Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1863-09-04
THE LATEST
FROM CHARLESTON!
Naval Operations Delayed BY the
Storm.
The Rebels Mount Guns Upon
Sumter.
Our Batteries DiSmount Them.
Gilmore Close Up to Wagner.
He Takes the Rebel Rine-pits with
Number Of Prisoners.
Disaffection Amongst the North
Carolina Troops.
Our Batteries Dismount Them.
Gilmore Close Up to Wagner.

harbor, bringing mails and dispatches from
General Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren.
They will be taken to Washington by q bearer
of dispatches to arrive there tomorrow.
FORTRESS MONROE, VA, Sept. 3.-The
steamship Spaulding arrived from Morris Is
,and- ern sailed on Monday last. Passengers
Commodore Davis, 1t. Harmony Of the Nahant
sent North by Medical Survey. Commodore
Davis ordered to Nahant.
Stormy weather for two days had checked
naval operations. All was in readiness, await
ing ia v orable weather.
On Thursday night the Admiral went up to
Fort Sumter with the Monitors, and the Iron
sides, Mehaska and Ottawa, but the storm
increasing, he was compelled to return at
three O'Clock. Fort Moultrie discovered the
movement, and fired on the Patapsco.
On Monday, when the SpauIding sailed, the
Wehawken was up, Smelling Gregg. The reb-
els raised another gun on the ruins OF Fort
Sumter on Saturday. On Monday the island
batteries renewed the bombardment Of Sum.
ter, dismou nting guns and damaging the front
parapet, now a useless ruin.
The Monitor Lehigh arrived on Sunday
afternoon, in fine condition. She passed
through a terrible storm, behaving admirably
The steamer Home also arrived on Sunday
The operations Of General Gilmore are pro-
crossing with great vigor. His approaches
are so close to Wagner that the combatants
ere throwing stones and hand grenades. On
Wednesday he drove the enemy from the rifle
pits on the left Of his advanced line 8 hundred
yards, and captured seventy eight prisoners,
including two officers.
The Monitors are weathering the storm we'll
inside the bar, their anchors holding; Admiral
Dahlgren is In good spirits and confident Of
success.
In addition, 1 cleaned some particulars
" hich may be interesting. The assault which
the Richmond papers of the Goth reported to
have taken place on Wednesday night, the 18th,
was in reality an attack on the enemy's rifle
pits on Vinegar Hill, In front OF General Gil.
more's left, and was completely successful.
Gen. Gilmore took the rifle-pits, with prison.
ers, &c, and by this advanced his lett flank
now within forty yards of the ditch OF Fort
Wagner, and our miners are within hearing OF
the enemy's miners, who are believed to be
countermining.
Fort Wagner now fires but seldom, having
with effect to repel assault.
Battery Gregg and Fort Johnson tocetber
with battery called s'Simpkens," erected by
the rebels on james Island, close to the woods
near Secessionville, give the most trouble.
These batteries on James Island fire at inter-
walls, both night and day, but with trifing effect
on our batteries and men,
On Saturday morning last the rebels brought
a schooner load Of cotton bales to Fort Sumter.
and erected battery for one gun on the right
shoulder angle, opening fire from it about
dark.
Gen. Gilmore opened his batteries about day
break on Monday, and by the tire the Spauld.
ing left the gun cotton bales had all been swept
away. Fort Sumter is now q mass of ruins,
with no guns serviceable
Several torpedoes have burst under the
Monitors, but produced little effect. Fort
Moultrie batteries have tried to she'll our bat
teries and troops on Morris Island, but most
Of the shells fell short, in the water
The health OF the troops is reported to be
much improved by the cold weather attending
the late storm, which has been favorable to the
work on shore, but unfavorable to the opera
tons by water.
Six d'serters from Moultre report much dis
existing among the North Carolina
regiments at Charleston. Also that all the
shots from or batteries that 20 over the
wall fired al, strike the northwest walls In re-.
verse, and going through those walls fall into
the water beyond