, 1861-08-21


FROM TIE SAME SOURCE.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Mem
phis appeal, Hriting on the 6th inst, says:-
The evacuation Of Newport News vas fol-
lowed up last night by an act Of vandalism On |
The part Of the Federal troops, worthy Of the |
1pirit of ferocity which inaugurat:d and has |
carried on the War against the South Tue I
ancient town Of Hampton, one Of the aldast |
seats Of civilization On this continent, was |
t1rned to the g-ornd. In the last ,;ar with |
Great Britain, the whole Of the lower end of |
the peninsula, On which Fortress Honros is |
eitnated, was in possession Of the enemy, aad |
nany outrages were committed by the troops |
unGer Admiral Cockburn and Sir Sidney |
Beekwsrth, which called forth, At the time, |
world, sud the memory Of which was only ex-
tingu:e1,3l il the minds Of surviving citizens
by the far more e2vage aCd dfsgracefuI pro-
ceedilgs OF the past three months. Butler,
tic Massachusetts, 1as75er, the tayorite Of the
Newmarket races tie Bombaste Furioso
Of projected but uEe1ecute1 charges, land at
tatks, countercharges, water atLac1s, bonn
bardments ahd open battles in the field, has
entitled himself TO The lasting fame Of hauing
eczipsed The British Alas5c in his soGzton de.
strucftoa. I say Butler, becaxse the statement
REPEATED So often at Washington As well - in
tile New York papers, tlat Gen. Wool has
been sent to supersede him, ard which have
assumed as fact in one Or Two recent letters,
is ROW contradicted, and we hear that he re-
turned to Old Point from Washington just in
time to order the torch to be applied to
Hampton, and to witness from the ranparts
Of the fortress the lurid glare OF the coafagra-
tIon. Hampton vas 2 quaint and nest inter
estiug relic Of the o1den time, many OF its
buildings dating back to the seventeenth cen
tury, and the ancient cructform Episcopal
church edidce, the Oldest in America, having
echoed with the anthems Of six generations Of
rct; - 1r xa+h Of
sacred house WIS exempt from the burning.
What The British {sesdder spared has bsesa laid
loac By the ha'sd Of the 77lbfanly Yankee. Well,
the precedent has now been established, the
example has been SIT tor lis and if in the
coul8e of this most unnatural and unoec se.ary
struggle, the 1eaplng tongue Of flane should
lick and consume the statelier mansions and
eosther warehouses Of . Northern city, on eur
fee rests the RESP Eonslbility-
TEE OTTER SIDE.
On the 10th inst, the sane correspondent
wEcte:
It turIs ont that Newport News has not
| tefp evacuated. The Yankees are still there
| ard manifest no purpose Of retiring. More
| than this, all my indignation against the van
6alism Of the enemy in burning Hampton
Guild eeem to have been gratuitou., for it il
BOW positively stated that the torch wse ap.
! Piled aEd the town laid in ashes by the Vir
| ginisns themselves. Some OF the more loyal
| OF the Citizens WHO had remained there after
the first e2oanE, under the authority aud with
the sanction Of General Maggruder, determined
| 10 make i 3 Moscow, and the place IVES fired
minions Of Butler against the burning sun o
| Virginia August, OF serve IS q rendezyou.
| for negroes induced by the enemy to run away
| from their masters. 1 shall next expect tt
! Etar that Hampton has not been burned at all
| asd that what was taken by the people of Of
l Gil f1r linn
more tkan the burning Of a Jew whisky bar
! rGls.
TIE EXPEDITION AND MISSION OF HENRY
| WISE FAuUHR.
The correspondent Of the Memphis Appsa|
writing At Richmond On the 10th, says:
There has been good deal Of discussion
| here in military circles and other circlea, abou
the operations in the western part OF the Stat
under General Henry A. Wise. That he shoul
have fallen back aS far aa the White suIphu
Springs creates surprise and dissatisfaction
: affected portion Of Virginia has been 8 fail1r'
say this with no disposition to 1ndarvalu
: the services or the talents Of the ex-goVerno
Great expectations were aroused By his d
partnre. His legion WAS to be called into b
lpg u he advanced By the magical potency
BIZ name and Tia electric Inspiration Of b
, | personal qualities. His friends claimed f
lin popularity Witha classes Of the peop
= Of Virginia hey Sond TINT Of any man in Il
I ccmmonwealth. 1t was predicted and believe
/ that he wculd carry every thing before hic
f!cm the Allegheny mountains to the Oh
river, and thai he would take no step bzc]
ward until the last supporter Of the Liacol
Z Goye,pmfn nj had been driven from the borde
= Of tie Old Dominion. OF the ,x-gcyernol
G. Lofty courage, enthusiasm for independence
J. and whele-souled devotion to the cause OF
native State, no doubt could be entertaiae
But mark the result of his expedition. hAte
10 OF tie thousands that SHOULD flock to his sta
= card, be mith great difficulty collected m
e enough to organize into q brigade, aud u 8
n Of these haVe Eow deserted him. Without t
,s ability to hold Charleston, on the Kanawl
ii be fell back 10 Ganley Bridge, which in tn
he abandoned, after burning the structul
aud ftem this pcint to Lewisburg his retr,
= is said to have been attended by a. much G,
= fusion almost As it the eKemy under coz b
been close upon his rear. The truth has be
= made apparent that Henry 4. Wine has not
T. military capacity for general, and, indie
~ when e consider that his acquaintance "
d: military affairs las hitherts been confined
e: The militia muaters Of Accomac, and the Lii
~ episode Of the execution Of John Brown,
he may not wonder that he should have sa
knowledge Of what is demanded Of gent
| rf dSy-1an IN t}meE Of aftfyn h3Efiit3Pz