The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-26
THE DAILY REGISTER,
MONDAY. OCTOBER 26, 1863
Further From Charleston.
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Further From Charleston.
Correspondence of the New York Herald.
J, Folly ISLAND, s. G., Oct. l4.-The sieg
goes on uninterruptedly. That is the mos
that can be said on military operations
this quarter. There are no long marche
to chronicle, no battles to record. Their
is nothing but the steady toll of the spade
and the regular boom of the ensny's gun;
fruitlessly endeavoriug to drive our wo' X
| ing parties from their tasks. OCCASIONAL,
man gets hit by fragment Of rebe
shell, and in the five weeks that hav
elapsed since we became the possessors
Wagner and Gregg several of our soldier
have been killed; but accidents and casual
ties at the front are very rare. We art
turning the captured forts around with {
smaller loss than might from their position
be anticipated,
It seems to me that nothing remains tt
Complete this campaign but to close the
door of our position against attack by the
enemy Every movement now on our part
has an appearance as if that were the OBJ
.iect aimed at. 1t may be that our heavy
guns will open: that Greek fire is again to
be brought into ase that Admiral Dahlgren
and his iron clad fleet are going in; but II
these events are to occur, no one but Gen
Gilmore and the Admiral knows ANYTHING.
about them You may hear Tia, o,.r bat
teries are nearly completed" i" and that "our
feet is almost in readiness" but if were
YOU. [ should look for nothing startling
from this point for some weeks to come.
Within the past week movement among
the troops on James lsland-the rebel
troops-have been discernble. Long lines
of wagons have been observed passing Sc
cessionville and going towards the city; and
through the woods beyond we have made
out volume of dust, moving as ''pillar
of cloud by day. and indicating pretty
clearly the march of column Of infantry.
What all this means of course cannot say.
Increased watchfulness on the part OF our
pickets has failed to discover anything in
the shape of an attacking force, 1t may
be that Bragg is calling to his aid portion
of the army about Charleston.
Admiral Dahlgren, short time since,
expressed his determination to an officer
high in rank TO GO up to Charleston on the
next trial, or else assure himself that the
iron.clads are unequal to tue task. This
will enhance the excitement of the conflict
and do much towards settling the dispute
as to the amount of work the iron-clads are
capable of performing.
1t is believed that James Island is Occu
pied by 5000 rebel troops. Sullivan's la-
land is supposed to be occupied by about
h. hor In ba na1i a "a
ty of Charleston are quartered 10000 men,
making an aggregate force OF about 5oooO.
An explosion occurred near Gen. Ripely's |
headquarters on Monday, with terrible re-
suits. Some small and thoughtless boys
we're amusing themselves playing with
some fifteen inch Yankee shells, when one
Of the boys thrust a wire which he had
heated into one Of the shells, exploding |
them almost simultaneously. Three per-
sons were killed and some were injured
A late copy of the Charleston Mercury
contains an advertisement, in German, an
grand ball in honor of 'the di
vision lately arrived from the army OF Gen
cral Lee" What division had arrived Is
not intimated The same paper speaks OF
Rosecrans' position at Chattanooga as I'M
pregable. There are but two ways, 1T says,
Of dislodging him-by assault and by the
spade. The history Of Vicksburg and
Wagner, it adds, points to The latter
method as the only one like to eventuate IN
success.
Brigadier Generals Vogdes and Turner
have this morning returned from visit OF
four or FIVE days to Beaufort, where they
have been the guests of Langdon's and
Jackson's batteries, of the lst United States
artillery.
First Lieutenant Theodore Ber rand,
Company E, Independent Battery, New
York Volunteers, has been cashered by
general court,martial for drunkenness on
duty.
A Charleston Msrcurg of the 18th was
brought in by our pickets yesterday. lt
contains lengthy notice Of the arrival of
two of our pickets in the city last Satur
day, from wnom the enemy has gained
some very interesting information. Here
is some of the "newsH which our two cap
tured friends have impaired to the Con-
federacy.
"Our sheels for bombardng the city are
filed with a compound of ether aud guaDo,
the stencil of which is suffocating and in
sufferable, besides being inextinguisbaole'
"Gilmore doesn't think as favorably as
Hunter did of the negroes, and would be
glad to rid himself of their presence could
he do so without giving offence.
"The report of the removal OF Gillmore's
headquarters from Morris Island to Little
Folly is incorrect.
Gas to the number OF the enemy S force
on Morris Island we could gain no intorma-
ton"