Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-07
INDIANAPOLIS. IND, MONDAY MORNING,
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From New York.

NEw York. September 5--The specials this
morning extremely barren.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has. for some
time past been engaged in the preparation of
new regulations for trade with the rebel States,
suited to the altered condition of affairs, caused
by the opening of the Mississippi river. They
will be completed in few DAYS. but NAV have TO
be submitted for the approval of Generals com
manding departments in the South before they
will be ready for publication.
The largest numbers of applications for land
under the homestead law in Wisconsin,
Michigan Kansas and Washington Territory.
The revenue from the public domain il scarcely
more than nominal No additional lands will be
Immediately advertised for sale
A Morris Island letter Of the lst tn the Herald
saws:
For two or three days past new rebel battery
on Sullivan's Island has been making frui;Iess
efforts annoy men in the advanced trenches.
The calibre of the gun employed IS not certainly
known, but IL is supposed TO be one of the / inch
guns taken from the Keokuk. The firing of the
gun i very good except in one rather important
pariicular-iis range being short and only at long
intervals shot from il reaches the Island. Those
thrown thus far have been solid shot. and have
done no damage other than TO the sand hills
which have been hit, great majority of the
shot fall outside Of the beach, and expeud their
force upon the serf
-Four monitors, the Pdssaic. Patapsco. Nahant
and Moniauk came IN Yesterday afternoon and
engaged Fort Moultrie and the batteries on Sui.
ivan's 1slard, firing occasional shot at Sum
ter aud Wagner
The engagement opened about $3.50 p NJ. and
a two hours fire was maintained with great inten-
sity. particularly on the rebel side. The firing
from Moultrie and Battery Bee was terrific.
Their heavy guns ratified off like n snare drum
in tattoo, and the water about the monitors Was
jetting up in all directions. MANY shots struck
the monitors. but did little damage
The heavy rifle and Is inch shells of our iron.
clads burst with great effect over and in MOutrie
and sent the earth whistling in all directions.
Wagner was repeatedly struck by exploding
shells and somewhat damaged. She fired but
very few shots during the contest at the monitors
Battery Gregg was exceedingly active Her
heavy guns We're in play from first 10 last of the
engagement. and made some excellent shots
The monitors shells went wildly on all si]es
and had no effect in silencng her guns
Sumter struck several times by rife shells
from the Passaic and Patapsco but besides dis
turbing masses of loose masonry it did no
further damage TO the fort No guns we're dis
mounted if they exist.
After two or three hours fighting the monitors
withdrew The object of the attack has not been
developed
Some days since the enemy made an effort to
blow up and destroy the gunboats and transports
in StonO Inlet by means Of tOrpedoes. FOrtu-
nately 20 serious damage inflicted on any of
the vessels by these Internal machines but the
escape was quite narrow enough for comfort
One torpedo exploded a little astern of the
Pawnee and blew her launch, which was towing
sstern. to fragments. lev moments later a
tremendous explosion occurred few rods below
the Pawnee. occasioned by another torpedo, sent
down at the same time
From facts since developed it is certain that
the rebels sent down that night at least ten of
these inventions. Three or four exploded. and
four were picked uD One drifted through the
feet and up Folly river, and exploded under the
bows of the mortar schooner c p. Williams but
occasiOned no damage
The torpeaoes are precisely like those we have
found IN Light house creek. and go off at the
slichtesr cuncus>jun
The Trihuae's Morris Island letter saws:
Wagner will he held Ia the last moment and
nothing. il is said, hut the want nf water will
cOmnel her - Surrender The de I'd lie so thick
around her walls that the water from the shallow
wells c'u not be drunken Ifcompeed by thirst
some Of the soldiers 81 mpruient ns to swallow
il. the dav after thev 90 into the hospital
and heinre the close Of the week mIny of them
are ~ their Brave attemptS have been
made To supply the garrison from Charleston, but
thus far ony small quantity has been furnished
and only at midnight In dense fog. No vessels
have been known to reach there for the past eight
DAYS If the monitors would cut off the commu.
nicaton for one week longer. the fort would he in
our possession. and with Wagner, Gregg. and the
whole of Morris Island in our possession. the
stars and stripes would in a few hours wave over
Fort Sumter. We are now within 100 yards of
Wagner, and to morrow our heaviest PARROTS
will be able to deliver fire At distance of 300
yards into every emhrasure commanding the
beach. and an enflading fire upon every gun look
ing seaward.