, 1862-06-14

ern city, which, for the time is at his mercy,
Dc serves not to be treated according to the |
laws Of honorable warfare. II he is caught,
hang him! If he keeps out Of h1Em's re.Sn, |
and never ventures upon the field of battle, |
let poison or the knife do its secret but deadly
work. He has forfeited his life in any manner ]
by which It can be taken, to every man, Wo- |
man and child In the Confeder,cy. As God is
our Judge, says tie Mtssssipllan, VIC bc}ieye
that the dav Of retribution is coming for the
monster aud for the government Which sus~
taius him In bis crimes.
REBEL ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT ATGRAEp GULF
THE TOWN REPORTED SACRED.
TIE jackson Mix,;s ;ppidn Of June 4th has
4 letter from Port Gibson, dated On the 25th
ult., which gives N account Of an affair be-
tween Farragnt's : fleet and the rebels in that
vicinity. On Monday The 25d, battery Of ar
eral fleet descending the river from Vicksbnrg.
The feet passed on, but in q few hours the
Hartford, Brooklyn, and three gunboats and
two Transports, returned to Grand Gull. But
we will let the Missiaipp;aM correspondent
s Il the rest Of the story:
As soon as they came within range, fire WIS
opened by them upon the town with heavy
shot and SHE'LL without any notica Of their
purpose, and without allowing any opportu~
nifty for the removal Of their inhabitants.
Fortunately for them, the p o1le Of the to sn
did not trust to the observance OF the rules Of
civilized warfare by such an enemy, bu. aaan~
dorcd their dwellings at the tlrs: sight Of the
approaching feet, und found refuge behlud
the protection Of convenient hill. Shot and
shell pissed entirely through several Of the
mcst prominent private Residences, and oae
Eh H. after descending through the llrg1 and
eleg4nt store OF the Messrs. Buckingham, e1~
II ded i,tnCath it, and blew large portion Of
the hu;lging to atoms No resistance could
oi course he nlat3r. The vessels came on, and
the Ba ook1yn aud two ethcr= made fast to the
t,,FT T5,,,
landed parties iu boats, the toWn being nearly
all covered from two TO four feet dep with
water. They rin1l!n:d in Possession OF the
town until about sunset, when they all with
drew to tEeir ships, and these were ilaul.d of,
and anchored in the Eirer, and everything gaze
p;t,s4i.c ofa Gul:t night. I! should b= NJ
1.ccJ, however, that 4 Tar.y Of the enelnv
Sit zet four or tive negro men, and earficd
tht Ill iii 10 OLE If their Sli:,5, movement,
the o'jtct Of which VIA. afterwards m4dt;
pl:ir.
During the absence Of this detachment,
a1n:hef BODY OF troops occupied 1L@ tuHi:,
ard the wbele p!ac@ vas the se11e OF in1is-
c1i.ni1 ate pilIage and destruction. The SOL
Gjcrs were given free lieenEe, ard dwellings
and stores ~ert. broken open and pllndcrctt.
Every thi.g thought valuable CT u5ef..l WIS
stolen, aid what ct,nld not be carried of WAS
wan1oEly torn up, broken and DESTROYED.
Ra1cl; has town been more !ar3aroas sls
sacked, or Il ccrIluai.y MoTt ro.a:,ie:cly
rn:ncl-
YESTERDAY morning the troops were ag.iu
takcn on sbip!,oasd. and in Il short time ile
who'll: fiStt st17tui nft down the river, tnrcls
u Shut might b. 1ired upon them The tTo3p:
on board the Vessels were estimated at fruI
tN . to three thousand
CONDITION OF CHARLESTON.
! The Jackson Miaissippian's Charleston cor
! re-DoBdent writes on Nav 9th;
! The city is stripping ior the terrible wrestl'
| III whirh, sooner or Inter, if the War lasts, i
! 1:iust engage. Gradually, but steadily tn
non-comba1ant portion Of the population i
seeking refuge in the back country Of thi
State al4d Gco,k5a Every tIaln that leave
gee families and their furniture and effects
Tile NJ country to wns are already filled witt
Hc1utn and children from Charleston and th
seabord generally, and, if the exodus con
ti,,ucs at the present rate for 4 fes
weeks longer ths city Tlll be literal
one cannot walk in the streets without motto
Ing the change that the last month ha
wrought. King street, the great rat1il thol
oughtare, crst the scene Of 1nultitudiaous crit
oline, busy shopping and continuous promo
made, is now dull and comparatively deserted
The Battery sfott0fr, the pride OF Charleston
and usually the fayorite resort Of those #h
care to enjoy walk with the fresh sea breez
blowing III their faces, is Eow paced only b
the senslnels il homespuu; WLitt Point Ga
den, the paradise Of nurses and rompin
children on baby-airing days, has become
rcGimcntal camp gr9und; and, In commo
with OUT Champs d. 'lWars, the "Citad
Green is now wEItened by day with tt
tents, ard lighted up by night with the cam
fires If Our troops.
So frequent, Of late, have been the desc
: tions uf kno sing conttabands to tho en-
ny that run no risk Of revealing to the Yau
, cts what they do not know, When I say tn
Charleston is belted round on eyers side vi
; powerful fpr:iicatiors, covering It's land 4
| r1eacEcs. The harbor sutranrt is guarded {
either side by the tremendous batteries
l forts Sliitcr aud Moultrie, about milk. aI,1
1 ard there is good r.aso1 TO doubt wheth
even iitet Of Monitors could ever run t
gauntlet Of so terrible cross-f-c without (
ing disabled. But even surprising that St
j.. | efal irep-e,a'~ shuuiu Succeed III xainiux i
: Interior of ,us AarDor, there would s5lll be
/ necessity for tic surrender either Of tho f.
: or Of the city.