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The following letter is received from C. C. Fulton, Esq., editor of the Baltimore American : FLAG.SHIP DINSMORE, OFF ORARLES'iON, August 16, 1863.—Since Monday last the events here have been rather monotonous. We have been exchanging shell and shot with 'the rebels night and day, with probably but little damage to either side. The object of the enemy was to retard General Gilmore's siege works on the -shore, but all We been perfected for some days. The intention to open on the 13th was abandoned on account of some difficulty as to the quality of the army ammunition, and Owing to the serious indisposition of General Gilmore. He, however, is much better, and the opening Of the heavy siege work will commence at daylight tomorrow. The shore batteries in getting into range of their guns yesterday and the day before, knocked three holes in the walls of Sumpter. The general im pression prevails that the rebehvhave evacuated Sumpter, and will lgow it up airramirOas the assault commences. Out or - nearly thqti'guiniS on the para pets ten days ago, but six now remain, Most of thoseln the casernates had previously disappeared. The rebels have erected a line of breastworks a mile' long on• James Island, from 'Fort Johnson-to Seceasionville, although they have few guns mount ed yet. This is supposed to be the destination of the guns taken from Dirt Sumpter. • Our picket boats around Sumpter report great activity among the rebelslevery night, with schoon ers, steamers, &c. The weather continues fine, with a very calm sea, which is most favorable Poi our operations. The air is hot, but 8: good mere breeze and occasional thunder showers cool the air. Everything is now in readi ness on sea and shore, and all are looking forward to the work .to.rnorrow as a'certain and complete success. Reinforcements continue to arrive daily, and quite a large army is now on the islands. THE FLEET. On Wednesday night the rebels opened on our works with grape and canister, on information re ceived from two sutlers, who deserted to the enemy. We lost two killed . ar . td two wounded. The monitors, however, soon silef4d the rebel guns. Admiral Dahrgiell went on board the Patapsco, joining her underf the guns of Wagner, and came near being taken off by a 10-loch shot front the fort. The indications are, that the rebels depend princi pally upon the obstsuctions and the interior line of defences. In the attack to come off to.morrow, the Ironsides will engage Fort Wagner and keep her silent, while the shore batteries and monitors engage Sumpter. At the same time the wooden fleet and mortar fleet will engage Moultrie. It will be a grand affair. The'rebel Works on James Island indicate that an atternpt will be made on the part of the rebels to drive Gen. Gilmore off James Island, or to annoy him so as to interfere with the siege of Sumpter. THE GENERAL ASSAULT AUGUST 16-6 o'clock P. 111.—I learn from the shore that the rebels have piled sand-bags on the wharf & the rear of Sumpter against the rear wall A 6 feet high, completely protecting the magifzine from the shore-batteries of General Gilmore;' . . The removal of the guns from the Parapets of Sumpter id probably from the conviction that our rmy, batteries will silence them. There have been but two or three shots fired to-day, both partiesi ob• serving the Sabbath. - It is generally understood that the assaultWrill be made tomorrow, and, the weather promises to be most favorable. The ocean is calm as a mill-pond the atmosphere clear and light. (3-eneral Gilmore's health is much better this evening. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. WASITINGTCIIV; August 19.—The Government re ceiveka despatch from Charleston, viti. Portress Monroe, this morning, to the effect that on Friday and Saturday the bombardment was terrific: The action of the Bea was so "great on Saturday that the gunboats could not co•operate with the land batteries with any good result On Monday it was expected that the sea Would be smooth enough to enable the iron-clads to join again in the attack. This despatch says there yeas report that General Gilmore had succeeded in reaching the city of Charleston with one of his long-range guns, and had actually thrown shot into the city to suchan extent as to call forth a flag of truce from Beauregard on the subject. _ It is proper to say, in this connection, that there is no official confirmation of this wonderful exploit in s gunnery, nor is the report believed by the military engineers in this city. ACCIDENTS TO REBEL VESSELS. NEW YORK, August 19.