Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1863-09-17
BY TELEGRAPH.
FROM CHARLESTON.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.


the latter: that in front of Wagner there is so
little earth between the surface and the point
| where water Is reached that mining is impoS-
slbIe, and sapping nearly so. The place be-
tween US and the enemy is full of. toFpedoes
buried in the sand making an assault almost
| hopeless until they are removed. We have
secured nine of these pleasant inventions al.
ready"
The following are extracts from the Rich
mond Examiner of Sept: It'll: agt..
d" CHARLESTON, Sept. 5.-TO-dav has wit
messed another furious bombardment of
Forts Wagner and Gregg 10y the enemy feet
| and batteries. The firing was begun at day.
night and was maintained steadily till dark
A monitor Is now firing on Fort Moultrie. and
| another assault on battery Wagner is expect
| ed probably tonight Since yesterday no
| further attack has been made on Sumter.
when has been held twelve days against all
| the efforts OF the enemys great guns by land
and sea. Of7,551 shots which have been
| fired at it, 3,495 have struck outside. and
| 2,lSo inside The flag has been shot away
| fourteen times.
| Second Dispatch.-" CHARLESTON, Sent 9Th
$3.50 a. M.-The bombardment of batteries
Wagner and Gregg has been incessant for
| the last 81 hours. The noise of the cannon.
AIDE Is tremendous. Last night the enemy
landed near Cummings Point in barges and
assaulted battery Gregg. The assault was re.
pulsed. No particulars."
FoRT MONROE, Sept 9.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the sth, con
tains the following:
Charleston, Sept. morris Island was
evacuated yesterday afternoon. The enemy
had advanced their sappers up the mouth of
n -
possible to hold it, Beauregard ordered its
evacuation, which took place 1T midnight
The enemy holds Cummings Point in full
view OF the city. Heavy firing is now going
on between our batteries on Sullivan's Island
and Fort Moultrie and the Monitors"
The following is from the Richmond Wing,
of the Sth
"Charleston, Sept. THE bombardment
was kept up without interruption all day yes
terday, and far into the night. About 90 of
our men were killed anu wounded at battere.
Wagner and Gregg. The attempt to assault
battery Gregg was repulsed before the enemy
had completed their landing Great havoc
Is supposed to have been made in the enemys
boats by our grape and canister.
'At dark on Wednesday, the enemy hav-
ing advanced their sappers up to the very
moat OF Wagner, and it being impossible to
hold the Island longer, Gen. Beauregard Or
dered Its evacuation, which was executed be-
tween p IN. and | a. M with success. We
spiked the guns of Wagner and Gregg and
withdrew noislessly in forty barges. Only
one barge containing II men was captured
All is quiet this morning.
LATER-NoON.--A dispatch from Major
Stephen Elliot, commanding at Fort Sumter
announced that flag of truce demanding
the immediate surrender of that Fort has
just been received from Admiral Dahlgren by
: Lieut.. Brown of the steamer Palmetto State.
Gen. Beauregard has telegraphed to Major
Elliot to reply to Dahlgren that he can have
Fort Sumter when he takes and holds it,
and that in the meantime such demands are
puerlle and unbecOming.
STILL LATER-8 ?. M-At6 ?. NJ, the iron
| clads and Monitors approached Fort Sumter
closer than usual, and opened hot fire
against it. Our batteries on Sullivan's Island,
including those of Fort Moultrie, replied
| heavily. The firing is still going on"
Fl. MONROE, Sept. 10.
The steamer Neoc York arrived to-day
| from Morris Island. She left on Tuesday at
! ternoon. Our forces had complete possession
of Morris Island since Saturday. Five mont
| tors and the h0nSidcS were besieging Moul-
| trie. The Moultrie magazine was reported
| blown up.
WASHINGTON, Sept. TO-
The following is from Richmond DiSpatch,
OF Sept. Sth: at was rumored Yesterday
that dispatch had been received by Gen.
| cooper, announcing the withdrawal of troops
from Wagner and Fort Sumter. We think
this highly probable, as a gentleman who left
Charleston on Friday, says the enemy were
at that time within seventy-fve yards of Fort
Wagner, and Sumter is entirely in ruins. The
same gentleman says the Yankee troubles
have not commenced, nor will they commence
till they get into the harbor The universal
belief at Charleston was that Sumter and
Wagner would be taken, but that Charleston
would not be.
Our informant expressed the opinion that
the iron clads would neverget out of the har.
Dor, if they once got in.
The I11bMne'S correspondent says:
The taking of Cummings Point battery
brings Gen. Gilmore's long range PARROT guns
one and one-eighth miles nearer the CITY of
Charleston than they were when II Greek
ire shells were thrown into the CITY,"
FROM ROSECRANs' ARMY.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 9.
Crittenden's Division of Rosecrans' army
| took possession of Chattanooga to-day.
The enemy evacuated the place Yesterday.
retreating South.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.
Maj. Gen. ROsecrans' report of the opera
tons ID Middle Tennessee is officially pro-
mulgated 1t embraces the preliminaries
which resulted in driving the rebels out of
that portion Of the State From the occupa-
ton OF MurtreesbOrO, point PIP miles from
| the nearest point of supplies, our loss was s.
| killed, 462 wounded, and 13 missing. We
| captured many small arms, field pieces, 6
caissons, limbers, 8 rifed sege pieces with
| out carriages, beside arms DESTROYED by the
cavalry; and in Quartermaster's stores. 80
| tents, SO fiys, and $50 sacks of corn-meal.
The total number of prisoners taken was 500
commissioned officers, and 1875 non-commis
| stoned officers and privates.
OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA,
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.
| The following report has been made by.
| Gen. Averill to Gen. Kelly:
Huttonsville, Va, August 3O.-GENERAL:
| have the honor to report the safe return of
my command to this place, after an expedi-
| ton through the counties OF Hardy, Pendle-
ton, Highland, Bath, Green Brier and Poca-
! hontas.
We drove Gen. Jackson out of Pocahontas
over the Warm Springs mountain, in series
of skirmishes, destroying their saltpetre
works, camp Northwest, and a large amount
| of arms, equipments and stores.
| We fought severe engagement with SUI
peror force, under command of Maj Gen
| Sam. Jones and Col Patten, at Rocky Gap,
near the White Sulphur Springs The battle