New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-09-05

is DESTROYED her Guns dsmantled carried of. and
are now pourinc shot and shell into batteries from
Io,ncs Island. her garrison in half starved condition.
and roacntary awaiting orders tn apply the match,
put off in small boats and at "a safe distance await the
explosion Of the magazine and the destruction OF every
thing of any value Recent arrivals of descrtors and
i1soncrs confirm all tie reports given you IN my LAST
Ilct.crs Wagner will be held the last moment and
nothing il is said but want Of water will compel her 10
surrender The dead lie tlickly around her walls
that tho water from the shallow wells cannot be drank
If compelled by thirst of the soldiers are so i'm
prudent allow it, the next day they are IN Inc
hosra and before the close of the week many OF them
in their graves Brave attempts have been maze 10
supply the garrison from Charleston, but thus FAR
small quantity only has been furnished Only ut MD
night or under the of some dense fog in the morn
ing any vessels been known 10 reach them FOR the
past eight days Ii the monitors would only cut on
communication for one week longer the fort would be
IN our possession and with Fort Wagner, Fort Gregg
and the whole Of Morris Island the stars and
stripes in o few hours would wave over Fort Sumter
But what the monitors should have done long since
Gen Gilmore with his encinecrs and his artilersts
will probably accomplish before many days
We are now within one hundred yards of Fort Wag
ner BY tomorrowour heaviest Parrots will he able de
liver fire at the distance ofwo hundred yards into every
omhrasule commanding the beach, and an eniiadine
one upon every gun looking seward Showers Of grape
AID canister will also be poarcd upon the eunners the
moment they leave their bombproois and commence
working their pieces.
At tic distance Of two thousand yards, the fifteen and
eleven inch shell Of tie monitors oha,e but little
effect uron sand cmba,ilm.nts. ard seldom penetrate
more than seven or eight feet.
Tlcbonh proofs Of Wagner being covered with near
" thirty feet Of sand and timber /; is but waste OF
nmml.iiion 10 Ere a; so great distance II We can
believe the reports u descrcis and prisoners not one Of
our shots have yet penetrated any OF the bomboofs by
direct ire One fifteen inch shell happened TO ro! down
the passage way leading the bosahproofs and expo
lcl in She midst Of about one hundred men without
voundinr one Of ;hcm. This story is youcbod for by
several dcscr,cis coming within our lines at different
times.
Yesterday the monitors and the lronsides engaged
tie batteries or Su.lyan leland a; the distance Of one
mile and q quarter rs usual an immense amount Of
nminuuiiion WAS expended but with what result We
have yc, 10 learn At the time land haiterie
Engaged Tort Wagner. r:Ioctirg much injury ilai
some sngune arilersts are Of the opinion ihu the
font VIII be I'm ON possession before tomorrow night
II useless however speculate with regard 20 The
exact day or week whom any Of these forts viii be In our
poe session. Tie reduction Of any Of them Is great
t.s and when ten o. fhccn are Ia be reduced and n
mile or two of lorpedocs aud distractions t. BE-
blown up and DESTROYED che most SINFUL engineers and
art IL iists may Wen ak time and the exercise of
ie patience from the great people who are Hniousiy
awaiting Che capture of Charoston
so fGGs the operations Of the army are concerned
the work could hc intrusicd TO other hands. The
caiups.tn unlike aimosi every o,lor Eco The war com
fncuccd is peculiarly engineering one, and T. To-
lrlEs " cultivated engineers II should b. iniTus'ee
large army by another line 81 approach could without
much doubt have taken Charleston year since. but
the high povcs having decrced 20 frter thcr Strength
away among the hills Of virginia this Rebel stronghold
must succumb only 70 the slowly advancing parallels
and zirzags Of the engineer ard the steady fire 81
heavy guns by accurate artilcrists.
For Sumter having been destroyed, AID the in,ercs
u the campaign longer requiring silence with regard
70 AT lcas; portion Of the work already performed
am PERMITTED w Capt. FoGhal Parker, commanding
the naval brigade shore 10 publish few Of the fois
Ia reference 10 the part his command had In the action
The brigade consisting Of l20 and ~ marines,
the latter under command Of Lieut. Lorrg landed on
uoIgis Island on tho morning Of July ~ aud i'm.
mcdatlv assigned 90 the batteries Oh right which
were being erected for them by the " Y. Vol Engi-
ueers The guns however having been furnished by the
navy.
Tie battery consisted Of four guns, two so FOUNDER
Parrots and two FOUNDER Whliworls under'he per
sonal command Of Capt, Parker who gave the elevation
10 every shot The battery opened upon sumter soon
ifer daylight Aug H. and continued In action every
day from morning TO night until Sunday evening Aug
%. when tie last gun Of Sumter was dsnonnod by
shot from the 3o0.pOunder Parrot, We ked by Cait
GeaTy OF the 9TH Connecticut.
During the entire action II this naval battery
thing over seven hundred shots were fired from the
ponndcr PARROTS Of which more than orc.haf struck
tle Fort. From the Whiiworhs, ~ solid shot were
fired 81 hit the Fort and i2i went over or fell short
The ehos from this naval battery accomplished the de-
siruc ion Of the sea wall VI Sumter, and materially dam
aged the western and northwestern faces. hooking
tOwurd Charleston.
In this connection il is proper to add that while this
naval brigade were shore and from the commence
nent Of the bombardmen its close, the most perfect
harmony and good feeling existed between the officers
and composing it and those OF the land forces VINO
took part with them In the action.
So we'd pleased were tie sailors with Gen. Gilmore
that they named their powerful battery after him. In
preference 20 any Of their own favori,e officer.
Can't. Parker although suffering ocntely from dit
easo induced by the climate and exposure to the hot san
on land remained with his men under fire until his
work was accomplished, and returned to The Wabash
with the best wishes Of the highest officers Of the army
end the admiration and respect ofcvcry one 30 forth
mite az 10 be favored with a personal interview.
sailor d soldier and cutiyoted gentleman he reflects
the highest credit upon the naval service ana upon TIC
country he bas long served and whose flag he has 70
,nlautly fought b'r.
In addition to Capt. Parker. the following oiicers
commanding in the Naval Brigade, were daiy on duiy
80, Ola haitian. ieut Brovcr Ensign Wallace DIS