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william weeast.}proprietor8- |itbepenbenf jfaiiuJjT flusjjiipcr: Jfor % promotion of % ^pditicaf, Social, ^grieultmal antr Commercial Interests of tjjc Soutjj. j?apeetbab,ihadvance. VOLUME 7. YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 4, 1861. NUMBER 27. f wim.slitg f tovii. | THE OLD FUSSEE. Michael Conway is an eccentric old man, who about three summers since made his; Srst appearance iu our neighborhood.? Whence he came nobody knows. He seems to be without kith or kin, and equally destitute of property, with the exception of a quaint-looking old FUSSEE, for which he exhibitsa most singularattachment. Thinking there might be a tale hanging thereby, I I one evening got Michael into my office, j and thawed his reserve with old mononga-l hela; when, sure enough a tal^ he did un-j fold in this wise : That old fussee, Doctor, has memories' connected with it, said Michael, and I'll! spin you a yarn out of 'em. In my younger days I became a sailor; and indeed for j the greater part of my life I have followed j the sea. The sailor's life was but new to I me, when I shipped at Liverpool, on board \ the brig Admiral Byron, for a voyage to j Trinidad. We had a rich cargo of Eng lish goods, but neither vessel nor cargo ever reached their destination. A little to the windward of Tobago, we were overhauled by a Yankee privateer, and carried into Margarita, on the Spanish Main, where the goods were sold, and the brig burnt; while our crew consisting of eleven men, besides the captain, were sent on board a Margarita smuggling craft, toSpanish Towu, the capital of Trinidad. Here, after a few days, I shipped again on board another merchant vessel, for Europe. But bad luck again followed me, for scarcely had we sunk the land under our lee quarter, than a strange craft was discovered standing down upon us. As she neared us, she fired a gun, and running up the blood red flag of the Buccaneers, ordered us to send a boat on board. We did so; and when the boat returned, we learned that resistance would be worse than useless, aDd we became her prize. Everything I but our lives was taken from us ; and turned adrift in our long boat, we were permitted to return to the land at our leisure. As we neared the coast again, we were receiv ed on board a schooner bound from Marga-1 I rua, wuicusoju lauueu usuu me uuaavu icn miles to the west of Scaiborough, on the island of Tobago. This was one of the points on the coast, where the smuggler was accustomed to laud ! her Spanish freight, previous to running into the harbor to receive such Englishj goods as she smuggled in return to the! Spanish island. While on board this craft, the skipper, who spoke English, although he was a Flor- j idian Spaniard, proposed that I should join his crew; and to discourage my return to the English Marine, assured me that now the war had commenced, I should certain- 1 ly be overhauled by the press gangs of the island, if I ventured to the port. This argument was enough to decide me, for though I was willing enough to fight for my country, while it was a matter of choice, I was greatly opposed to being forced into 1 measures; and the next day found me en- '< rolled among the smugglers. This I found a very pleasant sort of life at first; for neither the Spanish nor English authorities of the islands took very 1 active measures to prevent the contraband; trade we were engaged in. Otir greatest danger was from the Buccaneers, whose good , will we sometimes had to pay dearly for. 1 Indeed, so extravagant was their demands! at times that they stripped us almost entire-1 ly of our cargoes, leaving us scarcely enough | for ballast. At leDgththe contrabandistas determined : to pay black mail no longer, increased their crews, and armed for defence against the pirates, and many were the deadly encounters that occurred between them. 1 One day about a year and a half after 1 became a smuggler, we were running to the ; South end of the Testigos; when a couple j1 of boats loaded with men, put oft" from one of the islands, and laid across our course, with the intention of boarding us. We knew they were pirates; and Captain Pancho, our skipper, determined to give them a fight, rather than submit to their exhorbitant demands. But as is frequently the ] case on this coast, the breeze suddenly failed us, and we found it impossible to escape the approaching boats A hot engagement now took place, in: which we lost most of our men, and at lastj were forced to yield to the pirates. I was taken on shore to their rendezvous badlyi wounded, and it was many weeks before 11 was able to Pave my hummock. The pi-] rates treated me with great kindness and j after my recovery, finding I was a young j man and a good sailor, pressed me into their; service. j Repugnant to me as was the thought of becoming a pirate, I must confess that I be-1 came at leDgth attached to the dangers andj excitement of this new life; and before three months had passed I was on the fair road to promotion. But unfortunately, about this time, while cruising on the South side of r\ t_ r n _ .i: ! l TA ' vuoa, we ien in wiid a uisguiseu jjuguou; privateer, and were taken. The Spaniards! of our crew were stretched at the yard arm,j but claiming to be an English seaman, myself with thr?e others of the crew were J taken iuto Kingston for trial, where we; were condemned to be hung. But my time had not yet come ; and three j days previous te that pointed for my execu-l tion, through the assistance of our sentinel,! who was a countryman of mine, I succeeded j in escaping from the prison, and found shel- j ter in the house of another countryman, | where I remained till my poorcrmrades had paid the penalty of their crimes. I then was furnished with a small sail i boat, in which I left the harbor, during a' dark night, and struck out boldly to sea ;! knowing I would soon fall in with some ves- j sel bound for the Spanish Main, and by a; singular coincidence I was taken up by a; small schooner, which proved to belong to! the same pirates, with a party of whom 11 had been arrested. I told my story to them, and once more! I found myself enrolled with those lawless j men. It seemed to be my fate to be a pirate, and making a virtue of necessity, I' pretended to be greatly elated at my re I union with them. But notwithstanding, Ii was determined to leave them at the first tb favorable opportunity p< After a short cruise, during which we ri took a number of prizes, the schooner re^ ot turned to the rendezvous of the Buccaneers, which was among a cluster of low islands ci on the Venezuelian coast, called Los Roynos. b< Here, after the excessive hard labor of li landing our cargo, during the hottest days of the summer, I was thrown into a fever, j re from which I did not recover for weeks. 