The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-09-25
The Siege Of Charieston--Interes
incidents of the Recent Bombu rd-

| ~ COTTeSpOnVcuJ OF tue NcW lOIk
Times, writing from on board the
Ironsides, Off Fort Monltrie, .Eriday,
September I1th, furnishes some in.
teresting items ofthc recent lombard
mcnt and the siege:
The prisoners, including officers. arc
still within the foit A flag of. truce
sent out yesterday brought the iHteli-
lgence from Lieut.. Preston, that he
and his fellow officers were well treat
ed, and as comfortable us the circum-
stances would admit. Bully Bcaure-
gard took the opportunity OF sending
the threatening message to Admiral
Dahlgren that he would place the pris-
Ioncrs on the parapet of Sumter if the
navy made it M object of fire Ad.
miral Dahlgrcn replied with as much
| dignity as the nature of the case wo'd
Justify, that il he (Beauregard) } should
resort to such u heathcnisl mode of
procedure, thcn lie might look ut the
same hour for rebel prisoners lied To-
the outer surface of the monitors tur.
rcts. IL is thought the answer of the
| admiral will do much toward bring.
| ing the bobtailcd Bcauregord to tho
sense of the common rules of civilized
warfare.
The navy has not engaged the rcb-
el works since Tuesday night. The
firing has been confined to few
rounds fired from Johnston and Moul-
trie to the captured forts, Wagner and
Gregg. Et1ug
In the late fight the Monitor Wee
hawken, Which, it will he recollectcd,
got aground off Moultrie, received
some internal injuries, which il will
require week or ten days to repair.
The Patapsco had her smoke stack
penetrated bv n shot from n gun on
board one of our own vessels. Both
of the monitors have come to Port
| ROYAL for the necessary repairs
Those two are the only vessels that
met with any accidents of Il serious
nature. The Wcchawkcn, while a.
ground, did quite us much service rs
any of the monitors ahoat, aud from
one of her shells the magazine in
Moultrie was blown up.
1t is conceded that the Ironsides is
the most valuable iron clad Vessel of
(which the navy can boast 1T did
more actual service in the last cu.
Igagcmcnt than all the monitors put
together; for how often has itpourcd
lMh}i9slIe,, PIqaasides into the rShel wqGkS
,,t,I .anl- sufatk. hnllin1 NanI
hills. From the commencement to-
the close of the attack the lronsidcs,
was struck $50 times, and yet she was
all ready on Wednesday morning TO
again pitch into Monltric with as much
vim as she did the day previous.
What will b. done next in tue pro-
grcss of the siege, time will determine,
/ For the present everything is ut
stand still. Itcannot remain so long,
however, without giving therebc's an
immense advantage. 1t is TO be hop
ed this fact will be thoroughly ,nsid-
crcl by thc proper authorities and act
i've measures he ut once decided upon.
If the cncmy's eartiworks on Smlli-
qan's Island C too formidable to be
successfully attacked, then some 9th
Ter means should he resortcd to for et-
fccting an entrance into the inner har-
Ihor. 1t is believed we have q force
Ihcrc, combining the army and navy,
Isulleicnt to wrest Charleston from
the rebels provided that force he prop
lerly handled. The rebels expect us
to take Clarlc ;ton, and why should
they be disappointed? I,.
Men are basy around Wagner dig
ring up torpcdocs. Thirty-iive have
been brought to light since the evac-
nation. A number of rebel prisoners
were taken to the fort the other day,
and made to point ont the spont whore
every torpedo was buried, under pen
atty OF being shot ifthey practiced any
deception. 1t secns that orEtea lmgc'
space in front of Wagner is complete
-Ily filled with them, Inside the bomb
Iproof, u large door opening into II
magazine is regarded with suspicion.
:, 1t is thought that fuse has been so
placed that it will become ignited
when the door opens, aud so cause
!, ,icxplosion. Prisoners state that the
magazine is filed with ammunition.
One ofthc most inhuman acts that has
been pcrpctrated since tho war com
mcnced, was attempted to be carried
out by the rebels on the night Of the
Icyacuation. According to the state
/ mcnt of II wounded man, discovered
in the bomb proof, he had been lying
| in dying condition for four days.
The rebels refused to give him even Il
swallow of water to qucnch his thirst,
and told him when they left that he
: could not possibly live and had bet
ter, before dying, do as much for the
cause rs lay in his power. That lie
might benefit by this advice, they
placed in his hand II string attached
to fuse communicating with the
magazine before alluded to, with in
structions TO pull it when the fort was
- well hllcl with Yankees, and so send
them all, himself included, into cter-
luity. But the wounded rebel, although
= almost dead when our men entered
G the fort, had faint hope that per
haps he might live if ifproperly attend
. ed, and gave that.as Il reason Tor not
: pulling Che string lie was taken to
: an ambulance, and died while being
T. conveyed 10 the hospital. Such III