—The steamer Empire City has arrived from Charleston. Her dates are to the evening of the 15th. She reports that on the.l7th, when off Cape Look out, saw the gunboat Connecticut in chase of a blockade-runner. The Empire City joined in the chase, but after twelve hours , pursuit she escaped. The Port Royal New South has the following items : The rebel, steamer Robert Habresham, which had been watching our. advance movements on the Sa vannah river, exploded her boiler, killing all the The ram Savannah came down the river on the 10th, intending to run out to sea, but broke - ono of her engines, and had to put back. She is the mate of the Atlanta, already captured. A new rebel ram is building at Savannah. - Several heavy guns have been sent from Savannah to Charleston. Gen. Mercer, commanding at Savannah, is im pressing one-fifth of the able-bodied slaves in Geor gia, for work on the fortifications. All the flagmen in Savannah *have been Seised and put to work on the fortifications. Several contrabands had rea.ehed Fort Pulaski, having escaped from Savannah. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST. The Mississippi River. Catub, August 18. _The following notice has been made . public i • U. S. SQUADRON, FLAG-SHIP BLACK HAWS, CAIRO, August 17, 1863 Vessels are now stationed at all points on the Mississippi, on the way to New Orleans where there is any danger of being molested by guerillas, and vessels need not wait for convoy. If convoy is requested it will be granted. If any guerillas are on the river, vessels at different points will notify transports, and convoy them past the danger. A wedding station will soon be in operation at White river, under protection of gunboats, and another opposite Vicksburg. Other stations will be protected, as parties offer to .collect wood ,for steamers. •D. D. PORTER, Rear Admiral Comm'ing Mississipni Squadrun. REPORTS . FROM BANKS' AND GRANT'S ARMIES. IVOnsrrnrs, August 15.—The Tempest has arrived from New Orleans with advises to the 9th inst. The, army under command of General . Banks can 170 W be considered in summer quarters. Gencral Banks is at New Orleans, but it was rumored that be was going home in a few days. His staff are' to accompany him. General Weitzel occupies the Teche country. General Franklin has superseded General Dud ley in command at Baton Rouge. General An drews continues in command at; Port Hudson. The health of the troops, taking into consideration the season of the • year, with the;weather, is tole- General Her inn is still two miles below Port Hud son, at Mount Pleasant Landing. His troops are in good health and spirits. , But little is known of the movements of the rebels in the country back of the Mississippi. The river on both aides is being depopulated of white men and negroes suited for the field. " Portions of Mississippi, back of Natchez, near Hainburg and Kingston, - which , have never been visited-by the conscription before, are now nearly laid waste. Every man capable of bearing arms is either con. scripted or drafted. Those who can get to Natchez do'so, and at once place themselves under the pro lection of General Ransom: About two hundred men, who had fled from the iron rule of conscrip. tion, arrived at Natchez in one day, and took the oath of allegiance.- They were mostly from the line of the Jackson and Mobile Railroad. On the 7th instant, an order i was Issued n New Oilcans, placing the price of bread at twenty cents for fifty-three ounces, and five cents. for thirteen ounces. Any broker or dealer in bread violiting that order was silbjeet to fine and Imprisontneat. General Banks has Issued an orderjegulating the charges to be made by steamboats and other vessels sallthgbetween the ports of New Orleans and New York, and North to the Department of Tennessee. The charges for a cabin passengei are twenty-five cents for, a birth and fifty cents for a meal ; and deck paseengers, to eat at a second table, fifteen cents per meal. . Greenbacks told at premium for currency, and 2to 3 per cent. for exchange on New york. Gold is dull at 34 to 36, and silver at 24 to 26 iiremium. General Grant has relieved the press of Memphis from a censor. •The Death of Colonel Cornyn. MU, August 12, 1863. Enixons:Dlresouni REPITELICAN : saelleving that the Bad affair reeulting in the death of 091. F.M. Cornyn, preaentetrto the public in the true manner . , PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAX, AUGUST 20, 1863. of the occurrence, would be best for the friends of the parties, I desire to give yott a full and true state ment of the affair. . . . Col. Cornyn was on , trial before a general court- Inertial, convened at Corinth, on charges and specifications which had been preferred against