11 as was therefore left on shore, while the schoon- tb er sailed away again on another cruise.? tb During my sickness she returned; and be-isa sides much rich booty sent on shore, I learn-! ed that a Spanish lady and her servant, !oi were also landed, whom the pirates had re-hi served for a large ransom, as she was tbeloi wife of a wealthy planter of the Island ofjlj Margarita. i tb As soon as I was able to leave my hut, 1 of rr?TT nn rinoif T7 imnollpil mp tn rrptH sicllt of I ni v"' ?-v ?r-"-- ? o o-; -irthis lady; and ' er youth and beauty im-iw mediately interested me in her favor. l ot determined, if possible, to be of service to!to her, in assisting her to escape from the is- j land. jcl The schooner would probably be absent}T soon some two weeks longer; and those!si left in charge of the rendezvous, number- to ing some ten persons, were not extremely i w vigilant. It occurred to me that if I could {w get possession of the launch, the only boat J be on the islands larger than a skiff I might I m make for the neighboring coast of Yene- j m zuela, which was scarcely more than a day's Jh< sail distant. j m Watching my opportunity, when unnoticed by the people of the place, I approach- w; ed the hut occupied by Donna Paulina, forjst such I had heard her servant call her, and j be respectfully addressing her, proposed, if j ly she desired it, I would attempt to take her! bi safely to her friends on the main land. las At first the lady suspected my intentions, | be and scarcely deigned to reply to my propo-! sa sal; but upon my assuring her of mysin-jw cerity, she joyfully seized upon the hope | fu of escape; and clasping my rough, sailor1 of hand, with both her soft, tiny ones, conjur-1 m ed me to save her from the wicked men in jsli whose power she was;?and not only the' uj bounty the pirate chief had demanded f r re her release, should be mine, but all I do- tit sired; for her husband, Don Gregorio, w; m /I won m a m awa fbon likftrollr \ r MO I fP VTUUIU UiUlV LIJU1J IIUWUIIJ *V* 4V.7- I ?v cuing her from the hands of that unprinei- jht pled villian, who was thus detaining her j from him. J to I assured her it was not for the hope of jus reward that I undertook to return her tocher friends; but for the respect my coun- th trymen had always been taught to feel for! I a lady in distress. It was for her sake in only, and not for her gold, that I would;of make the attempt. "Besides, lady," said j th I, "it is not from my own choice I am here; I al aod I am as desirous to leave these robbers j hi of the high seas, as yourself can be." j th I accordingly arranged with Donna Pau-|G' liua, to meet me at the launch, on the fol-! lai lowing night, just as the moon was sinking, into the sea ; for at that hour I knew the I ]a, flood tide would enable me the better to |su <:et the launch afloat, and then, too, the j be sentinels would be most apt to neglect their j j), posts. j All the next day I was engaged, secret,- ja ly, in conveying water and other aticles to ep the launch, preparatory to setting out at jj Digbt, and succeeded in accomplishing 1 ac everything to my satisfaction ; and as the j young moon was dipping her crescent into; the waves of the Carribbeau sea, all wasi , . I D< ready for our departure, but the arrival of j j the lady and her maid. While I was strain-; . ing every effort to push the heavy boat overjsu the sands iuto deeper water, they made! their appearance. Lj, Without delay, I lifted them into the j boat, and as I did so, I observed that the,U(. lady carried in her hand a long fusee? same, sir, that hangs there?and which has ^ just now attracted your attention. \ m "What have you here, lady ?" I asked on seeiug so strange a weapon in Donna Paulina's hand. !_ "It is a loaded gun, I chanced to find in j the hut," she replied, "and not knowing! but its service might be required, I havei^j, brought it along !" a This reminded me that in my haste to get everything in readiness, I had neglec-!n( ted to provide myself with any means of;co defence, if on discovering our white sail |j0 from the shore, the people should attempt'jj, to overhaul us. Pushing the boat therefore, into deep CO water, and throwing a rope around a large , rock, I begged the lady to remain quiet for . a moment, while I returned to my quar- ^ ters, and arming myself with pistols and a 1 ^ sabre, returned again to the boat, aud was Nj soon uuder weigh. j j As I feared, the creaking of the halyard j |u blooks, as I hoisted home the sail, was heard ;ftt on shore, and scarcely had we caught the j th breeze than the alarm was given, and soon ; W; I could see that the two skiffs, containing j w, four men each, were putting out from thejec shore in pursuit of us, while the fierce oaths 1 g( nf the nirafeq. nrrlerincr lis to lav to. were!,.,' v. v..? f -?j ei ? " ?J | born over the waters to our ears with fright-j nt ful distinctness. iru I had provided the launch with ballast, III and hoped by running free before the wind ; cli to outsail our pursuers; but to my chagrin,!to I perceived they were gaining upon us ? . ty Their light skiffs, each propelled by oars, J th flew swiftly over the waves, and in afewial minutes would be aboard of us. ;eu At first I determined to give up the race,'ln in order to save the women from the assault J that was inevitable. My own life would |er not be worth a straw, I knew, But they might only be the longer detained, for the:cn If ransom claimed by their chief. I wastr< therefore about to put down the helm, when _ I chanced to catch the eye of the lady, who, 111 without the least sign of fear, stood upon m one of the seats, while with one hand