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' Bebellion?Revolution. The outbreak of a faction into lawles.< violence and anarchy is rebellion ; the uprising of a people to assert and maintain precious, inalienable rights is revolution. The former is usually impelled by baffled, restless, soured ambition; the latter springs from the noblest promptings of unselfish patriotism. History discriminates uneringly the one from the other. If the Jeff. Davis conspiracy against the integrity of our Federal Union be founded in patriotism, in philanthrophy, in devotion to right and good, it cannot be put down. A brave, martial people of eight or nine millions cannot be subdued; an uprising, domineering, terroring faction may be. Whether the Southern insurrection is one or the other of these may as well be determined in six months as in six vears. We can scarcely recall an instance in which an insurrection that held its ground for a year or more was afterwards subdued. Civil contests are often prolonged, indeed; but only through the mulish obstinacy of the losing party. When Sir Henry Clinton abandoned Philadelphia and retreated through New Jersey to New York, getting worsted at Monmouth on the way, the American Revolution became a fixed fact.? The two subsequent years of warfare were just so much useless carnage and devastation in deference to the dogged stupidity of George III. His Ministers should have been impeached for officially assenting to the murderous folly. It may seem brave to bully foreign nations that accord the rights of belligerents to our rebels; but with a secession flag flaunting for weeks in plain sight of the White House, it is very untimely. Flog the rebels first, and bully foreigners afterwards, if ever, is the proper order of business. Congress is about to assemble, with the rebel lorces threatening the Capital, and at several points within a day's march of it. If Gen. Scott were to assail Beauregard in his entrenchments at Manassas Junction next week, the artillery of either army would be distinctly heard at the Capital. It may be smart to intimate to foreign powers that we hold the rebels very cheap ; but when their Ministers at Washington write home that they have retired to rest throughout the last two months in constant apprehension of being awakened before dawn by the alarm of an assault on or bombardment of the Metropolis, and that their apprehensions are not yet wholly dissipated, what is the use'( It is just absurd to talk about a three j years war for the Union. An army and a! General eomDetent to beat the rebels will I be competent to pin thein, so they must fight or throw down their arms. A protracted guerrilla war?a war of posts and strategy?cannot be maintained in such a region as the South, and amid such peasantry as the slaves. If vigorously pressed the rebels must fight or run; aqd if they will only fight when they must, their race will be a short one. If we cannot beat the rebels?beat them fairly, thoroughly, and with reasonable promptitude?wc ought to acknowledge their independence. If we are too few or weak to conquer them by arms, we should be ashamed to reduce them (? la Sumter) by famine. Whenever our armies shall earnestly set forth in quest of the enemy, they will either find them or they will not be worth finding If they occupy peculiarly advantageous ground, they can easily be made to abandon it and flee at once or to leave it and i fight. An army without depots, and with- i out money wherewith to buy food, must; fight at its adversaries' option. If the rebels are not virtually whipped 1 when the next spring opens, and if they j shall meanwhile have steadfastly confronted our troops, on every mutual frontier with-1 out losing ground, we may consider that! the Republic has been betrayed by the fol- j ly or incompetence of its trusted leaders, I and that disunion is a fixed fact. The in-j surpents will then have trebbled their home I supply of food, and learned how to dispense | with a market for their cottoD. On the 1 other hand, if they are beaten this summer, j in a great pitched battle, they will be sub-1 stantially used up Humauity, not less! than public economy, dictate,a short, sharp! war.?Xeic York Tribune, June 2S. Prom Manassas. "L. W. S." the war correspondent of the Charleston Mercury writes as follows from Manassas Juuction under date of July 9th: "I yesterday availed myself of the first convenient opportunity of visiting the 18th Mississppi Regimem, under Col. Burt.? My first inquiry was for A. P. Hill, Esq., formerly of York, a brother of the Col. D. H. Hill who distinguished himself at Bethel; and shown to the tent, I found' him and Col. Singleton, late member of Congress, with what seemed to be the lid j of a dry goods box between them for a din-1 ner table. A share of their dinner was as promptly taken as it was frankly offered ; pipes succeeded, the rear of the tent wasl raised to let a current of fresh air pass through, and with the temperature at about! one hundred, composed ourselves to be as! cool and comfortable as was consistent with' the circumstances. Col. Singleton is Captain of a company. Governor and ex-Senator A. V. Brown is Captain of another.? E. G. R. IleDry, whom the classes in the j South Carolina College in 183G-7 will re-j member, and who is now Judge of cnc of the Circuit Courts of Mississippi, is a Lieu-1 tenant. My friend A. P. Hill, a distinguished lawyer in Canton, rejoices in the! office of 2d Lieutenant. The Rev. Mr. j Fontaine, late of Texas, now I believe of Canton, Mississippi, is a Captain ; and so throughout the regiment there was exhibited the strongest indifference to the mere! distinctions of military office, and the most! singular exhibition of the readiness to fight j merely without any reference to the forme or emoluments of fighting. Soon after dinner, Judge Henry, iu his felt hat and Garibaldi shirt, came in ; soon after came Col. Hurt and other officers. My friends Hill and llenry exhibited the daguerreotypes of j their wives and children. The subjects of the war were discussed, and, in the course cf conversation. I learned that Mississippi has 14 regiments; 10 detached companies, ?