The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-11

oaOe tou lar short, bos tacoD W40 tho two nuna
| os The Southwsss sorass tsld p y ~ gans
vainabls gnns, wAish light % sasiIy have
beeu szvsd from the taaas Of The eneny 81
| ordinary vigilance an4 eAsnestnDss. nav II
rebel hands, and being - 70 uphotd tbs re.
| belf:on. An occasionak thot was atso fred
from the Cammines's 4sfnt battery at the
Ironsides, bat IL wss esft wast4 Of amuuni-
ton, - the few shot tAat stsAck sounded OF
from her iron malt and fsll Aas1less into the
sen. Tao enemy, -appatentiy. merely keve NJ
show Of fight, dapendiag mainly o. tbs de-
fansivs power Of the eaEthwo9ks, ard wsstins
80 little ammuli.ion - pcmible. We cane Ia
yisy Of the fight about onA o'cleek, and isarh-
Ing with the same perseverance, on ths paItoi
Adniral Dabisrsn aud GdesrAl Gilmore and
further, that the work Of ~ day wax but . re-
essiiica ef that of yssierasy AID .hs day be
f5rs.
The Reas thus continued until four q clock.
when 4 siyssal from the Admiral called the
If0nssdes eat ssto djnusr.V Whils dinDer was
progressing tho laad battery still kept at work
nnrenlttiHgiy, aud uas responded 70 with two
or three re,afn shots fspm Fort Wagner.
Z Al 5 q clock two OF he EaoEitare steamed NJ
tha chapnei and took position aLa1t ,iiaG
ysssas from Fort Wager asd soon opened fisa
81 tkis ciuhbofn t,aie df earth, which has al.
and TIVE lard &ssanifs. Tie hsissy oi It.a
snemy against the monitors opensd witt, great
vim, SaEter joining ia the hetse- and Cam
nipgs's Poink also s.ldiDg to The din of battle
Tns land siege battery esc onded tbs monitors
with renewed energy, aud Al tbs tue we left
haTbor for Port Royal ths bowbarimsat was
progressing with great fary, ths approach IF
du=k. mar kiag ths ex piosians ssi.h flashes of
hams, and the occasional shsli bursting in the
cir could be traced bJ sparks Of fire. Tae right
WAS becoming raese grand as twiishs sp
preached, aud We lsf. will, regret at being us.
p:ived OF tha visw CT the night boulaard msnt
The mortar sehoensrs TAXA hand ia the
work as night, thns keeping up almost per
petual fire and breaking tns slambe.s Of ths
rebels.
In conversation with some officers from the
Wabash, l find a very general confidence pre-
uasling that acitAla the nezt ten days the faH
If Sumter sc0ald be consummated. and that
Charleston must soon after succamb. They
report every thing as progressing satisfactorily
aud the fall Of Fort Wagner as ons Of the
events Of the next few days The constant
bom5ardment now progressing Is, learn,
mainly TO conceal the erection, by Ien. Gil
more, OF a fnaeksd battery within i've hundred
yards of Fort Wagner, aud also to protect his
troops in the operation. This new battery
was expected 10 be ready to open on the enc
my TO morrow, and its advent will be grand
fasilade from the nouisors aud the Ironsidas.
l. will be sight wer,h seeing, aud "a have
just arranged to return direct to the bar hops
70 obtain a good view of the event, and to be
able to record to You its entire success Fort
Wagner ia already a sighsl=ss mass of eand,
and with the boring she'll OF 0en Gilmore
s;rong effort will be made to penetrate its
magazine aud put q summary end to the vie
ehOuld fail there is g no such word ~ fail 10
the vocabulary Of Admiral Dah!grsn ald Gsa.
Gilmore.
Yankee Description of the Defences ef .Sa
OanRah.
The Neae South, a Yankee sheet published
at Port Royal, S. c., has the following '.im.
portsnt information" regarding the defences
Of Sayannah
The batteries defending Eae Savannah and
Wilmington river approaches to this city are
"a follows: Ga WILMINGTON river the rebels
have tut one battery Thundesbel. battery,
mounting fourteen guas, and distant from Sa
vauHaa five miles; opposite this battery ob-
etructions have bssl sunk. At Euneventua, =
mile above Thurdssboit, and the commence.
il a eman fGrtifcaiion, bat Of i.tis strength.