she steadied herself by the mast, and with thej^c other clutched the long gun ready cocked j^ for the assault. This determined and.tn fearless manner of the senora, at once de- 8a cidcd me; and bracing up the sail, so that t0 i? might hold every breath of the light sc breeze, I made up my mind to fight if I.m could not escape without it. Still the skiff approached us, and when 01 within two or ihree lengths of us, the pi so rates ordered us to yield, or they would ,te sink us. But without replying to their w ireat, I kept on our course. They now jured a round of pistol-shots into us, which ddled our sail, but without causing any her damage that I could perceive. "Down?down?for your life, lady !" T ied to Donna Paulina. "Get into the 3ttoin of the boat! Another discharge ke that and you will be killed." "Think you I am a coward, Michael?" :turned the lady. "No! It is iny duty to isist you in the defence of our boat against lose bad men ; and I shall do it, or die in le attempt, like you, my hrave. noble ilor!" And fight she did. Never did woman, man either, for that matter, show more sroisra than did that beautiful young Creole 1 that night. Her nature seemed suddenchanged; and taking deliberate aim at le apDroaching pirates, she picked them F, oue by one, each time re-charging her ece with the coolness of a sportsman, till hen they finally pulled up along-side of ir launch, their number had been reduced but four. The remainder, furious with passion, dis largcd their pistols almost in our faces.? he ball of one passed through my left loulder ; and a cry from the lady's maid Id me she had received another. The four ere about to leap into the launch, when, ith my pistols, I laid two of them in the! )ttom of their skiffs; but as I was raising! y sabre, to strike another who stood over! e, I felt a crashing sensation through my ;ad, and from that moment I knew no ore of what occurred about me. Daylight was streaming over the quiet aters when I revived, and found myself ill on board the launch, which was now j mnding gently landward. A soft, wester- j wind was filling our sail, and the waves oke musically upon our bows and quarter, the boat sped along. I was lying on the )t.tom of the boat; and in the stern sheets t the Spanish laily, directing our course, ith a countenance as undisturbed and trust,1. as if the last night had not been one terrible interest. Near me reclined the aid, who I could perceive, had been but ightly hurt. The lady turned her eyes )on my face, and perceiving that I had turned to consciousness, gave an exclama)n of joy, and came to my side, and held ater to my lips. The draught stil! more vived me, and I beeged to know how we id escaped the pirates, after my last wound. | "Your sabre-stroke," said she, "was true j its mark, and the pirate fell into the sea: his companion levelled his pistol at your ;ad aud fired. The ball passed through ie scalp, and knocked you insensible ; this guessed from the amount of blood that imediately followed. Taking advantage j ' the man's position, I raised the stock of' T l. . J t 3 kl J j eguu i uuu uruugut wuii uit', ?iiu uu uwmg j 1 my strength into the blow, I knocked j ra from the launch, when he sank into e sea to join his fellows ; and now, thuok j ad, we are safe ! for, look?youdor is the j nd!" In two hours more, we were among the dy's friends, at La Guayra. When I was fficiently recovered from ray wounds to ! moved, Don Gregorio, the husband of onna Paulina, conveyed me, in eorapauy j ith his brave wife and servant, to his es j tes in the island of Margarita, where I; ent six of the happiest months of my life.! ut a life of idleness did no longer suit me, j id I notified my ftiends of my intention j leave them. The planter, seconded by the heroic Doni, would have heaped gold upon me; but refused all, asking for no other reraemance of the event that had given me two ich warm friends, than the Spanish fusee >u now find in my possession. And such, r, is the story belonging to it. And >w, poor and homeless as I am, there is ) money that would tempt me to part with at old companion and souvenier of the ist. J>ckeM IVt.ntto, The Length of the War. The press of the Northern cities has in ted from the beginning that this must be "short, sharp war." The necessities of orthern commerce required that it should >t be protracted, and Geo. Scott has acirdingly promised to "hand over the Uon, safe and sound, to Mr. Lincoln about e 4th of March next." We have no doubt that when the war immenced the conviction was universal in e North that, it would be of brief dura)n. Many thought that it would be eud1 before the Fall trade, so that after the jventh Regiment, and other Regiments of oston, New York and Philadelphia nier-| lants, store-keepers, clerks, and agents J id flogged us thoroughly with the bayon , they would be just in time to unsheath e yard-stick and sell us goods, which, ith the docility of well whipped spaniels, e should be eager to purchase. It. sceml to be the geoeral impression that the juth was a nation of braggarts, greatly ven to insulting and hectoring supposed in-combatants, and like all such cowards, nning at the first approach of danger.? aving formed their estimate of Southern laracter by exceptional cases, they weDt Tnitli omot rnoilinflCD onr} nnnnimi. in, mm pi;uv ?wuuiuwu uuu , the press especially leading the way in e "short and sharp war," each individuGreelyite leadiag two columns upon the iCtny every day. The most of the fightg that has yet been done has been done ' the leaded columns of the editorial Geualsof the North, who being remote from mger and completely inaccessible to an I emy, have poured hotshot into our camp) 5m Maryland to the Kio Grande, hung iff. Pavis, Lee and Beauregard, several ] ues; denounced as cowards the whole) ale population of the South, and abused I e women?a titling climax of newspaper uiouianism; for, it must be admitted at, no matter what the provocation, the' an who, safely cnsconsed in an editorial i uctum, can use his columns in any way! bring into contempt or ridicule the other x, has reached the ne />hts ultra of huan depravity and cowardice. l>ut, beyond this newspaper assault upon ir whole population, and the capture of me