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THE CAROLINA SPARTAN/
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VOL. XYin. SPARTANBURG, S. C., fftURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1861. * - NO. 28 ^
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From the Now York Daily News.
Freedom of the Press.
t The copios of the Dafly News iu the
icharqe.ot the American Express Company
%werc scitcd on yesterday by tho 11. S. Mar- ,
islial in this oity. It is impossible to con- J
*hcive by what authority a government can j
confiscate, without legal process, private j
"property which a business firm has recciv- j
ed in trust for the use of others. As well |
.'-might the same officer lay violent hands up-|
on a citizen's watch, his purse, or any article
which ho has paid for and which belongs
exclusively to hiui.' The Gim rnment, it'
it has authorized this illegal seizure, has
gone one step too fur, even to answer its own (
pttfoscs. , Reaching for a shield to cover j
its weakness, it has "o'erlcnped itself and
fallen ou the other side." If tho Admin- I
istation will persist in gathering inform*
4?on only from the columns of the war press, 1
it will never be awakened to u sense to the
danger it is provking until It is too late.
Of every hundred voters in the city of
New X'ork seventy-live nre antagonistic to I
the harsh and unconstitutional measures
adopted by Mr. Lincoln and his advisers,
and an equal proportion are obsolete
friends of the peace party. The city is
quiet now?calm as a tropical sea when not
a breath stirs the flapping Sail; but it is I lit*
calmness that precedes the hurricane. We
are liko men here sleeping within a mnga-'
tine,where the train is laid and the bla- I
zin<r torch is at hand; one smirk mavstircad !
ruin and desolation around. It the Ad
ministration will but pause, look about,
take note of what is the true feeling and
ponder, much thut is terrible may be u voided.
i?uch wanton outrages upon right and liberty
as have been witnessed in our midst,
would have been sufficient to "stir tlie sio tea
ait Koine to risi and mutiny." Tin*
wvroitgs that precipitated the French Revolution
were innocent in comuurjtton. I'iti
:7,ens cast into dungeons without public
charge against them a.id without hope ot ,
'trial; private property c> niiscatcd at tin .
beck ot those in power, the ituuibie I threat ,
ened and suppressed, or prostitu:ed to J
serve the ends of fauuticisni. What evi r
did Louis X\ I. so tyrnuical and dan.ernu-c
and yet he lost his head. What ever did
Uiitaiu so uiiju-t to provoke the indignation
of her colonics' and yet site :d |
leuatvd them fro in Iter forever.
The people here have been unaccuslom |
eU t. such wrongs; tltey cut yet scarcely
treatise tlieiu. 'I Icy arc stunned for tin
time being with the ijitiek succession of
outrages that have hi en hurled at them,
and they stand silent and motiutilos like
4iien startled by an umsj ected blow. l>u<
when they do awaken to a sense <d injur}
?to a lull conception of what they have
lo-?t and what iliey are loosing?to an understanding
that they arc gliding, by rapid
steps from freedom to bondage, they will
not lack the impulsive action o| the Parisian
It.'s barricades, or the resolution ot their
rfotefuthcrs at Lexington and Hunker llill.
A Sew York letter of tlia 27lli shjs:
'J lte proprietors of the l>uiiv News, fear- j
in?; an attack upon their establishment yes- |
;tcrday applied to the police Superintendent '
-Tor protection. A force of 4'Jd police was ^
held in reserve in the lower stations, but
up till one oclock this morning their servi-1
ces hud not been calllctl into requisition.
It was reported that forty men, armed with
revolvers, were retained by the proprietors
of the News, to meet any emergency. The
Journal cl'Commerce office was also gn.ir<ded.
Arrival of (lie rrlHoncrs.
At an early hour yesterday morning, the
prisoners, one hundred and fifty in iumber,
sent from Richmond for confinement in
*Castle Pinckney, arrived in this city by
the North-eastui n Railroad. They were
in charge of Capt. Gibbs, C. S. A., accompanied
by an escort of twenty five Louisiuniau*
and twenty-live Mississippianfl, un' <3?yr
the command of Lieutenant Hrockctt.
The officers were first taken out by Lieutenant
Hrockctt, commanding the detach
A A I).' I I * - "
iiMtwi. iroui iwcuinonu, ami transierretl to j
.'Captain Chichester, of the Zouave Cadets. i
The Zouaves were drawn up in two col-!
umns, and the prisoners received between i
Che lines. The privates were also turned i
?>ver by the saiue officer to a place in the |
'coiuftin ill the rear of the officers. A square I
was thus formed, the head and rear being i
the first and second platoon of the compa- <
!ny from liicluuond. Having given main I
*body of the escort in Washington street, j i
'the line of march taken up lor the jail, ! j
where the prisoners are to be coufiued until
removed to Castle Pinckney. I
The detachment Irom llichinond were s
escorted to the Charleston Hotel hy the! I
Washington Light Inlantry, Lieut. Wilkiu. ! i
(in thr> line <it ?r?nr?li ? ?-- ' 1
?? ? u.v/nv ui nit; jiria | I
onora exhibited a iuise.ralile appearance. t
They manifested no disposition to escape, t
while some of them seemed to be in good i
spirits, and spukc jestingly of their ohange t
from a tobaooo factory to what hud mure s
of the appearance of a State prison. I
The Zouaves will act as u special guard k
until the transfer of the pcjaouors to Castle I
Pinckney. I)
Preparations for their reception al Cas- c
tlo Pinckney arc in progress, and '-heir re- e
moral is expected to he inado on Tuesday s
I tMxt a
Ttw third story of the jail has I o n as- e
I figned to ijhe privates. The officers have t
buoou assigned them on the first floor a
? ( %<-?> f< ston Courier, 1 5 (h
ByKMBifas *
tenourcea orne sonin.
