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pmx IMATIOY OF TUB FHKSIDBXT.
Wberea , it U provided by »d aci o* Congt-ss.
ect...-.-i .c to further provide fcr the pnt>.
lie CcleßCs, approved on the 16t’* day of April,
IS#2, tod by toother act of Congress, approreo !
oj the 27;u S-p'etft’) .r, 1£62, entitled an act to j
aoeija >5 act entitled an aa to proeide farther
for the public defence, approved 16th April,
1862, that, the President be authorized to call out
an 1 place la tbe military service of the Confede
ra.e States, lor three yearn, nness the war shall
bare oeea sooner ended, all white men who are
res d .nts of tbe Confederate States, between Ihe
ages d eighteen and farty-five years at the time
tbe call may be made, and who are not, at such
time, legally exempted from military service, or
such i.ert thereof as m big judgment may be ne
cessary to public defence.
And’ wherein, ih my judgment tbe necessities
of tbe pub ic defence require that every man ca
pable of bearing arms, between tbe ages afore
sad, should now be called out to do his duty in
the defence of his country and in driving back
the invaders now within the iimils of the Confed
eracy ;
Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President of
tbe Con federate htates of America, do by virtue
of tbe powers ve-ted in me as aforesaid, call out
and place in the military service of tbe Confed
erate States, all white men residents of said
States between the ages of eighteen end forty-five
years, cot legally exempted from military ser
vice, and Idj be.eoy order and direct that all
persons subj-ct to this call and not notv in the
military eery.ee, do, upon being enrolled, fortb
wi.h repair to the conscript camps established in
the respective States of which they may be rest
d-nis, under pain of being held and punished as
deserters in toe even; of ineir failure to obey this
es 1. as provided m said law*.
A.a Ido further order and direct that the en
ro..tug officers or the several Stairs proceed at
once .o enrol! all pirrons embraced within tbe
terms of this proclamation, and not heretofore
enroiied.
And I do further older, that it shall it lawful
for ar.y p.r.-.-a ecibrec d within tois cull t • vo -
■u*eer tor senico before enrollment, anti that
person - ) so voluuteerirg be m.owed to selec. tb
si-5) of service and the c rnpariy wuicb (key de-
Sue to j on, provided such company be deficient
is the full number of men allowed by law for its
organization.
—«— (iiv«o under my hand, and the Seal of
}i the Confederate Slates of America, at the
sum >city of Richmond, this fifteenth day of
) July, in the year of our Lord one thous
—r~- and eight bundled ar.d sixty-thiee.
(Signed) Jsrrxas'jx Davis.
By the President:
(Signed) J. P. Bsvjaniw,
Secretary ot State.
TO TUG PEOPLE OF SEOKGIA.
The late senom disasters to our arms at Vicks.
bur« and Port Hudson, together with Gen. Bragg’s
- retreat with his urtny to our very border?, while
they »te bo cause of despair of oar ultimate suc
cess, if we are true to ourselves aad place our
trust m Uod, admonish us that if we would pro
tect our homes from the ravages of the enemy, it
is time for every Georgian able to bear arms, to
unite himself without delay with a military or*
ganixation, and hold himseif in readiness at a
moment's warning, to strike for his home and the
graves of his ancestors, with an unalterable de
termination to die free rather than live the slave
of d’ spotic power.
Tens of thousands of our citizens have volun
teered for the war, and those ot them who have
been s'ain or d' abb-d.ars still risking everything
for our success, in distant fields on the borders of
the Confederacy. On account of the near approach
of the enemy to >he interior, the call is now upon
those at lionm, who have made comparatively lit
tin sacrifice, to volunieer to defend their habita
tions end properly, end ttie homes and families of
their neighbors who are in the army, against Ihe
threatened attacks of ihe eaemv.
Is there a Ue trgian able to hoar a ms, so lost,
no* or.! y i» patriotism, but to at ihe nobler impul
ses of our riitnre, ihat he will, ir. tins ruieigooey,
r-'use to t ike up arms 'hr th • dcciice ci hi* nntie
«nu t.s • mtiji: woer, :hu caumr c0n.,.-. , | ; .- 3 very
door, * i) tsstroy the ec», B’d ft o't
sni-ire th * nherf li Mere be a Mew pi *n pos* |
sc.'.edot ro 1 1 ! 1 13 courage or ir.aoline <, Ist ins
fe' .'.v-ci'ia '■ s mark end remember hunt if tie |
hid s h.mse t be' inti some legal exs.n.- ion, us a |
mere pr hit lo i void dn-y, let h mhe v-s-d to j
the ensure he des rves; or if m hisumiety to .
make money ac .l h.-c -me tich, he it -as a deaf ear
to the prot: die,pie! patriotism, an- : ivor. i seen*
firs h’- iib. tins to iis avarice, let him b. < xp, sed
wnti indignant s"Oi u so the public contcotp.! The
time has came tor plain talk and punr pi.action.
AH that is dear to ape pie ou earth i ut s'ake
The beat efl iris of every patriot are r. quired to
save our cau-s from iui,i, and our chiui.en from
b mdnge. We are determined to be a free people,
coal what it mav, and we should permit no man
to remain tun mg and en|oy ihe proteeiion of the
Government who refuses to de his part to secure
our independence.
