| Show glorious news today to day the beginning of the end the long looked for time has arrived and the spring campaign fo for which the loyal heart has somewhat impatiently waited has commenced in earnest the w N ires today to day are arc telling in the commencement of the story of grants and brilliancy of strategy on tho the success not merely to us its but m which bich so much depends to all tile the v haorld orld although we have not much definite information as ag to the glori glorious victory over reb eldona wb btuch ach has bas ero ere now no doubt been achieved enough is told in our dispatches today to day to show that gen grant i is ii i ready has begun his forward movement and victory thus fir far has as ei cr gilded his hii banners As nearly as aa we can judge the plan of the campaign seems to bo be a forward movement from the rappahannock Rappa hannock by the army of the potomac under meade mcade and the other corps corp generals burnside with a heavy force forming the left wing circling around lees army at orange court house and graham with butlers army taking richmond in tile the rear on the south side of the james river the whole under tinder the direction of the lt general the details of this latter movement by way of the james river are more full than those of the operations or of the army of the potomac by a fine piece of strategy butler led the enemy to believe that he be was moving by way of york river with his gun boats and land forces but suddenly transferring both to the james river gen graham in command ho be took emy easy possession of city point and other places not far from richmond it is not improbable that petersburg has ere this fallen and railroad communication between richmond and north and south carolina severed our dispatches do not state tho the number of troops under gen graham but he has with him tho the greater parts of the loth and army corps numbering probably upwards of men from the front where grant personally superintends super intends operations the indications of hard fighting and victory on our part are strong tho the medical and quartermasters departments have sent from to wounded to tho the rear and our troops are steadily advancing on the retreating lee thus pressed by an overwhelming army in front and with a large force in rear the condition of the rebels is critical in the extreme if lee stop at or near orange court house t to 0 give battle to grant graham will bo be in richmond with a powerful army from the south side of the james that lee is in fill fiall I 1 retreat for or the de fences of richmond can therefore hardly bo be doubted closely pressed by the army of the potomac we await further ad vices with nith impatience but with unbounded confidence in the strategy of grant und the invincible gallantry of the army of the potomac that there may be nothing wanting to complete the picture of tho the utter overthrow of the he armies of tho the rebellion the telegraph flashes us the ne news m that thomas and andS sherman hcrman are at work pressing forward on dalton and rome georgia to crush joe johnson while our troops in eist tennessee Tennesse eare are not idle the war blades fron from point at once and thank god rebellion at last trembles in the balance |
