, 1864-03-06

,F.oa4 On. Regular cas1esponteat.]
WAsuMaroH, Masch ), 1851.
3uE MILITARY stTuAT7oY.
II must be contested tha. the Spring operations
optn very badly fot u, 80 far. In fact Their have
been succession Of failures. First, Ne hsve Gen.
Aeadea, or rathe1 Scdgwick's advance nad d.
feat second, Buffers attempt and failure to ro-
lease the Richmond prisoners; third, Gulmoze's
advance and retreat On johns Island fourth, his
disastrous advance and defeat in Florida; t1fth,
6herman'6 adyance TO Meridian, and his suppo-
eed retreat and mayhap disaster; atxth+ Smiths
cavalry raid in conjunction With 6hezm1n's ad-
vance, and hia fugaortoaa, hnd. tho rebels Claim,
disasttous defeat seventh, Grants adranca On and
ret1tat from towards Dalton eighth, a reported
defeat Of our forces at :: Cumberland
Gap, aud their precautions condition there being
almost ont Of supplies, &C.. with the repulse Of
Admiral Fa.1agnt at Mobile This combination
Of dieasters is certainly diseouraEing enough But
the worst Of It is, that we do not seem to learn
wisdom from expert ence. We arc continually fall
Ing into traps, apparently haited on purpose to
csieh ue starting otject1esa expeditions Into the
eneny'e country destroying . Htds property and
toefng more Of our OWL than We ruin OF his. 1T
ie evident that this thing must be stopped, and
thnt II mean to succeed In this gjsantic UNDER
taking, orr forces must be concentrated 70 strike
those Of the enemy, as the first and grnat point is
10 HeoK up LIE i0r9e 4flnaes+ UnIu t1d3 % done
all these eide expeditions are mera waste OF life
and property On our part while they only e1asper-
ate the people ef the South and render their uttI
mate voluntary return to the Union impossible
Eycry sBch expedition Ae ttat into F1of3da and
every such raid as that OF Smith, tcnde to leave
ns no choice between euljzsation and cessation Of
hostilitfes.
TILE PRESIDENT AND TILE FLORIDA ExEpz7oH.
It has been attempted by the enemies Of the
President In or own party prove that the Forid8
expedition Waa undertaken by him without tho
knowledge consent OF the Secretary pf War and
Gen. Baneek. This Is lie ont OF whols cloth. The
Florida expedition undertake. ot The request OF
Gen. CT lmore aud Admiral Dab gfea an dAr. Lin
cen Hns written TO BY Gen. o.. askiRs. II be woald
give order therefor, that being NECESSARY, rs It
wasa Joint expedition Of army aud navy. and the
chief only could anthodzeit- Gen g:
as his troops idle desired lest tho truth
Of the reports respecting the condition Of the
Union sentiment In E1orida. MI. Lincoln replied,
that II the officers In command at CHARLES
ton thought the expedition desirable ha
had no objection. Subsequently he sent bis privass
Secretary down to Gen. Gilmore with some copies
Of the Amnesty Proclamation, the oath &C., and
directed Gen. Gltmora to take charge, IS fr Is he
could, Of the machinery for uniting the Union men
Of the State. This was aA the Preaideut had to do
with the matteE. The military part Of the expedt-
Wa. Department; 1he Ea1 II TIE President has
not htMsef tssutd military order sircs s1ry In
last July. So much for this attempt on the part Of
the friends Of rival Presidential candidates to lnjure
Mr. Lincoln with the people.
fHE rnIJT4E Ii. SfruATYSE