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f " / **. . 4 > V ' , ?? 111 .1 MIII m iii .1 i ii ii t^Bg?eaeaeaBBse < i ??M 1 Cljc Camden Confederate. VOLUME II CAMDEN, SO. CA., FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1863. NUMBER 39 l)c Catniirn (?onftkrctf, at three dollars a yeab, Payable invariably half-yearly in Advance Terms for Advertising: For ono Square?fourteen linos or less?TWO EH'Iii AKS for the tir.st niseition, ami ONE DOLLAR AND IKTY CKNS for each subsequent. OiurrviiY No ticks, exceeding 0110 Squuro, charged fo at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements and Job W'ors MUST DM PAUL FOR IN ADVANCE. No deducti m made, except to our regular advertising patrons. * J. T. I-IERSHMAN, Editor. STRUGGLE I'Olt MORRIS ISLAND* AWFUL BOMUAHDMENT OF BATTERY WAGNER A NIGHT ASSAULT UPON OUR WOHKS? SIGNAL AND BLOODV REPULSE OF TIIE FOE. Saturday last will be a day which will be forever memorable in the history of Charles- j ton. The heavy rains had moderated the ex- j cessive heat of the preceding fortnight, the morning sky was cloudless, and the light breeze scarcely ruffled the placid waters of the harbor* BOMBARDMENT OF BATTERY WAGNER. About eight o'clock the desultory cannonade with which the experience of a week had made our community familiar was again heard. For nearly three hours the enemy's lire was maintained with the usual deliberation; but about eleven o'clock it was noticed that the re e -VI 1*.. ])orts canic in iar more iujmu miuuwiuh. j>> noon it became >vcll un del stood that the foe was resolved to subject our position to an ordeal much more severe than any which, up to Jthat time, it had encountered. At that hour, as we learn by accounts from Morris Island, the converging tire of the enemy against the battery had become truly fearful. Five Monitors, the frigate Ironsides, seven wooden gunboats, with the land batteries which the Y ankees had > thrown up on the lower portion of the Island, kept up a constant rain of shot and shell into our works. No less than sixty-five heavy guns and eight mortars arc known to have been in play against us. At one time, so rapid was the fire, that the reports averaged twenty-seven per Um At,nut Mr* Isiv northeast of Ill I II 11 LI". V7UV/ VJI lliv ...J Battery Wagner ami two to tlie southeast, while the otheis, with the Ironsides, kept a position nearly opposite the sea face of the battery.? The wooden gunboats manoeuvred at some distance outside the line of "turrcttcd monsters," relying chiefly upon their long range rifled siege guns. There were two Yankee batteries on Morris Island?one, consisting of two guns and a mortar, was located at Craig's Ilill, within about eight hundred yards of our battery; the other was beyond Graham's House, and had .au armament of eight rifled shell guns.? It is estimated that during the day, no less than nine thousand shells were fired at. the 1 battery. The bombardment, as viewed from cminen- ' 'he itv, was a grand and terrible sight. Tiif > ?i;./ n, from Fort Moultrie to Vinegar ' JIill, was crown- : with the shifting niaves of the smoke of tli mtllict. hncli moment the enemy's shells, .-cmctiincs singly, sometimes in clusters, couhl he s< en bursting just above the site of Battery Wagner; hut when, at intervals, the clouds of white smoke lifted for a time j from the scene, the flag of the brave garrison | could be seen still waving defiantly in the ! breeze, while with grim regularity and deliberation our guns kept replying to the foe. For eleven consecutive hours the bombardment raged with more or less violence. About -dusk the fire, which during the afternoon had been incessant (probably with the design *of demoralizing our men and unfitting them lbr O (Zf I the expected night's work), began to slacken considerably, and at dark ceased almost en-' tirely. The results, thus far* had been of a character to give us good cause for encouragement and gratnlation. The damage to our ' battery was insignificant and of a kind easily and speedily repairable. The bombproofs had 1 . . afforded efficient protection to a large portion of tlie garrison, and. our casualties at seven o'clock, p. in., were but lour killed and fourteen wounded. Of the enemy's losses from our fire, if any, we have, of course, no trustworthy account. Fort Sumter, which bore a part in tlio action, sent several shells into the Craig Hill ; JUattcries, and also into the camp of the enemy, about three and a quarter miles distant, it is believed, with good effect. THE NIGHT ATTACK. A few minutes before eight o'clock our pickets gave notice that the enemy, in heavy force, was moving'to the assault. The attack was not unexpected, and our men, though much jaded by the fatigues and exposures of the day, st>rany to their nlaees with zeal and alacritv.? * o 1 " "V The enemy advanced in two columns of about 3,000 men each, the whole under the command of Brigadier General Strong. The column which attacked our right was composed partij ally of negro troops, who were put in the adj vance. On our left, the other column advanced with spirit, under a severe fire from the Dahlgrccn trur.s and Columbiads of Fort SumO O ter. As the column advanced at the doublequick, the guns of Battery Wagner also opened, When the enemy had reached a point about sixty yards distant, our infantry posted behind the parapet, poured a galling