The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-08-15

The Prsspe u fer Its Hssuctisn -Fsra Sanses
in Damaged CsnAisiea easa 0timsssss
D<sixas "A view frsns . N1ssi sY's rsrrss,


directed is the line OF works defending sh
city Of Charleston. Thfs concentrated intss
81. srssss chiefly from tho fact that not GU
is to be heard in any othss quarter ofths Con
fedsrscy, and even = daily bonbasdmsni
though doing little damage 70 either party, i
something BY which the attention may 3,
ixed ia the present dssrth Of svsnts. Frou
our HES Of the la.sst Northern papers ",
make up an Interesting account given by Ysn
kss correspondents Of the progress Of III,
sTgs"--if it may be said to be progressing =
.ll A letter In the BAisiaors Amsy.eaa
dated ofi Charleston, July ;i0.a, says:
Ivia. are the Prospects
In conversation with gone Of the .ij8 SER
from ths Wabash, lind very general cont
deuce prevailing that within the ne RI tsh day
the fall Ct Sumter would be consumustsd an.
that Charieston must socn af.sr saseama :
They report everything ss progressing ss.i.
sacs0rily, aud the saiiof Fort Wagner IA on,
Of the events Of the uext few days Tho con
slant bOmbardmsns now progressing IL, Iissrn
mainly TO conceal the erection, by Gen G.i
moro, Of q masksd battsry within Ave hendrs.
yards Of Fort Wagner, and also TO protect hi
troops In the operation. This new battery wa,
expected to be ready 10 open on the onouy 10
morrow, and its advent will be q grand dtusi!ad,
from the moaissrs aud the Isonsids. For
Wagner is already a sighilsss mass OF eand
and with the boring she'i Of Gsu. Gilmore
strong effort will be made TO penetrate its
magaz zine and put q summary end to the vile
concern
Fort Sumter.
1t is the general Impression on all hand.
h7re that the rebels have evacuated all the
clsemates Of Sumter, and intend to depend or
her parapst Suas entirely in the approaching
assault IL is even said that her entire case
mates ara filled with eand bags, and that all hel
bes. guns have been crowded to the parApets
II this is 50 it indicates that even the uasuc
cessful assault Of April last must have been SC
terrible that there is an unwiilinguess TO risk
the fate OF the fort to another square assault
from the monitors.
Tile Na04l Battery.
Tue naval battery, which is uuier the con-
maad Of Capt. Eoxaill A Parker, of ths Wa
bash, to be manned by about three hnndred
bIas jackets, will not be ready to open on the
euemy probably for week TO come, and un
iii it il finished nothing decisive may be looked
for We will have our daily bom5ardmen:-
the monitors will go mp before dinner, sitter
dinner, and after tea, III squalls Of tw" OF
three, regularly relieved by the Ironsidss
keeping the enemy closely packed away in his
rat holes night aud day during the saltry
weather, giving him no opportunity to cook
or eat or sleep, with any degree of comfort
Ths sailor boys are confident Of succ*fs When
they ars eeadJ, and will dash iu with theiI
usual vi1-
TIE Rebel Uorks.
Wagner responds and will continue TO re
epOnt with All occasional gan. Sumter about
once in ten minutes throws heavy ri1o saO,
at the iapauetrabie armos Of cur iron cl-ds
Or hurls saeii la the direction of the iaud
battery, and occasionally there is q report
coming FROM the direction cf James Island
showing tia. Gen Gilmore is keeping close
watch aud ward over any haH king movements
that may be ATTEMPTED by tifa enemy. He ID
also assisted in this work by some Of the
smaller gunboats, aud all was Progressing we'll
In that direction ut last accounts
is to the fall Of Sumter soon after the fs!
