Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1863-01-22
From General nUrnSiics' Army.

mao gone 10 l>iLND hOugH.
| From General Furnishes Army.
Preparations /6r 'n7faey .id,lance. 4
BreacA in the n,oao',ny Of camp life
The cala Succeeded By storm, The
Hc6ds Appareutly Ready to Met as.
Change Of .Arn,y Corps Commanders.
Special correspondence Of the New
York Tribune.
lift GEAHp DIVISION, J
NEAR FEEDEmCLsIuGG va Jan, rs,
Tho ominous Qnctude Of the pas; few
days proved to have becn The cam
which rreccdes the storm. The tempest
has not yet broken forth with the thun-
der of artil cry and the surging =, m Of
mnsketry, yet the signs Of the heavens
are too apparent to doubt Mat they pre-.
sage 4 speedy renewal Of Tie nnsn.rc>s-
fol attempt Of Dec 13 The henry
rumlijug Of The poufoon 'r.ns t. agrn
heard At night, AMI rel signal Grcs
wN5ra T.. e ont IN the darkness suggest
that important mov, mcnts 9ra on foot
The point or points Oh wh,l. the f.lrA.
coming cilolts ara to be mpln must not
O., course he III ntoncd. y Gw day,
"ill how ever, tell the story Of the .Ic-
CO.'S or defeat in auothnrat,cmp at eros
simg the Rappahaunock
Everything has been thas far au,r
aious. The roads RE hard an! dry AMI
,aa recent rain has fortunately not inter.
faral with the success of the Undertaking
4 stroa1 south wind has also favored us
FIR two nights past, couecaling from the
enemy the rambling If the p,mtoon
trains, which was SO clearly r, crra' ell Ivy
thc still and frosty air Of the nj .hl in
which it was last attempted.
Wednesday, whsn darkness hal insa-
rcd secrecy The boats which had Lccn nj
T BILE Plain were move! up to the neigh
horhool Of headquarters, where guide
was furnished to conduct them to th.jr
destination. 80 secretly has the n"T'-
mcut thus l. pr'9rc.sc that le" in 'he
army are aware o! the important events
which are close 1T hand.
1t IS to be ie1ve!, A'T271r, that the
enemy, "Ao are so frequently IN the So.
knowledge OF what IS impending -
Activity is too plain y visible upon the
other SIDE ct the rfrr to permit the
hope shat they vii! oe unpreparcd fox
the present moYem It. Countermovc-
menIa are ogactra .s, and it seems
more 'Aan pyob1hIa t"': the enemy are
present Watching to see how they may
best cAcc%ma'c US II our Undertaking.
HE Iebc!s are to day known to be ex-
tending their Inns, hehc! pickets to day
Shouted to our own pickett across the
kappahannock, We know what you are
at; we are ready for you 1t is to be
+ feared that some OF the inhabitants have
made their way into the Rebel lines with
S.'u"olo iD'O' III ALUM !" respect 10 recent
1t is much to be regretted that the
Army of the Potomac could net have
oeGn pa'a oeFore TIC present movement
nad Oeeh commehcGd. 1t is useless to
aehy tha' curing the inactivity OF the
past month universal murmur has gone
torth RON the soldiers who have been
many Tor SIX months most OF them for
iour moh'hs-"ilhout penny OF their
hard earned wages
thousands OF letters nave boon sent
to the men from thcir haIt-starred and
destitute families, depicting their needy
cohuicioh' "hicn nave maze the inactiV.
i'y OF camp almost ln'olerabic Had
should boy. hoard Of ,honsnnds Of Io
sertions, from the simple fact that the
men nave been unable to send money to
or'.' 'a'nl',us az n'",c iGc prospects