Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1863, Page 2

‘THE EVENING STAR: | WASHINGTON, OITY: MONDAY ww: + JULY 20, 1863. @7 READING MATTER ON EVERY PAGE, BEE OUTSIDE FOR INTERESTING TELE- GBEAPHIC AND OTHER MATTER. | ' | | i EXTRA! TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. _FROM VICKSBURG. JACKSON OCCUPIED BY GEN. SHER- MAN ey JOHNSTON RE3 REATING EAST OF PEARL RIVER. Bee Sg New York, July 20.—The Herald's Vicks- ‘burg letter of the 11th inst., says all of Pem- berton’s troops haye left our lines excepting a few stragglers. Gen. Sherman occupied Jackson yesterday. Johnston is retreating to the next river east ef the Pearl. A New Orleans letter gives a rumor that Admiral Porter is to command the Mississippi river, while Admiral Farragut goes outside, where fighting is yet to be done. EFrom New York City. <= THE DRAFT TO BE SUSPENDED UNTIL THE QUOTA OF NEW YORK CITY sHOULD BE DEFINITELY DETERMINED. peste A BRITISH GUNBOAT ORDERED TO PROTECT COLORED SEAMEN, SUBJECTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, St = ARMED STEAMERS CRUISING UP AND DOWN NORTH RIVER. ae New York, July 20.—The draft will not commence until the exact quota of the city shall be definitely determined and announced, | by which time the Government will be pre- pared to execute it. Possibly a week will elapse before this will be done. It is stated that in the attack on the Union steam works, corner of Twenty-second street nd Second avenue, the mob carried off three thousand five hundred muskets. The British Consul has notjfied the Police | Commissioners that he has ordered the ship of war Challenger to take a position in the river tor the purpose of protecting colored seamen, | Subjects of Great Britain. Governor Seymour has issued an order thata | suilicient force of the National Guard having Srrived to enable the civil authorities to main- tain the public peace and enforce order, the citizen volunteer organizations are relieved | trom further duty. Three thousand troops still garrigon the | Seventh avenue Arsenal. Two steamboats. heavily armed and manned, j are to cruise up and down North river as far as the northern boundary of Westchester county, in consequence of threats to burn the towns on the river. All, however, has been quiet. FROM THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, {Associated Press Dispatches.} WASHINGTON, July 19.—There is nothing | definitely known about Lee’s army. The im- pression is that be is making Lis way w Gul- peper and Gordonsville with all possible dis- patch. z WasuInGTON, July 15.—A letter from the headquarters of the army of the Potomac says | that afew shots were heard on Friday atter- ternoon in thedirection of Vestal’s or Gregory Gap, resulting, it is believed, from small par- ties reconnoitering those places, and being dis- | persed by our cavalry and light batteries. About 700 prisoners arrived at headquarters on Thursday night. More haye been for- ‘warded by other routes. A non-commissioned officer who arrived in ‘Washington to-day says that on Thursd-y -General Gregg, crossed at Falling Waters and | Was cut off at Shepardstown for six hours 4 from communication with our army. General Gregg, however, finally relieved himself, according to the same authority, by a gallant charge upon the rebels, capturing a large number of prisoners, three stand of colors and four pieces of artillery. FROM PORT HUDSON. The Rebels not Paroled—Five Thousand Five Hundred Prisoners. New Yorx, July 19.—The steamer Thos. A. Scott, from New Orleans, has arrived. The Hartiord and Albatross, from above Port Hud- ; son, had reached New Orleans. None of the captured rebels had been paroled by General Banks. Four thousand were in line when it | surrendered, besides five hundred wounded and one thousand sick. The wounds were mainly in the head from the bullets from sharp- shooters. Our batteries had destroyed an immense amount of stoges, and a good supply of ammu- nition fell into our hands. There was a grand Union meeting and a | torchlight procession at New Orleans on the night of the 11th inst. A large number of resi- dences were illuminated. FROM CHARLESTON. A Rebel Steamer Destroyed—No News of the City’s Capture. New York, July 19.—Full details of the operations against Charleston are published. During the operations a rebel steamer attempted to land reinforcements on Morris Island, but she was driven off and destroyed by our gun- boate, her troops barely napa! It is repor' also that a rebel gunboat ven- turing too near our vessels was captured. Our losses in the captareof the Morris Island and the attempt on Fort Wagner, are _ three hundred and ninety-three ) and a hundred missing. Capture of Three Hundred ef Morgan's Men. WHEELING, July 19.—Governor Boreman re- ceived the following this evening from Par- kersburg: “Three hundred of Mo: , tured near ton. \ that Morgan’s whele force "s men were cap- ere is no deubt but will be captured.” The Exemption Fee. Wew Yorx, July 19.—The aldermen and e on ceuncil have resolved unanimously wops the bill fo pay the exemption fee, by raising s fund of twoand a haif millions of dollars; over the mayor’s yeto, if he should yeto it. \ Tue SECRETARY or War.