Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-09-14

At This writing We have news from
Charleston through Federal sources MP to
the 9th, and through rebel dispatches to the
10Th Forts Wsguer and Gregg were svac-
uated on the night Of the 9th. Nothing
was knosn Of it in the Federal lines until
morning. Oae party Of seventy wss cap
tured BY our boat patrols. Ths rebels had
thiekly sireWn the ground with torpedOes
for the destruction Of the occupying force,
and had laid > lighted fuse to the maga-
zine, intending to blow up the fort and all
II osHtsined, but the fuse was discovered
snd sxtinguished. This is the work of the
so-upulously humane rebel who protested
against the use Of Ere shells. To burn
Charleston BY bOmbardment at five miles
distance, was, according to his code, barbar-
Gus, but to blow half thousand men to
eternity By an explosion Was legitimate
warfare. What g oonsummate hypocrite 1!
The bombArdment Of Fort Moultrie was
upon the sth and 9Th Tuesday and We'd
nesday.) The firing was kept up all day
Tuesday and renewed the next morning
Great damage was done to the walls, acd
nAgasine was blown up BY cur shells. The
fort was not calculated to Withstand near
iy as heavy osnnonading as Sumter, and
1t has doubtless fallen before shis.
General Gilmore seems to have some
thing quite Ben. Butlerish in his ooneep-
tiOn Of Fetributive justice. In order to re-
move the distractions Of the harbor be has
set rebel prisoners whom he hiss captured,
at the work. They are supposed to know
1ully ss much as our men about the nature
and the location Of these torpedOes and
other internal machines Our soldiers are
enthusiastic over the new arrangement.
A Adispateh from General Beau1egard to
the rebel Adjutsnt-Genersl, dated the 9th,
ssys that an assault WAS made upon Fort
Sumter by thirty Federal launches, on the
previous night. The attack had been ap-
pretended and was repulssd, 1l8 of the
Feierals being captured. L is also stated
I've should be very sorry TO have it con-
armed) that the original flag which An
dsrsOn Was compelled to haul down at Sum-
ter and which Dahlgren had sent with the
party to be hoisted over the fort, was also
captured. All Wss reported quiet on the
10Th.
A correspondent Of the Atlanta Intelli-
genoer writing from Charleston, has the
following:
Until yesterday no formidable attack
has been made on Fort Sumter since the
attack Of the monitors on Sunday morning,
the 18th inst TIE attack was short in du-
ration, but fhs fire UerV accurate, and Odviag /
to e0usssi Ds tTust H0U removed, Very danger
osS.
AT nay aOf be iadiisrsst 70 mention in |
general terms The fact that had the fire been |
eOatiased, IN al probability the magazine |
aOoUld haze soon been made uRsqfe, or had an |
early TsRewaI Of the attack taken place The |
fort mighf have Been blOpRgp The monitors,
kOvsOlr drsD of. seVen days hGvs since |
slePss5 and tIe P0wdsr siHce then pIacsd BE- |
yOHd danger
We give elsewhere, from the correspond
saOa Vf the New York Times Interesting |
dstsiis Of the operations up to lhe eEacua-
tiOn Of Wagner and Gregg. Two e1psdi-
tiOns we're sent of to spike the guns Of
Gregg but both failed. A tremendous
bOnbardment was kept mp on Wagner the |
day before it's evacuation and an assault |
was ordered for the next morning. The
rebels escaped it by evaeuating.