New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-08-24
THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON.
The Combined Attack on Monday
The Walls Of Fort Sumter
Greatly Damaged.
Death Of Captain Rodgers and
PaymaSter Woodruff.
MO DAMAGE TO OUR FLEET
E WORK GOING ON SATlSFACIOKlbL

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Tho s,eon, transport Star of the South, Capt !
u,.o,,,,, g., ,,,,is Island S c.. August 20, TO Gen
c.oua. Va, vic, IT, $ Quartermaster arrived al 'hs
-. -. ,;,r She left at Morris Island steam
,,ansoo,,s Cnmhria City of Richmond Ihorn ana Ne"
J.rsov The latter lying ashore on the inlet bar nav
a.. aoc~ed her anchors in a northeast gale, on the
night ofthe 18th ms
August o. off CAPE lookout, was bearded ana re-
.o;,ed mail nom the T. s steamer Connecticut Capt
: luiy. on cruise.
,nrrst % Sc. m. fifty miles north Of Hat,erass'
.qased steamer Patapsco bound South
40 Reimbursement OF suEitcr-ft - bc-
canning n,rcI sh.t,crcd-Jamc- Island
and For, johnson BATTERIES Active hat
Wagner DoSmcd-i'crse'cr-
ance and skill Of E.rrd aud NnTnl
Eerces-Brnvsry Of Coiored Troops
pcn.h Of Capt. Rodgcrs-Enfcrn"i Mn
chimes, &c.
p, m Our Special Correspondent.
MORRIS ISLAND, Aug. Is 1865.
The bombardment OF Fort by both oui
l., 4 and naval forces commenced yesterday morning
az has up TO this moment progressed as a'orably as
4, most sancuine could desire. The reduction Of
81 onr brick fort resting upon foundation OF granite
q, distance Of two miles and aquaTteT is something
rev the worlds history although in this age Of rcvo
ions rot at all wonderful and is 10 be now looked for
T. ere is nothing man can make that man cannot also
de trov Even said earthworks must succlmb at las, 10
tno ingenuity and perseverance Of some superior genius
ana Fort Wagner impregnabe she has at times sp-
pesred 70 be- be rent and drifting heaps and her
heavy guns and bombproofs lie smashed and shattered
anon the shores of Morris Island.
At this moment Of writing two o'clock. pm. no flag
can be seen fyng from Fort Wagner reply 10 the ID
fach guns Of the Monitors heard soldiers peer
sboye the parapets tina, portion Of the oTt where the
bomb proofs were situated before the assault Of the 18th
Res shapeless mass OF sand and timber and the entire
brt ready to be occupied by forces whenever the
ozder shall be given.
Bu, sur;cr's guns are still alive. few sptef'l
ones on the parapet Of the sea-wsl send their shell
wildly in the direction of our batteries but yet have
effected no ininry whatever The guns upon the sea
wall may be said 10 be practically silent ~ the ds'
tsncc nom them they can ent ailaSs our g9hheIs
Lat little and since wide gaps have been opened ~ her
sides by heavy rfed PARROTS every bIoscsde put
weakc ls her foundations and hasteas the hour OF hef
fan
Put whether Fort Wagner has really succunbed or
ACT whether the profound silence is assumed neces
fatcd whether thirteen hundred sTong men sin lie safe
9:tin the bob proofs silently evacuated them dur
te the darkness Of Lest night OF one thing we are pcs
ystls certain and that Is that sumter. the fxtress
anon which tn gaze OF the whole nation may be SAID "
e turned beneath the most terrible fire ever bcNofe
concentrated upon similar structure Is last
r rHiIs sa.ll e.. 49,. -, -. 49,.
