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BY JAMES GARDNER.
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TUB GOVERNORS CALL.
the following answers to various
inquiries m reference to the call for 8,000 troops
f.r Stale defence:
Stats or Giobgia, l
Adj’t tnd Ins. General’. Office, V
•SlilledgeviUe, July ij 188*. )
Col. W, H.Gstrris, Aiigitata, (fa.:
ftiß : Bv direc.ion or the Adjutant General, I
submit the following answers to the Governor’s
recent proclamation for 8,000 volunteers for home
defenqe, embracing several other points of public
importance, incase of a draft in anv eonnty of the
SU'e.
I. P ■ rsona between the ages of 4d nod IS are
mo: relieved fro® liability to conscnptioo by en
listing for homo defence, under the Governor's
pro. ooii slinn of 22J Jttue and 17ih July, IS6S.
By « recent order nl the President they ere liable
to tm-iedute enrollment, and their ntniee will
not be depoai'cd for dralt.
If. The exemptions allowed by the Governor's
proclamation include only ministers ot the gospel,
justice-! of the Inferior conrt, telegraphic operators
and county agents, not exceeding two such county
agents lor each county, charged with the doty at
rdiexiitg IQe necessities ot soldiers’ families
Also, persons disqualified lor service by physical
d filmy, which must be so obvious to the officer
eonrhii mg the draft us not to admit of donbt, or
the (set be certified by a comp-lent physician, of
ucuteess for us much ea two weeks active duty at
ess time. Ceuiflca'es of discharge from Coaled*
vntta service will notsof themselves discharge
from draft, na the holders may be restored, or il
nullt for general service, Competent for borne de
force.
111. Companies formed of operatives in facto
rtes, or of workmen in Slate and Confederate
machine shops, or of railroad employees, or en*
gaged in 'tie manufacture of iron, or of oily fire*
m*n, will be mustered into Confederate service,
be* not estimated in the quotas of the counties
where the same may be located or reside. The
services of such may he restricted in their muster
rails 10 the counties where located, which will be
observed ns ihe contract of service. Companies
sccepled'br the -Ycretury of War and detailed for
me prelection of Powder Mills, where tbs com
panes lave betn organized from the counties
wliere the mill or mills are lota’ed, wiil be leceiv
td cs a part of Ibe quotas of tbosc- counties.
iV In the case ot lactones, and State or Con*
I .lera’o employees, where there are not men
raongh to form a company of torly*four, a deficit
in on i cstnhlisbmeot may be filled from the over
plus in another, or bv receiving members not lies
ale lod-alt or conscription.
V. Tae nomes of civil oQiueis, not exempt by
t e Governor’* oroelamaii m, will be deposited
lor dr»:». Names of no Min officers and of justi
ces of the peace and baiiiff-t will not be so depos
ited bn. on proof that unv one of them between
IS and 45 years of age has not volunteered bis
sara- mil f;c nettled tor conscription.
VI. Drsfied men will be attached to orga wed
companies of -be same counties in which they re
side, and in case there are no organized compan
ies therein will lie attached to the uuor
gan.ird volunteers thereof, and allewed to vote
with them for officers.
VII. When 44 volunteers l.i a county associate
together, they may. lortn a company and elect nth
cera without regard to the quota assigned to that
eounty. And wbru there are oue or more or
ganized companies in a county, any additional
volunteer* or drafted men necessary >o make up
the quota, but not enough to form a company,
most attach to the company or compauie* already
organiz 'd, if of the same arm of the service. It
of a different arm, they will be attached to other
volunteers similarly situated in adjacent counties.
Respectfully, your ob*l eerv’t.,
L. H. Baiscoa.
PHOtl IHK 1«TB UKORUIA.
eiTtaa to Dixie— sccctissrui. kktreat— •aiutrsa
at ruNKTott s—casuzltiss.
Chip ICth fit. Kioimekt, j
tin the Potomac, V
July 14th, 1843. )
Me tiiivnit: Again are we on the Dixie side of
Ike Potomac, hav mg loft our camp near Funk ■
town, Md., last evening at dusk, and arrived at
this camp this day about noon, the distance being
some live or six miles. You will do doubt think
it.■'ry hours were consumed in this march, but all
filings considered, it wan an expeditious and suc
evetru ly managed affair. We have been visited
with heavy rains foi several days past, which
would have rendered ibe toads, under ordinary
eucnmstancts, impassable - for almost any living
creature. The toads for the entire distanev were
ankle detp in mnd, the adbesivenesa of which to
leather caused tuuuy a poor fellow to lose bie
vines, hut beyond this, nothing was lost on our
rditcit final this point. In consequncc of the
swelling stream, at points which had to he forded,
I understand two or three wagons and learns Were
Io«t, but ‘ nary one” captured by the Yanks.
This morning the enemy were close upon onr
keels, aad m iJe their ..pi ea-ance on the Mary
land side <f the river, hut were speedily driven
i.ck, uud it is said with considerable loas, by
Wright’s Brigade, who were left behind for the
purpose of checking them at the proper time and
place.
id >tb our advance and retreat was conducted
wirfi that ekill aad ability which ever character
ize the movements of Geu. Dee, but I assure you
that onr men are considerably jaded from tire
am* marches and sleepless nights, but a few
days in Unco and "Richard will be himself
again.”
On the 10th ins'., at FunkUiwn, we had quite a
i spirited engagement, but was of short duration,
tnttfiellaily loug, however, to m ke the Y’ankee
aii ruiiahers, wuo were in pretty strong force, fly
to the woods, where the main body ol their army
were shattered. Oa this occasion the regiment
wuraind-r the command of Adjutant R. G. Strick
land, he being she senior officer present. In this
hole affair, which was a complete success, the
regimen*, sustained a loss of one man killed and
wounded, as 'ollcws; In Co. G, Serg't S. W. Rid
-1-v was koicd, and private B. F. Southall wound
ed in the thigh , Co. 1), Serg’t James Hendricks
wounded id hand, and private Frank Bell in face;
Co, A. private H. R. Clem wounded in Co.
h, pr.vste dames Waters leg amputated; Co. I,
privs-e H. H. Luster in the breast; Co- £, Lieut.
Joseph Hughes m thigh. There were one or two
tlhurs whose names 1 have not learned.
W- are now ooder marching orders and will
probably move in the direction of Winchester.
Tbs morning of the 15iii breaks dark and cloudy,
sod another seUB disagreeable march is be
fore as. ' '
1 will write again in a few days, when 1 hope
lofcave more leisure. „
Yonrs, Ac., J. W. z.
U*l AI.TIKH IV COMPANY v, w««ssaiSiT
SKOKGIA VOGL’.YTGKRS, At WdTU«IWU,
>*A ,A\D Fr.AKbTOtV.V MD
K i t d, Witremoo Rogers shot through the
HCH Ragan shot through the body below
hghi nip U. Thos t ixinson shot ihroogb tbe so
iooen. Jseksuii H Giles Jr right thigh ‘° rn ha,f
'fail*. Veil!, Jao F Stephens shot through breast.
Wuaadtd cevcie'y. A J McDonald thigh and left
the bauds ij entoir, Ephraim Prtner mortally
twaorh both thighs, broiieu, and left loShe hands
. Jasper McGaughery legampataiedbe
*" 'he ks ie, toft at Wi iliamsport W“ V “S. h “
io Winchester,Aaron Joseph hand sent
V'nchevter, S M Still arm, sent to Winches er.
