...erations, but they have begun to put it into practice. According to my authority, Gen. Lee, who has now, as you know, set his corps d'armee in motion, under the pretext of attacking our army in Western Virginia , really intends to direct his force upon the upper Potomac, which he will cross at a distance of about forty miles from Washington. Once there, he will be joined by the Secessionists, who are secre...