, 1863-08-28

DETAILS OF THE SIEGE 0FEEs-
80 ATIONS.

/ The Opening Fire--Fort sumtel
Strengthened How and by.
Whom the. Works we're
/ 8. Constructed Navy ::
E; The Rebel Works "
--Casualties.
NV YonK, Aug. s7.--The steamer Ara
60, from chas1s>ton Barr August 25th' hi:
arrived. -.
G, c. Fulton sends dispatch, d:ted of
| Iorris leland, 24th, noon, as 13llows:
Admiral Dablgrcn Mt midnight; on Sat51day
with five monitors, bohba:dct Sumter til
six o'clock. This Fort was struck over hun
| 'dreftimes, the balls going through tho aea
wull, and ths whole porapet Tas carzfed
aWay; edmter fired oEt gun Tctfmes, but
hours la}ned Shells on the neonitc1s: ThsS
"trd Ettuck' several times, but no harm WIS
done.
Sumter Is defanct. The last gun 1as- dis.
70 da3 he grind army and naval at:rck<on
| Wagner ;.ra. Gregg tases place. No1 that
| Sumter Is 1efunci, tho rebels will be ,lr;ynn
tfou Morris Ielanu. Gilinofs. IL determined
to have possession Tonight
(: Gilmore, en- Thuraany, notified Beaure1ard
that II be did not surrender the forts, he would
she}l the city in twenty four hours. No atten:
taon Was paid to'the demand, and Friday night
Gen GllInotc threw fifteen shel's. charged With
Gztek fire, into the city, On Saturday, p. IN.
Beauregard eept down n gsg with an urgent
l protest, depounc:ng Creek. fire Us the mnst
yi]lainous compound, unworthy OF civilized
| 1rEr mn f4fnn thoE E1rt
| iish. French, and Spantsh consuls also de.
| uounced The tlort time given, and claimed
npte time to remove the subjects Of their re-
spscti1e countties. Gilmore replied by renew.
irg the demand for surrender. Beaaregard
asked for truce Of forty lours. Gilmore re-
fused time, or any terma- bus unconditional
surrender. At 1s O'clock Last night the she'll
irg with Greek fire was r5sunled-
1t is generally thought that the Stars and
Stripes Will wave over stIa' er tonight.
There is EVIDENT; grcM trouble In Charles
ION. Il is not believed tint there are over
I guns arc noT mounted on Sulliyan's Island.
NEW ToRK, August 2S.-The Herald has
The following rebel dispatch, only 4 part Of
which was previously tels5raPesd;
o'clock 10 tbu nrorning until seven in tho eve.
mig yesterday, the ene1ny's fire on Sumter
was very heavy. Nine liundfcd and twenty
three thofs were fired. and seven hundred and
four struck the fort. either outside or iuside.
The eastern flcc Of the folt is badly battered
Some guns on the eastern end a1d northeast
fepr times. Five rrivates ard two negroes
we're wounded 10 Sumter. The cnemy's fire
on Wagner caused five Casualties, including
Capt. Robert PIinglc, killrd. Our sharp
shooters ate annoying tue Yankees consider
aey It. j. fsuRp0sed tbs sSsy 6nsst one
At II o'clock Inst night, communication
from the enemy, unsigned. wa7 ,ant to Gen.
Beauresard, demanding the surrcn .!er OF Sum.
ter and the Morris Island batteries, with a
notification that the city '3ould be shelled III
trenty-four hours If the> demand WAS not
noIeEsnce, and Gen, Jordan retufned1t for the
signature Of the writer. ABOUT two O'Clock
this morning the enemy began throwing shell;
into the city from : battery on the marsh be
tween Morris and James leland. and distant
five miles from the city: TVelye eight lnct
Par1ott shells fell in the t:lty, but caused nc
casualties. The trahsact:on is regarded III
m Outrage on the rules ct civilized warfare
| Tue ehelliug had good tfltct In hasteutnE
the exodus Of non-cont.atants.
| fire vigorously. on Sumtkr. The 1ronslls
has siEce opened. Sumter 1s replying. Was
ner Is firing briek1y On the enetny's adYancst
works, $50 yards from our battery.
The Richmond Enquirer says:
| The enemy, It seems, Ins been able tt
: tance of i've miles, and we are told that Gen
| BeauTegard has protested against euch pro
ceedipgB on the ground Of humanity. Eli
protest will be Of little use indeed, # he can
rot Disable those batteries which fired tn
shells. The Yankee commander, s7lth thef
accustomed brayado, have demanded the sur
tcrder Of Sumter and our forts On Morri
leland, but in this they can by no means b
indulged. They will find that they are nos
only at the beginning Of the Siege Of Charles
ten, and between them and that cily thor
is still flery path to travel.
Correspondence of the New York Times.1.
: AlonR1s Island, s. c., Aug. II, 1868.
| The orders Issued BY Gen. Gilmore, Sur
day ntl ut, Tor the artillery commanders t
| open thtir batteries on the rebel works a
dsybreak Monday morning, did not, in cor
operatons, create any undue sorpris1
: | That the attack was about to be II
nswed was circulated with remarkabl
| raridity through the camp, and upon th
couutenances ct the soldiers could be trace
evidences Of satisfaction, II not actual dellgh
at the prospect Of being relieved Of the me
notinous 1ifo to which they have been 6ut
2 j. cted for the past thirty days. They had no
forgotten the terrific assault on Wagner on
month previous, less one day. when they wet
compelledto retire before he superior strsngt
/ # the enemy. the thought of which mad
5 them oil the mors earnest in their desire t
| again attempt the reduction OF the rebel work:
= / Although feaIfUlly decimatel In numbers troI
, the ravages OF sickness and war, tho braV
regiments came forward once more to add ne
) lustre to their own and their country's glor!
D But the nature of the conflict, which has a
| ready been intinated In this corresponding
. reraerfd the position Of tho infantry not qui'
J Eo hazardous as that they occupied duriu
= the preceding assault fhen they assa, e
t to gain possession Of the island BY. stormin
: Fort Wagner; now they act al. supports! I
+. the various batteries. which are expected
1 achieve the finsl result bF silencing the EN-
!, my's guns. In this attack the artillery, bot
on laud md sea, is the main dependence
The assertion Of Bome officers that thrt
hours only would be required to dsno.is
Sumter: is proven to be very wide Of It
1nalk. The rebels had ample time to streu2tl
en- the work, and did not lose moment
using It to the best advantage. all the cas-
! mates on the southwest front were filed U
with mas onry and sand-bags, besides whic
bales Of cotton were heaped up on the on
side Of the fort. Inside the fort every uaea
tire had been taken to resist the effect Of SIN
Sand-bsgs we're used In great profasion, az
u quantities Of the same were piled up In rop
/ On the parapet.
Lieut.. 6. q. Dana, the operator at the hea'
qunrters Office, wondered what caused the i
'errnption Of the currant, and Was on IL
point Of sending out party to investlgza
s the matter, when q messenger arrived VII
j. Information Of the whole affair. The machil
, YVES taken to the chief signal office. where
was taken apart by Lieut.. P. Il. Niles, tho
oughly cleaned and readiusted. and aga
11aced In working order In three hours' tim
,. Lieut.. Niles il perfectly familiar With Il
workings Of the wire, and was ordered
J. this post for the express purpose Of esta
J. lIshtDg telegraphic Communication betwe.