Brewer arm, sent to Winchester, J BE*ley
sent to Winchester. J B Harrisaabdo&en
?•'« Winchester, Thos Michael ahoulerseaito.
•chaster. Won .ded slightly, S J McLeroy
*lO slightly,.sen; to Wiaotiesisr, R A Upshur
siighU'y, seal to Wipchester, Bittle on
i-boulder, sea! t.» & O R*
aad shoulder, seat to Winchester, J « » tll ‘
£*•. sent to Winchester, J U Gr.ffn h.p, sent to
*»Me«e.-, R w Caspin head, sent to "inches-
JJ- C McMjhoa leg, sent to Winchester, L w G
?“*‘w hand, sent W B Moore
J*tiWita the company, Wm Prince leg, **•“
p'&May Prisoners, Wm 8 Brown and Juo B
Missing, J W Woodruff lost during the
I?®*. 8 Conner lost daring the battle —making
” loss #B.
jr; EK ‘ K ov t,,k wa« - 'he
1 OSII ION or NEW .HAAIPtSHIIIK.
? fNew held a mass
Efp"**.' Concord, in that Stale, on !he4!h Inst.
» Plerce pretided and made a speeco
append ? C °* Uoa > B * me «>r»ets from e bicU we
« . u iB > lh *t a-7 Os you. that ! rrvae'f, la ,
be Ihe neat victim of unc. n.i tqiion*
: trtesponsibie power. Hu « t , nevn u . ~ 4 ‘ u .
tree men, and we resolve to live, or if u most he,
' i d ®’. I"?: F *:t«r who may, we will never
cease to hold on high the Constitution of the
f“r D ' torn to shreds by the sacrilegious
hands of its enemies. How strikingly sigmScart
how suggestive to us, on this occasion, is the con*
lempktUoD of that august spectacle ol the tecent
convention at Indianapolis, of seventy-live thou
sand citnens calmly and bravely participation in
the discussion of the great principles underlying
their sacred rights as freemeu-tieither owed by
cannon frowning upon their liberties nor pro
voked by threats into retaliatory violence. I
would say to you, lellow-ciiiuns, emulate that
exhibition of wisdom and patriotism. Be patient
but resolute. Yield nothing of your rights, Out
bear and forbear. Let your action show to the
worJd that with cm age to confront despotism
you hayeslso the discretion toayoul inconsider
ate action in resisting its adrances. • *
1 trust it may be s profttal>le on this occasiou, as
the call of yonr meeting suggests, to rerive the
memories ol that heroic epoch oi the republic,
even though they come laden with regrets, and
hold up that period of our history iu contrast with
the present. Though they come to remind us of
what wero our relations during the Kjyolui on,
and In later years, prior to 18tU, to that great
Commonwealth which we were accustomed to reler
to by the name of “the Mother of .Statesmen and
of States;” and of what those relations now are.
Can it be that we are never to think again of the
land where the dust of Washington and Fnrriok
Henty, of Jefferson and Madison repose, with
emoiions of gratitude, admiration and filial re«
gard* Is hate lor all that Virginia has laugh', all
that Virginia has done, and all that Virginia now
is, tu take the pices of Bentiments nh ch wr hare
cherished all our livesf Other men may be eased
to do this, but it is in vatu to appeal to me. Bo
far as my benrt is concerned it is not a subject of
volition. * e » « s
Mo matter wbst may have been done, North or
South, to produce it, this terrible nrd. at of blood
which has been visited upon ns ought to be suf
ficient to bring us all bars to courciouaness of
reaponsioililies and duties. The emotions ot all
good m.*u ere those of sorrow and shame and
sadues*, oust, over the condition of their country,
whew they retire at night, and wheu they opeu
their eyes upon the dawning day, struggle against
them though they m iy. VViiy should they at
tempt to disguise il * Solicitude which biogrs
upon apprebensr n of personal danger or person
al loss, and tbut alone, is coutempubie. Trifling
men may indulge in trifling word sod thought,
while the inundation laid by the lathers are
crumbling beneath tboir feet; but thu artificers
who laid iboee Inundations found no time lor
trifling while engaged in thru- grand and serious
work, nor can you. They could lilt up their souls
in prayei; but Ihey had no heart for levity and
mirth. My triends, you have had—most of you
have bad—great sorrows, overwhelming personal
sorrows. It may be; but none like these, none like
these which come welling up, day by day from
the great fountain ol national disaster, red wil l
the best and braved blood of the country. North
and Bouth—red with the blood of those in both
socuoss of the Union whose lathers (ought the
common battle of independence. Nor have these
sorrows brought with them any compensation,
whether of national pride or of victorious arms.
For it is not vatu to appeal to you to raise a shout
Qf joy because tbe men from the land of Wash
ington, Marion, and Sumter are baring their
breasts to tbs steel ol the men from tbe land of
Warren, Stark and Stockton; or because, if this
war is te crintlßue to be waged, one or tbe other
most go to tbe wall—must be consigned to humil
iating subjugation ’
Tbia fearful, fruitless, fatal civil war bas exhib
ited our amazing resources and vast military
power. Ituas shown that united, even iu carry
ing it out, in its widest interp elation, the Mon
roe doctrine, on this conl’ni n', we could, with
snch protect! n as tho broad uoean which (lows
between ouiselves and European powers affords,
have stood agaiost the world in arms. I speak
of the war as fruitless; for it is clear mat, pros
ecuted upeu the bast a of the proclamations of
September 22d and Sep ember 24. h, 1862, pros
ecuted, as 1 must unaeistand louse proclama
tions, to say nothing of the kindred btood which
has lolluwed, upon the theory of emancipation,
devastation, subjugation, it cannet tail to be '
fruitless in everytmng except the harvest of
woe which it te rtpeutng for what was once the
peerless republic. Now, fellow citizens, alter
having said thus much, it is right that yon
should ask me, what would you do in this fear
ful extremity * 1 reply, from the beginning ot
this sttuggle to tbe present moment, uiy hope
has been in moral power. There it roposeth
still. When, in ins spring of ISBI, I had occa
sion to address my tellow citizens of this city
from the balcony of the hotel before us, 1 then
said I had not believed, and did not then believe,
aggression by arms was either a suitable or pos
sible remedy for existiog evil. All Ibat has
occurred since then has but strengthened ana
confirmed my convictions in Ibis regard. I
repeat, then, my judgment impels me to rely
upon moral force and not upon any ol the coer
cive instrumentalities of military power.
We have seen in the expert nee of the last two
years how Intile arc wit our.eS.rts to man tarn
the Osion by force ot arms ; hut even u w
been carried on by us eucc mnfo! ► - «
result would exhibit its utter uupraeucob.it'.y to>.
the attainment ol tbe desired end. Through psooe
lul agencies, aud through such agencies alone can
we hope to “ form a more perfect Union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for
tbe common defence, promoto toe genera! welfare
and a cure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our Dosterity," the great objict for which,
and for which a.onc, the Constitution wes formed.
If vou turn round and ask me, what if these agen
cies fail; what if the passionals auger of noth
sections lorbids ; what if the baltot-bux is sealed*
Then all efforts, whether of war or peace, having
failed, my reply is, you will take care of jonr
selves • with or without arms, wi'.li or without
leaders, we will at least, in the effort to defend
our rights as a frea people, build up a great rnoue
solemn of hearts to which men who yearn for li
berty will in after years, with bowed heads end
reverently, resort, as Christian pilgrims to the sa
cred shrines of tbe Holy l*aud.
