Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15

q gunboat of the enemy which was steamling
! up the Bay il tho direction Of tho upper Fart
X BHriananj Instantly the whoh Bay Mas in 9
blaze, all OF Gr guns first played upun thc
,imtncnSa line Of tents Of the enemy wli:ci
We're occupied by one thousand ,Yanl:Ges,
Tirs were completely surprised; they iai
40; isnugircl an. enemy III twenty niles o!
tl.u,h OF this side of the Bar CHER prisoners
admit this.) Their heavy guns from the forts
now opened or, Green. st the same moment
the sharp crac!; OF Monton's thousand En-
field rifles is heard continually from Gibbons
point, sweeping their g%unners from tE.eir r'areS
like whirlwind would dash the sand OF the
desert ; all are arXiuus to-llear tie roar OF
Majors guns. The worthy pupil of Old Stone
wall strains his eur for the sigma IF Majnrs
hid arrived at the l,oeuf crossing, we have
baggcd them all, still We do not hear them,
although the cannonaAe has been going OIL
without intcrmission for one ind a half hours.
What has become Of the s%torming party
they have rot yet attacked, there il no sign
of them ; presently we hear enc, two, aud then
the long distsnt sound Of artillery from the
Bocuf-Msjors is there their communication
is cut OF completely. Just at this mnment,
to add to tho oncrny's confusion and disaster
the long looked for I" Foriorn Hops" made is
appearance in tlc edge OF the woods with u
real Texas yell, t!,cy dashed at oncr, with
bayonets fixed and pistols drawn, I'LL ut the
threatening walls If the proud Fortz-in TWEEN.
ty minutes they lad climbed the walls, dis
persel IT'S garrison, torn down the Stars and
Stripes aud hoi.ted the "tBonnie Blue Flag
over the ramparts, setting a small band to taAe
care If the Fort.
TIC gallant Hunter rushed on TO the camps
below, the affrightcd enemy throwing down
tl.eir arms and surrcndcring Unfortunately,
until he had swept The whole place. Green
in the meantime had engaged their gul.boat
with the Valverleand Nichols batteries, and
alter u hotly contested duel of half alI hour,
drove it shameiuiiy away.
In half az hour Generals Isylur, Mcutcn
and Green, with their respective Stalls, had
their Headquarters in the city OF Brasfear.
I'll RESULT.
Captured 1909 prisoners and 33 commits
sio:ed Ulcers SO 100000 comm:;s:.ry storcs.
81 ,590,Og0 quArierrnAsters stores, $22j0,oGb
Cenrslcc siores, 100000 mcdica! stores. %
garrison and regimen,al flags. 1000 tenis.
1000 horses G,iI mules, be!wcen siX and sev-
en- Thousand negroes. sixteen gars.. srver.
ihorssnd stand Of small arms, and = position
oras much Importance 70 This country %(trans.
Mississippi =: Port Hudson ..nd Nitk,bure {:
in fact the key to louisiana aui Texas. This
brilliant campaign Of General Taylor had all
other great object in vicw and one OF vasl
importance, VIA diversion to force the ell
e;ny to raise the siege of Port Hadson. He.
now ha. his choice, to lose Ne~ Orleans or
to abandon his operations. against Port Hud
son, and retire with his beaten and dctnoraf
lied army irto hat city.
The captured flags are in charge of Major
Tom Ocailtrec, a. a. Gen. Ta!lor's stall, en-
route to LIT. Gen. Smith.
The New York Ilelnid's New Orleans cor
res;,o -delt, III his account Of the rapture,
which mainly comedies With the above. after
detailing the losses in prisoners, NC. sev.s:
%bu: this WAS not the worst part ct the
business. Tho Confederates, by the capture
of our force, gained possession of'lfurt Kuc'.-
cua. and Fort Shane, and another smaller
carlAwork further down the bay. On these
Qualifications were mounted eighteen or tween
ty guns of heavy cAlibrc, several U! (which were
the finest ,iho pieces we had in this depart
Some of the pieces we lost were those re-
Gently taken from Canp Pnrapot, oLncrH rais.
from tho steamer Hi,ls,pan, that sank in
Lie bay last March. altogether this is one
Of :he sovcrest blows the rebels have dealt us
in lhis part OF the country.