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[VCK '.UK !.ANUAo?EK LEUGLU. | a t _ i I IA n r t r \ 2HCL.1SAN8 TOKU, L'<(iri<?X, V a., I Ocl-iber 'J 3, 18(31. j Since ray last communication much of interest hua occurred, our marches have been numerous and fatiguing, partaking somewhat of the countermarch, bordering uu tha z'o3,<o? probably would give the belter idea cf the line of the march.? uiunv grand strategic movement* hare beeu made, which cannot now be sta\ed, and which in fact, cannot be eeon by lho*e not ported. Time, it is said, will display the beauty and exhibit (be ap propriateuess of the move. The reader will recollect, that iu Juno last, Harper's 1 Ferry was abandoned somewhat abruptly < and certainly unexpectedly to those not | in the army ; that Gen'l. Johnston made * several zigzag marches when biily Pat ' let sou was about?all of which at the < time was thought to be strange. It was < a tid then by those into the secret that ? they were grand strategic movement* and 1 time would prove them to be so. The I result of the b stile of the 21st July shows I that it was well, that Geu'l Johnston was ! on the left wing ; rather, it was the cul 4 ruination ol those strategic movement* that he was there. The programme bad ' been laio down and every movement had 1 to be made, so as to work up to the pro 1 gramme. With many, these strategic movements are nut understood at the time ? not. appreciated. in fact, with maAV.tlies a-e never understood, ne\?- 1 appieiisled. This is not owing to the obiusene-'S of their intellects, but often to there being no sort of 6tmsa between the straiegic movement and the result. The ' GhOsl will sometimes come io at the wrong door." For mv part I am dispo ?ed to regard the marches and moves that I do n >t umleisiard and see no rea sun for, (and there nre not a few,) as grand strategic movements, and trust to lime to doveiope tlicir be?uty and fitness In h vh.ii army, whiob makes a line of baitle for tl i ty miles, it is inr possible to d'tcover tliu propriety of the various mores, the "whys nnd w herefjree." Ii is neeJIes* to inquire, for if you could fin J an officer who did know, he would not communicate; he would be slow of speech, and if you listened to those who thought they were in the secret, you would receive as m.i:iv difiFeront reasons as Miss Betsey can give for not having, up to this lime, accepted any one of her j numerous lovers. Now do not be alarm i ud Miss Uetsev, I sin not going to "ien i tales out of school" Works have been I written and published on the s'.rateg c i movements of armies. It is now a pari i of the military education and knowledge i of a scientific officer. To be master of I ali such works i*now indispensable to the i success of the stio esjful and brilliant gen #rnl. With the smaller fry and with the i rank nod file, it is not so essential ; they | do sot originate, conceive or plan out, but execute and carry out. However conceding to the sc'eniifiu com.mandeis. full credit for tlie discovery of all strategic i points in the lines of attack, defence and retreat, and all honor for the conception of the many and necesssry strategic movements which large armies inu?t make in every campaign, still the "smaller fry" I nnd the rank and file are entitled to equal, if not more, credit and honor.? Tney do the hard work, dig pits, throw up iirenciimeriis and breastworks; build l?ri<Iur *, cut road*, ap? n 1 the (iky and ni/ht in ilie sleepless wai-L ; travel as ordered, in the beat, cold, rain, i> id and I mire ; alaap on the we; ground ; eat -what is famished ami whan that gives i out, do without; and whan lha day of < arrivaa, limy send forth the dead) < ss luuii tba killed I of llio enemy would fuof up ( ; tliev are foiamonl in | iwnSBIl^Hto'l,,B hindoioa; in the to I movement*, strategic t ra'cscuiit words, goori re ; "i IHTrK x WF*uy rHtA> '' ' wero called up t my ^JmNHp^t'tiieiit to a.?y it was "taking a I hlj?jflfHjK>oini" ; and if asked ;o account t nts for the pas'. ten c Ul^ ? i "vuiu r?piy, tney were "grand strategic movements" which a little time would do relope and illustrate as being wisely conceived and originating with scientific Torecast. For the present, it is the most satisfactory answer I can give, rather it is the best reply I can make for two good reasons ; one is, if I knew all about it, I would not be at liberty to toll, would