Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-10-25
NEWS THROUGH NORTHERN SOURCES,


Our readers have heretofore had numer-2
Gus illustrations of tho nendacity which
seems to be cultivated 'on principle at the
North.-But, really, the papers lately re-
ceived from that qumler show that the
habit has progressed, until Munchaugen,
himself is in ';ar. ger Of losing his laurels..
In times ofseXci.ement, a great many un-
founded or exaggerated statements will
inevitably gain cure pcy and annoyance
from which we at the South are, also, bv
no omcans, exempt. But the misrcpresen,a.
tions TO which we above alluded are of
another character. What are we to thiuk
Of the pos :@e declaration, now current at
the North, Of the sinking ofsthrce Confed-
crates stcrmcrs and the'kiIling aud drown
ing of many hundreds of cur men a,
Chickamackomack? What are we to say
Of the brilliant victory whicl, is now claim
ed, and on the strength Of oNcio! des-
p"tcAes, TO have heen won by the Northern
troops at Grcengrier river-where they
we're, in fact, severely clras,iscd and whipped
bnck by Gen. II. Il. Jackson's gallant
boys?
The s,irits Of the North are evidently at
n low ebb, or they would not need such
heavy stimulating. The truth is to lie con
cealed from their people, in the hope that
tue efforts into which they may be deceived
by glowing pictures of'success, vii! re
trive their present desperate fortunes. They
set out 10 suhiugate the South in ono short
campaign. That campaign is nearly en-
ded. The frost has comc-The forests are
turning brown. The hollow winds ofinid-
autumn are already whispering Of the ap>
preaching winter. What have they done
fhey lave, indeed, apent a great deal Of
money. A million and fuartcr Of dol
lars day are sill going. 'Sccretars:Game-
ron's son or nephew has, tLcy say, made a
large fortune. These who wait in Ere
mont's ante, rooms are also sail to'bc thriv-
ing linoly. These things baye, it may be
'their:valusin :he -Northcfn patriotism; bu,
we aca:n ask what has been done in the
way of. snIjugaGon? The Grand Army
is tlrmhi1'g behind foteifcations. within
view q fiei: cnpito!.. Once they marched
cut, and they got as far as Bull Run. They
Eeamef ont one way, :hey went back seven
7 Why's *nd TIC world is not yet done laugh
ing at tie difference between the coming
out and the gomg-ir. They .have,an ar,
my IN Western Filgiiia, Int it is shiver-
ing among .si,s bleak hilis, and amid the
rains Of a season more tinhospilable than
usual. They hold bit the ground. they
stand .upon. By the aid Of high walls and
deep ditches they re:a;u spot at tie moull,
Of the James, aud another a, Fort Pickens
They are whipped in Missouri. They are
losing Kentucky. Maryland they can only
hold down by enormous pressure. The
time they asked, is up, aid thisis the pro.
gressethey have mado towards Southern
suhjugatieu!' ~
'u' '"ey "'ust encourage their people
Hence their armies afss: eyer victorious
I. s.hongh they either retreat, Or at best but
mark time, in1ths.Eaown TRACKS, like the
swift charge that yet galloped all day in the
shade Of the same tree. 70.
| The. statements, which reach US from
Northern sources, being, therefore, more
Than ever unreliable, we. are the less will
ing 10 devote much space;to extracts from
The Northern papcls now before US, and
confert ourselves with the*synopsis and
condensation TO be found. i9 another col
umn.-RicAmond Enquirir. y.
+ - coMsUXIcATBD;- .s-k,t
MR:Ep1ToR.: As my name has been be,
fore the-public for sometime, rs capdidats