undefended points in our widely-exnded border, the "short and the sharp ar" has not, as yet, made much progress. I At the outbreak of their patriotism, they reckoned upon intimidation. They expected that their immense military demonstration would scare us from our propriety.? (They indulged in terrible threats of confiscating the property and taking possession 'of the women. But the mistaken ideas of | Southern character on which all this was : based, soon began to become manifest.? j Their fierce demonstrations were met by a j stern and composed aspect of determined j resistance. Their gasconading threats did not disturb the calm and dignified deport| ment of a wronged and insulted people.? ;The forces of the South mustered as rapidlly as their own, and an aptitude for war was , displayed by her people as great as that of ithe North for commerce. It was no nation ui uia^diu VVLII^U tuc xxuion ouyu ivuuu Iconfronting her; it was a nation represent;ed by such calm and self-poised minds, jsuch high-souled and courteous gentlemen las Davis, Lee and Beauregard. It was a! | nation which rose up?men, women and children?with one heart and one arm, to defend its liberties against oppression, and I its soil against invasion. Such a nation, | | occupying such an extent of territory, can! not be conquered by a "short, sharp war." ! It it will be a war much longer than the , Revolution. If they overrun us, they can| not hold us except by an immense standing ; I army. Maryland, one small border State, j without arms, and under the very shadow of the central despotism, requires an immense force to be held in her present position, and though, by no means a homoge-' nous people, and having a large alien population, Maryland is unconquered in spirit, I and can oniy be held by force of arms ? | How, then, can they expect that morej Southern States, of larger territory, more homogeneous, whose population is rural, I so that if their cities were burnt up or oc-| cupied by theenemy itwould notaffectmuch the general strength and prosperity?how do they expect such States, if overrun, to be held and retained, except by a standing array which our enemies will not be able to maintain ? A short and sharp war, indeed! The, men who talked thus have no conception of Southern character, or else we are altogether mistaken in our estimate of it. We believe that there are no people on the face of the earth more patriotic, more jealous of j their political rights, more ready to make i sacrifices for the preservation of their rights, than the people of the South. There are few among them who do not consider death a smaller evil than dishonor; and how could they, as a people, be expected to lie down in quiet under the feet of a detested foe? Wc imagine that the Russians can scarcely be supposed to surpass the Southern people in love of country and determination of character, and if they could devote their dwellings to destruction, we shall do more. If we are worthy to have a coun try, we shall burn up every town, destroy every bale of cotton, make the whole land a wilderness, before these greedy and ferocious beasts of the North shall appropriate ! the fruits of the land. A "short and sharp j war!" It may be "sharp" enough for all parties, but it will be a much longer war! than those who began it imagine, and task j the best energies of every human being j within our limits before it is ended. Richmond Dispatch. tl?? Prom New York. We have been favored (says the South Carolinian) with the following extract of a private letter, dated New York, June 18 : "I agree with you that it is the true policy of the South to extend the time and duration of this war. An agricultural coun- ( try such as yours, abounding in all the ele-j ments of greatness, and the means within i ; herself to sustain, feed and clothe large! ! armed forces, while her wealth, in the shape J of her cofton, is being produced, ready fori i the consumption of foreign nations, is inj I strong contrast with the shop-keeping North. I We are a trading people, dependent on our j commerce for wealth. The New England: States owe entirely to commerce and manu-i factures her present riches. Iler ship-own- ' iers, after the slave trade was pronounced! jpiracy, monopolized the whole carrying! ! trade of the country, dividing it between j j the imports froui China and the exports of cotton from t he South ; and their manufactures were sustained by Southern cotton and Southern consumption. A blockade, therefore of your ports, and the free general increase of privateers, most certainly destroys the security in shipping and food for the mills of Lowell. And in what respect dees New York and Philadelphia dif-l ifer from New England? In nothing.? Their existence is dependent upon the uninterrupted free trade with the South. So, also is the West?the great grain producers i of the continent. Ahead is distress and dissatisfaction, making itself heard even at Washington. Seven-eights of their crops have been realized in cash. What will the ' West be with a continuance of this war ! three years ? What, in fact, will the entire 1 North be ? Ruin, ruin, ruin. And we 1 kuowing ones see it. Republicans hide it ' from the people, and cry with patriotic 1 nobleness, "Push on the war; by numbers 1 will we conquer." The Republicans are not all Abolitionists, but the Abolitionists ' are all Republicans. Their press conceals the truth from the people, who are not yet ' awake to think for themselves; but as a ! 