The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1865-04-15
THE WEEKLY SUN.
-AlURDAY MORNING. ArRIL IS, 1860,


Where has Lee Comet
w. try ou,hur,t ~ JOY reg,rd ne the osr,uf'
krhnond hs. pAcsed. ,nd With III. pov ,-fll
"'fEs th.t ds'endci The city nov oren v insrec-
M -, hes,n N r,shye the fill extent n Gem
ral GrASI's bfiliisnt aotievsment ard " refect
-rort calnlv upon "a consequence. There IL
'h1ndant reason " tssv, that ,hs retels expected
II d,'e1d their pos''ion successfully The exodus Of
-. Williams from Richmond did no, occur until
=. lfsv nish. An1 mere - evorv evidence that the
''gk' vp hss.r, and shor notice. General
Wurz1 pJrol taesiy e.sh, locomotives and
80 nu1d.rd ,ud h0y rsIlrosd cars, which The
-,te, certainty wound have d,siroyed had ,Ine
rernit,ed rtst var vessels IN the James RiV'r
Ssre Dol desrovei until isp On sunday nish'.
] zee c r. m 'ts1e-s In connection with the ise'
'1stIhe tebc.s I'D thrir most d.sINrs" hghung on
t.,Gav. goes 10 prove that they had strong hofes
,'t4lc,ss pIul 5AnsDAs succeeded In tuning
4 - 81 fank, rendering tos,r detioes un'enht''
40 ssr,nf % alternAt &C hat tetrcat wa 40
{ ,'sr'Il so:snE.ve works Ia WHICH LrBs aruy vi"
,.rsrch'd. Z vas not strange that opr iotcsH "er'
a." 'raF ~. A. tae. Al that soene. snt nAHsily
s.c'n,n y skin .ouI4 s'oumP Oh -. done
e. -su1rr ne ta,ci pr'iior 'rprcznsh'", and tne
'"'rt 80 ssn,sr,y ,I.r'''fl a. human talent Aui
':e-uty Dc.a tHSs 4 TO dc'ri ttHo
vo-.s Ii, had tc choc. ti 'ro'p' q 'he South
% ,ito4.h numerically ,n',ror 10 GrAS1',
,-nv, ih.y were atlu l,niy ,d.1uats 10 man tie
,,ieao.s Yet 20 tho isc. Of all ,tess obnscies
general G7,Sr hss ron the most I'M ortAnt victory
- 10 var, and achieve military succe" thu,
S'os lot ps's W o-mpar sou with ne most tri''''ni
~. tAtv soticvcneuw recorded In history lie
- dr von The hitherto dchsn, army Of LU from
- supposed impregnstle dofence. be has de-
p'"d nat sruv ot0e extent ~ probably one
yti'! IL fa-cs; 10 has caused u 10 retreat per
70 r'il's.vss " leave . lHge portion Of W muni-
'pr' 20, rrr an now hs II In pur.'nt W hni'h H.
W LIS - Ahls "a es.spo' Is nov the Important
isfuo1. 3 TO Ihs present wruag there IL no
r.v. ~hstnver r.1.oalvc Of the direction which
tSsrny hs. nken. Tho general inference 10 thA'
- IL striking for Burksille, with tAo design
4 proc oding thsnc. 10 Danvillo ~ CO
,psra,. v.ih J1hns,on; and thi. Is perhaps
nc moei probable theory. To GO IN any other d.
.ciiou would completely cut him 81 from con-
prnlcaupn With his army 10 Nlrth C'rJlina aud
-irou' The consolidation Of the forces Lrz
,,nrot ofsr smother patio under Jy clrcum-
stances. III. teius the case, 1.e yisl question
9TH LEr Ia whethrr he eau reNch Huntsville he
'or. teing cut a by snyErpiS, and thus secut,
SAFE paessgs II Danvlle. Allowing hat he svacu,t-
~ Poiersouue At ell early hour on Sunday night
.ua .truc. ont directly of tbe neAr.s, point On ID,
nanville ros, which Is Ia the ueghtorhood Of
twenty tive miIcs distant he could not, sven BY .
ir-ed march, reach the latter teior, the amer ,oon
r',he following day. Assuming that means on
transportation were ready Al the said railroad
raiut The first nsNllmeni u LErs army might
r,scb Burlssville on Monday n!shL On iho other
rand. he r.tres, VAS Al, wn 10 General Gss,r at
ds-nsht on Monday morning. His FIRST movement
would doubtless be 10 h.sd of LEE on he Dam
IN. road. snTiDAS's command res.od on the
Apr onnitoI, on tbe eytrcuc len of or limo ., .
roH probably less than twenty miles
few too yAnvilo road. Therefore, u snyRI-
,.s, 80 his mounted column, had tocn
srstohsi 81 an early hour in the morning n lhs
ssr-H point on the railroad, be would doubtless
,. A.. 10 torettall LsL who's, infantry couli no,
sr'' - fast. In that event II would lie easy
'. a for sprrtnAs W tear M the usok snd retard
. . rrasres until reinforcement could rcsch
~, It's povihl. that enough rolias stock
90 have teen found At or near Petersburg, on
DO ,IfN,do railroad, 70 enable GEArr 10 zend .
hr'e directly to Burk.sviIs by rail. This ia no,
r--t.tle however, aud the frrI 10 the moro rea.
ts'..to t'sory. Toe issue, then, would depend
.pan rh.h-r Lsr sHrNDAs could trsi reach
-" ndnvi'le road LIE would have the sdvsntaS,
r|rhap. nights start bu, h. would also hav,
go sadvaaiige Of having from Eve W ten mile,
'''cr ~ r., and o. moving al infantry pace, in
- ~ cavalry. Under the circumstances, IN,
'r-' sArl nAs Is noted for remarkable forced
r'r'hes, We have hope that he has succeeded IN
~,ttng the Danville road.