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pressure from selfish and timorous men, who would be willing in the hour of peril, for thirty pieces of silver, to sell a sister State to advance local interests, and to purchase an ignominious peace. We have faith in the Cabinet, and we do not desire to discover or find out more than is right and proper for them to disclose; but if the views shadowed forth in the Dispatch are correct it is but right and proper that the citizens and soldiers from Maryland in the Confederate States should know it. We ask for but one favor, and we have reason to demand it as a right: to let us in a body cross the Potomac to the rescue of our State, and even without other aid and assistance we will cast "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" on the issue. This is the unanimous voice of her exiles. We have come here with a superabundance of patriotism; we may have to part with some, and look more to our homes and to the good old State of Maryland. Fredericksburg, Va., Sept. 26, 1861.
Army of the Potomac.movements of the Contending forces. [from our own Correspondent.] Fairfax, Sept. 26, 1861. A skirmish took place last night, near Lewinsville, in which the enemy were again defeated and driven back to their entrenchments. Word was brought in the evening that McClellan was advancing with considerable force for the purpose, it was supposed, of throwing up batteries at Lewinsville, and of fortifying himself there. A body of men, consisting of four regiments — Kershaw's South Carolina, the Ninth Georgia, and two Virginia regiments I believe — were at once sent forward to meet him. The enemy had along a corps of engineers, and a large collection of tools and implements used in the construction of field works, and had these ready to commence operations as soon as the infantry had gained command of the positions. But these positions were never gained. Col. Kershaw was to lead the advance, and was to be supported by Col. J. E. B. Stuart, of the Cavalry, n