him, and Col. Bowen had been called by the judge advocate as a witbeal. - During the examination of Col. Bowen, Col. Cornyn. remarked that he "would impeach the testimony of that witness," or words to that effect. Soon after; Col. Bowen left the stand another witness was:palled, and on a ques tion being asked this witness by the accused, which question was objected to by the judge advocate, the court was cleared for deliberation. • Several witnessee?counsel, and the accused were standing in the room adjoining that which the court occupied, when Col. Bowen ~atepped -to Col. Cornyn and asked, "Wheil,yon said you wouldlca peach my festival:my, did you mean that you could do it, or that intended to try to do it?" To which Col. Cornyn responded, "I intend tosio that thing.; I intend to try to. do that thing." Col. Bowen again asked, "Do you mean that you intend to try to do it, or that you can do itl" Col. Oornyn, in response, remarked, with_very decided emphasis and gesture, " I intend to do that thing ; I intend to do that thing." To which - Col. Bowen remarked, "You can't." Col. C. then said, "I want you• to go away from here, at the same time throwing up one hand toward Colonel Bowen's face, and at almost the same ,instant striking him in the face with the other... This .blow was followed with remarkable rapidity .by another, which knocked Colonel. Bowen against: or. on a table, - when Colonel Cornyn 'alined in, seizing Colonel Bowen by the hair. SeVeral persons present interfered' separating the parties, and whilst doing so, Colonel Bowen drew a revolver. Col. Oornyn sprang hack, closely followed by Col. Bowen,-who tired, the &et shot striking the floor , near Col. Oornynts feet; the• next shot taking effect, closely- followed by two: others. Four ehotts,were fired, three taking effort. As the third shot was fired, COL. Cornyn had re. treated to ,the floored the room in which the court' were sitting, and the fourth shot was tired by Col:: BoWenjustinside the door. Al Col. Cornyn sprang back, as stated, frOm the position of his hands and the movements he made, he was endeavoring to thaw a revolver ; but after the second shot was fired, be retreated very rapidly until he tell. , Col. Bowen, immediately after the last•shOt was fired, remarked: "He struck me ; he knocked me down ;" and at once stepped to the-president of the court martial and said, " Colonel,- place -me in ar rest;" and 'lbis not at once being, done, hemalked with a friend to the provost marshal's office, where be delivered himself up to the authorities. This 113 a full statement of the occurrence as it transpired in the rireseriee.•of;yonr correspondent. TlLlC.orrxrxd:,9x. TRADE [Correspondence Misiouri Dernocret.) I perceive that the good 'People of St. Louis are endeavoring to get the restrictions upon trade on the Mississippi river removed or greatly modified. The only serious Objection to this is - a military one. If trade were once more opened the 'rebels hereabouts would'lnanage to participate in - the benefits,-thev would get supplies and munitions of war. General Grant is understood to give great force to this ob jection.. He desires, to get through with military operations in that,quarter before commerce is re sumed. He holds that war and commerce with these people are incompatible, and cannot both be carried on successfully at onetime. Whether this is a correct or mistaken view I cannot undertake to decide; but it seems to me that our' people would not help the rebels more than they Were helped themselves. If the rebels got prol'isions,,m6 would get gold or an equivalent. In the present aspect.of the supply and demand question, we would get more than an equi valent for all that the -rebels would get from us. By obstructing trade. we cripple our own people somewhat as well as the belligerent Sonthrons. Under the present trade regulations, Vicksburgia an anomalous town. There is no store here, no shop—not a blacksmith or shocinaker shop even— end the entire population is out of business. No thing can be purchased save from the subsistence department of the army and from a few sutlers, and to make purchases from either one of these sources permits are requisite. I myself sPent more an hour the otherday waiting upon the proper. authori ties to get permission to purchase a -tooth•brush I With: all businesa of every," kind suspended and virtually forbidden,of course the,civilians here can do nOthing but los and talk Politics in under-tonea to themselves. This is dangerons work. I would rather see them employed in their usual vocations. Besides, they are virtually thrown upon the Govern.