The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-05-29


sions, dcridg the past few months urged
upon the Military Board Of this State
ard the Federal authorities the ne essity
Of raising and organizing military force
in eoth county, ofone hundred mluuted
men, 10 act ia the several counties or
when required, to unite their conhands
in defined districts. We would again
urge this mater upon the attenl ton Of
those who have authority to carry the
suggestion into practical operation,
There were reasons, nine months ago,
/ why this pan--or one analogous q it,
should have been adopted. At this time
thsre is an absolute necessity fot it,.
Had the suggestion been put into practi.
cal operation even six months ago, the
men composing the companies you'd
have been we'll drilled and thoroughly
understood their duties. AS itis now,
however speedily the companies may be
organized, it is very probable that 5eforo
they are sufficiently trained and drilled
there may be need Of their services; in.
deed, to our mind, circumstance tend
very strongly to induce the COMPLETION
that the danger that would demand their
service is now imminent We are no
alarmists. We do not desire 10 circu-
late rumorS or fears that will cause ex-
citement,or increase the feeling Of unrest
which has taken possession of SO M ny Of
our best citizens. But facts are deYel.
oping, which show that the traitors are
determined to carry out, g. tar ar possi.
BILE, their deliberately coIeooted plans to
keep the seat of way from their own pc
culiat soil--the Cotton States. That
has btet. from the first, the leading OBJ
jeot If the Southern traitors who lead the
var IN The lrli,orous attrm pt to overtdrn
On, iyernmea. and break up the Union
Fo.lyd in their earlier ottem pts to carry
out This darling object, nav plans were
recently formed, and all the energies OF
The traitors are expected to carry these
plans into operstion-partially, If not
thoroughly. The measures recently
adopted by the traitors, AID which they
are endeavoring to carry out. may be
stated thds.
1. Withdraw all the forces from the
Virginia and North Carolina coast, and
concentrate them at some central point
in Virginia. These forces to form one
wing Of the rebel army, TO be placed un,
der command Of Joseph L, johnson, and
to move in the direction Of PiOsburg,
Pennsylvania, for the purpose Of invad-
ing that State. =
2. Withdraw all forces from the coast
of South Carolina and Georgia, and
concentrate them al Chattanooga, OF
some adjacent point. This division to
form another wing Of the rebel army,
under command Of Robert E. LED and
to move direction Of Lol 4,
tor the purpose Of Invading Kentuck md
Ohio.
3. Withdraw the forces from the coasts
of Florida and Alabama, Mississippi,
Louisiana, Texas ard Arkansas, and
concentrate them at Corinlh. This wing
to be commanded by G. T. BeaGregad,
and TO move in the direction OF Paducah,
with the intent of invading illinois and
Indiana.
This plan was formed by full cour-
Gil ofleading traitors. Ills notnecessary
for TO give the source otour information.
Suffice it, that our informant obtained
it from native Of thissState, now . resi-
dent Of another State, and whose name
has often been given ia the newspapers
in the Southern States as trusted and
confident agent of the traitors against
the Union Socially and politically he
stood among the most prominent before
the rebellion.
The object 10 be gained in carrying
out the plan was, first to secure subsis
lance, OF which there is none, or at least
but very little, in the South-not enough
to supply 1.-THE of the ordinary demand
and secondly, to force into their armies
all fighting men. The several comman-
dsrs we're TO push forward their forces
with all possible dispatch, and possess
themselves of all the importan, military
posts on the rivers and in tho loyal
States, before these posts could be occu.
pied by the Federal forces; and thus
while The UuiOn armies held and occupi-
id tho post of importance in the States
in rebellion, the forces of the traitors
would advance into the veryhcarl of the
country. "
WelGinR the reader Eiifssss Hisli
US, that the recent movements Of the
forcss of tho traitors show tllt this deve''
opment of their plan is correct. It i.
true that their attempt in FORMING the
q die wing under Lee, at Chato neogn
| has been a least for the pressn, fioi,
by the energetic m lvements Of Mcclellan
Bat news from Western Virginia shows
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