Show PROGRESS OF THE WAR I 1 it ift it an old ois saling that large bodies ovo oro alow blow ll 11 the truth of which has been beca and is it he be I 1 jn fully verified by fhe iha movements of the IA laderal mederal deral derai armies since the commence commencement men t ct cf the existing war they have fought foug rbt many gatties battles batties but the commanding generals have net no been much inclined to make mak many conr ion lon marches patches nor to change their positions very rapidly nor further than has been absolutely nee necessary esary ebany to carry out their stra c beb beh emes a and nd keep the enemy within a shirt distance of et their lines ines where here they could be found without much reconnoiter reconnoitering ing in the eve eveton t of beir getting setting ready to fight illch ulich occasionally occurs since sinca the confederates left Br maryland aryland after the th battle of 0 antietam it seems to have been n easy eaby matter to as ertain the locations of their encampments encamp ments art aft er was made with wilb no great success and the exact po position positron of the main body ellees army was not ascertained till fill quite recently when it was wab discovered to be but bat a short distance the potomac Po tomac lomac and right in 1 1 front of gen mcclelland ellana lines As soon as the tile discovery was made a portion of the army of the potomac w waa ia put in motion under gen geni furnside nun Eun side yide which pissing dowa the river below ferry crossed over into virginia and at latest dates dales was moving on slowly in a southerly direction folowell follows fo lowel l by other divisions of the army I 1 cofar as reported there had bad been but little fic fir fighting biting and not much skirmishing shing done with irith the exception of one severe action which lasted baited hive five hours resulting in the defeat of me enemy the fierceness of the battle fought exclusively with artillery can best be deter maed from the number of casu casualties arles aRies re those of the federals federate Fede rals rala being unusually larg eone killed and fourteen wounded the ipa lva of the enemy not known knorn further than it had been ascertained that five were killed A i at latest dates from the seat of war gen mcclellan had established his headquarters once more on sacred soil and a great battle was expected soon to be fought the report of 0 which will in all probability come came to 0 hand in the course of the coming coining week of 01 tha movements of the federal armies in 1 kentucky tennessee mississippi arkansas and nils Alis missouri but little I 1 ia known and it is b that they remain in quo |