> companies of artillery and 12 companies of cavalry in the field, besides To companies organized at home ; and Col. hurt, who is | himself a South Carolinian, declared his belief that, of these forces, at least ten per cent, of them arc natives of S. Carolina. "From the Mississippi Regiment, a walk of five minutes brought me to Col Jenk-j ins' 5th Regiment South Carolina Yoluu-j teers. They are pleasantly encamped on what was ODce a pasture field, upon the ground sloping into Bull Run. The day, ? as 1 mentioned, was intensely hot, and his camp, without natural shade, would have i looked quite too warm for oomfort, and would have been so doubtless, if it were not that between all the tents they have i erected arbors of brushwood ; and the long shady lines were the most comfortable things T had seen for a long time. These brushwood shades are common to all the regiments, but the S. Carolina regiments have the credit of having carried the invention as nearly as possible to perfection.? This was Sunday afternoon, and the whole regiment was assembled at religious service. These long brushwood aisles were admirably suited to the purpose, and as bareheaded they all sat intently interested, while the orator, inspired by his work, gave utterance to words of fervid eloquence, it seemed hard to realize that it was not an assembly for another object than war. Col. Jenkins has been in constant expectation of being moved fnrnrarA Vint- on for hoc honn nnnfinnpd in IVinUtU, USAV UV ' the vicinity of the Junction." War Pacts andEumors. Roaring Run, Va., July 10.?McClellan's column is feeling its way cautiously towards the Southern camp. They seem to have been reinforced since our approach, and are working with great energy. McClellan will feel them, this afternoon. July 13.?A battle was fought yesterday at Rich Mountain. The Southerners, 2,000 in number, under Col. Pegram, were surrounded. The fight lasted an hour and a half. The Southerners retreated, leaving 60 killed, many wounded and prisoners, 6 guns, and some horses. The federal loss was 20 killed, 40 wounded, and some horses. A dispatch from Roaring Run, in the Cincinnati Gazette, previous to the battle, say3 that the federalists were 10,000 strong, and the secessionists only 2,000. Louisville, July 15.?The Rich Mountain fight is reported to be dying out. The latest despatch states that the Southerners were 800 strong with 2 cannon. The Southerners lost 75 killed, and about as many wounded?federal loss, eleven killed and thirty-five wounded. Richmond, July 15.?The reports bro't here by passengers in relation to the fight at Rich Mountain are thoroughly confused, unreliable, and in every way unsatisfactory. One passenger, in high official position, states that only three companies of Confederate troops, under Lieutenant Colonel Pegram, were engaged with the federalists, and that the loss of the Confederates in killed was from thirty to forty?Pegram himself being seriously wounded and taken prisoner. About three hundred federalists are reported killed. Many of the Confederates supposed to be killed or prisoners, have since reached their camp uninjured. However intense the interest of the public for reliable news about this battle, it is as yet utterly impossible to obtain it. Thirteen prisoners and two spies were brought here to day from Yorktown. Richmond, July 14.?On Thursday a detachment of our cavalry, sis miles from Newport News, encountered a detachment of the enemy, billing 4, and taking twelve prisoner.?. Passengers to day from Staunton state that reports are current there that the Confederate forces met with severe reverses at Laurel Ilill. One report states that 1,500 men, under Col. Peck, are surrounded about one hundred miles from Staunton, and that Gamete's command had been compelled to evacuate Laurel Hill. The reports need confirmation. There has evidently been hard fighting in that section. The Lynchburg Republican of to morrow morninc will state that on Wednesday morn ing a skirmish occurred twelve miles from Winchester, in which two federalists were killed and three prisoners captured. The Confederates were uninjured. There is nothing of interest from Manassas, Alexandria, or other points. Washington Items. Washington, (via. Mobile,) July 12. ?In the Rump Senate resolutions expelling Southern Senators were passed by thirty-two for, to ten against. In the House Mr. Yallandigham offered au amendment that no portion of the mon- ; ey appropriated be used for thesubjnga-; tion of any State, or holding any States asj conquered provinces, with slavery in any! such State. Rejected. In the Senate Fessenden reported the j House bill for the payment ofthevolun-l teers, appropriating live and three quarter million of dollars. It was passed. In the House bills were reported, making appropriations to carry on the Government, which were referred to the Com-1 mittee of the Whole. The Committee is disposed to give the Government everything it has asked. Lovejoy wanted a vote to increase the standing'army. In tl,e House Washburn's force bill was passed, with 10 nays. This bill resembles the force bill of 1833. Nays?Burnett, Harden, Nortin, Pendleton, Reed, Robinsou, Yallandigham, Yoorhies, Wadsworth, W ood. Washington, July 13.?The speeches ! and votes in Congress indicate that five | Representatives and seven Senators are op-! posed to the course of the