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the tase Of egerations-IF77l there be eo.oi3era-
tic7t W the James Rityr2-H2at may b DONE
Butn4ide's aro,y dntz plan his oua--1he trial
Of I1fz JVAsa ItTter.
Especial Correspondence Of tho Chicago Tribunal
WASHINGTON. Nov. Is, 1861.
Icu Will have learned hefore this reaches
3cu, that the army rnder Gen. Burnside has !
char ge6 its base ct operations from Warreu-
ton to F5edeslcbsburg-a movement which
substitutes wstsr for one-horse railroad cotn.
nur!eattoas, which throws our forces npon
thc flank Of Gan. Lee, ohlIgi1g Lin to leave
Gorlc1.1;lle, and brings them thirty OF forty !
miles pe4rer to R1chmo1d, Il Is believed |
tha5 inc rebels will not make any serious |
stand This side OF the North Anna River, which |
croszes the Fredericksburg, Potomac and
Richmond railroad, near its Junction With the
Vtgi1ia Central, and q little more than hall
way to the capital. The Inter road which
runs to Gcrdonsvine and connects with those
to Charlottesville and Lynchburg is obviously
desirable to keep in their Possession, aud the
river gives good opportunities OF defense.
From what hear directly and Indirectly,
| Judge that prominent officers have little faith
| In the thorough SUCCESS Of this movement,
| unless co-operaied With by an advance up the
James River. The oae railroad, they Say,
will be incompetent to supply SO large an
! AMY as that under the command Of General
| Burnside, after it leaves Fredericksburg, ard
the delaying causes will be very great. Those
Who believe in the efficiency ofgunboats-aud
vino, rot educated at West Point, that has
read Of their exploits during this war, does
not?-sre unable to ZEE the wisdom Of con
dning the movement agai1st Richmond to q
line on Wlich they can afford no corporation
whatever. do not thihk an advance by way
Of the Peninsula is seriously Thoughts OF, nox
that Gen Mcclellan Is gone; but atroug argu-
ments a1e presented from influential quarters,
by General Hooker for one in favor Of
using the troops organized By Gen. Banks
to assault Richmond from the rear
while General Burnside advances upon it
in frcnt. It remaipa to be seen whether these
arguments viii prevail. 1t they do, and if the
cthytfging columns successfully Nest st
Richmond, not only Will that city be ours,
but very great blow will have been dealt 1he
rebellion ID the destruction Of Its great army,
Il St etout the same time the columns Q!
Generals Grant aud kosecr&ns do the WORK
which ie, it is to be hoped and presumed, eel
before tEem-opcn the Mississippi, deliver
E1Et 1tIutkaEEt I1u fEAC4 u Hali4 ED 0t1tIA
Butler at NeH Orleans, ne shall see the be
l But, if rot? If the attempts to conque,
eastern irSiuia fail once nlore, and our Bnat
I tered srmy again beeks refuge under the gum
: Of the eartbWorks defending Washington, cal
we reasonably hope Ior successful issue 0
0 tie wer? ask aoIhe.
= I will rot believe in anything but Euccesa
q | Our army, under 9th Burnside, although pro
ably smaller than ia generally believed, is laEg
-.F -tr
= not he held back, when able to advance.
is 1eorgsplzed upol better hasie, and tner
can be no d1ubs that the next time it meet
: the eneny, |. will not o11y. give good &C
5 count Of ITSELF will not only kill as many me-
as it loses, and seize the Insignia Of victory
'' santial fruits, wiu follow up the vanquishs
I urtjl they become Tie anniEllated. Wher
Hooker commands the centre, there will u
| tough fighting, and the laurels Of succesb fc
every man rho survives. Where Sigel COT
mands the reserves, there will be no FIJI
John Porter holding back OF the decisive nat
| rnent. We commence the third forward m0ya
nent toward Richmond, under goo
auspices; and If the winter holds of Ion
enough to make IN advance at all practicable
l. extent and measure Of that success may, as
of hgye said more than once, depend upon tt
~ cooperation which Burnside receives.
~ Much nonsense is talked about Burnside
"a HQOpElQu VI 4IEt4EuAAb PHIL 4AEIiEllt
le neyer had any plan for this iall's campais
tia sald that at one time be proposed
move directly upGl Winchester, but wsa Co
p einced Of the fuIility Ct doing so aud gave I
OF that scheme Of his OWL accord The marl
which Re flrallg made was in accordance wi
plan formed by the president and Gen. H
VI 1eck, aid eent him from Washington with
as 1cng resume Of the arguments In its taV
he from 3lr. Lincoin's pen. In accordance vi
mr. that plan, except Oh regards two essential fe
% lures Of it, the president ordered moi
'ab Eent three, week before one was made. I:
st president expected that movement to be M
rts with rapidly, as a1l 1a8king moqameI
- should be. The failure was therefore The taz
~ OF Mcclellan, WEo allow the enemy to mar
ed first. and then marched more slowly than ht
Ia, That plan baEing failed, new question p
,ro | secuted it5eN at h1arrenton question, Hn1
~ I have good reasons, founded upon eircul
ne stantia1 evidence only, to be sure, to believe
nd that Mcclellan bad made no serious effort
WEE new to Burnside. and he took only nc
IT, to decide it; q week, moreover, cf which tt
ne days were wasted in Al expensive ovation
be-; | :he departing chieftain; a week in the con-
20. Of Which Burnside had done much toward
r. Reorganization Of his army. It il, thereto
ht, the most foolish thing in the world to t;
,us about the change in commanders as ca1se
ma delay. Nobody butts blind ora lying parsl:
can DO it. When Burnside Was a. Frederic
burg in August, The seq W =. Doubtless @ re 50
campsign.
~, I believe that the successful termination
. Nv" tie Fitz John Porter bat!le Is attributable
ing tile energy ard persistence Of Secretary St
OFT ton, who EFas determined that the t
dth should prec ceeI. II The inquiry be prosecu
asa ,.sa thoroughly upon all ths charges pena
DEF against the raau, who, from the time he
arly assistant adjutant general to Gen. Pa!ters
res TO the present .1noment, has probably 1,
uns .:taa na - 5+ora 80 ~ ~ she
the heI;on-a fond Of Iieht viii be thrown on
hey cent campaigns, Of which he Would Reem
rth- have been, IN great measure, the maligI
,1,a1 spirit.