, 1863-09-13
Mouttrtevi1ie Half Burned
Down.
EXPLOSION OF THE MAGAZINE
AT FORT MOULTREE.
The Fleet Smelling Moultrie and sun'
vans Island.
cEH. ollMoRE'$ BATTERIES COM.
MAkD THE CITY.

It'll tLGlIlDE M0ultr1c. Bn0lcf na0 HOT eus'
rendered. The Union forces Wcrc erecting
works 10 shell Charleston. No stack on the
cit, had been made.
NEW yoHk, Sept. 1o.-The HorlJs Wash
1t gton special says: Ru1nors are cuErsnt to.
day thnt Charlcstcn has been burned, but
they cannot be traced to my reliable soufca.
We have, however, authority for stating tha.
Gvp, Gilmore was detvrmtned, If, when NO
ctt full possession Of Morris Island, aud
Ge;,, pcaurrgard did not aura der, hc would
throw ipccndiary shel..s into tho city for the
nu,nosc of destroying It, as coyer aud tasc
Ct supplies for the Confederate force'.
Thr 7su.es has loug letter from Morris
Island, dated Monday, The 7th.
Wagner and Grreg nerc evacuated By the
rebels lust night at Il o'clock. Gen. Gilmore
must bo assigned the honor OF another splen'
did t1iumph. The Engineers hare done thclE
duty faithfully and well.
Thc:S.ars mud Stripes rou float over the
| fo.tineAtions.
s.yelty prisoners, including captain, sur
! econ. and navy lieutenant wefo Captured By
| a ,ar,y under co1umaad Of Mojur Sanford, Of
the I'll PENNSYLVANIA. The prisoners verc
cndeayosing 10 push OF in haats from GsesE'
and were Intercepted by our men who neEo
aleoin beats.
lherups in both ferris were spiked
When our torces entered Wagner. rrs.sacoTorcd
fuse leading to the 1nagazl!p'm III moments and
and e1tingulshfah onld have enzucd,
teniilfons found In Wagner consist Of i've
naEal horltzers, two teIge howitzers, two
hfn3a iro HsJ
AIDES, one seige mortar, and one field p1eca.
in Gregg were found three mortars and
t~o field pieces, making Q complement Of
| nineteen gurs Of various calibre in the two
works. But few Of tbs guns arc In good con-
di.lon. Most Of them are completely and
forever disabled.
The bomb proof Of Wagner hss not been
| ptnetrated-
! 1utide WINS diecoyered man dying from
wcui d., and near him two dead bodies.
/ The garrison, numbering fifteen hundred
men, escaped In boats, with the exception Of
| the persons abovc mentioned.
The first Intelligence We had Of the eyacua-
ton ras brought BY three descrtels, who
came into our lines ut / O'Clock u. N. Nume-
| sous torpedo.s are scattered over tho prem.
| itcs, but as Jet they have cauecd no Injury.
Dead aud mangled bodies Of men and animals
Pave tic canseway from Wagner to Gregg.
| LATER.
2TrT. T-Noon.-At $50 this morning, I'D.
miral Dlhlgrsn dispatched Gag Of truce to
Sumter, supposed to be for the purpose ot
demanding tho surrender Of that tort 1fthe
dcmnnd is not compiled With, 1t il believed
IT, rill a9ain bou,basd that pile OF rufus.
Tie amount Of ammunition lett In Waguc,
sad GrGg wns considerable. Numerou.
l.rce-louking rikes having hooks near the
end, wcre fixed In tue sand On the slopes d
Wselcr, for the purroto Of r.slsting IN Us
sault. Wagner and Gregg arc each occarlet
by L regiment. There 10 no firing Of AMI
cont teqnence at tho present moment. Th'
itou.clatls nrc in portion 10 open On Sumter
FORTRESS MuxKoE, scpt. 12.-Tho stcamc
| Massachusetts las arrived from Charleston
bar, which rho left on thu evening Of tho 9th
Oy the sth, the Weeharkcn sent shcl
Into Fort Moultrio's ,nagaxlno, exploding It
The irnt,dcs sent Shells Into Moultsicyllle
frlpg and destroying half The town.
Thu Monitors aul 1Fonsiaes bomb.rla'
Sullivan. Island fur houss, doing ox!cus!v
dam &c.
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