from one Of their most said
organs on the sngrossiug topic:
P.on ire New York Commercial Advertiser.
AN EXTENSIVE OUTFLANKNG.
Military not generally the result Of
cidett especially when they have been carefully con.
templated for Il length Of time and extensive prepare
lions made for hom. 1t may not therefore, be consid
cred merely coincidence that the Burnside Expedition
should have sailed from AnnGpo and that part Of the
great Mississippi division Under Gen. hoOlernand shou
have proceeded from Cairo TO hayheld, Kentucky,
tie ID instant On the contrary, considering the mag
nilude of both expeditions the great Obi they
are intended to accomplish these Simultaneous
have been Intentional and the commanding
generals have directed outlanking movements fifteen
hundred miles apart
Whether or not both divisions will strike as smulta
neousy they moved cannot at present be determined
dspatch from Cairo dated the l5.b gives the impress
sion that an engagement expected at Camp Beaure
gard between Aayded and the Teuness State line, last
night Gen. Grant has the reputation OF being
yetc soldier and has entered upon this movement with
abundant means TO insure SNould he accom-
p the destruction Of the Oonfederates at Camp Beau
regard, he will dOubl,ss push forward to Sandy Mouth
tue tennessee river where he will cooperate with the
gUnboas expedition which moved up that river the
Oh aud thus secure that important point This is
strategic position of much value to the Federal forcee
.naSmuch commands the railroad between Rowling
Green aud COlumbusthe road from Columbus so 18th in
tessct the Memphis and OSio road ST Humbol. IN Ten
aesaee. The purpose Of this movement Of Gen Grant
Is probably mainly make the attack on Columbus in
he rear, ouaAnkug that stronghold, and Opening the
disispp' that the guUbOat hotilla proceed to
N.mphis ard New Orleans.
General Burnsi6es expedition left Fortress Monroe on
sunday, the Ish Sufficient length of time has eaps.
% Tor it have ed ST Of is points Of desna.
tor, and have accomplished Of it, objects. 1t may
uo' therefore, be improper bri fly review of the
many points witch are suggested by a glance al the
upposed portion Of the which will be the Of
it, demonstrations.
Assuming Pamico and Albsmars sounds to be the
Of operations for the eJpeddon furnished
With an important point which 10 base theory
10 the Ultimate Obi :ct OF the movement.
PanIco Sound ls still in the possession OF the Confed.
crates notwithstanding the occupation Of HstteTas To-
4 by the dera forces For Want OF vessels Of sul-
icently hgh, draft the Federal commanders have been
unable 10 push their GXpsdiiol sufficient distance
toto aud up the sound make lasting Impressions 10
anoke Island Sid 70 be strongly fortified by the Con-
eder1tes !. IA position which i valuable TO u.s. COM
mandirg a. il doe, the Curruck Sound which oDens
INTO the Albemarle CurriyuCk is about fifty miles long
zen miles wide, aud Dsvigable for vessels draSng ten
eet OF water. Owing 10 the natural bFeakwater which
grOteCfS large pOfOl OF coasts OF NOttu OArNHuA
and Virginia the water Is placid a lake, and easily
aAVgated.
A 5emarle Sound extends in a westerly direction
,bcu. sky miles Il IA iron four 10 fifteen IN lea in
yi b. and though in many parts quite shoa is suihci
ey deep to admit Of the passage OF vessels of ten feet
Of water
Toe squotauk river which has its rise in the Dismal
Wamp dJss into his sound. canal called the Dismal
vamp Canal connects this river with Drummond Lake
10 Dismal Swamp. This lake is abou. thirty miles in
ugth and IRON TO twelve in breadth. When full,
he surface Of the axe is Weltyone feet above water
.de.
The Jericho canal connects this like With Sutf,lk,
whch il 81 ultsd on the Ninsemold aud on the Porte
mouth and Roanoke Rail Road It Is So miles north.
east OF Richmond and twenty miles from Hampton
Road3.
Nnsemoad river enters Hampton Roads and is nAyi.
gable for vessels Of 10 feet OF water from Suffolk.
should this route not be chosen, the expedition can
euter ,u1ke river and precsed to Welton North Car
lima, $50 miles iron IT'S mouth which in consequence
the obstruction OF fall is the limit 20 steamboat
navigation.
Weliea Is point Of considerable Strategic i'm
poria2ee Four railroads meet there, VIZ: TIE vii
uilgton and Weldon, the Ssab)Td aud RoanAEe, the
,stol and leigh and the Petersburg road The first
Of The ruais il hu died and siIty-tWo miles in
length aud runs s1utheAstery TO Wilmington inter- ect-
g GodsbOro' the Neuse river. The second Is eigh
y miles lOuP and 70 Portsmouth, Virginia. The
q ird ia nney miles sDg and runs norhUestsr ly
% the capital Of NorB Carolina. The fourth is other
wise known the Richmond Fredericksburg and Poto-
uac, Richmond and p eTsbug railways b, this route
Redmond Id hundred aud eighty six miles from
Weldon; Petersburg Virginia, some hundrad and sixty
four miles distant
The Nsus- river-pronouncel a. IL spelled Nuss-is
next 70 Cape Fear the largest uavgable stream in North
Carolina l. Is nayigatls for steam 0os's from lis mouth
,sich at the lover part OF Pamco Sound, to Waynes
rough n. g., a dia.anee Of more than one hundred
nile. Gjldsborsugh, near Wsyuesborough, on the
ryes point a. which the railroad from Wilmington,
the Csp' Fear AID from NeSburn, the Neuse riv
81, c'nSeige
Sufo r. Va ia not sufficiently easy Of access to make
% desirable base; furthermore If that Of the
points il could be far readily reached from Hamp
Ton Roads.
Weldon seems peculiarly situated for attack. It is
risy OF access and when gained, "a fomidAbly
10 rs0cied ia Manassas Il is rot far rom Richmond,
and furthermore the seizure Of this poin: would ssri
ol7y iucomnode the Coniederaes at Richmond and Ma
nassas.
Golisboro is another point bit Of What less i'm
po-tsnce than Welloc.
These movements require caution and strategy. We
believe that Gen Burnside il already approaching the
hart Of North Csro uA with swift but sfdes The
telegraph will probably the result in few days
uos AID while Gen. Grant IL flank ng the right
wing the LET. wing all be energeticaiy employed.