The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-03-04
THE WEEKLY sun.
tn. w1ster Campaign and rs Pro. metz
SATURDAY MoRSING, MAR. ., 1861.

Tho W1ster Campaign and rs Pro- net.
Tss ws . eliminating " n dlcls.ssI .Ai. TIE
sanlir,bls toubiph.iots 81 Genera GA a'e
pr,dIally enclosing the Comic lcrloy IN o manner
'hh soorns 70 preclude tic posT rlty Of tns escsI
- ibs armies upon whose esist nee t' depends
Tbvss no grtndar can. pni.n 30 history, and 10
.tsmpe o. w.r con1ucieI upon sdoh vast scs'o
end 9Th such tremendous euef.y in tie Winter
.,sson. The Lieutenant General II 81" lc-i -
eur nunies slovs tive eu'nr NJ tin 80 f'crp-
.-,e. Bsfors IN Coni~itsle o gees ds-
cid,s sbou, The process * aiming tie
,lsv.s tho question vi lave Ten "Nci
~ the ruin n ihs sAve-DoisrA The enemy cal.
,ullted on enrolling two hundred thousand uc,1'
troop, t.sidas recruiting LEE's AMI Hoops srn''s
with vki1 oopscript. du my VIC " .ntor 40 % 90
open Tho spring csmpsgn with uLdirluIshcl
strength. But the winter campaign hiss ffa.irt
Wis programme. The reDel leaders -re driven ,'
,1eh acsperas eSredents 10 'sci and .. o. Toe
reiher the troops .,rc1lv IN tle tdl ut DR., e
.ubstmens arc ouI q ihs question. Inrr. cav
md 10 further riuforccncLtsio r LLa'e1uuy. itDs
can only bs obta.nod by removing ssrr sons .,.'u
Vial points. General GaASr con Dr't u..i 2 .
ntusaon when he stated, At tpe close 81 20. .ul
iorcemon,s and SURF 10, bu. igr coiI 7o..' o..
ms demonstrate the truth Apd ilrco OF ti's e .l.
He has pressed ias enemy - eloaiy NJ ~ Co.. t,
,th Their, no pause or remission 10 t- Hr..n
upon the l'e.hlood n - rebellion, 20 o..c1 ttr
viuDr csupaf q IL evidently de- .l,Ito IIH.c's...
~ tr.i, NE blovt were lc,vy and widc-,.' %, d,
,or-espond'ng somewhat with the vast trosile -
". var. We hsd no, only 10 eorqu.r o. CI",1
tti,,s, hut ~ vere Obliged to prtvc;t iu--s.ouS
'',he Nort1 and Northwest We had iho %. ~ uf
battles terminating with the capture e. Atlanta
AID then the defeat o. Noon - >a-.y.ic.
and the Nlier rrosra,io- " ". iiet"l ! .w,r
70 tho South and Southwest. w., tr'
',pri-s Of Savannah nee teies of rpr.
t-.llAn, and RAPID operations Commenced.
VAIN . month ,bo people have icon das,!ci
and inspired ~ TIE capture Of roootsliSo Bri,,c,
Branch villa or sngebute, E,o, Columbia, Charles
nn and Pot Fisher. But tbs e nos sh. I, is
n-obsble thu wilmington 10 now IN our haudN
and hal RAlsiEh, the capital O. North Csralaa,
viD he ours before the week expires Each nav
md hour rnns down succession u qu.e.- mi
NOR. damaging blows sSsinst tie dso.nou G '.ir ?.
.fsy.
Ar.ve- NJ the situation di--loses tn cgtr,,aitv
v which ~, Confederaoy i reduced. o. slturl,y
General snEavAS bad ,rrivsd ~ Camden. or re
Wsier.e uver, thir,y-thrar miles north a. Co,uri.
hA and hundred aud hfy miles northwest ..
Chs,leston- bnov sppoArs that he Id ~, defect
f'oSn hs course In order b. secure the capture ~
Charleston but merely brushed thu. place mo tic
lsp NJ General GuAoT,. A. he sweep, past. Cant
ran. the last ps,e where sHrhsAs has been hear,
~ selassie ground Two osuos fou mt near g,
during The Revolutionary ar, and the geo ,rsphicsl
'sniorrsiions well A. the = ilitary nee, .sd ics
~ the rebels, warrant the anticipation that auuhcr
Tresi ssfugg'e may take place in that vicinity lie.
wen sTBsAE and BEAurEGAgD. Il boar, nearly
NE same SirieRicAl relations N Rslei,s Whining.
ION and Charlotte that HrAnchyi,ls did b. T. G. .u
mA- Charleston aud Camden. The rchsIs u,u.,
tent SUBWAY At Camden, or give up Wilmington,
EaIelgh and Charlotte. EEACEEGAru sc,-rd.ut To-
the Richmond papers, - Al Charlotte, lh,a
y4Ace ~ seventy miles north vest Il Camden.
sud one hundred aud twenty miles n. ~ R.l,iy,
Tie PASSION seems to iudis,s i4a. 49, Hr,,a-.
@AsDs dssis a b. force snsGS ., give lattl, II
- ~ may he certain iha, Fuu.SAn viii I. only
no eager to accommodate Lin. Indeed thcro are
no+ waning grounds ior believing that ..,t..E.
nArp h oven now en.Inslcd IN coils from VIZ. Do r.,
ar act escape. The Richmond papcrg OF Mu.,ia,
e'ste that Federal iorc had captured Ta1o,oD n
Q thirty miles, from Raleigh, aud that a l-asy col
INN vas moy ing on X. ngston. Thcsc cpcratons 1,
roi include 'h. splendid army under ScnoFIri b an,
IHuI, which are probably IN Wilmington y thi
me. RrAruEsAnp Socus 10 have only two alter
uAtv.. He mus hsht sntgNAS or fall Ia 3 nm,
''in In But GRANTS now positio ,t Ha.,h.r..
Run seems to provide for this CONTINGENCY. I
hrAraEsARp gives battle lie viii fight with IA,
hack 70 the Blue Ridge range into the passes o
~hioh he may retreat n tsatcn Tli
his Viii afford only poor refuge f
In. Last week hve thousand mn ,a
vAnood from Knoxville 70 Gr.envne, on ito o,b,,
~ Tennessee si1s of the Blue Ridge, and roa,Iv
opposite 70 Charlotte IN North Carolina THU -,
hus Ridge pAsoe are elosed TO BEAuasGAau o., a.,
West nde, and the Virgins AMI Tennessee Rail
road To both him aud LEg. When we colsilo,
these movements and the position of 5uraipAS 4.
~ slenAnioah valley, aud MEADE At Per.rs1irr
II VII be seen that the campaign is tie result Of ,
var comprehensive genius. The combustion.
though apparently diverse, arc evidently droctol
slnfie Oni, and evinoe n gcuerslship u -,
hghc'' order " talent.