Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-03
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25th has arrived, ~ Tue
The following despatch is from r. p
Fulton, editor OF the Baltimore AM
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on Morris Island,
AUGUST 24-Noon.
On Saturday ut midnight AaDS.,
Dahlgren with five monitors advanced ~
the darkness on Sumter, opening fro u
3 o'clock and kept it up till 6 o'cloc,, \
dense fog then rose which shut Ina e.,
out from view, The fort during Inc s''
upon il was struck over hundred tim Nv
the balls tearing through the sea wall AVA
doubling the number of port holes. TSa
whole parapet was also carried away. NJ NJ
signals were given until the whole flaw,
opened and then the fire was of the rno s
terrific description, Sumter fired one ona
in response five times, but Moultrie }reaa
and Beauregard for three hours ramsii
shells On the monsters, failing to do them
any harm,
The monitors were struck seven or eoSS
times. No one was injured, Sumter a
delunct an immense pile of rubbish
The only gun left to 1t was thrown d |
the wall yesterday afternoon.
To-day the grand naval and army at.
tack N Forts Wagner and Gregg will h
opened.
1t being now ascertained that Sumterp
delunct, the rebels will be driven from
Morris Island. Gen Gilmore is deter
mined to have full possession of it to
night.
Gen Gilmore on Thursday notified Gen
Beauregard that if he did not surrende,
the forth he would shell the city in twenty
four hours, at the same time requesting
him to remove the women and children,
No attention was paid to this notice and
on Friday night Gen Gilmore threw If.
teen shells into the city, charged with
| "Greek fire.
On Saturday afternoon Gen Beauregarl
sent down flag of truce boat, with an
urgent protest denouncing "Greek FIRE" a.
a most Vllalnous compound, unworthy d
civilized nations, and demanding more
time TO remove the women and cbildrsn
from the city.
The English, French and Spanish ON,
Suls also denounced the short time giro,
by Gen Gilmore, and claimed more tim MA
to remove the subjects of their respectiTs
! countries.
Gen Gilmore yesterday replied bv a ~
newal of the demand to surrender the forts
and public property. Gen Beaureoard
answered asking for a truce OF 40 hour,
ten Gilmore refused to give any mo,
time, or to accept of any other terms b
an unconditional surrender.
At II o'clock last night the shelIBg3
the city with Greek fire" was resumed
1t is generally thought that the stars and
stripes will float over Fort Sumter t..
night.
! The Monitors and the Ironsdes are pre.
parng 10 go up at the hour the steamer
| sails.
There is evidently great trouble in
Charleston. 1t is not believed that there
are over twenty men in the ruins of Sum.
ter.
The whole rear wall is down, and sbes
i pass ent rely through the structure. The
sea wall is terribly disfgured. N the
guns of Fort Sumter are now mounted on
Sulivan's Island.
Had the fog not been almost impene-
trable, Admiral Dahigren is convinced
that he could have destroyed the whole
wall Of Sumter with the monitors in few
hours
The ruins are now held by the guns o.
Fort Moultrie.
There are only sufficient men in the ru.
ms to keep the rebel flag up, which il
| shot away every few hours.
This morning the south sea wall is a
ruin down to the front tier of classmates.
The Keokuk gun on its walls was top
! pied into the sea by well-directed shell
on Sunday afternoon,
The end is approaching.
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