0 If all our people at home will orgtnizs for
w home defence, anu the Stcretuiy of ',Var will issue
and enforce such orders as will a impel '.be thou
Sands of pertous in Coufed-rate servicwho, on
account of wtalih ot parents, or political influence,
or other like caucus, are u w keeping out of toe
reach of danger, as passport agents, impressment
agents, useless subalieras conn-.cied with the dif
ferent depuritr eat*, moulding other favorites ot
those in p sitioo, struggle!s, Ac , many of whom
are suspected of tiding over the country at public
expense engaged ou private speculations; enrolls
mg officers in counties where the offle -rs exempt
are almost as numerous as the conacre* s now in
the counties subject to enrollment; and the host
of oflicers in uniforms, and others who are daily
seen in every city, town and village, and upon
every railroad tram, and in every hotel in ihe
Confederacy, to rmurn immediately lo their eom
mauds in 'be Held, we should soon hive armies
etruiig euougii to rod back the dirk cloud of war
a which now bangs oyer us, and drive the invader
from our soil.
A By reference to the General Order herewith
' w published, it will bo seen that a draft wiil be had
on Tuesdiy, the 4tu day of August uext, in each
, eouuty in tuis biate which neglects or reluses to
furnish the quota of men required of it. Though
some few ot the counties bare exhibited too little
interest, I cannot believe that a single one will
have its character stained by the necessity for a
draft for men to defend their own homes.
To those counties which have nobiy and prompt
ly responded, and especially to thosa which huTe
tendered much more than their quota, I return
my siucere thanks.
While the militia oflicers of this Statehavegea*
eraliy responded promptly and willingly, I rea
gret to hear that some ot tbiui m contradiction
of all the professsion they have made, that they
reri lined at home for home defence, now refuse
to vo unteer. To all such I hereby give notice
that if they fail to connect ihemsiives ts volun
teers WHO the organizations now called for and
to enter ihe service, as invited in my proclama
tion, ca ling for the 8,000 troop*, hr the 4 li dav
of Angus: uexi, the protection of tiStateapi.insi
coneoriptioo will be withdrawn from tin ci, aou
they writ! be turned ov-r to the mrolliag offi
cers under the conscript act. If, however, an\
militia officer, when approached by the c -n-crpi
officer wo I nuke au affidavit that he his not heaid
of or seen ibis proc.a nat'oii, or had notice ot it,
he shad have fire day* Irom that da'e within
wh ch toj-.'n one of the companies now called
for. as a volunteer.
This r;c d*es no em'-rtre any eiaueeted
w ill the <St iIT oi ihe Commander la Chief, a*
they arc -xpecied t > :,a,d the jire.ves n readings
at ait tinies in obey his orders, and arc not ex-
I ected to j it*, i e companies. Ali Justices of
the Peace and C ns'abies a e to ba sul j ci to the
81D13 rue as miliiia Otflcar*. a* thair oilie-S are
not now si important that they ear.nit he snared
have not made preparation In r-spond :o his call
for eight thou.-in : mm, under the late requisition
for home delei.ee orders,
1. The commander ot each rrgiment and inde
pendent battalion of the mi itia ol th s -date, id
each coun y, that has not tilled the requisition
made upon it. ord -r every m a under pis com
mand, who is between 18 and 45 years of age, to
assemble at the regimental or bittaliou drill
ground on Taesdiy, me 4th day of August next,
and that at il o'clock on that day, he form them
into line, and read, or have read, the Governor
Jiroclamation of tki£ date, and this erder, nft e
which he will invite them to volunteer to the
number rtqiiredof the county. If they refer,
to volunteer, be will then proceed ’u drsk o it.c
number required, oy placing is a hat tee Dales
all persons within ibe limits of h s command, oi
the ages aioresuid, who are not ia ihe actual mili
tary aervee ot this State or the Confederate Stairs,
or in one of the companies formed or lormine
under this caii, wuetoer they are present or no 1 .
And he wilt c -use to be drawn out of tbe hat, in
discriminately, one-th.rd more names than will
fill the requisition, to take tbe places of such as
may be drawn among the number required who
ere not able to do service. No one will be dis
charged, however, who cannot satisfy the com
manding officer that he is unfit for as mack as
two weeks active duty at one time. When the
number is full, tbe last names draws which are
over the quota, after those unfit for service have
been deducted, will be dropped from the list,
having, with the number who have voianteered,
the quota required.
When there are two regiments or independent
battalions in a county, the commanding officers
will meet prior to ihe day fixed for the dralt, and
agr e, if they can. what part of tbe quota each
is to furnish. If they cannot agree, each will
dralt the number required, if be has su many,
to do local and temporary service in the defence
of the Slate. Ia protecting State officers against
conscription, I have acted upon what I consider
an important principle. If any of them now re
fuse to aid to the defence of their homes, it will
be proper that the tj.ate withdraw this protection
from such m fu'ure.
Let no one despair of onr ultimate success !
We should nut expect 10 be victorious upon every
field. Tot -p -n lid achievements of our armies
in .he past have m .de us an historic people, asu
have c.eir y for s .adowed the finai triumph o:
our arms and the future glory and grandeur of
the Cor ad- racy. Suci a peop'e, inhabiting such
a cout try, and having such mothers, wives, sis
ters and daughter-, ueedontyle true to them
se ves and humbly dust 'n Almighty Pow.r to
be invtuciole.
Given .-nder my hand and sj»l of Executive
Departs .err, this July 17th, 1883.
Josbpb E. Bn.v.i.
Adj't axd I.vsp a OzNEsaLo Ovfic*. f
Miiledgeville, July 17th, 18*3. J
Gsshkal Onosa So 16.
The C- uiGUEder-m-Chief hay.eg heard wuh
, regret that s >me of the counties in this b ate
; and when the jsincs are returned to headquar
ters with the facts, the number will be apportion
ed by returning such part ot the men dialled by
each as will equalize the burden and hit the
quota.
