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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
From Manassas Junction.
CAMP WALKER, Manassas June

CAMP WALKER, Manassas Junction
July 9Th, 1851
We are still enjoying ourselves hugely,
waiting for orders, drilling in the school Of
the battalion, loading and firing, &c., dc. We
raw militia have got II in-o our heads that we
are progressing with astonishing rapidity in
all the duties OF the soldier, and are vain
enough to believe that we have not only got a
Colonel and field officers who know Il thing or
two, bnt that we are proficient enough TO
do q thing or two Just lis il ought to be done.
The regiments of the Third Brigade now here,
viz the Fifth ). u. and Seventeenth ana
Eigh teenth Miss, were reviewed by General
Beauregard and staff on Thursday evening
and all pres sed them seiyes As highly delight
ed at the appearance and Inarcuvres of the
troops. i heIieve, however, the Eighteenth
Mississippi Regiment was not reviewed in
line. The General and staff rode through the
camp and were rather reviewed by the regi-
ment themselves. Enough, however, was
seen OF this noble body OF men to satisfy the
general officers that 1t is composed OF the
right kind OF material. In fact, this regimen I
Will compare fayorably with any have seen
from any quarter, and my belief is that Brig
adler General Jones viii nave no cause 10 re.
gret that he has the Seventeenth and Elgh-
teenth Mississippi Regiments under his CON-
mand,
The only excitement We have had since
last wrote you was caused by the brilliant
meteor that made its appearance on Thursday
evening, little after shutdown. 1t WAS one
Of he most magnificent specimens Of nature S
fireworks ever witnessed, and like its prede.
cessor, the comet, has the reputation of being
the harDinger OF some grand events. Its course
was southerly, indicating that like the Israel
ites OF old, the chosen people OF God we Will
have pillar OF fire by night, II needs be, 70
light up our path IN victory and TO glory.
With such omens and such soldiers as we
have In the field. We will " follow our leaders
and lear no evil" Dan.
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The ContradicforY Re narts.

The contradictory reports from Martins
burg have been annoying-the more so as
they were brought by highly respectable gen.
tlemen whose standing gave them credit
These gentlemen were of course Themselves
deceived. But We are daily warned agsins,
such receptions, and everybody should derive
prudence from such warning. We certainly
should endeavor to avoid anything like emu
lating the y ing men of the North, whose sto-
riss about their encounters with the rebels ex-
coed any ever heard of for extravaganza and
falsehood. e
The rumors to which the papers gave cur.
rency on Saturday morning are easily ex.
planned upon reference to our accounts Of the
real character Of what transpired about Mar
tinsburg. Our advanced force, under JACKSON
reralsed farfsasoa's vanguard three time,
Seiors it vas itself compelled to retreat By
ovsrn heiIalng numbers, which it did In good
order. Yai. Was the foundation for the rumol
that thsrs hat been three attacks by PArrsR.
SON on -ur main army and thrss rspulsss BY
JOHNSTON. The out6anking and the having
the enemy cut of In Msstiusburg we're Of
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Death or Col, Dfetfx.

One Of the most laIaentahle casualties Of the
many skirmishes with the enemy since the
war, was the death of Col. CHARLES d. DREux,
Of the Louisiana Cadets, in an encounter with
a body of Federalists near Newport News, an
account Of which will be found in our paper
this morning. The event was sad one for his
comrades, and the whole army Of the PENN
sula sympathized with them. Col. DREux was
not thirty years old: but had become distin-
gnished at home for his genius and attain
mcnts, and was warmly esteemed for the ad-
mirable qualities of his heart. BY profession
lawyer, he abandoned the bar and enlisted
in the cause Of the South at An early period of
the struggle. lie was elected Captain of the
Cadets, and with them repaired to Pensacola,
where they remained two or three months
After being joined by several other companies,
the Cadets were ordered to Virginia. Capt.
DREUx being the senior Captain, was made
Lieutenant Colonel. After sojourning awhile
in Richmond, the Cadets were ordered to
Yorktown, where they had been only few
weeks previous to the death of the Colonel.
Col. DREUx was a member of one of the
oldest Creole families in New Orleans. As a
lawyer he had acquired distinguished posi-
ton at the New Orleans bar, so noted for its
ability. lie was one of the finest popular or
ators of the famous French school of Lousi-
ana. He was graduate of Georgetown Col
ege, and had been 4 prominent member of the
Iouis;ana Ievislature man of brilliant
genius, he had bright future before him !;
but his untimely death deprves him Of it and
all the rich rewards Of that heroism in his
country's service which he would have dis
ton in which he met death was an example
He had not reached his thrtieth year, and
leaves a Young wife and one child.
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The Northwest.

