The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-08-20 00:00:00

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TRH CIVIL WAlt IN AMERICA.

We have receive! American papers down to August
3rd. No military movements were reported eal.u=
c
taken piece in the vicinity of Waelungtoe.
ll'Clellan hod establiebed his head-quarters in the att,.
and was said to be rapidly bringing order out of the
chaos which followed the diseater at Run's Ran. The
chain of pickets had been exteeded up the Potomac..
*nal now reached to those of (tenet.' junks, and 0.,b0r
important unawares bad leen adopted, cacolotot to
eve aogUrallite of the safety of the capital.
Itegimenta were continuing to retuna home from the
war, and were received with great ovations. Many of
the soldiars would re-enlist for the war.
Deatratebes from Springfield, Missouri, state that
hundr•de of Uniouiste were Sying.into that State frees
'Texas end Ark,nests to avoid the Isersiattierr el de
rebels, and that if the Government wollid out, Prendon._,_
Mom with arms the lieioniste in thus two °tat.°
wall fight for the Constitution'lhdlhe Uniont"
We give the folloniag extracts of n letter IP ut tits
limfy Trlevruples Southern States' ciorrespoodent
"1 Lave travelled throuab the South over tine
thonaand miles during the last three weeks, and And
in.very vi:laro, town, or Lainlet the cry of "war sad
death to Ca ievaden of the soil." The women aro
1 .
,p. n
more rampant than the inter if it were possible to draw
I, Mi a everywhere s "Indetendsoen
Anal libeatr, Cr death even to annihilation. Upos
evcry line of railway and navigable river, camps*.
drilling men mid fortifications Where noseoury ante
be seen, and the thought of defeat never enters isle
any conversation. nor, I may say, thoughts. All elosw
; the law, from Richmond to this place, a dietaries of RS
I miles' camps 1,10 dotted down %Lout every ten mace.
, Over 60,000 men are COnetstrated in Terence. This
I army M for the defence of the 116AM:sire', and for the
• asaistauce of K, ntucky whvn she wakes a move, sad
also for aiding Missouri.
Memplai, lama a Miura anent of 2.000, and is well forik,
, fled. When you bear of • dement upon Ilerephis,look
out for another Ball's Run, affair
_Tim gag CaNk pakr
be assailed by land. General Scott lays 80 000 web' will
walk to New 'Orleans. With all duo r‘opuot to tie
general's upieion, I doubt if double the number could
dose.- . . .

General Palk ia in full command el the WOl4llll dial.
sion of the Confederate army, and ths State of Tatar
see has trxnafernal all her organised troops to the
Government.

Eirtrythimess quiet, but you may expect some imcitiag
news frimi Ilkstouri very suou.
The Northern accounts of all the engagements are
really muming. They are always " gaining • victory:.
taking prisoners the "rebel,.," and defeating them I.
everyaction. Frets speak louder than words, and the
people cannot be deceived very long. When the South
suffers in a skirmish it is truly' reported • but the North
—never. The whole Northern press elsi:rges *acorn&
pondenk of the English 7pritbrietlice towards
them, with lying, aud many er practices. They
say they have affheen bought' p by t irebels ; but that
• day of retribution is yet in store for Irenei and lisg-
land. Nags Verrow.
The blockade Is not hstorferepAith Pb. resources
the South—except for luxuries.- The necessaries of Me
are cheaper then last year.
It is perfect folly to think of "starving this soembry
out." 'Starve" England nit of iron and coat, sal
then talk of "starving the South." People say they
will take Cairo whenever they want it. Them as.
over 1,000 men in the Southern army from msatkorit
Illinois, and this would do more than counterbalalcie
the Federal .xitiment in East Tenemee. Talk of
"unionr Yes, it is union to • man against the invaders
of their soil. That is the only thing yes see beret
A reconstruction of the Union is impossible, and
the capacity of the South to sustain the war, is hermit
all cavil or question, treble that of the North. The re-
sources a the North and West dwindle into inekgsill-
mace when compared with the South The only thin
she has of any inagnitude. when the Southern an=
are cut off, is grain; and the demand of this
depends entirely upon the misfortune of a bad harvest
in Europe,