2. The fact that a person within the ages men
tioned is not from any cause subject to be taken
into act rice as a conscrpt, does not ex-aipt nini
from draft by the Sia'w lor home defat; ce If he
has procured,* substitu e or baa procured an ap
pointment under sine Goufedera.r.offiser, bariag
but little duty to do, to keep him out ol comerip
isn, or if he ia an unnaturalized foreigner aad is
living under the pro .action of our G .vernment
and Taws, n these and all like cadis be is bound
to defend his di in.cn, and liable to be drafted by
(be Stale and compelled to dn so.
3 When the number draft d is not sufficient
with the volunteers in the county to form a com
pany, their name.- will be sent la thane head,
quarters, and they wi I be dtstriuuted among
such compupies *s may be must c luventant.
. 4. As the iaw of Congress proh bits the Presi
dent from ordering the troops organized under
this call out of the S' ate, without their consint,
and authorizes them in their ranaisr roila lo pie.
Bcribe the limits within which they are to serve,
all volunteers will be accepted wuh ;b.s privilege,
the. will in each case jireecnhe a rea
sonaolo boundary witbiu lie Scat.-, pnot mure than
onc-tour.h of its territory) watch they will engage
to d tend. All companies firmed of op.rativea
in factories, or workmen in Coi.tcdera'e or State
m chine shops, or other railroad employees, and 1
ali perse Ur . Haw, d in ihe manufacture of iron,
if they cun form a company ot 4-1 men, mav limit
their servic * in taeir muster n I s to the pa: t eu ar
locaii’y of their employment, and they will be
acuep--J !or suth local decree, sad in no cast
o.t*e— - o*l a la.! Cuul.l) w .ihoot them content
5. X.- liter ami' .-rs rMigion, telegraphic
1 t'flrCo::i, J . cos the l.trertor Court.or C-nnij !
j agouu a, ,d • l uo duty ot rol.er ng toe .
I u.Crsettles !»i old . .s' tam.llJ i, li". excoe t ; Is.,
of ib« lalfci to each count-, will be dialled tied,
this order tor bams defence.
Ur.nut C. WVz.-.'b,
Adjutant and Inspector Usual*!.
Tilt -I‘ilXH «.K ',IU. ul.it Alt!) Ok Tlllt FALL
or Vll'K.llLO),.
Alter L.uooi. ‘-I- a- the music,' in Washing
ton, upon the tall ot Vickabutg, Seward was sir
enadeS, aai made a cpssch is reply. He prox«
lies the t'um :date, hippy and giorions recun
s ructcn oi t.e L'jio.i, utough he ceecus to In. si
right ot the 'act that the 0 ’iit'-d- r Hey I s about
Toii.oOo troops inUv li.-.u who won’t ix*«tly a<rce
wuh hurt, iic sa d ;
lie hau cmsid red it .be part of a patriot and
state..a,an .f po.*s • la to avert to* condition ot
public atlaiis wc id inu y witnessed and bil
lowing the sublime example ot U mwbo had died
to save the w t d, he bad prayed 'bet this bitter
cup of dooiist'3 dt.-scnttoa might be put avay
from our tp>, Ihe discord of our conn ry w.i*
calculated to gladden the worst of drSp»iisms,
but the conotry would survive the shock it was
called upon to endure. No nation can perish that
has a gpurk of popular virtue left. The people
are guardians of the national titles and national
gea ns..* and proepantv. No naf.ou ean be
saved except by the sacrili ■ of individuals. In
lbs language of the Scriptuius, we must renounce
father, mother, brother, alt for i.ur country’s sake;
we must give up our treasures, our alf returns; we
must make sacrii es givo up cvervihing to bo
saved. For bimsalt, he lad surreadered all.
There wns not * chi lot h'3 capable ot bearing
arms who had not D. eti ficefy giv.-n to the ser
vice of ihe country. I- he would rot preserve
our nationality he v.za here lo be buried in iia
rnius. li hd bad to fall, he wauled ‘.o tali iu tue
streets of the capital of his country, and be tram,
pled under the heel of the assassin of its freedom
and grrs'ness. He had chosen tor his file leader
Andrew Johnson, of Tennisset. He was for this
Union with slavery it it must be, and without
sfsvery if be could have it so. (Tremendous cheer
ing,) T c-re is now a new issue. Away with the
dead past.
The future will dsTslepe who shall govern this
great country. Neither wisdom nor virtue same
into existence with tbispsople. They will not
die with the result of this contest. Presidencies,
secretaryships, foreign legations, presented no
temp allot sto him. He Was ready to put them
all away from him. If bis country woald be saved
he should never accept cflntal position at the
bauds ot bis countrym-n. Ha bad been censured
for the prediction that the rebellion would be end- j
ed in ninety days. It would bava been euded in ,
that time—tt would, in fact, have been euded be
fore it was begun, if thecounee * of true patriots '
had beeu heeded. It has bee . protracted by the
hopes held out of foreign interference. It iad
thus driggcd its slow aleigth along, with blood
and carnage i : its track, tjrcugo two long veers
but to ibis jeginntugoi lii mud vaar Wu bad
jus* vtamed the beg Doing i. theer.j.