The traitors Of the Northwest are embol
tened by the countenance and encouragement
# LINCOLN and the presence of MCCLELLAN.
They are like all traitors, cruel when they
rave the power. They are driving true men
from their homes, pillaging their houses, steal
ing their property, destroying what they can
act carry away. and thus spreading dcsolati) IN
themselves. An intelligent gentleman who
aas just arrived from the West represents their
,:rueties as Of the most barbarous character.
Such is their brutality, that he thinks the
State will be compelled to carry terrible
-etribution amongst them. Nothing but the
sevcrest measures can take effect upon them,
and put an end to their outrages. They ougl t
to be driven out of the State.
This trouble in Virginia is attributable to
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which
Isolated the Northwest from Middle, Eastern
and Southwestern Virginia. That road has
coloniaed its entire line with population OF
the very worst escription-entertaning opin-
ions and morals at war with good order and
Southern interests. Nearly every little town
upon it is rotten and deserves annihilation.
they are so many fortresses of the enemy,
from which cur true Nirginians, among the
farmers and professional men, are harassed,
and their lives and property imperilled. They
are the strong props of the contemplate Coy
eminent gotten up by CARLILE. They have
tha Il. ,,f l.,
have the measure Of their yindictiyeness
melted out to them. 1t would be social and
political blessing if they were laid in ashes.
There are only very few counties where
there is upanmity against Virginia and the
South. The other counties may be brought
back to a proper SCI Sc Of their obligations to
the State by such measures as are now on foot
The presence Of two such men as WISE and
FLOYD, backed by a strong military force,
viii have a fine effect. The traitors will dis
appear very rapidly like mist before the sun,
rs soon as they get fairly in the field. There
are a great many. honest, but mised men-
victims Of The arts Of the Submissionists of the
NirgiHi.. Conyention--sho will come back to
their true allegiance the moment they hear -
little truth, On commodity seldom offered them
by their terchers,) and have the encourage
ment Of a force sufficiently strong to protect
them from the ou'rages Of the followers Of
CARLILE. The proper disposition must be
made of those hopeless traitors who, thor
tughly abolitionizcd and demoralized, can
neither be brought to q sense Of duty, nor
made to discontinue their brutalities. The
true Eirginians must be protected and ena-
they have fed to save their lives.
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M" a MOBILE BooK-CoPYRIaHr IN ackrcw-
lsdsiDg the receipt of a handsome copy 9TH Re
ssa na b RsT sdon q s snf n
city By S II. GoETzEL Co., in two neat little
Volume, called 2i mo-, we take. pride IN recog-
ming in the a pro f Of the power OF South
eru Independence and new mental ornament to
The typographical work does a great deal OF
credit to the Registers Job Office, in which one
volume W is printed, and to the printing estab
Iishme?t Of Y; Thompson, Esq for the oihe,
The Autographs all astuuishiugly well
done, and are pronounced by Col Hardee to be
better than those IN the philadelphia edition of
executed by wood cuts, and printed on "rdiaary
presses-whle In this instance the plates we've
all transferred to larger stones. and the lmpre--
graphers, which Is very laborious, eAtrem ,lv
expensive and requires great deal OF time But
for that, the publishers inform Us, the work
cauld have been published in less than half Of
We must also pay our compliments to the bind
the work.
With our profound admiration of the mechani-
cal part of the work, We viii now mention that
this is the only edition hich is authorized by the
author himself; that this edition was PUBLISH d
der the Co nfsde crate States of America. This edi
ton is the only one which contains all thu i'm
provements and changes which the author has
recently made
In face of all those advantages. several spurious
editions of the called ''Hardee's Tactics, " and
which are nothing but mutilated chapters of
some parts of the former edition, have been put
upon the public. Not one of hem has even The
complete reprint Of the Old and unrevisei edition
lf-es tho publishers of these mu,ilated additions
say, under the plea of patriotic csssity-ths
emergency of the time required the Tactics very
where, they at least owed it to the publc sta e
W hat kind Of edition they were Offering. And
having used the name and the labors of the dis
tinguished author to their own ADVANTAGE, it was
also due 10 him to have paid him the al owancs,
per copy published, which belonged to MIN. II
publishers do not respect ri DIS like taess, we
ask, what will hereafter bs the value OF copy
right in the Con sderate States OF America
1t is against the etiquette of the trade, as we
understa nd 1t, to repubiish Il non c"pyrgh t book,
after ii is announced that the same - in press by
a meia Der OF the trade ; how much more 80 does
it violate the etiquette and the property II h a
republication is done IN opposition to copyright
It was hardly TO have been expected from the
enlightened members Of the respectable book
trade in Me S0uh that they would couDtenanee
such trsspasses, and We still hope that they i'll
unite in a close fraternity to protect each other
and the authors from any further violation Of
such right. The proper spirit should NOV,
them to return all the sp1Ito0s editions to thei
Illegal publishers, and make known to the legi.
innate publishers how many they have sold o.
The spurious editions.
in case like this the code of honor should b,
more vigilant than even the code OF justice -No
bite lila } Register and advertiser. iy Sim
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tocAi. MArrnRs.

