Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-09-21
Charlessou-ProEreas OF ,I,e siege.

Charlesson--PrORrezs OT.sIse siege.
From the Mercury, Sept III
Since sha date Of cur last report oUr batteries
| have confirmed to direct their Ere against Nor
/ ris Islsnd
/ On Saturday end Sanday Moultris turned her
Batteries upon Wagner, when a large force Of
1 the enemy were deserted engaged in mounting
/ guns. The enemy keep lookout at that fort,
/ who gives notice Of gyery approaching shell,
snd thus enables the working parties 70 retreat,
/ generally ~ season, Under cover
The. Yaukses bECks thgis long silanCa Tor a
] while on Saturday, by returning from Wagner
the Ere OF &oulHie. They fired about once in
1 tsB minutes.
! At Gregg, also, the enemy have been by no
means idle, though up to Sunday light only
two guus bad besn' M united al that post. Ba:-
terry Smkina has taken Gregg under It's special
charge, and on Sunday dropped several shslls
amid the-w0rkmsn thgle employed.
4 telegraph line has been erected by the Yam
keus between Gregg and GAsdbarTY hili. a
! watch is kept at the latter plBce on hOsts moving
abcu. in tbs iun'r hsTbOT. One OF two bgsts
I were iced At On Sunday On the same day our
cavalry captured near COmbEhes, a telegraph
operator, named Foster, togs theF with lieuten-
ant 9 nOFyo soldier and a CAPTAIN.
It sDpasrs thst about five OF six days sgo, F5s-
taT and five others set cut on an expedition with
tlH DuIIuft Dl GOtlltDtlLE atll our AiL8A ELll
eiicting some information. The party was
! mounted and provided with sll the necessary il.
/ strunents and about five hundred yards Of Wire
On Saturday they reached Green Pond, and
! Foster succeeded in attaching ms instruments,
but not in obtaining information Of material i'm
1 Dortance The fraud Was SOON detected, and .
/ portion of out cavalry started in pursuit OF the
! spies. Foster was ovsrtakon in wood, slmos.
naked snd in miserable plight Three hun
| irsd yards Of wire and an insulstor were also
! secured, Ths wire Is of superior quality and
/ manufBctuTe, being iuTmed ofseven strands well
I insulated with a coating of India rubber.
On Sunday night, and through the following
! day, there was bat tho usual slow firing frol
| M0ultTis and our James islSnd batteries A
shot was occasionally thrown by the Yankees,
/ but they were probably too closely employed in
thsir preparations for the Dext grand boinbaId-
| nent TO return eur FIRE with any regularity a
/ busy group vas seen at Gregg esfly in TIE SITTER
| noon, and the inference drawn by tba spectator
vss, that this group was engaged either m
| mounting or pointing gun.
! The progress Of the enemy, however, is after
I all, very slow.
Foster t6a Yankee telegraph operator, and
/ his eiiOw prisoners, ware examined by General
/ Walker On Monday. Foster states that a tels-
| graph line is in operation on the coast, between
j Tybee and Norris island.
Two monitors and several gunbosis were
missed from the bgrb0r on Monday. u is con.
iectuFed thst they had dePaJted only to seek
sheiier IN the Stono from the slight gale OF San
/ day night The IToEsidos was still at her old
/ anchorage near Gregg with schooner beside
| her Another schooner appeared to be trans
| ferrinE supplies to one Of the monitors
! On Tuesday the missing monitors made their
! appearance, and there are now once moro FIVE
I within the bar, One Of them in the afternoon
I approached Cummings Point, as if with the IN
I tensiOn Of rounding il, but was apparently ay-
/ rested by e few shots from MOUlIie. This lOrt
! AID cur batteries on james leland continued
/ throughout the day their FIRE on Gregg and
/ Wagner The gRps from these two points com
/ pei the enemy 70 labor principally at night
! Little advance is, therefore, msde by daylight
but every morning additional works are OBJ
served st the two batteries SO lately cyacusted
| by Us.
/ a few shells were thrown on Tuesday ct
/ M5ullrie by the Yankee batteries B0s. / and 3
/ and our batteries on James island also received
/ sevsra. tokens Of Yankee enmity from the in
! terror batteries on Morris island.