—Mr. Thurlow ‘Weed in a recent published letter, pays the fol- | Jowing just tribute tothe Secretary of War: 4s] Bavereyfused to unite with those who seek to ! displace Secretary ot War; and I do not ; ‘eympathize with those who malign and abuse | ‘him. I mot, while remembering Mr. Stan- | ton, ‘faithful among the faithless’ in Mr. Bu. chanan’s (Cabinet, eease to remember him with gratitude) I know that the country is indebted to the courage and fidelity of Mr. Stanton, du- | ving the two months preceding the 4th of March | 1860, for t that was left of it. There was , imbecility at the head of the Government and | treason initsarms, Mr. Stanton aidedin bring- ing Gen. Dix inte the Treasury, with whom he ‘watched, sind, as far as por-ible, thwarted the ttreasonatyle conspiracies of ais colleagues. “Mr. Stanton brought to the discharge of his | duties, Secretary of War, industry, ability, integrity/and patriotism. Those whodeny him | er of these qualities, do so malicious- es, I do mot think the President is pon to dispense with his services, / New York T protests against New ems men bunting 59. eubstitates in thofor- | mer city. ij THE ATTACK UPON CHARLESTON. From cofrespondence of various papers, written under dates of July 13th and 14th from Morris Island, S. C., we gather the following interesting particulars: Our troops have been for some time occupy- ing Wolly Island, and Gen. Gilmore, ever since he tool command, has been working to give the rebels a surprise, and to proceed with opera- tions looking to the reduction of Charleston Gens. Seymour, Strong, and Vodges co-oper- ated with Gen. Gilmore. On Wednesday night, July 18th, Col. Serrill, ot the N. Y. Volunteer Engineers, tcox six boat loads of men and proceeded up Folly river, and under cover of darkness cut away the | spiles which had been driven in the channel by the rebels near Pawnee Landing, and on the | following Thursday night Lieut. Parsons cut away the balance of the spiles, and river was therefore cleared. Up to the time of the ar- rival of Gen. Gilmore in Soyth Carolina. the rebels on Morris Isiand, on the opposite side of Lighthouse Inlet, had been allowed to put up strong batteries, surrounded by sand bluffs and | mounting ten guns, with the exposed flank to- | wards Folly river protected by extensive rifle its. We had no batteries nearer than Camp ‘owell. We had some knowledge of the rebel works and forces, by spies and deserters, enough to know that the batteries were good ones and the troops few in number. On Friday morning nearly all the camps on Folly Island were deserted, and our troops commenced to move. At about a quarter to five a large party of axemen stepped out in front of our batteries, and cutuing away the trees and small bash in tront of them, disclosed the glistening embra- sures to the gaze of the Rebels opposite. Neyer were men more astonished. They seemed to stand paralyzed, as it were with wonder, as battery after battery was revealed toview, and made no demonstration of any kind. The em- brasures having been cleared, the first gun was fired by us on the right, a thirty-pound Parrott, and this was the signal for all the batteries to open fire. This first shot, the gun having been sighted correctly, struck one of the Rebel gun-carriages, completely disabling it, und was a credit to cempany C, First United | States artillery. The Rebels replied with the | first shot from their fullest battery on the right, | but the shot fella thousand yards behind our batteries. It was now five o'clock, and the tire on both sides became general. Our forty- seven guns and the monitors kept up the most fearful cannonade on the Rebel batteries, and | the Rebels tried in va n to liye under it. Gen. Strong's forces; who had now for some two hours been lying up the inlet, concealed by the trees and bushes, slowly came down into view of the rebels, The rebels tried to depress | their guns m order to sink these lannches, but | the launches, “preceded by the howitzers shelling the bank, safely, with the exception of one, reached the shore to the left of the rebel bat- teries. Lieut. Col. Rodman, of the 7th Con- necticut, landed with twerty men as scouts. Upon his returning the entire force landed in the midst of this terrible cannonade, and, led by Gen. Strong, cap in hand, they flanked the rebel rifie-pits and then charged up tothe rebel batteries, which were unable any longer to reply to our fire. Every battery was taken, and our men swept up the beach, driving the Temnants of the rebel force before them. This storming force consisted of the 9th Maine, 76th Pennsylvania, 46th New York, 3d New Hamp- | shire, 6th Connecticut, and four companies of the 7th Connecticut. As soon us Gen. Strong’s brigade had charged and taken the rebel batteries, Generals Gil- more and Seymour and staffs rode to the front | and superintended the crossing of artillery andreinforcements Lightartiliery was thrown across immediately, and proceeded up the Mor- ris I-land beach. Generals Gilmore and $ mour and staffs also crossed and took up po: tich on one of the highest rebel batteries, which commanded & full view of the entire field of operations. Strong’s force. led by the 6th Con- necticut, rapidly moved up the island and hoisted the United States flag on a large house one thousand yards this side of Fort Wazner. In this honse they found also one hundred new | Enfield rifles, which they exchanged for their own Well-used muskets. The Monitors opened fite at six o'clock, and although endeavoring to enfilade the rebel bat- teries, their gunnery not being as good as it might be, was of little practical effect, except that the explosion of those 15-inch shells gaye udditional speed to the rebel skedaddlers. It was now about ten o'clock, and our men Were in possession of more than three fourths ot Morris Island. We had taken the rebel batteries, driven back the rebel infantry, and were hastening on to take the only fort which | | intervened between us and Cummings’ Point. But upen nearing it the fire from it was so severe that our troops fell back and protected themselves behind sand ridges, about a quarter of a mile this side of it. The monitors, however, directed their fire upon this tort, and from ten o'clock 1m the