The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-08-12

THE CoMING INVASION or THE NORTH.
From the New York Herald.
The rebels are again i'll Maryland, and an0ther
panic prevails i'll the southern border counties OF
Pcnnsy ivania. Governor Curtin has accordingly
issued call for thirty thousand men for the eAi-
gencv''-watlng usual, for the approach of
the enemy before making preparations TO receive
him We appfehenI that, If the defence of PENN
sylvana shall be left to these thirty thousand men,
still to be faise there Will be nothing To check the
enemy III Northern movement, whether thirty
thousand, twenty thousand ten thousand, or less
than five thousand strong, short Of that difficult
natural obstruction known as the SuSquthanna
The inhabitants Of the country below, meantime,
seem to he-actuateL by but one idea-that supreme
idea Of running ott their horses cattle live stock
and other muycablGS, beyond the reach OF those
riblt Southern babariHnS, the smallest of whom
doubt, to the Pennsylvania farmer, stands, bare
footed, at least forty feet high
In view, however, of what We consider the main
design of the enemy in all these deSultory ana pei
picking operations along the Upper Potomac, We
think the panic-stIicken yeom1nry OF the Fcnnsyl-
Vania border have some reason for their alarm. The
rebellion now III serious danger of violent death
from strallgulation Grant has 1t by the throat at
Richmond, and cannot be made to relax his hold,
except by desperate and formidable diversion
that Will compel HIM, rs Mcclellan was compelled,
and rs Hooker was compelled, turn his back upon
Richmond i'll order to Washington. That tins
great design underea all these guerrilla movements
along the Maryland border we do most seriously be-
Icve.
We dare say that Early, Breckinridge Mosby,
Imbolen and Company are for the present engaged
in the important work OF providing, at convenient
stations all the way up the Shenandoah Valley the
depots Of supplies necessary to enable an army OF
sixty or eighty thousand men TO move down Iii light
marching order so rapidly to be III Maryland
again in advance OF any reliable warning OF their
numbers or their near approach. In this view of
the subject, we less to know what Hunter,
Crook and AveIill are doing than what the Admnis
tration is about at Washington.
When were satisfied That General Joe Joinl-
ston had been removed from the command oi the
rebel army Of Georgia and recalled to Richmond,
We guessed that 1t was for more Important service
nearer Washington. We showed, too, from his mil
ittYy experience and knowledge of all the country
between Richmond and the line OF the upper Poto-
mae and especially the Shenandoah Valley, that he
was the very man to head the movement OF a rebel
army in this direction Now find tn. rebel jour
mails at Richmond admitting that IN this view ol the
matter We right for they seem to believe that
our opinions actual facts obtained through the
agency of spies ledky vessels III communication
with the rebel War Office. Whatever may be the
truth in regard to this thing, there Is one unques-
tionabl. fact which strongly suggests another
rebel descent upon Washington that We would ear
nestly call to it the special attention OF the Admin
istratiOu.
The only point at which the armies Of JEFF. Davis,
around the whole circle OF the rebellion, can by any
apnarent possibility inct blow upon us that Will
BE- if successful Of any decisive advantage to their
cause is Washington At ins crisis too, success
ful blow at this point might at once change the
whole face Of affairs, and through the intervention
Of France and England, might result III breaking up
the United States into not two, but three or four
contt.lefaces of the South American oidef
In view of these results, cannot Lee undertake TO
hold for few weeks the deienccs OF Petersburg ana
Richmond with even twenty thousand men, while,
with sixty eighty thousand, either ne or johnston
is sweeping down the Shenandoah Valley Tor the
vulnerable north side of Washington Can this
idea never be impressed upon the thick heads OF our
War Otficc that desperate men, Ill desperate eX-
trcmities are always ready for, and are often sue
cessfui III, the most desperate enterprises.
THE QUESTION OF NEGRO RECRUITING IN THE NEW
YORK BOARD.
An interesting discussion took place in the Board
of Supervisors of New York city, last week, upon
the question of recruiting negroes at the South iof
New York's quota. Tie following is a sample
A-circular from the Provost Marshal General OF
the State the Supervisors Of the several eouhtes
was read. recommending recruiting III the febei
States and the payment OF bountleS OF TWO hunnieu
and fifty dollars to each recruit SO obfalned ana ny
dollars to the agent procuring the recruit. iino
recommendation was given Tor uniformity ana 10
avoid competition, which might bc injurious
Supervisor Little moved that the subject oil ap,
pointing agents TO recruit for the county III the fepc
States be referred to the Committee on Volunteering
with instructions 10 report AT the next meeting
Supervisor Purdy hoped the city OF New YORK
would In the business of eliilstlLS me-
groes. He characterized it trafficing III human
hesh We are able to perform the duty Of maintain
Massachusetts, in kidnapping poor negroes to have
them slaughtered. =.
Supervisor Little replied that the object was
merely To recruit the army and fih the county quota
without being obliged to resort To draft OF our eti-
zens. TAeae a,e white men in the rebel States as