, 1863-07-21

Rebel NeHsand Rebel Editorials.
RICHMOND VIEWS OF THINGS tn
GENERAL,
4 Charleston Estimate Of Things
in Particular.

has long editorial on the military situation,
urging that the only salvation Of the South.
ern Contederacy is in calling out levy en-
masse, and the application Of martial law
to the whole country, which Is In q state Of
siege; absolute control of nli trading, es-
pech}lF in drink, as within military lines;
abolitlon'of substitution, exemption and for
eign protection, and a material enlargement Of
the ePresident's power 10 reyiee election of off.
ceze, make appointments, and get rid Of incom-
potent officers.
a proclamation by JEFF: Davis appears, call
ing out under the Confederate Conscrlption
Act, all white men between tho ages Of Is and
Is, to serve for three years, under penalty Of
being punished for desert1on. In case Of dis
obeying call they are Offered the privilege Of
joining the volunteer organizations before
enrolment.
The enquirer says an official dispatch from
Charleston, received yesterday morning, states
that all was quiet. Tho enemy nre throwing
up works on the south corner Of Morris
Island. Two Federal iron,clads entered the
AppomatoN river, but the river Is obstructed
above, ard there were hopes by the fall Of the
ffcshet, to catch the Irouclads aground. The
Charleston -Nercn7y, received in Richmond on
the 10th, has the following on the situation
there:
"1t appears to US useless to attempt to dis
guise from ourselves the situation. By whose
fanlt We got into 1t, 1t Is vain NOW to inquire.
Tie Yankees having gotten possession Of tho
southern half Of Morris Island, there Is but
one way to saye the city Of Charleston, aud
that is the speedy aud unaiacllng use Of the
bayonet.
Tie fight on Morris Island is to be now
fought by engineering and cannon merely.
The advantage is with the enemy.
With their i.on.clads on the water, and
their men In occupation of the land, 1t is Ike
II to be nero question Of time. The E.1l Of
Ft. Wagner ends in the fall Of Charleston.
Fl. Sumter, like Ft, Wagner, will then be as.
sailable by both land and sea, and the fate Of
Ft. Pulaski will be tha! Of Sumter.
Gen. Gilmore, the commander Of this de-
part1uent, is the man who reduced Ft. Pu-
laski.
Charleston must be Eayed as Richmond was.
For SIX days our forces stofmed the SUCCESS
I've batteries Of the enemy, and saved Rich
mond. The greater part Of the soldiers who
achieved these triumphs, by the bayonet, had
meyer before been in a charge. These Yankees
hayc as vet few or M Formidable works. th.v
have but few thousand troops. If our SOL
diers and officers here are not equal to tho
kind Of fighting fought by the army of Vir-
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,s inn Int. far engineering. Hesitation md
tle1ay arc fatal.n
The Mobile ddrertistr SAYS the Confedcracy
has seen darker days, and emerged from
them. It is not dirk enough In iust,fy the
prudence Of those who arc ready to submit.
and anxious for peace and security Of their
;roperty on basis of submission, Yet therr
iayc been some tigns of this white feather
tutterlne durin. tie few past gloomy DAYS.
Let US warn them that It Is baneful and dan.
rerous to ba premature In the utterance Of
sneb sentiments. Our land ha4 maids too
many sacrifices for ,ts freedom In filler T.,
this last hour. The tiuald aud falthless must
not be allowed to fetter tie footsteps of rey.
olution. It must roll on to triumph, although
its wheels hare to roll over them and thsi.
fortunes. The proposition Of the fall Of
Vlcksbusg being absolute, 1t is now plain
that it has fallen With the least possible h.r1n
to US. If 1t had held out only t'cnty-fou'
s.ourn longer, Grants crmy would have, with
.,ut any doubt. been cut to pieces BY John.
=top, y ho was on Big Black River, ard o.
Saturday night his army biouyacked with
orders to move on Grants entertainments.
at O'Clock In the morning before the
hour arrived, news Of Pernberton's capitu1a
tfon was read. From what has been learned
Of Grants position, 1t is now known that Il
Johnston force bad been doubled and trebe1
ed, II could never hare got through the work:
Of General Grant. The country Tor miles was
defended By felled timbers, over gorgcs aud
rayi:es, a fortified work bristling with can
on, and COZ verted into slaughter pen. We
are creditab]y informed that it took some ol
our ,,arolcd officers at Vicksburg fifteen hours
to ride fifteen miles through ftlled timber and
around excavations and embankments, made
By The enemy.
Richmond papers contain the following dis
patches:
JACKSON, July 14.-There is no change IL