The New York Herald Newspaper, September 13, 1863, Page 1

—_— THE NEW YORK HERALD. PRICE FOUR CENTS. WHOLE NO. 9858 NEW YORK, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1863 CHARLESTON. StilkLeter Accounts from Our Special Correspondents. Arrival of the Arazo at this Port and the Massachusetts at Fortress Monroe. Fail Details of the Operations on Tuesday. The Wochawken Gots Aground.and is the Target of a Handred Guns. The New Lronsides Comes to the Rescue. Graphic Description of the Un- equal Contest. THE WEEHAWKEN ALL RIGHT. Pearful Loss of Life in Fort Moultrie. Baval Assault Upon Fort Sumter. The Entire Cordon of Rebel Works Fires on Our Small Boats. Eighty Marines and Sailers Kill- ed and Wounded. Wentenant Commander Williams, Fleg Lien- tenant Preston, Lieutenant Remey, Lieutenant Brower, Licutenont Bunce and Several Other Na- val Officers Captured. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, RECENT CASUALTIES ON SHORE, de, ae, ao ‘The steamedip Arago, Captain Gadsden, from Charles- tom .on the 9tb inst., at six o'clock P. M., arrived at this port yesterday morning. Everything was quiet at ‘Werris Island. ‘The Iroesides and other Monitors wore still engaged @helling Moultrie. Fort Sumter had not yet surrendered. ‘The Union forces were engaged erecting works to shell Geciy. Bverytbing is progressing favorably. Wo direet attack bad been mado on the city when the ‘drago sailed. ‘The steamer Marsachusetis, Captain West, arrived at Portress Moores yesterday morning, from (harieston bar ww the evening of the 0th instant. ‘Om Tecsday, the 6th instant, the Weehawken sont a THE SITUATION BEFORE CHARLESTON. Relative Positions of General Gillmore’s Guns and the Rebel Batteries, Showing the Work Accomplish and the Work Yet to be Done. while, They had just suceeded to getiing off whens homber of boats appruached (rom the direction of Morne Iniaod, They were quickly nailed, and, the proper reply not being reiurned, they were commanded fo halt, or they would be blewa out of the water, ‘They promptly obeyed this summons, and were taken prasesaion of by our pieket force. Nearly one hundred ;risoners wero taken, including @ lieutenant of the Chicora, rebel tron clad, am! en ersivtant sergeon, who was very dignified, and perbay. talented. Six boats were made prizes Of, and our flotilia somewhat increased in atgengtb. All the prisoners were brivgbt in and poaed in charge of Licutenant Colovel Hall, Provost Marshal General. A dozen of more stragglers were foond on the island; bud the balance of the rebel force had inade their escape 1 talety, except thee taken by Major Sandford. ems, Lei, Tho rebel lower dartog the bombardment of Wagner were not jets | an one hundred killed and woynded. With two or three exceptions the wounded were borne Away, and the killed baatily buried, The bodier of two Officers, one W mnajor and auother a teuteuant, were fouod ja the bombproof of the fort, together with thore of coven or eight privates. They were decently intarre |. our own moo, Oe or two wounded men died before they could be removed to the hespital, One of them bud e nothing for thires days, nor hed be received from. rebel bands one drop of water or rargical assi#tance. Soath wae a welcome visitor to bim, The grim mesenger wan more Kind thin rebel surge for he relieved him from pam and suffering. Perhace, taking their inexperience aud ignorance tuto considera. Hoa, one would prefer au early ol} from that tavivibie power to a prolonged existonce under the care of the so- called rebel surgeous. The finale would be the seme ta either case. HABE FIRE CRON MOTRIN HFLANT, Bet ween seven and eight o’clook yesterday morning the rebels opened fire on Furt Wagner ani Battery Gregg frm thoir works on James Island, and subsequently from Fort Moulirie and Battory Kee, on Sullivan's leland, The fre of j the rebels was pot rapid at frat, ar though they were wo. | determined whetber all their forces had escaped oF now: | Bot it was increased, aod became as rapid wt J have yet | aero it. The fire was miiaty directed against Wagner, | where there would notoratly be quite a force of curiosiy | seekers and idiors. Fortunately the bornbproof farniahed ample protection against the rebel rheiis, a they did against ours, if one chowe to edek it, The crowa in the fort wns pot loss incautious than other ausemDiagen of the fame character. aud the escapes were, naturally enough, not unfreyoent. I heard of nowe being killed ; bas Bevermb Bro reported ei)ghily woundel. 