Administration. The Government is sadly in want of! money, and for this reason is discharging j clerks from the Patent Office. Washington. Julv 15.?Mr. Clark. member of Congress from Missouri, was! expelled on a charge of having served under the Missouri State law as a soldier. Fairfax, C. EL, Va. llobert McKay, Esq., of (Ireenville, who is a member of the Butler Guards of that place, writes very interesting letters to the Greenville Patriot. The following paragraph in regard to Geo. Washington will be read with pleasure by many readers: "Nothing of importance being on hand, outside of the usual camp duties, I resolved to look out for thecuriositicsabout town, and soon found myself in the office of A1 fred Moss, Esq., Clerk of the County Court. Here may be found many old papers which are very interesting. I was shown a deed of conveyance written by General Washington, and dated 10th February. 1762. Also, the record of the will of Gen. Washington, which covers23 pages of the record book, and contaius about S,000 words. It bears date the 9th July, 1799, at Mount Vernon, and was admitted to probate 20th January, 1800. I was also showed a deed made to Washington fur a pew which he purchased iu Pohick Church, in the neighborhood of Mount Vernon, and his selection reads as follows: "The pew numbered 28, situated between the two! long aisles, and adjoining the Dortk aisle, and the space between the communion table," for which he paid ?16; also pew;29, for which he paid ?13, the title executed by the Vestryman. The original handwriting of Patrick Henry, while Governor of Virginia, commissioning certain Justices of the Peace, dated 16th October, lf85, was very interesting; as, also, the genuine signature of James Madison, while President of William and Mary College, 4fted 12th May, 1777. The original will of Washington and his papers while acting as Justice of the Peace, with many important documents, were removed from the office here, for fear of being destroyed by the invaders." A Scoundrel at Large. A man appeared suddenly in our town on Friday last, (whether on foot back, or what way, we know not,) and cut quite a swell. His first step was to buy a new suit of clothes, as the ones he had on was not in correspondence with those of a "sport." He put up at Messrs. Fant and Powell's Hotel, without registering, which of course slipped his memory. Oo being asked by some one what his name was, he said he "never carried a name when he went travelling." He claimed to be a native of Virgina, and passed off for a tobacco pedler, stating that his teams were a few miles from this place, and that he was anxious to engage his tobacco. He had quite a surplus of California's rioh dust, and was quite obliging in changing several pieces for paper money.? He seemed perfectly acquainted with all the stations of our troops in Virginia, and was quite sanguine of victory on our side. He purchased Havana's with extravagance, and appeared to enjoy them with exceeding gusto. He visted all the bar rooms in town, 1 pitching into "old French" as though he were a familiar acquaintance, treating eve- ( ry one who would take a "smile" with him. , He seemed to be liberal enough not to spend all his money in one' house, but to ' distribute it generally. His enjoyment was finally interrupted, by his asking a free negro to take a game of cards with him. The negro informed on ( him, but too late for arrest, as he had taken the hint and left for parts unknown. Suspicion was immediately aroused, and he was ' pursued several miles, but he made good ' his escape. I We have since learned that he stole a , horse at Pacolet, in this District, and one over in York. He is a man about thirtv years of age, five feet eight or nine inches 1 high, quick spoken, and has a rascally t countenance. He had on, when he left, a < black suit of clothes, and a black low-crown j hat. He probably would weigh one hundred and seventy pounds. Look out for 1 him, every body.?Unionville Press. * YORKVILLE, S. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1861. {ffy-Mr. John It. Am.en, Tost Master at Chester, is our authorized agent; and fully empowered to receive money for this office, and give receipts for the mine. (jsy- In cases where subscribers do not take the Enquirer rom the post-office, Post-Masters are requested to Minify us i mmediately. ( (Bj- Subscribers desiring their papers changed must mention the Post Office from, as well as the one to, which they desire the chagen to be made. J 1 THE INDIAHOOK MILLS. & We have been presented by the proprietors of this mill with a bag of most excel lent flour. These mills, heretofore known t as "Carothers,' " have long enjoyed an enviable reputation, and having been recently overhauled and made as good as new, are g ready to serve the public. They are situated on the Catawba River, about four miles to the left of Ebcnezer and 1* miles ^ below Thorn's Ferry. See advertisement. DROWNED. c We learn from the mail rider between t this place and Lincolnton, that Robert and i Samuel, sons of Mr. William Whitesides, a aged, respectively, about 18 and 20 years, r were drowned in Crawford's mill pond, < some 7 miles south of Dallas, on Monday s last. They were in the mill pond bathing, c when one of the young men ventured too I far and sunk. The other, in attempting to f rescue him, was drawn under the water, 0 when both perished. The pond was drain- r ed and the bodies recovered. When found, J the bodies were clasped together. 