Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1863-09-24
The News from Charleston.

NORRIS ISLAND, Sept. l0.-On Wednesday
last Il severe gale arose from the northeast,
and continued to blow with great fury until
Thursday night, when it moderated and final
ly died away. The wind did no small amount
of damage to the camps. Tents were blown
down and their occupants compelled to re.
main out Of doors exposed to one of the Sc
verest rain storms | have witnessed for some
time. The tides were unusually high. and
the huge waves rolled far up the beach, over
the levees of sand constructed about the
camps, and completely swept down the front
rows Of tents and drowned the snldinre The
lvnssas i" the Iuads pItoned and rolled riu-
lentIy, and many of them dragged their an
chors. Fortunately none of them went ashore;
but how they managed to keep out Of the
breakers YVES a mystery. While the gale pre-
vailed no communication was had. with Hilton
Head, as it was impossible for the small
steamers to live outside their harbors. have
heard of no wrecks along the shore, and pre-
sumo that all the small craft made a snug har-
Dor before the gale had reached its height. |
have been permitted to look over a copy of
the Charleston Courier of the 10TH from
which | make the following interesting ex-
tracts -
"A very sad accident occurred at battery
Chnves, james Island, about ten o'clock Tues
day morning A magazine exploded, killing
five men. We have not learned the cause OF
the explosion, nor how many were wounded.
Second Lieutenant Latsinger, Company h,
18th Georgia; Sergeants Graham and White
worth, Corporal Scott and prlvates Griffith,
22d Georgia battalion, were killed.
''The rebel steamer Sumter was sunk be-
tween Moultrie and Sumter few days ago,
in what manner the Courier does not state
Gov. Bonham has called an extra session of
the state legislature, to meet at Columbia,
Sept. -, 1868"
THE REBEL BATTERIES ON JAMES ISLAND.
The rebel batteries on James Island have
been busily engaged in Smelling our camps on
Block Island during the past three or four
days, but had not occasoned single casualty
up to last night. The rebels seem to be I'M
der the impression that something is going on
that does not promise well to their cause, as
onr men are silent, and no guns have been
fired on our side recently. 1t is not improba-
bic they are correct in their surmises; but
their efforts to shell US out will signaly fail
to remove the cause of their fears. As |
write, Gregg is being rapidly shelled by bat
teries Bee and Simpkins, or Sullivan'S and
James Islands. No considerable number of
casualties has occurred lately on this island
from the rebel practice, although at times it
has been quite hot and well directed.
From the Charleston Courier. Sept. l6
FORT SUMTER AS IT IS.
No point connected with the defence Of
Charleston is of more interest to the public,
not only of our own state, but Of the entire
confederacy, than fort Sumter. Associated
as it has been in the past with pleasant memo
ries, and in the present with heroic deeds, it
has become, as it were, an heirloom of our
whole people; and from the hour when it fell
into our hands as the first victorious offering
of South Carolina to the conlederacy, until
the present moment, it has been defended and
protected as the 'apple of our eye" AT last
it has been laid in ruins. Its fair proportions,
its noble walls, its threatening tiers of guns,
all demolished by the ruthless demon Of war.
Yet there the stately old pile stands, proud
and defiant as in her palmiest days-crushed,
but not conquered, wrecked, but not reduced.
every foot of her massive sides written all over
with the tributes of the foe to the patriotism,
SKILL and courage of those who have been her
defenders
1t is not our purpose to enter into de-
scrptive detail of the present condition of the
fort, since it would be nanitestly imprudent
to state what is not known to the enemy, but
there are few facts which may be interesting
| and proper to mention.