The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-09-16

mover ~ and opened on Battery Cregy Mou,rsc ara
stn Hiea with spirit. 1t q quarter u two : rock -
wcra 'a,sSp and sro many minutes elapsed the enemy
'o uAe"Ined approaching Morris Island AZ a ponL
between Gregg and Wagner. They had come Down IN
Dsss 'nioash creek west q Morris lsland obv iousy
with The design u assaaitlbg Gregg Ia tAe rear Az
sancing IN limo OF battle they were permlltad 10
come very near when niue inch hahgreu opened upon
lhrm al snort range with double canister our how
tiers then commenced IRE ~ shralue ana can,.tor
while our infantry admirably posted, poured MO thorn
fire Of musketry. Moutric, BATTERY iee aud Rut,ary
Mitchell also opened upon them rapid and mott dsmora
hzng IRE This thcy could not Withstand, and though
Tor very short while they maintained iro y muskctry
and craps shot from Their bages they soon forced
70 withdraw seemingly much surprised ana confused b.
their reception and admirable dspuaition II said
that few gained the shore but these soon scampcrod u
Their boats 80 that no"prisoners we're taken The oHs
inflicted On the enemy this bned attempt at an A.
san was probably not inoonsderabio but AZ MI VINO
struck fell IN tho boats tho extent OF their loss w. o.
course, unknown some bodies woro found which Heated
ashore.
almost iBaposdL 70 dec,sIe ne try1lle bean of ne
scene ~ Charleston harLor - nS.ed Saturday naht
trom ne city, Prom Moultrc almost 10 Seoessonyiile
whole somi-crclo tho horzu was 10 up by incsssant
flashes from and shell peal peal Of artillery
rolled acrors the scarcely resist tho
belief that not loss than thousand great guns were ~
action, II XIX gTani chofua N hei, In which Mooch
might have assisted and oyer which satan might have
presided.
which, With its southern ieht mcllp"cd b. =
somewhat misty atmosphere brought out softly yet dis
tnctly, the most distant outlines oi the herhor.
Tho lose ~ Nagpcr during ths awfa hombardmept
was considerable, In % eight o'cock on sunday y
amounted 10 hundred and hy IN Killed and wprndef
Probably many more added 10 these casualties VI
the OF Che day
Al Gregg there but eight caaualtei on Saturday
night during the skrmah witt the harFcs Among them
Wac captain Of the twenty scceutn Georgia Volunteers
Under ot Their oaaseess nfo the Yankee nnd ap
preached on sunday within torty Yards OF Naguor
During the bombsrdncnt ~ Friday last tho brave ami
jealous MAJOR Marley wounded at Wagner by thr
fragment she'll Io flruck the ankle, aud tho
wound II said not 10 be- severe.
About zine clock T.. ~ that day no wns pot intoa
barge--he Leo, belonging 70 acn kployto be brought
10 the city. ~ this barge, with ~ liant freight and
~ It's crew which made NJ ~ white men. notbing
mas been heard To the present moment The Inference
rs that u VAS captured. With all gu board r.oonn0itr
the between Morris island Johnson
kbcts boat. returning from Morris Island Charleston
saturday night with Lieut. Jones, passed between
several Of these providers nfcd on probably
on account 81 the contemplated attack On Gregg.
ON Sunday Comma der A. n. Marley down Ia
dispatches, and also With tho purpose of dscoyeI-
ing the fata 81 the missing oficer. He fred
on fourteen times, but camo 10 anchor undar
IRE, and was met by Ensgn Porter. his oniosr
replied T. the commanders inquiries that hc had been
away" ON friday night and though he had heard that
there had been capture. be was not awar. whether
MAJOR Marley WAS among tho prisoners not lie aid.f
that no would inquire, and " shr Marley a c-ptise.
he would inform the commander whom the Gespatehes
were answered. No reply has yet received y
IL viii scarcely be believed Though what would not
one believe OF Yankec that the shore batteries nrci
for some time tho Juno, utterly regardless ~ her sr
Of truce Eight shots directed At her after SD.
had come 10 an anchor, with tho white ensign OF
pence nj her FORE Nor did they tirc badly. ayeral
shot pissed through her rigging cw dashed thu spray
into tho accs 81 tho and not pai % thn
hyo steps from the ship.