Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-16


A correspondent Of the New York Ygrid
writes fToas Morris island.
TIE sisgs Of Charleston IS sfilI On the tapis.
You haTa lssraed, srs this, haT the sngluesrinr
szi.l of Gilmore has battered the walls Of "a
Iupua Sumlsr INTO an almost shspelsss mass Of
5Eiek sad ra7risg, compelled thssHemy 70 svac-
uats WagnsF and Cummings Point, two Of the
strongest places they possessed Of Al ths ap-
proaehas 10 Charleston THE was the work Of
sas szay IA sixtg days, and At 3 loss Of two
.h0u8zlfd men. How meet % say, q HeN done,
tilou good and faltlrfai servznEs.'s Only those
Eho haEs been present and Witnessed the opera
1lou eao appreciate ths toll and labor endured,
ana. dsnSec encountered. By our gallant Et.is
army ia this woEk. Day after day, and nieht
atiaf ifiSa5, have teeY worked or gusTded in the
trenches under the ensuy's frs, IN blisIsring
safl -4nd dfeueAiug Eain, without a TnBrmuT
tbs the army has done. Id BY GtEmora. Terry.
Staphsns9u, Turner, sid othsTs equally brave (;
eRd the ouoa iHsultsd asg Of our country is now
vagiBg al tbs thEssloid Of sae sirth-piAes ef
treason.
When this siegs began there was aaosher par
ty 20 the sgrsoment % tske Charleston, i5F It
7sas nos eIpscisd that Gilm0ra's army could
va Z upon tas gatsTs. The navy had voice,
and thst vOies said 10 the army if you sill
sisuca the barbefts guns of Sumter We viii 20
in and finish the business Agreed, wss ths
word; sud tbs work bseaH- Gilmore made this
once famous tort 8 heap Of rubbish-psTiseslY
harmless; bat the navy dIda't 20 in."s The
admiai, ap0n ons occasion, gave cut that, On 8
ssrlain nizht, be Wcuid i,s snd DO ths WGEas
but, when al we're 10 dEpeesation that the iron
clads were about to open, be sends word to
Gilmore Gaat his pilot had discovered
ihree gun5 on Sumisr Ths General re-
plies that his pilot had made DO sUch
diaeavsry. and hardly believed it could 60 50 ;
nevsrshelsss, the iron monsters did net go in"
Tina next eGgbssr was the tan-ineh Euns Of B It
fs-y Gregg, ou Cummings psiut, which Dahl
gr8n was slr2id sf. Gilmore, wiling 10 save The
if0n c'ads from a scratch, aqgeef 60 silence these
terrible monalars, which be efTsctuaIly did By
capturing them fFhass ones cut Of the way,
aud he il0a-cls1s would csrtainly 'go in7 aud
play thunder generally, tbs array thought
Bns hey bsvs rot done it. Battery Gregg has
been ours eight davs. and for seven Of these
they havs laid outside ami never fired shot :
while the Tebels on Suiliyaa'3 and James
islznds are working Ike beavers to strsHglh-
en- their works. After the army had both
Wagner azd Gregg, ous monitor the Wssha7F-
kan, venfured in and aid oH the PsiBt part Of
oHs day, and, On ratuTuing, got aground near
A9uluie. This broUgls GA fierce fghs be-
tween ihs iroB-elads snd the fort aud batteries
on the 5sh, which lasted nesTlT al day. This
tbay were compelled 20 ,sfsnd by the monitor
aground. Il was a noble fight, for they siloneed
all the batteries aad blew up 2 aagsziEs This
oBiy shows what they esn Do when th81e Is
dissemination to do. Since fhea they have laid
quiet to rest The Gghs showed the enemy
where their batteries wanted strengthening. and
Which our kind Admiral gives thsm ample time
e do
Notwithstanding the array had silanesd SUN
. A 81 a 60
10 the enemy and demanded Il to surrend r to
the navy, which was declined That night,
without cooperating witA the army, OF consult
ing with Gilmore, he sent party Of marines 70
attslnet 70 taxa It, buf failed with heavy loss
Tba night before there wee only ten msn in
Sumser; that night some three hundred The
demand to surrender, Of course, gave them warn
ing. Co-eparati0n wits the army would have
mads the attemps a success. Had modesty been
consulted, she would hsvs said. 70 Gilmore be-
longs the riglt ts demand tiis s1rTe1derof Sumter,
for bis guns had raa7s her quite harmless. In ali
/ the bsmbardmspis Of WsgEeT, Gregg and Sumter,
/ the iron elsds have been veil Riga useless for
/ the damsgs they did. Az thas has Besa said
/ about their wing 'a,ongsiis' Of these works is
/ Haer5 newspaper DOsh; their friBg has been
/ done as q very Respectable distance. They ars
| expected TO go iu' s8d grappls WITH ths strong
I works, ss old Dupont DID last April, when he
I had co army TO support him; bUs they have no.