morning until tour im me after- noon, Fort Wagner was their target. Sumter opened fire from her barbette guns at ten o'clock, and fired at intervals, first at the moniters and { then over our men. Atfouro’clock, the monitors havingexhausted | their ammunition, ceased firing and retired Gown the channel, while our men still rested upon their arms within « quarter ot a mile of Wagner. This fort is a casemated, bastioned bomb-proet fort, with a closed gorge and large moat. It mounts nine guns, three bearing toward the sea and six toward the lowerend of Morris Isiand. Its moat 1s one toot deep at low water and six at high. The exterior Ape is at an angle of forty degrees and it is rivetted with cotton and sand bags. General Gilmore determined to storm it at daylight the next morning. t | | ! Saturday morning, at daybreak, the assault- | ing party was formed in line, under General Strong, and prepared to take Wagner. The | force consisted ot the 7th Connecticut, in the | advance; two companies of the 6th Connecti- cut, supported by the 76th Pennsylvania, 3d | New Hamphire and 9th Maine. The reserve was the 4Sth and 110th New York. The whole forcs was supported by two batteries of artil- iery. But although the men charged in the face of a murderous fire of grape, canister and bullets from the enemy’s sharpshooters, and although some of the 7th Connecticut reached and steod upon the parapet, the charge was unsuccessful, and we retired to our defensive line. Col. Rodman and Maj. Hicks were badly though not seriously wounded. The Monitor Nahant kept a continual shelling over Wagner | and beyond it, in order to prevent reinforce. | ments reaching it, either from Sumter or Cum- ming’s Point. Thus closed the operations of Saturday. In the evening, however, the navy ! captu: & rebel tng in Charleston harbor, it having come down to spy around our fleet. It having been determined to take Wagner by another method, our troops were set to work, and the taking of Wagner by assault was a- bandoned. At9a.m.and 3 p.m. Sunday, twe Monitors and a wooden gun-boat shelled Wa; ner, but withoutany effect. WagnerandCum- ming’s Point, or battery Bee, mounting three guns, replied to the Monitors. Sumter, which has ten Brooks guns mounted en barbette, and her casements closed with sand bags, opened with two shots on our camps, about 4 o'clock | in the afternoon, and wounded several of our men. A rebel boat was landing material at ‘Vincent’s Creek for a new battery, which the Rebels were erecti: between Wagner and Cumming’s Point. utenant Henry opened upon this ba with his batiery, and theseventh shot pierced the boiler of the . She has not been removed by the Rebels. seuss The rebels had landed a wor! party of negroes and others on the inside of Morris Is- port steamer Iay a1 ear ton’s battery of regulars went down to a co! venient point, and opened fire on them, first dispersing the soreng party and then = ing the steamer, ihe first shot disebled rand killed a man, according to the report of an “intelligent contraband,” who deserted to us; several more went through her, and we finally blew up her boiler. A large rebel steam- er started down from Charleston to her assist- ance, but backed out and returned. A premature discharge of a gun took off the arm of one ot the battery men, but we had no other casualties, On Monday the rebels began to notice our battery building, and had ascertained where the neral'’s headquarters were. In Fort Sumter the big guns taken from the Keokuk had been mounted on the land side, Monday forenoon they opened on ue, while the other forts shelled the pickets and working parties. The Sumter guns threw immense elongated shells, pitching them directly into the plaza where the headquarters are with remarkable accuracy. ‘king parties of engineers and others Jand, where they were intrenchin, vara nearby. “Hamnil= Our wor! are working well, and we are sure of Fort ‘Wagner soon. The fleet will probably co-operate more ex- tensively in a day or two. ol. Higginson, with the 2d Sonth Carolina. U 8. colorea volunteers, has been up to burn the Combabee bridge, as part of the general | plan, to keep troops from from Savan- | Rah.’ A flela battory mopped ee: sinking tha steamer Gov. fourteen shots ig three megroes id wounding several, in- cluding Col. Higginson. Two hundred aad fifty negrees and lots of cotton were brought away. what peculiar, maps show its s! ape with sufficient accuracy to give a Milton, puttin, h Deak, killin ; idea, but do not describe the nature of the sur- face. On the ie end side from the seacoast is 2 long marsh, end toend, inte-sected by creeke, which alone s»parate aE from. rt a ioe sg) a ‘mile fe width, Theficat twomiles is made, up of immense sand biuffeand deep ravines, with occasional intervals for camps. | On the upper range of these bluffs the rebels had their principal batteries, co Folly Ieland, the approaches from tne sea and Gene- ral Strong’s landing place. Two miivs dowa was the last of these bluffs, and on the last two the rebels had their last batteries, ex- coptthese at thelower point. Witnin these l:rge bluffs abeve were the encimpments of two orthree companies, and justbe’ow and to the left of the last one their prioc.pal ¢amps. Below the lower battery the biuffs became low- er, but the ground continued very uneyen for a mile or two, and then came a marshy tract, With seyeral Lu:ldings onthe right, some of which were set on fire, amd probably contained commissary stores. Ona neck of Jani, from taresto tourmiles up the island, was For: Wagner, and on the extreme point, alnost out to Fort Sumter, the celebrated Cummings’ Poiut battery. The fire trom these forts and Fort Sumter all.swept up the island to the howitzer