| From the Port Tobacco Times and Charles
County Advertiser (Port Tobacco, Md.) |
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| December 26, 1861 |
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| From the Courrior des Etats Unis |
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The Ellet Pamphlet |
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On Thursday, a pamphlet was laid on the desk of each of
the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the sense of
which may be expressed in the following words, which constitute its
title: "The army and its odd management." |
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The social and professional position of the author,
Charles Ellet, Jr., give a certain degree of weight to his opinions.
His private character is, confessedly above suspicion. He has had
the management of several important undertakings, and has also
superintended, as chief engineer, the continuation of the Orange &
Alexandria Railroad. The country around Washington extending in the
direction of Richmond is consequently familiar to him; and,
moreover, he has constantly, from his youth up, been employed in
topographical surveys between Washington and Harper's Ferry, which
give him a complete acquaintance with the Upper Potomac. His loyalty
and patriotism are unimpeachable. ***** The pamphlet opens with a
simple and eloquent introduction, dated December 4th, followed by a
long and carefully prepared letter to the President of the United
States, dated Georgetown, October 9th, 1861. |
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The letter to the President, continues the Courrier,
proves that the fate of the Rebel army depends entirely on the
Orange & Alexandria Railroad, which furnishes it with provisions,
munitions and reinforcements. Now this road was deficient in
locomotives and rolling stock. ***** |
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The enemy meanwhile took possession of ten locomotives on
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and procured rails enough for his
purposes. Each locomotive thus obtained was worth to the
Confederates at least one thousand horses. ***** |
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