/ done il. When Capt. Rodgers, most gallant
I officer. was killed, tha iron-clads Immediately
retired and put Their aags at half mast. The
I work was finished for that day. Suppose the
/ army should cease fghhrg, or rather a regiment
| retire every time au officer was killed, what
would he thought Of il at home7 This wasn't
tbe style Of wooden cuuoOsis bef0rs ir0h-ciads
were invented. The very strength Of these
great monsters seems to make them dnid.
| Compare Eheir action with that Of The srmy
Every day, for nearly two months, long lines Of
men have marched up the exposed beach under
Ere to tho trenches, and the shot and shell fred
al them treated with Indifference Not 30 with
the navy-@bsn in action the officers and men
are protected By fnpenetrabis irou, aud when out
Of action they ars virtually cut 81 harms Wsy
No wonder t1srs IS bad feeling daily growing
up between the army and the navy, wAsa the
former is toiHnR al the time under FIRE, Wbile
the great lubosrly iroa-eisds, for week e. =
tnHs, sTs lying in secure EassTs without opening
their ports except TO air their tUrrets. They have
Become q repreaeh among the soldiers. One
wants glass csses for than ordered from New
York, sRd another suggests that cshOra nor.
tar be placed on the beach behind three sand
/ bags to drive them from the harbor.
I@Uss net 90 misunderstood when I sneak Of
tbe navy. rsfsT SHlg 10 the responsible he zd tH
/ ttsss l0atsTs, Admiral Dahigrsn. The Cficers
Eader him srs buraiug with desire 70 emulate
sas deeds cf tae army. and fuiEl their share OF
( the contract in the taking of Charleston. A
| bravsY tgasf sat Of officers and men never tod
the quarterback, and they seBsibiy feel the false
/ position their elrisf eompsls them to assume
The plain truth f ths matter is, Admiral Dahl
gran Is a fzikars- He is good enough about a
navy yard, 10 experiment with cannon, but he
is Of nc account EhatevsE as the commander Of
8 Asst VIII the Governments discover the
Er,isiaze they have made IN sending him hsFel
His want Of activity is wicked, and does
more 70 pr00Hg the siege Of Charleston than
al the other esHses combined. The navy
CfIlsers say t5oY eau silence the batteries
9B Sullivan island at any tima; then let the Ad-
aliDistrstiOn send as s0ms6odT vho will permit
them % do L. Ssnd dowa cid FzTsgut. that
seadog who believes in irou-clads and hGrd
fighting. he VIII soon sstsls business fer the
r bel bsstsriss. Unless this be done, the siege
Tt Charleston must eome 60 sn iugldri1us ter
miHs5i1n. Ter the army has sb1us COS 60 the end
of It's rope. The only excuse urged for Admiral
Daaigren's wsct OF activity IS his bad heslth,
Wsich Is in a wretchsd conditCn. M0dssty is
30 longer = virtue, iils truth uuss be tod, and
the eaultry must demand that Gilmore be sup
ported by "a admiral who is not afraid TO - 90
in"
The First kiss.