Wr h tve seen the stars one b, oa» falling away
from our nation .1 Armament, but now we are to
witners the j yfu! sight of etar af'.er star, after
w.ihd- ring in datknets, returning to the gaiax •
in u inch it beiou red. Ji..s uri t,-.a been for u
while obsei ved ; it is c >w hr.ally set in the na«
ti-u i! coiourd. Kentucky had b ra almost tori,
from the magic circie; but us st lad'ag'm ss w
now assured. It wid not be long before Tennes
see wifi he numbered again atn.iDg toe loyal
tS'atI*, 1 *, ncr till Arkansas shad be Rgnn represented
iu toe hads ot our Congress. L uts'zna n.id al
ready a'k. d for recognition upon the old basts,
•and the Oid North s.ute would soon follow ru i
lo a hfills white we .-hall witness the rxtrsordis
navy spectacle of Old Virginia a-kirg so giventss
ol tier sms, and even South C-.roliaa, the source
of ait this mischief, would he sandwiched between
Georgia sdl North Carolina and purified of her
iniquoy. We already eee a preteoded confedeni.
lion divided into four par s by transverse lines
drawn along the Misg'ss ppi river and tbe South
ern line of Tennessee. When the war could no
longer be put aside, be bad but one request to
make. He invoked God Aiurghty to inspire tbe
people tvitl) virtue enough lo To;e for the Urion,
*nci oar Ernies with courage enough to fight for
it. Bat iftera!! this conflict, th:s greatest, pfond
e»t f most prosperous of n*''rcs, mi.?* title n ir tie
10 thrive. I( for»igi n.»? as wm»!d ke?p ifceir
ha'cds oft' v« &h uid settle th-sc questions f or egr
8® when the next Provo**’ Marshal should
call up. n the pec-pia of this district. be hoped
every rota fit for duty wcuitl • »ly ask wtir« he
was to be placed. If ther LeedeclaDy one to ful
low, old a* he was he should be with those who
were ready to lay dowa their lives tor the preser
vation of the Ilfs el ’he nation.
THE STRUGGLE FOR MORRIS' ISLAMI -A W*
FUL UO.MU’KDMOT OF BATTERV VV.\G«
DEII-A .MGftlT ASSAULT UPOAOLTI WORKS
—SIGAAL AMI BLOODY REPULSE OF IHE
FOE.
[From Ue Charleston Mercury, 20th.}
Saturday last was a day which will be foiever
memorable m the history of Charleston. The
heavy rams had moderated the ex.essive heetof
the preceding fortcigb’, the m* ming stkywas
cloudless, aud the iigat breeze scarce.y reffisd the
placid waters of the Harbor.
BOMBARDMENT UF BATTSRT WAGNER.
About eight o’clock ihe desultory canaoncde
witb which ihe experierce of a wtec had made
our community familiar was again heard. For
nearly three hours the enemy’s tire was maintain
ed wnh the usual deliberation; bu: about eleven
o’clock it was soticcd that the reports came in Jar
more rapid succession. By noou it oecatne well
understood that tte loe w 4 .s resolved 10 subject
our position to an ordeal much more severe than
any which, up 10 mat time, it had encountered.
At that ticur, a? *e learn by accounts ir-.m
Morris Island, toe eouvtruing fireot tab enemy
against ttm b&uery had bourne truly learfiu.
F.rt il' oito;s, the ingate Ironsides, seven v. >aeo
gunboats, with the land butteries which the
Yankees hau .brown up he I. par v * tfcv
island, kepi up a Cuastani r s .;r of < hot a*iii ->tell
m o our w ;ks. 5o les3‘.|an sir y live heavy
gax.s and eight mortar- a.efkr.owa io bate been
ta pl-y aghast us. At obe im-, so rap.d
th-* tire, that .be feporis averaged twentyaseven
per m.oute. One ci the lay u rth-eest
o! Rat:cry Wagner and tpo to tbs south-east,
wr ~c tht o i.( :s>, wi:b the Jr*rf sidt: , kept a po
sition neai y opposite lie e*u fa •; ol lhe bsUery
The wooden gunticata m ircejrred at some u:s
-tbßce outside the line ot uuretei moast rs, rely
ing chi "Hy upon their brg ranged rifled eiege
giics, 'itiiie were two Yankee batteries on
Morris i^ued—one, con.-ir irg of twe gur.s and a
mortar, was located at Cray's Hill; wnom ab iut
eight hundred yards of onrfdattory, other was
bryond Graham’s House, aid bad an armament
of'eight rifled sh«:i gun* It is estimated that
during the day, no less laid n.ne thousand shells
were hied at the battery.
The bombardment, as vewed from eminences
in the city, was * terrible sight. The bon
xon, trom F rt iltuliri# to Vin.gar Uhl, was
crowned wita the shifting m«saes ot the smoke
of the conflict. Each mourn t the enemy's shells,
s .me'iaaes sisgly, aometitses in clusters, could be
seen burstug jus. above ihesitcot UatUry Wag
ner ; but when, at inter?i>s, the clouds of wbite
smoke lifted for a lime from tbo scene, the flag
of tb-s brave garrison could be seen soil waving
defiantly in the brees*, wlr.le with g. im reguiarih
ty and deliberation our g j-s kept leplyicg to the
toe.
For eleven con seen* ive hours the bombard
ment raged with more or less violence. Ab-ut
duifc the tire, which uring the had
been incessant (probably with the design of de*
moral z ng our mi u and unfitting iheia forme
expected night's work), begun to slacken c;>nsi%
derably, anu at da> k ceased a.most entirely. The
results, ihu t far, Laa been o i a cjuracter to give
us good cause tor encouragement aLd graiu:--
tion. Tbs Uaru iga to oar oattery was insignh*
cant and ct a kind ets'.lr and speed: y reparable.
