Year: 1862

toon BRIDGES, which should have been al tho Kappa
hammock several days since.


understand that General Burnside has ordered the ar
rest OF the parties at fault this who not able
70 satisfactorily explain tho delay will be summariy
dealt with IN this The new Commander Chief has dis
played degree OF promptness and determination which
no doubt will charaaterize his career throughout Will
NJ least develop the fact that the sudden unexplained
cessation Of active moyemens this poul is not the
result Of imbeciity, or fact any circumstance which


reasonable degree Of fore,hought could prevented
Had the bridges been hand when troops first reach
ed the river, Thursday last, crossing would have
been effected, and a sufficient force would have taken
possession Of the city, which, with the artillery planted
upon the northern bank of the could have held
aga any force The rebels might bring against IT, fbe
rebel oroe in the neghhorhood OF tho ctv Thursday
was very small since that time General Lees entire
army has arrived and occupies favorable strategic
locations back ot the town.


That the rebels fully comprehend the importance OF
this route TO their capital we'll as does Gen Burnside
have the strongest evidence II was the occasion OF
much surprise and comment last summer among the
secessonss oil Fredericksburg that little attention
paid 10 the advantages OF the route as line Of ap
proach to Richmond by our military anthor'ties


They regarded tho necessity Of retaining posses
non Of the hills opposite the city to keep two OF their
gunboats in the vicinity until the notorious ST. Nicholas
and her consort which performed the duty, beca mo
engaged in depredating and were eventually destroyed
by fire.


A communication from jefferson navis TO the rebel
Military Governor of Fredericksburg, dated in May hst,
expressed explicit terms, the necessity Of holding that
oity "at all hazards,


Aqua which is within three sail Of Washington,
and the terminus Of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
AQUA Creek Railroad is less than seventy,nve miles
from the rebel capital and within twelve miles Of Frede
rckshurg As base of supplies It s important, though
il has its superior in the landing at Belle Phn, few


At the latter place the advantages landing snpe
rior owing the depth OF water which enables vessels
Of heavy draught to discharge their cargoes At the
wharves. Belle Plain is but miles from Frederick
burg by turnpike ROAD which, when improved by cor
daroyog viii Afford an mpSrans % ,h9rougniaie ior the
the Rappahannock at point below the city,
endorsements be landed at Belle Plain which at the
narr0west point s but five miles from that river.
think may safely predict that such portion of the
public entertain the idea that the storms of winter
t.impassabe roads, to delay the advance upon
the rebel capital until another season. viii hnd that the
argument will not altogether apply at this time as carry
II Napoleon by dint Of will succeeded in scaling the
Alps hitherto regarded impassause barrier 70 his
Why by fair degree Of enterprise aud deter
minaton cannot the commander cf the Army Of the Po
tomac defeat the calculations Of the rebels who think to
impede his approach by agreat flourish Of trumpets,
until they think 1T will be impossible for this army
| advance because of quagmres and storms.


BY this route, with direct line Of railway, the north
terminus OF which accessible by transports fgom
every point from whence troops aud supplies are re-
ceved large bodies Of troops be pushed TO the 'front.'
endorsements In the event Of battle; while by the
addition Of branches dvorging from tho main track,
which easily be constructed for temporary USE the
main body Of advance can avoid much OF the otherwise
necessary travel by wagon roads.


AS demonstrating enterprise OF the .construction
corps OF the army, which, by the way in the at
composed Of the troops Of the seventy sixth New
York regiment, under Major Livingston, il may be
ked that, owing their impossible condition. it be-
necessary corduroy the roads from Stafford Court
this point with the exception Of such parts
could DO avoided by passage through the fields and
Several miles Of road cut through pine forests
and the entire route finished in three days.


No ema degree of suffering has resulted from this pro-
tracted delay the Of the troops by the govern
ment from three TO seven months has now elapsed
since The payment OF the greater portion OF the army AZ
this point The grievance s reaching point which act
ally portends crisis OF great suffering among both officers
and The former feel the deprivation sorey from
their OF subsistence exhausted
every conceivable OF obtaining advances have been
resorted TO- and with many have turn become exha
ed. Aside from tit the suffering OF the families OF the
troops at home must certainly be great.


is stated that The present demand of the paynaster
Of the army amounts sixty millions 0f dollars
! Of the resources OF the Treasury.


This great evil will doubt, disappear with the OPEN
ing Of the ensuing session OF Congress-, whom ample
vision will be made and the dopesed Treasury
open the deserving supporters Of the 60