1k ARMAMENT OF WAGNER AND GRMIG, By the gner and Battery Groge wo have come into the possession of twenty thiee preces of ordnance, as follows Armament of Por! Wagner. Two 10 ipeh columbiade, One Oinch wavy Fhell gun Five S inch Paixban ebell gnos, navy. Four 32 pounder carronades Ove 8 inch soa cunt howitzer. One 12 pounder bronge fheld he witrer, Ono 10 inch mortar, mounted on *heols On Sinch mortar, an old Kogliah prece One 6),sneh Brooks! rifle, pot mounted. Total, seventeen guns nud mortars in Bastery Gregg. Two 10 inch columbiats One 0 ncd navy Fhe! gun. Ope 10 toch mortar Three brouze Held bowitverr Total, seven (uns ood wortare. Gragd towal, tweaty three guns and mortars, sorrLme In the magazines were large auppiies of ammunition of oN kinds for all the gune. ‘The powder and pome of the sbell were of Rogtieh tm nuacture, and the former was of amayerior quality All the guns were spiked, sume of thom simply with a Priming wire, bat the majority of (hem with rattat! fee The former were easily ronmoved, the latter wail be re Moved, and tho gine rexty for RoFvies Lo twelty oor hours, Twoor threo guns are disabled by oor shots Acolumbiad js minus a trunnion, and & corropade haw pustaloed a fracture in the face, Ovherwise the guns are fo geod order, nnd may be used agsin 2 ATV LEOF TORRIDON LECOERED, While oar mea were ranting about Fort Wagner to- Gay, Det conflaing themselves 10 any one porte of ihe work, bat visiting every pock ond corver of it, one of Ahem wee blown up by @ torpedo, upon whieh be pad stepped while walking upon the parapet, Ie sustained a double fracture of the right eg, and mme Omtarhone of & painfa) charecter, A clone inv: stization of the cause ob Bin sudden Might io air Geveloped the fact Unat the rebeie had followed out their cherished idea of dostroging by Lorpedoos to is extreme Hrntt Along (he crest and 0 the exterior slope of the @incl wore buried & large manber of teouty (our moder Phelis, beaded ond to which were aQeed & fuse of ome fulminating powder, cwered by asavil thy ber, whiet Protected 6 fm tena diesen meppet npos eayl det | thie funy att ionited thee wietl Altioagh then trpednee. Bre bot po Gam ea that wtyle of machise of whe tT pool a dlagram two works ag: A which were reo on ve #0 frequently by our sappers in \helr wcher, yer they are bad enough for the unfort b) who treads wyon and expiades them. More them iw roty of thew iu feroa\ m iat wore dimoversf aod di wo today oo tae glacts in front of Wagner, The bel of large tory door, with & magazine eoniaining et eset ely pounde Missa tock shell tat» one of the mrgazives of Fort Moul- % - powder, whieh the rebels bed te) | out with fo much care ERS wi WO—WATEAS SON SCMY OE | for our comfort when we should (ake posemon ' Pe Attempt it, of Fort Wagner, formed « plit welt laid oat, ‘The lronsides sent a shell into Moulirievilie, setting it - ‘. | and promised gut reeulty Out of one handred Or mre . ¢ .. €B Gre and destroy ing half the town. ‘ | Which were planted aod promied such gormur Frain ‘The Mooltors and Ironsides bombarded the Sailivan's ~~ of Diend aed mangled Corpmen, bul oom or teu have fal (eland forte for four hours, doing extensive damage. Giled ihe robeie’ Bigh expretatinns. Ges oF tte por ; fellows vow lie muuldering in the growed on tb , regent ¢ snenghanad Cummings’ Poiat, bub Inhespitable Wis, inowermmate o/ Mulhern clrvalry = uae Reated off, receiving 00 damage. Lair clone obeer 0h the rales of civilian’ and ( Afeleves P.M. on the Sth instant a boat expedition f// tian wartare Gur men ou Fort Wagoar were smoriog {0 the squadron to storm Fort Sumter, and was re. themselves: this alternoom vy throwitg baad prewades Upon the large torpedors about the glow of te wore, the lean of 0 nomber , wounded and end expialing them with bud detonative aud nee isomers. @wtarberce & the rand « whieh they were bored a large number of (hem were in this munner exploded sot ‘The following naval officers were captured on the walls teneiines 4 teamed {rot erat injury Ww any Lieut. E. P, Wilttame, Lieut. 