BBBOLUTIOS3.
Tbo resolutions affirm the right of free speerh
and freedom of the press as guranleed by the
Constitution, and nfer to recent occurrences in
the following terms;
Resolved, That the free and independent ex
ercise ol the elective franchise is indispensable
tor the existence of popular governtnen,. Any
attempt to prevent such r xerdse of it is a bow
aimod at the very foundations ol uiir political
inslitulioDH.
With these seutiineßt*;
We denounce the diemiwai from the **rviC6,
by the President, of Lieut. Edgerby, of W'a Mttte.
lor having in the propt r exercise ol his unques
tionable right ae a treeman and bis duty as a
Citixens, ai our late election, cast a vote mac.
S With his own sense of right, as a des
ootic exercise of power and an outrage not only
on personal rights but also on popular sovereigni
ty. We have only contempt to *{j*
insult offered to the Democracy ot this State by
the terms ot the official order lor ibe that oiamis
sal offensive alike to decency and truth.
We denounce the srrest by military force, lor an
alleged military offence, trial by a military tribn
«ftl and military sentence, of Hon. Clem*ct L. Val
I smL.ll of Ohio, while in the exercise of hie
bred'right and high constitntii nal privi
-hoese-bred ngo „ 0 Mnrpwi ,. n of power
* g a in iha o' o * l sacred principles of
apd in notation ot 4agnr6 the Democracy of
oar J la | concurrence in ihe noble do
Obio of our cord |*te State Conven
nfender JSSShW^I*
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AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 5, 1863.
| maolv and statesmanlike defence of personal
rights, Stale sovereignty and constitutional gov*
I erntaeof, ol hts official message and in his recent
lot or relative to the arrest ot Mr. Vallandtgham.
I Ibe Democracy of this State has giver ample
| pr o of their true loyalty and patriotism, by the
; read'* response they have made to every require*
| men' ol men and means for the defence ol the
"*msm. In answer to the false charge
j ttgaiaoi us, r.v - ditical opponents, of dtslovalty,
! We have only to point out to the Democratic sons
of New Hampshire who have fallen on every
battle field iu ibis contest, and to the thousands
who are now in the service. But it is true that
the corrupt rxpe* allures of ihe public moneys,
the üßele.ss sacrifice of lives, the vacillating coun
sels and the proscription for political opiuions of
able and distinguished officers in whom the sol
diers and people alike have confidence, which
have characterized the conduct of the war by
this Administration—its repeated violation of the
Constitution and outrages upon personal rights
und civil libertv, and, above all, its gross viola*
tion of the solemnly plighted laitn ot the nation
aa to the purposes for which the war was com*
menced and to be carried on, and its perversion
of the war by us measures and policy from its
only rightlul and high purpose of maintain ; ng
ihe supremacy of the law and the integrity of the
Union, into u crusade against particular anstitu*
lions of the States—have not abated our attach
ment to the government or our readiness to make
any sacrifices lor its defence, but destroyed our
confidence in the ability of this adm uistratian to
carry on the wur to the only su cess which patriot
ism commends or we desire—the preservation of
the Constitution as it is and the' restoration oi
ih* Union as it was Our hope is in the quiet but
effective power of the people through the ballot
box.
We tlecui r proper now luriber to declare that
we, together wi>h the loyal people of the Biale,
would hail with pleasure and delight any mam*
(e.slationa ot a desire on the part ot the acceded
Suites to return to their allegiance to tho Govern
ment of the Onion; and, in such an event, we
would cordially and earnestly co-operate with
them in (ho restoration of peace und the procure
ment of Mich proper gurraniees as would give He*
curity to all their interests and rights.
And w« tender to the brave soldiers in the held
who have patriotically volunteered for the defence
o| tbe Government our most grateful acknowledg
inents. Their services and sacrifices will he held
in lastiug remerobrauce.
I UK ftIKUKSUKIi OF VICHtiOI UU
Having presented our readers a reliable account
of the siege and hui render of Vicksburg, and the
causes which led to it, from a well knowu corres
pondent, who was one of tho garrison, we pub*
lish the following Yunkoo account of the inci
dents of the surrender and the condition of Ihe
city. 1 1 is from the New York Tribune:
The tebi l soldiers, instead of lying close in
Ibeir treuches, are rotiintng'abmu trie city unarm*
ed, in unrestrained but amicable intercourse with
thorn of our own army who have been permitted
to eater ibe town. Guy uniforms of grey cloth,
richly bedmened with gold lace, aud profusely
decked with slurs aud bright trimmings, are iu
close juxtaposition with the Holiday attneof our
own sooulder-strapped friends—a strange morning
sight for Vicksburg. Tbe women and children
have had a quiet ingot's rest in their beds at home
—a tbipg which has not occurred before for forty*
eight d. ys. Guards in blue uniforms are stationed
at the entrance of stores and other places where
goods of any kind are deposited. -Near a hundred
aieum boats are lying at the wharf—a sight which
tbe people here rejoice at more than any other.
Where, yesterday morning, starvation was atari
mg men and worneu in the tace, plenty now reigns.
TBS ABMIKS fUUTEILNISINU.
To-dav both armies seem to hay* discarded
evnry leafing of personal bitterness, and to have
recogniz'd the quarrel in which they hare been
fightiug as a purely public one, that ought not to
interfere with friendly personal relations. Wher
ever you two in Ihe streets of Vicksburg, and on
whatever transput l you go, you wiil find Upioo
officers end soWtere treating rebel officers and sol
diers to the hen eatables and drinks our army can
afford, as it lliey were old friends just met alter a
loog separation. Cordiality and good feeling pre
vails throughout tbe city
1 am confident that there bas not been to-day a
single instance where any officer or soldier of our
army has indulged in any unseemly exultation
over the fallen fireman. We have even refrained
from cheering, and nothing—absolutely nothing—
has been done lo add humiliation to tbe oup of
sorrow which ibe rebels have been oompelled to
driok. Os course, this universal prevalence ol
good feeling lias tempted (he men ot both armies
to resort to moral suasion and argument for vin
dication of their respective positions as billige
rents. ,
I have listened attentively to many discussions
ol ibe cause o S the war. had ou tire street corners
and everywhere, expecting them to resalt iu high
words ohdeflsnce and recrimination. Hut, to my
surprise, 1 havo never elsewhere heard these con
versloual controversies about the war aud its
causes and ends ao calmly and mildly conducted
since -be commencement of our National troubles.
CONDITION or THIS CITY.
What a oear view of Vicksburg would disclose,
nll-.t being so long subjected to a ram of shot and
sfcsi 1 , h,.s been a theme of much speculation in
L .nr -rmy and elsewhere. Those wh» hare wit
ni-9-ed '.be siege cannot lail to be surprised that
toe e is anything left of, the town but rams. But
w , ~»•/«, it seems, yet something to learn of the
„ ... -ote o a town as well as of men. But few
OJiioUiga in V.ck. burg ate totally demolished,
jjoue have been completely rumen by the bom
bardment. On ooe ot the principal streets near
the river, andTUDDing parallel with it, there are
remaine of a olnck ol buildings whioh were burn
ed about the time of the fight at Champion Utils.