3 GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION. 1 In another column will be found the r proclamation of Governor Pickens colling a for more troops for Confederate service. v We are pleased to learn that a company was organized on Saturday last near York- ^ ville, and John L. Miller, Esq., unani- v fj mously elected Captain. A few meD are yet wanted to bring the Company up to the x i . /? .i i . c largest requirement 01 tne proclamation, and which we have reason to believe will * t be forthcoming in a few days, when we presume the services of the Company will s be tendered. SAD ACCIDENT. 1 We regret to hear of a sad accident which c occurred some two miles above town on , Tuesday of last week. We have been fur- h nished with the following particulars : Mr.!"! John M. Smith, a son of Calvin P. Smith, jt aged about 16 years, was in the field plow- c ing with a young mule when a shower of t rain came on. Mr. Smith unhitched the ] mule from the plow and fastened the trace- , chains over the hames. In attempting to i mount the mule to ride to the house, one t of his feet became entangled in the chains, t which frightened the mule so much that it , ran off, and dragged the young man some \ two hundred yards, breaking his skull and t injuring his back and loins. He died in t about one hour after receiving the injuries. ] BETHEL PRESBYTERY. * A call meeting of Bethel Presbytery wag 1 held in this place on Tuesday evening last, with a very full representation of both Min- c isters and Elders. The special matter un- I der consideration was the resolutions re- a cently adopted by the General Assembly, t and which were published in our issue of T last week. A Committee consisting of four s Ministers and four Elders was appointed to submit a paper expressive of the sentiments t of the Presbytery in regard to the resolutions referred to. This Committee recommended the withdrawal of the Presbytery from the General Assembly, and repudiated in strong terms their whole action in the premises. The Committee also recommended the early formation of a Southern General Assembly. The recommendations of the Committee were unanimously agreed to, and the Presbytery appointed Delegates to meet at Atlanta, Ga., on the 15th of August, for the last mentioned purpose. We hope to receive a synopsis of the proceedings for our next issue. THE CONFEDERATE LOAN. W. B. Wilson, Esq., has been appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, Commissioner to obtain loans, in this District, to the Confederate States. Those of our planters who are willing to loan a portion of their cotton crop to the Government, will be paid in Bonds bearing 8 per cent, interest; and which, we have no doubt, will pass current throughout the State. This appeal to sustain our country and cause in the hour of trial, is being nobly responded to by the patriotic sons of the South. York, we think, will not fall behind other Districts in CDntributing her quota. The necessary papers are in the hands of the Commissioner, and those who are disposed to contribute to the defence of the Confederacy, in the mode above indicated, can do so at once. It is desired by the Government that the report of the Commissioners be forwarded to the Secretary of the Treasury as early as practicable. See Advertisement. CORDIAL FOR SOLDIERS. We have been informed that there is :juite a demand in the army for blackberry oordial for the use of the sick; and we feel 9ure that it is only necessary to let it be known to the ladies of York District, ;hat our soldiers need such things. In orler to supply this want, it is proposed by a aumber of ladies, that a quantity be at once prepared and forwarded for the use of our joldiers in the 5th Regiment. It is suggested by the ladies referred to, that eaoh family contribute as large a quantity as they nay see proper, and that it be put in bot;les and sent to the store of Messrs. Darmu & .Tefferys, who have kindly consented ;o pack all the parcels into one box and forward at once. In order that there may be as little delay is possible, all who intend to contribute are equested to send their contributions to the itore on or before Thursday next. The following has been furnished to us is being an excellent recipe for making the jordial : Recipe.?To each quart of blackberry nice, add one pound of good brown sug^r,' ^ a teaspoonful of mace, the same of alipice, and the same of cloves. Boil thi9 nixture about ten minutes and strain it. iVhen cold, add one pint of good brandy o every half gallon of cordial. MERE-MENTION. Governor Harris, of Tennessee, has is:ued a proclamation calling out three thousind more volunteers and two companies of lavalry to serve during the war. The lahama Herald; of the 10th of Juoe, gives ' in accouot of the successful landing of a largo of G01 slaves on Anguela Bay, and heir transfer thence to Cuba. The slaver ... . . I s supposed to oe an AmencaD, as nearly .11 of ber crew spoke English. A corespondent of the Richmond Dispatch asks, 'What makes the Hessian Fly?" and anwere it himself thus : "Col. Magruder's oasked battery." Police Commissioner links, of Baltimore, has been released rom Fort McHenry on his parole ofhonr. His feeble condition induced the ty- ( ants to extend this act of clemency to Mr. , I. The Mobile Advertiser of the ( Id says: "We have for some days had posiive information that the Southern Confedeacy will be recognized by both England nd France, on the most favorable terms, pithin a few months." Fifty one prizes' in all, have been taken iy Southern privateers, whose aggregrate , 'alue is computed to amount to ?3,000,100. The Paris correspondent of the "lew York News says that the French Gov- , mment will loan the Confederate States one lundred million dollars. A letter rom San Antonio to the Galveston News ays : "Many of the old army officers are lere prisoners of war. When they asked fan Dorn whathe intended to do with them, le replied, 'keep you for retaliation, if Linsoln carries out his threats.'" "Edvard Everett delivered a speech on the 1th of July, in the Academy of Music, New fork, on 'issues of the day.' He spoke of he justice of the cause of the North, and )f 'the murderous and sudicial war' which he South is waging. He took extreme Republican coercion ground, and said the vord 'compromise was almost sickening to lira."