Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-04-01
RRom FRRDEhICKsBURO.
Ta1DraloEaDupo, Va, March n, 1854

FaHprRicKsBuRo, Va, March n, 1868
The enemy, who has been so long repoFtea As a''ns
nothing Is actively engaged in the same occupA.0n'
VIC may except the occasional airing Of Professor Lows
We can't imagine that be discovers Snythinsor ne CIR
tanly would not soar so often nasnuch as man ns'''
seeks tor anything after its found. -.
"The mastery inactivity" so long prevalent On 'ns
hanks of the R.ppahannock cannot be Of much ione'f
dnr,tioD tn upmis.sksbls evidence of preparation
perceptible on every hand lead US to TINS
such indications as the reduction oil all aroieS OIL
portaton TO the lowest limit OF actual Necessary 'ne
suspension Of the furlough system; as well Is many
other signs, on which prudence eHnias sence leads
ia to infer that the first Of April will nauGurate active
hosdiies.
The anticipated brlliancy of the coming campaign is
matter Of bright speculation and exciting conjecture,
while those who are 10 perform the heavy part In the
forthcoming tragedy, already beginning to chae at
the tedousneS' Of the prSimnses Antecedent to the
raising Of the curtain The 9sars" Of this drama are
putting their corps through refining process eIpung-
ing every visible particle drOss. As an illustration
o. the refining process, Board was convened some
time since for the examination of officers whose compe
tency doubtful, andiits recent actiOnhas thrown
many of the snecures into ate Of fearful trepdAon,
and many have been suspended ia toto, and many in
state of suspension their cases being yet sub udies-
General Lee evidently subscribes TO the trite maxim
that an army 81 DEER led by lion, is far more eff
cient than AMY of lions lead by dsOr."
/ saw and perused aacopy Of sanctimonious, puri-
tanical boo published by Geo. Janken, President of
WashngtoI College, Va, in 1861, unceremoniouslY
turned ont the 10th of April His work is entitled,
Politc4i Faacies examination of the false Assump
tons aud refutations of the Sophistcal ReAsonings
which have brought on this Civil War" 1t is book Of
S23 pages replee with superstition and misrepresenta
don. 1t is prefaced with the Exodus" in which the
most disgusting rhodomontades are Illuminated. The
FIRST chapter Is devoted to homily the socabity Of
man, and dsquisOn the validity of oaths, wherein
he says that tie oaths Of the fifty who to
kill Paul and Of those who 10 slay Lincoln at
Camden depot not obligatory in the least though
re oath to support the Constitution stands to-day as
much an oath ever He is very conaderate of the
feelings Of his Southern brethren and says il is de-
cjedy sn to rritate them by threats Of "subu-
cation" but "pu dcTn to- rebellion, we must and will
and that with force" He winds up his pages
of "ineKorsbe logic" by pcturing "happy family" Of
IS children all splitting through the same quill soaring
aOt on the back OF the glorious eagle in similar style
to this:-
Keep your gaze fixed on the American eagle,
Whom the proud bird Of liberty hail;
For that wise fowl you can never invegle,
By depositing salt on his venerable tail.
There is no local news of Importance. Concerts
shows and balls the order of the dAy-or rather
night and in reference to the beautiful ladies of Fred
ericksburg friend at my elbow gets off sparkling
connundrum:-
Why are the ladies' of Virginia liable TO the charge
of being Yankees?
Because they show such preference for the Stars and
stripes.
liarch 2sM Considerable movement of some char.
acter is progressing among Yankees opposite here,
apparently general review.
There was conceal observance OF the day Of fasting
aud prayer this post An eloquent sermon by Rev.
W. p Owen, Cuspl,in tn Miss Regiment.
Gen. Sumner died at Syracuse, n. y, on the 22nd
inst of a conges,iye chill. He had been appointed to
sgpeysoae Curtis in the West, aud was at home on
short leaSe OF absence. His last words were: "God
bless my glorious country the United States Of America"
The statement recently published that the Confede-
rate force in the battle Kelys Ford consisted of
two brigades il a mistake. There only one brigade
in the fight (Fitzhugh Lee's)
Some firing wss heard up the river yesterday. Pre-
sumed to be minute guns in respect TO Gen. Sumner.