In the block was a mill and a store house, in
which were stored a considerable quantity of
flour- 200 barrels and upward—which was burned
at the earns time. The buildings were fired by a
crowd of incensed rebel soldiers and citizens, as
a nupishment due to soma heartless and extor
tionate speculators who had bought up the flour
to be enabled to get siege prices far It.
There aie a few othsr houses scattered about
that are but heaps of rubbish. The great major
ity of the buildings, bo h public and private, can
be by repairs mads “as good as new.”
The streets aie barricaded to a limited extent,
and have been ploughed up by Bhdls. In walk
ing uloug the pavements ooe must be careful not
to tumble into a pit dug Tor him by a projectile
from a thirteen inch mortar or Ironi a Purrott
gun The yards, gardens and open lots are als i
ent up with shell boles. A profusion of beautiful
shrubbery has heretofore rendered Vicssburg a
very handsome town, but the broken find'torn
deoo'Dg and havoc incident to the presence of an
army anywhere, have greatly diminished the
beauties of the place. Nearly dtery gate in the
city is adorned with unexplodcd thirteen inch
shells placed atop of each post. The porches and
piazzas (nearly every Louse lias one) are also
adorned with curious collections ol shot and shell
tbat have fallen in the yards. It is said tbal there
are some houses in the oity that have escaped no
scathed; but in my rambles tbrongh the streets I
could not find ihem.
I entered, perhaps, twenty buildings m all, and
found frightful looking boles in the wall* and
flours of every one. The bouse occupied hy Gen.
Pemberton as hie headquarters has a hole in the
first toom you enter on the left side of the ball
which a mule oould craw! through without diffi
culty. The publisher of the Vicksburg Cit setL
invited mo into his residence, and interspersed
bis remark-, while showing me around, with frea
quent cautious not to tread here and there, for
fear a (shattered piece of fl >ormg would let me
through into the cellar. And so it is all over the
pl-ce. The northern portion of the city suffered
most, and I cannot convey any idea of the damage
sustained better than by saying it hat been smash-
the evidence everywhere yis
ib'e of the tetrible ordeal through which the peo
ple und city have passed, the Vickeburgere per
sistently assert that they hare not been much
damaged- tbal Bhellt ere comparatively Innocent
things— '"‘nothing when you get used to them ,’’
that they could have held out a year if they had
•bad provisions, Ac. They also claim to have
learned how h> dodge shells, and say that those
Bred from tba mortars had become fsvorites
With the peo-.le. Hbots from Parrott gun* were
t D °The meat" noticeable feature of the oity is the
group of caves oa every bill side. In these oaves
1 the women and children were sheltered^ during
! the night, aad eoe**o߻Uj in day time whan tha
firing was very severe. The excavations branch
out in various directions after passing the en**
trance. 1 should not imagine them very desira*
hie bed chambers, but they seem to have auswer*
ed a very good purpose, in uneor two instances
shell entered them and two women and a nun ber
of children were thus tilled during the siege.
CADSB or TUK SCPIKNDKR.
There is but one reason given hy ihe rebels for
their surrender. They say they discovered that
ihey would be starved out before it would oe pos
sible for Jobntson or anybody else to raise the
siege; and although they could bavr held out six
or seven days longer, they would have gained
nothing thereby, the prospect being that at .he
end of that time Johnuon would be as far off as
he is now.
They repel tbe suggestion that they were afiaid
o( an assault iu column on l ie 4 b, aud say that
they would have been able to repel uuy suoli as
sault. However this may be, the U ct* that they
were brought to desperate straits for something to
eat is indisputable. All prejudices against mn!c
meat was thoroughly conquered by hunger, and
the army was using it freely, esteeming it belter
fo<*d than the blue beet and rancid pork upon
which they formally subsisted. The little lemtiant
ot breudstuffs which they huvo on baud also at
tests to the extremity to which they wero reduced,
and their soldiers nre at t’lis moment praising the
“hard tack,” or pilot broad, given the nby our
tneu, as it It were the most delicious bread ever
baked.
A rebel staff officer iu termed me, w hile making
inquiries on this subject, that they have frtquentlv
communicated with Johnston, and that their last
hope ot relief was destroyed b» a communication
from him. Tno inference Is readily drawn that
the army is scarcely prepared for hostilities, and
most retire before Gen. Grant.
FROM THK UNITED STATE**
l roui several column* of s-msational narratives
ih the late N n theru papers, about Morgan and
the conquests on tbo Mississippi, we copy the
following official cinards, being probable more
likely to contain a modicum of truth than the
mere tales of paid correspondents •
TBK CAPTURE OF YAZOO CITY -OFFICIAL DISPATCH
* FROM ADMIRAL PORTER.
Washington, July 21.—Tbs Secretai ? of the
Naff to.night received the following •
U. 8. Mississippi Squadron, )
Flagship Black Hawk, off Vicksburg, >
July 14, via Oaito, July 21. J
Uuu. Gideon Welles, Secretary of (be Navy :
Biu : Hearing that General Johnston wa* forli.
fyiug Yazoo City with heavy guou, and gathering
troops there, lor the purpose of obiamlug sup*
phea for bis army lrom the Yazoo couutry ; a.ho
that the remainder of toe enemy's heat transports
were ihere, showiug u probability of his attempt
to escape, Mujor General Grant and myself deui«
mined to senu a naval and military expedition up
there to capture them.
“The Baron de Kalb, National, Reuyvood and
Signal were dispatched, under command of Lieut.
Com. John G. Walker, with a force ol troops
numbering 5,000, under Maj. Gen. Frank J. He -
ron. Pusijiug up to the city the Baron do Kuib
engaged the batteries, which were all prepared to
receive her, and after finding <>ut their strength,
ahe dropped back to notffy Gen Herron, who
immediately landed bis men, and tne army and
navy made a cambmod attack on lha enemy’s
woras.
“The rebels soon lied, leaving everything iu our
possession, aud sot tire to lour of their finest
steamers that ran on the MU.-ussippi in times
past. The army pursued the eucfny and Captured
their rear guard of 2tJO men, aad at Mi accounts
were taking more prisoners. B.x heatv guns and
one vessel, formerly a gunboat, toll into our
hands, and all the munitions of war.'
“Unfortunately, while ttys Baton toe Kalb was
«or»*g slowly told»g site a torpeoo
which exploded and sunk her. There was no
sign ol anything of the kind to be seen. While
she was going down another exploded under her
stern* The water is rising lust in tbo Yazoo, and
we can do nothing more than to get the guns out
of her, and then get her into the deep %water,
where she wile be undisturbed until we are able
to.raiee her. The officers and men lost uveryluiug.
“1 have the honor to**be, very respectfully,
ywur obedient servant,
O. D. PORTBK,
“Achug Hear Admiral,
Commanding Mississippi Squadron."
Cairo, [July 29.—'Vicksburg advices to the loth
inst. say that Yazoo City, which was held by
about 800 rebels, was captured by Gen. Herron,
on the 18tb, and 250 of the rebels taken prisoners.
The gunboat DeKalb ' was blown up by torpe*
does and sunk in shallow water, but will ho rais
ed. No lives were lost.
The rebels burned three transports lying above
the city, and seme eight or ten large steamers in
the Yazoo river.
CAPTURE OF ASO ARTILLERY.
