The New York herald., 1863-09-05
Ffr. Oscar q. Sawycr's Despatch.
hgoRass lsLAxp, g. O., Sept. !, 1868
AppKARsscs on A axaxl nAn.

Yesterday nintnrg, II ~ reported, one of tns rebe'
clad steamed down the harbor tho anchor
ngo near lbo mddo groini nstery Pu cry Ripley
Il Is called, and cooliy polluted her bow towards blae
water. sha passed Bort sum,or and moved le.slFey
as Jar down wonlsre where she stopped hal di
no, anchor. The oacei q her ysil doabiess 10
make general reconnaissance how matters locked
outside. licr movements wee, Of course, closely
watched ard Admiral nahgrcn, ihlnEn thai she might
p,ssty ~ ii search Or nsAt asaalod q thu naFsac,
C0r.mapdeg e,mpscn 70 20 up and offer battle.
Trs eAsaAir HoYxs
The Monitor was aneHr WY short time aud steamed
M no hsrtor 10 eugase The bold rebel The rassacs
movements ne. raobscrycd by the rebels and tho
ram began blcsrg end gons ahead. to keep IN po
son Nher0 D. could hsht rum as the nccess!ies Of
tho sase woald seem 10 demand.
KsaElr os RAM
Tho Tassale steamed steadily up and began TO per.
ceptby lessen &c dlancs between her and her nnago
ps but before could gct "a long range q the heroic
rere the aser mn slowly turned around and beaded up
the harbo going aOont fast as the Pafsac, and pre-
serving the relative dsn1cn between them II owl
dout the ram did choose accept the gage Of baltic
thrown down gauaty by THO Pissaic but preferred
10 gain shelter Of tue inner harbor protected by
dozen rebe batteries. Tho passaic went up within easy
range Of Fort noultre, and received the hre q tha,
work Battery Dee and the other batteries snlli.
Island. she replied several times TO Fort Moutric,
snd was Joined In II by Paapsco. Commander Thomas
II. Stevens which had been sent up render any
sisancc that che might need. After half hours
nonading Monitors Withdrew In obedience 70 signal
from tho flagship and tho little affair that promised 40
rebel ram had been Inclined 10 hight, passed
on without results other than driving tho nquntive
rebels into their stronghold
oTI:siEG A BATTERY oy srIIivAs's BLAND
Tor two or three days past rcpcl battery on
sunyan's Island has becn making frui.iess efforts to
annoy In the advanced trenches Tho caihrc Of
the gun employed s not certainly known; but
Il n supposed TO be Of tho clcvcn.inch
guns taken from tho Keokuk Tho nring Of
tho gun Is very good, except in rather important
partcular--its range W short, and II Is only at bong
intervals . shot from I. reaches this island. Those
thrown thus have been solid shots and have doco
no damage other than TO the sand hills, yhch have been
hit great majority fall into the wcr outside the
beach and expsud their force upon tho curling surf This
firing may bo regarded very profitable by tho rebels
but only an ample supply Of ammunon for such waste
full expenditures would justify the practice. However.
that Of business. They running their own
machine Independent of ", and ask no advice.
ATTACK souLrHx noSrrvns.
-Four Montors-ihe PassaIc, Patapsco Nahan. and Mon
tauk-came in yesterday afternoon and engaged Fort
Moutre and the batteries sulIivans island, firing
occasional sho, at sumter and Wagner The engagement
opened about hapast three oclovk. and for about
two ho1rs maintained with great intensity,
particularly the rebai ado The firing from
Mou1re Battery Bec terrific. Their heavy
ratified Oh iks drum Ia tattoo, and Tho water
about the Monitors jc,tng up In all directions
several shots threw Of perfect caiaracta
over and dccks, shaking than with the
cussIon Many struck the Monitors but did ii,e
h.av ria md inch hell nj the
iron c.ads burst with crect and IA Monrie ond
sent tho whirling In all directions Fort Wagner
was repeatedly struck by the exploding shells, and
what damaged. sbc fired but few shots during tho
nj tho Monitors. Battery Gregg was exceedingly
active, Her heavy run In play from tho nrst 10 thc
last Il tho engs cement and made excellent shots.
The Monors 81 ellis wildly all Sides and had
effect IN siIcncIng gun. Sumter struck several
times by rife shells from tho rassalc and Pa
tapaco; but besides detatcnsag masses os ionss
masonry, il dad no further damage 20 the
frt No guns wers dismo-n,ed, they srist.
and n. further reduction accomplished After two or
three hourn fighting the Hon.ors responded to the
raj signal from tho lronsdcs 70 oease hrng and WIKI
drew what the object Of the attack vas has not hccn
csyeoped Perhaps II reconnosH ancs Ia force
overnent 10 give the a.soeiaed pcxs Fsporirr On the
Eaxshlp some little foandzton % buid NJ ~ his
highly imaginative reports q tbs brilliant achlevemsnis
of the iron so North tho Futon. We sha lok
with intense inter for tho forthcoming record oi the
Afternoons work.
ISyExss1 HKrrL orERAroxs ~ Tnn 5000.
some days tins enemy made systematic esor 10
bios up and destroy tho gapDoAis transports 10
S,ono by OF torcdos. Fortunately 90 sefpr
damage was ind upon sny the vessels ~ tbcss 10
fsrnai sines Of dctrocsD. ost tho gus
narrow enough for comfort One torpedo exploded lutte
asicrn of ihe PAwBec. aud biss her launch, ~hieb
was towing asisrn 10 fragments. few momstSs later
tremendous crpos occurred Bird Key. fee rods
below tho Pa~nee occaslonei by another tory~to sebt
down at the tame Prom facts s.poe dsveiopcd
certain that the down thsi night as least
ten of these nvcstsops of tho devil thres % four u
which exploited and tour ~ shIch zero picked mp Ore
riftea through hs Ge~t n transports and up Folly
river and efpca the bows q shs mortar sbosDss
{ =. william bat occAsossd damage The ,ofp~.
does are pres ssy ike tl~e have found 10 tho i1s
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