7 # 1 celebrated banker told me, to day, in a whiqycr, "S:r, all this is deception, and if war is not pushed forward successfully, and, ' before the fall, a peace secured, the truth 1 will come out; then the horrors of war will 1 fall like a thunderbolt on the heads of the 1 deceivers?a short war, or our early destruc- 1 tion." The South has every inducement to ( continue this war. She is enriching her J people by throwing them upon their own * resources; necessity is the parent of inge- ( nuity and iuvention, and I honestly believe^ the non-intercourse alone which, at present]' exists, and the necessity of producing a 1 hostile and bitter feeling on your part, so 1 as to prevent a resumption of trade after peace is secured, is worth the entire cost of this war to you. There is an awful retri ( bution in store for the North, and I shud- ] der when I think of it. There are a few I who believe in your subjugation ; they may I talk it, but not undertake it. All has been ? done through the influence of the Puritan ] Governors of the free States?Andrews, 1 Dennison, Morgan, &c., pushed on by W. 1 H. Seward and Chase. Lincoln was told by these fools, make war and you will save your party; recognize the Southern treason by admitting their Government de facto and you not only make yourself amenable to impeachment, but you annihilate Republicanism. Phillips, the mouth-piece of 30,000 Abolitionists, does not conceal his repugnance to both plans. He says recognition of the Southern Government is reconstruction on the basis of their Constitution, (for the great mass of his people pay very little attention to the Constitution they live under, so long as the liberty of making money is not restricted,) which recognizes property in slaves. He is opposed to the war, D^cauee it win recoil on nis party wnen c the day of retribution comes. His plan c is, "Let the South slide;" the North will 1 annex free Canada, and will build up a c consolidated, powerful Government, free t from the curse of holding man in bondage. I wish his councils touching peace would be followed ; in this respect only is he worthy 1 of notice. Yet is it not strange that think- * ing, intelligent men do not call for peace? s Every other man you meet now talks war? war. The Government is assailed, and must be supported ; but there is an under- 1 current; a J'cw apeak their wishes in whis < pers} and they fall on willing ears. Anoth- t er Bethel Church blow from Jeff. Davis, 1 and the whispers will be more audible. 1 "The Northern insurance companies view 1 jour privnteers with contempt. They have ^ generally roduccd their marine risks 2 J per < cent. This was first done by the Great 1 Western Insurance Company as a measure ( of policy. This action was announced by ' Mr. Lathers, at the Corn Exchauge. He ' had few friends there, and it was difficult ' for him to hare himself heard, in conse- ' quence of his previous strong Southern f sympathies; but it is hoped by the friends ' of the Great Western that their action now 1 will gain a return of confidence. 1 "There is a restless feeling here at the ' slow progress of the war. Many actuully I believe old Lincoln is afraid to push on his ' three armies of 30,000 each, as defeat now f would be disastrous. The Tribune and Times are rampant, and talk of Scott's im- 1 becility, the Cabinet's want of energy, and 1 the incapacity of their generals, &c. I will 1 write you again next week. I mail this for ' Jackson, Tennessee." 1 | The Evacuation of Harper's Ferry. Perhaps there is no movement of the Southern troops, since the commencement i of the present campaign in Virginia, that i has elicited more discussion than the evac i uation of Harper's Ferry by Gen. John- | son. The following editorial from the Rich j tnond Enquirer of Monday, evidently writ- , ten with a knowledge of the facts, from au- i thoritative sources, gives, we think, highly satisfactory reasons for what appeared to be I a retrograde movement on the part of our forces : "We are now at liberty, on the best au tbority, to make public the true motivesp actuating General Johnson in what the I Northern and some of the Southern papers j have called the 'Evacuation of Harper's)Ferry.' The general, like other military; I men of education, had long known that i Harper's Ferry, in itself\ is faulty and un- < tenable, from the facility with which it can i be turned. It lies as ?t were in the small i< end of a 'funnel,' the broader end of which) I could with great ease be occupied by the enemy. The heads directing theoperations i of the Yankee forces were well aware of I this fact, but forgot that there were fully as i astute heads on our side. The minute und 11 able investigations of Major Whiting, chief: engineer to General Johnson, had satisfied; our leaders of the justness of these views It was well known that Gen. Scott's plan wa9 to turn Harper's Ferry by a column from Pennsylvania, under Gen. Patterson, effect a junction near Winchester or Strasburg with another column of McOlellan's army passing through Rornney, and cut off Beauregard's and Johnson's armies from each other. This plan was completely ( foiled, and the enemy checkmated at their;l own game, as we shall explain. ( ''On or about Thursday, the 16th iust , < General Johnson, having waited at Harper's Ferry long enough to make the ene- , my believe that he intended to contest that j position to the last, and learning that they . were advancing on Williamsport and Bom ' ney, sent a portion of his force to Winches- 1 ter by rail. On Friday he continued his movement, sent back his tent equipage and 1 .AfVinr linotTTT hnrrcmrrn cir?lr X'n a of firn 4 WMCh'*D ' " ^ to, and burned the railroad bridge, and such of the public buildings as could be burned f without endangering private property, * spiked such of the heavy guns at Harper's Ferry as could not be removed, and on Sat- C urdcy moved, with his whole army, march- * ing on foot, in the direction of Winchester, encamping about three and a quarter miles southwest of Charlestown. The enemy, 1 taking this movement, as it was intended they should take it, as a retreat, crossed a brigade of their advance division, command- a ed by Gen. Cadwullader, (who joined their * forces on Saturday or Sunday morning,) which was moved forward towards iMartins- ? burg. _ J On Sunday morning, however, General Johnson changed his line of march at right a rngles, and moved square toward Martins burg, encamping at liunker Hill, on the 1 Winchester and Martinsburg turnpike, ^ twelve miles from Martinsburg, to offer bat tie there, or advance and attack if necessa- ^ y. This movement placed the enemy in a ^ 'predicament." lie had not crossed his 1 whole force, and if the opposing forces had u dosed he must have been beaten in detail. He, therefore, "acknowledged the corn," Sl turned tail and retreated, recrossed the riv- ri ;r and evacuated the valley, retiring be- pond Ilagerstown. A lieutenant colonel tnd another (members of the 8th