Cincinnati, July 20.—The following dispatches
were received here to-day;
Uead'qks. Gkigke’s Cheek., i
v July 20, 186*3. \
We chased John Morgan’s command over fifty
miles to-day, after heavy skirmishing for six or
seven miles between the 45th Ohio, of Out. Wool*
ford’s brigade, in the advance.
We succeeded m bringing the enemy to a
stand this afternoon, when a fight ensued, which
lasted au hour, when the rebels fled, taking re*
fuge upon a very high blufl. I sent a Hug of
truce demanding, the immediate aud uncondi
tional surrender of Morgun and his command.
The llag was received by Col. Coleman and
other officers, who came down and asked an
hour for consultation. 1 granted forty minutes,
in whichjime the command —exceptiog Morgan,
who deserted, taking with him a very small
surrendered.
It was my understanding that Morgan himself
had surrendered, and 1 learned that that was
also the understanding of Morgan’s officers and
men.
“The number killed und wouuded is mcousid
erahh*. The number ot prisoners is between
1,500 and 2,900, including a huge number of colo
nels. majors and line officers.
“1 captured between 000 and 700 prisoners yes
terday, and I think I will capture Morgan himself
to morrow." Shackelford,
Brigadier General.
Morgan’s artillery and about 2,600 prisoners,
including Col. Basil Duke, are expected to arrive
here to-day.
DISPATCH FROM GeN. BuBXSIDS.
•‘Washington, July 21.—Maj. Gan. Burnside, in
transmitting Brig. Gen. Shackelford’s report, to
Maj. Gen. Haileck, says :
We have strong hopes of b«ug able to capture
Morgan and the remaining portion of his forces,
thus entirely wiping out this band. General #
Shackelford says the conduct and bearing of bis*
own officers and men, without an exception, evi
denced the greatest gallantry und a h*gh degree
of skill ana discipline.
THB PART THE QUNBOAT9 PERFORMED.
Washington, July 21.—T'oe following dispatch
w&s received at the Navy Department this even
ing : .
* U. S. Stsambr Mooss, )
Above Buffington Island, Ohio River, V
July 19, 1863. )
“Hon. Gids-in Welles, Secretary of tbo Navy ;
“After chasing Morgan nearly6Bo miles. Ist
last met him on the rivei at this point, and en
gaged and drove him back, capturing two of bir.
pieces of artillery. He abandoned the rest to
General Judah. The enemy broke in confusion
from the banks of the river, and left his wagon
train, many horses and small arms in my posses
sion.
“Since writing the above, 1 followed further up
the river aad met another portion of M organ’s
force fording It fourteen miles above and shelled
and drove most ot them back. I killed several,
wounded twenty-five or thirty, and captured
twenty more horses.
“I have but two men wounded slightly. Our
shell and shrapnel created great confusion in the
rebel ranks, killing and wounding many.
Lsrot Fitch,
Lieutenant Commanding."
The impression now prevails that the with
drawal of Grant’s forces from Jackson means an
attack on Mobile. Grant found it a bootless en
terprise to follow Johnston across the State of
Mississppi, thereby exposing hta long lioe-i to at
tach, wear Dg out his men by tbiret and fatigue.
I and pnttiogJohnston at a continual increasing ad
vantage. Whether the enemy will find Mobile to
a defensible conditio* by land or water remains
to be tried.
j PROCLAMATION BV THE PRESIDENT OF THE
C ONFEDERATE STATES.
Aguiu do 1 call opcu cd© people of tbe Confede
racy--a people who believe that the Jjord reigoetb,
11 oil that hi* overruhug Providence ordereth alI
thmga—to unite m prayer aud humble submission
uuder Hih chastening hand, and to beseech Hi*,
favor on our snfienng conutrv.
It is meet that whc*u trials and reverses befai
us wt* should seek to take home to our heat is and
consciences the lessons which they teach, and
proiit by tbe self examination for which they pre~
pore ns. Hid not our succeHue* on land and sea
made us sell-confident and forgetful of our reli
ance on Him? Had not ibe love of lucre eaten
liKe a gangrene into tbe very heart of the land,
converting too many among us into worshippers
of gain and rendering them unmindful of their
duty to their country, to their fellow-men, and to
their God ? Who then will presume to complain
that we have been chastened or to despair of-our
just emso and tbe protection of oor Heavenly
Father?
Let uk rather receive in humble thankfulness
the lesson which He has taught in oar recent r»>
versts, devoutly acknowledging that to Him, and
not to our own feebie amis, are due the honoi
and the glory of victory; that from Him iu Hi*
paternal providence, come the anguish and st»f
icringe ot ibe detent, and that, whether in victory
'r d feet, our humble supplications are due at
ills foot t tool.
Now, therefore, I Jefferson Givis, President of
tho Confederate Slates, do issue this, my p roc la.
motion, sating apart Friday, the 2Ut day of Au
gust etisuing, a» a day of fasting, humiliation, and
prayer; and I do hereby invite the people of the
Confederate States to repair, on that day, to tl .Mr
respective places of public worship, and to unite
iu supplication for the favor and protection cl
that God who han hitherto conducted us eafe'y
through all thu dangers that environed tm.
j ) lu latth whereof, 1 have hereunto act
i BKAL hand and the seal of tho Ccnfed
| J erate States, at Richmond, this twenty*
nrgt day of July, in ibe year tff our Lord one
thousand eight hundred (tttd sixty -time. '
_ , Jirr*MoN Davis.
By tbe Pies;deni:
J. P. BkNJAIfIX,
Secretary ol State.
TE.Y.\EB*»LK
The cor respond* at of tbe Atiauta Appeal, writ
i * II R from lirugg’s army, says ;
Save the execution of two Yankee spied, by
hanging, and u Confederate deserter by Bbooting,
on Friday last, there are no items of local news.
Parties < onlinne to arrive through the lines from*
Middle Tounosae. A gentleman with his family
rinched here yesterday from Winchester.
The Rsbel learns from unquestionable authority
that R inecrans’iroopa were being callei back
tiwards Tull .home.
A Yankee was captured ueai Bridgeport, on
Saturday, and recoguixed as a commissioned offi-
Ct:r in ForreaPfl command, wli.ihad deserted and
joined the enemy. The prisoner was brought to
Chattanooga. *
Port Hudson—The Brandon Republican ol the
*23d iitHi >iit, publishes some particulars of tne ca*»
pi ulatlon of the forces at this poin?, derived from
several of the garrison, it is stated there were
but four thousand men within the entrenchments
at the time of~iue investment, seven hundred and
twenty-five of whom were killed, and quite a
number in the hospitals. Theie was only two
thousand seven hundred fit lor duty ut the lime
of the surrender, and they had successfully resist
ed every assault of General Banks’ army of twen
ty-five thousand meu, or nearly tea to one, for
lortysoight days, ou less than quarter rations,
would *ot have surrendered at the time they
6 dJpkfoftufK hot have fallen first, and large
By the terms of capitulation all offlceri*weri aU
lowed to retain their side arms and servants, and
private property was to be respected. The pri*
vales were all paroled, and the officers sent to
New Orleans.
The Mobile Register of the 24th says :
The y ' ow fever has broken out at Fort Pick*
ens. tiarrancas ban been turned into a hospital.
There are eighteen ships of war in Pensacola *
burbot —plenty of food for Yellow Jack.