Before the preseut war, of at its threshold
it had been customary not only for the | ,
Yankees to deride the resources ot the
South but for the Southern people them- <
selves to distrust them. That distrust on |
the part of our people was far more general
than is eoomronly known. It had been i
beaten into us by Yankee books; it had cat 1
into us by a long endurance of the insolence
of Yankee patronage; and it hud
become a secret uneasiness with the people i
of the South, despite their proud and vc- <
hement assertions of confidence in return
lor the boasts and threats of Northern men, 1
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how far they might be able to cope with |
the enemies of their independence. That ]
old distrust, educated in u.s by so many |
insidious influences, hus not easily been re- j
moved; (
In the early sessions of Congress at ,
Montgomery, the Military Committee of ,
that tody was very much puzzled to make (
their estimates oi material for an army. (
Several of the members of the committee
calculated, with difficulty, that tweuty-five (
or thirty thousand men might he raised. (
At last a more hopeful and adventurous |
member announced his estimate of fifty ,
thousand men; and the telegraph, with a
patriotic strain on the opinion of the Con- (
grcssnian, and a considerable) tleurish, informed
the North that it was "confidently" ,
cxjKjeted that the Southern Confederacy
would be nb'c to put an army of filty thou- |
sand men in the field. ,
The estimates of a few months ago are j
now only ridiculous. We have already (
from four to five times fifty '.housand men
in the field. We arc waging one of the ,
most extensive and implying wars in the
world, not only with military success, but
with an order and cveness in civil and
industrial life th.it is especially suiq ris**4
.
It is not only in the military point of
view that the South lias exhibited in tinpresent
war its greatest extent or its greatest
novelty of resources. It has shown
material, social and moral resources of ni<?.-t
striking character and quantity. Our induftry
is not parn'.ized by mili ary employnieiits;
its quiet and regular aspects in the
wat are less than astoiii.-hing. 'I In |
stranger in i>leulimiia, uniiilortm ! ot I lie
history of the lust tew months, mul abutting'
ins eyes only to the single circumstance ol
soldiers passing through our streets could
.u:\er imagine whileobserving tint thriving
ami regular trade ol" the city and its great
ami ouliiiary intercourse ol" life, that a ?ai
vaster in its proportions than those irhieli
have rocked the nations of Kurope t<? their
.oundations ?vaA being actively waged vvithii
u hundred miles ol tlie capital ol the
Sonli. I ud?ed. we cr.ii scarcely reulV. 1
the l.ict lor < ur.-clves "1 he tumult, tin
disorder, the want, the clamor of the j oor
'he tossing and restk si.css of society?a'l
.lose common nisi'eves ol civil war?
where are they in 10111111010!? liny are
not visible here. They ate not visible any' ,
wlieie in toe i> nth.
Our er< j s ire garin red as of yore; our
industry h..s grown, instead ol sinking under
the pressure of tear; our gient system
ol slave labor has shewn powers ol adap- ,
tivctiess, lor which 1.0 mind in the South
had given it cridit before; the internal econnmy
ol . ur own society is uninteruptcd ;
manufactures arc growing up, the resoure
s not only aluoaJ, hut daily increase to
meet the exigencies of the war, under the '
tirst demands of the necessties by tvh.eh ,
it was prophesied we should utterly and
irretrievably sink.
It ie<|uires no searching analysis of the |
present conditions of society in the Eolith (
to indicate those higher classes of resources
? the mental and the moral?tl.nt it has j
exhibited and developed during the present . (
War They are everywhere obvious and 1
unmistakable. We sec theiu in a states- '
mauship wh eh furnished the only couvcr- (
s.tive | r ncit lc of the old government (
and has already conducted the ne? palely |
through all the the complications oi the
birth of a nation; in wise, prudent ami
masterly legislation mid domestic council, 1
in the absence of all revolutionary tenden
cic8 01 society at a j?crn??I of agitation; in I
the growth of a true and kindy republican- !
ism,differing from iigrjiiaitism as equality ^
does from insolence; in the conservative
adhesion to existing forms and institutions,
and in the spirit ol an unbounded patriot- I <
ism, trustlul and active, that neither com- I
plains of duly nor questions ;',s coin- ; t
manda. v
War is the great rcvcaler and test of na- i
lion! strength and nation.il virtue. It was I
perhaps the only occasion that could have g
determined the relative superiority of South r
and North. That question, in all resptjrts I
is put at rest forever, 'lite South has sur- 1 t
passed the expectations of her own people; o
has challenged new additions to their ad- s
miration and love; has reassured the s
distrust which, though it never could have y
*)een breathed or conceived by her sons v
with respect to her means to defend and a
perpetuate thcni. i b
Where stands now the North, whose n
tower, and wealth, and grandeur nave been ! U
to long preached and exploited!' The war ft
tas dispelled what appeared visons of real- i tl
ty. The splendcd spectacles that have : a
>cen so constantly paraded ol the power of" oj
ho North?their numbers, their great ei I.
