Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-10-20
GENERAL VAN DORM SUPERSEDED.

We have "a copy Of tho Richmond Dispatch
OF Oct. ID, from which We take The following:
FROM THE SOUTHWEST.
MOBILE, Oct. IA special dispatch TO the.
ADJ ertiScr and Register. dated Holly Springs,
18th, says:-Tlfe Yankees have not atttmpted
further pursuit Our scouts from Ripley report
that RoSecrans, with a brigade, occupied that
place, but retired on Sunday in the direction of
Rl"nzi and PocahoRtas. They destroyed the
court-houS" and county records, and are re-
ported 10 have committed several rapes
Our army j. in good health and spirits Rein
i"r'einen'o areFon>tantly arriving. Ii il now
strong a. before the battle.
Tn" Mobile and Ohio Railroad will bc held
against any odds. A considerable force now
holds II. and Is being reinforced.
Exchanged prisoners. arriy we'd to-day az Hack
son. represent that between eight and ten tIiou-
sand persons have taken the oath = enemies OF
the United States. %
Brute Butler has gone 10 Pensacola The COT
ton preS>,s i'll New Orleans are being put in re-
pair, Ia b" used, il is supposed iailS for Con-
I"ierate symnathizer>.
From THE ARMY IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA
The main body of our force, in the Valley
still continue AT their old position, from which
1t would seem there L. disposition on the
part OF Mcclellan to attempt 10 dislodge them
Gen. Stuart, an account of whose raid we
yesterday published from Northern sources
has safely returned 10 Virginia. aS will b.. seen
by the following dispatch from Gen. Lee 10 the
Secretary of War:
WING III STEI, VA, Oct. lt.-Iiya. r.. ". Ran
doiPh: The cavalry expedition To Pennsylvania
ha- returned safe. They passed through Mer-
c"rsburS,t hambrrsburg. Emmitshurg, LIBERTY
New Mar ket, Uyattstown. and Burnes willie
The expedition crossed the Potomac above
Nllllanl>pO and rrcrusScd 1T Whites Ford
inahinS me entire circuit, cutting the enemy's
communication, destroying arms. &c. and OBJ
tanning many recruits. X. Il. LEE, General.
About 80 prisoners arrived by the Central
tr1nn yesterday, captured by the command OF
Col. lmboGen.
GEN. wax dorm sUPERCEDFn
Gen. Earl Van Dorm has been superseded in
IN" command of the army recently engaged
with the enemy at GorinIh. and Major General
j. Z. Pcmt erton assigned TO the command of
tii;it portion OF our forces. We are not dyised
whether the loss Of The battle AZ Corinth had
anything 10 do with this chan ~ vi comm auders
Ky the following article from the Dis
patch 1t W ould seem that the Coniederares are
IN deSl'ondent mood and need inspiritins:
THE SITUATION
RIVE frdeavored yesterday To show that ,b.
toniederi te States have nothing to hone for i'm
this war ut what they could obtain bv their
own alor and their own perseverance This
lSs1 nus o. en- demonstrated SO clearly since the
commence ment Of the war that We had until
very lately, thought it was admitted by every.
body W thin the last few weeks, however
we perceive q growing disposition to rely upon
"'"'r sources OF RELIEF. such AS the disurder,d
>tit'. OF The Iankee finances, the menaciuy am.
lud" of the democratic party. and the viol.n,
ais cont"nt OF large portion OF northern so,rrty
MI MIN NE emancipation proclamation OF Lincoln
W. very we'll remember how nearly fatal Ia
our causc had been The illusions OF ;h., la
yrar, and how stfrnly had been reminded
nE events that the only just dependence of the
Confrdrr,;r STATES was i'm The arms and be,r1 :
81 her sons We wouId repeat The. I,.sson No..
men endeaNored TO teach every day in th,. year
u We could thereby the more deeply impress il
up0n The minds OF our cnunrrvmru
We have nothing 10 depend OH but our own
pr"Wt>S and our own iirnn,SS Vet arc no,
these enough! See what they have already
done for us. As long As We depended upon for
O. IN It.rN ftftta Ia.
ing TOR ourselves. The enemy cmploy.d In,
lnt"rvai.which We Were w astirIe i'm idle dreams
81 peace, IN making thc mos, gigantic prppar,
uoilS Ter suhduInS us and reducing us 10 a stat.
OF absolute vaSsalage. ii not downright slavery
We awoke from our dream to lind ourselves
already half undone; but woke rs q giant
wakes from & short Slumbpr. and we spapned
IN" bonds which The Zoe had attempted 10 riyet
np"n uN While We slept. II l. because Nyr fear
me same lrthargy may again creep over our
H'nS"S, that We lit a Voice OF warning TO our
colliTxme Affairs are not gloomy now a.
they Were asst spring. We have, abund,n,I,,
shown our ability 10 beat tlIp enemy in the ,iaId
and have demonstrated 10 the world thar Nc.
cannot b. Subdued ao long aS we are rrus 10
ourselves. "
W hat l. there M our situation thai ouch, .,
tiSt"uiaSe !u,h engaged Ill a struggle for their
iiotflh'H Aitcra series Of victories UnrnuaIIad
az inns country, hoi surpassed In sny other Nv.
nave met with two reyerSes Tha,: a,,,,aar "
Gr 10y ii" means decisive. Our armies are MOI
uriostu, our generals are not captured; our
n".e , Is out htllc impaired. Tie spirit of
o"i uooi'S Is not broken. What else can W.,
cAp'ct man 10 Meet with occasional had for
I , IN 4 war waSed with such determination
- u not III The nature of things that ii should
~ o'htrWi>f'. TIE victories of one part of the,
country must b. sometimes countprhalaucrd
by NE retrrSrS IN another. II il only unon
casting up The accounts and striking a balance
mat We can fairly estimate thr impurtapca OF
our losses and our gains. We have met TWO
reverses, by no means decisive i'm Kentucky
and Mississippi. As set-off. We have gained
eighteen or twenty victories, captured a whole
army Of nearly i.EO men, and established a
reputation tor 'alor not surpassed Ivy that OF
the Oldest nation IN the world. The balance is
enormously on our side
Instead, therefore, of Responding, we see
cause To entertain the brightest hopes, il only
the people will cease to indulge in the dream
that they can be saved in any other way than
by their own valor.