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BY 7EL8GkA PH TO TIE VIEW YORK SUN
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THE ATTACK on CHARLESTON.
LATE DIRECT NEWS.
Federal Battery near the Fort.
A storm Of Shot aud Shell.
THE WAR IN KENTUCKY.
Repulse Of tho Rebels.
Northwest Indian Expedition.
LITTLE GROW sQUELCIED
THE DRAFT IN THIS CITY.
Preparations to Renew It.
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&C.. Ac.. .Ae.
Repulse Of tho Rebels.
Northwest Indian Expedition.
From Charleston.

BY 7ELBCkA PH TO TIE VIEW YORK SUN

ny the Arrival at this port yesterday Of the U. 2.
Dnnbost Paul Joncs, from Charleston, July 10th, vs
kaIn that tbs siege Of ort Warner stil continues
senerAl Gilman hsd ,ueeeed,d In erecting battery
y hes'y guns u,thin 1000 yards Of Fort Waonsr.
Everything vi. progressing f-vorsbly.
Fort sumter and or Jobus;on on James Island
kspt up continual Gse the Federal iorres Nor
- Island the ssusits to the Federal iorccs aver
~ about per day.
Csp',iu Lunt. Of the steamer George c. Collins st
MI port .!-u arts passed Charies,en at ten O'Clock
u SATURDAY svsuins, At that timo csah plainly hear
NJ heavy bonDardins that vss soins on. The Army
ossi confident Of sn early capture Of Fort wssna.
The Pau Jonss ish Charleston on sunday evening
Ast, having bcen ordered Nes York for repair on
bceouni Of her eaky condition. which appeared to in
sreAse daly from the firing Of her heavy guns. She
~ been engaged nearly every day since hs morning
- the ilth instant 70 the tins of her iesvins on
che ls,h inhsnt, her 100 poundor pivot gun buuied
~ the seventy eighth dseLsso.
ADDITIONAL REPORTS.
Passenger. by ID. Z. j. Iae tha, che federal forras
nnder Gen. Gilmore we're actively preparing for
ssher ssssu, on Fort Wsspcr the walls Of which had
bseu we'll beaten down by the land and sea forces
The rebels had, however, built insit. OF theta high
barresde Of cotton bAr,, which afforded some pro.
tectou sssin,t small shot bat esnn resist the riied
proy.eties nfed from the fleet. The New YoTk vo-
hntssr Ensipssrs were enssred In making ap-
DroAchs, to foit wssu.r. Fort sumter, and the fort
% james Island are keeping W continual hrlns, 80
- to Keep tho Monitors at respectful distance from
vort Wagner tu, Ia spite Of this heavy ire the Non
sAnt, with Admiral DAhlsren on board r-n to -iIip
400 feet cf the or rtconuotcf ID sisuioiy sud re-
tnrned TO her consorts. Dessrtsr str'vins at Port
Royal rs,ort 'hst BesurssArd As received enforce
bents from Lee. army, and that uumber q psrolcd
S,su fro ri .hut "a the hal f,ht
6g our Elon.
riB ASSAULT or FORT wAGsrR
The plsn f,- tab ng Fort wssncr wou d have been
ss'u, but for hs -Ant Of day Wight. Everything
~ we'll managed the iron C ads tept up their FIRE
Readily till tho troops were nrsr the i~o-b. Tho
rebels shout tso thousand Ave hundred strong s.v-
ID Themselves by hiding gnI'r hpu proofs The In
stAut the yc.scls eoAsei frns, they we're huTrraly
Scrnsd for battle and our soldiers as they entered
fhs fort were no-n down, Whole tOmpani,s Al time.
ey dtschAIses NON every direction. To lddto ,hcir
~ ~mfitv,s the very uS,p ,s;s ~ osms iotNnd g rs-
EaisA friend from to- only b, peculiar yell could
the character Of : comp,ny ,. d.,c.rn.d; OF. II our
hnnJrcd and thirty mcn, Loot two hundred aud
fn' r.. d IN, n 's. & ss ep, ts;,y .,,s,O es:
svrry officer killed and wounded 'Ic p Capt Cohen,
Who hnsi.y 80. co,nrlisd :. take eommsnd There
aud n IA yht had been 'pr,d o them, would have
the n Son: n9a Ss Ss .s s-.P fS1
ssoor SN, y" we .,s4sa 70 ts' ascha.st. s, .na
p'eis distinction. Every man sc.lnsd 10 feel As
thsufh the cause fthe Union d.pended upon his do
stTucted with The bod OF heir eomr adss and ,lp
Ey -i'h sorc, they held out mantnlly Their g,llan,
Colon AM many Of heir other officers fell; but still
fhe sevoed nrn fought until Oiders came TO fall
Asek. The .oinba dna-nt Of Fort Wagner had si.
anoI her prin' PAL runs and hey could on y play
via ho~itnrts to sdssuiAse. NeIt time, the men
Drcdci, tbe place must yield.
Tns sIEaE rsAis
General Gilmore has been busily engaged in traip-
me- seycrsl il avy guns on Fort Sumter. This 1. no
DAzLme, ~ The nemy ave constantly shelinv the
go oas Of ,hs S p.r.p sstaia s5 ~
hsooud do When be vas rrIdy So far he has only
AAd 3o pounder; but he tAs coivcd evrral Parrot
gans, Of two hundrsd and thrt- u dred ponuda,
Which VII en.bl" hiui to uatr deuloLstr alton Tor
Shoh the rebels are not loOkn Reinforce n e nts
have slso arrived.
ruF HrhxL PRISONERS.
The rebel rrisousr' h,ya LITTLE hear, IN tn. matter
said they, "On corn bread and water and We cannot
erht on that Bu. ou- officer. live we'll enough"
Lound, .h,n they fret oc'.pi,d Morris Island
quantity VI chickens and oLr d-l caoius which had
reserye for the u, ot the oic'I,, ,hor is hat
b I'll, ~ero not Sybsn ~ IN she luxury, thJy we're
certainly ,p'o.rU fhs rebel officers were eIce-s We
sra p.rated a b'ins st,,ctsd b. tie M..s.ehu-
sAnd here ou .-ni ny ,s.in,t your nisrer 10
Soilate our .pi.," On beirs askod f,r the body Of
Col. SHAW, he repy tina, The had been burkd
s,ey viii f.i Of bs'n. :onet'cF fSr zen fillmore
p-sns to u,s tho co'rsd &C jsn 70 ths utmsr sd-
vantage.
: Tbs stat'most that Cen Gilmore, ios,ss In the
recent engagements third OF his totA, force,
\ ipcorrec; H!i los,e, we're not near heavy ~
ast represented In the lac, action h. Lost 200 men.
and his tos lossss sisee he began tho csnpaga will