Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-28

or Gilmore ever before mace IN $50 blbteIy
l.af wsrs The plain Eagish Of Il is this :
" have tried, leI now nearly two whole
meBths, and with appliances snch IS 10 Rsti0n
ever used before, 60 reduce and capture forts
SUmseT, Gregg, sad WsgneT, the outposts OF
ChmlestoH. / have failed with all three, and
there Is but oRe little prospect Of SUCCESS from
futar8 Efforts There is oue thing, though,
which / can do: If you viii net be WhipPsd
ont OF taCH, I have tha innocent women sad
childgoE Of Charleston in my power, aRd will
Massacre them ia eald blood as the penalty Of
your 1bstiBsncy and c0uage. Yield ms what
cannot taxa, and th8y shall be spared" The
brutality of such conduct is only exceeded by
i's cowaTjioe. Bat let them shell OF; ihus tar
they havs dsne very little harm sns taken not
p single iis, sud Wa hsve ressun 10 truss that
miEhHar arm thsu Gilu0Tss is 0uistTetohsd TO
save taa brave and i,HGcant rom his atTocioua
TeVsrQe, Il not punish bis crim3.
AUGUST "a, a. M-Eirlug 8BOR ihs city
coSssd bali an EOur sge- All quiet, eIcsps down
Hs.oW. Our party ere at home again.
CHARLESTON, August 2d-S5 far ss I can
loEgn, the operations Of the day hRys effected ne
nssteIial change la the aspect Of Affairs below
Eho enemy hava kept slew and steady 6re
uDou sumter sEd WaEnsg throughout ths day,
but, as usual, HuCh Of their lsboT has bsen lost.
Both sull bold cut. I sm still of the opinion
shat Laa mEia o9ay Of the garrison should be
Withdrawn rom SamteT and put where they
could be- @. sUrvics iE tha defense. They hTs
much needed on james Island, being ali good
zTtiilerisis Ibls is So, or our guns and aEa-
muDiG0n must be very inferior The IRE, geu-
orally, rom cut batteries there has avnilsd bat
little Most 0i ths shells fall short OF burst too
nigh ia the air So make any serious impression
on tha enemy. No casualties had been reported
At headquarters Up TO half-pasl nine o'closk this
evening
The I-0usiaeE aad 3 portion Ci the monitors
1age 5sen employed. today Ia taking ON am.
nutrition from the transports.
The 1aaeaId.aenl Of the city last night did
Little or aa 5amage. Bus .we houses were
Struck, and those not materially Injured, TAs
shells .aT1Wu from tls bgmaa3iug battery sTe
--reuty-fGJ7 inches II leugih snd syht inches IN
diLmatsg, with pYeeUgaiou caps. Mauy Of theR
90 nos explode at sh Tae stir hey make among
he pebble stones vh-a hey strike IN The street
is tremendous; indeed, more is 10 be appreasrG-
ed fr0u these -Esn from The shells themselves.
As much moro damage would bo dane ia the
cay. when he streets ara 6Hea -7ith Dsepla and
vsBicles, it is somev hat a R9.ter of surprise
that they select Ae Right, and a very late hsHT,
toT their operations agaiQst tla city. / can 0Ely
account for Il GA the hypothesis than sEy phys-
csl calamity that comes suddenly upon as in the
0arh Is opt TO start!e and aBpaI; aud hence the
Yankees have selected the night for FuTolT
moral reasons, with the view Of striking greater
terror IN the hearts Of tha people. The women
sgd children Easy be frightened, but the mes
g 1e GstgsCers o5 ths city-onlY become the more
Tssoluts TO stsud by IL 70 the last
I have 8tudi0usiy avoided any reference to
no various localities reached BY the shells in
the course OF tho h1nbaydment, thsugh the
would ba qnite Hs interesting to
the distant render as it woula be advantageous
10 tine enemy i'm pointing cut the defects Of his
rsngsi but .bs whole story is ssg forth with
niuuteBess in one Of he morning pspsrs, aud
it can nov dD no hsrn TO say that some Of them
have lodged as high up as Society street.
There has been some diff. .ronc5 Of opinion
.7en among military ul5n, as regards toe exact
location ct the battery lrous which these mis-
Gics srB thrown 70 90 Ereata distance Il was
ist supposed to be on Aorris ig'and, near the
rsot of CEaig.s bin, bus it Ass bgsn definitely
ascsrtsined 10 be located on q raft in the marsh,
about a miia this aide OF Morris island, ans Ave
miles distant from the city Sozne say that its
are regulated bv tho tide, and that
t 8 hosisd off during the day go IS 20 aYoid
observation and a concentrated FIRE from our
JsmFy' island batteries. This may be So and
If true VIII account for their choosing the night
.7r tiris operations. There arc as yet but two
guns in position on the battery, and the strain
10 the metal iu hTing at so long range viii &C
count for the siOwness Of the FIRE aud its brief
lVu3tisn. The battery was etpected 70 open
lEsiu tonight but has not done so up 10 this
lsUr, hslf-Dasi midnight