Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-08-22

OFF CnArl EsroS Bar, AUGUST 1.-THE
manner in which the armor Of the IrOns!GUs
has thrown oil the rebel shot causes general
satisfaction. though She has not been closcr
than eighteen hundred yards to the Rebel
batteries. Most of the heavy shot have
crumhcd to pieces on her solid sides, and
the ri,lrd Shot have made only indcntGtions,
without doing the slightest damage. She
has received two tcn-iMch shot on her port
shoppers, and even there they only made
indcntutions, without doing any harm to
them. The stcclpomtcd shots have made
cuts about an iHch deep. She will, how
ever, be tested within eighteen hundred
yards when the great assault il made.
The Monitors bear many honorable scars,
but have not been injured in their effective
ness by the heavy Cannorading they have
undergone They have yet heavy work 20
do, and Admiral DahlGrcn il rc>,ryinE their
guns for better purposes than ahcllng sand
hills \ Gltcru-inch gun j. not considered
safe from explosion after five hundred dis
charges, and as they have each fired about
two hundred projcctilos he i rcscrving the
remaining three hundred Of their elective
ness for sumter
The ability Of the vessels to stand can
nonadiug for IN indiiini,e period Is, how
ever now settled question. Their dctcn
siyc powers are unlimited, and the safety OF
those on board assured In all the month :
heavy fighting but two men were injured,
one 10y The fragment Of flying shell, and
the other 10y conclusion from leaning against
the turrrt ut the moment 4 ECayy shot struck
| the outside.
Admiral Dahlgrtn sent flag Of truce 10
Fort Wagner, to-day, in charge Of Fleet
/ Captain George W. Rodgers accompanied
10y Ensign Laruc p. Adams. They proceed
| cd in one OF the elegant tcn-oarcd cutters oi
| the Wabash. the crew being dressed in white
with white caps and collars trimmed with
blue. The Captain and Lieutenant were
accompanied 10y tug, and proceeded slow
| ~ on To the front OF the fort, when they
were stopped by solid shot passing about
ninety feet above their bows. Captain
/ Rodgcr, then anchored his boat and sent
. the tug back, when another shot was fired
across the bows Of the cutter. There had
been no signal given or any othcrindieation
OF desire for them to stop,
After waiting about twenty minutes. Col
Tracy, with four or tive officers, came to the
beach and invited our party ashore. Col
/ Tracy was the spokesman, and advanced
and shook hands, but the other officers held
. back All of them seemed mOro-c and
gloomy. idplalh Rodgers dI'V! Vt'NtI'hG
the letters with which he was entrusted,
prepared to depart, asking no questions
nor entering into to any general converse
ton. The letters delivered were supposed
to be a copy OF the President procumation
with regard to negro troops, and Il letter
from Admiral Dahlgrcn in relation to tEe
fare of the Wahash's launch.
There has been considerable sharp-shoot-
ing practiced between our pickcls and the
garrison al Fort Wagner. The naval bat
terry is within five hundred yards OF Wagner
and they have made great eXeltions to in
terrupt our working parties by these means.
General Gilmore accordingly organized Il
company of sharp-shooters, selecting the
hest shots from the different regiments, who
have been doing efficient service. The re-
be!s Dad one man, said to be Texan, who
was SAID to be dead shot, and who was
kept constantly in the rihe-pits, and had
wounded several of our men. A member OF
the Fourth New Hampshire, who is said to
be the best shot on Morris Island, had been
watching for this man for four days, and on
Friday managed 20 get bead on him, and
put his ball through his forehead, killing
him instantly.