ies, their railroads, their schools, their do- j \
nosy miry honntics, their 'centres of trade,' C
heir opulent living, their striking repre- w
cntntions of wealth in money, arc all gone : tl
ike the harmless fabrics of a dream. The ('
lubhle of fictitious greatness that has so ct
i?ng danced before the eyes of the world is g:
irokcn. "The (Jrest fs'orth" no longer p
xists. The ruins of beggared wealth, the S
lamers of fhe poor, the mental and moral , K
ubservicncy of n whole people to an ugly 1 I'
nd loathsome despot, attest that her pow- p<
r and virtuo have alike disappeared under pi
est of those times which try the strength c.
nd souls of both men and nations. F
[ftieAmo/n/ Examiner ' th
Fort Lafkrette It* Prflsoorr*.
The New Yurk lieruld publishes an inter-1
eating account of Fort Lafayette, tbc
place selected by Government tor the con- j
Snement of traitors, from which we extract
the following facts :
"The entrance to New York hay is pro- (
Lectcd by forts on eitberside. On 8taten
Island side are Fort Tomkins and Richmond;
on the opposite or Long Island shore
is Fort llaiuiltoD, which lies near a little
island, the public road intervening between
it and the sea. Fort Lafayette, is
erete'd on a shoal about four hundrcl yar.'.s
from shore, and nearly in a line between it
and FortToiupkins, with no other means
jI communication with the laud than by
boat. The shape of the fort is qnadrnngu
liir ii'itk tin. .1"- 1
. ?. f ...... ...V uupivo IU lilt' OUilUIIU
tray and either shore diamond wise, l'ae- '
ing Fort Hamilton are two tiers of* heavy
cannon, in boinb-prool casemates. On this
side, which is less protected than the oth- j
Lhers, appear to be the barracks for the
troops, and other necessary buildings, the
roofs ol which ure seen rising above the
walls of th fort. There ure consequently
no barbette guns here. This part ot the
fort, however, is completely commanded
Lty Fort Hamilton, opposite which is the
?uly-port in one of the angles.
On the other si les guns are mounted
m futrbrftr, in addition to the heavy casemate
guns below. In fact, the entire structure,
what ever may he s^id of its capacity
as a defence against ioreigu invasion sectus
to be more than sufficiently strong to keep in
security as many State prisoners as are l
likely to he intrusted to '.he hospitable
care of Col Burke. The prisoners areas
comfortably lodged as is consist lit with
safe keeping. '1 hey are fed by the Government
at its own expense, and with the
best materials that the market can afford.
They are also allowed to order and luxury
thai they ehuo.-e to pay for. There are
now about twenty prisoners, the the principal
of whom are Charles Howard, Win
Hatched, Charles [links and ?J no. Davis,
the Baltimore police com issionera;
Mayor Berrett, of Washington; Col. Tyler, |
Fierce Butler, Kobort Mmr, T. S. Scrrill,
Charhs Kofferan, [<. de Indian, Samuel ,
\ :L i \i ? * i i - - ? '
.iii.ui, unu aicaais. .nucj, l.yuil ami
Smith."
Gounal 4 um? on (lie War.
A Detroit correspondent of a Northern
newspaper imligmitly denies the truth of
the report that tlciieral Cass had distinguished
himself by his patriotism uud liberality
?w equipping entire regiments, .-.ml 1
making large contribution* for the prose- '
cut ion of the war. The Detroit letter wri- {
ter (a violent l.incohiite) sarivtieally add*
that the rich old statesman has only taken
$d,000 in rmr State loan to aid in pfo>. '
ctitinj* the war, for wl.kh !.c will he cuti
tied to.-even per c nt. interest."
We "s-hiiwdly su-peet" that (i nernl j
CassV !i art is not in this war inaugurated i
hy his o| I enemies lor the mi! jugati >n of
the SoU'Ji, and the cstablisluu'iit of a mill
tary despotism on the ruin- of the Federal
I niuii, to which he says "lie will cling a* a
luaritiei clings tothela.-t plank when night
and tempest close around him." tiiiieial
I'a.-s has no confidence in the cipaeity of
the Northorn people for selfgovernment,
lie knows that they have not the first j
idea of rat ional liberty. lie ir.lcutJy desire
the continuance ot the I niun, because,
among other important considerations, it
gave hitu an increased assurance of the security
of his property in ti e free States
liciicrul ("ass finds no guarantee lor his
property in the institutions or in the society
in the North, lie would make no admission
of the kind under existing circum
nances ; but tlit* fact is so. nevertheless.
Some years since, <iener.il ('ass said to
t Southern fricud : " if you have your
troubles in 'he South, we have ours also
ifi// ijr>ut<r in the North. II y.mr slave j
property is threatened by abolitionism,
aurs is still worse threatened by ttnli r>n!?*//?,
ugaritntieni mitl every variety of j
liighcr law-ism." The old gentleman then ;
Uin| ly asserted an undeniable tact, a fact .
with which he cannot possibly he less im
sresaed now than he was tlteu?\
h'iKjuirt r.
