Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
from South Carolina.
Hazlewood, S. C., June 18, 1861.
In parts of North and South Carolina the British army could not remain for any length of time during the revolutionary war. They could scarcely pass any point affording concealment without losing men, and very often some who wore epaulets.
An army could not well pursue one man, and to send a squad they would not venture very far from the main body, or if they did they seldom all returned, and sometimes none.
Foraging parties very often returned minus some of their number.
For the purpose of killing deer and other game, the citizens had previously provided themselves with good rifles, which they found very useful against, an invading foe.--The country may not afford the same means of concealment now as when it was nearly all in forest.
Strangers, however, would stand a bad chance against those who were acquainted. If the citizens of Virginia so determine, an invading army will make slow progress--‘ "grow smaller by degrees and beautifulness."’ M.
