Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1862-10-16

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Of them who choose to go out and
) fight, whereas the 8, 600, 600, being
: attacked in their own homes, are
{ eompelledoto muster their whoA.
{ fighting fofce. The practical ref
) utatipn of this silly lallaey, as it is
| TO be read in every page OF former
!. history, is, now also to be seen in
every fact of our cotempcrary ex-
] perience. A population Of 90
! 100000 ought TO give aboas d.
100000 of fighting men, bat SO
far from any, such o number leing
ready to b' come invaders of the
! South, there seems to be no probS-
bility of even the new levy Of
100000 men being obtained
The more the truth Is known. tLe
smaller will be the probability Of
volunteers coming forward to meet
this waste of human life. II real
accounts were allowed to circu-
late in tie Federal States Of the
hardslips which are endured, the
slaughter wlsich is suffered rs well
as inflicted, and the fefers and
agues which destroy the hestile
hosts, small chance would there la
of any bounty drawing even tho
inecessitous and i'll used Irish am,
grant to such death as t1ae Of
tered by the White Oak Swamp
These false dispatches and these
bombaStic !. general orders are,
then, something more than mere
breaches Of yeracity; , they aro
bats to catch moro food for pow
der and more prey for pestiIence-
MeClellan's real position is along
the bank of James river, shelter
tering under the guns of his gun
beats, which protect him, from the
enemy. So longas he stays where
hRffsat BE- Il bS By 'fH1s lever; If Il he moves, ,Nyy
must move over a swamp intoEtf.%
clutches of a victorious enemy.
A Bold Rartisaa.-2Q1an /
the famous partisan Trader in Mis-
souri, was at a time a leader in the
raids of the Kansas Jayhawkers,
to which body he belonged Tor
year. The story runs tllus:O
Qdantrel, together with his
brother and party of companions,
determined to visit California, and
purchasing an outfit they started
across the plains. Hardly had
they passed the limits of Kan
sas, when they were sat upon by
Jenison's and Montgomery3s band
of Jayhawkers, who took GUAM
trelprisoner, murdered his brother,
ard robbed the party Of their
equipments. Revenge became
deep rooted IN Quantrel, and h6
determined to join the Jayhawk-
ers for the purpose of learning
their haunts and associations and
await the proper time for q Bloody
retribdtion. He became a favor
lite and was elected a Lieutenant,
holding p great share of the jay
hawkers' confidence. 1geusl
At last the time for active re-
venge wasathand He discovered
his history and plan to the Conieder-
ute forces in Missouri, stating that
lie knew every haunt and hiding
place of the Jaybawkers, and was
willing and ready to lead them
He returned to the Jayhawkers,
induced party of thirty 10 follow
him into an ambuyeale, Where
they were all killed and fal.en
prisoners b5 our gueriHas. trtEn
that nioment he has Jed our men
upon the track of tLis, band Of
abolition desperadoes, until they
have been nearly wiped out, and
still9ouantrehcries i"revcnge" and
let's loose the dogs Of war, crea-
ting terror in the enemy's ranks
and gaining repeated victories,
sachas are reeehbed evenDto our ears
q thousandmi away .-c0r. no
4f< 9sse fpsaes; pssm DIV p 1ss.; 3 }fp $ . 1asd
q The Federals have lestncar So,:
300 hin the recent .bsttlss in
Maryland and -Firrinia, viz: To-
900 at Shafpsburg,s !, 600 at Eaf-
-per's Ferry, and shout 5000 at