sub j-ct inysolf to a court martial and cen sure ; and the other is, that I do not kr.ow. 1 once said to a g->od, honest old sinner, almost in a state of nature, that he was very old and must soon die, that he should go t > preaching and try to be C>ine good and prepared, and 1 asked him, very seriously, that if he was to die what would become of him ! With equal seriousness and great earnestness, lie replied, "God Almighty only knew for he did not." You can draw your in? feronce. The truth is, most of us are as ignorant of what is before us, as to cur army movements, as this honest old sin* ner was as to liis future state. lie had implicit confidence in the knowledge of his maker and was willing to trust in that knowledge. We have every confi' dence in our generals and are willing to leave that knowledge with them. Every one knows the reason "Jack would not eat his supper." There you inay draw another inference. Since my last letter, the Oih has been engaged in picket duty at Mills Cross Roads. It was a four days service. This place was then one of our advanced posts, it is about five miles this side of Mum son's Hill. It was apparent we had fallen back, fcr we knew our former ad van ced position in that direction. On both o rcsssons we occupied outposts. On the tatter, we had the 20th Georgia Regiment, Col Smith, as our neighbor. Wo relieved the 8th Georgia, formerly commanded by the gallant Gen'l. Bartow, who fell in theBaltleof the 21st. That command suffered severely in that engagement, their Flag was struck with fourteen halls. We were relieved by Col. Sloan's, the 4th Regiment. It was supposed we oc cupied a critical ami somewhat dangerous position, hut no person was hurt save a thorough and peifect welting from a irenend >us a'l night rain. Ou Tuesday night, the 15ilj, we were vrdered to strike tents at 0 o'clock at Frerisantown. By that hour all was lacked, down went the tents. The sick ind tliotc unfit for duty were sent to the ear. At 1 o'clock the wagons were loaled and line of battle formed on the col>r line, then the order to stack arms and vwRit further orders. About daylight lie order to fall io was given aod the ine of march taken up by the entire lirigade. Gen'l. Walker's Louisiana Bri >ade, and also Gen'l. lionham's South Carolina, were in motion in our rear.? We had not got quite out of sight of our Former encampment before we were halt ad by a courier, bringing orders to mainlain our position io case the enemy were advancing with a disposition fir fight.? It was rumored they were about two miles from us in strong force. Our wag ous with provisions had gone on, and ibere we spent the day lying on the ground, many sleeping, as no sleep had been enjoyed the night previous. Late in the evening an order came to resume the march. About 9 o'clock that night we ha|t6d and bivouaced in the neighborhood of our present encampment ; our wagons had taken up with our provisions and we pitched into them with the gusto of hungry men. We hnd been ?n--amp e l Mt Germantowu since the 12th August. Many of our comrades had there sicken, ed and suffered ; many had there died. No very pleasant associations lingered ahout the parting?all were willing to lea*e D the hope that the leaving would he for a forward movement, hut we were not consulted, and therefore had do voice I have no doubt it was a strategic move, and lime will show it. Ou the 17th, near night, whilst it was raining and before our tents had been pitched, our Regiment was ordered out for a three days picket duty i i the direc lion of Makeley House, on the (Jolt-lies ler Road. Wet, tired and hungry, the March was taken up by the 9ih and con tinned to<><)ur former hospital, w here the remainder of the night was "sorter' spent bv a wet, hungry, fatigued, worn out, half asleep, and half alive command. There it was known was no enemy and all ex cueinent was gone It r< quired more tin Penuitv than I nosaesaed in Hi* *** - tratfgie move in that march, in that lime of night, to that point, with such weather, so I was excused by Col. B., who lias ever been kind and indulgent, until the next daj. Besides, the "Commodore" had gone in search of a spring enrly that in >rning and had not returned. WIihi had become of hnn was d fti nil to tell. Some suppose I he had made for the Yankees ; other.