Military Books. -. The UBIQUITOUS and
swtndlipg war iaitiAtea by Lincoln and biz
n,yrhidons asalnst the South, has created m
unprecedented demand for books treating or
military matters. The booksellers Of Rich
mond have compensated themselves in some
measure by their rapid sale for the compare.
lively small demand for general literature
Messrs. West h Johnston, Of las Main street
have besides large collection Of military books
any quantity of Hardee's Tactics, Army Regu.
lations C. S. A., Volunteers Hand Books, DC,
which are eagerly sought after, not only by peo-
pie here, but by those thousands of miles distant.
The war fever may be judged by the fact that
within the last six months 10000 copies Of the
above works have been sold by them. They
are how publishing Col. Gilham's manual for
volunteers and militia, and will have 10000
copies ready by the goth inst. The work is
being done in Charleston, s. c., and the style
shows that the South had no need ever to have
relied on the North to get It's printing done.
A work on Light Artillery from Gilham's) is
being also issued by this house, which will
prove most convenient for reference to par
ties engaged in that important arm Of the pub
lie service.
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Home Manufacturer in Southwest Virginia

nome h3Hu'actnres III southwest virginia.
Mr.. RARRErr, an enterprising citizen Of
Wytheyi!lc, Va, is manufacturing ten rifles a
day, and will soon he able to turn out twenty.
Though not quite so highly polished, his rifle
is equal if not superior in shooting qualities to
| that of Springfield or Harper's Ferry. Mr..
BARRETT manufactures every part of the rifle
except the lock, and will manufacture that
when ii can no longer be bought.
Mr.. BEowS, Of Washington county, Va, is
manufacturing powder. We are told that he
turns out as muck as two hundred pounds u
day. He procures the ingredients from the
surrounding country. Powder is also manu-
featured in Tazewell county, and in other
places in that region of country. 1t is Of the
fno quality approved by the rifemen of the
mountains, which is of course enough to say
on that subject. The only difficulty is in pro-
curing sulphur in sufficient supply. To man
ufacture this article in quantity, machinery is
requisite tina. will cost some FIVE thousand
dollars and there are few men of ready CAPT
tai at this time in that part Of the State. The
Government should give an order to some re-
sponsiblo and enterprising man, or set of men,
in,Carroll county, where the copper beds lie and
sulphur ones abound profusely, for ten or ff-
| teen thousand dollars worth of sulphur. This
would enable them to make all the prepare
tons requisite Cor an extensive manufacture Of
this valuable requisite of war.
The lead mines Of Wythe county are mex
| haustible, and large quantities are manufac-
tured. They have been continually worked
since the Revolution, and the lead is Of the
finest quality and unusually celebrated. There
is no limit to the supply.
There are large iron foundries in Wythe
No better iron is found in the world than the
Graham iron of Wythe. 1t is admirable fol
gun barrels; and cannon made of it undergo
the seversst tests that are applied to heavy
ordnance.
Thus is Southwest Virginia great arsenal
of the South for the munitions of war. They
make powder, balls, and guns from home ma
.srial, and can furnish thoa in any quantities
With little help from capitalists. Nor Is il
deficient h the mere important department o.
good Sighting msn. Tho counties In the
Southwest have not been surpassed by those Of
Eastern Virginia, in the llberality with which
they have turned out soldiers for the war
The fact is, that country is as true as steel to
the South. Cut off from the Northwest by
| mighty ranges of mountains, it has no associa-
tons, affiliations or sympathies with the
wretcbed minions Of CARLILE. 1t is rs differ
| ent country from the extreme Northwest 81
Eastern Virginia. 1t was in no part settled
from Penn ylvania, but was peopled exclusive
| ly from the I'D stock of Virginia people. A,
Mr.. WISE would say, it is in'ns ct in cute Viz
| ginian.
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Personal.-Among the arrivals at the Ex'
change Saturday and Sunday, were Hon. Jas
NJ. Mason, F. NJ. Gilmer, ir., Alabama; Capt
B. W. Leigh, Virginia; F. Mailer, Vicksburg
Rev. j. J. Brantley. South Carolina; Col De
Russey. c. S. A.; E. Pliny, d. Barney. Mary
land; 3. F. Lovelace, Fairfax county. Va; W
G. Wright, Arkansas; W. B. Bate, NJ. W. Clus-
key, Walker Legion; Jno. B. Thornton, jr.,
Memphis. At the Spotswood House during
the same days, B. F. Bartholomew, Baltimore;
II. S. Shelton, Charleston, South Carolina;
D. E. Stipes, Harper's Ferry; Hon. ]. W. Nc
Queen, South Carolina; j. Waltz, Texas; DR..
Stephenson, Montgomery, Alabama; S. r.
Harrison, New Orleans; JOS. Pendergrast Sa-
yannah; Hon. John H. Reagan, Up. NJ. Gen
eral,) and family, Texas.
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.nce Of the South depend upon non-inter-
course; and that could not be instituted ex-
cept by a war Of some duration nor be per-
petuated, except by the bitterness Of feeling
shich war plants for oil time In the hearts Of
,elligcren:s. We're such q thing Admissible,
:. all, the Soa,h should pray day and nigh,
or the continuance of the war. In war is
he highest safety. riches and welfare Of the
south to be found.
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SPECIAL NoTtCdA.