Of Wagner, no one seems to have the leas!
doubt. Fort Wagner Ia audoubtediy the key
Of Charleston, as svinced by the iud0@itabie
defence made by ths enemy with sneh terrible
loss. There probably never WAS a tSrtihca
tiou bssieged with such frishtfui sacri lice oi
iife to the bssiegers as has been ths case at
Fort Wagner, and from the pre- psratiOus max,
ing there is no doubt that bloodier times are
yet in ssofs for them.
The Providence JcHraol has a letter dated
on board the iron clad Mon.auk, otf Charles
ton, J ally II, from which we maks some ex.
tracts
Tie Strength cf Earihnorks.
I':is land batteries arc daily contiruug theig
practice upon Wagner, and it is almost irnpos
sibia to tell Of the results Doubtless no,
much beyond harassiIg the enemy is ace 1nl
piished, for the grea. rides of Wagner can re.
ceive many 80 pouadcrs, aud even / aud i5
inch shot aud shell. without being rendered
II useiAss. This war has certainly developed one
fact which cannot fail to bs OF iuhaite import.
auce hereafter
IL Ia the effectiveness of earth and sand bat
teliss A we'll constructed earthwoTk, with
proper aud sutieisnt ordnance, aud we'll man
ned, eau scarcely be taken. IL SCENE. in fact
that the shot and shell thrown into it serve
only to make il stronger, and II the hre he Nc,
iacessant q: night the men can repair the dam
age Of The day, and such work may hold out
sliaost any time, ! do not think there is ii
permanent fortit cation III tue world which
could have stood ,hs Are to which Wagner waa
satj sc,sd On the is.h day of Jaly.
The Ir0a.C .C!ads at Hofk.
Friday m3rning, the 2ith, was another Hne
clear, a,ild morning. At 81 O'Clock all hands
were cai.sd, and Immediately We got undel
way. The attack was to be more general
than usual, aud The day's work was early
the channel: WsehaWken, Ironsiiss, Mon
tauk, Nantucket, Patap SEQ, snd Catskili. A!
5:32 A. II. the Montauk opened the engage
mt with a IL inch shell, which fell Oh the
ex.re no right Of the fort. At the same lima
the batteries on shors Opsnad tue IRE, anj
coon ths coI II ct bacama general. Ths Mon
tank was lying not mors than 800 yards from
Wagner, tue Irousijes ] 600 yards, and the
other iron ciads atoat l.90 Or ! 'foo yards dis
lalt At i o'clock nav feature in the tight
ing here took p'ac., being nothing 1883 than Il
shot from Moulirie.
Old Mouitrie has been silent since we sp
psarsd OF CHARLESTON Till uOw. Bat pre-
sumo the fealty to sscez sion could net be re-
etrxined, and the occupants OF Moultrie were
anxious 10 show their desire to contribute their
part tow ard driving awsy tbs Yankees. Bu.
their shot fell halt 4 mils short aud they s,,iiy
tried it. onca more Samser, however, sIW iys
ready. gave US soms excellent ehoss, and con
timed 10 Ire until the ansir was over. Hardly
q reps.it.oa Of the Eeht of the lo b, yet it was
a hotiy contested engsgemea. AMI Il magnif-
cent sight Bat Wagner fred oa,y once, aud
ths,. during ths remainder Of the cay WAS al
lent. We could HOS soc SOUL in the work
and it seemed almost deserted Bat fton Sam.
tor and Gregg the sbots came thick and fast
The firing from the land batts, les Of Gen
Gilmore and the iron elads was excellent, aal
the big shells which tore their way through
psraps. and cassmate and burst inside, thre W
up such great masses OF dust and sand and
earth that i. seemed AZ the a,h volcano N uss
be be.ching forth its black eontsats OF iss sub
tsrrAuean fecesses
Tho grsa. hull Of the lronsidss lay sp!ea
did mark for iheis g,lns. but iss sijss were ne.
rcs.hed BY siagia shell Tas tripg from .aa
Irousidss was beautiful. as il always has beer
The report of ths guns Of its powerful broad
ii ie eat ths sis, Iha ehot one after another