? J. W. Randolph, the Rich- ' nond publisher, is about to publish an cdiion of the New Testament. To Mr. R vill belong the credit of being the first pub- 1 isher, south of Mason and Dixon's line, : o print the Testament. The Bultinore Exchange of the 9th says that Col. Richard Thomas, of St. Mary's, Maryland, ' vas arrested on Monday last when about 1 andingat Baltimore from the steamer Mary 1 Washington, The charge against him is 1 :omplicity in the seizure of the St. Nhho- 1 us. He was pointed out hy spies who were 1 broad the Mary Washington. Ho was ' aken to Fort MoHcnry with several others ' ?ho had likewise been arrested. He has < ince been indicted for piracy and treason. 1 We learn from the Winnsboro' Register 1 hat Copt. C. S. Winder, Confederate States ^ Army, ha9 been appointed Colonel of the 6th Regiment, South Carolina Volanteers. The Cincinnati Enquirer states that the loss sustained by the pork packers in that city up to the present time will not fall far shortof $1,000,000. First class whisky is selling at Cincinnati for eleven cents per gallon. W. D. Watts, Esq., who, for twenty years or more, filled the office of Ordinary of Laurens District died at Glenn Springs on Wednesday, the 10th instant. The Selma Reporter says a merchant of that city received a Treasury note for $50 last week, for which he was offered three per cent, premium in a few hours after he received it. In the first ballot for ' Speaker of the United States Congress, Mr. Vallandighnm, of Ohio, received seven votes. The Ninth Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers are en route for Virginia. The Regiment is under command of Col. Richard Taylor, the gallant son of the late President Taylor. A Washington letter writer says ?that some of the soldiers, particularly one of the Pennsylvania regiments, are actually begging in the streets. I saw to day the mortifying spectacle of an American solder in the capital of his country, asking a foreign minister for a few pennies." The Athens (Tenn.) Post says: "We have it from undoubted authority, that Gen. Scott recently remarked to a friend that the war against the Southern States could not be carried on successfully, and that the Federal Government must make peace with them on some terms." To find out the number of children in a street, commence beating a drum. To find out the number of idle men, start a dog fight. The Petersburg Express says that many a man more honest than Simon Cameron, Secretary of War for Lincoln, is in a Penitentiary. The captured privateer Savannah, was sold in New York on the 2d, at auction. Messrs. McReady, Mott, & Co., were the purchasers at 81,275. Her guns and ammunition brought 875. The small arms, including 12 flint-lock muskets, and half a dozen cutlasses, brought 820. Tt is rumored that the United States Government will fit her out for service. The Columbia Collego has conferred the degree of LL. D. upon President Lincoln. The "hateless prophet," George Munday, was won't to give as the definition of these calabastic letters?"license to lie. damnably." The people of the South are displaying wonderful liberality in subscribing to the Confederate Loan. Georgia and Alabama will subscribe at least -500,000 bales of cotton, worth $25,000,000, and the remaining cotton States will subscribe 1,500,000 bales, so that the Government can count on a cotton revenue of about 8100,000,000. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. Tudor Hall, Prince Williams, Va., 1 Friday Morning, July 5, 1861. j Dear Enquirer:?The issues of the . 1 _ l.! A 1 struggle in wmcn wo are engaged, so remarkable thus far in all its incidents, and destined, we think, to continue so to the end, are beginning already to develop themselves as in the gray light of early morning. The imperious logic of stern and stubborn facts, is working on with majestic energy from cause to consequence. It is Dot more true than thirty years of wrong have produced the complete overthrow of the old Federal Government, than that the unity and animation of the South, "the unconquerable will and courage never to submit or yield," will gloriously achieve her independence under Heaven. To this end are passing events tending with a speed md directness almost surprising. First and foremost, money is a leading sinew of war. While the credit of the South is growing daily, that of the North is goiog down with tremendous strides.? rbe cause of this is plain. The South is really the source of the wealth of the country. The North has grown rich by plundering the South. Her credit was based upon her wealth; remove the one and the other sinks. Of what value is her vast manufacturing and commercial machinery, if they bring her no annuity ? None whatever. They do not create that feeling of security and confidence in the loaner which is necessary to raising the large funds required for military purposes of such immense magnitude. The North and the South alike have only two ways of raising money to prosecute the war: first, a foreign loan; second, in some form or other, a domestic loan. No matter which of these sources is appealed to, the advantages are on our side. We offer 8 per cent., they are disposed to offer only about six ; we have ample exports to pay the loan with, they have little or none; and in a domestic loan, while their people are divided and distrustful, ours are almost a unit, entirely confident, and moreover ready, cheerfully, to make every needed sacrifice. If we refer to that other 6inew of war, the soldiery, we find perhaps a still greater contrast. We do not believe better material for making soldiers can be found anywhere than at the South; and much of her best intellect, blood and muscle, are now in her service. Although none of her volunteers have been in the field much more than three months, and most of them only jbout two, yet their discipline and drill are 5ne, and the guerrilla and skirmishing warfaro they are waging, is constantly giving birth to daring and brilliant achievements ;hat bring to mind the palmier days of jhivalry. Launcelot, of himself, was not I nore brave and gallant than Jackson, who i las his like in thousands of our army.? i Che inferiority of the Yankee troops is I. shown in the numerous skirmishes that have c taken place. Generally averaging about t three to our one, they have generally been s beaten. 