, 1863-08-30
effective f1re Over one hundred and fifty
shots from tie Irousides and from strahan's
guns took eIsc: upon the work, and after ten
o'clock it gara us no trouble whatever.

guns took eIsc: upon the work, and after ten
O'Clock it gaTa Us no trouble whatever.
ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM CHARLESTON
Late yesterday afternoon the rebel batteries
suddenly became silsct, ard looking towards
tie harbor, We SAW little lead colored steau-
er coming swiftly, dowa, With white flag at
her fore. Opora1lols 1ere accordingly sus-
pended, and the silence aroused cyery one to
! the fact that someth!ng Tas up" Getting
abreast Of Fort WaguerTaod still showing no
Signs Of slackeutng her speed. Colonel Turner
fired several blank cartridges At the craft to
bring her to. To these she paid no attention,
Planter did when Robert Smalrs tfag of trnco
came ont. On abe ca1ne, dowu to the Beacon
Houee;- still further; when she conld look in
to. the rear Ct our lss teEl.es, and :saere those
on board, all OF Hlbm Eerc equipped with
telescopes and massns glasses, could count
every gun. Then the Ironsides, which was
mp 10 the fnct that this ]mpudent and bold
Reconnaissance In open day was hardly the
proper thing for the enemy to perform .eyeh
under flag of truce, and accordingly fired o
solid shot at the eteamcr. The latter checked
her course. with evident reluctance, and re.
turned to the buoy, where Admiral Dah1gren's
ting, the Dat1odfl, net her aud received the
dispatches che had brought down:
:. -. FOREIGN coNsULs INTERPRETING.
: The contents Of these dispatches cauuot vet
be published; but It ia understood that t6eY
we're, trst, q savage and indignant protest
from General Beauregnsd againsf what he con
eidefs General Gtllnore's unchrIstsan and un-
eiy1i,zed H Inode OF wa'fare IN she1ltng the city
Of charleston and, secondly q batch: of
notes Of similar ps1r1,ort from the consuls of
the various foreign powers represented ia
that city. The dispatches were answered
promptly, and az write there Is another sas-
peneion Of hostfItties while Colonel Hall IL
delivering General Gtimore's reply under still
a1other dag Of trhee. --:+--.
Or either side. This morning NJ daylight the
Monitors went into the hirbor, receiving
three Ehots from Il aingle gun on Sumter, and
4 rapid and we'll directed lire from SoElvan's
ls]snd works. a Adense bank Of fog hung o7cr
the bay, and it was not till tho iron ctads
steamed out Of It and came. to their old an
choraec that re could zee nuythiDg OF their
andexasperstion attle. conduct OF 1ho navy
in these operations is becoming more and
more manifekt On shore -. :.
{: MORE DEsER1Ens-s'> =
The monotoDy Of the bombardment Was
broken on Friday By the arriya! Of d party Of
seyeD dese1ters from the rebel fofce on Su1lf-
wants Island. They had been statioued where
upon the caeee,ly fsce of Sumter ;.was
always before them. Upon the side of. the
work which is Jet hidden to us they saw
the bricks 60 down by cartloads, the. guns
dL mounted, the classmates recalled and then
Destroyed, and they know that Sumter must
fsli-that, indeed It was fist f4litag. So
these stven men, knowing that victory vas
ce' tain to the Yankees, tired Of fighting long
CT ftr the nfrde1acy, and anxious, If possl-
b., to get back to their homes II thc Old
Moth State, procured pass from their CON-
msnder to visit Mount Pheasant, stole boat