The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-12

! BURLINGTON "
Specials 20 New York Papers.
NEW YORK, Sept. s. -Specials, this morn.
ing extremely barren. " The secretary here
has been for some time past been engaged
In the preparation of the new regula-
tions of the trade with the rebel States,
suited to the altered condition of affairs,
accustomed by the opening of the Mis-
in a few days, but may have to be
submitted to the Generals commanding
Departments in the South before they will
be ready for publication. - n.
| The largest numbers of applications for
lands under the Homestead Law are in
! Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas and
Washington. The revenue from the public
DOMAIN Is scarcely more than nominal
Additional lands will be Immediately adj
vertise ed for sale. haa iilozI 3af oY' g
I A Morris Island letter of the 1stto the
lsHeratd, saysfor two or three days past the
new rebel battery on Sullivan &, Island has
been making fruitless attempts to annoy
our men in the advance trenches. The
calibre of the gun employed is not certain
! ly known, but is supposed to be one of the
guns taken from the Keokuk. The firing
|
rather important particular, its range fall
ling short, and only at long intervals shot
| from it reaches this island. Those thrown
| in thus far have been solid shot, and have
done no damage other than to the sand
hills which have been hit. A great major
| ity fall into the outside beach aud ex-
plode their force on the surf.
Four monters, the Passaic, Patapsco, Ma
| hant, and MOntauk, came in yesterday af-
ternoon and engaged Fort Moultrie and
the batteries on Sullivan's Island, firing an
occasional shot at Sumter and Wagner.
They were engaged at about $3.50 O'Clock,
and about two hours fire was maintained
with great intensity, particularly on the reb,
Tel side. The firing from Fort Moultrie and
Battery Bee was terrific. Their heavy guns
ratified off like snare drum in tattoo.
The water about the monitors jetted up in
all directions. Many shots struck the
monitors but did little damage. The heavy
rifle and 15-inch shells of the iron-clads
| burst with effect over in Moultrie and sent
the earth whirling in all directions. Wag-
ner was repeatedly struck by exploding
shells and somewhat damaged. She fired
but few shells during the contest at the
monitors. Battery Gregg was especially
active. Her heavy guns were in play from
the first to the last of the engagement, and
made some excellent shots. The monitor s
shells went wildly on all sides and had nc
eueCt III SlleuCluS ueT guns.
| Sumter was struck several times by rifle
shells from the Passaic and Patapsco, but
besides detaching the masses of loose ma.
sonry, it did no further damage to the fort
No guns We're dismounted. After two OF
three hours firing. the monitors withdrew
The object of the attack has not been de
veloped.
/ Some days since the enemy made sys
tematic effort to blow up and destroy thu
gunboats in Stone Inlet, by means Of tor
pedoes. Fortunately no serious damag
internal machines, but escape was quit
narrow enough for comfort. A torped,
exploded little astern OF the Pawnee ant
blew her launch, which she was town:
astern, to fragments. A few moments la
ter tremendous explosion occurred OF
board the Key, lew rods below the Paw
nee, which was occasioned by another tor
pedo sent down at the same time. From
facts since developed, it is certain that thu
rebels sent down, on that night, at least Il
OF these Internal machines. Three or fOu
exploded and four were picked up. On,
driited through the fleet of transports, VI
Folly River, and exploded under the bow
of the harbor schooner, G. P. Williams, bu
Occasioned no damage. We have fount
some precisely like these in Light Hous,
Creek, and they go off at the slightest con
cuSSion.
Il The 71Tnune's Morris Island letter states
that Wagner will be held to the last mo
ment. Nothing is said about the want O
water. 1t will compel her to surrender
The dead lie thickly around her walls
The water from the shallow wells canno
be drunk. If compelled by thirst some O
the soldiers are so imprudent as to swallow
tai, and before the close of the week many
are in their graves. Brave attempts have
been made to get a supply from Charles
ton, but thus far only small quantity has
been furnished at midnight, or under cover
of some dense fogs in the morning. NJ
vessels have been known to reach them
for the past eight days. If the monitors
would only cut off communication for one
week longer, the fort would be in our pos.
session, and with Fort Wagner, Fl Gregg
and the whole Of Morris Island once ours
the Stars and Stripes in a few hours would
wave over Sumter. We are now within
one hundred yards of Wagner. By to-
morrow our heavy Parrots will be able tc
deliver their fire at a distance of 200 yards
into every embrasure commanding the
beach.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.-Postmaster Gen
eral Blair has returned to Washington
from visit North. The I'd Assistant P
M. General is still Frustrated with sick.
ness at his residence. ,H1 I'D aea.t
The Potomac fotilla reports no signs O.
rebel troops along the river.
/ The capture Of the gunboats Reliance
and Satellite by the rebels, was owing to 8
disregard of instructions by the comman
ding officer. =
The Treasury Department is engaged ir
the modification of the regulations OF com
merce on the Mississippi river. "
[Heralds special
NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Queenstown cor.
respondent of the Herald says it was the
pirate Florida that put into Brest for re-
pairs. ., III :.
A Headquarters dispatch of the 9th, to
the Herald says; Prisoners deny that Lee is
receiving any large reinforcemcnts, and
say the army is being rapidly depleted by
desertion.. This is also confirmed by citi-
zens who have come within our lines.
In the vicinity Of the river and at Gull
pepper passes for over 5000 contratrabands
to go to Washington have been granted
since our army came from Maryland
There is scarcely slave to be found east
| of the Mountains and north of the Rama