The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1863-12-21

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New York, Del. 10.
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emit writes, Dec. 18th, that 0atasday morn.
iug, while IL tide W. rleedinG eas a
90 psiv1tss q. ths Sd Rbode kiaAd TT.
tsry discovered from Fort Pufaam| On thu
bessh vhAt hs thesgbt might 49, bspsl
field piece. He ssksd md Obtained per.
mission 70 90 and ~, He armed hin.
self With spade and in Z f6w minutes
revealed hsaatifsl hraee le1sutder.-
Twelve men wsrs fmmedhtsfy dethiled to
carry it to the Fort, whish vas done faith.
fully, uadsr bsisk 6ss fFsm Aoultrie.-
As soon - il vas in the fort il vas mount
ed in good petition - b uSsd agains,
it, old friends. @ass
| The spade in the course Of the day
bruusht y the surface 500 soun1s ofs4id
shot that Just suited the calibrs Of the
piece.
Itis thought the rebsls, before sv.eu-
ating Gregg. buried great quantity Of
ammunition Of al sorts. A lev days will
decide the matter.
| The storms and high tides havs had tn
effect If washing away some Of Admiral
Dahlgren's great enemies. Morris Island
for . mile along the beach 10 lined with
immense logs, thirty feet ioag and eightssn
inches thick, fasteoed together With strong
banda Of iron. No trace csn b discover
ed of where torpedoes have been fasten-
ed. Nov, ifsver. is the time for the Ad
miral to 60 into Charleston.
Charleston, Dec. Is.
Gen. Gilmore shslled Chsrisston Thars.
day night, throwing nunbsr Of shells
into different parts Of the city, and it il
believed doing much damsge 10 different
parts Of the city.
All the rebel batteries opened and .
. heavy bombardment lasted for several
houn.
The storm 10 washing away the rebel
distractions. A large number Of heavy
timbers, boltsd together With iron, came
down with the tide. They were secured
and towed in shore BY our tugs. The
amount of timber that came down 10 30
large that it is believed the distractions
must be seriously damaged.
There 10 NO other news Of importance.
New York. Dec. l9.
The Hefald's Morris Island correspond
ent says the cause Of the washing away OF
the obstructioss in Charlsstoa harbor was
from the famous floating battery getting
adrift in the last gale, and smashiag
through obstructions. She now lies
aground at the north end of Folly Is
land.
Especial to Tribune.
Headquarters Army Potomac,
December iS.
Last Sunday, as Col. Harding. Of the
18th Pennsylvania Reserves, Lieut.. Col.
Gastin Of the same regiment, and Lieut..
Col. Dove of the 5th, were riding along
the railroad near Catetts station they
were fred on BY seven guerri!lAs secreted
in the woods Col. Harding received .
wound through the arm and since has
had it amputated above the elbow. 1t.
Col. Gustin was shot through the hand,
but Col. Dove escaped unhurt.
New York, Dec. 10.
The Washington correspondent of the
Post, dated 18th. says the raid of the
guerrilla Mosby upon Fairfax q. H..
startled this community end causes rome
anxiety at the War Department. 1. is a
sample of what may be expected during
this winter, unless Gen. Meade falls back
near TO Washington, or strengthens his
communications. The army viii be CON-
PEELED to fall back il these raids continue,
aud it is probable that Gen. Meade has
contemplated retrograde movement for
some time.
The rumors of the removal Of General
Meade have died out. and it is nov gen.
orally believed he will remain in command
tor the winter. The fact that General
Meade occupied 4 perfectly independent
position, aud offered to resign again and
again. has helped him very much with
the President. He has badly defendesi
his recent campaign. not even asking ftr
lenient judgment upon it. The whole
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