The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-20

IA tho Pawnee. She was lying III the St0no
river. eone distance TO the right Of the scene
Of action, when suddenly Lieut. Col Dsl KEN.
per. with a section Of Capt. Blaka's battery,
and section Of Capt. Wharton's Chatham ar
tiiierv, of Savannah-in all four Napoleon
guns-daphed un the avenue leading to Grim
balls house, entered the garden. uniimbered,
a. a distance of three hundred CARDS, end hurled
three shots. one after the Other, through the
wooden sides. The Pawnee then responded;
bnt by the time we had fired ten or Twelve
times the gunboat had got mp steam and started
down the river. Whether she was materially
disabled or not am unable to say; bat the OK
tsrnai effect Of the balls were distinctly visi
bio every time they struck Inc fai"esto
Guard Artillery, company A. s,ese ha,h, "e,o
subsequently engaged ~ , ,sa riSsr TUG p"-
The in;ury inflicted on the enemy 10 not
krovn SAverai estimates indicate a loss Oh
from fo,tv to sixty killed, mostly negroes, IA
,hav we're escaping through che marsh. 1.-TWO
white Yankee officers were see II to fa!i. Four
taeo bIacxs fell into our hands, including
sergeant and corporal. FIVE claimed 10 20
fres the remainder fna.ly confessed they
x.re runaway slaves One hailed from Michl'
Gan. two or three from Massa cbusetts, one
from Missouri. one from MARI land, and sew
eral from Kentucky. One rascai, running up
with his musket, exclaimed Here, maasa,
pebber ahoot him Ot-tak I'm '-shoWing evil
IDENTIFY his low country origin but uniortu-
nately somebody gun went OIL ABOUT the
sams time, and the fellow was killed. Iney
received no tender treatment during Inc sklr'
mish. and the marsh in one place was thick
with their dead bodies. A noteworthy fact,
mentioned bS the prisoners, ia, that after they
were put into the fight, their white officers
deserted them to 4 man. and left them to shift
az best they might They cay there are two
regiments of negroes on the island-tne oltn
Massachusetts, Col. Shaw, and the % South
Carolina There is also regiment OF Whltes,
but these broke at the first fire. The whole
force on the island is supposed to pc not more
than twelve or fifteen hundred men.
The p,i oners believe they ara TO be hung,
and rave as a reason for fighting az well as
they did that they would rather die of bullet
team rope 1t is 9 nice question whether they
are to be recognized as beiiigerents or outlaws,
and the indignation of our troops i5 not con-
csaled at the thought that white man may by
virtue of these captures be one day exchanged
for negro. The suggestion have heard on
the subject is that we may be compelled to re-
foect tie free blacks az recognized citizens OF
the North taken il arms but that when ID run
away slave is recaptnred he should be turned
ovsr to his master and by him TO the civi!
d liberties to be disposed of according to Ia "
The sheIijng of the enemy from the South
ern end of Morfie's Island and the gunboatA
has been unusuaIly severe all day. Now and
then We can see the missiles strike near Fort
Wagner, but more frequently feathery cloud
Of u1imprisoned smoke, lingering for mo
mens in mid air, then drifting slowly upward,
tells that the shell has turs. above TIE gun
boats nave aiso psrsistently sheiled James's
Isla ID, ambuiances, horses, wagOns-anythlDg
that betrays human or animal life-com9s IN
der the iron ban, and woe to the nervous sys-
tenn that tempe the shock.
] forgot to mention that when C0iquitt's
troops charged Oh the enemy it was To the
cry, Remember Stonewaii Jackson" At
that momen: they could have driven the Yam
kees into the S.ono. Coquitt was formerly
attached to Jackson's division; hencs the
memory and the ailusion.