The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1863-09-09

OFFICIAL FROM ZEN. E-BgRsTING
OF His BIG Gun.
RICHMOND, August 3l-The Baltimore
papers publish an official dispatch from Gill
more, dated the Oath inst. II announces
the practical demolition Of For, Wagner
after .bombardment Of seven days. He
states he had succeeded in establishing
batteries within effective range of the heart
of the city, and had opened with them after
giving Gen. Bsauregard due notice of his
intention.
From other sources we learn that the
shells thrown into Charleston were charged
with Greek fire. The only gun of sufficient
range to throw shells into Charleston wns
a three hundred FOUNDER Parrot rifle. But
thus enormous piece of ordnance, after a
lew discharges, nccidently burst, breaking
oil about foot from the muzzle
This mishaP not only destroyed the nc.
curacy Of the fire, but reduced the range by
mile and halt, so that until another gun
OF equal caibre can be mounted no more
shells can be thrown into Charleston.
The New York Times has = letter from
Morris Island, dated the 2lst. The writer
says
From the Time Of the discovery by the
rebels OF the unfinished battery in the
marsh upon our lett, night before last, up
I'LL dusk yesterday, ] l6 shells were fired at
1t from the James Island batteries. OF
these but one struck il, and no injuries
have been sustained by any one within il
since the casualties on Tuesday night
Last night its moster rifle gun was noun.
ted' and this morning It's voice will Join in
the grand chorus which swells up from the
thrOats Of our cannon
The bombardment grows monotonous.
Our hre continues as usual, and curious
spectators crowd around the hiltops to
witness 1t. Day after day We see the
smoke. .wreaths spring up from our bate.
RES, We hear the sharp crack of the Parrots,
We watch intensely the wall at which they
arc amd and have the satisfaction Of seeing
the shell crash into the masonry. Bot ns
The wall remains, and the flag KEEPS hu,.
tering in the wind. we are reminded tha,
patience isa Christian duty, and that in
order TO capture Sumter We must
Learn to labor and to wait"
The Philadelphia Inquirer says in an edi.
toria!:
We may safely say Sumter is Jallen.-
Whether the Stars and Stripes float over it
or no one thing is certain, the fort is IA
ruin" ] he handwriting is upon the wall,
and the instiga,ors and par,ici pa,ors in tn.
trst fall Of Sumter may read their sure
doom in It's second and final overthrow.
The New York Times is jubiIant over
the damage to Fort Sumter. 1t says:
Fort Sumter has fallen It's historic
walls are mass Of ruins The rattlesnake
flag OF the rebels, which was hoisted over
II on the l4th Of April, 1861, has been sho.
into fragments, and humbed to the ground
on the 22d Of August, 1853.
The Germans Of New York held n Mass
Meeting on the 9Th, to take measurs to
test The legality of the Co inscription Act
Several committees We're appointed and
much excitement pervaded. The speakers
were loud in their denunciation orwhat
they term "civil and inhuman measures"
The steamer Florida has turned up again
on the track of the Yankee shipping The
ship Francis b. Cutting, which arrived a,
New York on the 2Ith, reports having been
overhanled by the Florida on the 9Th inst,
In lat, AZ deg. 10 min., lon A. deg 30 min.
Alter considerable negotiations, the Cut.
ting having on board $50 passengers, the
Florida agreed to bond her in the sum of
forty thousand dollars.
SAD AlIsHAP-About two o'clock on