*, that lie was lost and taken up in some of the adjoining regiments or brigades; ctbers, lliat lie might be Rick Mv anxiety was not relieved until the nt-xt day, when lie "turned tip" with hm bucket in hand. He found a spring but lost Ins road returning. Before lie c?me back, I hail made inquiries in two adjoining brigade* for a lost boy with a bucket f water, nnd was told of several similar Msec in which the "spring boys" bad not unied up. However, lie persists and iticks to it. be was lost ; took the wrong jatli in returning. The spiing lie went ,o was a long wavs off and bis cireula ions mado tl still further, too far to de ......I .m...... !a" .... "i I O -.ft .... ,i!? I ?j?Wl KM U-'O, OU I JCIb Ull riliJIII^ | ,o thai Hjirin^ f??r water From the the picket aerviVe ? f } ? Regimeut WH? directed to Makeiev'* | rlivie 1 rejoined tt. A Confederate R?v. , nsent wae on our ri*V, we lit'] keen told ? ' i there was none of the Uui.federates on our right. Shortly after a portion of our pickets had taken their posts, they were fired at by Confederates who did not know we were on theii left. Capl. Wy? lie's company were immediately sent out and deployed. They were out all night. Near day they discovered a party of about ten or twelve which they took as prisoners. The promptness, coolness and gallantry of Capt. Wylie and his com piny was highly commended. It was moonlight, they had to pass through an open field to deploy, the supposed enemy saw them file through the open space and fii< 4, (hut nobody was hurt). After get i ting into a valley they were lost sight of l?y their adversaries ; they then silently , deployed, getting up near to where the tire came from and within hearing of (lie reserve ol the regiment, and there remained until near day light, when a Lieutenant was seen to come out. A her he was captured, he said he had been wa'c'iing all night and could not tell how Capt. Wylie and his company had taken such a good position without his seeing them. The Confederates supposed we were enemies, had tired at us as such.? After the mistake was discovered, a good laugh was enjoyed. Capt. Wylie remarking that he would release the prisoners, but they must admit that South Carolina had out generaled . In advance posts the pickets are informed by the videttes and couriers where other picket friends are stationed, lu this case our regiment was informed that we had no friends on our right, they of course expected enemies. It was a new position and Gen'l Stewart who was in command of that line, had fortunately instructed and ordered our officers not to (ire before hailing. Without this caution the unerring aim of the Knfiehl Kitle in the hands of the "Greys" would have made friends bite the dust. The coolness and gallantry of the Greys on that occa sion is an earnest of what may be expected when they meet the enemy in an open conflict. This is long enough for one letter. We returned to camp Sunday evening. Stir ring events Hre close at hand. The ene my in advancing. In a few days we will nee the culmination of some of our strategic inurements. LONG GliABS. He-organization of the Army of the Potomao. Manassas, October 24, 1861.?The force* of which General Johnston is the Commander in Chief, have been re organized. They have hitherto been known as the armies of Shenandoah and l'olO' mac. As a substitution, the Department of Northern Virginia has now been created,* hicb comprises the armies of the "To toiuac." the "Valley," and the "Acijuia." The first is under the command of Gen. Beauregard?the second under the com* mend of Gen. Jackson, familiarly known as "Stone Wall Jackson'1?and the last under the command of Geu. lloimes.? Gen. Johnston, of course, remains Comi rnander in-Chief of the whole. "The army of the Potomac," under Gen. Beau regard is apportioned into four divisions, which are commanded respectively by Major Generals Earl Van-porn, Gustavius W. Smith, Loiigstreet, aud Kirby Smith. To say how many brigades are contained in each division would be to furnish an approximation of the strength of Gen. Beauregard's force, slid hs this might be us* ful to the enemy, it is better to otuil it. I may state, however, thai Geu VanPorn commands ail the cavalry in the army, as a part of his division ; and the ilampion Legion is also attached to the division commanded hy that General. The troops are to be brigaded according to llieir Stale origin, and placed under command of Brigadiers likewise selected from the Stales