The bombprools had ufj-rded efficient protection
to .* arge portion oi the gurrto n, and car casuals
ties at sere a o’clock P M., were bu: four killed
und fourteen wounded. 0. the enemy's losses
from our tire, it any, we Lave, of course, no
trustworthy amount Fort which bore
a >u the ac ioc. sept sevciul shells iato the
Craig llill U-iuerie . ird r!s_. into the camp of
ji ; a > i i -
litre w: L' g” *» * v **
Til'. >:u..t ATTACK.
At a few mi .it-• .<_• tight o'clock cor
picktts • ico :::M ;.c eu mjr, in heavy
‘f-rce, was ling t hr -is nit. ihe attack
was lui on x j ’oit j, i* ur men, though mneo
j ded by to * utgu< s i exposure of *j e d.-.j,
•,*iang to 'Lot ; nac h ..lb z /.I cad a aenty.
ti e »nsmy in wo c lumas « . about
B.iyOO li n «a di, the wr . e nut r comnund o
iingauier General c»i»v T; - c .non winch
attacked iur right w» .■ i pc.eJ partially of
uegio troops, who w. i u the advaoce.
On our le *, the u »• c j.i.n adr .* ct d will*
Spirit, unfit r a severe L f» m ihe
guns and coluu u*iN f m F rt Sumter. As*
the column udvme.d ? d üble-quick, the
gun* v i Battery Warner iso opened.
When tho enemy hud icached a point about
p ; xty yards dio n, our . fantry, posted behind
the parapet, j a -d a.. *1 t-g fire into the rtoviug
r.ias« s ; the Yuukce**, wtrrnl'eless, .n
ota force, e.icceedeu/n g . nng :.ue trench and
began to cl oib*rupti. a.des oi thcßAtory. At
this on men-, Lwut. of Hakes Battery,
who wi.s in charge o* *w> brass h w :z-rs (bo
longing to a detachment of nrh iery under C-. ; ’•
OePae , ot White's llai siion; opened a r*k r g
tire WLiCU swept he .reach, playing terrific
havoc in the rauksof *hs uso*.fonts. I’he how
iizors had been a.wgneJ to this position woich
they occupied eo Aiiva,ntageuuj!r urns, at the in*
stance of Col. Harris, ot the all ihe
bersea belonging io :hr section Laving been pul
h(/rs <La ccmuat during : e day. Twice the enemy
wa3 driven buck at this part ot cur works line
ielt), and the trench filled w:;b the enemy's aeud
attests the aereritr o: be conll ct there.
Oa the right, thr* troops were mst with a
terrible cross fire of musiteiry. Here were posted, ,
among other tre \>o t th Obarieatou Battalion, ana
these gallant mta btbared lu a tnunner weriby
the fame their organ laimn nai so dearly woo ul
Hecesstouville. The second a;Sault was still
more desperate than the first, but it was met and
repelled in the same gallant style by the braye
troops, Georgians, Bona Carolinians, und sons of
’our owiflbuy, who stood shoulder to shoulder m
the tight.
In the centre of our lines a small body of the
enemy succeeded iu ug a lodgment in a sa*
lient, the gun of wh ch hid been disabled. Here
they maintained tbe'r posrion lor more han an
hour. A gallant bat unsuccessful attempt was
made to dislodge them, :n winch Captain Ryan
fell, and it was not until a small force of Geor*
gians had ascended the magazine and thus gained
a position t > command the salient that the aud**>
cious Yankees surrendered. At the time that
this occurred the firing elsewoere had ceased,
and the Georgians accomplished their purpose
without firing a gun. Tno movement by which
this w is tffcea undertaken at the euggesa :
non of Colonel Harris.
T!IB RBLAT2VB L^SSBS.
The fight lasted from S ui.ui 11 P M., and was
o c a deapera'e, ctiuracter throughout. Tt e ene
my’s 1 rses was very b‘.vy. H.skiKd aLd
wounded mast have bt?nut 1500. The num
ber of his dead left on h« field aud buried b? us
yesterday exceeded o#O. We captured over two
hundred prisoners, including a few of the negro
!*OOp3.
0:r own losses wire compara'ivefy light. I. is
e-; au'ed » r :u our Hi iod red wounded will loi
x.'ec'i ICO Among these, . >wever, were some
valuable officers, scch ns Lieo-.aant Col ..n*»l
riser •::s r.r»d Captain Tatum, of tbo Is; S. 0. la*
ian rr, and Captain Jv/ao. of the Charleston Bat
talion, killed. uc.d Mj r Ramsay,of the Charles*
tea Battalion, serert.') w unded.
F-rr. Warner r;tup:es nearly the site of a
grutii! se * but r*', c instructed under the d r. c
tion of the liieC->»« nel Tbemas M. Wsgr.er. lii'
a- ed, a sm ill poru-u* of this sea battery is inuor
porated m the parupt- ?nd traversesolthis tort.
The importance of the sue, as commanding tlie
land approach t * Camming'* P n.il, we are in*
f *rm-d, induced Captain Fian vsD Lee, of the
£ igiaeers, then in thargs o*■ *r■ harbor defen
ces to press the great tier, vs: y ot the work.
C iptain Lee's des gas having been appr ved by
Gen Pemberton, the wortc was rapidly carried to
completion under bis direction, by the lamented
Langdoa Cheves i
Colonel Shaw, of Boston, wbo commanded the
54th Massachusetts (negro) rt giment, win tat- d
va our parapet. Tt LweD»t! Colonel ot the
st-tre rr-g'meuJ, surrendered hi; sword toC iloce!
