The New York herald., 1863-08-24

tnued 10 administer solid and this
battery at brief intervals during the night iing one
and woundins two belonging TO Company X. Of tho
Now York Volunteer Engineers. Colonel sarrcn Of the
above regiment Ia In charge OF the work, which IL
sdrnby TO Charleston than any battercs
that yet opored Whom guns are once In play
they expected TO do tho
which viii DO able 10 innict.
srfrLmsG.
Tho Gre ~ batteries st continues and tho
ry Of sumter " s gradually crumbling and tumbng 10
ruins sim tho dag Of the "conctaraey' niats absge 4.
and yc, the determined band within synp.
tom Of running up any other Twice ycslsrday tbor
tstieicd banner shot away aud twice It
rcholsted in sho midst OF ire.
The storm mentioned my patch OF yesterday
tnues with scarcely apated violence and tho aonpa
able o. operate with but sight Tho
nro do ibcraciy getting IN spite Of tho furious ~nd
almost perfect range and doug noble service AGAINST
The gorge wai This portion a. Sumter presents
aspect indssd The holes dccpeu.d the Assures
widened aud tho multiplied apparcnty hundred
fold yesterday morning Ms pasapet eonaplsLiI
| d<mo,iahed, he at,a~,.t Al The souaAsla angle
great a~iy; treaesss through WAeA pro
jecf,s ing wuAot otavIctsow AVID cyashTp a0linf Al
Tosfs wai paisiy 10 % The corroding eject
OF by every shot that hits the fort
pshsauss
TIVE dcscrtcrs BAttery Gregg this aitnr-
having lcft that Monday
the perious Journey through the oaicrss
on the left They noiry forty eight hours IN
complaining tho brsf distance of miles. Thrso
belopg to Frat So Csrous artillery and have bc.r
for seven months stationed sumter which they
lcft Sunday ias-
"sunna vAn."
That sumter viii fall, they ray, considered certain
by the rebels Three ago they removed tbeM
guns, with cxccptton--a inch rInc-ffom Tho
gorge Island, mounting Paimct,o "Qoa
kerr ln ,ncr stesd sunday there good deal
Of talk among garrison Of evacuating Sumter and
ths belief expressed by these tLAl osiy smal
force guns upon thc face and TO kcs the
| battle nag nying. n nov present IN Tho fort,
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bad been strengthened by sand bags and cosion bales.
the latter placed feet thu masonry and
the Intervening space nled with The former snd shen
an additional VI sand bags being piled ap asaas'
the cotton. This protection. ho~svcr wa folnd 70
be inadequate when tho Ore u preaching guns
erpcr,men.aiiy opened ias, ~.ck. The eject o
,haae trial shoa upon Confsdsrste bsn.nd The
tort noticed my by tbe Fulton The ds~srsrs,
In their account Of tho prolec,ue. say that tccS oil
portion a tho parspet u the wall passcd throagh
The euaor. tho and hsoessd ho~ through
Of masonry tho other SIDE Tho destroyed
fell ulon tho steamer and besides oAryss s~sy
her smokeztack exploded her boiler, and ''maas ~hus
| men out u four niEgers"
kps1~ 90 vosxss ssor.
I In Tho srst day bombardncnt-oa Monday thrss
men report gun HAaasy Grssg hsd its tsunn
Knocked on by shot from tbs Irousdss. II shs ssove
work four killed wounded. In wagner shs
casualties sn told numbered signtsru.
] asked ono q tbs desertsrs The vebsi soldiers
generally thought sumter would fail. I'VE sosr tlins
noth,n' about tive know a." nis repy. The pco-
pic nsrestn undoubtedly know u, too for csy the
very poorest elAs-. ~bo Command ,be
! 20 get away. prss-ot IA uo ciy.
\ raT xsrxr's HArn0s ~ gAnn miAsp
have rcreasoi their aro within Tbs past ,~s0sy four
hours, ooatnas 70 piays~sy against our sesn a.
,bsy expected duo tins 70 dcusohsb skscm fh0 sh
tbsn position s1AL.es them " obsiss baussn tbcv
have a. yet scoosnpilshsa very ts damage Thar rid
shot como whining skipping along. and thss shsis
| frsgusniy cnpode forces bat there god pro
lection agaiust either sbot sbsi N svas
ourselves a Il. The injorics sustained by thus
far arc Attributable. great dsgrse. 70 Lack q psofsr
csssoa On shsir part
\ urrrsAu soirsoos.
In me hospital today there 0sly fosr smpsA-
tious bot sagplsiy eDoagh thuse sii ~ tbe len
arm sad al ~ooulder Loatsnant Hoiorccs, of ibo
Thifd Rbo5s Island nsisfy. 90 a the shforiutsss
victims ~ sufsson's tsbis, afragns1i a shell tai
ne 81 ouly arm BIT rendesng peesssry ihs
| tu,ataoa a ha shooidsr bae fia IA osms@s1 ~
900 ~ our preaching batteries .Hi hittIng io't
! Sumter Al every daehnse q b. gns. ns syesa
though very may nyt b. fail. After w oTSfs-
ion Lad bsen performed b. "a the b@ss y spris
gsvping hls - lhfss 1mes ~iih hts fenA.hHr
hsnd bs ehs~rfuly rennsea ''wei acetor. Ia fsfher
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