boar rifea shotsyS sent through her gorges al
Il s Saturday evening nine more or Sunday eteIing
snS N daycht Yesterday morning the bofaba rdnen,
Opened In earnest 10 close only when the red battle flag
Oh tie enemy hutters and falls upon her ruins and Stars
and Stripes again float them Between 600 and 8Dc
shots have already passed into and through her gorge
wall nearly ~ through her seawal and about 20 have
gOue directly into tie fort Immense heaps of brick
aid morter have fallen into the chOked M tie sally
poi and made a pile Of rims. between the bastiOns
which storUing party could climb into the FORT u
were al ills stage deemed practicable. b this
ing ii IS confidently expected that the Gogc-~ al VIII
have been complete crushed IN. but whether the cnvary
OF South Carolina viii then deem prudent 10 surrender
remains to be seem sand bags RAPIDLY filled and plea
IA across the fort in front Of tie classmates may protect
fem for day or two but ioT dag or two only. Fort
.vagner in our possession the upon the wall OF
Suu>ter dsmOlried 80 raid ara 80 AFt IRE can iheh
He nan ed into her that would be folly bordering upon
,o,dness Cor her garrison longer 10 hold out
Nv tomorrow morning the heaviest Tihed guns
known 10 the artillery service viii be in portion with
the most fIced gamers in tie country al hand TO
t n, -, MI IRE Educated officers WHO have had
-ss.denre in reducing f1rircsses both IN Europe
n a.. 81. CON-, ecns.des Z. redgel.. q iAe ioii
thin the present week beyond - -
Although Forts Sumter ard Wagner bad f.pAed pgi
Tie 20 our FIRE the batteries on Jamet lsano sht'hu
from Fort johnson n within omcs 81 light Dolse
let have kep, up an incessant eannohaGe Go,h ~ uas
md night, but thu far have Inflicted bnt hi'lc iJGi
But few shells have burst within our laiIfllcf E'"I
al fal over or fal short The norm enu 81 M"ffle
Il.., without any great goraiiOn may De tald !"
ne almost a. thicy paved with ohot ana sLe- 20 DIoAe
~ IL RiiL granite blocks a.
( he attack upon Wagner tie lr0nsd", and I'VE
~ ,0rs mere engaged, the Patapsco leading 18th the
At nifai On board -.-- ... ......4~,ir
H. iege shall have further yrognsscs a4d the time
a. ID when The Interests Of the canp2gn sill not De
ieou-dized bv fun aud detailed Of a that has
ben done The lei Nd since the siege commenced The
labor perform ID by both land AND na' al forces
fbs skill and perses exhibited by Of.ceIs. the
br8yery displayed both white and cObred soldiers
lie haidshps endured and the difficulties q, erCcne
bylentOnod 0nly wL, the scgc Of Sumter sbill have
'eeD practically closed and Charleston and he haIbor
OR full Possession.
A. this hohr Of writing O. most furious r.adO Of
wind rain, and slnd il raging al along ia. coast Of
South Carolina The monitors have WIthds avn from
fhe tnht. and tie men ~ sought safr anchorage
places But the new fiicd FagfOtts are stl booming
shot and shell through the driving wind aId ra'n as
bong torn uJ tent pOiss blown down and tic
tents themselves kept from tn hands If fls X bel
QuarteITuaster on James Island only BIS the strong
arms Of CHE soldiers who are tying hold them down
lively sftle episode TINS far tina gale in IN. cam
paign and when IL shall have ceased NAV no wrecked
lulks 81 noble menOi-rar compel ns - remember il A
a melancholy one.
forgot 10 mention that in the firing Of ye,te,dav
and m that # this morning We cut the hGyaids on tG.
flag staff of Sumter AM brought the fag luticrng 10
rallied. and under The hottest ire ran il up again
90 naat in our 1aces.
eihe flags Of al the shipping were at baS2ast yester
day ard today Of rcsps8 10 the memory OF Captain
Rodgers Of the catsk kiI;d early in the engagement
Of yesterday.
IL large number Of something officers hare named
Rebel cesl fish, were found 1Dating IN Light House
tho in