Gaillard Tie Major and on* of the Caplatas
were also, killed. Ano’her Lieutenant Oo’ote!
wts kiried ju-.t as he had mounted a bastion.
Colonel H- S. Pu'r.im. of the 7th New slump ,b.re
(ae..fig as Biiguaier General), sat left dead in
tront of oor lines. Dr. Back, of the U.S. S»*j,
and the Adjutant of a Connecticut reoiinent, wen
Captured, and a Yankee Assistant Adjutant Gen.
*ral was silled.
General Taliaferro commanded our troops on
the Island during the fight and is noiversallv
commended for the gallantry, coolmss and effi
ciency which be displayed on *he occasion.
Major Ramsay, commanding the Charleston
Battalion, behaved with great brayery. He fell
wnile leading a detachment of the command to
occupy an angle the gun of which had been dis
abled.
Lieutenant Colonel Simkins, who fell shot
through the breast, commanded the an tilery of
the post. We learn that Lieutenant Colonel Del
Kemper, the distinguished Virginia artillerist,
succeeds him.
rue BOMB 1 RUMP.A TOF JACRKO.V
The Jackson correspondent of the Appeal,
writing from Jackson on the 13th says:
During the heavv bombardment of this dav,
C.lonel Withers was killed by the expleeton of a
- cell near his town residence 1 fie Colons, is
father of Cot. Withers, of Withers Artillery, and
h-rs jus' leutrned from the front when ,he was
Silled. He w«s buried by his faithful glare, who
era- dred upr-a by the enemy during the intcr
c.t ot. This boy’s conduct to his deceasad n. aster
f« rebuke to the enemy. In the face of th.* en*.
my’sposition,at cgi.t, within easy range if toe
r.emt’i sharpaoOOtrrr, hr, with the arsis’, rceof
two CoDfeJ rate ofli-era, and by th flii-tiag i gfct
»!' a amp, wh eh was shot oat o h:a band w h.ie
he was performing his sacred duty, carted the
b dy d his dead matter and interred it with a»
•. ash aSecsioa and tender care as if v.e c his
his own child.
: l’ce scene presented in Jacks'n yesterday du
ring ihe last of the action was to exciting y»t
i very mouratu! one. The streets were o.sei ted by
• ail, s..v* here and there a courier dashing alot V
jsi fuli speed, or a straggling eitiscD, or negro
cariTieg .-on.* article of Teas to the rear, ora
' ol‘Oi Utter borne by four oven bearing acme
w uodeu sold: t Trent the trout to the held icir
atnry. Crash op s crash from tiptodmg efceiU
was heard upon every side, whi'e cannon balls of
every s i.', in nr a six to a thirty-two pounder
seemed is strike erary where si oace. Yci the
amouiit of missiles ’which fell in the city w. 3
small, sud the damage dene nothing tompa'ed
tr the noise made. What Was Mis. Dickias a's
house is now the Ist Mississippi hospital. Ur.
I H’riatell ns/ struck by tiro shells near the dir;-
| pessary, and the sick rery rnnch cneangared.
, Qnte a i/Uiaber of shot and shell fell around me
1 Soldiers' Home hospital, (Dr. Walter Carry) and
1 otlvrs n«ar the City Hall hospital and tae' klkad
! Asvluat hospital.
j One would suppose that the Yankees hud stn»
gled out the yellow flig as the especial ctject of
j 1 heir spieen. dome cannon sti n» pa-sed through
Mr. Adam’s residence, and several lodged in the
1 ear 0: Mr. Helm’s place. A large percussion
i hell passed through the calaboose, doing con
j sid-tablc damage. Another hall passed thr-ugh
; a brie* house unjoining the telegraph office.
| iug into Main sueet in the midst oi a wagon traio,
uni no oedy sraa hurt. Indeed, therl 1- ro por»
j ticn 01 the iown s ighted by out gentle “Orothren
I o! the So'tb. This morning the balls art whitz »g
arotio.. erf i hititn sud "dodeicg sbeiia” has ti ■-
c a. quite the rage. You -«u see ntec walking
the streeis, and eeery low and then dodging bea
hiad some tree or buck wai , to cseaps the hiss
ipg destructioa in their renr. There is not much
prospect for a gtoersl engagement to-dar, bat
we arc waiting on the Yanks, It is rumored that
the ttemy is trying to slink us byway 0! Urea*
»da; and it is also whispered that we are going
to tail buck from here mil evacuate Jack- m, but
those wi n say so i.on’t bint whither w t -ate go
ing iruch thing! are not ifE- al'r known here.
vt e o..ve had severs) ligl. 1 showrrs yeatci J, y.
•- ‘-dy ana much tee 1 ~ng am, no ...a
j c!o* tr.. Ouc Inavv cmbpc .J or elf-eis the 1 1
; ven* nearly sa much as it d si the es-tb, «>«n,
Ted bertca’a at my are r arly til pst i;d. Even
r»» goes ofl onto two ■ >is—nearly one bait
that army are gone horn .where.
THE 11LIH tit FRA.VCt,
The Prince lupeiiu , s;ys a iett r from Paris,
is now st 0 yea: old, n,t very wi i! .'"own, r
wiiiit won ■ ,e called a fine boy f.T h.s age, ,u.
hes.tby, r.nd with sn tmere-’ing cnnteuance
nod try ff'nt.l manners O t the occasion oi rib
birthday, he o her day, he attended the t ..at-e
•ri b the Emperor and Empress, urn! ali-r tue
poriormance waked about tmon s t:s .itilt
brother soldiers in the pit, distributing but ley
sugar, and followed by bis two tniall aids-de
camp, ail in uniform. He is very 1 ff.-c’iucatr,
o/d tond of paying little attentions lowatd tnuse
with whom he is allowed to associate, sending
the a bouquet* of his own ga’hern g ■ ud letters
ol his o-n composition on their j ur« dt ftt*.
v.ith great regularity. II: a ir,s!ttut,,ct front his
jtsfiucv is an Eog ish woman, recomtuendi d
originally by the Qie 1, and laimeriy in tb>
household ..! the Duchess of Ar^elc.
