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

fir the first icseTtion, and GEE 5DoiiAH ,lsf.
esch subsequent inse,sien.:
Announcing Candidate [o.: ipse7.cd antil paid
fos, Ton Dollars.
All communications of q personal .el.atne.s.,
c5i,uafy Notices. n oports, Resolutions or Pro-
6 oisfEvf, '.rT or csFp9fa-
lion, Eili 80 e..ar;,sd as airsr.iseEnents.
E.oa the ohs-lessans csursr.of; Saturday.
y'be A,tecA on Clneiestoa. - =
At ter r,iaNtcs pas. i,gss o., .the morning Of
ErSay. TIE ene.ny topea.d i.e upon the wor!,
mt he. .es .rsr, South euj Of Mwris- Island,
f..5ntshis batteries on Folly firing fast and
zfar;onsly. sAhont twenty minrtea; dterwa,d
:. lsrro iualSer.of hsrgss tilfed'wi.h armed
men, were seen behind Little Fol!y..,. :
GupaAin j. g. Mitchell, who commanded
tlfis.Worli. replied Slowly hnd deliberstr ty5tU.
the furious bonbsrdmen.. The on ,ny's
guns numbered considerably over seventy $.
l,is eart!lwosks were Of uncommon strength,
nna afforded 5ample si,elter to Ibis; ;gnnners.
G,5e works bohind sshic!. Captsin Mitchell
5f,ug ht were open. and ly no means aa strong
ns.thosa OF. Folly, and while bis battery was
composed of Blk pieces; tie guns that 5rained
iron hail mon Eis devoted Company: we're sf
large celibre and Of tSe naosr approved TORN.
But nothing daiatetl, thstt gallant officer.
and his worthy band STOOD to their places,
>ficug -S:.tb wonderful accuracy. a'd SIS ccol IS
though they Pere trying the ragge ofetheir
guns upo,,. spuis harral-ss- oSject. Foff,,ir.
rlcrta, hours did these brave men bio uctiyes
defiance tos57de Zoe ill TIE rapidly in, reasinn
l;.t af casualties IL HE heroic company ,nsds
s;t duty. on -the,ecorc of humanity. to re-.
tire from the posaion.- =
after ehaoioni.ig his ba.scgy, UaptRii,
Mitchell Joined his fo:ccs -wi-h O,l Gra!lau.a,
md they fought as raliantly ssir!aqsfy rs
theT lad doee as %,t:licrists, So -
AT rbhnt hall past nine o'clock, k.sM., tie
enemy la,idslin scrne force or tie Islard.
Tbey we're attacked BY Col. Gcihati,. at tie
lead, OF mis- regiment. The contest vas Sharp
ahd proloneod. Ths eneny fought wifiispirit
.rna eas5inpcs. O;T raen were exposed during
tee whole t;ght,to " mSrd.ryus irefroul il;e
..ianr Monitors. WHO harlcd.sheir eacrrpers
missiles Titl, telii5s: effect g'he foe was aso
4coasaaslf rs,a,foecci IRON soliy Island. Yet:
Doi9itasEand ng, If ese adynntagea, the skill.
w;:th which they we're handled nnd tn. ralcr
wi.tewisic:a fssey ioug rendered Impossible
ff,' lhe iival.srs TO make Roadway. Taey.
wert;nlel .Eilir lnurdeiuusYoiiies and rep,tlsed
pgaia: altb bSgaia. la.ser seycral hours bloody
Gs:htipe, tne;e.semg sscing the folly OF attempt
ing TO sa;n yictory.p,er tho men whosto0d'
Up sgsiiiss them, wsvsred; then FED in ao;
late and confpaian, leaving menydead and
wounded on the field
sTfne enemy succeeded in capturing several
OF cur nen, whose eyhanstea condition pre-
vented -escaIe. Capb.in j Ravenei Mscbe;h
and Lieut.. q. fIayWerd ere reeorted .aong
'fhe prisoners so,tsken. 8.
Z i is said they took ;ani still zi,cld posses
Sion ef Col ttirshsn,s former heEdd ddaarters.
l,jIe, ,forca o. thes encmy aged Friday IS
s1;;n6sel to jlaYo; Iiesn aboitt four Il
Oar loss in killed. wounded, and missing, will
probably be. about three hundred.
Wcare painod to leans That among the
Casualties sustained h5 Capt. .Ni.che!Fs com
IeDg are the duath or i.ielt. Bee and PcHate
:Dougherty, ard ,ttese-ious rounding Of Lieut.,
Alston end Snrgt Morse, -of Gel, Gr-haiA's
regiment. -
Captain Haskeil;s end Liec. Bce's bodies
fell into the ha;,dg ofsac onemy. Ers. +. b..
Hanshan and. Prioleau arc ssie to 6e priaoncrs
in the handass the eremy.
Captsin, L@pgdoh Ckevcs, ar accomplished
aud very 'utiisient eaicer of the Engineor.
corps, wac killed almost .instshtiy by 4 shell
fsolr Monitor exploding III battery Wagner,
aud striking Rim in the head. From fiity to /.
sixty of the wounded arrived on the different
stestnsrs fsoxi sIorris' Island during the day.
end last evening.
The brsyavsoldiers of the z1st, Regiment,
S. G. v. fGraharn:s,) owing to the excessive
heat of the weather had stripped 't6emaelyes /:
as far as possible, and ID the figflt they lost
their: clothing and nearly all their baggage.
We omitted 10 molSSh il tho right place
that Fort Sumter opened on the turreted
monsters sid the YaTkee infantry on the