w here the troops belong, as far as practicable. Generals Johns'on and Beauregard have long fell the necessity of placing the forces in a higher state of organize tion, which has thus been happily accom (dished. The changes will no doubt give satisfaction In the whole army as well as in the citizefs of the ditTcreul Slates.? Richmond l)i*patch. Affairs at the North ?From an intor view with ugeLilemaii who has just ar rived from the North, we have learned some facts relative to the existing slate of affairs there. In New York the whole sale merchants are literady doing initio ing, except those who have goods in sell lo tlie tiovernment, for winch they re Ceive in reinm Secre'arv Chase's "prom Ixes to pay." I'll?9 iNilorN mk| shoemakers art) lo some extent employe*! upon wmk for the armv ; but tbe mechanic* gener ally are incensed in consequences of the Hciion of the A?Jiniletr>? i<itt hi Mending to Europe for many eriiil.-* of supply.? in 1'liilMlelphia there are thirity-one h >u-?n I "one' nli" can find no am plovineot, and charity alone will keep | i hem from starvation. There i* not a* much hn#niea* iIoiih hi that city in a month aa there ia in Richmond in one day. This can scarcely he calieJ a cheer nK prospect at the ou'set of a lor.f and dreary winter. 1 he Germans and Irish in the cities, who are generally winking , people, enlist in tlia armv for the sole purpose of getting something to eat ; \ hut the country poopie have ceased to j feel any enieie?t in the w>ar, and it has ! passed into a pr verh among them that no decent man joins the army. Kvenla | point to increasing discontent among the I lower classes ol the population, and it would not surprise us to hear, at nnv moment, of the breaking out of a fearful civil war on the sot! of abolitionism. ? fit(\mond Di*patck. Shall South Carolina Escape f i The New York Times is soroly troub. 1 It'll lest South Carolina shall escape her ' due portion of the terrible punishment which the Yankees are about to inflict i upon the rebels. Under the caption a- i bovo given, it has the following blazing ' editorial : Although the loyal public is not per milled to know upon what pari of llie Southern coast the immense naval expe dition now about sailing is to be precipi, tated, we think we do not mistake in say- ' ing that it is the almost universal wish of I the people that Charleston, South Caro' 1 lina, if it receive not the present, may 1 not long await a similar blow. If the \ Government would arouse the liveliest 1 sympathy of Unionists, in the South as 1 well as in the North, let it be seen that * a clear and distinct memory is kept of 1 the origin of this war, and a resolute purl pose held, however the conflict may oth- ' erwise go, and whensoever it may larmii 1 nate, not to fail administering a fearful 1 rebuke upon that accursed city and Stale, ' whose crime it is to have originated the ' war. 1 South Carolina stands out preeminent in the unhallowed work of sedition and ' treason. It is South Carolina that inven' ' ted the words "nullification" and 'Wees' 1 sion," which have wrought such mischief, J unsettling the ininds of men in regard to the rights of States under the Federal ' Union. It is South Camlina that has for 1 thirty years been a malcontent in the 1 otherwise happy family of States, aud an 1 industrious preacher of disunion. It is " South Carolina that incessantly muttered ' discontent aiul threatened secession, until { the national mind became familiarised ' with the crime and ceased to regard it F oi?iti w on ki imve to in tie sympathy and i so little support from the other Stales? * In nitml erle*s wava the feet has become li ki.OMti in the progress of the war. A c lew dava hjo, the picket* of a Penney!