Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-08-29
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.


The war News.
PFUm the KlChmoSd Dispatch, August ~
The news Of this moruine IL Indicative q
serious work near At band. At Charleston
the enemy seeing the damage sustained b
Fort Sumter IA tort which our batteries Q
guns greatly inferior to lh6so now used b
the enemy silsnCsd 10 fFW hOurS) fron
their Thousands Of pQhdGrOUa miSSllcS, ha,
demanded the suFfbB5sF Of the city, and 0
Morris Island. General BeaureRard's & Fepll
was worthy Oi bin. The enemy under
stands from 1t that Charleston is not take
and that hO has much more digging, an,
bOubArding, and fighting to do before be
can take il, II be ever jakeS II al all, which
iS altogether improbable.
Let Sumter be FRztd to . mass Of rub,
bish, there yet remaia obstacles far NOR,
serious than Sumter in the enemy's Way
II he gets TO Charleston At all II will cos
him dearly; and when be does ho will NOR,
likely conquer city 10 ruins. The South,
ern COntederacy, We believe, has brought
itself to the determination not to abandon
cities upon the threat Of the enemy thai
unless they are given up they will be shell,
ed, Simply to save The houses. 1t is fouud
to be only giving up comfortable QuarterS
to the enemy, while all OF our own people
who remain in them are perSecuted and
abused like dogs,
None OF their rightS Of property are re.
spected, while personally they are not 40.
corded the ordinary uSIges Of humanity,
much less those OiscommOn civility and
decency. All eyes are upon Charleston She
is YET far from falling, and triumph or fall,
we know that her defenders are about 10
illuminate our history BY another chapter
that will excite the admiration OF the
world, Her example will be invaluable to
our people aud warning to the enemy,
who will have fearful admOnitiOn Of the
terrible resistance they must continue to
meet in their war Of invasion and subjugA.
ton Of the South.
The Southwest is becoming again the
theatre Of interest. RoSscraus Is said 70
be advancing upon Bragg; while in the
West Burnside is pressing upon Buckner,
who holds East Tennessee. This IS prob.
ably all the better. The effect of our cam.
paigu beyond the Potomac and the loss oi
Vicksburg is that the enemy presses us,
and It is when we are pressed that we
achieve results worry Of the cause and the
nation. The danger Of two much success
on our side has always been TOO much
confidence and the relGpsing into careless
ness and apathy. We grow Iistlsss, and
our men pine 10 inactivity and die rapIdly
from camp diseases. Fewer would perish
on the battle-6e!ds Of an aesisSeemnaigu
Tue ensmy has suffered heavily Ui laie,
At Gettysburg his loss was greatly more
than ours; at ViCksburg and Port Hudson
his loss was greatly more than all the ner
be captured from us in those places. Nor
were his losses terminated with the capturt
Of those places. Disease, yellow fever ant
camp fever, has been rapidly killing biz
men ever since. The movement of Rose,
Grams, il be has indeed begun march, Il
one Of desperation possibly. The immense
losses from disease in the Federal army
may urge him to do something at once
before his army is too feeble to hold 1t!
position, much less to advance.
A week or two will bring US, we believe
news to cheer US. There is no gooC
reasGE now for dependency; for the stu
alton since this time last year is not much
altered 10 our disadvantage. A single vic
tory iu the Southwest will recover mucl
that we have lost there. The strong posi-
ton in East Tennessee can hardly be los
to US. Here in Virginia the enemy is fur
ther from Richmond than be was last year
Should Charleston fall be cannot max
headway into the interior, aud will only b
able 10 close that place as port Of entry
So the situation brigbtens, because II
shows signs OF activity, and that 10 CRATE
ful to the brave Confederate soldier. W
have always gotten along better when th
enemy showed Gght than when he delayel
his movements. We have generally re
PEELED his attacks successfully, while "
have not failed to attack him when b
gave US the opportunity. We have car
Fied the field Notifications; be has never
save very partially, carried ours. Let hiu
come on, then our men will meet hir
cheerfully, and taey will beat him, too, uu
less the programme Of past campaigns
greatly changed for the one just coming
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
The Charleston papers give an accoun
Of last weeks operations against the work
defending that city. The bombardment {
Monday was one Of unprecedented sever
ty. Sunday night bad been comparative
IL quiet, but early in the morning tho Irou
sides with the fleet Of Monitors and CUR
boats opeuel on Forts Wagner and Gregg
aud about I o'clock the Parrott guns
the Yankee land batteries opened on FoI
Sumter The firing was fast and furioul
all Of our own land batteries entering int
the contest.
Between 10 and II o'clock A. NJ, Ii
Iropsides, elk Monitors and six gun. boa,
rounled the point Of Morris Island, an
engaged Fort Sumter, The result Of th
portion Of the days operations was mo-
encouraging Indeed. Eys.Wituesses aSse
tbst The IrousidCs aud the Monitors wei
! repes,edly struck by shells from Stunt,
and Gregg, Al last, after au engagemer
Of nearly three hours, the fleet drew o
discomfied. In retreating, the lronsid,
' wN1 observed to make signal, and imm
\ diStely aftO, wards the whole squadron di
n nINycd their flags at halI.nAst, proof,
! Il thought, that some officer Of high rat
i had fallen on board Of the IronSides.
q In the afternoon the fleet again rCnewt
4 their bombarduent Of Wagner, whic
# under heavy FIRE Of shell, still rCplit
= Win ylpcr. Il the same time tho Parrc
!. vpnT. Which had not ceased their FIRE evt
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