Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1864-02-16
I.npmpuE Euqu1rm,
MONDAY MORNING, FEB. l5, 1864.
PLANS OF TIE CoNfEDEIATEs."
i:i TYLER & ALLEGRE.

i'r... tie Ncw York "N.xs" Of the 4ch in
,,ant ". ,nb.i~ll :. Ic;ter from the Washington
c,rr!sro:.,ient Of the 81. Lsn;a Republican"
.igi:.s tho 'plunJ o; the Cnntedcratcs." for
the Si:ing campaign.
Wsi,h of the plans. if either, is the real
,i:.n W. ;!p not know. But thi, we will say,
either i feasible and rr.:c:.Lla. That por-
rJn Of ,hg late U2i:ct States lying north Of
the potoli. &c AMI Ohio rivers -csembics . pnir
Of Ea ..iin bag; he !iuc from Pitssburg 30
ne axes h2!nc cu., t:o bag, drop apart hy
thci: "~n WEI .hs.
L1-- year some i,.1kee, with :. Dutch aanls,
w.u;r = h".k to punt ont tue danger to be up.
rf"aeadei 10 the Uni,ed States, from the oo-
rupa2tT .! Pittsburg ly the Confaderatcs.-
"h@!. Cen Lee invaded Pennsylvania, and be-
G.e tho aGvaE." towards Gettysburg was fully
devci ned. Hils+auvS was rcsaried:.s the point
Il, which Gen. Lee was aiming.
Tho .:ct sh:.. :his Washington lctter-writcr,
whc,. ur course, has nos the Information al!
!e.ed Is !, ;ha pretended cenleron,e between
tho President and General lee has pointed 80
significantly as Pittshurs, may he regarded rs
Evidence that in Washington city this narrow
str.r nt land between the Oaio and the lakes
il rccarIcl - 4 point Of great danger,
as well ~ of great Importance When
the ::c: IS remembered tha. across this
narrow STRIP 2r land every line of connection
;,o.raon tic Eastern and Western States
rans, j., itnpn. ;anac is made manifest. An
army h,;iu. thu: short line hisccts the Uni
.ei Ssa.ns anl prevents tic colshinatiGn and
i %r.n,"..;nn Il Gorces.
WH lac Confederate authorities have
con-i!.~r,I :i.c nr;l;ticahili'y e capturing and
hJll,n: pittshu-s, we are unable 10 say, but it
j. arnl.cn: that Pit.sbrr. is y point about
wh.c' ;ir' un;Sed States may feel great con-
""sl al towards which the CUotederacy may
h.r,t - armies with the prospects OF the
Inr,: j.Hno-taat results Some idea Of the i'm
.nrf,a.H OF P:tt-hurg may he formed from The
t''l!pwias ?a:Es: In 1850 i had thirteen roll
in.; mills. th:ity large foundrics, fi7e lwrgo
r.;:'i !as:oyiea, eis!:t flint glass manufacto-
ias. s""rr phial furnaces, and eleven window
g,;,ss factories, an1 many smaller marufacto-
2'"s rr differ Mt kinds. The products of the
P;taAurg; manufactures were. in 1870, valued
a hc;Sc.n fifty and sixty millions of dollars
annually, and giving constant employment to
f,ur thousand hands. Pittsbnrg is connected
wit, h" E:3: by the Pennsylvania canal and
rlirvad, over which an immense transit and
internal commerce is carried on. 1t is also
craac .+cl with the lakes by q canal. West-
ward long lines Of railroad Lring it into con-
nactinn with Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis
and Ill the Westcrn States. Allegheny City,
Birmi"ch:. borough, South Pi.tsburg, East
Birmingham, Manchester, LawcenceYillo and
SHarrs!u-g ;.re all important suburbs-rcn-
der:. : This point CT union between rivers rising
il Virginia and New York the most impor-
te,,t a"n:gc of the United States.
This Washington etter-writer, mingling
with men vino know tic Importance of Pitts
barg, n.:i fear it may be tho point of attack
on the part Of the Confedcrates, has sounded
the note Of alarm, rathc. from tho appre-
hcnspns OF those around him than from his
pretended Information OF the conference bt-
tween the President and Gon: Lee.