The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-25
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The Charleston Efe.cnry, OF Tuesday, con
tsias li,e following relative to hos:ilties on
Morris island
During the early portion OF yesterday
nosniag all wac comparatively quiet on
Morris island. Abont eleven O'Clock ;hf
land batteries Cpeueei on Fort Wagner, aud
t.a monitors and the srousides again ap-
preached and opened q severe fire. This
Continued uctii : o'oiogs, Waan tie b0mbard
r1snt became tafious, the reports being hoard
in quite ~ rapid succession as on Saturday.
This furious canioaads laS.ai fos aooug aii hogr
aud :. half, Fort Suner and Battery Wagner
replying slowly. Ais0 lire was opered from
nav battery on James is'sad. Fort Snnter
got the range OF the Ir0uaiaes, and a !!ttie be-
fore four o clock she withdrew. The monitors
also hauled off, aud for tie remainder OF the
evening the firing was at long and irregular
intervals, coming chiefly from the eneMy's
land batteries. Some shots were fired AT Fort
Joi,nson, and at the Shell poin: battery. The
casualties ;n Battery Wagner yesterday were
four killed and eleven wounded
A mortar TIRE was kept up on>iSa.tery Wag-
ner every few minutes during the night from
the battery bear Grsbam ! house.
Ga Sunday morning the enemy ssus in q ia.
OF trues TO ask permiasicG to barry tneif Gsac,
whose bodies i3y thiekiy si.ewn III tue trench
and sisewnEe in front Of our WORKS Asi!
was posad that the ehief oi.Jact % this re-
quest on the part Of Tho Yankee commander
was to gaia an oppcrtasitY 10 reeoahoisre cur
positi0n the propusinon- was Aaciiaad, aad the
duty Of burying the dead devoivetsnror our
0 WI man, and on Sunday no firing occurred.
Tho number Of bodies buried previous to the
renewal of tbs cannonade yesterday was SUI
Tito by our men ;ind some 2it, and odd be-
yobd cur lines by the enemy. IaeluisnE those
.snI utryra
died, the ensmy's ioss in killed alone innat have
been nearly or quite one thousand Ths nuna.
Der OF prisoners taken by our troops (inslading
wonn.ed) was s1t;: Juds siag from tnese figures,
and raueu,b bering the well known habit which
the Yankees have OF carrying vf thsig wound
ed, it seems quite reasonabls TO believe that
their total loss in killed. wounded aad prisoa-
efs could not have been less tl.sn two thous-
6li.
DR.. Locke, United Sta;ea Navy Saygecr,
on board enc oi tho monitors, was arresied
Sunday morning ON Morris Island inside our
lines. DIR. L. .iaa nc sgrgicai iustr0munts, net
even q iarcst abous hin when captured. bat
he states that Le cane ashore TO asaat ths laad
surgeons in thair operations, wna were well
supplied lie was brought TO this city San..ay
night, and was sesn walking our streets with
out hindrance yesterday
The Courier, allnoing 70 the assault Of Sat
urday night, chronicles the following fatal
mistake:
Msj. Ramsay had plaesd himself At the head
Of the sumter Guards, aud was IN the act of
advancing On the eneEy, when, II 10 reported,
they were met BY volisy from one Of the
North Carolina rsginsnss, who, IN the dark.
mass, had mistaken them Tor the enemy. IL
WIS in this msnnsr that Maj kamaay was
shot, and nearly ia the eaaaaiflss in Captain
Hopkins company occurred. 1t was an sSci.
dent liable to take placs IN any night attack.
and the North carolina regiment ought not 10
bs aajsstly csnsarsd fos their aslasAy dtselay
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