battery without difficulty. The following additional particulars are from the New York Post: The Monitors, on the afternoon of the Sth, commenced an attack on Fort Sumter and kept 4 O'CLOCK P. M. FROM TEE LOWER POTOMAC, ——_—= REBELS AT YATES’ POINT. se > a ATTEMPT TO DESTROY A TRANSPORT. SS SS OUR GUNBOATS AT WORK. ge The little gunboat Teaser, Ensign Sheridan, arrived at the Navy Yard last evening, and reports that on Saturday, about eleven o’clock, the rebels bronght down three pieces of artil- lery, supported by cavalry, numbering in all itupdor three days. At times, the effect of their heavy fire was visible. Large breaches had been madein the walls of the fort, and nearly every shot from the fleet sent up clouds of dust and sand from the shattered walls of the fortress. It is believed in military circles that the city of Charleston will not be taken for some time, bat that it is not impregnable to a strong com- bined effort of both branches of the service. The rebel iron-clads are reported to be all anchored in the rear of Fort Sumter, so as to protect the city, in case the first be taken. The rebel rums kept ata respectable distance from the monitors during the fight. Admiral Dahlgren has fully satisfied himself that the | monitors are shot-proof, and that Charleston can be taken by the monitors without the aia of the Ironsides. ——————— ee OFFICIAL. WAR DEPARTMENT, Provost Marshal General’s Office, Washington, D. Cy July 17, 1963. Circular, No. 47. I. Drafted men become soldiers in the service of the United States by the fact of their names having been drawn in the draft. The notifica- tion, served upon them by the Provost Marshal, is merely an announcement of the fact, and an order for them to report for duty, at a desiz- nated time and place. Il. The following opinion of the Hon. William Whiting, Solicitor of the'‘War Department, is published for the information of all concerned: “When a person has been drafted, in pw: suance of the Enrollment act of March 3, 1833, notice of such draft must be served within | ten days ther after, by a written or prined | notice, to be served on him, prrsonal!y, or by leaving a copy at hislast place of residence, re- quiring him to appear at a designated rendez- vous toreport for duty Any person failing to report for duty after notice LEFT AT HIS LasT PLACE OF RESIDENCE, Or Served on him person- ally, without furkishing a substitute or paying the $300, is pronounced by law to be a deserter: he may be arrested and held to trial by coar - martial, and SENTENCED TO DEATH. “If a person after being drafted, and before receiving notice, deserts, notice may still be served by leaving it at his last place of rasi- dence, and if he does not appear in accordance with the notice. or furnish the sabstitute, or pay, the $300, he wall be in law a deserter and must be treated accordingly. There is no,wayor manner in which a person, once ¢ enrolted,? can | escape his public duties, and when drafted, | whether present cr absent, wheter he changes | his residence or absconds, the rights of the United States against him are secured, and it is only by performance of his dnty to the country, that he will escape liability to be treated as a criminal.” WILLiamM WHittine, Solicitor of the War Department. | James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General. jy 20-tf Wark DerartMenr, Pravost Marshal General's Off Washington, D. C., July 18, 1563. Circular No. 49, i. Hereafter a reward of ten ($10) dollars ill be paid for the apprehension and delivery oi 4 deserter, and paragraph 29, page 6, Rezu- lations for the Goverpment of the Provost Marshal General of the United States, as well as paragraph II of Circular No. 23, from Pro- vost Marshal General's office, are amended accordingly. Ii. Paragraph 33, page 7, same Regulations, is amended so as to read as follows: “ # * * * The members of the guard may be allowed, for the time actually and ne- cessarily employed on the trip, a per diem of not more than $1 50, besides their actual ex- penses, provided they accomplish the duty as- signed them.” Jamxs B. Fry, Provost Marshal General. Note.—Provost Marshals will give publicity to Ciroular No. 47, uf July 17) 1°69, from tis office. July 20-tf t 1 bers were present to hear the arrangements for our annual Pic-7ic, Your committee has therefore deemed it expadi- at to eggs this Pic-nic until WEDNESDAY, the 29th. Ali members and lady visitors are de- ired to be punctual in attendance next Tuesday vening. jyz-t* BY ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE THE NEXT REGULAR MONTHLY meeting of the Board of Trustees of Public Bchools will be held on TUBSDAY AFTERNOON, Juiy 2ist, at 432 o'clock. “Sy teae W. B. DAYTON, See. MEN’S CHRISTIAN A8- THE YOUNG On, oppo- site the Metropolitan Hotel, next MONDAY BVE- NING, July 20. J President Ballantyne will give some account of the proceedings of the late Nationa! Convention, heid st Chicago, June 4. este N_DuBOIS8, Rec, Sac. 7=—> GREAT NOVELTY.—Bha’ ‘a Steam Ice Cream pene & 386 6th street, be ween Gand H. Faumilies, Hotels Boarding Houses, Fairs, Entertainments, Excursions and Parties supplied with the choicest Ice Cream made of the beat Pennsylvania cream, at wholesale and retail, and delivered to any part of the city. Confection- ery of every variety. Prompt attention fe to orders. {Je 19-1m*] JO8 SHAFFIELD, > ICECREAM .—Best Philadelphia Ice Cream cerred e au Hee. parties, ‘aire, retailers, and sutlers, Lo Wes! le 7 pee: J. RUSSELL’S Philadelphia Ice Oream Depot, corner lzth and F streets. fousEs ye 20 PASTURES & 00. jym ste APPIY tJ ep otront ead Gaal, A SUTLERS’ NOTICH, TEAM, TENT and COMMISSION for sale at a bargain. 