Pennsyl- a cania Volunteers) were taken prisoners du- s' ing the retreat. c A day or two after this, Col. Hill, 13th " Virginia regiment, in command of a part P )f the forces who had "retreated" from ^ Elarper's Ferry, and who had been pushed "orward towards llomney, as our readers iave learned from our Saturday's edition, " sent forward towards New Creek, on the tl Potomac river, eighteen miles west of CumDerland, four companies of Tennessee and w Virginia troops, under Col. Vaughan, of ( rennessee, who found the Yankoes posted t >n the Maryland side of the Potomac.? }ur brave fellows, in the face of the enemy, ( 'orded the stream, waist deep, drove them s >ff in the utmost confusion, captured two 1 jieces of loaded artillery and a stand of s solors, destroyed the railroad bridge at that joint, and returned to Romney, making a t narch of thirty-six miles and gaining a 1 jrilliant victory within twenty hours. c Our readers will thus see what Gen. i Fohnson's "retreat from Harper's Ferry" \ las done. Tt has thoroughly broken up jreneral Scott's paper programme, destroyed lis whole western combination, and compiled him to remodel his whole plan. If 1 >ur "retreats" do thus much, we wait with f ionfidence to see what our advances will do. ( 'n the meantime, we beg leave to recall to * >ur readers' recollection the old motto of his paper, "Nous verrons." TnF, New Creek Skirmish.?A cor- i espondeut of the Richmond Dispatch, < vriting from Romney, gives the following . iccount of the skirmish at New Creek: 1 "Last night a detail of ruen from the 3d i rennessec and 13th Virgiuia Regiments, : ibout two hundred men in all, were order- 1 :d to New Creek Depot, iu this county, on < he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, about 20 < niles from Romney. This morning our ; nen came down upon the Yankees about jreakfast time, and as soon as the Jeff. Davis boys came in sight, the Federal offi- ] cers formed their men in line of battle, and ' ivhen our boys got within about 400 yards < the enemy, they gave one yell and weut i :owards them in "double quick," when, < tfter the first fire, the Yankees took to their leels, notwithstanding their superior num- 1 aers and choice of position, and made 2:40 1 ipeed through the woods. Our men pur- i iuedthem, but the Yankees made such fast < ;ime that we could uot catch them. Our ' nen took possession of their flag, some small :tcetcras, two pieces of cannon, their break- < fa3t, which they had just got ready, burnt i ;he bridge, and returned to town, leaving a i sufficient force to guard the mountain pass. < rheir loss was three killed and several wounded. Our loss was uothing?a Tennesseean receiving a spent ball in his left irm, which he himself picked out with his knife, threw it away, and immediatly proceeded in pursuit of the enemy. Our men ouried the enemy who were killed." Why ?Jadwallader Ran.?The following from a Northern paper will show why the Federal army, above Harper's Ferry, rc-treated across the Potomac into Mary-| land : "Harper's Ferry, .June IS.?We have information here that satisfies us that Gen. Johnston is attempting a surprise of Gen. Cadwallader's forces at or near Msrtinsburg. j Instead of going to Winchester, as was thought, he has turned, with his apparently retreating force of twelve thousand, and is pressing towards fVIartinsburg with all dispatch, evidently designing if possible to surprise Patterson's advance under General Dadwallader." Sitrpn'sr indeed! This is all gammon ; ?hcer Donsense. Why didn't Patterson I fall back on Cadwalladcr, and with their united forces, numbering some fifteen thou-1 taud or more men, give Gen. Johnson battle if Cadwalladcr could not urge disparity jf numbers as an excuse, fur he or his friends for him had boasted of their overwhelming force. As wo have said before, the true cause is, they did not have 60,000 j to cope with Gen. Johnson's ten thousand, ind the valorous Cad very wisely came to; the conclusion that "He who does not fight, but runs away, Will lmve a chance to fight some other day." Prlcrshn r</ Express. ? Kmin tlio Charlotte Democrat. North Carolina Members of Congress. On Tuesday last the Convention elected the following gentlemen to represent North Juronna in tne ooutnern Uongress : Far the State at large?W. W. Avery, )f Burke, and George Davis, of Wiluiing :on. | 1st District?W. N. II. Smith, of Hertford.! -d " Thomas Ruilin, of Wayne. " Thus. D. McDowell of Bladen, tth " A. W. Venable, of Granville. Mh " J. 31. Morehead, of Guilford. 3th " 11. C. Puryear, of Yadkin, rth ?? Burton Craige, of Rowan. I 3th " A. T. Davidson, of Cherokee. ( With regard to former party predilections ( ve classify these gentlemen thus: Mr \very was a Democrat, and took a decided | itand for secession as soun as Lincoln was sleeted. Mr. Davis was a Whig, and turn:d secessionist after going to the so-called Peace Conference, and seeing the duplicity >f the Northern delegates. Both have finej alcuts. Neither were ever in Congress! tefore. All the better for that. Mr. Smith was a Whig and a Union man . intil Lincoln's proclamation. lie was in . be last United States Congress. Mr. Ruihn is art original Secessionist j nd a Democrat. lie, too, was in the last j Congress. j Mr. McDowell was always a Democrat y if the Southern Rights School, moderate iut firm. We arc Dot certain, but we think J le was rather opposed to Secession until ftcr the failure of the Peace Conference, le is a good, plain, straight forward gen- . leman, a farmer, and fully able in point of y alents, to represent his District in any body. Ie has never been in Congress, but freuently represented his county and Senato . ial District in the Legislature. We know . im well, aDd we know there is no better lau in the State than McDowell. c XT- o f.,?! jii. * uimi/iu tvao a l/uujuuiuIj auu iui . p ometime pasta Secessionist. He has rep-j j esented his District in the old Congress, g L man of good talents, but rather too noisy, p Mr. Morehcad, as everybody knows, was j Whig and a Union man uotil Lincoln is (j ued his proclamation, when he took a de ided stand with the Secession party. lie v ras never in Congress, but always took a rominent part in public affairs. In debate u e is one of