8. W. Preston, A came nt ‘EN.CILL MORES HEADQUAR The engiocers have dnenvered bree ott OM Stow clad Lieot. 0. C, Remey. Lent, Traoy Brower. AMNOONNEUPPLY DEPOTS as Datiory of C rmmings! OR, which became p> (aren ands Liect. B. 1. Meade. Lieot, Bradford. war a0 ttholive im the rebel attack on Forts few Rosign B. H. Pater, Major Avderioa beid thet work, i) Bow & portion of (te EOL Saat prevent Mattery Gregg. The magnsioe erumile of ihe wounded 0M 1m clad battery, coveted # 1th sam) Aw thee rod ‘Che Massachusctia leaves immediately for Philadeiphia A ralirond bars, a0 well protected with & Chick ory er | ae ie of sand, oor Oring bar wet Impure’ It jo the few. The Mr. Oocar G@. Sawycr's Despatches. pr ¥ 6CA iF fend bas born keorket of, to be eure, but the ted pre Monae Imax, 8. C., Hopt 8, 1869. OL WoN on Guns LE OF MILES tection of tem semaine ot et. 16 te now tn our o-enee ‘TRE BOMRARDMENT OF FORT WacvER May Kk Ye 79 “a 1 | then, and power day | wumtained & Lremendeas crom Bre ‘Be my last commenication I brought down my narra — ad a e ed aii - oe a ouadiiamieaas | from Sallivan’s ent James Iwieede without the lee we cf events to-the second day's bombardment of Fort | saps forward as rapidly as possible, Our sappers, under | THR OCCUPATION OF yoRT WwAGKER fraise im the dite about Wagner, These speare aroaot | tory summvas natarsliy enough attracted altention, ant demege It aflurds yonl cover to “ar mon, Isto, Captain, i that Ce ee en officer came ont and paid, Thin afters Captain % T. Boker, « oO Wagner, at which timo 1 was _. tte ey the | Captains Walker and Sueiss and Lieutenants Wiicken and ‘While our sappers wore industrionsly at work oo San uallke the famous John Brown pikes #' ' ‘Reamer wos sbom starting New ¥ The fire | parsons, worked day and night, like good fellow: day night, digging (heir ditehright to tbe rear of Wacner, placed in the hands of the negroes of Virginie when be | you! We « right.” kod the gallant Captain wer ij | Wom car batteries upon the work was continued uninter- | pashed their approaches clear up to the rebel ditels, and | a aeserter came in from the rebel garrison nod votiGet , msde bis Celebrated raid oo Harper's Ferry, and #9 ig: | compolied 1» ackuowledge that fur once be hat been swvand gr, Maine, ana ae effort ih the Niit | | | ee od ehot from . wre ot the tele, terug bim ne stone be The perapets | at midnight it bad reached beyond the salient on the sea | our men that the onemy Were ovactiating the island, and | (ly (ailed in his object, ‘Their heads are made of irom, | inthe advyance. The Third New Mampehire, Capt Resdiett, while be war Imcautwunly ope ing © po et er still more | face. In fact, it had fawked the rebels, and throngh ita | that they had already left Wagner, This information at teu Inches loog, with « abarp hook, not oalike « nantly bitied > poo at me preg tues pned aay Wok doen large force could be marched to within teu yards of | was immediately communicated to bendquarters. At | boat book, projecting two or three inches below the pint frenh the magazines and bombproof ned drive the ¥ | the parapet, and from thence |t would require but an | about balf-past two o'clock some of our men jumped (rom | of (he spear, These beads are fastened lo strong wooden | ber prisoners, The Captain wae ‘you their sheltered retreats, During the day pe peri Instant lo teach sed mogat it. and eater the work itself | the exp, climbed over the ‘parapet ad