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STRAUSS before purchasing elsewhere, at have on hards e asfortment of Spring and Sum mer Clothing, which I offer for sale at greatly reduced prices. They are all well made, according to the jetert styles. Also.a arge varlaty of Gentlomen's aor mine gnods and (militery, SRR and fatigue suite, . a Fashionable Clothier, Pa, bet 10th and Lith, n Bis Sy 20-3t* SIGESMOND & HAYWARD, N27 45D IMPROVED INVENTION ARTIFICIAL CHEOPLASTIC BONE TEETH, Wivnour Murau Plats on Oxasrs, DB. 5. B. SIGRSMOND, Aoanue beaten iach ona ‘Ibh es, Wcchitons B SALE OR CHARTS! 2 BARGRS, ira on boand or of B 8 LAMEINS, Pal- meng hark art, foot ith street, Ohenp for' cash, yy 13-Lw" about one hundred, to Yates’ Point, and fired | over thirty shots at the transport George Pea- body, which was lying aground at Cedar Point | shoals, where she had run on Thursday last, Two of the shots struck her, but did no serious | damage. The gunboats Jacob Bell, Resolute | and Teaser, and the mortar schooner Dan | Smith, went to the scene of action and opened a lively fire on them, the latter with thirteen- inch shell, While the firing was progressing some forty men were sent ashore to capture some of them, if possible; but hardly had they Junded before the rebels scampered off in great haste, as was evinced by the number of spurs | and other portions of their accoutrements lef; | ontheshore, The rebels were pursued a shor | distance, and before they returned the pursuing party set fire to a barn containing a large quantity of grain belonging to the Confederate | government, which was destroyed. On Saturday morning the Yankee went up Rappahannock river, and discovered the schooner Cassandra at the Union wharf, being loaded with goods, consisting of alcohol, whisky, coperas, &c., which the parties having her in charge set fire to on the approach of the gunboat and ran off. The fire was suppressed, and she was brought out and is now at Piney Point, from whence she will be sent to this city. The Yankee on the Rappahannock gained information of a schooner being in Cone River, which was unloading a cargo which was to be carried overland to the Cassandra, to be taken to Fredericksburg. The Yankee came round into Cone River in company with the Belle and Sattelite, and found the schooner Nanje- moy, of Baltimore, which hud been dismantled. The schooner was at once got out, and an ex- pedition was sent ashore, and proceeded several miles into the country, capturing nearly all the remaining cargo,[(someof which was destroyed: it being impossible to get it off} and a man named Page Edwards, who appeared to be in charge of it, The Ella yesterday bronght up the goods, together with the prisoner, and the last named schooner. On Friday night some of the officers of the Primrose got wind that a lot of medicines, boots, shoes, dry goods, &c., was on the way across Swan Point, destined for the Confed- eracy, and an officer with four or five men went ashore after them. The goods, with the cart and four fine oxen were captured. J.P. Thomas, of Rezier’s creek, Westmoreland county, was captured with them, and another man was shot in endeavoring to make his escape, but was carried off by two colored men they had with them. Capt. J. D. Paine, of Maryland, was taken by some of the offi- | cers of the Primroge a day or two previously, | about eight miles from the Potomac, in Stat- iord. Paine is suid to be a notorious blockade runner, and it is alleged, that he belongs to a party with whom young Durrington (now in the Old Capitol) was connected, and that his part of the business was to receive the goods at the Potomac and see them to Richmond. The goods taken by the Primrose, ard prison- ers, were cent up by the Leslie. THE RETREAT OF LEE. A telegraphic dispatch elsewhere makes the doubttul statement that Lee is retreating to Staunton. Itmay be, that finding his line otexit through the lower gaps intercepted by Meade, he is pushing on up the valley with the idea of pass- ing threugh the mountains at Swift Run Gap, (Jackson’s favorite route) by which there is a good road to Stannardsville, and go on down to Gordonsville. @7 Vallandigham, in his address to the peo- ple of Ohio, makes the statement that in travel- ing through the length and breadth of the Con- federacy he “met not oneman, woman or child who was not resolved to perish rather than yield to the pressure of arms even in the most desperate extremity.” Vallandigham, in his lick-spittle adhesion to Jeff. Davis, lies hard- er for him than the rebels will for them- selves. See extracts elsewhere in to-day’s Star frem Confederate papers showing that there is not a little “ peace” and “submission” talk at the South. INTERESTING SOUTHERN NEWS. a gece THE CONFEDERATE LEADERS SUFFERING THE HORRORS. BOSS Ee ** RECONSTRUCT IONISTS” THEIR FACES. inet ae geese We hage a copy ot the Richmond Enquirer of the 16th, containing the following important and interesting information as to the desperate condition of the Confederate situation : ‘The Confederate papers show by numerous indications that the rebel ship is in a sinking condition, and are endeavoring by desperate appeals and threats to intimidate the growing party of “submissionists,” who are beginning to talk openly of making peace with the North and returning to the old Union. The Mobile Advertiser says: “The Confed- eracy has seen darker days and emerged trom them. Itisnot dark enough to justify it to the prudence of those who are ready to submit, and anxious for peace and the security of their property on the basis of submission, to show their hands yet. There have been some signs of this white feather fluttering during the few past gloomy days. Let us warn them that itis base to feel and dangerous to