the most powerful men in the i p late. Ig Mr. Puryear is an old Whig and Union !e tan, but he now cordially co operates in jo be Southern movement. He has repre-j tl anted his District in the old Congress, and I 1 rill no doubt make a better rcpresen-lc ;ative than the late member from that Dis- ? :rict, Gen. Leach. i Mr. Craige was a member of the late t Congress. Always a Democrat, and, for j some time past, a Secessionist. Fie is as t louest a puVic man as ever lived or repre- * iented any people. t Mr. Davidson, from the mountain Dis- 1 rict, was a Whig. We know nothing a- i mut him, more than that he is President )f the Farmers and Miners Bank, located < it Murphy, Cherokee county, the notes of i vhich Bank arc not current about here. I - - | From Missouri. < The following statement is from theRichnond Dispatch of Tuesday, furnished by a i gentleman who had just arrived in that | lity from St. Louis. We earnestly hope \ ;hat it may be correct: "Richmond, V a., June 24, 1861.?I eft St. Louis on Wednesday evening last, ] die 19th inst. We had received authentic i news from the battle fought at Booneville i )n the morning of the 17th instant. Gen I Lyon, in command of 5,000 federal troops, ! ;cft St. Louis on the 15th inst. for Jeffer- < son city ; arrived on the 16th ; took posses- < don quietly without any resistance, where < be left 2,000 of his troops under command I of Col. Boernstein, and he (Gen. Lyon) < sontinued on to Booneville, 40 or 50 miles tbove Jeflfersou city. When arriving near i Booneville, Gen. Price, in command of the ' 1,500 State troops at that place, made a i partial retreat, taking 1,000 of them, by : which he succeeded in decoying Lyon and 1 til of his men on land, save a few hundred 1 jd board the Jataii. Gen. Price had masked batteries in a small skirt of woods, from 1 which he opened a brisk cannonade immediately after Lyon drew his men up in line of battle, whieh resulted in the repulse of ' the federal troops with a loss of 300 killed and 700 taken prisoners. Gen. Lyon him self was captured, and six pieces of cannon, and S00 stand of arms. The steamer Jatan, with the few hundred who were left on board, was shof to pieces and sunk info the river, the remainder, about 1,800 or 2,000, retreated towards Jefferson city. All their boats were captured. Boernstein, 1 who was in command at Jefferson city, immediately after their defeat telegraphed to L\ r. Blair, jr., who hart comnand in bt. Louis, to send up all the forces he could possibly spare. Upon reception of the dispatch he sent up 3.000 troops from St. Louis the evening before I left. "Upon receptiou of the news from Booneville the secessionists in St. Louis turned out about 3,000 to 4,000 in number, great ly elated, and cheered for Jeff. Davis, Beauregard and Governor Jackson. They expected to make an attack upon the Dutch that night, who were under command of Blair, at the Arsenal, and supposed to be about 3,000 in number. "The battle at Kansas city took place on Monday morning, the 17th Thirteen hundred federal troops made an attack upon about the same number of State troops, under command of Capt. Kelley. After a desperate fight the federals were repulsed, leaving 200 killed on the field of battle, 150 taken prisones, four pieces of cannon, <fcc. Loss of State troops, 45 killed and wounded. "I passed through Cairo on the night of the 10th; met with no difficulty further than the inspection of my baggage." Arrest of a Notorious Character ?Suudry of the Virginia newspapers have recently noted the passage through this city of a notorious Abolition incendiary, calling himself Win. II. IIurlhut, fur many years one of the editors of that despicable sheet, the New York Times. Ilurlbut registered hitusolf while here as from Charleston, S 0 , and was evidently, from his antecedents, on a crusade devising new expedients to please his Black Republican employees, by misrepresenting the South and descrying her iustitutious, as he had done in years past, on both sides of the Atlantic, for filthy lucre. The notice taken of the fellow caused the trail of the serpent to be watched and he was finally overhauled iu Atlanta, Ga., and imprisoned as a spy. He arrived in Richmond, Sunday evening, in custody of five Southern patriots, who delivered him over to the authorities. It is to be hoped that a mistaken leniency will not i permit the turning loose of this ruan on the community again. If dealt with ac i cording to his deserts, (as accorded by all evidence on the subject,) he should no ; doubt be speedily tuadc to pay the penalty of his crimes by the forfeiture of his worth- i less existence. Ilurlbut claims to be a na- i live of South Carolina, but the general sup- i position is that she was from home the i aL'ht he made his entry into the world. i The prisoner was specially in charge ot i Wm. 8. Jiassford, of Atlanta, who, ou his ; irrival here, delivered him to Gen. Davis, t who handed him over to the Governor, who t ;eut him to jail. He will no doubt have t to examination to-day. 4 We learn that if Ilurlbut escapes justice i n Virginia, there is Dow a warraot here for t lis arrest, issued by Judge Gilchrist, of i zharlestuu, S. C., on which he will be ta i ten to that city?a fact which must needs a - * i :i,l_ i ry.r.i. 1 * iriKC tunur iu ins guuiy suui.?'iiicnmunu i Dispatch, 2ZriJ. ? -*??