To Ihose who beiuTe tu>t the Empress’ ul
tramontane tendenciesare very s'.rorg, and bear
much weight in the cuunctis of slate, it may be
surprising to hear lhat this lady —Miss Shaw—
is a sirict Protestant, Whose attendance at her
own church is entirely sanctioned by ’beEm
press, and who is permitted so lar to it flu nee
- r popit as to induce him to pass his Sundays
aliogaiher in Eagiisk fashion. .Several times
the tittle fellow ha 3 been known to say that he
would not allow people to work on Sundiy,
as they do in France. S nee the seventh bir ti
day a tutor has been appointed for him—a young
matt, M. Monnier, chosou apparently solely lor
his good moral qualities. The little prince how
ever, still spends the larger portion ol his time
with his governess, to wbom be is greatly at
tached, and to whom his parents ' How almost
entire authority ever him. Another lady attached
to the coart having induced him to disobey
hint on one occasion, the recurrence of such no
accident was provided against for the future by
the lady being no more invited to attend on
the prince. The Emperor’s fondness for the
child appears to be extreme, and the little fel
low seems never so happy as when standing by
bis father’s knee, wbi'e be points out tn him
whatever may be likely to amuse the boy’s
imagination. L ndoa Gcobt.
DESTRUCTION OR THIS STEAMER CURA.
l’ae following report, published in the Wash
ington Star, is the first distinct account which
has been received of t.. e loss of the Cuba:
D. 8. Ship DsSoto, Gulp or Mexico, Msv 18
1863.—Str : 1 hare the honor to inform you' that
yesterday at noon discovered ihe smoke of a
steamer and stood for it. Soon after we made the
steamer end pressed after her to the exttnt of our
power.
At 6 P M., she stopped, and two boats pushed
off from her, carrying her i fficers and crew. I
immediately lowered, and took out of the steam
er's boats her principal officers as a security l„r
■h- lives of my owu men, aud then hoarded the
steamer.
.As soon as the boats bod got alongside of her.
the 3 tme9 burst out as I had unite pnted, when 1
hoisted the ‘ R caif.” Afterwards, having had
the assurance that 'here was no danger of her
bliwingnn, Iwentnesr enough to the burning
ship to lead our hose on board, but all efforts to
suppress the dames weie unavailing, and by sou
set the famous Confed-rale ship Cube s ink be
neath the. waters of the Gulf, in lat. 23° 47’, and
long. 67° 58’.
it is estimated, upon reliable suthou'r, that
the carsso of the Cuba was worth in Havana
nearly <IOB,OOO, and if landed in Alabama, would
have been worth from a million to a million and a
quarter, f have her officers aad crew on board,
•nd shall deliver them to the authorities at Key
West W. M Waiksk,
Capt 0. 8. N.
To Hon. Secretary of the Navy.
Jack-'Ov, July 14.—Gee era! Walked and staff
are alt sale.
« FHO>I iUc. w ,„,.
Ms E: i:oa: Ou- , j" Ut.n v ' -I
thrill ug- to the ac" - V c ' fca - *», I
-t-. all others. Ar'acffiemi **’'«*.«*' ' J
doubt, ate visiting upon “"l *'”•4
bn, i thiol: not juf,| r :° tt - Ma?SJ
Th’s I do know, ttia, th ’■' J
with her teemiog t> c ( ; ’ po ‘ >‘>tr.fr- 1
harvest, and her thousand. &B<l r > ai.'H
trusting friend , was worth .° ! ]
fiercest kind, however saneL*
craez aas too wile •„ be-, i
have made a successful «S
“ e °‘ the highest’ Hi ’ »!*$
skid of the general. f n p, as *eil >
he says, Thomas ought to h P * tci ‘ °f
to-night.)" Thom. s g 4, to a . b *°»
but we were not tb ere .
us or obtained our original he
haps numbering three i„ „ ’ Wi ’-b af,*3
would not have’Wn f! ° w £' «■*. R,J
grgement. But * g*3
ov« fight. Nothing rem, ' tLt »*ettl
design by gece:aUu , a a ‘ n ’l t) ' 1 ' J
own. To appreciate the 1
tion acd estima e u “ le,J of th.*
which Gen. Bragg check?*”!"*!?