feoonesitred Une | stale abont ton fest Jang, which are inserted se domly im | of the revit; bet bis dusky ful werepinibited am in. | \ecribie manser from the fort were silent, and but one of two of dye wiah comparative security. In this instapes, ae events | fort, and, finding it deserted, came Back aod reporter the #uOd at the fowt of the exterior siope of the parapet, | tense delight a! the unexpertet change tt their projects | Capteln Baker w tly engaged 14 © member ‘ teen wore seen upon the work; bot all kept , O9r- | will show, spades proved to be tramps, as they have at | the fact Captain Walker, of the Volunteer Engincers, 9! 82 sngle Of forty-five that they prowl an | by rolling ap the whites of their eyes aod indeigiog ima | of weuart mmrict, w ihe tril of acunter of cases, on diated ts Wet Sells Ahk lathe, sitilien: tasuba nade coos many otber operations im this war. The steady ap. | sod Lieutenast Michie, of the United Statos Pn- | simovt impassable obstacle to the apprancl of troops, ea | briet aalimtory exercime wiih heir bevis, a& Uey viothed Gregg w-tay thromgh eurbaty. Uetertanetety be 40 chell, At bight we continued our fire from oar proach of our sap towards Fort Wagner, and tho couvie- | gineers, immediately entered the fort, and (plain Jom ut, be placed | preeved bo words (heir regrets os not menting the mmemy was to owt t er ieent hee het tw tate and Wwo heavy ques, and brew «feed of ot eget them of the alter impossibility of their being able to stop | Walker, and Corporal Joho G. Brooks, Company |, Volun loetn im the hands of « small party of oer Mut the resdit was watiefactory Wo all, We had presenion | tment valesbir of sod weety © cher ebed member Aaa rebel work {rom Urant’s calcium light, which pee or binder it, ana tbe beavy fre from our breaching bat | teer Engineers, planted upon the parapet tte fag. and | *o'diers, and with one in hie own hand commanded them | of all Morris Ielebt, yod bad eonped the haw which | vo one im (le cman we wre pepuler Cwm be with heal oo the om, bringing ent Shery (lich ta Citincty tories, which was rapidiy aod purely battering down thelr | vock possesvion of the work. No live rebels were fonod | (follow bin op the telend to Gregg The aegtoe ex | would baye followed an aesaclt bed the enemy ant ev» }* ihe @s0 © geotiven “ sttalomente and of tment ad eheeriy 40 in vy. Golences, probably induced tho rebels to evacuate the | within it, alt Baving béea gone for some time. Ax soon bibiled Considerabie reluctance In going forwert w ated hele works. The plan of allack could oo bare | genial tiptoe, Matert end waasewning i mansars i> sence setatidiagt edilek, Work, And Reermearily the entire telsed, whieh, fo mill. | as this became known, Col. Gass’ brigade war orde- out | (he Creammtancer, and began to enier mild protests | (allel, even hed the eommy been © Wegner in their roa! ' cord ail the Gheriing 4 oe wep “OTe wae AMibady Attercidin: Wes Civartniont th timed ald Srosme Qeentstaren tee bs ony conse cle | een aadieat 08 aud_enptere Rt. 0f tbe iste ecos- | serious Ge Sopeied cagethien: bet Cope Walk P| sirengih. 1 was well praoned, and the detest | prtarann_ ie deni dered Oy & lange even ot Precticable, aad preparations were swale 10 sve Fabien ata the only popitions of defence | past at the itand that might 6 found. Two regime raed & deat ear (0 their saggevtion®, wot bustied them attack were so caretully atlended to by Gowers! T mara aime tinct ne carry the plan into exccution. The pina was jnemey. the Ninety seventh Pesosyivauia apd the Third New sone They advanced an skirmisbe ©, exch darker thet Cneld net bare fated, onions pome sceitent ed “ - ein ft thie:—Generad Stevenson's brigado was to as sean WAUsEOR OF WORRW Messe, Hampabire—were sdvacced carefully to Batiery Cregg ring Hike wm aspen leaf from tremor but the gw coturte’ Wereed tie control of man, We rhe tere othe comment It romans bare beam propery tue beach, to the right of Port Wagner cod ausnas the : Ley Weg perilous, aod