fire into the moving masses; the Yankees, nevertheless, in considerable force, succeeded in gaining the trench, and began to clamber up the sides of the battery. At this moment, Lieut. Watieos, of Blake's Battery, who was in charge of two brass howitzers (belonging to a detachment of artillery under Capt. Del hiss, of White's Battalion) opened a raking fire which swept the stretch* playing terrific havoc in the ranks of the assailants. The howitzers had been assigned to this position which they occupied so advantageously for us, at the instance of Col. Harris, of the Engineers, all the horses belonging to the section having been put hors da combat during the day. Twice the enemy was driven hack at this part of our works (the left) and the trench filled with the enemy's dead attests the severity of the conflict there. On the right, the negro troops were met with a terrible cross fire of musketry. Here were posted, among other troops, the Charleston Battalion, and these gallant men behaved in a manner worthy the fame their organization had so dearly won at Secessionville.? The second assault was still more desperate than the first, but it was met and recoiled in the same gallant style by the brave troops, Georgians, North Carolinians, and sons of our own city, who stood shoulder to shoulder in the fight. In the centre of our lines a small body of the enemy succeeded in gaining a lodgment in a salient, the gun of which had been disabled. Here they maintained their position for more ( than an hour. A gallant but unsuccessful attempt was made to dislodge them, in which , Captain Bvan fell, aud it was not until a small j i' if i : l i 1^1 xi _ . mrce oi ueorgiaiis iihu asuuuucu me magazine ami thus gained a position to command the salient that the audacious Yankees surrendered. At the time that this occurred the tiring elsewhere had ceased, and the Georgians accomplished their purpose without firing, a gun. The movement by which this was effected was undertaken at the suggestion of Col Harris. .THE RELATIVE LOSSES. i The fight lasted from eight until eleven p. m., and was of a desperate character through- 1 out. The enemy's losses were very heavy.? Ilis killed and wounded must have been at least fifteen hundred. The number of his dead left on the field and buried by us yesterday exceeded six hundred. AYe captured over , two hundred prisoners, including a few of the negro troops. Our own losses were comparatively light.? It is estimated that our Jailed and wounded ' will not exceed one hundred. Among these, however, were some valuable officers, such as Lieutenant Colonel Simkins and Captain Ta- ( turn, of the 1st S. C. Infantry, and Captain Ryan, of the Charleston Battalion, killed, and Major Ramsay, of the Charleston Battalion, severely wounded.? Charleston Mercury, 21 st. i The New Call for troops. j j The following is the proclamation of the j President, extending the call under the Con-1 scription Act, to embrace all residents of the ] Confederacy, between 18 and 45 years, not le- < gaily exempt. Under the terms of the procla- j i mation and rulings of the Confederate Courts, 1 foreigners, who are actual residents, will be ( called upon to do military service in defence ? of the country in which they reside : J PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT. i Whereas, it is provided by an act of Con- i gress, entitled " an act to further provide for ( the public defence," approved ou the 16th day ] of April, 1803, and by another act of Congress j . approved on the 27th September, 1862, enti- ] tied "an act to amend an act entitled and act to provide further for the public defence, ap- j < provide 16th April, 1862," that the President be authorized to call out and place in the mil- ; itarv service of the Confederate States, for three j 1 years, unless the war shall have been sooner i ended, all white men who are residents of the 1 Confederate States, between the ages of cigli- ; ] teen and forty-five years, at the time the call I may be made, and who are not, at such time, J j legally exempted from military service, or such ^ part thereof as in his judgement may bo neces- ' . sary to the public defence. i And whereas, in my judgment the neecssi- ! s ties of the public defence require that every i v man capable of bearing arms, between the ages f c aforesaid, should now be called out to do his j duty in the defence of his country and in dri- r ving back the invaders now within the limits of v the Confederacy : * * r Now, therefore, I, Jefferson Davis, President , of tlie Confederate States of America, do, bv ^ virtue of the powers vested in me aforesaid, , call out and place in the military service of the j Confederate States, all white men residents of ^ said States between the ages of eighteen and jforty five years, not legally exempted from rail- q itary service; and I do hereby order and direct s that all persons subject to this call and not now / the military service, do, upon being enrolled,in ^ forthwith repair to the conscript camps estab- p lished in their respective States of which they a ina}* be residents, under pain of being held and r punished as deserters in the event of their fail- ^ lire to obey this call, as provided in said laws. ^ And I do further order, and direct, that the enrolling officers of the several States proceed c at once to enroll all persons embraced within the terms of this proclamation, and not hereto- s, fore enrolled. j And I do further order, that it shall be law- (; ful for any person embraced within this call to volunteer for service before enrollment, and that persons so volunteering be allowed ^tose- g !ect the arm of service and the company which tliev desire to join, provided such company be r, deficient in the full number of men allowed by a law for its organization. 