4 rumor that prevailed on Sunday, that the
I Yankees had landed on Long Island, is said to
| have grown out of the landing Of flag OF truce
I which came that way. The purpQrt Of the flag
/ Of truce We have not learned
/ A magazine at Battery Ghsvos accidentally
! exploded yesterday, killing five men. Their
nanes arc as follows:
/ Second Lieusenant Lssdnger, Company G,
2gih GeoYgis-
Sergeant WhiiwoIth, Company A, 22d Geor-
gja.
Sergeant Graham, Company c. 22d Battalion
Cofporal P Scott, Company c, 22dBastaIion
/ r-iyats arifers. ComDsnv c. 22d Battalion
| Georgia volunteers.
There is EiHs Of interest TO report for Wednes-
/ dsv The James island bstteTies Tns.ntGined
their usual fire upon Gregg and Wagner
! throughout Tuesday night, and AoUltris Joined
/ la tl,s bombardmeHt in the afternoon Of the en-
/ suipg day. The tiripg Of Moultrie and Bsttery
| S.mkins wss said to be especially accurate. The
! YsUkees did not return q shot.
TIE l10nsides, having been thoroughly re-
/ paired, and having received aii her supplies. is
anchored ahreast Of Wagner; while tbs ave
Z mentors are anchored bshlHd the woods ol
Jsuaes island.
Tbe wind ig nov in the southeast, snd The sky
srsy and ominous Of a September storm. Nay
/ The winds fghi for US
i The enemy ere st work on The sand ridge
north Of Battery Gregg, apparently erecting
I mortar batteries bearing on Aoulae. Iaey
/ have also thrown up a tTBveTEs O3 tbo northwest
s,de OF Gregg ier he protection Of their gus
ron, =, 6Ee Of Jsnes island A party was also
sssu Al work on tns II. III side o. Wegnet, and
I snether On tho Morris island shore n Llgtl
House inlet Oar mortar batteries on SUllivan's
/ island annoy them Considerably in iheiI opera
tons st Gregg and Wagner.
! From tIs same, ssptemb=r loI
On Wednesday night, and throughout Thurs
dsy the wind blew 10 ga6ts alternately from
the east aud southeast, bringing up cloud alsar
cloud each Of which suCCs sssiveiy discharged il.
burden, and passed away behind the opposite
( horizon. Il was only between The htful tor
rents Of rain that d was at all probable to OBJ
serve the operations Of the enemy On Morris
! island. Enough, however, was noted to pToy'
"A that they are working with great industry, 0oti
nt Gregg and Wagner Seven iouT-h0Ese Wag
ops. supposed to DO laden with inhenchnR tools
. Gin for mounting guns, and thEty-pounde
4 l5sTyott on a siege carriage, ali dsstiRed f8
Grsgg. were blainly seon moving down tb
E bsseb Our batteries on james and SulllYal
islands kept up slow ire, both during lie nigh
and dag, upon Gregg, Wagner aud the space b.
! tween these two posts, but WITH wal result
We are unable 10 say
I, "rbo monitors aud The Ircnsides are reporte,
Z TO be sill within tbe bar
Z Prom lhs ssne sept lsl
! The city apS hsrbor have never, since ih
heoiuniug Of lbs siege, been so quiet as the
E ,se5e IN, Thursday uigfs, and through the Who'll
z II Friday. Mou.trie aud The James islsnd bs
I ee,,ss were, indeed, not altogsthsr idlsi 5u
ses;,, fire ,,ss even slower than thst ot the pas
gsg davs. The enemy, being siil engaged
nsrfeeiing their sefks, did not fire shot.
In tbs course OF Thursday night, the win
! ncbonped about, and tie thTea.ening look
! the Weather disappeared Friday dawnea VII
a slfv A. blus a. Nay, while = warm sOuihHes
o vyjp6 blew inst strongly enough 70 iringe th
, waves ,sith delicate foam. The monitors e.
: reported 70 be In tie same position which the
; occupied beioTe the gele. in the afternoon, on