The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-07-24

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Slaughter Ct tie Enemy, &c,


Iae Charleston papers, of Monday, bling
III the part .ou'ars Of ,hs bloody fight there Oh
Saturday eyerinE. The FederAls had occu-
pied Black isard "a email spo5 le;wee3
j.tue3's aud MoElis' !s!aGd5-~ aat; turo xnupa
battery; they had erected two OF three add
ti9ua' batteries On Acr!ia's Isl4nt about Gle
ana three,qulrtef n.i.e, from Fort Wagner,
and they had concentrated their lloet 2onsis!-
i0e Of tcuI monitors, tho i5ouFi leg, = i,igate,
and iour Cnnb3ats, s0me Ct which threw sI,e Il
from bloriare Altogether, the circle OF ire
embraced not lar from seventy 2ulAs. At Gay
light theao oEened, iFet deliberately; bat rs
the mcrning wore on the tire increased rur.
deroCs'y Two monitors, two moiter boatc,
ani tie ifcIfidea, had by IL Q clock formed
Inns nearly in font of Battery Wagner, alid
ab1ut nnoa theso We're joined by twG add
TIC "a, monitors. Ws make up en aeeount Il
ths engagement from ;hs Mprcnrg AID Cou-
gles:
From o'clock until asy 6 o'eseel :ha firing
was ainl 5st iacessa,.t There was ecarcely al
i.itarvt. thnt oil not contain rever rs,. ION nf
line heavy euus, and ths shock Of the rey id
dis bargaa trembling through the city called
hundreds OF ei izels 80 tho battery, " GarVtP
etee pi@a, aud veriOu9 look oUta, where, with
an int, rest ,iavsr felt before, they looked on
contest that might decide the fate O. their fair
city.
The picture was one not soon to he forgotten
Gray old Sumter lay Ike half aroused Ii IL
star midway Cf tbs >e5ue, OILY occasionally
speaEiag his Part in tie angry dialogue Far
IA the de,arce were the biGckaG-Fa taking no
;,aTt in tle fray. TO tie right nn Cnmninga'e
l. int, Was httle inC una II Garth, and every
DoJ and then we could sec = taut Of ariii!e.
IieJs gathered around tha s0ua, y voiama If
SMOKE, and far to The right expioGing III the Vi
sinty of the enamy's batteries It's well aimed
shatlp. still to the light Of ihis vas Battery
Wagner, clustered sdovo which, 10 y bni sting
high IN nir and letting loose ihelG imprisehe!
ds.ths ROW ptyis ing the eldas OF tie work, and
anoE p!nueing into the eand on the hsach, and
throw ing Gp pillar Of e2i.h or dls hj8g Into tbs
marsh aud ricoohettln2 across Inc water, eoali
Ee ee an The quickly s1caG ediIg ahe!ls aui ionnd
shc: oi tlla eneny's Guna, abreast OF Klttery
Wagner. Scattered at short intervals were
rorti ii of the Federal ii3et and from there Wa
gould tisiiGct!y observe almost every aeCond
lie right h.sh8s Of l2ne Ihat told 0l the ear
nest iurp0se in which they Were engaged
Sili fnrtter 10 iha tight, but ccIce4ied from
view hy the trees On Jamss's leland, we're the
iaud batteries OF the eaf my, whoSa iceatioa We
only knew ny tbs heavy PUTS oF smoke that
ah Ot aiiG niy u,, Tito th9 A!r, then :t.d away
10 wards the danss clouds That had already gath.
cred over the iieid OF cor HE!
Daring the whole OF this bonltasda ant ur-
iii six o'clock ia tho evening, our Casualliee,
arrange to say, GLiy Numbered four killed ald
fourteen wOuudod Battery U;eQg at Cnu
uinys'a Point, and For. Sumter, taking part in
the laundering chorus, we:a Row firing with
greater iapidiiy than 81 any previous time dGr
L.. ha G.y n
ba H.htad up with TIE ti.ial tis7hings OF the
lurii tismes tha. shot 0ut fr0m monster guns
CD iaud aud sea.
DariEg this ,iticai period the naorisy of
GnF troops were driven 10 shelter beneath our
b,iua proofa aud oiieg " orAB sFsotsd for their
protection. Bat ii Was know 10 the Hicers
commenting that enoh Il zen. ons' ration oa the
pant Of the enemy WAS no: without lis otl-ct.
A.. tho SHADES Of night beg st. To fall The oonl
bardmeIt nleasurably relaxed General Tai.
fefro, one OF "StonsWi Ill Ja1ksol's veterans,
noey promptly ordessd every na 10 the para
pst aud they were Larily III their places be-
fore word was received that the columns OF
tho enemy were advancing To the attack
Coopad up rs our troops had been al day, aDd
breathing The iml nfe air OF IA crowded bomb
proof, tho SUMMONS met with & cheerful re-
spoHse, ara they 4aleaiy rep..itsd 10 their ra-
spective position
Tue lines of The Federais, several hundred
Yards distant. eonld new be deserisd ads ancinx
through the gloom. bearing TO wards the beach,
ga If 10 make an asia3a OH that si,sa Of h A.
tery Wagner. l. " as about qaar.ar 10 c; ;2h1
o'clock Five minutes moro and the coiann
was plainly in sight, appearing 10 he seven
lines desp.
oar ilter;es remained silent an.ii tha enc
inv reached Tie vicinity Of Our fiits pits, whaa
crane gnt canister was thrown iuto their RAM )
Wi,i e. rai precision and execution. Chs chsi
for .lstaat only they closed up the ragged
"a 10 ihsir lines and moved atsadily ola un'ii
.,tnia less than eighty yards.
Barely waiting ior the tsdsrala to g@t Wi.hia
a destructive range cur infantry opened their
fasiiais, and from fringe Of lire that iin,d
tbs parapet leaped fer.h thousand msssen
gers of death. Staggering rnder the saock,
ths h1stt Emo seemsd tor aomeDt chsckId, bu',
pushed ca by taoss in tae rear, the whole no y
commenced a char 80 at a "donoie q uick.' Oar
men could not ch srge b.c1; bat tney gave IL
Southern yell in response to Tho Yankee cheer,
and awaited the attack On they cana over the
saGd hilis tipping aud stumbling in the huge
pits th.r own Ahslis bad dug, until they
reached the ditch OF ths b .ttsry then it was
bat moHi ant's work for those who survived
our terrible hss Of maskssry 10 eiRabsr up
tho sloping sides Of the f9rttication aDd attempt
10 effect lodgmsnt. Bal the men who net