, 1863-08-08

locate0 IRON each o1 lhe Monitors, and the
Ironsidesi is within five hundred yards Of Sum-
Ter. That Sumter will fall is, think, us Ger
tain MS that the day OF attack will arrive.
The enemy Is also at work. erecting batter.
les On James' Island; but we are putting up
batteries to command. them also.
There has been but litIo :cannocalinc to-
DAY, but some Of the Monitors will 70 in to-
night to harrass the cnemy. There. was con-
siderable cannonadl6g all day and during the
night The guns Of tbs Naval battery, which
is tho advance battery, will:be erected TO-
night. -.
Yesterday five hundred prisoners wore tak-
en-, By four companies Of the ssLost Chill
dren," on an Island in the rear Of Folly Is.
land. They showed but little fight, and utter
receiving two 7o]1eys laid down their arms.
There has not been dozen guns fired to-
day, and they were principally from our WI,
ter batteries. ~:
Tho enemy Las been unusually quiet, eri-
denly finding that he has been wasting
great deal OF ammunition latoly. =
The weather is very hot. ::
The arrivnl Of reinforcemcntx has given new
Ep!rit to the troops on shore. :
. TT. cu,~cr,,- ar, . !: %Jc.is.
~oa.;r.o:, ~ 80 ~. 49, '4.ss ~ ~"
49,. - 800 49, ~ e-aAt 60
s,.,,s,'... -. - p'os'oes4os
~ ~ .;,na Vs. .ns 49, t,,aI 49,. s1 :. .ae sour,e
both be reduced. 1tla evident the IT tbels were
receiving reinforccments, probably from Lees
nrmy. 49,. -
er sn,r,d,nr rror, s.one 80 49, az 49,,
arrired wv 1' -1'1'
She reports the siege Of chsslestoa pro-
crossing iayorably. -
No important news otherwise rece;yed
n.,rr,opv aucrx, "a .v:,a: f.n,a sr
IT,, 1e,aIa 10y ~ ~ -, - 'lo.4 Aof. :.
10 1e4anu cay tlia1 ~ .aete a!e coanoent OF
SUCCESS. The grand ball Will be opened In tho
coursc of q week. One of the n,o;t fn,sons
noht, ~ Tho 49, 10 .nt,o;,a+.a r,..a ,.s.a
.s,.,N-. 49, - 4111 NV Aan-
o1ca repe1 P1lsouers "ctc laheo On an island,
near Folly Island, on ths2d. Reinf3rcements
have arrived, Giving the troops new srItits.
.Ros1os. Auc,,st 7.-Thc co-r4snon;,ent ,s
,ha p,s,,n U~c,s :, ,o,to, ~ a ~ ~ csa.,ac -
Inc bos'on At7cfa,1a aiettef t'a1ta on, Charles
! by. Gen. Gilmore on Morris 1t1ara, is mount
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,r,,o, .hssa h..to-;ns .,. ,.a.ss -.
| snmtcr 4hcrc wili hc a 'rs,Sf1, sc.,tor;n,r
se1,.:s,a, 49,. sA 49,, -. I's
70 aA>. ' wv neo. .
/ ana haii Is allowed Tor the homoaruMcnt OF
| that fort bcfoie Ii will be compelled TO sur
| rcn6nr
,.- ,o.
PREPARATIONS TO ATTACK FORT SUMTER
An artillery officer, writes;to the Boston
| TyGe.1ler, under date Of Norris Island. July
| ao.,,
-'.n
| Oot io1ee + woss1os day hna Eig.l IT erect
| 1pg new pattel1es aaa 1aonn1l3f - inch NOR.
.ass .1, nnu nensy ~ guns' me Aa.a five 100pound
~ .edn .utHe -vo:pou1a t&. otis to mount; one
.:U-po4nu 10 alle1Gv mounted, end yesterday
.nten ~ knoss ws1e Arel at Fort SUM :er, Just TO
FL .nS .aaee. One shot lit the corner Of the
palapst ana made the bricks 1y. Our pickets
ate Hnh'n 4oOyards Of Fort Wagner, bnt they
9ox o9s H. toF ths rebe9
Is s. rsed out to the troups three times day. i
FORTRESS MONROE, Aug. G.--The steamer
.Marle Leaf arrived today, fotty.eight hours
fiom Stone ir;r.... We learn tl1at eYcrv effor.
is being made to arrest lie ;g;,icri;as e.,
burned The licft honsa ~ 9nII, eILa1s T.1a VINO
| tle eastern shore of Viaon, e'1'tn as1aua' on
| The euutoat Arcl. from Ghar,cs+o, +,,o ~,
arrived fl,is morrfnr hn1nI ~. W. ~ V3 ~.
with mails. =. 49," = o'A
A., ra,to .e.. n.,,,
r-;,as M - , ..O. =. ~ D1auu1o.e A"seT'eaa'
"111es to that paper from Port Royal, July 80:
In conversation with some officers from the
I Wabash, fad very general confidence pre-
vaililg, that within the next ten days the fall
Il Sumter would be consumuiated, and that
Clarleston must soon after succamb. They
apd tx III o{ RorF e. progressing satlaaeto5l:
uyents II The NEXT faw i;sya The aa "ao..e ~ sne
bt mba11ment now progressing, is. / learn.
mainly to conceal the erectlag,' bY Gen. Gil.
more, of masked battery within i've hun
dEed yards Ct Fort Wagner, and also to pro-
battery was excecttd to be rcadvto onar. ~,
the enemy tomorrow, ard It's advent will he
Il grand fnsi1ade from the Monitors and the
lsonsides. It will be a s}Eht Eortf, seeing
and as haT; lust arranned 10 refn:n dircct fn
The bar, hnpe to obtalu a GOOD yjaw If the
event, and to be able to record to you its en-.
tie success. Fort Wagner is already SIGHT.
less paass of sand, and with the boring shell
Of Gen. Gilmore, strong efforts will be made
TO pcnettate it's Iuogazinc End mt n snmTnarv v
end to the vile concern. However. e1en +
this attempt should fall, there is t.no: sneh
word a. faitn in the vocabulary If Admira1
Dahlsren aud General Gilmorc..:
It Is the general .fmnressfon m ,11 b.,a.
tcre that the rebels have evacnhte5 III 4ha
casemates Of Sumter, md inten5 to rciv ~
her parapet guns entirely In tGe annrnae1,.
ing assault. It Is even said thai her eni;rc
.casemates ure filed with sanfl-bhrp:- aud fhat
all her best guns haye been crowded to tEs
paraptts. ffthfs iato II Inj;etae +Hat ~ 100
The Unsuccessful assar1t a. ATr 1aat ats ,,st
hnyc been 20 terrihlc rhnt .he-5 /. '
ipgness to risk Tie late Of The f. >" a. a,1nthn
A correspondent Of the Phllddelphia IN.