The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1863-09-17
From Charleston.

wagner and Gregg were evacuated
by the rebels last night at IL o'clock.
To Gen. Gilmore must be assigned the
honor of another splendid triumph.
The engineers have done their duty
faithfully and well. The stars and
stripes now float over the Notifications.
Seventy prisoners, including Captain,
Surgeon, and navy Lieutenant were
captured by party under command
of Major Sanford, of the 18th Con
necticut. The prisoners were endeav
oring to push off in boats from Gregg,
and were interrupted by our men who
were also in boats. The guns on both
forts were spiked. When our forces
entered Wagner lighted fuse leading
To the magazine was discovered and ex.
tinguished. A few moments more and
q terrific explosion would have ensued.
The guns found in Wagner consist
of four naval howitzers, two siege
howitzers, two Columbiads, two. rifled
pieces, three carronades, one siege
mortar, and one field piece. In Gregg,
were found three Cohorn mortars and
two field pieces, making a complement
of nineteen guns, of various calibres
in the two wards. But few of the
guns were in good condition. Most of
them are completely and forever disa-
bled. The bomb-proof of Wagner has
not been penetrated. Inside were dis
covered man dying of his wounds,
and near him two dead bodies. The
garrison, numbering 1900 men,
escaped in boats, with the exception Of
the persons above mentioned. The
first intelligence we had of the evacu-
alton was brought by three deserters,
who came into our lines at o'clock
A. NJ. Numerous torpedoes are scat
tered over the premises, but as yet
they have caused US no injury. Dead
and wounded bodies of men and ami.
mails pave the causeway from Wagner
to Gregg.
LATER-Noon, 7th-At $50 this
morning Admiral Dahlgren dispatched
a flag of truce to Sumter, supposed to
be for the purpose of demanding the
surrender of that fort. If the demand
is not complied with it is believed he
will again lombard that pile of ruins.
The amount of ammunition left in
Wagner and Gregg was considerable.
Numerous tiercelooking pixies having
hooks near the end, were fixed in the
sand on the slopes of Wagner for the
purpose of resisting an assault. Wag-
ner and Gregg are each occupied by a
regiment. There is no firing of any
consequence at the present moment.
The iron-clads are in position to open
on Sumter.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sept. 1.-THE
following naval officers were cuptured
on the walls of Fort Sumter: Lieut. E.
p. Williams, Lieut.. S. w. Preston,
Lieut.. G. g. Reamy, Lieut.. Tracy,
Lieut.. d. D. Meade, Lieut.. Bradford,
and Ensign B. n. Potter. The latter
was wounded.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1--WE have re-
ceived additional particulars by the
Ardgo of the bombardment of Fort
Moutrie by Gen. Gilmore and Ad-
miral Dablgren. The firing had con-
tinued all day Tuesday, the 9th and up
to o'clock Wednesday, the 9th, with
great fury, and the injuries to Fort
Moultrie were Of a character to indi-
cate that the reduction of the fortress
would be effected with comparative
case. The bombardment, which began
on Tuesday at daylight, was kept up
during the day. Though the facts are
not positively known, there is no doubt
in the minds of persons who witnessed
the explosion of the magazine that
even if it was not the main one of the
fort, the havoc inside of it was such as
to materially lessen its capacity for re.
sistance. The firing ceased on Tues
day night, except from the rebel bat
teries.
On Wednesday morning the fight
was resumed, and and some three of
Gen. Gillmore's batteries, which were
in range of Fort Moultrie, assisted in
the cannonading, but only a part OF
the Monitor feet renewed the conflict.
The Ironsides, which has performed
great services throughout, steamed to-
wards Moultrie and was firing rapidly
when the Arago left. The injuries to
the walls of the fort were important.
Observations were made late in the
evening on Wednesday by passengers
on the Arago, who were on Morris
Island it could be seen through the
hazy atmosphere that the parapet walls
were broken, and two of the guns had
been dismounted. This fort, it was
fully shown, would bear only a small
amount of cannonading compared with
Sumter. The reduction will immedi
ately follow the planting of batteries
at Cummings Point, work which viii
soon be accomplished. The firing from
all the rebel forts and batteries which
were in range of Morris Island, upon
our forces there, and which began on
the morning after the evacuation by
lBeauregard's troops, has been severe
and continuous. Our forces do not oc.
cupy in force the captured rebel forti
fcations. 1t is represented that the
rebel works will be of little use to Gen.
Gilmore in his after operations, but he
can use the ground, which he is already
doing in spite of the fire, and when
the new batteries in progress are com
pleted, scarcely position in the harbol
but will be commanded by his guns
while Charleston will be within easy
shellinU distance The Immediate fall