The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1863-09-19
Monday, sept. ~.
Later from Charleston.

iLr' y" nttshrnuh'tte euu AFogO trriveu
on Saturday With one day, later news from Charles
ton.
Al up. N. on the 9Th inst, q boa, expedition ies
the squadron to storm Fort sumter, and we're re-
pulsed With the Toe. Of number OF killed, wounded
aud pr soners. The following naval officers we're
captured On the walls OF Fort Sumter: Lieut. T.. r.
will ans Lieut.. W Preston, Lieut.. L. &. RsaI1sy,
Lieut.. Tracy Brewer, Lieut.. b. L. Mead Lieut. brad.
ford, and Ensign u. II Psie'. Thelsttsr Wa wounded.
The Msuaehusstts Leaves Immediately for Phils.
delphis.
Everything Vas quiet at xoIis Island. The Iron
sides aud other monitors still engaged ,heing
Moultre. Fort sumter had not yet surrendered The
Union fofees we're engaged in erecting works from
which TO shell the city. Everything prosvcssns
fsvorsbly.
TN Tucsdsy. the slh inst, the Wa hsvksn sent .
linch shell into one Of the magazines Of Fort Moul
trie, sIplodirsi,. The Ironsides sent she'll into
Aouiricvis, setting II on fire and destroying half Of
the town. The Monitors and Iropsides bo,nharded
the suvsns Island foru for four hour. doin. e1ten
sive damage. The weehssksn grounded near Jun
minss Point, but soon Hosted o. receiving no dam
axe.
The War Department has received the follow ns
imporsnt dispatch from Gen. Gilmore:
DrrAsrxssr OF rus SOUTH. Hnpj
oUAsrn1s IN THI fislu, Morris
Island. q. C., sept. 0; lS5J.
Hdjor G-n.rsi II. ". Haiirt Gsnsral IN Cb,,, {. s.
Armp, Washington. d. e.;
Sn-I have the honor to report th o. since my letter
Of Yesterday four additional pieces Of artillery have
been found making aggregate of 80 pieces esp:ur
ed on this leland II 10 not improbable thst Other,
stll remain concealed.
Very respectfully, your obcdient ssrvsu,,
Signed, "a Guuo.,.
Brig Gen. Commapdius
IrbrL AocouSt-.
IOn,. MO,.ro,, SATURDAY, Sent. 1.-THE Rich
mond EsouisEs of yesterday hs' .he io!I,sins tse.
graphic dispatches:
/ Chdre0on, WEDNESDAY, sspt 9.-GHNElAL Coorsa
Last night, thirty d, the launches OF the enemy Al,
lacked For, Sumter Preparations had been made
FOL the event. At concerted signal all the tssrie,
b. aFirs on Sumter, assisted by one sunboat and =
ram, we're thrown open. The enemy was rcpul ,ed,
leaving IL our hands hundred aud thirteen priao
ners, including thivteen officers. We also took four
boats and three COLOR. u. /. BI>rEEGAsD.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Charleston, sept. D This enemy 10 silen. to-day
Gen Beauressrd refuses to have any commune
with the Yankee flag OF truce until an explanation /.
given Of their firing on our truce boats.
We took the original flag Of Fort sumter. which
Ma. Anderson was compelled to lower, and which
Dahlgren had hoped TO replace.
TuRp pspAcu.
"harrston sept o-Thers VA 10 sripx I,,,
nisht. except from oar batteries The eue,ny ia worn
ins hard on Morris Island. All ia quiet thi. morning
| Atlanta, Sspt s.-Our cavalry front, tho enemy
near Athens. There Is nothing from Cha.tapooga
to-day. Extensive p7epa s,ions srs bcins made bv
the Yankees 70 send .1ped ton aga n.t Msxrud.r
and Taylor. in Louisiana.
LArEg.
! fortress Noaro,, Stpt II. The Richmond sESrl.
sal Of Yesterday has been received, with Charleston
dates Of Sept. llth which say,
Last night We kept up steady fire against Morris
Island. The enemy did no. lire gun The monitor,
aud lron'ides arc apparently receiving ammunition.
The enemy have mounted tSo heavy guns at Bat.
terry Gregg on Cummings Point bearing on sullivans
Island. There has b'en lu. little firing to day one
Of the shells from Jsme- Island poded the magazine
! At Battery Giegs
correspondent, from MORT, Island, Sent. l1.h.
writes
The bo,nosrdmsut OF Fort Moultrir, Fort Beaure.
m Mn ana 9 o'e e,, .ofh on suiysn leland
81 about 7 NJ The Iron'ides took POSITION AZ
iordns iayosno, range for Mouiric, and the Mont
tos Grew up or points on SulIiyans Leland "a 10
.ttacl the hsttnes on the rebel LEFT Five monitor,
were were, ENGAGED, The other monitor-Pamaic dId not
so ny N consequence ~ some portion Of her ma.
chinery h.'int h,cl d..or,le ed tie day pevion,.
lhc feu', ca i,p,ed from all their haterIe. on the
cleds. N6P NJ, the rc'.l worss showed ",iden,
sBnn OF Ne' 81 ~ hsi hour later tire, II thr
,mAh hattrIt 80 Vts' sil'nc-d huutrir, TO which the
Ironsit"i directed her fire Iarticul ,rv. wa. danas
20 -nch an extent hat not more than half the n n,
Per OF u. sp were in use at the time The veal,
hsulcd on. on,y sew .hos weIe =, 'lnrrci during
the nl''t. - "a ufh' ,terial fgpmiay TIE utttr
~as lrncWrd thr rpp-cad' observing ia r.lu, orIcr
in .hc,. {, e. ven ug on Monday.
This Monitor N'ohswkpn got aground Nopd,v a.,
tcrnron' A. ap Go In - Muul'' c, wi or, me IT,
naintu tlll Nettt'Ntt hiteIuoon, The ctiIeuI Loy
ever, did no. p'Hycn her tom using Ter gun. ", IN
quite rs mGcll efs: o. she could h,ve done ii usr'
icctl lce, Al - a VI. ye,teriay one II her sho =
peHe rated sors itc uagaEin in MouDtr g. Causing
ieT &c VXplosop, was thought " rSt the ss nsrsl