Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-01-23
An Early Forward Movement.

If the following statements Of correspond.
cnts for some of our contemporaries are well
founded, a general forward movement against
the rebels who have disturbed our peace is at
hand Every good citizen must rejoice at
the prospect of speedy and overwhelming
discontinue OF the traitorous hordes who
have banded themselves together for the ruin
of this favored and hitherto happy republic,
whose destinies they can no longer rule, and
from whose hands the purse strings have
happily been removed. The concentration
of heavy forces in our vicinity, and the va
rious movements and preparations visible at
all points, give unmlstakable evidence that
the day Of mastery inactivity" is about to
close. We shall rejoice to be able, in our
next issie, to record the death blow to trca-
son and rebellion, and the vindicat0n of law
aud order We trust this will be SO tho
roughly accomplished that every nook and
corner of our land will be purged, and secret
sympathisers with treason rs well as open
rebels, he spurned from society and official
position.
The annexed extract is from letter dated
Washington, Jan. -, 1862
The night Of the rebellion has passed,
and the dawn is about breaking. Before the
present month has gone these things will
surely come to pass General Hallcck, with
the great flotlla and an army Of one hum
drcd thousand strong, will sweep like an
avalanche down the Mississippi, where they
will be joined by Gen. Butler in New Or
leans and Mobile. Gen. Buell. with nearly
or quite the same force, will march into Ten
nessee, capture Nashville, and cooperate
with the union forces in manner and direc
ton it would not be polite now to point out.
Generals Rosecrans and Kelley Lander :?
will advance from Western Virginia, and do
their share in harmony with the general
plan. Generals Banks and Stone will move
in conjunction with the rest from the Upper
Potomac. General Burnside will do his APP
pointed work in Virginia. Gen. Sherman
will explain by deeds, not words, his mac
tior. General Mcclellan will force the rats
from their holes at Manassas, attack them at
three points at once, and will fulfill his mo-
dcst pledge that the war will he short and |
desperate. do not give you more than the |
general outline of these simultaneous move
ments. Tho details of the grand plan Of this |
campaign will startc the world and vindi-
cate General McClellan's his reputation for
military strategy. The mon and supplies
are now, for the first time, nearly ready,
The delays, caused mainly by red tape and
imbecie fossils in and out of the departments
aud by tbievins contractors and material
men, will be accounted for, and the blame
placed whera it belongs A premature
movement would have deranged the plan Of
tho whole campaign, which is 50 perfect that
success is certain. a bad move, untimely
made, might have hazardcd the game. The
impending mate is close at hand in a limtc,l
number of forced moves. The loss of a piece
here or there, the defeat OF one or another
division Of tho army, cannot affect or proong
the result"
Copfirmatory of the above is the follow
ing, from the Washington correspondence of
the Cincinnati Enquirer -
THE Commander-n-ch chief has determined
on a simultaneous attack, and is so drawing
the cords, by distributing the troops, making
ready the transportation, supplies, etc, that
! grand forward movement of 435, 900 men
will march simultaneously, the immense col
umn extending from the Potomac through
Virginia and Kentucky to the Mississippi.
The army on the Potomac are now ready for
that movement; General Banks, near Win
chester, is also ready. Generals Rosccrans,
Buell. and Halleck are not yet ready. Com
lnodore Foote is not ready. The utmost dill
gcnce and industry are being excrtcd to have
complete preparation. Rosecrans will be
ready by the Goth, Buell. by the 18th, and
Halleck and Footc by the 25th. The Burn
side expedition leave in about ten days Oh
mission that must necessarily be highly sue
cessful while feet of boats will come up
the Potomac, Mcclellan will advance steadily
on Manassas. Banks and Rosecrars will
take the enemy in their rear; Cox will strike
ont toward Iewisburs Garfield will move
toward Cumberland Gap; Buell., with his
four divisions, toward Nashville; laleck,
Wallace, Grant, Foote, aud others, toward
Memphis overland, and down the Mississippi
River, and the forces at Fortress Monroe and
Beaufort will move inland to take the enemy
in their rear. Cen Mcclellan will not for
ward until he is entirely ready, so that
sudden and triumphant victory may be the
crowninS result Of his patience and prepa-
ration