be premature in the utterance of such sentiments. The land has made too many sacrifices for its freedom to falter at the lasthour. The timid aad faithless must not be allowed to fetter the footsteps of the revolution. It must roll on to triumph, although its Wheels haye to roll over them and their fortunes.” The Richmond Enquirer, the organ of Jeff. Davis, shows its @larm ina long editorial on «military necessity,” in which it urges that the only salvation of the Southern Confederacy is in calling out & levy cn masse, the application of martial law to the whole country as ina state of siege, theabsolute control of all trading (especially in drink) as within military lines, the abolition of substitution, exemption and foreign protections, and the material enlarge- ment of the President’s power to revise elec- tions of officers and to make appointments and get rid of incompetent officers. The Columbia (Ga.) Sun 8 le of the Confederate States will pli be cal led upon to undergo a severe trial— one that will fully test the sincerity of profes- sions heretofore made. We cannot escape the ordeal. The time for “trying men’s souls” is not far in the future. Many, we fear, will be THE SHOWING and sublerfuges eowardly skulks and chicken. from the odium oftheir comrades. we begin to hear murmy tions and vision critical point with have been wont to consider themselves in the | front rank of Southera ststesmauship. Any ron rubber 18 sailon asmooth sea, but to ride the whirlwind and conduct the old ship of State through thefury of adesolating torn when the heavens are: scow! above us and SECOND EDITION ‘ and distinction for lo! these many years, wi!l LO AL rs ba ao to his gying weg for words on C NEWS. wittingly spoken within the next few weeks. Geo ee Let such remember im time that true greatness Decezz or Divorce GEANTED.—This morn- and mobility of soul always rises with the oc- | ing Judge Olin, sitting in equity, granted a easion; and that the ordeal necessary to de- | decree divorcing Geo. McKnight from his wif, velop & creat mind or a great nation never {ails | Virginia McKnight, on the grouna of adol- to erush a small one. tery. The parties were married in this city, Vickshu where the wife, Jig Cadlipp, resided, in r © Bee January, 1859, and removed to Baltimore, The proposition of the fall of Vicksburg, | where they lived together, but not on very good says the Mobile Advertiser, being absolute, it is | terms, for eleven months, and then separated, now plain that it has fallen with the least pos- | the cause being ® quarrel on account of her sible harm tous. If it had held ly 2 husband getting possession of some of her cor- : Laeay ‘ad held outonly 24 | respondence with a man with whom she is hours longer, Johmston’s army would, | said to be now living in Baltimore, assing by without any doubt, have been cut te pieces. | his name bose: nee: qos og Ry i a for the oper. is is the Johnston wee on on Big Black, and on Satar- case of the Kind in which a decree has been day night his army bivouacked, with orders granted since the appointment of the present to moye on Grant's entrenchments at 2 o’elock judges. in the morning. Before the hour arrived, the SSS ga” He ‘WASHINGTON Mon- news of Pemberton’s capitulation was received. Deauee Quopesiens—, johnso} From what has been learned of Grant's posi- rid eben Pa by _— = = tion, it is now known that if Johnston's force isi i Buying. Selling. had been donble and trebled, it could never 105 ¥ 106 ¢ have got throngh the works of Grant. The = country for miles was defended by felled tim- 1061; 107K ber; every gorge and ravine @ fortified work, 95 aid bristling with cannon, and conyerted into a °K = slaughter pen. We are credibly informed that eid it took some of our paroled sett copies pra burg fitteen hours to ride fifteen miles through the felled timber and around the excavations EW: ORE BALES 2 OOLOCE 2.90 5 Coupon 6's, 1881, 105% ; 7-30's, 106%; New and embankments made by the enemy. tificates of Indebtedness, 99; Gold, 125 The Enquirer has the following telegraphic petonts,'} 3 ' despatches: Tne Case oF WILBy vs. Brown.—This From Jackson, Miss.—The Fight on Sun- | morning the jury in this case, _who retired to ve day—Repulse of the Yankees with Seri- | make up their verdict on Friday morning, ous Loss—Gen. Osterhaus Killed. came into court and stated that they were un- Jackson, July 12—The conduct of Cobb's | able to agree, and were not likely to agree, and Kentucky Battery and Washingten Artillery, | Judge Cartter discharged them. 5 in the affair of this morning, are spoken of in We hear that it isa mistake that the jury highly complimentary terms by the Command- | stood in the preponderance for the petitioner, ing General; also Lovell’s Florida brigade. | reported on Saturday. The banners captured belonged to the 2th, SSS 41st and 53d Illinois regiments. Criwinat Covrt—Judge Fisher.—This court Gen. Breckinridge sent the infirmary corps | closed up the business of the present term on to bring off the enemy’s wounded. The sharp- | Saturday and adjourned, having disposed of shooters fired on them. (ren. B. then ordered | every case returned by the justices of the peace the corps tothe rear. The Yankee wounded | up tothe 6thinst. The last batch of prisoners and dead are still lying in front of our works, | sentenced to the Albany penitentiary, number- Their loss in the charge was fully 1,000, Col. | ing ten, will be sent on to-morrow afternoon Harry Maury, of the 32d Alabama, was se- | in charge of Deputy Marshal Robert Lamon verely wounded. A Yankee Colenel, two | and several guards. Majors, and a number of other officers were eee captured. A DIsHoNnEsT CargigR.