We clip the following from the Mmiasma
Junction correspir dent ofthe Kichmond
fispalcii. The letter is dated September !
>th:
' Yesterday morning. while attoodino ;
/- J
lie services ol raising u shult <>n the spot j
vhcre Harlow Jell heavy firing was hoard ,
ii the directiuu of the Potomac, which
astod some two hours. Only the larger!
runs were distinguishable, the dull, heavy
eport of which, reverberating over the
tills, came to our ears like distant sounds of
hutidcr. it was thou believed a general 1
ngageiiieut had taken place, but the firing
nun reused, convincing us it was but n
kf inish Only a few lueairre facts have
et been ordainod of the affair, and I have
tailed up to the last moment f >r further 1
ccounts. What has been learned here can ?
e told in a few words. Karly yesterday | '
lorning, 8,000 of the Federals marched up 1
} M union's Hill, which our men were ?
jrtifying, and made an attempt to dislodge 1
lieiu <hir advance consists of Hongstrect's 1
ml Hon ha ill's Hrigades, stationed near ! <
jch other, ami olose to Munsou's Hill I 1
.oiiir.stJVet's force i. e nnrww.Tt ?f ?l. I*'--# I
r . r ~7 w* *' " |
irginia Regiment, commanded by l.ieut. '
ol. Fry, in the absence of Col. Moore, '
ho was wounded at the battle of the 18ih;' '
10 Seventh Virginia, Col. Kemper, Lieut I
ol. WiiliauM and .Major I'attou; the Kiev j 1
nth \ irginia, Col. Corse; one (ieorgin re v
iinent attached at present, and several
ieecs of artillery. < Jen. Honhatu has four I
outh Carolina Regiment*?the 2d, Col. j '
ere haw; the 3d, Col. Williams; the 4th r
ol. Sloan, and the 5th, Col. Jeokina. A a
nrtion of these was sent against the ap--' I
reaching enemy, and the engagement a
unmenced. After a ecTcre fight, the *
ederaU were repulsed, and fled towards ?
idr liucr *' it
t
lVotea of the War. o
At the present moment the interesting t
letter of a correspondent of the Charles- ^
ton Mercury will be read with great intereat.
Kurly yesterday morning Col. Kkrruaw o
invited me to join a party of gentlemen t'
whom he had promised to carry to Fall's
Church and its vicinity, to give them, if
possible, a sight of the enemy. The cav- u
alcade consisted of Prof. I,a Horde, the
Kev. Messrs. Barnwell and Meynardik, i jj
Dr. Lafar, Captains Riif.tt and Perry- J r(
man, the Coloners Staff, and myself. A few j 0
of these rode in an ambulance, the rest of ; c
us wore well mounted, and?-as these j L
jaunts are not always wife?well armed.
At eight o'clock we left cainp and rode j
r %. -
a conical uiounu rising ui> abruptly Rome j j
eighty let above tlie surrounding lev- l ^
I, Mild overtopping all its hilly neigh- |
hots oil the front and rear. tA
regine-nt of Virginia troops from (ien ! {J
liOMisi iiKKf's Rrigade, occupies this posi 0,
tion und near the top ot the IIill a eircu- 1
lar breastwork, with a dry ditch, has been
thrown up lor their protection. Unless ar
tillery wore employed in the attack, tlnir I
force could hold the post agaiust five times
then iininher. The country in front is too j ^
level for the me of mortars with any sue- ' In
cess, a? an attempt t > shell the place could vj
be piomptly thvvarte I by bringing up a few ^
light ritie cut n m; whose plunging fire !
would easily command the plain beyoud. ; '''
I lie enemy does not seem inclined, how- !
ever, to dispute < u possession, and has ae- ' 's
|uieseed; apparently without a iiiurui ;r, in pt
jur ('oinmandcr-ui-Chict's decision; that i??i
they shall keep within their lines, iuiuic- I)
i: . i -t
.uuu iv on me river, until we are ready to th
id vance. Ily the time litis reaches you, l*'1
lie compliance will be a (breed one, for w
Impositions are now being made to prevent a"
'coecupation, by the I lilted St ites army, |M?
4'llie advanced liuo, wliieb has been scle.-t w'
>.| as the base of our future operations. 1 ?r
Standing on the crest of the hill, the pan- he
iraina unrolled before you is one exquisite "d
m auty. The river sweeps around the base j thi
>1 the hills beyond,hidden from view, but w'
asily traced by the blue line ?f mist wh c!i j e*
narks it* course. Heyoud the unseen i cd
inuudary of our contending counties an ' no
ntinitc plain stretches out to the h irison,
th
elieved here ami there by a solitary farm- 'rt'
toad nestled down in the deep foliage. ' he
iigiit 111 it out of you, w ii' I only lour tntlon nia
nd a halt away, in an air line, th?- great I hid
tveplo el Alexandria, hannor crowned,
tanda up against ih?- clear nky The town I'o
rflFto ntecumd h* an intcrvrnring atnp j *h
lonnuru ai u brisk. pace, halting at the va- v
rious pickets along the road, until ou as- f<
oentl i iij? a hill about a mile or so fro in the M
the old church, we caught sight of the lof- *|
ty spire which marks Alexandria, the now ^
strongly fortified military post of the L'ni- jj
ted States Army. This only sharpened h
our appetite for a nearer and more satisfactorv
inspection of the enemy's lines, so af- *
ter taking a look through our glasses at (|
the uStars and SVripes" wh'ch flaunt bold- ^
ly from the church tower for all men to
see, we pushed on, and .rcw up in front ! c
of the venerable unte-revolutionary relic 1 *
around whose sacred walls the opposed ]
pickets have been skennishing lor the past i |
two weeks. Let inc do the Yankees all the j
justice they deserve, and say, that although }'
they were at one time in possession of the ,
church, and encamped near it, they have p
done the building no injury and have res- ! v
peeled its burial ground. Nor is this sur- j
prising. No one can enter this hallowed 1'
enclosure, dotted with grav moss covered !