1 With money, then, at our command, j whether we borrow at home or abroad, and 6 with an army unsurpassed, if not unequalled j in the world; fighting, too, against a bank- ( rupt despotism employing craven hirelings j to subjugate us, a few brilliant victories, y one stirring and glorious campaign?just enough to make our early history as a dis- , tinct government attractive?will decide the contest. Blockades and big armies and Yankee-doodle all, can't stop the march of events. Old Abe and Scott will find that they have paid too dear for their whistle abont October; for the "commercial bit" is in the month of the North, and the "bit" of the most agrarian and self-pnnishing despotism, perhaps, the world has seen, is in their own. The St. Nicholas, one of the line of steamers running between Baltimore and Washington, was taken as a prize on last Saturday morning abont 1 o'clock, near where the Potomac empties into the Chesapeake Bay. This being one of the most romantic and splendid incidents of the campaign, we feel disposed to give it in detail, and hope yon will bear with us. The scheme was concooted by Col. Thomas, of Virginia, and Capt. Holhns, formerly of the United States Navy. The Colonel went to Baltimore and took passage with 20 or 30 pretended New York Zouaves, as an old French lady, being dressed a la mode Parisiennc ; and the Captain got on at Look Out Point, some distance below on the route. They recognized each other with instant alacrity; and holding a conversation in French, which both speak fluently, perfected their arrangements. The lady then retired to her apartment, and reap- j pearing in fall unitorm, wita saore ana pistols flashing, and surrounded by the Zouaves, demanded the surrender of the boat. The crew and passengers being made prisoners, and the vessel being placed in charge of Capt. Ilollins, they proceeded to the mouth of Cone river, where they landed the prisoners and took on board 100 Tennesgeeans, with the intention of hunting up the Pawnee and making her a prize. This, the most brilliant part of their plan, however, failed ; for, after cruising up the Potomac until they were weary, not finding their intended prey, they tacked about and steamed off down the river. After entering the Chesapeake they overhauled a brig | and two schooners?one laden with 3500 I bags of coffee, another with ice and a third with anthracite coal. The vessels and cargo were carried up the Rappahannock to L Fredericksburg; and are estimated to be worth ?375,000. Some 40 prisoners were takeu with the last three prizes. Yesterday, the 4th, was celebrated by us very quietly, notwithstanding the amount of cannon firing towards Washington, which on any other day would have produced any amount of stir and excitement. The morG ning was spent by the boys in writing letfora on/I af.rnllinor nVimifc tha r?amn fnraorincy ~ fa ?? b--b g and bathing. In the afternoon we were re- . viewed by Beauregard. We went through quite a number of manoeuvres before bim; and at the conclusion, his girl-like modesty forbidding him to say a word to us, he re- ^ quested Col. Jenkins to say to his men, that he was not only entirely pleased, but J? actually surprised at the performance. We have often spoken to you of this lit- ^ tie military giant; but we never before had so good a look at him as yesterday. His . features wear the marks of heavy thought ^ and deep responsibility; but his countenance is illumined with the light of one of ^ ? the richest intellects of the age; while a glance into his wondrous eyes sends a thrill to the very marrow bones. You recognize in him at once, one of those strange men ^ of a century, gifted with almost preternatural powers, whom we term geniuses.? His very modesty and quiet, almost unconscious sense of strength within himself, have a Beauregard-character peculiar to himself. The subtle speed, the vivid grang deur and the sudden, terror-waking power of the lightning are about him. 0 Our admiration of the man being in. h tense, we are, Beau-regard-fully, OUR CORPORAL. v Tudor Hall, Prince Williams, Va., ) v Monday Morning, July 8, 1S61. J |si The news which came yesterday evening, tl places our minds in a condition of extreme c suspense and anxiety to day. It was that tl the enemy had advanced four miles, two c< on Saturday and two on Sunday; and that tl the opposing hosts were in two miles of e each other. This state of feeling has been t; intensified by heavy firing which has been b heard in the direction of Fairfax this morn- h ing. Judging from the countenances of b our leaders, as well as from the general ap- ?] pearances of things around us, we may u reasonably expect before many days to be 81 in animated conflict with the enemy. 