The rebels some time since evacuated pow
egfai battery on Skiddaway leland.
Tas brat fertilization ca Savannah rivar is
Ca:nston's Bluff battery, which IA her being
situated ON ST. Augustine creek commands
also Wilmington river Tits battery mounts
twelve guns, Two 3}.pounders, two i0 inch Co.
lumbiads, two 10 inch m0r:ars, and the re-
maiudsr are small pieces. Next in order comes
Fort jackson, mounting ten guas, opposite
which, N the Savannah river, are distractions,
consisting of pilee, old tuiks, snd tor pedoes
Next ia Fort Lee, tsn suns; then Fort Boegs,
Elk euns; and fnally Fort Lswton, situated
on Hutchinson Island, and mounting eight
guns Ali these batteries, wish the exception
Of Fort Boggs, bear directly ON the obstruc.
tions. Around the southeastern part of the
city is large breastwork, the product of slave
labor, which, mounted with guns of various
caiibre, forms the immediate defence Of the
citv.
Ths ram Georgia, squars-b built ard mounting
fourteen guns, ssx each side and enc each fore
aud afr, is perfect faiiuse. though used "a q
floating battery, aud lying nBdef Fort Jack.
SOD, near tho distractions. A new ram, the
Savannah, built sf or the plan of the Atlanta,
aud mounting eight gUGs, has been completed,
and is al the wharvss awaiting her crew and
outfit 1t is thought that che anticipates pas.
gave via the old and fatal route Of the Atlanta
Tue rebels havs two more rams bu.idiGg, ono
has her iall completed and ia rseeivirg her ar
nor tho other ID in iss com uieucemsnt.
Savannah itssif ia d. serted OF troops, seve
raj regiments had been seat to tia Eeiisf Of
Vicksbuz9 before our Charis siOn demOnstra-
tiam and since the latter evensthree regiments
Of iafansry and Gel Anderson artillery num-
tsring ta snty- four brass i2-poundars, have
bsen ssnt via Aagusta TO Chaiir etoa, leaving
fJr The d. nee ef.the city Luz $50 cavalry, 800
infantry AID \ battery OF artillery. All the ex'
tsnsiye batteries and fortiicaiiona bs.ore men
toned afe for this reason only ptckefed and
not garrisoned. The psopls of the city,
thus left with batssriee .ad enus, but 40
troops to Iaaks them avaiE.o'e, have
become greatly alarmed lest we should
avail ourselves of their coniilion and capture
Savannah. They have bsea for the lass two
weeks sending v:lu.ties, SIS into the inte-
rior Of the Safe. daily expecting To see .
"iapkes chssse box" in sight, hanksd by q
land force. Gea Mercer. who Ii IN COMMAND,
has repeatedly tsisgraphel TO Coy. B'owu Tor
troops, but has invariably received ths an
swer that ''the,e are no troops 20 Ina, ths III
habtsns4 muss ps0tsct themselves
Ihs Eyerelads q steamer, Is loadad W.th
cotton aud ready 10 run lha blockade and the
only other vessel besiis she rams NJ port is .he
issadeeker. navy boat. mounting three 2oo-
pound RID ID guns There are Two Canal boats
which the reosis have mounted vita fsw
light pieces. and cali taem III hoating batteries.
Tne inhabisants are aid 70 arm the negroes.
and as the remaining posulaslon Consists OF
aged uen, boys, and women, Ts mass e0nciuds
tnas tho psoois of Savannah are not only
wissiy rcarej, ba. that y slight effort on our
part would place Us in POSSESSION OF the city,
ana considerably sulsrgs the Department u
the South.
Ua,oa Meeting Brokers' TIP ia Aissesys.
For several days Of Last week notice was
pablishsd in the 81. Louis pspsfs that nasa
meeting Of the citizsns Of Marion county, No.,
Dali al .