. . 1 c
si-iocs which record the virtues of patri- I u
archs who were laid to rest here belore the ( c
spreading chestnut, whose roots urn their i 1
dust, was vet a bud, without a feeling of '
. w
reverence that i list i nelly stills the voice,' a
and hushes the step, and uncovers the n
head. j v
1* II* /? t * "
ran a ' nurcli is an oblong brick build- I 11
ing, standing on the north side of the road ! .
11
of the * mc nunc, and about eight miles ' r
from Alexandria. * >1 all the old country j p
chapels 1 have ovit entered, it is by lar, | 1
the be-t preserved. The pulpit, the read- '
ing d.'.>l., and a fine baptismal J hut of red j '
sand stone, re inciieled by a substnuti.il 1 r
rail at the eastern end of toe building, and , t
facing tin: door, as you enter it, the Creed *
and Commandments hold uj> 11: ir s '.eum
lessons of belief uud admonition and pro- !
inisc to all the Christian souls that assent
I
ble here for worship. One monumental u
tablet adoins the walls, and the inscrip- , ?
tion is net unworthy of notice for its re- f
' . | n
inarkable purity and fitness. Jt runs as ^
follows : ' b
nr.NT.RY FAlbFAX. jit
Au accomplished gent Ionian
An upright MagiMiuio,
A sincere Christian,
ltied in eoiniiiand of the ; '
fairfnx volunicers ai n
Salt illn, \iexic?>, | ( '
< Hi the 1 lih day of August, 1M7.
fiui for his munificence
Tins Church might still j ''
Have becu a ruin. "
Riding on a couple of miles from there,
and pa>?iug on the road groups of artillery , r>
men lying by their unlimbered guns, with
caissons choked with tixe 1 amuuition, i
, . . . it
ready lot service at a moment s warning p
siiuads of infantry, armed and unarmed,
and in every variety of uupicturesijue uni- w
lot in.?ii' uni front that may he called where i
no two couts can be found of the same uta- i '
tcrinl color?mounted scouts coming in to : ^
report, and companies of cavalry going
down all sorts of byroads or unknown mis- j |
s.oiis?we cam .'suddenly on Muiisoit's 11 ill, j
f woodland ; but the works on Seminary j
[ill, which command the approach, can j
e seen with the naked eye. To the lctt
f these fortificatious, the dome of theCupol
lifts its ponderous head from the white '
lioulders of the city, which slope away J
n either side; and farther still to the left j
ic once proud ensign of our d?s.rvcd
imntry flouts out over the tree-tops wliero j
ie flortifled heights of Arlington bar the i
couss of Virginia to the seat of Govern- I <
tent which her immortal son formed. I i
The country between Munson's Ui.l and
iu enemy's outworks is broken by low
ills, which roll into larger waves as they
.'cede. Only half a mile below us our j
wii pickets are out'yiug by a clump ol lo
Lists which skirt the road, and by that i
irgc burn, half hidden in the trees, and
Jarculy a mile sway the group ot men j
hoin we see standing and sitting by their i
lacked arms are the eyes of the foe's ad- '
unced guar-1. Every now and then a puff 1
) white smoke jets up from seine bush or
i ui ui. ricK in ine intervening spaee, and
fie sharp "ping" of the Minnie rifle stares
the ear. The pickets are trying h ?t
liot at each utlier, and ki-ep up this excing
duel uninterruptedly. The enemy
ave made a great talk ah ut our tarbari<f
in resorting to this practice, hut this is
lore thin their usual cant; they never
>se an opportunity of picking off our eenrica
when it can be done with a rcasonale
amount of safety.
Wo gazed long and earnestly on this cx
iting landscape, whose tiiorai features far
urpassed in interest its moat charming
hyaicul elements. Never 011 this conti
cut has such a scene unfolded itself,
sing may it be e'er we are invited to wite
s its reputation. We leave it to the ;
en of history and political science to trace
ts deeply furrowed lines and expound its
iiotnentous lessens. We turn away froui '
t no passive spectators, and go forward
ritlt unshrinking hearts to take our part
n the great struggle to which the future
mints us.
.lust as we hail left the hill wc met Genrals
H k a u it do a tin, IjOnostkke, Jones
n^. Cocke, attended by a large escort ol
avalry, and turned back to be present at |
ho recontioisance which they had come up i
roin headquarters to make. Maps were |
info di d ami scouts summoned, ami seated \
t a small table, the Hero ol Manassas fa- i
nillnrizcd himself with the ground on
itiieli the next greatbattle will be probably '
ought.
