The New York herald., 1863-07-27

Dos successful On Saturday as. We fort oombssdsd
from mosning TIL night by land batteries ana sne
navy. and ~ dusk sorning party Of eleven rsgsmsas
had bloody hshs and the FORT, which resulted
IN oar rspuss, with heavy ls " killed. wounded and
aisssos. ] win givs the details 10 ther appropriate
order, promising that the intelligent reader viii not draw
hassy conclusions, attach too much importance 70 mo
reverse, or indulge IN unwarrAnted bccaose IN
this one instance the chances OF have been against
army.
Il had been raining during tho night, and the morning
sky was nauspcously cloudod Our troops had many Of
them beon hard At work. but tho arrangements were not
all completed that the attack could at threc
O'Clock, A. NJ, as had been Intended The rebcls owl
IDENTIFY were, usual In a cloud They had anticipated
an attack earlier they did particularly expect ono
then Our troops good spirits, patient and con
hdent Of victory. They believed whatever General GA
more should undertake he would In some way accom-
plish, and they have the faith stll. They had
equal confidence In General Seymour, commander Of the
division 20 be Immediately engaged In General Strong,
who wus TO lead his fighting brigade In Colonel Putnam,
the gallant and Colonel Of the Seventh New
Hampshire who commanded another brigade in General
Stevenson, and In the commanders generally There
much disappointment hour after hour passed IN the
morning. that guns still silent but tho impatient
ones had not loug TO wait.
THE QUE IRON OUR RArrKaD
was fred at just hal-past nine O'Clock. Il from
tbs len Of our line OF works, whero mortar battery had
bcen located, nearly wholly unobserved by tho rebels
Il burst in tho air nearly tho fort the rebels
that the attack 70 be made u Spectators
began 70 throng tho bs farther up the island and
The infantry supports placed in proper position,
covered from tho rebel nre ~ much az possible. II
OPENING ov nR onm BArImKs.
Captain IAngdon Of the First United States artillery
followed with HE guns and mortars right, firing
slowly u nrst, according 70 ORDERS getting the range
exactly and finally bursting nearly every she In Just
over pAy OF the rebel works. We had quito
number Of guns and mortars playing tho fort firing
shells exclusively with great precision, and a the rate
70 commence with, Of several . minute
- xuroSsKs RKRs1 poRTs.
Il was not long before Wagner replied with an eight
nch Shell which went the heads Of artllcrsts
on the right and burst az struck the ground Then
Sumter trained o her Brooke guns tho right
tsres and sent big shell over into the water From
Fort Wagner the shells kept coming, and Fort
Sumter continued bcr nre, sometimes S7rstins
shsr shells directly works, but usually TOO econ
or too late 40 damage ID when she'll looked parti
culary threatening. exploded and sent ts fragments
bowling along directly in our faces, We bad good
Al nearly as could judge, some four different
guns used land works from Fort Wagner and
two nest. Sumter ddnot work but Two guns but
those with considerable precision Vinegar H IN frost
Of Fort Gregg. Cummngs Point, apparently had
guns bearing and from the opposite side Of the har.
Dor, Fort Moulsro and Battery Bcewhich almost every
body obstnatsly insists locating n Cumming Point
tried their thunder . few times Incidentally.
rHK IsoS-crAps oouuaAn.
u had bean understood that tho monitors and iron.
snxious eycs directed towards thcm they lay
without sgn ot motion, just inside the bar Oh part
OF Morris Island For nearly hours had
been spcAking but signs OF life were visible among
the ron-cads- Ihey looked - asleep, but thsy
only snoozing Suddenly somebody discovered that the
decks u tho monitors cleared for action. rhsr
noticed Admiral Dangrecn's Gag st the Moutauk'i
bow, but stn the iron feet did All eyes dis
APPOINTED turned the belsaguered fort and th'
shells bursting and bstisriss which u,
rebels were wasting ammunition.
sARRow mcAr cARrRIpGs RxrLnBoR.
From csuss-rrchabIy ihs sxpsosson oe . ~
bel stelan ammunition box Of Rhode Island artillery
compnuy located Just underihe bapk on tho beach II
she nt of main works, sct nrs and blow up
with terrific succession Of explosions the cartridges
became irn,ed Fragments Of shells new In every d
rec,on Mcn standing all about: bot every ono al
most mrscnlousiy esciped Even two horses, hitched
closely, untouched. When people who unhirt
looked around for mGpgcd bodies they found all had
capped surprisingly themselves. Some had their
clothes burned, few were stunned some wcre Just
touched by the nyng fragments Of iron thst was
oil.
Im IRON 0aD- ~ riSr
Al little past eleven evcrybod Was gratGed TO SEQ
the Iron clads moving They vesy slowly psop
walk In the dark, feeling their way along bat thsy
passed. vessel Asr vessel their progress increased
The Nontauk led o. with ths Admirais nag flying. fol-
lowed closely BY the Ironsides. moussrous moving
black mass with portfolios opened prcmsingly such
craft mid forts must dislike 70 scs approaching
Then came lhe ca.skn, tho weehawken. the Faiap-cc
and The sahan, Slowly they stretched in line. oos
a,er another coming up In positop the NoDisuk ihs
right, creeping up gradually.
THEY orxs FIRE.
They stopped when thrcefourths Of mile more
from Fort Wagner asd tho Montank red tho nrst gan
from iron neet IL went ricocbsing the water
and just short II the rebel Then the Monor
on the left q the Ironsides second one simar
style spinning along, The fragments throwing up sus,
from wsgnsrs seawsrd walls But the ronsdes yet
10 speak In few moments smoke pulled from all bcr
portfolios her port sIdc and almost every shell We
fragments touched Fort Wagner somewhere. somc ~
cocheted and exploded directly tho fort. soms
sent me airt nymg from sosh parapcs ana Traverse or
and burst in the marsh beyond Our land batteries
were all the time working. The other Monitors were
sending In thar compliments and there such
cloud q smoke tkai the ironsides brosdse after
broadside the fort bad nfernal look, en,eoped W
smoke, and throwing tongues Of fame shells
rsoded IN the cloud.
vAosR
guns and motars increased the rspdy Of thor
nre and ts clsds their eorts upon her
few Wild sbesz In all drccsons we're nrea ny Fort az
ner those at the feet going nowhere ths thsn
her bring stopped entirely. u, through the smoke and
IRE we could occasionally tho rebel DAG Htl aging
knew they had not Surrendered Port belchcd
forth s rapidly and fnr'ousy possible, Ike angry
hcn with chicken iD danger and the other fort okned
IN At intervals but AAroeiy any cssual,es occurred
our side.
IN nuKL ooiors pows.
At bsf past too O'CLOCK shell burst 70 rebel
flag n Fort wagner the fragments nyng through and ~
a. Tho tOp 0f the haIVarf@