The weekly sun., 1862-03-01
A Rebel Omcer en- Uu,ou Generals.

awhile large portion Of the Abolition prssa ia
engaged In depreciatiDg General McCLKLLAS,
and deridiDg the plan Of the campaign organ
lied If not originated by him, II NAV be worth
while to notice the opinion Of an Intelligent
enemy, respecting the opcrstions Of our armies.
The following extracts appeared In the Charles
ton COURIER from Culpepper Co, Va, cor
respondent, who is, 10 doubt, an officer 10 the
Confederate service
Though nothing Cf a definite character he's
been heard from the burnside armada or its
destination, the belief obtains in the highest
circles that its object is to cut off the railroad
system which Ia concentrated at Weldon OF
Raleigh, and connects Richmond with the A.
lantic States. NJ Anwhile, the forces in the
west are TO strike At the Virginia and Fast
Tennessee Railroad, and ether lines OF travel.
BY thus destroy ing our channels Of communica.
tlon and supply, and surrounding Us with
Gordon Of troops, the tn,my expect - over
whslm us in that grand decisive tloE" which
has been 30 long threatened and delayed.
"Tbe plan ia worthy the genius OF a Mtrl-
borough or a Napoleon. II Is be wilde lngly
stupenJous, and | think the Yat KEGS will tiLd
il so. Let us take soundings and ses how, IL
successful, tho plan will operate. B Iel is in
Kentucky with his mighty host, waiting TO
advance upon Nashville. Zol icoffer and Crit
tenden have fallen back TO East Tennessee The
Virginia and Tennessee railroad is thus in jsop
ardy. SeizinR this, the first part Of the pro-
gramme is complete. Buell. may then turn his
forces eastward, through Ess. Tennessee and
Western Virginia and threaten Richmond from
the southwest. Meanwhile Burn,ids has po ssi-
bly located himself at Weldon (N. C.), seized
/ Q rail road there, cut US OIL from the South,
and threatens Bsauregard from that directi n I.
The MON ent BeAuregsTd turns TO defend him
self from either Of these armies, Il inks and
Mcclellan make their aiva CO from tss front,
| and thus totally isolated ard imprisoned We are
expected to fall an easy prey. Sherman Is thea
| 10 strike in South Carolina, Batter seize Jack.
son, Mississippi, and Ilalsck imm rtsllzs him.
| self by y descent upon New Orleans via ths
| Father Of the W Iters.
"S,ch. am conf lent, is the scheme Of the
| demonstration which 10, N the languay 20 oil
| Mcclellan, 10 make a short and desperate
| war Thirty dave moro will dstermiue the
| crisis To DO successful the Nnrlhern armies
have in that timo word OF bloo'y work tC
perform. Ifthey fail, the war is terminated
| tr necesSitdte. | is the dying effort Of the
| hydra. headed monster already struggling in th'
folds Of dissolution. But will it fail The
| Burnside cNptdition-the key note OF the Il
gantic uLderL L ng-has been dispersed TO the
four wiRds Of heaven. BLbel.like, confusion il
upon it.
Looking TO the past, may we not predic
that Buell. will meet with the same fate
Picayune Butler ditto, Halleck ditto and this
while Albert Sidney johnson, Van Dorm, Heath
Price and jeff Thompson interpose living wal
of hearts in the West Huger at Norfolk, Lovsl
AZ New Orleans, Lee at Port Royal, TAtnAll =
savannah, MSgruder on the PsninsulA, an
Bsauegafd, Smith, and jackson along the Pc
tomsc, Will roll up their solid barriers OF hr
nd sUssp back the red tide Of inyasioa. u
! % pray God that II may b ~"