—Last night, Col. [SECOND DISPATCH. Waldo Harriman placed his trunk in the hands Jackson, July 13.—It rained hard here last | of 8 colored man to carry from Missouri avenue night and is a little cloudy this morning. There | t08 private boarding house on Seventh street. is but litue firing on either side. The enemy | The trunk did not reach the house where it was have six batteries in position, which are plain- | intended to go, and the carrier has not been ly visible from the State House. Our troops | seen since. The trunk contained the Colonel's are much elated at their success yesterday. clothing, a revolver and papers of considerable u ieeseD, Biee anon value. Jackson, July 13—Nothing has transpired FT EEE : to-day. ‘Thes/rius is uuehanved. PortHudson | , DEAD—Intormation has been received of the surrendered on the 9th. The Vicksburg priso- | death in Trenton, N. J., oh the 14th instant, of ners will be at Brandon to-morrow. Supplies Wm. M. Gouge, in the 67th year ofhisage. Mr. have been sent there for them. Cobb's battery | Gouge was for many vears a clerk in the office lost nine men in the action Tuesday. of the Secretary of the Treasury, and dis- [vourTH bDisraTcu. | charged the important duties of his position Jackson, July 14.—No change in the situx. with faithfulness and ability, until disqualified tion of affairs since yesterday. Lieut. Gen. by a painful disease, which proved fatal. Pemberton and stuff arrived here last night. —————— eee An oflicer who came with them says they I @ST—On Baturday, a Coral BREASTPIN, met an escort accompanying the body of Gen. 4 cither on Penn. avenue or in the cars. Five Usterhaus to Vicksburg. They stated that | dollars reward if left at this office or 47 Gen. Osterhaus was killed by a cannon ball on | northwest cor. of F and 38th sts. 1 the 12th inst. Heavy skirmishing still con- TRICK DWELLING, 537 4 BTREER, BE- tinues. Several houses were demolished | { tween 6th and 7th streate west, 10 rooms and & yesterday by the enemy’s shells. saloon parlor, 7 chambers, for with immedi- FIFTH DISPATCH.) ate possession, Persons wishing such a residence Jackson, July i4, via Monree, 15.—Gen. | Willdo wellto call early, as it Will be sold. Also, Johnston senta flag of truce to-day to Gen. | improved and ae eee cake ests Ao Squares 454, Pop Grant, asking permission to bury the Yankee 518, 650, 825, 889, 971, am maaan MILBUBN dead in front of our works. Gen. Grantasked | jy 9 1 524 Ist, north, or U. 8. Jail. permission to send assistance, in apder that the = = dead might be recognised, orhich oras refused. WAGO! Bt gone neem a The terms originally proposed were then agreed i to. Our troops have been engaged all the af- ternoon burying the dead Yankees. The Yan- kee officer in charge of the flag admitted a loss of four to five hundred. A New Confederate Conscription. A proclamation by Jeff Duvis appears in the Enquirer, calling out under the Confederate Just received another lot of those fine no spring SUTLEK WAGONS, the best in thearmy. Sutlers would do well to examines them before purchasing elsewhere, ROBT. H. GRAHAM, Sy 20-St™ 374 Dan By W. L. WALL & 00.. Coachmaker, 477 8u uotionee l 7 OT OF NEW LUMBER AT AUCTION —On conscription act, all white men between the 4 TUE, DAY MORNING, July 21. at 10 o'clock, ages of 18 and 45, to serve for three years, un. | * * Til sell, in front of the Auction Rooms— der penalty of being ptnished for desertion in ‘erms cash. : case of disobeying the call. They are offered | _J¥ 2- W. L, WALL & 00., Auets. the privilege of joining volunteer organizations before the enrolment. From Charleston. * The Znquirer says:—An official dispatch from Charleston received yesterday morning, By GREEN & WILLIAMS, Auctioneers. @!ALE OF SCALE HOUSE, sHEDDING, GAB + Pirks, &0.. &., ATTHE NORTHERN LisuntY MSRKET 47 AucTiON.—On FBIDAY. the 24th inst.. we Rasy sell at 11 o’clock a. m., at the Northern Liberty Market house, at Auction, the following states that all was quiet, The enemy are Theale Ho LRby fect 2 throwing up works on the south corner of Beets at dee rae diel tie md — Morris Isiand. . C, HARKNESS. The Enquirer says that two Federal iron- @.W. UTERM ELLE, clads entered the Appomattox river, but says iy 20-4t GREEN & WILL"AMS, Aucts. the river is obstructed above, and hopes by the fall of the freshet to catch the iron-clads aground. Operations at Charleston. The landing in heavy force on Morris Island and the commencement of extensive works designed for the reduction of Fort Wagner, in- dicate that the new Yankee General, Gilmore, is commencing a determined siege by land and water. The Mercury says: It appears to us to be useless to attempt to disguise trom ourselves the situation. y whose fault we got into it, itis yain now toinquire. The Yankees having gotten possession of the southern half ot Mor- ris Island, thereis but one way to save thecity of Charleston, and that is, the speedy and un- flinching use of the bayonet. If the fight on Morris Island is to be now a fight by engineer- Dor QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Corner 18th and G streets, WAsHINGroN, July 18, 1338, mt SATURDAY Salsas ioe ee tela tor untii ¥, July 25,1863, at twelve x., for PLUMBING, at Harewood 0.8. Hospital. Plans and specificationscan be seen at the Hos- pital on Wednesday, July 22, between the hours of and2p. m. Proposals should be addressed to Captain KE. E. Camp, A Q.M , marked “Proposais for Plumbing tal.”