, 1864-02-14

+ BosTos, Feb. l3.-Thc correspondent of
| the Boston Herald writing from the fleet of
Charleston, describes the destruction Of the
blockade runner, as follows:
| Orr CHARLESTON, Feb. 2.-Very carly this
morning some daring Euglishman made o
bold attempt just before dsybreak md during
| log, to rur the blockade. He succeeded in
getting in as fur as tue mouth Of the harbor,
| where he was run ashore by trying to avoid
t the shells from our batteries which were fly
ing in every direction. The fog soon cleared
up and there was the blockade runner hard
and fast On the bench.
She was a splendid looking side-whcel
| steamer, with two smoke-Rtacks and raklsh
masts.
Forts Wagner and Gregg, aided by the Mon
| itors, at once commenced to shell her, and by
noon she was a CT mpletc wreck, two hun
drcd FOUNDER Parrott from Fort Wagner, cut
her nearly In two.
Besides the shelling Of the steamer, the
T city OF Charleston, James Island, aud Forts
johnson and Moultric have received trr-
'Eendous cannonadlng.
! TIE same correspondent, under date Of
February Sd, says the rebels have tried scv-
cral times lately to reinforce the almost worn
ont garrison in the ruins Of Fort Sumter,
INT hare Jailed. It cannot be, done BY day-
light, as our Generals have full range Of the
s'afoof I'LL around. At night our calcium
hshts are Kept lighted, and bear not only
upon sumter, bnt upon all the harbor, and
the c'1s' so TINT II isfamposstole fora boat Or
steamer to 20 near the ruins. In addition to
this, the small remnant Of a garrison in the
ruins pTc treated every ten or fifteen mfnntes
10 q nea'J powerful foffott Shell from sun;
ee1 I'LL day11sht- MOST OF the men IN Sumter
are negro slaves, and we know that some
twenty or thlfty ot them are Killed daily.
lie n,ght oe1ofe last being somo"hat hazy,
one o1 1ne reoel rams, IN company with u
!orpedo ooat, aclgnr shaped internal machine,
.'elt ".' ! llcasant ana proceeded down the
,eIeek, IN Inc rear OF SuAlVan's Island, for the
purpose Of going ont to make au attempt to
destroy the p.unboats Honsatonic and N;ns3c
,yI;c. 7rare ~, ,,,ara 5,,t,1 IT. ..,.s,t 49,
DuA "9'e w o"1u uol5 ua1 oisnt oh tnc
ooutn Cnannei, near beach 1nleL Nhcn the
ram and internal machine had got ready to
makea dash out of the Inlet, It was found
that the machine was In sinking condition.
She 7ros :+hco trrnea hoct w. TIN ;a1at
sns VIZ as tnen nusnea oacs lnto the inet'
:4s,.9 soAs ~" .nes ounA" oue "ent oomn'
carr, Ing with her eight Of her crew. This
mislap put an end to the attempt to DESTROY
our vessels. This is the third infarna1 ma
nt,;,,a ~. -.1, ~, 49,. 1e.4 . 49, -4'~@
'n.Ae 1ue tepele n1se 1os',
a lew dnys ago squad OF rebel soldiers,
including a sergeant, escaped to our lines,
Thcy saw that starvation stares them in fha.
fans q; Tho-las+o,,. ,1,ot ii, o;~,, ,o~rs 49,, -.
4'eo - e"u' u''eo.oA' @a0t ~ e1'n .a"h aio ~
!. an end IN the place, and that military rulers
have 'fn]l sway over tho civil authorities
that they arc becoming desperate. and TINT
eEe1s means IN ther power VIII % resoftea
u ~ ioiee tue olocAaoe ae1e. Lucy mast
have assistance or strive. They report that |
the city is badly damaged from Gi1lmore's |
:one+ant hn,nhnr7,cenf which Ia etf,, ro;n- |