Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1863-09-21


The Charleston Mercury, OF the 7,h
int, gives the following interesting par
t,culars of the evacuation OF Morris Is.
land:
Battery Wagner has been subjected
Iur ng the las, three days and n'gh's, I"
he most TER tic fire that any eartnwoik
nss undergone 10 the annals Of warfare
/ he Immense descending force OF tn.
enormous Parro, and Mortar shells Of
tn. enemy had nearly laid the wood
work OF TIE bomb proof, entirely bare,
AID had d splaced the sand to $, g,ea
degree that the Y ports arc most
nlireiy blocked ny. The parallel OF
the ercmy y--teraas afternoon had Teen
pushed up to the very mouth Of Bat
tery Wagner, and It was no longer Jos
s,,le t. disliognish our fire from that OF
he enemy. Dufing the IN ire after
noon the enemy sheI"d the sand bill m
TIE rear Of b t,e,y Wagner (~herc our
wounded lay very vigorously.
Under these ci.cum, tances, ard ir
view Of tie ltiiculflrs OF communlca
tim with Cummings Point, the imp s.
,ioli,ty Of longer holding Norris Is anc
oecame apparent, aud i, was d terminec
that sire nous tforis should be made al
nee To rel ase the brave garrison OF tho
ISLAND, who seeucd to be almost within
the enemy's grasp. This desirable re-
suit was accomplished with the NEST
ommerdable pr, mpt'tndc and sucress
At AT out six O'clock yesterday after
aeon the order, for the evacuation were
delivered to Col. Kei;t, mmanding
,ur iorces On the l-land Everything
va. at once ma c read. for the aband
,nmen, Of batteries Wagner and Gregg.
The desi we're buried. and at nigh''all
the wounded were careful y removed in
barpes to For, Joh.son. Toe gus
whlch, for so many weeks be d tho zoe
at bay. were doutle-shotted, fired and
-p,kcd the heavier pieces we're dis
mounted aud the carri ages rendered
worthless.
Tne preliminary Preparations being
thus compile ed, the work Of cuba ka-
ton was no sci. ssly begun AVID the brave
men Of the garrison, in forty bsfgea,
wee soon gliding from the beach they
mad held SO stonsly and SO iong The
-vacuaton was conducted by Col. keitt
assisted by Major. Bsvan, A. a. g., an
the success. with which, what bas awav'
been considered Que OF the most diff
cult teats OF warfare, ha- been perfor" cd
Is worthy Of the high st praise. Ba'
t ries Gregg and W-g"er had both beer
CAREFUL, mined, with view to blowing
them up. 1t was about l o'clock ,hi'
morning when the last three boa.s-cou.
tanning G u. ke,tt AID a number OF his
officers-left the Island. The slow
,ua,ch was lighted by Captain Hngns
mn at Wagner aud by Captain D,se"se
at Gregg, but, owing to some d-fect j"
The fuses, no explosion took place a
either tort.
Durug the evacuation the enemy WIS
not idle. A cons ant tire OF shell Wal
kept up against Wagner, and his how.
i,zer bsrges were busily plying about
this SIDE OF Morris Island to prevent the
ret, eat OF our men Fortunately the
night vas mursv, and all our barges,
with the exception OF one, contain ng
about twelve or fifteen men, passed Ia
safely.
Thus ends the defence of Morris L.
land. Tue Issue has been ioreseer
since the enemv'- FIST success on the
10 of Jnly. The d irne OF the island
had been 20 prolonged far bcyon wha
wa- deemed pos-ib At first, AMI the
brave garr sous who have held it de
serve the admiration OF theif county
| men.
The aggregate Of casualties in The
struggle tor the island have been, On
our side, about 700 killed, unded
aud m ssiog. The cnemy's 10 is est
mated at about 5000. The succcssiu
evacia ion, after the glorious defense
forty, ish, days. is, under all the circnm
stances, most gratifying military event
RAISED GnEE>BAcKs.-The Keokui