Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-07-20

and distinction for 10. these many years, viii
be haunted to his dying couch for words I'M
wittingly spoken within the next fe W weeks
Let such remember in time that true greatness
ana noolilty OF soul always rises with the &C.
easlon; and that the ordeal necessary to de-
yeIop great mind or great nation never fails
to crush small one.
vicksburg.
The proposition Of the fall of yicksburg.
says the Mobile Advertiser, being absolute, il is
now plain that it has fallen with the least nos
sible harm to us. II it had held out only u
hours longer, Johnston's army would.
without any doubt, have been cut to pieces.
Johnston was on the Big Black, and on Satur-
day night his army bivouacked, with orders
to move on Grants entertainments ar O'Clock
in the morning. Before the hour arrived, the
| news ofPemberton's capitulation was received.
From what has been learned of Grants posi-
ton, ii Is now known that If Johnston force
had been double and trebled, ii could never
have got through the works of Grant The
country for miles was defended by felled tim
Der; every gorge and rayine fortified work,
brlstllng with cannon, and converted into a
slaughter pen. We are credibly informed that
1t took some of our paroled officers at Vicks-
burg fifteen hours to ride fifteen miles through
the felled timber and around the excavations
and entertainments made by the enemy.
The Enquirer has the following Geographic
dispatches:
From Jackson, Miss.-The Fight on sun
day-Repulse OF the Yankees with Seri.
Gus Loss-Gen. Osterhaus Killed.
JACKSON. July le-The conduct of Cobb's
Kentucky Battery and Washington Artillery,
in the affair of this morning, are spoken of In
highly complimentary terms by the Command
ing General; also Loyell's Florida brigade
The banners captured belonged to the 18th
dist and SD Illinois regiments
Gen. Breckenridge sent the infirmary corps
to bring off the enemy's wounded. The sharp.
shooters fired on them. Gen. b. then ordered
the corps to the rear. The Yankee wounded
and dead are still lying in front of our works
Their loss in the charge was fully LOCO Col.
Harry Maury, of the 32d Alabama, was Sc
yerely wounded. A Yankee ColeneI, two
Majors. and a number of other officers were
captured.
(sECoND DIsPATCHl
JACKSON, July bit rained hard here last
night and is a little cloudy this morning. There
is but little firing on either side. The enemy
have six batteries in position, which are plain
ly visible from the State House. Our troops
are much elated at their success Yesterday
THIRD DI5PATCn.l
JACKSON, July 13.-Nothing has transpired
to- day. The stdtas is unchanged. Port Hudson
surrendered on the 9th. The Vicksburg priso-
ners will be at Brandon to morrow Supplies
have been sent there for them. Cohb's battery
lost nine men in the action Tuesday.
FOURTH DISPATCH.
JACKSON, July 1i-No change in the stun
ton Of affairs since yesterday. Lieut.. Cen.
Pemberton and staff arrived here last night
An officer who came with them says they
met an escort accompanying the body Of Gen.
Gen. Osterhaus was killed by a cannon ball on
the 18th inst. Heavy skirmishing still con-
tinues. Several houses were demolished
yesterday by the enemy's shells.
FIFTH DISPATCH.l
JACKSON, July Ia, via MOBILE, 15.-Cen.
Johnston sent flag of truce to-day to Gen
Grant, asking permission to bury the Yankee
dead in front of our works. Gen. Grant asked
send i'm hat
dead might be recognised, which was refused
Inc terms originally proposed were then agreed
70. Our troops have been engaged all the af-
ternoon burying the dead Yankees. The Yam
kee officer in charge of the flag admitted loss
of four to five hundred.
A New Confederate CONSUMPTION.
A proclamation by JEFF Davis appears in the
Enquirer, calling out under the Confederate
CONSUMPTION act, all white men between the
ages OF IL and As, 10 serve for three years, un-
der penalty Of being punished for desertion in
case of disobeying the call. They are offered
the privilege of joining volunteer organizations
before the enrolment.
From Charleston.
The Enquirer says:-An official dispatch
from Charleston received yesterday morning,
states that all was quiet. The enemy are
throwing up works on the south corner OF
Morris Island.
The Enquirer says that two Federal iron
clads entered the Appomattox river, but says
the river is Distracted above and hopes by
the fall of the freshet to catch the iron clads
aground.
Operations at Charleston,
The landing in heavy force on Morris Island
and the commencement OF extensive works
designed for the reduction of Fort Wagner, in
dictate that the new Yankee General Gilmore,
is commencing determined siege by land and
water.
The Mercury says: 1t appears to us to be
useless to attempt to disguise from ourselves
the situation. By whose fault we got into it,
it is vain now to inquire. The Yankees having
gotten possession of the southern half OF Nor
ris Island, there is but one way to save the city
OF Charleston and that is, the speedy and un-
fiinching of the bayonet. If the fight on
Morris Island is to be now fight by engineer
ing and cannon merely, the advantage Is now
with the enemy. With their iron clads on the
water and their men i'll occupation of the land,
1t is likely to be mere question of time The
fall of Fort Wagner ends in the fall Of Charles.
ton. Fort Sumter, like Fort W agner, will then
be assailable by both land and sea, and the
tate OF Fort Pulaski will be that of Sumter
Gen. Gilmore, the commander of the depart.
ment, is the man who reduced Fort Pulaski.
Charleston must be saved as Richmond was.
For six days our forces stormed the success
sive batteries ofthe enemy and saved Richmond.
The greater part OF the soldiers who achieved
these triumphs by the bayonet had never be.
fore been in charge. The Yankees as vet
have here few or no formidable works. They
have but few thousand troops. If our SOL
diers and officers here are not equal to the kind
of fighting fought by the Army of Virginia. and
tried by the Yankees against such strong works
as Fort Wagner and Secessionyille, then
Charleston falls. This, it appears to us, is the
only course of safety, and we may add, too, for
on economy Of hires. Other means may protract
the fighting to days and weeks, and postpone
the termination of the struggle. No other
means, in our opinion, will save the city. We
believe it can easily b" saved with premptness
and energy and dash. 1t is too late for engi-
neering. Hesitation and delay are fatal.
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