01 We have received our quota of regimen- st tal baggage-wagons for Gen. Jones' brig- tc ade; five day's provisions have been furnish- ai ed the soldiers ; and in every way we are g( ready at a moment's warning to sling knap- 01 sacks, right shoulder shift arms, and double te quick it to the scene of action. As far as w we know, the whole army of the Potomac pi is as ready now as they ever can be for a trial of their strength, skill and courage with fo the enemy. Many, indeed, seem eager ti that we should advance, if nothing else will bi bring the Yankees into a fight. The sum- 01 mer is certainly wasting away rapidly, and nothing decisive has been done. If the af Northern Congress sanctions the usurpative w' lespotism of Lincoln, and pate in operation he plans he has likely proposed in his meslage (it is stated that he recommended caling out 400,000 additional forces, and a lew loan of 8400,000,000) their great delire will be to have two months more of ireparation ; while the evident policy of the Confederate States would be to seek in earlest, a speedy opening of the grand drama vhioh is to follow. If these villainous Yankees, bereft of all eason and love of republican liberty, madiened for their own destruction, and burn ,ng with malicious eagerness to accomplish jar's, are determined to prosecute the war antil the temple of the old country's prosperity is everywhere a heap of smoking ruins, knowing as they well do the foe they will have to meet, they will lay broadly and deeply, and of consequence slowly, every plan of preparation. The anaconda will strive to coil every fold arouud its victim, before it gives the compressive and fiendish sm brace which is to crush the last bone.? rf there were no other reason for delay, the jold-bearted and calculating miscreants would wish to defer the conflict, till the Fresh breezes of the Fall begin to blow over 3ur Southern clime. They have not the ardent patriotism and fiery valor whioh chafes ander the bit that halts them for a season. Merely their grossest aod basest interests ire at heart, glossed over with the dreams )f vain sufficiency and fanaticism; and conjequently they go into this war with an icy joulleseness and a satanic malice which vould make despotism itself shudder and recoil. Do you expect such a people to do inything rash ? Nay! a cold, crawling, ikulking, catlike warfare they will wage j f they find themselves out of danger and pou in their power, they will spring, not For courage but ferocity and greed; if they lnd you too strong, too watchful and too veil prepared for them, they will become as pacific as the contemptible weazel in the Dresence of a stately game-cock. You might vhip their craven backs into blisters, and hey would be the same cold, crawling, ikulking, cat-like enemy. Scott, you know, says he will pay no at;ention to the skirmishes occurring constanty, but go on perfecting his plans of operaion. "We should beat him at his own game. Ye already have troops in the field sufficient to take care of more than half a million >f the foe. The Commissary General of he forces in Virginia, deal3 out rations for learly two hundred thousand soldiers; and ilong the Mississippi, at Pensacola, and aong the border of Arkansas and Missouri, ve number full as many more. Tt is not in over-estimate to say that the South has 100,000 men in the field; and these are iqual to twice their number, contending on heir own soil for their homes and firesides, or all that is loved and precious on earth, md receiving the "aid and comfort" of housands of King's Mountain boys who all >ver the South will spring to arms at any noment, as the men of Watauga did, to hastise the invader. This struggle may ome?the blindness and infatuation of our Demies may bring it on?bat woe, indeed, o those who get into the fastenesses of our aountains or the wildernesses of our seahore! Yet much may and should be done now. n time of peace?and it is comparative eace now to the desolating strife which our De would bring against us :?"in time of eace prepare for war." Every man, woman | jd child at the South, should be nerved t heart and active of hand, to meet the ex>encies of a long, prostrating and ruinous ontest. Let no hope or prospect of speedy ( eace?if there can be any now?unstring single nerve or muscle. You know that 'e have contended all along that the way )make this war as short and bloodless as ossible, is for every body to show practially the indomitability and self-sacrifice of ur forefathers. The ladies of Virginia have iade a move in the right direction. They re organizing in various parts of the State <adies Soldiers' Aid Societies, and have jceived contributions as far South as Geor- : ;ia. They employ nurses for the military rospitals,- contribute that endless variety f little things which women alone knows ow to get up for the comfort of sick sol* iers; and thus add moral power and deotion to our cause, while they are remoing the saddest and most heart rending jencs of the camp-life, and shedding over be history of these times a new and enhantiug radiauce. Every well, no less ban every sick soldier, when the winter omes on, will need two well made suits of lick, twilled red-flannel. Why may not very town and community organize a sociej to make these garments?both for the ody and iimbs ?and create a general storeouse from which the volunteer can make is purchases? He has neither time nor pportunity to attend to these things; and nless those at home see to them, he must lfier, and suffer severely. Thousands of it volunteers, gathered from the workshop, ore room and even school house, unused i exposure, to hail and snow and rain, day ad night during the winter season, must a down before the fell blade of pneumonia rheumatism, or neuralgia, unless atinded to. Myriads of warm woolen socks ill be needed, and can be sold at a high rice. We merely throw out the hint; rerybody will be capable of seeing it's rce and improving upon it. There is no me for delay. Let no one eat any idle