Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-03-18
l9ells t8Eanf and If AEFlnIlsI ~
the COminE CRmpaign.
corOlpondeDes q tie Ohio ststsSonrnsis
WAaa1rnrnn Mnrrhs - iael

Gen. GIANT, on yesterday e teulnji !. re-
turning Quietly nom The Hsadquarters Of
the Army, Of the Potpmsc, proceeded at
once 70 the Baltimore Depot and started
tof Chattanooga. The Impression he has.
LETT here is decidedly fayOFabie His'ffesh
Western Vigor and pfomptness, eoutrasted
well with the easy going, ceutuTy-serying
ways Of Washington City. BE cams here,
arranged the plan OF = eampsign 10 which
? million OF sseIdiers viii be part OF tbs
machinery Submitted . scheme for the
teoEga tious Of Tie 6eteFegeneous Army
81 the sRotOmacss vent doHnsIo that army
and Plereed.Nith direct eyes into the saase
Of It's inertia, suffered in impatient silence
the utteraOees Of all toadydom aud The
excrucistions Of . street sereuade, aud
gave his benedietion TO the Capital all IN
the short space Of three days. z
OF course it Is NOT known abroad. and
should not be known, what are the plans
agreed upon in regard 10 future opera.
tons. Il ts, however, understood that
Gen. Grants ideas as TO the II. organiEa.
ttan of the army will be adopted. As an
INDIGESTION of hsTieWs Of this man, Who
heneeforth Is TO play such AZ important
part Ia the Bation's drama, = remark he
made about the Army of The Potomac, up
on. bis return, may be deemed quite sig-i
ntheant. BE expressed himself veil
pleased Is to the material Of which this
army Is composed, but said that It was hfE
OPi1iOn 1t would ttnsTer accomplish much
until the MeCleIlauism which existed in
il was squelched.n This il the disease
which has Paralyzed lis life energies and
the expression Of opinion becomes = high
eOmPliment 20 the aecutaey OF the Liei-
tenant Generals judgment. The diagnosis
being correct, what is the rene IL 70 be
resOrted 70! Il Is understood that some
radical changes viii be made in corps and
brigade commands, and that that class of
officers who sat in their hunks Al Alexsn.
dria and clSPped their hands with ioy at
the booming Of the canaon which pro-
claimed POPe's defeat at GhadtiiIy and!
Centreville, will receive NO favor at the
hands ofGen. Grant.
lmmaterial changes will be made in the
West. "AcGieIIlnism" does not prevail
there. Matters are ripe for The Commence
msnt OF the great camp8ign Of the year.
and time will now hardly be allowed for
the new recruits under the last call. who
have not Joined their regiments, TO failipto
line. The promise of an unusuallv early
opening OF spring will precipitAIe events.
The daily news We receive from .Gacross
the border" tell rs that the rebel armies
are full and ready. The stories as 20 he
large numbers OfdeserteFs daily from them.
are 70 great extent exaggerations. II
aeeomPltshea no good 10 underrAte the
strength and resources of our foe. An ae-
curate estimate Of The weight of the evil
dence az e these, which We receive from
= variety Of sources, leads TO the eoneIu-
sion that IS to numbers, they humber "a
many as a. any former period, which may
be set down AZ $50, 900. As 10 proTision;.
It may be sale that although they hays no
over supply, yet they have enough of one
sort or other TO last them until new yegsI
tables can be grown. Bnt Rhateyz 81 heir
numbers or supplies OF food, ii may may be as
ven understood at this stage of events,
that they will be able to make a had
fight before they die. Gen. Grant and
Others of good Judgement uuhesftattngly
express this opinion, aud Government IS
making provision for such emergencies AZ
are possible. But that the rebels cannot
be whipped, that the rebellion cannot be
crushed, no one Of our prominent militia:
y men, except General Meade, has ever
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