\\ c next visited Mason's Hill, an em- ;
netiec about three quarters of a mile to the !
ight of Mutihoii's and ootiiuiuuding a j
uittial, but clearer view of one section of |
he gicat picture we had just been studying.
Turn this spot, which is also entrenched,
glimpse of the Potomac reveals t-clf and
hr works on Seminary Hill, which looked
at her feeble from t e iirsf s'and poii.t,
in", out to Is- real field fortifieations of coni
1 rable extent,and, L should think, some
trengfh. J'+'.e mad Mason's lay through
b".bes t ? nntTavellcd forest?s onetime
ur bridle pith turned a rujtJy round the
dge ot a pr? ciprcc, or run straight
[> the iaoe ot the luavdy wooded hill; and
nee we eaine suddenly ou a gorge whose
erjHmd eiilar and rocky sides made us
old our breath as our horses cautiously 1
ore ns down into the dark ravine, at whose
use a luituleut little stream gurgled over i
_s stenv bod.
,\l)V AN'Cr. i ?K Sol Til ERN 1'oRCKS Tl'oN
'< 1.1 Milt s, Kv?(ieticral Pillow, having
itumed from Missouri, took charge of the
'nnfederate forces at I niota t'ity, ui.d be14
joii.ed by a {Mirtiou of his command
0111 Missouri, on yi sterdav advanced up11
Columbus, which iJaee he occupied '
illiout resistance The federal troops
ad ta'-eti theii stand opposite, 011 appa ntly
with the design of fortifying them- !
Ives there, 1 ut are understood to have ; '
loved higher up in the direction of Norilk.
Mo.
The number of troops under Oen Pillow 1
e, of course, do not deem it prudent '.o
lention: hut the lucre laet of his advance, |
e think proper to publish now instead of ,
spying the same intelligenoe from the 1
iiiciiinati or St. Louis papers; which we '
lay receive on to-umrrow I 1
llickuiun i? also in possession of our
irccs ? a sufficiently large comm nal being 1
icre lor all political purposes We pre |
line these two places wi 1 be speedily lor- ! ;
tied, with tin- view nl holding them until (
ic termination of the war, or until tliey ' 1
use to be points of stragetic importance. |
iHJthi* Apjnttf, 8//?.
ikk mkam kkioatk m kiwi mac.? ;1
lie llev. J. tJ. Nicholson, writing lioin '
or folk, on the l!vth ult., gives the .Vo- J
le Trihunu un interesting account of a ,
. -it he recently paid to the uavy Yard at i
at place. He describes the Mcrrinmc as I
Hows: I 1
"1 was on the celebrated Merrimac. She |
turned into a terrapin, only with a shn r
back?-or it you will take an old-fash- j
ned chicken coop, with >o-ular t p, as a
pe on a snia.l scale, you will have all ol ! '
is great ship that Will appear above wa I
r. How a it J aLern wnl be entirely under j |
itor, and so constructed as to puncture j
ytlmig that tails in the way. The only j
ssible chance for an eueuiy to do anything *
th it. will be to straddle the sharp cone c
comb ol the roof, and sing to the shark* u?
passes along. To get into it will he inipos- ?
ile, aud to make a hole hi it with any h
ing, or any niaohinej-y. just the same It I b
II be oorered with oak plank, two coui? t<
each four inches think, and then cocas- li
iu railroad iron. l>o you aup|>o<w> a can
n ball can have the courage to go
rough all of that ? She will carry ten T
inendious gtins. And when she pokes *
r tiendish head out of these Waters, then n
,y you look tor a speedy raising of the I!'
K-kaiie, Ace. I would not be afraid to go (
ywhere m her; right under the gnns of ?*'
rtrcM Monroe would be as safe as any- h
ere else " I '
??? ' 1 i ' mmSmmmm
Ftoa> the Army. !
Wc take the subjoin .<1 correspondence ;
from the llichuioud Kxauiiner of Monday:
On the Owoquan, .Sept. 6 18CI
PHOSPECTS OF A (iKNBRAL ACTION.? <
From what can be learned in the camps,
gathered at he 'd'|uarters or concluded from
the events of tin; last few days, we are now
squally and positively certain that no at- ;
tack is designed on our part on Arlington .
Heights or immediately on the works of!
Washington. The occupation of Hull's j
ff.lt - ? ? '
inn iiiiK not wi n loiio.cd up by anything j
indicative of an attack on the l uion works , t
at Arlington. Again, it in somewhat remnrkahlc
that ihe headquarters of General*
Johnston and lb-nun gunl s ouhl still be
ut M ana-mis Junction, and not be moved to
the u Ivaiice.
If rhFencmy should accept the gage <d*
battle which we have offered persistently
|br nearly a week past, or we should be able
to excite a g? neral action by heavy skirmishing
on our lines, the end of our advance
movements will bcsuffioii ntljr guincd. 1
The battle, should such oe^?ur, will be
fooght on our advanced lines, and in a position
sufficiently advantageous to be followed ,
up into Washington. The conclusion is po-,
sitive. and continued by every partiole ol
intelligence we can obtain, no direct attack
is at |trcscut designed upon the woiks of
Washington, at least not on the South*.ni
side.
