This was followed by two other proclamations, calling on citizens to close their places of business, and ordering the arrest of all free negroes in the city, as they were wanted to work on some unfinished defences on Morris Island. During the day some five or more transports appeared off the harbor, and the National gunboats in Stono River were occupied in shelling two points on James's Island.

of two officers and fifty men, who were sent to children, and other non-combatants, to leave the Carlisle, Pa.-Two rebel schooners were destroy-city as soon as possible." ed at the Rio Grande, Texas, by a party of men, belonging to the National gunboat Scioto.-A DETACHMENT of National cavalry, under the command of Captain Greenfield and Lieutenant Kelley, of General Kelley's command, captured a train of fifteen wagons, sixty mules, two officers and twenty men, with their horses, at a point four miles from Williamsport, Md.-THERE was a heavy freshet in the Potomac River, which, it was supposed, would prevent the crossing of the retreating army under the rebel General Lee.GENERAL DABNEY H. MAURY, commanding the—(Doc. 47.) rebel department of the Gulf, at Mobile, Ala., issued the following to the citizens of that place and its vicinity:

"The calamity which has befallen our arms at Vicksburgh has a peculiar significance for you. Mobile may be attacked within a very short time, and we must make every preparation for its suc

cessful defence.

"All able-bodied men within the limits of the city and county must at once organize into companies, and report for duty in defence of this position. Owners of able-bodied slaves are urged to send them immediately to work on the fortifi

cations.

“Brigadier-General Slaughter will receive the reports of the companies which may be organized, have arms issued to such as have none, give orders for their instruction, and assign them to

their stations.

-CORYDON, Ind., was captured and plundered by the rebel forces under General John Morgan.

-A SHORT engagement took place at Aransas Pass, Texas, between the gunboat Scioto and the rebel batteries at that place, without important results or loss of life.-GENERAL ABNEr DoubleDAY published an order, returning his thanks to the Vermont brigade, the One Hundred and Fifty-first Pennsylvania volunteers, and the Twentieth New-York State militia, for their gallant conduct in resisting in the front line the main attack of the enemy at Gettysburgh, after sustaining a terrific fire from seventy-five to one hundred pieces of artillery.-MR. WOLFF, a candidate for Congress in Kentucky, was arrested in Owen County, and sent to General Burnside, at Cincinnati, in consequence of the following words, used in a speech to the people of Owen: "This is a John Brown raid—a war against slavery, and he hoped every true Kentuckian would rise in arms in opposition to it. He was for secession, separation, or any thing against it."— THE National troops marched into Port Hudson,

'Reports of slaves for labor on the defences may be made to Brigadier-General Leadbetter, who has made arrangements for their good treat-Louisiana. ment while in his employ."-PORT HUDSON, La., was surrendered to the Union General Banks, by the rebel commander Frank Gardner. (Docs. 38 and 89.)

July 9.-Charles Macbeth, the Mayor of Charleston, S. C., noticing the preparations being made by the Nationals for the attack on Morris Island, issued the following proclamation to the citizens of that city and its vicinity:

July 10.-Lord Palmerston, in a speech in the House of Commons, requesting Mr. Roebuck to submit to a postponement of the debate on the question of the recognition of the confederate States, declared anew his hostility to the policy of recognition, and the unchanged sentiments of "Her Majesty's Government" on the subject. His language was:

“It is not likely, I think, that the House "Whereas, the enemy by land and sea have would agree either to the motion of the honorappeared in large force on the islands and neigh-able and learned member for Sheffield, or to the borhood of the city, and in consultation with amendment which has been moved to it; and, General Beauregard, he expressed the opinion indeed, I think it very disadvantageous to the that an attack upon our city is imminent, and public service that any such resolution should be with the concurrence of General Beauregard, I adopted. Therefore the discussion, as far as any advise and earnestly request all women and practicable results may have been expected by

those who are in favor of the motion, would manding General confidently relies on you to have no important effect. I can assure the sustain his pledge, which he makes in advance, House, whereas now it is plainly acknowledged and he will be with you in the good work by every body, that the wishes of the Emperor even unto the end. of the French to find a fitting opportunity for advising the reestablishment of peace in America are not changed, that, on the other hand, her Majesty's Government do not see that that opportunity has arisen."

"The vice of 'straggling' he begs you to shun, and to frown on. If needs be, it will be checked by even the most summary remedies.

"The telegraph has already announced a glo-THE expedition under General J. G. Blunt rious victory over the foe, won by your noble reached Cabin Creek, fifty-five miles from Fort comrades of the Virginia army on Union soil; Gibson.—THIRTY-ONE battle-flags captured by the may he not, with redoubled hopes, count on National forces at Gettysburgh, were sent to the you while defending your firesides and houseWar Department by Major-General Meade.-hold gods to emulate the proud example of your brothers in the East? (Doc. 92.)

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duty."

General Johnston ordered all pillagers to be shot, the guard to shoot them wherever found.

The country expects in this, the great cri—THE siege of Jackson, Miss., was commenced sis of its destiny, that every man will do his this day by the Union forces under General Grant. It began by skirmishing on the Clinton road with musketry and artillery; shells were thrown into the city, and several persons were -MARTIAL law was declared at Louisville, killed and wounded.-Mobile Advertiser, July 18. Ky.-THE letter of William Whiting, Solicitor -AN artillery and cavalry battle took place to the National War Department, to the memat a point on the road from Boonsboro to Ha-bers of the Fremont League, was published.— gerstown, Md., between the Union forces under SALEM, Ind., was visited and sacked by the Generals Buford and Kilpatrick, and the rebels rebel forces under John Morgan; the railroad belonging to the army of General Lee.-(Doc. 32.) | bridge over the Blue River was also destroyed -MAJOR-GENERAL SCHENCK, from his head- by the same parties.-(Doc. 47.) quarters at Baltimore, issued an order regulating the treatment of rebel prisoners in his department.-THE Mayor of Lynchburgh, Va., issued a proclamation to the citizens of that place, requesting them to suspend business on Friday afternoons, in order that the members of the different military organizations might have an opportunity of attending regularly the drills of their respective companies.

