, 1861-10-07
FROM SEC s-SSIA.

!" "ou1ded lay, looked like 6laughtet-houses.
FROM SEC A4SSIA.
aiseellany Of Interesting and Important
Eaters.
NEWS FROM ALL QUARTERS,
The Richmond Enquirer Of the 20:h, has ths
following:
LAWS AND STEPHEEs.-The Mil1tdgeYille
{Ga) Feda.a! Lnion, the Thompsonrllle &c y
Ezate4prise, the Fort Smith (Ark:) Parallel. the
Dadeville {Aia) Banner, the Vicksburg Sun,
the Huntsville Democrat, The Fredericksburg
IVA Recorder, and 8 number Of other papers,
have the names Of Davis and stephens At the
Eead Of their columns, as their choice for
Pteslcent and Vice President at the next elee-
iiyn.
Col. Roger 4, Pryor is announced as can.
didate for the Southern Congress.
The following, from the Richmond D;spatc1
Of the 21st, wonld seem to show that the
ttieyea, who are abundant in Richmond, ind
their advantage in wes1irg the Confederate
uniforms:
BcREowEp PLuMAGE-There is an old ia
he ct the jeckdaw in borrowed pluunase
bich the great number Of The civilians not IN
ZEE military service, who are strutting about
onr streets in military caps and buttons.
would do well to study,
There are many who wear the military carb
theIelJ from Vaniiy; there are others VINO use
It as Disguise for 1oafrg end Incidence, md
tcefe are others who use it to e.uae the police
aid 10 cover the thieVing operations which
haEe been going On in this city for some time,
party OF industrious cheyaliers from Balt!.
mere are said to te proving about the CITY,
who take advantage Of the great number of
strangers among ne, and Of tie ukusi militar7
lle1GDla, TO e1udt detection in their profas-
sioEal operations.
Tie Richmond papers are full Of trcGble
shout Kentucky. The following paragraph,
which concludes an editorial article in The
Ditpatch Of the 21Et, shows the spirit of The
eecesh press:
All futther proceedings il Kentucky must
hE revolutionary, Fiolenr, and convulsive,
There is no legal path by which it is possible
cow to extzicate her from her conatitutional
aksoeiation with the North. That association
Is calling to the feelings Of the batter class of
her people; but there is no process BY which
they can effect their deliyeraace except bv
reyoin.ionaEy actor. By force and arms, by
blecdthsd and violence, must they now carve
ons their nay to honor, liberty End indie
tS4A&ANG, Aul LAsAb lh Lie Only alternative
!e!t gallant Slate By its Crit. dens and
!is Holts.
The Richmond Dispateh processes to hold the
opinion that Gen. Mcclellan sympathfzes with
.the South. It teays:
We have heard that Yandeedom suspects
hlH heart IS not more than half in the wicked
business Of this war. He is eaii to have en-.
dtaVored In Western Virginia to ciyilize his
FOLLOWERS, and it is believed he has no iuclina-
hcn to make this m abolition crusade, Ne
are willing to give him credit for q1slIties
which he may possess in COMMON with; N auy
cmceIs o. me o.d regular army. But the large
p1etenssons which the North sets up Of 6ig
military genius are 1udicrous in the extreme.
Hs Is an able engineer officer, but when he Is
talked OF IS man Of genius he would 1auph
in his sleeve st tie idea, if he were not as vain
as peacock CT Gen. Scott. His ONLY success
vas N Western Virginia, and but for the sid
OF o epy and traitor, even that success Would
never hare been achieved. If be had been the
grsat man he is represented, he would have
Turned that success to the most brilliant ac
count for bemiglt have marched upon S:au,.-
ten, and taken it without {. blow. He, however.
went back to Cincinnati to see his wife, which
be does Of Lis country. We don't blame bin
for thef, 1cr it must be foflcrn and 1epuisiyc
lone indeed which has not more claims upon
It's Inmates tlan such country a. the United
StEteb."
The truth is, Gen. Mcclellan has not been
In Cincinnati since he proceeded to Western
Vizginla. He did not take Stauuton 70. tFo
rtascns:
LIST. Nearly ell his troops were thee months
msn.
2. He vas forbidden to ADVANCE, BY peremp.
tory orders from Washington.
Speaking Of the want of food and water sue
fe1ed by the Federal army at the battle ot
Manassas, correspondent Of the Richmond
Enquirer says:
Every dead and wounded Yankee had b,a
htve1sack, containing the three days' proy;s
lens, lying hy his side, while the road over
r a1ch the Grand Arm" fetraated was cor
cred with crackers and meat The whole
country, from the battlefield TO Ceotreysile
over which the Federalisss rstreated. was
's:rewn with these articles Of food for soldiers.
Had Russell trayersed the fi-ld with nc The
succeeding Monday morning, he would hayc
reversed the report and Written taev were
e'seutaotred With provisions. But they war:, ia
Ha.erless country, though did hear some
thing aoout the t. Grand Army" crossing Cut
Ru9, fording Bah Run, turning up hy sad1ey i
Springs, and tkirmiehing al along the inter-
Fen1ng branches. and 2Hr within eoufsass Z,
1our miles. Rather damp region foue Would
supposed for vateIaess eodntey3-= Mr.. Rns
sell thinks it strange tha. but Is ,00o CQnteder
ate troops we're engaged; bat did it erer occu,
to him that the attack was made BY flank
movement Of the enemy, where nobody expect.
Cd them, ard consequently troops had to be
marched fIum three to six niles on that hot
July day, Of which Mr. Russell speaEs, and
that before one quarter Of them arrived, the
Eest had the Grand Army Whippsds These are
facts well known to slI, and admitted BIZ al
tie candid black Republican officers in theil
official reports. Justuyipg the time honored
aoage, that While the brave acknowledge the
superiority Of their antagonists, it Belongs
alone to the coNaEd TO pal1iate his defeat b5
fa!se, tickle and frivolous excuses.
The following may be justly classed as In
pc1tant:
TRAITORS On TIE COAST.
The Newbe1n N. c. Preg7tss reports thu!
over two hundred Of the bal ke1s" along the
coast have been forced to take the Lincoln
cath IN eelfdeferce, and adds that ualess re-
lief is Immediately sent to them, six ont oi
every ten Of the citizens of Hyde Will soon b.
forced into doing the same thing.
It would appear from the slowing that the
r rtculiar Institution is net entirely anlable Z,
all times: -
A LADY MCKDERED BT HER SERVANT GIRL
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
[Cor1espordence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.1
WATERLOO, va, Sept. Is, 1861.
Our ueiEhborhood W2s thrown into copsjd
e,abie settlement On Saturday last, the l4tI
fpft, by the startling neWE that Hiss Eyelina
Colbert had been hIutally murdered at her
oTn home. The news spread rapidly, and
eccn large crowd OF friends and relatives as,
stme!ed fo ascertain the tacts, and fnd out, II
Possible, the deneish p=EpetEator Of the hnr.
| rible deed
The white portion OF the family consisted Of