Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-15

I'D tlC DIV. HI tiIt-NlIt'JtT'.tt N.tt'SN 60
tB~nrlanan) Instantly tho Whole Bag Nsas II: a
blaze, all OF o,lr7 guns first pi.yei upon the
.im4nens.. line of tents. of the enemy wlEen
Wereaccupicd by one thousand Ialliiess.
They wcrs completely surprised they ten
;,ot Imagined an,eneiny IN twenty mi!essoI
tl.cin oil this side; of sheSBar QheirFprisoners
admit this.) Their. heavy guns Q mthesforts
now opened onsG Green. at the same moment
the sharp crack OF Monton's thousand En-
field rifles is heard continual from Gibbons
point, sweeping their gunners from tfseir places
like whirlwind would dash the, said OF the
desert all are afxious to-llear the roar OF
Majors guns. The worthy pupil of old S.one>
wall strains his ear forthe signal IF biajnrs
he'd arrived at the Boeuf crossing, we have
baggcd them all, still We do not hear them,
although the cannonade has been going. Oh
without intermission for one End a half hours.
What has become Of the. stormlng party!
they have not yet attacked, there il no sign
of them (; presently We hear one, two, hndthen
the long distant sound Of artillery from the
BocufSMsiors is there! their communication
is cut of completely. just at this inu!nent,
to add to the oneray's confusion and. disaster,
the long looked for. Forlorn Hops" made is
appearancein the edge. OF, theZwoods with q.
real Texas veil. they dashed at once, with
bayonets hxed and pistols drawn, full at the
threatening walls ec the proud Forth TWEEN
-ty minutes they mad climbed the .walis,ldls-
persel IT'S garrison, torn. down the Stare and
Stripes and hoioted dis Bonnie luesElsg'
over the Tsmparss, setting a small band to. taAe:
care q flhe Fort.
Ti,e gallant Hunter rushed onytothe camps
below, the afrighted enemy throwing down
their arms and sprrendcring indiscriminatesy,
until he had sweptthe whole ..place. Green
in tie meantime had engaged their gunboat
With tho Yalverdsand Nichols Batteries, and
after u hntly contested duel of half ali hour
drove it shamefully away.
In half an hour Generals Taylor, Mouton
and Green, with their respective. Stalls, had
their Headquarters in the city of Braslear.
TIE RESULT.
Captured 1909 prisoners .nd 30 commits
siooued, Ulcers (; $$S,00o,Ooo comna;ss".ry stores;
81 500, UUD quArtermasters stores, S23otV,0
crdusnce stores, Sl0O, O0O:mcdical stores. %
garrison and regimenIal flags 1000 tents.
| 5000 horses and mules, be.wcen six aud sew
en- thousand negroes, sixteen. guns. seven
thorssnd stand Of small arms, and q position
ofas much iInportaaco to This country ltrans,
Mississippi as Port Hudson and Vieksburg
in fact the key to Louisiana ard Texas. This
brilliant cam2aign of General Taylor had an
other great Object in view and one OF vast
importance, VIA diversion to force the en-
etny to raise the siege of Port Hudson. He
now has his choice, to lose Ne" Orleans or
to abandon his operations. against Port Hnd1
son, and rstire with his beaten and detnoTaf'
lied army into that city.
The captured flags are in charge OF Major
Tom Ocliiltree, a. A, Gen. TAylor's staff, en-
rcutet to Lit. Gen. Smith.
T The New York uelald's New Orleans cor
respo .dtnt, in his account of-the capture,
which mainly comedies With the above, alter
detulire the losses in prisoners, &c., says,
%but this was not the vorst part CT the
business. The Gonfederates,=b by the-capture
Of our force, gained possession %oftae"rt Hne'i7
snss and Fort Shsne, and another smaller
ear,hwork further down the bay. On these
Qualifications were mounted eighteen or tween.
ty guns of heavy, cAlibre, several OF which were
the finest rilo pieces we had in this depart
mept.
Some of the pieces we lost were those re-
Gently taken from CampPnrapot, otncr'' rals'
ed from tho steamer Hinsnan, that sailkz III
tne,bay last MARGIN. Altogether thia;isi one
of the ~soycrcst blows the rebels have dealt us
in Ills rart.of the country.
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