"It is high time," said he, "that we should act, and act at once, toward putting ourselves in readiness for any emergency."

-GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, at Jackson, Miss., issued the following battle order to the troops of his army. It "was read along the line amid deafening shouts :"

"FELLOW-SOLDIERS: An insolent foe, flushed with hope by his recent success at Vicksburgh, confronts you, threatening the people, whose homes and liberty you are here to protect, with plunder and conquest. Their guns may even now be heard as they advance.

-THE National forces under the command of General Q. A. Gillmore, at five o'clock this morning, made an attack upon the rebel fortifications on the south end of Morris Island, in the harbor of Charleston, S. C., and after an engagement of over three hours, captured all the strongholds in that part of the Island, and pushed forward their infantry to within six hundred yards of Fort Wagner. The attacking party was gallantly led by Brigadier General George C. Strong. It landed from small boats under cover of the National batteries on Folly Island, and four monitors, led by Rear-Admiral Dahlgren, which entered the main channel abreast of Morris Island, soon after the Union batteries opened. The monitors continued their fire during the rest of the day, principally against Fort Wagner.-General Gillmore's Report.— (Doc. 147.)

July 11.-This morning at daybreak the National forces on Morris Island, under the command of General Gillmore, attempted to carry "The enemy it is at once the duty and the Fort Wagner by assault. The parapets were mission of you brave men to chastise and ex- gained, but the supports recoiled under the fire pel from the soil of Mississippi. The Com- to which they were exposed, and could not be

got up. Captain S. H. Gray, commanding two our case. They threw hand-grenades over the companies of the Seventh Connecticut regiment, parapet, and soon sent men into the flank of a gives the following report of the affair: After bastion, which commanded the front upon which the success of yesterday "we bivouacked for the we lay. They had us there at a great disadvannight under easy range of Fort Wagner. About tage. The question was whether we should surhalf-past two A. M., General Strong came and render as prisoners, attempt to carry the works, called the Lieutenant-Colonel out. He soon re- and to be entirely annihilated, (as they greatly turned and said: Turn out! we have got a job outnumbered us,) or take the back-track and on hand.' The men were soon out and into line, run the gauntlet for our lives. but rather slow to time, as they were tired with the work the day before.

"The programme was to try to take Fort Wagner by assault; we were to take the lead, and to be supported by the Seventy-sixth Pennsylvania and Ninth Maine. Silently we moved up to the advance-line of our pickets, our guns loaded and aimed, and bayonets fixed. We were then deployed into line of battle, (we had one hundred and ninety-one men and officers, all told,) reached and crossed the neck of land that approached the Fort, our right resting on the beach. We were deployed and ready for the start. Our orders were to move steadily forward until the pickets fired, then follow them close and rush for the works, and we were promised ready support. General Strong gave the order: Aim low, and put your trust in God. Forward the Seventh!' And forward we went, being not over five hundred yards from the Fort

when we started.

"Upon consulting the Lieutenant-Colonel, he reluctantly gave the order to retreat. Lieutenant Phillips exclaimed: 'For God's sake, don't let us retreat.' As if by magic, the order was recalled, and although some had started, they returned; but the order had to be repeated, and down in and across the moat we went over the works. They had a perfect enfilading fire of small-arms for a thousand yards - besides, their pieces were giving us grape and canister. They fell on all sides of me, and I alone of four captains was spared, and out of one hundred and ninety-one officers and men that marched out to attack the foe, only eighty-eight returned safe to camp; and ever let it be said, to the credit of the Seventh Connecticut volunteers, that not one straggler could be discovered. Fifteen minutes after we got in camp, the roll was called, and but one man came in afterwards, and he was delayed in assisting a wounded comrade.

"Met General Strong coming off, and with "We had not gone far before the picket tears in his eyes he said we had done our whole fired, and then we took the double-quick, and duty, and covered ourselves all over with glory, with a cheer rushed for the works. Before we and if the support had come in time, that 'we reached the outer work, we got a murderous fire should have taken the works,' and without a from the riflemen behind the works. A few fell-doubt we should have done so. But our loss a check in the line. An encouraging word from is great. We had eleven officers in our mess. the officers, and right gallantly we reached the Now we have but four. It is hard, but such is outer works; over them with a will we went; the fate of war. down the opposite side, across the moat-there being about one foot of water in it-right up to the crest of the parapet; and there we lay, anxiously waiting for our support to come up so far as to make it a sure thing for us to rise up and go over with a bound; our men in the mean time busying themselves by picking off the sharpshooters and gunners. We lay so near the top that one had to put his head up and point across the parapet to kill his man.

"As near as I can ascertain, we were in this position from ten to twenty minutes, when both of the regiments that were to support us broke and fled, leaving us to take care of ourselves as best we might. As soon as the regiment in front broke and ran, they paid particular attention to

"Our attack on the tenth July was a fearful surprise to them. They had but few troops on this Island. Had they five thousand infantry here, the natural defences are of such a character, that we never could have taken it."

The National losses in the actions of yesterday and to-day, were one hundred and fifty killed, wounded, and missing. Eleven pieces of heavy ordnance and a large quantity of camp equipage was taken from the rebels, who lost two hundred men in casualties. - General Gillmore's Report.

-AT New-York the draft was begun and carried on without any disturbance.-THE First National Bank of Pennsylvania announced business