read, until the craven foe is driven from lr soil, and brought to terms of peace. The hallowed hold of mother upon the fections of her children is perhaps uo here more touchiogly displayed, than in some of the scenes?and the saddest of all scenes?through which the soldier has to pass. Love begets love, and well may the mothers of the South, who have watched many a sleepless night over her boy only as deathless love could watch, feel now an inward and sustaining satisfaction, that their "loved ideas" are treasured up in the most sacred places of the heart, by those who ure far away. Especially when prostrated on his mat of straw and perhaps dying, does the volunteer feel that unutterable intensity ^ of affection which only the name of mother and the remembrance of almost unearthly sweetness and care could inspire. We were yesterday permitted the mournful pleasure of conducting the funeral escort of a fine and upright comrade in arms from Alabama. He had had the measles; was convalescent, when he took cold, which ran into typhoid pneumonia; and after a week of great suffering, during which he was often raving, died far away from friends and home. While raving, he imagined back "By the stream* where hi* childhood'* feet had strayed on/1 tPATil/l noil fnr o ftnrao fn w/Ia fn lita I UUVI nvuiu vuii ?vi h uviou wv nuv wv uia mother who, he said, "is just over there." He would complain that they kept him from her when she was so near by; and almost wept to feel the "dear familar" touches of that hand which conld soothe any pain, and make the dying pillow soft as down. We laid him beneath a large oak ou a hill; and wrote on the hnmble stone at his head, "Steene, Alabama, 1861." We felt that it was an Alabama to bim; for good evidences were given that he was at rest.? ' Yet to the living who laid his body in the tomb, it was sad?Oh ! how sad?to reflect that no kindred eyes looked down into his as they closed forever ; that he was buried by strange hands in a strange land; that the graveyard by the church wonld never receive his body; and that the delicate, tasteful and sacred testimonials of living affection, would never beautify his place of rest. Oar health is good. A son of Gen. Wallace, of Union, lies very low; but we believe there is no other serious case. We are living well. The sun is exceedingly oppressive during the mid-hours of day. We have frequent showers, and the wheat harvest of Virginia (and North Carolina, also,) is truly magnificent. By the way, tell our much valued friend, Maj. Smith, to pay us a visit, and his delight in looking ' at fine wheat will be complete. Our good people at home need not credit any rumors which reach them from our Camp. The Broad river rises amongst the mountains, at a little spring which is as J clear as crystal, but before it reaches the sea, the water is so muddy you can't see an inch into it. So with many of the re* ports you may hear. They are "muddy." Excuse the garrulity of ^ OUR CORPORAL FROM THE "YORK GUARDS." Camp Woodward, 1 Summerville, S. C., July 12,1861. j Messrs. Editors:?Supposing your readers may desire to know something in regard to the "York Guards," I have concluded to drop you a hasty note. On the 4th instant we left Ebenezer, and bade adieu to kind friends and the scenes of our childi j c .1-: i t_ j uuuu, eu ruuic xur uuia piaue. iu uuc uuie we.arrived at the Railroad Station, and having secured a cosy seat began to meditate on the past and the novelty of our present position. All at once our ears were saluted by the pearcing scream of the iron horse. In a few minutes wo were on board and underway, heeding naught but the flight of time. About noon we reached Columbia, and tarried for a short season, and then proceeded for this point, where we arrived about 9 o'clock at night. Summerville is situated on the South Carolina Railroad, about twenty-two miles from Charleston. It is a place of Summerresort for Charlestonians, and many of the I . 1 i _ -i ./ 1 Dunaings are neat ana tasieiui. Our regiment?the sixth?has received marching orders, and will leave for Virginia on Tuesday next, where we hope to gather laurels that will never fade. More anon. RARA AVIS. Important Railroad Link to be Completed. ? The Virginia Convention has passed an ordinance ordering the immediate completion of the Manassas Gap Railroad to Winchester. The present terminus of this road is Strasburg, the distance from which to Winchester is about 17 miles. From the latter point a railroad extends to Harper's Ferry, a distance of 85 miles. Bearing in mind that Gen. Beauregard's command controls the Manassas Gap Railroad and the Orange and Alexandria Railroad to within some miles of Alexandria, and that Gen. Johnston's column is dotted along the line between Winchester ind Martinsburg, our readers will readily perceive the vital necessity for completing this connection. Everything has been so I arranged that the road can be built at the rate of a mile a day. When finished Generals Beauregard and Johnston will be able to unite their forces in a few hours should eircumstances require. Death of Ex-Governor Adams. We regret to learn that ex-Governor J. EI. Adams died at Live Oak, on Saturday, 13th inst. He had been in ill health for lome time, but at one time it was thought le might recover. Gov. Adams has held prominent posiions in the State, and has represented Richand District in the Legislature for several \ erms, both as Senator and Representative, ilways discharging his trust with fidelity. For many years he has been identified with :he State Right's men, and was always an ictive leader among them. He has been taken away in the prime of ife, and when his energies and abilities i vould have been valuable to his country. 1 3is age was 49 years and 4 months. % Guardian. j J