Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-09-16

dated August 3lst. sa0
our approaches are now within $50 wards
OF Fort "asaeE But the place is second
Sebastopol with this ADVANTAGE in faror -
| the latter: that in front of Wagner thara is -
little earth between the surface and the ncint
| where water is reached that mining is imnos.
sible, and sapping nearly So. The piece no.
| tween Us and the enemy is full of torpedoes
| buried in the sand, making an assault almost
hopeless until they are removed. We have
| secured nine Of these pleasant inventions al
ready"
The following are extracts from the Rich
mond EI1aliRe5 Of Sept: eth:
q" CHARLESTON, Sept 5.-To-day has wit
ness d another furious bombardment of
/ Forts Wagner and Gregg by the enemy 5 fleet
/ ana batteries The firing was begun at day
! light and was maintained steadily till dark
/ \ monitor Is now firing on Fort MouItrie and
| another assault on battery Wagner Is cxnect.e
ed probably tonight. Since Yesterday no
| further attack has been made on Sumter.
| which has been held twelve DAYS against ali
the efforts of the enemy's great guns by land
and sea. OF 1851 shots which have been
| fired at it, 3,495 have struck outside. and
| 2,l30 inside. The flag has been shot away
| fourteen times"
| Second Dispqtch-'' CHARLESTON, Sept. 9Th
$50 4. M.-The bombardment of batteries
Wagner and Gregg has been incessant for
the last % hours The noise of the cannon.-
AIDE Is tremendous Last night the enemy
landed near Cummings Point in barges and
assaulted battery Gregg The assault was re.
pulsed No particulars" .
FoRT MONROE, Sept g.
The Richmond Enquirer, of the sth, con-
tains the following: 'EHaF
Charleston, Sept. Morris Island was
evacuated yesterday afternoon The enemy
had advanced their sappers up the mouth of
the moat OF Fort Wagner, and it being inn
possible to hold it, Beauregard ordered its
evacuation, which took place at midnight
The enemy holds Cummings Point in full
view OF the city. Heavy firing Is now going
on between our batteries on Sulivan's Island
and Fort Moultrie and the Monitors"
The following is from the Richmond Wig,
Of the Sth:
Charleston, Sept. THE bombardnent
was kept up without interruption all day yes
terday and far into the night. About $50 of
our men were killed and wounded at batteries
Wagner and Gregg. The attempt to assault
battery Gregg repulsed before the enemy
had completed their landing. Great havoc
is supposed to have been made in the enemy's
boats by our grape and canister F..t
- At dark on Wednesday, the enemy hav-
ing advanced their sappers up 10 the very
moat of Wagner, and it being impossible TO
| hold the Island longer, Gen. Beauregard or
dered Its evacuation, which was executed be-
tween S p N. and l a. M with success. We
spiked the guns of Wagner and Gregg and
withdrew noislessly in forty barges. Only
one barge containing - men was captured.
All IS quiet tins morning.
LATER-NoON.--A dispatch from Major
Stephen Elliot, commanding at Fort Sumter
announced that flag of truce demanding
the immediate surrender of that Fort has
Just been received from Admiral Dahlgren by
Lieut.. Brown Of the steamer Palmetto State.
Gen. BeaUregard has teegraphed to Major
Elliot to reply to Dahlgren that he have
Fort Sumter when he takes and holds it,
and that in the meantime such demands
| puerile and unbecoming.
| STILL LArER-S 7. M-At6 p NJ, the iron
! cl0ds and Monitors approached Fort Sumter
| closer than usual and opened a hot fire
| against il. Our batteries on SulIiyan's Island,
| including those Of Fort Moutric. replied
| heavily The firing is still going on"
FIR. MONROE, Sept. 10.
The steamer Nelg York arrived to-day
from Morris Island. She left on Tues Jay at
| tcmOon. Our forces had complete possession
of Morris Island since Saterday. Five mont
| tors and the Iroasides were besieging Moul-
trie- The Moultrie magazine reported
blown up.
" -ANtii-''EANNr tl'. iit.- w.
The following is from Richmond Dispatch,
OF Sept. Sth: IL was rumored Yesterday
that dispatch had been received by Gen.
Cooper, announcing the Withdrawal of troops
from Wagner and Fort Sumter We think
this highly probable, rs gentleman who left
Charleston on Friday, says the enemy were
at that time within seventy-fve Yards of Fort
Wagner, ana Sumter is entirely III ruins The
same gentleman SAYS the Yankee troubles
| have not commenced, nor viii they commence
| till they get into the harbor. The universal
| belief at Charleston was that Sumter and
| Wagner would be taken, but that Charleston
would not be.
Our informant expressed the opinion that
| the iron clads would neverget ont of the har-
| Dor, if they once got in. .f
| The Irjb1t1ae's correspondent says
| "The taking Of Cummings Point battery
| brings Gen. Gilmores long range PARROT guns
| one and one-eighth miles nearer the city of
| Charleston than they were when II Greek
| fire shells were thrown into the city"
FROI RosECRANS, ARMY.
CNcNSArI, Sept. 9.
| Crittenden's Division of Roseerans' army
| took possession of Chattanooga to-day
| The enemy evacuated the place yesterday,
| rctreating South.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.
| MAJ. Ten. hOSccranS report OF the opera
| tious in Middle Tennessee is officially pro-
mulgated. 1t embraces the preliminaries
which resulted in driving the rebels out of
that portion of the State. From the occupa-
ton of hurfreesboro, point 2I2 miles from
| the nearest point of supplies, our loss was s.
| killed, 462 wounded, and Is missing. We
captured many small arms, field pieces, 6
caissons, 3 lmbers, 3 rihed seige pieces with
| out carriages, beside arms destroyed by the
cavalry and in Quartermaster's stores, SO
tents SO fys, and $50 sacks Of corn-meal
| The total number of prisoners taken was 500
commissioned officers, and ,575 mono commits
l stoned officers and privates.
OPERATIONS IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
WASHINGTON, Sept 9.
The following report has been made by
| Gen. Ayeriil to Gen. Kelly:
Huttonsville, Va, August 3O.-GENERAL;
| l have the honor to report the safe return OF
my command to this place, after an ezpedi-
ton through the counties of Hardy, Pendle-
ton, Highland, Bath, Green Brier and Poca-
/ houtas.
We drove Gen. Jackson out of Pocahontas
over the Warm Springs mountain, in series
of skirmishes, destroying their saltpetre