The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-18
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.

The fact that no te!egG2ms have teea rs.
oeiged in the city from Charleston during the
week has led oroakers TO give forth the mourn
fal predictions Of the ''impending fall Of that
place with stupid per.inaci;y. Taey were
quite euse that the Government had news OF
terrible impon, which 1t refused 10 dyulge -
We have from tho Charleston papers a partial
answer TO these IereDiads. The Yankees are
Rs busy 81 beavers on Moriis's leland but
Charleston has not ftlien yet. On Monday
two wooden gunb0ats oommerced fheliug
battery Wagner TIe three monitors, which
were lying behind a point near the lower eni
OF Morris's Island, kept very quiet throughout
toe day. OR batteries tGregg and Wagner)
and Fort Suuiter responded slowly and at long
Intervals to the snomy's 3 ire. OAa SHOT from
Sumter is reported to have struci. the euamY Is
observatory, erected ou Cfaig's Hill, hiorris'a
.olaui Tna Yankees have az immenea der.
,ica. 4ni are reported placing more guns iii
PositiJa, fo.,fyiug Craig's Hi', and a,so
Back & lsiani, between M0rfis's and Jamess
Islands, of which they are reported in pos
sassicu. About 9 O'clock ia the evening the
steamer Gabriel Manigault lying in a creek
between Morriss and Janess Islands, wgs
bnrgt by the euemy's siel,s OF the opera.
tions on Tuesday the Co1niey givesthe follow
ing summs y;
The exchange of shots between the Yankee
guuboa,s and our batteries Oh Tuesday, was
kept up at long intervals u0;il the afternoon,
when The firing became more rapid. For.
Sumter continued To throw eteiis Wi h effect at
The Yankee working party on Craig Hill. an
eli ser from battery Wagner, who arrived last
night, reported ths enemy throwing UP rItlo
pits and entTenchments. Their working par
lies sre plainly visible, both on Craigs Hill
ami Black Island. Four mortar bCa5s we're
observed for the first time Tuesday Inside the
channel, one OF them seemingly placed il po
a:tion TO cover their working parties. The
monitors, four ia number, were lying ciose IN
ahore, apparently receiving u fresh supply of
aIn uunition II additional number Of tr;lus
ports ara reported to have arrived iu5sday.
There were no casualties III the batteries yaa.
tsTday.
The Governor of South Carolina has iasaet
a proclamation calling for ) 900 uegr0es TO
work on the Qualifications lie sAye the need
for them lie pressing. The Charleston C0aF5sr
thinka the city is in imminent peril, and to
save it the Yankees rnust hs driven oif Nor
r.ss Island. From an interesting editorial ii,
that paper On The situation We make tho
following extracts
We mean not either to censufe our military
authorities or To dictate OF embarrass tneir
movements. On The contrary, cur honest anj
earnest desire and purpose sre TO encourage,
sii nulate strengthen sDd sustsin than. W nth
all proper Difference aGd respect, tken ne eay
To them thdt our people are fully up Ia the exi
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and every hazard and cost, to second them in
u brave aud determined effort to dive the enc.
NV back into the ocean from tneil stropehoiis
on Morris and Folly Islands Il the safoty
Of Charleston be inyOlved in such Ii move
ment, there should be no hesitation in making
the attempt Let us do all that laay become
men whose liberties and lives, whOss homes
and atars, and all that Is dear to them. IS
fathers, brothers aud husbands, are a.akej Oh
the yromartons issue.
The fall Of Charleston iuV Olives oonseq uences
" l,ich we shuddsr 10 contemplate. With her
capture the whole State would soon be at the
mercy of the foe, and tte great cause of South
eru independence would he put in fearful
Jeopardy. Nothing but IA guerilla warfare for
the Southern aud Southwestern portion 1 1 tho
Coufederacy, il not Tor i!s whola extens,
would then he left us, in manifestation OF our
undying AID uHcorqusrahie determination
resolve 20 dsfeaJ oar beloved ana time hon
ored city to the est extremity. First let ns
maks every possible human effort 10 WreSt
the adjacent islands from the enemy, aild ens.-
BE Sumter and cur other hatb0r fortreeses,
with our eteam ranle, TO keep tAS vandais al
bay Failing in this, aud even should Sumter
become untenabls. then let as resolve on
SaragOssa defence OF our city, manning aIid lie
toBdiug every wharf lighting from street TO
,.A tn, hrn "A ii .F.
achieve success yielding nothing bus smoking
ruins and gle1 bodies as the spoil @ the ruth
less conqneror. Should Charleston fall life VIII
be no longer worth ivfag ie. Us theu freeiy rerii
life in her defence, and resoiutsly devote her ID
sooner than yield her undemolished,
as a trophy and hourishing ssa port, to the Ao.
eurssd foe. We once advocated different
poticy--we were ones for capitnlation, in pre-.
fsrsncs TO seif-sought or self Inflicted desoia-
ton. Bat we then mistakenly thoaght VS.
has, 10 encounter al enemy bound by the snas
of ciy ilizsd warfare Tns mask Is now thrown
aside New Orlsaus, Nashville, and Memphis
have taught us v hat we have to expect from
ths tender msrcissi Of our unprincipled foe,
aua we know that our sabjagaton involves
to 4 vile and atrvcious despolism,
lo worse than savage barbarities, 10 dsgrada-
ton and insult, (sparing neither age, sex. nor
condition aud to the Calling infamy OF ser
vile domination. Let Us, then, bid Destruction
aud determination welcome. sooner than sue.
eomb TO Yankee dominion and Eli its name'ess
an.,rmities and, il Charleston must tais, iet
hsr although ia rnin, yet live az the me- q. glo
r;ons monulasnt of self defence ever recorded
in history. covering her defenders with I'm
mortal glory and her ysndai coEqnerors WITH
andying infsmy.
We are%rong those who chsrish the eoah'