The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1862-09-13

FROM THE NO RTA.
kS,a late Northern papers we make up the FOL
Ewius additional news:

Ewsus additional news:
THE NORTH TO BE CONQUERED.
The Ysakees are taking a new view Of the war.
Harpsrs Ftskly is shsking aboat the invasion, and
SAYS that the South promised long ago TO conquer
the North. II concludes An article ON the subiec,
as follows:
Well fellow -Northerners, they will make their
words good unless We believe in ourselves Al
heartily as they Ia themselves. They have ranged
their class aud their civilization against ours Ii Il
useless disguise the scope Of the contest Their
system must be snnihilated ours must We
rausi conquer aud subdue them utterly or they
win absolutely overcome us. After sixteen months
Of war they Are flushed with hope aud confidence
bat their purpose is no stronger now than ever.
They have always meant conquest OF the North.
They hoped II woald come by peacesble secession,
and then a psaceable surrender of the North un
tsr the name of reconstruction. But they believe
now that the same practical result be achisved
without separation.
AFFAIRS AT NEW oRIHANS-THE TOWN BECOMING
roo HOT FOR PlCAYUNE.
The last advices from New Orleans say An A.
tsek on Carrolion, five miles from that CITY was
dsly expected The old Confederate defensive
works were being strengthened by the Federals To
resist sttsck. The que rrillss come daily 10 Al
gers across the river from New Orleans North
sru paper Of the 9th. says:
Three days before the steamer left Gen Butler
dispatched a company of soldiers to make recon
ncsssucs beyond Algisfs. The troops left early In
the morning In the train, and after proceeding u
short distance rebel pckets were seen adv ancing- -
Tie train was stopped aud the troops slghtsd, and
So advance was ordered to feel their way. While
engaged Ia ibis work large force Of guerrillsE
rushed from the woods " here they were previously
iInperceptine, snd fred, killing and wounding our
prkeis before they hsd time 10 exchange bullets
Then smother voiley came. and subsequently q
dssdly engagement. in which the greater part OF
troops were wounded, aciudins ,te officers.
One of the rebels having spied the fireman on the
trsin, instantly discharged bis piece aud killed him
however, he MAS happily foed. The rebels. 1t is
said sooa sfterw ards Retired to the woods appa
Esntiy under tie impression that the company we're
only the sdy snee guard Of s. regiment approaching,
leaving the troops TO return TO New Orleans with
the report Of the reconnaissance.
Baton Rouge, although evacuated by the main
body of soldiers s still In possession of a company
OF marines, under the protection Of two sunbnats
which to be changed every seven days. The
city has no. tseu destroyed. Only few houses
shout twenty in number which intercepted the
range Of our Notifications cu the interior, hsve
been destroyed
Many of the points On the shore Of ihs river to-
wards Baton Rouge are occasionally lined with
rebels. who fre on our transports whenever they
not III reach CT our sunbOats. The rebels have
become boldsr and m0Te insoient slncs the depEr
1urs OF our srmy from Baton Rouge.
POSITION OF fHF UNION cAUsE-PLAIN TALK FOR
NORTHERN LATITUDE.
The i1ew York Tfsass. OF Friday, hss melan
choly but very truthful editorial on the present as
peet Of Yankee affairs We bespesk for it an at
tentive pegusai
The summer eampsgn which WAS to have given
the rebel capital, has come 10 Il disastrous end
Richmond l. relieved, ant W sshngton is besiesed
That magnificent army, organized and drilled nth
much esre by Mcclellan a year ago, repuised
ETet gu the Peninsula has been gain repulsed in
I'd he
seeks safety foF itself behind the hich
line the Potomac Disguise as we may, the
Union arms have been repeatedly. d,ssrsee fully,
h1d decisiSeiy beaten The whole campaign
ssaiasI Richmond has prov cd failure The icb-
els have IesuH.rt tie ournsive, and have driven
our troops back TO lie precise position they held
sitter the battle OF Bull Run, more than year
ago our Generals do not seetn 10 te aware whether
.h-y intend 10 attack Us there, or push forward
some other iiIe Of operations. One thing may be
deemed csrtain-they " Ill not sit down ia front Of
Washington aud attempt TO reduce it by siege
They will either atlelnpt flank movement upon II,
or what seems to still more likely. they will
push d powerful column directly into Penusyiva-
ais and strike blow al the Uuion cause cn loyal
soil.
