The New York herald., 1863-08-27
Newspaper Opinions.

III rom iLc iNcnn. ID p.tnNliNsr. August ~
by latest dispatches Fort Sumter had not w. bean
evacuated BY troops, thoash had been almos, ad
In ruins BY the heavy Parrot s.As II |, be osenteMy
evacuated tho loss wiz be row small 40 tho enemy can
occupy IT, and tho harior IA ercetuay defended by
fortilcatioIs No calls Of brics eoae otn ere re-
sla inch a coa,a,ie hds drsct.d d.onG Ssfer;
on tAr dss,ees M NJ hntor ard cry m M.
oer fost, tat Ike Wa1n,r, IN 'rt'ch ~ hedg
sAei Of TIE eeag ". male tn l.e napressaoa viii
bs remembered alsa that General renbcr a. IN HI plans
for asicnc. Of Charleston had ong since len Fort samtc
out ~ lhc account
defence Is nerce tho assault The enemy i,sgssi
AaW teea ak 10 nroc r shch' INTO N c'fs FROM da
ahce Of inv si,' and nre told that Cen i"auregfd
has protested against such proceeding on The gohd o
humanity His protest will be Or lit,is indced he
oanno, dsabo those batteries which bred thc thrir e
Yankee commanders with thslr customary bra.adn,
have dssiand1d surrender o Fort sumter ami % our
forts horr Isind bo, ia the they can by M mean.
be indpged They will Ind that they arc noS op'y NJ
tho seginniDp of the siege ~ Charleston snd between
them and shal city is still fiery path 20 travel.
[from tho Richmond Examiner. August.
FroOs n private letter from Charleston gather tho
following items, which wiil be read VAN interest ~ ms
times
~ould fall under the continuous stream % shot ana sel
from the enemy feet--one Of the most formidable and
fort under command Of Colonel Rhctt most gallant
officer, who did everything that aid wihln the lounas
OF human power 10 make = successful defence lhe
wsls projected by piled tcVs 81 s.pd bags IN tho
inside twenty thick the was ~ tho iot neins
Zee, thick. itus making ohsrgS,.ou o. brick and
sand OF twenty six feet but this eusd not s,sd
tho mrions and concentrated assault oi tho enemy .
whole feet. Nothing could he improsnabia 20 tho trs.
mendous IN ssea tha. have poured on Fort sumter ~
| more than weck.
Win the fall OF Fort sumter Il In fbnugt that the
enemy VIII next attempt 10 carry Battery Wagner. This
" position Morris leland directly facing the beach,
ini~ sDi han mir lire below Fort sIinrr
and halt miles from lba ely Battery Wsgrer,
strong wora constructed OF immense tubess and rat
covered with earth sand some twenty feel
thick aud II Is thought stand any assault the enemy
may make. Besdes Battery Wagner Mulfs Island has
other deences. Bxoi Gregg. nj Cummings Point abo t
thrceiu1rers of mi.e from Font sumter Battery Bee
the south end ol the island. IL y pior.pvsr said
that the guns ercGted BY James lslnnd VIII
Command Morris Island. and u ia hoped, whoa our
batteries there open on the enemy, he Will lie Dis
lodged from his ~ sscnt foothold Morris Iaani.
/ Our forces Morris Island sre under the
mand ~ Bsiga Gcnea al II. rrisop. Of atofsls, II
active and udicios officer. Tho pcseis Norfis Island
are within few hundred yuds n each other, and The
enemy line s wtihin some eight hundred ysras
of Battery Wagner.
Thsnoh Nors,s Island gAond foH. Caoy'ePo. riH ye
ha for f1 defence Fos .sorre AVID Hea0sgord. Gnu,
PiscEeg. lo,fs Ripey ast Johuao%, anil man 0H.
AsyspSJoLi, obsius,oss tha, br,-ai, hs he,bpr and
guard hs crpr. neh 10 hs city
Though all these should fal The eosrg o ChsrleStou,
are assured, is, never surrender Tho peopie are
united " eve no the ctv while ope BRICK
rssts upon another and VI The should sno.scd ny
/ md u a mass OF sinouldoriug rnns There VA
sncb determination among people. anu IN. las mn,
had rather the torch applied y bs home by
than shall be polluted by ie tread Of the vandsh
that bss@ge mat city thrsng as thc panther does
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