liable to fall | but pone of the rebels were found exeept’ a few viek and | (aia, +8 fearless a6 Juline Comar, amt as gail cartiad Waguer, bot not without kame, The apede of the cared for, and will be wont Nort by the Arage to w+ \ on the Weft fenk end to the eer, Coloeel ® | nto obr hands by an aesonit, with all the meu and ma. | etreggiers. Battery Groggy wax ocoupied, and the oid fing & be « bld, owed On Im advance aod bromght ha tuky MAPHOEH CAME ia wOd faved all Ihit Apatow were or ro, Davie’ | teriel wpom it, the robois secretly amt quietly began | raised above it by daylight, The Third New ffunpabire, cotort alter Bim, Or wt leat as many a# did mot booms tainly the trump card agaloat that werk jak placed there tw bold it Au cmoreiieed and fall back on the march — a matmber © Cartons 07 rewonen bad, anknows to bim, purbed uy before bin and oce mand | lery Grogs. the work, and Capt. Waller lost bie chanes of tating swum Hettery Demaregerd, wort nally chagrioed | Dallery and struct btu im the . etal nea nome, Yesterday sftermeon, at eearly Genk. the ince cate, Very Unexpectadly to wt On dhore, etarted up fe hee | aor at ‘sti further to the rear, and taking a post | their work of @vecusting the iiand on Satur | under Captaig Kendle, pacha ee es aes Aang heer vem por my Garing which time they succeeded in | Ws gune were found 1 good condition, and the work lisetf | siierebiy lerger than ihe Captain dreumed of While there silnirw were tranepiriog O8 Mbore eenching Fort Wagoer. on meena ing Of, io yy three quarters of their force, and | was not found to be seriously injured by the fire of ovr rnwbing with bw spearmes, orer bees aod | Mapr Bamdfor?, of the Pereath (vanertwet, snd ware Vert Gamier, and set oh fot & Oghaerh ine ar asanbutas at henpaedie uma was £0 | landing them on James isiand. About three hundred | guns, although the marks 0f the Serceness of our can nes, ‘rough ride pits snd all lmagwabte | Liestensnt Higgiesen, of ihe Mowbsisn, with s sum. | Setvee's tetend Beteering. Mt reaiy tnted a0 tirng digiro-caty tha GUhine ot ts propened carry the work. age gr weligeronen 7, and were insiruciod to matte | nonade were visible at every hand eiruetions which be could not well one in| ber of launcher and cutters aod armed army boats, | Agmiral babigren wan About to carry ovt bee erent te now on his Nerth, mtn com enhanc farce 6 possible, and await votil CAPT, Wee OATS OO APRA | the darknees, be at iat arrived before RaMtery Grngy, | were doing pietst Coty beiwern Commings’ Poot ana Greersl Remaregard, to bomburd Port F = he » and will furnich the | the next Sight 1 escape, under cover of dark. | After Captam Walker had safely turned over | an! discovered quite « mamber of mec in and about the | Ports Johnsam end Ruiter, The (ide was running Bunt | Oot werrentered to ihe naval forcer, We watched (he amass fall dotaite of the plan before this cam reach you. | nese. ‘Th plan was only partially carried out, because | Fort Wagner W General Bievense, te gathered | work ile turned to his support, and discovered thet a | beture they ware able Ws emerge from (het pine | movemente a the fest ent ihe sharp game o TROGREM OF THR gars. the discov: of their movementa wan made by oar * * ot the Mentiort ©Hh etenee & together twenty or thirty negro soidiers, who wore | had become reduced by divers causes to lem than a donen | of departure at sheet ton oclek, ond when they | (rom Meitrie aad Baw ani # Doring our fire advantage was takon of the quiescent | forecs in Pap, just before the last detachment oe. | doing fatigue duty et the front, and armed (hem | These he rallied, ant again atvance! t the rebel work, | eireck owt, Mleering # Proper Gmerme, | WA them wp | y RIOHTH PAcR, Bato ihe rodele Pore compelled (0 roqaln in ve pruayine | cxped. ‘. Nb Ue pooniir speary oF lanews which componed Chingy | and tommnted lis oecupaata Vo vurrender. This paren | wrwurde Rouwm, whee Habe of thew grounted tr 6 | CONTINUED 01 , : a . = «> -* - a - ‘ - - < ~