BE TO Patriots To him whs has the rt,ea..
md the wish to serve the glorious soutba.s
;Ausc. this article is sddresseI. The, wrtisr y
he Inventor Of an Improvement W hich be he
ieves would convert shy smooth; bored cam,
no rined gun, whatever its calibre without n
Grafton Of the gun In the least, imparting /" m.
gun all the accuracy OF the rifle, white Fetal
eli the greater range Of the smooth- bora
1t 10 difcult, II not Impossible. to produce a ii
1ed cannon whose bore shall exceed six Inrhas
mt by the proposed plan the larger the c.Iii,s
# the gun the greater the facility with which {,
IAN be made to serve the purpose OF the mo
The expense attend ug the experiment worla
re sma II, " lille a successful result would he IN
valuable to the Government. Unfortunately IN.
writer has neither the means nor the sk IN nsess
NV :" F"ll illustration of Its merit by sc.nal
experiment.
mo ~...er regrets that he has been unable to
induce the Ordnance Departments OF either the
tate or Confederate Governments to give any In
vsstigation to tbis matter. He has been gravaIy
told by the head of that department In the .onfsd
crate Government, that during period of war the
Government should not try any experiment. bnt
should be content 10 use the means then existing
,ud by an officer, high IN rank. In the State ord
nance, the boast or assertion was made, that "hs
eas conservative or old fogy." and by implic.
lion, opposed to Innovation; sentiments, in the
writer's opinion. worthy of Japan or China
The inventor desires to bestow the bene 1T Of his
invention upon his country, during her present
truggle, and looks for no other present recon.
psnse than the pl sAsure thence arising.
ANY communication addressed to q d. a." Box
No. 1913, will be promptly noticed ~ s-ns
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NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS The Raleigh

