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captured at Wick burg, have been exchang
ed. The men have s,ragglcd all over the
country. Gen. Bowen is lying dangerous
Iy i'll at Clinton unable to be brought to
our lines.
GeR Jackson's cavalry have just return.
ed from the rear Of Grant, having captured
and destroyed a train oil one hundred COM
missary wagons. He reports the enemy
in force at Canton. The enemy recrossed
the river in heavy force yesterday, and are
moving on US steadily.
CHARLESTON, July l9.-Yesterlay
morning the enemy opened an awful fire
upon Battery Wagner, exceeding in vio-
lence any heard here since the beginning
of the war. Five Monitors, the Ironsides,
seven wooden gunboats, with two batteries
on the South end OF Morris Island, main-
tained for eleven hours convergiue FIRE
against our works. 1t is estimated the
enemy fired during the day niue thousand
shot and shell. Our guns replied regularly
from Wagner. Fort Sumter participating.
Our loss in the bombardment was four
killed and fourteen wounded, at 6 p. m.
At dark. the enemy having slackcned fire,
advanced to tie assault with heavy in.
iaatry force. Our men, though terribly
jadod BY the labors of the day, fought
desperately. The Yankees, with white
and black regiments, came up column after
column until eleven o'clock, when they
were finally repulsed with great slaughter
and driven from every portion of our
works. They held portion of our works
for an hour. We took two hundred and
Fifty prisoners, including fifteen negro SOL
diers, a Lieutenant Colonel and other
officers. The enemy's loss is estimated at
from one thousand 10 fifteen hundred killed
and wounded. Our loss about sixty killed
and wounded. Lieut.. Col. Slmkins, COM
mandirg Battery Wagner, was killed, and
Major Ramsay, Of the Charleston Battal-
ion. wounded. All quiet to-day.
! CHARLESTON, July l9.-The lombard.
ment of Battery Wagner yesterday was
terriic-thc fire Of the monitors the Iron
sides, seSep wooden gunboats, and two
Yankee lshd b'teries maintaining con-
cen.ratedsMs for ele"en hours At dark
the enemy, numbering ten regim"nts
made Determined assault on our works.
Alter desperate struggle, lasting until
eleven o'clock, they we're repulsed witt,
heavy loss Our loss about one huudre,
killed and wounded. The enemy's loss
estimated at fifteen hundred. We captur
ed over two hundred prisoners, including
some black troops engaged in the assault.
All quiet to-day, bnrying dead.
RICHMOND. July 49, The Paris corres-
pondent Of the London Times says, on
authority of private letters from Madrid.
proposals fol recognition were made in be-
balf Of the Southern States, and to furnish
the Government with the sanction Of the
French Emperor
RICHMOND, July l0.-The Wig con-
iains the following from the Baltimore
american of the 10th: Rnebuck had sta
ted that lie wa"authorizel by Louis Napo.
leon to say in the House of Commons that
he had INSTRUCTED Baron Gros to propose
negotiation with the English Government
for mediation in American affairs. The
London Herald says it is reported that
Russell has resigned on account offs disa-
greement with the Premier on the question
Of the recognition of the South.
RICHMOND, July ls.-A telegram to the
Baltimore AMERICAN from New Yo,k on
the 18th says: The rioters gutted about
dozen houses last night. This morning a
small riot occurred on Cedar Street, but
the police dispersed the ruffians. A seri.
ous riot occurred on Staten Island last
night, in which six negroes were killed and
a perfect reign Of terror prevailed. A con
siderable disturbance occurred in Brooklyn
to-day; the negroes were horribly NAL.
treated. qsite number Of troops are arriv-
ing. The general impression is, that at
this hour, noon, Wednesday, the worst is
over, the mob fearing that they will be
tried by the troops from the seat of war.
A large number Of families have remov.
ed from the city and the exodus v as una
bated.
!, In Newark on Tuesday the Office of the
Daily Mercury An abolition journal was
gutted By the mob.
RICHMOND. July 1s.-The Tribune OF
the 18th is very severe on the Herald and
World and charges. that their counsels
excited the riot that occurred in that city.
Thore is not word Of comment on the
outbreak in the Herald, except preface
to the description of the scenes. GreeIy
made narrow escape on the first day the
crowd being informed be was dining at
Winduas, proceeded to that place. Gree
" being apprised Of their approach escaped
in hack. Several men, supposed to be
reporter of tho Tribune. were roughly
handled, and one killed.
After making due allowance for the
sensational character of the reports of
newspapers, is evident that the riot was
the mott formidable outbreak of the kind
that ever occur ed on this continent, and
will encourage similar demonstrations in
other Northern cities.
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List sfGesual:ies in Company &C." 7th 8. c.
Regiment, in the battle near Gsttysburg Pa,
July ID 1853.
| Lieut.. A. T. Traylor Comm andino