- t vafiia regiment had a friendly interview * with the pickets of a Virginia regiment, li on the upper Potomac. A discussion of 1 tlie rtuiri of the war closed bv an ax t preision cf regret on the part of the Vir- it giniana that they had not a regiment of J South Carolinian* to shoot at in place of a these Pen nay banians. And this is be ' w lieved to he a wide spread feeling among s| the Confederate aohlier*. I* it wiae to g overlook Mich an advantage na this in | ci planning offensive war movometit* f Let q Charleston he assailed, and a feeling of ; a gratification will ponses* the henil* of ft tliree fourtha of the Confederate aoldiera tl who, for South Carolina's wr<?nga. now it suffer linrdahipa in the field And. even it if orders were given to go quickly to the , r relief of that original scat of rebellion io 1 - ,*j ...... with tliMt horror which it* enormity would v have inspired. And, finally, when the H poiaon of thirty yearb' stealthy and trea- H sonable teachings had corrupted the South 11 and prepared it for an insurrection, it is 1 South Carolina that led the way in the P overt act of disloyalty, ller Senators 1 ai d Representatives were the first to va- ? cate their seats in the National Congress, 6 and thus to proclaim to the world a bro- '' ken and discredited Union. It was one " of these recreant men?a true represents 1 live, however, of South Carolina treason * ?that proclaimed the infamous sen (intent v in a public speech in the city of Charles 11 ton, while the Slate Convention there was ' sundering the popular allegiance from the H National Government: "Let us seize ^ the pillars of this Federal Union,as Samp* u son did the pillars of the temple, and ' drag it down, though we likewise perish n in the ruins." Such was and is the true * spirit of secession. It is infernal and de- 11 structive; ready loinvoive thirty millions ? f I % * --.i oi nappy nnu prosperous people in strife, 11 rapine, bloodshed and woe, to satiate the 11 malice or subserve the ambition of a nest ? of disappointed and disaffected politicians '' of South Carolina. c And when South Carolina's desperate l' treason found imitators, sud one after an- * other State threw off its lllegiance, till r seven had gone, even then there was a hope of a peaceable recovery of our na> 11 tional unity. The bordei slave Stales re sisted the fanaticism, and the seven sece- ' ded Stales would have been crushed un- f der the odiuin of their insurrection, if the ' evil had stopped with them. The wicked plotters of secession knew this, and a con- * diet of arms was decreed, in order that " the How of human blood might madden c and overturn what judgment was left in t the border slave States. It was found fit that South Carolina soil should be the 1 scene of this crowning outrage; and io ' Charleston harbor tht ensign of the Re- 1 public received its first wound, in being 1 lowered to armed ingrales?their coun 1 try's parricides. The seat of treason's ' birth was thus made the scene of us guil- ' ty triumph. I Now, is it not desirable?is it not a 1 duty?is it not more than poetic justice / that South Carolina**-) flagrant in sin, should l-e made to feel the earliest and r heaviest penalties of war F If a Southern | cilv must fall, let Charleston be razed to ( ibe ground and salt sowed ot. its rums. ] If Sou'bern fields rnu-t be desolated by j the Invasion of Union armies, let South t Carolina's cotton and rice plantations be } marked by the conquering advance. If t slaveholding insolence and tyrranny must t l?e f umbled to a dependence on the Con { suiuiion and the laws, let South Ceroli | na's aristocrats learn to tremble for their ? serf* in lh? presence of martial law. e There is not only just retribution to be rendered in visiting u|K>n South Carolina tliH heaviest blows of this war, hut there c is excellt-n' generalship to tie manifested <1 in s r-king at that State. South Caroli- I na is cordially hated in the South. No t o 1 J i ? ? - i ? its strait, many a mishap would occur to track and train, known to the common toldier, if not to engineer and waymaster to retard the expedition of the relief.? Let the prayer of Unionists in all the thirty-four States be heard for the early and unsparing chastisement of South Caroline. The Battle of Leeshurg. Position of the Forces? The Casualties on Both Sides. The recent victorv of (Inn E??n? Lho enemy near Leesburg continues the prominent topic of conversation, and every new fact or incident is received with ihe utmost relish. Dr. Geo. W. Stewart, >f AJadison county, Miss., has placed us n possession of some interesting infor. nation com acted with the battle, galh ?red from soldiers who participated. It sppenrs that a report reached General ?vans that the Federals were crossing the river at Edward's Ferry on Monday morning, and the 13th Mississippi regi ment whs sent down from Leesburg to keep them in check ; and under the be ief that the heaviest portion of the ene mv's forces would cross at that point, the 18th Mississippi followed. It turned