The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-29
LATEa FR0M THE MorRH.

A iiag OF truce boat, with Clio ex-
changed prisoners and dispatches for
Commissioner Onld, arrived at CITY Point
yesterday. We have received. through,
the courtesy Of the officers Of the TX.
change Bureau, Northern dates Of the
evening of the Goth inst. There Is no.
thing OF Importance in them. We give a
summary of the news:
LATEST FROM CHARLEsT0S-THE EFFECT
OF THE YANKEE FIRE.
&c. G. f., the "Oif Charleston cor.
respondent of the Baltimore american.
writing Saturday, August 22d, says:-.
should there be no accidents. tonight
the 'Old Flag" will wave over Fort sum
ter to morrow morning. The following
are hisdispatches TO that paper:
Orr CHARLESTON.
August y, lsti,
A 'ia@ OF truce was sent TO battery Wae
ner on Friday morning, and the firing ceased
during the interval When it was reopencd
again Gen. Gilmore notified Gen. Eeaure-
gard that he would commence To- shell the
city of Charleston within forty-eight hours.
requesting him TO remove the women and
children from the city,
Friday night for the purpose of another as
sault on Fort Sumter. The Passaic go.
aground, and SO much tisie was lost in get
ting her OIL that the expedition was aban-
doned for the night. The rebels did not dis
cover the position of the Passaic. althozg,
she was within "A half mile from The fort. =
The flag Of Fort Sumter was shot away four
times on Friday. new flag is iip this morn
ING. Weather very hot, no ice to he had,
and nothing but warm condensed water.
OFF CHARLESTON,
Friday Noon, August Il.
Fort Sumter still flies the rebel flag, but its
west wall is Il mass Of.ruins. Shells 60 into
the fort and explode inside, some passing
through the east wall, going in one side ana
coming out the Oiher An easterIy storm
prevailed on Tuesday 10 Wednesday. b.t
broke away Thursday. We now have fine
weather, and il is expected the monitors
will go III force to attack Sumter this after
noon.
The Ironsides and our wooden vessels
have shelled Wagner and Gregg every day.
keeping them quiet, while the shore bat,
ttrics are hammering Sumter Seven North
Carolina deserters from SnIliyan's Island
We're picked up in a boat last night by The
Montank They say the rebels are preparing.
10 abandon Sumter and blow il up
Tha. they have been taking the guns out
ever since the attack in April, which demon.
strated their inability to hold ii. That there
are hot more IN six or eight guns now in
the fort, the remainder being quaker.
They also say that the Gordon of beer bar
rels is merely intended to sustain telegraph
wires between Sumter aud Monlirie, and Is
no part of the distractions of the harbor
The North Carolina troops are anxious to 90
home, and are almost in state OF mu.iny.
The rebel batteries on James Island throw
shells night and day into our lines, bnt do
not cause more than one or two casualties
daily.
Admiral Dahlgrcn is anxious to let the
army and navy batteries finish Sumter, ex-
peciing TO have plent, of work for the mon.
iiors in taking the interior line of deiences.
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEMS. REAU-
REGARD AND GfLLuoRE-~CIyIlIZED WAR
FARE.
The OFF Charleston correspondent of
the New York Times sends that paper a
Of q recent correspondence
between Gems. Eeauregard and Gilmore.
We copy the correspondent version OF
il:
Gen",'f Efan,tyaid 10 Otne,tt GNs,o,p.
rnder date of Headquarters Department
Charleston, s. g., July 4, 1863, General Bean
regard says that il is his duty, iii the inter
esia oi humanity, to address Gen. Gilmore,
with view Of eiiecIing some understanding
as Ia nr ttti Ilrc conduct Of the war in thiS
quarter. And then, after aiuding 10 the eX-
,edtion set on foot bf his predecessor, Ma.
or-Gcneral Hunter 10 the Con,hahee river,
which seized and carried away negro slaves
off plantations on lis banks, rayaged our
plantations, &c., he says he does not propose
10 enter upon "A discussion touching thai
species oi IilaginS, but desires Ia aclnaint
General Gilmore fnrtnaIy that mere han
one plantation WAS riilagcJ, buildings
burned, and crops dcstroyea--acts wiiicii
were not rendered necessary by amy military
cyigency.
lie shows, in manner satisfactory Ia hm-
self, that this military eXigency did not eX-
isl, and then enters upon lengthy elemcn-
iary treatise ON the laws of nations govern
ing the conduct of beiiigercnis, quoting
Vaiicl and Wheaton Ia sustain his PROPOSE
tions, and TO define the rights of the victor
as well in civil as national wars.
The exercise OF the right of eminent do
main after conquered is admitted, and its
boundaries defined Then he takes up the
question Of the employment Of neaNoes, and
quotes Napoleon and ''Abbctt'-a new au-
show the "atrociOus c0nse-
dllenccs which ever resulted i'll the employ
iuent Of Il amerciless, serviie race as soldiers"
hat Napoleon refused 10 employ the ser!s
in his campaign against Russia, because lie
dreaded the results of 4 civil or intestine
war. He characteriZcs all who call to their
aid such material in the language of the pub
lieists, as barbarians, &c.
In conclusion, he asks whether the acts
which resulted in the burning OF the villages
of Darien, Ga, and Blutlton, ana the rava@es
on the Combahee, are regarded by Gen. Gill
more rs legitimate measures OF war, which
he will feel authorized 10 resort to hereafter
He forwarded accounts taken from Northern
papers of the raids Oh Darien, plntiton, Com
balee, &c.
Gem Gilmore 10 Gen. BsaageJdid.
Gen. Gilmore addresses Gen. Beauregard
from headquarters, in the field, Morris
Island, under date of July Is, and acknow-
lodges the receipt Of Gen. Beauregard's s
communication Of July 4, written with u
view OF efiecting some understanding as 10
the future conduct Of the war in this quar-
ter. He states that, while he and his Gov
ernment will serupulonsly endeavor 10 con-
duet the war upon principles established by
usage among civilized nations, he shall ex-
pect from the Commanding General opposed
10 him full compliance with the same rules,
in their unrestricted application, to all the
forces under his command.
In conclusion, after expressing his sur
prise that General Beauregard should choose
the navy AS a channel through which he com
municaies with him, when the opposing
pickets on Morris Island are in sreakil g dis
iances, he desire that hereafter all cominuni-
cations be sent to him through his own lines,
and not by the way af the blockadinS feet
Btaayegard Responds.
General Beaurcgard, under date of July -,
u a..o sa,ra he IL at a lna3 in ncrrfiYe the ne