Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1863-07-29
LATEST NEWS.
From Charleston.

49, From Charleston.
eary4fRs oyrHs IsEASDs.-..Most Of the, firing |
hsnr,l for tbc ls.. two days has been from OUR
new: battery on James Island, Batteries Gregg
and Wagner on M"rria leland. and Fort sn inter-.
Very raid and heavy. fling was heard about
hxtf-patt eleven Saturday night and three o.eeek
Sunday morning. Our james Island. battery has
fred sto.dily,. throwing shells. and solid shot
amen. the enomy engaged in digging and orect5
inp now bnttery sbcut.it is said, ak. hundred
ysr.ls from Battery Wagner. Our firing, part'cu-
l.riy frou, the Jnmes' Island battery- kept thr
wnrkmen on gagcd- at this new forsifoaiion con-
.tan.ly cmployed in doigng and running away
from tho shells, DO: The only response el'cilea
from tho ensluy has been n fcw shots from the.r
!. land battery this side of Craig Hill. The gun
boat, hxve been.ysry quiet
"a small schooner was seen lying along the
Ironsiles yesferday, supposed to DO Fgvins the
latter atresh supply Of ammunition. The Moni-
tors remained inactive. An additional Monitor
arrived on Saturday, making siI now here Sew
sral sduitional blockaders and transports have
also arrived, some of the latter filed with troops
From obsrvatiens made, tits believed that the.
:anemy landed about tHo thousand more troops
Sunday at little Folly Inlet. They arc sup
posed to have landed a number Of guns and hor-.
aes, as they had their slinss employed the greater
portion Of tho day, during the landing Of the
tsoops, and yaero evidently engaged ut some very
heavy work. -.
Three of tho vessels added to the blockading
squadron have the appearance Of prize steamer'
captured from this port, tho Memphis, Aries and
chsroke.. They are all painted lead color.
The, general opinion seems Ito be that We shall
probably have our hardest trial sometime this
week. Charleston Courier, 9Th.
- From Virginia.
IicnucSn, July 26-A proclamation b Presi-
don't Davis will be published Tomorrow, sppoint-
ing tho 2lss of August next as,a day Of fasting
humiliation end prayer.
An official communication from Gen. Lee to
Adj. Gen. Cooper contradicts Moads's statement
that he captured brigade Of our infantry, ETC.,
az tho Confederate army retired to the south bank
Of the Potomac. Only afew atragglers and tmo
guns were taken by tho enemy.
Especial to tho Savannah Republican].
From Lees Army.
cULrgrEn, July 24.-We arrived hero this
morning. Tho ouemy are reported to be making
for Fredericksburg. -.
All we'll but very tired. Can s.y no more.
Meade's statement in regard to the capture Of q
brigade at Falling Waters, is false. P. w. A. =
From the United States.
R1cHnosD, July 26.--Lincoln has removed from
active service, and placed on thsretiredli list Cen
sral, Wool, Harney and Harvey Brown.
The New York hcrsld, Of the Pa, asserts thai
tho wsr is substantially over 1t yays all poiti-
cal difficulties can be sotlled by granting tho Con-
f.deratss all the rights of American citizenship
under tho Constitution, and at the same time by
declaring war against England andFranes. Let
uar be declared against them atonce. Thers.wili,,
DO no need Of CONSUMPTION. Taere HilI be as
many volunteers as uilt be required whip from
thiis contileat tla sIxsssrn md
teach thsm q le.son they win not be likely tofor=
got the balance of this century. -. =, <
There is not word of news this morning from
Northern vir ginia OF elsewhere.
NEW YORK, July 24.-Morgan crossed tho Mus
kssum Rivor at Eagtesport yesterday. Scouts
report his force l,Oe6 strong with three pieces of
artillery.
The Now York Tribune, Of July q, says that.
notwithstanding comparative quiet prevails. in tho
city, a,spirt of riot still lives, and satches but for
aa opportunity to make night hidsous With tho
halter There is scarcciy doubt but that the
rioter, still maintain their organization, aul, upon
the slightest prete1t, will renew the atrocities Of
tho past wock. Threats have been and still are
mads that tho city will yOt DO burned.
Samuel J. Tiltlen, SSnstor MSgan and Judge
Pierport aro in Washington to ask the Lincoln
Government to suspend tie Craft In New York
city.
The greatest npprehensions arc expressed ttst-
the Irish servant girls will tarn inccndiaries in
body if the drafting law iscxcvuted.
The Cairo (Ill.j correspondent of the New York
Tribune says that Gen. Pillow, with two thousand
troops, hos taken For. Hickman. This Fort ovcr-
looks Fort lIesry. His object is to control the
navigation of tho Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers.
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