out, iowever, that auotlier place whs chosen 5y (he enemy, some two miles higher up he river, where the channel s from 176 o 200 yards in widlh, and not foidnhle. I'hey crossed in fiatiboats end skiffs, end he first engngement whs between the 8th /irginia regiment and the advanced col* mm of the loe. The skirmishing com iuued with considerable severity for oine hours, and the 18th Mississippi, tearing the firing, marched in double|uick time to the scene of action ; the Uth remaining at Edward's Ferry, to ireveut the enemy's crossing there and fecuting a riank movement. The grand nd closing fight of the day took place bout 4 o'clock 1'. M., when the Federals riade a desperate stand on the hank of he river. In a clear space between two ;rowibs of forest, our three regiments? he 8th Virginia and the 17th and 18th >1 ssissippi?had the enemy partially urrounded, forming a sort of semi circuar trap, from which the victims had no neatis of escape by the river, oi through he woods on sillier side. The latter al ernative was adopted by some, who rere afterwards captured. The fighting ow became terrible. The contending jrces were in close proximity, and we re informed that not only bullets and ayonets, hut even bowie knives wore sed with fearful effect upon the enemy, 'he latter finding they were overpowered, oade an effort to reach their boats, rbich a large number -succeeded in do> ig ; but the ruth was so great that sev ra! boats were overturned or sunk, and he panic stricken soldiers were drowned ft large numbers. We have no means f ascertaining how many reached the iland in the river ; but it is not so ditfiult to ray how many failed in the aterupt. Those who were left on the hore then laid dflwn their arms and surendered, and this terminated the battle. The entire casualties upon our side nav he considered definitely ascertained, ince a dispatch was received yesterday >y l'residenl Davis fro41 Gen. Heaure* rard, based on a report froin Gen. Evans, n which the Confederate loss is stsled at 17 killed and 120 woundtMl. Tli? iral lost ia set down by the iam? high luthority at 1,200 killed, wounded or '.aptured. We have no doubt of the intire accuracy of this information. A* we alated yesterday, liters ia no ruth in the ruinor tliat Gen. Kvana has alien back from Leeaburg, though it ems to be the general impression that lie enemy crossed the river subsequent o lite battle and again retired to a more ecure place. We have reports of reinorcenteiila being sent up to Gen. Kvanr, tut not in a form aufliciently authentic o justify publication.? Iiichtnor,J Ditto tch. Richmond, October 28.?No ofBc al eport of the battle at Leeshurg haa yet teen received at the war Department, tut Colonel Featheratone, of the 17th 4i*?ia?ippi Regiment, report* the follow ng 'prisoners taken : Total number 720, me piece of artillery, four horses, si Keen lundred stand* of arm*, *nd a quantitv if clothing. The Confederate force en raged was fifteen hundred, while the federals had at least seven thousand.? I'll* ( uitifu.lnrulo Ia*? *w?a 1 1 1 , ..v w?Mvwv>n?v txtan v* nn una IIII Ii<l TCS?1 in ) fif.y, killed and wounds I ; the Fed iral los* near one thousand. We I, ave received, from Mr. J. L- June*, if Friendship, Clarendon District, one lollar, given l?y Jerry, a servant of Capt. il. ii Connor* and a pious member A lie Calvary (Hxpiiai) Churh, to aid in be defence of South Carolina. The fact md tlie attendant circumstances, as ex libiting a trmh wbicb the outside world anno*, too dearly comprehend, are worby of notice. Jerry desired murli to do nmething in attestation of bin loyalty to iin master and the cause of the country. 1 ieing possessed of a<une capabilities for lie business of basket making, and Lav fig no other me tns immediately at band, eiry went to work, and after diligent pplication, at night, for a period of two ieeks, completed a very teat and sub tantial ba-ket. which be took to the entleman through whose hands the Dntrlhttlion has reached us, with the reuest that it l-e sold and the proceeds ) pplieri A* apecilled Above. A gentleman otn North Carolina. happening to see lie product of J<<rr\*? Ul??.r and to learn .? design, lionght the banket and carried i home with him, ea a memento of Jer y'ft love for hi* muster uud hit couutrjr. -Sum(er Watchman. Designs of tho Confederates?Position { of the two Armies. The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writes