Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-07-22


/ Sumter, like Fort Wagner. will then be
assailable by both land and sea, and the
fate of Fort Pulaski will be that of Sum
ter.
"Gen. Gilmore, commander of the Depart"
ment, is the man who reduced Fort Pulas-
XII. Charleston must be saved as Richmond
was. For six days our forces st0rmed the
successive batteries OF the enemy and saw
ed Richmond. The greater part OF our SOL
diers who achieved these triumphs by bay
onet, had never before been in charge
The Yankees have as YET few or no fnrmid .
able works, they have but few thousand
troops; if our soldiers aud officers here are
not equal TO the kind OF fighting fought by
the army of Virginia, and tried by the Yaa-
KEGS against such strong works as Fort
Wagner and SecessiOuyille, then Charles
ton falls. This it appears to US is the only
course of safety, and we may add too, for
the economy of life. Other means may
protract fighting to days and weeks, and
postpone the termination of the struggle,
but no other means in our opinion will save
the city We believe it can easily be saved
with promptuess, and energy, aud dash. 1t
is too late for engineering. Hesitation and
delay are fatal"
The Mobile Advertiser says that "the
| Con federacyO has seen darker days and
emerged from them. Ii is not dark enough
to justify it to the prudence OF those who
are re dy to submit aud anxious for peace
and the security of their property on a
basis of submission to show their hands.
Yet there have, been some signs of this
wbite feather futtering during the few
past gloomy days. Let Us warn them that
it is base to feel and dangerous to be pre-
mature in the utterance OF such sentiments.
The land has made too many sacrifices for
its freedom to falter at the last hour. The
timid aud faithless must not be allowed to
fetter the footsteps of the revolution 1t
must roll on to triumph, although. its
! wheels have to roll over them and their
fortunes. .r
"The proposition of the fall of Vicksburg
being absolute, it'Is now plain that it has
| fallen with the least possible harm to us.
If ithad held out only twenty-four hours
longer, Johuson's army would have, with
out any doubt, been cut to pieces. John
ston was on the Big Black, and on Satur-
day night his army biVouacked with orders
to move on Grants intrenchments at two
| O'Clock in the morning. Before the hour
arrived the news of PembertOn's capitula-
ton was received. From what had been
learned of Grants position, it is not known
that if Johuston's force had been doubled
and trebled it could never have got through
the works of Grant. The country for miles
was defended by feled timber; every gorge
and ravine a fortified work, bristliug with
cannon and converted into Il slaughter pen.
ave are credibly informed that it took
some of our paroled officers ut Vicksburg
fifteen hours to ride fifteen miles, through
the felled timber and around the excava-
tions and embankments made by the
| enemy"
The Richmond papers contain the fol-
lowing dispatches:
Jackson, July l4.-There is no change
in the condition of affairs since yester-
day.
" It, Gen Pemberton and staff arrived
here last night. An officer who came with
them says that they met an escort accom-
panyiug the body of Gen. Osterhaus to
Yicksburg. They stated that 0sterhaus
was killed by cannon ball, on the 18th
inst.
"Heavy skirmishing still continues. Sew
eral houses were demolished yesterday by
the enemy's shells.
JACKSON, July. IA, via Mobile, July 10
Gen. Johnston sent u flag of truce to-day
to Gen. Grant, asking permission to bury
the Yankee dead in front of our works
Gen. Grant asked permission to send
sistauce in order that the dead might be
recognized. which was refused. The terms
originally proposed were then agreed to.
Our troops have been engaged all afternoon
in buryiug the dead Yankees. The Yam
kee officer IN charge of the flag admitted q
loss of from four to five hundred"
The Columbia (Ga Sun svys that " the
people of the Confederate States will soon
be called upon to undergo severe trial
one that will fully test the sincerity of the
professions heretofore made. We cannot
escape the ordeal. The time for trying
mems souls is not far in the future. Many
we fear, will be weighed in the balance
and be found wanting on that dreaded
day"