Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-07

I spF ebout ten o'clock. A. NJ, another moved up
sDd tsok its station between Gregg aud Veg
nsr At twilight csleium lighs was displayed
/ on the monitsT last mentioned.
/ 10 mss been corjectured that we owe the duiet
Iof ths last two days to the fact thst ihe Ysa-
( kces are waiting for a fresh supply Of anmuui-
ton Il may be, too, that they are employed m
repairiog-th5 damage inflicted on the monitors
/ in their last attack.
I TNeHiy-eight vessels were reported IN me An.
ie ana Folly river twenty three IN St9nos thirty
nine inside and eight outside the bar
{ There has now been sn iuteTAisslon Of a.
i lea-t Eu0 days in the terrible bomohrdmenl
which Sumter has undergone: Since the lSih
Of Auril tbs dav On which tha boWbardment
! b-ysu. seven thousand 6ye huldred aud g ty-
ore rhs's have hoen fred At that renowned, bat,
/ slsst no Longer powerful stronghold. Of these
} ti,ee fhaussnd five suadrad and ninsty-bve
s.ruck outside, two thousand one hundred and
thirty-uius struck inside, and only one Thousand
eight hundred snd seventeen missed. 10 the
same interval, the nag was shot away fourteen
times.
We have, IS get. learned the Dsue Of but one
Of the men who vas wounded on Sullivan island
during the laie NIGHT engagement With the moRi-
tors This was Private G. z Townsend, CON
psuy Z. Jlst North Carolina volunteers. HIS
right srm has been smputated, and he noF lies
at the ST North Carolina hospital.
From TIE Courier, Sept 3
NEWS F0eM THE ISLANDS,
Nothing Of importance IansPjred yesterday,
ard We have sgsin TO report q comparatively
quiet s.ste of affsTs. Yankee batteries Nos. ]
and sud tha rihe-pits keep mp brisk fire or
Battery Wagner doing, hsWevor, little or 10
damage. On our side, Batteries Checvss and
Haskell continue 10 play with etf O. on the fsR-
igea working parties IN the pits and behind the
st1cz1da 6efsnses, frequently driving them cut
arl Tesrdiug their operations a number Of
Yankees yesterday were Discovered digging
about one hundred yards south Of WagFer, aud
aHo.hsr party working oH@bat5sfry No. J. Orr
batteries f ed q few shells, which soon drove
them under cover They fsil0l 90 make tiei-
appearance tAe rest of the day.
> Thursday evening, Gen. Gilmsr, accompanied
bv Csl Harris and other efissrs visited battery
Waguey and made q minute inspection OF the
f0rtiG1aion. The enemy at the time Was en-
/ Fsgei in brisk fro upon Wagner from his rids
pits F9ur shells exploded nosr the party
while on the psrape., fortunately iHj uriag 10
one The party passed over and finished their
Inspection, wholly Indifferent of the eUe1y's
fire We learn tba. Gen Gimer sud Col HaE-
Ts were highly pleased with the condition Of
lha battery its great strength and power of
resistance. Il. viii be gsllanty defended 10 the
last
The position Of the hsst is but little changed
I Ole monitor has tEksn q position between 3 IT.
trries Gregg sud Wagner, nearly abreast Of the
latter. Another mas remained of Battery
Gregg 10 the sans position since yesterday.
a caIcium Ugh. has been observed displayed
f-onl the morit9T between Gregg and Wsgpef
for fhe lsst two nights.
Tbiriy.1ine -vessels, including six monitors
and The Ironsiles, were inside Of the bsr yester-
day, tEeBy-eight vessels reported in Stono, and
tFsuty-taree in Folly inlet, besides eight block
a5ers of tine bar.
The casualties on our side for The LAST week
Notwithstanding the heavy bOmbardmont made
diving that time, have been V.Ty small. On
visit 70 tbs hospitals yesterday, we found but
uEe ths1 bad Lean received since the lst instant
severely wounded. This was private c T.
Townsend, company L, 6lst North Csr0li8s
regiment VINO Ha6 bjs right sTm smpuigied aud
was taken 60 TIE North Carolina hospital. Some
i11 OF thIee. wi,h very slight Wounds, had been
r6cajve1 "a other hospitals
AZ this hour writing. eleven p. VI. the Ere
between tho laud batteries continues slowly.
THE B9srBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER
7. Is now 1inafsen days since the attack ou
Sumter by land batteries of 200-pOuud Parrot
guns, and by the iro1-mailed fleet of Che enemy,
armed with U-incb aud - inch guns, com
uI.uc-i. The walls gra battered down OF
preached. Arches sud Casemstes and terre-
p'o'ns sra knocked into hopeless ruin. The
gaae of Sumter are ~ Bilencej, aad the greet
NESS stands ont grim and des0lste, like
MANNED giant lis fag still flies t5wsTd the
cunning Ice whose inventions OF ordnance have
susbled uls11 reirsating beyond the rsnga Of
oar missiles, 70 take q smart advantage, substi-
tUtirg mechanical contrivsnce for courage aUd
sLlii m war. Fourteen times the C0wsrdiy shot
of the enemy have cul down that flag, and ss
often it hss been raised agsjn, sigSal Of dei-
once.
During liis attack on tie fort seven thousand
five hul5rsd and Gty-One shots have been fired
st Sumter, and the fort has been struck FIVE
thousand six hundred and thirty-four times, by
The enormous missiles used against It. Three
thousand Eve hundred and ninetY-6Te of tbsse
struck The exterior walls and swO thousand one
hundred sEd lhiry-nine struck inside. The
small number Of essusliies under this unparsl-
leled bombsrGmsat is mainly due 10 the strict
discipline Of the garrison, and the care taken to
shelter Fbe uan and TO prevent eZpasurf
Toe c0mmEndaT Of the great artillery post in
Fac performance Of his vAIIOBs duties Of watch |
fitness end activity, has been necessarily sK- /
posed, and hiss, We lesn, lad several narrow
egcspe5--Cucs by a PsTOtt shell bursting in su /
Gtj5ining cssema.e open 20 the one in which be
stood in The northeast side Of the fort again by
a deliberate shet fred at him on the top of the |
work 0Es bright morning, which passed within
twelve inches Of his body; q third by the burst
iuF of q she'll in the ceiling Of the mess room
while the officers were at dinner inficting slight
wounds or uises sud The fourth By the burst
ing Ci g lJ inch shell Cred from mOuitsr on
Wednesday night lest ten or fifteen feet before /
bin on the parade ground, while be was walk
ing across from wesE to east In this last in
stance o se7Fsans, inst behind him, was wouad-
60, and bic c'caps ses pr0videntsl.
The officers Of camPany B, Capt Fleming,
who worked the guns on the sss face Of the fort,
na5essvarRl narrow escapes from columns of
bricks thrown up and falling in showers and
from fragments Of bursting shells. Company
@ Capt. H8E,6sion, en- She Northeast wall, were
also exposed st times Of opening Ere. Tne small
number of casualties Is ike the result of the fght
for the reduction Of Sumter under Anderson. |
aid lbe fight Of the 7th Of April. God has sure
ly been with us.