Extent of ofh Links ?The prisoners
we ea;.tared nt llnll's Hill?some six or
seven?will he sent down to morrow. They
say that the enemy has been preparing to
give us battle. Skirmishing continues on
our linos and the shots of the pickets are
heard nearly every morning before breakfast.
Our lines are very extensive, reaching
from Ijcesburi: to a point near Occu
ijuun. just below Mount Vernon, along the
entire extent of which the fire of the pick
may may be heaid from rcgiincut to regiment.
Tiik Hampton Lioiox.?Hie Hampton
Legion is at one oft. c extreme points
of the r.dvuncc, and in r? position in which
some brilliant work may be expected from
this gallant corps at any time. It is im
proper to anticipate t lie results of an expedition
of picked men of the legion, which
left yesterday, and from which news is now
hourly expected. The legion is one of the
best appoi ited corps in the whole army,
and we sire particularly indebted to its officers
and inenibeis for some of the most
grateful civilities of our tour through the
camps. We hope they will understand that
we owe them and are anxious to return
ihem our best acknowledgments.
We take the following editorial note*
froui the Kx-itniner of the same date:
lb-fore many hours have elapsed the l'otoiuac
will b effectually closed by powerful ;
batteries, and the water avenue to Wa*hiti?r i
e i
ton put under strict blockade. The reason i
tor not duiug this at an early period w*.? I
simply that we had no available force suffi
on-nt to protect our works, which would be
likely to encounter such a formidable movement
? n the part of our enemy to destroy
The Potomac has been shut up, and a force
is there ample to defend our batteries and
dety ail comers. The river is no longer
navigable to Lincoln's craft. Those that
try i< hereafter are apt to be sunk ami have
their crew and j assm-^rrs dispatched to
"Davy dunes' Locker."
Gen. A. Sidnev Johnston has. as we anticij
ated several slays since, been assigned j
to department of the West, and put in ini- I
mediate command >1 the operations now in
progress on the upper .Mississippi. A bet ,
ter selection for so important a command !
could not have Leon uiadc.
The Ksntniiier has also late intelligence
from the unity in W-.st.ru Virginia. It
says :
Sine? the battle at Cross T.unes General
l'loy.l was waiting tor supplies. In addition
to the 00 Yankee prisoners, with sotm.
I nion men, brought down to Richmond a
i...? .1... .. .i '
IV .? un v" agu kuu liuiiinn r>Jllir?ia\ Drought j
Jown 15 prisoners, who had been c.ipturcU
since the rout of the enemy ut Cross I.a:?e*. !
l b. y were taken straggling through the
woods, where the\ had been lost in the mm
plete rout and ?1 i>; ersion of Tyler s torn
m ind. The attack was tn..de on Tyler's
troops while they were eating breakfast, i
md at the first gun the eolonel, ueeoinpani !
cd by at. his li< d officers, fled with the ut i
most dispatch from the fleid Ctd. Tylei j
ly escaj?d through the wings of oui
forces.
4 ion. Floyd's position, at last nceounU
? s across the (iauley river, a'o il one
mile and a half bey md it. The enemy
>?vie in full force, i.n ler (Jen. Cox, at 0;rey's
bridge, ( hi the other side of th<- I
iver (icn. Wise was sir.ugly posted
ii the vicinity of the (iauley rou lie
i; d occupied Hawk's Neat, which had been '
ibandoncd by the enemy nf'ora skirmish
if picket*. Abuvo the Kanawha, and be
rond ;;s tbi ks, the enemy had boon outflank |
<J Vioil. t'hapinun, who hold his po*i
ii>n with 2,000 militia. The on en y. un
lor lion t'ox, was thus sufrnndcd by there '
hreo several divisions, and a'J 1?<>[>ohof his
otro.it cut ofl?the only four l>einj; thai (
tosoneruntz niivrltyot uutko a junction !
rilh In in, and thus reverse the relativ p<>
ition of the two forces hy cwMiu^ off Floyd's '
oniinuud.
To which Mr Lincoln replied: "Well t
re will have to Ifoht two or three hattle.efore
we can set le the matter." As two
attles have already hoen fought according
> Mr Linco'n's authority peace is near a: I
and.?? Louitvt tib ( "itrirr. *
What Lincoln thinks of tub Duah s
ion of tub war ?Wfl understand that
day or twa previous to the battle of M.i
assas, urTt? uf oar oldest and most rescue
ilde c tito-ns (and nn unci nditfona n
it too lo-tn) calle<( U|>.?n 1 'res don t Lin- i
>ln. i.rJ itu ng (ho iimiij quMtioi.> wbi h ?
o propounded una the following viz : .
"How long do you think th*wr?t will !a?f?' i(
Letter from Prisoner llarrfa.
