Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-09-17

= Y0RKVILLE, S
Sings we'll, and is said to be altogether
quite prepossessing. He, she, or it, as the
case,-,may be, we understand, has been
passing for female for the past Is years
has created quite sensation both in Sa
vannah and this city, and has been arrested
several times as manfin disguise. He,
| she, or'it, as the case may be, will be judi
cially examined in the City Hall this { Mon
day. afternoon at 8 o'clock. augusta Con.
stit@ttonalist: -: =
The Feeling in Washington City,
Want of Confidence in Pope--Incom-
potency Of Med Dowell--C Can the South
be Conquered? - - =
The most important admissions of tbe
extent of the defeat which the North has
sustained on the plains of Manassas, and in
the neighborhood of the Potomac, are con.
tanned in the subjoined Washington cor.
respondence of the Baltimore american,
probably the, blackest of the Black Repub.
lican sheets of, Baltimore
WASHINGTON, September 3, A. NJ
Washington city was last night in state
of great excitement, and not without most
substantial cause crowds were gathered at
all the hotels, discussing and specializing
on the future; and the announcement that
General Mcclellan had been assigned to the
command for all the troops assembled for
the defence of Washington, was generally
predicted to mean that before twenty four
hours should elapse the whole army of Vir-
gina would be within the area of terrific.
ry under his jurisdiction. I
The facts are, the army of Virginia has
been out-generaled, out hanked, and soedis
.heartened by the daily and hourly evidences
of superior generalship on the part of the
rebels, thatit is now on its way to Alexandria,
mourning the loss of many gallant officers
and men, who have lost their lives, or are
suffering from wounds and exhaustion,
many of them in the hands of the rebels.
By the time this. letter reaches you the
whole command of General Pope will have
fallen back upon the entrenchments and
the works forthe defence Of Washington,
under the command Of General Mcclellan.
The wounded here say they have no faith.
in General Pope's capacity to command a
great army, and ridicule the pretentious
announcements he put forth: at the COM
meucement ofthe campaign, with s;head:
quarters in the saddle" &C. They complain
of bad geueralship, and say that the whole
campaign has been without plan or strategy,
and that be has walked into every trap they
set for him, without foresight or common
prudence. r
As Ito General Mcdowell, his withdrawal
from the army of Virginia is necessity
that the President can no longer resist
Not only his whole command, but every
other division, denounces him in terms and
language that it would not perhaps, be
proper to repeat Suffice it to say, that
those fighting under him complain that his
orders led them constantly todisaster, while
he kept himself in a safe position.
At four o'clock yesterday morning a train
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of 100 wagons, with commissary stores, was
intercepted by the enemy, between Fairfax
Station and .Centreville, and driven off to.
wards Manassas before the party intercepted
They secured the whole train, and doubt
less Jared sumptuosly to day. So soon as
this raid in the rear of our army was known,
the necessity oflooking to the rear again
became apparent, and at noon. the whole
army of Virginia had abandoned Centre
vile, and was massed this side of Fairfax
Court House. --;;....
Last evening they again took up their line
of march, and at FIVE o'clock the advance
was in sight of Munson's Hill. The enc.
my's cavalry followed them 10 the distance,
bat made no attack, and the whole move
ment was being accomplished in excellent
order. At noon yesterday General McClel.
Ian, at the request Of the President, rode
out to meet the returning column, and was
received by his troops with the most enthu:.
siastic demonstration Of qualification and
pleasure. =. ..-- e.. s/~-.'
This state of affairs has of course caused
considerable excitement here, and has
doubtless, led to the order which virtually
places General McClellani in command.
The return ofthe army to Washington is
a great modification in military circles, and
it will, doubles, be one of equal mortifca.
ton to the whole country. After fifteen
months Of toll and dloodshed, zoe haze aeow
returned to the starting point and the actole
worh has to be commenced ouer again.
The Confederates may now again reiterate
their assertion with some show of plausibil-
ty, that the South cannot be conquered.
There cannot be said to be any panic
here, but the modification is great, and the
disappointment so deep, that every man
seems to carry his feelings in his counten-
ance There is a rumor this evening of a
change in the Cabinet.