Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1862-10-17
CORRESPONDENCE of the Charleston Mercury.l


RICHMOND, Tuesday, October z.
Van. Dorn's Despatch Bragg PdraLyses Kentucky
"A. p. Rilrs IrauOdssty- Visit of Con. Vance
Its Object Yankee Pictures-O aslOught upon
Randall etc., etc.
This city has not been much grati6ed on yester-
terday at Van Dorn's despatch about the fight at
Corinth. If its tone were not Objectionable, sne
time at which it was sent-ust at the most critical
moment and before the battle vas decided-Is
enough to establish the authors claim to deheeD-
cy in calibre. His order expeng reporters and
suppressing newspapers, his unauthorized prOcia-
nation of martial law his ubiation over the i'm.
mortal" Arkansas, prove him to be wanting in wis
dom, and altogether unfit to command such man
as Sterling Price. We are morally certain that, IN
the end there was nothing to brag OF at Corinth,
else we would have heard of it before now.
A largeanumber Of Confederate prisoners came
up in fve'boats yesterday, bringing, with them
Northern papers of the 4th. One item deserves at
tention, to wit Buelrs wagon train, % miles long,
had reached Louisville Where was Morgan-where
was Forrestr Since Bragg entered Kentucky, every
body has been stricken with the paralysis OF eau
tjon-no brilliant thing has been done. Before he
came, all was activity; and now even the Yankee
Morgan has been permitted to come all the way
from Cumberland Gap without molestatIon An
immense army, which might have been whipped in
detail has been Hassed in Bragg's 'front.' and. IN
While on the subject Of Generals, cannot let A.
P. Hill pass. His address to che Light Division,
published in this mornings Enquirer, claims that
his command has done more than all the others,
been in all the battles from Mechaucsville TO the
present time saved the day at Manassas and Sharps-
burg, etc, etc.-all of which may be true, but
would sound better and be generally believed if it
came from other lips. The crowning glory OF our
Generals and their contra distinction from Yankees,
has be- IN the sefdenying piety and mOdesty of
their dispatches Ewelrs division performed feats
of valor surpassed by none yet Eweii never opened
his lips. On the other hand, Hill has been under
arrest-once for Dragging over Longstreet and once
for insulting Jackson. Giddy giddy is the height
Gov. Vance Is here, it is SAID fer the purpose Of
informing the President that he intends to keep
$4,000 of the new levies for home defence. The
coast ought to be defended, but except in case
like thai of Charleston it would be safer policy to
keep the enemy from dispensing by menacing him
constantly with the largest army we can muster.
To whip Mcclellan in Maryland is the best way to
protect our coasts.
have before me copy of the New York Ittus-
trdted Ners, of October 18th, week ahead Of
time Its frontispece is a likeness Of Gen. Franz
Siegel-with the face of a bull-terrier, round and
truculent Also a large picture, an interior View
of Castle PipckneN Charleston Harbor, ). ca
Rebel Military Prison for Union Officers and Sol
,eierS, sketched by late visitor" The comic cut
the last page represents the Enthusiastic recep
ton in Maryland of the author Of those affecting
lines My Maryland" Randall is pictured as tall,
raw-bony Scotchman, not unlike James Gorden Ben
nett in rags, with sorrowful face, broken BANJO
in his hands, string of stolen ducks and chickens
tied about his waist. Thus ragged and forlOrn, he
is making diligent tracks from stout fellow, who
is bent on pitching into his undefended rear with
ptchfork. Harpers HeekLy of the same date has
parody on Randalls famous lines, one verse of
which runs thus:
Where is Longstreet, Johnston Lee?
Maryland, my Maryland.
And StOnewaIl Jackson" where IS he?
Maryland, my Maryland.
Four coatails tapping in the breeze
Is all the loyal soldier sees;
Better this than dangling on the trees.
Maryland, my Maryland!
This is as near as l can come at it after n single
glance. HERMES.