Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-11-02
FROM CHARLESTON.

Ehe Late Bombardment Of the City-Re.
newal Of Operations.
by the arrival at New York OF the Arago
from Hilton Head we have news additional to
.naI published in the Star of Saturday. A
MOTIFS Island dispatch of Oct 9th saws:
1t was not intended at first to make the com.
mencement OF such vigorous operations, but
circumstances have changed the programme
he Enemy replied reseryedly to- -day Hs;.
eNldently taken with surprise so far as the
sheDlng OF Charleston is concerned, althou gh
Ne mas mad sufficient warning.
Four mentors are In position of Suiliyau.s
lsIand. III Is understood that they will engage
the rebel works this afternoon.
| HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT. OF THE SotrTg
october "a number of the heaviest guns in
Wagner and Gregg were opened on Sumter,
Momitrie and johnson yesterday morning.
Ine hring was continued at regular inter-
vaIs .nronghout the day until dark, and re.
suIneo aga1n this morning.
Inc range Of the guns on Sumter and John.
son Is one. third less than it was before the
capture cap s of Wagner and Gregg. The firing on
The enemy did not commence an animated
reply tiil about noon yesterday. His pra ctice
Is inferior to that exhibited weeks ago
AZ the present moment of writing not cas-
naity has occurred on our side, and no percep-
tihle damage to our works has bee IN sustained.
Ihe artillery is in charge Of the Sd Rhode
Island regiment, they having been ordered to
the pieces on Sunday. esd
The object of the fire was TO get etperfect range
Of the Rebel works, anu to prevent the con
struction OF any interior batteries and the
mounting OF any guns on Sumter. 1t cannot
be put as the commencement of any Vigorous
assault, and the public must not anticipate
news OF stirrng import by the arrival OF the
succeeding transport.
That preparations have been making for
some weeks for active movements is patent To
us all, and will be more SO when the actual
moment arrives.
Gen. Gillmore's headquarterskare stin OH
Folly Island.
Measures have been adopted to protect the
lronsides from further attempts at her des true
ton. She is now SO hedged in that il will be
impossible for torpedo to ex plode near enough
to ii to occasion any damage; and as for any
machine like that which failed in the last at
tempt doing damage is quite out of the question.
1t will do no damage to notify the rebels that
all our vessels lying inside the bar are now
quite well prepared against their tactics and
Changes have been ma lie in the comm lnds Of
many OF the vessels OF late.
1t would do no good to state the precise time
the on. clad operations will again be res u,ned
ard might occasion harm. Preparations for a
final attack are being pushed on as rapidly as
circumstances will permit, and, ontidently
hoped, will be completed very soon.
correspondent, writing relative 10 the re-
cent operations under date of Oct 27th, says:
The unusual quiet OF the past tn ee weeks
was broken yesterday by Gen. Gilmore's new
batteries, which opened on Fort Sumter and
Oh OTts NiOultrle ana Johnson, and the bate
rles about those works. The rebels replied to
our fire, but with little accuracy Our fire has
been quite sharp and tolerably effective. The
bricks on Fort Sumter ffe w in Clouds and il
was the opinion of one of our general officers
that 1t was quite as safe to be outside of that
work as inside. 1t must have been very hot
for the inmates OF the fort, if fragments of shot
and shell, bricks, mortar and splinters can
bring about such a state of affairs. The fire
upon Moultrie and Johnson had the desired
effect. The rebels fired feebly and inaccurately.
OF a casualty occurred on our side during the
day.
To-day our Parrots are talking as loudly as
ever, % but With what res ult we have not lsaEneds
checked in any efforts they may have made to
erect a battery within the work, and the
chances are that snch work is already de-
stroyed by the shot and shell now raining into
the tort. The sctn we daily witness is in no
w:ys different from the one have described
Perhaps heavier pieces OF masonry are detach-
ed and more brick dust is thrown in the air by
our heavy projectiles than in the first bombard-
ment, because the range is nearly two thirds
shorter than tore, and the force of impact is
coIrespondingly increased. Sumter has not
replied. nor is ii likely that the enemy eau
much longer maintain the work. But we shall
see in due time what is to be accomplished.
As close one of our guns is firing upon the
city OF Charleston, with what result cannot
vet he stated. st. Michaels spire 10 the target
for our fire.