under date of the 23(1 : The movements of the Confederate foraea near us taken is connection with the blockade of the I'otomnc give rise to (be speculation that their objects are to secure the roads to Richmond, to defeat any attempt by the Federal army to take possession of Acquis Creek and the Northern neck, and also to threaten lower Maryland with invasion, if not actually to invade it. Though their right wing has been much strengthened for these purposes, still their lines are not so much extended as to prevent a concentration of a large force at Manassas Junction, in case of an attack upon that point. Two months hence transportation upon any of the country roads in Virginia will be impracticable, and military operations that are to be conducted in thia quarter must soon be commenced. It is just three months to day since (he Bull Run nfTnir. For sixty days two of the largest armies ever assembled in modern limes, and provided with all the means and appliances of war that mod ere invention can supply, have stood face to face, without attempting any de moustration beyond a few reconnoitances. This inaction cannot much longer continue. Getting Alarmed.?See tbe circular ol Seward, id another column. There car. bo no mistake in the matter. The Yankee Government is thoroughly a ariued at something it baa beard relative to tbe disposition of foreign powers. It ia true, Seward says, that the chances in favor of our succeeding abroad in our attempt to secure tho co operation of foreign powers are leas than they ever have t?-en. llut nobody can be deceived by ibis declaration. lie has heard something, and be it frightened. At first be said nothing to tbe Yankee Governors. Tbe inaurreci lion was a small affair?be could put it out so easily, it was hardly worth thinking about. Now, however, bis tone is al> tered. He calia upon all the Governors to fortify their harbors I Why do it now rather than at an earlier period t Depend upon it. he hae heard aomatliing which has greatly alarmed the Govern* menu Tho effects of this circular in New York ?ii tremendous. Slocks of every description tumb'ed at ouoe into the very dirt, and thousands upon thousands were ruined. Some are uncharitable enough to believe .he report* about Seward's habits, and think ha was drunk when he wrote the circular. It baa been said that he has not drawn a sober breath since.? Richmond Dispatch. Who are tee Fighting f?The term ''Yankee" ought no longer to be applied to the enemy. Such a term is cot juet to the fighting men on the other tide, nor to ourselves. We ere. in point of fact, literally and truly, iovaded by a Euro pean army. That armv ia made un of Irish mid Germans, with a small* pro portion of Yankee*. Whilst the Yankee Government depreciates bitterly the sympMty of European Governments with the South, its own main reliance is Euro peao soldiers The prisoners just brought in are chiefly of this class. If we call them Yankees we not only commit an error in fact, but give the Yankees credit for fighting their own battles. We have just whipped an Irish and German army, whose bravest leader was a depraved Englishman ; and it is an army of for* eign mercenaries which still remains for us to whip on ilia borders o( the Potomac. ?Richmotul fitipatck. A Renegade.?Among the prisoners who arrived here from Leesburg, on Tuursdar, is an individual whom some of our citizens are confident of having recognized. A mso named Cooper, who, hy a curious coincidence, was a cooper hy trade, departed from Richmond in May last, leaving behind him a wife and seven children iu destitute circumstances, lie has now turned up, they aay, as an ex member of Baker's California Uegi merit, with m%ny of his comrades, in a tobacco factory, in this city. This is not an isolated case.?Richmond Dupatch. Among the prisoners at Richmond, several were recognised as workmen recently employed on our State Capitol.? We understand stnong ths prisoners at Castle Pincknev are *ev?-r?l t.J bred in Charleaton. The individual who (Ji>l>eiifte<l "Me^ic Oil" to our citir?na *a "Tht Good Samaritan," ia in that batch. ? South Carolinian. ? Our Balltritton tht i'otomac.?Noth ing aeema to annoy the Yaokeea ao much aa that the "blockading" batter y at KockfWh l'uint, on the Potomac, ahould he manned by South Caioiiniana and unmounted by the Palmetto Hag. A Washington correspondent of the S. Y. Tribunt, apeaking of tbeae batteriea, aaya: It ia important to open the river early and at on^e. Fire milliuna of army aup nliea carr.e un the Poiom?? iKi? ?