- ment-for support. They have no money--that is nothing but Confederate paper, 'They have no means orgetting greenbacks, except, perhaps, their skill in the eminently Mississippi game of poker; in:which I perceiVe they are - giving our soldiers cost. OfSOurse the policy which necessarily makes a vagrlint out of every subjugated rebel in the track of our army will hot - do for a permanent policy, and I look for a change here soon. For my part, I would set them all to work as speedily as possible. After their experience of poverty and destitution, which they have had for now two years, they would make devout"worshippers at - the - shrine of Mammon. Give them a chance to bend at that shrine and they will soon forget their love for their demigods at ;Richmond. The Almighty Dollar is to-day more omnipotent in Mississippi than ever before at any period of her history—the period of repudiatiori - not excepted. It being demonstrated to her satisfaction that cotton is king, she is ready to withdraw her allegiance to the regal fibre, it having been only a secondary allegiance at beat, the Supreme Dollar overriding all the time. And the same remark. will, apply:to thezdanters of Lonisiana'and Alabama. THE DRAfT, „ . Proielaration by Governor Sermons-, EXECUTIVE Otraisieen., August 18, 1863. I have received infortnatimethat the draft is about to be made in the cities of New York and Broolilyn, and I understand that, there is danger of disorderly and riotous attache. upon those who are engaged in executing the law of Congress. I cannot believe that any considerable number of citizens are disposed to renew the shameful and sad scenes of the past month, in which the livea of so .many, as well of the innocent as of the guilty, were destroyed. Our courts are now consigning to severe - punishment many -of - those who were then guilty of acts destructive of the lives and property of their fel low-citizens. These events should teach all that real or imaginary wrongs cannot be corrected by un lawful violence. The liberties of our country and the rights of our citizens can only be preserved by a just regard for legal obligations and an acquiescence in the decisions of judicial tribunals. While I believe it would have been a wise and hu mane policy to have procured a judicial decision with regard to the constitutionality of the conscrip tion act, atein early day and by a summary process, 3 et the failure to do this in no degree justifies any violent opposition to an act of .Congress. Until it' is set aside by the decision of judicial tribunals, it must be obeyed, like any other act of the State or National Legislature. The following rule of duly in this respect was laid down in the farewell address of Andrew Jackson. This view has always been accepted by the friends of our Union, and the upholders of our Constitution : "Unconstitutional or oppressive laws may •no doubt be passed by Congress, either from erroneous views or •the want of due consideration. If they are in reach ofejudidal authority, the remedy is easy and peacefill ; and if, from the, character of the law, it is an abuse of power not within the control of the judiciary, then free discussion and calm ap peals to reason and to' the justice of the people, will not fail to redress the wrong. But until the law - shall be declared void by the courts, or repealed by Congress, no individual, or combination of indi viduals, can be justified in resisting its execution.” , The antagonistic doctrine, that men may rightfully resist laws opposed to their own ideas of right or duty, has not only led to great disorders and vio lence, but is one qf the chief causes of the destructive civil ,war which has wasted the blood and treasure of our people.' Disregard for the sacredness of the Constitution, for the majesty of the law, and for the decisions of the judiciary, is at this time the greatest danger which threatens American liberty. This spirit of dialogs:By 'must be put down. It is incon sistent with social order and social security, de structive to the safety of persons and property, and subversive of thaliberty of the citizen and the free dom of the 'nation. Those who fear that there - are. designs in any quarter, to overthrow the rights of the citizen, or to obstruct the accustomed administra tion of our laws, or to usurp any powefin violation of constitutional restraints, should' bear in mind that all acts of violence, all public disorders, pave the way for these very, usurpations, and that they will be regarded with satisfaction by those who, for any cause, may wish to destroy either the power or rights of our National or State Governments. The Constitution and statutes of the State and nation contain ample