1, C*ivei\under my hand and Seal of the Coufod- p crate States of America, at the city of f( [Seal.] Richmond, this fifteenth day of July, in a the year of our Lord one thousand eight 0 hundred and sixty-three. 0 (Signed) JEFFERSON DAVIS, a l>y the President: (Signed) ^ J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. v General Grant.?Gen, Grant is described as about five feet nine inches high, has sandy hair and whiskers, blue eves, a firm and determined mouth, a well-shaped nose, and a ^ complexion that shows the cflcet of exposure. lie prides himself on horsemanship. At the S( battle of Monterey he was ordered to carry an n order to a point where lie had to pass the fire 11 i* .. 1... il n mm mm 1 1 a %mi4 Mr. 4 ,-v ll in L rv ll.-> A 4 1 fAIIf l ! ui a uiiuuiy. i_iu j.uil bjmub tw iiib iiuiai;, tuiun \ himself on one side, after the manner of the In- r dians, holding on by tlic horse's mane, and by v one leg thrown over the cantle of the saddle, r and in this position leaped a four foot wall. Gen. Grant was married soon after he left the s regular army, and has now three children, one ^ of whom, a boy, about six years old, is nearly ^ as good a rider as his father.?Northern jxtper. ? Latest from the United States?Great Riot lit New York. Richmond, July 17.?Northern dates of July 15 have just been received. The Herald )f the 14th contains the particulars of a great iot under displayed captions, occupying neary a column, as follows : uTlie Draft?TreraenJous Excitement in.the City?Popular Oppoltion to the enforcement of Conscription?Tho Bnrolling Officers of the 8th District Demolshed?Two Whole Blocks on Third Avenue, lear Broadway, Burned?The Military Orlered Out?Several Citizens and Soldiers Killed?Arrival of the Police on the Ground ? Another Attack on the Crowd?The Police Dispersed, Some Killed, Others Badly Beaten ?Superintendent. Kennedy Severely Wound?d*?An Armory on Second Avenue Destroyed ?Raid on the Xegros?Colored Orphan \sylum Lai J it) Ashes?The Bull's Head Hotel Destroyed?Two Mansions in Lexington A voice Sacked ?The Tribune Office Attacked? nf tlin Aoe.iilnI... <l>/> IJ,11 ? A ' -/ HIV. I'V IUC 1 UlltU?-ZV Sogro Hanged, etc., etc. The Heral ds summary says that at one timo lie number of people assembled on the spot vas from 20,000 to f>0,000. Affairs assumed i serious look; several buildings were destroyed, nanv lives lost, and several of the citizens and oldicrs and police were wounded. Private rouses, in not a. few instances, were broken >pcn and despoiled. The N. Y. Times of the L5tli, gives an account of the progress of the iot on the preeeeding day. It says that a astly larger number were engaged than on donday, and tho spectators increased also by any thousands. Several encounters took ilaee between the mob, the Police and the nilitary. A large number of the rioters were tilled. Col. O'Brien, of the lltli New York, vho commanded a portion of the forces,- was icaten to death by the crowd and then hung. ?he streets were barricaded, buildings burned, tores sacked, and private dwellings plundered. U1 the largo manufacturing establishments /ere closed, and every branch of business sus" ended, Gov. Seymour arrived from Albany, nd addressed the crowd from the steps of tho 'ity Hall, lie announced that lie had sent to Vashington to ask the Government to stop he draft in the city for tho present. Subseuently he issued a proclainotion declaring the ity and the county in a state of insurrection. A despatch from Sringfield, Mass., July 14? ays : "A riot has broken out amongst the Iartford troops, sent to protect the Arsenal, lonsiderablo excitement exist in tho city." Two gentlemen on thursdav took a back for leccssionville, and were charged 840 for the rip, or 820 each, which they paid. The* fact cached an oflicer on duty; near Seceseionville nd the hack driver, who was congratulating imself on driving a good bargain, was imressed into service. The example should be allowed in other cases. We need drivers for mbnlances, and Quartermaster's wagons, and tlier purposes, and good use should be made f the extortioners who have been and are excting outrageous prices from the necessities or ^norance of strangers. Any soldiers or others /ho suffer such extortion should report the nets nromntlv.? Charleston Cmirier. A A lVcws from Richmond. Richmond, July 19.?Nothing of importance as transpired to-day. The chief topic of talk 5 the arrest of Mrs. Allen, wife of Mr. Patteron Allen, on a charge of communicatingjinforlation to the enemy. The accussed is a- naive of Ohio, and became united by marriage in Europe) with one of the most wealthy and espectable families of Richmond. Letters written by her, to be forwarded by blockade miners, constitute t he evidence of her guilt. An officer from the Valley this evening tates tiiat Mead's arffiy is still in Maryland. The Yankee cavalry advanced on the 18th from iVillamsport to within four miles of Martinsirg. \