Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1861-06-21
THE CoNFEDERATE FIRING

III" Ba't'n"re SIM. it, latest account of
! the night A. ''~th"l i" its correspondent a from
Fortress Monroe. hns the following:
| "fnformntion was recently derived from a
passenger on tl' Adrlaidc that tho slaughter
of the federal troops WAS fearful. The Con-
'"d~r"'es had tmall battery of five guns in
front of the heavy battery Of riflrd cannon,
"nI TINT was supposed t" he all they had.
"ihr small one was attacked by the Zouayca
who fought brnv-ly: hut ,tbss Con federate.
i2rces, hut few in number, yielded without
R;nc'i r"aistahce. and retired To the heary bat
t"ry; thus drawing the Who'll federal column
With" range of their d-strpctive fire.
"Ihe number of killed aud wounded was es.i-
mated NJ F":trcss Moprna at one thousand At
l"as. Up 10 the time the A dtioide l.ft. o
o'clock Oh Monday night. two hundred and
eighty wounded h"d bren brought to the hos
r'tHl. aud still there were more left
The fire Of the Conf f.lerates was cxtraordi.
nnriIy fatal, and they were so well prptsc,ed
behind their works lint norhing was secnsaf
any of them until nfter the federal column be-.
gun their retreat. when some Of then, mounted
on the top of their woiksES' "a.
"Who wns in command Of the Confed.rates
was not nscertained, but It wns thought that
Col. M'grudvr was,here The guns are said
to have been served with great rapitiity and
unerrl"g aim. not one having missed its mark"
go ~.
+ EVACUATION OF 1IAEpEns FEnar.-Rumors
have been rife for seeeral days of such n,mo-.
tive as to almost almost curry certainty with
them ossths evacuntiHn Of Hsrpey's Ferry by
the Southern troops and their march into Vir-
gina. Al this distance from the seat of war,
sncf u move seems most suicidal. and q calcula-
sd to lare a greater effect upon both the
Southern and Northern armies Han the evacu-
alton of AleSandria. causing mistrust in ono
and rejoicing in the other. - ;
Themost plausible reason which can be ad. )
vanced for the evacuatioa,: ii, tho rof having
our forces stationed there cut soft by flank
movement from the Westefspxrt efJvirgiuis I:
by Mcclellands troops, and aitis sspa ratesthem
from the remainder of our forces lying further
SoaihA SBut - this is the course, it. were fur ,
better to intsrcopt this advancing column, by
one Of superior numbers and contest tbeir a,,:f
,Proacb TO Harpsr's Ferry, and, at. ths same =
time. to reinforce tile forces at that staton: aud
place ,treserres at appropriate points bstwssn
them and TIE. main body Of. the army. ,rrhis
point has been.msdc almost irppregnas.s by
nature, and our brave soldtsryh We .bsen.labos.s
ing fer weeks to add ssaslnofs to ito secaritT :. =
and ne more xft.ips TStdt cpnld, pos,tbIy bs
chosen f"r defs1siys battle thaTsSffla Il ve.a
far better to'bs df;sen Ssk of sfss fsstue,sM Of
Harper's Berry than 70 surrsnise IL without a
tlow. The time has CONG Awhen ours mus DO
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ras vsis Isfss i: liSs 5,ssst ,a,.ilssss
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neiority for aecsssisn swill gssatiy slis
gosspahgulne eEpestxtiNHs o. liassfn
rixtftsnisn As ding. 10 tlss N bapsss.
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