remedies for all wrongs which may be committed- either by rulers or citizens, and those who wish to preserve their rights or to punish offenders, whether in public or private life, should themselves carefully perform their duty, „abstain from all illegal acts, generously support the Govern ment, and then calmly and resolutely claim their rights. I again repeat the warning which I gave to you during e the riotous proceedings of •• the past :month, that " opposition to the conscription which can be: allowed is an appeal to the courts.. The-right 'of every citizen to make such`an appeal .will be maintained, and the decision of the courts must be respected and obeyed by rulers and people alike. No other course is consistent with the main tenance of the laws, the peace and order of the city, . and the safety of its inhabitants. "Riotous proceedings must, 'and shall, be put down. The laws of the State of New York must be enforced, iti.peace and order. maintained, and the lives and property of all citizens protected at any and every hazard. The rights of every citizen will be properly 'guarded and defended by the Chief Ma gistrate of the State." • I hereby admonish all judicial and executive officers, whose dirty it is to enforce the law and pre serve .Public order,' that they take vigorous and effective measures to put down any riotous or un lawful- assemblages; and if they find their.power insufficient for, that purpose, to call 'upon the mili tary in the manner pointedr out tty the statutes of the State. If these measureie e ehould prove insuffi cient, I shall then exert the of the State, in order that the public order may be preserved, and the persons and property of the citizens be fully pro 'Weed, ' HORATIO. SEYMOUR. THE THREE-MILLION ORDINANCE. " M. om the New 'York Herald. 3 Mayor .opdyke has not yet signed the three.mil lion-dollar ordinance passed by the Boards of Alder men and Councilmen. He calls for amendments to, the bill. These amendments are now in the hands of Councilman Morgan' Jones, and will be submitted `for approval to-day. A special meeting of the Board 'of Aldermen will be called, and if they agree in at - cepting those amendments, the Mayor says he will sign it. Of course, when the Aldermen agree upon the matter, one way or the other, the Councilmen .will follow suit. The following are the amendments offered by Mayor Opdyke : •- • Seetion 2 to, read as follows : . . Sac..', 2. It shall be the duty of the comptroller to ' pey, upon the order of said committee, to the family' of every citizen, and , every person who shall have declared his intentions to become a citizen' in the manner provided by law, who shall be drafted into the military service of. the United States, in pur suance of the. provisions of the act or Congrees ,known as the conscription act; and whose liability to serve shall have become fixed by the action of the board of enrolment of the district in which he is drafted,: and who shall-have been mustered into such service and sent to the proper rendezvous, in case the aforesaid committee shall certify that the person. to drafted is in indigent circumstances; the sum of three hundred, dollars for the relief of the' family - eo drafted.- The payment to be made to such member of his family as the drafted person may de-, SEC. 3. LI place of words a Who le' a fireman," in second line; use words " Whe was an active mem ber of the Fire Department of this city at the date of the introduction of thia ordinance." e. • • SEC, 4. Insert after tke words "United States," on the eight line, the,words, " and sent to the proper rendezvous." . Sao. etl read as follows : The Comptroller shall also pay . on the order of the said committee to the family of any person who shall Voinnteer as a sol dier, and who shall be accepted, and' mustered into, the military service of the United Stateseand be , sent to ;the proper rendezvous as a substitute for some person who has been or May be drafted; the sum of three hundred dollars for•• the relief of the family of such;volunteer, the payment lobe made to euch member of the family as the said volunteer mardesignate ; provided, however, that such pay ment Shall not be made in any case in which any other,payment is made, either by a drafted person, or under the provisions of this ordinance, to the per son drafted, or to any person as his 'substitute; the object of this proviiion being to prohibit the pay-, ment of more than three hundred dollars under the provisions of this ordinance to 'or for any person drafted, whether for the relief of his family, or to or r the substitute who takes hie plaae. - , . ee PBEPABATIOIPS AGAINST ;RIOT The entire