bars been on the extended and -J
operations. UCG
The wt.ole movement of *ho I
finest atoatagy. aad „ nr Mettv J
cnmpLshed by the skill cf« J
of a retrograde mar stain/ G^l IT
deserves just rraiae f or 'ibiuf “ r ’'«S«3
re.real. Gen. Rotecr.tr• . 3 c ”ti3
absence of gloti viri? ''.Tactics j. T jj
to eaJcaia»e ut»rm * i n - . hkS h- j
htscampaign, etitared „ i»- j|
prepara: .or., with we’d n ‘“ *' isJ
whelming force, is a »p‘ c J V*,J
failure. 1
absence of tust h-■ ri icco »Ji rfl
■hat clti tacter 2 = d ft. ■
Odtey-laierafeeiratberVCi.,: o *^’l
4 "I
were nbananaed bv the ;L *" ■
chivapiepatriouem dorsn.-tston to E,t «
Sta-Tis tavated, or -lii-e'.! /' c I
.miliary necessity. I, ’■
ev-r cal.ed, for bre’htea an ’ i„- , ’ ’ li4 -®
God cur armies are perradld r ,'h’■
ittima'trial excep i.ij, , u r
cu shake -me c-.tfid e , e .. lc r , h :, r< "iH
"Lave left ail” to drive L w ck
v sin the horn is of far
Wuo can reai.z, the bardshm,
SKiiUro, d-*» PVf i ™ , r,*,
powerful raemytituVC^ l^
ea.sg unu slaughta,” from h,.„? W‘
memMiageaen fi.nk, with th. “ n „
?*«• »«♦ on < ur part would orerwhiv'lv
disaster, and ’he Uven of
!y outlined on the far bora/?!'SB
rano Moumatn and L iokuut iu rUt !l
rising before. Ob, rugged t
upon how many memories tc ait ai.-r.,*
forever! J »-s-er,«
There is a singular and baleful as*
gr.wn up between ;b. cavalry .nd lt - M.
ihow.-d .tselfcoasp'.cu.uelr ou tie i-'-l”
ei-illy provoked by ttie .nfaniry. Tt3B ‘
by many ovprcbious names, suca as
'tways spoke of onr courage dispiri**
i ms came wfh an txccedmgty ill i j
nitts w ii'-e rei'cat ,re a: ilc
L-i'.v ti'-'p ;s the HDinjuiuty, for
is d« The ctiral ▼ ijq rj.» H ., 'S|f o
sappor«€d in no imudw,
hei d f, jy lu'umrr. To refute ,-nctoi®
CUSa’.IPOS, suffice it JUT, 'hat,:.-
asM-tr. d -he duty or s.vtsglieW
i itn..g the r . ravety ’ tie tail, t a>u^*
• 1 lj ‘ t r«success. o.a '
1 - —w UtW
< .«>! ;• . ihUMiv; >• i ea. tl< „»
C.JUM. ■
We csvr b-r-n r tjueated to pro
ii: :> a for draai.g dec.-sed > :d-tri
.-.Telit • F Cr.ußGiA, Couc'y. B
O i this day of Is* ,
appealed re me the onbsotibf i,.
the Tt ico .-nd lor tit cou oat .i ta.ißy ert
who, u’ er bring i\ ra acctsaiJßv.-i
Jepcsis and say:that is the
drceaeed, ” i o wak a of
Cimpany, Kegitmilefßit ia
Volui'cerr, commaDdrd bv Col. Beuu
3 ervi«- of the Con.'eutrate ciratrs, m ’.'tß/ , _
warv, b the Uc d-d States; ibai ibea-B'
en'ered the service at in Bents
end dla’ti ut , on or about the Hrom
ot ,16C , alidad at aii.t..’,
the day of , 186 , letr c< ■ 1
and tb&t dukes tots tfrpoi. tl
purpose of cb.airi ig ftoni the G oc
t; liiietaic Slates whatever u.• kitißg..,
the Ba.d nt the tttne of hit e.iri,!. ‘
oafuty, r other aflowaucv* for fits MrB f ’ lrul
Sworn tj and su&fcribtd be'ois net. | I
And or. the same day and year .
appealed before me, Jus'ice of tne f*i® e he
said, , wh'i is well kiosi bee;
whom I hereby certify to be a peirndHuery
sod credibility, who having been ? g
sworn, on oa.li, raith: that
quaint-d with , the eliimutW 11 '' lw
well knew for years h
soldier hereto mentioned, and
made under oath by said |ibW !lT .
as lo lelatijn-b.p to the J
dier is true and correct io every
best of knowledge and beli'l.
the said is wholly disicte:e«ia^», eCKli
Sworn to and subscribed before itj J IO3O
Stats or Georgia, Cjnnt'.
William A. Halloa, Agent si
of the Georgia Relief and Hospud “■tmiuer
and his assistants and successor!J»itl:ino
hereby authorised to receive sad
amount due me on the furegoiry «**■! ta.-p,
dited and a lowed. ■ffs.
Witness my hand and seal this “7 wi is hi
Attest. __ ' l W£ u
STtTE or Ge-egu, C !?W‘ t “ n g
I hereby certify tbai “■Warn!
before whom the 'ongoing affidsw,*, a r il
iD (t aad ibe foregoing illtia
n , r .»rs to bsve been made, !»•■■ morn
i. e signature is subscribed ia=rM, Htbe inv
time of making and sighing
of the Peace in and tor the .
aforesaid, duly commissioned .
all whose official act ■ -s su : -»£&
,s and ought to he gi.en as we- - Htot.-otEl
tice as thereout.
In testimorv whereof, I t> 3 "
hand and • ffixe-J the heal J
of said county, uis «*»“ ■IiAVR
cigtteee hund'ed and {tßMg^
"s'a,eVi,ir C ah'
Bridges P.bbiiilt.-The t-
Taesuav is p.e*s*dto uc« *>M on
•ram Horn Uriahl, onl theePP-J M“‘hea,
the fcr dge at Strawberry _, r
Communication eastward , »oataiain,
other budges destroy'd by ■ B«a lj
been rebuilt sevrrai da'iu M-e- cum
. BTOnnr
He that has never knd« » J'Jftuii
half acquainted with
Coustaut, success shows »• •■tJ’ctaJ.kl
world. For as it surrounds
who will tell us on!/ <| ur m , J
those enemies from whom *• - ■
our delete. I