Pflo.u lift fiitoitoim
A correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal gives
the folic wing interesting tesume of the state of
things along the Mississippi;
Prom Jacksou we have interesting news. Two
lads just Horn there bring the intelligence that
the whole ot Grant’s army, excepting one bri
gade, had left Jackson, going towards Vicks
burg. There were no pickets this side of Pearl
river, und oar pickets had reached that stream.--
Six prisoners, taken not far from Pearl river, and
our pickets had leeched that stream. Six print,
oners, taken not far from Pearl river, having
been taken tu the usual Yankee occupation of
thieviug, were brought iu thin morning. Noth
irg intelligible could be got out of them. In
Jackson nearly all of Main street, the Governor’s
mansion, arid many other houses, were burned
to the ground. The railroad from Brandon to
Jacks .a was effectually destroyed, uoi a rail re*
puitod to have been left in its place, aud that
portion of the road from the river io the site of
the Confederate house, which we had rebuilt,
was torn up, the rails, m many places, were car*
vi*d to the rivnr and ibrown iu.
When thqcitizens of Juc&son sent Grants fiag
of truce, formally surrendering the city, ufter its
evacua'ion bv our forces, he promised that private
property would be respected. It was a Y*nk*«*
prom: He, for his soldiers pillaged every house, and
stole whatever they could lay their hands on.
On the line ot their match from Jackson to
Brandon, on the lSih, 19th aud 20th inst., they, in
addition to the destruction of the railroad, laid j
waste the whole country. In Brandon they burn- ,
e»l the whole of the south side of the public
square, two large blocks of buildings, the rail- •
road depot, and pillaged every house in town,
stealing from, and robbing iu open day, even
the poor negroes of the town. A well known
negro barber shop of that town was robbed ol
every aiiicle it contained by tnese representa
tives of ‘ the best Government the world evti
saw," and no article of domestic use was too
insignificant for the pecculeol proclivities of
low, mean, vulgar Tankers. If the harvest of
their plunder were diamouds of the first water,
solid gold and pearls instead of what they are,
it would be but a poor compensation for the
weight of infamy which they are laying up for
tfieir character on the impartial page of his
tory.
The raiiioad from Jackson to Uantou is de*
stroyed. They also burned a train train of forty
cars and two engines between Canten and Jack*
rod. We will ioso heavily io rolling stock by
their depredations north of Jackson. There are
from ninety to one hundred locomotives belong
ing to tho New Orleans and Jackson Railroad and
the Mississippi Central Railroad, which the de*
Btruction of the bridge across Pearl river prevent
ed us from bringing oil', which will fall into their
bands, and of coarse nearly all the rolling stock
will share the same fate.
From everything we can learu the enemy don’t
intend occupying Jackson, nor does be iutend
leaving it in a position to be of any use to us.—
He never would have destroyed the railroads it
he contemplated permanent occupation. Jackson,
he knows as well as Gen. Johnston knew, is no
point of strategic importance, and he will simply j
make it Impossible for its being of any service to !
oa.
Mobile is now doubtless the next prize claim- j
ing his attention, and his movements would in- j
dioate an early approach to that city, byway of !
Madisonville, La., on the lake, landing at Biloxi,
Ocean Springs, or Pascagoula, thence marching '
overland, and combining with a gunboat attaok
on the city, with the ire n-clads, Faltered by the
fall of Port Hudson and Vicksburg. He is too
canning an old fox to follow this army op among
the sterile bills ot Scott, wheh he would be at
the mercy of the climate, the drouth, and the
cavalry, bis communication constantly in dangor
of being cut off and his supplies destroyed. But
we mn*t waiuand sen.
Gen. Banks is said te have gone after Gen. Tay*
lor, who i 9 reported at Donalsonville, La , with
six siese guns and a gallant little army, prepar
ing to fight it out. Magruder is teporled march
iDg to Taylor’s assistance.
The Yankees recently made two raids up Wee*
keeva Creek, in Levy county, Florida, plundering
the plantations and committing alt manner of
petty outrages.
: ] L.ATKK FROM THK \ORTH.
1 Tha Richmond Dispatch has received, through
i the Signal Corps, tiles ot New York paper# of the
| 2Sd mriant. We make up the following summary
of their contenis:
THK LATH BIOTS f- TUB CONSCRIPTION.
There is not much in tbe New York paper*
about the draft, but what there is pretty clearly
shows that the draft is not to be allowed to put
men into the army. A good deal of exemption
money will be paid, but no men furniahed. In
the loth Now York District the Prorost Marshal
has published a curd to the public, assuring them
that the draft will not be proceeded with.
In Westchester, N. V , u public meeting baa re*
solred "that no man ahiili be permitted to teavo
Westchester county for the seat of war, unless he
shall go voluntarily, cheerfully, and with a heart
for the woris.” Tha man who offored the resolu
tion wae a prominent Republican. The Brooklyn
(N. Y.) City Council has appropriated SBOO,OOO to
exempt 1,006 men. The Goyarnor of New Jersey
basso modified the ord<r for drafting, with tte
U. S. Government, that volunteering will be cor
tinued in that State, and no drati will be had. In
Hartford, Connecticut, 1,127 men have been draft
ed. A meeting of ibe eitisens is called for Thnra
day next to consider the propriety of voting an
appropriation sufficient to pay ior the exemption
of all.
Tile druftiug proceeded quietly in Philadel
phia on the 21s', and 2,01*0 men were drulled. It
was decid. d that a negro substitute may go in
for a dratted negro, but not ior u white man.—
Thirteen Roman. Catholic priests have betn
drawn so far In Pennsylvania. Toei r cougregau
tioua pa’d lor tbeir exempt: ns.
In Boston two sens of Edward Ererett bare
been drawn and .ntend to serre in person. The
NenLidedlord Mercury says that their father will
poitflpjbe same courre, if he isdi.iwn.
1W65.1i N w York regiment has arrived in
N twrotk P> eneoTce lira draft, which, ii is said,
wit tccommen t' d "a*. • ."—that is. says the
Ncu York WVNd.'iu a ir two.
ONE DAY LJ&ER.
We fmve iteeived trout the office of Hou. Rohl.
Ould, Couimiesioaer of Exchange, Now Yofk pa
pers tl-lbo 24ib and previous dates. The news is
very important. "
A dispatch from Baliimore says that on Thniav
day morning Gen. lore’s enure army was in mo
tion, mo vine ranuiiy it, the dirccuou of Winches
ter. Gen. fa ell. who had mad. a move in the
direction ol Cumberland, Md tell bock, and fol
lowed L-, Thnie wu. still a Isrge body of t’ona
federate cavalry near Harper’s hurry.
Morgan crto.se i tho Muskingum river, eighteen
miles beluw Zintuvillo. Ohio, on Thursday morn,
log last, with 1,000 m«n and three pieces us ar
tillery. On the afternoon us flat dav he was In
Guernsey couuiv, near tne Central Omu Railroad,
making easiwaid for the Ohio river. Tha eiux-ne
ofZinesvills turned out io ca'ch him. bm be
caught them and .ooit 25 prisoners, mciudiug a
Gol. Chandler.