-? 'The tingle track lo llaltimore it insufficient All feel that double track should here been Isid long ago. Tbere is shout ten day's forage on band. An iinmente stork it under war, to arrive * lion the river is again opened. ROPE AM) NAGGING. I SUPPLY on li.md of the beat quality il for sale at JOSKH CROCKET T'$. y*h 19, 1SC2.? ltt BUSINESS CARD8. KERSHAW * CONNORS. i ATTORNEYS AT LAW Solioitors in Equity. LAN'CAdTEfiTILl/B, 9. C. Will attend promptly to aM biw'mcs* entrusted to them. J. 1). KERSIIAW, | W. M. CONNOU*. Camden, S. C. . Lancaster, C. I/. nug. iu, ioo?. c b no&thkopT Attorney at Law AND SOLICITOR 1N EQVITY, Will practice in Lancaster and tha neighbor* ing District*. OFFICE AT LANCASTEKVILLE. October 21at, 186J. 37? 1 y Dr. ALFRED CRAVEN, Keiideut durgcou Deiillst, VOKKVII.Lt, 8. O., Offers liia Professional Services to the citizens of Lancaster Village and surrounding % country. * ARTIFICIAL TERTH inserted on Oo'.d Plate, from one to a full aett. June lHh. 1846 16-1* melton * wither3p00n, ATTOftNE VS AT IA W \ ANp t? tjuiiuiiiuia in riqmcy, Will practice in l,aricaater ami the aurroundin^ Districts. C. D. Melton, I U. J. WiTiiEitaroo*. Cheater, S- C. | Lancaster C. II, January 11, lHfiu. 48?tt. WILLIAMS A ALLISON, ATTORNEYS AT U W 1 AMD Solioitors in Equity. LANCASTER. C. II., S. C. | Will practice in the District of Lancaster. Prompt attontion given to Collections. f Mr. Williams may be consulted at Yorkville, H. C., and Mr. Allison at his oGicc in the Court, at Laticaatcr. July 7th 1858. 21? tf PR A- HALE8, 6 QliryiflQ^ 1 respectfui.ly offers { his services as surgeon dentist to the Cilitena of Lancasterville and Diatrict.? j All operatiooa performed in the beat pnssi- ' bit manner. caoor Artificial Tooth inserted on plate from a single Tooth to a FULL SETT. Charge* reasonable and all work warranted. WATCH Repairing prompty attended to and all work warranted. not. 7, 1860. 39lf. $73 REWARD! a Rta nuwn^frum where we had them t *% hired, near Cheater. In June last, our 31 three Negro moo, viz : BILU GILES I and HENRY. Bill and Giles we bought the 14th of Lai n November, at the estate sale of Ed. Israeli, on Broad River, in York District. They being brothers sod having relations in the neighborhood where we pureliaaed them, it J ia mora than likeley they have made their I war hack to their old neighborhood. Bill ia about 26 years old,6 feet 8 inchea high, will weigh ISO or 160 pounda ; ia very block; rather sharped face, speak* * quick whan spoken to. Giles, his brother, is about 21 years old 6 fast 9 inches high ; will weigh 160 Ihs t is very black, and walks with his bead up L and feel turned out in front. Henry, w* purchased, Jan I, of Col. C. I Rives on the Catawba river, lis is 23 year* I old, well set, 5 feet 10 inches high, slid wilt weigh 175 pounds ; has a heavy brow and speaks slowly ; has soots character as a runaway. May go to Charleston or Wash* ington city, it is hard telling where ha will go aa he is a gentleman of travel. They all ran off about the same time. We will pay #75 reward for the three men; or *6 a piece for either of thera de. p live'ed in any Jail mi that we can gel them These boys may attempt to make their way North, aa soma others from this plsce havo attempted. PRIDK A DUNOVANT. Aug. 7, 1861?26-tf. THE RICHMOND DISPATCH, j BY COWARDIrThAMMERSLBV. UlCUMoNU, VA. Daily Seiei-Wkeely asd Weekly. TERMS?Cash in Advanca. THE DAILY DISPATCH ia served In subscribers at six ajw gt; ahteb cks i ? a week, payable to the Carrier weekly.? Price for mailing, #4 a year, or #2 50 f? r six months in advance. TIIE SKML WEEKLY DISPATCH i? issued every Tuesday and Friday at $2 i t advance. THE WEEKLY DISPATCH Issue 1 every Friday, and mailed to subscribers st $1 per annum. T-1 ? * iiuaa AQQoriOQ, THIS Thorough l>r??l Jack i? out j! "f M \ i ? lie ia 16 11.1? t? I aJLJfc liigli, 4 yeara old, tihri, iron gru>. tl and finalv proportioned. Hi- will *t?nd tl > |l l*i*ll aeiwin at 111i? place, on tn? foMo*ini. |J term* : For the aeaaon, #.?() (h; If lamoanti'r 0 H.? Sept 1 J. AKICKSII aupply o! (a irdt'ii Sml.t n- I biacing all tne varietur* tMinlly ?i>;^ | in thia market, ju it received end for ait* b; r JON Brl CROCK RTT. 1 P?b11,J*ft. nr 1