Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-19
THE ATTACK ON CHARLESTON.

A correspondent, writing from stono Inlet under
date Of the 5th nst gives these particulars Of the
advance Of our forces upon Charleston
d" Nothing Of impofianee occurred until our ar
r,vs, on me "a at begsreyills small village
ated on the left bank OF Stonb river where we
dropped anchor under the friendly muriles OF the
Pawnee Legareviife was found deserted, not
contains two churches, bots Of which have been
dsspoilsa sy the enemy. Stray furniture, beth IN
and out Of doors, gave evidence Of a hasty exit.
The place was invested and pickets established.
"Across the river % this point are driven, for
the defence Of the place, s'ockade Of timber
spiles, which, however, gave but little hindrance
to the advance OF our inboaa, who made a pas
;age for theriiselye. spd after cofnsrs Opposite
which was selected FOR landing, which soon be-
gam and continued up TO three O'Clock p. m. on
tue 3D. The norfes, goods and othef war psta-
Phernaiia were ali safely deposited without loss
"a camp was imm mediatsly formed on James
Island. About two O'Clock the next morning
our pickets were fred upon A skirmish ensued !,
resulting In the repulse OF the Rebels, and their
retreat 20 the negro houses formerly owned by
Legare, about one and ha.f miles from the land
Ing =.
1.-THE airing was renewed on the 81, and rein
forcsments were sent from the New York 10Th
(Highlanders,) } the Pennsylvania Tooth fRoupd.
heads1 and the Massachusetts 18th, to the skir-
mishing grounds II grew more frequent and
W1TIn. Ine enemy maze tolerdDly gO0d Charge,
but were met with determination by our men,
and after q short skirmish were sent wing again
The Massachusetts 18th received the appreciation
especially Of the General Commanding, for q sue
cessful charge bv two Of its companies
previously the J. p. Hall bad shelled the
woods on the right bank for some dirtance In ad-
vance. They then retired beyond the houses and
threw forward two brass pisoes. The Pawnee
opening with shell lin connection with the Penn
biHa and Unadilla) soon made ii too hot for them
Again they retired, leaving behind two large
serge guns, mounted carronades, 42-pounders,
which, In their attempt to get safely OF, broke
through a small bridge.
"We hold as prisoner the Rebel Adjutant Gen.
eral Of the Charleston Battalion, VIM Walker by
name, a resident Of Charleston. He 10 badly
wounded In the leg.
"J4mes Island is low, marshy tract, forming
part of the westerly bank OF the Ashley river,
between and the Stono and 10 the only territory
between us and the city. The enemy have forti-
hcatioLs here and are bringing reinforcements
from Savannah via the Charleston and Savannah
railroad-.he bridge Of which the 40th Pennsyl-
vania failed 10 burn. The precise nature Of their
defenses is coming slowly to light with each
days advance
ITO day two intelligent co1trabands came in
from Charleston, snd report that the most OF the
people are remsved, and that the general expeCta-
tion seemed to be surrender OF the city. They
say the Confederate force In town 10 destitute,
some being bar foot and all innocent Of rations.
Their representations convey a decided impress
sion OF Decentralization and WANT