ThfbAboluionlsts are turning the drsft to politi
cal account. In Auburn, N F„ the ura l-u men
pnra i don Ihe 251 witli flags and music. They
were addressed bv ''uistingoished politicians,”
and cheered for "Tbe Union—Old Abe—The
Draft—Our Recent Victories,“ iio. Os course tbe
fSOu exemption- of I’ioh. cheerful decoy ducks
ate paid by the Republican Union I,eagres. iu
Maryland, on ill. seme day, the scene was not so
pieman t. la lJui ford county the barn of ibe en
rol'ing otficui was hnriicii i.nli bis residence per.
toraled with bullets, la Harrisburg, Pa„ where
tbe men would n.il enlist when the C iDledsrates
Were st tnetr doors, the women turned uttt, beat
tbe Frurost Marshal, destroyed Ihe tottery wheel,
sod nearly killed a policemen. They were sab-,
lined by a posse of 200 uitu called out by tbe
Mayor.
Tho Dehaib, which was blown up by a lorpe
dhoti Yazoo city, Miss., was the brat Yankee
on board. The torpedo was of the demijohn
make.
A lefter Irnm Cano, dated July 17. stales that
Gen. Pillow hat appeared iu Ihe vicinity of Tort
Herman, on the Tennessee river, with iptiie a
largo force, and that ihe garrison entreated tbe
post, and fr.ll back to Paducah.
’I be uropet *y of Di. Garnett, a s.iu.iu-luw of:
kleu. 11. A. W’ise, lies just been coDtiscated hv
the United Slaloß Government during the lifetime i
of the owner.
“Running Joe Bookei * has gone out Weal to
take some command there--among the Indians,
probably.
Th»; trial of Dr. Wiigbf, ia Norfolk, Vu., for
kilim)' Lieut. .Sanborn, commanding a negro
company, in progressing. iiia tlemoaaor ut the
bar id described by Yankee correspondents as
“ cold, Bteru, defiant, and extremely repulsive."
Lemuel Bowden ami L. 11. Chandler are his conns
ael. * \
Gold was quoted in New York, on Thursday, at
195<gl2#>£.
Gen. Sickle*, accmnpuuied by several mnnibera
of his staff, left Washington ou Wednesday last 1
in a .special ear for New York city. He was
thought sufficiently vigorous to bear the fatigues j
ofthojourney.
The Liijcou Government ret used to allow Val- !
landigbam's address to Ins constituency to be
telegraphed from Canada.
The New York Times has an editorial ou the
"New Campaign m Virginia." The following is i
an ( xtract:
The information wnich wo. as yet, have, both !
as regards Lee's position and line of retreat, aud i
Meade 'a lire of advance, ts too icioty to enable i
one to forecaste Hie nature of the coning cam* '
paign. Tho character of tue great chess board is j
ho well understood, however, that a tew moves |
mint reveal the g<?ueral aspic of game.
lu an advuuce ou uu enemy moving by the
Shenandoah Valley, we have the choice of two
1 men, and only two. We can move either to Lhe
right or to the left of the Biuo Ridge mountains.
If wh move by the right the udvanca become** a
mere following after lh« enemy. The chances of
ovnrtakiug turn—he moving towards h:a base, we
from ours—ur« slender; but should th« enemy
determine to make a Htund, the lineoi tbo Open '
quon creek, from Charlestown to Winchester, will
afford him three or tutu capital position*!.
If on the other band it is determined to move •
by the left, that is, List of the Blue Ridge moans ;
tains, it becomes, on oar part, a strategic
manoeuvre to seize the lower gap through which
the rebel army must debouch to cover its commu
nication byway ot Cnlpepe n and Gordonsville.
If we take Culpeper and Uordonaviile. as what
military writers call tho 41 objective point,' (and
it is evideut Let# has to make this in order to
cov i his line of retreat to Richmond,) it is ob
vious that u force moving to the caAt of the Blue
Ridge mountains, and bugging (hat range will be
on ihe shorter line as compared with a force
moving down the Shenandoah Valley. Lae's
route must be byway of Winchester, Strasbnrg,
and Front Royal,and debouching, to make Cul
peper, through Chester Gap or Thornton Gap.
We, on the other baud, marching byway of Ber
lin, Wheatland, and Warrentoo, have a direct
line. Lee has two sides of a great triangle to
describe. Meade has but one.
Previous to the inauguration of the campaign
last autumn it was an auxios- inquiry with Gen. j
McCieilou which of these two hues of operation he
should take. He at first determined to move by
the Shenandoah volley, and a leconn issaqce in
force was even made as iar us Charlestown. This
line, however, was abandoned and tfce other
cho*«n. The movement was made rapidly and
even brilliantly. McClellan reached Warren ton
while Leu’s army was still stretched back to Win*
| cheater. The delay of ten data which ensued
i when the cbuuge of command was made gave Lee
tho time required, and when at length Burnside
! got the head of his cola nan opposite Fredericks*
burg be found the rebe*s occupying ibe line of the
j Rappahannock.
I This line, synonymous with three disastrous
I failures, we presume, Gen. Meade will avoid aljo
gather. It should never have been chosen. By
j moving from Warrenton direct on Culpeper 0. H*
he take* the Rappahannock where it ia an insig«
nitioant rill, affording the rebels no position for
deleace.
Another Statcwzwt.—lt has been asserted a
large amount of ammunition waa lost at Vicks*
bnrg. A correspondent of the Mobile Register
comradicts this, and says : *‘i hare the papers to
prove the contrary, which 1 will show
to any person who wishes to see them, and
assert that there was not enough for twenty-four
hours' bard fighting The ordnance department
was engaged in making ammunition night and
day to Bnpply the consumption for two weeks be-*
fore the surrender, and the stock in Vicksburg
from the time the first gun was planted has never
been enough, certainly never immense."
- VOL. 16—NO. 28.
SPEEC HOF VICE PRESIDENT STCPHeN#.
Vice President' , Stepheos, writlson-his
the South, stopped at Charlotte. N. 0, sad wes
serenaded by a large concourse of citizens. Iu
reply he made them a speech about an hour tit
length, He commenced by a!Uidu.< ?be inv,
Sion of Maryland and Pennsylvania by den Lee’s
army; said that it whipped the enemy on their
own soil and obtained vast supplies tor our own
men, and was now ready to ug.i-r. m-et the enemy
on a new field. Whatever might be the mom*
meets and objects of San. Lee, he had entire
confidence in his ability to arc.> i.pl’sh what be
undertook, for in ability and intellect he was a
head and shoulders ahofe any uian in the T nkse
H'tny. He commended Gen. Lw 'or keeping bis
own secrets, and told the people not to bs’dta-
C '.uraged because they did not hear trora Lee oTar
hit own signature. He would come out all right
in the end.
Mr. Stephens next sooko of the surrender of
Vicksburg, apd said that it was not an occur
rence to can-s diacooregemsni or gloov. , :ha; the
loss of Viczahurg was not e*severe a blmv'sa the
loaa of Fort Pillow, [aland No 10, or New Or
leans. The Confederacy had survived the los* of
ihose points, and would survive the loss of
Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and‘din plan 3. Sup
pose said he, we were to lose M L ie, Charleston,
and Richmond, it would not aS b heart of
the Confederacy. W could and w a.irvire
such losses, aud finally s vtiro our ioi. [, .aeru-
He was not at ell discouraged at the pr; ba
never had the '‘ blues ” him.' , 11. and had no res
apect or sympathy lor “ cioaktrs." Tto rbrmy
has already appropriated twnily-s vlu bundreil
millions of dollars and one million of men lor our
subjugation, and, after two years w.,i, had utterly
failed, and if the war continued two years li oget
they would fail to accomplish our subjoin non
Bo far they bad not brokeu the shell et the Oot>
federacy.