NORTH CARoLISA TRoors.-Tbe Raleigh
Journal, of Saturday last, furnishes some in
teresting information relative to the troops Of
North Carolina, portion of which we copy
We learn that President Davis has consented
to receive, in addition 10 the four regiments
already in the field, the 9Th. 9th and lltn Reg
iments OF Volunteers. The 9th arrived in
Virginia a few days ago. The 9Th, Col Lees,
was to have left yesterday, and the 1lth rem
deZvoused at Danviile, will receive marching
orders for Richmond as soon "a certificates of
the election Of the field officers are received at
headquarters.
The Sixth Regiment Sta.e Troops, Col.
Fisher, is expected to leave On Monday. The
Second, Col. Tew the Third, Col. Meares,
and the Fourth, Col. Anderson, are fun and
only await some slight equipments to take
up their line OF march. The Fifth, Col. Nc
Rae, is nearly completed. and the right wing
will probably leave early next week. When
these troops get 10 their destination, North
Carolina will probably have in the field, at
home and in Virginia, some twenty thousand
men.
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DEADLY IMPLEMENT OF WAK.-The Raleigh
State Journal thus describes the model OF u
compound revolver, invented by Mr.. T. F..
Christman. Of Wilson, N. g.:
1t consists Of twelve rows Of guns, twelve
In each, TO each Of which a revolver con tain
ing seven balls 10 attached. and revolving on
an axis in one minute. At each revoln ton
l44 bullets are fired and, in seven revolutions,
occupying the space Of one minute, ,008 bull
lets are fired all CT which can be performed
by sensible lad OF ten or twelve years, and
one intsliigent man TO point the guns, which
he 10 enabled TO do with anerring certainty,
by means Of q c0ntrivancs which need not
here b explained.
Mr.. Ohristmnn brought his invention 70
1sleigh, 70 submit tt 20 the Governor for ex.
ANIMATION, aud 70 make present Of 1t 70 his
native State, provided tts utility - establish
ID BY competent judges.
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nupnest the Union Men.

We learn that Lieutenant Colonel PATTON
has entered Ravenswood, On the Ohio, in Jack
son county, at the head of some three hun
bred men. The motley force of Union men
retired upon his approach.
Governor WISE continues to investigate the
cases of dsaffected persons, putting the de-
luied ones in the way to political salvation,
and turning the others over to the proper au-
thorities, to be dealt with according to the
law Of the Convention.
We have nothing further from Gilmer,
where at last accounts civil strife was going
on very actively.
In Tucker county the disailected are very
bold We learn that 1t. McCHEsNEY. of
Rockbridgo, with nine mounted men, went
from the Laurel Hill camp a few days since, to
he present at a Union meeting in Tucker. On
his way he was warned to be on his guard, as
he would probably fall into an ambuscade in a
short distance. He persevered, and had not
gone far before he was shot dead by party Of
Union men secreted on the roadside. One of
his men returned to camp wounded, but the
other eight had not returned at last dates, and
it was feared they had been captured or killed.
McCHEsNEY was 4 gallant and brave man.
He had been an active skirmishcr, and but a
few days before had shot one of the volunteers
from Ohio, whom he SURPRISED
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THH PIKArICAL FLEET We were informed
last evening, says the Pensacola Observer, of
the I'd inst, that there WAS All addition of Two
small steamers 20 the pirates who infest this
neighborhood but we could see no traces of
them this morning-doubtless they were ten
ders which had arrived from Key West and
Havana with coal and water. We hope they
brought something else along to give the hire
lings n thorough kno Wedge OF the effects o.
Il tropical climate upon their carcases.-
Shouldn't wonder if Billy Wilson's horde
did mt have a nice time OF it believing for wa
ter TO Stake their unquenchabie thirst before
July shall have passed away. So mote it be
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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.-This morning, between
II and O'Clock, a fire broke out in the large
three story brick building four doors north of
this office, belonging to the estate of Dir.
Watts. The building being unoccupied, leaves
no question as to the origin of the fire, and 1t
is clear that the incendiary entered at side
window in the alley way. Although our fire.
men worked with industry to extinguish the
flames, their efforts did not avail TO prevent
the tottl destruction of the house.
We regret to have to add that two small
brick tenements, adjoining the fired building
We're crushed beneath the weight of massive
parts of the walls of the larger one as they
rolled Off. We have not seen or heard an es-
innate Of the damage, hu learn that the three,
belonging TO the same parties, were neured
in tbs Mutual company. Fortunately. and
We might add nliracni0us:y, no person suz-
tanned bodily hurt. Tae crushed taaes,esi!
was tsnsstsd by Mr. Stable, who sscspsd
With his family. though he Lost something in
the shape Of household goods.
The large brick building next to the burnt
one, north, was saved BY the active exertions
Of the firemen.
We had almost omitted to say that Butt K
Reynolds, auctioneers, occupied the store.
room OF the building consumed, but what
losses they sustained, if any, has not trans
pired.--Portsmo"M Transcript, Saturday.