><>?Privateering.?After all, the North, j n proposing to England and France to re inquish privateering, has only illustrated 1 he truth of the iuspiied declaration : "The ricked have digged a pit, and have fallen I: nto it themselves." The "Treaty of Par- \ s" is binding only on the parties to it, and s rhen it was proposed to the North to be li otue a party she refused, and the right of i irivateering she never dreamed of surren 1 leriug till the secession of the Southern b States. She has a Navy, and we have only s irivateers, when she comes forward, aud * n the most contemptible manner surren- 1 ers a right necessary to her own defence b gain>t Europe, for the purpose of depri- '1 ing us of our only naval defence against h ersell. We observed when the announce- fl lent was first made that Mr. Seward pro- ? osed to send in the adhesion of the United tl itates to the declaration of Paris, that, o veu if accepted, it could uot be binding ri n the Confederate States. We now see n hat this is the view taken by the London ti rimcs, which says: "It is by no rneaus Ic lear that the consent of the North to fore- ti ;o the privilege of issuing letters of marque vould really accomplish the purpose which he North ha3 in view. At present that orivilege is consistent with the law of na;ions, and the South being now aclenowl'dged to possess belligerent rights, is enti'led to issue such letters and to have them < expected. It seems difficult to understand how any agreement made by the Northern States to abandon a present privilege can liscntitle the South to its exercise." The artful dodger of the Lincoln Administration has completely fallen into his own trap. If he is disposed, with this understanding, to put his pen to the Treaty of Paris, he will be in the situation of the fox tvith his tail cut off, and he need not expect the foxes in this neighborhood to imi:ate his example. Europe and the South.?An agent passed through this city, last night, with important official despatches to the Government at Richmond, and reports all favorable to the Southern cause in Europe. The Southern ports will be opened on tho 1st of September, victory or no victory. Prepositions have been received for an advance on the cotton crop controlled by the Con federate Government to the amount of 5200,000,000. On his route from New York to this city, the distinguished agent in question, had a fair opportunity of conversing with and observing the movements of the Yankees, and gleaned many interesting particulars, some of which we present as being indisputably correct. Col. Wallace, commanding an Indiana Regiment, has been entirely cut off in Cumberland, Maryland?supposed to be all killed or taken prisoners, on the 19th. The excitement at Indianapolis, in consequence of this probable bloody defeat, was almost indescribable, the regiment having been formed in that city. Two regiments of Indiana troops passed through Indianapolis, on the 19th, for Marietta, Ohio, aud 200 horse guards from Cairo, on the 20th. Six additional regiments have been called for from Indiaua, making 24 regiments.? Great dissatisfaction is exhibited by many citizens in that State, in consequence of nearly all the commissions being given to Black Republicans. Out of thirty appointmens, tweuty-eight have been Black Republicans.?Nashville Gazette, 22d. "Fast Day" of the Rebels.?Alike trite and true is the adage, that when the Devil gets into trouble, he becomes religious, or at least affects to be. The same may be affirmed of his emissaries. They are like swallows, cf whom it is stated, that they never make a noise until they are caught in a storm. To these rules, it would seem, Jefferson Davis and his rebel horde do not constitute an exemption. Having been disappointed in their hope of capturing Washington, and finding that their curses, like their chickens, have come home 3 ii.i ,r\ J n tu ruuai, uiiu luat tueir uuuieueniujr ia about to undergo "spontaneous combustion," they are turning their attention to a quarter whence it is not likely they have ever directed their attentiou before. They have actually betaken themselves to fasting and prayer. Thursday was the day set apart for these praiseworthy purposes, by virtue of a special "Proclamation," emanating from me chief of the rebels. As to the propitiatiou of offended Deity through the medium of their stomachs, we rather opine the large majority of the rebels have been on very low diet for some months past. They have been fasting from necessity?for the want of something to eat, and it is still "Hobsoo's choice" with them. It did uot require, therefore, an Executive manifesto to cause abstinence from immoderate indulgence of the appetite, and it was hence more easily kept than broken.?Philadelphia Press. The Objects of the War.?The Christian Advocate says that a gentleman who recently came from the North to Virginia states that one of the peculiar charac teristics of the Northern war sentiment is the variety of opinions touching the occasion for assailing the South. Some are for it as necessary to defend the Capital; some as an abolition measure ; some as essential to secure the establishment of a strong Government, and some are disposed to fight because out of employment. That the masses arc not united in any definite and wellunderstood purpose, is evident. The leaders and wire-workers, however, understand pretty well the annual money value of the South to the North. We should be able to indulge in some hope3 of a speedy peace if only wounded pride of abolition sentiment required to be mollified. But commerce is a practical matter, and the commerce of the North is embarked in a struggle for life and death. If the South rnainaios its independence, the North loses foriver its commercial ascendancy. In our jpinion, it equally loses it, even if it could mcc ed in subjugating the South. Our jnly hope is that, by some returning glimpse )f reason, it may discern that it will cost nore to be ruined by consenting to the ->eace. Certainly, when it strikes the balmce in a cool state of miad, it will see hat peace is its interest. The "Crack" Rhode Island Regiiient.?The correspondent of the Baltimore Exchange writes from Federick, June 8. We have in town the <crack' Rhode Isjnd Regiment, to-day, on their way to Vashington. They have deported themelves in the most disorderly and undiscipined way, violating not only propriety, but II respects for private rights. They eueavored to break into the Herald office, eing informed that there was the itnpresion of a small secession flag pasted on the tall?broke into sundry enclosures to pull own little secession flags set up by the oys;andafow moments ago a crowd of liem rushed dowu the streets towards a ouse where they were informed a secession U ? TM CII.J ?L. I - was iu uu muuu. xiitsy uueu Hie uuusc t uDce with armed men, in the absence of ic owner, a shop-keeper, and ransacked very apartment, in the most violent and otous manner, to the great terror of the omen. They were utterly void of all conol and discipline, or were purposely let lose on the town. I do not exaggerate teir behavior in the least.