In the Kevoluliouai y war the British si one
time bud posseaaiuu ol North O-rolinSouth
Carolina, and other States; they took Pniis-toi
phis and dispersed Congress, and for a long time
held almost complete sway in the Colonies—jet
they did not conquer our forefather i. Io ibe war
of 1812 the British captured tbe capital of tbe
nation, Washington ettv, and burnt it, vet they
did not conquer oe ; and if we nro true to ur
selves now, true to our birth-rights, the Yankee
nation will utterly fail to suhjugr'e us. Snbjn«
gation would be utter min una tt rsr d-n'h to
Southern people and all that they i, d «t
dear. He exhorted tb» people to give tbe Gov
ernment a cordial support, to (town down sll
croakers and grumblers, and to r.maia -n:>ted
and fight to.the bitter end for liberty and inde
pendence.
As for reconstruct! m said Mr. Stephens, Bitch
a thing was impossible—such an ids. oust not
be tolerated for no instant. lteccnsirnr'u.n
would not end tbe war, but wouh ronuce »
| more horrible war than that in wbt ch we er<j now
engaged. The only term 4 *.n wl io ran ob
tain permanent peace la ttna: and corn - e a sep
aration from the North Kather than submit to
anything short of that, let ns reroiy.i to o>o like
men worthy of freedom.
- In regard to foreign intervention. Mr. j>. ?pl on
advised his bearer* to build no bop.- on ih .t vet
awhile. He did not believe that the lending lor
eigu powers ever intended that tbe Norm and
South should be again united— 'fr y or»r rred
that the separation should be ferula;. tit—out
they consitieied both sides too strong . ...
did uot deem It good policy on their , to ,<j .
terfere and put an end to tbe war. Foreign na
tions see that the rweuit of the war mil be to es
tablish a despotism at tha.Nurth, an.l are iheies
fora willing to allow it to continue a while ioogej.
The whole tone of Mr. •Stephens’ specula-was
very encouraging, and showed not ibe slightest
sign of despondency. -He concluded by express
ing, enttrsoonhdeoee its the übil'ty of the Cons
federally V6.mkurr-—» owj —me anu achievu inda
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FHOM MOHHIS ISUNIi l'Hr. BOMB iHßMfcft*
RKWWKO-.KXCHkVik OF tVO l’Nit El>
i*HIBO>KHO-trroi.\l>i FHO v| THE ENE
MY’S LINES, ETC.
The enemy’s toactiou ou Thursday vv..s suo
coeded by warm walk ve-iaday ... .;u,'g. At
ten urinates after five o’clock a cannonade tar
heavier than anv that has been heard since Haw
urday last, was upjaed from the enemy’s fleet and
Morria Island ba.tenes, against Battery Wagner.'
Tbe fleet, cou&isting ot the frigate Ironsides,
live Monitors and nineteen other vessel*, cniefly
gunboats and monar boats, steamed loside tba
bar. The irod clada approached within about
1200 yards of our battery. Bca lde ; these twentys
five vessels, there were during tbe day, some ten
i f twelve sail outside tbo bar.
Tbe bombard me ut, while it iasled, equalled in
severity adj which the defenders‘of Battery WtLg
ner hare thus tar so gallantly sustained. Between
tlx and seven o'clock the reports averaged fully
twenty per minute, and, a* the conflict proceeded,
the haroof mists, dissipated by tbe rising un.
were succeeded by the heavy clouds of white
smoke which went drifting from the scene of bat
tle uiong the eastern horizon. The return lire of
Battery Wagner was suthcienrly regular to show
tb&t the lion storm bad not unnerved flit* firms
nor dismayed the hearts: of the resolute men who
form the garrison. The bombardment continued
with undiminislied vigor uatilubout cine o'clock,
when a truce which had been pievious'v arranged,
with a view to the exchange ot wounded prison
ers, caused a suspension of further hostilities.
Our loss during the terrible shelling to which ear
i men bad been subjected for tour hour a, was tw •
killed and eight wounueJ,
About niue o'clock tbe steamer Altcg, Captain
Egan, left her wharf, having m bocu'd iOZnoua'
ea Vankeo prisoners. Sne proceetled to a posh*
lion off Citmming’s Poiut, under flag of truce,
and wuh there met by tbe Yankee side wheel
! steamer Cosmopolitan, which received' the prison
! era from the Alice. Two of them, we are in-»
. formed, died on board the Alice. The Goamopoli*
! tan placed on board the Alice socne forrv of our
wounded, who were brought to the city.
Our returned prisoners being ihn gratifying iu
telligeoco that Capt. M&obeth aed Lieut
. bell, though in the enemy’s bands, are unhurt,
i The former was stunned, though not Strunk, by
i one of tbe enemy’s shells.
The Yankees' lowest estimate ot their, loss
the last assault upon Battery Wagner is 1,540
killed, wounded and missing. Sj Tar (her esr
ihey have lost about 2,600 men by their opera
tions on Morris Islsnd. Gen. Seymour was puiu
fully wounded in tae foot, and Gen. Strong dan*
geroasly in both hips. Bulb Generals bare gone
North for treatment.
During yesterday afternoon s Blow Are was kepi
up by tbe enemy upon Battery WBgner. Tbs
Yankee gunboats in Little FoHy rtrer were also
! shelling James Island promireuona'y.
I Fort Sumter and Battery Gregg were 6ring.oo
•casionally last night up to tbe boar at which this
paper was put to press. They were probably an.
{joying the Yankees on Morris Island.
Char Uttan. ilac-try, I'M.
Feom raa Islands. — A continuous fire was kept
up on both sides Tuesday night—that of the me
!my being mostly from his lard batteries. Wed-
I uesday morning, tbe Ironsides and two Monitors,
with the Yankee land batteries, ccnces'rateri s
heavy Are on Battery Wegner, the ironsides, a*
before, occasionally firing broadsides etsveral
shots irom Fort Sumter and Battery Gregg - took
e9 ot an tbe Ironsides, sne drew off t.bout 12
o’clock, the Monitors remaining .and contintitog
I the bombardment until 6 o’cloca; when Owe also
I left. Tbe firing between, the land batteriesroo
tioued up to the hour of writing this—lo P. M
! Tbe casualties in Battery Wagner tbmugbowi
! tbe bombardment Wednesday were two killed
and four or five aiigbtiy woendsd. We did not
learn the names of the killed, hot they were re
ported to be one Georgian und one North Caros
linian.—Charter, 80fA.
* CouroaT tor moss who hav* paocoßko Sca
sTiTDTss. —In General Orders No. jf,- (Adjutant
Wayne,) we find the following
Sbo, 2. The fact tbat a person wi thin.the ages
mentioned, (18 and 45,) is not from any cause
subject to be taken int • service as a c-rtsoripr
: does not exempt him from draft -fey the Bte v » for
- defence. If be has purcbe-s-u atuia-itata
or beApruOUrcdwn appointment under some Con
federate officer having bnt hula duty to do, to
keep him oat of eonseriolton, or if be is an us
naturalised foreigner and is living under the pro-,
taction of our Govern meat and U-vs, la thtwu an*
all liseeaaea, b) is bound to defend his dam,cl),
and liable to be drafted by tbe State is* com
, palled to do so.