It will be remembered thai a Mr. Hai^ris,
who set out from Washington in company
with a Mr. Mctiraw, to obtain the
remains of Col. Cameron, after the battle
of Manassas Plains, was arrested bj orJiy
ot Gen. Ileautccard because they so%lit^
to evade the oidinary usages of oivifised
warfare, whieh had not been reported to by
the Lincoln Government, for. near of io^pliedly
recognising the Confederate States
as a belligerent power. The Now Yeefc
News of the 27th nit. quotes from a 1str
* - ?? 1
lci Hum ?ir. narns, now in confinement
in Richmond, to a friend iu that city. He
say* : . Ijjjfl
I wish that you bad been with me ia
that trip over the battle field, two days (ter
the fight. lUther I wish that thoflj^
men in the North who have sent forth mt
tnies to invade the South could have Witnessed
the awful scene. For miles before
we reached the scene of combat, dead bodies
lay scattered on each side of the road!;
sometimes singly, then three, or four, er
five together I saw two powerful Zouaves
in their full uniform, their corpses swollert
with put reluct ion to the siae of Falstaff,
aud blacker than Othello. Close by tW
lay u fine looking young officer?a I trout a
boy?just breathing his last. He had lain
there where he fell, without help or aaccor,
tor two days of torture. The Southerner*
buried their own dead first, but in
the meanwhile, and befoie a dead body
was committed to the earth, scouting parties
were sent everywhere through the
woods, and for miles about, hunting for the
wounded of both armies. They behaved
with the utmost kindness towards the Federal
troop*, and the shameful stories of
barbarities committed are all false. The
olniiulLlnr I 1
?<?? nave dccii immense. 1
passed through one small field, where font
hundred Northern men were buried that
day, and the burying "party was *
work by moonlight.
We were confined twenty-four hour in the
same place with thirty-nine federal officers;
among them Col. Corcoran. There is no
chance to* their. regaining their freedom
till the (Jovermncnt at Washingtou comes
to its suises, and rccog- itts the Southern
Confederacy as a belligcren', as it has certainly
proved itself to ba?and a very yr.gnacious
one at that!
One of the officers said to me he was tired
of lighting tor a government that ?avu
hiui three chances for depth, vis : to bo
killed in actien?to be left, to die if wounded?or
to he hung in retaliation, if captured
; while the only chance for life was to run
away froiu the battle field. 1 do uot doubt
these officers will be hung if any hanging
happens to the privateacsmen ot the &tvauvnh
and other pusoucre in the hand
of Mr. Lincoln. Wijl the President stickle
longer upon the Miserable dodge that
the Conic Jet pcy is rot. belli.erent ? Wirt
the Comrades and relatives ol the poor fellows
here in captivity tolerate this folly ?
We are well treated . Bevely Tucker is
as kit.d as a brother. We have nothing
to complain of?have a room to ourselv.-e
in the jail, and are hoarded by the keeper.
Nothing wanting bet otir liberty.
The Skqckmhatiox Movement lit
New Orleans?The Act passed hy r*ie
Confederate Congress for tb.c sequestration
of the property of alien enemies, creates
quite a stir in New Orleans. The
says:
There lias l>ecn a good deal of talk almut
the confiscation hill. There axe many fine
-tores on (Jamp, Canal and loyJrus street*
whi !. must come within the meaning and
ntent ofthelaw. The great iron front store
corner of Camp Common will come within
the law; stores corner ot Bunk Place and
(Iravier; stores corner of Poydras and (himp^
stor.s corner of Canal and Chartres; the
.tne block, corner of Royal and Bienville,
known as Kodi. iio W. Montgomery's; the
large warehouse on Fulton and Prodi l^evee
streets. There will be some hardships
in some cases. For iustance the owner of
one ol the valuable cnrncA on Chert res and
Cumtl streets resided in our city from ISIS
to 1 earrj ing on his business as a groecr,
though Ike uuvcr sj>ent over two summe.s
in the city, the others lie passed, M
New Jersey and other places. For over
twenty years. lie has a son who, we befit
ve, was born bore and educated NorlH
I ut w ho has resided here for nwuy years,
lie is now fighting for the Sonth, being a
member ol the Washington Artillery. As
the party alluded to (the senior) is pretty
well advanced in life it might not be out qT
I - - ' * * ""
l? ac?i 10 suggest to nvm to divide his prd^'L-ity
anterior to his being called hence,that
the son, who is now engaged and hlentified
with the glorious cause of the South, may
secure his share. There is alaou resident
i>l Brooklyn, New York formerly a distinguished
lawyer ot Attakajes, who own#
two valuable plantations?one sugar. It
will go hard with h:ui. He removed front
l<ou.siana insiij yeaia ago. As the SoutH
liil not cast the rirst stone, there cannot be
my expected relief tor those who have i|$tiored
the South for yours, and drawu Isrgu
nuns of money from its great storehouse
>f wealth and richoa. Astho Act is retroipective,
taking effect from tint 21?t of
Nlay last, it tnay call into question the renH
mid by .tenant* r'.ncc that date; therefore,
rnanta atrS hirers of property which it liible
to e nftsent^m will do well to pay intu
he Confederate treasury hereafter.
The Salisbury (N. C.) Banner aays that
dr. It. II. Brown haa a Spelling Book and
.?:_l. ?- 1 ?
jii^iixu ??rauimar rcaay rorinf prrss. '1 hu
(polling Book. after a Tory careful examnation
of the manuscript, is pronounced
upcrior to Websterl.
Fewlxo ('ottos ?(?onrge Makepeace,
Crq., of Falls. Haorlolph County, N. C., is
naiialaoturind ?n excellent art'cle of sew.
rig cotton. Mr. M i? at pre?? nt making
n!y the lower number*, but hope* to ho
blc to prodnec, in a short time, any qual