There i. a class Of public men who think it high.
iy uuwise to admit that we have suffered any
T.ous reverses They have copous explanations Of
tie apparent checks our forces have sustained and
abundant ASSURANCES that they are all 10 be
deemed in the Immediate future. We regret that
Ne Cannot share their creduious confidence. All
wherever We have met the rebels-whether behind
earihwork, as in frsnt of Richmond. or in the
open held a. in front OF Washington-they have
beaten us. Sometimes they have Outhanked us :;
sometimes they have got completely in the rear Of
our forces; sometimes they have thrown their
whole force upon single weak point Of our line
and 30 oyerborne us by numbers; sometimes they
have drawn lis into an ambuscade; but it matters
Lot how-the fact remains that they have beaten
lie. And all that these various explanations amount
10 is that their Generals are bolder and more skill
fal. and their armies more effective than Ours-
This il all that anybody can ask in war And it is
worse than ide-it is childish and diotic to attempt
10 shut eyes to the glaring and repulsive fact
that thus far in the war the rebes have the best of
the lighting. The sooner we realize our actual con-
ditiOn, the sooner shall We fad a remedy for il.
What is the cause OF these awful disasters p
hot in any lack II men, for our armies Outnum-
Dor the rebels two to one. Not in lack of arms,
OF munitions Of suppIes--of ali the means and
appliances Of successful wAr--fOr no army on the
iaee Of the earth has ever been 30 lavishly sup
piled with all these a. ours Not In the goodness
OF the csuse-nor In the spirit OF the psopIe-nor
IN the valor snd patience OF soldiers for in all
these respects may challenge the world to
pass us We are driven to the conclusion that tho
rebel Generals have been superior to ours that the
rebel Government has beei ier able to WELD
skiilfully and successfully tAc weapons placed in
its hands. Rssnhs adoid the only test Of military
capacity. The army that conquers is always the
best. Large small, ragged or we'll clad, hungry
or full, armed unsrmed. the army that drives its
snemy of the field always the better Of the two.
Our forces have been splendidly drilled, admirably
clothed and armed and always supplied with abun-
dant food but they have been defeated, ana that
fact ovsrrids1 all Othsrt, and brands them infe-
ior.
We sl hope that sill this ID to be changed but 80
We have been hoping for the whole year past. The
very next step was always to turn the tide. We
were 70 have mo more Bull Runs, when HcClel-
isn took command. The enemy was 10 be driven
% tbs wall'' aftsr be hsd evacuated yorktown
The army Of the Potomac, it wss declared, shall
ter Richmond after II hsd suffered defeat behind ito
own forti6cations. And there were 10 be no more
retreats on side, af Pope took the LEAD toward
the rebel capital Yet, In spite Of all these sssu-
frances, msds with confidence, and eagerly weleon-
ed by tbs creculous country, cur armies are be.
heged tut ali safe" In the Potomac forts. Who
can say that the tide Of disaster has yet been
Nayedf What 10 thsre to turn nf We have fresh
men IN the feld--but We had before. Possibly
tte enemy cannot take the forts and possibly
showing that fact, they will not try. But ii
can Judge the future from the past they viii bs
very likely to attempt something which they can
sceompsb and the first We shsll know Of II will
hs thsi it hes bseu d0us.
We soc no ground for predicting better results
fohS a. xe empioy tie same We have the
same Generals, the ssme policy, the same Govern
Iaent, the same President sDd the sams Cabinet ~
We have had hitherto. We enter upon the future
sasd over our past disasters. What possble res
son thsn, have we to expect . changsf The entire
tesponsibty for all these cslanifss rests upon the
povsInmsnt-siupiy because al the p0Gsr Is in It's
eAndA Grant that many OF our commanding Ten
efAs ars incompeteEt-thai they waste To peTsonai
"isnghaes energy that should 10 given 20 the
esase-thai they weak, rresoluts, incapable.
500 therefore u1succsssful-the Government 10 rs.
sPondbs for their failures because has the power
70 oiplacs ttem, A General mhy fail once through