? Sy 20-td at Harewood I ABR MAPS. ey of Pennsylvania and Virgi . Price 25 inte. Map of Virginia (Coast Survey.), Price 5° cents, Map of Eastern Virginia. Price 50 cents, Map of Gharleston. Price 50 cents. Map of Charleston and St. Helena Sound. Price & cents. Map of Richmond and vicinity. Price 50 cents. a=" ing and cannon merely, the advantage is now Map of the Mississippi river from Cairo to the ith the enemy. Wiih their iron-clads on the Gultot Mexico. Wary large, Price $1. F water and their men in occupation of the land, Lloyd’s Railroad Map of the United Stetes. rice 25 cents; and many other maps and bird’s- ‘ eye views of the various States and seats of war, For eale by PHILP & SOLOMONS, | jy 20-3t 332 Penn. avenue. | P Maryor’s Orrrox, July 20th, 1353. ROPOBSALS Will be received at this office until 120’clock m. on Saturday, the 26th instant for gra- ding and gravelling I street north, from Conneeti- cut avenue to Pennsylvania avenne, the gravel to be of & quality to be approved by the Com- it is likely to be a mere question of time. The fall of Fort Wagner ends in the fall of Charles- ton. Fort Sumter, like Fort Wagner, will then be assailable by both land and sea, and the tate ot Fort Pulaski will be that of Sumter. Gen. Gilmore, the commander of the depart- ment, is the man who reduced Fort Pulaski, Charleston must be sayed as Richmond was. For six days our forces stormed the succes- sive batteries ofthe enemy and saved Richmond. | missioner and Assistant Commissiners, and The greater part of the soldiers who achieved | to be nine inches in the centre, ta Gag four | these triumphs by the bayonet had never be- | inches towards the cutter line, to be well raked of fore been in a charge. The Yankees as yet | Stone of improper size, and to be rolled witha have here few or no formidable works. They ei Ane state the price per cubic for have buta few thousand troops. If our sol- | grading, and per square yard fer gravelling. No diers and officers here are not equal to the kind of fighting fought by the Army of Virginia, and tried by the Yankees 2gainst such strong works as Fort Wagner and Secessionville, then Charleston falls. This, it appears to us, is the only course of safety, und we mayadd, tco, for an economy of lives. Other means may protract the fighting to days and weeks, and postpone the termination of the struggle. ‘o other means, in our opinion, will save the city. We believe it can easily be saved with premptness t th riation will be id th - { Fractor except Tipen the certificate’ of the Com. missioner and both the Assistant Commisioners that the work has been properly executed. <. R. DORSETT, Commissioner First Ward. CHARLES GORDON, Assistant’ Commissioners, stan . jy 2 {Int., Chron. & Rep,] A TROTTING MATCH Will take place ‘ and energy and dash. It is too late for engi- neering. Fiesitation and delay are fatal. erase orcas, FOR TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS LATE TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. v MILE HEATS, Taurus tx Five, ro Harsess, Between the follewing horses, namely: Mr. Latruitte’s......—. A.B. Dorsey’s........- To which will be added a purse of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS, the gift of the proprietors of Crystal Springs. J08. L. HEIBE & OO., jy 16-2t* Proprietors, B7In consequence of the rain, the above Bace is postponed until MONDAY, July 90. / dy 18 2t 308. L, HEISE & GO. DRY GOOD s —._—_ MORGAN’S RAID IN OHIO. THEY ATTEMPT TO CROSS THE OHIO RIVER AND ARE PREVENTED BY A GUNBOAT, ——————— CLEVELAND, July 2v—Morgan made an un- successful attempt to cross the Ohio river yes- terday near Colbeysville, but was prevented by agunboat. One hundred and fifty rebels were killed and wounded and a thousand pri- soners were taken with their artillery. Among the prisoners are Col. Ward and Col. Dick Morgan, brother of John. The band yas scattered among the hills. Genera) Judah is confident of capturing the remainder of the party to-day. at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES; THE FEDERAL AND REBEL ARMIES —. | IN VIRGINIA. ———__>——— LEE RETREATING VIA STAUNTON. ee FEDERAL FORCE AO! E THH WHOLE Dea. ROSS TH: THE WORK OF SELLING OF# OUR ENTIER STOCK TO BE VIGOROUSLY PROSE. OUTED THROUGHOUT THR SUMMER SEASON! Pasific Lawns (good styles and fast eolors,) reduced pais Sa ea PHILADELPHIA. July 20.—A special dispatch ‘to 15 eenta, ‘ine Organdies reduced to s little above Bact and 4) 7 deat Uatapen Ts Spd tothe Inquirer, dated Hagerstown, July 19th, acific and 8; very says that the rear guard of Lee’s army left trom 25 ountn to 1 As Martinsburg at 20’clock en Saturday morning. Morambiques, (beeutital at styles,) reduced to 25,31 A few cavalrymen are picketing on the other Very rich Bik’ : ae prounds with side ot the Potomac. “fase sp aoa, Gines @i per yard to Our whole force is across. Biack Silks all grades, ded 95 ger cont The Potomac is falling rapidly. Wiae Bhectee ttons Sid *Suicting Gotte: le. ‘Lee is retreating his main force by Strausburg — 18, reduced from 20 to 25 per cent. : rr. . %, To Orash via Staunton, and not Uulpepe! Table Damaaks, Linc joodt wife ld very shear, THE DRAFT PROGRESSING QUIETLY | 7i™g, White Goods of Ser cent, some styles leas IN PHILADELPHIA< than cost, reduced 25 per Puraperrra, July 20—Drafting is progress. | Cotton Hosiery, fall assortment, ing quietly to-day in the Third, Fourth and ing Goods in great variety at greatly re- tricts. ‘prices, ‘ et as hase in the Twelfth, Twentieth, } 41 ee ag stock ao — saan oy pk Dhan: beanie Se ne Vis Atel = steph wt lan manera W882 e wart es PRS ARE TTT aT a ehall offer rh : = (AP ASTURAGH FOR HORSES.— Good shade, Hon of the Bfey Saree OT Sto a F * milss soute of the cit: attention iver. Inquire of Rae south rae OEE CEBY Fors Oareolle BLO, See" sie oes pa ‘T cattle to ne. aes, FORRIGN AND DOMESTIO DRY GOODS pee ubes ther Generis | crres seer cuss werd, prove proverty 7 Pa her 308 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, ities we Iniand, Me. 346, py 18-60 ‘Botwoon 9th and oth ots. 2