, 1863-08-30
FROM cHARlEsT
DETAILS OF TIE B0MBARD-
MENT, !. .
Beauregard and the. Consuls
Indignant.
TEE EFFECT OF OUR SHELLS ON
CHARLESTON,


completed the work Of destroying Fort Sum
Ter It IL 20 longer Of value to The Confede-
racy Us q work Of defense Practically It's re-.
ductton Is accomplished Its walls have been
torn down, its guns, with perhaps single
exception, dlsmountcd, and the few hardy
spirits who yet maintain their tenure there
are compelled to take refuge from bursting
shell ard flying masonry as best they may,
without the power further to help themselves.
The navy can pass it. This Is the flldlment
Of the Commanding Generals promise to the
Government when be undertook the herculean
job Of preaching its walls over the heads. Of
Wagner and past the guns Of Gregg.
~ wARN1Na FROM GILMORE TO BEAuREGAHp.
On Friday morning, at. about o'clock,
Leur. Col. James r.. Hall, Provost Marshal,
AID Capt. Brooks, Aid-de.Samp, lett Gen.
G'lmore'a Headquarters, under flag Of truce,
tic original rebel chiefeai.s It u understood
t1IaE Tie document wns a.dehAnt Tor the sur
render Ur MOTIFS ls1and and Fort Sumter.
To this WAS added tormM notice that fail
ura to comply would be followed by turning
our guns upon the city OF Charleston, and
d. lire that The non.combatants, women and
children, might accordingly be removed be-
= nd the limits Of the town.
-After proceeding to our batteries upon the
left, and notif5 Ing them to cease their firing
at ths proper time, Col. Hall and Captain
B ooks rode out to our parallels upon the
right, and werc soon among the sappers in
the trenches at the front. Here, amid the
storm OF bullets and the occasional volleys of
strapuel which burst from Wagner, they
ira1ttcaly waved their white handke1chiefs
y o1'se parapet Just before them: Lieut.
Col. Durgfn, Of the 21st South Carolina vol
ur1eeFs, came out to receive the communion
tions and met our flag about midway be-
twc.n our Pickets and the fort But q few
words passed between the parties, whose
T~r 1t ,s<% Hr,r3 fS.tn
Af;er formally Introducing himself, Col.
Hall yeutured to remark th1t It was a warm
morning, to which the rebel colonel gave his
concurrence 60 stihy as to deter any further
conversation, except On matters purely OIL
cIal- The parties delivered and received the
documents, bade each other good morning,
ar d returned 10 their lines with dignity
r hleh in the hot August sun, must have been
pt culiar2y refreshing.
THE FLAG or TRUCE WAS NOT ALTOGETHER
NEsrECrED-
= During the parlcy, which was necessarily y
brief, only the fire Of Wagner aud Of our bat
tories was suspended. The rebel works on
Jnmes Island md tic mortars and coiambtads
at Vinegar nill, Or Battery Simpkins> poured
h their shells as usual. Gregg kept Eo1ItuY
away at one Of the Monitor, and the Inter,
unconscious, under such circumstances, OF
ally violation Of IS tho proprieties," maintain
ec her fire against the offender with becom-
| iDg and jushHnble r1pIdity.
THH BoNnARpMENT RENEWED.
| As Colonel Hall and Captain Brooks re-
| tur1 ed to the trenches and the rebel handKer-
cl!tf, disappeared behind the ugly face Of
| Wagner, our batteries re.ope1ed, and all
| a1ong the line, from right to left and lett to
right, onr briefly suspended work went On
without farther Interruption during the day.
| The proud structure which has so long com.
| marded the channel was eti1l more humbled
during the firing. Of Friday BY the effect Of
l A,nf Ark,U + H1N Gar 4n+n$ hnN Il
stood the parapet Was knocked AMY, leaving
| tie bare and shattered pole standing at very
| awEard angle amid the rapidly accumulatiug
rnins .Prpjecti1es from our right batteries
NeLt tearing through the easteriy fsce and
crushed the opposite wall In their Hight,
y hile our batteries on the left continued their
fling upon the gerge Stiil the brave fellows
Inside kept their flag flying over the ruins
Most uncompromising rebellion showed 1t:
| 81 In every flutter Of their, mutllated but
d. f}a1.t banner. Ont Of its folds most persia
tent treason shook itself IN STely passing
tic fag nor abandon the work. +.
PITCHING SHELLS INTO ouARLHsoS.
Making good bis notice to Beauregs1d, Gen
e,al Gilmore directed Lieutenant Selman
commanding the Marsh Battery, to open Will
his riflcd g1ps upon the city Of Charleston
During the night and between and o'clocl
on Saturday morning, fneen shells of Biz
Dey's invention we're pitched over the Jane
L land batteries, across tho island and harbor
a. into the town. Their flight was wonder
fnl. When last seen the monstrous pEosee
tiles were still soaring upWards, as II on thei
| way to Join the stnEs-
The effect Of this demonstration against tn
city was quite satisfactory to themselves,
not to the remaining Inhabitants Perhap
Gilrnore's threat to shell Charleston at th
distance Of four miles too preposterous to ii
! maud attention. Certainly the city had ne
been evacuated BY all the non.combataut
: The visitors which cur Swamp Angel" ser
: them crested q mcst uprorious panic. tt
people were reused By their advent, and til:
universal confusion followed and geler,
skedaddle ensued wns evident from the ugt
Of burning buildings, the ringing Of bel
: from every steeple, and the screeching au
! screaming Of locomotive whistles. 8:
ANOTHER FLAG or TRUCE,
At dayb1eak there WAS white flag on Il
i tparapet Of Wagner, and the sharpshoote
! lille the field officers Of the trenches wcl
q ont to receive IT. A communica tion Il
General Gilmore" vas TUG :::;;::,557anceu,en
ard the white hega separated, the hosti
officers retired to their respective lines, ii
tie roar Of artillery Was resumed. The co
tents Of the rebel message did not transp11s
D but in couple OF hours General Gilmore
t answer VIE at The trontY Q1d3 Mter pfle1 q
j, l.y in attracting the attention Of Wagner, "
delivered 10 the rebel authorities. Il Beaur
gard wanted more time he did not get It.
+ be proposed terms they were not satistactor
t The fire of all our batteries was resumed, u
e the most yigorous and spirited contest OF Il
. p eek followed
T TIE FIRE or WAGNER,
= after the message Of General Gilmore h'
been received, vas most terrific Against o.
= right batteries Ehe blazed continually. II
i New Ironeides, which, since Monday, b
! taken but little part in the .bomhardmen
E now came up. with q couple Of monitors, au
! from ten I'LL TWO o'clock poured into the n
1 eed fort tempest Of shells that complete
E.lenced ere1y gun. A neat. way the 90
; Iers on the Irorsides have OF exploding the
t rroiectiles within the fort. It ia impossible
q Drive them through sand and cotton, of whit
. the work Is nnde, nor can the guns be 70 {
T. T. evated rs to toss them In as from morta
9 So the pieces ere depressed, and the she
= striking the water about fifty yards from t
20 leach, Jumps in. In nearly every instan
~ ~ tits manner OF making The missiles caecti
= = j. succeesful: s'These a1e what I call b
= laIds." said the captain, watching the flrin
~ ~ t'They carpm on the bay and beach i
y ! ocAet the ball in the fort every tlne.''
!, :. sTRAHA,'s 1Ar1Ear =.
i vs.. also turned sgaarst Wagner, and no dot