The New York herald., 1863-09-10

5P0s u" Tisng Priccs sugars, c0nee and whSkey were
In good requesat buoyant rates. Tallow moderately
dealt m Freights were frm but not active.
Important from Charleston-The Evscu-
alton or Morris Island-vvhas Nsxt9
We have the gratifying intelligence from
Fortress Monroe, through rebel sources, of the
evacuation of Morris Island by the enemy-a
long stride on the part of General Gilmore
towards the reduction or destruction of the
doomed city Of Charleston.
The island was evacuated on Monday even
ing last. There had been two days. bonn
bardment Of "the enemy's works" by our land
batteries and iron-clads, compared with which
all their previous cannonadings were mere
child's play. The rebel works had become
too hot for the safety of their garrisons, and
Beauregsrd decided it to be absolutely neces-
sary to abandon all to General Gilmore,
Including Forts Wagner and Gregg and the re-
doubt or lunette at Cummings Point Thus
the Union batteriess advanced to this point, are
within eight hundred yards Of Sumter, and
mile nearer the city Of Charleston t,,an they
were before this rebel abandonment Of the
islandN What next'f Holding Norris leland,
and with Sumter pounded to mass Of rubbish,
the beavA,st part of the labor required for the
capture pk Charleston is accomplished. Ths
only altsrnA tive now remaining to Beaursgard
is to evscusAs or surrender tbs city or have it
destroyed.
TbeNteribieAand far-reachiDs Parrot guns
and &srkek FIRE Of General Gilmore have de-
moliAIed srI theN'alculations andidls boastinys
Of "a anregard, tb>st he would 6s,E from fort TO
'ort. .tNem street to\street, and frem house to
,suse, spnd only assnslon the defence Of tsc-
,ity -wifA>its complete destruction. From his
ID vaucea, position on Norris Islsasd General
ii Emore, with his Parrotx gui,s, without pay
n the slightest attention to the intervening
v orks Of the enemy, can in ve ry short order
D ow reduce Charleston to ashe . IN all proba-'
dlity, too, his first act afters advancing his
batteries to the head Of Morrisl Island, will be
q requIsition upon Beauregari fog the sur
render OF the city and all it's remaining de-
fences, coupled with the warnin 8 that q refusal
to comply with this demand viii be followed
by the destruction Of the town
Will Beauregard surrender BE has threat
eued that, although "the infamous Ysukeesr
may oce mpy the ground where Charleston was,
they sb hll never occupy Charleston He will
play tlem the game Of Moscow beiores they are
perm hted with their polluted feet. to walk
thos sacred streets, consccrated to. the benig-
naI 4 Southern despotism Of Davis. Such
CT Nthaaenian threstenings from BesNrsgard
scre all we'll enough so long a. he possessed
.tbe throat of the harbor," and felt secure
tba, .the Yankees were held NJ bay beyond
any possible range Of the latest Yankee
invention But the half dozen incendiary
shells thrown by the "Swsmp Angel over .
distance Of FIVE miles, into the heart Of the city
: nut an end to Toutant's braggadocio. Sucl
inhumanity and Vandalism as this, of throwing
. three hundred pound shells over a line Of fv
y miles Of forts, into = city these forts wer
intended to defend, made the little man cx
, cccdingly ferocoue and terrible in his threats {
!, retaliation But still the question must recu
20 him: OF what use are these Notifications I
. me. and what are we to gain by any further n
= sistance, whom this vandai Gilmore, from h
"a present position, can destroy the cityf
rt There are other considerations which oann
~ be overlooked by Beauregsrd In reference
- this matter OF surrender. Charleston, az I
hs outbreak Of the rebellion, was neat and pr,
20 porous little seaport Of forty thousand inha
" ,ants. The war, and its drafts, blockades, drs
a backs and casualties, had probably reduc
80 90 thi, population to twenty thousand when
hc cruel Gilmore threw his half dozen exp,
ae mental she'll. Into the town. Two days af
=. this, We dme say. the census taksr would hi
the found ,he non combs,ane Of the city redu'