The New York herald., 1863-11-09

been foiled In his object. and st unsuccessful
| designs.
During Friday night the enemy's fire chiefly main
tained by Battery Gregg and his mortar Cummings
FONT battery. Sixty eight shots fired but eig ghs
which missed and passed over. making aa aggregate q
eleven hundred and twenty shots Arod Ia twenty -four
hours. m r8
Al three O'Clock on Saturday morning . depioeab,s
disaster occurred resulting ia the instant death or thir
teen OF the heroic garrison detailed and pos.ed u As
barracks near the sea WALL In readiness for medsssy
mounting TO the case OF an attack iron ths os
SIDE The nelaachoy occurrence was caused bv shr,.
hundred FOUNDER Parrott she striking an iron rlrde IN
'ne seA wall Of the barracks oavng In the roof oruuhius
ana oaryns the men beneath tho ruins Tho position
was considered comparatively SAFE the roof hayas pro-
ousy resisted the Continual shock Of the faps ,ris
following tho onoial report Of tho names q the
killed. fr-
,,.u. Fosr 8uapss, Oct. 81, 1885.
AeS.enAns boYIsroH-Sergeant ". g. Owens sergeant
y A. Stevens, privates L. Burrows, r. ~ B.rrows. j
Anderson 4 james Calder. o j. Burn. w. e GiSsoa j.
son light Infantry. Company a; Captain j N. Csrsoc
ntn regiment South Carolina voluuteers private
an ws1s S battalion ,ad s
barracks o. the os whore she had been placed
asssu position for mounsins the psr.pss n Oi an
ELLIOTT. Jr.,
Major Commanding Post
Ins painful news reached the oy at early hour On
saturday morning. and created general feeling OF sad
ness and depression In the community The brave and
gallant meu SO suddenly cut or were mostly natives and
residents OF this city aud their deaths have brought
mourning 10 large number Of households and distressed
relatives and friends The bodies brought to tho
CITY on saturday evening" possession OF by their
respective families On sunday afternoon the funerals
took place from the various residences OF the deceased
followed by large crowds sorrowing relatives and SYM
patniZlng friends. Tho in
three funeral professions followed 10 succession was
peculiarly sad and painful TO witness The bereayed
families lived side by side
On Saturday tho bombar again ragged furioustv
steady fire was kept up by two Monitors two heavy
and two light rined guns at Gregg, three heavy
riued guns and four tcn-inch mortarB at
The middle battery, and four rined guns at
wagner -Four hundred and fory riaed shots were
Tired from the land batteries OF which sxtyone Missed
sighty-sx from the Monitors all Of which struck and
hree hundred and seventy ,hrco from mortars Of
which one hundred and twenty missed .
The mortar fuses learn cut as to explode the
'hel second or two after the reports
During Saturday night seventy ri6ed shots fred
mostly with time fuses OF which tea passed over and
hirty-threo mortar shells, Of which twelve failed TO
rike The fire Of the land batteries was directed chiefly
u the southwest angle Of the fort.
Tie flagstaff was shot away twice Saturday and
'aceu ny sergeant Graham, Corporal Hill and private
wain, all OF Company f. Twelfth Georgia battalion The
agstaf was so cut that II found necessary to
aise the battle flag OF tho Twelfth Georgia It's place.
On Sunday the firing was still kept up by the Monitors
nd land batteries and 10 the afternoon intervals The
bots were estmaed by some TO be discharged at the
ate Of four minute
The firing is still going hot and heavy at the closing
our report-ten O'Clock Sunday night.
SEAuRsGARp. PAYS 1r'ourE TO THH RxBnL NAVY
General (Tl rs-No 100.
HEApQU ARTERs, DErlI lsNr OF S0uTa CARoLNA,1 |
g. GIA AND FLORIDA,
CHARLESTON, s. c., Oct. %, 1858.
The Commanding General feels his duty publish TO
forces and to the country the the stout heart
officers and men OF the Confederate States Navy
night OF the 9th nst assaed and 30 nearly destroyed
he United States iron clad steam rgsto New ronsdeG
er moorings on Morris Island Lieutenant VIM. T. Gias-
ELL Acting Assistant Engiueer j. II. TOoHbS, Pilot VIM
annon Fireman James Sullivan. volunteers for the
ervce which they executed with skill and coo!ness
with their daring Tnsir country canrots
orge their brave endeavor though unsuccessful, and s
rill surely inspire ocers and men Of both OF the
ervco 10 emulate them.
They have shown what four resolute naen ACCOM-
lish. 1he example must not be barren.
BY command Of Qeneral bEAUREGARD.
Tnonl "a yonpAn Chef OF sta6. |