Year: 1862

To conquer an invading army, it is not necessary to defeat it upon the field of battle. may destroy a mans life effectually by dcpriving him of food, as by plnnglng dagger into his heart.

 The enemy has given indications of his purpose to abandon his present position in the es, ana move forward into the interior. We are confident that we have force enough in front to check and defeat ts army, wherever it may appear-but to make assur- douby sure, ought at once to organize corps of guerras, to hang the rear of the invaders cut off their supply trains, their baggage wagons, and their ammunition and thus sever the main arteries which supply the life blood to the whole system ot invasion.

 What may be done in this way has been shown in the peninsula of Virginia in Kentucky Tn Tennessee, and in Missouri. We see the heoric Morgan, with only one hundred men at his back keeping the in vaders in constant terror, killing and capturing the enemys pckets, destroying their means of tlanspor tation and harrassng them in every conceivable way, We see Jeff. Thompson ill Missouri engaged Tn She same business. In like manner, Col. John Scott, when in Virginia, soon after the war commenced, worried the federas the peninsula by killing their pickets and capturing them when opportunity offer cd until they were in constant terror of hls surprises and attacks. We see 1t stated, also, that they have also lost four hun lred pckcs in the ghborhood of Nashvllein in the brief time they have occupied that city It is as much as a mans life is worth to send him out alone on picket dutyfor some daring parti- san on our side creeps upon him in the silent watches of the night, and quietly puts bullet through his head.

 We believe that we now have in Tennessee from four to Six thousand cavalry and there Is no serVee they could be better put to- in odinion than in getting around and behind the enemy as they ad- vance and cut of their supplies of food and ammu- milton. There is Scotts Louisiana regiment, Col Wrt Adams Mississippi regiment, battalion from Arkansas and regiment from Tenhessee and there is than another regiment from Mis- ssippi about to go into service. These know of, and probably there are others. Instead of confning them to the lines of our army it seems to us it would be good plan to turn them loose, with special instructions to hang on the enemy's rear, and capture and destroy their wagons of provisions. baggage and ammunition. Being mounted, they could easily get out ot the way of superior forceand even in case of battle between the main bodies of the opposing armies, they could render effective service in the rear of the enemy than in their front

 We must to great an extent IS possible, adopt the guerrilla system of warfare against the enemy who have come to invade our homes. Let them know that behind every tree turks toc-that every rock and thckct shelters a patriot with his trusty rifle who will make the invaders bite the dust. Thus did tha numerically inferisr Texans drive the MeXicans from their soil and their independence John Morgan with his little baud of one hundred men has already killed an equal number of the enemy at least, and captured many more. The time has come for us to discard dilettantesm in this We not responsible for it. and must have blood for an at onement Surprise them, capture them, kill them, in every possible way-this is now the duty of the South.-N Q. Crescent