Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-08-02
AFFAIRS In DIXIE.
News from Late southe-u PapsYs,

News from Late southern Papers.
From a budget Of southern papers, Of dates Of
| the a4th ard 26th utimo,we CLEAN the following
The Richmond Examiner Of July % libels the
Union troops; brands them az " vandals and rob-
bers, who blight the earth Ia their path, like the
hordes Of Alafic )" and says:
"By their wantonneEs and brutality they have
entitled themselves to the eternal hatred Of the
people OF the South, and to lasting infamy among
all civilized nations"
The same paper, however, admits the vandal.
ism Of the Rebel troops, thus: 20
the world think when we tell them that whilst
the Yankee invaders were laying waste the land,
destroying the crops and butchering the stock OF
our farmers on the north Of the Chickahominy,
our own troops-the men who had rushed to de.
fend from capture and spoliation the capital Of
the Confederacy-were engaged In precisely
similar businss. In the country on the south side
of that stream 2o
And then accuses them of acts which would
| tend to bring reproach upon unclviliZed and
barbarous natons.n
The Rebels appear to have but little respect
for their dead, as witness the following, from the
Examiner
"we have II on the authority of a gentleman,
an officer Of the army, who has visited Oakwood
Cemetery, that the cohins are often piled In two
and three deep in one excavation, and thus COW
cred up, Of course rendering II out OF the ques.
ton Ion Tor an inquiring relative to recognise and
reJlaim a corpse
80 We understand that the burial OF deceased sol
disrs is In the hands Of parcel Of German un-
dertakers, In teed Of being vouchsafed to the re-
i spectacle undertakers Of the city, who, from q
gard for the caute, would disch rye the duty at
leas! with decency and humanity I"
/ The Richmond Dispatch Of July 24tb, cautions
the Southern pc jple not to indulge the hope that
| the North cannot raise the number OF troops
| number Of men will be raised, hey nd ali ques-
| tion, IL not In one way, yet In another They
will be forthcoming, too, at the shortest possible
l notice III we sit down and fold our arms, they
II 6tano hafn
prepared to resist them by shock rude that 1t
1 will cost Us long time to repair the damage II
will occasion. Let us make ourselves masters Of
the crisis by anticipating II, ard preparing TO
face II when IL shall have arrived -
L The Dispatch, however, thinks that the pros
poets Of the Confederaey are at present "high and
l encouraging" !" but says:
II IL Ia proper for us to look our situation fully
L in the face. We must not fatter ourselves with
the delusion that our trials are nearly at IN end
There is not the slightest reason to fear that we
shall ever He su6J ngsted but the price Of free
4 dom Is e srnal vigilance -
Il Th- dispatch contains the following:
4 "Aoout II O'Clock ON Thursday morning, our
cavalry pickets al Malvern Hin were attac ked by
superior force Of the enemy, ard brisk skir.
l Inish Of half an hour e. sued The enemy ap-
j prOaOhed by the Charles 'sity rosd, and com.
menced he attack In the immediate vicinity OF
i the late battle field The enemy Were driven
back, and our forces continued TO occupy the field
1 at the latest acconnts"
4 The ronfederates aver that " General Pope has
II accumulated an drDIV Cf 30 UUO men In the
counties inmed ately tois side ftbe Blue Ridge,
and evidently designs some fensive operations,
! the nature Of which may shortly rranspire;" and
the report is circulated that there no Federal
troops In o. about Caroline c11nty, Va
nCmbss Of JacksOa's m n, fepnted to have
been In the hands Of the Federals, are SAL TO
have Joined the Rebel army within few days.
The Dispatch charges that an or anized band of
Unlonists exists In Pend Teton county, s'comman-
ded bv man named Bond, who are IN the habit
Of acting as spies on the movements Of loyal citi-
zens in that Pighborhood, some Of whom have
= been ares ted by the Yankees at Petersburg -
he D'spateh reports the arrival In Richmond
1 Of gentlemen fr m Baltimore, who . hat 4 e
cause OF aoolitlonislI Is low struggling uader a
weight of difaculties which bid fai, Il crush II
L 70 the earth. LiRcoln's call upo" Maryland 70,
her quota Of the new levy Of 400 600 tn ops had
Z stir ed up most intense excitement, and al Ii ID
considered impossible 20 raise 1t without resort tc
by every opportunity Vague rumors of an ad
: vance Of Tue Confederate forces iuto Maryland
are In circulation, and thousands impatiently
await an event that shall open a way for them e
vigilance Of Lincoln's detec, .ves, some prepara
Il tions have been secretly made by band Of true
men, and the prog ess Of the Southern armies /,
1 watched with slespless anxiety"
i The Dispatch says; ct ne shop machinery o1
Il the Virginia Central Railroai which was carried
| to Shadwell on that -oad, and put up for repairs
! during the doubtful times hare six or eight week
| since, has been brought back to Richmond, and
is now being put in position at the company
shops. II will .oon be ready to do the heavy
repair. made necessary ey the constant use Of th'
The Charleston Mercury Of July 12 has the fol
i wing:
cit was currently rumored in military circles
| on Thursday-and we have reaIon 10 believe II
1 70 be correct-that Major General Pembefton
now In command OF the department OF South
Carolina and Georgia, has been transferred tt
l another important post, where he will soon be
/ face 70 face with the enemy, and that Major Gen.
eral Gustavus w. Smith has been assigned 10
| succeed him In the command Of this Depart.
\ mentn
A dispatch from Jackson to the Mobile Adusy-
fiSH and Rsgtstsr reports the capture and destruc
| tion OF " a Federal mail steamer at Skipwith's
| landing, eighty miles above Vicksburg !" and the
| obtaining possession Of the mail bag from the
| Federal sloop-of-war Richmond, en- ro4ts fol
| w ashington. The contents highly interest
| ing. The Yankee letters admit the imposs bility
| Of capturing Visksburg without an immense
! land force, and admit, also, that the Arkansas
4 whipped them, and they evince great terror oil
| her Her appearance around the bend this morn,
| Ing was the signal ior general 'skedaddle.' +"