The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-09-19
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LATEST FROM CHARLESTON.
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FoRTR Ess MONROE, Sept. 1.-The steam
or Massachusetts arrived from Charleston
Bar on the evening of the 9th. On the 9Th
the Weehawken sent a shell into the Moul-
trie,s magazine. exploding it. The Iron
sides threw she'll into Moultrieville fire.
ing and destroying half Of the town. The
Monitors and IronsideS bombarded Sui
Uyans Island four hours, doing extensive
damage. On the 9th at IL p. NJ. q boat ex-
petition left the Squadron to storm Sum-
number killed, wounded and prisoners.
The Ironsides and Monitors are still shell
lingMoultrie. Sumter had not surrendered.
The Union forces were erecting works to
she'll Charleston. No attack on the city
has vet been made. ~
NEW York, Sept I've have received
additional particulars by the Arago of the
bombardment of IT. Moultrie by General
Gilmore and Admiral Dahlgren. The fir
ing continued all day Tuesday the 9Th,
and up to six O'Clock Wednesday the 9th,
with great fury, and the injuries to FIT.
Moultrie was of a character to indicate
that the reduction of the fortress would be
effected with comparatively small loss;
The bambardment which began on Tues
aay at daylight was kept up during the
day. Though the facts are not positively
known. there is no doubt in the minds OF
persons who witnessed the explosion OF the
magazine that if it was not the main one of
the fort, the havoc inside was such as to
materially lessen its capacity for resistance.
The firing ceased on Tuesday night except
from the rebel battery. On Wednesday
the fight was resumed. Two or three OF
Gen. Gilmore's batteries which were in
range of Fort Moultrie assisted in the CAM
nonading. Only a part of the monitor
feet renewed the contest. The New Iron
sides which has performed great SER
vices here throughout, steamed towards
Fort NfoO1frio ond UoS firinO f0ni0IV
when the Arago left. The injuries to the
walls of the fort were important. Obser-
vations were made late in the afternoon of
Wednesday by. passengers on the Arago
who were on Morris Island, and it could
be seen through the haze of the morning
that the parapet walls were broken, and
two of the guns had been dismounted.
This fort it was fully shown would bear
only small amount of cannonading COM
pared with Sumter. The reduction will
Immediately follow, and the planting OF
batteries at Cummings Point, q work
which will soon be accomplished. Il <
The firing from all the rebel forts and
batteries which were in range of Morris
Island upon our forces there, and which
began on the morning after the evacuation
by Beauregard's troops, has since been Sc
we're and continual. Our forces do: not
occupy in force the captured rebel forti.
fications. 1t is represented that the rebel
works will be of little use to Gen. Gilmore
in his after operations. He can use the
ground which he is already doing in
spite of the fire, and when the new bate.
ries in progress are completed, there is
scarcely a position in the harbor but will
commanded by his guns, while Charleston
will be within easy shelling distance. iThe
immediate fall OF the city is not, however
expected. A novel mode Of removing OBJ
q structions has been adopted by Gen. Gil
more, NAMELY, the employment of rebe
prisoners. It is Justly supposed that thu
rebels know quite as well, if not better;
how to handle their own Internal machines
than do our own men, and their risks may
are enthusiastically in favor Of the new ar
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