, 1863-08-24
THE VERY LATEST NEWS.
1f0sDA1,8 O'CLOCK i. II
FROM CHARLESTON.



Especial Dtfpsie. to tho chicago Tribune
I'MAAn1ssH1A, Aug n. tsas*
Tho Arkansas, which hA& jast arrived hcro,
iett tAe Aust on Charleston 1t ne.on o'clock |
On Wednesday morning, 30th lnst. ?.
Fort Gregg has beou entiEely al'enced. Fort
Wagner ht!n holds out. Yvrt samter wa& bad
~ damaged and on ase: Sumter had replied
only feebly. J:
Tho new Ironsldes aud iva monitors And
aho1e batteries were all engaged.
Two refugees from sayannat1;namod Jas. 3
Calf and Jno. G. Ca1lun, came in the Askaa-
kas. They sAy there u ns1t to 8 famine in 81
vannah. +!
Dr.. Robt. Gibbs, Surgeon Of tho rebel ram
Fingal, is = prisoner on board He goes to
Fort Delaware. !.
When the Arkaneas 1eit the impression WIS
entertained that sumter could not hold ont
I'LL noon. :.
Fleet Capt. Rodgers and paymaster Wood
burr we're killed within the first half hour Of
the engagement on TuesdsJ,
The bomba1dment continued without ccssa-
tion during Tuesday might, and Was In full pro
e.ess when the Arkansas leie.
Especial Dispatch 10 ths Chicago Tribune.1
WAaa,ssTos, Angust -. 1867
4 letter from the Pays4aster with tho a1po-
dillon against Charleston, to tho Treasury
Department, SAYS people must not be too
| anxious. This is the:most complicated Job
the army has had to perform during tho war,
and II srccess attends rs, and 1t will, the vic
tory will be the most brilliant recorded In
naval history, but It: cannot be done In
huNy. !:
Movements will bea: deliberately made by
two young but gallant and experienced men.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23a-Thc Unltedstates
supply steamer Arkansas arrived At the Navy
Yard to-day. She left Charleston yesterday
morning, and reports that the Navy and Army
shoze batteries have done tremendous de-
struction on Fort Sumter. Tho south aud
cast face looks like honey.comb, aud q COM
plcte demolishment Of the walls Is looked for
In week.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 23.-Thefo following &C.
count is from the pan Of MI. Chas. G, Fulton,
editor of the Baltimore A,nesttan:
FLAGSHIP D1SsMoRE, Aug. 18th--The at
tack on Sumter commenced at daybreak yes.
te.dsy morning, pJ the siege batteries Of Gen
Gilmore, aud the nayal battery on shore.
1t six o'clock Admiral Dahlgrcn proceeded
On board the Wcehawken, and With the Iron
sides and entire monitor fleet, attacked bat
teries Wagner and Gregg, With great fury
completely sllenelng Wagner and elmos
silcncing Gregg.
The wooden gunboats, seyen In number
also Joined In the assault and enabled all 0
the shore batteries to pour their shut AMI
she'll into Sumter.
At 10 o'clock the Admiral changed his q y
to the Pasealc, and, With tho Patapaco. pre-
! cccdcd to within about !, 400 yards Of Sumte,
!. and nhelled tho sea wall with the rlncd gun
Of those Vessels for about IN hours marh
cd effect.
!. Sumter frcd about dtty return shots, doin
: no damage to tho vessels, whilst the wall {
Sumter was badly scared.
Fleet Captain Geo. Rodgers Of the Catskil
!, went up within 150 Yasds Of tho beach ftor
= Of battery Wpgucr. After firing number
. shots, shot from Fort Wagner broke u p!cs
q Of tho interior lining, which struck on tt
= head Of Commander Rodgers, Instantly XII
Ing him, ~ we'll ~ Paymaster Woodbur,
who was standing ut his sldo.
y Both Of their hcads were split opon. Tho
). werr the only pcrsons Injured on land
water tfurinE .ho feat Of our engagement.
- Tho damage dcne to Fort Sumter By /
10 ttcee batteries of Con. Gilmore, is visll
without tho aid Of glass. The rcbels b
- erected falso wall against the wall expos
~ 10 our batteries. 1t extended to Within t
~ feet OF tho top Of tho wall, ovor forty Il
:. high and ten feet thick, and this wall Is nov
" mass Of ruins, while the old wall Is bored f
NJ Of deep holes, tho parapct crushed and ragg'
and tho northwest corner gashed and crack
down almost to the water's edge. Tho hsrt
and stono River aro Alled With torpedo
About dozen Of them have been picked
In tho stono. Ono was exploded under
10 Patapeco, zaislng her foot ont Of water,
doing her no harm. None OF the vessels r
Injured in tho least. Tho Admiral and
officers arc confident In the ability Of the M
he ltors to batter down Sumter. Ho is, hover
anxious to save the vessels for tho he
70, wo1k required Of them after Sumter Is tax
a ant and to let tho army reduce Sumter, possil
to The neet, except the Weehawken and
tho | hsnt. all returned before ? P. m--but II
,ps remained 70 keep Wagner silent during
~ e1enIpc, md to prevent the remounting
to guns, The shoze batteries continued II
br The whole evening and night on the wall
sumter, with good effect,
bel This morning, the batteries ara steadily
N. work, The Weehawken and Pas.aic art Ike
ck. Ing batteries Wagner and Gregg silent, and
our | to uoeu, when the Arkansas sailed, the
ier. | mninder Of the fleet Wese lying at Il
ver mcoriugs.
hev | Gen, Gilmore announces that tho n
ha3 thus fnr has been entirely satisfactory;
was tho fort is greatly damaged, and tbs Y
per, progressing finely.
sry. Admiral Dahlgreu Is much depressed By
be. loss Of Fleet Captain Rodgers, but Is hi
the | cratIhed with the operations OF the fleet
nv army, aud sery hopeful OF ultimate suce
The Arkansas left the feet Ut sevea o'cl
into Wednesday morning. At that time
.ire volumes Of smoke vera seen Issuing T
now Sumter, as If from the burning Of cotton.
the officers Of tho Arkansas beltara the
ID to | would be captured or entirely consumes
take | noon.
"A tn Her guns wese replying feeb1y to {
Jaw Fort Gregg had been entirely silenced. '
Ron, ner stin holds out The bombardment
tiuued without cessation during Tuesday
nnd was renewed Wednesday morning,
,rmv when the Atkansaa left the firing waa far
, ri, The lrousides, monitors and shore bait
Int bcIn1 ali engaged. Two refugees from s
! the nah. named James Il. CaliF aud Jno. Col
> m. Rru passengers on the A1knnsa8. They r
ssns | neaIlT fautne In Savannah.
,ee is
''SE: 'RRss FROM WASHINGTON.
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