Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-14

large quantity of artillery at all points
around, and haze erossEyes, double
cross FIRE, Oh all parts okonr army, From
'thesriver 70 their own linz there is scarce
~ spot that has not been strnck With ar
tilIery and MIME balls, ahd.as write the
shells aretfsilingsn every direction. The
camp of onr regiment has been in avery
warm place, but as the men are nearly all
at the breastworks no casualties have oc-
Cured from these stray shots.
We can hold Port Hudson as long as our
supplies hold OUT We have enough to last
us FIVE or six weeks yet, and by Athat'time
we wilikcertaiuly be e.enforcedEby Gene
Johnston.3 s,.-..-t.
], do not know any thing of the stu alton
Of. afsirsiin any portion of the Confederacy,
butt firmly frn believe that our situation Is
surely known, and that we win be rescued.
Be it as it may, we. will fight on and hope
on, and If at last Ne should be oyerpo weFed
We will cbeerfnlly submit to orr great mis-
fortune. Satisfied that Gen. Gardner and
his little Spartan band have done all that
determined hearts could do, and that the
defenders Of Port Hudson will receive the
tweil done" plaudits Of their codntrymen.
No place during this struggle has been be-
sieged as Port Hudson has, and now Isl,
stillsthe army isIin' good spirits; and5hope
for the best, and iwiNEfghtit9 the last. We
have asgoodi dealtof sickness in the regi=
mept, mostly :chills and. fever, ibutthe .gen-
eral health is improving. .Jtiqa Q W0L
nOnf entire loss thus1f has been about
400 in all. 1.-the following is list tof the
easuaItiesi in thel1s Alabama: Killed. 80 =
wouuded44l; total,s 49, upStoJune1o, 1862
raHfss, pRoPosEb v1srr OF AZ Ex!bH asrRPHEEs
% siH; TO lwisRNGroa. sssoq BON ga
mr. a5,% From the RiehPond Efaminer. a.5 y
5The5moyements of the. Vice President,
we have authority for stating, have no, re-.
ference wnatever to national affairs. All
the stories of his departure for Old Point
and " ashington with,,An ultimatum to
submit tosthe Lincoln Government iuqre7i
gard to, the conduct of the, war, are stories
built upon erroneous surmises without the
Foundation of truth. In company with
the Hon. Robert O11d, Commissioner of
Exchange, he visited City Point onsSatur-
Iday6nin an, entirely. unofficial character,
and simply With "a, view TO. the employment
of the river scenery and .Eelaxation from
the cares of his station. The Vice Presl-
dent has probably ere this returned to the
capital. Theifaet5that hewasseen on Fri
day last, inpcompany with several gentle
men, seated in a carriage with portman-;
leu aLIdppeu ueuAuuS SnlDS III I'VE uLGS-
ton of the flag iof:truce boar, gave. rise to
the report among The idlets on Main street
that he was en- route to the Kingdom of
Of Abraham, with something potteutousl
among his papers. ,.,.ti, DEE 80 a.
ioogATING tGHIIGCKzlEEtNiss, ETC. s9t, 5i5g
The 9.torty ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS itisipro-
posed to,add temporarily to the. ipopula-
ton ofiRichmond1can be subsisted here at
cost to- th e,Goyernmento of opesdollar and
fifty. cents perihead. per diems or an aggre:
gatelsum ofsixty Thousand dollars per day.
Like atnwelcone guestsS we hope in the
present condition of our municipal Harder,
thatthey will otsremain to partake of
many meals. SpeculatOrss would make
theirtpresepce.an excuse for rise in the
price of -four, baconi and,progisions gener-
aliy.41Richmond Enquire, sch. or qlaJ
THE EFFkcT OF THE REBEL GOOD NEWS ON
bsfHsi THE money MARKET! III =.
= Yankee sG FTessHnbacksd suddenly charged
countenance yesterday, lost their premium
value, ,and, as compared with Confederate
Treasury notes, they were as q to l. "a
batch was sold at this figure. Later in the
day they were declined at par by buying
firm. Tie cause is too apparent to need
explanation. szs2- ID" 1iai
e." 6oi'iL Richmond Examiner, July,sM.
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