The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1861-09-19
ON THE OccoouaN. Sent. G 1861

from the Richmond Examiner of Mon
day:
On THE OccooUAN, Sept. 6 1861 !,
PRosPECTs OF A GENERAL ACTION
/ From what can be learned in the camps.
gathered at headquarters or concluded from
the events OF the last few Days, we are now
equally and positively certain that no at
tack is designed on our part on Arlington
Heights or Immediately on the works of
Washington. The occupation of Halls
! Hill has not been follOa cd up by anything
indicative Of an attack on the Union works
at Arlington. Again, it is somewhat re-
markab!c that the headquarters of Generals
+ Johnston and Beauregard s ould still be
at Manassas Junction, and not be moved to
the advance
II theenemy should accept the gage Of
battle which we have offered persistentlv
for nearly week past, or we should be able
/ to excite a general action by heavy skir-
mishing on our lines, the end of our al.
vance movements will be suiiicio ntly gained.
The battle, should such occur, will be
fought on our advanced lines, and in posi-
ton sufficiently advantageous To be followed
up into Washington. The conclusion is po-
sitive, and confirmed by every particle OF
Intelligence We can obtain, no direct attack
Is at present designed upon the works of
Washington, at least not on the South, IN
side.
EXTENT OF OUR LINES The prisoners
we ca; ;tarcd at Halls Iill-some six or
seven-will be sent down to morrow. They
say that the enemy las been preparing to
give us battle. Skirmishing continues on
our lines and the shots of the pickcts are
heard nearly every morning before break
fast Our lines are very extensive, reach
ing from l.eesburc to point near Deco
qnon, just below Mount Vernon, along the
entire extent of which the fire Of the pick
may may be heard from regiment to regi.
! mcut.
THE HAMPTON LIGIoN.-The Hamp.
ton Legion is at one Of t. extremc points
oi the advance, aud in q position in " hich
some brilliant work may be expected from
this gallant corIs at any time. 1t is i'm
proper to anticipate the results Of an expe-
dltion OF picked men of the legion, which
left yesterday, and from which news is now
hourly expected. The legion is one of the
best appoi ted corps in the whole army.
and We are particularly indebted to its off
GERS and members for some of the most
grateful civiities of our tour through the
camps. We hope they will understand that
We owe them and are anxious to return
them our best Acknowledgements
We take the following editorial notes
from the Examiner of the same date:
Before many hours have elapsed the po.
to'nac will etfcctually closed by powerful
batteries, and the water avenue to Washing
ton put under strict blockade The reason
Tor not dong this at an early period was
simply that we had no available force sufi
cient To protect our works, which would be
likely to encounter such formidable move
ment On the part or our enemy to destroy
lhe Potomac has been shut up, aud a force
Is there ample 10 deteEd our batteries and
DEFY all comcrs. The river Is no lon ger
nav!Sable To l.incoln's craft. Those that
try hereafter are apt to be sunk and have
their crew and passengers dispatched to
"Davy Jones Locker"
Gen. \. Sidney Johnston has. as We an.
ticil atcd several days since, been assigned
to department OF the West, and put in i'm
mediate command the operations now IN
progress on the upper Mississippi \ bet
ter selection for 50 important a command
could not have been made
| The Examiner has also late intelligence
from the army in Western Virginia. Ii
| says
Since the battle at Cross Lanes General
f!oyj Was waiting for supplies In addi
ton to the 96 Yankee prisoners, with some
Union men, brought down to Richmond a
few days ago the train on Saturday brought
down D prisoners, who had been captured
since the ront Of the enemy ut Cross Lanes.
Thy were taken Struggling through the
woods, where they had been lost in the com
| plete rout and disI ersion of Tylers com
mand. The attack was made ON Tylcrs
troops while they were eating breakfast.
and az the first gun the colonel. accountant
cd by al! h, field officers, fed with the ut
most dispatch fron the field Col. TYLER
barely escaped through the wings of our
forces.
Gen. floydS position, at last accounts.
WIS across the Gauley river al cut one
mile and a half beyond it. The encmy
Were in full force, uner Gen. Cox, at Ga".
leys bridge. On the other side of the
RIVER Gen. Wise was strongly posted
IN the vicinity OF the l,auley roa :. He
had occupied Hawks Nest, which had been
abandoned by the enemy AFTER skirmish
of picket. Above the Kanawha, and be-
yond rs tol *, the enemy had been outAank
cd Gen. Chapman, who held his posi-
iion with 1000 militia. The enen y. un
der Gen. Cox, was thus surrounded by these
three several divisions, and al hopes of his
retreat cut off-the only fear being that
Rosencrantz mglt yet make junction
with him, and thus reverse the reiativ, DO
SI,ion Of the two forces bycuting off Floyds
command.
To which Mr. Liucoln replied: "Well
we will have to fight two or three battle.
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